Will and his gardevoir have been together for years.

It started when Will was a teenager, about the age of 15, when he took a walk through Windwood Forest. He walked this trail dozens of times, but something was wrong, and he couldn't tell what. Even with the gut feeling, he kept walking, trying to get back to his house after a party. It was such a peaceful place, he could hear the wind rustle the leaves, and smell the natural and beautiful aroma of the woods, and yet Will was still unnerved. He put it behind him though; it was late and he had to get home, but he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched."

An ursaring abruptly jumped into the trail in front of him, growling violently. Will ran in the other direction as fast as he could until he tripped on something, and in a moment the beast was upon him, and Will had nothing to keep himself alive but the mercy of the powerful Pokémon. The ursaring lifted up his powerful arm, only to be hit with a punch and a flash of blue light. The ursaring reared to the side, roaring in pain, then Will caught a glance of his savior. A small kirlia stood facing the beast, in a fighting position. The beast charged him, but the kirlia was ready, and jumped to the side just in time, making the ursaring trip. The kirlia landed another hit on the downed ursaring, but it wasn't enough. Will stepped in by grabbing rope from his backpack and tying the bear-like Pokémon to a tree. Thankful he had the rope on him, turned to thank the kirlia and they made eye contact but then the Pokémon ran. Will then began to run to his house as the sun fell beneath the horizon, with the ursaring chasing him, not too far away, after breaking the rope.

Once a week, for the next year, Will returned to the clearing the enraged ursaring made after escaping his poorly made trap. He only came to look for that kirlia, and never found it. He took the time to relax at the clearing, and waited for hours. The kirlia always watched Will, hiding from him, because it became attached to the human. Will never saw the kirlia though, until now. While Will sat at the clearing for the final time, he heard a massive roar, and he saw an ursaring charge after him. Will ran for it, to no avail, for the ursaring was faster than him. There was no doubt that this was the same ursaring that attacked him last year in his mind when he stared it in the eye once more. The beast's attack was also interrupted once more by a black ball striking it's face. The kirlia was there again, ready to fight, and so was the ursaring. He charged the small Pokémon, and they battled for a moment, until the kirlia was struck back by the monster. Right before the ursaring went in for the kill, adrenaline drove Will to make the bold, put nonetheless stupid, decision of tackling the bear. It had no effect, but it saved the kirlia's life, and allowed it to hit the ursaring with a few more attacks. When the smoke cleared, the ursaring was down, and the kirlia was not. The kirlia tried to Teleport away, but it failed, as it was too tired and stressed to execute the move. Will stared, amazed at what he was seeing. The kirlia was glowing, almost blinding Will. Then the light dissipated, and standing there was a shaky gardevoir. Before the Pokémon collapsed, Will pulled her arm around him and helped her stand. The gardevoir blushed, and turned quickly as Will sat her town on a tree stump.

"Are you okay?"

"G-Garde?"

"Uh.."

Then the gardevoir touched its forehead to Will's.

I feel a bit shaky, that's it.

"Wha- Was that you?!"

Yes, it's me.

"Wow, that's amazing!"

It's just telepathy.

"I expected so."

Anyway, thank you.

"I should be thanking you actually."

Why don't we call it even?

"Sure…. Umm… what's your name?"

Oh sorry, I'm Miranda, a Kirl… well I'm a gardevoir now I guess

"I'm Will"

Well, I bet you have somewhere to be..

"Yeah, I've been trying to find you for a year"

I could tell.

"How…"

I've been keeping an eye on you for a while, I didn't want you to get attacked again.

"That's really nice of you.. but why wouldn't you just talk to me?"

You seemed… busy?

Miranda was blushing, and Will just barely noticed, but he didn't talk to her about it.

Anyway, you were the one looking for a random Pokémon for a year.

"Heh, True. And now I'm here, talking to you, in the middle of a forest, after a near-death experience…"

I agree that it's a tad odd.

Miranda chuckled, and so did Will. He couldn't help but thinking about how he was finally so close to her, and how beautiful she was now she's evolved.

Beautiful? Really?

"What?"

Oh I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hear that!

"We'll that's a bit embarrassing.."

It shouldn't be. I think you're quite attractive as well.

"So you can like… read thoughts?

Yes, but it can't control it well, probably because I just evolved.

(Looks like I'll have to watch what I think)

Why would you?

"I'm not used to this lack of privacy"

Oh I'm sorry, I can't help it right now…

"It's alright. Hey it's getting late, do you have a family to get to?"

No...

"Oh… hey if you wanted you could stay with me?"

Really? Do you really not mind?

"Not at all, here let me show you the way"

Miranda tried to get up, but had too much trouble standing.

Oof!

"Here, let me help you"

Will picked Miranda up like a princess, making her blush a lot.

Whoa! Umm... thanks…

"It's the least I could do"

He carried her back to his home, which was a fair sized log cabin. He explained the situation to his mother, who was more than happy about his son being saved by the Pokémon, so she let Miranda stay. He brought her up to his bedroom and layed her on his bed.

"Here you can lay here where it's soft. I'll take the floor."

I can lay on the floor if you want…

"No, you're in need of some good rest. I'll make myself a place to sleep down here."

Will began to make himself a bed on the floor. He proceeded to strip down to his underwear, making the gardevoir blush. She didn't know why, though she assumed that becoming a gardevoir made her a bit more attracted to males, even human ones. She thought about that for a while, then drifted to sleep.

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