Call From Another World

Chapter 2

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Recap: Kenny got himself into a lot of trouble in the few hours since he has been awake. Finding himself into the Pokemon world, hearing voices in his head, escaping from death by houndoom, and in the end meeting a kind mightyena named Dalieya. Where will this new adventure take Kenny from here?

Things have gotten pretty crazy for me lately it seems, and it's far from my control.

Being taken from my quiet home in Florida, I found myself in the Pokemon world. Now I seem to have found myself a partner in a happy mightyena who was named Dalieya. She honestly did not seem bad, especially considering her kind is known as the Bite Pokemon. I was lucky to not be bitten once.

My bag was still strapped to my back, with my spending money as well as clothes and food inside. I didn't think I would last anything more than a day. Despite that thought, and call me wrong, but I couldn't help but see this as an awesome opportunity.

Even though I haven't heard that voice for a while, it still seemed to bother me somehow. I wondered about what it said I needed to learn, to trust, appreciate others and other stuff, which I will admit I did not remember too well. It really wasn't my concern but I still thought about it.

As Dalieya and I walked across the fields, as cool wind would blow by a little, going straight through my curly hair while it made Dalieya's fur slightly waver along with it. The hour was starting to become late, having to be near the end of the evening by now. I had been following the mightyena's lead to who knows where, the constant exercise I have endured today was making me rather exhausted.

At this point, I was lagging behind my mightyena comrade, and she seemed to notice my slack before she looked up towards the sky.

"Maybe we should take a break for the night," she suggested, as she stared up towards the sky, it slowly began to turn orange and murkrow would soon soar the skies across the horizon.

It was a nice night, but then I realized what she just told me.

"Take a break for the night," I said, looking at her. "As in sleeping out here? Sleeping on the grass? No blanket or bed? No anything?" I asked seriously, pointing down to the ground after each sentence.

Dalieya tilted her head at me, obviously having no problem with this idea. She was indeed a wild pokemon so I couldn't really blame her. I was also starting to realize that I was a little too domesticated for my own good, I had to toughen up.

"I don't see what's wrong with it. It's a pretty peaceful and open spot," she reassured. "It's not likely that other pokemon will try to attack us way out here anyway."

I didn't have too much of a choice anyway, I had no clue where to go from here and I was far too exhausted to even argue with her. So without another word, I sat down on the ground as Dalieya giggle.

"You humans sure can be weird sometimes, Kenny," she admitted, walking over to my side and laying by me. "You really should try sleeping outside more, it can be pretty refreshing."

"You say that like you've slept in a house before," I told her.

"Oh, yeah. I used to have a trainer.." Dalieya said, her face losing her smile as her last words lost their usual enthusiastic tone.

I couldn't respond. Actually, I could, but what could I say? I could tell by her sudden silence that something must have happened to her trainer, something not so good.

My hand moved about awkwardly on the grass below, while it was rather soft on closer inspection, that was the least of my concerns at this moment. I was overall curious of what happened to her trainer, but I cared about how would she react if I were to ask a question that was too personal.

It wasn't my business, so it was a question that would probably be better not to ask. I didn't know what to do, I knew I couldn't just sit there and act like I didn't care. Not this time.

Dalieya didn't say a word as I had an entire mental debate on whether or not I should say something.

"..I guess you may be wondering where he is now, huh?" she asked, looking at me as I my mind dropped the question, since she already knew I was struggling to say something.

"Well, yes.. But, I don't want you to push yourself into remembering something horrible for you, I completely understand that." I told her, looking in her eyes to let her know I was actually concerned for her. She smiled at me, even if it was only for a brief moment.

"That's sweet of you, Kenny. But I think I will, I really want to get this off of my chest…to someone at least. If..it's okay with you," she said.

I remained silent, but nodded my head. I could tell this was quite a rare thing to see in her, to see her so troubled by something, it worried me as well. The hyena took a sigh, seeing my cue as she prepared to relive the moment..

"When Sanin and I first met, our encounter was nothing more than your average human and pokemon encounter. Like you, Kenny, he had no pokemon. This made me curious, and I still wonder why he would catch a wild mightyena out of the blue. As you know, I am not as ruthless as some mightyena can be, so I only watched him. He was very confident in himself, just like you and he had no fear of me, which made me curious of what he was about," she told me.

She seemed to get a little more of a smile on her face as she thought about the moment they met, I listened on, fully interested in her story. Though, how she went about it, was leading me to believe that they might have been a little more than pokemon and trainer. Even if she did seem to compare Sanin with me, I could tell we were two different people.

"I will admit that I gave him a bit of trouble, but I eventually decided to let him catch me," she said with a giggle as she looked down to the ground, once again, her smile didn't stay on her face for long.

"He was really kind to me, and since I was his first ever pokemon, we had a lot of time to play and train together. We've grown very attached to each other. As I did to you, I made a vow to protect him with my very life, if push came to shove.." she told me, her words silencing once again.

I noticed that her paws were beginning to shake, her eyes glistening due to the tears that were building inside. I could feel my face frown as I watched her like this, and I had a feeling I knew the part of the story that came next. I listened on and didn't say a word, not wishing to be rude to her.

"That night.. The night that it happened, is a time I hate to remember.." Dalieya told me, her paws still shaking in their place. "Sanin and I were out in the wilderness for the night. There was a bad storm brewing and we had no shelter since me and his other pokemon traveled with him. This didn't happen too long before you and I met.." she said, taking a long pause between her words as she shut her eyes briefly, her tears starting to mat the fur on her cheeks.

"We met this man, and his pokemon not long after the storm started. Sanin tried to ask him if he knew where we could find some shelter, we never got an answer… Instead, he attacked us, him and his pokemon had horrible power and would kill with a smirk on their face.. Without mercy, he not only killed all of my allies, but Sanin too. I didn't know why… but that man tortured him and they forced me to be the only one alive to watch. I..was helpless, unable to lift a single paw to protect him any longer. His cries of pain, they were too much for me to bare but I wanted him to run away and save himself from the beginning..but he just wouldn't leave things to us, he cared too much…" she told me, along with her paws, her body began to shake. "His last words, that last 'I love you' would never leave my heart. As quick as they came, they left, left me to curse myself for failing my team. I was Sanin's protector, he called me his angel, but I failed him…"

I sat there in silence, completely taken aback from what I heard her say. Dalieya's body started to shake again, this time much more violently with the passing second. Her claws dug deep into the ground as an attempt to anchor her body to stay still, but it never worked.

I didn't have any clue of what I should say to her, especially knowing I was not that good with words. All I could do, was wrap my arms around Dalieya and give her a comforting hug. I didn't usually hug people, I would barely hug the people I know, but she needed it, and it honestly didn't feel too bad to be kind.

"You shouldn't blame yourself, you couldn't do anything more and you tried your hardest. I.. Guess there are some situations where you just can't help how powerful they are when the odds are against you.. It's going to be okay," I said.

Dalieya looked towards me as I hugged her, tears still in her eyes before she shut them again, letting the tears freely flow down her face before she put her head in my chest and started to sob.

"That's the problem! I was supposed to lead the team, we all had a common cause and that was to protect Sanin with our lives! I was too weak to protect anyone.." she nearly yelled, her sobbing never seeming to cease as she mourned over the loss of her dear friends. I had to do something..

"Look, Dalieya, I know how you feel," I told her, holding her head up with my hand so she could see the serious look on my face. "I know what it's like to lose people too, sometimes the thought of wishing you could do better for them can be overwhelming, even for someone like me. It doesn't change their fate, when their too far gone there's nothing we can do but try to keep moving forward and making them proud." I said, looking her in the eyes as she fell silent.

"It's true I sometimes don't appreciate what I have enough. But, I know I should appreciate you a lot more than I did before.. I thought my life was over before you saved my skin, and I'm pretty sure Sanin is looking down at you, and he's super proud, you told me you would protect me and you kept that word before I even knew your name," I told her, sincerity in my voice as she continued to stare at me. "I was an asshole to you when we first met, and I should treat someone special like you a lot better, and I'm sorry." I said, looking down to the ground. I wasn't even sure I understood the words that came out of my mouth.

I peeked at her for a minute before I finally removed my hand from her chin, she stared at me with an expression I could not take a guess at. Soon however, she had a smile on her face once again before she took me in for a hug. For some reason, this made me smile too..

"Kenny, thank you.." she told me, wiping the tears from her face with her paw. Her body was no longer shaking as she held me in her paws, she appeared much calmer now.

It was a rare feeling, but I felt really good for once. I couldn't help but feel warm and fuzzy on the inside for the first time in a long time..

"You're like my second chance. I owe it to everything I lost to protect you and.. I am very happy to have met a person like you," she said, a smile on her face as she let me go, a blush on her face as her tears continued to fall to the ground once again.

I have never heard someone say such a strange thing to me, so I wasn't sure of what to say. For some reason I found myself blushing with the biggest grin on my face I could ever muster. I actually liked the feeling those words gave to me.

Now I was finally beginning to understand why she said she needed me when she first vowed to follow me. Ever since she saved me from that pack of houndoom, she felt obligated to be by my side because of these events that happened not long before we met. I reminded her too much of Sanin, and she saw me as a chance to not just prove her worth to those she failed, not just to herself either, but to someone who would appreciate her, and she saw it all in me. This meant she was expecting a lot out of me as well despite the fact we barely knew each other…

I took my finger and smudged it across Dalieya's face, wiping her face of the rest of her tears. She seemed relieved the moment my finger touched her face, and she allowed me to do so with no argument.

With that finished, I took my hand and ran it through the fur of her manes in an attempt to soothe her. The fur there felt soft to the touch unlike anything I have ever felt before. This somehow seemed to make Dalieya more comfortable.

"So, I guess I'm like your priority right now huh?" I asked out of curiosity, Dalieya nodded.

I didn't think I would have ever wanted someone to get so attached to me. I didn't think it would be possible, especially with how fast it happened.

Nonetheless, I nodded back to her. I planned to take this new responsibility in my mind and make it a priority of mine as well, this included looking after her like I told her I would. I could not believe all of this transpired in just a single day, and it would likely be a day I would remember for a long time...

I felt the weight of my bag shift slightly on my back, reminding me that I even had it in the first place. I sat up and took it off of my back before I threw it to the side.

Night came by quite a while ago, and I'm sure neither of us noticed having that deep conversation. It didn't make a difference to me either way and I layed back down next to Dalieya.

"I might as well get used to the idea of sleeping out here," I joked, trying to brighten up the mood a little as I turned on my back. Dalieya giggled at my comment. At least she was feeling better, and for now, I couldn't ask for anything more..

We laid there for a couple of minutes, basking in the tranquility of the plains we rested in before Dalieya would kill the silence, not that I had a problem with talking to her.

"Hey, could I ask you a question, Kenny?" she asked, looking towards me as I was lost in my thoughts. It took a few moments for me to come to, but I nodded to her.

"Sure, go ahead," I told her, rubbing my head so I could face her.

"Well, since you said your world is different than ours.. I was wondering what was it like? Like what's so different?" she asked, the curiosity in her voice peaking.

Even if there wasn't anything much to say, I still tried to think of a good way to explain things to her.

"I don't know if it's THAT different than this world, but I know we don't have pokemon in our world, I guess that's the main difference. Animals in our world don't have special powers or types or anything..heck, the only thing they have in common is that most could take down a human if they wanted to," I said, shrugging off that last sentence since I already knew the facts.

"Oh, well if pokemon don't exist in your world, then how do you know about them?" Dalieya asked, tilting her head.

"Well they exist, in a sense. There are video games, cards, toys, comics and a lot more where I come from, that's how I know. Pokemon is really supposed to be a children's thing but many people my age hold Pokemon to our hearts, no matter how old we get we still find ways to express our love day by day. I guess you could say it was once a fictional fantasy to me before coming here and experiencing the reality. Feels nice," I told her, not really believing how much detail I went into with it.

Dalieya seemed rather interested in my speech. "That sounds so cool! I really want to see it all for myself someday!" she said with a big grin on her face.

"Maybe someday," I told her, a chuckle soon following.

"So you've seen other mightyena before, were they cute like me?" Dalieya told me with some humor in her voice, her mood turning back to the way it always was. Her little joke caused me to almost burst out in laughter.

"I guess not," I said rolling my eyes, unable to wipe the grin on my face as we both calmed down from our giggling fit.

"Anyway," she said, finally able to keep a straight face. "Did you have a family where you came from?"

I went quiet once again, though not to the point where it would bother Dalieya. Of course I had a family, but I usually didn't bring them up in a conversation. Despite this, I told her the truth.

"Yeah. I had a mom, stepdad, two brothers and two dogs." I answered to her.

Dalieya tilted her head at me, seeming lost at something I said. "What's a stepdad?" she asked me.

This mightyena surely had a lot of questions, not that I was annoyed with her asking. She was quite curious, which was a good thing.

"Well.. I guess he's that guy that takes care of a kid and loves their mom when their normal dad is gone, that's the best I can explain it." I answered.

Luckily, Dalieya understood the general idea even though I could tell she seemed rather curious as to why my father wasn't around even though she didn't proceed to ask. Instead, she asked another question.

"Do you miss your family at all?" Dalieya asked me, I thought of how complicated it would be to explain it to her, but I tried my best.

"I've only been here for a short time, I'll admit I haven't thought about them too much," I said, putting a hand on my chin as I looked towards the ground. "I always felt as if they kept me from reaching my true potential..They always pointed the way, telling me right from wrong when I wanted to find it all out for myself… through my own experiences.." I said, Dalieya fell silent for a minute as she processed everything I just revealed.

"Oh.. I miss my family, I hope one day I will get to see them again," Dalieya said, her voice quieting down as she looked down to the grass. I didn't know why, but it made me feel horrible saying what I just did.

"Okay look, I don't hate my family or anything. I had a bad choice of words. I just want to be myself and make my own decisions, learn for myself and see how smart I really am.." I said, looking her in the eyes. "But.. I do wonder about them, and I do hope that I will get to see them again,"

A small smile appeared on my face as I looked up toward the sky where the stars were, not noticing that Dalieya was smiling at me. She was rather relieved that I was at least thinking about my family, though I did not blame her one bit. Not everyone's family relationships are golden, but Dalieya was one that definitely saw things through the end, trying to make the most of her time spent with everyone she knew. I sure could learn a thing or two from her.

The two of us just made small talk as what felt like an hour passed by. We were learning about each other little by little with our conversations. I got to find out that Dalieya lived far from where we were now, what kind of food she liked to eat and whether or not she liked to play video games. I never found myself so captivated in a conversation with another person before. Talking to her almost felt like a privilege, because I never would've thought I could find someone more interesting to hang with than her. I admitted that I didn't hate warming up to her.

Though it was far too late to complain, I regretted not bringing a watch with me since I thought it was a joke. I was a person who hated not having the time on him, but I was able to look past it at the time.

I turned onto my belly once more, watching the grass as the winds that blew made the leafy greens sway like waves of the ocean. It was a nice sight, on a beautiful night.

"I'll admit.. You're right about this outside stuff." I told Dalieya looking at her as the two of us smiled to one another. "I definitely wouldn't be doing this back at home," I said, both of us having a good laugh.

"I can't believe how much I like hanging out with Dalieya, she's overwhelming friendly and cares a lot about me, it doesn't feel real," I thought to myself looking down to my hands during my silence.

She was very caring like a mother or a sister, but she set herself apart from that easily since we weren't related in the slightest. Her tender nature and her love was something I would never find in some random person I would meet on the streets back home. I wanted to say she was like a female friend of mine, though at this point that was already the case, she didn't quite feel like just that either. She felt like something so much more, I could not put my finger on it. Whatever people would call the two of us…

"I hope I can make her feel the same way," I thought, she was all that was on my mind. "Just what did I do to deserve a friend like her.."

When I peeked over to Dalieya, she seemed to be lost in thought as well. Was it a possibility that she was had the same trait of thought about me? I doubted it, but whatever conflicts were going on inside of my head I decided to just boot out for the time being. I didn't want to get too deep into my thoughts about her right now.

The full moon shined bright in the night sky, casting its moonlight on the ground below. As I stared at it, I became lost in my thoughts once again.

"What am I supposed to be doing here..?" I said to myself before a warm and comforting feeling would press against my side.

It was Dalieya, asleep peacefully by my side. Dalieya looked amazing, her fur basking in the moonlight. It gave her black and gray fur a mysterious glow.

She was snoozing softly, not seeming to have a care in the world at this moment. Crying and talking all day was probably exhausting. I would never admit to anyone, especially her, what a crybaby I used to be. Besides people who just need to let their emotions out and sleeping, crying wasn't for me personally, but Dalieya had it rough, and I never had so much respect for anyone in my life.

She lost everything, but she realized by starting something anew, there would soon be an everything once again that would be worth protecting.

"Times are different now, tomorrow will always be a new day from here on out. Since times have changed, I guess I will try to as well.. I still made it here because of my own decisions, and I may be able to prove myself to someone after all," I told myself, looking at Dalieya.

I decided to get comfortable next to Dalieya, allowing her to lay against me as I laid my head on the grass. Closing my eyes, I finally fell asleep for that night..

"Ugh...the hell. Stop it.." I told them, whoever it was that was trying to wake me up.

I rolled over to my side as I shooed them away with my hand. I kept feeling what felt like paws poke me in my side as I continued to keep my eyes shut the entire time. I was having a really great dream about eating a lot of different types of food. It reminded me of this anime series of this boy with a tail. Who wouldn't hate being woken up from a dream like that?

Though I still kept my eyes shut through that constant poking, I could feel the still cool air that blew over me. It wasn't daytime yet, so I would never understand why someone would summon me at this hour.

"C'mon Ken, rise and shine! It's nearly morning," said a calm, feminine voice. I came to the conclusion this was obviously Dalieya.

I was really hoping she wasn't the early bird type, because on any normal day I wouldn't get up before it reached eleven in the morning, and that would be on a good day.

Luckily, the shaking seemed to stop. My body, never really leaving it's lazy, sleepy state, would soon be able to fall back into the world of slumber, with all the food I could imagine.

I knew it wouldn't be long, but then I heard footsteps around me, an almost creepy giggle following after each step. Before I could even take a guess at what was going on, I heard a loud roar straight into my ear.

"Holy fuck!" I yelled, instantly springing from my sleeping spot as if I were suddenly a rocket.

I tried to force my feet to move, but the only thing they proceeded to do was trip over one another, causing my body to spin and jerk around before I eventually fell on my butt. My hand clenched on my chest as I tried to catch my breath, losing all of my energy in that one comedy act my body pulled on me.

I looked in the direction of my supposed attacker, only finding Dalieya giggling as she walked towards me with her tail swaying back and forth.

"Morning, Ken!" she said with a happy grin as I reeled my head back, still trying in vain to catch precious air.

"Why..? Oh fuck, just why..?" I said, nearly weezing between my words before I would finally calm myself down and look at the sky.

I wiped the sweat that was currently drenching my face before I noticed the sun's position. It was barely after dawn, meaning it was only about six or seven in the morning!

I looked toward Dalieya and gave her a menacing glare. I got over the fact that she scared me half to death, I would surely get her back for that, but she woke me up this early in the morning, making this the second morning in a row that I lost precious hours of sleep.

As I continued to glare at her, seeing that heartwarming smile, feeling that jubilant vibe she naturally gave off, and the shiny black fur on her back that would reflect the sun's rays and give an even brighter glow. I just couldn't bring myself to be angry with her, looking at her adorable face naturally made me feel calm.

Defeated in my ambitions for a world of better sleep, I sighed, dropping my grudge. "Heh, top of the morning," I told her.

"Hope I didn't scare ya too bad, I kinda like to play," she told me with her innocent smile as I crossed my arms and stood to my feet.

"Being cautious and having fear are two different things, just so you know," I pointed out, Dalieya only giggling at me as her response.

"Sure thing, big guy," she told me, adding a grin and bumping into my side again as I rolled my eyes and put a hand on my head, smirking.

"Just what am I going to do with you?" I joked, shaking my head as the two of us have a laugh.

Then, I felt a horrible feeling, it took over my body, mostly my stomach, and forced me down to my knees. As I gripped my stomach, pain showing in my cringing face, Dalieya's eyes shot open. Her face turning from a face of shock and confusion, to one of dread and fear. She stood at my side, looking over me as my head reeled over my body.

"Kenny! What's wrong with you?!" she asked, showing the fear she had in her voice, but the pain I felt made it feel like I couldn't speak.. But I still said something,"

"If.. I don't do something about this, it's all going to be over…"