Chapter 2: The Revealing

As the three people were rushing into the hospital, we were following them at a safe distance. Leaping into a lobby sofa, I put up my head, looked around and got a bit closer to the group more than Zeke did. As I got closer, I could begin to hear their voices.

But something wasn't quite right. I could hear a conversational voice coming from one person, and a pokemon's from the other.

I must be acidentally eavesdropping on another person's conversation I thought to myself.

All of a sudden, somehow, the teenager's (or man, looked like a teenager to me) Umbreon suddenly saw me and somehow realized I was spying on it. It clearly thought wrong of that.

"Ah, crap."

It leaped onto me, we struggled, and something unusual happened.

"What the hell is wrong with you!?!? You know it's impolite to spy, especially on a girl like me!!"

"What?!?! No! I.. Hnnngghh!?!?!

I could swear to frickin god that Umbreon just spoke to me.

"W-w-w-wait! You've got the wrong idea!" I stammered as we stopped struggling.

"Oh, do I?!?!" the Umbreon yelled at me, gasping for air, like I was.

"OK, OK, so *pant* *pant* may I ask how you learned to speak human?" I immediately asked.

"I always did, I--"

"Angel!" The Umbreon was interrupted by its (or I should be saying "her") trainer's voice.

"Damn."

"Oh, too bad I couldn't hear your story"

"Well gotta go, by the way, his name's Micheal"

"Gotcha"

"Oh hey" the trainer began "sorry about the little attack."

"Yeah it's ok. Say, your name Micheal?"

"Yeah, it would be, how'd you know, Sinnoh Champ?"

"Um... Someone told me?"

"Probably figured, the full name's Micheal Lucelli, nice to meet ya"

"You too."

"So what are you doing here?" Micheal asked.

" Just lookin around Hoenn" I answered.

"Oh really?"

"Yeah."

We talked and talked until...

"Say, we've gotten to know each other for quite a while now. It's a bit sudden, but may I come with? I assume you're on the same path as I am."

I think the Umbreon growled at this statement.

And it was partially true, I still don't have a 5th gym badge.

"Really, sure of course!" Micheal happily answered, but in an off tone, "but i'm gonna need some time for my pokemon's wounds to heal. Got really injured."

"Like I don't know" I said

So I stood in the lobby later on. Waiting for him.