"Come on... What's the hold-up?" the Lilligant spoke as she tried to push the young Squirtle over to the Gardevoir, but the Squirtle wouldn't budge; His feet was firmly planted in place as if it was cemented onto the floor itself, refusing to move even a slight inch.
"I was just thinking," the Squirtle tried to wiggle his way out, "Here's a thought: Why don't we just drop this whole thing? You know, just pretend this never happened?"
"Why?" the Lilligant asked as she continued to struggle about moving the stubbornly shy Squirtle, "What, are you scared or something?"
"Scared? Me?" the Squirtle questioned as he defended himself, "Please, do I look scared?"
The Lilligant paused trying to push the Squirtle as she stared at his tail that'd been wagging for the past few minutes. "So I take it you just REALLY like the move Tail Whip then?" she questioned rhetorically.
"You know, it's VERY underrated move," the Squirtle winged as he lifted one finger as if he had a point to make, "I mean, most people wouldn't expect a move like to be done in an actual battle when moves such as Iron Tail could be done but..."
He would've gone indepth about the many uses of Tail Whip for on and on, but that didn't change the fact that he was delaying meeting the Gardevoir. Why was he so nervous for? He felt apprehensive about meeting her because they had never met, sure, but what exactly was he afraid of? He thought about it and, well, the worst thing that could happen is that he leaves the diner a little embarassed, and with a city this big, would that be so bad?
He took a minute to breathe in and breathe out before finally mustering the courage to head over there himself; He walked over to the Gardevoir on his own two feet in his own stride with the gentle prodding from the Lilligant who was so desperately trying to get them to meet. Once he approached the table, the Gardevoir had swallowed a bite of her ice cream sundae before noticed his shadow on her table. She looked up from her dessert, and, as her eyes met his, with her eyes brightening up like a night with fireworks, she let out a small smile before she uttered the words:
"You came."
[Chapter 2 - Dinner Rush]
As the Squirtle sat down at the Gardevoir's table, the Lilligant had set down his cup of coffee as well as the strawberry sundae that she ordered before asking "Do you need anything else?"
"That'll be all," the Gardevoir said graciously, "Thank you for your assistence."
"Just call me if you need anything," the Lilligant smiled as she left to resume waiting tables, though not before she put her hand on the Squirtle's shoulder, whispering the words, "I'm glad you decided to go."
As the Lilligant left the vicinity, the Gardevoir took a spoonful of her strawberry sundae, squealing in delight as the sweet concoction entered her mouth. "Mmm! Strawberry sundaes are simply to die for!" As she came back to her senses, she noticed that th Squirtle hadn't touch his sundae at all. "Why aren't you eating yours?"
She pushed the glass of ice cream towards him, but the Squirtle merely pushed it back slightly. "I'm not a such big fan of sweets," he answered before taking a sip of his coffee, still too shy as to say anything else.
"Oh?" the Gardevoir questioned, "But this strawberry sundae is so delicious! Please, try some." She used her Psychic powers to lift the spoon out of the glass, take a scoop of ice cream, and held it over to the Squirtle.
"Really, I'm fine," the Squirtle told her as he tried to refuse the offer, but, after seeing the sad look on the Gardevoir's face upon denying her gesture, instantly caved in. "Fine," the Squirtle gave in, "Alright, alright, I'll try some." He grabbed the spoon from midair and slowly shoved the spoon to his mouth, taking a bite. It was a little too sweet for his liking, but he couldn't deny that it wasn't good, if not delicious.
"Wow, that's actually pretty good."
"Told you," the Gardevoir smiled in delight as she polished off the last spoonful of her sundae, using her Psychic abilities to control the spoon for her. Not content with a single glass, she looked at the Bulbasaur waiter and asked him to "Be a dear and bring another glass of the strawberry sundae!"
As the Bulbasaur nodded to acknowledge her, he went into the kitchen to get more. However, rather than just merely wait for the Bulbasaur to return, she decided to get to know the Squirtle a little better.
"I believe you didn't introduce yourself," the Gardevoir pointed out, "So tell me, what's your name?"
"You don't know my name?" the Squirtle asked after taking sip of coffee.
"Well of course not," the Gardevoir answered, "You just moved to this city, did you not?"
"Huh? How'd you know that?" the Squirtle questioned upon hearing that tiny tidbit of his life that he hadn't told her. Of course, the Gardevoir's only response was to point at her magic floating spoon, pointing out that she had Psychic abilities. "Oh," the Squirtle replied before asking a question of his own, "But wait, if you knew that, why don't you know my name?"
"Well," the Gardevoir toyed with her magic floating spoon, "Maybe I was hoping that you would tell me yourself..."
The Squirtle blushed a little bit before coughing out a coupling of drops of coffee. The Gardevoir smiled, amused by his reaction.
"Your Special Defense went down," she joked.
"Sh-shut up!" the Squirtle blurted out of embarassment.
"Your Defense rose," she joked once more.
The Squirtle regained his composure, or whatever it is, as the Bulbasaur waiter brought the Gardevoir's strawberry sundae, whom she thanked. "Well, what's your name?" the Squirtle asked her.
"I asked you first," she reminded him as she took another bite of ice cream, much to the Squirtle's chargin.
"It's... Yume... Yume Young." he answered.
"What a beautiful name..." the Gardevoir smiled jokingly.
"Oh shut up," Yume blushed before pointing out, "Your turn: What's your name?"
"I'm..." the Gardevoir paused to take yet another bite of her sundae, "Not going to tell you!" She stuck her sticky tongue out at him in jest.
"What!" Yume exclaimed, "That's totally unfair! It's rude to ask for someone's name and then not give them your own, you know! Quid pro quo and all that!"
The Squirtle and the Gardevoir seemed to be getting along, albeit in their own way, smiling as they argue back and forth about this simple little argument, shoving ice cream in their mouths to fuel their energy. The Lilligant, now taking a small breather once the initial rush calmed down, was admiring the two from afar, donning a small smile herself as she watched over them.
It wasn't long until something came to ruin this peaceful moment however: An angry Charizard having a bad day came into the restaurant, bringing his attitude with him. With a stomp, he kicked the door wide open, breaking them off the hinges. This startled the other patrons, including Yume and the Gardevoir.
"Like the door wasn't big enough?" Yume wondered outloud, joking to himself though.
The Psyduck who waited on the tables had came over to calm the Charizard down, but there was no reasoning with this beast: He slashed the Psyduck away, the force causing him to crash into the wall, much to everyone's terror. The Psyduck was okay as the Bulbasaur checked on him... Though then again, Psyducks are terribly slow at realizing they're in pain like Slowpokes, so the Bulbasaur was uncertain. The entire restaurant was staring at the Charizard, much to his irritation.
"What are you looking at!" the Charizard roared, striking fear into the hearts of everyone there.
Someone's gotta stop him Yume thought to himself as he got out of his seat, but he was beaten to the punch by the Gardevoir, who had her hand out towards Yume, signaling him not to get up.
"Please," the Gardevoir asked, "Let me handle this."
"Not a chance," the Squirtle got up, moving past her, "I got this." The Gardevoir knew that the Squirtle had no chance against a Charizard, despite the Type difference, but Yume had ran towards the flaming behemoth, leaving any chance to back out gone.
"What are you looking at!" the Charizard yelled out as he spat out tiny Embers at Yume.
"Nothing much," Yume answered as he side stepped each tiny flame, making his way towards the Charizard. As he drew closer, he sprinted towards him as fast as he can, colliding a Skull Bash with the Charizard's face, knocking him back.
Despite the critical hit, the Charizard still had more than enough energy to fight, using Rage to work himself into a frenzy. He rushed towards Yume and slammed him into the ground, dealing a lot of trauma for the tiny Pokemon. The Gardevoir, having stood by, decided to rush into action, much to the anger of the Charizard.
"You next!" he screamed out as he threw Yume away like a rag doll behind the Gardevoir before turning to face the Gardevoir. As the Gardevoir turned around to help Yume, like a coward, the Charizard readied a Flamethrower, hoping to score a hit with the Gardevoir's back turned. Yume however, saw the Charizard prepare and, without thinking, rushed past the Gardevoir despite his wounds and took the full blunt of the attack for her.
The attack was too powerful for a mere Squirtle like Yume to handle, so naturally, he started to black out from the pain. However, before he fully lost conscious, he saw a glimpse of a strange image:
A Squirtle dressed in an unusual outfit had done the same thing for a Gardevoir, taking an attack for her.
As Yume fell, the Charizard, acting all cocky, turned to the other patrons and roared out "That's what happens when you mess with me! Who's next!" None of the other patrons dared challenge him, but when they saw that the Charizard was planning to hurt the Squirtle more by preparing a Fire Blast, they couldn't do anything by stand by and watch.
"No!" the Gardevoir yelled out as she ran in front of the blast and used Protect, creating a barrier around her that withstood the attack. The flames had engulfed her, but she didn't flinch, feeling none of the pain. Once the flames had died down, she raised both hands and unleashed a powerful Psychic blast, knocking he Charizard out of the diner and onto the streets, rendering him unconcious. She wasn't too concerned with him however, and turned towards Yume as he laid unconscious as well.