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Chapter two-sometimes unsound advice is still good advice.
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The creature stared at me incredulously then started squeaking, confused i watched it for a few seconds before I realized that it was laughing at which point I started chuckling too. The laughing abruptly stopped when the creatures laugh turned into a cough and a little blood dripped from its mouth. Worried I rushed over to it, but stopped when it hissed at me and tried to back away. "Hey hold still I'm just trying to help." I said, stopping to see if it would let me approach. It eyeballed me for a few seconds then nodded. "Thanks, now please try not to bite me, I have to check to make sure nothings broken. And that might be impeded if I'm missing a hand." I glanced at it and it nodded again.
I spent the next few minutes inspecting its body and what I was found was worrying "It looks like you have a few fractured ribs and your wing is probably too torn to heal properly without proper medical attention." I hesitated for a moment before I continued. " I don't have any medical training besides what I've picked up from helping in Pokemon centers a few times but I'm pretty sure your chest needs to be wrapped." It nodded again and waited for me to continue "ok, try not to move a lot until I get back" again it nodded.
I walked to the entrance of the cave and spotted the part of the forest that had been cleared from noiverns crash, at least I assumed that it was Noivern that had caused it. And then to my excitement I saw the clearing where I had fallen, It was aways off but I could probably get there in less then a half hour! I started to walk down the hill when my stomach grumbled and it occurred to me that the Noivern might be hungry too. When I entered the cave I was greeted by a hiss and a shockwave that sent me tumbling back onto my ass. "Whoa, whoa, it's just me." Noivern chirped and look at me worriedly. Getting backup and brushing my pants legs off which gave me enough time to collect my senses "meh, no harm no foul. I just came back to ask if you were hungry." It gave me a odd look and then nodded. "Okay so do you like sweet?" It nodded "what about sour?" It nodded again. "Ok well that makes my job easier." It stared at me for a few moments and the laid it's head back down.
After stopping a few times to pick berries (mostly Iapapas and Orans) I reached the clearing and after setting down the berries began the search for my gear. I found the compass in the middle of a small pool created by the rocks in the center of the clearing. unfortunately all I found of my knapsack was the crushed and shredded remains. I was happy that I found the compass because that meant I could find my way back to town, and also because it was more then I expected to find. As I started to exit the clearing I remembered that I had forgotten to pick up the berries, turning around I picked them up in my shirt and headed back to the cave.
When I got near to the cave I called out "hey Noivern, its me! No shockwaves please!" I heard a chirp from the cave and walked in and was greeted by a worrying sight. Noivern was flopped on the ground staring at me, what worried me was there was more blood on the floor. Hurrying over I accidentally dropped a few berries, at which point Noiverns head shot up. "Oh yea forgot to say but I got a bunch of berries on the way back." Noiverns tail began to thump on the floor as it gazed at my shirt. "Here ya go." I said dumping them in front of it. While it was busy devouring the berries I started to talk, "while your eating I'm going to go out and get some of the vines I saw near the cave, I'm going to use them as a makeshift wrap for your ribs After that I'll start trying to figure out how to get you to the poke center" at the mention of the poke center its head shot up and it hissed and glared at me.
"Oh don't give me that, you know as well as I do that you're not going to heal right without proper medical attention" it didn't seem convinced and continued to glare at me "c'mon, pretty please? You're the most interesting person that I've spoken too in years!" It's glare softened some, and then it finally nodded "Thank you, I really would hate to see you die, you seem like a nice enough dude an..." It's expression changed into a small scowl "what, am I talking to much?" It shook its head. "Uh okay, am I being to mushy for ya?" Again it shook its head. I sat turning over the sentence in my head trying to figure out what offended... It. "Oh are you a girl?" It nodded this time. "Ah okay sorry about that." A thought occurred to me "hey do you have a name?" She glanced at me for a second then shook her head. "Would it be alright if I were to give you one? It seems kinda silly to call you Noivern, I mean people don't call me human ya know?" She Paused as if to contemplate it, occasionally glancing at me. Finally She chirp and nudged my chest. "that a yes?" She nodded.
I spent the next 15 minutes trying different names to find one she liked but each one only received a shake of her head, finally exasperated "what about sharzun?" She tilted her head and stared. She was still for a moment then nodded her head. "Well then nice to meet you sharzun!" She gave me what I assumed was a smile.
After I had gotten the vines and managed to form them into a wrap, i stepped outside to check the sun, surprisingly it was only mid-day, I walked back inside "hey sharzun you hungry?" Her head popped up and she nodded so hard I thought she'd break something. "Ahahahah okay, okay, be back in a minute." Later while we were eating the berries I had found I decided to broach the topic of returning to town. "Urm about returning to to town" she grimaced "do you have any clue how I might be able to get you there?" She paused for a moment then shook her head. I got up and began to pace back and forth. "Well you're too heavy for a sled to work, also it would aggravate your injures. You can't fly so thats out, I keep feeling like there something I'm missing." Sharzun watched me pace back and forth.
The next few minutes went like that, me mumbling out loud and her watching me, when suddenly she let out a squeak. "Huh, what is it? Are you okay?" She nodded then went back to staring at something. It looked like she was looking at my legs so I glanced down and and felt like the biggest fool walking the planet. "Hahahahah oh lord how did I forget about that!" I reached down to my belt and unclipped the pokeball the old man had given me. "This would work if your willing to let me use it, you okay with that? I'll free you once we're at the center." She sat for awhile staring at the ball. Finally she chirped and nodded her head. "Ok good, that solves that! And thanks for trusting me, I mean it." She just sat there peering at me. I fidgeted a little, "You ready then?" She nodded. I walked forward and held out the pokeball. She reached forward and tapped the button and disappeared into the ball. I glanced at the cave and then pulled out my compass and headed for town.
When I entered the pokecenter nurse joy glanced up and with her family's usual smile and happy demeanor asked "How can I help you today young man?" He held out the pokeball, "Well I found a injured Noivern and was wondering if you would heal it?" "Of course," then she paused for a moment "Say, this wouldn't happened to be the one who caused the commotion in town would it?" "Probably" I shrugged. "How in the world did you manage to get close to it?" "Well it turns out smiling and fainting are a great way to win someone over" I laughed. She arched her eyebrow then shrugged. "If you say so, right this way." I slept at the poke center that night figuring it would be best if I was the one to release sharzun. Sometime the next morning nurse joy woke me up, handed me sharzun's pokeball and sent me on my way.
I stopped at the bank to make a withdrawal, and then bought some food at the poke market. Once I was outside the town's gate I released sharzun from her ball, she hissed and glanced around but calmed down when she saw me. "Hey you're looking better!" She nodded. "Well that's good, so I bought some food for ya so you don't have to fly on a empty stomach" I shifted back and forth "Uh, Well here's you pokeball" I rolled it and the food box over to her. Scratching my head when she just stared at me, "Well it was nice meeting you, live well and be free and all that Shazam... I'm sorry I'm really horrible at goodbyes." I said with a shrug. I gave her a small wave and started off down the path.
I didn't get far before I heard a swoosh and something rather hard and slimy hit my head and bounced away. Pissed I glanced around but didn't see anyone, "AHAH VERY FUNNY, friggin pranksters" I grumbled under my breath trying to get the slime out of my hair. I started to walk again when a shimmer caught my eye, I walked over and picked up a rather slimy pokeball. "The hell? Who would ju-" THUD. It sounded like something rather heavy hit the ground behind me. Hoping beyond hope I turned around and grinned ear to ear. "SHARZUN" Laughing I ran over and hugged her, which she took in-stride. "I assume this is yours then?" I said holding up the pokeball. she nodded. "This mean you want come with me?" I asked still grinning. She nodded again. "AWESOME!"
On my way to the main route I passed the old mans house, he was still outside working on what appeared to be a garden. He glanced up and saw me "So did you find her? Did you find celebi?" I watched a shape in the sky flyby and my hand went down to the pokeball at my belt. "No, but I guess I found something better" "Oh, what would that be?" I smiled, "A friend."
