Chapter 3: A Shadowed Past

Hello again everyone! I'm here to bring you a new chapter for your amusement. Things have been pretty hectic on my end so I might limit these to about once or twice a month I'm still not sure. Either way lets get cracking.

The young Braixen was very thankful that she had met this nice Pokemon before it had started to rain. It was nice to have company on this miserable night, also nice that said company was allowing her to warm and dry herself after being soaked to the bone. Although it felt odd being alone with Zoro, it felt nice at the same time. Maybe she was starting to have feelings towards him, or could it just be gratitude.

"Thanks again for the blankets Zoro I'm feeling better already, well enough to light that fire."

Zoro looks up from a pile of berries he had stashed away.

"No problem, it's not like I'm going to leave a beautiful girl outside to freeze. What type of Pokemon would I be if I did?"

Braixen blushes slightly at being called beautiful.

"Well, you wouldn't be a very nice one. I know it must seem childish for me to say that, but having grown up in a small village I never was exposed to very mean people. We all tried to help each other whenever we could, it was just how we did things."

Zoro walks over to Braixen and sits down next to her.

"I'm not sure what type of berry you liked most, but I grabbed a few that tend to grow around here. I'm running low on Pecha Berries though, Oran, Sitrus, and Aspear are easy to come by and I have a few Cheri Berries as well. My mother always told me to keep a few incase I ever met a girl and couldn't talk at all."

The young Braixen laughs lightly.

"Is that so? Hehe, your mother sounds like she sure knew her stuff. Does that mean you won't be needing one tonight?"

"Ya she was.. I just wish I could tell her that now. It's been so long since I last seen her."

Braixen looks at Zoro with a puzzled expression.

"What's wrong Zoro? Did something happen to her?" A look of realization dawns on her. "Oh Zoro, i'm sorry I shouldn't have said anything."

"It's all right, you couldn't have known. I don't tend to dwell on it, I'm not sure much about what happened either. I never knew my father and I lost my mother a few years ago shortly after becoming a Zoroark so it's not much to feel happy about remembering."

Braixen turns her head to look into Zoro's eyes.

"How old are you Zoro? I just turned into a Braixen but it looks like you've been evolved for a while."

" I'm not sure exactly how old I am. Mother told me once that I evolved way earlier than I should have but never said anything as to why. If I had to take a guess though maybe not much more than you."

Braixen looks down at the pile of wood that had been gathered for a fire.

"I'm feeling a lot better now so lets get this fire started. Afterwards we can eat some berries and maybe you can find out more about me, it's only fair."

"Sure, sounds like a plan to me"

Braixen stands up and pulls out her wand, points it at the sticks and causes them to catch fire.

"There much better."

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