Chapter Three
Journey To The Home Of Mewtwo -
Location: Mt. Quena, Healing Springs Cavern
Zena also felt the butterflies in her stomach, but was none the wiser about Mewtwo's. She also hoped her human form would knock the whatever-it-was out of her system. She transformed quickly. "Well? What do you think?" A human girl stood there.
Teal based hair with blue highlights, the opposite of her blue-based fur with teal markings. Her eyes were also teal, and sparkled. And she wore a ¾ length sky blue T-shirt with a symbol on it. It was a Pokeball, with a pink peace symbol over it, and purple jeans with two sky blue pockets with Pokeballs on them, one on each. Unfortunately for them, it just made the butterflies worse. "Um, Mewtwo, if your, uh, done looking at my human form, I'd like to start traveling again. That is, unless your tired?" Mewtwo blushed under his thin fur, realizing he had been staring, though Zena hadn't. "That, uh, is you, isn't it, girl?" He said "Yep. Did, uh, didn't you hear me? I asked if you were tired." "No. No, I'm not tired. Let's go, unless your tired?" "No, no. Let's get a move on." Zena said, while thinking, 'Wow. He looks even more handsome when I'm like this. Way-way-wait! Hold the phone, rewind! Handsome? I'm so losing my mind!' Mewtwo was paying more attention to his own thoughts, otherwise he would have heard her cursing her own brain out. 'Wow. She's beautiful no matter what form she takes. Wait. Go back. Beautiful? I must be going insane!' Mewtwo thought. "Well, let's get a move on, Mewtwo. Mewtwo?" She had transformed back into Zena-Mew2, and was waving her hand in front of Mewtwo face. "WHOOOAA!" Bang. "Note to self. Do not do that again!" "Zena! Are you alright? I'm sorry about that." Mewtwo said, rushing over to the girl he had psychically thrown. "I'm fine. Just a little bump. But, let's not do that again, hmm?" She started to laugh. Mewtwo looked surprised. "Well, then. Let's go." Said Zena, after she had gotten over her giggle fit. "Alright." Said Mewtwo. He wasn't sure, maybe it was just the fact she had his D.N.A., or so she had told him, but she seemed so much easier to talk to than other humans. She seemed, special, to him at least. "Let's stop here. I need to rest. She pointed to a clearing that had small creek running through it branching off in different directions. They slept there for the night. The night passed, and when Mewtwo woke up, Zena was gone. 'Zena!' "Zena!" Mewtwo called out. "Mewtwo! I found some food!" Called a voice from behind him. He turned around to see Zena in human form behind him waving. "Oh, food." "I would've woken you up, but I didn't want to risk another goose-egg sized bump. Ow." "I can help with that." Mewtwo placed his left paw on her head, where she had hit the tree. A soothing sensation went through her head, beginning at the place Mewtwo's paw was, and rushed through her body, fixing the knot on her head, and acting as though it was looking for any other wounds. Bruises, cuts, and scrapes from various beatings disappeared, leaving a cool, soothing feeling where they had been. "Oh, that feels sooo good." Said Zena, closing her eyes and shivering from the feeling. When the feeling disappeared, she opened her eyes and smiled at the purple and gray psycat. "Thank you. Mewtwo, you're a good friend. At least I hope we're friends. Are we?" She said. Mewtwo looked at her, looked at the calm confidence she had, the trust she placed in him for her rescue, the way she smiled, and realized that they were friends. "Yes, girl. We are friends." Said Mewtwo. The teenage girl placed her arms around her waist, shocking him. She was hugging him. Slowly, he placed his own arms around her, returning the hug. She reluctantly pulled away, feeling safe against his fur, where she could hear his heartbeat. "Girl again, is it? Well, Pokemon, are we going to eat?" She said, giving him a teasing look. "Yes. Let's go to that food you found." Said Mewtwo, giving her a rare smile."Apples! Yum." Said Zena, grabbing his paw and pulling him to the food, which, amazingly for this part of Kanto, had no Beedrill in the tree. She picked an apple, and began to munch on it. She soon got to it's core and looked as though she was considering eating that, too. "Did they give you food, while you were in that laboratory, girl?" Mewtwo asked, looking at the girl. She was obviously starving. "If you can call the tiny amounts of pig slop I got once a day meals, then yes. If not, no they didn't. This must be the first real food I've had in three years of a living nightmare." Zena said, picking another apple off the tree, her fifth in the space of five minutes. "They starved you?" "Pretty much." The girl said, nonchalantly. 'How does she speak so calmly about her imprisonment? The first real food in three years? How did she survive?' Thought Mewtwo. Meanwhile, Zena was loading her backpack up with the juicy red apples, preparing to go. "So, we heading off?" She asked Mewtwo, shaking the psycat out of his thoughts. "Huh? Oh, yes. Let's go, we should arrive there today." Mewtwo said, while mentally berating himself. 'What is wrong with you? You're never this distracted. Is it the girl? She couldn't be making me so distracted, unless it's just the presence of another strong psychic. Yes, that must be it.' Zena was thinking along the same lines as Mewtwo. 'What the heck, Zena? You're acting weird, like some sort of girly-girl. Ugh, I despise girly-girls. But it seem like I only act like that around Mewtwo. What's up with that? Maybe it's just the power I feel from him. Yeah, yeah, that's it.' Soon they had arrived at Mt. Quena , in the Healing Springs Cavern. The clones jumped Zena as soon as she landed. "Whoa! Help!" Yelled Zena, running for her life. "Enough! Why are you attacking her?" "Scy Scyther. Scyther-Scy?" Said the Scyther in the lead. Translation: "She came to our home. Is she not a threat?" "No I'm not! Now can you two get off of me? Please?" Said Zena, mushed into the ground by the Wigglytuff clone and the Nidoqueen clone. "Nido? Nidoqueen?" Translation: "Wigglytuff? Should we?" "Wig, Wiggly! Wig!" Translation: "Yes, I think so! Look!" There, where the Wigglytuff clone was pointing, was a very mad Mewtwo. The clones ran off. "Hmmph. Are you all right, girl?" "I'm fine. But that kick's gonna be a bruise, I just know it." "I can heal that, if you like." "Yes please. The bruise is right, here." She said, pointing to a place in her lower back, wincing as the muscles stretched. Mewtwo placed his paw on the indicated space. Once again, the cool, soothing feeling filled her body, then it settled in the small of her back. "Thank you. That's the second time you've healed me. I wasn't expecting it. But it's much appreciated." "You're welcome. But try not to make any one else think you're a threat." "Ah, I can relate to them." She walked over to the Wigglytuff and the Nidoqueen, and offered them both an apple. "Go on. Take them. No strings attached." The Wigglytuff grabbed and retreated to a respectful distance, but the Nidoqueen looked at the girl. "Queen. Nido?" Translation: "Thank you. But what is your name?" "My name is Zena Kaiimi, or Zena-Mew2. You can call me by either name. Zena, or Zena-Mew2. Both work just as well. Aren't you going to take the apple?" "Nido!" Translation. "Yes, please!" Zena laughed. "Alright then. See you later!" She said, laughing as she went over to another group of clones and gave them apples as well. She went from clone to clone, giving them apples and talking with them. "You certainly are a natural with them. I've never seen them take to anyone so fast." Mewtwo said after she had finished her Pokemon clone meet-and-greet. Zena had the Pikachu clone, who was munching on an apple, riding atop her shoulder. "Thanks. They're really nice Pokemon, and they all really look up to you. Did you know?" Zena said giving him a wide smile. "No, I did not. They never told me as such." Well, maybe they thought it would embarrass you." Said Zena, still looking at Mewtwo. "Pika pika pi!" Translation: "They like each other!" Mewtwo and Zena both turned red as cherries, and yelled at the Electric Mouse Pokemon clone, "Shut up!" "Shut up!" All the Pokemon within range of sight began to laugh like there was no tomorrow to laugh.