"Your secret is, and will always, be safe with me. You should know that by now Rivita." 98 had told Rivita. She meant the truth in every word she said. They have been together for years. They could share many secrets safely at this point.
As Zeper watched them talk, he wondered how the others would react. Only 98 was able to react to both situations, but the others knew nothing about it yet. Sure, they have to get used to it now and there was no reverse. But, thinking of their reactions was scary. So 98 sorta calmed them down. But now it was time to go back upstairs. Time to find out what they would think about it.
Zeper helped Rivita get back up on her feet as 98 had already started slowly, but silently up the steep stairs. Zeper and Rivita had followed closely behind her, side by side, holding hands. THey finally made it up the stairs and 98 had went to the library as Zeper and Rivita felt as if there was no other choice but to follow the little Manaphy. Now was the time for truth.
As they all entered the library, the first to take notice was Zen. He looked at the three right as they were entering through the door. He had a look of confusion. The question in his mind was who is this? He could recognize the girl's features, such as from her ears and tail. But it reminded him of someone he knew. Who was it though? He felt no reason to wonder as he approached , maybe he would ask.
"Who are you?" Zen had asked the girl who was now Rivita. She looked way too familiar now.
As Rivita noticed Zen instantly, she knelt down in front of him and looked him in the eyes, it helped Zen notice that she was someone Zen knew allot. "Its me." Rivita had finally said to tell Zen who she was through her voice.
"How is this possible? How are you Rivita?" Zen questioned her. He didn't believe this anymore than he believed Zeper. It was all false to him. None of this was true, or was it?
"I evolved for Zeper when he cured my sickness. Its a long story..." Rivita had said back calmly. There was no way Zen could prove her not to be Rivita at this point. This made Zen feel sorry that he wasn't able to recognise his own great friend.
"I'm sorry I couldn't recognise you. And I'm sorry to you as well Zeper for not trusting you." Was finally admitted by Zen. He finally admitted to something for once in his life, but now his sorrow for not trusting others enough was building up.
"Don't worry about it, don't be sorry Zen." Zeper had almost instantly told the little Raichu. He knew he wasn't trust from the beginning, why have the group sorry about not trusting him enough? It was almost harsh.
Behind them, Zequel was standing there listening in on them talking. He heard it all and had nothing to say as he wasn't yet noticed. That is until now. The Zorua girl had spotted the small Zorua by barely and stood up as well as taking a step back to look at everyone. It was a new height she could see at and now she can finally see over others with ease.
"So you kept your promise, I never expected that. But now that you have shown that you are able to be trusted, we will be at your command Zeper." Zequel had said to give his position off to everyone.
Zeper was shocked at this. He isn't able to command them properly. But he doesn't want to push them away. He would love to keep them. "I would be glad to take care of you all, but I am no trainer." was confessed.
"Thats alright. As long as we are happy, we are good. Right now we are really happy since you just cured our friend." 98 had said with a happy voice. Strange, allot of happyness. Was that her way of living, if so, thats great.
"I agree, we don't have a problem with having you care for us without training. We can self train." Zen had said as a seemed that Zeper had now gained Zen's full respect and full trust. It was a good sign.
"As long as we can trust you, I'm good with that." Zequel had added in. So they all agreed with Zeper's way of taking care of them all. Thats great. But does this mean something else as well? Maybe, or maybe not. Its not yet known, but the future will soon answer the questions.
"Alright, its set. We I will take care of you all. Follow me and I'll show you all your room." Zeper said as he led them all to a room with multiple beds. About ten were in there. "This will be your room, for now." Zeper said to the group."
"What do you mean by for now?" 98 had questioned timidly. She felt scared on asking the question. But she was at least brave enough to ask it.
"This is until I get the other rooms ready. Until then, this is for you all." Zeper said after waiting a second the question was could tell that what he said had worried 98 some. " Don't worry. I see you all as friends, I wouldn't do anything to any of you." was said in attempt to try and calm down 98 as it did. Then Zeper looked over at Rivita. "I have a room for you set up actually right now." he told her.
Zeper let the three pokemon go in their room to get used to their surroundings more as he led Rivita to a room that had allot of space and a good sized bed. "This will be your room Rivita." he told her.
At this, Rivita was happy. She never had a room before to herself. With her new form, she could observe it easily as well. "Thank you!" she had cried out happily as she hugged Zeper. The hug nearly knocked him off balance due to how unexpected it was. But the good thing is she was happy.
"I'll let you get used to your new room. I'll be in the library though." Zeper said as Rivita released him. He did as he told Rivita, he headed straight to the library and sat down in a chair.
He had sat there for around five minutes feeling tired. It was still night. How much longer could he go without falling asleep? He nearly did fall asleep until 98 had found him in the library when she decided to sit in the room for some peace and quiet until she had found Zeper in there as well. She felt scared as Zeper snapped awake and looked at her. "I'm sorry, I didn't kno-" she was able to say until she was cut off.
"No, don't worry about it. I didn't want to fall asleep anyways." Zeper told her to calm her down. He was good at doing that by now, he calmed her without a problem. "You can come over here if you want. You live here too you know." He told the little Manaphy that was around half his size.
Being told this, 98 walked next to the chair that Zeper was sitting in and looked at him. She knew that Zeper was a nice person. But there was something about him that she didn't understand. What was it though? There was something she needed to ask though. One of the many questions she had needed an answer. "Zeper, did you make Rivita a gijinka on purpose?" she finally was able to ask.
Zeper looked over at 98 and stared at her for a few moments. "No, she did it willingly. I never knew it was possible to evolve like that." He had answered. It was surprising for how much 98 had gotten used to Zeper by now. She was able to ask things without hesitation. But this could mean something. Maybe it did.
"I sorta wanna evolve for you as well. You've been so nice to us all, even offered us all a home. Noone else would've ever done this for us. I don't know how to thank you." 98 had told Zeper as she hopped up onto the armrest of the chair Zeper was sitting in and hugged him.
"I'm trying my best. I will keep at my best as well. You can count on that." he told 98 as he looked into her eyes. They were green like emeralds and they seem to shine. He felt like she was about to evolve into a gijinka but he couldn't tell for sure. But if she was going to, Zeper was ready.
"Please, promise to never abandon us. I will love you forever." 98 said as Zeper didn't know if she meant it literally. But either way, that could cause either a battle between Rivita and 98, or they will both try to get Zeper. That is if 98 means it literally.
"I promise." he said as 98 hugged him tighter. His answer really made her happy. Probably the most happy she had been for a LONG time. It was possible that it was true. In reaction to the tighter hug, Zeper hugged her in return gently against his chest as 98 rested against him and soon fell asleep. Along with that, Zeper fell asleep as well.
AN:Chapter 4 already. And the funny thing is that all that was the same night as chapter 1. Well I think I know which is gonna be a gijinka next. Btw, this might be my longest chapter so far. Hope you all enjoy and leave a comment/suggestion. See you all next time. (Most likely tomorrow.)