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Chapter 4: Soup Kisses

The next afternoon found Touko and N wandering Striaton City, looking for somewhere to spend the night. Finally, the pair found a small house specifically for trainers to stay in, and stayed there for the night.

"Eesh, man I'm beat!" Touko yawned, collapsing onto the couch. N collapsed next to her.

"Yes, today was quite tiring" he agreed.

"I'd almost forgotten what it was like travelling around Unova" she sighed reminiscently. N smiled as she closed her eyes for a moment; she looked so peaceful and beautiful.

She's always beautiful, N thought, as he remembered the two moments when he had almost kissed her.

But both times they had been rudely interrupted.

There's no way they could be interrupted now right? He thought, as Touko clattered around with pots and pans, heating up some soup, as her Victini tailed her feet; her Victini was the only Pokémon she could have out of its ball inside, as her others were all too large.

Nervously, N stood up and stood behind Touko nervously, as she continued to heat up soup, unaware that N stood so close behind her. She suddenly whipped around, and then jumped at N.

"N! Don't scare me like that!" she squealed, clutching her chest.

"S-Sorry!" he apologised, bowing his head.

Touko rolled her eyes jokingly, turning back to the stove, as N begrudgingly sat back down on the couch, pouting like a child.

Soon, Touko joined him, putting their soup on the small coffee table.

"What's with the face, N?" she asked.

"Nothing" he grumbled, picking up the soup in front of him.

"Doesn't look like nothing" she teased, picking up her soup as well.

"Well…it's that…erm…" N blushed. He had not been taught how to deal with girls. He didn't really understand them, or rather, he didn't understand Touko.

"You're annoyed we got interrupted both times we almost kissed?"

"Yes" he bowed his head. Touko sighed.

"I have to agree, it was pretty annoying…"

"Mm"

"So what are you going to do about that?"

I…what should I do? N thought.

"Kiss her!" Victini cheered to N, whilst Touko sat in front of him, bowl of soup in one hand, silver spoon in the other, quizzical look on her face. Taking Victini's advice, N placed his untouched soup on the table, and promptly removed Touko's soup and spoon from her hands and placed them beside his soup. He then gently pushed her down on the sofa, and without protest, she allowed him too. He stared down at her for a few seconds, seeing if he could figure out what was going on in her mind…but came to nothing, and slowly placed his lips on her own. Her lips were warm and soft, everything N knew they would be – also they tasted of soup, which amused him. She opened her mouth slightly, and allowed N's tongue to graze her own. After a few minutes, N pulled away, and let her sit up. He couldn't help but blush like a tomato, whilst grinning like a child at Christmas.

"Eat your soup; it'll get cold" Touko chuckled, also blushing.

The next day found N lying on his back on the floor next to the sofa, and Touko asleep and dribbling on his chest.

Wait, whut?

The sleepy N frowned, swearing that Touko was sleeping on the sofa, not N. He looked properly and saw that Touko's upper half remained on the sofa, but her lower half had somehow rolled from the sofa and onto him. Her position didn't look comfortable in the slightest. Victini had curled up in-between both of their heads, and was snoring peacefully, like its trainer. N smiled at her beauty - even though she was drooling all over him, and her mouth was open at an unflattering angle – and played with one of long brown curls. He had no clue as to how to understand this girl – no, woman, or how to address these strange feelings for his friend – or was she more than that? No one had ever properly explained to him how relationships between humans worked.

Later, Touko (awake and not drooling) and N had left for the Dreamyard – they had decided that checking there would probably be a good idea. They were walking through it, when they arrived at the abandoned ruins. They found the small man-made hole with stairs leading down, and followed the stairs, and reached a basement like place, and immediately knew they were in the right place – there were Plasma scientists everywhere.

"L-lord N!" The first gasped, as him and Touko approached.

"You are Markus, am I correct?" N asked.

"Y-yes sir"

"Good. Tell me which of the Seven Sages is here"

"Sage Gorm, my Lord N" Markus replied. "Are you planning to bring life back to Plasma? But what's with this girl? Isn't she the one that caused Plasma to collapse?"

"That is none of your concern, leave this place at once" N replied.

"I am afraid I can't, I am protecting Sage Gorm"

"Then we will defeat you"

Several Scientists and Psychic Trainers later, the two found themselves back outside, without Sage Gorm.

"…So where is this Sage Gorm? We're back outside…" Touko sighed, as the two turned the corner, only to come face-to-face with Sage Gorm.

"N! You are alive! Thank goodness! And the girl who brought down our castle! I was quite surprised by you!" And then he went on a ramble about how surprise leaves people open to attack, or something – neither Touko nor N really paid much attention. "I am sorry to waste your time, Lord N, Girl that brought down our castle. Take this with you" he then gave Touko the TM75 – Swords Dance. "Lord N's dream…you were the one to put a stop to it. Please don't ever forget that"

Another man then appeared. "Ah…And now, about Team Plasma, I am an officer of the International Police, and so there are so many things you must tell me at once!" he said.

"Musharna is said to appear here. Its Dream Mist makes you see dreams, but they are nothing but illusions. The dreams you realize with your own abilities are the real dreams" Gorm replied.

"Accept my thanks! Now there only six of the seven Sages still at large. What is it they are thinking, what it may be they are hoping, this is the information I pursue. Until we meet again!" the Officer then left with Gorm.

"…Well that was odd" Touko stated.

"Indeed. Sage Gorm always was a bit of a rambler" N chuckled.

For dinner, Touko and N had decided to go to a restaurant in Striaton City.

"So, where shall we look next?" Touko asked, digging into burger and chips.

"Hmmm…the nearest place they could be is the Wellspring Cave, that's on the way to Nacrene city…we could try the Cave?" N suggested.

"Alright, when shall we leave for there?" Touko asked.

"Tomorrow morning, so we can rest properly"

"Alright, shall we stay in that little house again tonight?"

"If it is free"

"I hope it is!" Touko yawned, stretching.

"Touko, does this count as a date?" N asked.

"Heh?"

"Is this a date? Like on the Ferris Wheel?"

"The Ferris Wheel wasn't really a date…we didn't even talk…"

"Oh…but I thought a boy taking a girl somewhere romantic was a date?"

"It is..."

"So the Ferris Wheel was a date then" N replied, smugly.

"Ok, it was a date. This is more like a dinner between friends"

"Friends…I am glad that we can be friends, Touko – I really like you" N smiled with glee. Touko blushed.

"I really like you too, N"

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