Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
Shortest Chapter I have so far. Gives some insight on Drake, for all you haters and lovers of him.
Drake had met up with me about thirty minutes later after Rojo's demise. One look told him all he needed to know. He stood silently, watching in the trees, as Toru stood with him. After a while, he came up to me.
"Done crying yet?" he asked, holding his arm out to help me up. I glowered at him, red faced and tears dripping down, as I continued to hold my demised Wurmple in my arms.
"Came to gloat that you were right, didn't you, Maple?" I asked, "Well, happy. You were. A Nuzlocke isn't all fun and games. It is killed or be killed."
"I warned you, but I never wanted you to figure out this way," he said, his gaze undeterred by my looks. "Anyways, you look horrible. Quit crying and man up. If you are the trainer you say yourself to be, act like it."
"What do you know? All you do is research and stay in Daddy's lab! You don't know the reality!" I screamed, as he looked at me. A pained expression appeared on his face, and he looked at me.
"Did you know that I had a best friend once, as a Treecko? Forest, the Treecko I had would be my caretaker and my protector. However, Dad always told me not to play with his equipment. I did once, as a kid, and the place burst in flames. Forest got me out, but he never made it…" His voice trailed off and I noticed tears start to form, but he wiped them away with his sleeve.
"Sorry," I mumbled.
"It's all right. I don't open up a lot and I know I act as an asshole, but I don't want to be reminded of what I did. If I had only followed orders…"
"You were a kid, so don't blame yourself," I said, "Anyways, let's bury Rojo."
Together, we managed to accumulate a small pile of dirt and soil to build a tiny grave. We placed him in the hole and covered him. I brushed away the tears threatening to fall and we covered him. Then, I said, "Rojo, I only knew you for a short time, but you were the best Wurmple a girl could ask for. Thanks for trying to defend me and the other man from earlier. I won't forget you. And, sorry for looking down at you because you were a tiny bug. I guess, even the smallest creature can have a giant of a heart."
Drake handed me a pebble where he somehow got the name of Rojo using his own Wurmple's string. I placed it as a tomb stone and looked at Drake. Then, after I could not hold it anymore, I hugged him and cried on his shoulder, as he patted my back soothingly. We were there until Reya found us that night.
Team:
Thor- Combusken- level 17
Azul- Kirlia- level 16
Sirius- Poochyena- level 16
M- Magikarp- level 5
R.I.P. Rojo the Wurmple- level 6
Oh yeah, I restarted Emerald for another Nuzlocke, that will not be a story though. No shinies.
Team:
Fye the Blaziken- level 36
Youmi the Gardevoir- level 30
Soul the Sableye- level 27
Raika (The Second) the Manectric- level 26
Zack the Gloom- level 21
Laeki the Mightyena- level 25
At the third gym- Daycare did a lot...
R.I.P. Raika the Elektrike- level 12
Yes, I am an insanely lucky trainer, and I am thankful for it. I do have another Sableye from Lia's Nuzlocke. Non-shiny to both.
