-Final pages: Bonding.-
Day 305: Bath time.
The next day I decided to make Buizel take a bath just like mom and dad said, I went to the bathroom early at morning and I decided to put on the hot water on that, ridiculously, big bath tub… it seemed more than a swimming pool actually (Well this family does get a lot of money after all)
Mom came up in the morning and she said something that made me a little tingly at first… "Kevin dear, you need a bath as well you know… Why don't you take the bath with your Pokémon?" I couldn't actually believe what I was hearing at that moment, I asked why and she gave me a never ending number of reasons, then I tried to make up an excuse.
I said that I had chicken pocks… but that was quite dumb.
Mom told me that I had them when I was 2… she explained how important was for a trainer to be with his Pokémon at all times, and she actually said that "I thought he was your friend" Maybe she was right… "And of course, Buizel is a water type Pokémon… do you think a water type Pokémon would like to be alone in the water unless he was travelling?"
I never really thought that my mom knew something about Pokémon.
"Remember to use a swimming suit in this case honey. Have fun!" Duh of course I was thinking of wearing it!
I checked at the bathroom if the water was ready and it was full of hot, steaming water. I went to pickup Buizel carefully to not wake him up. I took him inside the bath room and woke him up saying, "Bath time" I wonder why a water-type Pokémon would need a bath, its silly! I mean, it spends its time in the water most of the time!
Buizel jumped at the water, but I don't think he actually realized that it was hot because he got out of the water quickly and he actually tested the temperature with his feet…
Yeah, I should probably put this journal away while we take a bath, writing underwater is impossible, yet.
After the bath …wait. I really want to try to write everything that happened, but I'm not sure if I can remember everything.
I decided to let Buizel take a bath alone first I sat in a chair (Yeah, our bathroom looked more like a spa, it was way too exaggerated, but whatever.) Buizel just, stared at me while he was in the water, he wasn't even swimming that much, and from all of the sudden my mom comes in the bathroom.
She said that, like she suspected, I wasn't going to get inside with him. I said that it wasn't really a big deal, but, my mom insisted that it was a really big deal and… she kinda pushed me into the water and then left saying "Have fun" that was just suspicious… I just stood there in the water trying to understand what happened, of course that was until Buizel approached me and stared at me in the eyes, he got a little more closer… pretty close actually, I'm mostly sure that he was staring at me from a few inches away and the suddenly he said "buiii!" and he hugged me while he snuggled his head against me, he seemed more like a domestic Meowth than a normal Buizel. In fact, according to the Buizel book I bought, Buizels aren't too snuggly or huggly at all.
I grabbed the shampoo to use it on Buizel's fur, it was really dirty and I don't know why, anyway, I put the shampoo on all over, even his face and I told him to wash that off so that he could be clean enough so that my dad wouldn't freak out the next time he actually got on top of the sofa. Then I told him it was my turn to put myself some shampoo on, I was about to put some of it in my hand when Buizel just took it away from my hands… he took out some shampoo and placed it in his paw, and he had put shampoo on my hair with his paws!! I don't know what could that actually mean, but I let him do it anyways. We stood there a bit longer because the water was so warm… I looked at the already gray water and I decided it was time to get out, we dried with towels and now I'm here writing it in my journal… good thing I got out quickly, I was going to smell like a Buizel if I didn't… but for some reason, the idea of smelling like my friend here, was quite an interesting thought.
My mom asked me if I enjoyed the bath, I just told her that it was "something different" My mom told me that she already knew how that felt, apparently she had a Pokémon before, she had a Totodile and her dad gave her a book of how to be friends with your water Pokémon… the book I hold in my hands right now, mom said I should begin with chapter 9 already because I already surpassed chapter 8… wow…
Maybe I'll read tomorrow, no wonder my mom knew so much.
But after that experience in the bath, I really began to see Buizel way differently from before, in the way that, I can't believe he is sleeping in a tiny basket! I'm not sure if my dad would want to buy him a mattress… but I have to do something for my poor little friend.
Day 306: Spent all day reading the book.
Chapter 1: Knowing your Pokémon (check)
Chapter 2: Be his friend (check)
Chapter 3: play together (check)
Wow, most of these are actually stuff I have been doing ever since I met Buizel…
Chapter 4: Training for the first time (check)
Chapter 5: Finding new ways of training (check again)
Chapter 6: Getting closer to your Pokémon (check)
Chapter 7: speaking to your Pokémon (check, who writes this? Oh yeah, old book)
Chapter 8: Getting a little more closer to your Pokémon (check, last thing that it said was at least bath with your pokémon)
Chapter 9: Figuring out what your Pokémon likes. (Start by tomorrow)
And the last chapter was called "Bonding" it was a strange title, but, mom told me most trainers don't get to that point… but I'm pretty sure I won't get that far.
I suppose I will have to find what he likes now, it's gonna be easy!!!! (I hope)
Day 307: Likings.
Something that he likes, the book suggests writing everything down…
I asked him for what food he liked the best and he looked for some berries that he found, blue round berries that I didn't even knew what they were! Ha isn't that great? He gave me some. Some of them were red too… so which one did he actually like? Argh I'm so confused…
I told him to have fun with any of the toys I placed him on the carpet, there was a ball, little blocks and I think that other thing is a chewing toy ??? Well whatever. But he picked the three of them as I played with him as well. Now which toy did he enjoy the most, all of them, maybe? Argh confusion galore!
I asked him to go to anywhere he wanted, as he went to the shore he was waiting for me and he was not going to continue if I didn't go with him, he went to the shore, the special place and even the woods and near a lake, he likes to be everywhere as well. I give up…
Buizel likes:
Food: Blue round berries… or were they red?!
Play: With anything
Place to be: Everywhere.
Simply great, I didn't get to anything at all!
Day 323: He comes again.
Roark came once more, and he wanted to duel me. Mom told him that I had 2 Pokémon. Thanks mom! I love you too. (Sarcasm)
But in the battle I threw Pikachu first, we actually trained a lot and he actually defeated Geodude, but he was to tired to continue so the battle was on Buizel and his Onix and I have to say, that must be the first time I see a really big Pokémon!!! I never thought Pokémon could be so huge!!!
Yet I defeated him thanks to… well, I ordered Buizel to use water gun but he used hyper beam right on his face.
We actually won! And boy is this badge pretty, finally dad's case will be of some use. Boy does it look great!
Oh boy, I am still so excited for winning!!!!!!!
Roark was impressed but he made me a warning "Your Buizel is too small to use such an attack!" He explained to me how dangerous it was to do so, and he really looked tired.
That night, I couldn't actually leave Buizel on that tiny basket, I mean, I couldn't let my friend sleep in such an uncomfortable place, I mean, what if we began to sleep in baskets… ridiculous… I'm going to ask him if he wants to sleep in my bed instead, I can sleep in the floor.
Day 324: What Buizel likes the most is…
Today I woke up in the sleeping bag just to find out that Buizel was on top… maybe he wanted to wait for me, after all Buizel always wakes up early in the morning.
My Mom today grabbed the list from nowhere from my hand at breakfast and checked it saying that what I wrote was quite useless, because it was evident what he liked a lot.
"Kevin, Buizel actually likes you as a really good friend, so good, that he would give his life for you."
I really don't not how to describe what my mom just told me right there. I asked mom if she had such a connection with her Totodile, she said yes and that Buizel and I make her remember old times when she was my age. wow!
"You don't need the book; you just have to do the last and final task of the book, Bonding"
I asked her for the book again so that could actually read that part, but my mom told me that it was a part that everyone has to experience separately and that no book could teach me that, besides, that is what the book said so whatever.
Day 345: Leaving to the gyms…
I finally left my home and started my journey, never thought this day would come.
I never really thought I would miss my parents, I actually thought I was going to be happy when this day came but, no… I really do miss them. But hopefully we will be in contact, and hopefully my parents will tell everyone I escaped home so that stupid agent can stop looking for me! It has really got annoying these days. I just want to be a trainer, music is a hobby for me only.
But I'm not that alone, I have Buizel and Pikachu by my side."
Ash kept reading the journal quite intrigued for what he read on day 305 and 324, it kind of remembered his Pikachu. Ash kept on skipping multiple pages that just showed how they practiced and kept on winning medals, further on in day 67 of the nextt year of the book he found out how he met his Riolu, apparently he was stranded in the woods when he found him, they gave him food and then he joined, just like Buizel and Pikachu. "I would rather find and save Pokémon than forcing them to be with me, that is why I don't catch Pokémon."
Ash kept turning the pages checking the days, many related about how Kevin got famous by just playing in the woods, unfortunatly that was something he didn't want, he still told his parents to tell anyone that I escaped. Ash kept on with the pages until he stopped on day 204 which seemed to be the longest chapter of all…
"Day 204: Our bond is something I will cherish eternally.
Today we shall set on to Snowpoint city! It is said to be really cold up there, brrr, just to think of all the snow. Good thing I bought a sleeping bag for Buizel as well since now he completely avoids being inside the Pokéball at all costs since a few days ago…
Did some recent training with Riolu today, he finally managed to make an aura sphere!!! He is going to evolve pretty soon, I hope that he evolves now! Maybe I need to battle great trainers, or gym leaders, but unfortunately he gets scared at gym battles.
We found a wild Glaceon on the forest, he was a good practice battle for Riolu alright… this will totally help him gain confidence, that was until Glaceon took one of the sleeping bags I had, Buizel's sleeping bag… darn it!
It's getting late and we are so close to Snowpoint City but not close enough to get there at time, we are going to have to camp for now, I'll make sure my Pokémon eat right away.
Buizel refuses to enter the Pokéball, apparently he doesn't like to be in it… But I am not sure how he is going to sleep without having a cold!!!
I already made up the tent, and in time, it began to rain, a storm might be actually coming.
I can't sleep, Buizel keeps shaking while sleeping at the entrance of the tent inside, I can't let my friend freeze like that!
I have an idea, I will make him sleep him me in the sleeping bag, it shouldn't be a problem, besides, the sleeping bag is big enough for the two of us.
….
It's already the next day, but, I really have to write everything that happened when I was sleeping with my friend, certainly, a connection, a bonding like no other. A friendship so strong that I actually feel that it could last eternally, I remember everything step by step.
He was beside me, trying to sleep but he was still shaking, I realized that he wasn't freezing since his fur was all… normal. I reckon that he was scared of the storm, the rain and thunder falling from the sky and hitting the ground. It must be something he experienced in his past or maybe he is just scared of the electricity.
As a lightning fell and the sound took a second to get to where we were, I could tell that the thunder was very close, a kilometer to be exact, that impact made Buizel so scared that I could actually see him crying with his eyes closed hardly, and personally that thunder scared me out as well. He was grabbing the edge of the sleeping bag tightly, almost ripping it with his paws.
I felt that I needed to make him know that everything was fine, that nothing was going to happen. So I lifted my left arm and I gave him a "side-hug" to make him feel way better. I told him that as long as I was there, he didn't have to worry about anything.
It felt kind of, comfortable actually, I always sleep without a shirt so… his fur felt strange but it got this stunning and soft texture that I really liked. We slept like that for a couple of hours but Buizel moved a bit and woke me up… it was still raining, he probably wanted to be alone so I took my arm away.
Buizel then turned towards me almost on top of my chest hugging me with his both arms, he simply Buiied, obviously I couldn't understand but, the tone he gave away was very soft. He was obviously awake.
His fur felt warmer and warmer over time and his hugging felt ever more tighter, I realized it then, he really liked me as a friend, ever since I saved him near the ocean, he has always tried to be near me no matter what, since the day I told him if he wanted to be my friend, that is the real reason he won't enter his Pokéball, not because it's not confortable, he wants to be with me all time. That made me feel kind of important to him. In that moment I was damn sure that he… loved… me.
I couldn't help to follow my heart and hug him with my both arms as well, a very tight hug to make him know that I actually love him too.
Personally, I have never thought that I would go as far as loving a Pokémon as a really good friend, but then again, Buizel is the only friend I have, the only family I got at the moment, the first one who cherished my melodies, the first one who saved my life, he has been there for me all this time.
The hug felt interestingly warm, confortable, it gave me this interior calm….
And when I thought that was it… I closed my eyes to try to get some sleep, he approached more at just inches from my face and then he licked my forehead… and that just created a mix of emotions that I still try to figure out. I felt so many things in that moment. That single lick from Buizel in the forehead made me understand a lot more of emotions now, he kinda, opened my mind and soul. To be honest, it felt amazing.
Then, an idea crossed my mind, I really wanted him to feel exactly what I felt right there… and there is one way only to make such a powerful whirlpool of emotions, I approached too and I licked Buizel's forehead too… A second later, a couple of tears ran through his face, his smile was uncontrollable, and his hug grew somewhat tighter, and so tighter that I might as well suffocate and never realize about it. He snuggled against my body way more than before. His fur felt incredibly cuddly and warm, I liked how each single hair from his body traveled through my skin, that soft texture is simply enjoyable. I couldn't believe that I actually snuggled a bit with him as well. But what I enjoyed the most of this embrace, was the fact that I had Buizel beside me, to feel my friend so close to my body. The feeling of having him in pure contact with my skin opened an inner happiness that was locked away in my soul, I just loved him to be near me. Countless songs where crafted in my head but certainly none described this powerful and intense feeling of... love that we shared together.
I just wanted that embrace to last forever, never to separate, to feel him near my body was simply so enjoyable that I could stay forever like this.
It was right there where I understood what my mom meant about "Bonding is something each trainer must experiment." It's something personal when being with your Pokémon, I have to admit to myself that I enjoyed it, it's a connectivity that I felt with Buizel, It made me feel so connected to him that I actually think that I felt our souls combining to one and only soul shared by us two. Now, I can't imagine what It could feel losing him, we would just cry non-stop if we got separated. I couldn't imagine such a fate for us.
Well, in short, we have bonded together, tied our souls to one. Even if we couldn't communicate, even If I couldn't understand him, I felt that I did in that moment even if there was no verbal communication. But still I can't stand not understanding my best and beloved friend…
I really feel that this is an experience that a really few amount of people would understand but a large amount of that group would truly understand. Buizel and I are friends forever.
Wouldn't have you imagined that your best friend could be your own Pokémon? Why not? There is nothing wrong to it! You shouldn't care for what others could say about what you share, I hope to tell future friends what I experimented when the time is right to not be considered a freak to the "normal" population.
Back to that night, we fell fast asleep together, but even in the deepest of my dreams I could feel Buizel, somehow in my heart and I am pretty sure he felt me in his dreams as well. If you haven't even glimpsed something like this… you would never understand…
It was still raining when we fell asleep, the warmth of his fur, the comfort of his presence and… the caring that I felt in my soul made me feel that I have just begun experiencing life itself. I wonder, how many mysteries the world hides from me, mysteries that I am sure going to discover with my best ever loving friend. I love him and I don't know how many times I would repeat that in my mind and heart or in this journal.
But I will never forget, that rainy night, in the most coldest and struggled of all nights, I would have felt more calm and warm than ever in my whole life…
I simply want to be with my friend forever.
Now it's time to write today's day…"
"No wonder Buizel is so… sad" Ash thought for himself.
"Day 205:
We ate and left early, we stayed to a place in Snowpoint city, but hopefully the gym leader will appear soon.
We actually found the sleeping bag, a lot of Eevees were using it, better of with them, Buizel already has a place to sleep beside me after all.
I really want the night to come so that me and Buizel can embrace again, ummm it's not really necessary because it wasn't raining or cold or anything. But, having his embrace once again, was something I needed everyday, it healed my soul.
Day 215: my mother wrote books! Oh my…
I looked for the book for water trainers again, discovering that the book was banned because it was totally against moral views of the society, I was really surprised, but what surprised me more?
The author of the book was my mom! She knew that this would happen a long time ago… I am surprised.
The book isn't available anywhere, well that is a shame, too bad that "society" Will never be able to fully experience a true bonding with your Pokémon, ignorants."
Ash skipped most of the days and tripped with the last day that was written.
"Day 310:
Today I met Ash, a flawless trainer in my opinion, I wonder if he has actually bonded with any of his Pokémon yet…
Well anyway… his friends are so cool, I really want to meet them again, but I have to go to the concert otherwise I won't have any Poké! And that would just……..
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The journal ended there with a really violent ending of the writing.
Ash left to see how Buizel was doing, he was fast asleep. He patted him a bit and then whispered "Goodnight, we will find Kevin I promise!" Ash left as Buizel was in Kevin's sleeping bag, resting while he was crying as he embraced his Buizel plushie.
The next day Ash woke up for breakfast, of course his stomach always wakes him up because food calls for Ash! But he woke up to a terrible event. Kevin's Pokéball, Pokémon and guitar bag were all gone!
They looked everywhere for them, in the woods, near the small pond and even back at Sunnyshore, but, nothing.
Dawn told Ash that it was going to be okay, they could actually try to trace his Pokéball, but he told Dawn that he re-registered all the 4 Pokéball he had to Kevin… tracing was going to be impossible.
After looking for a while longer back where they started they found a piece of paper Ash's backpack, the same one that the doctor handed him yesterday and it said.
"Don't worry about anything Ash, thanks for the help anyway." Written with a really bad calligraphy.
Was everything actually ok??
To be continued…
