Now in the city of Nacrene City, Kitten and N found a festival going around the area. It's something to behold of. The area is full of stand of food, games, activities and pictures of Pokémon from the Johto Region! It's something that made their eyes shine with glee. Especially a certain silver haired girl.
"Oh, My, God!" She gushes out. "This is super exciting! A festival dedicated to the Johto Region!"
N couldn't help but giggle at her silly antics. The way her eyes are shining are making the stars in a night sky a disappointment. She's acting a bit like a child almost. Somehow, it's adorable, really since she seems to be excited. There's no way he's not going to have fun like her, right?
Before she did anything else, she releases her Pokémon to enjoy the festive atmosphere. People aren't freaking out like they're supposed to around Shiro is because she's using her ability to be invisible. (Look at the Pokedex entre. Yeah.) She sees them go off to a Pokémon play pin, leaving the two humans in the party to have fun themselves.
They stood there, watching as her Pokémon have fun, but suddenly, she grab his hand. That surprised the male. His eyes slightly widen. "N, look! They have Moo Moo Milk ice cream! I heard it's super creamy! Come on!" Then she begins to drag him by the hand to one of the stands with the ice cream. He couldn't help smile.
They go to a lot of the stands there. Laughing, giggling, and basically having a good time to themselves. Kitten couldn't help it. She couldn't go for two seconds without telling N about her knowledge on Pokémon. Like the legends of Ho-Oh and Lugia, how Oh-Oh burned down a tower, then the people rebuilt another. Or there're many theories about all sorts of People and Pokémon.
"Wow, you know a ton about Pokémon history, don't you?" He laughs as she was spouting out information about the Johto region.
Nodding to his statement, she agrees. "Yup. You see, I've always been reading all sorts of books when I was a little girl." The silver haired girl explains, as she looks down with her eyes soft, and a gentle smile on her face. "Everything about Pokémon always have interested me, so I wanted to learn more and more about Pokémon and their history. Maybe, if there's a way, knowing their history will improve our future, and humans can fully bond with Pokémon."
His eyes widen at her sudden statement. "Say, Kitten." N finally say to her. That caught her attention. "Can you tell me more about Johto Pokémon and their legends?
She tells him, "Ok... OH! If you want to see both Ho-Oh and Lugia, you have to find their special bells and their feathers. After that, you go to a certain area with all seven geishas that has all the seven Eevee evolutions, then have all of the geisha girls dance. As they dance, the special bells will ring. Not only that, but if you're in the Bell Tower, where Ho-Oh resides, then the bells on the sides of the tower will also ring, along side with orange, red, and brown leaves will fall like it was fall as Ho-Oh descends from the heavens. But if you're in Whirl Island, where Lugia resides, bells will ring that are on the rocks, and powerful waves will crash near them as if they were dancing with the geishas as Lugia appears from the waterfall in the room where it sleeps."
Kitten is just bombarding him with so much details about the legendary Pokémon of Johto. How Suicune is trying to fight a worthy opponent as it travels all through Kanto and Johto. The myths about Entei and Raikou looking for their new master as they travel, without stopping for anyone what so ever. As she does, she tries to see what N is thinking. Yet his smile... seems off... Like something isn't right.
The blue eyed girl examines him as they have their fun in the carnival. Seeing how he reacts and how he responds. Especially his very body movements as if they were her own. She's no very good with that though, but even so, she's still trying. The silver haired girl tilts her head.
Kitten seems to be having a good time, but for some reason... she sees N's smiles and giggles as... forced. She's wants to know the reason why, but it's a bit hard. She's still pretty fishy of him. Yet the grunts she and her Pokémon went against were after the tea green male for some reason. It might be because of his ability to understand the feelings of Pokémon themselves.
She doesn't know too much about the male. Even so, the blue eyed girl knew that N is supposed to portrayed as an innocent guy that is also a mystery that has a deep and pure love for Pokémon. Other than that, she doesn't know that much about the ex-king. That's a bit sad on her part since she loves the Pokémon franchise... when she was a blonde girl with brown eyes. It's just that she wasn't very interested in N in the first place.
She blinks, remembering something. After she even entered the thrown room, she had to face off against N in the final battle in the Black, original version and then faced against Ghetsis. Yeah, she skipped through most of the dialogue, but she remembered something... 'You are nothing but a warped, defected boy who knows nothing, but Pokémon!' That was horrible for a father to say to his own son! Disgraceful.
Something stricken the silver haired girl's heart just then. Kitten's blue hues widen at realization with true horror and disappointment. Kitten has never, truly, and deeply thought about N's feelings. All she was concerned about was that he used to be the king of Team Plasma, he can talk to Pokémon with no absolute problem and tell them what truly 'right', then go against her. What type of person does that? What type of person is she?
Noticing her slightest change, N looks at the girl with concern. "Kitten, you alright there?" In a single motion, Kitten took N by his hand and begin to walk randomly in a straight line. The young male, surprised by her sudden action, asks in worry for the silver haired girl, "W-what's the matter. Wait... OW! You're kind of gripping a bit hard."
Now, in the outskirts of town, near a forest called Pinwheel Forest, she turns around and faces the blue eyed male. His eyes widen when he sees tears flow out of her eyes. He stretch his hand out to wipe away her tears, but then she slaps his hand away. "Why?" She yells at the male.
"I have no idea what you mean." N touches her cheek, then pats her on the head. "Let's just go back. We don't want to miss the fun, right?"
A glare appears in her blue eyes as she growls, "Well, it's not fun if you aren't having fun!" His eyes widen slightly as she presses on. "I seen you! You keep forcing your laughter, your eyes has the gleam as if someone has died, and... and... What the fuck man?! You even look to the distance when I'm trying to talk to you!"
He gave a cheerful giggle, "So that's it? I wasn't paying attention-"
"THAT'S NOT IT!" She screams. That was a bit rude, but he continues to listen to the silver haired maiden. "What I'm trying to say... What I mean..." A dust of red appears onto her cheeks. He wonders what could make her so embarrassed about, but continues to hear her out. "I'm sorry."
That's a bit unexpected of her. It seems whatever she does, she isn't sorry for her actions. She's smart, outgoing, and sticks to her feelings. This is seriously new to the young male. He shrugs the thought away, then says, "Listen. Whatever you did, it's probably not your fault. I mean, it happens to everyone."
She shakes her head. Then looks straight into his eyes. "I haven't been a good friend to you." His eyes widen at that claim. She has to confess now, before it really eats her away and haunt her forever. "In all honesty, you've been very kind to me. You wanted to protect my Pokémon from harms way when they truly needed it. It goes for all Pokémon, and then... you also tried to protect me.
"And, what have I've done?" She questions both N and herself. "Suspected you to be my enemy for a long period of time, without saying a proper thank you, or anything. I ranted towards you."
"Kitten," He sighs. "It's not a big deal."
She shakes her head again. "I've been angry towards you! And you kept your cool and comforted me! And I was the one who ignored your problems... so I want to ask you..." Silence, but she can't let this thick air get to her. Kitten has to say it. No, she needs to say it. "What's the matter? Why are so upset about that you keep faking your smiles and laughs?"
The silver haired girl embrace herself for the worse. Kitten doesn't know how bad it's going to be, so she just strap herself in and make sure that she doesn't miss a beat either. They've been traveling for some time now, but that doesn't change her thoughts on what she should do. She stares intently into his eyes, which are still in complete shock. He has carried her burden, so now it's time for her to carry his burdens.
N still couldn't believe what she has claimed. It is surprising how observant she is, but that's not truly shocked him. He kind of minded her being suspicious of him, and her hating him. He just knew that it will take some time for her to warm up to him, but then this. She claims that she... she wasn't a good friend? A smile appeared onto the tea green haired male at that sudden claim. He was actually... thinking of the total opposite, really.
His smile became a hearty laugh. He clutch his stomach from him being out of breath. W-what the hell, the girl thought. As his laughter died down, he wipes away the tears from his eyes and looks up to her. "To be honest." He stops his laughing and hugs her. "I thought I was the one who was actually burdening you. Well, actually, I was the one who's been giving you all of my burdens."
"Huh?" This time, her eyes truly widen. What is he talking about?
"You see..." He begins, rubbing the back of his neck. He looks away from her and says, "You've been helping me out ever since I met you. No matter what, enemy or no enemy, you pursue to make sure everyone is ok, even if you have to step your foot straight down to the ground. And when I was trying to help Rose, and started to get in real trouble, you came there to help me. I could never be more grateful to you for just being there for me. And don't you talk to Pokémon. And you're a bit more independent than me, so-"
"Now the hell are you talking about," she interrupts him. "Yeah, I can talk to Pokémon, but that doesn't mean that I can understand their feelings." N tilt his head in confusion. What does she mean? She looks bashfully down, as she explains to him, "They're like people. Either I know, or I don't know. You on the other hand can automatically know what their feelings are. You're completely different."
Her mouth is in agape now. She decides to close it as she looks to the ground without her knowing that her cheeks gotten a bit redder this time. Lightly punching him, she claims, "So... we need each other, no matter what. Even if we can or can't talk to Pokémon. Alright?"
He pat her head again, finally having a genuine smile. "Agreed."
Wait... they're talking about trust right. She totally forgotten about this subject quite a while ago, but now since this came up again, she can fully ask him and get her answer. "So anyways... Why did you trust me when we were complete strangers?"
"Oh yeah. I actually forgotten to tell you." Tell me? She asks inside of her head. Tell me what? "For some reason, it's like I'm talking to both a human and a Pokémon... It's hard to explain, but for some reason, you can."
Another mystery to solve. It's probably the Legendary Pokémon though. They were probably the cause of that happening. That was the only conclusion, but if it's not, then she has to go deeper into the situation. She'll just leave it for now and just talk about 'it' now
"Ok. So why were you very anxious when we were at the carnival? It was as if someone was going to attack you." It was a bit blunt, but she has to get to it before they get off topic again.
He hums. Sudden nerve begin to rise. The air tensed up. She feels it coming rapidly. "I just remembered... when Ghetsis came out of prison, he took me again." Her eyes widen like dishes. H-how? "He did... many things to me... I couldn't feel, taste, smell, hear, or see anything, but him." He begin to shake like he's at the brink of death, or even worse. What is he explaining to me? What's going on?
"Yeah... That's all I could sense. His presence was all over me as he dragged his hand all over me. As I was blindfolded, he buried something deep inside, It was like the fire of hell were inside of me. And when he's done, he decides to leave me inside of my cold prison." His eyes shone with the glint of agony, pain, humiliation, despair, and shame. He's trying so hard to hold back. Hold back all the feelings inside of him. His eyes sting from holding back, his breathing became hitched and wavering.
Sense? Feel? Hear? Smell? Taste...? She thought again, again, again, again, and again for a million times. "D-don't tell..." She couldn't say anything else. The hard realization of those event happening to him caused everything to be silent. Pure horror struck inside of her eyes. Her whole entire body shook at what he's explaining to her.
"He didn't... Did he?"
He just nod. This burden ate at him rapidly before the day they met. His knees became weak. It's like it was his heart is making him heavy, causing him fall to the ground. He can't stop his torrent of emotions any longer.
A single tear flowed out of his eye, then more droplets came. He places his hands on his face so she doesn't witness his shame. His whimpers and cries can be heard.
Kitten doesn't know what to do. She never seen this side of him before, even in the game or anywhere in her life. It's not because she's doesn't know how to handle the situation. It's just that the silver haired girl had never experience anything like he had, and it makes her upset. There's no way she can comfort the poor man.
She the remembers something she gotten. She takes off her backpack and rummages through her item till she got s certain plushy. It's a stuffed Zorua, and quite cute too! She's embarrassed to do so because this might be childish, but walks up to the male and lay it in front of him. Kitten sighs and says, "Let's have fun at the carnival. We only have a couple hours, so let's not mess around anymore."
He just looks at her with a confused look. McKenna saw this and shouts out, "H-Hey! I'm not too good with comforting people like that!" She stood right back and turns her whole body away from N, looking down ashamed and bashful. "Let's go back to have fun. I don't want my friend to be sad for too long." Giggling cheekily as her head was facing him slightly.
He looks up at her, smiling. He sighs out in a hearty laugh, "You're a silly one. You know that, right Kitten?"
"SHUT UP!"
They begin walk back to the city where the carnival is taking place. Kitten sees N is a bit more cheerful. She then remembers a saying that even if the situation hasn't change, if you cry out all your emotions, then everything will feel alright. Maybe that's why N seems more calm and not in a plight. Or maybe it was because she was awkward when it came to comforting him! That ticked her off a bit.
Other than that, she's kind of grateful though. He was able to open up to her, and that's all that matters to her. But it still hurts her that she doesn't know the same pain that he does. Kitten doesn't know if she should be glad, or disappointed that it never happened to her. Glad because couldn't want anything like that to happen, and been forcefully lose her virginity. Disappointed because she can't share his pain.
Then, a voice interrupts her train of thought. "Hello, Young Miss." She turns to see one of the kimono girls, or geishas, calling out. Confused, she looks left to right. She theb points to herself. They nod to her, giggling, "Yes you. You have very pretty silver hair. You won't mind if I were to style it for you?"
She just looks at her, then to N, then back to the geisha. Giggling, she nods at the suggestion. She looks back at N with a smile. "Hey N. I'm going to get my hair done. Can you wait with me for a while?" A bit confused on why, he nods. She couldn't wait to see what she'll look like.
Brushing her silken, Kitten realized N's hair is actually longer than hers. It's both ironic and funny at the same time, but shrug it off as a Pokémon thing. Taking a closer inspection of his tea green locks, she sees that there's no split ends on them as it blows in the balmy wind, shining. The silver haired girl wonders how it would make him feel if his hair was combed. Dragging her fingers in a chunk of hair as she consoles the boy, telling him everything will be alright, no matter how desperate the situation is.
"So," The geisha began. She moves her iris so she doesn't interrupt her work. "Are you and that young man dating?"
Her blue eyes immediately widens at that statement. Kitten looks down, stuttering, "O-Of course not! I mean, we just met for a short amount of time now!"
Purring, the kimono girl tease, giggling, "Oh~ Your that type of vixen.~"
"N-NO!" She shouts, her face getting extremely red. She takes deep breathes. In and out. It was so embarrassing, but she explain, "We've been traveling for a little while. And we've been friends not too long ago, so we really don't know too much about each other."
"Well, the way you look at the boy, it doesn't seem like it." She replies. The geisha smiles at the young blue eyed boy. Such a tiny bud. She thinks to herself. But one day, that bud will become a strong and beautiful flower. But once that flower wilts, it will become a tree full of blossoms. That's how love is. It will always have their ups and downs, but they just by their age, and their tiny bud, it will stand in the strongest storms.
Soon she clips on Kitten's hair to the side, she drops her hands. When she did that, she give a clap of excitement, and exclaims, "It's done! And you look absolutely beautiful!"
The kimono girl gave her a hand mirror to take a look at herself. Her blue eyes widen at it. Her hair's in a ponytail, but her bangs still hanged out of her forehead. Not only that, but there's a braid acting like a hairband, dividing her bangs from the ponytail. It's pretty simple, but really cute on the silver haired girl. She looks back with a grateful smile and thanks her. "This is super cute! Thank you for this hairstyle!"
"No problem. It's the latest fashion in Johto right now!" She explains as her eyes shine with a spark that Kitten's unable to understand. "It's called 'the Simple-yet-Cute-Style.' And it's on the house! On me!"
"Y-You serious!?" She shouts out, but then the geisha shush her, covering Kitten's mouth her sleeved hand.
She lightly glares, "Don't be telling anyone. Besides, I really want you to impress your friend. That's all." Kitten's dumbfounded. She doesn't like the way she said that. But then she lightly pushes her, "Hey now, go back to him. Get a kimono and enjoy the fireworks!"
Fireworks? What is she talking about. She realizes that she's pushing her into a dressing room. What is she planning now?! This isn't good at all.
Back with N, he realizes that Kitten is taking her time, and they went somewhere out of his sights. He thought they were going to enjoy the carnival together. Did she get lost or something? No... he shouldn't be too worried of her now. It's only been... 15... 20 minutes... No! No worrying! She's a very independent girl!
But she is bit of a klutz. Not only she's a klutz, but she also can't run if some sort of pervert comes towards her, and that kimono girl was a traffic dealer! She's a bad runner! What if a Pokémon is there, and she wants to catch it, but she doesn't have her Pokémon, or her Pokeballs! This is getting more troublesome by the moment.
"I'm back!" Her voice. Thank goodness that it's there! But there's also clicking? He turns back to see a new look on her! Her hair's completely different, and she's wearing a very light pink kimono that has deep purple plum blossoms on them, along with a cream white rose on her hair. (A white rose with pink tips.) And the clicking sound came from those sandals. "I am so sorry! The geisha decided to give me this makeover for some reason, so I was late. Please forgive me!" She shouts as she bows to him.
It's shocking how much just a wardrobe and a little hairstyle could change ones appearance. But nonetheless, he shouldn't really blame her. Everything seems a bit complex to put on her. "No problem. I thought you actually gotten lost."
The two laugh. It's actually a lot of fun when she sees him smiling. She will always wish for him to smile like that, always. That's a fact. She will protect him from the clutches of Team Plasma, even if it kills her. For him, because they're friends! She will always be there for him!
"Oh yeah! There's also fireworks!"
N blink. "Fireworks?"
Dragging him by his hand, they went into the middle of the city inside the middle of the crowd. Drums are beating, the air's getting tense. Their heart beats became heavy and ragged. Each beat feels as if it's getting slower, slower and slower. A few seconds later -that felt like minutes- passed and a sudden fast paced object shot to the air and exploded!
Colors graced the air in a bright, and glowing dance. One after another, a show began, and everyone's getting excited. Their faces shone it as their eyes gleam with grand, breathtaking light.
N couldn't believe how beautiful they are. So bright and so graceful. He couldn't help but whispers, "This is the first time I ever saw fireworks in my life."
Her eyes widen at that statement. She knows that he never went into the outside world, but geez! Never saw fireworks. "Well, maybe I can show the beautiful things that I've seen. Every little thing that you probably never seen in your life." She sighs out, smiling with hopeful eyes looking at him.
His blue eyes widen slightly and nods. "Yeah..."
That day, they knew. They knew that they need each other more than they thought. He needs her strength. She needs his kindness. They must have each other's backs.
Always.
