Andy and Gardevoir were on the route between Cerulean and Saffron, trying to take down a stubborn Pidgeotto.
"Gardevoir, psychic!" Andy ordered. Gardevoir raised her hand and smashed the Pidgeotto into the earth. "Good job, Gardevoir. Go, Poke ball!" Andy threw the red and white ball at Pidgeotto, and a beam of red engulfed the bird. Soon, Pidgeotto was caught.
Andy grinned lightly at his achievement, but something was bothering him. The feeling he had followed him from Cerulean when he left a day ago. Andy wasn't one to grieve, even after Samuel Oak's death. A feeling of powerful love kept creeping up on him, and whenever he meditated on its source, his mind would go blank. He figured that his Aura was playing tricks on him, but soon after read that Aura only obeys its master, and is never disobedient. He never felt this… brand for lack of a better term, of love that flooded his body and clouded his mind. When he thought back to Samantha, he realized that mere lust kept them together. In truth, she was a single-dimensional human being who cared only for looks.
"Earth to Andy?" Gardevoir said, and waved her hand in front of his blanked face. Andy quickly realized that he spaced out, and expanded his Aura back to normal range.
"Sorry, kind of spaced out there." Andy apologized. 'Wait, I apologized for spacing out? I never do that!' Andy thought to himself. He put Pidgeotto's Poke ball in his belt, and walked along the road.
()
Andy and Gardevoir found a camping spot in a clearing before the night broke through the sky. Andy felt like he could keep walking for another few hours, but reluctantly agreed to stop.
Andy started a fire using an Aura technique called 'Pyro Aura', and started cooking some food.
"Andy, could I try human food? Pokémon food is bland as all hell." Gardevoir asked, and received a nod from Andy, who made some more ramen. When Gardevoir tried the ramen, her eyes shot open. "Why have I not tried this before?" Gardevoir asked, and received a predictable answer from Andy.
"Because you never asked for some." He answered with an amused grin. After dinner, Andy tried to put up a tent, but failed miserably. 'God damn blindness. Why does plastic NOT give off Aura?' He asked himself, cursing out loud in the process.
"Let me guess, no Aura signature on plastic?" Gardevoir asked, to which Andy threw the tent down in frustration.
"Screw it, I'm using Aura." Andy seethed, still pissed that the tent had no signature. Before Gardevoir could object, Andy made an opaque structure that attracted bits of sticks, dirt, stones, etc. to make a fully solid hut that could house the two of them comfortably.
"That Aura amazes me to no end." Gardevoir said… blushing? Andy could swear blood cells rose to her cheeks, but dismissed it as if it were nothing.
Gardevoir was thanking Arceus that he couldn't see, because she was blushing. But she was fooling herself. 'Why would Andy even want me to be that?' She asked herself. 'I am a Pokémon, and he's a human.' Gardevoir was bombarding herself with questions, but stopped after she took notice that Andy was asleep.
'Maybe I could just take a look…' Gardevoir contemplated the idea of entering Andy's mind. She tried to tell herself no, but her impulses took control. 'I have to know.' She finally thought, and entered Andy's mind.
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The inside of Andy's mind was one of the most terrifying places imaginable. There were sudden tornados, quakes, and hurricanes, followed by the stuff of nightmares, only playful.
"Gardevoir, why are you here?" Andy asked.
'Busted.' Gardevoir thought to herself, but it echoed through Andy's mind.
"Don't worry, Gardevoir. I'll forget this in the morning." Andy said. In his unconscious, his eyes were fully functioning, obvious as he stared into Gardevoir's eyes, fishing for information.
"So you know why I am here?" Gardevoir asked the sprite of Andy.
"Yes, you want to know if I love you. Truth be told, I am feeling a strong feeling of love, but cannot place where its origins lie." Andy said philosophically. "I, for one, am not against Pokémon and human relationships." Andy said, making Gardevoir's eyes glimmer with hope.
"So what can I do?" Gardevoir asked impatiently.
"I do believe that you will find the information you seek if you think about it; you are in the mind after all." And with that, Andy vanished.
Gardevoir walked through the corridors of Andy's mind, and stopped at what looked like a bedroom. It looked fairly basic; a plain bed, a nightstand, and a closet with a mirror. She decided to take a look inside the room, and hit her foot on an object that she didn't see before. A small chest.
Curious, she touched the padlock on the chest, and it surprisingly opened without any trouble. She felt an overpowering wave of emotion rush through her. 'No doubt this is what I'm looking for.' She said to herself. The chest had one thing inside it, and it was a framed picture.
Gardevoir held up the framed picture, and it held the photo of a girl that she hasn't met before. A human girl with black hair that fell a foot below her neck with dull red eyes.
Andy appeared behind Gardevoir, shocking her. "Where'd you find that picture? I never saw that girl before." Andy said idly.
"It isn't me. Probably for the best, though." Gardevoir said sadly.
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Gardevoir, much like Andy, wasn't one to grieve. 'At least he didn't have to spend his life with that emotional child.' Gardevoir thought, and found comfort in her words. She shrunk down in her sleeping bag, and fell asleep.
/AUTHOR'S NOTE/ Got you there, didn't I? Ha! I told you guys, I'm not shipping Pokémon with people! It's not exactly my 'Cup of Tea' if you get my meaning. I am one cynical, evil, diabolical little being of hatred for humanity.
Yes, I remember I said that Andy and Samantha had the same feelings for each other back in the second chapter, but that feeling was only lust, not love. There is a huge difference. The REAL love interest has yet to show herself, but I will tell you one thing about her; she's a psychic. Anyways, expect more cynical, evil, and spiteful twists in the next chapter!
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