The next day Alex had well and truly made up with Alexis...4 times. When he woke up it was not in his room in the Pokémon Centre, it was next to Alexis in her house. As he started to get up Alexis started to wake up as well. Alex then moved slower so as to allow his girlfriend, because there was no way that she wasn't after what they had done the previous night, and well into the morning. He went out and, after finding everything that he needed, he made a breakfast of jam on toast and bacon. Alexis came out halfway through making it. Alexis had a shower whilst she waited for Alex to make breakfast for the two of them. When she came out she was dressed for work. Alex, seeing her in her work clothes, asked "you're going to work today?"
"Why yes, there's no end to my work at the Pokémon Centre."
"I see. I thought that there would have been numerous Nurse Joy's working at each Pokémon Centre."
"Well, usually there are, but the other my mother recently passed away and I'm waiting for her replacement to come, right now I'm all there is."
"I see. It must be tough work."
"It is. But I think that it has its own rewards."
"I suppose so."
"So, what are you going to do today?" Alexis asked Alex as he came to the table with the breakfast.
"Well, I need to go to Evan Faure's house today."
"Master Evan?"
"Master?"
"Well yes, what, you don't know who he is?"
Alex sighed and exasperatedly said "you know that I only just got here Alexis."
"Oh, right. Well, anyway. Master Evan is a well known craftsman here in Undella Town. As a matter of fact, I think that almost all of the furniture in Undella Town has been made in part by him or one of his apprentices. What do you need to see him about?"
"Uh, that's kind of..." he then looked at Alexis who was giving him a look that made him feel that if he didn't tell her she wouldn't be too happy with him and some form of pain would follow. He sighed and said "fine, I suppose you'd find out eventually anyway."
"Find out? Find out what?"
"That I have the ability to utilise the power of aura."
"Aura" Alexis said, thinking back to her childhood.
"Yes, aura, the power residing inside of all living things." Alexis' eyes widened as she remembered where she had heard of it before "anyway, there used to be an organisation called the Aura Guardians..."
"I know" Alexis said.
"You know?"
"Yeah, my father said that I'm descended from a powerful Aura Guardian when I was very young. I'd completely forgotten about it."
"Can you..."
"No, my father said that I didn't have the capacity, though I have no idea how he figured that out."
"Your father could probably use aura himself, I'm not sure of about this myself, but when I was reading Sir Aaron's' book on Aura it said that people with the capacity to utilise aura could somehow instinctively feel it in another person, or being."
"I see."
"Well, anyway, back to what I'm seeing Master Evan about. There were two signs that a person was an aura guardian. The first is that they have an aura sensitive Pokémon, usually a Lucario, although some were known to have a Medicham or Togekiss, in some cases though they had a Mienshao."
"I see."
"Well the second sign is a staff."
"A staff?"
"Yes. Master Evan told me that he had experience creating them and offered me to make me mine."
"I see. Well then it will be at least six months before I see you again."
"What! Why?"
"Because, Master Evan tends to be a bit eccentric when it comes to things that he's created. He'll probably drag you to his estate in the mountains until you manage to master bojutsu to an acceptable level."
"Bojutsu?"
"It's a martial art style that utilises a staff."
"I see. Well then, here's hoping that I reach an 'acceptable level' in less than six months."
"Yes, here's hoping" Alexis said in a sad tone, thinking of all seven of Evan Faure's daughters.
"Hey, buck up, I'll be back in no time."
"Yes but..."
Alex shut her up by kissing her. "Nothing is going to happen to change how I feel about you."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Swear it to me."
"I swear that I will never cheat on you and will love you to the end of my existence. Will that do?"
"Yes" Alexis said, blushing.
Alex then went into Alexis' room, got dressed and then they went to the Pokémon Centre, Alexis to go to work for the day and Alex to have a shower and get dressed for the day.
I know that this was a really short one, but I try to have each chapter focus on a single thing so...
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