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Chapter 10

A Moonlit Tear

Lillie slowly stretched herself out as the morning rays of the sun slowly breached the window and slid upon her face. As she opened her eyes, she became frightened. James was gone. Did the doctors take him? Did something happen? Where was he? Panicked, she sat up and looked around the room. There was no sign of him. A tear fell from her face as she became worried. She called out, "James? James? James!?" She couldn't find him. Suddenly, the door began to open. There was James backing in holding a tray full of food. He was wearing his usual clothes and even his beret.

"Hey hey hey! Don't fret, I'm right here! I just went to go get you some breakfast in bed, that's all!" He turned and was holding a full platter of breakfast delights; sausage, pancakes, bacon, and even eggs. He placed it over her stomach so she could eat. She looked up at him in disbelief. He just stuck his tongue out with a wink.

Another tear fell from her face. There he was, her master, feeling all better. Despite her mishap, he was feeding her breakfast in bed. She was all so much certain now that she loved this man. As her happiness built up, she couldn't contain herself. She jumped up, spilling the food everywhere, and hugged James as hard as she could screaming, "Your all better!!!"

James gagged and coughed under her strength, "Whoa Nelly! It's good to see you to Lillie!" He started to hug her back, "But…Ya kind of spilled the food everywhere." He looked down and laughed secretly to himself as he watched the food being distributed all over the bed.

Lillie looked back at the food and felt terrible. "I'm sorry! I just felt so happy that I-" She began picking the food back up as fast as she could, most of it still intact. But he caught and held her hand as it went for a strip of bacon. She blushed.

"Here. Let me help you.." He slowly picked up the food and organized it back onto the platter in an organized manner as she watched him clean up her mess. "Here ya go." He handed it back as she crawled back into bed.

He sat there watching her as she ate. Soon, the rest of the group walked into the room. Everybody was properly introduced to Tear and Gaia. They were holding hands and James remarked them. That's when something bothered him. He couldn't stay here forever, and he didn't want Gaia to leave the team so he could stay with Tear. On the other hand, he wanted him to be happy and thought Tear looked very well. He tried to give it a shot. "Hey Tear."

Everybody became silent as she happily replied, "Yes?"

James cleared his throat and tried to find the best words. "Are you in love with Gaia…?" She blushed but confidently nodded. A few moments passed before he asked the question. "…How would you like to join us on our journey…? We can take care of you; we meet a lot of great people and pokemon. Plus, you could always be with Gaia!" He scratched his head and had a face full of guilt as he inquired if the creature wanted to depart from her homeland to be with the one she loved.

But to his surprise, she threw her arms around him and hugged him vigorously. "Yes! Oh yes, please let me come!" She backed up and nodded.

James recovered from the drunken state of being bear hugged and nodded. He pulled one of the tiny balls from his belt and poked the button the circular round button, increasing it's size. "Don't worry. This will be real quick." He informed her that way she didn't freak out like most pokemon would. But this time, she quickly pecked a kiss on Gaia before floating over to a clear space in the room. James walked up to her and pressed the button against her head. The red laser light quickly consumed her and she disappeared within a flash. The pokeball beeped quickly and soon calmed down, confirming the catch. "All right! Come on out Tear!"

Everyone cheered as the light quickly filled the room and everyone's new friend floated from the light.

Afterwards everyone began to talk again. Violet and Jagex explained their love for each other to James as they kissed each other in front of him. He honestly found the couple cute, but more importantly, perfect for each other.

"Think he disaproves?" Jagex glanced over to Violet as they walked out of the doorway.

She wrapped her arms around his one arm and snuggled into his side, "Even if he didn't I wouldn't care.."

Gaia, Tear, and Lillie were talking for quite a long time. James was taking care of some insurance cards and other things required for his stay. Gaia saw how Lillie wasn't talking as much so he asked her, "Lillie. Is something wrong?"

She wanted to keep it to herself. But she thought that if she told Gaia, she could have some support. "G-Gaia…Would it be wrong if I…" She twiddled with her fingers as her head hung low.

"…If you what Lillie?" He tilted his head.

A moment passed before she closed her eyes and confessed in a very low volumed voice, "If I love…James?"

Gaia smiled and gave her a thumbs up, "Well, we all love James Lillie. You of all pokemon should know that."

Lillie felt sad that her friend didn't understand her. But she couldn't give up. "No Gaia…I mean…"

Gaia took a step back (Or float back) "Wait…you mean…?" Lillie's face turned shades of red as her friend guessed her dilemma. She nodded. "Well…" Gaia personally thought it was great. He had wanted the two to be together for a very long time. "…I think that would be great Lillie."

"R-really…?" She looked up to her friend. He floated over and gave her a hug.

"If you want to show him you love him, why don't you spend the day with him…?" Lillie gasped. It was a great idea! If she spent time with him, she could somehow show how she loved him!

"Thanks Gaia! Wish me luck!" She ran out of the room to try and find her master.

"That was nice." Tear wrapped her arm around her boyfriend's. He blushed slightly, but led the way as they danced by themselves in the hospital room.

She bolted passed Violet and Jagex walking down the hallway. "Where's she going in such a hurry?" Jagex asked Violet confused. But as Lillie neared a corner, she turned and winked back at Violet in particular.

"I don't know…but I have a hunch." Jagex looked back at her confused, but knew it was better off left unsaid.

James was just finishing up the paperwork when he noticed an eager Lillie at his side bouncing up and down. "Well well well. You look happy! So. You've decided to hang with me today?" She bounced her head up and down vigorously. "Are you sure? I might be boring…" He scratched his head, but she grabbed his hand and pulled him along. She looked into his eyes while they looked into hers. They both put on a goofy smile.

So throughout the day, she spent her time with him. They played games, bumper carts, and ate some cotton candy. They had gone on a few rides, and James even won her a small pink teddy bear from a game of ball-toss. He said, "Deja-vu huh?"

She hugged the bear and nodded, "Mhmm." He scratched her behind the head and she began to murr. But as she pressed into it, she fell against him. Luckily he caught her and turned her toward him. They both blushed as they were eye to eye. Lillie couldn't have been happier about her size, her being exactly as tall as him. Her heart started to beat faster. She was right there! Her mind was telling her "Cmon. Just press your head forward~ Give him the kiss you know you've wanted to give him for as long as you could remember!" Her mind found it easy, but her body couldn't move. She tried to budge, but it resisted. So there she stood, blushing and gazing into his eyes in the middle of the street.

"Well well well. You're doing better." A shiver was sent down James' spine as he recognized the voice. His smile toward Lillie quickly turned to a frown as he turned toward the newcomer.

It was a woman slightly smaller then James. She had goth make-up on, her clothes were torn in various places, and she had long purple hair tied back at her neck. What really pissed him off was the fact that Lola was beside her trainer.

Lillie almost couldn't restrain herself. She wanted to absolutely tear the tiger apart. But James held his hand in front of her belly, secretly telling her to calm down. So she just put on a scowl and held her teddy. "What do you want Sophie. Can't you see that Lola caused both of enough distress for a while?"

"Actually that's why I'm here." She turned to her pokemon and hit her gently on the back of the head. "Say it."

With a reluctant sight, Lola forced out a petty apology, "I'm sorry that I tried to attack you and accidentally hit James. Happy?"

Lillie threw her head the other way while James had a rather unamused look upon his face. But he tried to keep his manners and replied, "Thank you Lola. Now if you'll excuse us, we're on our way to dinner."

Sophie felt offended. "That's it? A thank you? Your not mad?"

"Of course I'm angry! Lola tried to hurt Lillie, especially when she's afraid of electricity! So I took the blow so she wouldn't be traumatized for a long time!" He was surprised to find himself yelling. He quickly calmed down and fixed his beret that was tilting. "So if you'll excuse us…"

Lillie felt so blessed to have James sticking up for her. She turned her head back toward the group to see him standing up for her. She managed to break a quaint smile.

Sophie on the other hand felt she needed to pay him back for his hospitality. "Well…here's a present for taking it easier then I expected…" With a flash of movement, she was kissing him.

Lillie felt her heart stop. There was the master of the bitch who tried to hurt her, kissing her master. But her heart shattered when she saw how James didn't fend off the kiss. He only stood and took it. Was he liking it? Was he in love with her? She became nauseous. She had to be somewhere else before she threw up her lungs.

As Sophie broke the kiss she had an evil smirk. It quickly turned to fear when she saw James' face. It was full of anger, hatred, rage. He spoke with much fury in his voice, "Excuse me!? You expect that to make everything better!? How could THAT make me feel better!? Your damn cat almost hurt my typhlosion just because-" He pointed in Lillie's direction and turned his head back only to find her gone. "She…where did she…" He looked over to the distance and saw Lillie running into the forest. He could've sworn he saw her crying. "Lillie!!!" He ran after her leaving the two punks bewildered.

It was night time. The moon was out as James wandered through the dark forest while he constantly shouted for his pokemon for hours. "Lillie!!! Where are you!? Lillie!" He was tired, beat, and hungry but he had to find her. Just then, he stepped on something crusty. He picked it up to discover that it was Lillie's teddy bear! But something was wrong with it. When he held it up to the light, he found that it had been burnt. Did she do that on purpose? In the silence, he heard something odd. "An ocean…?" He ran through a bustle of trees to discover a very large lake. It was enclosed by land on his left and right and on the horizon. It shined in the moonlight. He gawked at it until he discovered a new sound. Someone was crying. He looked to the left and then to the right. To his right, he saw Lillie hunched over bawling. "Lillie!" He started to run towards her but something brazed him and he heard a large cracking and stumbling noise. She had launched a fire spin that had just missed him and destroyed a tree behind him. He was shocked that she would have done something like that. But it didn't stop him. He needed to know what was wrong. He walked much slower up to her until she was two meters away. "L-Lillie…?"

She looked at him, her face covered with tears. She wiped away some of her tears and looked the other way, "What do you want?..." He sat down and tried to scooch next to her, only to stop when she used flame wheel.

He was horrified and really wanted to know what was wrong. He sat down and watched the lake shine in the moonlight. He turned and looked at the ground in front of her so he didn't make her mad again. "Lillie…what's wrong…?" She hung her head and looked away from him, starting to tear. He started to put the pieces together. "Is it because…Sophie kissed me…?"

She hiccupped for air as she nodded. "Y-yeah…"

He tilted his head, "But…why would that make you upset…?"

She finally cracked. She found her courage and confessed. She didn't care if he couldn't understand her. She didn't care if he liked that woman who owned the bitch. Her mind was fluttering with the images that proved she loved him. She was so certain she did. "James…you've been my master ever since I was a child…Over that time, I've grown and become stronger! And so have you…You've always been there for me…Through sickness, during a battle, and just for the hell of it, you have been by my side." She looked toward the lake and reached her hand out and slid it down an imaginary glass window, blocking her from ever being with him. "When Kris asked if I had a mate, I felt ashamed…But it's only recently that I..." She lowered her and put her hands up to her eyes, attempting to stop a flood of tears, "that I…"

"…That you love me…?"

Time stood still. James saw as the glittering in the lake stopped completely. Everything around him came to a complete halt. That's when he realized…He understood. He finally understood his pokemon. He understood Lillie. He heard a small locking mechanism deep down within him click, as if he was free.

She didn't move. Did he say…did he say that? Was she hearing things? She slowly moved her head to look at him. "………Did…you just…"

He, for once in his life, found himself completely attracted to her. Her voluptuous body, her charming ways, her adorable voice. That's when he finally knew that he was free to talk with her. He smiled, got up, and sat right next to her and rested his head on her shoulder. "Yep…"

She fell back in what she didn't know was horror or amazement. She was both glad and confused. "You can…you can understand me…?"

"Well…for a few days now…" He explained how he had gone into the tent and received the mysterious gift.

"Then." She became irritated in a cute rage, "Then why didn't you tell us!?" She was smiling slightly, clenching her fists with joy.

He became silent. He looked over to the lake and placed his hand on his beret and moved it over his eyes. "I wasn't allowed to tell anyone until…until I fully understood my pokemon." He glanced over to her with a half-ass smile.

Her smile turned into confusion and then into a complete blush. "So you…you heard me…?" He nodded slightly. Her blush jumped from pink to apple red as she realized she confessed her love to someone who was able to understand her. She turned her head and looked the opposite direction, "…You must think I'm horrible…Running away…burning the bear…shooting fire at you…" Tears started to roll down her cheeks, but she did not cry, "…not letting you touch me…and even confessing how I felt for you…I bet I look very silly right now.."

She wanted to disappear. She wanted to tell him in the most romantic way ever of how she felt, but it all went downhill. She thought it was over between them. He would leave her, call her names, or leave her at home all the time. She felt something under her chin moving her head towards him. When she saw him again, he was an inch away from her. "Lillie…I know it's hard to say but…I've felt the same about you for a while now too…"

"W-what?" She sat at full attention.

"Yeah. I was so afraid to tell you because I thought you would hate me." He giggled.

Her heart skipped 13 beats. It was soaring higher then anything she could have ever cared about. "So your saying…" But instead of answering her with words, he answered her with his heart. He threw himself on her and kissed her tender lips. She was in bliss immediately. She felt the world fading from existence as she was locking lips with the one she was madly in love with. They laid there for a while kissing, occasionally breaking to gasp for air, and continuing. She threw her head into his shoulder and said, this time without crying, "I love you master…"

He perched her chin up again so she could see him. "You don't have to call me that…I love you too Lillie." With that said, they kissed again.

She had finally found the one person that she had been looking for all her life. But then again, he was always there.

After a while, they were sitting together, resting their heads on one another. They'd occasionally give each other a peck on the cheek. They were in rapture, just the two of them. They felt as if a ten ton stone was lifted off of both of them while they'd been reaching for each other under it, mere feet away. But James noticed Lillie being a little too quiet. Without daring to disturb their moment, he remained motionless and asked her, "Something wrong Lill?"

"Hmm…? Naa…I'm just very happy…" She instinctively held on to his arm and murred. But contrary to her words, she lowered her head just a bit moments later.

"I know that look.. Cmon.. Tell me what's on your mind." He sat up and threw his arm around his pokemon.

"…But it's embarrassing…" Her head casually gained the blush yet again.

He gave her a hug with both of his arms, grabbed her shoulders and turned her towards him, and informed her, "Listen. You can tell me anything okay? I promise that I will not laugh. Kay?"

She glanced at the ground and back up to him. "Promise?"

James waved his hand in the form of 'cross my heart and hope to die'. "Promise."

This didn't help her, but she turned towards him and spoke in the position of a maid sitting on her knees, "Will you…will…you be my…" For the first time ever, she fought herself and finally summoned enough strength to ask him. "Will you be my boyfriend!?" She realized she had yelled and quickly threw her hands on her mouth and turned her back to him. "I'm sorry…"

James was flabbergasted. Lillie was asking him to be her boyfriend?... Was it a dream? No. He was sure he heard right. It didn't stop him from blushing though. He reached his hand over her shoulder, turned her around, and Eskimo kissed her with compassion. She gazed into his eyes dreamily. He spoke with a confident tone, his eyes half closed, "It would be my honor…"

That night, they courted each other and found themselves in a better bliss then they had either thought possible.

Sound: YAAAAAAAAAAAY

James: YAAAAAAAY

Lillie: YAAAAAY!

Sound: I love you guys X3...Guys? Oh my. They're making out :x Well I'll just leave them. One chapter left guys. See you next time ;O