"I was simply trying to understand-"
"Shhh…He's asleep."
"Asleep? Now? Celebi, if he is falling asleep that quickly, then that's a very bad sign."
"I'm well aware of that thank you."
"How much longer do we have?"
I sighed. "About two hours. A little more, but I round down."
"And he's still that exhausted. Hmm…" Dusknoir carefully eased onto his side, away from me. "Well then. I had better rest well while I still can."
I have rarely agreed with the Ghost-Type more. We were running out of time. Rest would only do so much; they needed those items I had brought with me from the past. Now.
I started for the door.
"Oh, and Celebi." I turned.
"What?" He hadn't even rolled over, so my question went to his back. I suppose I wasn't worth the effort?
"Hadn't you better get some rest as well?"
"I'm not the one who needs it. You two are in far worse shape."
"Ah. So you are not going to be fighting Master Dialga."
What? Of course I would be fighting Primal Dialga! I was not the strongest legendary there was, but it wasn't as though the extra power would hurt. I was certainly stronger than the Sableye.
"Um, yes, I am. Why wouldn't I be fighting?"
His rolled halfway, so his eye was focused on me. "We cannot divert our energies into protecting you as well as ourselves. If you are too tired to fight effectively, you will only slow us down. Either rest and be useful, or stay up and stay behind."
With that, he rolled his back toward me once again.
I drifted out of the bedroom. What he had just said…It was as though a Cleanse Orb had been set off on my head. Useless? Is that what he was calling me? Useless? I was a shiny time-traveling Celebi! I wasn't useless! Dusknoir was wrong! He was just being a jerk like before! Calling me useless…Who knows, he might be trying to make it so he'll fight Primal Dialga alone with Grovyle. Then what would happen? I still wouldn't put it past him to turn traitor. It wasn't as though that was new for him. Me. Useless. Hah! Dusknoir was wrong, he—
'If you are too tired to fight effectively, you will only slow us down.'
Oh.
Oh dear.
He was right.
He was right.
I was…tired. I had been lying when I had said my blackouts were just because of timesliding. Naturally, shifting though time didn't help but, it was taking all my strength to keep my eyes open now. If I was still this tired when we were battling Primal Dialga, I wouldn't have the strength to attack. Knowing Grovyle, he would try and protect me. I would be…just what Dusknoir said.
Useless.
Curse my pride! Had I learned nothing from my years as the only resistance in this frozen world of darkness? Pride was a luxury! At times we had scavenged in the dirt and trash for food, but Arceus forbid I miss a battle? No. We could be vain and stupid after we saved the world. Dusknoir was right. As I was, I would become a liability.
Long-time enemy he may be, that did not diminish Dusknoir's intelligence. He was right, and I was wrong.
I was being a fool. And we had no time for it. I was tired. I was tired, and I was growing weaker every second. It was time I admitted it.
I flew into the kitchen. All six Sableye was working hard. There were now three distinct piles instead of one huge one. One was made of food, berries, and seeds. The other consisted of rocks, sticks, scarves, and orbs. And what looked like a tag…
They looked up when I came in. "Wheh-heh! Celebi! Look! We've gotten really far!"
"Yeah! More than halfway through!"
"Wheh-heh-heh! You sure brought a lot of stuff from the past…"
"How long did it take you to get all of it?"
"Wheh-heh! What now?"
"Yeah, where do you want us to put them?"
I blinked. It was confusing when they all spoke at once.
"Um…For all of the healing items, uh…put them in Grovyle and Dusknoir's bedroom. And…" No more pride. No more pride! I took a deep breath. "And if you could put just a few in the bedroom next door that would be great."
One of the Sableye looked up from his pile. "The bedroom next door? But nobody sleeps there."
"I…I will be." There. I had said it.
"Wheh-heh! Ok! What kind of healing items?"
I blinked. "You…You all don't mind that I'm going to bed?" The Sableye glanced up, confused.
"Wheh-heh-heh! No. Should we?"
"It's not like you've had an easy day."
"Wheh-heh! Yeah, it's amazing you've gone so long without rest!"
"So! What kind of items do you want in your room?"
I smiled at them. They had really grown on me, these Sableye. "Just a few berries and maybe an Elixir. And Sableye, thank you. All of you."
I think I might have embarrassed them. They all started blushing and rushing around through the piles and 'Wheh-heh-heh'-ing everywhere. I just giggled a little and went, at last, to bed.
The bedroom next to the kitchen was small, but cozy. It had only one tiny bed, and a little bitty cabinet. Fortunately, it was plenty big enough for little old me. I tucked myself down under the sheets, set my inner time sense to wake me up in about an hour, closed my eyes, and slept.
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Sometimes it takes someone you really don't like to get you to see what's right under your nose. When it's a loved one, you can write it off as regular caring. When it's someone not so loved, well…They aren't going to go out of their way to spare your feelings.
I'm sorry it took a while, and I'm sorry if it's too short for some of you. But…Celebi was really tired! She couldn't do that much! Yes, I will blame the quality of my writing on the character in it, why do you ask?
Anyway, read, (Well, duh. You've gotten down to here haven't you?) and review! Reviews are the reviver seeds of my expedition of fanfiction!