Chapter 11- Confessed at Last
The two leaders fought a great battle powerfully and intensely. It was an electrifying battle and lasted for over 3 hours! It was a brave and elegant battle which transfixed everybody- an artist's true motive. They were getting pretty tired though and Cress was bearing the pressure. Drifblim really was strong.
"Go, Drifblim, use Ominous Wind!"
"Run, Simipour, run!"
Poor Cress was seriously losing it and not without good reason and by now he was clearly getting tired. How he envied his brothers being interviewed by the press rather than being harrowed to win an international battle! It was certainly doing him no good and Simipour could feel that, but he still put trust in his trainer anyway, for obvious reasons.
Simipour did run, but didn't stop attacking. He then jumped high and used Water Gun, pushing Drifblim away and then using Bite. "Unbelievable! The Pokémon is acting independent of the trainer! Yelled Itoshi. This was rather surprising for Cress was clearly breaking down and yet Fantina showed no signs of quitting.
"Come on Cress! Be strong! There are people stronger than me too, you know!" Fantina said and then screamed to her Drifblim "Alright, my baby- use Will-o-Wisp!"
Drifblim flitted to him and attempted to set the flames across, but Simipour was watchful. Quickly swerving round, he counter-acted the move by setting out a Water Gun straight to her face. "God boy, Simi!" Cress cheered, Simipour smiled- his work was paying off. "Alright, Simipour I want you to go with the flow- water Gun for masking and Bite for attack!" he yelled. Fantina though, was smarter. "Now, Drifblim- do as I say when I do." She whispered.
Simipour did set off into action. He raced straight to Drifblim and set the Water Gun onto her face. Instead of doing a straight jet, he waved it a bit just to lock her view temporarily. This time, Fantina was sharp. "Now, Drifblim- use Psychic!" she yelled. Cress died- this was totally unexpected. Drifblim then levitated and set all those alluring waves to practice. They were hard and intense, so much so Cress himself was getting a headache while Simipour roared in pain.
"This may just be it." Itoshi said solemnly as if this were a death scene. Chilli ticked him off for being so pessimistic.
"Ah! Simipour, are you okay! Ow, my head. AAaaaagrh!" Cress groaned. Fantina was worried seeing Cress in this position. "Drifblim, stop! Now!" she yelled. Drifblim stopped rather confused- as it is her work was done. Simipour was now so confused he could even attack Cress. Handy for battle, but not so much for the poor lad.
"Oh, Simipour! I'm so glad you're okay!" Cress exclaimed after the deafeningly strong waves stopped. He then crawled to Simipour who looked mildly dazed. Recharging, he said "Okay, Simipour- let's now do this- Use Solarbeam!" he yelled. Strangely enough, Simipour wasn't listening. Cress repeated his command, but he didn't even budge. He then went to him. "Are you okay, Simi-"at that very minute, Simipour scratched him across the face.
The crowd gasped- what sick tactic did Fantina use?
Cress howled in pain as he looked at his simian friend. "Simipour, what happened?" he asked coolly. Simipour didn't budge- rather it sprayed a Water Gun onto Cress which hurt him bad- so much so that his clothes began to tear.
"What are you doing, Simipour?" Cress asked bewildered. Simipour wasn't listening-n he was busy trying to polish Cress off in hat confused state of his. Now Cress was worried- the confusion must have been too much. It was undoubtedly true, for Simipour started attacking himself as well! He started slapping and punching himself, then attacking Cress with a random move which would mutilate either his clothes or him. At the end of 15 minutes, Cress was cut and bleeding and his clothes were ripped intensely. He was reduced to tears, he poor lad, but not without reason.
"Simipour! Stay away from me!" he screamed insanely. The crowd was shocked- what was going on and why was Cress being attacked so badly? "The heck? He's going insane! I'd better stop him!" Chilli yelled in fury as he let out his Pansear. "Pansear, use Incinerate!" he ordered and he did. Just as he did let out that flurry of flames though, Simipour stared at him with bloodshot eyes. Furious, he then burst out a Water Gun which hit the poor fire monkey and made him crash into a tree. Chilli grimaced.
Then Simipour started walking up to Chilli with that same icy stare. Chilli- gulped- he was dead meat! "Shit! I'm gonna die!" he mumbled. He backed away further and further until he had nowhere to move. Bracing himself, Chilli prayed to Arceus for his brothers and a painless death, but just as Simipour was going to thrash him, he felt a sharp pain in his back. Simipour turned round in fury only to find it was none other than Drifblim!
"Bill, blim blim!" she yelled. Simipour continued staring at the strange balloon Pokémon. Then Fantina began to speak. "Ca sufit! Know your limits, boy!" she muttered shaking with such anger that Simipour couldn't help but follow the sound. He started walking towards her and then charged into her like a madman. Cress was stunned "Damn! Fantina is going to die in my Pokémon's hands! What do I do? He's mutilated me enough already!" He then closed his eyes and had a split second to think. Finally, he decided against it. But when he saw the monkey racing to claw her down, he couldn't take it.
"Get away from her!" he yelled throwing himself in front of Fantina, shocking her greatly. The monkey didn't see anything yet, for he was still in that attack pose and they started to Bite Cress in his hands so deeply and hard that it bled streams. He cringed and cringed, but it was becoming so unbearable that he finally howled in pain and agony, so much that even people from Nacrene City could hear. He yelled and yelled until he was short of breath and gasping for air. The crowd stayed silent- what was he doing? In the end, Simipour calmed down and snapped out of confusion when Fantina snapped her fingers. Simipour looked really calm after that, but when he saw his trainer's bleeding body, he almost died. Fantina herself was feeling faint.
"Why did you..." was all she could muster while weeping.
"I had to." Said Cress smiling while dragging his body away from her. The crowd was crying and touched by his bravery. Still determined to fight though, they went ahead with their joust.
"Alright, Simipour! Let's end this once and for all! I want you to jump high, use Water Gun and Bite twice!" he muttered before tending to his legs.
"Drifblim, Ominous Wind!"
When it did happen though, Drifblim's moves were faster than Simipour's. Cress was astounded by the balloon's speed. He was praying for everything to go okay. They started going in such high speed that they risked collision. Simipour was hell-bent on defeating Fantina after the trouble she caused him. He then went ahead, but Drifblim was so quick that the inevitable scoured. They crashed into a head on collision and smoke filled the air.
Cress' heart stopped. This was it- it was all over. Nothing could stop it now. He lost, but graciously and with the gratifying feeling that Fantina was alive and well- nothing else mattered. Whether she still liked him after the match was no concern- he did his duty and nothing pleased him more. All the same, he lost; it broke his heart. But what was there to regret in it anymore? He battled Fantina- that was probably satisfying enough.
After 10 minutes, the smoke cleared out and a fainted Drifblim lay on the ground. The crowd was stunned and so was Cress. Slowly, the crowd started staring at Cress and gave him a standing ovation. The casters were shocked too and so were the world- he single handedly defeated Fantina, a million times stronger than him!
This as a day of celebration as all rejoiced and cheered. Cress himself was so bowled over- so much he broke down and wept. He never gave a damn about what the world thought of him. He just wept in relief and amazement as he hugged his Simipour and whispered in his ears "I am so proud of you, Simi! I love you so!" as he just let out buckets and buckets. He was so shocked and yet pleased- all he could do was cry of relief and see a smiling Fantina welcome him with open arms. She hugged him and helped him up as she was amazed by his power- it was monstrous!
"You have done well, my boy! I'm proud of you. What would you want for a reward?"
Cress finally sputtered out those words he always wanted to say. "Kiss me, Fantina. Just kiss me!" not regretting anything right now- he just had to say it!
The crowd stayed silent and so did Fantina. Parents started to walk away with their kids and so did some others, tired of seeing the battle, while some just had to stay. Chilli motioned the cameras to stop rolling as Fantina stared on. She felt a strange feeling in her heart- it was one of shock and admiration, but why could she not resist? She felt her heart stop in amazement as something wakened in her. She just had to, her felt- just had to and nothing could stop her.
She just walked step by step to him and clasped his face. Cress was blushing, but it was worth it, for the very next minute Fantina was closing her eyes and planted his first wet one as passionately as lips met and saliva spread. Cress closed his eyes too as he put his arms round her waist and held her in loving, romantic embrace. He felt everything just whizz by as he continued in his lip locking romantic pursuit. Cress loved every minute of it; it was just so thrilling as he tasted the first summer wine as she did.
"Cress, j' taime! I love you!" Fantina confessed when the kiss was over as she wiped his tears of relief away.
"I love you too, Fantina! I really do!" Cress finally confessed as he then went ahead and pulled himself into yet another loving snog with his first love. Right now, he felt like seventh heaven, enough energy to go to the moon and back!
Very soon, they heard noises of cheering coming from the background. Cilan was cheering, Elesa was clapping and Chilli was whistling piercingly as they came to give this new couple congratulations.
"Congrats, brother! I'm proud of you!" said Cilan as he hugged Cress. "You've become a man! I can't believe it!" Cress was happy, even though his privacy was clearly invaded.
"Woohoo, bro! Lucky you- being hooked up with such a hot girl! Great, man! I'm proud of you! You finally got yourself a girl!" Chilli yelled slapping Cress' back hard. H smiled, although he still wondered why they only thought of her as hot- she was so much more! Elesa was shrieking and screaming like a little girl as she grabbed Cress' hands and finally spoke "I can't believe it, your first kiss! Oh, Cress it must have been so enjoyable, right? Gosh, I'm excited!"
Of course, hey spoke too soon, for Cress was bouncing all over and screaming in joy- they had to stop him to get to hospital! "Come on, Cress! Fantina- tell him!" Chilli groaned.
"Cress, mon amour- you will have to go there, dear! You won't live with such a condition now, you know!" Fantina scolded-pleaded. He reluctantly agreed as they took him away, but Cress was happy- rather over the moon! He'd just received the first kiss of his life, and what was better than being towed to hospital while clutching you lover's hand?...
