Hi guys
Boy (Strong): It's been so long. Sorry for the lack of updates.
Girl (Kind): Yeah, sorry guys. It's been really hard to type anything, let alone posting chapters. Our reasons, is a bit complicated so I won't go into details about it.
Boy(Strong): And so we'll be able to post once a week again.
Girl (Kind): And don't worry, we won't stop until this one is finish. Since it's going to continue on another story.
Boy (Strong): Anyway, here's the new chapter. A bit different from our earlier version of Ichigo crashing and being a butler. Though he's still going to crash.
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Chapter-20
In life everything that had or has emotion were, and always affected by the things they hold dear, even the most hateful creature has something that it treasure and would even do anything for its safety or simply the chance to be with it.
And this is no exception to a certain easily temper heiress.
"Uh!?" The voice of a young child squeak.
A girl with honey brown hair sat lifelessly with a confuse expression but at the same time wasn't as she took side to side glances at the places she was currently in.
"Where…" pausing for a second since her throat felt dry, "…am I?"
Her eyes could not be hollower, as there was no feeling, no emotion inside.
After coming to a conclusion, her lips voiced out a few word, "Blank white…"
Yes, she was in some sort of empty, spacious room where everything was blank white and no living soul could be seen anywhere.
"?"
She felt tired for some reason but wasn't showing any sign of exhaustion… still she felt drain, and a bit numb inside. Even to her it was a big mystery.
"Is this…."
Her hollow eyes glance down at her pale white palms.
"Me?"
But her thoughts were soon put to stop by a voice she felt all too familiar.
"Is this not what you wanted?"
The voice came and the girl turned her head to side, only to face something that she would've never believe without any proof of evidence. "Who are you?" she didn't asked, she demand it. And her tone wasn't light either.
"That is not important. What's important, is what you want." the white color being responded with a hollow expression of its own. "Is it not?"
The girl look back down, she didn't want to answer what the being was saying, "….."
"It is not wrong to desire, to purse, to gain the things you want. You could assume that its one of the reason why I am here." The being was something strange; she could feel it or its presence. It was as if she was talking to herself.
"We don't even need that wretched caretaker of yours…"
The insult of the person she cares about jolt up boiling anger and snaps her out of the gloomy mood.
"H-How dare you…" at first whispering.
Slowly standing up with some struggle, the young girl eyes sharpen with suspension, "H-How dare you criticize her! You… whatever you are! You have no idea what I can do to you!"
The being wasn't making any movement or any change in expression, "Why are you acting like this? Is it because of your confusion or is it because of her?"
"Enough with your nonsense, Tell me who you are!?"
"….."
Losing her composure the girl eyes sharpen at the being in front of her.
The white color being just tilt its head to the side making it creepier, "One day you'll understand, our loneliness, you just need time."
Anger began to boil inside the girl as she wasn't getting nowhere with the thing being her, "What nonsense are you sprouting!? And why is your appearance…?" Her eyes linger at the being and their physical appearances was so similar, "Answer me!"
The white being just stood still without any movement, anyone would've been uncomfortable but the girl name Caitlin felt nothing except annoyance.
"….." Silence fills the area but it only made the girl's patience thinner.
And without any warning, "!?" the white being quickly lunges at the surprise girl before absorbing her inside slowly without any pain. The girl grits her teeth as if she was growling at the white being.
"Remember this Caitlin… we don't need anyone. They are only a hindrance to us. They would only hold us back. Such trust would never be of any use to us."
"You'll only get hurt in the end…"
The girl struggle trying to escape but no sound could come out of her mouth and it was only a futile attempt on her side, "Argh….gh…."
"We only need each other."
She couldn't breathe.
She couldn't move.
She slowly began to accept death until an intense pain quickly jolts her up to a silent scream. "!"
Caitlin's dream ends.
Quickly waking from whatever dream she had Caitlin began to breathe in and out heavily with sweat dripping off her. Looking around she found herself in her room.
Her room maybe magnificent to others or even a dream place for others as it was lingering with an atmosphere where only the higher class could own. It would be the dream princess room for any female.
But to her it was just other empty room. As always, Just another empty space.
Calming herself down the girl gently waves her hand to the side and out of nowhere a cup of water came floating to her.
Slowly drinking the water before gesturing it put to where it came from. "A dream… It was just a dream."
"Yet, so realistic…."
Making a quick of her head, the girl frown at the lingering feeling she had from the dream, "Calm your-self."
Inhaling and exhaling a few times the girl adjusted herself. "This is un-becoming of me."
A few second of silence made her thinking.
A cute chuckle escape her lips, "If she saw me like this… she wouldn't hold back in pestering me. How troublesome…." Cynthia's face invaded her mind.
Even though she was smiling, her eyes wear betraying her.
"Why am I missing it….?"
"It was nothing but an annoyed habit of hers, but why?"
"Why?"
The time they spent together began to flood in.
She could bare it anymore.
A single drop of her tears made something inside slowly swell up.
"I hate this…" Pulling her legs to her chest, the girl didn't make any sound or any whimper, but her tears her eyes were already showing much of feelings.
After a few minutes of self-thoughts, the girl pulls out a small book with a black ribbon on the side.
The girl stares at the book for a few seconds.
"You know Cailtin, sometimes writing out your feelings helps. You should try it."
Remembering her exact words the girl began to gently and softly pour out her feelings inside the small book.
"Day 15 Yes, this is my fifth-teeth entry. And the day she left….. The past few weeks have been enjoyable and the most confusing time I have come to know. And at the same time her lack of presence…"
Suddenly stopping for a second, the girl began to immerse in her own thoughts of what had happened the past few weeks, "No… I mustn't falter. I…."
"It's okay to be scared. It's just a reminder that we need to get stronger in our own ways… isn't it Caitlin?"
Maybe she was going crazy or maybe the voices she kept hearing or imagining were there to help her.
Her tears finally stopped, "…don't want to be left behind. In spite of all that, everything's changing too much for me to handle…."
Calming herself with a slow shivering exhale the girl quickly starts in a new paragraph, "She suggested that I need to meet and greet more people but…."
"The question is should I do it?" she thought out loud to herself.
Stopping herself from further writing the girl closes the book, "Meeting new people…." She began to wonder.
The heiress always finds others words to be of no used to her beside her parents whom she admires. But now, she couldn't help but find herself to follow her words.
Quickly looking outside the girl saw it was a bright and beautiful day, "Maybe, just maybe…."
Her depressed frown started to brighten up at the idea she suddenly have. "She did say there's no harm in trying something new."
Quickly getting up from the bed, the girl began to prepare for something she had in mind.
…
Outside the heiress room were two male both different in stature. While one of the two was an elderly man with a strict aura around him, and the other one was a boy around the same age of the girl inside.
"Grandfather, I'm beginning to worry about the mistress…" the boy while wearing a fitting butler's outfit was in a depressed mood for uselessness, but won't admit it.
"Hmmm…. And what might be the problem?" the older man look at his grandson whom was still learning his ways around their family duty to the house.
Adjusting the glasses he was wearing the boy began to explain, "It's just that the young mistress hasn't eaten since this morning and hasn't even walk out of the room for a while since the incident." The boy was feeling more of a failure at the moment.
"It's strange, she was just fine yesterday while Miss Shirona was still staying…" A dark cloud began to form above his head.
The old butler knew what was going on and just let go of the breath he had been holding, "It seems the young mistress hasn't adjusted after Miss Shirona's departure."
The old butler knew the young heiress was still a child and would have her occasional tantrums and other emotional problems but the departure of the first person to ever treat her normally was making things difficult, even he hadn't had the slightest clue to deal with such a situation.
"It's like she trying to lock herself from the outside world grandfather… and I can't do anything." The depressing boy wasn't helping the situation and it made the old butler to sigh.
"Enough with your moping Darach, the young mistress will be fine, time is all she needs." The old butler than pulls out his pocket watch before turning to his grandson, "And in the mean time, we still have our own duties to perform."
"Understood…" the boy wasn't high spirit but still complied with his grandfather's words.
Flipping the pocket watch, the old butler than gesture for his grandson to follow but there action was suddenly stopped by the door of their mistress suddenly opening. And the person who came out wasn't what they expected.
"!"
"Mi-Mistress?" the boy butler started with some edged. He was a bit shocked at the change in the girl's appearance.
"Goodness…"
His grandfather on the other hand knew it was only trouble for him and this was not how he would have spent a day, "Despite her positive influence, Miss Shirona put too much thought inside the young mistress head." The old butler thought with a groan.
The girl who came out of the door was wondering why she was given a criticial stare from both her butlers, "Albert, Darach….? Might I ask why I am receiving such gaze from the both of you?"
Her questionable look was making the younger butler to quickly answer her, "O-Oh, A-Ah, it's just that we thought your change in appearance to be….ack!" His mouth quickly shuts up before he could finish his sentence, "Ahh! I can't believe I almost finish an insulting sentence." The boy thought with cold sweat dripping.
But the deed was already done.
"My appearance?" the girl then looks at herself. Her attire were a good choice as her top was a cute white pink blouse added with a brown shorts just a bit up to her knees. And a stylish blue white sneakers but none of them were her choice, someone pick it out for her.
A tick mark appears on her forehead, "And what might you be referring to Darach?" A pink aura began to slowly envelop her.
The young butler quickly took a single step back, as if his instinct tried to warn him of the danger before him, "Ah-Ah….Argh… I..."
"Oh, and I'd be careful with your next choice of words Darach. So, choose carefully." She reassured him with an ever freezing cold gaze and added with a cold frown forming on her lips.
What they said about boys being dumb at the most stupidest times maybe true since the boy butler was about to make it happen, "I-I was about to point out that…."
"That?" Her anger wasn't subsiding.
"I-I…"
"I?" she pronounce it with him and it was making him more back in an invisible corner.
The boy began to think, "This isn't the situation I envision a time with the mistress. I need to be careful… I don't want to anger her more as it is." Looking back at the girl's eyes Darach knew that he was in for it. And so he just did what he felt was right.
"Darach, I don't have all the time in the world. So be quick." The girl took a single step closer to him making him flinched, "!"
Releasing the deep breathe he was holding the boy than spoke out, "I-I was just implying how lovely you were lookin-!"
*CRASH* Even before he could finish, the boy was already flung to the side of the wall with a painful sound. She didn't need to lift a finger. Her powers subconsciously did it for her.
"Hmph! I don't want to hear lies Darach, especially ones that take too long." The girl turns her head away from the down boy.
"M-My Apologies M-Mistress…" the boy responded weakly from his painful position.
Albert could only sweat dropped at their mistress violent actions but it wasn't a surprising fact since his grandson always seems to miss-word in front of her, numerous times. "It seems the boy won't learn." The old butler could only sigh out loud.
Turning his attention back to the girl, "You seem to be in good spirit young mistress. Have you come into terms with the departure?"
It got the girl's attention whose cheeks to be redden bit, "Hmph! don't sprout some nonsense Albert. Lady Cynthia's lack of presence hasn't affected me at the slightest bit." The girl didn't want others to know her secrets and always seems to hide them, even though some could see it through. And she wasn't being honest about it either.
Slowly bowing respectfully to the young heiress, "My Apologies young mistress, I will learn not to repeat it."
Understanding that her butler was taking the hint of not snooping, the girl nods, "See it to that you do."
Despite the situation going her way the girl still had some question as well as her two butlers and so she decided to asked, "Aside from that un-peculiar responds, why are the two of you outside my room? It isn't time for after-noon tea, is it?"
Folding her arms and trying to look intimidating as she can but it only did the opposite.
Seeing that there wasn't any problem in telling her, "We were just worried for you young mistress… after the incident that took place this morning." His body was still in pain from the incident.
Blinking a few times the girl wondered what he was talking about, "This morning?"
The old butler nods before asking again, "Yes young mistress, don't you remember?"
Rubbing her forehead the girl began to wonder, "I-I do!" But inside her head, "I don't…."
Albert wondered what was going inside the girl's head, "Than you won't need to be remi-!"
But he was suddenly stopped at the moment by her.
"But!"
The butler was surprised from her sudden outburst.
"It seems the memory of the event that took place may have regressed… and as such I would need to be reminded…" The heiress felt embarrassed at not being able to recollect anything that had happened the morning, "So, would you please explain to me what happened. N-No that I haven't had the slightest clue!"
"I understand." Albert closes his eyes and began to think, "It is the job and duty of the butler to accept their master and mistress, despite their unusual and questionable quirks." He thought inward.
The girl's right eye twitch in annoyance for some reason, "I swear to whoever just insulted me will pay dearly." Griping her hand tightly before loosening it again, the girl release whatever frustration she was having.
Albert then fakes a cough to get the girl's attention, "Young mistress, if I may continue?"
Turning to him, "Very well Albert, proceed." The girl's emotions were always in a jumble and no one can predict how it will turn up.
"Recollecting what happened this morning in the simplest way possible would be that you young mistress…" Albert gesture her towards the nearest window.
Caitlin eyes follow the old butler's hand direction.
Understanding what he implying the girl moves toward the window before looking outside only for her lips to form a deep frown, "I see…"
Outside the mansion and from the view point of the girl, she could only see a one meter crater in front of the gate. "I've lost control again, didn't I?"
"I'm sorry young mistress, the stress of Miss Shirona leaving was too much for you to handle." Albert solemnly responded and wonders what the young heiress will do after this.
After a minute of silence which was pretty long for them.
"Albert."
"Yes, young mistress?"
The girl didn't turn her eyes away from the destruction she'd caused and keep looking outside the window, "Did she saw it? Did…" the girl hesitated for a few second before continuing, "….Lady Cynthia saw my hideous actions?"
Darach finally pull himself out of his stump on the wall and look worried for the young heiress, "Mistress…"
Albert knew that telling the painful truth would have many consequences and so he decided, "Fortunately, no…"
The young girl's shoulder relaxes down from all the stress that was growing inside, "Oh…" but her response was as hollow as ever.
But Albert knew that sometimes it was necessary to endure so that one can recover, "But she heard it and contacted us immediately."
"!" the girl eyes widen for a few seconds before her hair shadow her upper face. "I see…"
Albert knew that the young blonde hair girl that had been staying with them for the past few weeks was one of the only people that can put a smile on her face and the fact that she was her first friend was making it worse. So, anything that could or severe their ties would only hurt the young heiress deeply.
"And how did she react?" She knew that it was going to hurt and the rush of emotion boiling inside her wasn't making anything better… but despite the inevitable pain she wanted to know or at least hear it out.
Understanding that this was taking too much time the old butler answers her, "Not much, she asked me what happened…"
"And did you…."
Albert nodded, "Yes, I explain the situation."
Her mood turns sour and dark, "I'll be retiring back to my room Albert and I will not be disturb, is that clear?" Her thoughts were on the edge of emotional pain and this was the last straw. "Maybe, that thing was right…"
"We only need each other."
Turning back to her room, the girl slowly walks back with a horrible feeling.
The young butler felt useless and could only watch the person he was supposed to take care of and support was going down a bridge he couldn't cross. "Useless…" the boy grip his hands tightly despite the pain.
But before the girl could take anymore her butler suddenly stops her, "Before you go young mistress, there is something I was requested to tell you."
Her heart was heart and she just wanted to go back to sleep but it was improper for her to just ignore one of her loyal servants, "And what might that be, hmm…?"
Clearing his throat, Albert than start, "Before cutting the connection Miss Shirona asked me to forward you a few words since she wasn't able to tell you herself at the time of her departure."
This certainly got her attention and somehow her moody aura was slowly disappearing.
"I believe her exact words were… 'Tell Cailtin that its dangerous for her to keep relying on others for the selfish reason of being afraid of one-self…' …"
The girl flinch and her inside felt numb.
But Albert wasn't finish, "….'But despite all of those things tell her that she can develop herself only if she's willing to do. That means no hiding and no more pushing others away, tell her to interact more and tell her it's better to have a friend close by rather than from a safe distance…'…"
Maybe she was dreaming again but it wasn't a dream it was real and somehow heart began to flutter in warmth, a peaceful one.
"…. 'And also tell her that… she's not alone…and that I can't wait for the day when she'll develop into a strong and independent women.' …And that's about it." Albert finished the message he was given to deliver.
A soft giggle got both males attention.
Both butler turn back to the young heiress and they could only felt relief at the small smile forming on the girl's lips while her eyes directed back to the outside world. "She was always right, wasn't she? It was wrong of me to think otherwise."
She could only softly chuckle to herself.
Finally that the situation has calm down Albert still had some question and so he asked away, "Young mistress."
Stopping her-self from further laughing at the situation, "What is it Albert?"
"It may seem like I'm being a bit direct… but might I asked why the change in your attire?" Albert eyes landed at the medium size portable luggage beside the girl.
Blinking a few times Caitlin then figures out what he meant, "Oh, this?"
"Yes young mistress." Albert nodded, "It is as if you were about to head out and go off on your own journey." It may be unusual but her attire was too much to ignore.
Darach decided to cut in, "That's utter nonsense grandfather. The mistress would nev-"
Before he could even finished Caitlin quickly spoke out, "That's exactly correct Albert."
And with the shocking news both butlers… well one of the two began to freak out and was completely ignored, "And have you thought it through?" Albert asked again. The old butler was surprised but it wasn't his right to question without a meaningful reason.
The young heiress responded with no hesitation, "Yes."
Rubbing the temple on his nose at the dilemma he was facing, "I see…" his eyes landed on her again with a serious gaze, "And you are sure about this?"
Again Caitlin nods with no hesitation.
After a few more seconds Albert releases a soft breathe, "It seems changing your mind won't be an option."
Her hopes quickly gone up only for it to go down by his next few words.
"But… something as extraordinary as a journey would be a problem, especially for a highly esteem heiress." Albert felt an ache at denying his mistress wishes but it was the right thing to do. "I am sorry young mistress."
"Are you saying that I need the permission of a servant to do what I please?"
Caitlin wasn't happy and right now her only chance of following the path she finally realizes was being block. And with her temper being tested, it wasn't a pretty site.
"M-Mistress, I have to agree with grandfather. You c-can't possibly be heading on your own…" Darach look at his mistress fearfully due to the amount of energy the girl was releasing and it was starting to strain on him.
"Silence Darach!" The girl ordered with turning her gaze away from the old butler.
"!? Hai!" The young glass wearing butler yelps at the harsh voice.
"No young mistress. That wasn't what I was referring to." Albert finally answered but his stature was affected by the girl's power.
"Explain, before I do something I might regret…"
Her eyes glow furiously with the color of a deep pink and some of her hair started to float slowly.
"My first and for most duty as the head butler is the health and well being of the family I serve. That includes your future young mistress. And you running off on your own would be a disastrous idea, for yours and others safety."
Her anger seems to boil, indicated from the way her hands grip tightly.
"I am your mistress. You will not disobey me."
Her anger started to act up again.
"Her powers are flaring again? And so soon…" the old butler eyes stared at the powerful pink aura the girl was projecting.
And all of a sudden Albert suddenly dash beside the girl before giving a quick chop on her neck, "W-Wha…" surprising the girl who slowly began to engulf unconsciousness. And the suffocating air and pressure the girl had create suddenly disappeared.
"I'm sorry young mistress, this was the order your parents gave me if you were to act independently." And with that the old butler catches the unconscious girl.
The boy could only stare at his mistress, "Mistress…."
"Grandfather, are you sure this is right?"
"Do not asked such foolish question." The old man than began to move, "Come, we need to give the young mistress rest."
While carrying the girl Albert and Darach missed the slight twitch on the unconscious girl's finger.
White forest
Back within the forest just a bit further away from Undella town was located. Smokes were coming out from a particular location.
"Hugo, what happened!?"
And where two fully grown wearing knights in armor adults were currently having a problem and I'd tell you one of them was a bit cranky.
"Ahhh…. We got a problem!" larger one of the two responded back while trying to kill the smoke as well as the fire that was about to start.
Running out of the small hut they had been staying the night, "What is it?!"
The smaller one of the two saw what had happened and it made him a bit angry.
And the scene was that of their vehicle damage at the point of un-repairable and the cage that was holding their bait was gone. "No! This was not supposed to happen." He mumbles and grumbles in a piss off tone.
While the bigger knight wearing man finally killed the fire with a fire extinguisher. "It must have escaped while we were asleep. Not only did it destroy the cage it also trash out truck."
"Hugo, check for anything that can be still used."
"Right."
The two quickly then checks the busted truck as well as where the pokemon they locked out may have gone.
They were operatives send out to find the one they're leader wanted but at the moment there mission was going nowhere.
"Hmmm…." The smaller knight looked at the broken cage and was dripping a cold sweat.
"Hugo, how many sedative did with inject in that pokemon?" he was feeling unnerve at what might have been the reason for such chaos.
While taking out some useable material and a motorcycle the large man responded after thinking for a few seconds. "Let's see…. I think we use about a dozen."
And the cold sweat as well his nerve darken, "I see…"
"Hugo, prepare for our departure. This mission is a failure."
His decision wasn't taken lightly, "Eh!? What? Why?"
"There is no time for asking question Hugo, we need to leave this area immediately."
The large knight knew that his chance for revenge wouldn't be fulfilled if they leave and so he was bit un-cooperative. "Like hell I've leave, if this is about the fox then we can find another or better yet, we could search those brats with some back up!"
The smaller knight sighed at the big headedness of his partner, "This is not about you getting revenge or our lack of bait. No, this is us about getting out this forest…." His shaken eyes look at the large knight, "Alive."
Suddenly surprised at how his partner said it, "What are talking about? You think the pokemon here would get us?" He felt a cold chill down his back and it wasn't helping.
This was tight spot they were in but it was better to stay alive than complete a mission. "Do you know how a single tranquilizing sedative works on a pokemon?"
His partner nods, "Yeah, it could even knock out an enrage pokemon."
"Yes, and do you know how much we used on that fox. And still it was able to escape and destroy everything on its path."
They both look at the right to see a clear path with all the tress around cut down only leaving what could have been describe as an explosion.
"We aren't prepared for this Hugo. So, it's better to run and live for the moment." The smaller knight didn't wait for the large knight to response and just prepared the things he needed to pack.
"Okay…" the larger knight finally agreed and began to made preparation.
….
On another part of the forest a certain orange hair boy was currently moving around quite fast while being following by a few different pokemons. Another small boy with light green hair was also with them but was currently being carried on the back of the large orange hair boy.
"Can you tell me why we're running around like a bunch of idiots?"
Ichigo wasn't happy, no, he was a bit moody from a bad morning he just had and also from the soreness he was still recovering from the day before. And now he had to listen to a very annoying mutt he really want to get rid of.
"Ah?"
The small boy that he was currently carrying on his back tilts his head and wondered what he was talking about. Said light green hair boy was still wondering who exactly was the person was. But his doubts were somehow all put to a stop by a strange feeling the person was giving out.
It was him Ichigo was talking but a small black fox currently hanging on the top of his head.
"(I-di..ot?)
The fox was a bit confused at the word since it was the first time he was hearing it.
"(What are you talking about Mr. Orange? And what's an idiot?)"
The fox curiously asked while scratching the back of his ear before moving a bit on the hair he was lying on.
Ichigo's eyes gaze upon the fox with a menacing look, "I'm looking at one right now." He thought.
"AND don't make yourself comfortable!"
"(Please Mr. Orange… your too loud. It's still morning…)" the fox eyes close and chin down on our hero's head with a content sighed. But it only made things worse.
"Morning… huh? Then, who was the one who woke everyone up screaming complete nonsense!"
Ichigo didn't know what compel him to even do what the little fox asked them to do. They still had other matters since the two weirdoes the fought the other day might still be around.
"(Hey! It's not nonsense okay! It's important!)"
The fox felt a bit put off by the orange hair boy and so he retaliate with a multiple sharp scratches to the head.
"Ow! Hey! Stop that!"
Pulling the fox down from his head Ichigo eyes stared at the fox with an annoyed glare. He was wondering why the fox always seems to stick to him since the time they met, which wasn't even that long ago.
Still running or following the orange hair boy, the others who were following sweat dropped at the two.
"Soulll….(Still a strange one…)"
Absol had suddenly appeared the other day before them so that she could understand the strange being in front of them. It wasn't that she wanted to follow him no… she was just merely interested at the boy who was a human but at the same time wasn't. But till now she couldn't figure it out.
"Charr…(What exactly are we doing?)"
Charmeleon on the other hand was still a bit drowsy and wasn't too focused at the task at hand nut was still able to follow the others quick pace.
"Rauu… (My brother must have notices it too.)"
And beside the two pokemons was another black fox and almost an identical to the fox on Ichigo. The only difference would be their size.
The fox eyes linger around the area as if there was a lack of something.
"Raauu…(We need to hurry!)"
The small fox yelps to the other fox who nodded back from the top of Ichigo's head.
"Hey! Are you listening to me?!" Ichigo look back at the fox that had somehow climb back at the top of his head.
"(No Mr. Orange, it's no time to take a leak.)" That only seems to made things worse.
"What!? NO! I said! We're only running around-ow!"
The fox didn't listen and quickly pull the edge of his hair to the side in chaning our hero's course. "(This way Mr. Orange! Her scent is getting stronger!)"
"Her?" Ichigo blink and wonder.
"(Yeah! Her.)"
"Who's her?"
Ichigo asked since he was curious to what who might have rile up the fox on his head and the boy on his back.
"(My mama of course!)"
The fox without any hesitation announce prideful making our hero a bit un-nerve. Our hero got the idea so he just accepted it with much complaining.
"Your mother?"
"(Mmm! You have one too right?!)"
The word mother was sometimes a foreign feeling to him. The closest thing he could consider to that feeling would be Delia whom always made him feel at home. But sometimes he wonders who his parents were and why he couldn't remember.
"Yeah…"
"A-Anyway, why are we searching for her like this?"
"(Oh! Didn't I tell you?)"
"No… no you didn't."
"(Eh? Really?)"
"Ughh…."
"Shishishishishi…."
Caught up in the moment the fox didn't notice Ichigo's slight hesitation and just laugh away before explaining to him what they were even doing.
"(It's because there's no white foggy smoke around.)"
"White foggy smoke? You mean mist?"
"Mm… (Mama always made the foggy smoke to protect us and the others from humans… so when I woke up and saw no sign of them…. I-I thought.)"
The fox's ears fall down and slump down on our hero's head. The boy he was carrying behind too shivers a bit. Both boy and fox felt as if something had gone wrong, and it was making them feel un-easy.
"(Maybe something's gone wrong…. Maybe m-mama's…)" the fox swallow a nervous lump. "(… in trouble…) it was hard for the fox to accept it but the feeling was too much to ignore.
"Oh."
Hearing about it and feeling a tight grip from his back Ichigo felt a searing desire to help the fox and boy out… even though he was running out of steam and supplies at the moment wasn't making it any better.
"Don't worry."
"(Mr. Orange…?)"
"..?.."
Both Zorua and the boy look at him wondering what he will do at this point. They were still strangers to him and they knew it was too much to ask from a stranger whom had not only saved their lives once but twice.
"You said that your mother was strong right?"
"Mmh…" the fox nods.
"Then, it'll be fine. And if she's in trouble, I'll give you some help."
"(Mr. Orange…)"
From the nose of the fox, a large slimy snot came down on the head of our hero who was making a sour expression from the sticky substance. "Ughh…."
"So don't worry. And would you wipe those tears and snot away?"
Ichigo didn't turn to look at both fox and boy on him and just keep moving on forward. If he were to turn he would have seen a awestruck fox and a confused boy whom was still wondering why he kept helping them.
"I don't have much energy left but I guess I could help out…" Ichigo thought inward before concentration a bit of his energy.
"This better be worth it."
Pulling out his aura and embedding it to his legs Ichigo quickly sprints forward with a fast movement. And the pokemons behind him follow quickly.
"Mama…." The green hair boy on our hero's back mumbles while holding on tightly.
"(Ah! Mr. Orange not that way! The other way!)"
The fox steers Ichigo to the side, painfully, meaning by pulling our hero's hair to the side. "OW!"
"What other way?!"
"(Your other way!)"
"There's no other way!" He responds back while trying to avoid running of a cliff.
And with that the fox guide them with some difficulties and other what not through the white forest in search of the foxes and the mysterious boy's mother.
"I must hurry..."
Caitlin who was supposed to be unconscious in her room was slowly floating down from one of the windows in her room and softly landed herself on the court yard.
"This will be enough."
Quickly grabbing a small strap bag she levitated down, Caitlin moves towards the walls of her family estate. Her emotions were hyping and she was accepting them.
"I will take matters into my own hands from now on."
"Am I…?" Her only conclusion was her defiance or was it something else.
"No matter." Shaking the feeling off the girl began to focus.
Her powers started to react from the amount of emotions she was pouring in her mind.
"I need to grow.…" She slowly levitating herself and focusing on a point, "I don't want to be left behind."
A certain platinum blonde hair girl flashes inside her head.
"Wait for me." And with her final thought the girl suddenly vanish from her spot with a blink sound.
…
Later….
Moving on her way, the girl felt somewhat…. Thrilled with excitement? And of course with a hint of regret.
Looking around the girl saw many things she could only glimpse for a moment in her life. The number of people and pokemon wasn't the big shocker, no; it was how they work together in almost everything was the thing that amazed her.
This wasn't her first time in the world outside of her household. She had gone out multiple times but all of those were in a vehicle and she was never alone.
"This must what they refer to as a middle class life." Her words may seem arrogant but her intentions were the opposite of it. She was just curious.
The new experience was bursting inside her and she was acting like a child while watching the different people and pokemon doing different things, which she could only read about back home.
Even though she was itching to try out some of them, she felt too alienated to do anything. She wanted to call some of her servants for assistance but….
"No!" her mind screamed and quickly stops herself from reaching her xtranreciever.
"I must be independent!" Her thoughts than began to fuel her determination. An heiress like her shouldn't be so weak will, the girl convinced herself.
Placing her hand above her chest, the girl slowly calms herself before looking around for something.
"Now, where is that station the servants spoke of… hmmm…."
Her eyes scan the map of Undella town she had gotten from a local.
Even though she was highly educated, as the heir of a noble household should be, she couldn't understand the slightest thing the piece of paper was telling her.
And it frustrated her. So, in the end asking for direction was the only plan she know….
"You. Tell me where to find the nearest station." Pointing her finger at a stranger.
"…"
"Give me your attention and tell where to find the nearby station pleb." Getting weird looks from an old couple.
"Uhhh…."
But it didn't go so well. She wasn't used to talking to the 'common people' she describe to be.
"I just don't understand!"
"Are there no literate people I can speak to?!"
Her face steamed in red while her cheeks puffed in annoyance.
After a while her luck seems to turn around. A thought came and she quickly acted to it.
…..
A few minutes later.
"The north side of town you say?"
"Gruff!"
"I see… that wouldn't be too hard to remember. Thank you for your assistance."
"Gruff!"
Pulling a small tug on her dress, she also gave a slight curtsey to a Growlithe who was standing by the town's Officer Jenny.
Officer Jenny on the other hand was a bit confused at the girl asking for direction from her pokemon, rather than asking herself. "Strange girl… She could've just asked me."
…
White forest
Maybe it was the day or maybe fate had something to do with. You see, on her way to the sub-way station the girl had met with a problem, a problem that didn't allowed her to move further on her journey or just the way she planned to go.
"I should've seen this. After all, I am among peasants."
The girl could have easily call and order some high class transportation to make her journey easier. But she wasn't one of those rich snobby girls who only wanted to take it easy, or at least she wasn't anymore. Cynthia made sure of it.
In fact, Cynthia was the one who had given her some pointers of being a trainer and how a pokemon journey should really be and that surprised Caitlin, the young heiress never knew she would be using those plans.
And here she was walking in the dense forest of White forest.
Normally, she intended to use transportation and start from Nimbasa City but the sub way station had sudden close to technical difficulties, she almost threw a fit at it.
So walking to the closest town was the only way for her to start her journey. It wasn't what she wanted to do but there was no other choice. She was told that traveling always have detours and some problems.
But it doesn't mean that she was accepting it whole-heartily.
The pokemon inside the forest were a bit hesitant in showing her direction but after some try she was able to get through to some of them.
And here she was moving on and also feeling a bit tired from all the walking. The only reason she hasn't stop and give up was because she was ambitious and stubborn. "Lady Cynthia… how were you able to handle this…" Caitlin was starting to regret.
Hearing something shuffling loudly to the right, Caitlin turns her attention to that direction. "Hm?"
The next three seconds was the most surprising thing the young heiress has ever experience, and that was because a boy with orange hair around or a bit older her suddenly came running out from a large bush with a small black fox hanging on his head. And they were both screaming or shouting at each other.
Caitlin eyes widen and could only watch as the boy dash closer and closer only to smash into her.
*CRASH!*
And with that two daze and dizzy teens got knock down on their butts, added with a massive headache. The taller teen with orange hair tried to regain focus while the smaller female teen crunch while sitting on her butt.
And both teens groan and rubbed their sour foreheads.
And done….
It is to be known that Caitlin is only one year younger than Ichigo and Cynthia is two years older than Ichigo.
And for his water type teammate, Ichigo will be getting a Gyarados (the one from the Oak's ranch). Someone P.M us with a great detail of why we should use it. It's strong, it's tough, it's large, it's scary, it's always grumpy and a huge softy when getting to know one.
Until next time.