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Chapter-36
Hoenn region (A certain Team Aqua girl's apartment)
*knock*
*knock*
"arghh…"
*knock*
*knock*
"Alright, alright, I'm coming!"
A teen girl around 17 sluggishly moves toward the door of her apartment. Her skin was tan, her hair frizzy and messy due to certain stupidity and alcoholic reasons (Despite being illegal for a girl her age). "Urgh…my head." Her mood was a little grumpy and difficult.
She had a hard night, since she was one of the youngest squad leaders in the organization she works for. Great things were expected from her. Thus, the stress got to her and it caused her to do things a bit over the top after some certain missions.
And there was another problem lurking around her. She had made a kind of acquaintance or rather connection with a strange girl she met. The girl wasn't bad or anything, in fact she was rather interesting. But the problem lies in the fact that the girl was from a rival organization name Team Magma. Her boss and theirs weren't exactly in good term. She vaguely remembered her name as Courtney.
What are the odds of her being the one who knock her door? The girl chuckles to herself.
Grabbing the door, the girl opens and took at peek at the one who knocked it.
*Slam!* She quickly shuts it back.
While taking a step back from the door, "What the heck are doing here!?"
"To see you…" A voice came from behind her.
"huh?" The girl turned around to see Courtney behind in her usually Team Magma's outfit.
"B-But But you were… and I was…." She was dumb folded at how the girl was inside when she was supposed to be on the other side of her door.
"…."
"…."
She gave up; her headache won't get better if she think too much. She convinced herself that Courtney was inside her apartment and just ignored how that happened.
"Why are you doing here….?" She asked tiredly while pulling out a chair to sat on.
"To see you…"
"Yes, yes, you said that before but I'm asking you why here? We're not supposed to be even talking to each other, you know?"
She finds it funny to see a girl talking in such a silly way but that wasn't important at the moment. There were other Aqua members living beside her apartment and she could get into trouble if they found out a Magma member was in her apartment.
"Why? Aren't…" Courtney tilts her head. "…we friends?"
When she said that the older girl wanted to face palm, "No, we are not for the last time. I told you before. We're two individuals from opposite sides. It's impossible to be friends, okay?"
"…."
"…."
"I'm… sorry, Shelly." Courtney mood changed as she lower her gaze downward with a sadden expression.
The older girl quickly felt guilty the moment the younger girl apologizes and said her name with a sad look. She wanted to hit herself for telling Courtney her real name.
"Courtney…" Shelly couldn't understand the girl. She was so different from the usual sassy girls and the fact that Courtney show so less interest in anything other than a few things was kind of strange to her.
"….."
"….."
Seeing that Courtney wasn't replying back, Shelly started at the girl. She could see that the girl had a strap bag on her and after looking closer at the girl's hair, Shelly pulls down the girl's hood to show her smooth purple hair.
"Is that the pin I gave you? Why are you even still wearing that? You know girls your age don't exactly wear something like that for long." Shelly was referring to the hair pin she had lean the girl back when they first met. She also saw how messing the girl's head was. Another strange thing to her since girls weren't supposed to be sloppy about their hair.
"Mm..." Courtney nods, "It's the first gift. A first gift I've ever received. And I'm happy." Courtney touched the hair pin the older girl gave her back then with a lovingly touch. She really treasure it, she even beat up some girls back in HQ for making fun of it. It was the second most important thing she treasure and appreciated for.
Putting a hand on the younger girl's head for s gentle stroke, Shelly suddenly felt guilty, "I-I'm… a-ah… sort of happy you still wore it. It's also the first time I ever gave someone a gift."
Under Shelly's gaze, Courtney made a smile happily from the older girl's gratitude.
"Friends?" Courtney looks up again for confirmation with a little change in her usual emotionless expression.
"No."
"…." Courtney really liked the older girl before her. She had gotten to know how kind and cool she was when they both got trap during a deathly landslide interfering in their previous mission. Now, at the moment she felt down and depressed at Shelly's reply. This feeling was new to her, she felt hurt but not in a physical way. She didn't like.
"But…."
Shelly's voice got her attention again.
"Even if we can't be friends, It doesn't mean that I-I don't l-like you." Shelly felt really embarrassed saying stuff like this. It was unlike her but the younger girl was so strange and she had this feeling of wanting to protect her from anything. It was really weird, a tough girl like her thinking and stuff like this.
Her strange unknown pain now was no more and that disappointing feeling disappeared. Courtney was glad, glad that there was someone she could finally talk once in a while and someone she could experience the happy feeling inside. "Me too..."
Seeing the gentle smile on Courtney's face, Shelly face redden even more from embarrassment, "O-Okay, okay, you don't have to butter me up like this."
"What am I thinking!? Leader Arche is going to kill me if he saw me like this!" Shelly thought to herself. She felt her life span shorten.
"hehe~"
Seeing Courtney giggling to herself with such a cute tone and gentle smile, Shelly calms down a bit.
"*fake cough* *fake cough* Anyway, could you please tell me why you are here?"
"Oh… ah… yes." Courtney began to scramble her brain why she was here. One was definitely seeing Tabitha again. She began to think what the other one was.
Shelly sweat dropped at how air head the girl can be. She spent with her for few hours, trapped and bored. But she could tell how air head Courtney by how she finds other things than her mission as uninteresting.
"If you could also tell me how do you even know where I live, it would be improved my opinion on you, seriously." Shelly almost forgot this very fact.
"I came to ask... How can I get a plane ticket?" This was the younger girl's reason. She also ignored the other questions.
"Oi, oi, oi, you got to be kidding me? That's why you're here?" She was really in a bad mood due to the drunk after effect headache but she tried to control herself from doing anything mean.
"Mm…" Courtney nods with a serious expression.
The older girl sweat dropped at the reason, "You could ask some else you know? Like one of the members in your organization. Or better, the attendants in the air-port!"
"I don't trust them…" Another reason she took very serious. You could say Courtney trust so little people. It made her to be always being alert.
"!...? hmm…" The Aqua girl at first was surprised before she came to an understanding of her sudden remarked. She almost forgot that they were girls working under illegal organizations. They were train operatives and they can trust too many people. Seeing how Courtney acted, she wondered if the girl was an even more loyal dog than her.
But another thing annoyed her again, "Hold on, that's your reason?"
"Mm." The younger girl nods again.
"Let me get this straight." Shelly was getting confuse even more, "You trust me but you don't trust your team members?"
"Mm…" Courtney nods again.
"Then why are you even working for them if you don't trust them?"
"Because… leader Maxie's there."
"Okay, that's good." She nods with a understanding vibe. "Good, she's doing it for an understandable reason." It was also the same for her. She was only in Team Aqua because of her leader Archie.
"Now, you want me to help you get a plane ticket right? Then, we'll have to get incognito and dress up first." Since they were part of an illegal organization, they weren't exactly able to do anything freely especially in Hoenn.
"…"
"Courtney?"
"…"
Shelly look at the girl and felt a somewhat pity feeling, "*sigh* don't just sleep while standing idiot." To her she was such an idiot, a very strange idiot.
"!?"
Quickly catching the girl from falling, "What is up with you? You shouldn't jus-!?" Shelly was confused at first but after catching her. She felt the girl was drench and cold, "I wonder…"
Putting a palm on Courtney's fore-head, "You're heating up, what is really up with you?" The older girl guessed that she must have drench from the rain last night. "It's okay to be selfish you know…"
"Orange…."
Shelly listens to her mumbling while carrying the girl to her bed. "Orange?"
"I want to… I want to see you…."
Putting down the girl, she could see tears falling down her cheeks, "…. What am I doing?" Shelly ruffles her hair like crazy and asked herself why she put an enemy gently on her bed.
Courtney looks so vulnerable, so vulnerable that it would be so easy to take her out and she decided.
"Let's get these wet cloths of you first."
She stared at the girl's white luscious face and her soft expression as the Magma girl breathes softly on the bed. Tabitha began to think on how such a strange girl got to be at the higher rank of Team Magma when she was just a young little girl.
Shaking her head of thoughts, Shelly pulls over the sheets on her. "After you get better, we'll head out. So, just sleep for now."
Remembering the fact that she also just woken up and since it was still morning the girl heads toward her kitchen.
"Orange… I made a friend…" Courtney smiles happily in her sleep.
The older Aqua girl heard it and her cheeks flustered, "We're not…..idiot." She quickly left for her morning brunch with stupid thoughts plaguing her mind.
Back with our hero…
"I can't believe you!"
"C-Calm down Viola, there's nothing to over-react about kay?"
"Over-react? Over-react!? Do you how angry dad is and how worried I am!? You were missing for a day!"
Two girls around the same height with almost similar facial features were currently having a family argument.
"S-Sorry?"
"I can't believe you! Suddenly running away after dad grounded you!"
"B-But I left a note saying that I'll be gone for a day or two."
"It doesn't matter! Dad and I have already planned for your punishment you idiot sister."
"E-Ehhh!?"
While the two girls were having such conversation, our hero and Bonnie stood at the sideline with the pokemons around them watching the scene. Darkrai also once again sink back into Ichigo's shadow due to the new girl's arrival.
"I-chi."
"Yea?"
"Did Lexa do a bad thing?"
Yeah… Ichigo knew exactly what the little girl meant. Honestly, after hearing their conversation Ichigo agreed at the fact that Alexa did something stupid, not something bad but something to raise the rage of her family.
"Don't worry Bonnie, every siblings have this kind of talk." Though, he wondered if he had any kind of argument with Ash. The only things he could think of was how Ash would be displeased with him and pout or ignored him a day.
A new word for her and this question marks appeared on her head. "Sib-lings? You mean like brothers and sisters? Like me and Clemont! Right?"
"That's right."
Rubbing the girl's hair Ichigo quickly put his other palm forward to catch sometrhing.
"!? I-chiwo!" He caught Alexa face from smashing into him.
"What are you doing again?" Ichigo didn't care why but he was getting annoyed at her stupid actions.
*grab*
*pull*
"Sis, get away from the stranger!" Viola grabs Alexa away from him.
"Stranger?" Ichigo sweat dropped at the girl's accusation but it was sort of right from the girl's view.
"I don't know why my sister has been doing. I know it's partly her fault."
"Viola, that's mean…" Alexa pouts. Ichigo on the other wanted to say that it was entirely Alexa's fault.
"But I can tell from the way you look that you were the one who must been persuading her! Well… She's easily manipulative, if you have the right bait." No one was sure why the girl sprouts out such stupid words. "Doesn't she have a speck of respect for her sister?" Ichigo thought to himself.
Alexa felt her heart pierce and broken. Well, no one cared about her at the moment.
Ichigo felt he should be angry at her stupid accusation but he wasn't. Still it was a problem if she kept giving him those judgmental stares. "Alexa tell her I'm with you and not some stranger."
"W-What!? W-With her?" The girl completely missed the point.
"I-Ichigo… I didn't know you felt that way. But I don't know~" Alexa actually knew what Ichigo meant but just played along to teased Viola even more. It just brings her joy doing it.
Ignoring Alexa, Ichigo continued. "Yeah, we've being doing a lot of things. So please stop making look like the bad guy. I've had a hard day enough already." He wasn't kidding; he had to cook and beat up some grown up jerks as well as endure two very annoying fox and girl.
"puff!" Alexa almost let out a laugh at his explanation.
Viola on the other hand, "huh?" Her voice fell in disbelieved, "D-Doing a lot of things t-together?" Yep, she was started to put the pieces together in a wrong way, "H-Hard?" And steam started to come out her ear, many erotic images started appearing in her head.
And the worst thing was that her sister was hiding her faces away from her as if it was proof. Was her older sister embarrassed of being found out? or holding a laugh, but to Viola it was the former.
Viola face started to redden as the seconds goes by. She could only heard bad words at the moment. And the last thing she wants to see was the angry scowling face of Ichigo.
"So?" Ichigo did not expect the next thing coming his way.
*smack!*
"olf!" Right in the left eye.
"You pervert! You're the worst!" The girl smacks him hard enough to make him dropped down.
And with that Viola quickly grabs her older sister before dashing away from Ichigo. Alexa was too preoccupied laughing (at how hilarious Ichigo and Viola short act was) to resist her sister hold.
"Charr?" Charmeleon asked if he was okay while the others just stared with different expressions.
With a tick mark appearing on his head, Ichigo slowly sat up. "What do you think?" Ichigo just felt great, he got a black eye.
A few miles away from Ichigo and the others…..
Viola finally stops with sweats dropping down her cheeks. "Sis *huff* why on earth *huff* would you hang out with such a delin….. Listen to me!"
"ufufufufufufufufu! Ahahahaha!" Alexa completely ignored her and kept on laughing, "I can't believe you actually hit him, ahahahaha!" She couldn't help herself, she saw how Ichigo face look like the moment her sister hit him. It was too hilarious for her.
"This isn't something to be joking about *huff*" Putting both hands on her waist Viola sigh at her sister quirks.
"And you know what the funniest thing about it was?"
"No."
"Come here." Alexa asked the girl to lend her ear.
"hm?" Viola didn't get it but did what she asked.
"…." Alexa quietly whispered certain words and fact into her ear and some of them made Viola pale. Alexa just kept her chestier smile while explaining.
"No… you're joking, right?"
"Nope."
"I-It can't be!?" Viola finally believed her after hearing her part of the story as well as Ichigo's part of the story. "I just hit an innocent bystander!" She thought to herself.
"Oh, it is. And the funniest part of it was the fact that he's younger than you. So, congratulation, you're a bully now. Fufufufu…"
"How can you say that to your own sister?! Wait! Where are you going?"
Alexa turned her head with a casual look, "I'm going back of course. You just gave him a black eye you know."
"B-But…"
"Viola… *sigh* you can't just judge a book by its cover. Especially, Ichigo."
"Especially? That sounds as if you like him."
"Maybe, I am. Who knows…." Alexa gave her the usual Cheshire smile, Viola didn't get it though.
"muuu…. You're always like this! Why can't you just give a straight answer?!" Viola quickly follows her.
Alexa was trying to not giggle at how cute her little sister was.
"AAhhhhhh!"
Both girls heard the cry of pain, and from what they just heard. It was a male's voice. Viola right away recognizes it.
"huh?"
"No…"
"Grant!" Viola quickly ran toward the direction of the voice. She wasn't alone when she went out to search for her sister. Her friend Grant came along, they split up to search for more ground. But she worried at how her friend's habit to climb high cliffs and dangerous places. Things might turn for the worst if she's late.
…
"Grant, why can't you just stay put!?" The girl hurried with all her strength could take her.
Grant was a friend of hers. She met the boy when he was climbing some cliffs with his bare hands. The shortest way to explain what happened after would be that she panic, he fell but no one got hurt and they later became friends.
The moment she arrived at the sources of her friend's scream, something wasn't right. "Hey! What are doing to him!?"
Viola arrived to see Grant, her friend on the ground with a bruise on his face. It would've been normal since the boy was prone to injuries from his climbing habit. But that wasn't the case this time.
"ho… if isn't little miss Earl. Coming to save your boyfriend? How sweet."
"Just stay back and enjoy your noble title otherwise we'll have to be rough with you too."
Two guys looking around to be in their late teens were standing in front of the girl while beating up a beaten up boy with dark tan skin.
*grab* "Like I would do something that selfish!"
Viola hesitated for a second before she clenched her fist. She resolves herself to not be afraid and to help her friend.
"Give him back!" Viola tried her best to pull Grant away from them.
"V-Viola…" The tired beaten Grant tried to talk a bit but find it hard due to Viola pulling and the two guys holding him tied on his choker.
"…."
"…."
"…."
"Back off!" One of the guys pushed her to the ground.
Viola flinched from being pushed off her feet. She couldn't get up after realizing she sprain her leg.
"We'll deal with you later but first! We're not done with this wise guy!"
"Ahh!" Grant grunts from the sudden punch to his face.
"Take this! And this! How do you like being the weak one!" They were relentless.
Viola eyes widen, "Stop it! Why are you doing this to him!?"
"Don't you recognize us?"
The two quickly pulls over blue color noble capes with decorations of them.
"Noble title capes….?"
"Yes, we're also from the Battle Chateau."
"Then why! Battlers from the château would never stoop this low!" Viola understands what they were saying since she had the noble rank of Earl from the battle chateau.
"Missy you don't get the point do you? We're bi-counts, but we could've have rise higher to earl but your friend here…." The guy quickly gave Grant another punch.
"Stop it!" Viola started to shed tears. It was hard for her to see her friend beaten up.
"Noble title Earl Holder Grant here ruined it for us. We trained so hard to rank up but this guy just had to get in our way."
As they kept beating up Grant, Viola got up even with the pain on her foot. But her eyes wouldn't stop giving out tears. She could see Grant bleeding, and that hurt her even more.
"I-I said stop already…" Even with the pain, Viola just dragged it along.
They just ignore her and kept on beating the boy.
"!" Viola slipped and her body fell forward. She realized she must been tired after searching for her sister all day long.
"…."
"…"
But she didn't the ground. She blinks a few times before looking at the one who caught her. "Sis?"
"Don't worry Viola, your big sister here will handle the rest." Viola then was gently let go on the ground by her older sister.
Alexa turned to those guys and quickly shouts, "Oi! You guys! I got something to say! And you better listen if you know what's good for you!"
"huh? Another girl?"
"You're sure lucky Grant, two girls coming to save you."
The two turned to Alexa with their angry faces. They have a particular short fuse.
"What?"
"You want to get beat up too?"
"Ooo…. Scary." Alexa smirk on seeing their faces.
"But no, I'm not into violence. Still… I'm pretty mad that you hurt my sister here."Alexa smile was a bit scary at the moment.
"So, you wanna fight or something. But if it's tough for you, how about a battle?"
"No. I'm not some meat head brawler."
"Eh? Then what are you supposed to do about it?"
She just kept confusing them after another, she wants them to stop but she didn't want to fight for it and she kept saying every known possible way to deal with the situation, Well, almost all of them.
"Calling the cops of course." Alexa raises a phone with an eye smile.
*grab*
"Like I let you."
One of the two quickly grabs her arm. Alexa didn't like it.
*grab*
*thud!*
"Ah!"
"Could you not touch me? I don't even know you." Alexa dusted her palm after throwing the guy away from her. She had snapped when he grab her hand.
"You complain a lot but those self defense classes Dad put you through help." Viola sweat dropped with a relief breath. She was regretting now that she didn't go along with her.
"You bitch! Go Shelgon! Use Dragon breath!" Seeing his friend getting his butt kick embarrassing made him angry.
"Sis!" Viola was scared for her sister as she was standing in front of her so that the attack won't hit her. She felt hopeless especially since she didn't bring any pokemon with her.
"Noibat! Intercept it with Air Slash!" A pokemon like bat came out from a pokeball before unleashing multiple wind blades at the incoming powerful purple beam.
*boom!* the impact from opposite side caused a small explosion to occur.
Seeing that wind blades were mainly for cutting throwing, some of the wind blades cut through the breath and quickly hit the dragon type pokemon.
*boom!* Shelgon was sent back a few meters from the hit.
With his current situation the guy gritted his teeth in frustration, "Shelgon get up!"
"fufufufu, how the tables are easily turn." Alexa had a certain way of taunting others and it was working quiet well.
He didn't really like her or her attitude, "grrrr! Whatever! After I beat your pokemon, you'll beg for forgiveness!"
"Oh, is that a bet? Than if you lose, you'll never show your face to me or my sister again. Noibat close in and use Screech!" Alexa meant it. She was really protective of her little sister."
"Yeah, whatever! Shelgon, Dragon breath! and don't stop until you shoot It down!"
Noibat quickly close in but the dragon type pokemon wasn't giving it any chance for a direct hit and so it kept using Dragon breath from coming any closer.
While on the sideline, Viola was having some doubts for her sister's victory. "That's strange, Screech is a range attack but why is she trying for a close contact?"
"Noi!" Noibat got grazed before it quickly continued dodging the numerous assaults.
"Shelgon don't stop!"
"Noibat ascend!" As instructed the pokemon flew high up before waiting the next command.
"I don't know what you're planning but it's not going to work. Shelgon prepare another Dragon breath and blast it the moment it comes close!"
Shelgon stood firmly while preparing for anything coming its way.
"Now! Drop and use Air Slash!"
"Shelgon! Fire!"
*boom!* both opposite sides clashes and caused a small explosion enough to hide each other from view.
"That's your plan?"
"No, this is my plan. Noibat Aerial ace to get in close and use Screech!" Yes, this was her strategy but it wasn't an idea she came up with rather copying some else's idea.
"How can her pokemon follow continues move like that!?" The guy felt a nerve wrecking at the girl's skills, "It's doesn't matter how many move you use! Shelgon Protect!"
The dragon type pokemon creates a green transparent barrier which blocked the Aerial ace.
Alexa just smile again at the guy's attitude, "Quickly! Screech!"
After being repelled from the barrier Noibat quickly uses a high pitch screech at a really close range and since the move wasn't an attack type move the barrier didn't repel it.
"Noiii!"
"!" Shelgon eyes widen as it got hit. Not only did the move lower its defense. For some reason Shelgon's eyes spin as it went into a state of confusion.
"What!? Screech shouldn't be able to do that!"
Alexa just smirked, "I learned from watching other battles, anything can happen if you know what you're doing, though battling isn't really my passion."
"You…" The guy really hates the girl and how she kept taunting him.
"But you hurt my little cute sister. So I'm going all out! Noibat Aerial Ace!"
With its defense heavily lower and not to mention its stamina drained, Shelgon knew it wasn't going to win.
"Shelgon Protect again!"
Unfortunately, the pokemon couldn't follow the command due to its current state and got hit by the flying type move.
"Ah…." The guy's jaw dropped. He couldn't believe he was defeated.
"Good work Noibat, return."After returning her pokemon Alexa turned to Viola with a wide smile and a peace sign, "Wasn't I cool Viola? Your big sister beat up those bullies. Hehehe….."
They also completely forgot about Grant who was sleeping soundlessly a few meters away from them.
"S-Sis, how did you…."
"Surprised?" Alexa asked in delight.
"Mm." Viola nods, she might not beat her sister in a single match like that and she was gym leader in training. She never really thought her sister would so well seeing that her interest was elsewhere away from battles.
"Well…. It wasn't really my style but I sort of imitate Ichigo's battling style."
Viola sweat dropped, "People just don't normally imitate battle styles that easily… Not to mention someone they just met for a few days."
"Reporter's eyes."
"Seriously?" Viola didn't believe her.
"Seriously."
"I don't even know what to say anymore…. And stop giving me that weird look!"
Alexa couldn't help it, maybe a bit of a drool escape her lips but her sister was so cute acting confuse. "I'm glad you're impressed *slurp* hehehe…" Alexa felt jelly in her entire body and Viola shivers every second.
"Sorry, sorry, let me help you up."
Viola rolled her eyes sarcastically. But after getting up Viola eyes widen, "Sis! Watch out!"
"Dragonair use Dragon Pulse!"
"huh?"
*boom!* She was too late to react. Alexa was hit and Viola got pushed back from the explosion's impact.
"Sis!" Viola screamed in terror after witness something incredible terrifying. She couldn't see her sister as the smoke block her view.
"That's what you get for fucking knocking me out!" The one who command the attack was the same guy who Alexa knocked out after grabbing her arm.
"S-Sis… no…" Viola felt her tears coming out again. Today was too much for her to handle. She wasn't ready, she felt so weak.
"Oi! Watch you language!"
"huh!?"
"!?"
They were all surprised by the unfamiliar new tone and the fact that it was that of a male.
"Who the heck are you!?" All of them could see someone else standing beside a fine Alexa, though he seems to be sweating a lot. Still his eyes were menacing to them.
"Who cares about that? But what you just did was a really cheap shot."
Ichigo arrived and he wasn't please about the situation and he was seriously in pain after blocking the Dragon pulse with his aura cover back. His shirt got torn as a result with bruises on his back. Alexa stood beside him and shut up her mouth for once. He was now running on adrenaline.
The guy couldn't take anymore, "One after another, they just keep coming! I had enough! I'm ending this! Dragonair Dragon tail!"
"…" No response.
"I said Dragon tail!"
"…." No response again.
The guy turned to see his pokemon down with a scary Darkrai staring at him.
"What did you say about ending this?" Ichigo moves closer as he cracks his knuckle.
The guy trembles as two really scary auras came to him from both pokemon and human.
"G-Get back!" The guy drops down and trembles. He could clearly see really scary faces from Darkrai and Ichigo.
"Ichigo…" Alexa was somewhat in a rather strange infatuated state as she stared at Ichigo's back. But something caught her eyes. His shirt was torn and because of such Alexa saw small but numerous things on his back, "Scars?"
"No, no, get back!" The guy trembles fearfully as they came closer to him.
*thud!*
Ichigo didn't know what happened but he felt numb for some reason. He couldn't move at all. His vision blur, his head spinning and his strength leaving him until darkness consume his consciousness.
"…"
"…"
"…."
Silence fills the air as they stared at the fallen body of our hero. They didn't expect him to suddenly fall down without any word.
"I-Ichigo…." Alexa didn't expect it, "Ichigo!"
His pokemons along with Bonnie came out from hiding and along with Alexa ran to his side with the fear of something terrible might have happened.
While they were busy checking on Ichigo, the two guys that had caused them so much trouble quickly scurry away with fear.
Ichigo last thought was of how lame he was after trying to help Alexa.
Mindscape
*Clank!*
*boom!*
Within the confined of his mind, Ichigo and his white counterpart were having a one on one fight with aura sword and sphere.
*Clank!*
The two kept charging in before breaking each other off as they clash with intense strength.
"What's the big idea!? Suddenly bringing me here!?" Ichigo quickly gunned for a horizontal slash.
"Because you're an idiot!" Hollow quickly intercepts with a high vertical slash.
Both white and black aura swords repelled one another but it wasn't the same for their wielders as Ichigo and Hollow quickly slam each other head. Blood may have flow but it didn't.
"I maybe an idiot, but I'm getting stronger!" Ichigo quickly conjured a pitch black aura sphere in one hand before quickly slamming it toward the white being.
Hollow felt annoyed at his word, "Get real." Hollow dodged at the last second and quickly followed with a punch to Ichigo's face.
Since he wasn't able to react in time, Ichigo got pushed back a few meters away. Hollow didn't hold back from the hit.
"Ow! That hurt!" Ichigo glared at the standing white being.
"Get over it."
Ichigo didn't like how the white being always had to push his buttons.
"More importantly, what you just said about getting strong…hmph! Is a joke." The white being harshly laid it on him.
"A joke? Don't screw with me, if it's a joke they why can I conjured this sword?!" Ichigo waved his dark color aura sword.
Hollow didn't react. He just moves closer to Ichigo and quickly grabs the edge of the sword.
*grab*
"Oi, don't just grab there, do you wanna get cut?"
Hollow did not look amused, "Like this could cut me!" Hollow tightens his grip and broke it into pieces.
Ichigo eyes widen at the broken pieces. "?!"
"You may have gotten a little stronger…" Hollow conjured his own identical white aura sword before smashing it below. "…but this is not our ideal strength!"
"What is up with you!? Can't you just give me a break! I've work hard enough to get to this point and I don't need some lousy peep talk from you!" Ichigo dash at Hollow quickly with an encase aura fist.
*slam!*
Hollow side step the punch and quickly slam Ichigo down by grabbing his face down to the ground. "Ichigo…"
Our young hero widen his eyes, to him it was the first time the white being ever referred his name. "…"
"I'll be bunt." Hollow let go and stared down at Ichigo.
Ichigo wondered and stay quiet since this was the first time the white being acted so serious.
"What?"
"There's a chance your life will end soon."
"….."
"…"
"…."
Ichigo was again surprised. It wasn't something he expected or anyone his age would expect.
"Sorry for the bad news."
He wondered, should he believe it or not.
But the white being wouldn't tell a lie like that. Ichigo knew how the white kept saying if he dies so does the white being.
Death was a rather heavy subject; he didn't want to hear about such things. Truth be told, he was afraid. He couldn't say anything back, he just listen.
While Hollow explained certain things, Ichigo slowly spaced out before quietly regaining his consciousness.
Lumious City
"? Man… I'm tired…damn hollow."
His eyes blink as he finally woke up from his slumber.
"Wait… wasn't I…" It took him a few seconds to realize what had happened. "So… that's how."
Turning his head from side to side, Ichigo saw no one around, only a pair of clothes beside the bed he was lying on.
Closing his eyes again Ichigo cover his face with his arm while gritting his teeth. He was still in a slump. What he had been told was really eating him up.
"…"
"…"
"…"
Taking deep breaths, Ichigo could tell he was inside another hospital or clinic but something like that wasn't in his mind right now. His thoughts were drifting endlessly.
Getting up from the bed, Ichigo moves to the closest window, he wasn't concern with his attire as it seems they must have changed him.
At the moment he felt numb. It was kind of confusing at first but now he can't even eexplain it.
"What really am I?" A question he kept asking himself for a few years. After hearing his Hollow said such words, he began to question a lot of things.
He gritted his teeth in frustration but after a few seconds he calms down.
He has been called a boy, a strange child by others. His re-emerge memories described him to be a being far different from a human. His past told him so much, yet only leaving him more confused. He figured, the more he gains his past memories, the more he doubts himself as a living being.
He stared outside where many people and pokemons were enjoying their life. It was a beautiful scene but at the moment he just felt empty and envy.
There are people around him and who loves him, he knew that. But he wasn't supposed to be here in this world. He remembered the word Naruto said to him. They were merely existences thrust into this world.
He felt he will never fit in. He wasn't normal like them, he wasn't like them at all. That was what kept going through his mind. Still… he didn't want things to just end, he didn't want them to forget him, he didn't want to leave them either. After hearing death, he couldn't help but wondered what he would be after such a thing occurred.
"Is this really what it feels to be tired…?" He was losing hope or rather his resolve.
He wondered why he keeps feeling sorry for himself. Shooking it off, Ichigo felt the room after changing, he felt he needed a change of a scenario.
Daisy's P. O.V
I've always asked myself if I am a responsible older sibling, a role model, a guardian for the little ones around me, but many times I've proven myself I wasn't capable of such task or at least to the little one that was a few years younger than me.
And again I've proven to be too naive, that very little one got hurt again almost to the point of his life ending.
It all started a few hours ago, a shadow I recognized to be Darkrai's came to us while we were walking around Lumious city. It was something in-ordinary rather… the ones that came of the shadow was what shock me the most. My little one was hurt again. I had to hold in my anguish as we hurry the boy to the nearest clinic.
"Ichigo…"
After seeing that his condition was calm down, I asked what had happened to the others that were with him. I squeezed every bit of information out from them. Two girls in particular were crying a lot for my little one. The older one asked for forgiveness and kept blaming herself, if wasn't back then calm, I would've blame her too.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's because of m-me… he *hic* he…" Her name was Alexa from the others referring to her but i didn't give it much thought about it. The other girl, a little girl name Bonnie, after hearing out their story, she was just a small child that my little one ran into and promised to helped. Hmm… I seem to recall a boy around Ash's age looking for a girl with an exact describe of this little girl, handing out his contact no. for any information. I'll call the boy later.
Ichigo… why do you have to so some many things for so many strangers? I can't bear to see you hurt every time you lend a helping hand. If this was god's plan, I hate it.
After just an hour, you just disappeared again. Can't you just stay put and for once relaxed? You're not fully healed either.
I quickly ran outside, I desperately looked around. "A crowd?" The clinic we were currently on had a small backyard where injured patients and pokemons can relax and there was a crowd of nurses and people for some reason.
I walked closer in interest.
"Who is that boy?"
As I walk closer, there were some people murmuring. I began to listen since I couldn't even see what was going on with the crowd blocking my way.
"I don't know, but he is such a nice lad. Coming here and calming down the little pokemons and childrens."
"Eh? Really how did he do that?"
"Music."
"Really?"
"Of course, he use leaf whistle and just like that they calm down."
"Leaf whistle? That is rather bizarre."
I knew it, he was really here. I pushed through without stopping and I finally saw him. But something didn't feel right.
He was sitting with childrens and pokemons surrounding him. They look to be having fun as they asked him about things and how different his pokemons were. But something was off.
"Ichigo…" I wondered if he was faking it, it felt too un-natural. "You're smiling…"
This is strange, I can see it, I can definitely see it. He's forcing it. That smile, it's not right.
As it started to get dark, the others around started to disperse. The children said their goodbyes to him but the pokemon stay while looking at him. They know too huh? I'm not surprised. As I walk closer, I can see Bonnie still beside him.
"Ichigo…"
"Daisy?"
"Bonnie?!" Someone shouted from behind. Oh, yes, I did call the boy.
"Big brother!"
The little girl must have missed him. Seeing the two reunited, I can see why Ichigo would do something like this. It was worth it but still… I glanced to Ichigo. He looked happy but there was still something off.
"Thank you so much! Thank you! Thank you!" The boy seemed to be really grateful as he kept bowing towards him.
"No, no. it was me…" I am not some girl to take other's credit.
"It was my…" I guess it would be right to say it. "My little brother here was the one who helped her."
The boy bowed continuously again, "hehe…" I find it funny at how Ichigo eyes widen when I referred to him as such. He must have been surprised, hehe…
"Bye… bye… I…chi…" She must been through a lot for such a young girl. I waved back.
After it was the only two of us, silenced quickly filled such a cold evening for us.
"Let's head back in…" Why are you saying that? You're not fooling me idiot.
*grab* I stop him by grabbing his shirt. "Ichigo…"
"Hmm?" He didn't turn, I knew it.
"You're crying." I was right as I forced him to look at me.
What happened? I wanted to ask. Are you okay? I needed to know. Who hurt you? I was about to burst. But I stop myself. He didn't need me to say something un-call.
*hug* I embraced him. It was the only thing I could do.
"Daisy?"
"You can rest now Ichigo… I'm here."
"…"
Were you really that tired? Sleeping on a hug? Thank goodness we're still the same height. Carrying you is…. Huh?
You're really light. And so thin… What is happening to you Ichigo? Are you hiding something for us? From me…
You idiot…
Normal P.O.V
The next day finally came and everyone was having a great morning.
"No! We can't let him go through that! He has suffered enough!"
"Calm down young lady, you should understand that he might suffer even more if he doesn't take this risk. You of all people should have a clear understand of the position he's in."
"I don't care anymore; we need to send him back home! Don't you remember what happened yesterday? The doctor said he almost died!"
"That's quite enough young lady."
"Grandpa!"
"It's his decision, and he wants to go through it. End of discussion!"
The two, Daisy Oak and Professor Samuel Oak were having a discussion on the decision if Ichigo will go through about forcing his lost memories to be retrieved.
"Urrggg!"
*slam!*
Daisy smashed her frustration on the wall before walking out of the room with an angry mood.
"What happened to her?" The main reason of the two Oak's problem came in, followed by Charmeleon while his other pokemons Larvitar and Zorua were still asleep.
"….. *sigh*" Professor Oak stared at Ichigo for a while before he shook his head, "She'll calm down, more importantly, have you fully recovered?"
Ichigo nods as he sat down on a nearby chair. "I don't think Daisy would believe though…"
"She is a hard head one isn't she? But such a trait isn't bad."
"Yeah… she is kind of like that."
"Shame she not interested in you… you two would've made a great couple."
"W-What? Did you say something?" Ichigo did quite get what he said.
"Oh… nothing, my boy…. Just an old man day dreaming for great-grand children."
"?, ?"Ichigo and Charmeleon exchange glances at how the old man mumbles to himself strangely.
The rest of the next hour was spent packing up before agreeing to meet outside the clinic.
"Are you sure you won't need to rest a little bit more?"
"No Daisy, I'm fine now."
"But you still feel sore don't you? Maybe we should go tomorrow instead."
"You need to stop worrying. You and I both know I heal fast."
"If you say so… I'm just worried okay. You playing hero can be very damaging for my health."
Grabbing her hands, Ichigo desperately stops her, "Okay, Okay, I promise to stick by your side until we arrive and I won't go fooling around again!" He couldn't come up with a better idea to stop her.
"…"
"….."
"umm…" Daisy face turned a bit red and she quickly hid her face under her bangs.
"What?" He didn't understand.
"Ichigo… people are watching." Daisy faces away while blushing.
"Eh?" Ichigo turned to see some patients and nurses looking at them while smiling and giggling.
"You go for it lad."
"That was quite the manly gesture, your okay in my book!"
"hehehe… Dearies, you need to say things like that in private."
"You really got one heck of a girlfriend young man."
Ichigo faces quickly built up in heat before he quickly storms off while pulling Daisy with him. He was really embarrassed.
…..
"hehe… you shouldn't take them too literally Ichigo. They were just messing with you." Daisy smile while holding back a chuckle.
"*huff* one of them gave me a thumbs up. *huff* And I don't think some of them were joking either." Our hero felt somewhat still flustered at the moment.
"That's right, if anything I'm your guardian angel rather than your girlfriend. But the role doesn't seem bad either." Daisy smiles again as she feels Ichigo a bit calmer.
"Please, no more bad jokes. I think I had enough for one day."
*tick*
His reply made her tick in anger, "Are you saying that a lovely such as me isn't enough to be the girlfriend for a little boy like you." She pouts and stretches his mouth for revenge.
Some passerby saw her face and couldn't help but find it very cute.
"How did she come to that?" While being punished Ichigo sweat dropped at the older girl's reaction.
"I-chi!"
Both turned to see a little girl smiling at them while a familiar self proclaimed Journalist girl stood next to her with an eerie expression.
"Don't be long okay? We only have a few minutes until the bus moves." (Sorry, but I don't exactly know what other kinds of transport that could be used in a city like Lumious.)
Daisy let go and casually walks outside but not before glaring at Alexa for a second. She still believed it was partly the girl's fault for Ichigo's state.
"Hey, glad your both safe." Ichigo was relief since the last he saw them was before he collapse, so he didn't know what had exactly happened after that.
"Um! Big brother told me! Here!" Bonnie pushed a basket full of brownies onto Ichigo.
"Thanks Bonnie, I'll have them later." He couldn't help it but the small girl was just an adorable ball of energy.
"Ichi happy?"
"I am Bonnie. I really am." Rubbing the girl's head, the little girl giggles to herself in delight.
Alexa stared at him but she left really hard to even talk to him. "Ichigo… I… I'm… *sniff*" The girl started to tear up again. "It's because *sniff* I-It's…"
"Haven't you cried enough?" Ichigo was told by Daisy how much the girl before him cried while he was unconscious, he was again told that the girl blame herself so much for his critical state.
"Lexa…?"
Alexa quickly fell on her knees, "!?" Out of surprised, Ichigo took a step back as the girl started to bellow in tears.
"*sniff* I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's because… *sniff* It's because of me… y-you almost d-!"
"Stop, don't say something like that when a kid's around." Ichigo was relief that no one was around to see them like this.
"B-But *sniff*"
"A lot of things happened back then right?"
Alexa nods but was afraid to face him. "Um."
"Sure I got tossed around like a meat shield or in other cases fixing someone else's problems."
"!" Alexa flinched as she again started to cry.
"But you know… I never really regret any of it. So stop crying like that. I'm fine now."
"But it's not fine!"
"But I am."
"No!"
"….."
"No… *sniff* no you're not! You almost died!"
Ichigo scratch his head, he seriously didn't know how to handle her like this. He wished she quickly turned back to her usual annoying self.
Gently kneeling down, Ichigo grabs the girl's hand gently, "Alexa…"
"?" She stared at his while her tears stain her face.
"I know this maybe a little late but… Thanks."
"huh? *sniff* what are you talking about?" She didn't understand, she wondered if he was changing thee subject to make her stop crying.
"The little fox told me how brave you were when you help him and Bonnie." He wondered, if he should really give it out.
"*sniff* why are you saying that *sniff* now? I don't get it, I don't get you."
"I'm just saying my thanks before I leave. That's it." He knew she won't stop crying unless she herself forgives herself, thought he guessed it.
"*sniff* oh…" She was a little happy since he thanked her but it wasn't what she wanted to hear from him.
She knew she was being selfish but she was a young girl and she couldn't help it.
"And also…"
"?"
"Thanks for noticing I wasn't okay."
Alexa for once felt her heart relief, her breath cleared, and her lips strated forming for a smile again.
"And I don't really hate the time we spent together."
"…"
"….." She couldn't believe what she was about to do.
*hug!* Alexa unconsciously jumps and hugs him.
Since he was still sore and tired, he didn't bother pushing her off.
"You really never regret *sniff* spending time with me? E-Even though I was the reason you got hurt…"
"No. It was just bad luck."
"Is that a yes?" Alexa cheeks redden, but she was keeping low eye sight from his. She also never regretted spending time with him. But at the moment she tried to calm herself down seeing that she was older and he was younger.
"I guess." Our hero answered truthfully.
*squeeze*
Ichigo felt she was hugging him tighter, "Thanks Ichigo… I really… really needed that."
"Sure, no problem."
"hehe."
"!?"
Ichigo got surprised by her sudden grinning face appearing so close, though her face was a mess.
"Lexa, here."
Bonnie handed her a tissue, "Thanks Bonnie. I'm glad we got to met you, right Ichigo?"
"Right."
Others seeing the three together and talking to each other might make them thought of them as nice siblings.
Ichigo glance at the girl for a second, he was wondering how on earth did she acted while he was unconscious since she was a real mess earlier.
"Char?"
"(Lexa and Mister Oranger finally made up!)" Charmeleon honestly understand that the fox didn't get what was happening at all.
"Lar?" Larvitar just stared at them with a sleepy expression.
Though after a while, the three joined them.
*snap!*
A picture of the three, while the girls were smiling Ichigo on the other hand scowled. Charmeleon, Zorua and Larvitar also squeezed in from behind.
"This is a pretty good one." One younger sister of Alexa name Viola smiles happily at the picture she just took.
"So, that boy was her reason." A tall man with the same hair color as the girl stood beside her as they stared at Ichigo and Alexa.
"Crazy right? I never thought sis would be interest in anything other than her goal."
"But honestly, Crying that much… *sigh*" He saw how eldest daughter cried so much, it was hard for a parent like him to see.
"Come on Dad, just let her be like that."
"Don't you have an injured friend to checked up on?"
"Drat! Almost forgot about Grant!" The girl quickly ran to the direction where her friends not before smiling at seeing her sister doing something really interesting for once.
If anyone could notice something strange, they would be able to see Ichigo presence strange in the photo.
And done!
Nothing much say… but the next harem girl will be appearing in the next chapter.
Thanks as always for reading bye!