Let's see how Floret was doing on her journey. Will she find Gust?

Floret's POV

By the time the ship had docked at the harbor city of Kanto, it was early morning. It took three days to arrive at the city and those days were terrible. My stomach never stopped growling. I hadn't eaten a single thing during those days so I must be looking gaunt on the outside. I really felt hungry. Finding water on the ship was not a problem but foraging was a difficult thing. The chefs were bad, eating all the leftovers. There was no varmint on the ship which I could hunt. In the end, I got nothing to eat. I got out from the ship and started to walk with no destination. I could feel my feet, trembling weakly due to my starvation. But I had to keep on walking with a strong determination to find Gust. The jetty surely was crowded and I barely had enough strength now. Before I could exit the jetty, I finally collapsed due to my intense hunger and my lack of strength. Food….. Food…… if only I could have some food. A light of hope shone in my eyes as I saw a young human boy with some sort of flexible container on his back, walking towards me.

"What a gaunt poor umbreon." He said, lifting me up by the stomach in his hands. I didn't want to get lifted up. He held me in his arms. I just wanted food… delicious food…. tasty food. Whatever it was, it was fine if it was edible. Please give me some food.

"I'd better take you to the pokemon center." He said, carrying me away. I didn't want to go anywhere and I had no clue of what kind place it was. I just wanted some food. But it was no use. I couldn't tell him since he probably wouldn't understand even if I did so. But somehow, I was relieved, knowing that I was going to live now due to his auspicious appearance. I closed my eyes, starting to relax since it was the only thing I could do now. I soon fell asleep in his warm arms.

The next thing I knew was that when I woke up, I was on some sort of soft and bouncy land on a four-legged bed-like iron thing. I could see some apples in a bowl on a table beside the bed I was on. I was so happy because of the sight of food. I grabbed some and ate it greedily. After some time, I had eaten all the apples in the bowl. I burped, showing the sign that I was full. I jumped down from the bed and walked to a door in my sight, wondering where it would lead. I jerked as the door slowly opened, revealing the boy from before. He hadn't got the container with him anymore. I didn't stay alarmed since I felt that I was safe.

"So you are awake." He said, lifting me up again but I didn't complain. I was grateful to him so I didn't anything that would threaten him. He took me out of the room and to a hall. There were some people, walking here and there. The boy walked towards a young-looking man, sitting on a chair by a window.

"Hey, Tom, have a seat." the man said to the boy. Now I could assume the boy's name was Tom. Tom sat on a chair besides the man, putting me on his laps. I yawned, and curled up on his laps. I didn't know why but I become sleepy immediately after he put me on his laps. And in addition to this, the stranger thing was that I couldn't fall asleep despite my sleepiness. So I decided to eavesdrop on the conversation between Tom and the man by pretending to be asleep.

"So how's the umbreon?" the man said.

"Well, it is fine now as you can see. Hey uncle, can you pass me my backpack?" Tom said. So the man was Tom's uncle but he seemed too young to be his uncle. I couldn't see any actions since I had my eyes closed. I could just hear the noise of him, taking something. Maybe that container was what they called "backpack".



"This umbreon is a female." A robotic voice said and I jerked as I was startled. I was still on Tom's laps but who was the third speaker!? I scanned around and saw no one.

"I scared you, didn't I?" Tom laughed and I blinked in confusion. This time, he was holding some sort of square-shaped device with many buttons and a small hole on it, barred and a red bulb, sticking out from a metallic stick at the top of it. He then pointed the bulb towards me and pressed a button on it. The device spoke in a similar robotic voice.

"This umbreon is a female." The hole seemed to the source of the sound. I was kind of amazed by this miraculous device. I curled up again, this time with my eyes, wide opened.

"This scanner can distinguish a pokemon's species and its gender. It can also locate a specific kind of pokemon." Tom said, smiling.

"The technology is getting better nowadays. Anyway, what are you going to do with the umbreon?" the man asked Tom who paused out for a moment.

"Perhaps I can keep her as a pet." Tom replied finally. I scowled as I heard his comment. I didn't come all way to be kept by an unknown human. My tail started to flicker in irritation. If I wasn't grateful to him, I would just run off.

"That's a wise decision. You get a shiny umbreon and since you will be staying with me for a year, Lightning won't be lonely by itself anymore." The man agreed with Tom, irritating me more. I didn't do anything because Tom owned me my life.

"Uncle Jeffery, how do you know that it is lonely?" Tom asked curiously. So the man's name was Jeffery.

"Well, it even made some friends with some wild pokemons. Last time, he even brought two vulpixs, a leafeon and a vaporeon." Jeffery answered. My ears perked up as I heard the word "leafeon" from his mouth. It could be Gust. I must not miss this chance of meeting this leafeon. I had made my decision that I would reluctantly become Tom's pet and then of course, I would abandon him afterwards.

"I hope she wants to stay with me." Tom said.

"Let the umbreon decides." Jeffery said. Tom wore the backpack on his back again and lifted me up again and carried me to the outdoor and Jeffery followed. Tom then put me down on the ground and both of them started walking away. I knew that they were testing whether I wanted to follow them or not. I smirked and ran after them. When I caught up with them, I shifted my weight on Tom's leg, showing him the sign that I wanted to be kept by him. The boy smiled and lifted me up and held me on his arms.

"So you really want to be my pet?" Tom said excitedly. I started to nuzzle to get attention from him.

"Maybe she really is addicted to you." Jeffery laughed. Yeah, I really was addicted…… for now.

"Uncle, when will we arrive in Celadon City?" Tom asked.

"Well, it is half past six now. So we will probably arrive at eleven o'clock." Jeffery replied. But I didn't care a thing about their conservation. This was just great. I got to meet a leafeon who might be Gust and I didn't have to walk anymore since Tom was carrying me around. So I could call it free transportation. Despite the adversity I faced on the boat, this was just the best.