A/N: Thank you for your continue support on this FF ^^

These feelings, are warm and sorrow.
The girl teen is thinking of the two men in her heart,
that continues to confused her feelings...
She doesn't want to hurt neither of them
Mean while, the boy teen and the male meets...

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Black 2 and White2 44: Kizukeru/キツける

Touko returns to the Pokemon Center.
It's the morning, Pidoves are already on the trees singing songs with Chatots.
She feels exhausted, she stands in front of the door to the room where her and Touya are staying.
She stops. Tears are still gather around her eyes.
She wipes it with her sleeves. Then she realizes, she forgot to return the shirt to N.

"Please don't misunderstand this, it's not because of me the flower that gives you the motivation, it's Touya's kindness. You love Touya…"

Upon remembering that, she bites her lips.
Right now, the angers and rages are filling her heart, she doesn't feel like returning to the forest.
She looks around the white shirt, manner tells her, she should wash it before returning.

"You went to see him, didn't you?!"
An image of speculation of Touya's irritated face with those words appears in Touko's mind.
She gulps, let's not get him angry she thought. She takes off the shirt, and carries under her arm.
She quietly opens the bedroom door, peeks in to the dark room quietly.
It's quiet, it's dark. The blinds are shut. It's still the early morning, the sun hasn't fully raise up.
Therefore the room is still dark.

Sound of Touya sleeping.
Touko carefully shuts the door, walks to his bed.
Meloetta is sleeping beside him under his blanket. Touya sleeps soundly.
Touko watches him, lightly touches the short hair around his face.
Touya seems to react to her touch, he frowns a few times, gulps down and back to his dream.

Touko stands up, as she leaves.
Something is grabbing her hand.
"Touko?"
Touko drops N's shirt on the floor, she turns to Touya.
"Ah… Did I wake you?" She smiles awkwardly.
"Are you up already? This is unlike you." Touya mumbles, remain lying on the bed with his eyes half open.
"Ah…um…" She glances over at the floor where the shirt fell, nods, "I went for jogging." She nervously lies.
"Is that so?" Touya let go of Touko's hand and falls back to sleep.
Touko sighs lightly: "Take a good rest, you have a match today." She gently pats his head.
Touko bends down and picks up N's shirt from the floor.
"Why did you lie to me?"
"…" Touko turns to him, single drop of cold sweat falls from her face. She wonders if he's talking in his dream.
"I…I don't know what you are talking about…" She mumbles.
No respond from Touya.
She peeks behind her where Touya sleeps, he seems to have falls back to sleep.
A relief sighs.
Her right hand reaches over to her bag, the side is empty. The place where she put the Gracidia flower, she remembers that she threw it back to N and ran away.

"That Gracidea Flower… It was from N."

Touko remembers Touya told her this. She nicely folds up N's shirt, and sleeps on her bed across from Touya without changing to her pajama.
She closes her eyes and trying to sleep.

"I love you Touko…"

N's confession came to her head.
She opens her eyes wide, as she panics.
She hits both side of her face.
All these thoughts are slowly irritates her, she covers her head with the blanket.


"Today's Elite trainer match, Touya from Nuvema town and Joey from XXX town." As the judge annonce standing in the center of the stadium.

Touko sits in the audience seat with Kyouhei and Mei.
Battle between Touya and Joey started as the judge raises the flag.
Touya sends out Charizard, while Joey sends out Rattata.

Over at the audience seats.
Lack of sleep, everything that happened with N is filled in Touko's head.
She sighs softly.

"Touko-san." Mei turns to Touko with the friendly smile, "About yesterday I was going to explain… About that day in the castle."
Touko blinks a few times, she's been curios about it for a while. She tries to keep cool, and hide her thoughts, she awkwardly smiles back: "Yes?"
"… She really been thinking about it huh?" Mei thought in her head, from reading Touko's expression.
"Well… I was in the castle with N because I was asking him for advice to be-friend with Kyurem."
"Kyurem?" Touko is confused.
Mei nods with the cute smile: "Three years ago, you saved me from Giant Chasm… I really thank you for that."
"Errr? ERRR?!" Touko is shocked, "So you were the girl that was in Cheren's…"
Mei nods: "Yes! That was me!" She points at herself with her index finger.
"ERRRR!" Touko chuckles, "It really is a small world, isn't it?"
"It's fate that we are meeting now, and saved the region like a new born hero. Right? Kyouhei?" Mei turns to Kyouhei who's sitting beside her, who looks like is paying attention at the battle.
Kyouhei has been stiffen up the entire time, secretly ear drops Touko and Mei's conversation.
"Y…yes…!" He answers with the nervous look.
Touko is confused watching Kyouhei is so nervous around her.

"So…" Mei turns back to Touko, "That day I gained the communication with Kyurem. It seems that I'm able to talk to Kyurem…"
"That's awesome!" Touko leans closer to Mei with the envious look on her, "Being able to communicate and understand Pokemon is awesome!" Her eyes are sparkling.
Mei modestly giggles, she glare down at her legs resting tightly close on the seat: "That day he was telling me to get out of there… Until you and Reshiram showed up and rescue me."
"I see…"
"Then Ghetsis tries to control Kyurem… and as we were trying to capture Kyurem and successfully saved him… Kyurem disappeared. Since then numerous times I've been going back to Giant Chasm to find him, but I haven't been able to find that entrance to the cave that leads me to Kyurem like back then…"
"The entrance of the cave huh… I don't recall seeing when I went there three years ago…" Touko puts her hand on her chin thinking.
Mei shakes her head: "No… that only by Kyurem's will to open the path to the gate… Kyurem will summon blizzard and cover the entire area in snow… that's when the entrance will appear… That's what the textbook says."
"In another words… only rightful trainer is able to enter that cave." Touko says adamantly.
Mei nods: "Yes… Kyurem said, to come back when I become stronger…"
"So you have already been chosen by Kyurem." Touko crosses both of her arms, and smiles.
"Err?" Mei turns to Touko with a surprise look, "I am?"
Touko smile with nod: "Yup. Why else would Kyurem tell you to become stronger then come back? He's a legendary Pokemon, he's been living in the cave… wouldn't he want to just stay this way? Yet he asks you to challenge him. He probably sees the guts in ya!" Touko smiles with her white teeth, and taps Mei's shoulder with her right hand.
Mei blushes, she holds both of her hands in front of her chest, she looks on the ground nervously.
"If you are the only one that can communicate with Kyurem, other than N… then you should challenge Kyurem again… Is that what you went to talk to N about?"
"Y…yes!" Mei answers, "And I was thanking him at that time… and you happened to walked in… in a misunderstanding timing… haha…" She chuckles awkwardly, "There's nothing between Mr. N and I, I promised!"
"That's because she already got a man of her own!" Kyouhei who ear drops points at Mei and laughs in a childish face.
Mei blushes even harder, her redness on her face has risen to the roof, and bursts out of steam. "QU..QUIET, KYOUHEI!" Her body moves on its own with her feeling of embarrassment, she pushes Kyouhei who's trying to pick on her from his back. Kyouhei loses balances and falls off the chair.
Everyone sitting around them look to their direction,
"I'm so sorry Kyouhei!" Mei panics and pulls his arm to pick him up.
"It's alright, it's my fault after all… Hahaha" He laughs sillyly, and sits back on his seat.
Touko giggles: "You both are very good friends. A lot like us."

"Match set! Touya wins!"
The judge raises the opposite flag on the other hand as he shouts.

"What a close battle!" Touko expresses, "Touya's Poliwath fainted on the ground just a moment after Joey's Rattata…"
"That trainer only had Ratatta, didn't he?" Mei awkwardly looks at the stadium.
"Who could have thought that Ratatta can beat so many Touya's Pokemon…" Kyouhei is shocked.
Mei sighs with both of her hand holds parelle up: "Maybe that trainer just massively train a ton of Ratattas."
"Touya is not himself today… It seems…" Touko looks worried.
"Could it be from yesterday?" Mei gulps.

"We've always been rooting for Touko and N." Kyouhei turns over.
"Errr? Why did you say that all of sudden?" Touko is shocked.
Mei leans closers: "Touko, are you happy that you are finally re-united with N? Were you hurt that day when you saw N and I were hugging each other and said 'I like you'?"
"Mei…?" Touko is stun with all these question coming at her, she doesn't know what to answer.
"Mei," Kyouhei grabs onto Mei's shoulder from behind, "aren't you doing too direct about this?"
"…" Mei feels guilty.

"Has… N talk about me to you?" Touko looks to the ground, the fingers on both of her hands are pushing against each other individually. Her face is lightly blush.
Mei and Kyouhei exchanges a look with each other, then they both turns to Touko.
"A lot." Kyouhei answers, he closes his eyes with grin on his face.
Touko looks up, watches Kyouhei who has the gentle smile.
"He always mention about 'That trainer from two years ago'. Especially when we were riding on the Ferris Wheel on Valentines Day…"
Kyohei peeks, Mei and Touko makes a blushing fan girl face.
"NO! IT'S NOT LIKE THAT! I WAS SUPPOSE TO BE ON A DATE WITH RURI AND I SAW N AND…" Kyouhei slowly mumbles with his face blush.
"Who's RURI?" Mei asks with curiosity, she leans her face closer and closer towards Kyouhei with the teasing look.
"It's a girl I met… AHH that's not the point! The point is!" Kyouhei puts up the straight face with pink cheek remain on his face, "He wanted to see you again, he wanted to know if both of you have achieve your dream. Every time he talks about you… he has that special smile on his face." What Kyouhei says and his expression don't exactaly matches.
Touko giggles quietly.
"You sure watch very closely, Kyouhei. Are you sure you don't have a thing for N?" Mei teases.
"QUIET YOU!" Kyouhei shouts, "It's because of N, I went to visit Touko's… your house… And found out we are family friends."
Kyouhei looks straight at Touko: "What do you think of N, Touko?" He tries to pull out a serious face while asking.
"Errr?!" Touko backs off.
"I mean you made the chocolate for him right? It's not just simply a 'Friendship Chocolate', is it?" She micheviously smirks at Touko.
Kyouhei is surprised with both of his arms on his waist: "Oh, honmei chocolate? That's nice!" He shimmers over at Touko with the smirk, "That must mean something right?"
Both Kyouhei and Mei are staring at her straight, waiting for an answer with the desperate look on their faces.
"Well…I…"

"Hey! Did you all watch my battle?" Touya appears behind their seats, both of his hands are on his waist, he looks irritated. One of his eye bow is twitching.
"Touya!" Touko stands up from her seat, "Are you alright? You don't seem like yourself in the battle."
"Yah I'm OK. I had ton of sleep last night." Touya waves his hand up and down, turns around, "Couldn't think clearly in the battle, that's all."
"… I'm sorry…" Touko dips her head down.
Touya turns to Touko: "Why are you apologizing?"
"That's because…" She looks away.
"Oh by the way," Touya turns around back facing Touko, "You dropped N's shirt on the ground. It fell to the ground when you woke up this morning."
"…!?" Touko freezes, she tries to hide her panicness by looking on the ground.
"You didn't need to lie to me about this." Touya glares over at Touko, speaks in cold tone.
For a moment, Touko's heart feels ache.
It hurts… She clenches her chest tightly, dips her head down.
She hurt Touya…


Touya walks outside of the PWT building to breathe fresh air and refresh his mind.

He stretches his head all over, making his hair messy.
Leans his head against under the tree.
An awkward encounter as he notices another person is not too far away from him.
This person is feeding Pokemon around the forest besides the building.
He knows this person alright, only this person is always surround by a bunch of Pokemon all over his body, or beside him.
Both of them silently look at each other for a few minutes.
"Hi…" N pulls out his hand and waves with a blank look on his face.
Touya awkwardly raises up his hand, and nods with a daze look on his face.

"What is that you are doing here?" Touya asks standing up after walking over.
N is feeding the Pidove berries bending down, with grin on his face.
"Visiting my friends here." N answers straight up.
Touya glances over at N: "… whatever."
"How cold? At the time like this, we should be saying 'It's been a while. Welcome back.' Right?"
"I don't care about your return."
"That's cold." N giggles.
"Are you here waiting for Touko?" Touya twitches his eye brow listening to how carefree N has been.
"Why am I being integrating to see my old friend?" N looks up to Touya, "Are you not happy to see me too? Because I'm very happy to see you." He smiles.
Touya shivers: "Please stop that smile… you are giving me chills." He squints his eyes.
"Hahaha, you haven't change at all, Touya." N chuckles.
Touya looks up to N, realizing their height differences still barely any change.
This pissed him off: "OH SHUT UP!" He rages and fiercely kicks the rock beside him, with both of his fists clenches.
The past 3 years, he still hasn't grown much, while N is still a head taller than him.
"And Touko as well…"
Touya annoyingly glares over at N, he looks forward: "Whatever."

After a long pause of silence.
"You haven't change too much either."
N glances over at Touya with shocking look: "I haven't?"
"Perhaps it's the Unova that's been changing." Touya looks forward with grin on his face.
N follow his eye direction, watching the harbor view of PWT: "You might be right…Maybe it's the scenary around that's been changing… But… I…"
"If it's a change for the better, then I don't see an issue changing."
"…" N blushes, he glares at the ground.

"Is…Is Touko in the building?" N changes the topic.
"Ah. Why don't you just go up and talk to her?" Touya glares over, looks irritated again. Although they just had a very nice convo earlier.
"… It's alright…" N hesitates while feeding two Pidove.
Touya pouts, he feels really irritated: "Chicken out as always huh?" He put both of his arm up cross behind his head, looking away.

"Are you happy that if I talk to Touko?"
"Why would I not let you talk to her?"
"Are you guys going out?"
"…" Touya pauses, he puts both of his arms down: "What… Why do you ask that?"
"I've confessed to Touko… about how I feel."
"…" Touya gulps, he shifts his eyes, "Why are you telling me this?" Touya cross his arm, looking forward.
"I'm curios to know what you developed over the years for each other, after I gave my regards to you."
"…" Touya blushes, he turns away looking the opposite direction, "Nothing… We are not going out or anything… Although… for a moment I thought Touko has feeling for me."
"… Is that so?" N stands up looking slightly relief.

"What? What are you going to do?"
"Isn't it simple?" N takes out the Gracidea flower that Touko threw at him this morning with anger, he looks at the surface with Gracidea flower safely stay inside of it, "I've changed my mind."
Touya glances over at N with frown.
How did the Gracidea flower get back on his hand? He wonders if Touko give it back to him.
N smiles with confidence: "I'm not letting her go anymore." He gasps the flower tightly.
Touya gasps, he squints with smirk across on his face: "So you decided to make your move huh?"
N stands up: "It's true that your bond and your time with Touko is stronger and longer than mine. But I won't lose to you when it comes to my feelings towards her." He watches the ocean waves, and reflections of the sky on the ocean surface, "I thought of you will be the better man for her… However… I'n tired fo watching, and feeling jealous and envious of this the entire time. Therefore, I won't be holding back anymore."
"Bring it on." Touya turns to N, "I'm not giving up Touko that easy."

The spark goes on in between them, the rivalry look with each other.


Back into the Pokemon Center.

Touko picks up N's shirt that placed on her bed, she nicely folded it before she left this morning. Touya found it on the ground and picked it up, and placed it back to her bed without folding it back nicely.
These thoughts are making her heart ache.
She remembers Touya walks away after spoke to her in a cold and disappointing tone.

"N you idiot!"
She also remembers her shouts at N early this morning as well.
She has hurt them both…
Tears are gathering around her eyes, she grasps tightly against N's shirt, she trembles and cries quietly.
Then she looks at the shirt, perhaps she should wash it and return this to N.
She wonders if he has other shirts to change to.
Anthea and Concordia will probably take good care of him. She wonders.

"Ah, have you heard of the Team Plasma's house in Driftveil City?" Mei explains, "Perhaps N stays there over night. So if you want to return the shirt to him," She smiles, "Why not drop by together?"
"You want to visit Hugh, right?" Kyouhei teases.
Mei blushes: "Cut it out already!" She shouts out of embrassement.

Team Plasma's house…
Touko never heard of it. This could explain why N has been hanging around.
She looks at N's shirt, brings it closer to her, lightly sniffs it.
There isn't N's scent anymore.
She feels disappointed.
What an idiot! She thought.
Holding someone's clothes, sniffs it and think of him…
She must looks like a huge idiot right now, she thought.

Image of N's smile, N's face gives her a fast heart beat.
Her face is blushing, she's holding his shirt tightly.
She closes her eyes.
She remember this feeling…
It's slowly coming back to her…

"I don't fully understand them either." He closes his eyes answers calmly, "Pokemon are mysterious creature." He opens his eyes with grin on his face.

"I love you Touko."
N looks up to Touko with the adamant look, "I love you, Touko. All these years, I've always love you."

She remember these feelings…
These aching feeling in her heart, these happy, sorrow and warm feelings…

"What do you think of N, Touko?" Kyouhei asked.

"…" Touko silently lies down on the bed, wonders in her mind.
Hasn't this confession something that she was looking forward to?
After all these time…
She's been searching for him.
The feelings that she didn't deliever to him before.
She always wonders if N will say such words to her…
Looking up to the ceiling, her fingers move on its own and touches on her soft lips.
They kissed… a long while ago… Didn't they?

The wide shoulder, the warm back…
The soft feeling of him touching her gently… The kind smile on his face…
She can feel the fast heart pounding feeling from last night.
It's been a while since she feels this way.
What she has towards Touya…
Perhaps it isn't like how she feels towards N afterall…

N's expression and voice are filling all of her mind.
She can't stop this warm and happy feeling.
Is this feeling of love?


"Going to the Team Plasma house?" Mei blinks a few times upon hearing the request from Touko the next day as they meet up in the Pokemon Center,

Touko is carrying the two string hanging from the retanagle thick paper bag on her hand.
She blushes nervously asks: "You mentioned you know someone there… right? And today there's no tournmant since it's the weekend."
"…Err…" Mei raises her hand as she's about to speak.
"Isn't it great? We can visit Hugh today!" Kyouhei taps onto Mei's shoulder and smiles.
Mei blushes immediately: "Well… We haven't seem each other for a while and…"
"Don't you miss him?" Kyouhei teases.
"You are so annoying!" Mei shouts as her face grows red.
Kyouhei giggles, let his hand off Mei and turns to Touko: "Let's go! Is that something you want to give to N?" He glances at the bag in her hand.
"Yes!" Touko glances over to her bag, nods with her face lightly blush.

It'll be slightly awkward to see N after that fight…
But Touko has made her her mind to see him.
Why does her heart pounds so fast, and feeling so excited?
She tightly gasps the handle of her bag, her eyes are trembling.
Just returning his shirt, that's all…


A/N:The title of this chapter means: Hurting

Didn't know what trainer to bring in, so I chose the famous joey with tons of Ratatta HAHA
Stay tune for the next chapter :D