After reading the sign, I thought about it, why does that phrase sound familiar?
"Tony, is something wrong?" Kirlia asked grabbing my leg.
"Huh, what's up?" I asked back snapping out of my trance.
"Are you okay?" She asked again. "Your face looks pained."
"No, don't worry, I'm just thinking." I replied petting her head to assure her.
I smiled looking down at her smile, it calmed me down. It reminded me of the times before the dessert, when I was having fun with my journey. Before the universe crapped and it hit the fan. But, all in all, things are starting to get better.
-Trainer's school- -Braixen PoV-
"Why wasn't I picked?" Mawile whined.
"I wasn't picked either." Breloom added.
"I know that." Mawile said.
"That's weird." I said to myself.
"Yeah, I know." Mawile said.
"Mawile, stop whining, I was talking to myself, not you." I said.
"Okay then, what's weird." She asked.
"Kirlia." I said.
"What about her?" Breloom asked.
"I can't feel her psychic energy anymore." I said.
"What do you mean by that?" Breloom asked agian.
"Earlier, her energy felt really sad, then just now it dissapeared." I explained.
Just then my face went white. "You don't think she took her life, do you?" I asked.
"Why would she?" Mawile asked.
"Just think. First she lost the one she loved and probably felt abandoned enough. Then on top of not being able to make friends, she lost her only two friends. And as you two told me, she was getting bullied too." Breloom said.
"There's only so much someone can take." I said.
"Oh..." Was all Mawile could answer.
"You can say what you want, but by your response now, I can tell you still care about her." Breloom said.
"I lose my temper a lot, and don't mean what I say. But, either way, she is my daughter, I do still love her no matter what I say. But, know she might be gone, and thinking I hated her. I don't know what to do." Mawile said breaking down in tears.
This was a brand new sight for me. Mawile was always so emotionless, I never thought I'd see her like this. So, Breloom and I did our best to try comforting her while fighting back our own tears. Was our friend really gone? I don't know what to do, none of us do.
"Whoa, what's going on?" Luxray asked.
"What are y... you doing? Don't you ha... have a trainer right now?" Mawile asked.
"He let us have free time. But, what did I miss?" He asked.
"Kirlia..." Breloom said.
We had to fill him in now... But, we could barely do it.
-Back to Tony- -Tony PoV-
"Oh, I know!" I yelled.
"Know what?" Kirlia asked.
"Where we are. We're in Johto." I said.
"Oh so that's where I brought us." Kirila said looking around more.
"So I looks like this path leads out of here. So, let's sit down and think about where we want to go." I said.
"Okay." Kirlia agreed as we sat down and I pulledout my Pokegear to activate the map.
"So after this Violet City, the road splits off. We can go North to Goldenrod, or South to Azelea Town. While we're here, we could grab some of the badges." I said.
"Battling sounds fun. And I want to go North." She said.
"Wouldn't it make more sense to go south thoughso we don't have to back track?" I asked.
"Yeah I guess." She said.
Then we saw a small blue Pokemon walk over with a girl chasing it.
"Marill get back here, leave them alone!" The girl called.
"Hey, guy on the ground, what's your name. I'm Lyra." The girl said after finally catching up to her Pokemon
"The name's Tony, and don't you think that was a rude way to ask?" I said to her.
"Sorry, I just wanted you to know that I was talking to you. But, anyway you seem nice and you're really cute. Do you want to go out sometime?" Lyra asked.
I heard that and saw Kirlia give her a death glare but, she didn't notice. Which made me glad.
"Sorry but I have someone already." I told her.
"Oh come on. Im probably younger than her and that would make me better looking." Lyra tried stating.
"That's not always nececarilly true but besides, I don't want to date a kid." I told her.
"I didn't say I'm a kid besides, you would be traveling together if she was a true girlfriend." Lyra said again.
"Wow this girl is really pushy and spoiled." Is the thought that went through my head. Then Kirlia got up and went over to her. I was terrified at what might happen.
"He said no so back off. I'm not going to share him." Kirlia said through telepathy.
"Why is your Kirlia acting like this?" Lyra asked.
"She is my girlfriend and your making the both of us annoyed." I replied.
"Oh but she's just a pokemon. Put her in a Pokeball and that's all we'll hear from her." Lyra chuckled.
That one comment set me off. I was ready to snap after that one. I screamed at her.
"Who do you think you are! Maybe we could of been friends! Maybe not, who knows! But after that last thing you said, I don't even want to know you anymore! I hate you! Don't talk to me anymore!" I screamed at her. "Come on Kirlia let's go plan our journey in the next town." I said grabbing her hand.
By then the whole town was looking to see what had happened. I saw a few curtains open, a few doors open and some windows opening. The last thing I remember was making her cry and watching her fall to the ground. But truthfully after what she said about Kirlia, I didn't care. She could get trampled by a pack of Rhyhorns and I would probably laugh at this point. Kirlia and I were on our way to Cherrygrove City to plan the rest of our Johto journey, then we heard foot steps. I decided to just keep walking as far as I could. The the person making the foot steps spoke up.
"Hey, boy, what the heck do you think that was?" The guy said.
"Is he calling me a boy?" I thought. "Who are you?" I asked.
"I'm Ethan and why did you make my friend cry? And how could you leave her like that?" Ethan asked, demanding answers.
"Really I don't care anymore." I said.
"What kind of heartless person would say that? What is your problem?" Ethan asked.
"The kind of person who is standing up for his girlfriend." I replied.
"B S. We're battling and if I win you apologize if you win she will apologize." Ethan said.
"*sigh* Fine let's get it over with."
"Go Chicorita!" Ethan called throwing a Pokeball into the air. Then of course s Chicorita came out.
"Can he be serious?" I asked no one specifically. "Kirlia, want to defend your honor?" I asked.
"Yeah, why not." She sighed, also obviously annoyed at the people here.
"Chicorita use tackle!" Ethan called.
"I feel bad for this Chicorita, it's still young. But, this is still a battle. Dodge and use Psybeam." I called.
Kirlia did as I said and won in one hit. It was an easy win.
"I'll go get her." Ethan said sulking.
"No I don't even want her to talk to me. Both of you just leave us alone." I said.
"Okay." Ethan said as he walked back to New Bark Town, sulking.
"Geez all of this commotion going on made me hungry, how about you hun?" I asked grabbing her hand again.
"Some dinner, does sound good." Kirlia agreed.
So, we stopped to get dinner ready. It was about 5 more hours to Cherrygrove, so not worth waiting. So we looked for a clearing with a body of water for Sharpedo. After finding one, we set up camp.
I grabbed out five bowls and filled them with food. Then I let everyone out of theyre PokeBalls. Once they were all eating I took care of mine and KIrlia's food. I got out a frying pan and started a fire, I got some bread and pulled some cheese from the cold section of my bag. I made us some grilled cheeses. They were so good, they melted in our mouths, well mine at least, I'm not positive about KIrlia's, but I could tell that she liked hers. After eating I let everyone stay out of their Pokeballs to do as they pleased.
I decided to relax I was feeling tired due to today's events. After about an hour, I recalled everyone except Kirlia. I set up the tent and crawled inside. Then I laid out the sleeping bag, and then Kirlia and I crawled in.
After settling in, Kirlia crawled over and stole a kiss.
"Tony, I love you." She said after breaking it.
"I love you too Kirlia." I said back while pulling her into a hug.
"The way you stood up for me back there, I didn't think you would. Normally you just brush things off, but this time you didn't. It made me really happy. But, it scared me a little bit at the same time." She said snuggling up to me.
"I just feel so safe with you especially knowing the lengths you'll go to for me. Thanks." SHe said.
"You don't need to thank me at all. You're my girlfriend, I'm supossed to defend you. Normally I look the other way to avoid making thiings worse. But the things she said about you, really set me off. I don't care what you are, I love you for you." I told her.
"I love you so much." She said as she laid her head on my arm and fell asleep.
"I love you too." I said as I kissed her forehead and went to sleep myself.
I woke up the in the morning with the slight bit of weight on my right side that I had become accustomed to. The weight that I never wanted to wake up, but had no choice. In the end I woke Kirlia up and got her off of my side so that I could go and wake the others. Once they were up, I got them all food, including Kirlia, got myself a couple granola bars and we started on our way.
We were off to a slow start. I figured it might help to return the others, so I did just that, recalling them to their Pokeballs, two at a time. When I looked to Kirlia and saw that she was still groggy herself, that's when I accepted that it's just one of those days. One of those dreadfully annoying days, where nobody wants to do anything let alone even move. There was a thin layer of fog floating around. The sky was gray, almost like it was going to rain soon. It was humid and a little chilly. Frankly, it was awful.
"Ughhh Tonyyy, I'm cold and tired." Kirlia whined.
"I know, but that's why we need to make it to town. Then, we can be inside." I explained to her.
"But I don't want to walk." She whined some more.
"Sorry, I can't help you there." I told her.
"Carry me." She demanded.
"Nope, that'd tire me out." I said.
"Aww but why." She pouted.
"I just said why." I told her calmly.
"But Tony..." She whined again.
"You can go in your ball." I offered.
"No, I'm good." She said, changing her expression.
"Haha, That's what I thought." I said as I grabbed her hand.
The next few hours to Cherrygrove City, were pretty uneventful. There weren't even any trainers out to challenge us. This just further proved my suspicion that no one wants to do anything on a day like this. After about 4 hours the fog cleared and the sky finally turned blue again. About an hour after that, We made it to the city. I decided to let everyone out again. I went to the western edge of the city where I found a lake for Sharpedo. This is also where I set up for lunch.
While they were doing their things, I took nap. When I woke up I felt no weight on me. Kirlia wasn't laying on me. In fact she wasn't even near me. She was talking with Vibrava. What they were talking about, I'll never know.
-Kirlia's PoV-
"So, do you think he really likes me?" I asked Vibrava.
"Yeah he wouldn't be doing all that he has if he didn't" She said back.
"Okay that's good." I replied.
"Why do you ask?" Vibrava asked me.
"I'm holding back my evolution." I said.
"Why would you do that?" She asked.
"I want to wait until he asks the big question." I said.
"What big question?" Vibrava asked me again.
"In human culture, the male gets on one knee, and asks the female to marry them. This is equivalent to becoming soul mates. If the female says yes. SO I want to become his soulmate before I evolve if it's possible." I explained.
"Oh okay I see, you're taking that angle." She said.
"Why do you say it like that?" I asked her.
"I've seen it happen like that but then the asker, doesn't care for the change so they take back their request. I just don't want that to happen to you, however I don't see that happening to you, I think you'll be fine. He really loves you." Vibrava told me.
"Thanks" I replied.
"Kirlia!" I heard my name called. It was Tony.
"I'm going to swing by the Pokemart real fast! Keep an eye on everyone!" He called over.
"Okay!" I called back.
"He trusts you a lot too." Vibrava said.
"I was captured his second day as a trainer. We've been to gether for a long time. Mates or not, I would hope he trusts me." I said.
"Good point." Vibrava replied.
About 15 minutes later, Tony came back.
"So, what did you get?" I asked.
"Oh, nothing too much. I just wanted to stock up on food and supplies." Tony replied.
"Oh okay." I replied.
Then he sat down and we checked the map again.
"This route from New Bark to Cherrygrove took about 6 hours give or take. And these 2 routes both look to be about the same as the one we came from." He told me.
"So 12ish hours?" I asked.
"Yep." Tony replied.
"And your going to want to do it in one go aren't you?" I asked hope for a no.
"You're right." He said smiling.
"Ugh, so long. You're crazy." I groaned.
"Come on, it won't be so bad. Think of it as spending 12 hours awake with me." He said.
"That does sound a lot better, but you're still crazy." I said.
"Okay then this is the part we need to plan. North, and go back around. Or sound and skip this section here." Tony said.
"This route looks like it's about an extra 4 hours, so I'd say skip it." I told him.
"Okay sounds like a plan. So after Violet City we go down and hit up Azelea Town." Tony said.
"So ready to get moving again?" He asked.
"Sure." I said.
-Tony's Pov-
"Wow she seems bubbly right now." I thought to myself. "I wonder what happened while I was in the store.
With that we headed north. This is going to be a long stretch so it's a good thing I bought some Revives, Potions and Full Heals.
"So Kirlia I was thinking let's get about 3 badges before we go back and get the others. We can knock out this circle and that should give thing enough time to calm down at that place." I said.
"Or we could just take on the entire league here first." Kirlia said.
"Why would we do that it would take longer? "I asked.
"Humans seem to revolve around money. So, if you become the champion, that is like a job right? And jobs pay money. So, if you make money. You can offer that guy money if you need to." She offered.
"That's a good idea." I said.
"I don't know if he will be greedy like that though." She said
"Yeah there's no way to tell how he'll be." I said.
"Alright, anyway, do you want to get a jump start on tomorrow's trek and a half?" Kirlia asked.
"I don't mind, If you don't mind sleeping outside." I offered her the choice.
"I want a bed." She said quietly enough to sound defeated but loud enough to be heard.
"Alright that settles it." I said laughing slightly.
After that we spent an hour just relaxing outside, just again doing whatever. I watched Sharpedo swim around. While Fletchinder raced around with other birds. Cacnea and Vibrava chatted about the desert since they were both from there and Kirlia played with Igglybuff. Then after that hour, I started getting bored.
"So there are still a few hours until dinner, and I honestly didn't want to take that all in one day because I don't want to wake up at the crack of dawn. So, we can start off now since there really isn't much of anything to do here. Is that okay with you?"
"But, my bed..." She moaned.
"What else is there to do around here?" I asked.
"I don't know." She said.
"Exactly, so we should get going know." I said
"Fine." She finally agreed.
At that we finally started moving.
Again, sorry for the wait everyone. I got sidetracked once again. But thanks everyone for your continued support and I hope you all enjoyed. :3