Japanese Title: Please Forgive Me! You Are My Only One!
Translation: Nanitozo Yurusu Ware! Towaemoa Are Mai Onriiwan!
By: Pro_V
"Eevy?" Eusine opened the front door slowly, "Eevy?" he peeked in, "You here, cous?"
"I just got out of the shower!" came the echoing call.
"A cold one?" how he was able to joke at this point, he wasn't sure, "Seriously. Have you seen Mizu?" he asked as he stood in front of the bedroom door.
"Uh…No, actually. I haven't. I thought you were with her?"
"I was…For a bit," he didn't dare tell her what he'd done, "Anyway, if you see her, tell her I really, really have to talk to her and that I am so dreadfully sorry."
"Is something wrong, Eusine? Did something happen?"
"Well, y-yes and no," he swallowed, "I'll tell you later, when we're face to face, all right?"
"Yeah, all right. You're sure you're OK for now?"
"Yep," his voice broke, "I'm just dandy," he sniffed and walked away.
Eevy heard the front door close and leaned out the door, completely dry and at least halfway dressed, "That was kind of close."
"Sure was," Lance yawned as he sat on the bed, "Why do you think he was so upset sounding?"
"I don't know. Maybe he found out about Morty," she put her right thumbnail in her mouth, one of the many signs she was thinking, "Maybe…"
"Maybe what?" he didn't care they were both missing their shirts; he just acted like normal.
"Nothing!" she smiled wide and crossed her arms behind her back before running and jumping on him, pushing him back, "Just thinking!"
"About what?" he tilted his head.
"Well, just about my brother and my cousin. Not to mention Lisle," she glanced off to the side.
"I'm sorry about your brother, Eev," he reached up and ran his right hand around the back of her neck, "I really am."
"Yeah, I know," she leaned down and kissed his left cheek before getting up, "I'm getting dressed. I should go and help find Lisle. Probably Mizu too, by the sound of Eusine's voice."
"That's no fair! You're going to let him break us apart?" he pouted and sat up, watching her pull her shirt on.
"Sorry, love, but I really need to see what's going on," she started to walk out but leaned back in the door, blowing him an index finger kiss, "See you later. All of you."
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"Lisle!" Lisle heard a voice calling out to her, "Lisle! Lisle, where are you? Lisle!"
She sat silently on the bridge leading over the river, arms hugging her own waist and crying. She didn't understand why Morty would have done such a thing, and she wasn't about to find out. She looked off to the right at the footsteps, growling and lighting her eyes right up.
"Get away from me, you son of a bitch. I never want to see your sorry ass again," she looked away with bright tears dripping down into the running water.
"Lisle, I-"
"Get away, I said! I hate you, Mortimer Hikoboshi! I hate you!"
"But I-"
"No!" she slapped her hands over her ears and growled, "I don't want to hear it! Go away, Morty! Get out of my face and out of my life!"
"Lisle, please listen to me."
"Get away!" she jumped up and started running in the opposite direction.
"Lisle, wait!" he started going after her, though he knew it wouldn't help.
"Run. Just run," she thought silently, "Don't look back. Don't look at him. Make him listen. Make him understand you hate him. Just keep going. Don't stop. Don't even slow. I hate you!" she was still silent, but was screaming at him in her mind, "I hate you, Morty! Just go away! Go back with that bitch Whitney and leave my life alone!" she could hear he was getting closer as his footsteps got louder, "Make him stop! Somebody had better make him stop! Make him leave me alone! Put him back with Whitney! Please make him go away!"
"Don't let her get away!" Morty's own voice pounded in his head, "Don't let her leave! Make her stop and listen. Please, Lisle. Stop for me and listen to what I have to say! God, Lisle, if I love you so much, why did I do this to you? To myself?" she was starting to get ever so much slower, "Yes. Thank you. Slow down, Lisle. Just let me explain this. Don't run away from me. Please let me make amends," she was starting to cough from lack of ambition to run, "Don't put yourself through this. Just stop and listen instead of suffocating yourself from running. Somebody, anybody, stop her from doing this! Even if she never forgives me completely, at least make her pause long enough for me to say I'm sorry."
"Get away from me!" she burst as she stopped and turned, bright red from anger and crying, "Don't you understand I hate you?! Don't you get I never want to see you again?! Get away, Morty! Get away!"
He skidded to a stop and stood with a slouch, "Lisle. You have to listen to me."
"I don't have to do shit you tell me to do!" she pulled the badge from her shirt and threw it off into the distance, through the palm tree woods, "I quit your stupid Gym! This time I mean it, Morty! I despise you!" she balled her fists at her sides and looked to the ground, "Everything about you. I just hate you," she started crying again.
He watched the ground below her face dampen in spots, "What have I done to you?" he was nearly silent, but caught her attention anyway, "I've destroyed you and myself. All of this because of some stupid jealous Gym leading bitch," he realized he was blaming Whitney again, "And an idiot Ghost Pokemon trainer with no respect for the people he loves."
"Why, Morty?" she heaved out through her coughs and bawls, "Why did you do this?"
"I don't know-"
"Bullshit!" she shouted and looked up at him, "You know why! Just tell me, damn you! Stop messing with me, Morty, in any way!"
"Whitney said…she saw you with someone else…"
"S-Someone else? And you believed her?! God damn, now I hate you even more! Never, Morty! Never would I do that! I didn't think you would either, but I guess I was all wrong!" she stomped towards him and pointed her index finger right in his face, "I hate you, Mortimer Hikoboshi. I really hate you," she said between clenched teeth, "You're trying to tell me you did this because you thought I was cheating on you? Well, forget it! I don't believe you!" she paused as a name floated through her head, "Oh my God. Tommy."
"What?" his voice was dead flat.
"Tommy. Tommy Webber," she left her hand up but made a fist, "Whitney did see me with someone else."
"Who?!" he fumed and caught himself, "Who?"
"Some stupid flirt from the beach. Nothing happened, but he did get close. But that still doesn't excuse what you did!"
"I didn't really believe her…" he trailed off.
"Then why?" she was begging now, "Why did you do it? Was I not enough or something? Are you that damn desperate? Is the fact I'm not a Mistress eating away at you?" she started growling again, "I hate you!" she slapped him across the face, "I hate you so much it wouldn't even be funny to Whitney! There's something wrong with you, Morty! Something seriously wrong! How dare you come down here to try and apologize after what you just said! I will never forgive you! Ever!" she started bringing in short choking breaths as she started crying again, "Go away. Go away now," she left her arms at her sides
"Lisle. I'm sorry," he took a shaky step forward and hesitantly put his arms around her.
She pushed her arms up between them, "No! Get off! Get away from me!" she pushed him and pulled away, "Stop! Get back! Please stop, Morty!" she couldn't push him away fast enough.
He wrapped his arms behind her back and pulled her as close as he could, "I am so sorry, Lisle. I not only hate Whitney, but I hate myself too. I don't care if you never kiss me again," he started choking and holding back emotion, "just please forgive me enough to be a friend. You don't even have to be a close friend, let alone even a good one, just a friend. I just don't understand myself, and I hate my very existence for it," he buried his face in her hair, "I am so sorry."
"I-I…No!" she pushed him off and jumped back, "No, Morty! I still hate you! No matter how much apologizing you do, I still hate you and always will! I'm not your lover! I'm not your friend! I'm not even your acquaintance anymore as far as I'm concerned! Just stay away from me!" she turned around and started walking away, but collapsed to her knees, "Damn it!" she thought, "Why won't I let myself leave?! I don't want to be here. I don't want to be near him, let alone with him, so why am I making myself stay?"
Morty watched her drop and ran up behind her, "Do you want some help?"
"No! Not from you! Never!" she snapped and swung at him, though she was so disoriented she didn't even notice he was a mile away, "Leave me alone! Just go!" she threw both her hands over her face and started to cry, "I can't believe what you've done and I will never forgive you for it! I don't ever want your disgraceful hands on me again! Go away!"
"If that's how you really feel and what you really want, I'll go. I'll head back to Johto after this whole Peter fiasco is done and write up the papers for your leaving. Good day, Miss Illusion," he stuffed his hands in his pockets and started back towards the bridge, leaving her broken in the middle of the path.
Lisle closed her eyes and looked down at the ground, wash after wash of tears gathering between her eyelashes and dropping to the ground, "Entei. Did you lie to me?" she asked out loud in a whisper, "Were you playing games that day? Were you having some sick fun? Can't you answer my questions, Entei? Can you even hear me?"
"I can hear you just fine and I know you can hear me," she looked around, but saw no one, "He hurt you, Lisle, and he knows it. All I'm going to ask you to do is turn around slowly. Watch him go and think hard, Miss Illusion. Think about him. Realize what's happened and watch him go, keeping in mind you will see him but one more time; when you go to leave his Gym. Which is what you want, isn't it?"
Lisle blinked to clear the tears from her vision and slowly turned herself around, still on the ground. Morty was hunched over and walking slowly away, not even attempting to look back. She closed her eyes and swallowed, then remembering Entei told her to watch him leave. She stared right at him as he walked away, then noticing something odd. She could almost see right through him. Literally.
"Entei! What's going on?!" she blurted a little louder than intended, "He's fading."
"You are not seeing him; you are seeing what was his will to live. It's fading more and more and soon, it will be gone. This is a vision prepared by the Forest Spirit. We knew this would happen, and were sworn not to interfere, but we will try to change it now. He's broken himself, Lisle. His life is fading quickly. Look the other way and you will see yourself."
Her head zipped around, seeing herself in the same predicament, "I-I do, actually, feel that way," she murmured as she noticed herself fading.
"Yes, I know you do. Your determination to keep on living is breaking down. It's eroding under pressure. Right now, Morty is contemplating just what he helped talk Master Jason out of," he felt her stiffen, "As are you, if I'm correct. I know you hate him and I know why. Just being his friend will help to save both you and him, but that is your decision and yours alone. No one, not even me, can make you chose. It is your decision."
She listened closely, but Entei was gone, "I really do hate him. What he did…I just hate him! He's disgusting! I won't forgive him! Never! I hate that Morty!"
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Eevy walked slowly down the path, scanning left and right when she felt the presence of Entei, "That's funny. Where is he?" she looked around but kept walking, coming to a fork in the path, "Left or right? Right or left?" an oddly familiar noise caught her attention from, not to the sides, but below, "Where in the world is that coming from? What is it anyway?" she walked over to the bar, looking down and spotting a very familiar face, "Mizu?"
"Leave me alone," she said between chokes, "I want to be left alone."
"No. I don't think you're being honest," she hopped the bar and jumped down onto the rock Mizu was sitting on as she sat on the beach, "You did this once before, remember? The day we met. So," she sat down and looked out across the sand, "Tell your Mistress all about it."
She made a disgusted noise, "I should have known he wouldn't tell you," she shook her head and choked a bit.
"Who wouldn't tell me what?" Eevy's head fell to the side, "Eusine? Did he do something?" her eyes slowly narrowed.
"I knew he didn't tell you. Damn that stupid Eusine!" she pounded the rock.
"Woah, woah, woah!" Eevy snorted, "Don't call my cousin such things until I know why!"
"H-He…Oh, God, I can't even say it. I found him…Outside the bar…A little while ago. H-H-He'd been upstairs…W-With someone else."
"Oh my God," Eevy put her fingers on her temples, "I just don't believe my family."
"What? Your family?" Mizu looked up at her blankly, yet red.
Eevy shook her head as she started slowly crying, "M-Morty did the exact same thing to Lisle. With Whitney."
"Damn," Mizu looked down and started sniffing as she started crying, "I hate him, Eevy! I honestly do!"
"Oh, Mizu," Eevy put her arms over her and drew her closer, "This must be what Eusine wanted me to find you and apologize for. I'm so sorry for my stupid cousin. I honestly haven't the foggiest clue what's gotten into them. I am so sorry."
"It's not your fault, Eevy," she sniffed and dried her eyes, "It's his disgusting fault. What makes it even worse is that I've never even seen her before. She was no one we've ever met. At least we know who Whitney is."
"You mean she was just some island girl?" at Mizu's nod, Eevy began to choke, "Well, that makes it a great deal worse, doesn't it?"
"I don't even think he's known her for a day, let along long enough to do what he did. He shouldn't have anyway! I mean, they must have had one hell of a time. He was missing his coat and the top button of his shirt. I just don't understand, Eevy! Why did he do this to me?"
"I don't rightly know, Mizu," Eevy sniffled, "But you can bet once I find out, they'll both regret it. I am so very sorry, Mizu. Listen," she patted her back and sat her up straight, "I'm going to go find those two little shits and take them back to Lorelei's place. You just sit here and come home when you feel up to it, all right?"
"Yeah. Sure," Mizu nodded as Eevy stood and climbed up and over the bar, "Bastard."
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Ash, Misty, Brock, Tracey and everyone not yet informed about these two cheats were sitting in the living room, watching television. Lance was there too, glancing at his watch repeatedly and staring at the door. It came slowly open with Lisle and Mizu coming silently in, sniffing and red faced. The group in the room turned to look at them, but all they got in return were a couple of coughs and sniffles. A few minutes later, the next entry was not quite as quiet. The door slammed open and a voice echoed in.
"March! Let's go! One behind the other! Move it!" Eevy's voice came flying from the open door, "I said move it!" she walked into the line of sight and stood against the wall, right arm swung out, indicating one of the doors leading to the kitchen, "Let's go!"
Morty stumbled in, head dropped and turned to the side, slouching down the hall and in the kitchen door. Eusine cringed in after him, neck down between his shoulders as he stepped in the door and closed it behind him. Eevy was hot red in anger as she stomped to the door, threw it open and crashed it shut behind her. Lisle and Mizu shook their heads and looked opposite the door, ignoring it completely.
"Sit down!" they heard faintly as Will turned the TV down, "You know something? I just don't believe you two! You both disgust me!" that caused everyone to lean away wide eyed, "It's not only wrong, but it's sick too! You two are just absolutely lewd and nauseating! How dare you! How dare you call yourselves my relatives! Look at me, Eusine Thomas Hikoboshi! Keep your eyes centered on me! I am the focus of your attention at this point in time! Mortimer Michael! You can stop pouting right this minute! This is absolutely wretched and you know it! What you did is a disgrace to everything! Especially your Gym and your career, not to mention the family name! It's just gross! Gross and sickening!"
"Geesh. She's losing it on them," Luri cringed, "What'd they do?" she looked over at Lisle and Mizu.
"Let them tell you," Lisle hissed before hearing Eevy continue.
"You two are supposed to be older than me! You're supposed to look after me, not the other way around! I don't ever, ever want to even see you glance at someone else! You two are just-Oh!" the vase below the window smashed, "You two will be paying for that. I don't know what the hell it was that got into the two of you, but I do not expect it to ever come back! If it does, I will personally kick both your asses! You call yourself a Gym Leader! Yeah right! Get a life, Mortimer! You're a disgrace to the League! I have a good mind to snatch your Gym Leading license!" the group outside gasped, "But I won't!" they sighed, "I'll let Kratos and Lisle handle you! And you! You're supposed to be Suicune's next Mixture Master?! Forget it! Not happening! Know why?! Because I won't allow it! Never! Neither of you deserve anything but a good kick in the pants! I am the Champion Mistress and you have just covered my last name in sick, disgusting guilt! If any of this ever finds its way to the Four Corners or any of the Orange Islands, we'd all better just check straight into a cemetery, because we'll be dead! Can you imagine what Tammy and Greg are going to say?! What about Eric and Ellen?!"
"Woah. Is she ever fumed," Skiff swallowed, "Whatever they did must have been pretty bad."
"Now, I will not accept apologies! I will not create excuses! I will not go around making like this never happened! Have you the foggiest why?! Because it did and it has! You will both stand up!" they heard nothing, "Stand up, damn it!" the legs of their chairs slid across the tiled floor as they stood, "Now turn to that door! Turn, I said! Now march! I mean it! Marine style if that's what it takes to get through to you! I said move it!" the door rammed the wall as it burst open and Eevy came storming out, "Let's go! Both of you! Move out! Get in that room and stand straight! No looking at the floor, no pouting, no whining and no hiding your faces! I mean it! Move it, Mortimer Michael Hikoboshi! Get going, Eusine Thomas Hikoboshi! This is far from being over and no where near being forgiven!" she watched them both stop and cross their arms, looking down and away, "Straighten up! Your Mistress commands it!"
"Eevy, calm down!" Medira jumped as Eevy started turning beat red, "Calm down, girl!"
"Geez, Eevy," Jason stared at her, "Take deep breaths and be still."
"Leave the ceramics in this place in one piece, please," Luri begged.
"What happened, Eevy? You're flipping on them!" Will looked her over worriedly.
Eevy grabbed the back of her cousin and brother's collars, "You will tell them what you've done," they both remained silent, "Tell them!" she jolted them a bit, "Let them know why I'm so thoroughly overwrought with the two of you!"
Morty started to look down, but remembered his sister was right behind him, "I-I-I," he swallowed and closed his eyes, not wanting to see the reaction, "I ch-cheated on Lisle."
The entire room suffocated, excepting Eevy, "And what about you, Eusine?" Eevy hissed, "What did you do?"
Eusine's shoulders fell and he was forced to look away from Mizu, which Eevy could understand, "I cheated on Mizu too."
Ash fell face first to the floor and Will rolled right out of his chair, "Holy shit," was all Medira could manage to say, "No…way."
"Yes way!" Eevy pushed the two of them forward, "You absolutely revolt me to no end. I never, ever, expected this of you. The more I think about it-" she clenched her fists at her sides, "Ooh!" she held her breath and started burning red, "Damn you two! I'm going for a walk!" she pulled her hood up and her cloak around and stomped out the door, slamming it shut behind her.
"Hey! Eevy, wait up!" Lance jumped and stumbled out the door with Will, Luri, Medira and Jason behind him.
"I am so out of here," Misty pulled Ash's limp body down the hall and out to the deck, Brock, Tracey and Sooney behind.
"Uh…No?" Skiff pulled Yuu-Yuu behind him and ran out the back door, onto the beach.
"Good luck!" Beth and Rachel zipped out the porch door.
"So, he screwed around on you too, huh?" Lisle looked at Mizu.
"Yep," Mizu swallowed, "He sure did."
"We're still here, you know," Morty muttered.
"Yeah, we know!" Lisle's voice broke, "Leave for all we care!"
"Mizu. I am so sorry," Eusine sat in the chair across from her, "I am so sorry."
"I don't care," Mizu crackled as she rubbed at her eyes, "I really don't."
"Lisle, please," Morty held her hand.
"No!" she snatched it away, "I don't care what Entei said! Leave me alone!"
"Here we go with the Entei stuff again."
"And that's so much worse than what you did?! He was trying to get me to come whining back to you! Well, you can take a flying leap!"
"Meant to be, my ass!" Mizu snapped, "Get away from me, you stupid shit! I never want to see you again! Never!"
"Lisle, I am so sorry! I swear to you! It was a one time accident!"
"And how do I know you won't do it again? How can I trust you not to just turn around and cheat again?"
"Because it was a once in a relationship thing. It will never happen again. I love you, Lisle. Not Whitney! I never did love Whitney and I never will."
"I still hate you!" she pulled her hand back, "I truly do hate you, Morty!"
"Please! Lisle!" he jumped up and slid on his knees in front of her, "Please don't leave me! I honestly didn't mean to do this and I seriously do regret it! Please. I'd never seriously turn my back on you, so please, I'm begging you, don't turn me away!"
"Y-You were going t-to try and end it, weren't you?" she stammered, "You were going to-"
"Yes, I was. But I had to apologize to you first. I can't go and wither away with you like this. I'd hate myself more if you stayed this emotional. Please, Lisle. Just accept my apology and I'll be out of your life permanently," he put both his hands over her left and looked down at the floor.
"Before I say yes or no, you have to tell me; was it worth it? Was being with her worth this?"
"Absolutely not. It was wretched and disgusting. I knew, deep down, it wasn't supposed to be, but I didn't care at the time. But when you came stomping in that door, I guess you could say I woke up. I realized what I'd done. The second I saw your eyes, I knew I screwed up big time. Just say yes, and I'll be gone."
She sighed and shook her head slowly, "I think a friendship is about all you deserve with me at this point. If even that," she felt his grip tighten and thought of Entei and the fading figures, "But, under a few conditions, I will…give you more."
"Anything!" his head shot up, "Name it and you'll have it!"
"For one thing, you dry your face. Secondly, I want you to help me be a Minor Mistress. Third, you will never look at anyone else again. Fourth, you replace that Badge I tossed. And lastly, you leave Whitney to me (Muahahaha…See the Special Edition "Revenge" posted after the initial end of the story for more…Muahaha.)."
He completed the first task instantly, "I'll talk to my sister and help you train. Here!" he jammed his hand in his pocket and stuck a Fog Badge in her hand, "If I had a way to do it, I'd fix my eyes so you're the only one I could see! As soon as I find her, that Whitney is all yours!" he jumped and threw his arms around her, "My God I am so sorry, Lisle! Thank you so much!"
"You know something?" she pushed him back and shook her head, "I still partially hate your guts, Morty. But now, I can tease you in return, Mortimer Michael."
"Oh no!" he drooped as Lisle laughed wildly.
Eusine gave Morty an embarrassed smirk, then straightening his face and looking back to Mizu, "Mizu, please. I am so sorry. Twice as sorry as Morty."
"Stop it, Eusine! Just because Lisle accepted his apology, doesn't mean I'll accept yours! I absolutely hate you, Eusine!"
"But, Mizu, please! I am so sorry! I never meant for anything to happen! Anything at all! Please! You have to forgive me!"
"It's disgusting! You come here, begging forgiveness, and then try and tell me you never meant for anything to happen?! You're gross!"
"Mizu, please!" he grabbed her wrists, refusing to let go, "I don't even know how it happened! I called out your name, Mizu! Not hers! I mean, I hardly even remember her name!"
"Oh, God! Just shut up!" she shook her hands hard enough that he let go, "Now it's even more disgusting than I thought!"
"Mizu. In my heart, I knew it was disgusting and that it wasn't meant to be her. In my mind, all I could think about was you. I am so sorry," he took her left hand in both of his and held as tightly as he could, "Please. You must forgive me."
"No, Eusine. I won't. What Suicune said before…It was a bunch of lies. I can't trust you anymore, Eusine. And now I see that I shouldn't have in the first place."
"No, Mizu! Please don't do this to me! To us! I love you, Mizu. I swear to you. I didn't do this purposely to hurt you. I didn't do it to harm our relationship. I never would."
"But…I-I can't. I can't forgive you, Eusine. We can still travel together, but there could never be anything-"
"No! Mizu, please!" he felt like he was dying right then and there, "Please! I don't want to lose you! I never did! Mizu, no! You can't leave me now! I can't let you go! I won't!"
She looked off to the side and at Lisle and Morty who seemed to be resolving things all the more; it made her heart break even farther, "Eusine. I don't know. It's just not the same anymore. I don't know if I can trust you."
"There's no one you can trust more. I will never let you down again. I refuse to!" his eyes were watering heavily.
"Well," she cleared her throat, "If Lisle gets conditions, so do I. One, no more hanging around without me. Two, don't whine at me. Three, you leave that witch to me if I find her. And last…You'd better keep calling me Zumi, or I'll leave in an instant," she gave a sad smile.
"Thank you!" he put his hands through her hair, "I love you so much, Mi-uh-Zumi. Thank you for forgiving me! I will never ever betray your trust again! Thank you. My Zumi."
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"I don't believe it!" Peter thundered, "How can they forgive them after what they did?! It's absolutely nuts! I just don't believe it! It's just wrong! That's it!" he kicked a tree with all his might, "I'm taking this into my own hands! After I get through with these little wretches, there will be nothing left for them to do but wail and snivel! Just you wait!" his eyes narrowed and flashed a heated red, "I'm coming for you League imbeciles, and I refuse to lose!"
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