Later that night, both girls were dozing off on the cave floor. Natsume however, was having a very restless sleep. Moaning, she tossed and turned until she bumped into Gloom, who was snoring next to Erika.
"G-Glooooooom?" it groaned sleepily. It noticed Natsume and frowned even more. It whapped her with a large petal to knock her away, then fell asleep on Erika's arm again. Natsume rolled over again and hit Gloom. Gloom got angry. This time, it bound her up with vines, checking to make sure they were quite tight, and then snuggled back with Erika. Natsume began to have nightmares about being strangled by a huge doll. "N-no...Stop...h-help...me..." Gloom growled and tightened the vines to shut her up.
"AAAAAAAAAAA HELP!!" she screamed loudly, waking up everyone in the cave (including herself). Erika rubbed the sleep from her eyes and looked around the cave worriedly. "What? What's the m…Oh GLOOM!! What are you doing!?"
Erika pulled the vines off of a now very embarrassed Natsume, who started rubbing her throat as soon as her arms were untangled. "Uh, thanks."she muttered. "Nice pet you got there." she added, glaring at Gloom.
"I am so sorry...I've never seen it act like this...GLOOM!! You should know better than that!!"
Gloom pouted and tried to explain. "Gloooom Glooom glooo..." Erika waved for it to stop. "Yeah yeah, that's what you ALWAYS say, Gloom."
The short-haired girl turned back to Natsume. "Are you...Ok??"
Natsume chuckled, a laugh without any humor in it. "Yes, as ok as one usually is after being strangled. See, this is why I hate Grass-types!" Gloom stuck its fat tongue out at her. Erika rolled her eyes. "Well, you sure have a way with Pokémon. No wonder they all love you." Natsume stood up silently and looked outside the cave entrance.
"Natsume?"
"It's practically morning. We'd better look for something to eat, and maybe build a better shelter. At least the rain stopped." She replied monotonously. Erika wasn't sure, but she had the feeling Natsume was hiding something. The way she spoke, it sounded as if she was somewhere far away, not all there.
She shrugged it off and got up too. "I guess we could start by kind of scouting around...you know, getting to know the island!" she suggested.
Natsume looked over her shoulder at her. "You sound happy about our situation, Erika. I'm not sure about you, but being stranded in the middle of nowhere with YOU is not my idea of fun."
Erika ignored that last comment. "Let's go, who knows when another storm might start. I'm starving. I have an idea, how about I find some stuff to cook, and make a breakfast for us? In the meantime, you could go for a little hike and find out more about our island. When you come back, we can eat and figure out what we want to do next."
Natsume considered. "Hmmm...I...I'm not sure if...Well, fine if that's what you want. I'll take my Pokémon with me..."she replied picking up her Pokéballs. "See you in about an hour or two." She walked away and down to the beach. Erika watched her for about 10 or 15 minutes until she turned away from the coast and went into the forest area. "Well, there she goes. Ok, Gloom, lets see what we have to work with here..."
"G-Glooooooom?" it groaned sleepily. It noticed Natsume and frowned even more. It whapped her with a large petal to knock her away, then fell asleep on Erika's arm again. Natsume rolled over again and hit Gloom. Gloom got angry. This time, it bound her up with vines, checking to make sure they were quite tight, and then snuggled back with Erika. Natsume began to have nightmares about being strangled by a huge doll. "N-no...Stop...h-help...me..." Gloom growled and tightened the vines to shut her up.
"AAAAAAAAAAA HELP!!" she screamed loudly, waking up everyone in the cave (including herself). Erika rubbed the sleep from her eyes and looked around the cave worriedly. "What? What's the m…Oh GLOOM!! What are you doing!?"
Erika pulled the vines off of a now very embarrassed Natsume, who started rubbing her throat as soon as her arms were untangled. "Uh, thanks."she muttered. "Nice pet you got there." she added, glaring at Gloom.
"I am so sorry...I've never seen it act like this...GLOOM!! You should know better than that!!"
Gloom pouted and tried to explain. "Gloooom Glooom glooo..." Erika waved for it to stop. "Yeah yeah, that's what you ALWAYS say, Gloom."
The short-haired girl turned back to Natsume. "Are you...Ok??"
Natsume chuckled, a laugh without any humor in it. "Yes, as ok as one usually is after being strangled. See, this is why I hate Grass-types!" Gloom stuck its fat tongue out at her. Erika rolled her eyes. "Well, you sure have a way with Pokémon. No wonder they all love you." Natsume stood up silently and looked outside the cave entrance.
"Natsume?"
"It's practically morning. We'd better look for something to eat, and maybe build a better shelter. At least the rain stopped." She replied monotonously. Erika wasn't sure, but she had the feeling Natsume was hiding something. The way she spoke, it sounded as if she was somewhere far away, not all there.
She shrugged it off and got up too. "I guess we could start by kind of scouting around...you know, getting to know the island!" she suggested.
Natsume looked over her shoulder at her. "You sound happy about our situation, Erika. I'm not sure about you, but being stranded in the middle of nowhere with YOU is not my idea of fun."
Erika ignored that last comment. "Let's go, who knows when another storm might start. I'm starving. I have an idea, how about I find some stuff to cook, and make a breakfast for us? In the meantime, you could go for a little hike and find out more about our island. When you come back, we can eat and figure out what we want to do next."
Natsume considered. "Hmmm...I...I'm not sure if...Well, fine if that's what you want. I'll take my Pokémon with me..."she replied picking up her Pokéballs. "See you in about an hour or two." She walked away and down to the beach. Erika watched her for about 10 or 15 minutes until she turned away from the coast and went into the forest area. "Well, there she goes. Ok, Gloom, lets see what we have to work with here..."