The weirdness continues! This chapter is short so I'm putting up two this time...
For the rest of the story where you see ... it means that it is telepathic speech. ^_^
Part #12 - More Secrets
About a week and a half later, Takeshi was carrying a baby stantler down the hall to take it to the Pokèmon Center for Joi to see to it, and so he could see her. He stopped outside Ichibei's office when he heard Kira's voice. He had heard her in there several times before but he had always walked off without eavesdropping but this time he stopped, even looking around to make sure no one was looking. They seemed to be arguing.
"...tell them all, when it's time, Murasaki," her voiced raised like he had never heard it before.
"But it has been *too long*." The voice was Ichibei's and was also raised. "They need to know."
"Look..."
"Don't put this off any longer!"
"You know very damn well why I am putting it off."
"The attack will come! You cannot keep it from coming by simply *not* telling him! It would have been better if you would have told him when he got here! You need to do it now!"
"You will *not* tell me what to do!"
"And neither will you! I am *not* one of your little pokèmon, alright. Nor am I one of these humans that is going to grovel at your feet for the rest of my life. I am the only one that is willing to stand up to you. And I will tell you again, the battle is coming...you *cannot* stop it."
"Mur..." Kira stopped, looking at the door to the office. "Takeshi?"
The young man froze when he heard his name. She knew he was there. He forgot that she was a powerful psychic. He could not move or speak. He heard footsteps cross the room and he took a deep breath.
Ichibei was the one that had crossed the room, opening the door, looking at Takeshi with such a soul-piercing stare that the he stood petrified in the hallway. "Do you *need* something?"
"No, I was...I just..."
"Then get that little one to the Pokèmon Center," he said through his teeth.
"Yes, sir."
Ichibei watched him bow deeper than he had ever seen him do then kept his eye on Takeshi as he hurried down the hall. He sighed, leaning against the doorframe. "It is *past* time."
"Murasaki, the time will come."
"I do not want to argue with you anymore but there is no other choice for me." He turned to her, nearly slamming the door. "It is time...now!"
Before she could say anything in response, he had returned to her and tightly embraced her. "No matter what, Kinakari, it *will* come and you know I will be here to help you through it, as will Shigeru, as will *everyone else* on this island whose life you have touch."
"I know you will be. I know you all will."
Ichibei lifted her chin, his eyes pleading. "Tell them, please."
"No, not yet." She pulled away from him, looking down, knowing he was getting even madder. "I am still not ready for it."
"The longer you keep putting it off, the less time you will have to prepare Satoshi for what is coming."
"I know." She seemed to be on the verge of tears now, her voice shaky. "But I am *not* ready yet."
Ichibei sighed then slowly nodded. "I suggest you find a way to make yourself ready, then. This is going on too long. They will have to be told. I do not know how long Takeshi was there but I know he heard some of what was said. He will tell Satoshi and Kasumi. This is not going to last forever."
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After he had dropped the stantler off at the Pokèmon Center, Takeshi left a rather shocked Joi holding the small pokèmon. He had not even tried to make a move on her. He had actually acted rather...civil. Takeshi hurried to the water center where he called Satoshi and told him it was an emergency. He then grabbed Kasumi, making her rather mad. When they all got to the town green, Takeshi was out of breath, laying on the grass and staring at the sky.
"So what is so important that you had to pull us away from work," Satoshi asked, rather annoyed. He had been showing the kids a cool grass-type move.
"Lady Kira is still keeping secrets from us, very important ones."
"What," both Satoshi and Kasumi said in shock.
Raimei rolled his eyes. *He* knew what the secrets were. If only the humans with him could understand him better than they did...
"Quiet." Takeshi looked around. "First of all, I heard her say that if she tells us the secret, that it will bring another attack to the island."
"How could such a simple thing do that, though," Kasumi asked.
"I don't know. But not only that, but she was calling my boss Murasaki."
"Why would she be calling him that?" Satoshi was puzzled. "I know he wears purple all the time but for that to be his nickname..."
"For some reason I don't think it's his nickname." Takeshi took a deep breath. "But he said, or more like it *stressed*, that he wasn't one of her pokèmon or one of the humans here that would 'grovel at her feet' and I am wondering, why did he say 'one of her pokèmon?' His tone made me wonder if *he* might somehow be a pokèmon."
"I don't know." Kasumi looked at the informant rather annoyed. She walked up to him and hit him on the head rather hard. "I think you should stop spying, though."
"Well, I didn't..."
"We could just ask her." Satoshi looked at the others. "She might tell us."
"I doubt it. She did not seem to like the idea of having to tell us. Whatever it is must be a really big secret, though."
"Personally, I do not care. If she wants to tell us, she can tell us. I am not that interested." Kasumi stood. "I have work to do. So, if you will excuse me."
As she walked off, the guys looked at each other. *They* wanted to know. They should not be kept in the dark about something that seemed so important. As they were about to start talking though, Eisen walked up to them. He had a smile on his face and they thought that they were in deep trouble.
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Notes -
Satoshi = Ash
Shigeru = Gary
Kasumi = Misty
Takeshi = Brock
Sakaki = Giovanni
Pinkuashi means "Pinkfoot"
Raimei means "Thunder"
I do not own Pokèmon or the characters/monsters in it - unless I created them (i.e. avasuke). I *do* own Kira...she's mine so don't take her...and the names of the pokèmon are also my creations...
For the rest of the story where you see ... it means that it is telepathic speech. ^_^
Part #12 - More Secrets
About a week and a half later, Takeshi was carrying a baby stantler down the hall to take it to the Pokèmon Center for Joi to see to it, and so he could see her. He stopped outside Ichibei's office when he heard Kira's voice. He had heard her in there several times before but he had always walked off without eavesdropping but this time he stopped, even looking around to make sure no one was looking. They seemed to be arguing.
"...tell them all, when it's time, Murasaki," her voiced raised like he had never heard it before.
"But it has been *too long*." The voice was Ichibei's and was also raised. "They need to know."
"Look..."
"Don't put this off any longer!"
"You know very damn well why I am putting it off."
"The attack will come! You cannot keep it from coming by simply *not* telling him! It would have been better if you would have told him when he got here! You need to do it now!"
"You will *not* tell me what to do!"
"And neither will you! I am *not* one of your little pokèmon, alright. Nor am I one of these humans that is going to grovel at your feet for the rest of my life. I am the only one that is willing to stand up to you. And I will tell you again, the battle is coming...you *cannot* stop it."
"Mur..." Kira stopped, looking at the door to the office. "Takeshi?"
The young man froze when he heard his name. She knew he was there. He forgot that she was a powerful psychic. He could not move or speak. He heard footsteps cross the room and he took a deep breath.
Ichibei was the one that had crossed the room, opening the door, looking at Takeshi with such a soul-piercing stare that the he stood petrified in the hallway. "Do you *need* something?"
"No, I was...I just..."
"Then get that little one to the Pokèmon Center," he said through his teeth.
"Yes, sir."
Ichibei watched him bow deeper than he had ever seen him do then kept his eye on Takeshi as he hurried down the hall. He sighed, leaning against the doorframe. "It is *past* time."
"Murasaki, the time will come."
"I do not want to argue with you anymore but there is no other choice for me." He turned to her, nearly slamming the door. "It is time...now!"
Before she could say anything in response, he had returned to her and tightly embraced her. "No matter what, Kinakari, it *will* come and you know I will be here to help you through it, as will Shigeru, as will *everyone else* on this island whose life you have touch."
"I know you will be. I know you all will."
Ichibei lifted her chin, his eyes pleading. "Tell them, please."
"No, not yet." She pulled away from him, looking down, knowing he was getting even madder. "I am still not ready for it."
"The longer you keep putting it off, the less time you will have to prepare Satoshi for what is coming."
"I know." She seemed to be on the verge of tears now, her voice shaky. "But I am *not* ready yet."
Ichibei sighed then slowly nodded. "I suggest you find a way to make yourself ready, then. This is going on too long. They will have to be told. I do not know how long Takeshi was there but I know he heard some of what was said. He will tell Satoshi and Kasumi. This is not going to last forever."
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After he had dropped the stantler off at the Pokèmon Center, Takeshi left a rather shocked Joi holding the small pokèmon. He had not even tried to make a move on her. He had actually acted rather...civil. Takeshi hurried to the water center where he called Satoshi and told him it was an emergency. He then grabbed Kasumi, making her rather mad. When they all got to the town green, Takeshi was out of breath, laying on the grass and staring at the sky.
"So what is so important that you had to pull us away from work," Satoshi asked, rather annoyed. He had been showing the kids a cool grass-type move.
"Lady Kira is still keeping secrets from us, very important ones."
"What," both Satoshi and Kasumi said in shock.
Raimei rolled his eyes. *He* knew what the secrets were. If only the humans with him could understand him better than they did...
"Quiet." Takeshi looked around. "First of all, I heard her say that if she tells us the secret, that it will bring another attack to the island."
"How could such a simple thing do that, though," Kasumi asked.
"I don't know. But not only that, but she was calling my boss Murasaki."
"Why would she be calling him that?" Satoshi was puzzled. "I know he wears purple all the time but for that to be his nickname..."
"For some reason I don't think it's his nickname." Takeshi took a deep breath. "But he said, or more like it *stressed*, that he wasn't one of her pokèmon or one of the humans here that would 'grovel at her feet' and I am wondering, why did he say 'one of her pokèmon?' His tone made me wonder if *he* might somehow be a pokèmon."
"I don't know." Kasumi looked at the informant rather annoyed. She walked up to him and hit him on the head rather hard. "I think you should stop spying, though."
"Well, I didn't..."
"We could just ask her." Satoshi looked at the others. "She might tell us."
"I doubt it. She did not seem to like the idea of having to tell us. Whatever it is must be a really big secret, though."
"Personally, I do not care. If she wants to tell us, she can tell us. I am not that interested." Kasumi stood. "I have work to do. So, if you will excuse me."
As she walked off, the guys looked at each other. *They* wanted to know. They should not be kept in the dark about something that seemed so important. As they were about to start talking though, Eisen walked up to them. He had a smile on his face and they thought that they were in deep trouble.
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Notes -
Satoshi = Ash
Shigeru = Gary
Kasumi = Misty
Takeshi = Brock
Sakaki = Giovanni
Pinkuashi means "Pinkfoot"
Raimei means "Thunder"
I do not own Pokèmon or the characters/monsters in it - unless I created them (i.e. avasuke). I *do* own Kira...she's mine so don't take her...and the names of the pokèmon are also my creations...
