Akima had teleported the two of them to the mainland interior of the island. Celest jumped down and immediately started wandering around. "This could be the perfect home for me," she said," Its got all the grasses, and other things that I could live on." Akima could tell she was excited. She was young, but older than he. He should have the same feelings, yet he didn't. He couldn't live here, not in the open, anyway. "Celest, how do you feel about a ... burrow? I am not very comfortable out in the open. Its just my nature."
Celest gave him an odd look. ".....And..... how do you expect to build it? er...dig it?" A puzzled look came over her face as she looked at the towering Pokémon standing above her. "You cant exactly just fit somewhere..." Akima just smiled. "I'll do it, watch."
He closed his eyes, and concentrated. Celest heard the ground underneath her moving around, and about a foot from the two, a hole opened up, along with an outpour of dirt, around the opening. Celest again looked at Akima, wide-eyed, and then back at the dirt. Akima opened his eyes, and sighed. "Now, lets take a look at how I did, shall we?"
The two Pokémon made their way down the tunnel, into a rather roomy burrow about 16 feet underground, or at least, that was how long the entrance was. The burrow also went down another 8 feet to accomodate the towering Mewtwo, and still had room to fit Celest. "It may not be the best, but it'll work for a home. At least, until we can find something better." Akima sat down, and stretched his tail around in front of him. He laid over on his side, closed his eyes, and started to think.
Celest watched Akima with growing interest. A strange feeling started to rise in her. Was it.... no, it couldn't be... He wasn't Nidoran, so the feeling made no sense whatsoever.... Maybe she'd ask about it later... She went over to him, and curled up next to him. He was so warm... she quickly drifted off to sleep.
Akima was surprised by the touch of Celest's body against his, and he opened his eyes to see. She was asleep next to him, and she looked happy. He smiled to himself, and curled his tail around her. He closed his eyes, and rested.
Celest didn't feel the tail of the Mewtwo around her. She was in a deep sleep, and dreaming. In her dream, she was back at her warren, with all her family and friends. It was back in the old days. The times had been fun, and nothing ever went wrong. She smiled in her sleep, while the memories replayed.
Akima watched her, fascinated. What could possibly be so wonderful, as to make her smile in her sleep? Amazed, and as curious as he was, he wouldn't intrude on her mind. He had the ability, but he didn't wish to impose his will. Just because you have the power to do so, doesnt mean you have to use it for that purpose.
Celest woke herself in time to see Akima gazing at her thoughtfully. She blushed a bit, smiled, and spoke "Well, a good morning to you too. Did you rest at all?" Akima returned her smile, and nodded. "Yes, I had a very good rest. I also had time to think."
Celest smiled again. "Oh? What did you think about?" Akima looked down. "Wherever my mind directed me. I thought about my future... I thought about my creators, about why they had tried to lie... I thought about...." He hesitated, not sure of whether or not
to say it to her or not.
Celest looked at him quizzically. " About...what?" She looked into his sapphire eyes as she listened.
Akima looked back at her. He opened his mouth, as if he was going to speak, then closed it. He couldn't make words come out, for an odd reason. A strange feeling that he had wouldn't let him do it. He tried again. "I thought about.........you."
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