Thanks Grypheon for reviewing my fic, and sorry I didn't thank you before! Also thanks SuliMike23, Metal Dragon 1, and Flamestrike for reviewing my last chapter. So as to not leave anyone out anymore, I'm just gonna thank everyone as the review my chapter, regardless of whether or not they've reviewed before ^_^. And to answer Flamestike's question, Beowulf and Eevee will evolve, but not for a little while.
Ug. I've got a really bad stomach ache today, so I decided to crack down and write some chapters since I got out of school. I'm really proud of this one, so I hope everyone likes it.
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Chapter 23
Robin's Journey
For once, Raven's short cut actually worked. We made it to Mahogany town in just a day. Throughout that entire day however, I couldn't get over the feeling that something was watching me. I was probably mistaken though. Either that or the "thing" watching me was Raven. Every two seconds I would catch him eyeing me. I knew he was just making sure I wasn't tired or anything, but still. Him looking at me caused a weird warm fluttering sensation in my stomach. To top it all off, Beowulf kept sticking his head into bushes or going off by himself. I had to keep calling him back. Needless to say, I was very relieved when we reached Mahogany town.
"To the gym!" I called out pumping my fist excitedly. I started to march toward it when Raven caught my arm.
"Ummm, it's getting kinda late. Maybe we should check in with the pokemon center, and battle tomorrow." He told me gesturing away from the gym. I looked at my watch, and then stared at him with one eyebrow raised.
"It's three o'clock in the afternoon" I stated. Raven coughed nervously.
"Yes well, but uh... Murkrow! She's very tired from all the traveling. Aren't you Murkrow?" Raven hissed at the bird on his shoulder. Murkrow, who hadn't been paying any attention to the conversation, flinched and blinked at her trainer. Raven glared. Murkrow promptly sagged her shoulders and fluttered feebly, making little plaintive sounds. Beowulf snorted.
"Riiiight" I said skeptically, crossing my arms across my chest. "Now, correct me if I'm wrong…" I started slowly. "But hasn't Murkrow been sitting on your shoulder all day?" Raven fidgeted and Murkrow looked away guiltily. Beowulf snickered and I sighed.
"Raven, thank you for your concern, but I'm fine. Fit as a fiddle really. But if it'll make you feel better…" I trailed off and eyed Raven look at me hopefully. "Then I guess we could go and check out Gyarados Lake. It's supposed to be huge and filled with all kinds of pokemon."
"Okay! Let's do that!" Raven said, hastily. He was probably worried I might change my mind. I rolled my eyes and shook my head at him, but secretly I was touched to know he cared so much. Plus I had another plan.
"Besides, there might be some trainers I can battle with there" I whispered to Beowulf who grinned.
"Dor!' he whispered back agreeing with me.
To my disappointment, we appeared to be the only ones checking out Gyarados Lake. I looked around and decided that if I couldn't battle anyone, I'd just train my pokemon myself. I reached for my pokeballs and decided I would just pick up where I left off in training my pokemon before.
"Come on out every one!" I called, throwing out my pokeballs. One by one, all my pokemon appeared, looking around curiously.
"What" Raven stated, "do you think your doing?" I turned around to face him and raised my eyebrows at his tone of voice.
"I'm going to train my pokemon. Is there a problem?" I asked.
"You" he said firmly, "Are supposed to be resting. Not overexerting yourself, which means no training." I glared at him.
"I told you, I'm fine! There's no way I'm going into a battle tomorrow with out training my pokemon first!"
"Fine, then you just won't battle tomorrow either."
"What?!?" I exclaimed, "And what do you propose I do with all this spare time??"
"Oh I don't know" he answered sarcastically, "How about rest or maybe see a doctor!"
"I'm. Not. Sick." I stated slowly and clearly.
"Don't talk to me as if I was stupid!"
"Well either your stupid, or your deaf because this has to be the fifth time I've told you that!"
Throughout this entire exchange, my pokemon and Murkrow where moving their heads back and forth between us. Murkrow flew to Raven's shoulder and stared running her beak through his hair, in an effort to clam him down, while Beowulf pawed at my leg and made soothing noises.
"Don't you patronize me" I growled at the dog. I turned back to Raven. "I'm going to do what I bloody well please. If I say I'm going to train my pokemon, then I'm going to train my pokemon!"
Raven planted himself in front of me with his arms crossed. He narrowed his eyes and said softly, "wanna bet?" I glared up him then turned my back on him, looking toward my pokemon.
"Diamond, Bo! You two will be paired up. Fang, you'll be with- HEY! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?! PUT ME DOWN!" I found myself lifted up, and slung over Raven's shoulder, like a sack of potatoes. Raven ignored my shouting, and continued walking to a tree, where he plopped me down.
"Your going to stay there and your going to be quiet and rest" he told me in a no-nonsense voice.
"I will not!" I hissed at him.
"You" he told me pointing his finger in my face. "Don't have a choice" And with that he plopped down next to me and placed his arm securely around my waist. Then closed his eyes, and pretended to sleep. I blushed crimson, and I'm going to say it was from anger. I know it wasn't because of…any other emotion. I tried to stand up, but Raven was stronger then me, and his arm kept me from moving.
"If you all where caring loyal pokemon" I grumbled at my pokies, "you'd help me escape this lunatic" I jabbed my thumb at Raven who kept his eyes firmly shut. My pokemon suddenly had other things to do. Fang jumped into the lake and started to swim around, splashing frantically and pretending he couldn't hear me. Falcon had flown up into a different tree and was vigorously preening her feathers. Diamond found the ground to be very interesting. Bo started to graze, but the twitching of her tail betrayed her nervousness. Beowulf just curled up besides me and went to sleep.
"Traitors" I muttered.
I woke up and looked around me, not remembering where I was for a second. The sky was dark and full of stars, but I wasn't in my sleeping bag. I felt something shift besides me and looked to my left to see Raven sleeping besides me, his arm still hooked around my waist. I blushed at that, and was very glad that Raven was asleep so he couldn't see.
Taking a moment to watch him sleep, I pondered the argument we had. I knew he had only been trying to do what was best for me. His concern was really rather sweet now that I thought about it. Besides, he looked so cute sleeping there with his back against the tree that I couldn't stay mad at him anymore. I brushed some of the hair out of his face, then, giving in to impulse; I leaned down and brushed my lips against his cheek. Raven stirred and murmured something. I swear my heart almost stopped in fear that he would awake. But he stayed asleep. Blushing madly now I looked around me, anywhere but at Raven's face. I didn't know why I had kissed him, and I didn't want to know.
While looking around, I saw that the rest of my pokemon had fallen asleep also. I grinned when I saw that Bo had curled up against Beowulf's side. It was so cute how she had attached herself to Beowulf. He didn't seem to mind much either. Hmm. I stored this information to think about later, and carefully stood up.
Raven's hand slipped from my waist, but he didn't wake up. The man could really sleep like a rock when he wanted too. I stood up slowly, and then crept some feet away from the slumbering group. I wasn't feeling sleepy, and had decided to take a little bit of a walk. I figured I'd be back before anyone woke up.
I walked along the shoreline, looking up and the starlit sky. My thoughts flickering from my pokemon, to the gym battle, to Raven, to my brother and my parents, then back to Raven again. I was thinking about his eyes when my thoughts where suddenly broken to be replaced with a weird prickly sensation inside my head. A shiver went down my spine, and I knew I wasn't alone.
I looked around and stifled a scream when I saw two pairs of eyes staring at me through the bushes. I stared back, my mind gone blank about what to do. Then the prickly sensation evolved into a full grown headache. One set of eyes broke it's gaze with mine and looked toward the lake. I followed it's gaze and would've gasped if my head wasn't hurting so much. There in the middle of the lake, with it's back towards me and it's head raised, was Suicune, the legendary water dog pokemon.
Some R&R wouldn't hurt ya know *hint hint* ~_^
