This story is inspired by kopakanuvafan20's "Beyond Eterna Forest" and further sequels.


Last edited on: 2021/12/28


ARC I

Serendipity


"It's been so long…"

She may have lived for over a century, but her life has been so meaningless. It's like something's missing when she came into existence. The fact that she couldn't live normally unlike her 'sisters' felt so… empty. So empty, so painful!

Despite those nasty human legends surrounding her, she lacked genuine empathy. Most of her emotions weren't truly heartfelt. Ever since that incident, she thought of herself as an empty soulless husk, like those unfortunate mind-controlled parasect. She thought she was the odd one out of her lineage, but she never really cared about it. She just wanted to know so badly why she couldn't live with a calm mind.

Then, he came.

He saved her from her suffering.

He's the missing piece in her life.

That's when she decided.

She must make him hers, and hers alone.

Once he was hers, she'll finally understand the true purpose of living, and she knew that he could show her that. She'll be sure to make him the happiest being in this wretched universe for completing her life.

He may be a human, but he's the only sentient living being to have fully filled that emptiness.

There's just a small problem; he was very young when he saved her. In fact, six years have passed since that fateful day. Six painful years.

Hell, she couldn't even remember the last time she smiled wholeheartedly since six years ago.

For everything to flow naturally, she had to hear his side if he was willing to accept her. She's been trying that, but all of them ended in failure. Oh, how she wished he wasn't like those inferior humans.

She was getting impatient, and she didn't like how much time had passed already. She wanted him, and she wanted him now!

No, calm down. Time should be irrelevant to her. She needed to remain focused.

Right now, she's just keenly observing him being dragged by his human friend to her domain.

If only he didn't bring along that disgusting human friend of his, he'd be spared from her plan to separate the both of them. How much she wished for everything to go smoothly, but luck wasn't with her today.

No matter.

She didn't care if it'd take another century. She didn't care if it was his future reincarnation. She didn't care if she was ostracised by her 'sisters' or her 'friends' in the long run.

Her gems were glowing, and her pupils dilated, nearly covering her golden irises. When she held both of her cheeks, she smiled and giggled.

There was only one goal for her: a lone objective that her life depended on.

"I will make you mine~"


He wanted it to end so badly.

Oh boy, this summer break was too boring! He wanted to go back to school and win that sweet, sweet 'Top 1' title. After all, he'll be in his last elementary year. Then, that airhead friend just had to make things worse.

Alright, Lucas needed to think it over again.

Just why the heck did he even say 'yes' to his best friend? Heck, Barry didn't tell Lucas what the heck they're gonna do, and here Lucas thought Barry was smart and kind enough to at least tell him what's going on. Oh boy, this really wasn't gonna end well for Lucas and Barry.

Well, at least his last summer days didn't look like they're gonna be boring.

This blond-haired boy's dragging him to Lake Verity. When Lucas found out that they're going there, he quickly knew that Barry wanted to make him a lab rat to his 'genius plans', and he's kinda scared at what's on the menu for today.

"C'mon, Lucas! Too slow!" Barry said. He's pulling Lucas' arm like there's no tomorrow.

"Alright, alright, Barry! Maybe pull a little harder so you could rip my arm out?" Lucas said.

Barry started laughing. "Very funny, Lucas!"

Lucas wanted to kick his butt real hard, but nah. Keep it in, he'd tell himself. He's your best friend, sadly.

When they finally got in the lake's forest, they walked to the bushes near them.

"Nice. We're here," Barry said.

"What the heck's your problem, Barry?" Lucas asked.

Barry put a finger on Lucas' lips. "Shh! Just shut up and take a good look at this."

Barry pointed Lucas to a bush. While rubbing his painful shoulder, Lucas saw that the bush Barry's pointing at's very thick and messy. It's like someone or something dumped a lot of leaves there. One thing's for sure, Lucas wasn't gonna touch that!

And just like that, Barry started going through that bush.

Lucas suddenly got worried. "H-hey, Barry don't just—"

"Voila!" Barry opened up the bush like a magician with his magic tricks. Lucas wasn't gonna lie. He's kinda scared at what's inside, so he just looked away. Yeah, it's probably time to go home and — "Hey, Lucas! Don't wuss out on me!" Barry said awfully quietly. "Just look at what's in here. It's worth it, promise!"

Just when Lucas was thinking about it, he quickly felt like he should just look inside. He had a hunch: maybe he's gonna show him something pretty neat. Barry'd never lie if it's something really awesome.

Lucas sighed. He's really gonna do it. "Fine, Barry. You win, again."

Barry put a big smile. Heh, what a dolt. "Aw, thanks, Lucas! C'mere, here's this little cutie I wanna show you."

Lucas followed Barry, and what's inside was a baby starly sleeping in its nest. Woah, it looked like it's newly hatched from its egg!

"Aw~! So cute!" Lucas said quietly.

"Heh heh, of course! Only the great and powerful Barry can show you amazing stuff like this, my Lucas!" Barry said. Jeez, Lucas hated his arrogance. "Actually, I'm kinda curious why this little guy's here on the ground."

Huh, Barry's right. Weren't they usually on a tree or something? Even though Lucas wanted to try and find out where the starly really came from, he knew that he shouldn't try it. It just didn't feel right.

"Poor guy's cute and all, but I think we should just leave it, Barry," Lucas said.

"What're you talking about, Lucas?" Barry replied. "We didn't just come here for nothing." Uh oh, Lucas didn't like where this was going. Barry put his pointer finger up. "I have a plan!"

Oh shoot, he said that one word that Lucas didn't wanna hear. Ever.

Lucas gulped. "What's your genius plan now, Barry?"

"C'mon, Lucas. Why don't you sound excited?"

"I'm not, Barry. I'm actually kinda scared to know."

"Don't be, Lucas! It's gonna be a blast! Look, here's our goal," Barry got closer to Lucas, "we'll be getting our first pokémon ever!"

Lucas got interested. "P-pokémon? Like, our own?"

Their own pokémon? Dang, that's what Lucas wanted right now. It's like almost everyone in class got their own pokémon last school year, kinda making Lucas jealous. His mom didn't wanna get him one since she always 'had her reasons', so he's bummed out for not having a pokémon of his own.

It's just not fair that we don't get one. This sucked, but…

Oh boy, it looked like Barry's planning something bad.

"You heard me right! First, we nick this starly while it's asleep. Then, we'll hightail the heck outta here with our new pokémon and hide it while we tame it," Barry explained. "I'm betting 100 000 dollars and my new shoes for it!"

"H-hang on, Barry." Lucas quickly shook his head. "Did you just say that we should just go and get this starly?"

Barry nodded and smiled. "Heck yeah!"

"Are you nuts?! This is wrong!" Lucas said, but he's careful not to shout.

"Psh! No, it's not. We'll nick this starly while it's asleep, and who's here to see us, hm?"

"B-but… this is stealing! Our parents and its parents are gonna go bonkers when they find out!"

"We'll hide it, duh."

"A-and this is a wild pokémon! It's gonna shred us to bits—"

"So we tame it. Weren't you listening, Mister Best in English?" Dang, Lucas hated it when he got called names like that in home or in school.

"Oh boy… b-but I — umph!" Lucas got cut short when Barry's hand covered his lips.

"C'mon, don't be such a worrywart, Lucas! But what if this and what if that…" Barry repeated Lucas' words like he's mocking him. Fricking Barry! "You're becoming, er, paranoid! Yeah! Don't be a killjoy with that now. Didn't you say that we wanted pokémon of our own?" Barry sounded more serious.

Lucas looked over to the sleeping starly. It looked so cute sleeping and tweeting like that. How could anyone not want that? Besides, he's been wanting a poké-partner for a while now.

"That's more like it. Now, I'm gonna remove my hand and hear what's on your head, okay?" Barry said when he slowly removed his hand on Lucas' mouth. " Of course, you're gonna say 'yes' to this and say that I'm the coolest in master plans!"

Well yeah, Lucas and Barry wanted their own pokémon, and Barry got his own reasons, too. Heck, they didn't wanna keep on being teased at for not having any pokémon. Well, Barry's more of a fight-back guy, but Lucas wasn't. It felt good to have a pokémon, too. Just imagine those times they're gonna have those pokémon battles with their classmates and stand up to bullies. It'd be so cool and awesome!

But then, they're just gonna get a pokémon like picking a flower in a no-trespassing garden. It's still a baby pokémon, too. Wasn't that bad? Just what'd its parents do? His mom was gonna ground him, and Lucas also knew that there's this 'Lake Guardian' in Lake Verity. He'd get cursed or something 'cause he remembered that legend from back home. Oh boy, he didn't wanna get grounded or cursed!

"I'm very sorry, Barry, but sign me outta this." Lucas put his arms up, meaning that he quit joining Barry's plan. "I can't do it. Our parents are gonna get mad at us, and the Lake Guardian's gonna get mad at us, too!"

When Barry heard that, he got mad. Lucas could even hear him grumbling. Uh oh, he's got a bad feeling about this!

Barry slammed his fists on the grass. "I thought we're in this together, Lucas, but if that's how you're gonna play it, then fine! Even though you're not in the game, we'll still share it 'cause I know what you want."

"Barry, just leave it alone, please?"

"No," Barry said and gave Lucas a mean look. "Y'know what? I'll do this myself, and you can't stop me!"

Barry quickly ran to the nest and tried to grab the newborn baby when he got near. Crud, Lucas's gotta do something!

Both of them were literally stopping each other like a glameow chasing a rattata, but dang, Barry's got the upper hand! Heck, he even put his tongue out to Lucas when he won. That boastful Barry!

"Finally, we got a pokémon, Lucas! I told you: you can't stop me!"

"No way. I'm too late," Lucas said quietly and looked down, shutting his eyes. He just lost to him, as usual, and he's heck-a bummed out.

Dang, he's just better than him in these kinds of things! Lucas really didn't like how he's too good at almost everything.

Is it really the winner who takes it all or something? 'Cause if that's the case, then Lucas wanted to best his airhead best friend one day.

Like what Barry always says, "I'm always a step ahead of you, Lucas!"

Just you wait, Barry…

After sighing, he just frowned and walked to Barry. On the bright side, at least they got a pokémon, somehow.

While walking, Lucas felt something wrong. He didn't know what the heck's gotten into him, but heard something from above. When Lucas looked up for a sec, he turned white.

The starly's parents!

Oh no, it's way scarier 'cause they literally landed behind Barry, but that airhead still didn't notice them!

"B-Barry! Let the starly go! Hurry!"

"Not this again, Lucas. Look, don't worry. I'll still share this critter with you, for double the 100 000 dollars!"

"I'm not fricking joking, Barry! Behind you!"

"Oh, I get it. You're trying to troll me, really?" Barry turned to his back. "It's not gonna… work…"

The flaps of the two strong-looking staraptors made the wind blow strongly to Lucas and Barry. Oh God, it's like a huge hairdryer that's blowing cold air!

Barry slowly went beside Lucas. No one could literally man up to those two staraptors. Heck, they're huge and strong!

If there's one or two things Lucas could've been doing, he could've stayed at home and ate some food while chilling for the last week of their summer vacation. But no! Barry just had to mess it all up! Dangit, and he's supposed to be the brainy genius here! Fricking airhead!

The eyes of the parent staraptors looked like they wanted their baby back, and they were slowly coming up to them!

Lucas weakly hit Barry's side with his elbow, and it looked like Barry got his message. He didn't even shout back. He quickly let the baby starly go.

Lucas gulped. The mean look of the big bird pokémon were still at them. Lucas shut his eyes, and he's sweating buckets!

C'mon, Barry. He's got an escape plan somewhere in his head!

Suddenly, Barry shouted, "Up there!"

He pointed to the sky, and everyone looked up. Weirdly, the staraptors also looked up. Dang, was this the plan? When the staraptors looked back at them, Barry threw two handfuls of dirt at their eyes.

"Lucas! Run, run, run, RUN!" Barry shouted. All two're hightailing it to the exit.

Oh crud! Barry's too fast, and Lucas couldn't keep up to him!

Suddenly, the staraptors landed in front of Lucas. Just when he got near to the exit, too!

Oh-no-no-no-no… I don't wanna die!

One staraptor flew sky-high. Crud, the other one's blocking the way out!

Lucas got no choice: he's gotta hide in the lake's forest till something good happens!

Right before he got in the forest, he heard something coming to him. He quickly jumped into the bushes, but it wasn't good enough. He felt wind pushing him and something ripping, his t-shirt!

That's when he knew: he's gonna be fricking bird food for the wild staraptors!

No-no-no-NO! I don't wanna die! I don't wanna die!

He kept on running, running, and running in the forest just to get away from that flying staraptor!

Crud, he reached a cliff — a dead-end! Was he gonna… jump?

No, I can't… I'll get hurt real bad! But I don't wanna die!

Oh no, he felt wind blowing his back. Crud, there's something cawing behind him, too! He gulped as he slowly turned around. The two staraptors were in front of him, and they didn't look happy!

"Krr…" the staraptors cawed. Crud-crud-crud, they're coming closer!

"P-please! Don't hurt me! I wasn't trying to — ah…!"

It happened all too fast. He fell.

Everything's swirling around. He felt stuff scratching him everywhere.

Then, he felt like landing on something soft behind him.

What the heck?

Why're there flowers flying around?

Why's the sky moving around?

Why's the sky becoming… blacker?

It's still one… o'… clock.

Andwhy's everything… so painful

Argh… can't move

Dangit… fricking Barry…

The staraptors looked like they're fading, but they it's like they weren't gonna stop.

"Mom… Dad… I don't feel… too good… I don't wanna… go…" Lucas said, weakly. "Help me… Barry… Dawn… Tyson… anyone…"

So this… is what happens… when you lose… the chase…

"Kyaun!"

That's the last thing he heard, but the last thing he saw before he blacked out?

Pink pigtails? A girl?


"WAH!" he yelled when he got up.

Lucas felt like he just woke from a nightmare, but it's fricking real! Dang, Lucas was never gonna do that again!

Wait a minute, where the heck was he first? This flowerbed didn't look like their usual play spot.

That's when it hit him.

"Argh, ouch!" His arms and legs felt like they're being clawed to bits. Heck, his back only felt painful now! "N-never again, Barry! That's the last time!"

Oh boy, just how long was he out?

Weirdly, he now felt his whole body's covered with something gooey. It's still painful, but then, something's cooling his body. It's like he's been given some ointment. Dang, he even forgot to bring his own ointment right now. Just great…

"W-what the heck's this?"

Lucas saw that his hands and arms were wrapped in leaves and bandages wrapped around him. When he slowly twisted around, he felt his back's also covered in the same thing. It smelled minty, too.

Lucas was dying to know who could've done this.

"H-hey, uh, whoever you are, can you show yourself, please?"

"Kyuki?"

Huh, that was quick.

Lucas quickly froze. That didn't sound like a person at all. It's like a pokémon's cry.

Wait.

The voice sounded like the pokémon's cry before he blacked out!

He slowly tried getting up. It's painful, but at least the gooey cream didn't make it too bad.

"Um, h-hello?"

"Kyaun?"

There's something that appeared in front of him with a pink light. He quickly thought it was a psychic-type pokémon teleporting in front of him.

It looks like he's right. So, this was his 'nurse': the floating sprite pokémon in front of him. Woah, are those rubies on its forehead and tails?

There's something weird about this pink pokémon. Lucas couldn't put his finger in it, but it's got this mysterious air around it. Yeah, it's like something he'd never seen before, but also saw before.

Dey-ja-something, was it?

It's also carrying something with it, some long leaves, bandages, and a container with green paste.

"W-were you my, y'know, nurse? The one that gave me all this stuff?" Lucas asked with the politest voice he could use.

The pokémon — his nurse — nodded.

"O-oh. T-thank you very much."

"Kyuki…" it whispered before slowly hovering to Lucas. His nurse stopped and looked at his arms.

"O-oh, right."

He put one arm out. Even though it's kinda painful, he shouldn't be disrespectful to his nurse. Deal with it; you're a man now, he'd tell himself everyday.

Woah, there's this pink light covering his arm. Just like that, the bandages removed themselves, and he saw a lot of scratches there. They weren't bleeding, at least. His nurse used its soft hands to apply the green goo on Lucas' arm, and it felt painful… painfully good.

"A-ah~" His nurse quickly stopped and looked up to Lucas with its wide-open golden eyes. Uh oh, it's tearing up. "No, no! It's alright, I swear! Just don't mind me. I'm a man now!" Okay, that sounded pretty pathetic.

His nurse started laughing. Did he make a funny face or something?

"You're quite funny, aren't you?" a voice spoke in his head. Okay, now that's fricking weird. Lucas quickly looked at his nurse 'cause he knew what that was.

"D-did you just speak with your mouth closed? W-was that just t-telepathy?"

"Yes, and yes. I-is something the matter?" his nurse asked.

Lucas couldn't believe it: a psychic-type pokémon really did that wacky telepathy thing right before his eyes!

"OH MY GOD! WOW!" Lucas yelled.

"K-kyau!" Uh oh, his nurse disappeared.

"Hey, w-wait! I'm sorry if I yelled. Please come back!"

His nurse did with a pouting face, like how he'd look like when his mom wouldn't give him what he wanted.

"Argh!" Crud, the pain!

"Tsk, see what you did? You'll get hurt if you move too much, hmph!" Dang, it's like talking to his girl classmates back at school.

"S-sorry. I won't do it again."

His nurse sighed and smiled. "It's alright. Now, your arm, please?"

The rubbing resumed, and Lucas felt like he's being uncourteous and ungrateful. Oh boy, if his mom found out, she's gonna kill him for that.

His nurse's making her way up to his shoulders. Huh, her rubbing feels pretty good, and the pain's slowly going away.

"Hey, uh, can I say something?"

It looked pretty annoyed. "If you're gonna yell at me again, please don't."

"N-no. I, uh, wanna compliment you."

He saw it blushing even with her pink face. "C-compliment me? What for?"

"What you're doing, basically. It feels fantastic, and it's a nice and soothing massage!"

"A-ah~ T-thank you~"

"You seem pretty good at this. I wonder, who taught you how to do it?"

His nurse was just staring at him the whole time with its cute golden eyes.

"Oh, is there something on my face?" Lucas started touching his face, but it stung him.

"It's nothing, and please don't touch your face yet!"

"A-alright."

His nurse finished one arm and wrapped new leaves and bandages around it.

"The other one now, please?"

Lucas showed his other arm, and she did the same thing to it. Like the other one, it stung at first.

"Miss, uh, while you're at it, can I continue asking questions and talking to you if you don't mind?"

"Sure thing, and I don't mind. Ask away!"

Huh, it's good his nurse's warming up to him quickly 'cause he's probably gonna die of awkwardness if not!

"Oh, but before that," Lucas cleared his throat like a gentleman, "my name's Lucas."

"'Lucas'?"

"Yeah, it's 'Luke' but you put an '-as' after saying it."

"Oh, that's a nice name. I like it!"

"Well, I'm not really sure what's likeable about my name."

"Oh, a lot~ It makes me think you're a likeable person too, Lucas."

"R-really? You could tell just by my name?"

"I'm a psychic-type, remember~? So, I think you know about how we can sneak a peek into your heads. Oh, but I know my limits, Lucas."

Lucas was really digging this info. It'd be too cool to have a psychic-type pokémon. Heck, he's even wondering if his nurse was his first pokémon. That'd be awesome!

"Anyways, it's nice to meet you, uh…"

"You can call me 'Miss Nurse', Lu~cas," his nurse said.

"Oh, 'Miss Nurse', huh? So, you're a girl?" he asked.

Miss Nurse stopped rubbing the cream looked at him with a weird face. They stared at each other for a moment. Uh oh, maybe Lucas question's kinda stupid.

Later, she was smiling widely, and it's kinda creeping Lucas out. "Do you really want me to prove it, Lucas?"

"H-how, Miss Nurse?"

"Oh, I dunno… Maybe I can show you~?" she said, and then winked after.

Huh? What did she mean by show… oh shoot! He just got it, and he's turning red like a beetroot! Yeah, stupid question, Lucas, and in front of a girl, too!

"I'm kidding, Lucas! No way am I showing. It. To. You~" She laughed pretty loudly. "I really like those cute faces you're making, Lu~cas. You really look cute!"

Oh boy, this was way too embarrassing. Urgh, he wanted to jump off that mini-cliff so bad again just to feel better.

"C-cute?" Was he really?

"Yup! Don't your friends, like that… yellow-haired human, think so, too?"

"You mean Barry and some of my school mates?" She nodded. "I think I look okay for him, but some of my school mates say I look like a stupid clown sometimes." He really didn't like those teases, though.

Suddenly, his nurse stopped rubbing his arm. She's just looking at it, and she's… shaking? Somehow, he felt something went wrong.

"Um, you okay there?"

His nurse looked up to him. "Why… why would they call you that?"

"I'm sure they're joking."

"How could you tell, Lucas? It's still quite mean"

"I mean, that's what we normally do: joke around, mess around, and tease each other. In the end, we don't usually mean it."

She puffed out air before wrapping the leaves and bandages on his other arm. "If you ask me, I don't think you're stupid at all. Just by looking at the way you speak, you seem like the kindest and the smartest person in the universe."

Woah, did he just get complimented by someone he just met? He's gotta have that first-impression charm, cool!

"Aw, thanks for those kind words, Miss. It really makes my day, and I feel much happier!"

"M-make your day? F-feel happier? D-did I hear you right?"

"Well, you're even helping my cuts and pain, so yeah! Well, a lot are still painful, but that's okay! I really can't say how much I wanna thank you, Miss Nurse!"

"Y-yes~ Y-you're welcome~"

She smiled. Maybe it's just him, but there's something weird about that smile.

"C-can I a-ask you s-something, L-L-Luc-cas?"

Huh, her telepathy voice thingamajig's sounding pretty weirder. W-wait a minute, why's she shaking again?

"S-sure. Go ahead, Miss Nurse."

"A-am I d-doing a g-good job in n-nursing you?"

"W-well, yeah. I said that I'm feeling better with you, right?"

"O-oh~ I did it~!"

"Uh-huh, y-you did it!"

Did what, though?

Then, her shaking stopped, and she quickly looked down.

"Lucas," he jumped from surprise, "thank you for your wonderful words."

"W-woah! How're you doing that? Your voice sounds different, Miss Nurse! Y-you can look back at me now."

She's still looking down. It's kinda rude, but something's telling Lucas that he shouldn't be saying that.

"Before I do, can I say one more thing about those human friends who called you names, Lucas?" she asked one more time. "I feel as if you need to know this."

It's like the air's changed. Uh oh, something's definitely going on here.

Lucas gulped. "S-sure thing, M-Miss Nurse."

"Those humans are better off lying dead on the ground."

"Woah-woah-woah-woah! O-okay, that's a really m-mean joke, Miss." Lucas started laughing nervously. "T-that's gotta be a joke, right?"

She's still looking down, and she's starting to shake more, more, and more!

"A joke?"

"Y-yeah. T-that's gotta be—"

"Do you really think," She quickly looked back at him, "I'm joking?"

Uh oh, she had a really creepy smile, and her eyes weren't golden anymore — they're literally night-black! Heck, her gems were even glowing!

"U-um, M-Miss Nurse?"

"Ye—s? Do you want anything? C'mon, don't be shy! Miss Nurse is here~ Ask away~!" S-shoot, she's freaking him out!

"A-ah! M-Miss Nurse, p-please stop it!"

She started hovering nearer to him, and he started moving back really slowly.

T-there's something going on with his nurse. It's like… it's like she's a completely different per — er, pokémon! She was sweet and all, so how could she become like this in just a blink of an eye?!

"AH!" he yelled.

He slipped, and his back's literally on fire! Dang, at least the ointment made the pain go away pretty quickly!

Miss Nurse finally stopped getting close to him. "K-kyaun?"

She blinked a few times, and her eyes suddenly became golden again. C-creepy!

"A-ah, L-Lucas! I-I'm so sorry! I-I didn't mean to say any of those mean words! Please forgive me! H-here, I'll help you—"

Lucas quickly slapped her hand away. No way was he getting her help!

"S-stay away! Don't come near me!"

She yelped and quickly floated back.

T-this nurse. Now that he got a better look at his nurse, she looked pretty familiar. Her shape and all… he read about her in a book in the school library! Heck, this pokémon's name's just at the tip of his tongue!

Just… who the heck are you?!

The two were staring at each other for a moment, and Lucas slowly got up.

"K-kyuki?" she said out loud, breaking the silence.

She looked broken. Uh oh, she's tearing up again.

"I-I meant to say was, uh, p-please give me some space for a sec, M-Miss Nurse."

She continued making her crying sound, and he could see her wiping her eyes. Crud, from jolly to scary to this.

"Um, M-miss? I-I'm sorry for saying that. T-that was mean and d-disrespectful of me."

No use. She's starting to cry. Crud, what to do…

"U-uh. H-hey! I know a joke! W-what do you call a pepper that won't leave you alone? A pepperazzi!"

S-shoot! She's crying even more!

B-but that's a good one!

"Kyua—!" she cried.

Just like that, she disappeared in a flash of pink light, leaving what she brought along lying on the flowerbed and a sorry Lucas.

Oh shoot, this was great. Just great! Maybe it's 'cause that stupid joke that Barry and Ruby told him's too corny!

B-but then again, was that even a good thing to say? To just stay away like that? Lucas wasn't hurt or anything but only freaked out!

Those were mean words she said, too. M-maybe there's really something in her that Lucas didn't know.

One thing still happened: Lucas overacted again, and look at what he just did: his nurse just poofed outta his face! Oh boy, even though she said those bad things about his friends like that, what he said to her's also a mean thing, kinda like they balanced out. D-did she really deserve mean words just for that?

He didn't wanna think about it. He should really explain to her that it's not really anyone's fault, kinda.

It took a few moments for Lucas to relax, but she still didn't come back. Oh boy, guess he should do the rubbing himself till she comes back, that's if she did. Urgh… Good thing his school taught him how to do some personal first-aid just last year.

He then applied the gooey cream on his face. After that, he did his legs and thighs. It really helped make the pain go away even more, kinda.

Oh boy, just what else was he gonna mess up today?

Just when he's gonna put the leaves and bandages back, he heard something in front of him, and there was even a flash of pink light. O-oh, it's Miss Nurse, and she looked like she's finished crying. Oh boy, looking at her teary face made him feel really… bad.

"L-Lucas?"

"Y-yeah, Miss Nurse?"

She sniffled a bit. "I-I'm really, really sorry for doing that a moment ago. I really got overboard there, Lucas. P-please accept my sincerest apologies."

She bowed, and he could hear her sniffling a bit. It's his turn now.

"Y-yes. I do, and I understand. I also wanna say sorry, too."

"H-huh? What for?"

"For saying 'stay away' in a kinda mean voice. I-it's very disrespectful of me, too. I guess we're even."

And then, silence. She stared at him for a moment, but he kept quiet. It's like she's trying to see something in him.

"I-I see. I accept your apology, but what you did was justified. Mine wasn't. I guess I'm more in the wrong…"

Miss Nurse slowly hovered to Lucas, but that's also when he felt something wrong. Heck, he got ready to run away when she got near.

She looked away looking sad, but then faced him right after.

"L-Lucas?"

"Y-yes, Miss?"

She looked down. "Before I do anything else, can I wanna break the ice with you a bit? It's too serious now, and I can sense discomfort between us, too."

Lucas wasn't gonna lie. He felt really uncomfortable, and it's not just from his cuts or the pain at all.

He should really follow what she said, but he's being extra careful.

"O-okay. W-what're you gonna say?"

She sighed. "Remember that 'pepperazzi' joke you made?" Lucas got quickly embarrassed and blushed. "Well, I kinda found it funny." She giggled after saying it.

H-hey, it looked like Lucas wasn't alone when he found it funny.

"R-right?" Lucas said, smiling.

Both of them laughed weakly. After that, Miss Nurse finished up the last of Lucas' treatment with his help. She told him that the leaves wouldn't fall off that easily with her psychic powers. Lucas quickly got an idea when she did that.

"U-uh, Miss?"

"Kyaun?"

"D-don't you think you could've just used your psychic powers to heal me or something?" Dang, that's really thick-faced of him, but it's worth the shot.

"Kyau—n…"

Lucas saw her hold out both her hands to Lucas. It looked she's asking him to hold her little two-pointed hands.

He shied out a bit, but he felt that he could trust her, and so held them.

"I'm sorry, Lucas, but I can't do that even if I wanted to."

"B-but—"

She shushed him with one hand. "I'll explain later, Lucas. It's about time already."

"T-time? F-for what, Miss Nurse?"

"You may drop the 'nurse', Lucas, since I'll be telling you who I really am."

Lucas looked at her deeply. He just realised: he's been dying to know since he woke up and knew she's the one nursing his cuts and pain.

It's like his head's mixed up with thanks and being scared, and both feelings made him want to know more about who his nurse really is.

"Alright, I think I should introduce myself." The sprite-pokémon closed her eyes.

Lucas slowly nodded, and his hands were getting shaky. Something warm and invisible passed through his hands, though, and it kinda made him feel more relaxed.

Just right there, everything slowed down for Lucas.

Lucas' memory came barging in randomly.

He now remembered.

That library book he read, his nurse in front of him, what those oldies and his mom's been saying, and what Barry's been yapping a lot about the lake, too.

No…

No way.

It can't be.

This pokémon, his nurse. There's no way!

She's… she's not—!

"Mesprit…"

"My name is Mesprit, the Being of Emotion. I am the Guardian of Lake Verity. You can call me 'Miss Mesprit', or simply 'Mesprit', if you want."

The pink-faced sprite-pokémon opened her golden eyes.

"Nice to meet 'cha, Lucas," she added with the sweetest and cutest smile he never, ever saw before in his life.


Hope you enjoyed this renewed chapter. Also, this won't merely be a novelisation of Pokémon D/P/Pt. Additionally, I'll be focusing on the growth of Lucas from him meeting Mesprit, and then his relationship with her and other people and 'mon.

I hope you'll stick around for more!