Last edited on: 2021/12/26
Dang, Mes just told him why she's been acting all strict-judge-ish, and she's crying so, so hard on his t-shirt… Heck, he could feel his bandages get wet. Dangit, what's a guy like Lucas supposed to do?
"Mes? Was that story also true?"
She didn't look up, and she nodded before going back to crying.
Actually, Lucas took this whole story with a grain of salt. Her reason kinda didn't make any sense to him.
I mean, a mew popping up outta nowhere? Hall of Origins? Sounds like baloney to me.
But looking at how much she's crying, he felt her pain. Maybe it's 'cause she's a psychic-type legendary pokémon, but he could feel it. If he'd put it in words, it's like getting yelled at by teachers.
While he let her continue crying, he thought about how meeting her'd spiralled into a mess, kinda. He thought that maybe his future might be even something messier and weirder, but he wasn't really bothered by it. If he's gonna get punished a lot or get a lotta awards, he just shrugged it off like some dried leaf on his shoulder.
Well, looking into her reason and mini-story, Mes was just following orders. Lucas'd do something the same if Lucas got some stuff to follow. Besides, at the end of the day, she's still his friend. He couldn't get mad at her. Heck, she's the reason why he's still okay. Also, he's kinda scared at what crazy and wacky psychic thingamajigs she could do.
Still, this day's a complete rollercoaster of events. In just how many hours, a lotta stuff went crashing on Lucas' face, but the craziest one for him was meeting up with this hyper — and crying — pokémon on his t-shirt. Barry coming back from the dead after dueling with a chatot and those crazy staraptors were second to it.
Looking back at Mes, maybe he should really be comforting her.
But what can I do? I don't see my friends crying, so I don't really know how to…
Then, it hit him. He remembered those times when his mom and dad hugged him while he was crying after he'd trip and scratch his knee. He could remember his mom and dad saying something to him, but he couldn't quite remember. Man, those're the good ol' days when Dad was here…
It's worth a shot.
He rested his back on the barrier and pulled his crying friend a bit higher for a hug. He heard her gasp, and he nudged his cheeks on her head.
"Hey, Mes," he called out. "I'll be honest. I really don't really get what the heck happened, but I've been there: getting called out for being a naughty boy and all that and told to do stuff I didn't like by teachers. Really, I know how it feels. So please, don't cry."
Looking at him with red eyes, she replied, "K-kyau?"
"Uh." Lucas scratched his head. "I still don't understand pokémon-ese, but yes. Did I get you right?"
Giggling while sniffling, she answered in telepathy, "Yeah, Lukey."
"Cool. Guess I could understand pokémon-ese in the future!" Lucas chuckled at his joke.
"B-but, Lukey…"
"Yeah, Mes?"
"I don't really think you know how much this hurts me. I've hurt you, a-and you had to go through all those crap because of me! I don't know how you're mature and understanding enough to overlook this, o-or maybe you're just trying to be one when you really aren't—" She quickly covered her mouth. Her eyes began tearing up again. "No-no! I didn't mean it! I'm a stupid-stupid-stupid 'mon thinking that—"
"Mes!" He shook her shoulders. She screamed, kinda loudly. "Chill!"
"K-Kyuki?"
"Even if you don't think so, I understand just a teensy bit, honest! Also, Dad once told me that if you wanna be manly and mature, you've gotta act like one even when you can't. I'm trying my best here, so I don't really mind if you see me pretending!"
"What do you mean?"
"Thing is, I don't mind if you had to put me in that darn-hellish test-crud! Everything's a learning experience for me, says Dad! I'm trying to grow up, too! And if I cry in front of you, I don't really mind! Even to millions of 'em!" He paused for a sec. Dang, maybe that's a bit crazy. "You know, I'll really mind if I was in front of a lot of people… Anyways! Don't be too hard on yourself, please, Miss Mesprit of Lake Verity!" He softly held his friend's small shoulders.
She just looked at him bug-eyed. Maybe she's trying to take in what he said. "C'mon, Mes." He patted her back. "My teacher told me that legendary pokémon are tough, inside and outside. I really know you are, so please cheer up, Mes! I know you're cooler than all the pokémon I've seen!" He put on a big smile for her. "Honestly, you're really cool as heck a moment ago! I didn't know you could shoot those big laser beam stuff, and this barrier's," he banged it once, making a weird but cool wavy sound, "pretty neat."
Wiping more of her tears, she sweetly smiled. "Yeah, you're right!" Suddenly, she's slowly becoming the Mes he knew moments ago. "It's done, so I guess we're alright." She looked at him with those puppy eyes. "A-are we alright, Lukey?"
"Yeah, we're cool! It's just that…" He scratched his head.
"O-oh no, Lukey?"
He got Munch's poké ball out, "It's Munch. Why'd you have to do that? That's so unfair, and you've hurt him real bad!" He's now trying not to cry in front of her. Weird enough, she just squeaked and laughed at Lucas' face. Dang, just who's the sad one here? "Hey, this isn't funny! Munch is—"
"L-Lukey, please calm down. He's already healed. Earlier, when I levitated his poké ball to you, I worked my psychic powers under your nose, a-and I'm sorry if I scared you with that scary persona of mine."
He sighed when he returned Munch's poké ball. Well, at least Munch's alright.
"Lukey?"
"Yeah? What's up, Mes?"
Wiping her eyes with her arms, she quickly embraced Lucas' neck and rubbed her hot pink head against his left cheek. Her tail-tips rested behind his head.
"From the bottom of my heart, thank you, thank you so much!"
He patted her soft back while smiling. "Sure thing, Mes. I'm glad you've calmed down already. Thanks again for healing Munch."
"About that munchlax… No hard feelings, right?"
"I-I… Well, you did heal him, so yeah."
"It wasn't too strong, Lukey. He'll be fine with the rest he needs." He hummed an 'okay'.
Huh, it's weird that he's hugging a girl besides his mom up close. Maybe 'cause it's a pokémon, but it's still a girl. Heck it's kinda near that he could take a whiff of what she smelled like. It's kinda creepy of him, but it's like her head's trying to come near his nose. Smells good, dang. Something like flowers and citrusy berries combined…
Then, there it was. A warm feeling passed through his body while hugging her. "M-Mes! There it is!"
"Kyauun!" She released herself from Lucas. She looked pretty worried and alert, like a soldier.
"L-Lukey? What's wrong?!"
"It's a warm feeling. I've been getting it from you pretty much!"
"'Warm feeling'?"
He nodded. "Especially when you and I touch each other. Don't you feel it, too?"
"L-Lukey and m-me? T-touching?" She covered her face. "W-well, maybe it's because of my psychic power and signature flowing onto you? O-or, maybe everything's because of…"
She paused for a moment. Dang, what's that other thing?
"Are…?" he asked, closely waiting for an answer.
"Fate?"
Okay, what? How's that gonna explain the 'warm feeling' he's been getting? "Uh, I don't get it."
"Uh, I dunno, too. I was just saying things." She giggled after saying that.
He pouted. That's a pretty lousy answer. "Aw, c'mon, Mes. Whaddaya mean 'fated'?"
"Uh," she tugged her pigtails, "I meant to say, 'au fait'! Y'know, like I'm more 'au fait' with you 'cause I'm more familiar and hang out with you! That's why you could feel that 'warm feeling', and I didn't mean to say 'fated', Lukey." She smiled at the last part.
Ow-fey? Huh, maybe I didn't hear it right. He shrugged his shoulders. Barry's right; maybe he should really clean his ears when he got back home…
Just before he got up, she said, "Now's the time."
"Oh yeah, it's getting kinda late. Thanks for reminding me, Mes." He realised that he'd been staying with her for quite some time. The sky's becoming a big orange-ish, too. "If you don't mind, I gotta get go—"
"Kyauuuuun!" Woah! She held him back from standing up. "Wait-wait-wait-wait! Please don't go just yet! I've got something else to do!"
"Oh, really?" He scratched his head. "Aw, but I really have to go."
"Lukey, please…" She let go of him and hovered in front of him, looking at him with a begging face. He felt worried with that look of hers. Did he do something, again? "There's still something I have to do. One last thing. Please, can you stay a bit longer, Lukey?"
Okay, now it's getting pretty weird. He then thought of what the heck he's been saying and doing to her. M-maybe he said something that kinda made her mad. He gulped pretty loudly, and he's sweating buckets.
"A-and, please don't worry! I'm not gonna hurt you! I swear! Trust me on this, Lukey! It really won't take long!" she pleaded.
She clasped her hands and shut her eyes. Her tails stiffened as well. He could tell that she's being honest, but he's still kinda careful.
Ah, the heck with it. Why's he gotta be scared?
Mes won't do anything bad. I know she won't! She's my friend!
"Alright, Mes. I'll stay." The pixie-pokémon's face lit up, and she thanked him with a big smile. "So, what're you gonna do?"
Slowly, she gave of this let's-get-down-to-business look. "Lukey, I'll be… trying to recover what's lost. I think I still have a chance to do it."
"'Lost'?"
"It's been a while, but I'm still not as good as Yux in the art of memory reawakening."
"'Yux'?"
"S-sorry if I'm being rude, but would it be alright if you just paid attention? Please don't get me wrong, but I just need you to listen, Lukey," she said while holding her hands together.
"A-alright, but why're you acting like this? T-this doesn't feel right at all, Mes."
Okay, this was getting really weird! She got neater to Lucas. He tried to move back, but he got stopped when he felt the barrier behind him. She closed in until her face and Lucas' were literally millimetres away. Lucas could feel her breath beneath his chin. His eyes and her golden eyes locked contact. Yeah, it's pretty awkward for him.
"Lukey?"
"M-Mes?"
"I hope… I hope you can forgive me after all the times we've met."
Her eyes began to tear up a bit. Uh oh, the black part in her eye's becoming bigger like before.
"M-Mes, I feel like you're—"
She hushed him and pulled his forehead to her glassy forehead gem with her arm. She wrapped her other arm behind his head. Her eyes closed, and each of her tail-tips were put on his cheeks softly.
Dang, this was creepy and strange. What the heck's she doing? What'd she mean by 'lost' and 'all the times we've met'? Was this 'Yux' her sister? Am I going to get hurt? Dangit, he just wanted to ask her everything he had!
What the heck, Lucas? I just gotta follow what she said. She's my friend, and she knows what she's doing.
Finally giving it up to her, he felt something warming up in his forehead that's connected to her forehead gem. Even his cheeks felt the same thing, but those weren't enough to burn him or anything. It's like a warm compress, but cooler.
A moment later, the gems were glowing light pink, and even her body's starting to glow, too!
"M-Mes? What's going — AH!"
Then, it happened.
Thousands of pictures flashed in his mind like a video playing in his head at lightning speed.
"MES! WHAT THE — EEARGH!"
But that wasn't all. He could 'hear' the 'video' saying something. Dang, the videos were becoming clearer and clearer! He could now see a TV in his head!
Ļ̸̛̛̫̬͍̟̜͎̬̱̲͂͒…̵̠̬͈͖̼̲́̀̈́͐͗ ̴̬̗̣̪̝̼̥̰̉ỳ̷̞̟͕͔̟̜͂͒̀̌̓̾̓̅͝…̸̢̢͙͈̭̬̥̜̀̍̑̀̍̚͠ͅͅ ̵̤͇̝͍̩͆͑͗̓͐̒̀̎͆͝L̴̡̫̞̜̥̝̱̞͒́ṷ̷̢͇̣̞͂͗̍̈́̈̉…̷͎̪͕͈͖̆͋́̈͝ ̴̨̫͚̂͊͝͝e̴̬̊̀ỳ̷̫̮̦̳̪͖̙̤͎̑́̋̎͒̄͘͜…̴̪͌́̇̀͐̓ ̸͖̠̀͒̈L̴̙̪̠̃̀͊͋͌̈̀̄͜͝͝ú̷̡̬̩̮͍̘̩̻̫͎̋͑̏́̑̓̓k̸̰̏̔̐̐͒̀…̸̬͈̬̖̩̮̚ ̷̪͌͗̈́̑̈͠e̵̢̛̼͈̣͓̠͇̱͎͑͆͒̀͂͜͝y̵̹̿̄̅̏…̴̞̤̪͎̠̄?̸͕̦̬͇͈̻͊̄̃͗̈́͂̕ ̶̘͂̃̄̔̈́͊̌̄̾́L̶͓̞͒͆͐̅ͅú̸̱̰̼͎ͅͅ…̵̱͕̙̎ ̸̡̧͎̺̹̹̳̭̹̌̀̈́̀͑̓͘͘k̵̩̲̹͙͍͉͓̪̈̓̎e̵͚̲̮͉͛͌̿ẙ̸͖̘̥͉̤…̷̥̞̥̥̗̰̞̬̃̋̑̾̓͑̎̓͘!̵̛͙͖̼̬̣̦͚̦̉̅͌̇͛̑͑́͜͜ ̸̙̹͚̱̭̫́̌͒̋̂͒̋L̸̛̠͍̙̯̼̻̣͓̜̍̀́͆̂̐̈́͝u̶̺̠̬̼̾̄ḳ̷̩̖͎͚̂͐̓̎͋͜͝ë̵̼̻̱͈̥͎͕͈̟̫́͐̓̊̄͝y̶̛͉̝̳̘̭̹̱̜̅̿̎́̂̔́̚…̵̜̦̳̞͐̔̀!̸͉̩̰̜͖̌͂̏̔͘
A smiling Mes was happily floating around.
P̶̻̠̠̲͔̞̍̈́…̷͇̫̙̊̎̀̾̋̚͝͝ ̷̬̟̘̩̜͕̘͔͖̻͐̇̓̿̅̇̄̕y̸̧̦͓̺̠̤̼͉͔̓͝͠…̴̥̜͍͓̤͚̓̚ ̵̨̼͕̤̲͍̼͉͙͙́̒̿̐̍̒͗͋̋ḿ̷̼̹̠͔̹̥̩̱̍͂̎̈́͒̏́è̷̢̛̱͈̮͋̽̂̔͊̀̚͝…̵̨̻̟̬̺͈͕̑̉̂͌̓̇̄́̊͝!̴̧̲͇̹̲̜̠̮̰̅͛ ̷̤̼͔̭̞͍̥̎͋̅͗̈́͒̓̓̂͝W̴̡̫̉͆̓̔̊̽́̾͌̈i̴͖̠̯̊̉̽̈́̆̽̓…̴̼̔̈́̒͒͛̑̈͆̓͜ ̴̛̛̼̓̆́̓̕ỵ̷̝̹̫̱̺͒͊̾̌̍͜a̸̞̙͗̍̓…̷̛͈̟̱̲̩̠̍̅͛̈́̾͠͠?̸̗̻̊̈́̈́̊͌͛̔͛
He could see that he's dragged by her somewhere.
D̵̰͇̘̰̝̐́̈̏́́̚…̴̡̖͕͍̺̭͓̞̓̈́͛͋͜ ̴̳̃͛̀̈ḽ̴̛̘̳̬͕͈̣̃̀͋͋̅ė̶̖͍͔͍͓̮̥͋ã̶̢̰͕͔̓̎̌̕…̸̛̤̺̏͗͐͑̈́̆̄̐ͅ ̸͈͚̹͌̈́͂͋̔ë̸̡̘̜͚̭̗́́̽̃̕͝͝…̸̥̰̫̒!̵̜̳̱̼̥͍̄͛̒͆̇̽̄͜ ̵̨̨̖̹̥̘̭̑̌̾̐̓̔̊͛I̶̧̤͎͎͔̜̭̲̼͒̔͑́̑̍͋͐…̸̼͓̠͚̟͌̓͝ ̴̰͍̗̝̜̭̐̿̌á̵̙͇̪̻̥̯̙̼̩̠̂̏̀͆̚͠l̴̘̗͔̰̤̍̈͐̊̈́̃͋̀͝ͅ…̷̢̜̦̜͉̐͑͆͂ lone… B̷̧͓͉̘̀̕͝͝ȗ̴̲̰͇̙̬̗̟̑t̵͔̱͖̀̊̅̏̌̿́͂͜…̷̡̹̟̺̰̮̋
Her face looked sad and about to cry, and she suddenly turned to him.
F̸̝̝̦̻̠͉̩̼̖̣̓́͒͛͋r̵̹̜͔̦̣̔͑͛̏̅͘͠…̸̨̧̟̳̜̋̔̀̆̈́͘ nd…? Ḭ̸̛̯͋̍̃̅̆͌̓̈́͘͜'̵̲̘̳̫̼̔͘͠m̵̢̻̹̬̦͙̋̕…̶̫̰̀̆͋ new… e̸̢͚͔̍̌̐̆͑̾̉͊n̴̨̢̧͓̠̙̳̣͔̋̆̎̇́͗̋̽͘͜͝d̵̛͍̘̓ͅ…̷̡͖͈̪͍̄̎̓͛̍̅͝!̷̡̙͉̟͔̹̰̱̇
He could see that her eyes were bug-eyed.
Sa… i̸͕̖͈̭̝̫͍̯͎̦͆͝ň̵̨̡̛̻̭̮̪̘̹̈́̽g̴̼̝̬̬̬͉̗͕̀̊…̶͙͙̜̎̾ ̸̨̧̼̤̟̲̱̬̟́̿m̴̧͙̜̫̣̪̒̎̅̆̈̈͜͜e̸̼͔͉͗͛̂̄̎̓͠ͅ…̷̼̭̦̑̀̄̈̄̅̆͘!̴̬̔̌͋̉͛̚ Tha… s̸̥̺̖̳̹͆̕ą̴̼̟̟̬̤̹̹̩͑́̀̈́͗̅͗̿̂v̴̘̝͝͝ī̶̛̬̼̞̙̱̣̠̕n̵̓̔͑͠ͅğ̵̨̜̲̤͂̇̎̌͌͝͠…̶̨̡̲̳͓̝̭̤̐̑͂̈́͒̈́̃̽͜ me!
A bruised and jacked up Mes cried while smiling.
Do… you… l̵̨̯͇̳̪̔͌͊͑͐͠i̶̳̫͙̐̏̂͂̽̍̃̄͝k̷̦̯̝̩̗̎̎̅̈́̈́̒́̚͠͝e̴̢̱̪̥̠̟̻̟̪̾̂̓̍̃͌̀̒͘ͅ…̶̛͙̺͒̈́̈́͑̋̅̌͝ s̴͍̘̪̣͎̪͗̎̀͋̚o̸̻̟͙͉͔̦͓̩͂̏̒̍̊͒͑̍͊͒͜ͅm̵̩̱̦̪̖͇͕͎͚̈́̈̈́̈͌e̴̲͚͙̪̻͚̘̐̏̄͋̓̑͌͝͝…̵̢̨͓̳̤̺̲̏̂͒͂͘ one?
She's looking smug at him.
Į̵͈̣̬̻̥͍̂'̷͉̮̍̉̾̀ͅm̸̯͕̓̾͌̈…̸̪̈́ sorry… out… your… f̷̨̗̖̋̓̈̀̋͆̅͠a̶̡̨̘̖͇̳̋̕t̶̥̞͚͔̬͇̼͉͌̈́͊̎́̾̚͜ḩ̴͙͉̞͖͖̠͛̍̾͜e̵̦̤̗̎̎r̷̤̙̤̲̞̼̓̾͐̌̑…̷̤̟̠̲͙̟̳̮̅ͅ
She looked very sorry.
Ha… ha… ha! Y̷̪͉̞̭͌̐̋̽ơ̴̛̻̪̦̞͆̾̄̽ư̵͔͔͌͋̔̽̿̈́̐̊̚'̸̛̺̗̦̞̳̘̪̂͑̊̍̑̏̓́̃͜͜ŕ̴̢̡̥͓͍͈͈̲͋͌e̷̢̢̨͈̞̦̖̩͍̹̐̊͝…̷̠̠͋̾͂͊͛̏̄ it…!
She's laughing, and then she suddenly disappeared in a flash of pink light.
Jeez… you're ṇ̴͇̜̤̹̺̖̫̠́͒̇̅͆͆̓̔͜ọ̷̱̥̈́͘͝t̵̩̘̭̻͇̹̃̒͆ͅ…̶̮̌̒̅̄̈̆̅ ̷̨̧̢͉̳͈̰̺̲͙̓l̷͉̳̲̍̀̀́̍̑͊̀̄͝ͅi̸̧̝͔̻͈̮͔̟̬͌͝k̴̲̝̱̠̜̺͖͇̔̎̐ȇ̵͎̞̱͋͘ ̵̧̦͚̻̯̝͊́̈̂̂̋̓̈́̓a̷̖̬͉͊̌̇͐̏̅̀͐̒̕n̴͈̪̯̥̈́́͋̈́̂̿̀̑̾y̴̱̽̅̀̀͊̀ ̵̣̙͙͖̙̖͓͓̎̊͛̽ͅǫ̷̼̠̦͙̻̤̈́f̶͚̭͉̙̓̒̈́͒̏̈͝…̵̛͇͎̅͗̉̃̾̓͛ your neigh… bours…
She crossed her arms and pouted at him before looking away and hmphing loudly.
Are you ą̸̤͙̱̯̞͍̱͕́̋̈́̿̀͝f̷͕͍̦̣̜̾̿̀̀͌̿͊̇̅̚ͅraid… of me?
She asked with a very sad face.
Please… forgive me, Lukey.
Dang, Lucas was pooped! Mes always poofs out when he's gonna get her in tag. Oh boy, just how's he gonna get her to be 'it'?
They just lay down on the flowerbed and looked up to the blue sky. Looked like even Mes was pooped from poofing out a lotta times. Serves her right!
"Hey, Lukey?"
"Yeah, Mes?"
"What are your dreams?"
"Well, I wanna make my ultimate pokémon team, battle them hotshot pokémon trainers Mr. Rowan and Ms. Cynthia, and win a million dollars!"
"Hee hee~ I like your dreams, Lukey. They'll become a reality, I just know it!"
"Aw, thank you! It means a lot to me, Mes!" She kept on giggling. "And Mes, could you become part of my ultimate pokémon team?"
"Why not, Lukey? I'd love to be your partner anytime!"
"Heck yeah!"
Aw yeah! I got a poké-partner off the bat real quick!
"Ah-ah. I know what you're thinking, Lukey~, but maybe in the near future. Not now. You're still too young for those."
"I-I'm not young! I'm a man!"
"Aw~, cheer up, Lukey! We'll become partners when the time is right. You can count on that! Also," she poked his nose, "I don't think eight human years of age counts as a man." She winked at him right after.
Aw man. Well, she's right. He knew she'd say something like that, so he just smiled at her.
"Oh, Lukey?"
"Yeah?"
"If you're still pushing through that adventure thing when you grow up, would it be possible if I joined you? I really, really want to go around the world with you."
He thumbs-upped. "Yeah! It'd be cool to go on an adventure with you, Mes!"
She giggled. "I bet you could teach li'l ol' me a thing or two about the world, right?"
"Sure thing! Heck, I wanna show you everything that I know once I'm big!"
"I'm excited, Lukey!" Aw, she's so happy when he said that. She's so cute and cool!
"You're looking at the future 'Top 1' in my school! You're gonna be proud of my smarts and all, Mes!"
He heard her long 'aw' after he said that. She looked pretty excited to see him ace classes, and she better be!
"Oh yeah, I wanna ask, what're your dreams are too, Mes?"
"My dreams, huh?"
"Yeah! I bet you have epic dreams like mine, right?"
"Actually, Lukey, I'll be honest with you; I don't have any epic dreams. Just one simple dream."
"Huh, just one? That's pretty lame, Mes."
"Hee hee~ No, it's not, Lukey. I'll tell you why." Uh oh, Lucas saw her smiling, and it's like that creepy smile those horror movies have. "I want to be accepted by a certain someone, but I've been waiting for two years. Just two years, but I just wish you knew how much every second without him is pain for me."
Lucas didn't really get anything, but it sounded cool. "W-wow, what's gonna happen next?"
"I want to make them mine, and mine alone~ I do not want them to leave my side. Ever. I want them to show me everything that they know, so we may hand-in-hand achieve the true meaning of what life's purpose is. For that, I will reward them with the greatest thing I can offer, and I will make sure that nothing and no one gets in the way of our happy life~"
Dang, it's like Lucas just listened to that one love-poem his teacher forced him to listen in detention, even though he didn't get all that she said. It's still awesome-sounding, but it's kinda… creepy.
"Oh~ Just thinking about it makes me shiver from excitement, Lukey!"
"Y-yeah! That's great, M-Mes."
She's giggling. "And do you know the best part, Lucas?"
"W-what's that, Mes?"
"My dream is right in front of me. So near. I can almost touch and taste it."
O-oh no, something's happening to her.
Weird smile.
Night-black eyes.
Glowing gems.
"M-Mes?" Uh oh, she's just quiet. "U-um, w-what's going on, M-Mes."
"Lukey~" She looked sad when she looked at him. W-what'd he do, again?
"Ah! Y-yes, M-Mes?"
"I really, really love…"
"Uh, I-I'm not sure what you said there."
Suddenly, her eyes quickly went golden again, and she's falling to the ground!
"K-kyargh! K-kyuki!"
Lucas quickly caught her and softly held her head and small pixie body. Good thing Barry's 'genius plans' made him faster!
"Mes! Y-you alright? Hang in there!"
"Lu… Lukey…?" she managed to say while taking in deep breaths. "I… I'm sorry you had… to see that…"
Lucas forcefully pushed Mes away. He felt like puking, and he saw that spit was hanging outta his mouth like a drooling herdier, yuck! He spat it out and wiped his mouth. His body also felt itchy. Suddenly, his head felt like it's going places.
Once he got a bit better, he turned to her, who's on the ground and looking at him like she's done something bad.
"Mes!"
"Y-yes, Lukey?"
"What did you do to me? What the heck was that?!" Dangit, she's doing the silent treatment crud. "Fricking answer me, Mes! What the fricking heck was that?!"
"Please relax, Lukey!" She slowly floated to her, only to be stopped by him. Heck no, she wasn't gonna get near him!
"S-stay back!" Lucas went to the barrier wall and put up his fist at her. "What're you gonna do to me? Wait, no — what DID you do to me?!"
"CALM DOWN, LUKEY!" she snapped, making him go silent real quickly.
The two had a cowboy-style stare-off for a moment until he went back to being calm. Both of them were real quiet, and they could even hear their breaths. Finally giving up his anger, he broke the ice by speaking up first.
"I'm sorry, Mes. That was… that was pretty stupid of me."
She looked away from him. "Yeah… I know, right. But, I'm sorry too." She faced back and said, "Look, I'm gonna explain everything now, alright? Just… please listen very well, and know that what I'll be saying'll be the whole truth."
"Oh… okay, then."
She first explained her 'memory reawakening' plan. She said it's about time that he got to know the deal between them since he's already mature enough for her.
Next was how that 'mind video' was his 'sleeping memories'. She explained that she didn't fully delete his memories since the first time they met. What she did was just let certain memories go into a 'deep sleep', and all she did was 'reawaken' those memories. She added that she wasn't confident in her ability to recover those sleeping memories 'cause she wasn't like her sister, Uxie, and that it's around five or six years ago when she first 'wiped' his memories.
Connecting it to their first meeting six years ago, she started telling the story of how the two first met.
"Lukey, on my way back to my abode, I was chased by strange people in weird clothing, and their damned pokémon pummelled me like hell! I should've teleported when I had a chance to. That's why I was injured so badly when I tried to make my getaway. Hell, I couldn't even focus to teleport away! I managed to lose them, and that's—"
"When I first saw you, right?" he added.
She nodded. "In that forest over there." She pointed across the flower field to the trees behind it.
"I remember now…" His eyes got bigger. "C-can I take the wheel, Mes?"
She put a hand on her chest before nodding. "It's okay. Go on right ahead."
"I got lost trying to find Barry in a game of hide-and-seek. Heck, I even lost that time to him. It's fricking embarrassing getting lost because of that genius airhead. Before, I couldn't really remember what the heck happened after that, but now I do…" She looked away and held a tail. "You were that jacked-up pokémon I saw resting by a tree. Then, I saw them coming from the north… I think." She nodded slowly. "You're covered in dirt, cuts, bruises, and all that. Those guys chasing you were crazy!"
"Tell me about it. I hated it. I FUCKING HATED IT!" He didn't even bother to stop her from saying a bad word, knowing that she might snap back. "Ah, s-sorry, Lukey." She massaged her head. "I said a bad word in front of you."
"No, it's okay. No worries." He sighed before returning to the story of the first meeting. "You're breathing, pretty heavily, and when we looked at each other for the first time, your eyes really widened! Like, you were like a bug! I was shocked real hard."
She blushed. "S-stop it, Lukey…"
"Honestly, your eyes were kinda cute."
Mesprit blushed even harder and hugged her tail tips. "C-continue your story, Lukey…"
"Now, where was I…" Lucas snapped his fingers. "Then, you suddenly tried to float away, but failed and slumped over. I could hear those guys more and more clearly, so I carried you on my shoulders and took off in the opposite direction… Right?" She nodded, still blushing. "I kinda knew the place on the back of my head, but it's stupid of me to get lost, too. It's like my sense of where-the-heck-am-I suddenly came back. You were trying to get out of my arms, though. I could still feel the squirming and your weak cries…"
"I didn't know at that time. Plus, I was disorientated, okay? And you didn't have to pity me at that time; I was AND am still a legendary pokémon, after all," she replied in an annoyed voice.
He scratched his head at her kinda bratty answer. "Why does it sound like you're blaming me?"
"Ah! No, no! I wasn't! I was just, er, confused at that time. I'm really thankful, really! Especially when you cleaned and treated me after we lost those guys…" She trailed off at the last part.
"Oh yeah, those wacky dudes just suddenly left after a few moments. Not like today, I knew how to climb trees at that time, and we hid there, right?"
"You tried to shut me up, too." She rolled her eyes.
"You're moving around like a baby and squeaking 'kyau-kyau-kyaun'. We were trying to hide. Yeah, I had to shut you up!"
Her eyes got big, and her lips were shaking. Maybe his version of her cry was kinda offensive. "Alright, you win. J-just quit that stupid mimicry."
"Jeez, you sound ungrateful to me."
"H-hey! Six years've passed since I said my thanks!"
He snickered. "Time doesn't judge, Dad said. Why don't you at least say a 'thank you' now? I did save your butt."
She grumbled at him, and she quietly said 'thank you' with her telepathy while looking away. Oh boy, girls'd act kinda weirdly sometimes.
"So then," he continued, "we climbed down the tree and made our way to the lake. Once we got near the lake, I cleaned you up and applied some ointment I happened to bring along. Mom was right to tell me to bring some just, in case. I remember how I used some tall grass as bandages, like what you did." He smiled at the last part.
"Um, Lukey?"
"Yes, Mes?"
"Over there," she pointed to the flowerbed where he met her for today, "that's where we got to hang out during the first time we met after the treatment. Remember we just talked about stuff 'n' stuff since I wasn't that okay?" He nodded. "We continued hanging out, and we even played some tag and shared secrets after a few meetings! But—"
"You wiped out my memories for every time we met, ever since the first time, right?" She frowned when he said that. "It's clearer now. You said that you had to rest for a week or so to recover, and you kept on saying 'sorry' every time before wiping my memories out."
She slowly nodded and looked away from him. Hm, maybe he should try to cheer her up, like how Barry'd do it.
"Hey!" he snapped.
She shot her head up. "Kyau!"
He grinned, getting an annoyed pout from her. "Gotcha."
"What was that for, Lukey?"
"What's done's done, so forget about it! Look, I'm gonna make it formal."
"What d'you mean, Lukey?"
He cleared his throat like a gentleman, making her giggle.
"I forgive you. I don't care if it's six years or till the End of Times. I'd still forgive what you did, and it's alright."
He pulled her for another hug and continued, "You were, if I'm right, ordered by your boss. Dad said that drastic stuff'd call for drastic actions, so I understand, kinda. But hey, you're still my friend, Mes."
That warm feeling's flowing in body, but he wasn't annoyed by it anymore. Her tails wrapped around Lucas, too.
Okay, I'll be honest: the stuff she said was pretty weird and unbelievable, but she's a legendary pokémon! Well, whatever the heck's going on, she's still my friend! He smiled behind her head.
"Ki… Kya… Kyuki…" she cried while sniff;ing. "Kyuki… Kyuki…!"
Ugh, now my shirt's gonna get soggy. Lucas quietly complained.
"I heard that, Lukey!" she said as she glared at Lucas straight in the eye, but it sounded like she's also joking.
"Ah! Sorry about that, Ms. Lake Guardian."
They both stared at each other before laughing without a care in this world. Mes was really something, and Lucas knew that she and he were gonna be great friends!
Hang on, just time was it already?
"Oh, shoot!" He cut their laughter.
She suddenly grew worried. "W-what's wrong, Lukey?"
"I gotta go meet up with Barry! He could be waiting for me, again!"
"Oh, right." She laughed a bit, but that sounded a bit forced. "That human kid… You had me worried, Lukey. Don't do that again!"
She went to tap his forehead repeatedly with her palm, but not so much that it's painful.
"H-hey! Cut it out, Mes!"
"Nope, nuh uh! Let me enjoy my time before I dissipate this barrier. You're about to leave, anyways." she cheerfully said.
He grumbled and shyly accepted the non-stop of light taps to the forehead. It didn't last long till the barrier was opened up. He forgot that he was leaning on the wall, and he fell to the ground, only to be captured by her psychic strength.
"No 'thank you', Lukey?" she smugly asked. Dang that little pixie!
"Thank you, oh ever-powerful Guardian of Lake Verity. I am forever in your debt… or something," he said while rolling his eyes.
What the heck does 'ever-omnipotent' even mean? Those anime dudes keep on saying that, even Mom…
"Very well, humble Lukey. I shall bless you by making you stand up with my own powers."
Raising her arm, he slowly stood up. He dusted his clothes and noticed the wet markings of his shirt. Out of the blue, he began to smell it. Hm, it's kinda citrusy, too. Her face grew red when he did, and her tails were acting like they touched electric wires!
"Wha-wha-what are you doing?! Why're you sniffing my tears?!"
"Oh, sorry. It's a habit of mine to sniff things I'm curious about. I thought you already knew it after all these years," he calmly replied, and she pouted at him even more. "And," he added with a smug smile, "your tears smell kinda like you, Ms Smells Like Citrusy Berries."
"P-pervert! No one would like you if you do that!" she complained.
"I'm not a pervert! Also, I don't really like many people liking me." Suddenly, she just slapped her head and shook it. "Well, whatever. I've gotta get going." He turned around and started running. "Thanks again for everything up to today!"
"Kyuki! Kyaun!"
"Yeah?" He looked back to see her floating to him.
"Thank you, too. Thank you so much! For being my friend, for being understanding, and all of 'em! Thank you!"
He smiled at her. "Yeah, yeah. You're welcome. Look, I gotta go—"
"Slow down, slow down! There's something very important I forgot to tell you, too. Like, very important."
"What's up?"
"Don't tell anyone, even Barry or your mother, about EVERYTHING that happened today between us. Okay? Please! I'm not gonna be erasing your memories anymore, so I'm really gonna get chewed out like hell!"
"I told you already, I can keep it a secret! You can, again, count on me!"
She smiled, knowing that she could rely on him. "Thanks, Lukey. But there's one more, and it's something very serious." Her telepathic voice felt more menacing.
"T-that is?"
"I could feel that something bad's gonna happen in Twinleaf, like bad news. Don't go sharing this to anyone, and please stay safe this evening."
He gulped, but it sounded like weird gossip. "Really?"
"Lukey, I'm a legendary pokémon! I know these things and premonitions, so you gotta believe in me!" She put her hands on his shoulder. "Tell you what, I'll be watching over the town later this evening, but be careful as well, alright? And keep all of these a secret!"
Okay, he was flooding with all this info, but if there's one thing he had to do, it's how he had to shut up for his special friend.
He also felt that he needed to find his airhead friend. "Y-yes. I got it, Mes. Now, can I go?"
"Um, how about a hug first?"
"Oh, alright, Mes. Come he — argh!"
She rushed to his neck and embraced it. He returned it, like the gentleman he is.
"Be careful, alright, Lukey?"
"Yeah, yeah. I will." He quickly got off her and ran to the lake exit. He waved his hand from behind.
"Kyau—n!" She cried before a sound of something teleporting reached Lucas' ears.
Lucas was running to the exit, but seems like luck really hated him that day. He tripped and fell on the ground. Dangit, fricking tree roots!
"Argh, not again!" Well, at least he didn't get any scratches.
"Hey, careful!" a voice came from the exit.
Later, he stood up with some assistance. He looked to see the man who helped him up. The man looked a little taller than his mother, and he wore that black suit-and-tie for business dudes he saw on television. But, what really got his attention was the man's pointed hairstyle.
"Are you alright? You should watch where you're going next time, boy," the man said.
"Y-yes, sir. I will, next time."
Lucas dusted his clothes, but he's getting scared knowing that a stranger was in front of him. He's in a black, too!
Meanwhile, the businessman asked a question. "Boy, do you know the way around this lake?"
S-should I answer this guy? He seems creepy, he thought.
Lucas just kept quiet and continued staring at the mysterious businessman as he continued dusting his shorts.
"Oh, I'm sorry, boy. I think you're afraid of me. Here," the man knelt down and pulled a card from his suit, "it's my card. Don't worry, I'm not a bad guy from the streets."
The man smiled at him. Lucas looked at the card and shyly accepted it. Looking at it, he first saw some numbers, but what shocked him was the name it had:
Cyrus A. Garak
What's more was the logo: a golden 'U' and 'I' circled by some comet-star thing, over the name of the company:
Ultimate Infinity Inc.
Holy crud, this guy wasn't just some regular Joe off the streets! He knew very well who this man was, and if no one knew him in Sinnoh, they're probably a guy from outta here or a Sinnohese-wannabe. In fact, every single Sinnohese knew him, and maybe some other guys in the United Regions.
"N-no way! You're the—"
"Shh! Keep it down, boy!" Mr. Cyrus hushed and patted Lucas' hair. "Few know that I'm here." Dangit, if Barry were here, he'd be fanboying over Mr. Cyrus. That guy would die for an autograph! "I'll tell you what, if you're quiet about me, you'll get a genuine signature from me. You'd like that, right?" Mr. Cyrus asked with a smile.
Lucas nodded like there's no tomorrow. "Mr. Cyrus!" he added. "You're, like, the greatest creator of gadgets and stuff in Sinnoh. I'm really-really-really-really honoured to meet you!"
Remembering that magazine he picked up somewhere, Mr. Cyrus was renowned for his inventing genius. He started from humble beginnings, and started a small city business that was soon recognised by the region. Some of his creations, especially the U-atch (it's said like 'watch', but a lotta people say it as 'you-watch'), reached other regions like Kanto and Hoenn. He's even given the plaque of 'National Innovative Gadget' by the regional governor last year. Hah, those Korean and US gadgets don't have anything cool like theirs!
Mr. Cyrus laughed. "Honour is all mine. Thank you, really. I'm running a tight schedule, though," he checked his watch, "so it would do me a lot if you answer my question." Lucas nodded. "Might I ask where the best spot to view the lake is? If you don't mind." He took out a pen and another small card with something written at the back.
Lucas' fanboy side was gonna blow up if he didn't keep it down. "Um-um. Just take a left when you see a path going left from here. Then, keep straight till you hit a dead-end. There're two dead-ends, so take a right turn for each. You'll be at the top of a mini-cliff." Lucas shivered, remembering those two staraptors.
"Alright. Thank you, boy. Here." Mr. Cyrus handed him two cards with his autograph. Two! Fricking! Autographs! "For your help and troubles."
Lucas shivered in excitement. "Oh, thank you, Sir! I'll — ah, Sir!"
"Yes, boy?"
"D-did you get all of my directions? Do you wanna recap or—"
"I'll be fine," Cyrus assured and laughed. "I couldn't have started my company if it wasn't for my brain."
"Okay then, Sir."
"I must get going now, boy. Till we meet again." Mr. Cyrus stood up and began walking towards the lake. "Ah, yes. Boy," Mr. Cyrus called out while he was still near Lucas.
"Yes, Sir?!" Lucas energetically answered.
"Do you want to be a pokémon trainer once you're near your 20's?"
"Y-yes, I do." Well, he didn't really think through his future plans, but that's one of them.
"Hm, how about your first name?"
"Lucas, Sir."
Suddenly, Mr. Cyrus took out a small notebook and wrote something. Oh boy, oh boy! Was he writing his name? "Do you have another friend who does? Just one more, though."
"Barry, Sir."
"I see." Mr. Cyrus closed it and put it back. "If you must know, there's a secret to the corner of both those cards. You may give one to this 'Barry' friend of yours. Now, I really must get going. Goodbye."
And with that, Mr. Cyrus walked away. Hm, Lucas swore he heard him murmuring something. 'Two are okay'? What did he mean by 'two'?
Carefully stuffing the cards in his pocket, he continued on his way out. When he'd gotten out, he'd meet with that airhead friend of his, maybe with a 'thud' if he bumped into him. Well, if Barry's gonna see the card, he'll definitely shut the heck up!
Guest No 1: Indeed, they apparently do. They might get more pressure out of it, so it would appear that they have it worse. Picture this, you have to maintain the Earth while doing probably a 2–5 page report even for ordinary day every single day. That is, if they do ^_^
Guest No 2: Yes, yes it is.
Anon Omega: Sounds like it, indeed. Vent out your anger by anticipating whoever/whatever she is. :P
Greninjaten99: Indeed. It was all an act (or was it?! XD). Find out soon, and thanks for sticking around! Hope you have a great day, too!
