Chapter 13: Rain
My angry talk to Kathie wasn't without effect. After an hour of her not saying anything, she apologised to Travis and me for her behaviour.
The rest of the day, Jess kept training Kathie letting her battle against every wild Pokémon we encountered. Travis and I watched all her battles. It was really nice to have someone to talk to when watching a battle. Kathie soon learned Thunderschock, which made it much easier for her to win battles.
In the afternoon it started to rain. Travis didn't like that at all. Before I was a Pokémon I didn't like rain either. I didn't like getting wet because it always felt so cold. But now it just felt great to me. It didn't feel cold at all, it felt really comfortable in fact. My fur getting wet actually made me happy. It was one of those moments that I was glad being a Water-type.
The rain soon grew stronger and Jess was looking for a place to take shelter.
We found an old hut near a forest to take a rest.
"I think we're going to spend the night here. I don't want to sleep outside when it rains like that, and I don't know if we can find another place like this if we go on."
Travis shook all the water out of his fur. He felt a little better now.
Does water really drain your energy that much? I asked him.
Well, there's a fire deep inside me that gives me all my strength. If I get in contact with water, my inner fire gets weaker, and I'm not feeling well.
Well, I guess there's still a huge difference between all the Pokémon types, especially Fire and Water. But that's what makes every Pokémon unique I guess. Humans are all different as well. Some of them like to be outside even if it rains and others don't like getting wet at all. Did you know that I was a little hydrophobic when I was a human?
Really? he giggled A hydrophobic Water-type.
Yeah, it's a little ironic, I know...but since I'm a Pokémon I'm not hydrophobic anymore. I actually enjoyed the rain when we were outside.
Yeah that's just natural for your species. Even though you're actually not a Pokémon.
I thought we already talked about that. I am a Pokémon now, and I don't even want to be a human again. This new life is so much more exciting. I don't know what happened to me but I'm glad it happened.
Ok, I get it. What do you think about that guy we met in Violet City. He seems to know something about you.
I'm pretty sure, he knows everything about me.
Everything? How can you tell?
When he left, he whispered something only I could hear, and he knows my name, my human name. So he knew me before I was a Pokémon and he also knew that I am a Pokémon now, and that means that he must have seen what happened to me. And it looks like Team Rocket has something to do with it.
And what are you going to do about it?
Nothing...for now at least...We don't even know where these guys hide, all we can do now is train harder to become stronger, so we have better chances of fighting them off, if they attack us. And even if we knew where they are. We can't just leave Jess alone, and that guy told me to take care of her.
So you want to continue your training like you did last night?
I guess so; I don't know why, but ever since I evolved I have that desire of training with my scalchops until I master my own style.
If you have that desire then you should go for it.
Guess you're right but I'll wait until Jess goes to bed. You can join me again if you like, but you don't have to if you don't want to. It's still raining and all...unless you want to build up a resistence against rainy weather.
I think I'll pass this time, the rain already drained enough of my energy today.
When Jess finally fell asleep, I sneaked out of the hut. It was still raining and a strong wind was blowing over the plains.
Like yesterday I grabbed both of my scalchops and charged both blades. I performed some moves fighting some invisible opponents again. It felt easier than yesterday to keep up my blades. I went on and sped up my movements more and more. My fur was soon soaked from the rain, but it didn't stop me, it made me feel even better. I felt every raindrop falling on me, the wind that whirled around my wet fur, the muddy earth and wet grass below my feet. I heard the trees of the forest behind the hut shake in the wind. I felt so alife right now. I sped up my movements even more and added more complexity to my moves, I didn't have any trouble keeping up my blades now. I saw a rock before me. I imagined it was an opponent and charged towards the rock to hit it with my blades. The rock was cut right where I hit it, and it split in 2 parts.
'Wow, did I just cut through the whole rock? Those blades are even stronger than I thought. But I think it's time to return to the hut now.'
I ran back to the hut. When I was inside, I just lay down on the floor. I didn't want to cuddle to anyone when my fur was still wet, but I also didn't want to dry myself, because it just felt so good when it was all wet.
Authors note: sorry for keeping you waiting so long here. I lacked motivation to post stuff here for a while. If you wanna keep reading without waiting, just check out my profile, there you can find a link to my DA where you can read this story up to chapter 46.