Chapter 8: Week 8

(Here we go, the eighth week. Two months in and stuff has been happening left and right. Let's all see what happens. Now, this one is going to be the start of seeing one of my favorite story couples but they're not the same couple they once were. You'll all see what I mean.)


{Rui's Point of View}

-Monday-

[November 11th, 2005]

(Richardson High School - Homeroom)

I sat in homeroom, waiting for the morning announcements to hear what Silvia has to say today. Shay sat at her desk, doing her homework it seems. The morning announcements finally rang and spoke about several school events no one cared about. I felt my hands clench when Silvia finally had her turn to speak. Is it bad that I sometimes want to just... grab her and kiss her lips forcefully? Like... I'm Prince Charming and it'll somehow break her from a spell? Break ups are never easy... but we didn't break up like a normal couple would. My girlfriend was stolen from me because my own friend hit her with a bat...

Silvia's voice rang from the intercom, "Hello my lovely fans! Your favorite Gossip Gardevoir is here to spill some spicy info! It looks like everyone's favorite interspecies couple from our senior class is breaking up again. Word has it, the gardevoir Coral cheated on her boyfriend, the human known as Jason, as for the seventh time with a gallade that works at a local convenience store. Upon questioning the boy, he told me to mind my own business. That's all for now, and I'll surely be back again to spread more juicy details about this stunning development! Have a good day everyone!"

Hearing that came as a shock to me, I never knew there was another gardevoir-human pairing in this school. I probably never heard of it considering the large amount of times the gardevoir cheated on the human. When Silvia came back into the classroom, I kept stealing glances at her. She looked so beautiful...


(Richardson High School - Vending Machines)

I visited my favorite place in the entire school, the vending machines. I mean, why wouldn't it be my favorite place when I visit it nearly every day and meet wonderful people there? Sigh... I feel like I'm going to meet one of my old friends, or worse, Jay. I'm going to break his fucking nose one of these days. Hell, I'd rather see Shay here than that slimy little...

"Hey, why do you come here every day?" I heard Silvia ask.

I turned out, surprised to see her, "I uh..." I collected my thoughts before saying, "I need a drink with my lunch, so I usually get one here."

Silvia gently pushed me aside, "Let me get you one."

I watched her slide a card into the machine to get me a special drink, "Can I... ask you something?"

Silvia pulled out a special can of soda called Garde's Delight, "Sure." She answered, smiling at me as she handed the can over.

I blushed a bit, opening the can, "Do you... still like me?"

Silvia chuckled, "I think using the word 'still' is a bad choice... but... you are quite alluring to me."

I bit the inside of my cheek, which must have given me a funny look considering Silvia's sudden giggle, and it gave me the courage to ask, "Would you like to go to the cafe with me? Just... me and you...?"

Silvia looked away with a small smile, "I'd-"

Shay's voice rang from the hall, "Silvia, Jason is legit crying in front of Coral right now! You got to see this!"

Silvia quickly ran towards her voice, "Coming!"

Once she was gone, I felt my heart sink a bit. She was going to say I'd love to... right? Ugh... why does this have to happen to me? Maybe I should kick Jay down a flight of stairs, maybe he'll die... no... I can't think like that. I'm not that type of person, even if I feel like he deserves it... a part of me still sees him as a friend.

A new voice greeted me, "Good, she's gone."

I looked towards where the voice came from, seeing Jason sitting upon the vending machines, "Oh, hey Jason."

Jason is a senior student, in fact, he's going to graduate soon. He's seventeen years old, has black hair with the front shorter than the back and his eyes are a light blue. He's a bit taller than me and wears the school dress code for seniors, which is a buttoned-up shirt, dress pants, and a tie. He looked serious, and I couldn't help but wonder what he could want with me. I hope there aren't any rumors about me and Coral dating. I don't even know her.

Jason dropped down from the vending machines, "I need to tell you something about Shay. A secret she doesn't want anyone to know."

I raised a brow in suspicion, "A secret? Why tell me?"

Jason looked out the window towards the town, "You and her have been fighting over your girlfriend for quite some time. Then, as if by magic, your girlfriend becomes this gossip happy gardevoir and befriends her. Last I recall, they were going to murder each other. Lately, Shay has caused me a large amount of trouble by influencing my girlfriend. I'm sure you heard about it over the intercom."

I honestly felt bad for him and there wasn't any harm in just listening to him, "Alright, so what's the secret?"

Jason walked closer to keep his voice at a whisper, "She's not completely human."

I felt a shiver go up my spine for some strange reason, "She's not?"

Jason kept whispering to me, "I don't know all the details, but I saw her father transform into a zoroark."

I thought to myself, 'A zoroark? If that's true, how haven't I noticed... Wait... that pokemon has the ability to make illusions and disguise itself without anyone ever knowing. Why is he posing as a human?'

Jason stepped back, "I also know about your friend attacking your girlfriend. I was walking by when it happened, I'm sorry I didn't do anything at the time."

I wanted to act angry, but I didn't have the energy for it after hearing the secret, "Don't worry about it..."

Jason pat my back once before leaving the room. I didn't feel like having a soda after all of this, so I just went back to class and ended up going home alone.


-Tuesday-

(Richardson High School - After Classes)

My day went by quickly and I didn't bother Silvia or Shay at all. I just stayed quiet, wrote down notes, ate my lunch alone, and generally stayed antisocial. I don't know what to do with the information I got from Jason yesterday. I could confront Shay over it, but I don't have any proof and if I confront her without it, she'll either think I'm crazy or know I know and try to get rid of me somehow. I don't have many options at this point, especially since I don't have any friends to get more information from. After wandering around the school aimlessly, I found myself in front of Mr. Striker's room. I hesitantly opened the door to see him grading papers.

He instantly looked at me, genuinely surprised I was there, "Rui? What are you doing here? You should be home."

I stepped inside the room, inspecting it to ensure no one was in it before saying, "I have a serious question."

Mr. Striker groaned in annoyance, "I don't go into the women's restroom!"

I sighed, "That's not what I'm going to ask."

Mr. Striker put his pen down, "Then what is it? I do have to grade these."

I asked him, "Are you really human?"

Mr. Striker looked surprised for a moment before picking up his pen and grading again to ignore me, "Yes." he answered.

I sat at a desk, "I think you're a zoroark posing as a human."

Mr. Striker narrowed his eyes, "I don't care what you think."

I decided to throw in a lie to see if he reacts to it, "Striker is an extremely common name for zoroarks, Mr. Striker."

He flinched at that, pausing momentarily before shaking his head, "Just shut up Rui."

I couldn't help but smile, "Sir, you can tell me the truth, no one would believe me."

Mr. Striker growled, "I am telling you the truth."

I then asked, "Why would a zoroark pose as a human?"

Mr. Striker's gaze looked lost for a moment, unintentionally answering, "Sometimes they love someone who hates them... sometimes they are tired of the stares humans give them... sometimes they regret not being human."

I had him, "So you are a zoroark."

Mr. Striker closed his eyes and sighed, "No. Not entirely. I'm half zoroark, a quarter human... and a quarter darkrai."

Then entire room went dark as if the sun was blocked and the door slammed itself shut. The clock started ringing like one of those old pendulum clocks as wind blew in from under the door. Mr. Striker blew away into dust as the darkness swirled around me. The ringing from the clock magnified as its ticks began to ring in my ears as well. It was as if I was stuck in a nightmare.

Mr. Striker's voice suddenly cancelled out everything, "As you've said before, no one would ever believe you Rui."

I swallowed the lump in my throat that formed at the start of all this, "Why'd you do it Mr. Striker!?"

Suddenly a woman that looked exactly like Shay, except older with dark silver hair, appeared in front of his desk, "I fell in love with her mother, but she hated me for not being human. I... resented her for it... for a time. Then I began to notice how... hated a hybrid really is. This world is a piece of shit Rui. You know this as well as I and I just... wanted to be accepted... to be loved. So, I became Mr. Striker, the human you know now, but I'm not perfect and she found out who I really was one day... the day our daughter was born. She divorced me without a second thought because I was not human. Her daughter... she could not abandon to me, so she forced me away for many years, molding our daughter into a human supremacist. My daughter knows what she is... but she believes herself to be human. As her mother does, she hates interspecies relationships."

It finally clicked in my head, it all made sense now. How Derek went to the hospital, how doctors couldn't help him, how no one could prove it was done by a pokemon, why Jay agreed to attack Silvia, and how Derek woke up the day after it. It all makes sense but... if she and Silvia were friends when they were younger... how did Silvia begin to lose her memory?

I clenched my hand, 'She caused Derek to fall into that coma! If she did that to him, why didn't she do it to me? Was it because of Silvia?'

The entire room went back to normal as I found myself waking up at the desk I sat at. Mr. Striker is still grading his papers, but I noticed his eyes are glowing a dark pink. I wanted to ask more questions, but I knew it was time to leave. Mr. Striker has no more patience for me or my questions and I'd rather not make him angry.


-Wednesday-

(Rui's Home)

Today is a holiday, so there's no school. I found myself at home, doing nothing since my fridge is empty, nothing good was on the television and I don't have internet. As I stared at the city from my room's window, I couldn't help but feel so lonely. In all honesty, I wanted to be with Silvia all day today. Hell, I miss doing it with her, even if it did hurt. Then my doorbell rang, and I found myself excited to find out who it was.

Upon opening it, Silvia's mother stood there with a container of food, "Hello!"

I stepped back in surprise, wiping my eyes, "Is this really happening?"

She chuckled, "Yes, this is really happening. We need to talk."

I allow her into my house, "Come on in."

Silvia's mom walked in and inspected my living conditions. She found them both horrible and unfit for a man such as myself. I laughed at her for trying to butter me up with her kind words. I eagerly opened the container and found her meatloaf. I couldn't stop myself from eating it with my hands initially because I haven't eaten anything besides poorly made sandwiches for the past few days. My lord, I would convert to believing in arceus if it meant eating this every day.

Once I finished, Silvia mother looked serious, "Rui, I need you to date my daughter again."

I was surprised by this, "Why haven't you tried to get her to date me before?"

She shook her head, closing her eyes as she did it, "We as parents cannot force our child to love someone they don't love anymore. My daughter is, probably at this moment, partying with that bitch and having sex left and right with pokemon for 'juicy gossip' and I'm sick of it. Rui, I loved you like my own son because you were the perfect boy for her. you need to save her from this. You were able to do it once, you can do it again and I know she likes you."

I looked down at my knees, grabbing them tightly, "I don't know if I can, and I don't know if she really does like me."

Silvia's mother pulled out a framed picture of me sleeping, "She took this picture while you slept and kept it, even after the assault. She still likes you Rui, even if she can't remember why. You need to convince her to date you, no matter what it takes."

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, "I'll do it, but if she doesn't like me... there's nothing I can do."

She smiled at me, "You can do it Rui, I believe in you."

Silvia's mother got up and made to leave but paused before turning to me. She walked over and pulled me into a gentle hug. It was warm, and I couldn't help but feel so happy and safe in it before returning it.

She pats my head, "Good luck my future son in law."

I nodded, blushing, "Goodbye... mother."

Silvia's mother left my home, leaving me there alone but with newfound confidence. I can get Silvia back, I know it.


-Thursday-

(Rui's Home)

I didn't get to see Silvia today at school, so I decided to go to the store before heading home. My child support money came in, and after saving up quite a bit from the others, I decided to buy some dinner foods I can cook in my home's oven. For tonight, I decided to make some oven baked macaroni and cheese I bought from the store. While cooking and watching television, I heard a knock coming from my door. I went to open it, expecting it to be Shay here to finally kill me but instead it was Derek.

I was too shocked to really say anything as Derek said, "Hey man."

I groaned, "What are you doing here?"

Derek rolled his eyes, "Can you not make a big deal out of this?"

I leaned against my door frame, "It wasn't my choice for you guys to not talk to me after you woke up from the coma."

Derek shook his head, "Can you just let me inside your home?"

I stepped aside, "Fine, get in here."

Derek walked inside and started smelling the air, "Are you cooking something?"

I walked past him, checking on my food, "Yeah, my dinner. Thanks for coming, it almost made me burn my dinner."

Derek sat at my dinner table, "Well, I'll cut to the chase, I was attacked that night."

I pulled out the tray containing my dinner, "Oh really? Which night was that?"

Derek slapped my table, "Dude, stop fucking around! This is serious!"

I snickered a bit, "Then stop smacking my table. So, what happened that night?"

Derek sat back, rubbing his temples, "I was walking home when something from the shadows grabbed me. I couldn't see the attackers face, but the body looked very slim, feminine. The culprit hid its face using cloth wrapped around it. It threw me onto the ground and we fought, well... I was tossed around... until it grabbed me by my mouth and suddenly I fell asleep."

I thought back to what Mr. Striker told me, 'Shay has a lot of human in her... but she has the power of pokemon as well. She could have put Derek to sleep after toying with him. The question is, why did she do all of this? What's her deal?'

Derek snapped his fingers to interrupt my thoughts, "You looked lost, what's up?"

I shook my head, "Sorry, I was just thinking to myself about Shay."

Derek looked surprised, "You're thinking about her? Do you like her now or something?"

I viciously shook my head no, "Ew! No. That bitch needs to drown."

Derek laughed a bit, "Well then, that's a nice thought."

I looked at my television to see nothing interesting is on the news as usual, "Do you miss home?"

Derek's head jerked a bit, astonished by my question, "Yeah, all the time actually, after all, we were born there. It's hard not to think about it."

He was right, even if I never directly caught myself up in it, I do think about home a lot, "It really was hard to adjust to living here after living in that frigid village for so many years and the people here are so different. Then again, I can't help but feel happy we got this opportunity our old friends would have killed for."

Derek's face mimicked my own as he got lost in the thoughts of home, "Back then we used to just... go wherever we wanted and cause all the trouble we could in order to get attention and to see if we could get away with it. Like that time, we almost caused an avalanche but couldn't because Jay couldn't fart loud enough."

I couldn't hold back my laughter, "Oh god, I'm glad he couldn't! We would have hurt or killed someone if he succeeded!"

Derek laughed and nodded his head in agreement, "You're right, like usual and now we're here, stuck in a school with a shitty asshole teacher trying to divide and conquer."

I thought about Mr. Striker and found myself saying, "Let's leave him alone and out of this. I just want everything involving him to go away and become a forgotten memory. Right now, my only target is Shay because she has a reason for everything she's done."

Derek looked confused, "What has she done?"

Telling Derek wouldn't help, so I told him, "It doesn't matter to you, it's between me and her. I think it's time for you to leave."

Derek snickered a bit, kicking back in his chair to get up, "Kicking my ass out into the cold, must be important. I'll see you at school then?"

I smiled a bit, "More or less."

Derek fist bumped me before leaving, "Peace man... oh and for the record, we've never stopped being friends."

I closed the door behind him, smiling a bit, "Whatever you say man."

After Derek left, I went to my sink and cleaned my dishes before going to bed. Tomorrow I need to talk to Silvia and get her to go out with me.


-Friday-

(Richardson High School - School Grounds)

I never hated gym class... because back home it was a rare occurrence thanks to the weather we had. Even the room we had it in would get deathly chilly and we end up huddling together for warmth. Sports just didn't exist for us when we were younger. I still remember coming here and feeling the sunshine for months on end where I could run outside and feel free. I was terrible at every sport, but I always tried my best. My teachers respected that and always gave me chances to play with the others, even when no one else wanted to. Silvia is sitting on a bench, drinking water and covered in sweat from all the exercise. With no one else around, I approached her.

"Hi Silvia" I said on approach.

Silvia looked at me, "Hey."

I decided to be direct, so I asked her, "Can we go on a date after school today?"

Silvia avoided eye contact, "Well..."

I didn't want her to say no, "We can go to that cafe, and I'll pay."

Silvia blushed, pressing her fingers together, "The thing is... I kind of got a date already planned today. Some guy is going to give me some juicy gossip. Sigh... well... I'm going to suck him off for it, so it's not really a date... You look like a really cute sweet guy, despite what Shay says about you, and I'm not really a good girl. I'm a really bad girl." Silvia released a perverted giggle.

I noticed a look in her eyes I never saw in the old her, "You enjoy it..."

Silvia looked down to hide her face, "So what? It's all just good fun and gossip. Enjoying it isn't a sin, plus my fans crave my gossip in the morning."

I placed my hand on her shoulder, getting her to look at me, "You don't have to degrade yourself just for some stupid gossip."

Silvia glared at me, "I'm not degrading myself, you stupid human boy. Maybe it's frowned upon in human culture, but pokemon culture is different! Sex is just that, sweaty fun to us. Only humans came up with the notion that it's wrong to have sex with multiple partners."

I frowned at her, "You can get sick from it."

Silvia grabbed my shirt's collar, "What would you know? Wait... ooooooh, I get it. That's why you want to go on a date with me. You want to have me all to yourself. As if, I give myself to my gossip providers and fans only!"

Silvia shoved me away, so I protested, "Don't shove me!"

Silvia scoffed, "Or what!? You're going to tell on me?"

This Silvia is as bitchy as Shay, "Damn right and we're going on that fucking date today!"

Silvia scoffed again, suppressing a laugh, "No, we are not!"

I was a little pissed off, "Damn fucking right you are or I swear to god I'm going to fuck you with a lead pipe!"

Silvia bursts into laughter, "i thought you were a boy!"

I blushed, realizing I cornered myself with my last threat, "I am a boy!"

Silvia wiped a tear, "Then why a lead pipe?" She covered her mouth to giggle more, "Is your penis that small?"

I wanted to say a retort, but I found my anger strangely disappear as I saw her laugh... it's my memory of her laughing before all of this. It's not her fault she forgot, and I need to remember that. Why did this have to happen just when we were happy? I know my girlfriend is still in there and if I can get her to go out with me...

She stopped laughing, instead she just looked interested in me, "Wow... that is a lot of love you're feeling..."

I went my face get hot, "Well... I am talking to you..."

Silvia smiled a bit, "You mean yelling."

I looked into her eyes, "It's not easy for anyone to find out that the one they love is having sex with a lot of people."

Silvia's eyes dropped, a small breath escaping her lips before she closed her eyes, "Fine, but so we're clear, we're not together until I say so."

I felt so happy, I almost jumped out of my shoes, "Okay!"


(Cafe)

[4:00 p.m.]

Silvia and I sat at a table and I felt strangely nervous, as if it was a first date despite it don't being one. Silvia acted distant at first, but I felt her start to warm up to me as the lies Shay told her began to surface. In my mind, all I could think of is proving to her who I am is someone who loves her but as we talked, I couldn't help but feel like I... didn't. She didn't have any qualities I liked about her beforehand... until she started to get shy. Then I started to feel that same feeling of love.

Silvia suddenly asked me this, "What was I like... you know... before I got some of my old memories back?"

I looked at my drink, smiling to myself, "You were so cute... and special to me. I remember when we first met, and you didn't want to be friends because you'd forget about me."

Silvia frowned, looking at her drink, "Yeah... but how did you fix that?"

I smiled sincerely at her, "I kept trying every week and you'd write about me in your diary. The one you had before..."

Silvia's head shot up, "I had a diary before?"

I nodded, "Yeah, but it got burned..."

Silvia looked disappointed, "Oh..."

I placed my hand on hers, "It's okay, I'm just glad you're here with me. I'd be miserable if you died... maybe I wouldn't even be able to live after that..."

Silvia blushed, "Really?"

I smiled at her, "Yeah, you're important to me."

Silvia smiled, "Hey... do you want to come over my house after this?"

I couldn't stop smiling, "I'd love to."

It felt nice to go back home, and even nicer to sleep with her again. I was expecting her to try and seduce me, but I happily found myself just holding her in my arms. There are many things a person misses once their love interest is gone, and they typically never realize what they are until their lover is gone. I hope this time, we're together forever.


(That's it for this chapter, sorry for the long wait but I have work, yes a real job, and college to distract me. Sorry everyone. I hope you all still love and support this story.)