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Chapter 8 - Complications

+Mew+

We popped back into existence somewhere above the jungle on Kin Island. I was so busy focusing on my language skills that I didn't know we were sinking until Poz screamed 'Meeeew!'

I blinked, looked down, and realized I still had hold of May. Poz was still on top of her head, and we were falling.

I attempted to correct this last, and managed to split my head open again. I'd never had to lift so much weight with my mind.

Holy Arceus, you're heavy!I screamed at May, who probably didn't hear me, as she was screaming too loudly.

'Mew! Do something!' screamed Poz.

I gathered what remained of my power after blowing it out trying to reverse our trajectory, focused on the spot of ground just below us, and teleported.

Somwhere along the way we apparently gained some forward momentum I hadn't considered. As we rematerialized, May stumbled and tripped, Poz flying off of her head. I, mentally exhausted, drifted forward and landed gently in front of her.

There was silence for a moment.

"What in Mew's name is going on?" sputtered May, picking herself up. I rolled over and grinned weakly at her. "...Wha?"

Hi, I telepathed weakly.

"...No. No way," said May, backing away.

Yes, way. I shook my head and floated back into the air. Sorry about all that. I wasn't really paying attention to where I was going.

"Where you were going!?" May retorted, pulling a yellow PokéNav out of her bag. "We're... we're on Kin Island. That's gotta be..." She mouthed something. "I don't know how far that is from Pewter City."

Don't worry! I shot down her complaint. I can get you back in a flash.

"Well!?"

There was silence for a moment as I failed to comprehend exactly what it was she wanted.

You mean... now?

"Of course now!" she shrieked, stamping her foot childishly.

Why on Earth would you want to go back now? I rolled my eyes. The fun's just getting started.

"Fun!?"

Listen, I snapped, finally irritated with her attitude. I can't bring you back right now no matter how much you ask. You just vanished from a Pokémon Center in one of the country's most-visited cities. Not only that, but you did it in the company of a Mew--a Pokémon that to most people has been extinct for millenia.

There was silence again.

"Oh," said May. "I get it."

'...I don't,' said Poz seriously. I twitched, having nearly forgotten the Plusle's precence. I just shook my head.

"So... Uh... Mew..."

I cocked my head.

"...Why were you in Pewter City anyway, masquerading as a Pachirisu?"

I was on vacation, I said simply.

May digested this. She didn't ask questions--and from her mind there was a sense of blank agreement: "It's a Mew. It's a Pokémon that's supposed to be extinct. I don't care how wacky what it says is."

I am a she, thank you very much, I admonished her sourly.

"So... You can't just dump me on Two Island Town and be done with it?" she asked, sounding somewhat hopeful.

Don't count on it. People'll be looking for you. Gotta wait for the initial panic and shock to blow over.

"So... I'm just supposed to stay out here in the jungle for a few weeks? No food, and no company?"

'Hey,' said Poz forlornly, sounding hurt. I doubled the image and sent it into May's mind, along with a Hey! of my own.

"...No food, no real supplies?" she corrected herself.

You'll deal. I'm gonna be here, by the way.

"Yyeah..." said May, drawing out the word as if she wasn't sure that was a good prospect, eyeing me with something that bordered on irritation.

It was your Pokémon I was after, alright? I said finally. They helped me after I took a nosedive into a trashcan. Five thousand years of... deity protocol... I slowed and then stopped as I realized what I'd said.

"Deity? Five thousand years?"

AsadeityIwasobligedtorewardanymortalcreaturethateverhelpedoraidedmeinanymannerandnowthatI'mnotadeityforthefirsttimeinfivethousandyearsI'mnotabouttolosethehabitinahurry,I thought at her so fast that the words probably turned into a maelstrom of intent in her mind.

"What do you mean, a deity?"

I sighed. At least we had something to talk about.

I could tell already, however, that it was going to be a long few weeks.

Once again, sorry for the delay, and I do hope putting two chapters up nearly simultaneously helps. Somewhat. I have to admit I've rather lost the flow of this story--but chapter 7 had been done for some time and I figured I'd make an eighth just to leave it even.

I'm sorry if it seems choppy--believe me, I know. It's simply a matter of getting back into the story.

Until next time...