A/N: Sup, folks, I'm back, giving you all an unpredictable update to one of my stories. Yes, an update to Love Comes in Different Shapes!
Now, folks supposedly, this is suppose to be my last chapter…and it should be…but how I write and how ideas seem to just pop up in my head…I really don't know. Anywho, I do hope you all enjoy my latest installment! Until the end, later. Oh, shoot! I almost forgot. Since I haven't wrote on this story in along time, I'm guessing I own you guys an explanation on what been happening recently, you know, so you don't have to worry about rereading the previous chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything pertaining to the series Pokemon…Wait, yes I do...This story...DUH! But I don't own Pokemon, seriously!
A/N: If you read this already...You're a fool, HAHAHA! As I've fixed it up some! LOL!
Chapter 3: Healing the Wounded
Mikoto was leading the Houndoom pack into Gungho's Farm, so their ruthless leader could finally seize control of it. However, when they made it there, Mikoto felt that she had to do this task alone, so she pleaded with the lead Houndoom could she go in solo.
The lead Houndoom reluctantly agreed to Mikoto's decision, but he only did so to see what were her true intentions.
The Houndoom sat in front the woods waiting impetuously for Mikoto return. After sitting, waiting for what seemed like an eternity they finally noticed Mikoto returning from the farm, but what they saw wasn't her leading Gungho back, they saw her returning without the human she promised to bring back so brashly.
Anyways, when she was confronted about her transgressions, by the lead Houndoom, Mikoto told him that she couldn't go through with hurting Gungho, because she knew in her heart that her sister wouldn't went have done it.
When hearing this from Mikoto, angered the lead Houndoom to no end, and so he immediately ordered his pack to eliminate her on spot, with their Flamethrower attacks, of course.
Mikoto tried escaping the flames, but she was just too afraid to move an inch and so she was scorched by the flames…or so it seemed.
As the intense flames consumed Mikoto's body, she soon realized that she wasn't getting hurt, somehow she was impervious to the flames, or in other words, her Flash Fire ability was protecting her even though she was still in her human form.
Seeing this impossible feat being done by Mikoto, the lead Houndoom quickly came up with a different attack method and ordered an direct assault on her.
Young Mikoto tried desperately to revert back to her Pokemon form, so she could escaped more quicker. But strangely enough, she found herself still a human, incapable of changing back, and so she found herself getting mauled and bitten all over her body.
Mikoto screamed in agony as the dogs attacked her mercilessly. Mikoto cries could even be heard behind the walls of the barnyard, which Gungho happen to be at the time.
Hearing somebody cries for help, Gungho quickly grabbed his lucky sword and shield and went rushing toward the forest.
When he got there he saw the violence display that was occurring at hand, and decided to resolve matter. So Gungho gripped his weapons and immediately jumped into action, joining the fray.
During the fight, Gungho knocked many Houndoom out with his broadsword, also easily getting through their defenses, with the provided help from his shield.
Realizing this, and also that his intended mission was an utter and complete failure, The lead Houndoom reluctantly ordered a retreat.
Gungho stood there contently, as he watched the savage Houndoom flee from the scene with their tails between their leg. Ultimately, Gungho had finally achieved what he originally intended, and that was getting the Houndoom away from Mikoto.
After standing, praising himself for a job well done, Gungho suddenly remember why he even came into the forest in the first place, and that was to save the mysterious girl.
Gungho turned to see Mikoto lying on the ground, badly wounded. At first glimpse, he thought that her life had been taken by the horrible ordeal, but after a closer inspection, he noticed that she was just merely knocked out.
After realizing that Mikoto was still alive, Gungho decided that it would be for the best if he took her back home to recuperate. That way he could keep her save, also he could heal the wounds she sustained during the Houndoom foray.
And now, the story…Already in progress.
Gungho started his rush toward his house, which wasn't very far where he was at the moment. Mikoto was lying on his back, piggyback style, still unconscious and by the look of her condition she wasn't showing any signs of regaining consciousness soon.
Gungho only prayed that Mikoto would just try to hang on, until he get back to the farm. "…Err, come on, girl, just try to stay with me a little longer. We're almost at my house, it's just a little more farther, okay?" he muttered with a serious look on his faced, as he looked back staring intently at her.
After walking for a short distance, Gungho had finally made it back to his farm entrance. "Whew…Finally! Home sweet home." he then started looking around his farm. "…Uhh…In a manner of speaking, that is." he chortled stretching, almost making Mikoto fall on his shoulder in the process.
"Whoa…" Gungho yelped, reaching out, catching Mikoto in his arms. "That was close…To close for comfort." he sighed. "I need to learn to be more careful…"
As Gungho walked throughout his farm, he noticed that the farm was surprisingly messy. I guess he really didn't get finish with his chores, he did get interrupted by the call for help, after all.
Anyways, inside the farm, there were tons of cargo and other kind of…um…farm equipment lying around outside. The first thing Gungho did was returned his sword and shield to the shed and then, finally, headed toward his home.
As Gungho walked outta his shed he was able to immediately spot his house off in the distance. "Hehehe. No worries see, there's my house. Just wait, I'll have you out and about in no time, eh." he chuckled, turning around toward her.
But Gungho smile quickly faded away, when noticed that Mikoto's condition had worsen, she was now breathing rather heavily and her face was beginning to turn red. "Uh…W-What the? This doesn't look good. I need to hustle inside and see to those injures."
Gungho ran toward his house, Mikoto was still perched up on his back. As he walked in, he immediately went rushing right upstairs. "C'mon girl, I know exactly where to take you." he muttered.
The inside the of the house was huge. Pictures of family members were seen hanging on the walls and some were sat on dressers. However, Gungho bypassed all of that, he only had one thing on his mind.
When Gungho made it to the top of the stair, there was a short corridor with three bedrooms, one in the middle and the other two on the opposite side of each other. Gungho decided to take the room in the middle.
"Here we are, my room!" Gungho sighed, walking into his bedroom. "I know it's not much, but I can promise you this: I have all the necessary equipment stored in here. So, don't worry, those injures of yours will be healed in no time." he assured her, as he carried her over to his bed.
Gungho's bedroom was relatively empty, the only pieces of furniture that were inside the room were a queen-size bed and some dresser draws. Oh, he also had lots of medical equipment lying around inside there, too.
Gungho gently laid Mikoto down on his bed. "Ah, there we go. All comfortable, right?" Gungho said, standing over Mikoto grinning. Gungho looked down at Mikoto's body and sighed, there were more cuts on her body than he first expected. "...Alright, first thing's first, I need to tend to those injures, before they become infected!"
As Gungho stared closely at Mikoto's body, he noticed that she had abrasion all over her arms and even all down her legs, some of injures weren't even visible, in which I mean, some were under her kimono. Speaking of her kimono, it was all tattered and dirty. The Houndoom even gotten around her face, she had a few scratches around her cheeks.
"Uhh…All man, those stupid Houndoom. They really took their toll on her, huh…err?" Gungho groaned, before pulling out some ointment from a bag right below his feet. "Hmm…First, I'm gonna tend to her arms and afterward, I'll work my way to down to the legs…"
Gungho knew that Mikoto had more abrasions in other areas of her body, he just decided to that wouldn't be a problem, until it was time to deal with that.
As Gungho applied the medicine to her right arm, Mikoto immediately started reacting. She started stirring around, while groaning in distress. "Uh, that's strange. Even though she's unconscious she's still reacting to the sensation from the ointment? I've never seen anything like that before." he murmured, bandaging up her arm.
"I'll ponder about that later, I have to finish applying the rest of the medicine to her body…" Gungho muttered as he started on the other the arm. As he applied the cream, he noticed that he was getting same result. Mikoto started was still groaning and moaning in a low-pitch tone, while moving around a lot. "I'm sorry girl, but if I don't treat those injures, you're sure to catch an infection. I'm not gonna let that happened." he chuckled, trying to keep her down at bay
After finishing up and wrapping both of Mikoto's left arm in bandage, and quickly doing the same to both of her legs, Gungho decided to start on the rest of her body. "Alright…Gulp…Here I go...It's time for me to check of the rest of her…In which, I mean...Her body." Gungho muttered, slowly lifted her upper body off the bed.
As Gungho held Mikoto up in his arms, he noticed how light and delicate her body felt in his arms. "Oh…Wow…I can't believe how…Hmm…her body…I-It's so…light…Well, I know that should be expected…But, still…" he then started blushing slightly, but quickly caught himself. "Ur…Well, I guess I should get started…"
As Gungho turned and looked closely at Mikoto's kimono, he noticed that the back part of it was so badly tattered that it revealed some of her naked back. "Man, her dress…It's completely ruined. When I'm done fixing her up, I'm gonna find some new clothes for her to wear. I'm sure my mom have something inside her room that she can fit…I sure she does."
Gungho gently laid Mikoto back, perching her up on a pillow. As he went down toward her kimono to unclothed her, he noticed that her face was all distorted, and she had started moving around, but this time she was grimacing in pain and her face was now even redder than ever.
"…Huh? I-I don't understand, how can she still in pain? The affects from the medicine should have been subside." Gungho stood up and looked at Mikoto, sighing. "Uhh…Poor girl, I just wish that there more I could do to help." he then bald up his fist. "This is those idiotic Houndooms' fault! I can't believe they did this! Err, those creeps struck a new low with this! How could they attack this innocent girl like this?"
"…I wish I there when this was occurring…I bet they wouldn't had tried attacking her." Gungho sighed, as he reached toward Mikoto's forehead. "I...I could of prevented this whole incident for ever transpiring…Only if I there."
As Gungho rubbed the top of Mikoto's forehead, he noticed that it was really hot. "Whoa, she's burning up! No wonder she was twisting and turning so much…" he then touched her neck, it was also hot. "…Um, this doesn't bode well. She must be running a fever…I need to check her temperature…"
Coincidentally, Gungho had a thermometer underneath his bed and pulled it out. "Cool, found one. Now, let's check that temp." Gungho gently opened Mikoto's mouth and placed the thermometer inside.
As Gungho waited for thermometer to finished, he just sat there staring longingly at her. As he continued staring, he finally (And I use the word 'finally' Trust me, I use it as strongly as possible! How in the hell could he not notice this before) noticed something different about her. "…Hmm…What's that? I-Is that…D-Do she have fox…Are those fox ears?" he chuckled, standing over her. Just like Gungho said, there, protruding outta her brunette hair, two small brownish red fuzzy fox-like ears.
"When I look closer at them …They sorta resemble ears of a Vulpix…Strange…Is she some kinda Vulpix enthusiast?" Gungho then started looking around her head, trying to distinguish out any kind of human ears, but he just couldn't find any. "…Uhh, what the? I-I can't find any ears…Weird."
"…W-Wait?!?!" Gungho spurted out, turning away from Mikoto. "…Is it possible that she's somehow a…Half-Human, Half-Pokemon…Hybrid?" he pondered. "I mean, is that even possible?…That must be the reason why the Houndoom were so set on slaying her…?!" he then shook his head, while chuckling. "Nah, that's ridiculous…I'm probably just thinking too much. Of course she's not a Pokemon…I mean, really now."
"Still, I wonder who she is, though. I mean, I certainly never seen her around here before…" Gungho then turned back Mikoto and stared at her. "…Hmm…Now, that a take a closer look at her, I see that she's quite the looker." he chuckled, before finding himself blushing.
"Urr…Umm…Well, yes…I guess should examining the remaining of her body, while I wait for the thermometer to finish reading her temperature." Gungho said, clearing his throat, quickly regaining control of his composure. "I got to remember to keep my priorities straight."
As Gungho approached Mikoto, he just sighed as he sat down next her. "…Poor girl, I'm sure she endured a lot. I mean, being attacked outta the blue by a bunch of craze Houndoom, that could scar anybody for life." he then muttered, while grabbing whole of her kimono. "I wouldn't be surprised if this incident hadn't traumatized her."
Gungho then started slowly unclothing her. "…I bet she was just wandering around minding her own business, when they came outta nowhere, like savages, and ambushed her. This is just another case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time…"
After Gungho unclothed Mikoto completely, he found himself blushing madly. "…!!!" he then yelped. "…WHAT IN THE HECK?!?!" After finishing undressing Mikoto, he quickly discovered that Mikoto wasn't wearing any clothes under him kimono.
Gungho faced grew bright pink as he quickly tied Mikoto's kimono back on her. A glimpse of Mikoto's Vulpix tail, also caught his eye, as he finished tying her up. "Man, what the heck was that?! S-She's….S-She was…Why wasn't she wearing any clothes under her kimono?!?!" he said, falling back into his recliner.
"…Man, talk about kooky…I mean, what exactly is going on here?" Gungho sighed, slapping his forehead. "A-And…I coulda sworn I saw…A tail." he then sighed loudly, while slightly turning back toward. "First Vulpix ears…and now…a tail. She must really adore the Vulpix."
As Gungho stared at her, the patterns on her kimono just kept capturing his attention. "Hmm…That kimono…Why does it seem so familiar to me…" he muttered.
Just then, the thermometer inside Mikoto's mouth went off. Gungho walked over to her, and pull the thermometer outta her mouth, that's when he suddenly remembered where he saw those patterns on her kimono from.
"Oh, yeah…I'm pretty sure those kind of kimonos are only worn by those rich, snooty, upper-class families." Gungho then crossed his arms. "I wonder if she's from a wealthy family. I mean, look at that kimono, I bet it's expensive. She has to be from a wealthy family…There's no other alternative."
"Funny, I didn't think anybody like that lived around here." Gungho chuckled. "Eh…it's kinda funny when I think about it. I getting all work up for nothing, a rich girl like her would never be interested in a poor farm guy…like me." Gungho said, chortling. "I wonder if it's in her family's tradition to walk around without naked under their clothes…or is it just for the women in their family?" he muttered, slouching back inside his chair. "Either way, it's any of my business…"
"Still though, there's no way that I'll be able to applied medicine to her whole body! I mean, that's just impossible." Gungho groaned, looking up to the ceiling. "No, no…I'm probably just stressing the matter too much."
"…But I can't ignore the fact that some of her abrasions goes as far as her…umm...Private parts…" Gungho uttered. "I mean, those regions of her body are her sensitive and could get infection if not treated to…"
"…Well, it really doesn't matter anyways now." Gungho groaned, shaking his head. "…It's not like I can make a thorough evaluation of her body…Not without her consent, of course… But, if she do give me consent…Wouldn't that be, like, immoral or something?"
"…Well, for the time being I'll just place this cold compress on her head, so it could cool down that temperature of her." Gungho muttered, placing the white pad on her forehead. "When she wakes up, I'll let her make the decision into what she want me to do, after all, it is her body."
"Hey?! I what I'll do, while I wait!" Gungho chuckled. "I'll make you something in the kitchen, so when you wake up you'll have something to eat…Heh." he then exited the room.
About twenty minutes went by, since Gungho left for the kitchen.
When he did return, he came nervously walking back in the room, he was holding a green coffee mug.
"…Umm, I know I said I was gonna cook, and I still am, but I thought it would be a good idea to make you some hot tea. Eheheh, I've heard that tea can be a good reassurance, when you're sick...So, yeah." Gungho chuckled nervously, while placing the mug on the table next to her.
Gungho then walked over to Mikoto, she seemed to sleeping peacefully and her face wasn't red anymore.
Gungho gently placed his hand on her forehead, she didn't feel hot anymore, which was really relieving. "…Hmm, well that's good. It looks like that temperature of yours own went down…I'm still gonna leave the tea, anyways." he chuckled, while winking. "You'll probably be thirsty, when waking up…I don't know?"
Gungho then walked toward the exit of the room. "Beside…Between me and you, it looks like it's gonna take me a little more time to finish cooking." he then chuckled. "I don't if you haven't noticed this yet, but it's been a while since I had to make a meal for two." he sighed. "Alright, I think it be for the best, if I left you alone now."
As Mikoto lie there on the bed sleeping, she kept repeating these words: Big sister...Big sister...
A/N: And there, folks, is chapter 3...I hope you really enjoyed it. Needless to say, that it's gonna be longer to 3 chapters so stay tune. Oh, and one more thing, I dedicated this chapter to guy who reviewed this last, sorry dude I forget your name…Anyways, I don't know if he/she know this, or the dude's reading this, but you really motivated me in writing this, so thanks dude! Yeah, that's pretty much it…Later guys, and happy holidays!