And that is how I ended up stuck with Nemo… Did I mention he was my ex? Yeah… You could say I was ticked. We walked in silence for an entire hour before Nemo spoke up.
"So… Um… How did you get your first pokemon?" Obviously he was just trying to break up the silence.
I sighed, why me? "When we got here there was this guy. I heard of him before in my Black game, named Charen. He was teaching a bunch of kids about pokemon. Of course as we were walking by he asked me to battle him…"
"How could you battle him if you didn't have a pokemon?"
"I was getting to that! Well, he was really surprised a person my age never owned a single pokemon, and he was about to ask another person. I intervened, though, and said that I knew how to battle."
"So what did he do?"
"He let me borrow one of his pokemon! In the end I wiped the floor with him! It wasn't that hard since I already knew his fighting style… And the look on his face was priceless! Afterwards, he gave me a pokemon of my own!"
"Neat," Nemo sat down on the side of the path, "Let's take a break! I'm beat!"
"You're such a wimp!" I moaned, "If I was traveling with Heather I'd already be at Aspertia!"
"Please?" He whined.
"Fine!" I huffed and sat down beside him.
A few minutes passed and already I was growing restless. Usually I walked until it was dark and I could no longer travel. This felt like such a waste of daylight doing nothing! Finally I caved in and began to talk to Nemo.
"So what's it like back home?"
"Pretty different… Your parents moved away. I think it was too much for them, staying."
"What about our friends?"
"Most of them are still there. A lot of kids at the elementary schools, though, have been disappearing…"
"Do you think they ended up here?"
"Maybe."
"We should probably get going. It's not safe here when it's dark." I turned to the fading sun.
"Right" Nemo pushed himself up and we continued walking down the road.
"Finally!" Nemo groaned as he saw the lights of the city in the distance.
"If you didn't insist on stopping to take a break we could have been here before it got dark!"
"So now what?" Nemo frowned as we reached the city's entrance.
"Well, I'm here as a favor," I pulled out a box from my backpack, "So tomorrow I have to wait at The Lookout for these new trainers."
"And what about me?" he asked.
"I'm leaving you in the hands of a friend of mine," I smirked. Finally I could get rid of this guy!
"What? Why?" He seemed shocked.
"Not to be rude, but this is too awkward," Nemo's expression seemed to deflate, "Although it's been a year, I still don't feel comfortable travelling with you…"
There was a long period of silence and a slight pang of guilt seemed to creep over me as I said, "Besides you're too inexperienced. Maybe one day we'll travel together, but not now."
Tears were now in Nemo's eyes as he asked, "So who am I going to be staying with?"
"Here follow me. I'll take you to him now."
We walked in silence through the city. It was rather strange really, as usually it's hard to shut me up. Of course when you just hurt the feelings of your companion there isn't much to say…
Crap, I felt like a jerk… It's not like I was lying when I told Nemo all of that stuff, though. I guess honesty is better than lying through my teeth. Maybe I shouldn't have said it the way I did, but I really didn't like the idea of traveling with him. He didn't treat me right when we were dating and I didn't want to repeat history. I sighed. It wasn't like I could take back the things I said.
At last we reached the lit building we were heading for. I smiled at the impressive structure. Let's hope Cheren was still awake.
I pulled Nemo up to the door, pulling on it before realizing it was locked. I guess I had to do this the hard way.
I banged on the door screaming, "Cheren! If you don't come out here this instant I'm sending Elver out to freeze your entire building into a great big school-sickle!"
The door flew open and slammed into my head. I clutched it screaming in pain.
"Damn it Cheren!" I yelled.
"That's what you get for waking up the entire PokeSchool," Cheren snickered.
After a few seconds the throbbing in my head faded and I looked to see Cheren dressed in a pair of lillipup pajamas! I held in a chuckle and he let us inside.
"So what are you doing here, Brena?" Cheren asked as led us to a kitchen.
"Well, I was in town on an errand," I sat back in a chair. Nemo followed suit, "But an old friend of mine showed up… Anyway he wanted to learn how to become a trainer and I thought you would be the best!"
"Ah," Cheren poured Nemo and I two cups of tea before pouring himself a cup of coffee, "May I speak to you in private?"
"Of course," I stood up and left the room with Cheren in tow.
"Now why do you really want to leave him here?" Cheren folded his arms.
"To be honest, I don't want to teach him," I sighed.
"That's not a very good reason."
"I know," I moaned, "But if I taught him it would be all awkward!"
"Care to explain?"
"He's my ex, and he still likes me. I couldn't stand him trying something."
"That's understandable… I'll make you a deal," Cheren nodded to a nearby stairway, "A few days from now is trainer day for my younger classes. I'd like you to help me with this."
"Sure!" I grinned. I always was good at teaching. That's why Cheren was so suspicious when I brought Nemo to him.