They stared at me, jaws wide open when they laid eyes on my ears and tail. I turned away from them. Ash was the first to speak.
"Sooo….. Your half pokemon." Ash said awkwardly. I nodded and broke down into tears thinking they were going to leave me here. They saw me break down sobbing uncontrollably.
"I...I…. You want to run away now don't you?" I said anticipating the answer. They were they closed their mouths Ash and Brock slowly turned their heads to Misty. Crossing their arms. Misty looked back, nervously.
"What?" She said. The boys looked at her harder.
"Ok Ok!" she said as she turned her head at me. She looked me up and down and turned her head back to the boys.
"Sorry I can't do it." she said smugly. I cringed. I started to run. With my newfound speed, I ran. I could hear their screams for me to come back for a split second before I was out of earshot. I ran supposedly to the center of the woods. I looked up and thought 'they'll get here eventually. So I have to climb a tree and wait for them to pass me.' As I climbed onto a high tree branch I heard rustling. I froze. Ash came out of the bushes along with Brock and Misty. They were talking to each other while looking up in the trees and the bushes. With my new advanced hearing, I listened in.
"I can't believe you did that Misty." Ash said
"I was just joking! Can't the guy take a joke?!" Misty said
"Well clearly not. And we aren't going to find him by just talking. Start looking in at the trees for hints to where he might of gone." Brock said. They nodded. They searched the trees for hints. They searched every one except for mine. They came to my tree last. As they did with the rest. They searched it for any hint of me being there. They didn't find anything until they looked down. Footprints. My footprints. I mentally facepalmed. 'Drat!' I said in my head. They looked up and looked closer. Ash sent that pokemon that's always on his shoulder up the tree to see if I was in there. The pokemon came closer and closer until it reached me. It shouted "PIKA PI!" all the way down the others. Letting them know I was there. They all breathed a sigh of relief after finally finding me.
" Jason! Please come down. Misty didn't mean it!" said ash trying to persuade me to come down. I popped my head out of my hiding spot and started conversing in between sobs.
"Wh..Why should I! I said. " Not like you guys care anymore! You probably want to keep me around so you can give me back to the people who did this to me!" I said. Revealing another secret that I wanted to keep to myself. They looked at me. Pity in their eyes.
" Jason I'm so….." Ash began but I interrupted. "Don't even say you're sorry! You don't know what i've been through!" I said tears pouring out of my eyes.
"Then come down here and tell us!" Ash said. "Then come up here and get me yourself!" I said sure that they will leave me alone after that. "Fine" said Ash. " But we are camping here because it's dark out." "Fine!" I say
They set up camp and started on dinner. The smell of food made my mouth water and my stomach grumble audibly.
"You know," Ash said "You can have some of this if you come down." He said, hearing my stomach. "N...No!" I said. "I come down when you come and get me down!" I said. My stomach growled again. "AHHHH!" Misty screamed. "A BUG CRAWLED ON MY LEG!" I snickered. Quietly enough to not alert Misty. As she settled down, they started to get ready for bed. Ash looked up at me before heading into his tent. I breathed a sigh of relief before settling in on my branch. But before I could dose of, I heard one of the tents opening. I opened an eye and saw Ash, fully clothed, looking up at me. He saw me awake and smiled.
Last chance for you to come down." He said. "No you're going to have to come up here yourself and get me." I said. "Fine then." said Ash said. He grabbed hold of the tree and started scaling it. I just looked on as here started getting higher and closer to me. When he finally reached my branch he smirked.
"O.K now you have to come down." He said triumphantly. I sighed. "FIne." I said. We climbed down the tree and when we reached the bottom, Ash looked like he was about to pass out. He waved goodnight to me as he went inside his tent and I heard a 'thump' signaling he was out like a light.
The next day came and everyone was up and about, they started on breakfast. I, again, hid behind a tree. They found me almost immediately.
"You can't hide from us with that tail sticking out." said Ash. Misty smirked a little to my displeasure. They gave back my hood and we ate breakfast. We started to head back to the league. About halfway, Ash started to talk nervously to me.
" Umm" He started, "About what you said last night. You know, when you said it wasn't your fault you were like this. Could you tell us what you meant?" He finished. 'Guess there's no avoiding it' I thought. "I don't know…. Maybe a little." I said. Misty, Brock and Ash stopped at this turned towards me expectantly.
I didn't just say a little. I talked about everything. From when I got kidnapped up until I met them. I had to pause to calm my sobs but they waited patiently. They didn't interrupt at all. Not once. When I finished they looked at me with pity. I didn't want pity.
"Please don't give me that look." I asked them. They stopped. I got up from my sitting position and stretched. When they didn't get up I started to play with my necklace nervously.
"Umm aren't you guy coming?" I asked. They nodded and walked with me back to the league.