Chapter 5
"Damn pesky human! This is my catch!" The luxray said angrily as he approached the unconscious James.
I crawled over to him quickly and forced myself up, I covered his body with mine.
"Don't you dare touch him!" I yelled at the luxray as I barred my fangs.
"Get out the way!" He said angrily as his tail turned silver again.
"You young ones now a days are so aggressive and territorial, someone really should take you down a notch." A feminine voice said from somewhere.
He jumped back and scanned the surroundings for the intruder.
"Come out!" He yelled.
"Fine then, your funeral." It said.
A smaller figure jumped out from the trees and slammed the luxray into the ground with a mighty kick, the ground around it cracked and formed a large crater. The figure back flipped gracefully off of the luxray and landed in front of me. The figure was a little shorter than a human and it had sleeve like appendages on its arms.
"A mienshao?" I thought to myself.
"He won't be getting up for a while so don't worry about him, names Maylene by the way" She told me.
"Why did you help us?" I asked her.
"Now is not the time for that, let's get you two back to my home so I can heal you both." She said to me.
"Think you can carry him on your back?" She asked me, she seemed very commanding and in control.
"Yes!" I said nervously.
"Okay then, hold still." She said to me, she picked up James and laid him carefully on my back.
I limped slowly as she guided me to our location.
"It's not far from here." She said, she guided me down a small pathway to an old cabin.
"Why are you doing this?" I asked her.
"It's a long story, I'll tell you when he wakes up." She told me as she led me inside.
"You keep looking back at him and licking his face, what is he to you?" She asked me as she closed the door.
"He's my owner... But I love him, so please make sure you take care of him first!" I told her anxiously.
She smirked lightly and laughed, she walked over to me and grabbed James from my back and placed him on a small couch.
"This place looks brand new!" I said as I looked around.
"It's about 18 years old, I've been living here and making sure it stays clean." She told me happily.
"Wow, you did a good job." I said, quite impressed by her cleaning skills.
I looked back to her and she had her paws on each other and pressed against James' chest, she took a deep breath and his body started to radiate a pink color.
"What are you doing?" I asked her curiously.
"Using heal pulse... There, he should be good by tomorrow morning." She said as she wiped a bit of sweat from her head.
"Thank you so much, I don't what I'd do if he actually got too hurt." I said as I got teary eyed.
"Don't worry about it sweetie, I'm going to do you now." She told me.
I sat down and she did the same thing to me, my body started to radiate pink too. It felt so soothing, like laying in the grass in autumn with a cool breeze blowing through. It was like when I used to take baths with James.
"Thank you Maylene, my name's Corona by the way." I told her happily.
"You're welcome Corona." She said to me happily.
"What did he say to you before he passed out?" She asked me curiously.
I thought about it and began to blush a bit.
"He said 'I love you'" I said with a big grin on my face.
She smiled and sat down beside him, she seemed very concerned about him under her calm expression.
"How did you know we were in trouble and why did you help?" I asked her.
"I owe his dad so I've been keeping an eye on him." She told me.
"I'm gonna sleep for now, you keep an eye on him." She said as she stood up.
She walked out the room and down a hallway and I heard a door close. I walked over to James and looked at the injuries on his body, he had scratches and bruises all over.
"I'm sorry James." I said quietly as I began to cry.
"Corona, it's okay." He said lightly as he woke up.
"Don't talk, just sleep!" I told him worriedly.
"Don't worry, i would of been through a lot worse pain if I lost you." He said weakly.
"James!" I said as I couldn't hold the tears in anymore, I laid my head down on his chest and cried.
I was only thinking about myself, I was being selfish. I hadn't taken his feelings into thought and now I got him hurt.
"It's alright Corona, come up here and sleep with me." He said to me.
"But your injuries!" I told him.
"I don't care, come on." He said again.
I lightly got up onto the couch with him and laid myself lightly on him, surprisingly he wrapped his arms around me and hugged me.
"I'm sorry Corona, I got you hurt because I had to act ignorant, please forgive me." He asked me sadly.
"Yes, I'm sorry for getting you hurt." I told him sadly.
"I love you Corona." He said as he hugged me and slowly fell asleep.
"I love you too." I told him as I slowly fell asleep.
My dreams consisted of happy moments between us, it made me happy knowing that at least reality would be somewhat like it.
~next morning~
"Wake up you two." A voice said nonchalantly.
"Huh?" I said as I slowly opened my eyes to see Maylene looking over us.
"Come on sleepyheads." She said cooly.
I got up and slowly walked off of sleeping James, then I stretched out and yawned. He woke up too and stretched.
"Who are you?" He asked Maylene.
"My name is Maylene and I saved you two last night." She informed him.
"Why?" He asked curiously.
"I owe your dad, I need to explain a lot to you." She said.