hey guys, as i promised i have updated the next chapter the same day as the previous as an apologetic gesture. (though it wasn't really my fault my modem had enough of life) This was originally gonna be in the same chapter as chapter 12 but i felt too much would happen in one if i did that. the full name is "Will reveals his secret and i wage war on Bruno" but unfortunatly it is too long. Hope you all like it. I have the next chapter written and was gonna tell you the title but it seems a bit obvious then what that chapters about. But heres a hint "It must be love, love, love" Question is for who? Don't forget to review/comment whatever you wish to do and i will write faster.
See you all soon
AnnaWookie
Back at the Indigo Plateau, I was sprawled across the sofa, Espeon laying nearby on the floor. I was glad at least she felt sorry for me. The door opened and Will came out of his room to the mini kitchen.
"Aren't you tired after all the drama you've had today?" I shook my head.
"I am wide awake." I said, feeling better that Will was no longer so angry at me.
"Me neither, well if you're bored, I'm here." Will gave a small smile and retreated back to his room. Immediately Espeon and Xatu (who was eating a chocolate digestive given to him by his master contentedly) looked at me expectantly.
"Gosh talk about peer pressure, you two" I pointed out. Xatu stood up and pointed at the door. "Oh, fine if it means that much to you two, I will go talk to him." I walked up to the door and knocked. I hoped Will's current emotion was still positive.
"Come in" he called. I went in nervously. The psychic Elite four member was laying on his double bed, a small book filled with diagrams in his hand. "Thought you would come soon." he said simply, shifting to the right side so I could sit down.
"I was bullied." I stated simply. My eyes fell to the book in Wills hands. "What's that" I asked pointing at the book.
"Its about how the brain works" he added showing me it.
"Psychology. Very confusing. Hey you are working out how you have got a psychic gift right?" I stated, suddenly understanding the purpose of the book.
"was it that obvious?" Will said in surprise that I had twigged on to his thoughts so fast.
"Not really, I just put the two things together. Besides I have the advantage of knowing you well" I added. At that my thoughts turned to something I didn't know about Will. I thought of telling him but dared not to for fear of upsetting him. Instead i changed the subject.
"How are you still in your clothes Will, its 1:30am. Don't you ever change?" I stated realising I had never actually seen him wear anything else.
"You are still dressed you know!" Will pointed out. He opened his mouth to say something else, but obviously thought better of it at the last minute and paused.
"I do know what was going through your mind Psychic trainer!" I pointed out.
"I don't know what you're talking about Anna" Will said mock indignantly.
At that moment a light outside glistened. Climbing over the somewhat surprised Will, I rushed to the balcony.
"A shooting star!" I breathed. Will appeared at my side.
"They are getting more and more common by the month, so are the numbers of Clefairy around Mount Moon. Wonder why? Still I guess some mysteries are waiting to be discovered by over ambitious ten year olds." I laughed, thinking of my character Crystal and her Meganium Ivy on Heart Gold. The mention of mysterious things reminded me of my previous thoughts about Will. Will picked up on my thoughts.
"I think I can guess what you are thinking about." he said quietly. Will gestured towards his face. "The mask, that's what your wondering about right?" I nodded.
"Its ok, I am a curious person that's all. Its your secret. You obviously wear it for a reason." I said quickly. I felt uneasy Will had picked up on my thoughts at that point.
"I don't want to hide anything from you Anna so I will show you why." Will placed both hands on either side of his face. Slowly Will removed the black mask he never is seen without on. I blinked, it was weird to see Will without his trademark mask. "Well?" Will said quietly.
My eyes widened as I stared at Will in surprise. A horrific scar slashed through the psychic trainers upper face. Starting just below his hairline on the right hand side the scar went diagonally down through his eye until it arched slightly back up at the top of his nose between his eyebrows. It swept through Will's left eye and ended just below. I opened my mouth in shock. My poor Will was scarred for life!
"What-What happened to you?" I asked, my stomach churning with guilt.
Will looked down, His eyes, now completely visible as a deep azure blue, closed in sadness. Obviously Will remembered too well what occurred the day he got his scar.
"I was a freak. That what happened Anna. So I was made into an even bigger freak." I shook my head as I realised what had happened. My eyes stung with tears of despair for my closest friend.
"My "talent" of being a psychic was unusual and therefore in the eyes of some people different. Three boys in my class resented me for being talented with something they couldn't understand. One evening on my way home from school they set their Mightyena on me. Their sharp claws seared through me like a hot knife through butter. Lastly as a final spiteful act, the leader commanded his Butterfree to use stun spore. That made sure my wound would both sting and be a permanent reminder to me. I was seven years old Anna…" Will's voice was low and resentful. His eyes burned with feelings of resent and sorrow.
I found myself starting to cry slightly at his woeful tale. How anyone could do that to anyone, let alone Will I could never understand. Will saw I was crying slightly and put a comforting hand on my face. Somehow I felt our roles should be reversed and me be comforting him but I didn't say anything.
"Don't worry, that was over 10 years ago. I aren't so phased by it much, I just dislike the staring. I know now I am unique not a freak. I just wish I could find those boys and show them what I've become." Will smiled at me, his eyes showing his determination not to be beaten by them.
"Touch it, I don't mind" he added as reassurance to me, closing his eyes. Slowly my fingers brushed against his skin as I traced the scar across his face. Will flinched. "Your hands are very cold" he pointed out opening one eye. I went to move away. "No, continue, I quite like it" I half rolled my eyes at the Elite Four member. Will laughed gently. Placing the mask back on, he took a deep breath.
"I have learnt to see mmy psychic abilities as a gift not a curse. It can't be so bad, since it is what enabled me to meet you that fateful day at Union Cave, even if because of it I was cursed with being scarred for life." Will looked at me through his mask, his eyes slightly obscured once again. I looked at him in surprise. Taking my hands Will stood up, dragging me to my feet too.
"I am sorry if I seemed very harsh on you earlier. Its just you make me so mad. Every organisation in both Kanto and Johto and probably those overseas too would kill to capture you and learn of your dimension. They would do anything to you to get you to talk. Those men today proved my point. The thoughts I was picking up on made my skin crawl just hearing them. I was so enraged they would dare think of the things they did. I was furious you were silly enough to leave Karen and go alone in the dark side streets. I had to teach you a lesson. You are the centre of my world, if something happened to you I would have to come get you or…take drastic measures" Will trailed off. My insides burnt with guilt at how I had made Will and the others feel. Why did he have to tell me this all now. How could I sit around the dining table knowing how worried about me they were. Will looked at me intensely.
"No matter how infuriated you make me feel at times or how much you may hate me, I promise you Anna I will protect you and shall always care about you. I don't think I could ever see anyone else have you." The words of Will made my heart fill with warmth. I felt the same way, I was just too stunned by Will's mini speech to be able to say anything. I never knew Will cared that much about me. I kind of assumed he was mostly protecting me from evil out of fear for his home region as well as my well being. I knew Will loved me from the evening on the balcony, but I just thought that level he just expressed was only felt by me. Will laughed.
"Never have I seen you so stunned for words, still I guess there's a first for everything." I shook my head, glad Will had truly forgiven me for my stupidity earlier.
"Love you Will" I murmured contentedly.
Instead of answering Will leant forward and kissed me. Catching me off guard and unbalanced, I wobbled before causing us to both end up landing hard on the bed. Luckily for me Will put his hands out soon enough to stop his whole weight from crashing on me.
"That was close" He said simply.
"Yeah you have already violated the private confines of my mind, crushing me would be too much for one day." I pointed out.
"As long as I am the only one to violate you I don't care" Will said smiling thoughtfully. I stared open-mouthed at him. I really didn't know if I wanted to hit him or not.
"Well this is a bit intimate" Will pointed out, before pressing his lips against mine. For a moment my body felt freed of all the previous negative emotions that had been swirling around inside. I was safe, had five friends who are cared for me, had an amazing array of people with me constantly and was loved by someone I cared so much about. However….
"Will, Anna. I just came to tell you that we are having a BBQ tomorrow and …oh never mind" the voice of Bruno said. I span my head towards the door in alarm, my eyes widening in fear. I heard his footsteps retreating down the hallway. I tell you if it was a cartoon exclamation marks would be flying over my head.
"What timing Bruno! Well Anna, shall we continue?" Will said smoothly. I shot up so fast I threw a surprised Will across the bed.
"Bruno! Come back! Its is really not what you are thinking! Bruno!" I exclaimed, racing across the apartment and scanning the ornate hallway for the large man. Slapping my palm against my face I went back into our apartment. As I passed them I could of sworn Xatu and Espeon looked smug.
"Gosh you can move fast, when the time arises" Will pointed out. I slumped down on Will's bed.
"Why me Will? What did I do wrong to spite God, I mean Arceus."
"Don't worry. Do you know I think your problem is you worry too much what people think of you." Will pointed out.
"Not really. Just when the matter concerns Bruno and his twisted mind I do" I retorted.
"Hmm true, though he usually forgets all about it after a few months so I wouldn't worry too much" Will mumbled. I groaned at how long until he forgot. That was the last thing I remembered before I fell asleep.
When I woke up it was 8:00am. Sleepily I glanced over to my left. Will was still asleep, his face thoughtful. Silently I crept out and into my room. Sprawled on my bed was Espeon, Chansey, Xatu, Slowbro, Dragonair and a very annoyed looking Jynx. They all looked quite pleased to have a whole bed between them. Jynx, however wasn't impressed with me (in her eyes at least) for trying to steal the love of her life Will from her.
At breakfast the conversation was full of talk of Koga, who had returned that morning to the Plateau. I asked him how Janine was and wished her luck during her pregnancy. Koga seemed refreshed after his time away. I was glad there was no love lost between him or Lance. Eventually the conversation turned to the events of the previous day. I filled Koga in on what he missed.
"Are you still in one piece? They didn't harm or violate you did they in any way?" Koga asked concerned. Instantly my stomach lurched as I watched Bruno's face light up.
"No I was thankfully ok thank you Koga" I half-heartedly said, not taking my eyes off Bruno.
"Thankfully for her it wasn't them who violated Anna" Bruno mumbled, just loud enough for me to hear. Shooting an angry glare at Bruno, I picked up one of the many books Lance had in a pile beside him and discretely aimed for Bruno's head. Direct hit.
"Its not what you think" I mouthed at the Fighting trainer. Bruno merely rubbed his head and shrugged. Will glanced at us both through chewing his cereal and continued absentmindedly. How do males do that? How was he not phased by Bruno's teasing when it was his fault we were in this situation? I had a feeling Bruno was going to enjoy our quality time as a group for quite a while. Lance nudged me. I turned my full attention on him
"Anna, I promise you on my dragons lives we will find and stop those who attempted to harm you yesterday, You have my word." Lance said each word showing his sincerity. His brown eyes burned with emotion as he thought of them. The others all nodded in agreement.
"Thanks Lance, I can always count on you. You are right we will find and destroy Team Rocket!"
I have given all the elites a bit of screentime (so to speak) so far but i feel Koga is a bit overlooked by me (I don't generally like him that much, even though he is a ninja) I wondered what to do and came up with nothing except i gain inspiration off those loyal to me and this random story. So i want you all to either PM me (probably better though i don't care) or comment an idea or storyboard for a storyline or situation for Koga to be in as stupid and funny or serious and dramatic as you want. Feel free to add your own character(s) if need be and i shall pick my fave one to write. Hopefully i will get some interesting ideas and this will be a success as i plan for another interactive way to input a character one of you created into my story in about 2-3 chapters time. First i need to introduce someone else to the story though.
