New Reason for Living

Chapter 7: Discovery

Later on that night, I was asleep in my room when I could hear the sound of sobbing. I could hear that it was coming from Leanne's room. Getting up, I headed over to her room to see that she was sitting by her window. I came over and sat next to her.

"Leanne, what's wrong?" I asked. Leanne looked up at me and I could see that there were tears in her eyes. "I'm all right, Aaron. You don't need to worry." Leanne responded. I could tell that there was something upsetting her and I wasn't going to leave her when she was feeling like this.

"Leanne, I don't want to leave you alone when you're upset. So, won't you please tell me what's wrong?" I asked. Leanne looked over at me and she could tell that I meant what I was saying, and I knew what I meant it as well.

Without saying anything, Leanne showed me a photo. I looked at it to see that it was of her as a young Vulpix. She was alongside another Vulpix, except that it was a male. "Who's this?" I asked, pointing to the male in the photo.

"That's my former boyfriend, Blaze. We were both so close, it seemed like we couldn't be separated." Leanne said. I didn't realize that this would be a story I would never forget.

Leanne was a young Vulpix. She was so free and always cheerful around her friends and could strike up conversation with almost anyone. But then one day, she met someone. He was a fellow Vulpix and Leanne's friends always talked positively of him.

Interested, Leanne decided to talk to him. She came across him one day hanging out with his friends. He turned to see her and smiled; she was unlike anyone she had ever seen.

"Hello." Leanne smiled. "Hey, there. I haven't seen you before." Blaze said. Leanne smiled; she hadn't seen Blaze before either. "I guess I have been here a while, so I know a lot of people here very well." Leanne responded.

Blaze smiled to hear that. "Well, it's nice to meet you. My name's Blaze." he said. "That's a nice name. Mine's Leanne." Leanne said. "I like the sound of that." Blaze said. Leanne smiled; this looked like the start of something good in her life.

The next day, Leanne went to see her friends. "You guys won't believe this. I met Blaze yesterday and I think he likes me!" Leanne smiled. Her friends were really happy when they heard this; anyone would be lucky to have someone like Blaze.

Leanne and Blaze were so happy since they met. They spent a lot of time together and it looked like they would be together forever. But that was about to change one day...

Many years had passed and Leanne had now evolved into a Ninetails, so did Blaze. Leanne came to Blaze's room one day, looking for him. "Blaze, where are you?" Leanne asked. She was surprised to see what looked like a letter on his bed. She read it to see who it was to and tears started to build in her eyes when she saw who it was to: none other than a Rapidash named Abigail.

Later, Leanne confronted Blaze who was shocked when he heard this from her. "Why did you do this to me, Blaze? I thought we were supposed to be together!" Leanne shouted, in a mix of sadness, betrayal and anger.

"She makes me happy, Leanne! I just feel like she is the one." Blaze responded, not being able to understand why Leanne was this upset. He thought that she would be able to trust him, but that didn't seem to be true now seeing her like this.

"I loved you, and gave my life to you. And why do you repay me like this? How could you, Blaze?" Leanne asked, distraught. "I'm sorry, Leanne. But I guess it was meant to be like this." Blaze said.

This shocked Leanne even more. This time she wasn't sad, she was downright furious. She couldn't believe that she had been used by someone that she had given herself to.

"You are horrible, Blaze! I never want to see you again! We're through!" Leanne shouted, and she ran out of his house deeply hurt and shocked. She couldn't believe that this had happened to her. She felt betrayed, used and felt like she had no hope left...

I was shocked, hearing this. I couldn't believe that this had happened to Leanne. But it made me realize that I had to make her happy; I was sure that it was what she wanted.

"Because of that, I vowed to myself not to give myself to anyone else because I had become afraid that I would be heartbroken again." Leanne said. I was alarmed. Why would she want to decide on something like that?

"That's awful, Leanne. I don't understand why anyone would want to use you like this. Anyone would be lucky to know you." I explained. Leanne looked at me in surprise.

"You think so?" she asked. "Absolutely. And I think we should do something together tomorrow night." I explained. I suddenly stopped, realizing what I had just asked of Leanne.

"Are you asking me out?" Leanne asked. I couldn't believe what I had just heard, and I had to ask myself that. But it actually seemed like the right thing; maybe I could be the one that Leanne was meant to be with. After all, she had done so much for me. So it seemed right that I should do something for her.

"Well... yes." I responded, Leanne looked like she put that into thought. I hoped I wasn't trying to make things worse for her. I just wanted to try and make a difference to improve her life.

After a few seconds, Leanne smiled. "Yes, I would like to go out with you, Aaron. I think that this might be what I need." Leanne said. I smiled to know that Leanne accepted. I wasn't trying to do anything; I just wanted to make things better for her.

"I'll make sure this is something you won't regret, Leanne." I said. With this, I headed out of her room to let her get some sleep. I wanted to make her happy, and I didn't know that I was doing that by asking this of her.