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I patted my stomach. Who knew they would have such good food? But in any case, I went back to Yuxie that afternoon. Something was bugging me.
"Yuxie?" I called. "Hey, Yuxie, are you there?" I said, walking about the camp. Eventually I found him sitting in a tree.
"Yuxie! What are you doing up there?" I cried. He blinked, looked at me, went, "Oh, when did you get back?" and jumped down from the branch.
"Yes?" he asked, dusting himself off.
"Do you have any other clothes? I think the cloak and dress are making people, um, nervous," I mumbled, blushing.
He looked down for a moment, then his head snapped up and he ran inside. I waited... and waited.... and waited until he came back with a set of casual clothes- a t-shirt and a pair of pants- and a sports cap. It wasn't as good as my first hat, but it was still okay. I shrugged and went inside to change.
When I got back to the Pokemon center (After giving Yuxie a hug and telling him to say hi to Emrit and Agnome for me, respectively) Bryce got freaked out, saying, "Who are you?" and "How do you know my name?" It took a couple tries to get him to even think it was me. I didn't blame him, though. Dress=pants, hat=cap, dress top=t-shirt, and I was carrying a suitcase (which held my previous clothes). I didn't look anything like I used to. I grinned, and tousled his hair, imitating Agnome.
"Okay then, I'll tell you something only I know," I said smugly.
He raised his eyebrows. I looked at him, then said, "No more sleeping in the sleeping room."
His eyes widened as he said, "Oh, sorry, Haru-san." He smiled sheepishly (Have I seen this before?) then started apoligizing about "How you were so well dressed, but not like I didn't like your previous clothes," and after a few more, I just tuned him out so all I could hear was silence. He noticed this, of course, and told me he'd stopped. Then we decided we should give it a week before we tried to get into the base again.
"So we'll catch up in a week, okay?"
I waved at Bryce. He waved back as he met up with another boy and girl. I smiled as I saw them walk off, arms around each other. I slowly walked back to our base camp and greeted Yuxie and Emrit. I noticed Agnome was missing, but I was still somewhat sad from Bryce leaving that I was just happy I had someone who knew me. They noticed this, apparently, so Emrit pulled out a shiny plastic cup, and I immediately grabbed the hot water bottle that Yuxie was holding, dug out from one of my pockets the pair of chopsticks that Yuxie gave me my second day of training, and scarfed down the ramen. I was done in seconds. I patted my stomach, then excused myself inside to go to sleep.
I slept happily, dreaming about going camping. I wondered if we would go camping tomorrow. That would be nice. I hadn't gone camping before.
I awoke feeling refreshed. Until I noticed I hadn't gotten dressed into my nightgown..... crap. Oh well, it was a blessing in disguise. I could tell Yuxie and Emrit that I'd gotten dressed before I went into the kitchen. That would work. I sat up, stretched, yawned a few times, and got off my bed and walked to the kitchen. Yuxie was wearing glasses to read the news (something you didn't see everyday) and Emrit was making something that looked like scrambled eggs. Agnome was still missing.
"Good morning Yuxie! Good morning Emrit! And... where's Agnome?" I asked, taking my seat at the table.
"Hold on," said Emrit, turning around with the pan in her hand. She was wearing a pink apron and pink
mitts. "What does this look like to you?" she asked, motioning to her pan and showing me the contents.
"Um.... scrambled egg?" I said blankly. She smacked her head and mumbled, "Whatever. So I was thinking that we could go camping down in Eterna Forest."
"Camping?" I asked, taking Yuxie's newspaper and opening it.
"Yeah, Agnome will be waiting. So, do you wanna go?" asked Yuxie.
"Ahh..... I just love the green of the forest, don't you?"
I sighed. "Actually, I've never been to a forest before, but I've gone on little hiking trips," I said, trying to set up a tent. As soon as I set hand (I was crawling) inside the tent, I heard a sound. It sounded kinda like:
"Kyuuuuuuuuun!"
Of course, I looked back outside, expecting to see Godzilla or something like that, but, of course, I only saw Yuxie trying to set up his tent, too- and it falling down on him. I laughed and walked over to him to help him set up.
"If you don't have a tent, you wouldn't have a bed, and then we could never sleep!" I cried, setting the last pole in place and crawling through. It stood firm. However, when Yuxie went through, it came crashing down on him. I couldn't hold back the uncontrollable laughter, but in between laughs, giggles and hiccups, I managed to say "Yuxie.... I- Hic! -Guess that- HAHAHA -Tent doesn't like you!"
"I don't see what's so funny," he mumbled.
In the end, I gave him my tent and he gave me his. I was was still quietly giggling when we had a salad for dinner.
"Hey Emrit," I said. "I feel kinda bad, mooching off you guys. I'll earn the money for myself, don't worry."
Emrit looked up from the fridge. "No, it's okay, you need to practice with Yuxie in the battlefield."
"WHAT!?" I cried. "You mean... swords and shields and all that stuff?"
Agnome came in and hit me on the head with the evening news. "Of course not! Like, how to evolve your Riolu..... or catch new Pokemon.... stuff like that," he said, taking a bowl and helping himself to some salad.
"Agnome, did you wash your hands?" asked Emrit. Agnome looked at his hands and said, "Yes.........."
Emrit sighed, came into the kitchen, and dragged him off to wash his hands, much to the dislike of Agnome.
That night was a fun night. Emrit decided to relax and not be so stressed out by the boys, so she built a campfire, lit it, and got some marshmellows.... which actually turned out to be from the great Pastoria city marsh -a sightseeing place in Sinnoh- hence the 'Marsh'.
After singing a few songs (I know a small electric-type and Pichu is his name-o! P-I-C-H-U!) and solving a few riddles (What's black and white and red all over? A newspaper! No, a penguin with a sunburn) we decided it was time to go to bed. I said good night to the others and crawled into Yuxie's tent. I fit snugly into my sleeping bag and closed my eyes. After a few seconds, I was asleep.
There was a shuffle besides me, and that woke me up. (I'm a very light sleeper.)
"Haru?" asked Emrit's voice. I looked up drowsily.
"What is it?" I asked, yawning.
"..... You miss your home, don't you?" she asked.
I cocked my head. "What?"
"You miss your home. We could take you back, if you wanted."
I raised my eyebrow. "Emrit, what're you-?"
"I can feel the sadness in you. Sometimes it's replaced by happiness, but I can't ignore the sorrow. That's why, I asked, if you wanted to go home. If you do, you only need to tell me." We were quiet for a second. "Tell me in the morning."
I wondered how long I've been gone.
I wondered if my parents miss me.
It had been maybe, 2 weeks? I didn't know. I didn't really keep track.
It seemed better there anyways- save the fact that I didn't have my best friend who just recently turned emo here, it seemed better in every way...
I shook my head. Agh, sleep on it. I closed my eyes and slept. Sleep..... the escape from all this craziness. Maybe I was going crazy. Meh.
In the morning, I told Emrit no. My home could wait, and I wanted to find my own way home anyways. She smiled.
"Okay. Well, you know that story about Arceus?" she asked. I nodded. "Well, see, um, you know that girl he was talking about?"
"Yeah....?" I said.
"That was you."
"OH MY GOD! No, it wasn't, that was like, a bajillion years ago, right?"
"Actually, for you, it was in your past life. Oh, no, I have to explain this all over again. Okay. So everyone has three lives; one, two. And if they're good in their first two lives, they get three. Anyways, your first life was here. This is where it gets complicated."