~~~~~~~Kojiro reached out to Musashi, who was now prancing with glee up to Dr. White. "White-San!" she cried out in excitement. "You're here!" She embraced him happily.
"I'm almost ready," she said to him, pulling away. "I just need to gather my things and say my Goodbyes."
She ran back up to Kojiro. "Sorry," she said, while she straightened out her new clothes, the ones that Dr. White had given her. Although it wasn't the usual style of clothes Musashi used, Kojiro was forced to admit how adorable she looked in her jean shorts, oversized button up shirt and the salmon colored outer article wrapped around her. Even her hair looked cute pulled up in that bun. Musashi's old Rocket Gang uniform was folded and tucked away in one of her bags.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Kojiro finally asked her.
"Of course I do," Musashi answered. "All this running around, stealing Pokemon and being the 'bad' guy; I'm done with it."
"But you don't...have to leave." Kojiro said. "We can stop being villains," he struggled with the last words. "...together."
"Kojiro," Musashi tsked. "That's very nice of you to want to give up the Rocket gang for me to be happy. But I found love!" Kojiro's face fell.
"But I…"
"Look, I need to get going," Musashi urged. "I told Nyasu that you guys can visit me anytime!" She gave Kojiro a quick hug. Kojiro reached out his arms to embrace her back. He was determined that once he held her, he was not going to let her go until he convinced her to stay. But before he even had the chance, Musashi pulled away. "It's ok, Kojiro," she reassured. " will take care of me. He loves me very much." She stooped down to gather her belongings, turned around, and ran towards Dr. White without even a glance back. Dr. White helped her with her bags. And together, they linked arms, and walked out of sight.
"But I love you, too," he whispered. "Mu-Musa-" He looked down and clenched his fists, squinting his eyes shut to prevent the tears that were beginning to form. "MUSASHI!"~~~~~~~
"MUSASHI!" Kojiro shouted, opening his eyes to see Nyasu jumping out of his sleeping bag like a typical frightened feline.
"NYAA!" he cried out in terror, claws out. He looked around frantically and then at Kojiro. "What? What's wrong?! What about Musashi?!" He ran over to Kojiro and put his paws on his knees, shaking him to speak.
"Musashi," Kojiro whimpered, putting out a hand to hold his head. "She's gone…" He blinked and looked around to realize he had that bad dream again. He looked down at Nyasu, whose expression was melting from that of concern, to annoyance. "Nyah, you were just having a nightmare again." He looked over to Musashi's sleeping bag. "Hey wait, she really is gone!"
"What?!" Kojiro cried, leaping out of his sleeping bag, sending Nyasu flying again. He landed on all fours and shot daggers at Kojiro with his eyes. Kojiro didn't notice. He was frantically searching the campsite for Musashi, calling her name. Looking around, Nyasu grew concerned himself, wondering where Musashi had gone. He joined in Kojiro's search, looking for Musashi and calling her name.
Musashi yawned, stretching her arms up with a small bag in one of her hands. It was a beautiful morning and she figured it would be nice to surprise her boys with some nice pastries from one of the nearby bakeries in the town. As she walked back towards the campsite, she caught the frantic motion of two persons near the camp. She paused in concern, wondering if it were someone else when she recognized the two persons were just her teammates. What's wrong with them? She wondered as she walked closer.
All of a sudden, both her friends caught sight of her. "Musashi!" they both cried and began running towards her. Musashi's eyes widening in surprise as her two friends leapt at her, crying her name. Musashi's bag of pastries flew out of her grasp as she was tackled to the floor in a heap of embraces. Her friends blubbered around her while she struggled to get free.
"Oy! OY!" she cried out in anger to get them to stop fussing over her. She stood up, hands on her hips and glared at them. "What is the matter with you two?!"
Nyasu and Kojiro looked at each other, then at Musashi sheepishly. She tapped her foot in annoyance, waiting for their response.
"Kojiro woke up from a dream, saying you were gone. Then it turned out you were gone and we couldn't find you," Nyasu confessed, throwing Kojiro under the bus. Musashi rounded on Kojiro as he looked angrily from Nyasu and then guiltily up to Musashi's gaze. "Well you were gone," Kojiro mumbled, not wanting to admit he had another nightmare about her. He looked away and asked, "Where did you go?"
"Oh," Musashi replied, remembering her bag of goodies. "I wanted to surprise you with breakfast." She walked over to the fallen bag and picked it up. Kojiro and Nyasu picked themselves off the floor as well. "Here," she said curtly, handing them the bag. Both Nyasu and Kojiro's eyes were glistening with emotion. "Musashi!" they cried in gratitude and embraced her once more.
"Ugh! Not again!" she cried out.