I'm freaking done with this chapter! Hah!
The lower half might seem a bit rushed… Wait, it is rushed. I know for a good story, we shouldn't really keep ourselves in a deadline, but if I didn't put myself on one, I'd never finish a chapter! And it's already a week, see…
And I might be having too much fun with the first scene and all, but meh. Whatever.
I'm glad you guys are actually still around to read and review my story! *sniffles*I hope you keep feeding me steroids – I mean, supporting me to actually finish this story! XD
Okay, cue curtains up. I do not own Pokémon, never.
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~ Subway Trouble ~
Chapter 7 : Why So Early, Geez?
The sun has finally risen, shimmering its' radiant beam through the window, covered with the black curtains, refraining most of the shine to enter the room. Thanks to the curtain, the bedroom is still dim, with only the bed lamp on as the light source. Engulfed in comfortable silence, Pidoves' delightful chirps can be heard clearly. Hilda snuggled with her covers, eyelids shutted close, as she let her mind drown back to another peaceful slumber.
That – of course, had to be disturbed when the room's buzzer went off, letting an annoying "ding-dong" ringed around the room.
Hilda, feeling peeved that the buzzer just had to ring off while her mind is still foggy and sleepy, decided to just ignore the sound. Shuffling her position a little bit without any intention to get up and open the door, she thought whoever bothered to visit her so early in the morning would eventually deduce that she's still sleeping and would leave her alone.
It was silence for a few moments. Keyword : was.
Much to the brunette's exasperation, the buzzer went off once. Twice. Then several times (as the visitor would probably press the button repeatedly), accompanied with a few knocks, before she finally feels disturbed enough to slip into her dreams again. Without much of a hesitation, she lifted her body, sitting on her bed for a few seconds, before slipping her feets down to the floor. Not bothering to at least fix her untidy folded pajamas and her mess of a hair, she groggily walked towards the door, stretching her arms without even thinking to flip the light switch on. Reaching the door's key just on a vanity table nearby, she fumbled with the lock for a few moments, as her vision is still hazy and the lack of light probably didn't help.
A click was heard, indicating that she had unlocked the door. Throwing the key back to the table, said key almost fell into the carpet, she reached the door's handle and pulled it. The light from the outside blinded her ever so slightly, entering the still-dim room, as she can notice someone standing in front of her with a blur of blue.
"Mmh…" she murmured, voice still cracky as she rubbed her eyes, trying to get sleep out of it, "Who? What?" she asked with a hint of annoyance.
"Hilda…" the visitor sounded a bit surprised, if not stunned. A cough was heard until he (she still can make it out as a boy's voice) spoke again. "…You were sleeping?"
She twitched her eyes in irritation. "No, I was wide awake," the reply came with sarcasm dripped all over it.
There was a silence as she tried to get rid of her hazy vision, the boy in front of her did a full body check on her, and reached for his left wrist for some reasons. And a few moments after, an amused chuckle was heard from him, which didn't help lifting Hilda's mood.
Shaking her head (which just add the humor to the said boy) and rubbing her eyes for another few seconds, Hilda's vision finally sharpened, as she raised her head to stare face-to-face to her guest. Her blue eyes eventually met into brown ones, half filled with amusement, before she actually paid attention to him.
And finally notice that Hilbert was laughing at her.
"Wh-wh-what the!" she stuttered, hands reaching her head out of habit to fidget with her cap – to realize she wasn't wearing one, causing the boy to burst to another series of laughter. "H… h-h-h – "
"Yeah, hi and good morning to you too, sleepyhead. Planning to go back into the Munnaland?" he eventually cut, tears of amusement in the corner of his eyes. "I thought you'd be up and set to start the day… I never know you're such a – "
"Nevermind that!" she eventually regained vigor to shot back, cheeks filled with red. "What are you doing here so early? "
"Uhh, what, early? It's 9 AM, for your information."
Hilda's annoyed facial expression turned into a dumbfounded one, blue orbs blinking rapidly as her mind starting to digest Hilbert's words. Oils splattered over the Klanks on her brains, immediately the fact that she had overslept (again) dawned over her.
"Holy crap, not again!"
Quickly turning her back on her friend, she dashed towards her bed, but stopped comically mid-way, her head spun towards Hilbert and muttered a quick "help yourself!" before rushing again, stopping in front of her bag, leaning to the messy bed. She unzipped the slingbag and fumbled with the inside, hastily pulled out her everyday clothing. With a quick "don't peek or else!" warning to her guest, she grabbed the blanket nearby and ran towards the bathroom, locking the door shut.
Apparently, Hilbert find the situation even more amusing, evidently by his loud hysterical laughter just a few seconds after the bathroom's door is slammed shut.
"Oh, you, shut up!" Hilda screeched from the inside, a bit muffled but irritation is clear in her voice.
Still laughing and clutching his stomach as he made his way into a nearby couch, it took him a while until he can reply to the embarrassed brunette. "I can't… help it! You're… like… Gurdurr on sugar rush!" he said between laughs.
"Of all Pokemons! Why Gurdurr!" she fumed.
That was responded with another laughter. "Or… you'd prefer… Darmanitan?"
"NO!"
Ten minutes after, Hilda eventually came out from her bathroom – fully dressed, of course, just minus the vest – with exasperation and annoyance written all over her face, she gave the boy(who was grinning too much for his own good) sitting on the couch in her room a glare, her eyes narrowing.
"Darn it…" she mumbled below her breath, eventually sitting beside her early guest. "I didn't expect you to ruin my whole morning… like that!" she stated with a hint of exaggeration, eyes staring at the ceiling
"Oh, come on! You wouldn't be waking up any sooner if I didn't visit, would you?" he replied with a chuckle.
Unable to retort back, she eventually sighs, her hand reaching her forehead. "That much is true… but still…" she paused, glaring at the brunet from the corner of her eyes. "What gives you the bright idea to give me a friendly visit quite early in my room?" she questioned with a teeny-bit hint of sarcasm.
"What?" he gave her an unamused look. "I've been up since three hours ago, and since you didn't show any signs to be showing up and I'm getting bored, I figured I'd just visit your room…" he answered innocently, putting his hands below his head. "Can't say I expected the show, though," he added playfully.
In response, Hilda mumbled something incoherent below her breath. Eventually her head fell down, accompanied with another exaggerated sigh as her long wavy brown hair covered the most of her face.
Neither of them said a word until suddenly a hand ruffled over Hilda's uncombed hair, causing her to quickly look up to her companion.
"What gives?" she squeaked with a high pitch, obviously not expecting the action her friend is performing. She raised her hand, trying to pry the boy's hand off her head.
"Well, nothing…" he replied with a sing-song voice, eventually retreating his hand to his pants' pocket. "Just never thought you got so much… stuff in your head…" he teased, raising both of his hands.
Hilda's blue eyes twitched, then narrowed. "Excuse me? This coming from a boy who had his hair's end curled up!" she retorted back, sticking her tounge out.
Hilbert reached his hair, fingers tugging one of the spikes. "Well, at least I don't have antennas between my hair…" he trailed off, thin lips eventually curled up into a smirk.
Reluctantly touching the two strands of hair sticking up on her head, she puffed her cheek before replying to his comment. "I'm proud of this. Mom has it too," she spoke distastefully.
The brunet had to hold a snort coming up, eventually stretched his arms and stood up. Looking over his X-Transceiver, he hummed before glancing at Hilda. "Well, we have around three hours to burn. Any ideas what to do in between?" he asked, slipping one of his hand to his pocket.
Hilda covered her mouth with her hand for a few moments, thinking, before she glanced back at Hilbert. "If you suggest a battle, no. I don't do battles fairly well when I've just woken up…"
"That's a shame…"
Hilda's eyes eventually moved into Hilbert's lower pants, and narrowed slightly. If she remembered correctly, it has a bit scratch mark from yesterday's freak incident. Hilbert seem to notice her attention, and decided to fill her in.
"I had an extra pair… The one scratched, I kept in my room. What about your vest?" he asked back, raising his eyebrows. "You're not wearing one right now."
"That's…" she didn't answer, just gestured her hand to the desk on the corner of the room. Hilbert squinted his brown eyes, eventually noticing said vest on the top, with a few stuffs around it and a black thread coming from it, which he all recognized as sewing stuffs.
"… You can sew?" he asked after he noticed all the stuff on the desk.
"Not much. Good enough to fix something like that…" she answered.
"And you did it after I dropped you off here?"
"Yep."
"Weren't you tired?"
"I was."
"And you still fixed it?"
"Tried, would be the exact word. I kept accidently pricked myself with the needle."
"… Why do you bother trying it?"
"Well, why not?"
They exchanged glances between each other for a split second, before Hilda let out a low giggle. Hilbert eventually broke out into a grin, and both of them bursted out laughing. The laugh lasted more longer than any would expect, and they started clutching their stomach and wiping the tears from the corner of their eyes.
"Ah..haha… okay… Ha…" she tried to speak, tone still filled with laughter. "Okay… don't ask why I bothered to do that when I'm dead tired… I just did…" she grinned, blue orbs shone cheerfully.
"Ah well…" he responded, trying to compose himself after the long lasting chortle. "Well, that was quite the laugh… Any idea what to do now?"
*grumble*
Both teenagers are silent for a few seconds, before Hilda tentatively reached for her grumbling stomach, rubbing it slightly.
"Seem like this thing needed supplies…" she commented jokingly with a quiet giggle.
Hilbert chuckled for a few moments before he patted Hilda's shoulder. "Well, time to fill that thing in?" he suggested.
And just as he did that, her stomach felt even more weird – like something… twisted inside. There's a nagging feeling inside her abdomen, like Volcaronas and Beautiflies just hatched out of nowhere and now invading her poor hungry stomach.
Her mind immediately replayed their little 'incident' back after the ferris-wheel-stupid-plasmids-thing, as she finds the situation a bit… similar. With Hilbert's hand on her shoulder like that. And that… h-h-hug! Is it weird that she felt it wasn't something, you know, uncalled for? If N or Oreste had been the one doing that, well, the former will end up with more than a bleeding nose… and the latter would probably receive a light punch and a few scoldings.
And I'm just fine with Hilbert hugging me out of nowhere like that? Don't tell me – Oh, for the love of Arceus! I hate it when I'm like this! Focus, Hild –
"RAAAR!"
"Eeek!"
Shocked by the sudden voice coming from her ear, she jumped, almost tripping over the couch when she managed to grab an end table nearby the couch they were sitting. Looking up, she saw Hilbert's face half filled with amusement and exasperation.
"And here I thought, you finally had gotten rid of that habit of yours…" he teased with a wink. "Guess old habits die hard, after all…"
Hilda groaned in defeat. "Well, sorry…" she murmured, but immediately perked up. "But, food does sounds good right now, I haven't eat anything today…"
"Of course," Hilbert deadpanned, "Expect if you happen to be a sleepwalker and ate in your sleep – " he didn't finished his sentence as he quickly sidestepped from Hilda's incoming punch.
"Now you're just making fun of me!" she shouted with a hint of anger, but her wide grin betrayed her voice.
"Did not!" the brunet stated in his own defense, also grinning from ear to ear. "I was just stating possibil – " he stopped again to dodge incoming assault from his friend.
"Geez, what are you, martial artist?" he groaned in response, readying himself for another attack that might be directed at him.
After several minutes of Hilda's attempt at whacking her brunet companion, her stomach eventually gave in and let out another loud grumble, causing her to cease her attacks, much to Hilbert's relief. Well, not that Hilda really meant to hurt him, as it was all for fun and laughs, but it does irked her how she didn't managed a small smack on him.
"Do you really have to dodge all the time?" she eventually commented, grumbling slightly as they headed towards the stairs, her cap already placed in her head.
"Huh? But of course!" he gave her an innocent, (not-so)surprised looked. "I mean, from what I saw with N's jaw and all yesterday, I do not want to be on the receiving end of any of your punches…" he chuckled slightly before added : "And I can say you punch too hard for a girl."
Hilda's cheek puffed slightly as she started to descend the stairs. "So what? It's always good to be able to fight on your own…"
Hilbert's chuckle just went louder, if anything. They didn't say another word until they arrived at the cafeteria, and Hilda's blue orbs immediately wondered over all the food's sign, and she put a hand below her chin. What to eat… Cafetarias food are good, but it's starting to bore her…
"Say, Hilbert? Have you eaten anything?" she asked.
He glanced at his companion and eventually blinked. "If several bites of cookies is what you count as breakfast, then, sure I have," he shrugged nonchalantly, earning a stunned look from the brunette.
"Huh? I thought you were up at like… 6 AM? I'm sure there's probably one stall already – "
"I was waiting for you, duh," he stated that like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Which, by the way, are not so obvious, at least to Hilda.
"Huh? What?" she flushed slightly over the fact he waited for her. "Why bother?"
"I wonder myself, because I just feel like it?" he answered with a slightest hint of sarcasm. "No, I prefer company. Does that fill any?"
"Umm…" she felt like the evil Volcaronas are back churning her stomach. "Thanks?"
Hilbert rolled his eyes and sighed. "Look, why don't you just pick a stall?"
"Well, actually, I can't – "
"HILDA!"
As déjà vu inducing it was, she turned her head towards the voice, and eventually tackled by a white-and-yellow blur. Losing her balance, she immediately sprawled on the floor, with all-too-familiar blonde girl sitting on the top of her, gushing with excitement.
"Hilda! Nice to see you here! And so early in the morning!" Bianca chirped, a little too loudly, getting a few bystander's attention. "Have you eaten any breakfast yet? You should! But not too much, because you'll get fat! Not too little either, it's not good for your – "
"I might be able to follow your advice, Bianca, if you could just get off me!" she exclaimed, trying to gently push the klutzy blonde from her.
The blonde gasped, slapping a hand into her mouth, before quickly trying to stand up. "Oh gosh, I'm sorry Hil – Waah!" she squeaked when she tripped over Hilda's arms, effectively ruining her effort and dogpiling back into the poor brunette.
"Ouch!"
"H – help!"
Hilbert simply watched the whole scene with confusion all over his face, before he crouched down and helped Bianca get back into her feet (and making sure she didn't fell down again). After that, he offered her hand to the fallen brunette.
"Okay over there?" he asked as a precaution, eyebrows raised – hopefully the blonde didn't weight that much…
"You don't want to know…" she mumbled, rubbing every aching part from her body – courtesy of Bianca – before she turned to glare at the green eyed Pokémon Trainer. "Tell me, have you started your diet program yet?" she teased.
Bianca's face turned red as she puffed her cheek and crossed her arms, giving a childlike impression as she spoke. "I do! I just have been… Well, there was like… " she murmured at the end, trying to make up an excuse.
Hilda giggled, blue eyes tinkled with amusement. "There was like, a good pastry shop somewhere around and you can't resist – "
"Aaaw, stop it Hilda! It's not my fault I love sweets!" Bianca cut her off, pouting childishly.
Playfully sticking out her tounge for a few seconds, she turned to Hilbert before taking his hand. "Oh, thanks Hilbert, I'm fine… I suppose," she said with a teasing tone, glancing back at her childhood friend.
"Hildaaa!"
"I'm just kidding, Bianca!"
The brunet rolled his eyes at his friends' antics before pulling Hilda back into her feet. She brushed her white shirt, getting rid of any dusts from her clothes. Stretching her muscles a little bit, she turned into Bianca again. Though, before she can utter any word, Bianca already send out hers.
"Say, what are you going to eat for breakfast? It's not pancakes right? You ate like, tons of them back then, you'll probably sick of it! Well, you're not the type to eat …"
Hilda groaned loudly, murmuring something about excessive sugar consumption and blondies in distaste, which was promptly ignored by said blonde but a brunet, as he snickered in amusement, eventually gaining Bianca's attention.
"Ah! You're that boy from before!" she gushed in realization, green orbs widened. "Umm… Hi – Hi – Hilb – "
"Hilbert," the brunet quickly clarified, waving a hand. "Nice to see you again, Bianca."
"Oh yeah! I knew your name sounds similar…" she mumbled in embarrassment, biting her nail. "Yeah, similar to Hilda's."
"But you still can't remember him?" Hilda asked teasingly.
"C'mon, I can't help it!" the clumsy blonde pouted again, but immediately went back into her perky face. "Have you guys eaten breakfast yet? Eat with us!" she chirped excitedly.
"We haven't actually… Wait, us?"
Bianca grinned before grabbing both brunets' hand, leaving them no room to argue. "With Cheren! Let's go grab our meals in that stand!" she demanded, pointing a random stall, and before both Hilda and Hilbert could name any complaints, they were shoved to the food booth.
Hilda ended up buying three breakfast sets, with different flavors, while Hilbert got himself twosimilar breakfast sets, all also in different flavors, plus three plates of large-sized waffles. Bianca, who only bought a plate of hotcakes, squeaked when she saw both brunets' trays, with stacked foodboxes and all.
Needless to say, so did Cheren when he saw it. With his eyes widened almost as big as a Pokeball and all.
"… Never would've thought," the raven haired boy murmured to himself, hand covering his mouth. "Hilda actually found her mate… in gluttony."
Said Pokémon Trainer shot him a deadly glare, which was ignored by him. "And to be honest, sometimes I worry you'll one day suffer from malnutrition," she shot back, eyeing his meal – only consisted of a small bowl of soup and a few crackers.
Cheren snorted from the accusation, then he eyed Hilbert and held out his hand. "Hilda's friend, I presume? I'm Cheren, nice to meet you," he greeted with a small smile on his face.
The brunet eventually accepted his hand, shooking it in a polite, yet friendly manner. "I've heard. I'm Hilbert, nice to meet you too," said Hilbert, glancing at Hilda from the corner of his eyes.
"Okay, enough with the trivial tidbits!" Hilda spoke suddenly, putting her tray on the table as she sat in her chair. "I'm hungry already, let's just dig in!"
They get along – Cheren and Hilbert, that is – much to Hilda's surprise. Not that it isn't welcomed, since it actually made her happy that her brunet companion could easily merge in their circle of friends – since childhood. But then again, Cheren and Hilbert both got a knack of making fun of Hilda, thought more so for the former.
After finishing their breakfast (with both Hilda and Hilbert ordered another plate of waffles, much to the other two's horror), all of them engulfed into a random conversation in their table.
"The new subway line?" Cheren asked, eyebrows raised. "I don't know, I haven't been around Gear Station for awhile…"
"Well…" Bianca hummed, her eyebrows furrowed. "While I was passing by the Gear Station yesterday, there was a brochure about… new line? I don't know…"
Hilbert shrugged as he slupred his orange juice. "Probably. I didn't know all the details myself, except we can try out the new line today at 1 PM…"
"Say, both of you," Hilda turned her heads towards her childhood friends. "You guys don't really have much to do, right? Why don't you join us this afternoon?" she offered.
And Bianca immediately agreed to it. "Oooh, of course!" she chirped, green orbs shining brightly as she turned to the raven haired boy. " It'll be very, very fun! Right, Cheren?" she asked in excitement.
Reaching up to touch the collar of his blue jacket, he shrugged. "No thanks. I need to move on to Driftveil as soon as possible, since I'm done with Elesa's – "
"Aaw, Cheren! No, you're not!" Bianca cut in disappointment , cheeks puffed as she glared at Cheren. "Seriously, take a break sometimes and think of something other than your Gym challenges! It's not fun!" she complained loudly.
Cheren's eyes narrowed as he let Bianca finished her complaints. "I do, actually. And I had enough proscrastinating here in Nimbasa, so I'm going to Route 5 as soon as I could today," he deadpanned, seemingly not accepting any argument.
Hilda huffed as she drank the last bit of her MooMoo Milk. "But Cheren – "
"Look, I hate to break this to you…" Hilbert cut his friend, raising a hand and gaining Cheren's attention. "But the Driftveil Drawbridge's off limits today."
"And how could you say that?" Cheren asked back, eyebrows raised skeptically.
The brunet simply rolled his eyes, his hand gesturing to the LED screen attached to the wall. The three Nuvema trainers quickly glanced to the said direction, paying attention to whatever flickered on the screen.
The Driftveil Drawbridge will be off-limits to civilians due to a technical problem. We expect it to be done tomorrow. We're sorry for the inconvenience – Driftveil City.
"Yeah!" both Hilda and Bianca burst out in excitement. They looked at each other, grinning widely, and shared a high-five. Hilbert snickered, offering the glasses-wearing boy a sympathetic smile, who groaned in both disappointment and annoyance.
"Oi, don't get happy, you two," Cheren eventually spoke, readjusting his glasses. "Just because the drawbridge is raised doesn't mean I'm entering the new line. I can just train at Route 5 to prepare myself for the next Gym battle."
"You can always train later, Cheren! Seriously, slack off a bit!" Bianca complained, crossing her arms childishly.
"I've been slacking off for days here in Nimbasa, even after Elesa. I want to continue my schedule, and you guys could just join without me," he countered.
"Cheren… Seriously! We could train at the new line, it's probably a challenge train!" Hilda grumbled, head supported by her hands on the table. "And the more, the merrier!" she added.
"But – "
Hilbert lightly tapped the boy's shoulder, and leaned in to whisper something. "You should've known them better than me – doesn't looked like they're about to give up anytime soon."
Taking Hilbert's advice, Cheren observed his two childhood friends. Both eyes does seem like they're going to make him join, and they'll drag him if it's so necessary. He flinched from the memory when one time they did decided to drag him to join them – the result wasn't so neat. Sighing in defeat, he shrugged. "Fine," he said. "Happy?"
"Yes!" both girls pumped their fist into the air, shouting exclaims of victory.
Hilbert had to hold his laughter before he glanced at Cheren again. "Must be hard handling those two, hmm?"
Taking of his glasses to rub his eyes, Cheren nodded in agreement. "Oh, yes. You'd never want to know any of it…" he mumbled faintly.
To kill time until around 12 PM, they decided to play random games they could think of. From Pokémon quiz – which was mostly answered by Cheren or Hilda, Truth or Dare with an empty MooMoo Milk bottle – which Cheren was dared to sing "I Wanna Be a Hero" loudly, playing random card games – which Hilbert won most of the time, accompanied by the usual random conversation. It worked, they even forgot about the clock, which by the time they did, had shown it's twelve past fourty minutes.
Needless to say, four of them quickly left the Pokémon Center, and ran as fast as they could to the Gear Station. Luckily there wasn't a crowd on the way, so they actually made into the building in around ten minutes.
"Huff… huff…" Hilda panted, hands on her knees. "Man, why is no one looking at the time?" she mumbled to herself.
Bianca almost fell into her knees, but she grinned anyway. "Like… what they say!" she chirped despite her panting. "Time flies when you're having fun!"
"Yeah, we got what you mean, Bianca…" Cheren murmured with a snicker. "Though this isn't any time to say that…" he then glanced at the surroundings. Everything looks normal enough, except…
"Look, it's over there?"
Both turned at Hilbert, who was pointing to a quite crowded gate, colored blue. Before, blue wasn't a color for any line, so both Hilda and Hilbert could tell that this is the new line they're going to join. It seems news has spreaded, or else it wouldn't explain the number of the trainers around. Hilbert took the instinctive to approach said gate, and Hilda then gestured her childhood friend to follow.
They eventually entered the station. It was no different than the normal line the Gear Station have got. There were quite the number of trainers around, with their Pokemons out. They're either chatting with each other, discussing what the new line could be, or simply showing off their Pokémon to the other trainers.
But what gained Hilda's attention the most is not the crowd. It was the subway. Because it was way bigger than the normal subway she tried, both Anville ones or the Multi-Train ones. The size is almost thrice bigger, and from the height and the window, she can guess it has two floors instead of one. Most of the windows are covered by curtains, so she can't tell whatever is inside.
Not that it does any good to avoid attention and excitement from the four teens.
"Whoa…" Bianca breathed out in awe, green orbs locked into the oversized subway. "It's huuuge!" she eventually managed, clapping her hands in front of her chest.
"I'll say…" Hilda commented, blue eyes still widened. What on Landorus are the Subway Bosses trying to implement here?
Hilbert laughed nervously, tilting his head slightly. "This is oversized… Way bigger than any normal subway would," he stated, slipping his hands into his pockets.
After observing the new subway, ready to be used, Cheren eventually sighed in relief. "I guess it's worth my time. At least, it's starting to interest me, whatever this new line are supposed to be…"
"Yeah, you should stop being the pessimist, Cheren," Bianca teased, sticking her tounge out.
Cheren gave her a withering glare, crossing his arms. "And you should stop being – "
"Excuse me, are four of you maybe joining this line?"
Four heads jerked towards the voice, which came from a subway staff, dressed in green. Hilda quickly nodded towards the older woman. She smiled as she held out two small papers. "If so, please fill in this form, and you can submit it to any staff or to that table over there," she continued, gesturing to a desk nearby.
Hilda accepted the forms with a puzzled expression, because there's only two forms given. "Umm, four of us are joining…" she voiced her confusion, tilting her head slightly.
"Oh! My bad. Actually, this line is similar to Multi-Train line. You'll need a partner to join. Since there's four of you, I assume you're going to team up with each other?" she giggled slightly, though still offering them a warm smile.
Hilda glanced slightly at her friends, who nodded in approval. "Yeah, we do, actually. But, what's this line all about?" she asked again. "I mean, are we going to do battles or what?"
"Well…" she gave them a calculating look, before shrugging with a wink. "That's for you kids to find out! I assure you, it's going to be fun. Now, if you'll excuse me!" she finished with a small bow, before heading off somewhere else.
"Well," Hilbert murmured loud enough for his companions to hear. "That's helpful enough…" he turned to face the three of them, eyebrows raised. "So, who's teaming up with who?"
And the Nuvema trainers' face is turned into of that dumbfounded one. Even Cheren's.
"Mmm…" Hilda hummed, furrowing her eyebrows in concentration. " I would – "
Bianca immediately cut her, raising her hands. "I'm with Cheren!" she declared suddenly. Both brunets blinked their eyes in bewilderment, as the black haired trainer raised a skeptical eyebrows. "No complaints, okay, Cheren?"
He readjusted his glasses, eyeing the blonde with annoyance. "Why are you deciding by yourself?" he asked in distaste.
"Well, that's easy! It's because – Umm…" Bianca stuttered, eyelids closed tight. Cheren rolled his eyes but before he could utter a word, the clumsly blonde opened her eyes again. "Well, because Hilbert's probably already used with Hilda! They teamed up for the Multi-Train, remember!" she quickly voiced her excuse, laughing nervously while adjusting her beret.
Hilbert blinked in surprise, glancing at the blonde. "Hey, I'm fine with any of you guys… Yes, I'm good with Hilda, but as a matter of fact, I'll team up with anyone."
Cheren was silent for a few seconds, letting Bianca's reasoning to sink in, before he eventually nodded. "I suppose I can agree with Bianca this time. We don't have any inkling what this line's all about," he voiced his opinion and glanced at the brunets. "And excuse me if I sound like a know-it-all," he paused when Hilda snorted in amusement, "but I believe Hilda and Hilbert could work extremely well, at least from what I saw."
"Okay, then it's settled!" Bianca pumped her fist into the air, quickly snatching a form from Hilda's hands, but she gave it to Cheren sheepishly. "Please? Your writing is much neater than mine, so…" she blushed slightly, with an awkward smile.
Cheren groaned in exasperation at his childhood friend's odd behavior. "Fine," he mumbled quietly, taking a marker from the small pocket of his bag. As he was busy scribbling with the form, Bianca tiptoed to a confused Hilbert, tapping his shoulder lightly and whispered something.
The voice is too small, and all Hilda heard is unclear murmurs from the blonde. Hilbert eventually chuckled slightly, joined with Bianca's giggle, causing Hilda to narrow her blue eyes. As they continued, Hilbert's cheek is suddenly dusted with pink, and Bianca eventually laughed quietly when Cheren suddenly spoke.
"What are you whispering there, Bianca?" he asked out of curiosity.
"Nothing!" she chirped.
"Okay, come here then. You'll need to tell me…"
Hilda ignored whatever Cheren was going to say, instead she approaching Hilbert, who's face seem already went back to normal. "Say, what did Bianca whispered to you?" she questioned.
"Hmm? Oh, she's just explaining why she wants to team up with Cheren. Saying that she had something to settle or something…" he trailed off, voice noticeably smaller when he said the last sentences. "Well, it's not so important. Why don't you fill in the form?" he proposed, handing her a marker.
She did had a question mark in her head (why Hilbert blushed back then?), but eventually shrugged it off and smiled, taking the marker from her friend's hand. "Will do. Hmm.. Let's see…" she scribbled neatly, tounge sticking out every so slightly. "Name… Hilda… Hilbert… Umm, two Pokémon used?" she questioned more to herself, blinking her eyes.
"Make mine Reuniclus and Lampent."
"Oh, okay…" she muttered, quickly writing out the names before she pursed her lips. "I'll use… Mmm… Servine and Tranquil, I suppose… Yeah, that oughta do…"
Hilda and Cheren handed their forms to the registration desk after they're done. They're simply asked to wait, and was given a pair of similar pins, ordered to give one to their partner and wear it. With their question about the line itself is promptly ignored, they decided to go back to their friends, as it seem the staff aren't planning to tell them anytime soon.
"Geez, we're about to start soon, why can't they even tell us a hint…" Hilda complained as they weave through the other trainers, mumbling sorry whenever they accidently bumped to other trainers.
"Probably they'll think it's a waste of oxygen, if they could just tell the rules via megaphone…" said Cheren, who was wearing more or less the same annoyed expression as Hilda's. Both didn't say any other word until they're within their partner's earshot, and Hilbert suddenly spoke.
"So they didn't give any spoilers?" he asked, though it was more of a statement than a question.
"Yeah, figures…" Hilda answered before she reached to her pockets, handing her partner the pin she was given before. Said pins are colored red for the background, but decorated with a picture of leaves blowed by a wind. "They asked us to wear us this, probably to tell that we're partners and whatnots."
The brunet Pokémon Trainer eyed the pin for a few seconds before he took it. "That, or it's going to be used in the challenge, or whatever. Might as well follow them, though I don't like pins so much."
Hilbert quickly attached the pin on his blue jacket, just below the right collar. Hilda was about to pin it into her vest, when she remembered that she wasn't wearing one. She eventually decided to attach it on her blue (not-so) short jeans, just below her white shirt.
"Geez, need to fix the vest real soon…" she said to herself.
Hilbert raised his eyebrows, brown eyes glaring at her pin. "Yeah, I'll say. It's weird for a pin to be attached there, of all places," he said, pointing at said pin.
"Well, I have no idea where else. I don't feel like attaching that on my bag. My shirt wouldn't really work, probably," she replied, sighing. "I'm not so good at this."
"Hmm, let me try it, then?"
Before Hilda could comprehend whatever did he meant, he already moved his hands, removing the pin from her jeans carefully. After he finished, he wordlessly took Hilda's cap (earning a surprise squeak from the brunette) and attached the pin to the front side of the cap, just next to the Pokeball insignia. Smiling to himself, he turned, right hand grabbing the brunette's bouncy ponytail, and left hand eventually slipped the cap back to her head.
"I'd say this is much better," he finished contently, not taking a note to Hilda's slightly blusing cheek.
Hands gingerly reached her own cap, she eventually gave her partner a grin. "I'd never thought of this, thanks." As an afterthought, she added, "But you could've tell me if you're about to do that."
Hilbert laughed slightly, smiling back at her. "Less word, more work."
"Hilda! Lemme see your pins!" Bianca suddenly called, waving her hands frantically despite the fact that they're only few feets from each other.
Hilda blinked, eventually grinned wider as she pointed at her cap. The blonde's green eyes squinted to get a better look of it, hands put above her eyelids. She eventually broke out a smile. "That's cute! Though mine's kind of cute, too!" she chirped again, pointing at her white pin decorated with a drip of water.
Cheren was about to comment when the intercom suddenly speaks, gaining every trainer's attention, as the loud voices suddenly turned into a quiet murmur.
"Well, attention all trainers out there! Welcome and thank you for joining our new challenge line, here in the Gear Station!"
"Bet that was Ingo…" Hilbert muttered with a chuckle, loud enough for his friends to hear it.
"How did you tell?" Hilda asked quietly.
"He sounds much more of an old man than Emmet."
"Now, I'm going to read the basic explanations and rules, so if you all would please pay attention. And yes, it's me, Ingo, the Subway Boss. And for your information, I do not sound like an old man. So, shut up, Hilbert."
Hilda had to hold a laughter coming out when Ingo mentioned her partner's name, while Bianca blinked her widened green eyes in confusion towards said brunet. Cheren snickered slightly from the comment as Hilbert simply rolled his eyes in annoyance. Luckily, the trainers joining don't know who's Ingo talking about, so they simply giggled quietly.
"As you might already know, the challenge will be taken in pairs, with only two Pokémon allowed to use. We recommend you to stay with your partners, because, you know, X-Transceiver's signal is a bummer when you're underground," Ingo joked, earning a laughter from the trainers.
"That aside, I assume all of you already took notice of the subway, which is, by standart, is a bit larger than usual. There is a few reasons to that. You'll know when I finished explaining the challenge." There was a pause, accompanied with some murmur from the other trainers, before he continued. "Challenges will include but not restricted to Pokémon usage, as you'll need your brain. Put it simply, you're going to be given a little quiz, which may involve doing something or simply search for an item inside. I'm not going to spoil so much, you'll get a full explanation paper later inside."
"So, it's simply like that reality TV show? Or probably something of sort," Cheren stated flatly as the crowds started to murmur something.
"But it actually sounds fun! And we're doing it in a subway!" Bianca chirped excitedly. "Oooh, I can't wait!"
"A moving subway," both Hilbert and Hilda deadpanned simultaneously, the former sighed in exaggeration while the latter's face went pale.
"Basic rules are : No Cheating! No, we'll know if you do, so would you please follow the rules? I'm quite the strict guy myself." Hilbert could have sworn that Ingo is shrugging at the moment. "Well, I'm not the one to speak details, you'll get them later. Okay, at any minute, the doors will be opened. Oh yeah, remember your pins? There's around ten cabs, each cabs coded with Pokémon types. Take a wild guess what they're for, because I won't explain which door do you have to enter. Enough hints, no? Laters and have fun, trainers!"
As the intercom shut down, the silence in the station immediately was gone, replaced by loud conversation voices from all the participants, all discussing about the information they were just given by the Subway Boss.
"Hey, this is like that race or something TV show! Well, with a few difference…"
"Oh boy, I hope the quiz wasn't so hard…"
"I was quite looking forward for a battle, but…"
"This sounds like enough fun, anyway. Right, Munna?"
The four teens glanced at their surroundings, noticing all participants had the excited and/or thrilled plastered over their faces. Well, not that they're not feeling excited themselves. "Well, so we enter the cab based on what picture our pins hand?" Cheren mused, eyeing his pin attached to his cyan jacket.
"Guess so," Hilda answered before she glanced at Hilbert. "So we'll be entering the Grass cab, or something like that."
"This does sounds like a game Emmet would pull out…" the brunet laughed to himself, eyeing the oversized subway.
"Then, which do we enter, Cheren?"
"Water, obviously."
And before they could conversate longer, the intercom started speaking again. "All doors have been opened, please enter the cab according to the pins you received, thank you!"
"Real subtle…" Hilbert muttered, grabbing Hilda's wrist gently before he turned to Bianca and Cheren. "Well, we'll see you later?" he said, offering them a smile.
"Yeah! Good luck and have fun, both of you!" Bianca chirped, and before Cheren could said anything, dragged him somewhere else, trying to look for their cabs.
"Umm, yeah, good luck to you too, Bianca…" Hilda murmured despite knowing full well she won't be able to hear it. She eventually turned to her partner, a grin on her face. "Well then, shall we?"
Luckily, the Grass cab wasn't so far away, just next to the first cab, so they don't have to walk for long. As they entered, they were given a piece of paper, full of explanations and rules for the challenge, including prizes offered. Quickly seating themselves in a seat given.
"The game uses point system… We need to answer the quiz by doing something we were asked… When we find the answer, we go back to our cab. Each cab have one attendant assigned, to check if our answers are right, give us points, and give us our next quiz…" Hilda read off the explanations, taking a breath before she continued. "We could ask for hint, but it will deduct points. And, the top ten pairs will got themselves BP…"
"Sounds simple enough, at least for now," Hilbert stated. "Though, this cab is quite something else."
Taking her eyes off the paper, she took a look to her surroundings. True, the wall, ceiling, and floor is quite similar to Anville's subway, but of course the space is considerably larger. Instead of seats across each other on each side, it's more of restaurant-like, with two seats against each other and a table. Heck, there's a few cabinets on the wall!
"I guess it just adds the fun…" Hilda finally spoke. "It's even stated that different cabs might have different layouts…"
"Attention all participants!" a woman's voice suddenly called out. Everyone in the cabs turned their heads towards the voice, coming from the cab's attendant. "I see all five pairs is already here?"
"Five for this cab…" Hilda murmured quietly. "If there's five each, that means there's over fifty pairs joining up…"
"Might be more, though," Hilbert stated.
"Okay, then. As the paper had already stated, you receive your quiz and points from me. The quiz isn't restricted to answers. It might ask you to search for something, or do some task. The challenge will be up for around three hours, so use your time wisely and grab as many points as you can. The time will start when the subway started moving, and it's over when the subway had arrived to the destination. Any questions?"
A boy, probably around Hilda's age, raised his hand. "Is there… you know… restrooms here?"
The whole cab ended up bursting out laughing from the cracky questions, all of them clutching their stomach, with the boy simply had a question mark in his face. The attendant coughed a few times before she kindly answered. "Of course! There's a restroom in each cab, so you don't have to worry if you suddenly have to go."
The laugh ceased into a few snickers, when another participant, this time a girl, raised her hand. "Three hours until our destination?" she asked, raising her eyebrows. "Then, does that mean… It'll also take three hours for us to get back to Nimbasa?"
"Well, of course not! It took four hours because the subway might be taking another route, or maybe simply moving in circles. It'll only take around thirty minutes to reach Nimbasa again, so don't worry! This subway can be really fast!" she answered.
Hilda eyed the right side of the seats, grimacing. "That explains this seatbelt over here…"
"Umm," the same girl started again. "What's in the end of the line? The destination, I mean."
"Oh, that's a surprise for all of you, I'm afraid I can't tell! I don't even know!" the attendant giggled slightly.
All participants sweatdropped from the response, but is quite satisfied with the explanations nevertheless, so none of them asked any other question. The boy from before was about to raise his hand again, but is stopped by his partner.
"Ah, before I forgot!" the attendant spoke again, then she walked into the middle of the cab, her hand gesturing on a picture hanged on the wall. "Each cab will have a map, so you don't need to worry if you got lost. If you can even get lost in a straightforward cab like this, anyway. Okay then, get ready until the subway started moving!"
As soon as the woman said it, a 'ding-dong' was heard, followed by the intercom's voice. "The subway will start to move. The time is, 1 : 30 PM. We expect to arrive at our destination at 4 : 30 PM. Good luck, and have fun."
"Oopsie, okay…"
And just a few seconds after that was announced, the subway started to shook a bit, then it started to move at a moderate speed.
"Game on! Take your quizzies now! But, line up, okay?" the attendant chided playfully. All pairs started to make a line in front of her, who took a piece of paper from a box, and then she gave it to the first pair. They seem to grimace about something as they walked towards the map. Hilda and Hilbert was the last pair to take their quizzes, mostly because they're the most faraway from the attendant.
"Wow, wonder what have gotten into him?" Hilda asked after a quick outburst from a boy after reading his quiz, then limply walked with his partner towards the other door.
"Dunno. But it seems they just wanted to have fun and giggles, watching us doing random quiz…"
"Now that's just being sarcastic… A little bit…"
After both of them patiently waited for their turn, which didn't take long, they eventually stood in front of the attendant. She offered them a polite smile, which was returned by both brunets. "Dating, I presume?" she joked.
"Um, no!" Hilda quickly squeaked, face painted with bright red. Hilbert simply looked away, cheek dusted again with pinkness.
"Really, now…" the older woman trailed off, luckily not picking up the subject anymore as she took a piece of paper from the box. "Here, read it."
Hilda politely took the paper from the woman and muttered a quick thank you. Glancing at Hilbert, she showed him the paper quiz, and both of them looked at the message written.
Go to the Rock cab in five minutes. Hope you're a track runner.
"Rock cab? In five minutes?" Hilda asked in bewilderment, blue eyes blinked.
"Oh, you got that? Well… Teenagers should've fast enough for that…" the attendant suddenly mumbled, looking at the wall clock. "That means... You'll be expected to be there when the long needle strikes somewhere past seven, good luck!" she muttered with a chesire cat grin, waving them off.
"What do you – "
"Oh crap," Hilbert suddenly cut her off, eyes locked on the subway's map. "Go here, Hilda, look at this."
Quickly, Hilda rushed to Hilbert's side, blue orbs wandered off to the said map. After a few seconds glancing, she finally found where is this Rock cab located at.
Which is totally on the other side of the subway. Oh, and by the way, one cab is almost twice length the normal Multi-Train cab.
Hilda's jaw dropped for a few moments, and Hilbert shook his head in exasperation. Soon enough, both brunets turned around and dashed towards the door leading to the other cab. Both of them screeched the same line as they left their own cab with full speed.
"THIS ISN'T FUNNY!"
Both Hilda and Hilbert are panting as they finished their little quiz, back to the Grass cab. Apparently, they did managed to reach the Rock cab in time (four minutes). On their way, they also noticed a few pairs running as quick as they could, probably receiving similar orders fromt heir papers. But the attendant there gave them a challenge to get back to their cabs faster than their first attempt for a double points, so they eventually did accept(three minutes and fifty-five seconds), and are now receiving their second quiz.
"Seriously, I never thought the quiz would be like that," Hilda muttered in annoyance, rubbing her forehead from her sweats.
"Oh, you're just a bit… lack of luck, I'd say. But it's worth of it, no? You got double points, which means you got… ten points. Quite a high number for the starters," the attendant giggled as she wrote something on her paper, then she took a paper from the same box. "And, quizzes for the first few hours are usually tiring, it'll get better by the next hour. Here you go!" she handed Hilbert the next paper.
Hilbert quickly took the paper with a nod, and sidestepped to let the pair behind them to talk to the attendant. He walked a few good feets away, approaching the map, followed by Hilda. He then squinted his brown eyes to read the next quiz or whatever written in the dreaded piece of paper.
My Spoink lost her Pearl! We were just visiting the mountain… We had such a fun time, climbing the highestpeak and all… And I didn't realize it until we went home! What do I do… Can you please look for the pink Pearl?
Hilda and Hilbert rolled their eyes, either in annoyance, irritation, exasperation, boredom, or a good mix of those all. "It's like they're ripping off that game… Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, was it?" Hilbert flatly spoke, crossing his arms.
"Yeah, it's the Explorers of the Sky ones, I believe… And it was the first mission, too."
"Well, it's pointless to think about that… Look, there's a few lines bolded. It's probably a hint," Hilbert pointed out.
"Well, the pearl is bolded. Maybe it's the thing we needed to search?" Hilda offered, putting her hand below her chin. "What mountain? There's no mountain here…"
"Hmm…" Hilbert hummed, brown eyes still locked at the paper, narrowing every so slightly. Hilda paid attention to his serious face, with his lips pursed slightly, brown eyes sharply eyeing the paper quiz he's holding in his left hand, the other hand below his chin. Much to her surprise, she felt the evil Volcaronas from the morning had come back, since her stomach is churning again.
Darn, I dunno, but he sorta looks a bit cool – UUUGH! I HATE YOU, INNER SELF!
He eventually snaps his fingers. "Mountain does rings a bell for Ground-types, wouldn't you say?"
When there was no response, Hilbert glanced at his partner, and he groaned loudly. He moved his hand across her face, and he was about to poke her forehead with his finger when Hilda suddenly yelped.
"Waah, I'm here! Sorry! Umm… what was you're saying again?" she squeaked awkwardly, waving her hands in front of her face as she took a step back.
"Good, you're not spacing out," he spoke with a bit sarcasm laced in his words. After hearing his tone, Hilda bit her lower lip slightly, mouthing the word 'I'm sorry', while looking a bit gloomy. He immediately felt a tinge of guilt and quickly softens up. "Mountain does reminds you of ground-types, isn't it?"
Letting the Klanks work on her brains, Hilda eventually clapped her hands. "Umm… True! But, what highest peak?"
"Well, let's just move to the Ground cab, and we'll figure it out there," Hilbert simply suggested.
"Good idea. Let's see…" Hilda looked over the map, pointer finger tracing the paper. "Oh, it's just two cabs away from ours. Let's just walk quickly, much better than running for your lives."
"Ditto."
On their way, they paid more attention to their surroundings than their first quiz. It's not like you could look around you when given an order like that, anyway. Hilda is trying to spot Bianca and Cheren, but it seems they're not around their cabs. Well, they might have passed through them back then, but who knows?
"But, Hilda… You ran quite fast, actually…" Hilbert commented suddenly as they walked past the first cab.
"Well, I was a track runner before I started my journey…" Hilda answered with a smile.
"That explains," Hilbert rubbed his head, giving her a goofy smile. "So, you trained your Pokemon's speed by having a race with them or something?" he asked out of nowhere, teasing slightly.
Hilda immediately sneezed – a bit too loudly – when Hilbert finished his sentences. Rubbing her nose and locking her blue eyes against Hilbert's brown ones, she exclaimed in surprise. "How did you know?"
Hilbert only blinked in amusement, mouth curled up into a smirk. "Nah, call it a wild guess."
Eventually reaching the Ground cab, they glanced at their surroundings. It's not much different than their cabs, but it's actually pretty crowded with other pairs. Hilda glanced back at the quiz paper, eyebrows furrowed.
"Okay… Highest peak? Something about a high place?" Hilda mused, eyeing the cab lazily.
"High place? Maybe it's the second floor," Hilbert suddenly said, glancing towards the stairs just next to them.
"Oh, good idea."
They quickly ascended the stairs towards the higher floor. The surrounding wasn't much different, minus the fact that there's less people around. Blue and brown orbs immediately went to examine the ceiling while wandering around, trying to look for the pink Pearl. Finding nothing, Hilda sighed while Hilbert looked around with a contemplating expression on his face.
His brown eyes eventually wandered over a cabinet on the far end wall, just near the ceiling. Smiling to himself, he quickly strolled towards the cabinet. "I think I know what's this quiz all about, c'mon Hilda," was all he said.
Question mark on her head, she nevertheless followed her friend, who climbed the seat nearby the wall, and he reached up to examine the cabinets on the wall. He eventually found one that isn't locked, and opened it. A small smirk made to his face as he noticed what's inside.
"Hilbert, did you find anything there?" Hilda asked when she noticed the boy's smirk.
Grabbing whatever's inside, he closed the cabinet and jumped back down to the floor. Turning around to face Hilda, he opened his palm to reveal a small pink plastic ball.
"Looks like we found the ball… pink Pearl, I mean," Hilbert laughed humorlessly. "Cheap enough, they're using a pink plastic ball, of all things."
"I'll say… Well, at least we found the answer. Let's go back?"
"Sure."
It's freaking cold in here, I think I'm freezing. No wonder, since I'm almost at the peak, and I can barely see anything from this blizzard. Can someone lit a fire to keep me warm?
The boy from before – the one asked about the restroom, I mean – blinked his gray eyes. It's fun when he heard the explanations, but he'd never thought the quizzes would be this hard. His partner keeps scolding him for being clueless too. It's not his fault that he's not so good at Q&A! Rubbing his black short hair, he tried to make sense whatever this quiz asked him to.
From the 'freezing' part, his partner deduced that they'll need to search the Ice cab. It's quite hard to digest, so he didn't question why. Now, standing in the said cab, he looked around, hoping for a sort of epiphany to show up at his head.
He opened a random door and entered it, before realizing that the room is pitch black. He was about to go out when he realizes something.
Hold on, wasn't the quiz had something about making a fire?And not being able to see anything? That's it!
Taking a candle from his bag, the boy used his lighter he usually use to create fire while camping and lit the candle with the fire, causing him to be able to slightly see what room is he in. But he paid no attention to his surroundings, anyway, when his partner called out.
"Dude! I find out what this quiz wants us to do! It's about changing the AC to warm… Hey, where the hell are you?"
Wait, it wasn't this?
"Heeey!"
Oh well, better leave! He's already as impatient as it is.
Forgetting completely about the candle, he quickly left the generator room.
Yeah, I know, I'm so predictable. Blah, blah, blah. I suck. Whatever.
Sorry for a bit lack of fluff over there, especially in the subway part. I'm having a hard time to slip one fluffy moments there…
I spent most of the few days squealing about the fact that TWEWY characters will make a cameo appearance in KH3D, damn. And I kept getting attacked with plot bunnies about PMD and TWEWY, which I'm trying hard to ignore. It's not working. Help me, Arceus.
Now, answering reviewers, yaay!
YiPrincess – Whee, thanks again!
FerrisWheel wasn't so bad… And they got so many fans. I sorta find Chess is quite cuter, so… yeah! XD
I got high quite often, but mostly when I'm alone. XD Ah, and Emolga… reminds me too much of Elesa. My team is weak against Fire and Electric at the time, so, no Emolgas for me. .
Fuzzedbywrackspurts – Thanks again for the review! Yeah, FerrisWheel got it's own charm, but I sorta think that N's a bit too… slow… and he's freaking tall. XD We need a little bit more Chess stories, now.
NadiaMiki – *squeals* Hey and thanks again! Yeah, oblivious lovey-dovey, both of them really needs to get their glasses on. Oreste shows some signs, I guess…
I jabbed N's sprites with my stylus. In the ferris wheel, I mean.
No, Leena didn't know Hilbert. But with the way Hilda explained about him, she sorta gets, you know… Matchmaker!
Seirin-chan – What's this? I'm too obvious? No way! Yes way, I mean. That's so obvious x.x
I'm using Microsoft Word… 2007… which I suck at… Because I'm way too used to 2003… which is over years ago… and I'm such a lazyass who didn't bother to learn 2007. Sue me. I'll try to use it for the next chapters, if not for the fact the Ms Word kept crashing.
The hug simply screams fluff, I know! XD. And I have… I don't remember how many Ultra Balls it took, but gratz for getting it with only a few balls!
Thanks for reviewing, even though you're going to undergo your exams… I have Mandarin exams, just maybe it wasn't so hard… I still suck, nevertheless. Good luck with your exams, and I know, screw Biology!
Megaxis – Thanks for the review! I don't know about travelling together, but I'm working on more chapters as soon as I can!
*sigh* To kill the plotbunnies, I might end up writing a one-shot… I don't know.
Now, since I'm so happy because my mom bought me a bento box just after I finished writing this chapter, review please? With the cherry on the top? Okay, time to gobble!