As soon as I tell Mike everything, he is staring at me in shock. Once he notices Nikki next to me, he look at her in shock and asks, "How did she get here?" I look at her and then answer him.
"Nikki is her name, and she is my girlfriend. She was affected by the illness but I cured her." He looks from Nikki to me and repeats this for a few moments. His jaw drops when I say this and then he says,
"Kyle, you have a girlfriend? And you cured her by simply touching her on the shoulder?" I nod my head, and then he remains silent for a while. Then I look at her and she looks at me. When our eyes meet, I feel myself being pulled to her like a magnet. Then we kiss for a long time, and then Mike says something. "Kyle, you are crazy. You just met this girl and you're saying that she's your girlfriend and that you love her? What is going on with you?" Mike's voice sounds angry and annoyed, and I turn to Pikachu who is looking at me angrily. I don't know what is going on with everyone, and I need someone to talk to me.
"Pikachu, please forgive me. I don't ever mean to hurt you, you are my best friend. We need to be together on this journey to help the humans. We've been together for this long period of time and I think we can be together for another period of time. We need to be together at least until we cure all the humans of this illness. I need your help, and I need you!" Pikachu is staring at the ground as I say this, and then he looks up at me with tears in his eyes. He runs to me and hugs me tightly and I hug him back. He looks at me and then says,
"Oshawott, you are like a brother to me. I cannot do anything without you, I need you as well. You are a great friend and I don't want to lose you. I am a little jealous that a girl likes you, but I think I'll find a girl myself so there's no reason to be upset and ruin our friendship over it. I don't even want to fight about it anymore!" I smile, and then before I can say or do anything Mike speaks to me in a calmer tone.
"Kyle, do you need help on how to do this? What did the mist say?" I think back to what the mist said and then I repeat everything to Mike. Once Mike hears everything, he rubs his forehead as he is thinking about what I have said. "Kyle, I think there should be an easier way to do this, however your only hope on knowing how to do this is by talking to the mist. That is the only way you can find your answers, because my guess is that if you're the cure, you can't just go around and touch people to cure them. This won't work easily because it has to have an easier way to do this. So try talking to the mist."
"The mist said it would be a hard task but it thinks that I can do this. What exactly did it mean by this?" I ask. Pikachu, Mike, and Nikki are both silent for a while. Then Nikki speaks.
"Honey, I think that you can do this. I have complete faith in you, and I know that you will succeed no matter what happens." She puts her hand on top of mine, and I feel her warmth rubbing onto my hands. I smile, and feel butterflies in my stomach as she is touching my hand. Then I decide to close my eyes and ask the mist some more questions.