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I feel so...light...and at peace...
I see nothing but black. I guess I'm asleep or dreaming once again.
It's...weird though. I feel like I'm floating in outer space, without the tiniest hints of light from any star, near or far. Weird, but it kinda also felt so...soothing.
I...kinda like it here. My mind feels at ease. I feel awake, yet asleep at the same time. Lucid dreaming, maybe? Wait... I didn't accidentally went inside the spirit world, like in that Insidious movie, right? That would suck.
I looked around, or at least, I tried to, but while I feel so at peace and so relaxed here, at the same time, I could also feel nothing at all... I don't feel the fur on me. I don't feel my limbs... I can't even feel my heartbeat.
At least I still have a mind for thinking all of these stuff... Eh, this is definitely a weird dream.
But why am I here, anyway?
"You lost consciousness."
Well, that's a rather obvious thing to say. Even I could have concluded that. I just don't know why I went unconscious in the first place.
"...what do you last remember before you blacked out?"
Huh... I dunno... Lemme think...
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...hm... Well, I remember...that V-Vixie was caught by a trainer... I...am kinda feeling angry about that though. I guess I want to rescue her, or something, but I'm not really sure if I should. I mean...I shouldn't really care, right? Shock pointed that out to me, but...why do I really care, anyway? It's not like I like her.
Um...that last one was a lie... I do like her, as well as the rest of my friends. I guess, as a friend, I just don't want her to be caught, just like myself disliking the fact of getting caught...
I dunno... But whatever. I should probably try to wake up to help Shock and the others to formulate a rescue plan or something.
"Why?"
Why? I just told you: she's a friend. Just like Fay told me before: friends help friends.
"What about home?"
...one step at a time, Darkrai.
"...I am not Darkrai."
Eh? Sorry... I thought you were Darkrai, since, y'know, you're with me in my dream or whatever this place is. Wait...am I in a coma? Or maybe you're a Pokémon that is feeding off of my dream like a Drowzee? Are you a Drowzee? Um...do dreams taste good?
"...I am not a Drowzee, either."
Oh. Uh... An Exeggcute? A Genga—er...Gastly? Any Pokémon that knows the move Dream Eater? Or are you another legendary that shares Darkrai's ability of visiting dreams. Cresselia, maybe? Wait, your voice doesn't sound feminine, so scratch that one...
"...I can't believe how noisy you are..."
Well, excuse me for not being able to do anything else than think! So uh...who or what are you?
"...I am you."
Har har... What movie was that from? I've watched a lot of movies before I woke up in this world, and so if you were 'me', then you'd have no trouble answering my question.
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...oi, you still there?
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...drat. Way to go, me! You scared him off with your yapping mind. Now I'm left all alone, talking, er, thinking to myself... That's a weird thing to say.
Ouch... Okay, where'd that come from. I suddenly felt...pain on my...everything. Ugh, the pain is getting worse and it's irritating that I couldn't move to ease them. Ack... Okay, calm down... How the heck can I calm down!? I am in pain! Well, it's bearable at least, but the helpless feeling of not being able to move to do anything about it is...irritating...and annoying...and ugh...
At least I can faintly hear voices now. I guess I'm slowly waking up. Thankfully. Weird. I guess this his how someone feels when they're in a coma. I did read that the brain is still aware of the surroundings. After I figure out how I ended up like this, I'll try my darnest not to get into this kind of situation again!
"—and then Jay glowed again and changed into a Leafeon and slashed that poor Sandshrew with the leaf on his head—"
Ugh... Fay...
"—and he glowed again and changed into a Flareon before he landed and burned that Magnemite! But then more and more of those human-captured Pokémon came out of nowhere and swarmed him!"
"Fay..." I groaned as I shivered from the cold air I inhaled.
"But Jay was too quick and was changing so fast that not even the swarm of many Pokémon could stop him! There was fire and water and lightning and...and...everything! And then—"
"Fay..." I hissed as I rolled on my belly, slowly, and rubbed my aching head, as if that would heal my aching body. "..shut up..."
"Look who decided to return to the land of the living," Shock's voice reached my ears. He sounded like he was sitting beside me, and was smirking at me.
"—huge blizzard that almost froze everybody outside that healing human building thing and then a loud BOOM of thunder sounded from where Jay once stood! The next thing we knew, he was already far far ahead, in front of that—"
"Tell her to shut up..." I groaned, gritting my teeth and barely managing to open my eyes to bear the pain I felt. "My ears are painfully ringing..."
I heard Shock chuckle, but he called Fay to keep her mouth shut, which I was thankful for.
"But I was about to tell Vixie the best part!"
"Oh, for the love of hotdogs," I hissed and then took a sharp intake of breath. "SHUT UP!"
Finally... Peace and quiet.
"You okay?"
...denied...
I sighed, bearing the pain by grinding my own teeth. "...I think so..."
I felt a nose on my neck, and then it went into a nuzzle. I was too occupied with my own pain to even care that Vixie was nuzzling me. "Thanks for rescuing me," she said quietly.
"Oi," Shock said, "Saur, Fay. Let's give these two lovebirds some room, shall we?"
"S-Shock..." I hissed.
"Yeah?"
"F*ck you..."
He chuckled, and then I heard a series of fading footsteps as Shock ushered Fay to come along.
Vixie already pulled her nose away from me and we were both quiet for a while before I felt her lying down on the ground beside me.
"A-are you still in pain?"
"Nnn..." there's no point in lying, because it's obvious. I just wished she didn't ask the obvious as well... I sighed. "Yeah, b-but I can't really remember why..."
I felt her whiskers on my cheek. She probably shook her head while being so close to mine. "From what Fay told me, I couldn't blame you." She went quiet for a short while. Finally, she laid her head besides mine. "Thank you."
I felt my heart race...and it felt painful as well. But...strange that I like her close like this. Maybe it's because I'm hurt all over. It's...nice to have someone there with you when you need them to...just be there. If she could help me stop this pain, that'd be great, though I doubt that she could do that.
I chuckled lightly. I tried to shrug, but eh, I couldn't. "T-that's what friends are for, right?"
"Friends..." she whispered. "...can't we be more than that?"
"Um...Vixie..." I said, "...I'm in pain right now, so uh...can I postpone to answer that one?"
She sighed quietly, her breath smelt of...berries. "I doubt I can take a 'no' after what you've done."
I sighed. "About that though... I couldn't really remember what happened..."
Silence...
"All I remember was that...I was staring in shock at your trainer—"
"Ex-trainer," she corrected.
I guess the rescue was a success. "Right. Ex-trainer... That, and I felt like I needed to..." I trailed off.
"Save me?"
"Um..." I finally managed to open my eyes without any sharp pain and I saw her eyes reflecting mine, which made my heart go even crazier. "Er...to...to tell the others that...we need to get you out?"
She chuckled, and pulled her head back a bit, which I was thankful for. "In other words, you wanted to save me."
I sighed, rolled my eyes, and closed my eyes.
...and then I felt a soft, wet, and slightly cold...thing on my cheek.
I opened my eyes in time to see Vixie had licked my cheek. "...eewww..." I cringed.
She chuckled, and then she laid her head on top of my head. "This feels nice..."
I deadpanned. "Horay for being a pillow in pain..."