Another day went by without any exciting incident.
...well, there was that part where a trainer saw us and wanted to catch me just 'cause I'm an Eevee.
I easily knocked all of his six Pokémon though, and all the while, I made sure I shot venomous glares at my friends who decided that it'd be fun to watch me fight for once. Sigh...
Anyway, I honestly didn't expect that I had it in me. Then again, I was aware of what I was doing back in the ruins, so I guess it's about time for me to know how to fight and defend myself, without evolving of course. That might get the kid more reason to want me. Sigh...
...but of all times to learn these cool attacks, it's when we're having our last adventure together...
...well, I'm pretty certain that Shock and the gang will go on more and more adventures. It's just sad that this will be my last adventure with these four crazy Pokémon.
...and it's really sad. I'm sure going to miss them. But I must stay strong. Home is more important. Besides...I...don't belong here anyway. As cool as this place is, the reality is I belong in my home planet.
...I wonder if I would think and feel like this if I was instead just warped here. Unchanged and still a human. I might ditch my home and travel this world as a Pokémon trainer!
...yeah, keep dreaming, Jay. Even if I was still a human and was transported in this world, I would still try to figure out a way back home. But now that I think about it, traveling around to gather information would be SO MUCH FREAKING EASIER if I was a human! ...sigh...
"What are you thinking about?" asked a very happy voice from behind me. Fortunately for me, I already have gotten used to Fay and her strange ways. I would have yelped in surprise if I wasn't.
Still, I flinched a bit from supressed surprise, and I shot her a glare as she sat beside me. "I told you not to surprise me like that."
"You didn't look like you were surprised though..."
"I was..." I deadpanned.
She tilted her head, and stared at me in confusion. "If you were, then wouldn't you be like..." she looked ahead, and suddenly jumped and shouted in surprise. "AHHH!" She then turned behind her, and glared at nothing in particular. "Fay! I told you not to surprise me like that!" She then turned to me, smiling. "Or something like that."
I was still giving her a deadpanned expression. I sighed as I slightly shook my head, and turned my gaze ahead. We were on the edge of a not-so-tall cliff, and I stared at the landscape under the evening sky.
"Jay?" Fay called.
I took a breath and sighed through my nostrils. "Sorry... Was just...collecting my thoughts..."
"Really? That's a weird collection..."
I groaned. "Fay, are you really this...this..." I shook my head. "Never mind." That's one of her uniqueness that I'm probably never gonna get used to. "I guess I was just...thinking..."
"Of what, exactly?"
I turned to her with an arched eyebrow. Why was she here all of a sudden anyway? "Shouldn't you be bugging Saur or Vixie instead of being here?"
She shook her head and stared ahead. "Nope... Saur didn't want me around while he talks with Shockie and Vixie..."
Oh yeah... I did ask our Bulbasaur friend if his calm and collective mind could help our two friends out. "I see..." I stared ahead.
We were quiet for a while. We were quiet for quite a while, and it was longer than I have expected with Fay around. Something must be on her mind if she hasn't broken the silence yet.
...she hasn't broken it yet...
...still nothing...
...
...I wonder if she's dead...
I turned, and saw her, still sitting there. "Fay?"
"Hm?" she blinked a few times before she turned to me. "Oh, hi Jay!"
My ears drooped as I deadpanned. "Don't 'oh hai thar' me, Fay." I slightly shook my head. "So what's on your mind?" Full of crazy, I bet. "You're not usually this quiet, and...it's quite...scary, to be honest."
I think it was my first time to see her giving me an arched eyebrow. "Well, duh! If a Pokémon is quiet, then they're probably dead, and you should stay alert, for you might be the next one to be dead!"
...full of crazy... "Seriously, Fay..."
"Well," she frowned and looked down on the ground. "...I've been worried recently...and me being all happy isn't really helping me nor my friends to get rid of the bad bad feeling of worry..."
I blinked. "Worried of what?"
"You know..." she looked back at me. "Shockie and Vixie... They're like...not talking to each other anymore... M-maybe that's why Saur wanted to talk to them with me not being there..." She looked away. "Last time this happened, Shockie and Vixie almost broke their friendship... And I did little to no help at all! A-and I'm...scared if that were to happen."
I took a very deep breath and sighed quietly. Never was I expecting to see and hear Fay like this... "Fay... You really, really love them, huh?"
"Of course!" she turned to me with a sad frown. "They're my friends! Bestest friends in the whole wide world! And it..." she looked down again. "...makes me so so sad to see my friends sad..." she sniffled.
...I couldn't take it. I took a quick breath and threw my paws around her, and pulled her into a hug. "There, there..." I patted her back. I really couldn't believe that Fay would be like this.
"Um..." Fay squirmed a bit, and wasn't returning the hug. "What are you doing?"
"...er..." I broke the hug and chuckled awkwardly. "...I was...giving you a hug? You were really feeling so down that I felt like you could use one..."
She blinked. "...a hug?"
...
...
...
... "...don't tell me you don't know what a hug is..."
She shook her head with a growing smile. "Nope! Is that what humans do when the other feels down like I was?"
I blinked. "Well, yeah... It usually helps you feel better." I shrugged. "It doesn't help solving the problem, but hey, a hug can really do wonders! It's like...telling your friend that you understand what they're going through and telling them that you love and support them, and some other sappy-sappy stuff like that..."
Fay was smiling now. Beaming, even. She then chuckled lightly. "Well, it was weird, but it's the thought that counts, right?"
I was about to reply, but her smile suddenly disappeared as she hummed in thought and looked elsewhere.
"...or maybe I should start practicing this 'hug' thing."
I...was about to reply again, but she then turned to me with a sad frown.
"What about you, Jay?"
I blinked. "What...about me?"
"We're going to that place where you'll give back that evolution thingy back to the rock-thing, right?"
...and here I thought she wanted to ask if I needed a hug. I could actually use one though... "Well, that's the plan, yeah... Why?"
"What happens after that?"
I shrugged. "I guess the legendaries can take me to Arceus so I could...return...home..." My voice faded when I figured out what Fay was actually asking me. She was frowning, and so did I. "Fay...I..."
"I-It's okay," she tried to smile, but her sad eyes and trembling voice betrayed her. "W-we knew your goal from the start. I...just didn't expect that it would be this soon... But we're really, really going to miss you, Jay."
I took a breath and sighed through my nostrils. "I'm gonna miss you guys t—"
"Why do you have to go back?!" she suddenly snapped, a tear rolling down her face.
That caught me off guard.
"Don't you like it here? What about Vixie? Don't you like her? Don't you wanna be with her forever and start a family with her?"
...she was crying now...
"What about Shock? He's your best friend, right? And Saur? A-and me? W-we're your friends, r-right?"
I then remembered something... I never actually told them why I was so desperate of going back.
"I'm sorry, Jay..." she sniffled as she tried to calm herself down. "I... I just really don't like friends leaving friends without a good reason..."
I tried to smile, really, I did. But my eyes were stinging and I suddenly was having a runny nose. "Fay..." I slowly started patting her shoulder. "...I do have a reason why I need to go back..."
"...oh..." I waited for her sobs to stop. When she did, she looked up at me. "Can I...Can I st-start practicing that hug now?"
I gave her a small smile and a small nod before I hugged her.
She awkwardly moved her paws and slowly wormed their ways on my back.
"Um...you don't have to reach my shoulder blades, Fay..."
She moved her paws lower.
I blushed. "Er...not too low, Fay..."
"Jay..."
"...yeah?"
"...hugging is weird."