Walking back to the Town Square, it was getting pretty late. Now, I know that when I had woken up, it was in the morning, but come on; a huge rescue mission can suck up somebody's time in a heartbeat. So, I was getting pretty tired and hungry. However, I smiled as my brothers and I walked past the tents and out of Whiscash Pond's area. But before we got anywhere close to it, Sasuke suddenly grabbed my right arm and yanked me out of view.
"Hang on, Thomas… I have to tell you something," he said.
Suddenly, as he grabbed me from behind, I got very nervous. I mean, what if he was mad? I mean… I had gotten a bit pushy with Whiscash Elder, I had argued with Lucario and his son, I had disobeyed his orders, and so many more edgy and controversial things. I gulped as… Sasuke wrapped his arms around me and hugged me, rubbing his face into mine. I blinked in surprise as he smiled.
"We're so proud of you!" he said, nuzzling my face as his tail wagged.
"Y-You… you are?" I asked.
"Yeah!" Naruto said proudly as he stood on his hind legs, coming to my face level and licking my nose.
I blushed in a bit of embarrassment and asked, "But why…? I mean, I've basically almost got banned out of your home and almost got you guys in trouble. Aren't you mad at me at all?"
Sasuke slowly rubbed my chest, causing me to smile. I closed my eyes and relaxed, allowing my Buizel brother to rub my chest and make me smile. I rested in his arms as he chuckled.
"No, not at all," Sasuke smiled and said, "We're so proud of what you did! You made us smile with pride when you dared to try to rescue Caterpie and Zev."
"Thomas, you beat your first opponent in the Pokémon world! It was also only your first day in the Pokémon world, and you totally learned how to fight and beat that bad guy out of the way!" Naruto cheerfully said, wagging his tail.
I blushed and giggled, as I grinned and rubbed my head. I got extremely happy as I smirked and let him rub my stomach. I grinned as he nuzzled my neck and giggled. He smiled at me as I felt Naruto's tongue lick me once again on my face. I laughed as he then took his wet nose and nuzzled me where he licked. My brothers gave me a big hug and then stood next to me with grins.
"And to celebrate your helping us on a job well done, we're gonna treat you to the Ramen Shack!" Sasuke said with a smile.
"Ramen?" I said, getting excited, "You guys have ramen here?"
Okay, before all of you say 'Oh, look, Thomas is ripping off Naruto, cause he now acts like him and eats ramen', I want to say 'NO!' I am not ripping off Naruto, because I don't eat ramen as my primary source of food. I like a lot of food, but ramen is one of my favorite things to eat.
"Yes, we do!" Naruto said, excited as his tail wagged faster as he grinned, "I'm guessing by that excited attitude of yours, you'll take our offer of eating there!"
"Yes," I said happily, "I'd love to have some food from there."
"Okay, then follow us," Sasuke said, "The Ramen Shack is to the East, actually close by to the Pelipper Post Office. And we got everything taken care of. So, let's have some dinner!"
With that, Sasuke and Naruto led me to the Pokémon Square, taking a left and going to the East. We headed towards the Pelipper Post Office direction as suddenly my ear twitched. I heard another person coming our way that caught my attention. We saw another Pikachu coming down the opposite direction as it had a map in its hand. It wore a pink bow on one of its ears, so I was guessing it was a girl. My suspicions were made correct when I then saw this Tyrogue walk up to her.
"Hey, there," the Tyrogue said, "How can I help you?"
"Yeah," the Pikachu said, "Can you help me find the North Rescue Bases? My team is supposed to be around here…"
"Oh, really?" the boy said, suddenly smirking slyly, "well… tell you what I can do… why don't I take you for a stroll of the town on a date to show you everything?"
It was then that the trio that consisted of my brothers and I noticed that although he wasn't being a disgusting vulgar man who talked about anything mature, the Tyrogue failed to notice the huge and bright red angry mark flash on the female Pikachu's forehead. She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth as the shadows covered her eyes, causing her to look even more menacing. Now, any guy with a brain that approaches a girl who does that should know…. Back off. But nope, Mr. Clever kept going.
"What do you say, beautiful? Care to join me and hang out for a while?" he asked.
Suddenly, a HUGE fist was drilled into his face and sent him flying through the air and out of sight. I hadn't seen somebody fly that bad than that time I saw some kid named Ash or something shoot these thieves with R's on their shirts into the sky with his Pikachu's Volt Tackle back at Kilyla City. Anyways, we watched as the poor yet deserving Tyrogue went flying out of sight. As I slowly looked back, Naruto started to laugh hysterically as he rolled onto his back. He rolled around, laughing so hard it forced a few giggles out of me and Sasuke.
"Hahahah! Did you see Zoey deck that guy? She broke her personal record again! Hehehehahaha!" he struggled to say as he kept laughing.
While he struggled to regain his composure, I turned to Sasuke and asked, "Zoey? Is that the Pikachu's name over there?"
"Yeah, she's part of Team Lightgale," Sasuke answered me with a smile, "Her team will also take the Rescue Team Exams. Her team's a Normal Rank, but will soon they will be upgraded to a Silver rank if they keep up successful missions."
"So… why did she just deck that guy?" I said with a sweatdrop coming down my face.
After regaining his composure and standing up, Naruto giggled a few more times and then said to me, "Zoey's a nice and loving person, but she kinda has this hate thing with boys trying to hit on her and get dates. What you saw there is what she does to those guys."
I blinked as she turned to us and calmed down. She immediately smiled as she started to make our way to us. I got a bit fearful of her as she walked calmly and quietly to us. I mean, one fall slip of the tongue or something bad and that would mean that we, most likely I, would get sailed into the air by her. Zoey then approached us and smiled.
"Hi, Sasuke! Hi, Naruto!" she said rather cheerfully after just sending a guy flying into the air, "How are you guys doing?"
"Great, Zoey," Sasuke said, "Good to see you."
"Broke your new record, Zoey?" Naruto winked with a grin.
Zoey smirked with closed eyes and showed her fist to us, saying, "You know it! Like I'd ever let some loser hit on me, you're dead wrong. Anyways, what are you guys coming this way for?"
"Oh, we just got done with a little task, and we're treating our little brother to his first ever time at the Ramen Shack," Sasuke said.
Zoey then looked at me and asked, "Oh, so you're Sasuke and Naruto's little brother? What's your name?"
"My name is Thomas," I said smiling.
"Well, Thomas, I'm glad you're living here and got a family," she said, "but I'm in a bit of a hurry. Sasuke, can you help me find the North Rescue Bases?"
Sasuke held the map with her and said, "Sure! You see where Whiscash Pond's path divides before you go into his pond? The left and right go to the bases. I'm pretty sure your base is on the left."
"Thanks, Sasuke," she said, "You're a life saver! Marco's gonna kill me if I'm late. See you later."
She cheerfully started to make her way past us and walk towards the Square. I watched her walk away. She was kinda… cute, I guess. I mean, it's hard for a human to fall for a Pokémon. I mean, give me a break. There was no possible way that could happen. Suddenly, I felt a nudge from Naruto as I looked at him.
"She's cute, isn't she?" he teased me.
"W-What?" I widened my eyes and suddenly blushed, "Why are you asking me that?"
Sasuke smiled as Naruto smirked and raised his eyebrows at me, saying, "Oh, you do think she's cute?"
"I… ah…. Okay, maybe she's a bit cute," I said, looking away with a defeated look.
It was then that Naruto got a devilish smirk on his face and looked at me. I blinked at him as he cleared his throat. He suddenly turned around to Zoey and called out something that made my and Sasuke's faces pale up:
"HEY, ZOEY! MY LITTLE BRO THINKS YOU'RE CUTE!"
Immediately after he yelled that out, Sasuke cuffed his paws over his mouth and growled at him, "Naruto! Do you want Thomas to get hurt?"
But it was too late. Zoey's head slowly turned around with that bright red mark on her forehead again. Her left eyebrow twitched as he walked right back over and in front of me. I felt chills up my spine as I gulped. Great… my brother just got me into a world of trouble… and no offense, when it's trouble with a GIRL… THERE ARE NO HAPPY ENDINGS FOR THE GUY.
Sasuke and Naruto backed up as the Buizel said, "Z-Zoey, calm down. Please, don-"
He was cut off when Zoey said to me, "So, you think I'm cute, huh?"
I slowly nodded as I sort of shook in fear.
She cracked her knuckles and said, "So… lemme guess; you're gonna tell me how beautiful I am and hit on me for a date, right? All boys do that to me."
I blinked at her statement. Boys did that to her all the time? That's… kinda sick. You shouldn't try to get girls with pickup lines and trying to hit on her all the time; you need to show you care and that not only are you strong in physical strength, but also in heart. I put my hands behind my head and looked up to the sky away from her.
"Nope," I simply replied.
"Huh?" Zoey said, blinking obviously surprised, "What? Why not? Is it because you don't wanna get slugged by me?"
"No," I said, still looking at the sky, "If I want to date you, I would want you to love me and to come to me first by your own heart, not because I asked with stupid "manly" lines."
Sasuke and Naruto blinked in surprise at my statement, with Sasuke more relieved that I wasn't getting thrown into the air by a massive punch. I didn't say that stuff to get out of getting hit, cause I'm not a hypocrite. A hypocrite is not failing to do what you believe; it's failing to believe what you say. I believe what I say. I looked to Zoey, who was dumbfounded with what I said and looked away. She let her eyes dance on the ground as she tried to take in what I just said. But as she looked back at me… she…. BLUSHED….
OH NO…. DON'T TELL ME…. A POKÉMON HAS FALLEN FOR ME? Oh…. My…. Gosh….
"Um… you're blushing," I said to her, looking at her with a sweatdrop.
"Oh! … well, okay," Zoey said, smiling at me and getting a hold of herself, "Well, Thomas, I'll see you later. Hope you have fun at your new home!"
With that, she hurried off to follow Sasuke's directions to find her base. As we watched her go, I had a few thoughts flow through my mind. Was that for real…? Did Zoey just blush at me? Did that mean… she was maybe in… no! that can't be! A Pokémon falling for a human in reality? That's impossible… that couldn't work… yet…. She did look very cute…
"Heehee, she likes you, Thomas!" I heard as two puppy paws touched my chest and I saw Naruto grin in my face.
I felt that big fire rage inside of me as I got the red mark Zoey had on my forehead too. I growled as my eyes turned white with anger (Kinda like those funny moments on anime shows where characters freak out) .
"NARUTO! WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT FOR? YOU ALMOST GOT ME KILLED!" I yelled.
"Naruto, that was extremely dangerous!" Sasuke said behind him, "Zoey could've decked him out hard because of your actions. You need to be more careful. You took such a big risk."
"But it paid off, didn't it?" Naruto cheerfully grinned and wagged his tail, "Zoey really likes Thomas… and he likes her back."
"SAY WHAT!?" I yelled as my ears twitched to that.
Seeing that I was quite disturbed and ticked off at that, Naruto looked at me with an older brother smirk and said, "Oh, you mad? You like her and you know it, Thomas!"
"I DO NOT!" I yelled.
Sasuke shrugged and rolled his eyes, having to watch a possible fight occur between his younger siblings. It was then Naruto decided to torture me with this taunting and backed up. He laughed and teased me by singing 'Thomas and Zoey, sitting in a tree' and taunted me with kissing faces. It was then that I calmly…. No…. THAT I CHOSE TO LAYETH THE SMACKDOWN ON THAT PUPPY'S HIND!
I ran up to him and tackled him to the ground. I literally put Naruto into a sleeper-hold that I saw on TV and started to shake him around and give him massive noogies. This only resulted in him laughing at me more, which resulted in me in getting more ticked off. I will admit; this was the first time as brothers we got on each other's cases. I laugh at it now, but around that time… no.
"NARUTO! TAKE IT BACK!" I yelled with a vein in my forehead almost popped and the red mark kept getting bigger.
"AHAHAHHA! SEE? THIS PROVES YOU DO LIKE HER!" Naruto laughed as he endured my noogie of death.
Before it got really good and I gave Naruto any permanent injuries, we both felt two orange paws separate us and then picked us up. They then held us on both sides of Sasuke's body as he walked us to the Ramen Shack.
"Okay, the last thing I need is for my brothers to kill each other," Sasuke said chuckling, "Let's get to dinner, okay?"
With that, he carried both of us to the Ramen Shack. Naruto giggled as he grinned at me and then looked forward. I was a tad annoyed about the teasing, but at least I didn't feel like strangling him anymore. Yet, Zoey was kinda on my mind. Was it really true about guys only caring about dating her? I felt sad for her a bit. I hope maybe I can be a good friend of hers… even if I have to endure Naruto's immature teasing. However… why do I get the feeling that he's gonna tease me about Zoey more in the future?
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