Ch. 8

I awoke sleepy and a little drowsy from the nights sleep. Then it hit me, where was I? How did I get here? I sat up in a start and tossed something from my chest. I quickly looked around me to see that I was in some sort of room. The room looked to be well furnished and it looked to be an ordinary hotel room.

"Well that's was not very nice. I hope that is not the way you wake up every morning." I looked around the room for the speaker, but couldn't see a single person in the room besides myself. I panicked and looked around for something to defend myself. Leaning up besides the bed was my sword and in a chair next to the bed were my cloths. I quickly jumped out of the bed while grabbing my sword. Quickly unsheathing the blade I threw the sheath away and got into a defensive stance. (Instead of having your weight forward, I had my weight backwards)

"Alright whoever you are, show yourself."

"What? Do you not know me Donovin? Please put that thing away and I will come out." I was reluctant about a voice that I didn't know that was asking me to disarm myself, but for some reason in the back of my head the voice sounded a little familiar.

"I will only relinquish my blade if you give me your word that you wont attack me."

"I guess that you have forgotten me Donovin." The voice sounded quite hurt and a little sad. "Alright I will come out, but please do not be alarmed when you see me." What could this voice be talking about. Almost nothing startled me anymore. So I nodded and around the bed came the soft footfalls of a small creature. The little thing stopped and while placing a hand on the foot board peered around the bed. What I saw made me breath a sigh of relief. It was only a small Ralts and then my memory returned.

"By the gods Jenavee, I am so sorry." Tears started to leak down my face. I had just pulled a weapon upon my closest friend. I dropped my sword and fell to my knees. "Please forgive me Jenavee. I didn't mean to pull a weapon on you."

"What has come over you Donovin? You wake up from a dead sleep, throw me half way across the room, speak to me as if I am some sort of stranger, and you pull a weapon on me. Give me a good reason why I should not just leave right here and now." As she turned away from me and crossed her arms. Tears kept falling down my face. I only stop crying to speak a few words to her.

"You have every right to leave me Jenavee." Sniff. "I would not blame you if you wanted to leave." Sniff. "It's just that when I awoke in this strange room and didn't know how I got here I was that's why I was so scared. Then out of nowhere I hear a voice and I get even more scared." Sniff. "But know this Jenavee, I would never try and hurt you. Please forgive me Jenavee."

"Well for a grown human you sure do seem to cry a lot." She walked over to me and place a hand on my leg. "Alright now dry your eyes, I forgive you. And to answer your question as to where we are. We are in the Pokemon center in the town which you were heading. I guess you must have fallen asleep while walking and you got us this room. You even got us this room while you were asleep." I dried my eyes with the back of my palms and looked up at her.

"You mean that you wont leave me?"

"As long as you do not pull that thing on me again, I will stay by your side." After I wiped the tears out of my eyes again I looked at her with watery eyes and pulled her into a big hug. She let out an eek of surprise as I pulled her tighter into the hug. "Alright Donovin, that is enough. You are going to hug the very life out of me if you do not let up."

"Oh, sorry about that Jenavee. I am just so relieved that you are going to stay with me." With that I slowly released her from the bear hug and set her gently down in front of me. Then I looked down at her to see her starting to blush.

"Um Donovin, can I ask you something?"

"Of course Jenavee, what is it?"

"Could you please put on your cloths." I looked down and realized that I was stark naked. I quickly jumped up and grabbed my cloths that were on the chair next to the bed and covered myself. After that embracement I quickly ran into another room which turned out to be the bathroom and threw the door closed. A brief moment later I stepped out with my shirt and pants on. I walked over and saw that Jenavee was still blushing.

"Well now that I am fully embarrassed, you mind explaining why I was sleeping in the nude?" Not that I mind it =P. Jenavee just looked up to me and then quickly turned away again.

"I rather not say." As she turned a darker shade of red. Which I guess that that was her way of saying that she undressed me and had placed my cloths on the chair sometime last night. So I finished dressing as I placed my belt on and lifted her onto the chair. She refused to look at me and so I placed my thumb on her chin and my pointer finger under it and turned her head to face me.

"I guess that we should finish up here and get going." As she opened her eyes I leaned a little farther down and placed a kiss upon her forehead. "Thanks." Catching her by surprise with that kiss she turned a darker shade of red.

"For what?" I smiled.

"For staying with me, taking care of me while I slept, and helping me in my time of need." A big smile crossed her lips and as she nodded.

It didn't take me long until I had cleaned up the room and I picked up Jenavee to return her to my shoulder, where she took her seat like a queen upon her thrown. I guess that that was her way of saying that this trainer is mine and nobody can have him. I let out a little laugh.

"What is the matter Donovin?"

"When I looked up there at you, you look like your a queen and I your servant."

"Well then servant, as your queen I command you take us down stairs, so we can get some breakfast and be on our way."

"By your royal majesties command." With that we both started to laugh as we headed for the stairs. Once there, I realized that this Pokemon center looked exactly like the one that I had just previously been in. So to see if this Pokemon center was like the other one I headed to a set of double doors and hopefully into the eating area.

It seemed that my hunch was right. The doors opened up to a cafe. There seemed to be many other people in here and they all were eating. Upon a closer look they all had belts that contained Pokeballs. So it seemed that most of the people in this place were trainers. I looked around and saw that most of the seats were taken and that there was only a few open benches around. So I walked over to one of the open seats and set Jenavee down upon one and placed my pack on the ground next to my seat opposite her. We didn't wait long until a man came over and handed me a menu.

"So do you want me to start you off with something to drink?" The man asked in a booming voice. I turned to look at him and he was huge. Not big but built. This guy was a little shorter than me when I would be standing but he certainly did have me beat in muscle. He was wearing a white pit stained shirt that had an apron over the front that likewise had many stains on it, some simple blue jeans on, and his hair didn't look to good either.

"Ya, could I get a glass of juice. And my friend would like to have..."

"A glass of juice as well." I nodded.

"And she would like to have the same."

"I am sorry sir but we don't serve Pokemon here." He said in a snotty voice. "If you want to get something for your Pokemon to drink then I suggest that you go to the local mart and buy her something." Now mind you I don't get angry easily but this guy was pushing it.

"I'm sorry but maybe I didn't hear right. Did you just say that you wont even give my friend here a glass of juice at all? And why is that?" I looked him dead in the eye.

"Pokemon are Pokemon. Nothing more than filthy animals. Why do you have a problem with that, sunny?" He placed either fist on either side of his hips.

"At first no, but when you call my friend here an animal, that's when you stepped over the line pall." I practically jumped out of my chair and was getting into my ready stance for a fight. A ladies voice almost screamed over the rising cheers of trainers calling out 'FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT.'Chapter End Notes:Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended