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Kevin and Buizel (Second edition)
Chapter 7: Final pages, Forming bonds.
The early day struck by, bird Pokémon were singing happily in the morning, but Kevin and his Pokémon were nowhere to be seen. George had gone to sleep a bit after the disappearance of the Pokémon, his stressed mind made his sleep yet uneasy as he continued having nightmares about Kevin, that he would not return... that they would not be able to talk again.
George woke up once again, his bed made a mess after his own subconscious struggles, and he just wished everything would be back to normal. George got up from his bed, he would love to sleep but his mind wouldn't let him. George walked towards the books on his shelf, from the many managers’ assistance books and other gossip magazines; he took out the thick green album. He looked around the pictures until he found a picture with Kevin's family and himself when he was young. If only he could turn the wheel of time back and experience those happy moments once again.
"Oh Kevin, you note-head, you gotta come back, you just gotta..." George was making promises to himself in his mind, that he would not bother him again if he returned. That he will give him a grand deal in music, simply anything for him to return.
George put the book away, put on his bed robe and headed towards the kitchen. He also had to wake up Cedric as he stayed at his home in case the Pokémon came back to the house. The doctor had crashed in George's couch, his snores were as loud as a truck, if he wanted to blame his own sleepless night, it could probably be him. Cedric's Lucario was sitting in a chair petting on her trainer's head while humming.
"Darn, does this Pokémon of yours never sleep Cedric?" George said aloud, hoping to wake up Cedric. "Rise and shine doc! Stop dating with that Lucario and get up." George said jokingly. A huge thump was heard from the living room, Cedric fell from the couch slammed his face on the ground. "Good! You are up now!"
Cedric walked into the kitchen and sat down; he rubbed his own head in pain. "You don't have to yell to wake me up, and I'm not dating."
"Calm down Ced, Let's have some coffee." George left the coffee pot on and started assorting cups for him and Cedric. "Hey Cedric, can your girlfriend drink coffee?"
"She is not my girlfriend! And yes, Kyla likes coffee!" Cedric was starting to get pissed off.
George noticed how mad the doctor was getting, so he decided to stop, "sorry if I'm bothering you so much, I'm just nervous and mocking others is how I tend to relax." He put down a third coffee cup for the Pokémon. "Sorry again, Kevin was used to my jokes on him, and I..."
"Apology accepted, as long as you don't do it too much. Did you get a call from anyone?"
"Not yet... still no signs of Kevin or his Pokémon." George said as he poured coffee onto the cups. He brought Cedric's coffee first.
Cedric thanked George as he received the coffee, "I still don't understand why they even escaped." Cedric said as he stared at the coffee that was served to him. Cedric was going to add something, but the phone rang. George quickly ran towards it and picked it up with the hopes of some information on the Pokémon to finally come.
"Hello, this is George." As George picked up the phone he saw the image of a young trainer with black short hair and blue eyes.
"You are Kevin's manager correct?" The trainer at the other side asked calmly.
"Yes! I'm his manager!"
"I found Kevin's Pokémon and I want to go over there right now!" He said as he showed the pokemon gathered up, Buizel and Pikachu were playing around while Lucario was carrying the guitar bag.
George smiled as he saw the Pokémon and was excited. "Nice! What about Kevin?" George asked hoping Kevin was with them.
"Oh no, he is still missing?" The trainer asked sadly, he was disappointed. "I was hoping for Kevin to have already appeared, I really need to talk to him."
"No... there are still no clues of him." George was dissapointed, but at least the Pokémon were safe.
"It's strange because the Pokémon here are looking very happy with me right now... anyways, I'm going down there to give you all the Pokémon, could I have the address?"
George gave him the address and thanked the trainer for his time, now it's just a matter of waiting. George sat with Cedric again; they were both slightly happier, but still worried about Kevin. They couldn't believe that there was no information about him yet. "This is not a good situation..." George pondered to himself, although Cedric was doubtful.
"I don't know... why would Kevin's Pokémon be happy?"
"Because they got rescued from being lost of course!"
"No, the only reason I would think of his Pokémon being happy, is that they saw Kevin or talked to Kevin. So why isn't he with his Pokémon again?" Cedric did make a point, but he wasn't done, "another thing that I wanted to mention, was that my Lucario was calm despite everything." Cedric's Lucario looked at him quickly and then approached to hug and snuggle him. "Kyla, why were you so calm, did the Pokémon know where Kevin was?" Kyla thought for a few second and then nodded, she smiled at her trainer. "That's great! So they went to talk to him?" Kyla nodded one more time. "That's great, but why didn't you mention anything at the start?" Kyla didn't know how to respond to this one, to what she only resorted to hug her trainer again.
Cedric stood up and walked towards the couch, he invited his Pokémon to sit with him. "I guess you forgot, Kyla?" His Lucario was flustered, she had completely forgotten. She resorted to then hug his trainer, to which Cedric for one snuggled back. "That's fine my poor Kyla, we all forget things." Cedric continued to pat her head gently. "We all make mistakes."
"So when's the kiss?"
Kyla's ears perked up quickly and she smiled, to which before Cedric was able to even spout a word towards George, she kissed her trainer in the cheek again and continued hugging. "George, please no, she is already very affectionate towards me, please don't make matters worse."
"Or make matters better is seems. If you don't want her around as much, just store her inside your poke ball." George asked, if he really doesn't want Kyla around he should just send her to his poke ball.
"I can't! I lost the poke ball." Cedric said as he held his Lucario.
"How do you just lose a poke ball, and is it not possible to recapture her inside another poke ball?" George wondered.
"I can't, I lost my poke ball last month. It's fine, I'm okay with all this hugging, it is really nice, but not with all this kissing on the cheek thing." Cedric said as he continued to comfort his Lucario until he realized she had fallen asleep at his arms, she was snug in his arms. "Wow, This is the first time I've seen her asleep from so close." Cedric didn't want to admit it, not to his new friend, but he enjoyed being near his Lucario dearly.
George chuckled from afar; it was a very cute scene. "She really does love you."
"I guess she really does, I really care a lot for my Lucario."
George chuckled and thought of a way to mock his new friend again, "if you never have a girlfriend you at least have Lucario to marry!"
"And yet you continue mocking me..."
"Hey, if mocking were a job, I'd be a workaholic." George smiled at Cedric, despite all of the joking he was doing, one thing he saw in them that was for certain true. "You two are great companions."
"Thank you."
The door knocked, George quickly got up from the table near the kitchen to open, and Kyla didn’t wake up from the loud knocking. As soon as he opened the door Kevin's Pokémon busted in and sat near the couches. From the door, the trainer was standing. "Young trainer, thank you so much for your help." The trainer stood there and smiled, he was taller and a bit older than Kevin by the likes of it.
"It is my pleasure George!" The trainer shook hands with George, he had the feeling that he knew who this trainer was, but his attitude didn't quite stick this familiar person.
"How do you know my name? Do I know you?" George was trying to recall people.
"You don't remember me? I caused a huge incident years ago. It's me, Adam!" George's eyes widened, he had grown so much and seemed so polite. Cedric looked at him from afar.
"That's Adam?!" Kyla woke at the screma, she stood up and got defensive towards the trainer, posing to get ready to attack, Kevin's Pokémon urged Kyla otherwise. After that, Kyla went back snuggling with his trainer. "Wasn't he the bad trainer who almost basically stole Kevin's friend?" Adam stepped in and talked to Cedric.
"I've changed in the years, I was completely wrong in the past, and I regret it deeply." Adam noticed that Cedric and Lucario were very close. "Sometimes I wish I had such a connection with my Pokémon, I don't know how Kevin and his Buizel are so connected. You and your Lucario seem very close, I wish I was able to be close with mine at all." Adam said as he sat down the table, he was disappointed. "If I never talk to him, I fear that I might never know how to treat Pokémon better." Adam looked at George, he just stared at him. "You don't mind if I stay and talk for a while, do you?"
George prepared a coffee for Adam. "I hope you like coffee" George said as he sat down in front of him. "So how did you find the Pokémon?"
"They just ran towards me, they basically found me. It was honestly odd; I thought Kevin's Pokémon would be scared of me."
Cedric was also interested what Adam had to say in person, he wanted to stand and sit at the kitchen table, but Kyla had fallen to sleep yet again, he patted her head and spoke from where he was. "After the incident and that poor Pikachu? Anyone would be scared of you."
Adam looked at Cedric with confusion, "to Pikachu? If you are talking about the cuts, it's because I rescued him from kids that didn't really know what they were doing. I tried raising him myself, but he was always so frightened, that's why I gave the Pokémon to Kevin, because I knew he could make Pikachu happy again." Adam said as he looked at George, "I was glad to see my Pikachu again; it gave me certainty that I made the right choice." George remembered then.
"So that's why you gave me the poke ball," George noticed that Adam wasn't drinking coffee at all, "you look tired Adam, drink some coffee." Adam was staring at his coffee, he was depressed.
"The last time I saw him was at the Sunnyshore cafe, I had talked to him after all these years, and then I battled those thieves. After that he was nowhere to be seen. If only I hadn't forgotten to ask him about how one can be friends with their Pokémon..." Adam appeared to be calm, but in reality he was demolished on the inside, he still couldn't believe that he was the one that saw Kevin last, he desired to know so much about him. He had so much to forgive.
George grabbed the journal once more, "Kevin's diary might help if you are interested." George opened it up and slid it towards Adam, "He talks on and about how he cares about his Pokémon dearly and how he has befriended them." Adam picked the journal up quickly as if he had found a prized secret.
Cedric, not getting up from his embrace from Lucario, still had the need to protest, "are you sure he should read it George?" George however trusted Adam now, his first impression of him showed how much he had changed throughout time.
"Adam is different, I mean the Pokémon trust him." George figured that if Adam was still a bad person, they would've run away. "If he really needs to know about something he was going to ask him, he might find it in the journal." George looked at Adam and smiled at him, "I'll trust anyone who is able to find Kevin's best friend and bring him home safely."
Adam didn't really imagine that such praise was coming his way, he was always thankful of such things, but coming from a friend of Kevin's was big for him. "Thank you so much, in which case, do you want me to read these pages aloud for you?" Adam asked George.
"We already read the other pages; you can read these on your very own, a certain chapter reminds me of the beauty and the beast over here." Cedric protested, but not aloud to not disturb his sleeping pokemon.
"Kyla is no beast."
"Nah man, you are the beast." George said as he got up from the table and picked up Adam's empty cup. "Adam, you can go to my bedroom and read there, chapters start getting very poetic." George pointed towards his room; Adam picked up Kevin's backpack and kept moving. "Oh before you go, I need an opinion on something." The manager looked at both Cedric and Lucario. "Vanilla or chocolate for their wedding cake?" George said as he continued laughing to himself, Cedric got up in a whim and yelled at George.
"We are not a couple and we are not getting married!" Cedric said, Kyla didn't do anything or appeared to be mad, she just smiled alongside him.
"We should ask Kyla then," George asked the recently awoken Pokémon, "how would you like a wedding cake with Cedric?" Kyla was fulll of joy and hugged her trainer.
"Darn it George! We are not getting married! It's not even a thing that can happen!"
"I don't think your pokemon agrees."
Adam disregarded the arguments, he shook of whatever he was going to say and headed to the bedroom. The bed wasn't made as of yet, but he was tired. He had been looking for Kevin all day and night. After speaking to authorities and finding Kevin's Pokémon left him completely beat. He laid on the bed and pages through many of the chapters of the journal. The initial writing was childish and slightly hard to read, but they advanced into stylish writing and poetic phrases as well.
Interested, Adam skimmed many of the initial pages and wanted to find more on early moments of him. "I hope he doesn't mind that I am reading his journal." Adam found a good starting point.
"Day 305
My mother taught me many basics on water Pokémon, that bathing your Pokémon as well was a certain way of making your
companion feel relaxed. After training, this is exactly what he needs. Moments of relaxation.
I prepared warm water for him and picked up on mother's lovely hair shampoos, although my mom said that there were better
products for Pokémon fur. She gave me the book on a guide that she wrote about bathing water Pokémon. I used everything listed in the guide
and it worked up smoothly.
It was fun to see Buizel expand his inflating collar. He looked like he was relaxing in a beach for a while... in any case I noticed that
Buizel was calm and happy. It was definitely what he needed.
George has been doing well, he said that he has followed his own calling to become an entertainment manager, with his attitude
however, it will be hard. I don't think that will ever happen.
Every time I look at Buizel when he goes to sleep in his basket, I can't avoid but feel that it is too small for him, he requires space. I
can't simply ask my father for a new bed for just a Pokémon either, I'll have to think of something some other time, maybe I can think of an idea
as I sleep.
Day 306
Checking around mother's book I found a very useful checklist.
Chapter 1: Knowing your Pokémon. Check, I know the things he likes and how he likes to be trained even.
Chapter 2: Be his friend. Check, this was done almost as soon as I met him.
Chapter 3: Play together. Check! Every day we gotta play music!
Chapter 4: Training your Pokémon. Check, my Buizel has got very strong since then.
Chapter 5: Finding new ways of training. Check, I have found intricate ways to mix up some of the training, even combining music
itself.
Chapter 6: Getting closer to your Pokémon. Check, me and Buizel are very close friend.
Chapter 7: Speaking to your Pokémon. Check, although I feel that simple yes and no is not enough, but it will do.
Chapter 8: Getting a little closer to your Pokémon. Semi-check, I'm trying new things every day, I still want to give him a proper
place to sleep.
Chapter 9: Forming bonds ...
And the last chapter was called "Forming bonds" it was a strange title at first, "It is when a Pokémon and his trainer share a unique
connection unlike anything we have known" My mother insists that not many trainers get to such a point with their Pokémon, she told me that I would definitely form a powerful bond with Buizel, it's all a matter of time.
I've done many of these things already, it is hard for me to believe that I didn't even use this book to get to this point. But what does
bonding necessarily mean?"
Adam wondered, "is this bonding thing what I really need with my Pokémon? Is this why I haven't grown to be a successful trainer yet?"
Adam placed the book down on the bed marking the page; he picked up Kevin's guitar bag and put it on the bed. "Let's see if that guide is around here somewhere, maybe I can find more information." The guitar bag was already open; from inside a Pokémon jumped out and surprised Adam. It was a Buizel! "Hey Buizel, what are you doing in there?" Adam picked him up and stared at him. "That is not a good place for small Pokémon like you." Buizel stretched his paw towards Adam but quickly dropped it, he inspected the room, he brought his paws to his sight and then smiled, and overall Kevin's Buizel was looking contempt.
Buizel, looked and pointed at the journal, and then he pointed towards Adam. "Buizel, do you want me to read? I'm trying to understand what having a good bond with your Pokémon means." Buizel nodded and kept pointing at the journal. "Is there something about that in the journal?" Buizel nodded yet again and smiled. Adam released the Buizel and let him lay on top of the bed; he sat on top of the bed as well and continued reading from where he left.
"Day 324
Today I woke from my bed just to find out that Buizel was on top waiting for me to wake up. Breakfast was filled with thrill and
excitement, I was going to travel Kalos and attempt my skills to become a better Pokémon trainer. I still however wanted to know what
forming a bond was like, I had asked my mother on the subject, she told me that Pokémon bonding was important for trainers and
Pokémon alike. She and her Totodile are very close friends too, and it just dawned to me that maybe they do share a strong bond
together.
Maybe having a strong bond together meant being friends. But I am already Buizel's friend, I'm slightly confused by these events, maybe it
means so much more.
Day 345:
I finally left my home and started my journey, never thought this day would come. It is very sad to leave my mother and father at
home, but this is something I really want to do. I think I can become a great trainer if I give it my best, I just hope I can contact with my
parents often.
But I'm not that alone, I have Buizel by my side! And also the rest of my Pokémon.
My parents happily came to drop me near the docks so that I could set sail to Kalos. It was a very emotional moment; I hugged my
parents dearly and promised that I would always call them when possible and that I would bring them souvenirs. I would travel the
lands of Kalos and have fun, this was all a grand experience, and the doors of my home were always open for me.
My mother did something unexpected; she had told me that as all mothers, she always wants to keep an eye on me. So she gave
me a poke ball and handed me her Totodile. This was a very big gift from her, she was trusting one of her Pokémon to me, but my mother
really trusted me. She said that Totodile missed having good fights, and that also her Totodile was going to keep a very close eye on me.
I kept most of my Pokémon out, and my mother knew well.
As I write on the bed of my room as I cross the oceans to Kalos, I can't contain my excitement. It will be me and my Buizel and a grand
adventure ahead of us! I can't wait to see the people I shall meet, the Pokémon I will travel this time on my own through Lumiose city! A
grand spectacle of light that make the night's of Kalos more alive than anywhere else! Buizel liked it last time we were there with my
parents."
Adam read along the various pages of his adventures with Buizel while in Kalos, he had defeated so far six different gym leaders including the ones he had defeated previously, these victories were full of excitement and every victory described his Pokémon beginning to become stronger and friendlier with Kevin. Kevin had done all this with only five Pokémon including the one he had given him in the past. His triumph was admirable, a bit less than a year and he was two badges away from getting into the Kalos league. He has met people left and right and even traveled with a few of them. Kevin had played his guitar around Kalos as well gaining the attention of Pokémon and humans alike, this was the place where he made himself well known for it was said around the towns that a lone guitarist by the name of Kevin and his Pokémon companion traveled spreading harmonic tunes to the lands of Kalos.
"He was very happy with Buizel, and so successful." Adam regretted not being Kevin's friend in the first place, "I shouldn't have bullied him, I thought that if I was tough like the people who bothered me at school made me believe that I was going to be tough." Adam was full of regret, and the Buizel alongside him gave him a few pats, and went back to a piece of paper he was playing with. "I'm sorry Buizel; I just feel that I need to do a grand favor for him. I never had the chance to properly say sorry, I did at the cafe but," Adam's mind was still engulfed in regret, "I don't think I have done anything for him." Buizel quickly grabbed another piece of paper and played around with that one. "I'm sorry Buizel, but if I could turn time around and prevent myself for harming your friend, I would." Adam feared that he will never be able to say sorry, but he decided to keep reading. He was worried deeply about Kevin, but there was nothing that he could do.
Many of the chapters were about half a page in the journal, but there was one specific day in the journal that took up about seven. Adam felt as though he had found it, the answer to why Kevin's Buizel is so close to him, so he read away eager as if discovering the answer to all of his problems.
"Day 204: Our bond is something I will cherish eternally.
Today we shall set on to Snowbelle city! It is said to be really cold up there, just to think of the white and freezing snow gives me
shivers already. The road ahead was going to be a long one.
I did some recent training with Riolu today; he has been focusing deeply on meditating lately. I feel that it helps his training, so I let
him be. I really do hope he evolves one day, I've seen pictures of his evolution and Lucario looks like a Pokémon with deep thoughts and not to
mention really awesome.
Maybe I need to battle great trainers to achieve this? I'm going to look on information on how Lucarios evolve or when they evolve when I
get to the city, if there is no information there I shall go to Lumiose once again.
We found a wild Glaceon in the forest, it was such a majestic Pokémon I really wanted to capture this Glaceon but he had run away, I
didn't notice but he had taken one of the sleeping bags from my travel sack. I'm still quite disappointed in what happened, there was no
snow, but rain was harsh and relentless, the clouds were becoming greyer the further we walked, I already made up the tent for this
issue near a rock.
I stored all of my Pokémon in their poke balls to keep them warm, but I was unable to keep Buizel in his, I asked him if he wanted to
be in the poke ball but refused. Buizel tried to sleep on the floor of the tent but he keeps shaking uncontrollably, I can't let my friend
freeze like that. There is something I have to think about.
I had an idea. It was too cold so I invited Buizel to sleep in the same sleep bag I was using; he was happy about this
and slept right beside me. I'm just very glad that he is warm now. I hope this night doesn't become catastrophic while we sleep.
...
It's already the next day, but, I really have to write everything that happened when I was sleeping with my friend, it was a deep
connection, a bonding like no other. A friendship so strong that I actually feel that it could last eternally, I remember the details of that
very moment.
He was attempting to sleep at the other side of the sleeping bag, but he was shaking and could not sleep at all. He was scared of
thunders just like I was.
Lightning fell and struck the ground very near us, that impact also made Buizel so scared that I could actually see him crying with his
eyes closed shut tight, that thunder had scared me out as well. Buizel was gripping the edge of the sleeping bag tightly, almost ripping it
with his paws, his fear was evident.
I had wanted to make him feel safe, so I told him that everything was alright, I had given him pats on the head of my friend, and I had
assumed he was able to be calm now, but he was still a bit scared.
Buizel started to approach me; I could sense his fear, and also the need of someone to keep him safe. He reminded me a lot of myself
when I had sleepless nights, those moments of my childhood in where I was in fear of the might of nature and sky, but my mother and father
were always there to protect me, I might as well follow their example, and protect my friend.
I made a simple offer, for us to hug to sleep. These things had helped me when I was alongside my family and I always had felt safe,
Buizel immediately hugged me. It took me by surprise. It felt kind of, comfortable actually. We slept like that for a couple of hours but
Buizel moved a bit and woke me up, it was still raining and the thunders would never stop, the world was playing its symphony of nature and wanted its audience to be awake on such moments.
Buizel then turned towards me almost on top of my chest hugging me with his both arms, he simply Buiied, obviously I couldn't
understand but, the tone he gave away was very soft.
His fur was feeling warmer overtime and his embrace grew ever so tighter, I then realized much of a friend I was to him as well, ever
since I saved him near the shore he had always tried to be near me no matter what. Ever since I told him that I wanted to be his friend
he has always been around, I understood why he didn't want to go inside the poke ball when asked at times, he loved and cared for me
deeply. I had never imagined such a thing to happen, but this is what forming a bond was like.
I couldn't help to follow my heart and hug him with my both arms as well, a very tight hug to make him know that I actually loved and
cared for him too.
Personally, I have never thought that I would go as far as loving a Pokémon as a really good friend, but then again, Buizel is the one
greatest friend I have, the only family I got at the moment, the first one who cherished my melodies, he has been there for me all this
time. Calm grew inside me as I hugged, despite rain and thunder, everything was fine.
I had closed my eyes while still embracing him in my attempts to finally sleep. My friend however had licked me, it had caught me by
surprise, and it felt strange. It was if I understood some things about him now, but it opened up even more questions on various other
things. I felt true happiness emerge from within, I didn't really feel alone lately, but I did feel as if I was never going to be alone ever
again, then I realized that Buizel was my very best friend of all, and that he would never leave my side. I simply patted him in the head
and told him how silly he was.
Then, a very ridiculous idea crossed my mind, I really wanted him to feel exactly what I felt right there, and there is one way only to
make such a powerful whirlpool of emotions, I decided to give a tiny lick at Buizels cheek as well. A second later, a couple of tears ran
through his face, his smile was uncontrollable, and his hug grew somewhat tighter, and so tighter that I might as well suffocate and
never realize about it. He snuggled against my body way more than before. His fur felt incredibly cuddly and warm. But what I enjoyed the most
of this embrace, was the fact that I had Buizel beside me, to feel my friend so close to me. The feeling of having him in pure contact with me
opened an inner happiness that was locked away in my soul; I just loved him to be near me. Countless songs where crafted in my head but
certainly none described this powerful and intense feeling of love that we shared together, the only song that I thought that did was the one
composed by both of us.
I just wanted that embrace to last forever, never to separate, to feel him near my body was simply so enjoyable that I could stay
forever like this.
It was right there where I understood what my mom meant about "Bonding is something each trainer must experiment." It's
something personal when being with your Pokémon, I have to admit to myself yet again that I enjoyed it; this was a connectivity that I
felt with Buizel. Now, I can't imagine what It could feel losing him; we would just cry non-stop if we got separated. I couldn't imagine
such a fate for us.
Well, in short, we have bonded together. There was absolutely no way for us to talk to each other yet, but in our embrace it was if we
could talk to each other. But there is something that is bothering me however, I feel as if there was something that Buizel has been
trying to tell me, that there is something important that he has to let me know.
I really felt that this experience was something that not many trainers really shared, but this was such a normal feeling, of friendship
and companionship. Buizel and I are best friends forever.
Wouldn't have you imagined that your best friend could be your own Pokémon? Why not? There is nothing wrong to it. Some trainers
say that they are just buddies; some say that they really don't feel anything for us trainers. But it shouldn't really matter what they
would think, because I knew with absolute certainty that Pokémon can feel as much as we do.
Back to that night, we fell fast asleep together, but even in the deepest of my dreams I could feel Buizel, somehow in my heart and I
am pretty sure he felt me in his dreams as well. If you haven't even glimpsed something like this, you would never understand.
It was still raining when we fell asleep, the warmth of his fur, the comfort of his presence and. the caring that I felt in my soul made
me feel that I have just begun experiencing life itself. I wonder, how many mysteries the world hides from me, mysteries that I am sure
going to discover with my best ever loving friend. I love him and I don't know how many times I would repeat that in my mind and heart
or in the pages of this old journal.
But I will never forget that rainy night, in the most coldest and harsh of all nights, I would have felt more calm and warm than ever
in my whole life.
I simply want to be with my friend forever.
Now it's time to begin a grand new day…"
"Day 205:
Morning rose and we got out from the tent, the day was so clear that I couldn't believe that there was a storm nearby. Today we
headed to Snowbelle! I hugged my best friend before getting up and released my Pokémon. Noticing how important caring really was I
hugged them too, I'm sure they also appreciate this gesture.
We actually found the sleeping bag before reaching Snowbelle, a bunch of Eevees were using it. I realized that the Glaceon that stole
the sleeping bag was just looking for means to keep these Eevee warm, better off with them; Buizel already has a place to sleep beside
me after all. It made me think that these Pokémon also shared emotions of protection and love.
I started to look at Pokémon now more carefully than before, as if I had never seen them before. I realized much more about their
own feelings as well, and it made me wonder what they talk about. What beautiful secrets they know that society doesn't.
I gave the everstone I had to my Buizel, I told him exactly what I was told, to never change no matter what. I don't want his friendship
towards me to ever change, but I would definitely change for my friend, I can start to learn to understand Pokémon, for Buizel.
I stood at an inn tonight with all of my Pokémon; I didn't keep my Pokémon inside their poke balls now unless they nudged me for it.
Totodile and Vivillion sure did, but Riolu and Pikachu love to be outside them. Time to sleep was approaching; Buizel picked up my sleeping
bag and is now trying to sleep in it.
I'm going to offer him to sleep with me yet again, it is not necessarily very cold tonight, but I just like being alongside him.
There is something really simple about Pokémon that not many realize, just treat them like you would with people you know, I
wondered how smart Pokémon could really be. Pokémon are a grand new world that nobody knows about, this is why there was so
much beauty to it. This is the true beauty of being a Pokémon trainer."
As he read along the other days and bypassed an extra year, he realized that Kevin had eventually quitted becoming a Pokémon trainer but elected to become a performer. He returned home to Sinnoh to travel all around to play his music, soon enough George picked him up for his talent, and since they were friends he managed to get him into all sorts of musical festivities right off the bat. He was just starting to become popular around in Sinnoh. In the end, he had collected a total of six badges, the only ones needed where the ones at the Lumiose city gym and the one at Santalune, the latter was one of the first gyms you would encounter, but Kevin was planning on getting that one last.
Adam just stared at the journal as he finished till the last day of it. The last day written was already talking about how he was in the cafe with a plan, he was certain that the writing had stopped when he arrived to greet Kevin.
The bonding parts of the journal were very interesting to him, he recalled back to how he was with his own Pokémon, some of them at times didn't obey them but it was because he didn't pay attention to them as much as other trainers had done. He recalled to that moment when he released a Sandshrew he had because he grew tired of Adam, but he realized that he always ignored his Pokémon. He wished that he didn't make such mistakes in the past, at least he always paid attention at times with his main Pokémon, and Charizard now was a trusty Pokémon that he could even fly with.
Adam also remembered that Charizard helped him get over his own problems and anger issues. Adam thought about his Pokémon once again and the moments she stood alongside him when he was angry or depressed. "Grace has always been with me, no matter what." It made him think on what Kevin wrote on Pokémon feelings, and realized that Grace was concerned of him; he smiled at this sudden realization.
Adam wondered to himself if this was what he needed, to understand Pokémon, he already knew that this was indeed the answer. "I just have to listen to my Pokémon, to know what they want." Adam thought as he looked at Kevin's Buizel, he hadn't noticed that the Pokémon was paying very close attention to what he was reading. After recalling everything from the journal, Adam couldn't understand why Buizel was happy right now, he seemed to be content and he also patted Adam's back. Adam smiled at him back.
"Don't you miss your trainer little Buizel?" Buizel flipped and looked around the pages he was drawing with. Adam's eyes widened as he realized that these were in fact not drawings, but writing. Adam was instantly interested, he snatched the page that Buizel was handing to him.
"Since when did you know how to write?" Buizel was ever so constantly shaking his leg, this bothered Adam a bit. "Buizel stop shaking your leg, it bothers me. Lemme read this."
Adam read away at what Buizel wrote, words were not really but only three were necessary to make him start crying, and fearing, something was painfully clear for him now, he knew exactly where Kevin was right now.
...
"Day 198:
Today I awoke with Buizel by my side, I assured him that I finally had the answer to our miscommunication issues, even if I don’t
really want to, I need to talk to that group of Pokémon thieves. They have a talking Pokémon that might help me in this very issue. I
came to Sunnyshore's amazing cafe, even though it is nothing like the cafes that Kalos have, they still serve amazing tea and coffee.
I can see this so called "Team Rocket" right now, although I'm going to approach them later, hopefully they reveal a plan while I'm
around just in case so that I can think ahead later. I think I'll just drink the coffee I ordered and then I'll confront them.
I just relaxed, Buizel was right to my left hidden from Team Rocket, I still wonder why they haven't recognized me. Maybe they are too
occupied with their own plans that they haven't even looked around.
The doors of the Cafe opened as I noticed the bell ring from the top of the door, I saw a trainer with short straight black hair maybe a
couple of years older than me, I knew he was a trainer because of the Charizard outside that he quickly made go back into his poke ball.
I was worried because he was glaring at me, he sat down at the same table that I was, so I greeted him.
"Hey! Do I know you?" He did look very familiar, but why does it bother me so much? The trainer took his jacket off and hung it by the
chair, he then smiled at me.
"Don't you remember me?" I realized that he wasn't smiling very enthusiastically, he was indeed happy, but I also sensed concern within
him.
"You do seem familiar! But I don't know where I have seen you..." I was recalling people from the past to no avail, I didn't recall this
person.
"It was a very long time ago," he was at edge in nervousness, what was it that he was so scared about? "I'm Adam." I was not pleased with his visit in the least.
"Ah, so it is you," I wasn't very gentle with this response, but I didn't want to show him that I didn't mind what happened in the past. He did seem concerned at my answer. I closed my journal and put it away.
"I just need to say that I am sorry for what I did in the past! I had a lot of anger issues and problems, but that all changed I swear!" Adam was now desperate, pleading for forgiveness. I can't give him that as easy as he wants it. "I just want to talk to you, about Pokémon," why would this guy want to talk about Pokémon with me?
"You almost stole my friend, and you want to talk about Pokémon?" I was starting to think that I was probably being rude, I saw Adam and decided to listen to him, if he was really sorry I wanted to hear what he had to say.
"I was full of anger issues and depression, I got bullied at school and when I became a trainer I felt strong like those bullies. I thought I would do anything, but I realized later that I wasn't using my powers, but the strength of my Pokémon." It seems that he really understood it, "Grace always seemed sad when I recalled this story and the moment where I attacked you with flamethrower, she always looks sad about it." Adam was honest, I could tell it in his eyes, I looked at him and smiled.
"Do you know why Buizel has an everstone?" I wanted to teach him something.
"Huh? Umm, you don't want him to evolve. Or does it mean something different?" Adam asked
"When Buizel and I became best friends, I gave him the everstone because I didn't want him to ever change again, that he was a really good friend of mine and nothing would change this," I explained as Adam paid close attention, "but there are people like you that do need change sometimes, we all need to change for the best right? What do you say Adam, should I change now for the best?" I asked Adam as I awaited his answer.
"I guess we all must change, if I never changed, I would be a terrible trainer."
"And if I never decided to change, I would not decide to look for the answer to talk to my beloved friend."
"Oh! You don't want Buizel to ever change, because you are assuming it is you that has to change to understand him better?" I was very happy with his answer.
"That's the correct answer my friend." I said to him, Adam pondered at this, but it was a lesson about how to relate to your Pokémon, a change in the point of view is much often required to understand your Pokémon companions.
I saw the waiter come nearby with my coffee and asked him to include in my order something before he left, "I'll need another coffee for my new friend." Adam smiled, or I should say, my new friend smiled. I really can't easily forgive what Adam had done in the past, but that was not really him today and I could see it in his eyes. I haven't only grown to understand Pokémon, but also to understand people. I'd rather be his friend today than still remain as someone I resent, we can learn to get along after all...
To be continued…
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This was a difficult chapter to add and edit, it had a lot of things I needed to change and a bunch of aspects. I think it weighed down more on how connected I wanted to make Kevin and Buizel.
This is possibly the second most important moment in the whole fanfic.
Do enjoy!
Chapter 7: Final pages, Forming bonds.
The early day struck by, bird Pokémon were singing happily in the morning, but Kevin and his Pokémon were nowhere to be seen. George had gone to sleep a bit after the disappearance of the Pokémon, his stressed mind made his sleep yet uneasy as he continued having nightmares about Kevin, that he would not return... that they would not be able to talk again.
George woke up once again, his bed made a mess after his own subconscious struggles, and he just wished everything would be back to normal. George got up from his bed, he would love to sleep but his mind wouldn't let him. George walked towards the books on his shelf, from the many managers’ assistance books and other gossip magazines; he took out the thick green album. He looked around the pictures until he found a picture with Kevin's family and himself when he was young. If only he could turn the wheel of time back and experience those happy moments once again.
"Oh Kevin, you note-head, you gotta come back, you just gotta..." George was making promises to himself in his mind, that he would not bother him again if he returned. That he will give him a grand deal in music, simply anything for him to return.
George put the book away, put on his bed robe and headed towards the kitchen. He also had to wake up Cedric as he stayed at his home in case the Pokémon came back to the house. The doctor had crashed in George's couch, his snores were as loud as a truck, if he wanted to blame his own sleepless night, it could probably be him. Cedric's Lucario was sitting in a chair petting on her trainer's head while humming.
"Darn, does this Pokémon of yours never sleep Cedric?" George said aloud, hoping to wake up Cedric. "Rise and shine doc! Stop dating with that Lucario and get up." George said jokingly. A huge thump was heard from the living room, Cedric fell from the couch slammed his face on the ground. "Good! You are up now!"
Cedric walked into the kitchen and sat down; he rubbed his own head in pain. "You don't have to yell to wake me up, and I'm not dating."
"Calm down Ced, Let's have some coffee." George left the coffee pot on and started assorting cups for him and Cedric. "Hey Cedric, can your girlfriend drink coffee?"
"She is not my girlfriend! And yes, Kyla likes coffee!" Cedric was starting to get pissed off.
George noticed how mad the doctor was getting, so he decided to stop, "sorry if I'm bothering you so much, I'm just nervous and mocking others is how I tend to relax." He put down a third coffee cup for the Pokémon. "Sorry again, Kevin was used to my jokes on him, and I..."
"Apology accepted, as long as you don't do it too much. Did you get a call from anyone?"
"Not yet... still no signs of Kevin or his Pokémon." George said as he poured coffee onto the cups. He brought Cedric's coffee first.
Cedric thanked George as he received the coffee, "I still don't understand why they even escaped." Cedric said as he stared at the coffee that was served to him. Cedric was going to add something, but the phone rang. George quickly ran towards it and picked it up with the hopes of some information on the Pokémon to finally come.
"Hello, this is George." As George picked up the phone he saw the image of a young trainer with black short hair and blue eyes.
"You are Kevin's manager correct?" The trainer at the other side asked calmly.
"Yes! I'm his manager!"
"I found Kevin's Pokémon and I want to go over there right now!" He said as he showed the pokemon gathered up, Buizel and Pikachu were playing around while Lucario was carrying the guitar bag.
George smiled as he saw the Pokémon and was excited. "Nice! What about Kevin?" George asked hoping Kevin was with them.
"Oh no, he is still missing?" The trainer asked sadly, he was disappointed. "I was hoping for Kevin to have already appeared, I really need to talk to him."
"No... there are still no clues of him." George was dissapointed, but at least the Pokémon were safe.
"It's strange because the Pokémon here are looking very happy with me right now... anyways, I'm going down there to give you all the Pokémon, could I have the address?"
George gave him the address and thanked the trainer for his time, now it's just a matter of waiting. George sat with Cedric again; they were both slightly happier, but still worried about Kevin. They couldn't believe that there was no information about him yet. "This is not a good situation..." George pondered to himself, although Cedric was doubtful.
"I don't know... why would Kevin's Pokémon be happy?"
"Because they got rescued from being lost of course!"
"No, the only reason I would think of his Pokémon being happy, is that they saw Kevin or talked to Kevin. So why isn't he with his Pokémon again?" Cedric did make a point, but he wasn't done, "another thing that I wanted to mention, was that my Lucario was calm despite everything." Cedric's Lucario looked at him quickly and then approached to hug and snuggle him. "Kyla, why were you so calm, did the Pokémon know where Kevin was?" Kyla thought for a few second and then nodded, she smiled at her trainer. "That's great! So they went to talk to him?" Kyla nodded one more time. "That's great, but why didn't you mention anything at the start?" Kyla didn't know how to respond to this one, to what she only resorted to hug her trainer again.
Cedric stood up and walked towards the couch, he invited his Pokémon to sit with him. "I guess you forgot, Kyla?" His Lucario was flustered, she had completely forgotten. She resorted to then hug his trainer, to which Cedric for one snuggled back. "That's fine my poor Kyla, we all forget things." Cedric continued to pat her head gently. "We all make mistakes."
"So when's the kiss?"
Kyla's ears perked up quickly and she smiled, to which before Cedric was able to even spout a word towards George, she kissed her trainer in the cheek again and continued hugging. "George, please no, she is already very affectionate towards me, please don't make matters worse."
"Or make matters better is seems. If you don't want her around as much, just store her inside your poke ball." George asked, if he really doesn't want Kyla around he should just send her to his poke ball.
"I can't! I lost the poke ball." Cedric said as he held his Lucario.
"How do you just lose a poke ball, and is it not possible to recapture her inside another poke ball?" George wondered.
"I can't, I lost my poke ball last month. It's fine, I'm okay with all this hugging, it is really nice, but not with all this kissing on the cheek thing." Cedric said as he continued to comfort his Lucario until he realized she had fallen asleep at his arms, she was snug in his arms. "Wow, This is the first time I've seen her asleep from so close." Cedric didn't want to admit it, not to his new friend, but he enjoyed being near his Lucario dearly.
George chuckled from afar; it was a very cute scene. "She really does love you."
"I guess she really does, I really care a lot for my Lucario."
George chuckled and thought of a way to mock his new friend again, "if you never have a girlfriend you at least have Lucario to marry!"
"And yet you continue mocking me..."
"Hey, if mocking were a job, I'd be a workaholic." George smiled at Cedric, despite all of the joking he was doing, one thing he saw in them that was for certain true. "You two are great companions."
"Thank you."
The door knocked, George quickly got up from the table near the kitchen to open, and Kyla didn’t wake up from the loud knocking. As soon as he opened the door Kevin's Pokémon busted in and sat near the couches. From the door, the trainer was standing. "Young trainer, thank you so much for your help." The trainer stood there and smiled, he was taller and a bit older than Kevin by the likes of it.
"It is my pleasure George!" The trainer shook hands with George, he had the feeling that he knew who this trainer was, but his attitude didn't quite stick this familiar person.
"How do you know my name? Do I know you?" George was trying to recall people.
"You don't remember me? I caused a huge incident years ago. It's me, Adam!" George's eyes widened, he had grown so much and seemed so polite. Cedric looked at him from afar.
"That's Adam?!" Kyla woke at the screma, she stood up and got defensive towards the trainer, posing to get ready to attack, Kevin's Pokémon urged Kyla otherwise. After that, Kyla went back snuggling with his trainer. "Wasn't he the bad trainer who almost basically stole Kevin's friend?" Adam stepped in and talked to Cedric.
"I've changed in the years, I was completely wrong in the past, and I regret it deeply." Adam noticed that Cedric and Lucario were very close. "Sometimes I wish I had such a connection with my Pokémon, I don't know how Kevin and his Buizel are so connected. You and your Lucario seem very close, I wish I was able to be close with mine at all." Adam said as he sat down the table, he was disappointed. "If I never talk to him, I fear that I might never know how to treat Pokémon better." Adam looked at George, he just stared at him. "You don't mind if I stay and talk for a while, do you?"
George prepared a coffee for Adam. "I hope you like coffee" George said as he sat down in front of him. "So how did you find the Pokémon?"
"They just ran towards me, they basically found me. It was honestly odd; I thought Kevin's Pokémon would be scared of me."
Cedric was also interested what Adam had to say in person, he wanted to stand and sit at the kitchen table, but Kyla had fallen to sleep yet again, he patted her head and spoke from where he was. "After the incident and that poor Pikachu? Anyone would be scared of you."
Adam looked at Cedric with confusion, "to Pikachu? If you are talking about the cuts, it's because I rescued him from kids that didn't really know what they were doing. I tried raising him myself, but he was always so frightened, that's why I gave the Pokémon to Kevin, because I knew he could make Pikachu happy again." Adam said as he looked at George, "I was glad to see my Pikachu again; it gave me certainty that I made the right choice." George remembered then.
"So that's why you gave me the poke ball," George noticed that Adam wasn't drinking coffee at all, "you look tired Adam, drink some coffee." Adam was staring at his coffee, he was depressed.
"The last time I saw him was at the Sunnyshore cafe, I had talked to him after all these years, and then I battled those thieves. After that he was nowhere to be seen. If only I hadn't forgotten to ask him about how one can be friends with their Pokémon..." Adam appeared to be calm, but in reality he was demolished on the inside, he still couldn't believe that he was the one that saw Kevin last, he desired to know so much about him. He had so much to forgive.
George grabbed the journal once more, "Kevin's diary might help if you are interested." George opened it up and slid it towards Adam, "He talks on and about how he cares about his Pokémon dearly and how he has befriended them." Adam picked the journal up quickly as if he had found a prized secret.
Cedric, not getting up from his embrace from Lucario, still had the need to protest, "are you sure he should read it George?" George however trusted Adam now, his first impression of him showed how much he had changed throughout time.
"Adam is different, I mean the Pokémon trust him." George figured that if Adam was still a bad person, they would've run away. "If he really needs to know about something he was going to ask him, he might find it in the journal." George looked at Adam and smiled at him, "I'll trust anyone who is able to find Kevin's best friend and bring him home safely."
Adam didn't really imagine that such praise was coming his way, he was always thankful of such things, but coming from a friend of Kevin's was big for him. "Thank you so much, in which case, do you want me to read these pages aloud for you?" Adam asked George.
"We already read the other pages; you can read these on your very own, a certain chapter reminds me of the beauty and the beast over here." Cedric protested, but not aloud to not disturb his sleeping pokemon.
"Kyla is no beast."
"Nah man, you are the beast." George said as he got up from the table and picked up Adam's empty cup. "Adam, you can go to my bedroom and read there, chapters start getting very poetic." George pointed towards his room; Adam picked up Kevin's backpack and kept moving. "Oh before you go, I need an opinion on something." The manager looked at both Cedric and Lucario. "Vanilla or chocolate for their wedding cake?" George said as he continued laughing to himself, Cedric got up in a whim and yelled at George.
"We are not a couple and we are not getting married!" Cedric said, Kyla didn't do anything or appeared to be mad, she just smiled alongside him.
"We should ask Kyla then," George asked the recently awoken Pokémon, "how would you like a wedding cake with Cedric?" Kyla was fulll of joy and hugged her trainer.
"Darn it George! We are not getting married! It's not even a thing that can happen!"
"I don't think your pokemon agrees."
Adam disregarded the arguments, he shook of whatever he was going to say and headed to the bedroom. The bed wasn't made as of yet, but he was tired. He had been looking for Kevin all day and night. After speaking to authorities and finding Kevin's Pokémon left him completely beat. He laid on the bed and pages through many of the chapters of the journal. The initial writing was childish and slightly hard to read, but they advanced into stylish writing and poetic phrases as well.
Interested, Adam skimmed many of the initial pages and wanted to find more on early moments of him. "I hope he doesn't mind that I am reading his journal." Adam found a good starting point.
"Day 305
My mother taught me many basics on water Pokémon, that bathing your Pokémon as well was a certain way of making your
companion feel relaxed. After training, this is exactly what he needs. Moments of relaxation.
I prepared warm water for him and picked up on mother's lovely hair shampoos, although my mom said that there were better
products for Pokémon fur. She gave me the book on a guide that she wrote about bathing water Pokémon. I used everything listed in the guide
and it worked up smoothly.
It was fun to see Buizel expand his inflating collar. He looked like he was relaxing in a beach for a while... in any case I noticed that
Buizel was calm and happy. It was definitely what he needed.
George has been doing well, he said that he has followed his own calling to become an entertainment manager, with his attitude
however, it will be hard. I don't think that will ever happen.
Every time I look at Buizel when he goes to sleep in his basket, I can't avoid but feel that it is too small for him, he requires space. I
can't simply ask my father for a new bed for just a Pokémon either, I'll have to think of something some other time, maybe I can think of an idea
as I sleep.
Day 306
Checking around mother's book I found a very useful checklist.
Chapter 1: Knowing your Pokémon. Check, I know the things he likes and how he likes to be trained even.
Chapter 2: Be his friend. Check, this was done almost as soon as I met him.
Chapter 3: Play together. Check! Every day we gotta play music!
Chapter 4: Training your Pokémon. Check, my Buizel has got very strong since then.
Chapter 5: Finding new ways of training. Check, I have found intricate ways to mix up some of the training, even combining music
itself.
Chapter 6: Getting closer to your Pokémon. Check, me and Buizel are very close friend.
Chapter 7: Speaking to your Pokémon. Check, although I feel that simple yes and no is not enough, but it will do.
Chapter 8: Getting a little closer to your Pokémon. Semi-check, I'm trying new things every day, I still want to give him a proper
place to sleep.
Chapter 9: Forming bonds ...
And the last chapter was called "Forming bonds" it was a strange title at first, "It is when a Pokémon and his trainer share a unique
connection unlike anything we have known" My mother insists that not many trainers get to such a point with their Pokémon, she told me that I would definitely form a powerful bond with Buizel, it's all a matter of time.
I've done many of these things already, it is hard for me to believe that I didn't even use this book to get to this point. But what does
bonding necessarily mean?"
Adam wondered, "is this bonding thing what I really need with my Pokémon? Is this why I haven't grown to be a successful trainer yet?"
Adam placed the book down on the bed marking the page; he picked up Kevin's guitar bag and put it on the bed. "Let's see if that guide is around here somewhere, maybe I can find more information." The guitar bag was already open; from inside a Pokémon jumped out and surprised Adam. It was a Buizel! "Hey Buizel, what are you doing in there?" Adam picked him up and stared at him. "That is not a good place for small Pokémon like you." Buizel stretched his paw towards Adam but quickly dropped it, he inspected the room, he brought his paws to his sight and then smiled, and overall Kevin's Buizel was looking contempt.
Buizel, looked and pointed at the journal, and then he pointed towards Adam. "Buizel, do you want me to read? I'm trying to understand what having a good bond with your Pokémon means." Buizel nodded and kept pointing at the journal. "Is there something about that in the journal?" Buizel nodded yet again and smiled. Adam released the Buizel and let him lay on top of the bed; he sat on top of the bed as well and continued reading from where he left.
"Day 324
Today I woke from my bed just to find out that Buizel was on top waiting for me to wake up. Breakfast was filled with thrill and
excitement, I was going to travel Kalos and attempt my skills to become a better Pokémon trainer. I still however wanted to know what
forming a bond was like, I had asked my mother on the subject, she told me that Pokémon bonding was important for trainers and
Pokémon alike. She and her Totodile are very close friends too, and it just dawned to me that maybe they do share a strong bond
together.
Maybe having a strong bond together meant being friends. But I am already Buizel's friend, I'm slightly confused by these events, maybe it
means so much more.
Day 345:
I finally left my home and started my journey, never thought this day would come. It is very sad to leave my mother and father at
home, but this is something I really want to do. I think I can become a great trainer if I give it my best, I just hope I can contact with my
parents often.
But I'm not that alone, I have Buizel by my side! And also the rest of my Pokémon.
My parents happily came to drop me near the docks so that I could set sail to Kalos. It was a very emotional moment; I hugged my
parents dearly and promised that I would always call them when possible and that I would bring them souvenirs. I would travel the
lands of Kalos and have fun, this was all a grand experience, and the doors of my home were always open for me.
My mother did something unexpected; she had told me that as all mothers, she always wants to keep an eye on me. So she gave
me a poke ball and handed me her Totodile. This was a very big gift from her, she was trusting one of her Pokémon to me, but my mother
really trusted me. She said that Totodile missed having good fights, and that also her Totodile was going to keep a very close eye on me.
I kept most of my Pokémon out, and my mother knew well.
As I write on the bed of my room as I cross the oceans to Kalos, I can't contain my excitement. It will be me and my Buizel and a grand
adventure ahead of us! I can't wait to see the people I shall meet, the Pokémon I will travel this time on my own through Lumiose city! A
grand spectacle of light that make the night's of Kalos more alive than anywhere else! Buizel liked it last time we were there with my
parents."
Adam read along the various pages of his adventures with Buizel while in Kalos, he had defeated so far six different gym leaders including the ones he had defeated previously, these victories were full of excitement and every victory described his Pokémon beginning to become stronger and friendlier with Kevin. Kevin had done all this with only five Pokémon including the one he had given him in the past. His triumph was admirable, a bit less than a year and he was two badges away from getting into the Kalos league. He has met people left and right and even traveled with a few of them. Kevin had played his guitar around Kalos as well gaining the attention of Pokémon and humans alike, this was the place where he made himself well known for it was said around the towns that a lone guitarist by the name of Kevin and his Pokémon companion traveled spreading harmonic tunes to the lands of Kalos.
"He was very happy with Buizel, and so successful." Adam regretted not being Kevin's friend in the first place, "I shouldn't have bullied him, I thought that if I was tough like the people who bothered me at school made me believe that I was going to be tough." Adam was full of regret, and the Buizel alongside him gave him a few pats, and went back to a piece of paper he was playing with. "I'm sorry Buizel; I just feel that I need to do a grand favor for him. I never had the chance to properly say sorry, I did at the cafe but," Adam's mind was still engulfed in regret, "I don't think I have done anything for him." Buizel quickly grabbed another piece of paper and played around with that one. "I'm sorry Buizel, but if I could turn time around and prevent myself for harming your friend, I would." Adam feared that he will never be able to say sorry, but he decided to keep reading. He was worried deeply about Kevin, but there was nothing that he could do.
Many of the chapters were about half a page in the journal, but there was one specific day in the journal that took up about seven. Adam felt as though he had found it, the answer to why Kevin's Buizel is so close to him, so he read away eager as if discovering the answer to all of his problems.
"Day 204: Our bond is something I will cherish eternally.
Today we shall set on to Snowbelle city! It is said to be really cold up there, just to think of the white and freezing snow gives me
shivers already. The road ahead was going to be a long one.
I did some recent training with Riolu today; he has been focusing deeply on meditating lately. I feel that it helps his training, so I let
him be. I really do hope he evolves one day, I've seen pictures of his evolution and Lucario looks like a Pokémon with deep thoughts and not to
mention really awesome.
Maybe I need to battle great trainers to achieve this? I'm going to look on information on how Lucarios evolve or when they evolve when I
get to the city, if there is no information there I shall go to Lumiose once again.
We found a wild Glaceon in the forest, it was such a majestic Pokémon I really wanted to capture this Glaceon but he had run away, I
didn't notice but he had taken one of the sleeping bags from my travel sack. I'm still quite disappointed in what happened, there was no
snow, but rain was harsh and relentless, the clouds were becoming greyer the further we walked, I already made up the tent for this
issue near a rock.
I stored all of my Pokémon in their poke balls to keep them warm, but I was unable to keep Buizel in his, I asked him if he wanted to
be in the poke ball but refused. Buizel tried to sleep on the floor of the tent but he keeps shaking uncontrollably, I can't let my friend
freeze like that. There is something I have to think about.
I had an idea. It was too cold so I invited Buizel to sleep in the same sleep bag I was using; he was happy about this
and slept right beside me. I'm just very glad that he is warm now. I hope this night doesn't become catastrophic while we sleep.
...
It's already the next day, but, I really have to write everything that happened when I was sleeping with my friend, it was a deep
connection, a bonding like no other. A friendship so strong that I actually feel that it could last eternally, I remember the details of that
very moment.
He was attempting to sleep at the other side of the sleeping bag, but he was shaking and could not sleep at all. He was scared of
thunders just like I was.
Lightning fell and struck the ground very near us, that impact also made Buizel so scared that I could actually see him crying with his
eyes closed shut tight, that thunder had scared me out as well. Buizel was gripping the edge of the sleeping bag tightly, almost ripping it
with his paws, his fear was evident.
I had wanted to make him feel safe, so I told him that everything was alright, I had given him pats on the head of my friend, and I had
assumed he was able to be calm now, but he was still a bit scared.
Buizel started to approach me; I could sense his fear, and also the need of someone to keep him safe. He reminded me a lot of myself
when I had sleepless nights, those moments of my childhood in where I was in fear of the might of nature and sky, but my mother and father
were always there to protect me, I might as well follow their example, and protect my friend.
I made a simple offer, for us to hug to sleep. These things had helped me when I was alongside my family and I always had felt safe,
Buizel immediately hugged me. It took me by surprise. It felt kind of, comfortable actually. We slept like that for a couple of hours but
Buizel moved a bit and woke me up, it was still raining and the thunders would never stop, the world was playing its symphony of nature and wanted its audience to be awake on such moments.
Buizel then turned towards me almost on top of my chest hugging me with his both arms, he simply Buiied, obviously I couldn't
understand but, the tone he gave away was very soft.
His fur was feeling warmer overtime and his embrace grew ever so tighter, I then realized much of a friend I was to him as well, ever
since I saved him near the shore he had always tried to be near me no matter what. Ever since I told him that I wanted to be his friend
he has always been around, I understood why he didn't want to go inside the poke ball when asked at times, he loved and cared for me
deeply. I had never imagined such a thing to happen, but this is what forming a bond was like.
I couldn't help to follow my heart and hug him with my both arms as well, a very tight hug to make him know that I actually loved and
cared for him too.
Personally, I have never thought that I would go as far as loving a Pokémon as a really good friend, but then again, Buizel is the one
greatest friend I have, the only family I got at the moment, the first one who cherished my melodies, he has been there for me all this
time. Calm grew inside me as I hugged, despite rain and thunder, everything was fine.
I had closed my eyes while still embracing him in my attempts to finally sleep. My friend however had licked me, it had caught me by
surprise, and it felt strange. It was if I understood some things about him now, but it opened up even more questions on various other
things. I felt true happiness emerge from within, I didn't really feel alone lately, but I did feel as if I was never going to be alone ever
again, then I realized that Buizel was my very best friend of all, and that he would never leave my side. I simply patted him in the head
and told him how silly he was.
Then, a very ridiculous idea crossed my mind, I really wanted him to feel exactly what I felt right there, and there is one way only to
make such a powerful whirlpool of emotions, I decided to give a tiny lick at Buizels cheek as well. A second later, a couple of tears ran
through his face, his smile was uncontrollable, and his hug grew somewhat tighter, and so tighter that I might as well suffocate and
never realize about it. He snuggled against my body way more than before. His fur felt incredibly cuddly and warm. But what I enjoyed the most
of this embrace, was the fact that I had Buizel beside me, to feel my friend so close to me. The feeling of having him in pure contact with me
opened an inner happiness that was locked away in my soul; I just loved him to be near me. Countless songs where crafted in my head but
certainly none described this powerful and intense feeling of love that we shared together, the only song that I thought that did was the one
composed by both of us.
I just wanted that embrace to last forever, never to separate, to feel him near my body was simply so enjoyable that I could stay
forever like this.
It was right there where I understood what my mom meant about "Bonding is something each trainer must experiment." It's
something personal when being with your Pokémon, I have to admit to myself yet again that I enjoyed it; this was a connectivity that I
felt with Buizel. Now, I can't imagine what It could feel losing him; we would just cry non-stop if we got separated. I couldn't imagine
such a fate for us.
Well, in short, we have bonded together. There was absolutely no way for us to talk to each other yet, but in our embrace it was if we
could talk to each other. But there is something that is bothering me however, I feel as if there was something that Buizel has been
trying to tell me, that there is something important that he has to let me know.
I really felt that this experience was something that not many trainers really shared, but this was such a normal feeling, of friendship
and companionship. Buizel and I are best friends forever.
Wouldn't have you imagined that your best friend could be your own Pokémon? Why not? There is nothing wrong to it. Some trainers
say that they are just buddies; some say that they really don't feel anything for us trainers. But it shouldn't really matter what they
would think, because I knew with absolute certainty that Pokémon can feel as much as we do.
Back to that night, we fell fast asleep together, but even in the deepest of my dreams I could feel Buizel, somehow in my heart and I
am pretty sure he felt me in his dreams as well. If you haven't even glimpsed something like this, you would never understand.
It was still raining when we fell asleep, the warmth of his fur, the comfort of his presence and. the caring that I felt in my soul made
me feel that I have just begun experiencing life itself. I wonder, how many mysteries the world hides from me, mysteries that I am sure
going to discover with my best ever loving friend. I love him and I don't know how many times I would repeat that in my mind and heart
or in the pages of this old journal.
But I will never forget that rainy night, in the most coldest and harsh of all nights, I would have felt more calm and warm than ever
in my whole life.
I simply want to be with my friend forever.
Now it's time to begin a grand new day…"
"Day 205:
Morning rose and we got out from the tent, the day was so clear that I couldn't believe that there was a storm nearby. Today we
headed to Snowbelle! I hugged my best friend before getting up and released my Pokémon. Noticing how important caring really was I
hugged them too, I'm sure they also appreciate this gesture.
We actually found the sleeping bag before reaching Snowbelle, a bunch of Eevees were using it. I realized that the Glaceon that stole
the sleeping bag was just looking for means to keep these Eevee warm, better off with them; Buizel already has a place to sleep beside
me after all. It made me think that these Pokémon also shared emotions of protection and love.
I started to look at Pokémon now more carefully than before, as if I had never seen them before. I realized much more about their
own feelings as well, and it made me wonder what they talk about. What beautiful secrets they know that society doesn't.
I gave the everstone I had to my Buizel, I told him exactly what I was told, to never change no matter what. I don't want his friendship
towards me to ever change, but I would definitely change for my friend, I can start to learn to understand Pokémon, for Buizel.
I stood at an inn tonight with all of my Pokémon; I didn't keep my Pokémon inside their poke balls now unless they nudged me for it.
Totodile and Vivillion sure did, but Riolu and Pikachu love to be outside them. Time to sleep was approaching; Buizel picked up my sleeping
bag and is now trying to sleep in it.
I'm going to offer him to sleep with me yet again, it is not necessarily very cold tonight, but I just like being alongside him.
There is something really simple about Pokémon that not many realize, just treat them like you would with people you know, I
wondered how smart Pokémon could really be. Pokémon are a grand new world that nobody knows about, this is why there was so
much beauty to it. This is the true beauty of being a Pokémon trainer."
As he read along the other days and bypassed an extra year, he realized that Kevin had eventually quitted becoming a Pokémon trainer but elected to become a performer. He returned home to Sinnoh to travel all around to play his music, soon enough George picked him up for his talent, and since they were friends he managed to get him into all sorts of musical festivities right off the bat. He was just starting to become popular around in Sinnoh. In the end, he had collected a total of six badges, the only ones needed where the ones at the Lumiose city gym and the one at Santalune, the latter was one of the first gyms you would encounter, but Kevin was planning on getting that one last.
Adam just stared at the journal as he finished till the last day of it. The last day written was already talking about how he was in the cafe with a plan, he was certain that the writing had stopped when he arrived to greet Kevin.
The bonding parts of the journal were very interesting to him, he recalled back to how he was with his own Pokémon, some of them at times didn't obey them but it was because he didn't pay attention to them as much as other trainers had done. He recalled to that moment when he released a Sandshrew he had because he grew tired of Adam, but he realized that he always ignored his Pokémon. He wished that he didn't make such mistakes in the past, at least he always paid attention at times with his main Pokémon, and Charizard now was a trusty Pokémon that he could even fly with.
Adam also remembered that Charizard helped him get over his own problems and anger issues. Adam thought about his Pokémon once again and the moments she stood alongside him when he was angry or depressed. "Grace has always been with me, no matter what." It made him think on what Kevin wrote on Pokémon feelings, and realized that Grace was concerned of him; he smiled at this sudden realization.
Adam wondered to himself if this was what he needed, to understand Pokémon, he already knew that this was indeed the answer. "I just have to listen to my Pokémon, to know what they want." Adam thought as he looked at Kevin's Buizel, he hadn't noticed that the Pokémon was paying very close attention to what he was reading. After recalling everything from the journal, Adam couldn't understand why Buizel was happy right now, he seemed to be content and he also patted Adam's back. Adam smiled at him back.
"Don't you miss your trainer little Buizel?" Buizel flipped and looked around the pages he was drawing with. Adam's eyes widened as he realized that these were in fact not drawings, but writing. Adam was instantly interested, he snatched the page that Buizel was handing to him.
"Since when did you know how to write?" Buizel was ever so constantly shaking his leg, this bothered Adam a bit. "Buizel stop shaking your leg, it bothers me. Lemme read this."
Adam read away at what Buizel wrote, words were not really but only three were necessary to make him start crying, and fearing, something was painfully clear for him now, he knew exactly where Kevin was right now.
...
"Day 198:
Today I awoke with Buizel by my side, I assured him that I finally had the answer to our miscommunication issues, even if I don’t
really want to, I need to talk to that group of Pokémon thieves. They have a talking Pokémon that might help me in this very issue. I
came to Sunnyshore's amazing cafe, even though it is nothing like the cafes that Kalos have, they still serve amazing tea and coffee.
I can see this so called "Team Rocket" right now, although I'm going to approach them later, hopefully they reveal a plan while I'm
around just in case so that I can think ahead later. I think I'll just drink the coffee I ordered and then I'll confront them.
I just relaxed, Buizel was right to my left hidden from Team Rocket, I still wonder why they haven't recognized me. Maybe they are too
occupied with their own plans that they haven't even looked around.
The doors of the Cafe opened as I noticed the bell ring from the top of the door, I saw a trainer with short straight black hair maybe a
couple of years older than me, I knew he was a trainer because of the Charizard outside that he quickly made go back into his poke ball.
I was worried because he was glaring at me, he sat down at the same table that I was, so I greeted him.
"Hey! Do I know you?" He did look very familiar, but why does it bother me so much? The trainer took his jacket off and hung it by the
chair, he then smiled at me.
"Don't you remember me?" I realized that he wasn't smiling very enthusiastically, he was indeed happy, but I also sensed concern within
him.
"You do seem familiar! But I don't know where I have seen you..." I was recalling people from the past to no avail, I didn't recall this
person.
"It was a very long time ago," he was at edge in nervousness, what was it that he was so scared about? "I'm Adam." I was not pleased with his visit in the least.
"Ah, so it is you," I wasn't very gentle with this response, but I didn't want to show him that I didn't mind what happened in the past. He did seem concerned at my answer. I closed my journal and put it away.
"I just need to say that I am sorry for what I did in the past! I had a lot of anger issues and problems, but that all changed I swear!" Adam was now desperate, pleading for forgiveness. I can't give him that as easy as he wants it. "I just want to talk to you, about Pokémon," why would this guy want to talk about Pokémon with me?
"You almost stole my friend, and you want to talk about Pokémon?" I was starting to think that I was probably being rude, I saw Adam and decided to listen to him, if he was really sorry I wanted to hear what he had to say.
"I was full of anger issues and depression, I got bullied at school and when I became a trainer I felt strong like those bullies. I thought I would do anything, but I realized later that I wasn't using my powers, but the strength of my Pokémon." It seems that he really understood it, "Grace always seemed sad when I recalled this story and the moment where I attacked you with flamethrower, she always looks sad about it." Adam was honest, I could tell it in his eyes, I looked at him and smiled.
"Do you know why Buizel has an everstone?" I wanted to teach him something.
"Huh? Umm, you don't want him to evolve. Or does it mean something different?" Adam asked
"When Buizel and I became best friends, I gave him the everstone because I didn't want him to ever change again, that he was a really good friend of mine and nothing would change this," I explained as Adam paid close attention, "but there are people like you that do need change sometimes, we all need to change for the best right? What do you say Adam, should I change now for the best?" I asked Adam as I awaited his answer.
"I guess we all must change, if I never changed, I would be a terrible trainer."
"And if I never decided to change, I would not decide to look for the answer to talk to my beloved friend."
"Oh! You don't want Buizel to ever change, because you are assuming it is you that has to change to understand him better?" I was very happy with his answer.
"That's the correct answer my friend." I said to him, Adam pondered at this, but it was a lesson about how to relate to your Pokémon, a change in the point of view is much often required to understand your Pokémon companions.
I saw the waiter come nearby with my coffee and asked him to include in my order something before he left, "I'll need another coffee for my new friend." Adam smiled, or I should say, my new friend smiled. I really can't easily forgive what Adam had done in the past, but that was not really him today and I could see it in his eyes. I haven't only grown to understand Pokémon, but also to understand people. I'd rather be his friend today than still remain as someone I resent, we can learn to get along after all...
To be continued…
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This is possibly the second most important moment in the whole fanfic.
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