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Chapter 2: Healing

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(Mist)

We were back, back to the city that had taken so much from us. I watched my trainer as we stepped onto the paved streets and he took a shuddering breath clearly wishing to be out of here as soon as possible. While I understood where he was coming from, I knew that there was no way we would be able to leave this city, as he would hope. I would force him to stay until he fully healed; he would thank me for it later.

The few trainers that walked the streets paid us no mind thought I did notice more than one door locked behind us as we made our way to the Pokemon Center. Once the door slid open it seemed that, we had got to the Center just in time because Nurse Joy was just about to close up for the night. I felt bad that we were depriving her of sleep but also grateful that we had made it in time.

"Oh my goodness what happened?" she asked rapidly approaching us. By now, Max was an unhealthy gray color so I took the liberty of answering for him. "His arm got burned by a Houndour." I replied to the nurse and she switched her attention to me. "A Lucario? What's your name?" she queried.

"My name is Mist." I answered. She nodded and called for Chansey to get a stretcher ready. "Are you staying in town?" "No ma'am I was hoping we would be able to get a room here tonight." She nodded "I have two rooms left I'll show you to one after I finish treating your Trainer. You may watch through the Window." I carefully transferred Max onto the stretcher then stepped back watching as he was wheeled away.

A second Chansey started to talk to me in Pokespeak. "Chansey Chan-sey Chan Chan" (Which translates to "Would you like something to drink?") "Cario Lu" (which meant "Yes" ) The pink Pokemon went to the corner to the water dispenser and grabbed a paper cup in its hands. When it filled, it returned to me and slid it over the counter. "Lu car" (Which translates to thank you) Chansey nodded and then started to wipe down the counter with anti-bacterial solution. I watched her for a bit before wandering over to the window and taking a sip of the water in my hand.

It looked like Nurse Joy was almost finished with Max's treatment. When she wound the final bandages around the area that she covered with ointment Max gritted his teeth but did not say anything. He certainly looked a little better than he did before he came to the Center. Nurse Joy helped him stand and when they came through the door, I rushed to his side and took his weight. Nurse Joy's face lifted with a small smile as she observed us before she started heading down the hall. Hoping he would forgive me, I adjusted Max and then started to carry him Bridal style down the hall.

The Chansey at the desk giggled as we went by but I paid her no mind as I started to run in order to catch up with Nurse Joy. Max held onto me tightly but stayed quite as we made our way down the hall. Nurse Joy was already unlocking one of the rooms and as I stepped past her and put Max on the bed she dropped the key on the dresser. "Sleep well Mist and Max." she said as she closed the door.

I had to use the restroom so after giving Max a cursory glance to be sure that he would be ok I opened the door directly to the right of it and revealed a small bathroom with a toilet and a shower. The shower was stocked with soap and shampoo and a side closet held towels. I did my business and after flushing the toilet, I went to the sink and washed my paws. After wiping, them dry on my sides I went back into the room to see that Max had propped himself up on some pillows and was waiting for me.

"Thank you Mist for making sure that we made it to the Center on time." His voice was soft with exhaustion and kindness. "I know you usually sleep with your shirt off. Do you um want some help getting it off?" I asked blushing and looking at my feet.

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(Max)

I looked up at the Lucario from my mound of pillows and said softly "Yes I could use the help" a blush making my face burn. He approached the bed and slipped an arm behind me to support my weight. Then with his free hand, he carefully removed the shirt. I watched his face the whole time feeling embarrassed that I needed help but also grateful that he had asked.

Once the shirt was off he slowly lowered me back onto the pillows and his paw lingered on my back. I closed my eyes and focused on the strange sensation. It did not feel wrong in fact it was starting to feel very right. Heat was racing across my back from his touch and when he finally removed his paw, I opened my eyes and gave him a happy smile.

His blush was less pronounced than mine was but it was there. When he turned around to put my shirt into the closet, I wriggled underneath the covers. Their warm embrace made me sink gratefully against them the fabric soothing and silky against my skin. After I heard the closet close, I looked over at my friend and patted the bed.

"Come here" He slowly got onto the bed and crawled up to where I was. "If you get cold during the night feel free to join me under the covers." I said before scooting over so he could rest his head on a pillow. He seemed tense but slowly relaxed as the warm bed did its magic. I rested my hand on his paw as I drifted to sleep mindful of the spike on his wrist.

Next Morning

When I woke up, I could tell that I had slept a long time. In the night, Mist had moved closer to me. He was almost on top of me his muzzle close to my mouth his nostrils flaring as he breathed. His breath smelled nice enough and his teeth looked nice and clean. "Why am I thinking about that? I wondered before slowly stroking his deadlocks to wake him.

When he woke up, he was confused at first but smiled at me. Then that smile turned into a frown as he realized that he was lying on top of me. He pushed himself off the bed and against the door as if he thought I would hit him or something.I slowly sat up on the bed and tilted my head at him.

"I'm sorry" he said aloud hiding his face. "You know it's not like I did anything to stop you." I stated my eyebrow cocked. My tone must have caught his attention because he looked up once more.

"Yo-you aren't mad at me?" "Why would I be? It was quite comfortable having you on my chest" Now it was my turn to blush and I stared pointedly at the wall like it would tell me something.

The next second a furry blue mountain tackled me back onto the pillows as Mist gave me a fierce hug. I winced because he was crushing my injured arm but I did not say anything just carefully extracted my arm and hugged him back.

We stayed like that for a few more moments before he released me and sat back on his haunches. Instead of saying anything else, I surveyed the room since I did not really pay that much attention to it last night.

The walls were a rich brown that matched the carpet perfectly the sheets on the bed matched the walls and the wooden furniture did as well.

The small lamp on the bedside was the only thing that differed from the color scheme of the room not counting my green backpack that was against the far wall. There was a wall mounted TV against the wall and I decided that after I showered I would try to catch some news.

I looked at Mist. "Could you help me up?" I asked and he hopped down to the bed and held onto my hand when I pulled and got myself out of the bed just find. Once standing I made my way over to my bag and opened the zipper to grab some clothes.

I grabbed some boxers and a pair of shorts along with a clean shirt and put them on the carpet beside me before grabbing a tin of Pokechow. Then I grabbed the tube of ointment that Nurse Joy had provided along with some fresh gauze.

"Hey you hungry bud?" I inquired turning around. Mist shook his head no.I left the tin of Pokechow on the dresser within his reach if he wanted to eat it. "OK well when I get out of the shower we could go check out a restaurant. Then I began to wonder about something.

"Did Nurse Joy mention if these bandages were waterproof or not?" I asked Mist and he shrugged. I decided that I would unwrap them before I got into the shower and then after drying my arm and reapplying the ointment I would wrap it back up again.

I glanced at Mist and asked, "Do you need to use the Bathroom before I get in there?" He did not say anything so I assumed he did not need to. I passed him the remote "Why don't you find something to watch while I'm cleaning up." He started flicking through the channels while I entered the bathroom and closed the door but I did not lock it just in case.

I undressed and turned on the warm water for the shower. I left my clothes on top of the commode with a towel and I slowly unwrapped my arm bandages and took a sharp breath as I saw what my arm looked like. It was a shiny red and throbbed as the cool air touched it.

I wish I knew the extent of my injury but I was not exactly paying that much attention last night. I decided against a warm shower and switched the controls on the shower over to ice cold. I stepped under the spray and hissed a little as the cold-water hit my body then I calmed my breathing and forced myself to relax.

Once the initial shock of the water had wore off I started to shampoo my hair. I worked the soap into my hair and washed my hands afterwards. Then I wet a rag underneath the spray and dropped some soap on it. I started on my arms my eyes closed as I worked the rag over my right arm grunting as the soap began to sting the tender flesh.

I lost my concentration for a few seconds as I gritted my teeth against the sudden rush of pain from the fried nerve receptors. I mentally cursed myself for getting burned in the first place. I switched over to the other arm and then bathed the rest of my body. After washing off the last of the suds I let my head go under the spray and stayed still as stream of water and shampoo made their way down my body.

Once I was finished I turned off the water and glanced at my Poketech for the time. 12:45 PM blinked across the screen and I started to dry off with a towel and then dress. Once I was ready I gathered my soaking towel and hung it on the shower rail. Then I rejoined Mist in the living room intending to ask him for help with my arm.

The weather person was on the screen and I spared a glance at the temperatures before getting to work on the ointment and bandages. I decided that it would be better to do this myself and not disturb Mist. I put on the ointment first feeling its cool fingers soak into my skin and quench the fiery sun that rested there. I grabbed one end of the bandages with my teeth and with my left hand slowly wound them around my right arm keeping them tight.

While I was doing this Mist was watching my silently but he didn't say anything. I was grateful for his silence as it allowed me to keep my concentration. When I was done I sighed with relief and then turned to the Lucario. "Still not hungry?" I asked him as I recapped the tube of ointment and put it into my bag.

"Nope but if you want to get some food I wouldn't object to going with you" I nodded and started to put on my backpack. Once again Mist stopped me and put it on instead. I smiled ruefully remembering what he had told me. I smiled in thanks and grabbed the keys on the dresser with my left hand. Once we were both outside the room I locked the door and pocketed the keys.

We passed the desk on our way out and I stopped to ask Nurse Joy something. "How long do you think it will take my arm to heal?" She frowned and advised "It will take 4 weeks more or less. When you need more ointment come and tell me." I nodded my thanks and headed out the door as a trainer came in holding a injured pokemon in his arms. I took a closer look and saw that the Pokemon was a Sneasel. It looked badly injured and had its eyes closed its breathing shallow.

I watched Nurse Joy transfer the Sneasel (now in its Pokeball into the rejuvenator and a light on the console went off while a beam scanned the Pokeball. The trainer waited holding his breath as a metallic voice said _ Species: Sneasel Health: 30 % Recovery Time 2 hours _ The Trainer let out his breath with a whoosh Then turned to Nurse Joy. "So Slasher will be OK?" The Nurse nodded her expression relieved.

He moved to a bench that was against the wall and I shook myself from my reprieve.

"Hey Earth to Max chortled Mist inside my mind. I jumped and then turned towards him seeing his smirk. I felt myself smile in return. I pushed thoughts of the trainer out of my mind and walked towards the door.

It opened when I drew near and I let Mist proceed me out the door. The street was busy and many trainers moved through the city. I reclined against the wall to watch them taking advantage of the shade the roof of the Pokemon Center provided. Mist settled beside me and I grabbed for his paw with my good arm. When there was a slight lull in foot traffic I pushed off the wall and walked with Mist into the street.

A great many people seemed to be heading for a giant building that stretched up to the sky line. The last time I was here I didn't exactly pay to much attention to the scenery. I bit back tears as raw emotion roiled underneath my skin. _ Stop thinking about that _I told myself and When Mist's paw grabbed my hand in a firmer grip I didn't protest. The slight pain helped me pull myself out of my personal black hole.

I mentally berated myself for dwelling on past events and paid more attention to walking then I ordinarily would. My expression must have been stony because a few people took one look at me and backed away. We were near the base of the giant building now but when I consulted my Trainer Card on my Poketech to see how much Money I had I frowned deeply.

I needed to battle a few people to get more cash so I looked around in the crowd to see if anyone might be interested. A Trainer with a Gible caught my eye and I made my way towards him. He had his head turned seemingly talking to another Trainer nearby that was holding a Nicada. I cleared my throat when I was sure I was close enough to be heard and he glanced away from his companion to look at me.

"Would you care to battle?" I asked. While I waited I consulted my Pokedex and raised my eyebrows when I learned that Gible was a Dragon/Ground type. _ That might give us some trouble Mist _ I thought to him and he nodded before carefully shrugging off my pack and leaving it at my feet before stepping in front of me.

_ Why is that? _ He queried while we waited for the Trainer's reply. _ Steel types are weak against Ground type moves _ I thought back. He nodded and then the Trainer coughed which made me blink and look up at him.

"My name is Carson. I accept your challenge. How many Pokeballs?" "One each" I said and the crowd started to clear to give us room to battle. I backed away slightly as well with Mist following me. His friend stepped in between the two of us as the referee.

"To my right we have Carson and to my left we have..." He looked at me and I gave my name. "Max! This is a one on one Pokemon Battle. Trainers ready?" I nodded and so did Carson. He threw down his hands "Begin!"

"Gible I choose you!" said Carson and the blue and red Pokemon walked forward. I gestured to Mist and he stepped forward as well.

"Gibble Dragon Rage!" shouted Carson "Dodge it and then try Force Palm!" I ordered Both Pokemon started to move. Mist waited for Gible to fire off his attack before he hopped aside and moved closer to use Force Palm. "Gible Sand Attack!"

Mist was to close to the other Pokemon to stop his charge so when Gible kicked up blinding sand his eyes took a direct hit but he still managed to hit the dragon type. Gible slid backwards from the attack but used its large mouth as an anchor so the damage wasn't as great as it could have been.

Mist however was furiously trying to get the sound out of it's eyes. "Mist forget about the sand use the Aura to see!" I shouted and on the field my partner stopped his efforts and stood quietly for a few seconds utterly still as he focused his mind. I felt his focus touch my mind and I felt grim determination surge within Mist.

Gibble rushed at Mist all of a sudden. I was confused because Carson had not issued an order out loud. I stayed silent trusting that Mist would detect the threat and dodge. As Gible barreled closer however I started to get concerned and opened my mouth to issue an order when Mist moved a single step to left and as Gible went by him he punted it like a football. I winced as the crowd gasped aloud. I glanced over at Carson and he didn't seem concerned. In fact he was smiling.

"_ Mist be careful! _" I thought in warning. There was no sign of Gible in the meantime and then I felt the ground start to rumble. _ OH NO! Mist get out of _ there! I thought urgently but to late my Partner was hit with Earthquake and before he could pick himself up Gibble blasted him into the air using DIg.

Carson cheered "Ya Gible take it to him!" The Pokemon closed its eyes and made several snapping motions with it's jaws like it was pleased. I meanwhile was far from sharing their elation. Worry clouded my face and flowed through the bond Mist and I shared.

My partner was several feet of the ground and appeared to be dead weight in mid-air. "MIST!" I shouted aloud as he made his way back down to earth. My voice must have done it because as he heard my voice his eyes snapped open and he hit the ground in a barrel roll conserving the momentum and coming quickly to his feet.

Mist was panting and looked like hell. "Mist do you want to continue?" I asked him and he gave me a death glare. I Took a step back and nodded.

" _ OK then use Aura Sphere give it everything you got!" _ Carson smirked at me from across the makeshift battle field and the crowd started to cheer for him.

My return grin was feral and he visibly blanched before ordering his Gible to use Dragon Rage once more. I put it down as a desperate move and thought it hit Mist he didn't give any visble sign that he had felt it. The crowd waited with baited breath as though they thought Mist might topple over.

I however new better and I felt it as the Aura Sphere finalized as he cupped it in his palm and when he opened his paw the light it gave off was blinding. Gible's jaw dropped and it started sputtering something in Pokespeak.

I nodded to Mist and he released the attack which blew Gible sky high. When it came back down to earth it left a sizable crater in the ground and it looked upwards with swirly eyes out cold. From the overuse of Aura my Mist collapsed and I rushed to his side as the referee declared us the winner.

"Good battle your Lucario is Strong!" he passed me some money for winning the battle then ran down the street to the Pokemon Center. I meanwhile gathered Mist up in my good arm and stood. The crowd started to slowly clap and before long a full fledged cheer rang out. I blushed and gave a slight bow then beat a quick retreat down the street.

With the Money I had just earned I now had $510.25 dollars and while I had enjoyed the match I didn't like the fact that Mist had gotten hurt again. Slowing down I carefully set down Mist and started to spray Potion on his wounds.

The Trainer's gave me a respectful distance as I healed my partner and when I finished I carried him back to the Pokemon Center. While Nurse Joy was seeing to him I changed out my bandages in my room.

When I returned to the hall I saw Carson there. "How is Gible? I asked and he blinked a bit before recognizing me. "Nurse Joy healed him right up he is resting at the moment. Where is your Lucario?" "He is being examined. I think he just needs to sleep the battle off. By the way your Gible is pretty tough."

My fellow Trainer enjoyed the compliment but that didn't stop him from noticing my arm. "How did that happen?" he asked pointing at my arm. I let Mist guard the camp while I went for Firewood and I got attacked by a Houndour." I explained feeling self-conscious.

Luckily I was spared from further conversation when his friend from before called his name. "Hey Carson! Hey Max!" he said cheerfully as he walked up to us. "I didn't catch your name last time." I said

"Oh I'm Drew. I raise Bug Pokemon." I shook his hand and then muttering an excuse slipped past them to see Mist.

The hall was uncrowded which I was grateful for. The brown carpet muffled my footsteps and provided a soft cushion for my sandled feet. The walls were made of a dark wood that I could not name but they created a cheery atmosphere.

Just outside the hallway was a small common room just before the main part of the Pokemon Center. A few couches and recliners were strewed across this room along with a few TV sets. I glanced at the programs showing but nothing caught my interest.

I made my way through the room and gave a friendly wave to a few trainers that were there. Passing into the Pokemon Center Lobby I checked the viewing windows to see if Mist was already in a room. I passed three rooms their occupants already had a trainer inside. I saw the Sneasel Trainer from before and paused to take a better look.

The Dark/Ice type Pokemon seemed like it recovered nicely and it's breathing seemed normal. I didn't see a Chansey in the room so I politely tapped softly on the door and the trainer looked up before opening the door looking at me curiously. "I saw you bring in your Sneasel before I left. Is it doing OK?" I asked

He nodded then asked "What is Your name?" "My name is Max and I was going to see Mist my Lucario before I got sidetracked." "Oh well I'm Chris by the way, maybe I will see you on the road." "See ya around" I called as I headed out the door and sidestepped a Trainer that was making their way past.

I once again renewed my search for Mist beginning to worry about finding him. I began walking faster panic blooming in my mind as I went through the rooms the occupants reduced to nothing more than a flash of color.

Finally I caught a flash of blue and black in the tenth room down and ground myself to a halt to catch my breath.

Then the window turned purple and a fearsome figure was portrayed on it's surface. I screamed just as it did and the combined noise resonated through out the Pokemon Center and shattered the glass window. The glass shards were stained a dark purple and When Nurse Joy ran up to see what was wrong the angry glare of the Figure was still imprinted on the glass.

Nurse Joy gasped as she saw the reflection then as quickly as it was there it vanished. "What WAS that?" I asked my hand over my chest to calm my rapidly beating heart. Mist who had been sleeping peacefully until my scream woke him grumbled and walked over to where the window used to be.

_ Max are you OK? _ he asked me and my thoughts were to scattered to form a reply so I just concentrated on breathing.

"That was Giraitina" said Nurse Joy answering my earlier question and i glanced at her. She was as pale as the white uniform she had on and I felt bad for her. Mist meanwhile had stepped out of the room he had occupied and was rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

I heard the unmistakable sounds of running and turned around to see Carson and Drew running towards us. Both of them spoke at the same time and I held up my hand and pinched the bridge of my nose.

"I'm fine and everything is OK I just freaked out a little." Then I turned to Nurse Joy "I don't suppose you would have a book or a file on this Giratina would you?" my voice was still shaky but I was relieved that I had finally gained enough control over my body to stop the shaking.

_ Mist do you know anything about this _ _ Giratina? _ I asked while waiting for the Nurse to reply. My partner shook his head and I frowned feeling a headache form just behind my eyes. When I returned my focus to the group I realized that I had evidently missed something because all three of them were looking at me.

"I'm sorry would you mind repeating the question?" I asked my full focus on the matter at hand. Nurse Joy cleared her throat "I said are you the trainer that lost a Guardevior not to long ago?" I blanched and slumped against the wall. "Since when was that public record?" I muttered my voice quite.

The other two Trainers however were looking at me like I had sprouted horns. "What? Its not something I particularly like to bring up." I defended daring them to say anything more with my eyes. Beside me Mist grabbed my free hand and his touch brought me sharply back down to earth. I calmed down almost instantly and sighed.

"OK sorry that was rude of me, I apologize." I looked both Carson and Drew in the eyes before turning my gaze once more to Nurse Joy.

"Yes I lost my Guardevior here two months ago. We had just beat the gym leader and I took a shortcut through a back alley to get to a restaurant nearby. A rouge Joltik attacked us in that alleyway. Guardevior was already weakened from the gym battle but she emerged from her Pokeball in order to protect me. The Joltik latched onto her and started draining her life force. I tried to pull it off but it jumped off and fired several Electro webs at Guardevior before turning to fire one at me. Guardevior materialized a black hole in front of me to catch the web but making the black hole was her last act. Since she didn't have enough psychic energy left over and was already weakened she sacrificed her soul to power the black hole."

Everyone was silent when I finished speaking and I closed my eyes and counted silently to ten before opening them again. "So what does this have to do with Giratina?" I queried my left foot taping slightly with impatience.

Nurse Joy gestured for us to follow her and I fell into step behind Carson. Drew was just behind me while Mist was beside holding tightly onto my hand.

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(Mist)

I yawned as I walked beside my trainer and shook my head causing my dreadlocks to swish from side to side. I still wasn't quite sure what was going on but Max seemed to know and that was good enough for me.

Nurse Joy led us to a classroom and I took a seat in Max's lap while the other two humans found their own. Nurse Joy herself went to the front of the room to the Teacher's desk and started to type on the computer there.

After a few minuets passed in silence before she seemed to find what she was looking for, She pointed a remote at the projector to turn it on and then hit the lights. A large snake like Pokemon filled the blackboard.

It's skin was gray and it had six black appendages that stretched from it's body with red claws on the end. Six legs also stretched from it's serpentine form. It had three half gold rings around it's neck and several dark red stripes in between the rings. The caption read "Giratina the Renegade Pokemon Origin Form." Underneath that was more text.

"Giratina Resides in the Reverse World a parallel world to our own that maintains the balance between both worlds. Giratina has the ability to travel between the Reverse world and our own through Reflective surfaces such as water or mirrors.He creates a portal by using a whirlwind attack in order to travel through to both worlds. This Pokemon is a master of Anti Matter and dead souls are attracted to it's realm.

I read the text quickly then turned to Max to see that his eyes were almost bugging out of his head. _ Does that mean what I THINK it means? _ Max thought to me. He didn't really need an answer but I gave him one anyway.

_ If by that you mean that Guardevior's soul was dragged into the Reverse World when it died and it caused Giratina to start looking for you then yes that's what it means _ I tilted my head back to look at my trainer and he was so pale that I thought he might faint.

"Max!" I said sternly shaking him a little. "I'm here and I won't let him get you!" I promised. The other humans were staring at me and i huffed pointedly ignoring them as I looked worriedly at my Trainer.

His voice was so low that I had to strain my ears "That means that Giratina is stalking me?" fear was evident in his voice and it broke on the last few words. He started to tremble and though I could not blame him this was far from what I was used to in dealing with my trainer.

I placed my paw on his face and that seemed to give him something to focus on I blushed aware of the other humans watching us but not caring as my trainer closed his eyes and forced himself to calm down. As his Aura stabilized he said Aloud. "I'll hold you to that Promise Mist." Then after I hopped down from his lap we both exited the room holding hands.