Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Rejected ❯ Artificial Jungle Prison ( Chapter 11 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

OFF: took a while... but the update is finally completed! Yay! Time to work on the next chapter...

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CHAPTER 11: ARTIFICIAL JUNGLE PRISON
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No life... no toughts...

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Well... I'm thinking... which means that I must still exist in a way... but how? How can I still exist after falling all the way from the summit of Mt.moon to the ground? No mortal could survive such a fall...

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But then... maybe I didn't really landed on the hard rock, being crushed?... no... I felt gravity slamming me into the ground. I felt the first part of my supposed death...

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So... why am I still thinking? Why didn't the emptiness claimed me yet? Did something happened?

"Mew..."

I recognise this sad, distant voice...

"Mew..."

She is... crying... she never ceases to... she never ceases to grieve for her son, which she could never see, not even once...

"Good job, Mew! Now, the Half-Mew should live." stated an arrogant-sounding voice... a human voice?

So... I was saved by Mew?... and an arrogant-sounding human complimented her for saving me... and judging from the tone, it was a male. But... why would a human compliment Mew for saving a Pokemon?

"Now, Half-Mew is mine!" said the human.

I'm so disappointed... and I tought that this human would have been different... that he would been kind and caring... but he's nothing but a worthless Pokemon trainer.

"Now! I'll catch it with..." the human was interrupted.

"MINUUUUUN!!!" screamed furiously a familiar feminine voice... Cherlie...

I'm still depending on her... I'm so hopeless... she will hate me for it...

"Huh? Shocking!... just plain shocking! Did you seen that, Mew? That skeleton... it just rose from that puddle of crushed flesh! Must be a Ghost Pokemon of some sort!" said the human with a shocked tone.

"Mew?" there was no curiosity in her voice... she sounded like a tortured female, wondering what her next punishment would be...

"Well... Pokedex!" announced the human.

CLING!

"Undead Minun. An electric-elemental Defect. Cannot be caught using conventional catching methods such as using Pokeballs and can never be fainted. No matter how strong you think your Pokemon are, undead will keep on returning to life until it has knocked down every single Pokemon you may have. Recommended course of action: Do not attempt to fight. Run away, as quickly as you can." stated the robotic voice of the pokedex.

"Great! Time to test that all-new Pokeball that the labs created! Defect? We'll see about that!" said the human, confident.

I can't even see you, I don't even know you... but I hate you already, human. You are the vile creature that keeps Mew imprisoned. For that, I will never, ever forgive you... and on top of that, you want to enslave Cherlie? You are horrible...

"Mew! Soften it a bit! Earthquake attack!" ordered the human.

There was a loud sound... like something smashing into the ground and then, I heard an unnatural scream that remainded me of... Cherlie...

Which means that... Mew harmed Cherlie? NO! The Pokemon trainer manipulated Mew into doing it! I won't forgive him! I just won't do it!

I wanted to be awake! I wanted to get up and help!... but I still cannot see... I still cannot feel... I can only hear...

"MINUUUUUUUN!!!" screamed Cherlie, enraged.

"Interesting... it isn't attacking! Well, makes things easier for me! Mew! Thunder Wave!" ordered the human.

"Meeeew..." cried the pink kitty...

There was a sound... like a weak jolt of electricity...

"EEEEEEK!!! It... hurts..." cried Cherlie.

"Great! It's paralysed! Alright! Time to use my new Pokeball! YOU'RE MINE, MINUN!" yelled the human.

"ACK! What the... NO! IMPOSSIBLE!" screamed Cherlie.

FWOOOOOSH!!!

wobble...

wobble...

wobble...

CLANG!

"YES! I'm the first trainer in the world to catch an undead Pokemon! Undead, Defects? NOT ANYMORE!" said the human, his tone triumphant.

This... this... I feel...

"Now back to the Half-Mew... into a Pokeball you're going, too!" stated the human.

BLAM!

I received something right in the face... and then, I sensed my body turning into energy and being sucked into an endless vortex...

Not again... not... again...

Ugh... can't think... Pokeball... restraining... toughts...

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"Meeeeeeeeeeew..." it sounded... like a howl... like Mew howling...

Everything begun to rebecome solid... and I found myself in some kind of garden. The walls were seemingly made of a beautiful wood while the ceiling was made of glass, letting the sunlight enter the garden.

The garden was obviously an artificial environment created for tropical creatures... and as such, it looked like a jungle... well, a really, really small jungle that is.

I knew how I had got here... and I also knew who had brought me here... the Pokemon League Champion... the one who enslaved Mew...

BZZZZZZT!

The door behind me slided open and two humans entered the room. The first was about thirty years-old and was male. He was wearing regular Pokemon trainer clothes so no description was needed. His eyes spoke of confidence... and arrogance. His hair was dark brown and was a strange mix of a messy and clean style.

Next to the human was a female human child, about ten years-old judging from her size. Innocense filled her eyes and there was a smile permanently on her face...

BZZZZZZT!

The door closed itself as the two entered.

"So... how did you liked it, at Professor Maple's lab?" asked the male human...

Wait a minute! I recognise this voice! It's that human! That human who has dared enslave Mew!

"It was fun, daddy! I also got my first Pokemon!" stated the young girl, showing the human a Pokeball. "Wanna see it?"

"Sure. Bring it out." said the male human... who was most obviously the child's father.

CLAC!

FWOOOOOOSH!!!

"Torchic!" chirped a small red and yellow chicken Pokemon upon being released.

"Cute isn't it?" asked the young girl.

"Good... so you chose a fire Pokemon... and it will grow to have a Fighting secondary element as it grows... Good choice." said the girl's dad.

"Oh really? I didn't considered this when I chose my Pokemon. I just wanted it to be cute! I called it Chirp, becease it's so cute, chirping like the bird it is!" said the girl.

"You gave your Pokemon a name? Pokemon don't need names. You must not consider them as toys or friends. You must learn to see them as they are... animals with fighting capabilities." explained the human.

I begun to feel sick, hearing him discourage his child from loving it's Pokemon as an equal... this is just... too sickening... and obviously, the girl tought so too!

"Daddy... your words make Chirp sad..." slowly stated the young girl.

Mew's enslaver smiled and kneeled down, placing his right hand on the child's shoulder. "Eliza, Pokemon are animals. They can't be sad or happy. They just obey their instincts."

I wanted to blast this human away... I REALLY wanted to! But then... if I did, that young girl might grow traumatised and hate Pokemon for life...

Such a dilemna... what to do...

"Torchic?" chirped the small Pokemon, staring at it's trainer.

"Don't worry Chirp. I'll threat you well... unlike how you've been threating Mew! Meanie!" said Eliza, glancing angrily at her father.

"Mew is the only one of her specie and it is in a Pokemon's instincts to be sad when it's not near to the others of it's kind... hence it being sad. The way I'm threating it has nothing to do with it's cries." said the father.

"You lie! Mew stopped crying! I know it! She cries around you! She hates you!" replied Eliza.

The male human sighed. He was seemingly annoyed... "Look... we had this conversation two thousands times. A Pokemon must be trained to become strong... and with my rival having Groudon, I have to train Mew and the others really hard. It's normal."

"I know... but isn't there any other way? Why do you have to hurt her? That's... cruel." said Eliza.

"Look... don't you want to see my new Pokemon?" said the human, changing the subject.

Eliza's eyes lit up. "New Pokemon? Where?" she asked, excited.

The human pointed at me. "Here's Half-Mew."

Eliza dashed toward me and then hugged me with all of her strenght. I let her do it... and strangely enough, it was kinda nice... altought it doesn't change the fact that I hate her father's guts and that the fact that she's a Pokemon trainer also means that she's a potential enemy.

"It's so cute! It's nearly as cute as Mew!" said the young girl. Then, she turned to her father, smiling. "Daddy? It's a boy or a girl?"

"Half-Mew is male. Also, just like it's name says, it's quite similar to Mew." stated the human.

"So it's a boy Mew? I wonder if he could become a good friend of Mew and help her?" asked the young girl.

"I hope so... well, daddy has to train his new Pokemon now." stated the human.

"I understand..." said the young girl, disappointed. "I have to let you work and go to my room..."

The human smiled. "Not anymore! You're a trainer now and as such, we'll train our Pokemon, together!"

Eliza frowned. "I don't want to hurt Chirp!" she protested.

"Don't worry! Just stand to my right and face your Torchic..." he was interrupted by Eliza.

"He's called Chirp!" she stated.

"Well..." the human's smile widened. "Stand to my right and face Chirp."

Eliza did as instructed and faced her little fire bird Pokemon... the Pokemon turned to me...

"Hey! Do you know what my trainer is about to do?" asked the small chicken.

"You REALLY want to know?" I asked, knowing well what was about to happen.

"Yes! Sure!" happily replied the small chicken.

"Our respective trainers will try and crush our wills and turn us into souless weapons that they'll be able to work into the ground easily. Oh and... she'll make you fight until you faint, repeatedly, never letting out unless it's for feeding you or making you fight." I explained.

The little chicken's face turned a bit pale... "You're lying!"

I sighed... fairy tales die hard among Pokemon...

"So cute! They're talking with each others! I wonder what they're saying..." asked the young girl.

Mew's enslaver remained silent... and then, he placed his backpack on the ground and opened it, taking out two newspapers...

"What's this for?" asked Eliza.

"You'll see." said the human.

Once he took out the newspapers, he placed them between himself and his daughter and then closed his backpack. He turned to his daughter and smiled.

"We'll first teach them how to stand before their trainers and sit still."

The human turned toward me. "Half-Mew! Come here!" he ordered.

"Could you please stand in front of me, Chirp?" asked the young girl.

Chirp happily chirped and then hopped toward his trainer. He stood there, smiling... but then, he turned toward me, noticing I hadn't moved.

"Why aren't you obeying?" he asked.

"Be a slave if you want. I will be free." I replied.

The little bird walked to me. "Come on! Don't be a meanie! They're nice, be nice to them!"

"You'll learn... you'll learn..." I said.

"So cute!" repeated Eliza.

"Remain serious, my child! Half-Mew! Get over there and stay still!" he ordered.

"Alright daddy! Chirp, could you please return in front of me and sit still, this time?" she asked.

Chirp got in front of his trainer... and noticed I had still not moved by a single inch. "Hey! You're being mean to your trainer!"

"Unlike you, I have self-esteem. I will not do tricks for a monster who doesn't care about me." I stated.

Chirp stepped toward me, gazing into my eyes angrily! "SAY WHAT?!?"

The human took a newspaper and rolled it into a tube. Then, he did the same to the second one and gave it to his dauhgter.

"Huh? Why the newspaper?" she asked.

"If a Pokemon doesn't obey... then you must punish it. You'll hit your Torchic right on the top of the beak with your full strenght. I'll strike Half-Mew right on the tip of his tail." he stated.

"WHAT?!? But... it will hurt them!" protested Eliza.

"Do you want to be a good Pokemon trainer?" asked the father.

"Yes father but..." she was interrupted.

"Then you must make your Pokemon obey you! Punish that Torchic!" he ordered.

The human stood in front of me. Hit me if you want... I will not be your slave... never, ever.

Eliza, her, was crying... "I... I can't hurt Chirp... I won't do it..."

"Do you want to be a good Pokemon trainer?" asked again the father.

"Yes but..." again, she was interrupted.

"Then you must make your Pokemon obey you! On three, you'll strike the top of the beak with your full strenght." he stated.

His stare... it was so cold... so cruel...

"I'm... I'm scared..." cried the young chicken Pokemon.

"1... 2... 3!" counted the father.

THWACK THWACK!!!

OH GREAT HO-OH! OH Grea... my... ugh... the... pain... my... tail... OOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!

"Meeeeeaaaaaarrrg..." was all that came out of my mouth.

"Toooooorchic..." cried the Torchic, tears rolling down his cheeks.

We both cried from the pain, both struck on the most sensitive part of our bodies... I fought back the pain and wiped the tears, turning to Chirp...

"Do... you... understand... what... being a... a trained Pokemon... means?" I asked, my voice shaky becease of the pain.

Chirp kept on sobbing... and despite giving me no anwser, I had the feeling that he now understood...

"I'm so sorry Chirp... but it had to be done. You're sorry too daddy, isn't it?" asked Eliza, turning to her father, crying just as much as her Pokemon.

"Bad Pokemon must be punished." stated coldly the human, his voice as sharp as a dagger, his voice as warm as Articuno's blizzard.

Eliza looked down... and she dropped the newspaper. "I... I won't do it." she stated.

The cruel man turned to his daughter. "Do you want to be a good Pokemon trainer?" he asked.

"NO! I don't want to be a Pokemon trainer! Not if it means that I must hurt my friends!" she cried.

"They are only heartless animals!" said the father.

"NO! YOU are the heartless animal! I hate you! I tought you might care about me or about your Pokemon if I became a trainer... but you never care about anybody! You only love your stupid trophies! I hate you!" replied Eliza, anger and sadness mixing in her tears.

Then, she stormed out... and I turned to the man, especting deception or sadness... but there was nothing... only arrogance and confidence...

"She will learn..." he whispered to himself. "She will learn to threat Pokemon as they truly are... and she will learn to enjoy it."

Then, he left the room too...

BZZZZZT!!!

The door closed as the human left, leaving Chirp inside of the garden...

"Meeeeew..." meowed sadly the pink kitty, who had been watching the scene from the very beginning...

She looked down, tears streaming down her face. She was trembling... she seemed to be in pain...

Then, I noticed a sphere in my hand... another memory...

FLASH!!!

"Meeeeeew..." meowed Mew, standing on the highest rock in the garden, somewhere in the past, at the middle of the night...

But then... I felt so sad... so empty... my child... I wanted to see my child... the one I had never been allowed to see...

... and I realised that I was Mew in this vision... that I was the one meowing on that rock, crying and begging the humans to have the mercy to allow me to see my child just once...

"Don't be sad, kitty..." said a tiny, feminine voice...

Something sat next to me... but in my sorrow, I could not see who it was... but then, something begun to pet my head. I felt like blasting the thing away with my psychic powers... but I had not the emotionnal strenght to do it... the pain... was unbearable... I was feeling like my heart had been ripped out, leaving only an empty, painful void...

"You're making me sad, crying like this... please stop..." begged the voice.

I turned to face a six years-old Eliza, sitting next to me in a beautiful dress. Her face... spoke only of the love and care of an innocent child...

The human who caught me, or rather Mew, had the chance of having a child and raise it with love... but never did I, Mew, was allowed to...

I knew that the human was the Champion of the Pokemon League... I knew it since he was the Champion merely becease of me. He had tortured me so much... and altought I had resisted for nearly ten years... I had finally gave up. I had accepted to become a slave, hoping that the pain would go away... but my pain only grew...

This girl... she was innocent... but I knew that already, the Champion was erasing the kindness within her, causing her to become nothing more than a monster...

"Don't cry kitty... don't cry..." she hugged me.

I had always been sensitive to the feelings of people... it was in my nature... and as such, for the first time in years, I felt a feeling...

I cried even more loudly... but not of sadness... this girl... loved me... Without even knowing me, she shown me unconditionnal love... the love of a child... the love I had been denied... my heart jumped in and out of my chest as the feeling caused me to long even more for my child...

"Shhh... please..." whispered the little girl.

I stopped crying... altought the desire for my child gripped my heart... I felt that for the first time in years, I wanted to live... The suffering... was slowly fading... and I hugged the girl back. The love she gave me healed my emotionnal wounds and I felt strenght coming back into my mind...

"I will not allow daddy to hurt you... you're safe..." she whispered.

I knew she wouldn't be able to keep her promise... but she was sincere and that was more than enough for me.

With the death of the Chosen One and his Pokemon, I had lost all faith in humanity... but as I hugged this child... this innocent, pure child... my faith returned.

Despite it's best efforts, the Pokemon League would never be able to erase all good within humanity... for it will never, ever be able to taint the pure, innocent love of humanity's children...

FLASH!!!

I cried, staring into Mew's eyes...

This young child... had been her only source of comfort for four long years... for four years, her only friend had been this human... and now, she was seeing the only human she had ever trusted being corrupted and tainted by the horrible man who was her father...

I stood up, revolted...

"Mister? What's going on?" asked the small chicken Pokemon.

"I need to communicate with humans... I must." I stated.

I turned to Mew. I tried to speak to her but suddenly, an unknow feeling gripped my heart... and I collapsed to the ground, in tears.

I... what... this feeling... I... I tought I had suppressed it... the memory sphere... the memory must have... awakened the feeling...

"Mister? Are you alright?" asked the Torchic, all panicked.

The dreams... the two figures... these... must have been my parents... I... I wish I could meet my parents... my mother... my father... I can't remember them... I just can't... I feel... lonely... so very lonely...

"Meeeew..." meowed sadly the pink kitty.

Get... ahold of yourself... inhale... exhale... inhale... exhale... calm your mind... yes... empty your heart and be true to your intentions...

I stood up again and spoke to Mew: "Mew... you can speak to humans... please tell me how to do so." I asked.

Mew turned to me, crying as she always did... "You... you want to speak with such horrible creatures?"

"I can save this girl. I know... that she isn't meant to become a monster... but altought I know the human language, I am unable to speak it and I can't convert my brain waves to communicate with humans. Mew... you are one of the only Pokemon who could ever breach the language barrier. Please... teach me."

Mew turned to the sky, as if thinking... and then, she turned to me... "Your feelings... are genuine. I will... help you..."

I stepped foward. "I am ready."

"This will be difficult... you will only be able to communicate by telepathy... and for this to happen, your soul will have to resonate with the soul of the human you which to communicate with. The chances of success are slim... but I have seen it in your heart... that you have chances of success." explained the pink kitty.

I nodded and then, the pink kitty concentrated... and I felt an overwhelming power enter my soul...

"Now... open your heart... I will give you the power... the power to share your toughts and feelings with humanity..." Mew's voice resonated in my head...

FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!

Those... feelings!

FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!

Oh... OH!!! Cherlie... Heeheehee... hmmm...

FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!

THE PAIN! THE PAIN! MEEEEAAAAARG!!!

FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!

I'm... so... lonely... and sad...

FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!

YES! WOOHOO! FUN! HEH!

FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!FLASH!

Both I and Mew gasped, recoiling... and then, I noticed that Mew was shivering...

"It's... it's... done..." she said, trembling. "However... I... I sensed a familiar power when our souls touched... a very familiar power... Could... could it be..."

She opened her eyes and sighed. "It was... no... I am only imagining things... now... await the young human's return..."

She turned away and slowly floated away... Chirp kept on staring at me...

"Mister... what was that all about?" he asked.

"I now understand why my telepathy couldn't reach human minds... and I now know how to overcome the limitation." I stated.

"What? You're confusing, mister..." said the little chicken.

I had to prepare myself... to prepare myself for my meeting with Eliza. I sat down and closed my eyes... and then, I entered a state of trance... a deep trance... alone, among my feelings and memories...

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BZZZZZT!

GASP!

I am... awake!... and judging from how dark it is, it is now nightime... already... I had been in a trance for a long time...

BZZZZZT!

The door closed itself as a figure, hidden by the shadows, advanced toward the highest rock in the garden...

"Meeeeeeew..." howled a feline shadow atop the rock... it's voice full of sorrow...

The figure placed a small basket on the ground and then walked to the rock and climbed it. She then placed itself next to Mew and petted her...

"Shhh... everything's okay Mew... I am here..." said Eliza...

I stood up and stared at Eliza. I had to talk to her! I had to!

"Eliza! I am here!" I said, using telepathy... but the telepathic waves never reached Eliza, who was too busy petting Mew...

Mew stopped howling and stared into Eliza's eyes... and then, she turned to me...

"Mew... is something wrong?" asked the child, worried.

She turned to me... "Half-Mew?"

She climbed down the rock and walked toward me, noticing that my eyes were fixed right on hers...

"You're awake Half-Mew. I had been worried. Of course, my father had not... he said that it was normal that you stood there, not moving, not eating, not doing anything... but I was worried, nevertheless." she stated.

She took the basket she had brought with her and opened it. The faint light of the moon that passed throught the ceiling barely allowed me to see what's inside...

She took some kind of cookie shaped like a fish and handed it to me...

"You didn't ate anything for the entire day... so you must be really hungry, aren't you? I've brought you some food." she explained.

I have no time for eating! I must communicate with her! I must...

RRRRRRRRR!

I remember... I remember what hunger caused me to do in the past... I remembered... the Sandshrew... the leg... the taste... the guilt... the rage... everything...

I'd rather humiliate myself by eating whatever this girl has to offer rather than repeat the tragedy I caused back at Mt.Moon...

I took the cookie and placed it in my mouth. I munched on it...

crunch... crunch...

... and then, I swallowed it.

gulp!

... that tasted awful. It tastes like a mix of rotten meat and sand. That's exactely the kind of food they used to give me at the Defect Center... Furthermore, that stuff was so tiny... I'm still so very hungry...

I dreamt of Cherlie, sitting on a gigantic, beautiful table, winking at me while holding with her right hand a humongous silver plate filled with the biggest slab of meat I had ever imagined. Her left hand was grasping a stupidly large bowl containing a cold, fresh milk with tons of vegetables and fruits of all the colors mixed with it, forming a strange cocktail.

"You didn't liked it... don't you?" asked Eliza.

For some strange reason, I had the feeling that she had understood that sand cookies weren't exactely my idea of a feast...

She took out something out of the basket... a strange object unlike anything I had ever saw.

Two strange white slabs of something with small sheets of meat, green leaves, and a lot of white liquid between the white thingies.

"You want a sandwich?" she asked.

Sandwich? I heard from Derlank, so long ago, that humans eat things named "sandwiches" which are a mix of nearly every type of food. It's supposely really easy to make and tastes better than any type of Pokemon food ever made... but humans are usually reluctant to share them with Pokemon since they believe that Pokemon only like Pokemon food... altought I'm surprised humans would ever believe that anyone might like something that tastes like mashed rocks mixed with sand.

She offered the sandwich to me... I grabbed it with my right hand and thanked Ho-oh for giving me opposable thumbs. Like most human-made objects, this sandwich cannot be held unless one has thumbs.

I wondered... how do you eat it? Must I eat each element separately?... or must I eat it whole?

"You must eat it like that." explained the human girl, imitating someone that was eating a sandwich.

I guessed she must have guessed that I didn't understood how to eat this stuff becease of my face... or maybe... nah! Souls must take a long time to resonate, right?... and besides... it's not like I'm growing any closer to that human.

Anyway! I took a bite out of the sandwich and then swallowed it...

... that... that stuff is amazing! That thing, that sandwich! Heh! I don't know how such tastes could be mixed to form such an interesting harmony... but well, I like it! I really do!... and it's so much more filling than those stupid cookies!

I'm starving!

MUNCH! MUNCH! MUNCH!

Hmmm... well... that was good... all that lacks is a bit of water and I'll be full...

Well, this is an artificial environment so... DUH! I looked around... but couldn't catch a glimpse of the local river. I fact, I wasn't hearing one...

Well... too bad.

I looked up to Eliza... "Wow! You really were hungry! You swallowed it in only three bites!" she commented.

OK... I don't know if she'll hear me but well... COUGH! COUGH! OK... calm yourself and project your toughts... like this...

"Eliza... I'm thisty. Water, please?" I asked using telepathy.

Sure, it was not the best sentance I ever built... but I'm not even sure my toughts will reach them so... no use in projecting lots of complicated toughts, isn't it? Besides, she's a child so she won't understand if I use big words...

The little girl seemed to flinch... "wa... ter?" she asked, seemingly shocked...

My heart raced! My words reached her! YES! My words reached her!

"Must have been my imagination..." she whispered to herself.

I want to bang my head on the closest wall. She's denying that she heard anything!

"Still... you must be thirsty as well!" she said, recovering from her shock and taking out another strange object.

This one was a cylindrical container of some sort... a transparent one, a bit like ice... exept it wasn't melting and my mind told me that it wasn't cold. Within the container was water...

Eliza presented the water to me... I took it. She imitated someone drinking water using that container... I imitated her.

Aaaah... so refreshing. How long since I had last eaten and drunk anything? A full day? Several days? I don't know...

I figured out that breaking the object, now that it was no longer needed, would be unwise... as Derlank used to tell me that humans sometimes clean objects and use them several times. As such... I handed the container back to Eliza.

She smiled. "You're smart Half-Mew! You learn quickly!" she said.

For some reason, I felt a little embarassed. I wasn't used to be complimented by anyone... well, besides Cherlie.

I laughed nervously... huh? What am I doing? Concentrate on your task! You must make your telepathy works with her! You must communicate!

"Eliza! Can you hear me?" I asked.

The human looked around... as if confused...

"In front of you." I stated.

She turned to me... "Weird... I think I heard something..." she stated.

"Yes, you heard me." I said.

She stared into my eyes... "Hmm... no. There's no one here..."

"NO! Aren't you listening? Why can't you hear me?!? I tought it was beginning to work!" I panicked.

The little girl took her basket and then looked around... and then noticed Chirp sleeping behind a bush. She sat down in front of the small chicken and smiled sweetly...

"Chirp... wake up Chirp..." she whispered.

I was not going to let it end like this. I walked to Eliza and stood there, just behind her.

The small chicken Pokemon awakened... and begun to tremble in fear upon seeing it's trainer. It chirped madly, calling for help...

"Chirp! Calm down! It's me!" said Eliza, frowning when she saw her Pokemon act like this...

But it of no use. The little bird dived behind another bush and hid there.

"Chirp... is scared of me..." she said in a sad tone.

I kneeled down and placed my right hand on her shoulder... she turned to face me.

"Half-Mew?" she said.

As I stared into her eyes, I saw innocense... the pure innocense and care of a child... and I then understood why Pokemon used to say that Mew was the eternal child Pokemon... for the mind of a child and Mew's are identical... for she never, ever lost her contempt for the world, her curiosity, her love of life... well... until the humans robbed her of her freedom and soul.

How could this girl's father dare to take away Mew's freedom and force her into a slave? I just... couldn't understand it. Why were the humans so obsessed with becoming Pokemon masters? Why are they so attracted to stupid trophies, badges, and ribbons?

"Half-Mew... everything is okay..." she whispered...

I felt sorry for her... sorry for her Pokemon too. Bound together against their wills, forced into a situation of slavery... one to a prison of metal... to the other to a prison of ideas. Neither Eliza, neither Chirp deserves this... no one deserves this...

I stood up. I knew that she wouldn't understand me but still... I would still do something for her.

I walked toward the bush where Chirp was hiding and stopped in front of the small chicken. I lifted him to eye level with my powers... and then, he opened his eyes and stared at me.

"Mis... mister? Is she gone? Is that... monster gone?" he asked.

I turned to Eliza. "Yes... the monster is gone. Your will have a friend, not a trainer."

I slowly moved the small bird toward it's trainer and then dropped him gently on the ground... he stared at his trainer, frowning, gripped by fear...

Slowly, Eliza took out Chirp's Pokeball... but upon seeing the bird start shivering and shaking, she put it away...

"That's okay Chirp... You can stay out..." she said.

She kneeled down and placed her hand in front of Chirp. Chirp yelped and jumped backward, closing his eyes, awaiting the strike on his beak, awaiting the pain... but it never came.

Eliza petted her Pokemon, smiling. "I will not hurt you... I won't allow anyone to hurt you..." she whispered.

The small Pokemon slowly calmed down and then turned to his trainer, head tilted to the left. "You promise?" he asked.

"I promise that no one will hurt you... never..." she promised.

She stood up and left the room. Chirp stood there while she left...

"Can... I trust her?" he asked.

I closed my eyes... it would be hard for a child to resist the brainwashing methods of the Pokemon League... but Derlank was fond of talking about a certain "Chosen One" and his friends... and Mew was fond of this person too... that "Chosen One"... he was said to be the best Pokemon trainer the world had ever seen... and also one of the most hated becease of how he seemed to regard his Pokemon and friends with more respect than any accomplishment. It was said by the end of his journey, the "Chosen One" had completely stopped caring about being a Pokemon master or not and didn't even seeked to catch Pokemon anymore, letting them join his group unstead. Becease of all that, he was universally loathed after his death as the worst Pokemon Champion of all times... but the hatred of the Pokemon trainers could not tarnish the eternal glory of his deeds and of his ever-shining soul.

He had been a beacon of hope... and many people walked on his path... many diregarded the Pokemon journey set by the Pokemon League and seeked their own path. I hoped... no... I was sure that Eliza would be one of them... that she wouldn't throw away her love and care for a trophy.

I opened my eyes and anwsered... "Yes, Chirp... you can trust Eliza."

Mew meowed in the darkness... her tortured voice calling to the humans...

...

BLAM!

"Wake up, Half-Mew!"

OOOOOoooow... that was NOT nice!

I got up, touching my side, where my so-called trainer had kicked me. HMPH! Just like the Defect Trainer used to... how annoying...

He was staring angrily at me, Mew floating at his side. "Stand up!" he barked.

I lied down again and prepared to sleep. I will not obey a monster.

"Mew, use Faint Attack." ordered the human.

Mew seemed to divide into tons of pictures... ugh... I just barely awakened... I'm in no mood or state for a fight...

FWAAAAAASH!!!

"MEEEEEEAAAAARG!" was the only sound that could come out of my throat.

Psychic powers are fun... dark-elemental weakness is not. Using her tail as a whip, Mew struck me right in the face... and this caused a very neat cut, I'm sure of it!

I touched my face and stared at my fingers... blood-stained... yep, caused a cut on my face...

"Now that you're awake... Half-Mew! Stay!" ordered the stupid human.

OK... what's the gesture again? Oh yeah! Middle finger up... Well, here goes!

His eyes widened. I guess he got the message... "Why you little... MEW! FAINT ATTACK!"

Not this time! As Mew begun to fly about, I got a glimpse of the Mew who had after-images following her... but as she flied about, she turned to me... and noticed I had noticed her true self!

"Mew?" she meowed, confused as how I had been able to do that.

She flied so quickly she seemed to teleport and I lost her! Great! Now... where is she...

FWAAAAAAAAAASH!!!

AAAAAAAARG!!! THE PAIN! She struck from behind, that... no... calm down... it's the human who is to blame... do not lose track of the real enemy...

The human got away from me and then, Mew placed herself in front of him, facing me. She was crying... as always...

"Alright! Time to train you a little bit!" stated the human, taking out a Pokeball.

Whatever, I won't fight. I refuse to fight for you.

CLAC!

FWOOOOOOSH!!!

!!!

"Minun! Use Thunderbolt!" ordered the human.

Cherlie was beautiful... she was looking really good, her fur being so clean... not a single scratch on her either...

She looked around and then turned to the Champion.

"Minun! Thunderbolt!" ordered the human, once again.

Minun seemed to charge up static electricity... and then, she winked.

What is she thinking? She isn't really going to...

ZAAAAAAAP!!!

AAaaaaAAAaaaaaaAAAARG! Sho... SHOCKING! I'm... I'm paralysed! Can't... move!

"MINUN! I said Thunderbolt, not Thunder Wave!" said the human.

Minun turned to the human and smiled, acting like an innocent girl... but it was too obvious that she was thinking about something else...

"Anyway! Minun! Use Quick Attack!" ordered the human.

Cherlie dashed toward me... is she really going to?... it really looks like it but... she's a bit... slow?

"HA!" yelled Cherlie, jumped into me!

BAAAAAM!!!

I found myself lying on my back, Cherlie hugging me...

"MINUN! I said: Quick Attack! Not Body Slam!" said the human, whose patienced was wearing thin.

The human sighed and then gave his next order: "Get off him and use Attract!"

The female Minun jumped off me and winked. "I'm SO goona rock your world!"

What? What is she thinking... ?!?

Why is she moving like that, in front of me... hmm... is that supposed to do anything...

...

Errr... why can't I get my sight off her? Her hips are moving right and left... right and left... urrrg...

!!!

I'm drooling?!? Get ahold of yourself, Mewlt! Keep your dignity!

"Good! NOW use Body Slam!" said the human, happy that Cherlie was obeying him... or is it?

"You heard the boss, I'm gonna rock your world!" said Cherlie.

"You aren't going to..." I couldn't finish my sentance.

"You won't get anywhere! Here I come!" she said, running toward me.

My eyes widened as she jumped. I espected her to slam, shoulder-first, into my side... but unstead, she landed...

!!!

NOT HERE! NOT RIGHT NOW YOU TWISTED MINUN!

"Obey your Pokemon trainer, Mewlt! Go on! Be ready!" she said, mimicking the human.

Errr... this is... awkward... ?!? !!!

"CHERLIE! DON'T GRAB THAT!" I protested, my eyes all tiny in a mix of embarassment and... excitment?

"What... what the..." whispered the Pokemon trainer... while Mew just tilted her head to the right, confused.

"I have you in the palm of my hand, you lowly Pokemon." she said, grasping... err... I know what she's grasping but I just don't wanna think about it... "So do as I say! Now, Mewlt! Use Take Down!" she ordered.

I raised an eyebrow. She winked again and placed herself in a ready position.

"It's neither the moment or the..." I couldn't finish my sentance as, bored with me being so oblivious, she decided to take the initiative.

ACK! OOOOoooooh... not now... not in front of...

"You... you will learn tha... that... hmmm... that using one's charms can... can help taking care of... OF NOSY TRAINERS!" her voice... ugh...

UGH! Ooooh...

"That's... that's just... wrong... Just... very wrong..." the human's eyes had widened. He stood there, his jaw barely connected to his head anymore. "This is... yuck... I'm outta here..."

With that said, the human turned around and left. I sighed, relieved, as Cherlie pulled out...

"Well... that was embarassing. Please use less... humm... "physical" ways of driving him away next time, Okay?" I asked.

Cherlie laughed. "Oh! You're embarassed of having everyone knows that we're "playmates"? Heh! You have always been a bit shy, I'll give you that..."

"Well... it's more the fact that I kinda enjoy being decent. It's not that I'm ashamed... of... hummm... "my size" but... errr... well... I would appreciate it if that remained just between you and me." I explained.

Cherlie faked out frowning. "Oh? Is that so?" she also faked out being angered.

"Well... Cherlie... it's also the fact that there's Mew over here and..." I couldn't finish my sentance.

"Mew? Why is that Minun on top of mister Half-Mew?" asked the chicken.

My face turned totally red with embarassment. Cherlie had just begun doing... "something" to me while a child was right there, watching. This is the most embarassing day of my life...

"Hummm... when you're older, alright? Now come with me... yeah... come with me..." said Mew, suddenly very embarassed as well.

The little Torchic tilted his head to the right, stared at Mew in confusion, and then Mew grabbed the little chicken's right shoulder... or what should be his shoulder and then shoved him out of the way... "Adults... they're crazy!" he mumbled as Mew and himself left... altought in his case, he hadn't really chose to leave, he was just being forced to since a Legendary Pokemon was shoving him.

Cherlie smiled sweetly. "Well... we're alone now... wanna resume what we were doing?"

"Cherlie... can you see that it's not the moment?" I stated. "Besides... I have some very important matters which we must speak of... including a past vision and how we're going to get out of here... and furthermore, we barely got back together... it isn't quite the moment to do that..."

Cherlie grinned. "Actually, I want to have some memories of an actual mating scene with you before trouble starts bothering us again. We don't have much time for this usually... and small mammals have pretty intense reproductive instincts, Mewlt... if a Minun in heat doesn't get her dose of "action" twice a day in the wild, frustration is sure to follow... and I kinda happen to be in heat right now..."

"That's the problem Cherlie! I had a strange vision lately... and it was about us mating... a moment when we mated, in the past." I begun.

Cherlie laughed loudly. "Hahahaha! Oh well! Since we mated only once, I guess it's not necessary to specify when..."

I interrupted her. I spoke calmly and firmly, my face speaking of nothing but seriousness. "Cherlie... we did it twice, actually... and that is what worries me."

Cherlie stared at me and lied down on my chest, smiling, in a relaxed pose... "Aaaw... come out, my psy kitty! Lying isn't getting you anywhere. You still have to give me the "full experience", you know! Altought, in the humans' opinion, I can no longer be considered a virgin... to a Pokemon's point of view, I still am!"

I remained serious, ignoring her poses and comments... getting straight to the point... "Cherlie... that's why the vision shocked me. We had the "full experience" already... and that's why I want to talk."

Cherlie moved downward, sitting just above... err... well, you know what. "Heh! That would be something I would remember!... and the only mating scene I remember that I had with you was at the Defect Center!"

We were getting nowhere. I needed a proof... but then, it hit me. Almost every female mammal has a small barrier of skin within their organs which has to be breached for the "full experience" to be pulled off... and Minuns are among the species which have such a feature... "Cherlie, I'll prove to you that my vision was real. The barrier... you know what barrier I'm speaking of... well, go on. You'll see... it isn't there. It's gone."

Cherlie raised an eyebrow and smiled in a naughty way. "What? You actually believe that you were the first?"

I nodded. "Well... considering how undead Pokemon are seen among wild Pokemon and how the only male that was interested in you was that Plusle who never mated with you until yesterday... at which moment you dumped him... I'd say that it's very, very likely that unless I did as I claim, then the barrier should still be there."

Cherlie sighed loudly. "I still don't get it. Why is it so important if I'm a virgin or not? It's not like it will affect our current mating scene or anything, right?"

"Maybe... but I'm an unique specie, Cherlie. We don't know if we're in the same egg group or not... and if we are in the same egg group..." I explained... but didn't got to finish my explanation.

"So you're worried that you may be a father, right? Well... I'll prove it to you that I'm a virgin... right now!" she replied.

She winked and reached down for... well, you know. She closed her eyes and smiled as she... hummm... tested. However, she quickly opened her eyes, as if shocked.

"OK... there should be something here... and there's nothing..." she said.

She changed her position, getting a clear view of herself... She inserted her hand deeper... and touched the edge. She pulled it out instantly, frowning.

"SIGH!... well... there's nothing..." she just stood there, saying nothing... and then, the evidence smashed into her head like a ton of bricks.

"OK... this is messed up... how come I don't remember such an event? I mean... it's basically as strong in meaning for Pokemon as wedding is to humans! How come I can't even remember a single detail of... THAT?!?" she said, beginning to panic.

I lifted her off me and placed her on the ground. Then, I sat down and closed my eyes... slowly, I used my powers to smash my tail into the ground, burrying it. Then, I used my powers to force the excess electricity that kept me paralysed out of my body, thus nullifying my paralysis state.

With that detail out of the way, I leaned foward and hugged Cherlie, as I attempted to calm her down...

... wait a minute! I'm comforting her? I'm actually being useful?... That's... that's GREAT! I'm finally being useful to her! I'm finally being something else than a burden! YES!... err... calm down... focus on the task at hand...

"Calm down Cherlie." I said, doing my best to hide my excitement... and actually succeeding!

"I can't remember! I can't remember!" she cried. "The "full experience"... the closest to wedding a couple of Pokemon can ever get... I can't even remember it! I can't remember our union!"

"Calm down... I couldn't remember myself until I had that strange vision. Look... I'll explain to you what the vision was..." I said, my excitement gone, only kindness remaining in my voice.

Cherlie calmed down and then stared deep in my eyes. "So... how did it went?" she asked.

I closed my eyes, remembering the vision... the mating... It had been a twisted moment... a very twisted and intense moment... a moment where neither of us had truly been ourselves... but still, it was the moment where I had maybe impregnated her... and as such, I would not allow myself to forget... and she would not allow herself to forget either once she will know.

I opened my eyes and spoke of the unreal surroundings, the clearing that seemed to spin about... the intense instictive urge... the way I unleashed my psychic powers to break throught our respective physical limitations...

Strange... the more I think about it... the more details and feelings return to my mind...

Once I was finished, Cherlie stood there, closing her eyes, printing the scene in her memory forever... Then, she opened her eyes and commented. "Well... that was... unique. Judging from the description you gave me... you're saying that we basically let our instincts leading us and thrown our minds away for the entire duration of the scene, hence us not remembering anything... but something bothers me... the blood... you said we were covered with it before starting mating, right?"

I nodded. She continued... "You said it was in a clearing... then it must mean that logically... it was the day we escaped from the Defect Center!"

It was most logical! This must have happened at the time of our first escape which means that...

"Cherlie... it has been..." I didn't need to finish my sentance.

"Several months ago." she finished.

She looked down at her belly... it was at normal size... "Sorry Mewlt... but it seems like either one of us is sterile... either you're in a different egg group..."

I closed my eyes... a part of me was relieved... another one screamed in frustration, in protest... "Maybe... it just wasn't the right moment. It takes several attempts to many couples, after all..." I stated.

Cherlie sighed. "Well... whatever! I prefer to go by the sterility or incompatible egg group theory, personally." she said.

I raised an eyebrow. "And... why would you want that, exactely?"

She climbed on me, smiling sweetly. "Becease that would mean that we can have as much fun as we have without worrying about slight "side effects", you doofus!"

Well... I hadn't seen this in that way... but it's kinda true. No egg group or broken features means endless nights of fun without any responsability. While the lack of a possibility of an eventual reproduction makes both my mind and instincts upset, the lack of consequences could mean... heeheehee! Such twisted toughts... well, anyway.

"Cherlie... do you think they have a security system? I mean... I wouldn't quite appreciate it to have that human jerk see us... well..." I didn't needed to finish my anwser again. Is she psychic or something? Heeheehee...

"I'm sure of it... but don't worry, my dear! I'm sure we'll steal the video back from it and then, you'll be able to play "choke the Weedle" as much as you want watching the video once we get out of here!" she taunted.

"Hey! I'm not like that!... besides, why would the trainer be interested in us? I mean... I look like Mew and you're undead..." I asked.

"Well... just think about it! I am undead, you look like Mew... what do every Pokemon trainer dream of? Having an invincible Mew... and undead basically means invincible. The human maybe doesn't even suspect that we could not be in the same egg group, you know!" she stated.

Well, she have a point... but then, I tought of another important point...

The blood... during the time when I gave her the "full experience", we were covered with blood... why? Where did it came from?

I wouldn't be able to concentrate on what Cherlie was trying to get me to do unless I can get this detail out of my mind. My mind screams, demanding the truth... and altought I know speaking with her probably won't make me realise it... maybe it will trigger some memories within me or her?

"Cherlie... stop." I stated.

Cherlie stood there, grasping my chest, staring in my eyes in confusion. "Huh? What?" she said.

"Something was not right in our mating experience... the blood... Where did it came from? I mean... all that I remember is that we tried to escape but were cornered by guards... then, I can't remember anything besides the mating scene, which happened necessarely after we got out and right before our first day in Viridian Forest... and that bothers me to no end. What caused us to be covered with blood once we reached Viridian Forest?" I asked.

Cherlie's ears twitched about as she tought... "You're right... I hadn't tought about it in such a way... I mean... you stated that we weren't covered with wounds or anything and yet... our furs were soaked with blood. What gives?"

We both remained there, thinking... I can hear the wind... and there's nothing left. Mew and Chirp must be at the edge of the room, hidden in the depths of the artificial jungle...

Cherlie stared into my eyes. "There are several theories... maybe the Defect Center guards had beaten us up and then, when we got out, you used Recover on both of us?"

"That wouldn't be logical." I commented. "If they had beaten us up so badly... then where did we found the strenght to escape the Defect Center?"

Cherlie frowned, realising her theory was bad. "Well... that's kinda right... and obvious. But then... maybe..."

She looked toward the glass ceiling, she seemed so distant... but then, she turned to me and smiled. "HEY! Whatever the way we got out? I'm absolutely positive that we didn't destroyed everything on the way out and anyway, who says it was really blood? Maybe we got soaked with red paint or something?... and you're just trying to get away from me, there!"

I suddenly panicked. "Oh hey! HEY! HEY! NO! No! No no no! It's not like that! I'm not trying to get away from anything or..."

Cherlie smiled. She looked like a naughty little kid about to pull off a trick... "You look so ridiculous, panicking for strictly no reason."

"Err... Cherlie? I... well... Are you sure it's a good idea or..." I didn't got to finish my sentance.

She climbed on me, reaching eye-level. "You talk too much. Just relax already!"

She closed her eyes and placed her lips on my own... What am I gonna do? WHAT AM I GONNA DO?!?... oh great... I'm feeling... the urge building again...

What about the camera? What about Mew and Chirp? What about that past vision? What if we were truly compatible and that her not getting pregnant was just a case of luck? What about...

Inhale... exhale... inhale... exhale... calm your mind...

My... my heart is racing... but well, why am I panicking? Technically, this isn't the first time, neither in terms of kissing, neither in terms of... "something else"... so why am I panicking that much?

... heeheehee... a tought just crossed my mind... a huge cat Pokemon that is dead scared of a mouse Pokemon about a little less than half it's size. Such a ridiculous tought... and that ridiculous tought is my present situation.

What am I scared of? I have nothing to fear... but well... maybe becease it's so sudden. We just got back together and she nearly forces me into a "physical" act...

I wondered... almost every, if not every Pokemon specie has a specific time in the year when they're in heat... what about me? When does it happens? I never felt more hasty to meet females or had more "naughty" dreams at a certain time of the year... in fact, until I met Cherlie, I wasn't interested at all in such things and never asked myself questions about it. Maybe that seeing an old electric mouse scores with nearly every female which I ran across modified my views on the subject in a weird way?... or maybe I'm just weird? After all, Celebi had said it herself... it is very, VERY weird for a male to be above fifteen years-old and still not know what "giving head" means...

But then, it hit me... maybe I'm nervous becease I never told Cherlie about what Celebi did to me?... about how she manipulated me into... err... ugh... I feel sick thinking about it...

There goes. I know why I'm so reluctant now. Cherlie was frank with me... but I wasn't with her. Well... time to make it even.

I forced out of her position using my psychic powers and placed her gently on the ground...

Cherlie opened her eyes and stared at me, a bit annoyed. "Okay... what was that for?" she asked, her right ear dropping, showing her disappointment and annoyed state.

"Cherlie... there is one last thing you should know... something about me... something incredibly important..." I begun.

"If it's about the vision..." I interrupted her.

"No... it's about... err... how can I call it..." I was not sure how to begin... Cherlie will probably be upset... VERY upset... maybe she's even hate me... maybe she'll even dump me for that!...

Calm down... you didn't betrayed her feelings... you got MANIPULATED... and nothing else...

"Mewlt? It cannot be that important that it cannot wait until later?" she asked, still annoyed... but a hint of playfulness and anticipation slowly suppressing her frustration.

"No Cherlie." I anwsered. "It cannot wait... it is something that you MUST know about..."

Cherlie raised an eyebrow. Her right ear lowered and her left one begun to twitch. She was growing impatient... "Could you just stop delaying, then? If that's really that important... then just speak up!"

"Errr... well... heeheehee." I laughed stupidly, nervous and afraid of her reaction... but then, I can't keep saying this is important. I have to actually say it... "It's about... well... about mating habits... my mating habits..."

Well, I think that was acceptable... yeah... maybe... or not... err...

"Mating habits?" Cherlie's ears rose up as curiosity arose in her mind.

She's probably especting something funny or weird... or both... I don't want to imagine her reaction when she'll learn what it was... well, no use in delaying it any longer. Here goes nothing...

"Cherlie... we mated twice, right?" I asked.

Cherlie rolled her eyes. "Well... DUH!... and when we'll be done here, it will be our third time, right?"

She smiled sweetly, staring in my eyes... but her warm smile didn't broke my cold smile... and she got worried. "Is there something wrong, Mewlt? Your face... it's like the day Spark... well... you know..."

"Cherlie... if you go on... this will be my fourth time." I stated.

Cherlie stood there... and then, her eyes widened as her face slowly turned red... and I knew why it was turning red... but then, she returned to her good old, cheerful self and smiled.

"Oh! I get it! A joke! Very funny! I like your sense of humor!" she said.

I stared in her eyes, remaining completely serious and as she saw that my expression didn't change, her smile melted like ice inside of an active volcano... "It's... a lie..."

I closed my eyes... "Right when you left me for Plusle... I lost my mind and wandered... I was lost and then... she appeared before me..."

Cherlie stood there... her eyes widened... "Who? You met who?"

"Celebi... Celebi appeared before me." I stated.

Cherlie's frown slowly disappeared, changing into a smile... and then, she burst out, laughing! "HAHAHAHAHA!!! HAHAHAHA!!!"

Errr... that wasn't nearly what I was especting...

"Err... I don't see how it's funny." I stated.

Cherlie rolled to the side, trying desesperatly to control her laughter. "Hahahaha... oh... hahaa... Co... co... come on! As... as if Celebi was to appear before YOU! She's... she's a Legendary Pokemon!... and you, you, a common mortal, getting all private with... her? HAHAHAHA!!!"

I opened my eyes and stared at her as she couldn't help but keep on laughing. She truly looked so cute and happy... I hope her heart won't break when she learns that it wasn't a joke...

"Cherlie... calm down please..." Cherlie ignored me.

She kept on laughing... but eventually, she ran out of breath and thus, stopped laughing... and as such, it was my opportunity to explain myself.

"Cherlie... Celebi appeared before me and told me that she was lonely. She manipulated me and... well... she... err... I'm so embarassed..."

Cherlie tried to laugh... but she was out of breath... "Ha... this... ha... wheeze! This... is... a joke... right?"

"No... Celebi... manipulated me so that she could... humm... give me something or something... like that... maybe..." err... how can I say it?... why do I feel like I'm wasting my time?

Cherlie got ahold of herself and sat down in front of me. She stared in my eyes, a large smile visible on her face. It was obvious that she wasn't believing me... "So you think that you're sooooo hot that even a Legendary Pokemon will come out of the blue and try to mess with your head so she can "abuse" you? Heh! You're cute Mewlt... but drop-dead cute?... maybe... or maybe not!"

I sighed loudly. It was useless... she wouldn't believe me... but then, when I think about it, only a total retard would have believed me. After all... as if a Legendary Pokemon, a deity, would really come down of the sky for absolutely no reason and then manipulate me and "abuse" me merely becease she's lonely or another reason like that? Come on! That can never happen!... and as such, my story is completely unbelievable.

Cherlie, her, begun to hop right and left, in front of me. She REALLY looked like a naughty little girl about to do something funny... or maybe unfunny. "Well, mister Big Shot!... was it good? I mean... logically, I mean... what she did to you must have been lightyears ahead of anything I'll ever do, right? She's a Legendary Pokemon after all and got millenias of experience or something... especially that I do have heard rumors about Celebi being a bit... "playful"... around people."

So she's going to taunt me becease of what I claimed?... well, the idea of that happening amuse me for a reason... "Actually... it was awful. I felt like if she was using me and personally... I do not appreciate being someone's toy especially that she seemed rather creepy and shady to me. I mean... she was playing with my feelings and told me all sort of disgusting stuff about my relationship with you!"

"Yeah right! Yeah right! Fun!" said Cherlie, still hopping around like crazy.

... where do she finds all that energy?

Boing! Boing! Boing! She's going to the right... then to the left... then to the right... ugh... I'm getting dizzy...

"Cherlie... could you stop jumping a little while? You're... I'm... well..." I couldn't finish my sentance that Cherlie jumped on me!

"I got it, you naughty little male!" she gave me a big hug and then climbed to eye level and stared right into my eyes, her eyes glowing like the starry night... her right ear was twitching in anticipation... "You know... I just looove how you tried to make me jealous by telling me that big fat lie... but you're a very bad liar, you know? I mean... Celebi! HA! Celebi..."

She giggled again... and then, she leaned foward, her face almost touching my own... "I know why you did such a thing, Mewlt... you wanna have some of... heeheehee... you know... Well, guess what? I wanna feel it... and I wanna be conscious while I feel it, this time!... but first..."

She placed her lips on my own and closed her eyes. Humm... why didn't I closed mine and started kissing? Altought she didn't believed me, the fact still is that I took care of the problem... err... well... in a way... What am I thiking? Cherlie must be right... I'm really shy and all. Just close your eyes and let your feelings carry you...

So, I closed my eyes and thrust my tongue foward, touching hers... and then, her own begun to rub on my own as we kissed... hmmm... she tastes like cherries... I like cherries! Wait a second! What are cherries?... humm... oh! Must have been something I ate when not conscious, like when I was caught by that nameless trainer or when I went beserk and blacked out or something... anyway... it's strange I never noticed how she... tasted... before...

I kept on kissing until I felt like I was about to be out of breath and then, I pulled out, keeping her in position with my hands alone, not my psychic powers. I figured out I might only use them when needed, right?... anyway...

"Mewlt... do me..." she whispered...

Well, you heard the female's orders? Obey her! I stopped holding her with my hands. She slowly climbed off me and I placed myself on my knees... I stared at her as she begun to do the mating dance ritual of her specie... I couldn't help but smile as she moved around, sparks flying about. Her eyes sparks just as much as her cheeks and she's moving just at the right speed and do just the right movements... fast enough to be way more entertaining than the mating dance of any other specie and yet, slow enough to still allow me to get a good glimpse of her oh-so beautiful curves and the way she moved around, as if having a perfect control over her own body... it was... just right... it filled both my mind and body with excitment...

Then, she was done and turned toward me, smiling. She seemed so... happy... and so was I... but then, she stared at something... and I looked down to see what she was looking at.

"Whoa! You are SURE that we did have the "full experience"? I mean... you're... you're barely starting to "build up" if you see what I mean and alreayd, you are HUGE! How is that ever going to fit? I mean... I say that half of it will fit at most, when it will be at full size!" she stated.

Well... she's right. The difference in size between us is quite... humm... gigantic. I'm like, twice her size... but then, in the vision, I had used my psychic powers to overcome the physical limitations. I wondered... would I be able to keep on unleashing my psychic powers throught the entire scene? I mean... hormones have a way of scrambling psychic energies... what if I was to lose my concentration? I would probably make her explode or something... or I would find myself with one less organ. Really... this sounds a bit too risky to my liking...

She made it just in front of me... and personally... I like the pose that she's taking... heh... No! This is not reasonable! I mean... she's right! You'll only end up hurting her and yourself... and...

"Mewlt, you said that you used your psychic powers last time, right? Why not use them again?" she asked.

I won't be able to keep on concentrating... I mean, this isn't something like merely keeping a rock afloat or moving something around! It's like... something else! I won't be able to do that!

"Errr... Cherlie... I'm not sure if it's such a good idea anymore..." I stated.

Cherlie stared at me... and then, she climbed on me and stood there, clinging to my chest... "Not a good idea?... maybe... or maybe not. You know that I just cannot die... so I really don't care if you "explode" me... litterally. It's kind of twisted... but well, I'm a twisted female. Are you a twisted male?"

She grinned in a naughty way and lowered herself, sitting on... calm yourself... you're not thinking straight... but well... neither is she... but then... I really... REALLY... feel like... oooh... My entire body twitches with anticipation... I really wanna accept her proposition...

Bah! I won't know if I can do it or not if I don't try, isn't it? I overcame our limitations once... why wouldn't I be able to do it again?

"I'm suuuch a twisted male..." I anwsered her question, using my psychic powers to place her right in front of... you know.

She winked and spreaded her legs, standing in a ready position... some kind of opening appeared... but I already know that it's not a wound or something like that since I had already learnt in the past vision what this opening truly was...

I used my psychic powers to force her toward me... and... I... I entered... well, I begun to, anyway. So far, no psychic intervention needed... heh... that's kinda nice... actually... huh... what am I thinking? OF COURSE it's nice! Why am I doing this, isn't it?

I stood there... and then, she giggled. "Heeheehee! You're kinda slow, aren't you? Come on! Make a male out of yourself!... or are you afraid of upsetting the female?" she taunted.

Of course not! I want this to happen... I really want it... and I ain't got enough yet!

I pushed her farther... GASP! Well... I can't.. can't say I didn't felt anything, now! I'm starting to grow tense... the air starts to grow sparse, forcing me to breathe faster... I know what is that state rising within me... already, I can feel the hormones flowing...

She's... SHE'S changing her position... the friction... she moved in and out as she... she... changed to a new position...

"You like it... don't you?" she asked, blushing so much that her cheeks were now positively fire-red.

I nodded... "Then let... let us go farther..." she said.

I understand why she changed position... it was so she could... humm... grab my... wheeze... and pull... herself... farther... heeeerr... self...

"NOW that's something I like..." she stated.

She begun to... to pull her... self in... and... oooooout... using her hands... while I... I helped herrr... with my... psychic pow... pow... powers... oooooh... and... I noticed that... thaaaaat... she's moving farrrr... farther in than... than out... and I... I can... feel... my organ growing... even... longer... and harder... puurr...

"You're... so silent... Don't keep your... feelings inside... moooooan with me..." she closed her eyes, her smile widening... she was breathing faster... and so was I...

I was... was now holding her with both my hands and powers... and... it's hot... so hot... so nice... heehee... and I begun moaning as well... and the pleasure grew... oh... I like it sooo much... deeper... deeper... meeeew...

... !!!

Drats... halfway-throught... and already reached the edge of her organ... too small to fit it all inside... bummer...

ACK! ACK!

"Cherlie... it's no use... you're only hurting me..." I stated, as she had tried to go deeper than her size allowed...

"Mewlt... your... your organ... it's so big... so hard... I wanna feel all of it... help me... use your powers... let us overcome our limitations... like you did last time..." she winked and spreaded her legs even further, placing her right hand on the edge of her organ and forcing it to open even more...

I felt a second thrust of hormones in my body and the angle at which my organ stood changed, causing her to stand right on top, in an almost vertical angle... I... I...

I... I don't think that... that it's safe to go on further... I'm afraid of losing my concentration and hurt her and myself in the process... but then... I... I'm feeling so needy... I NEED to have all of my organ inside... I just must... my instincts dictate it... and in this case, my mind agree totally with them...

Well, I'll probably regret it... but I'll try to repeat the feat I had pulled off in the vision...

I concentrated and unleashed a powerful psychic wave into Cherlie and...

ACK!!!

Cherlie yelped as she slid deeper... deeper than her organ should physically allow her to... and then, she frowned and begun to shake, as if in pain... a few tears came out of her eyes...

My case wasn't much better... I... that... was awful. I feel like the pressure is totally crushing me... it just wasn't a good idea...

I placed my hands on her hips... "I'm... I'm sorry..."

I tried to pull her off... but she grabbed my hands and shook her head. "NO! Go... go on! The... the pain will soon go away..."

I... I didn't espected it to be like this... it... it hurts... I didn't... remembered it hurting in the vision... I... I... and then... her expression... we should be having fun... that isn't what I wanted...

So... I begun to push on her, trying to get her back in a physically possible position... but then, she yelped and turned to me, her eyes filled with frustration. "HEY! What do you think you're doing! Wrong way!" she tried to say... but it actually came out as a cry... a cry of... pleasure?

But... it hurts... so I... I pushed a lil further... huh? Why am I displeased, all of a sudden?... humm... I get it... yes... I think I get it...

I'm pushing the wrong way, she's right... I concentrated and then pushed her right in, using all of my strenght and psychic power...

"Meeeeeew..." I couldn't keep that inside.

Cherlie gasped loudly as... as... she slided... more than... than three quarters throught... it... it now... REALLY... hurts... but then... I... I... my desire to... to go... all the way... down... only grows stronger...

"The pressure... the pressure..." she whispered, gasping for air...

The pressure... is so ridiculous... I'm bend... beeeen... bending the... the laws of physics by doing... doing that...

OOooooh... GASP! The pressure... grew... even more! Her... the inside of her... heeer... organ... is shrinking... I... I... she's... she's grasping me with... with so much strenght... it's... it's getting... all wet...

"One... last... thrust..." she whispered...

Just... one... last... thrust... ugh... can... barely... concentrate... but... I want it... so much... despite... the... pain... the... the pleasure... is so... so... ooooh...

My eyes flashed bright blue as I bent the laws of physics again... and...

"MEEEEEEW!!!" this one was a scream...

"OOOOOOOOH!!!" she screamed as well.

ACK! Finally... completely... throught... The... lust... is building up... the pain... has almost completely disappeared... I... I... I never felt so good before... never... ever...

"I... I love you... so much... Mewlt..." she cried.

She moved her hips... up... and... dooown... up... ACK! AAAACK!!! DOWN! UP! AND! DOWN! It's... it's so hot... I feel like burning! I... I... I can't believe... we're... sliding so easily... Liquid... cover... my organ... her own...

"CHERLIE!" I tried to describe my feeling... but I couldn't help but yell. "I'm GONNA EXPLODE!"

"De... de... DEMOLISH ME!!!" she anwsered.

I... I...

AAAAAACK!!! AAAARG!!! MY PSYCHIC POWERS... Concentration... I lost my concentration!!!

The pressure... no longer... kept by my powers... laws of physics... crushing my...

"MeeeeEEEEeeeeew..." I whispered, as the most intense feeling I had ever felt in all of my life caused my organ to empty itself just as I felt that the pressure was about to smash it down...

Cherlie closed her eyes, my organ completely inside hers. She was clinging to me using her hands since my psychic powers no longer kept her afloat. She smiled, throwing her head back, as if in a trance... and I felt a warm river flowing out of her organ and covering my entire organ...

I looked down... and noticed that it was half transluceant... half red... blood-red... I wanted to pull out at this moment, worried... but as I grabbed her and pushed, I found out that my organ was stuck... impossible to move out of this position until the excitment has vanished...

Cherlie slowly opened her eyes and stared into my eyes... she stood there, her face filled with hapiness and satisfaction... "I... I want to stay with you forever, Mewlt..." she whispered, out of breath.

"I'm... I'm stuck... and... you're hurt..." I stated, out of breath as well.

Cherlie tried to catch her breath... and giggled just a little bit... "Hee... heehee... ha... well... That... that doesn't surprise me. It was only... obvious... that you would litterally... "explode" me... and anyway... I'm comfortable in that... that position, personally... let us stay like this..."

I grinned. "That was... better than in the vision... much better... our second time was so much better... the best ever, maybe..." I wasn't lying. Personally, I think that I had reached my peak. My nerves can't take much more, personally...

Cherlie raised an eyebrow and her right ear rose, as a naughty expression was placed on her cute, beautiful face... "Second... time? We weren't conscious the first time..." she stated.

She leaned foward... "My body may have not been a virgin when we... did it... but my soul was. It truly was my first time..." she said, smiling sweetly.

Well... if we see it this way... she's right... I closed my eyes and let the feelings invade my mind... I slowly lied down on my back and remained there... I tried to fall asleep... but I couldn't help but keep on staring on the mouse who was there, smiling sweetly at me, her eyes glowing with endless stars... the light of her golden fur chasing the darkness of the cold sleep that was within my heart... Fall asleep, right now? Never...

I don't know how long we stared at each others... but at a certain moment, my organ finally deflated, freeing us from our position... and she took the opportunity to leap right toward my face and kiss me right on the mouth. We continued in this romantic act for as long as our lungs could hold out and then, she sat there, grinning...

"Well... I guess we should go to sleep now... I guess..." I stated.

Cherlie shook her head in disapproval. "Did you listened to what I said, before we did it? Female mammals need their two mating scenes per day, you know!... you only did it once, you cute male! I won't let you sleep until you exploded me twice!"

My eyes widened. She can't be serious! That had been so risky and while the peak pleasure did blow my mind away, the pain we suffered to get there was huge... furthermore, bending the laws of physics isn't easy! What about my poor, poor brain? Assaulted by intense feelings of love, both physical and mental, while being forced to bend the very forces that bind this world at the same time...

But then... I'm a cat, right? A cat Pokemon, isn't it? Well... I don't know if the "mate twice per day or else" instinctive rule apply to large male mammals... but if it doesn't... well, my instincts sure are making an exeption right now!

"We will maybe not be so lucky, this time..." I warned, half-heartedly. Actually, I had accepted her offer already.

"Maybe... maybe not!" she stated.

She jumped backward, grasping my once again growing organ and then, she winked. This will be a wild day, that's for sure... puuuurrr...

...

"Wake up! Wake up!" stated a feminine voice...

Not now Cherlie... you have tired me out... ugh... I still can't believe you lasted THAT long... and furthermore, we did it THREE times, THREE! You realise? I'm not a machine, you know! I need some rest...

"Alright... I see..." said the feminine voice.

I feel so light... I'm going to fall into deep sleep again, probably... I felt like flying...

SLAAAAM!!!

"OOOOOW!" I cried, as I was slammed head-first into the closest wall.

WAIT A MINUTE! This was a psychic blast, not a thundershock or a human's kick!... which means that...

I opened my eyes and was greeted by the sad stare of the pink kitty Pokemon, Mew... but for some reason, I could feel a hint of amusement in her stare... and a bit of nostalgia.

"Get yourself ready for the trainer's arrival!" she ordered.

I sighed. Nice way to wake up... yeah... really nice...

I looked up at the glass ceiling. It's the after-noon now... it will be the night soon... which means that I have been sleeping for a long, long time...

I turned to Mew... and noticed that she was staring at me, tears flowing out of her eyes as usual... but her stare... it was... distant... Sure, she had always had a distant stare... but never like this... never ever...

"Mewlt... isn't it?" her voice was faint, as if she was speaking from afar...

"Y... yes?" her... her voice... it filled me with worry... I was so worried of breaking her... so worried of hurting her if I spoke too loudly...

"I saw you... I saw you two..." she whispered.

I felt embarassed... "I'm... I'm sorry for defiling your territory..." I apologised.

"No Pokemon mate like this... none exept for..." Mew's voice was choked by the emotion within her... and I seen her eyes lit up, as if she was having a flashback...

Then... she turned around and slowly floated away, not even seeing anything, lost in the past...

"Meeeew..." she meowed...

I stood there... what did this mean?

BZZZZZT!

Great... the Champion... that jerk... and where is Cherlie? I just noticed that she isn't around...

Huh? The Champion? He's followed by two men in white coats? Scientists?

"You saw it! You had your proof... now take care of the problem!" ordered the Champion.

"Until our latest analysis of Half-Mew's DNA samples is completed, we're not even sure if his DNA is that close to Mew's! Why do you insist on getting rid of that undead Minun?" asked the first scientist.

Getting rid of Cherlie? What are they...

"Proofs were found that there have been more than a single Mew in the past! By breeding Half-Mew with Mew, I'll be able to get a whole collection of them! Mews are the strongest know Pokemon! I MUST have a whole team of them!" stated the Champion.

That's... THAT'S JUST SICK! That jerk wants to force me to mate with Mew in hope of building his own personal army of Legendary Pokemon? What kind of monster is he?!? I'll not let him touch Cherlie! I won't let him torture and humiliate the Legendary Pokemon, Mew, any longer! I just won't!

"Look out! The Half-Mew's Shadow powers are awakening!" warned the second scientist.

The Champion took out a black and purple Pokeball and pointed it at me. "I'll take care of that easily. Half-Mew! Return!"

No! I won't allow you to! Just like everytime before, I'll smash that sphere down and escape!

I concentrated and blasted the infernal sphere with my psychic powers... but for some reason, the blast had no effect... and I realised that the Pokeball was protected by a small dark-elemental force field!

I felt the red beam strikes me... and then, my body begun to transform into energy. I struggled, trying desesperatly to maintain my physical form... but it was in vain.

FWOOOOOSH!

CLAC!

Ugh... Pokeball... restraining... toughts... can't think... can't last...

...

CLAC!

FWOOOOOSH!

... where am I? Huh?

ACK! SO BRIGHT! MY EYES BURNS!... ugh... wheeze! I'm... calm down... calm down... empty your mind... inhale... exhale... inhale... exhale...

Good... the dark flames died down and the light no longer burns... okay... where am I now?

Huh? I recognise this place... !!! Viridian Forest! I'm in Viridian Forest... and that river... The river where... ! This is where Spark was killed!

"Good. Restrain him." ordered the Champion.

Oh no! You won't...

CLAC!

Huh? Shackles? Shackles will not keep me from escaping! I looked down at the metal rings covering my ankles and sighed... Humans and their stupid inventions... time to bust those things up!

I concentrated... or well, I tried to. There was a strange sound... a sound that kept me from concentrating...

"How do you like it, sir?" asked the first scientist, the same who was back at the room with the glass ceiling...

"Yes! How do you like the all-new accessory in Pokemon training? Special shackles that nullify the ability of a Pokemon to attack by hampering concentration. Handy for violent Pokemon like the Shadow Pokemon." stated the second scientist.

"Not bad... not bad..." said the Champion. "Now... you're absolutely sure that forcing him to watch that Minun get dumped in a river will allow me to breed it with Mew?"

"We're not sure... but some species of Pokemon remain with their current mate until it has died... as such, to make sure it will be in a ready state of mind, elimination of it's current female, that undead Minun, is necessary." explained the first scientist.

"You should reconsider, sir. This is the first Undead Pokemon ever caught... we could learn a lot from her! Besides, you already got one Mew... and a fine one at that!" said the second scientist.

"Pah! There are a lot of undead Pokemon in the Defect Centers waiting to be caught. Believe me, that Minun doesn't mean anything to me... Getting more Mews on another reason... just imagine it! Breeding Mews... breeding Legendary Pokemon..." said the Champion.

I despise you. I hate you more than any being on this planet. No one is as vile, as monstruous, as heartless as you are, human. I wish that you slip and land in the river, drowning at the place of the one you're seeking to harm...

"MEWLT!" I was pulled out of my dark toughts and seen Cherlie, a large block of metal tied to her right leg...

Instantly, my heart stopped... and I felt time slowing down... and I had a flashback...

I seen that Raichu, Electy... shoving Spark into the river... and now... I saw the Champion... shoving Cherlie into the river...

NOOOOOOO!!!

I collapsed on my knees and I begun to sob. All my hatred... all my anger... was gone... I bowed down before the Champion and begged for mercy...

Please... anything but Cherlie's life... anything... I'll do anything... I'll fight for you... I'll obey... I'll do everything you want... but please... do not take her away from me... do not dump her into the river, trapping her forever... please...

The scientists frowned... "It must be really close to that female for it cry this much..." stated the first one.

"It must be very intelligent to have figured out what is happening as well..." stated the second one.

"Please reconsider, sir. We don't even know about the Half-Mew's love season. Maybe, in a few months, it will be in heat and mate with Mew. Just don't destroy that undead Pokemon. We could learn so much from studying it..." said the first scientist.

The Champion frowned. "It's just a common runt. Dump it in the river already so I can take care of more important matters!"

The scientists nodded silently, frowning... and then, they approached Cherlie and made sure that the metal block was correctly tied to her leg...

Cherlie stared into my eyes, smiling sadly... "I won't die Mewlt... they won't kill what never lived in the first place..."

"Cher... Cherlie... I... I promised you..." I had not the strenght to finish my sentance... I just sobbed, tears streaming down my cheeks...

"I'll rot in this river... I will rot and wither... but while my body will fade... my soul cannot leave this world for I am bound to this world... for I am one of the Undying, of the Undead... and as such... I will be waiting for you to return, Mewlt... I will wait for you... forever..." she explained, closing her eyes and wipping the single tear off her right cheek...

"You're too slow!" whined the Champion.

"What are you... ?!?" the scientists couldn't do anything.

The Champion walked to Cherlie and kicked her right into the river!

BAM!

His foot struck her right in the jaw! I saw her spin about, trying to keep her balance... and failing. I saw her stumble off the edge and slowly dive into the water... I saw her break throught the blue mirror and sink into it, followed soon after by the large metal block, sending transparent liquid chunks flying about...

Time stopped... and I had a vision...

...

Cherlie knew it was useless... she was not afraid... and neither was I.

I opened my eyes, the light of the sun piercing throught the blue ceiling, filling the river with light...

My long, purple tail was tied to a large metal block... and strangely enough, I was exactely Cherlie's size... in fact, my form was the same as the one I had when I had been in a trance and "died" alongside Spark, on that dark day...

... and just like I went with Spark during his drowning sequence... I went with Cherlie during her own...

My lungs burned... her own burned... both of our bodies struggled to remain alive... but we both knew that we barely delayed the inevitable... and anyway, she knew that she was going to stay here for a long, long while and that the sooner she would die, thus being stripped from the pain, the less she would suffer... waiting in a state of cold, empty toughtlessness is easier than waiting with your lungs burning...

As such, we closed our eyes and opened our mouths, swallowing the dirty water... the water tasted awful and we both opened our eyes, closing our mouths, holding our breath some more, and almost recoiling in disgust from the taste... but then, we got ahold of ourselves and closed our eyes again, slowly opening our mouths.

We gulped down on the thick, dirty liquid, filling our lungs at a steady rate. Our bodies stopped struggling, as if satiated... as if confusing the water for oxygen... each time we gulped down a bit of water, our hearts slowed down and everything grew colder...

... and then, we both felt incredibly dizzy and both found ourselves unable to swallow more water... for our lungs were already full. Altought our hearts hurted a lot the second they stopped, we were beyond feelings... for we were now in a state of zombified unrest...

Cherlie stood there, her eyes empty, gazing at the surface, feeling neither pain, neither regret, nothing... she wasn't feeling cold anymore... she was... back at her true state... at her state of a being with no life.

She slowly looked down... and I followed her movements...

The mud... as she wobbled right and left, the mud was moved around by the current of the river, allowing her to catch a glimpse of the dozens of skeletons of various shapes and sizes which made up the floor of the river. Pikachus, Sandshrews, Rattatas, Pidgeys, Spearows, Magikarps... the bodies of numberless Pokemon made the bottom of the river. Some bodies still had patches of rotten flesh on them, others were mere skeletons. Some were covered with wounds... others were tied to various heavy objects. A few were not tied to anything... the bodies of the few Pokemon who drowned by accident... and the even fewer bodies of those who comitted suicice as a last attempt to escape this cruel world.

"I... will wait for you..." whispered Cherlie, lifeless in the graveyard... for she knew that she wouldn't remain there forever. She knew that someday, she would rise from her watery grave once again and live...

But then, as Cherlie prepared for her not-eternal rest... she turned around, sensing something... something familiar. She noticed a body, tied to a big rock, floating a bit above the bottom of the river... it wasn't the most recent body... but since it was small and light, it still floated above most of the others.

It's flesh was rotten and the skin was almost completely gone, revealing the bones... it was the small lifeless body of an unfortunate Pichu... one of the numberless victims of the Cleaning Day ritual that plagued the Pokemon species. Already, aquatic insects were crawling into the body, feeding on the decaying flesh and bones...

Cherlie frowned as a memory of a feeling which she was once able to feel crept into her dead heart... she remembered to who this body used to belong... and then, tears of a pain she tought she was feeling but truly wasn't came out of her eyes... and strangely enough... those were not tears of water... the tears... sparkled strangely... as if made of crystal...

"I'm... so sorry we couldn't save you..." whispered Cherlie in a voice which she wanted to be full of regret... but was dead and lifeless just as she is...

The insects that had devoured half of the body's left eye suddenly swam far away from the body, as if scared...

I saw the right eye slowly spin in it's orbit until it faced Cherlie, staring right into her heart with it's cold, souless stare...

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