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01. I'm home [Text]

[[OOC: If the involved players would like her DR post to be canon, then this journal post can come after it. I'd be happy to finish those threads there.]]

Hello everyone. For those of you who may not know me, my name is Chiyo and I'm a Vaporeon. I first arrived at Smash Academy two years back and spent, according to the time here, a year away on an unexpected break. If by chance you may be curious as to where I've been, I was away traveling through a few worlds before I was able to find a portal to return here. Speaking of which, portals can be rather complicated to understand and use, so please be careful when you see or plan to use one, okay?

That aside, I'll be in college this year! I'm greatly looking forward to studying, spending time in the library and greenhouse, swimming, and hanging out with friends again. Although I'm saddened to have discovered that several friends I knew have left, I still look forward to making new friends and hope we'll have a pleasant year together.

In the meantime, I'll be taking a walk around the school and will be looking to reunite with some friends. If you'd like to meet or text me, please feel free to do so. I'll have my phone with me and will answer any texts as soon as I'm able.

Again, it's nice to be back. I hope I didn't cause too much trouble when I disappeared. If I did, I'd like to make it up to you. Other than that, hope you have a great day!

Private Text to Mondo:

Hello Mondo. If it's alright with you, could we meet? I'd like to talk to you. If not, then... I'll understand.

Sincerely,
Chiyo

[[OOC: Feel free to make action threads if you'd like to interact with Chiyo on campus.]]

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His heartfelt words caused Chiyo to tear up.

"Thank you, Jon," she said quietly, feeling ultimately blessed with a good life. "I will. Actually, it's why I tried so hard to come back. I wanted to change and... it just didn't feel right, especially with the way that I left.

You know, in the last world I was in before this one, it was a really peaceful place. Even the town I was in is called Flower Bud Village. And you know how I love flowers. I lived on a farm with an elderly couple, raised animals, grew vegetables... it almost made me feel like being in Kanto with my former trainers. The peace nearly had me settling there, but... then it just felt like something was missing. I missed my friends, you... there's also some things I wanted to clear up. Unfinished business, I guess?"

"I actually grew up in a farming village, myself." he replied before sipping a little more of his tea. "I can understand the allure of it and how peaceful it can be."

Not that he wanted to go back or anything. But to pretend that times had been all bad in his little rural community would have been a lie. He'd had good times there, too.

"And I do know how much you love flowers. What business did you have to complete?" he asked.

"Really?" she felt excited to learn that about Jon. It made her excited to know her very own friend also lived in a farming village. "I'd love to hear more about it if it's something you'd be willing to share with me."

Her business. Right. She knew this point would come - even planned for it - where she wanted to share and consult with Jon on some things. But no matter how often she ran the scenario in her mind, the real run-through made her uneasy.

"Well... most of it is just clearing things up with a few people because of the entire shadow clone and robots incident. I just... felt terrible not knowing about the whole situation and for how I handled it. Like..." She felt her chest tighten from the memory and she'd pause and tear up every now and then while talking. "That time when I hid out in the lake when a friend hurt me, I realized too late that it was a shadow clone of him, of Red. I was hoping he'd still be here so I could tell him it wasn't his fault... that I don't hold any ill will.... But he isn't here. I never got to tell him...."

As her voice lowered to a whisper, her head lowered as well. Sadness could only greet her with thoughts of how she lost her chance to make things up with Red.

"I wonder... when it was that he left, and why? How did he feel? I had heard his shadow clone hurt other Pokemon, and he must have seen everything through the clone's eyes. Must have really suffered....

Did. Do you Red?"

"Aye. I'll tell you more about it, some time." Jon replied with a nod. It seemed as though what she had to say was more important than sharing stories about a rural village just outside London in the 1940s, however.

He listened to her speak and started to piece it all together. Of course, she hadn't told him precisely what had happened to her but he remembered not seeing her for a short time, and then spotting her at the pool party. Sad and shaking like a leaf. She'd asked him that day if he'd ever want to hurt her and he'd been surprised and worried to hear her even suggest such a thing! But now it made sense. If someone she cared about so much had done that kind of damage....

"I met him briefly. His Snorlax is one of Riwane's many and varied friends." Jon replied. "Sonny, I believe is his name. I'm sure if you've any questions regarding his trainer, he'd have answers."

He reached across the table and placed his hand gently over hers, giving a brief squeeze. He hated to see her sad like this.

"I'm sure he knew that you bore him no ill-will, however. Lots of folk.... well. There were very few who didn't suffer during that time. I was turned into a robot and attacked Riwane, my own partner. Everyone had something terrible happen but we've all moved on. I'm sure the same is true for him."

Jon's hand anchored her together. Kept her from falling apart. She held onto it for support and tears of relief fell. With her free hand, she brushed them away.

"I hope so. Hope he's moved on with it. It's always plagued my mind. And not just him either, I worried about so many others." The more she spoke, the lighter her chest began to feel. She spoke of these things once to Leona, and Leona helped Chiyo realize things she had never put into perspective, but to speak of them with someone who was there had a stronger impact. A relieving one.

"Of course there was you, but I believed you would be alright. Mondo, however, I disappeared while we were clearing things up." Thinking about the man with corn-like hair caused her lips to twitch into a smile and her face to redden (even more than what was already made red from her tears). "H-He had gotten so mad for my sake regarding Red. Had gotten violent towards the clone at the pool party right after I told him... Somehow, even though his aggression should worry me, I felt incredibly touched by his actions. He's always been very sincere about his feelings. I haven't been able to talk to him properly about what happened... and to thank him. I hope that he hasn't misunderstood, and that he'd still be willing to talk to me."

Mondo... Mondo... Oh. Mondo Oowada. The boy with the corncob hair.

"I'll have to admit, little one, my familiarity with Mondo is lacking. I couldn't tell you how he took your departure. Had I known you two were close, I'd have kept an eye on him for you."

Then again, had he known what Clone Red had done, he would have thrashed the evil doppelganger to within an inch of its life. He could at least respect that Mondo had a similar vein of thought, there. It wasn't violence if it was protecting the people you cared about, after all. Then it was just common sense.

"It's alright." She shook her head. "It's not something that you should be responsible for. There is something that I would like to ask you about though. Something that I never really understood and has bothered me for the longest time...."

She frowned in shame. She had never told anyone about this.

"Um. There was a time, you might recall, that I was - I guess you could say - extremely assertive?" Her cheeks heated up recalling some embarrassing memories. "I might have seemed... different and not myself. I think. I think it might have taken something strange to cause that, but I'm not sure. This might sound really silly, but is there such a thing as drugged candy? I saw something similar while... abroad. So it made me wonder."

She tensed up, bracing herself for Jon's reaction and answer. If it was indeed drugs, she worried if Jon would be disappointed in her.

"Aye. There was drugged candy about. The lollipops folk were buying and selling on campus." Jon replied. "Some of them had the effect of making a person angry or overly assertive. Some caused sleep and pleasant dreams. There were other flavors with other effects. I've not much of a sweet tooth myself so I was never tempted to try them, but I saw the effects they had on some folk. They even put one student in hospital, as I recall."

Charlise the Drifblim had overdosed on the green ones. He remembered hearing about it over the network.

"Whatever you did or said, it wasn't you. Not entirely. Those sorts of things can change a person. I'm glad we're rid of them."

No, he wasn't at all disappointed in her. How could he be? She was an innocent who had no clue what was really going on with those stupid sweets. If anything, he was just concerned.

"I... never knew." It brought her some relief to see Jon wasn't about to scold her or make any displays of disappointment in her. His response also helped clear up a lot of confusion she had over the years. It explained a whole lot.

Except for one thing. Or person, to be specific.

"And... Seth?" She didn't want to think the worst of him, but he did provide her with the candy. Even went along with her idea that it was magical. How ridiculous she felt at her own ignorance.

"He was the one who gave me the candy, but...." She couldn't express her doubt. It wasn't something she normally said of others. After the incident with robots and shadow clones, things were a little hazy and she never knew what happened to him. Was he a part of the whole scheme? Why would he have given her something so dangerous?

"I don't understand."

"He died. Injected himself with shadow bugs on top of a building and became some strange overmuscled half Pokémon half Man creature. He and Eggman fought and he wound up exploding... I am... unsure of how it went exactly. All information I have on it is second hand as I was a robot for some of that time and unconscious in a crater for the rest of it."

It hadn't been a great day.

"I believe, however, that he has come back as a ghost type Pokémon. If you've unfinished business with him, you may be able to finish it after all."

He looked worried as he said that. He certainly wouldn't try to inhibit her doing things she felt she needed to do. That didn't mean he wouldn't worry.

"D-Died?" The gruesome details of his death were shocking. And to add, he came back as a ghost type Pokemon? It was almost unbelievable.

"I-I'm okay. I'd... rather not approach him. I just wanted to know the truth." In fact, she felt rather terrified of him now that she knew everything.

"Fair enough. I'm just letting you know you've the option, should you feel you need to." Jon reassured her.

Still. He felt reassured that she had no intention of going near the ghost type.

"You know, Chiyo, if ever you're having problems, you've only ever to come find me. Even if it's just a friendly ear you're in need of. This place is wonderful but it's also strange at times and it can be dangerous. Independence is important but I'd not want you to feel you're alone here."

"Yeah..." She gave him a small smile. "Thank you, Jon. Talking to you has helped me a lot. I feel much better now having gotten all that off my chest, and to have learned everything. And... the same goes for you, too. I'd always gladly lend you an ear when you need it. Anytime."

Then, she brought up her hands to stifle a yawn and rub her eyes.

Jon drained the last of the tea from his cup.

"Yawning, eh? You know, chamomile tea will do that to you. Though, I expect the rigors of re-settling yourself also have a part to play, eh?"

He stood up and picked up his tray.

"Here. Let me walk you back to your dorm so you can get some rest?"

Chiyo followed suit and picked up her dishes to put away. It wasn't until she yawned that she realized she had gotten so tired.

"Thanks," she murmured as she moved slowly beside him. "As much as I love the snow, I hope Spring comes soon. It'd be nice to lay down in the grass again by the lake. Taking a nap out in the sun as a Vaporeon.... I kind of miss it.

Maybe the next time we go out for a walk, you could tell me all about your stories and adventures?"

"Oh, certainly." Jon replied, walking his tray to the depository and taking care of it before turning to take hers and do the same.

"Mine might not be so interesting as yours, but I'll gladly share. I think Spring may not be far off. I've noted a change in the breeze. It's been warmer lately. Your wish may not be too far from coming true."

"It has gotten warmer, hasn't it?" She smiled, thinking of the warm sun, chirping of birds, and glimmering dew all around. Heading toward her room, she sauntered alongside her dear friend. "You know what I also miss? Running on all fours."

"Well then, let's make a plan to do that together at the earliest opportunity. I enjoy a good run about on all fours myself." Jon replied, smiling again. "Once you're rested and settled in again, of course."

"Then, perhaps while we still have a bit of snow! And when winter breaks. And, and maybe just... kind of all the time. ...If that's okay." She giggled softly. Her excitement was building at the lineup of all the activities they had planned to do. If she wasn't so tired, she would have loved to go outside now and enjoy a run.

"We could even go tomorrow since I'm sure I'll be rested well enough then!"

"Then tomorrow it is." he replied warmly.

He held the door for her to leave the cafeteria and looked outside. Hopefully tomorrow would be as nice as today. He was looking forward to spending time with her like they used to. Though, actually....

"Chiyo? I've... ah. I've a proposition for you. I wanted to ask you about it last time you were here and I didn't get to it in time. I'd not like to make the same mistake again if at all possible... so. Would you mind terribly if I asked you a question?"

His request sounded serious. Curious, she smiled up warmly at Jon to let him know it was perfectly alright for him to ask anything of her.

"Of course I wouldn't mind, Jon. What is it you would like to ask?"

This was the first time he'd had to consider exactly HOW he was going to ask this of her, despite having thought about it quite seriously before now.

"....well. As you know, I'm a trainer." he replied. "I started at something of a disadvantage, being as I wasn't born in a place that has Pokémon. Riwane sort of adopted me as her trainer and I've worked hard to catch up on everything I'd missed out on by being born in England as opposed to, say, Kanto or Unova."

He turned to look at her and placed a hand gently on her shoulder.

"My point is, I've worked fairly hard to try and become a worthy trainer. And I know my work isn't yet done and I've a great deal left to learn. However, I'd very much like it if... well. If you'd like me to, I'd very much like to be Your trainer."

There! Out in the open! His heart was racing a mile a minute - he was quite anxious she'd say no. But he had to ask. He'd kicked himself over not asking her about it last time she was here.

"Of course, if you'd sooner not, then that's fine! No hard feelings, of course. I just wanted... well. I've wanted to make you an offer like that for some time. As I've said, you're a dear friend to me and even if you say No, I'd not want that to change."

She listened calmly, nodding and humming all the while to encourage him to go on.

Riwane. She hoped she'd get to befriend and know better. England. Wow. She'd have to ask him about that sometime. Jon as her trainer.

Whoa. A few minutes for the words to sink in. Whooooa!

"M-Me? Jon. Me? Are you sure? Me?" Wide eyed, mouth agape, and fully shocked, Chiyo couldn't believe her ears. Never expected such an invitation. In fact, she felt really honored to have been asked. She hadn't had a trainer in years and never gave it much thought to have a new one since she learned how to turn into a human.

And... and Jon had been wanting to ask since she was last here? Really? Her heart followed suit in racing a mile a minute too. She just couldn't wrap her mind around it. What was so special about her to make a great individual and new trainer like Jon want her?

"B-But, why me? I mean, I'm... I'm not exactly the strongest out there. I mean. It's not that I'm opposed either. But... I'm just really shocked."

Edited 2015-02-02 07:48 (UTC)

"Yes, you." Jon replied, smiling a little bit. She was always so humble.

"First of all, strength isn't everything. To me, Pokémon training is about companionship, teamwork and trust first. Strength is something I am sure you have in greater measure than you realize. I'd like to help you find it and nurture it."

His smile softened. Out of almost every person he'd ever met, she seemed most able to draw out whatever gentleness his soul possessed. She had a calming effect on him and always had. Maybe it was her ties to water? That was a soothing element, wasn't it?

"We'd work on that together, at your pace. You said that you want to gain confidence and self assurance. I think... I think that I can help you. I'd love the opportunity to try. A Pokémon team and their trainer are like family. I've seen that here. I think that between the two of us, we'd make an outstanding team."

He had a beautiful philosophy. The kind of philosophy she could hope for in a trainer. Her heart swelled and she couldn't hope to hold back her tears.

She couldn't believe it. A new trainer. And it would be her best friend to boot.

"If. If you're really okay, then yes. Yes, I'd love to be your Pokemon!" She laugh, cried, and smiled all at the same time.

A new family....

"I'll... I'll work my hardest. I promise. I'll make you proud."

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He popped the question! XD squeee~

XD Should I have had him drop to one knee? LOL

Maybe. lol. That would've added a nice, mind blowing touch.

Haha, he wants to train her - not make her mind explode. XD

Aww, I'm so happy for these two. :>

Aaaaa, me too!! \o/ Though, I need to sleep now. XD

Yep, I gotta sleep too. XD Night night!

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