Tiger nodded, and smiled. "Yeah it's pretty amazing that I met
Mira, and well everyone else, especially Mel." He said gently and
sighed. He shook his head clear, "though me helping Kibo find you
again. That was one of my main goals as a trainer when I was in
Johto. When I saw Mira in that fight in Saffron, Kibo thought he
noticed you, but he wasn't sure. He was a Dragonair at the time,
and he had evolved as I was chasing after Snow." He trailed off and
sighed as the memories seemed to pop back into his mind.
"I was still a Dratini by that fight," Toka recalled. "I
evolved right before Mira left for Alola, actually. But that kind
of sucks. We came close, then."
*~*~*~*
Mira laughed as well. "Three Island has gone down to four below
before; I'm sure I'll be prepared," She shook her head, hopping
off. "Snowpoint really lives up to its name, huh?"
Tiger nodded, and sighed. "Yeah definitely close then, after that
when I was recovering Kibo was distracted. Even if he evolved into
a Dragonite before I left for Alola, he couldn't get the Dratini he
saw out of his mind. I thought he'd finally lost it. Though, then
again many people and Pokemon can say the same for me about losing
it." Tiger joked slightly, Charm then landed in New Bark town.
Tiger nodded and laughed in amusement, he climbed off of Charm once
the Pokemon landed, and stretched. "Alright! We're back, the others
will be back soon. Do you want anything to eat before you follow
along in Kibo's pawsteps?" He asked kindly.
"No, thanks. Sleep will do me good right now." Toka grinned,
yawning.
*~*~*~*
"...Yeah, done. Sinnoh isn't terribly far, right? Because I
could go straight from here to Sinnoh on the boat if I wanted to."
Mira suggested, stopping at the counter. "For a quick trip."
Tiger nodded, and held his hand out to get Kibo's pokeball back.
"Alright then. I'll let Kibo out and you two can get some sleep
then." He said kindly.
Tiger nodded kindly and smiled. "You're welcome. I'm just glad I
could help keep my promise to Kibo." He said gently, and walked
into the house, he went into the living room, where the two
Dragonite had slept the night before, and called Kibo out once
more. His Dragonite then yawned before mumbling something inaudibly
and curling up against the wall. Tiger smiled faintly, and handed
Toka a blanket before he headed into the kitchen. Cyndaquil ran up
to Tiger's room to go to sleep.
"Yeah, shouldn't be that bad to fly. Uh, can I see a doctor? I got
my foot smashed in a door." Drew asked casually, putting her team's
Pokeballs on the counter.
Victor put his Pokeballs except Blaze on the counter. The
Typhlosion had been treated before by the Pokemon Center. He had
been advised to rest, and had come off well from the battle except
a permanent scar on the forehead due to a Photon Geyser.
I hope you're coming to Hoenn then. Tackling Necrozma at Oak's
lab does not seem like a good idea. Ray said through
telepathy.
"Ouch!" Victor winced, caught off-guard since he was not used to
telepathy.
Riu had put up a serious fight at being returned, though Mel had
eventually won (and then Joy had mentioned something about a
potential scar- Riu flipped, much to Toffee's amusement). Other
than that, the rest of her Pokémon were apparently fine, according
to Joy.
Part of Mel was a bit surprised that Red hadn't shown up, but, then
again, she hadn't been in any real danger, so the surprise dialed
down a bit. The griseous orb flashed threateningly in her backpack,
much to her amusement.
Victor sent out Blaze, to survey the Typhlosion. His head was
bandaged with red bandages (which he had requested from Nurse Joy
and made quite a scene for).
"How are you feeling, idiot? I hope you realised you are not a dark
type." Victor said.
"I feel quite good... dizzy, and great." Blaze said with a
goofy smile.
"It’s because they've given you enough painkillers to subdue Arceus
itself."
“...Yeah, let’s just going to check you into the hospital—“ Mira
shook her head and handed Drew the paperwork. The GS Ball’s glowing
had finally stopped (much to Mira’s dismay; Celebi had clearly been
calming her down as best he could during the fight).
*~*~*~*
Toka smiled one last time at Tiger before lying down beside Kibo
and throwing the blanket over her and him. She yawned and closed
her eyes, curling up close to Kibo.
"Where are you going after this?" Laura asked Victor.
"Kanto for a short time, and then Hoenn. You could come with me if
you like." Victor said, kindly.
"He's not an offer, but a command." Blaze interjected with a
grin.
"I would like to come to Kanto with you, but I've been thinking
about it for a long time... but I think we'll have to part ways for
some time after that. I want to train to be a doctor. These healing
abilities are a waste without proper training. I want to be of some
use to the world." Laura said with a shaking voice.
"It’s great! Your Pokemon also seem much better suited for someone
at a Pokemon center." Victor congratulated.