The sun rose over a field, a fairly tranquil field. There was
hardly anything noteworthy in this place, it seemed like any other
place in the world... it was nameless, fitting for a place taken
over by nature. There didn't need to be a name for this place.
A Lucario could be seen looking up at the sky. This one had a
mission, a mission to get home to his home world.
The white rabbit’s ears twitched, pulling down his hood to watch
the Lucario blankly. His blue eyes sparkle with wonder, and he
crack his knuckles, a thoughtful pout in his face. Letting out a
short breath and approaching him. He puts a hand on his shoulder,
looking down on the Pokemon with a small frown. “Yung,” He starts,
his voice low and considerate. “What’s on your mind? You look
troubled.” He mumbles, ears flattened.
Yung’s expression changed a bit, from that of neutrality to a light
smile. He turned around to face him. “Nah, I’m not really burdened
by much.” He winked. “It’s just…you know. Ever since we left that
group, I didn’t realise how held down we were by that group…” He
crossed his arms
Gadian barked with laughter. “You said it, not me.” He shrugged,
lowering himself to the floor next to Yung. He grabbed the handle
of his axe and moved it to his side, flicking one claw over the
vines in a sort of subconscious restless fidget. His eyes trailed
over the edge of the blade, stopping at the faint brown marks which
undoubtedly were once red. He cleared his throat and slid the
weapon to his side, fumbling with the handle to get it to stay
still.
“Come now, even if I didn’t show it, I don’t really want to babysit
a whole group of people you know?” Yung grinned. “On another
note…it’s kind of good we left.” He put his paw under his chin and
scratched it a little. “…if only so that I could hear you laugh
like that. I doubt it would’ve happened if we were still there.”
The undertones of the comment seemed to fly over the rabbit’s head.
“Yeah, they were pretty annoying at times, and I’d like to say in
an endearing way, but maybe it’s just because they’re kids,” Gadian
paused, his eyes glinting with thought as he turned and looked at
Yung, not realising he didn’t really have a clue how old the
Lucario was. “I mean, kids as in behaviour, I guess. I dunno, you
know what I mean.” He stammered, scratching the side of his face as
his gaze slid to the side anxiously.
“I’m not that young. I do have a family.” Yung chuckled lightly.
“Buuuuut….I guess I’m still fairly young for an adult. I mean, I
have some childish tendencies sometimes.” He grinned as a bubble
began to form between his paws. “But life’s about living it to the
fullest." He looked up at Gadian, noting his earlier comment flew
over his head. He found his actions, quite endearing truthfully
Gadian scratched beneath his ear, ignoring the warmth. “How old am
I again...?” He muttered half under his breath, narrowing his eyes
thoughtfully. He seemed really stumped by this, his ears twitching
uncomfortably. “About 6200? I forget... I’ve seen a lot, but so
little at the same time.” He finally grumbled, sighing and sitting
back on his haunches.
“You’ve certainly seen a lot, by that age.” Yung chuckled lightly.
“But in the end, new things keep popping up all the time.” Yung
would lean into him. “Hm~ this does feel nice.” He lifted a paw,
showing that the bubble he had created was now practically as big
as him. “You want it?”
The rabbit tilted his head, raising a hand as a small vine perked
up from the ground. The vine followed his paw movements, extending
and moving with the same motions as his arm. The vine gently
touched the bubble, feeling it bounce back. “Weird.” Gadian
mumbled, finding that the texture was rather unknown to him. He
pinned his ears back, a confused look on his face. He twirled his
finger and the vine retreated back into the dirt.
He chuckled lightly. “You’re not the first. It is made from my own
energy.” He yawned lightly as he continued to rest his head on
Gadian. “They are fun to play with and relax on. Because of how
squishy they are.” He let out another yawn “…I wonder if we’re
going to get back home though…” His ears twitched with the light
breeze that swept over the plains.
By instinct, he raised a paw and went to pat Yung’s head, but
hesitated and drew the paw back slowly. This isn’t the same
as... don’t do that, it’s weird. He found himself thinking,
twitching his nose as his thoughts poured through his head. “Yeah,
I wonder.” He mumbled, though his tone suggested that he wasn’t
paying as much attention as he probably should. His guard was very
obviously down, though his muscles were tense by reflex, so his
guard was as down as it could be.
Yung grinned as he felt what Gadian was about to do. “You can pat
my head if you want, I really don’t mind.” He nuzzled Gadian
playfully. “But hey, perhaps we should get moving in a bit…for
now…I’m in my happy place.”
He cleared his throat, tensing again. “I uh... used to do it to all
the small creatures in my forest. I liked to make them feel welcome
but... now it’s just become an instinct.” His voice ended in a
nervous laughter, heat flushing into his ears. His hand jittered as
he lowered it onto Yung’s head, twisting his head away into an
anxious grimace.
His fur felt absurdly soft. It seems as though Yung takes care of
it a lot. “Well, that’s a nice sentiment to have.” He chuckled
lightly. “It’s kinda like my son and his bubbles. He makes them to
make friends….in a way. He usually doesn’t need to though.”
He cupped his cheek in his free hand, resting his elbow on his
knee. “Do it to make friends...?” The word felt foreign on his
tongue, his instinctual synonym was usually ‘ally’. An emotion
flashed in his eyes as he moved his hand up to feel his eye slowly
before lowering it. Gadian was clearly thinking hard, his stomach
churning. “I just... I do it to make anyone who lives there happy,
I mean, I have to protect them, right? I don’t know if you’d get
it, but what I’m saying is that my job is never easy,” A different
emotion flashed through his eyes again, one of a negative emotion,
one that made him look fragile for a moment. He gritted his teeth,
shaking the thought from his head. “Pretend I didn’t say anything,
I need to get back there soon.”
Yung would nod. He understood what Gadian was trying to see…those
in the forest were like family to him. “Well then!” He stood up.
“Shall we get moving then in that case?”
He raised his head to look at Yung, ears flattened. His gaze looked
uncharacteristically tired, the blue of his eyes dull with
sleeplessness and worry. “Where... what do you plan on doing? I
don’t think there’s much we can do.” He muttered, his voice low and
quiet.
Yung put a paw on Gadian. “If we sit here…we won’t be able to
accomplish much. The least we should do is scour the area for
anything unnatural no? I wouldn’t give up before we start trying.”
Gadian hesitated, his eyebrows narrowed. He parted his jaws to
speak but no words came out. With a sigh through gritted teeth, he
gripped the handle of his axe and stood up. “Alright, I suppose you
have a point.” He mumbled, scratching the back of his head with a
weak, lop-sided grin.