Bitter~Sweet

Chapter. 13 Ultra Avoidance

Sid quick, the light! We ran towards the only light source we found in the cave. The mining equipment left by the miners, Turns out we were dumber then we realized.

This whole time the walls 50 feet above us were lined with dimmed lightbulbs. The light source we just found was a lone miner's helmet next to a generator for those lightbulbs above us.

I'm not sure why they bothered, but then Sid explained that both the Diglett, and Zubat were sensitive to light, and that's why the lightbulbs are dimmed. It's enough light to adjust to in the darkness, but not enough to hurt the pokemon that live here too. -Trainers that would walk through here at night would be very blind without those lights Alex.- 

Well no one is getting through here for hours, or even days now Sid! Hey, at least we have half a days worth of food left. I'm starving, how about you?- Yeah, but...alright a quick snack break would be nice.

We sat down and rolled out our leaf blankets to sit on. I'm surprised they haven't started to decay yet. What did Oranguru do to these leaves anyway? I took a bite of my favorite berry so far.

Ahhh, nothing beats the spicy flavor of a cheri berry. It's soft provoking flavor that's quite addictive. -You can keep it, the Lum berry is for me. It's super hard, but when you crack it open with this rock I found, those bitter juices are mine.- Ew, you like bitter foods? -You just don't have my sense of perfection. I could go for a nanab berry right now.

Isn't that the berry you slipped on, and cost us the stealth mission back in the Lush Jungle?

-Hey, that wasn't my fault it was as dark out there as..as...as this cave we both ended up here in. if you didn't rush so fast to get out. Are you accusing me of getting us into this mess?! -If the pokeball fits.- I never been in one! 

Why are so finicky one second, and completely calm the next? You still second guess yourself about whether you made the right decision to become a wild pokemon. I didn't even get a choice.  -.....- What!? 

We didn't speak to each other for a little while. We found that we were hungrier then we thought, cause we finished all the berries. Even that mushroom that Sid ate made my mouth drool more then his ever did. I am so not about to evolve into a Gloom. 

-Alex, now is as good a time as any to talk.- About what? How I got us stuck here cause I felt like I needed to redeem myself? Who are you redeeming yourself to? Is it me? Is it that Diglett, or is it to yourself.- I, I don't know anymore Sid, I'm scared ok. There's nothing more to say.

I think your avoiding this Alex? I think your still not over it, and your still nowhere near to accepting that maybe just maybe, this is going to be who you are for the rest of your life.- Shut up! Shut up! I don't..want to..hic..deal with this. I never asked for any of this Sid. I just want things to go back to before I woke up in that log. -Do you regret meeting me too Alex?

I shook my head. NO! I shouted louder then I meant to. No, no, it's just that... -Just what Alex? That your feelings are more important. That I'm a dumb animal, and your really a human!- I winced. Is that how you really think I feel about you Sid? -You never open up about your feelings like it's some kind of taboo for you,or something. I barely let me in. Are shy with bursts of aggression, are you naturally competitive, or are you just lost and unsure of yourself? It's like your not sure of who you want to be, and I think your imposing your human ideals unto pokemon too. 

Your forgetting your not human anymore, and pokemon don't have the same culture, and taboos. Look at you right now. Look at me! None of us are wearing cloths! If you really thought of yourself as completely human, why didn't you ask Oranguru to make some cloths for you. It would have been easy for him to make you something.