The Sun & The Star - Memories (Prequel Chapter)

Family Trip

February 2nd, 1967. 10:40AM

The human had now arrived at the pokemon gym! He went to the cafeteria and bought a sandwich so he could eat it while he trained with Celosia.

He let out both his pokemon and gave them a moment to look around. "Here we are! Nichi, go have a look around and see what you want to start with. I'll be with you in a second" he said to Celosia, sending her off.

Celosia nodded and ran off to find something fun to do.

WAIT! She forgot something important!

Celosia quickly came back and gave Rufus a little kiss before going back to exploring.

Rufus blushed "Heheh...thanks Lasseh..." he said quietly. He appreciated it.

The human kneeled down and pet Rufus "Alright, Rufie. You don't have to train if you don't want to, but I at least want you to walk around a bit. Take a look around! Try and make some friends!" he suggested to him.

Rufus thought about it for a moment and nodded "I'll try...but don't go around takin' pictures of meh..." he said, still blushing.

The human smiled and gave George a kiss on the forehead "Thanks Rufie. If you need me, bark!" he said, getting up and running after Celosia, trying to catch up with her.

"Alright...here we go...time for me to get my charm on!" Rufus said, stretching his legs and walking towards a more crowded part of the gym. He seemed pretty confident in himself. He's charming enough to at least make a couple friends!

After a few minutes of searching, the human found his bug partner looking up at some flying type pokemon, who were flying through hoops and doing all sorts of amazing tricks in the air. She could barely believe that someday she would be able to do such amazing things as well.

The human looked up at the flying pokemon and back down at Celosia "Soon you'll be able to fly just like them. Looks fun, right?" He asked Celosia, trying to get her motivated.

[CI]Celosia nodded quickly. She really wanted to know what it was like! Her mother never took her flying when she was a child. She was always too paranoid that Celosia would fall off her back.

"Well, we should get started then! Come with me, Nichi" The human said, signing at Celosia to follow him.

And off to train they went...

While Cece and the human train, let's go check on Rufus!

Rufus had talked to a few pokemon, and they were just fine, but he was mostly interested in this young Alolan Vulpix named Kleo, who had a missing paw just like him. Rufus was telling her some stories from his past, as well as how he lost his own paw.

"Anyways, while I was runnin' away from those pokemin hunters, I didn't see where I was goin' and fell in this big hole. It was pretty deep, so I ended up breaking meh leg when I fell...which hurt like hell..." Rufus said, beginning to regret telling Kleo this story. "I got stuck in that hole for two day with no food or water...not even a little bit of sleep to keep meh sane! Meh wounds got infected, and everything itched and burned...I wondered how much longer I'd have to wait before I died...before my soul could be free from this torture...but then, a human in a white coat found the hole I was stuck in, and he saved meh life! Most of my wounds weren't so serious, and they healed after a couple days of treatment...but my leg was so screwed up that they couldn't save it, and they cut it off..." Rufus said, tearing up as he looked down at his stump. He wiped his tears and looked at Kleo "S-Sorry, Lass. It's just a hard storeh to tell..."

Kleo was crying her eyes out. She sniffled and let out a loud whimper before running off crying. She's definitely traumatized now.

Rufus sighed "Ah shite...I really need to stop tellin' that story to kids..." he said, laying his head on his paw. Why was he such a mess?

He had given up, and went looking for his master. He barked so he'd come looking for him as well.

The human heard Rufus calling him and got off his seat. "Nichi, stop! Rufus needs me to go get him, I'll be right back" he explained to her, walking off to get Rufus and leaving Celosia alone.

Celosia stopped what she was doing and looked at her Master. "Aww...I felt really close to evolving that time!" she said, climbing off the training dummy she was attacking. She let out a small sigh and sat down on the floor to rest for a minute.

Cece took a moment to admire her work. The training dummy she was using was covered in string, scratches and burns. It was noticeable she was getting stronger, and this made her proud.