Half-Human

Chapter 16

Hello, after a full month! I am struggling to write now, since I'm only allowed to use my I-pad till 4pm. Like, what is that?! I would have extended this chapter, but my mum's gonna call me any minute now to bring down my stuff, so savour this chapter, because with my secondary school around the corner, and the problem of limited time, I seriously don't know what I'm gonna do. I'll just pray to the cat gods to show me some mercy.

Why did everyone have to think that we were a thing? I put my thoughts aside and turned to my Pokémon. "Alright guys, ready for the battle?"

"I'm so ready that I could eat Gimmighoul!" I cringed at Squakabilly's eagerness.

"Oi! You aren't eating me!" Gimmighoul said, hopping back into his chest.

"Aw, come on! You'd make a tasty snack anyway!"

"I'm made out of metal you dumbo! You'd choke on me!"

"Oh, on second thought, I'll just eat some leaves." I simply nod at their bickering, and we headed off into the building, and went up the stairs to the arena. Iono was busy setting up the cameras, and Arven was sat on a bench at the side. I walk over to Iono, and tap her on the shoulder.

"Hey, you made it! I'm just getting the stream set up, then we can start."

"Yeah, about that."

"Huh?" She turns away from her Rotom Phone. "What about it?"

"Well, I know that I can't stop you from streaming, but, could you do me a favour and not tell your fans about this?" 

"Bout wha..." Whilst she was wondering what I could be on about, I was allowing my body to succumb to my true form. I must have finished it quite quickly - or maybe my body was just to eager - because I cut Iono off her sentence, which she finished off after staring at me gobsmacked for what felt like an hour. "That is AWESOME! Man, that is so cool! So wait, does that mean that you're that Hisu..."

"Be quiet about it!" I whisper quietly, cutting her off exposing the truth to the air surrounding us. "It's meant to be a secret, but I kind of need to battle as well, since I'm part of my team, so... can you like, swear on your life that you won't tell anyone? Like, not your friends, not your fans, not Geeta - just no-one. But you can talk about it to the Gym Leaders below you, if you want. Just... I'm kind of running away from the law and I wouldn't like to be sold out, if that's ok with you." I force a smile, even though I don't feel it.

She looks at me with a blank face and the seconds stretch on as she decides what she'll do with her information. "Alright, Iono's got you covered!" She changes her blank face to a wide smile, and she winks at me with her left eye. She does a peace sign with her right hand, and she's on one leg. Seems like the type of thing she'd do in one of her streams.

"My lips are sealed as tight as a circuit!" She interlocks her fingers and closes her hands. "Count on your good Supercharged Streamer bud Iono to keep a secret! After all, don't want Arven to loose his chance with ya so soon!" I roll my eyes at her added on comment, but I still laugh and hold out a fist bump.

"Thanks Iono. Glad I can trust you to keep a secret." She fist bumps back.

"Alright then, we gotta figure out how I'm gonna stream your battle. I guess I could show you at the beginning of the shoot, but not show you throughout the rest of the battle and focus on the action."

"Then after the battle, the screen can go back to me at the end! You're a genius Iono! Thanks."

"No need to thank me! It's my job to entertain people and make them happy, and I'm just doing that. Alright, can start streaming in 5 minutes - I need to put on some more make-up."