Pokemon Ranger: The Hero of Oblivia

You're Poison Running Through My Veins

I laughed way too loudly. "Whaaaat? No, of course not!" I said with another forced laugh that sent me reeling into another round of dry heaving. And there goes the Pecha Berry...

Kira handed me a few more. "Well, you're gonna go back to your time in a second, so here are some more. Since you've been vomiting, I suggest eating very small amounts at a time."

I nodded, happy to have narrowly avoided a bullet—

"But you're not going to get out of that so easily. You can talk to Pokemon?" Kira asked.

Shaking head. "No." Nodding. "Yeah." Stops and shrugs. "I mean... Maybe?"

Kira shook her head at me. "I'm smarter than you give me credit for, but I'll let it slide." She nodded towards Drapion. "It looks like that Drapion really likes you." She remarked.

I frowned. "Yeah, he really wants to come back with me, but I don't think that it's a—"

"Ooh! That's a great idea!" Celebi chirped. "Let's go!~"

"Wait, Celebi, DON'T—" I started, but I never got to finish because we were already engulfed by the familiar white light. Drapion had a shit eating grin on his face... I knew it without even looking at him. I closed my eyes and groaned. Too much has happened today. I just need to go to sleep and forget everything. But first, I have to shower or something.

When I opened my eyes, I was back outside of the house and the sun was just peeking over the horizon. I turned to find Celebi giving me a small wink before disappearing in the same light that brought me back here. Drapion looked around with a shocked expression on his face.

I groaned. "What am I supposed to tell Ben? 'Oh yeah, I just found him wandering around! I'm keeping him'." I snorted. "He'll definitely buy that." I sarcastically said.

Drapion gave me a shrug.

I pinched the bridge of my nose. "Okay, okay..." I began formulating a plan. "Let me go take a shower and get some clothes on and I'll tell you this plan I have. It's a shitty plan, but it'll have to do."

Welp, it's too late to go to sleep. I opened the bedroom window and slinked in and landed softly on the balls of my feet. I closed the window very slowly, flinching when it squeaked. I hastily undressed, confident that Ben wouldn't wake up. Regardless, I stripped and peeked my head into the hall. Nobody was awake still.

Grabbing my uniform and back pack, I hurried across the hall and got a towel from the linen closet and dropped Ben's now-ruined clothes into the laundry. I wrapped the towel around me closed myself in the bathroom. I put my stuff on the sink and turned on the water. I felt bad for using Leanne's shampoo and soap, but I haven't gone to the market yet to get myself any supplies.

I waited for the water to get warm before I stepped in. Oh, it felt so good... Until the water ran down onto my ankle and I fought back the urge to scream. Biting my lip, I tried my best to ignore the pain. As I tried my best to scrub myself clean, I had one thought running through my head: how the FUCK am I going to explain all of this to Ben?

I hurried and wash up, even giving my hair a quick wash, before I got out and dried off. I tried to dry my hair with a towel, but gave up and just got dressed.