Kirlia turned to the exit where Steven had left and I grabbed a hold of her tightly. She struggled a bit, but my holding her didn't calm her down in the slightest. She screamed out his name but I'm sure it could only be heard in our heads. Her rage was growing again. I was scared. I looked at her and spoke softly, "Kirlia...You know I'm not gonna get rid of you...I would never do that...". Because she'll go on a rampage and kill everyone but thats besides the point. "I love you too much...You're my dream Pokemon Kirlia....Don't listen to a rock lover...". She was calming down slowly and I pet her head gently. I stood up straight and left the cavern with Kirlia holding my hand. Her horn glowing a bit still.
It's night time now. I leave my tent leaving Kirlia sleeping inside and I sat down in the grass outside. I tried to piece everything together. How did Steven know my Pokemon was the way that she was. It baffled me...and who says baffled anymore?! My head began to hurt. At this time I was only given one piece of the puzzle. I sighed out loud tired and exhausted. Taking care of a psychotic Pokemon is hard work.
"Can't sleep?", A voice in front of me said. I looked up and saw Kyle. I smiled a bit seeing him again.
"Is it that obvious?", I say to him as he gently sits in front of me. Behind him I can see his Gallade leaning on a tree with her arms crossed looking up at the stars. If she doesn't want to be here she can leave.
"Oh Yeah....Whenever someone is not asleep at night they can't sleep or don't want to sleep...", He leans forward a bit, "So why can't you sleep?"
I look at the tent for a small moment and I look back at Kyle and shrug, "Oh I don't know...I finally have my dream Pokemon and turns out she's EVIL!!"
Kyle chuckles a bit, "Yeah...Not all of them are good. Pokemon are like people Daniel...They have emotions, they have wants and needs, and what Kirlia wants and needs..."
"Is me?", I interrupt him.
"Oh sure ruin my dramatic heart to heart moment I'm trying to get going on"
"Heh..sorry...but I can't-"
"Take care of her because you're afraid of what will go wrong?"
"Okay, I really don't like this finishing each others sentences type thing we got going on"
"Doesn't feel too good does it?"
Gallade sighs and walks over to us, "Kyle, just give him the artifact". She said to him in our heads.
Kyle rubs the back of his head and takes off his backpack and reaches in pulling out a necklace, "When Kirlia puts on this necklace, her powers will be sealed. She will no longer go into rage mode like she's been doing lately".
He hands it over to me and I felt a rush of relief come over me, as if I found my saving grace, but then I look at him, "How did you know about Kirlia's power outbreaks?".
Kyle points with his thumb at Gallade, "I had her keep tabs on your Kirlia's powers. So whenever Kirlia had the thought of going berserk or when she did, I would know about It..."
"Have you been stalking me without actually watching me?", I say moving away from him a bit. But thats when Kyle stopped joking. He looked down, took a deep breath and looked up at me with a look of absolute seriousness.
"Daniel, if you let Kirlia go berserk more and more, the more and more closer you get towards death!", He spoke loudly. Only so much so he could make me understand the gravity of the situation, not enough to wake up any nearby Pokemon sleeping in tents perhaps. "I'm gonna tell you something that I've kept to myself and will forever hold you to your speechlessness that you'll do the same. What's going on with your Kirlia has happened once before...A long time ago...And I was there to witness it...And I'm not gonna just sit here and let history repeat itself and know that what happened to me will happen to you!", He stood up and looked down at me. I was given more pieces of the puzzle. His Gallade's horn glowing, Steven knowing about Kirlia, Kyle has experienced it all. My eyes widened with shock as the pieces started fitting in place. I quickly stood up and reached out to him.
"Kyle please!-", I cried, an attempt that had no result. His Gallade stood in front of me with her arm in front of Kyle and Kyle looked away almost as if he pitied me. Or maybe because he understood me...Understood what was happening with me and Kirlia. I try to get past Gallade but she held me back with her strength as I reached out to him, "You need to tell me what I can do, I am doing my best to keep it contained but I can't do it all on my own, please just help me!", tears were starting to form in my eyes. The sounds of desperation in my voice becoming more and more apparent. I put on this facade that I was this hero, that I was gonna take on challenges that no one else has gone through before and pull through and end up the champion like I wanted to be. I was still a kid...wanting to live a kids dream...Becoming champion and defeating evil...but I was starting to think that maybe...
"You can do it Daniel..."
Everything fell silent as Kyle said those words. I froze and looked up him calmly with tears still in my eyes. The wind blew a cool breeze that caressed me gently almost as if Kyle was controlling the wind to use it to calm me himself. He looked at me with a serious face that slowly turned into a smile. He continued speaking, "You can still be the Hero...And I believe that you can even become the Champion of the Hoenn region...You have to believe in two things Daniel". He walked over to me and Gallade moved out of the way, "You need to believe in yourself...and you need to believe in your Pokemon...You aren't alone Daniel...You have Pokemon other than Kirlia...never forget them...they may be what ends up saving you in the end...". Kyle smiled and put his hand on my shoulder. He smiled and with his other hand he held a thumbs up and I slowly smiled back and I wiped my eyes and said, "Yeah...I won't give up...".
The sun slowly rises as I wake up in the grass outside of my tent. I look at the necklace in my left hand and I hold it up against the sunlight to see it sparkle. I sit up slowly and Kirlia comes out of the tent rubbing her eyes and I hide the necklace behind my back and turn to face her. She asks me why I was outside when I fell asleep with her. I lied and told her I was out getting her a present and just fell asleep getting it. I hold out the Necklace to her and it sparkles. She smiles happily at me like I just completed her life. I put it on her and she smiles more. I smile with her. I smiled because I was relieved that she liked it...I don't know what I would've done if she didn't...
I get up and stretch and I let all of my Pokemon out and feed them breakfast which happened to be nearby berries and I point at the next gym and they all jump up excited...except for Poochyena of course. We walk towards it, ready to get my next badge.