Synchronization

Chapter Five: New Possibilities

James smiled softly at his beloved Pokémon. "Thanks, Kimono; I love you too. But...why did you need to meet me here to tell me that? You've told me you love me plenty of times without..." he stretched out his hands to indicate the area around them, "...all this."

She slumped. "He doesn't understand..."

The hand on her back patted her, and she looked up to Professor Oak's kind face. "So make him understand," he prompted. "You've waited a long time for this, haven't you?"

"Since I was a Kirlia," she reminded herself. "What do I do?"

"Show him your heart; isn't that what Pokémon and their trainers do toward each other?"

"You're right, but...it's scary."

"Anything worth having requires a risk," he told her as James watched them, now puzzled. "Now go ahead and show him your whole heart; No holding back this time."

She closed her eyes, looking deep into her heart, remembering...

Professor Oak smiled as he saw her chest horn begin to glow. "That's right, dear, let him see...WHOA!" he yelped, jumping away as the glow suddenly spread throughout her entire body.

"What's going on?!" James demanded as he shielded his eyes from the burst of light. "Kimono? Are you okay?!"

Eventually the light faded, and Oak was the first to see what had happened. "Oh...my...god..."

Before the men stood Kimono in what was commonly known as a 'Mega-Evolution'. As was typical for the type she had turned completely white, save for her hair. Her 'gown' had become wider and longer, and 'sleeves' had formed around the lower parts of her arms. And all of this without a Gardevoirite.

"H-How...?" Professor Oak stammered, fumbling for his cellphone.

"James..." Kimono said, her voice seeming to come from everywhere. "Professor Oak is a very wise man who told me to show you my heart. So...this is my heart, laid bare before you." She glided up to him, seeming larger than she really was due to the power she exuded. "You have said that you let your Pokémon choose the kind of relationship they want with you, is that right?"

"I-I don't think of you as property, but y-y-yeah," he stammered; he'd never seen a mega-evolved Pokémon before, let alone one of his own.

"Then I would like to change the nature of our relationship," she declared. "Jim, please marry me; I wish to be your wife."

James barely noticed the professor on his cellphone as he looked into the eyes of his partner. "W-Wife? Y-You want to b-be my wife?"

"I choose you, James Roberts," she declared using his real surname, with an interesting turn on the way the phrase was typically used.

"I...I-I..." he croaked, his breathing starting to quicken. "I've gotta go!" he yelled, bolting for the sliding glass doors, slamming into them before remembering to open them to escape.

"Jim..." she called as she reached out to his retreating form. "I love you..." Her body started to glow again and, once it faded, she was back to her 'normal' form.

After sliding his cellphone into a pocket, Professor Oak made his way over to the distressed Gardevoir and laid a hand on her shoulder. "Are you going to be okay, dear?"

"He hates me," she mourned. "He saw my heart and was disgusted by it."

"Oh, sweetheart," he said, drawing the trembling figure into a fatherly embrace. "I doubt he hates you. I think he was surprised and perhaps a little embarrassed. After all, he had no idea how you felt, right?"