The Mysterious Hidden {4th Place in Romance (Pokemon Watty Awards 2015)}

Chapter 3

Touko~
"Touko...Touko! Wake up!" I heard a voice call. I rubbed my eyes and stretched my arms out, yawning. "Oh, good! Come on Touko, I need to talk to you, we have to leave soon!" As I opened my eyes, I saw someone lightly touching my shoulder, and when my vision cleared, I couldn't believe what I saw: it was N!

"What are you doing?! You're still injured! Lay back down!" I cried as I motioned him to my bed, still he resisted.

"Touko, we need to find out what had happened to us, it might be important!" he explained, but I payed no attention. I noticed his face, it was normal and colorful again, his fever probably went down, but the bandage on his head had dried blood on it. I should change it, I thought. It will infect his wound. He had also taken off the bandages for his minor scratches. I only payed attention when he said, "Every Pokemon and person in Nuvema town is missing!" My face froze. My mom too?! I thought. No! I got up and started pacing my room.

"What?! No....no! That can't be! Why?! How could everyone in Nuvema town be missing?! That's impossible! Are they okay?! Where are they?!" I spat out on and on. I could't control my emotions or thoughts anymore, and everything just came out. I was scared, angry, and devastated all at the same time. N quickly limped over and hugged my neck.

"It's okay! Calm down." he assured, but I shoved him back as I shouted,

"Get off of me!" Suddenly I heard a thud behind me.

"Augh!" N cried. I turned aroud to see him leaning against the wall, wobbling on one foot, and clutching his shoulder. My emotions then turned into worry.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! Are you-"

"It's okay, I'm fine," he quickly interrupted, smiling forgivingly at me. He got up and put his arms on my shoulders, I could tell it took a lot for him to do that. "Don't worry anymore. We'll find everyone, and regain our memories as well, I promise." he whispered. I suddenly felt calmed by his soothing face and confident light blue eyes, and I nodded. As I went to walk out of the room, he purposely collapsed on me, his weight pulling me down. He smiled, his kiddish smile and complained, "Ahh... my body... it hurts so much... please, I can't support myself. Touko... help me.. please..." His face acted like he was in a lot of pain, but I could hear the sarcasm in his voice. I simply rolled my eyes; such immatureity he demonstrated! Still, he was hurt, and I could tell he was struggling to balance, so I helped him anyway. Why am I doing these things for him? Why is my body giving in to his childish acts? I wondered as I helped him down the stairs.

"You know I'm only doing this because you're really injured," I explained to him when we were downstairs. "If you weren't, I would of just pushed you right back down again with no hesitation." N laughed.

"Then I should get injured more often, eh?" he joked. I tried really hard to resist pushing him down that time. I tried to change the subject when we got outside.

"So, how did you know that everyone in Nuvema town was missing anyway?" I asked. N stared staight foward into the horizen.

"Well... you might not believe me but... I had a dream that would happen, and when I woke up and checked your window, all of the Pokemon and people were gone, the town was desolate!" he replied. Then he looked to the ground. "I also felt that all of the Pokemon's presences were missing, except for yours." I looked at my pokeballs: the whole team was still there. I sighed with relief and looked back at N. I could tell he was thinking about something, but what?