Pokémon : Black Rising

30. Revealing Secrets

As we reached the bottom, the townspeople had gathered all around. Ol' man Woody was up front, legs trembling. He began, "I knew it! When I laid my eyes upon you, I felt the surge of power I never felt before. You are the one who helped Lugia! "

Everyone looked at me with awe. Whispers and mutters filled the air, " A boy this young? " " Is he that powerful? "

I interupted, " I have no idea what you're saying Woody. "

" You! You helped Lugia didn't you? When he crashed down from an attack from Zapdos, he revived anew. It was you! "

I tried to shrug, " Well, of course. Some potions and heals did the trick. "

" What? That's it? " someone piped up.

" Uh, yeah. Lugia was overwhelmed by the three. We used up our potions to bring him back to normal. That's all we did."

The crowd grumbled and dispersed. Only Woody remained seeming depressed. He mumbled, " But... I-I-I thought... "

I walked upto him and placed my hand on his shoulder, " I said that to avoid attention. If you promise to never tell anyone, I'll accept the fact. "

His eyes looked at me, analyzing and wet, " So it was you? "

" Like I said, I'll admit that. Just don't tell anyone. "

" V-very well, " He took his time to walk away.

Tiyana elbowed me, " Why'd you do that? We could have been treated as heroes or something. " Riolu agreed with a cry.

I smiled at her, " You both think on the short run. On the long run, Team Black may target both of us. Right now, their only concern is me. I don't want them to target you. It would be... catastrophic. "

" Oh... " she thought, " You're... right. Hey! " she barked, " What's up if they target me? "

" As I said, it would be catastrophic. "

She mumbled something under her breath and stormed to the PokeCentre. I snickered at her childishness. Actually, I meant that. If she were to get caught, there's no telling on what might happen.

The Pidgeys and Swellows cooed as the sun rose higher and higher. I yawned when I realized that I had not slept for a full day. Then fatigue dropped on my shoulders making me tired. Oh man, what a long day... (literally)

Ever heard of a guy who slept through morning? If you didn't, now you did. I woke up at five in the evening from sleeping at eight. I never thought that I would be this tired. Opening my door, the opposite one revealed Tiyana as she yawned.

I grumbled, " Mornin' "

She stretched, " As a matter of fact, it's evening. "

" I know... " I mumbled and went for breakfast, I mean, lunch, or maybe a heavy snack. Whatever that could fill my belly. She followed soon after.

I released my Pokemon allowing them to stretch and relax. I asked, " How about some ice-cream for everybody? Hot chocolate for Charmeleon. It's been a long journey right? "

The five tackled me to the floor in a hug. I laughed as they did their thing. I strolled towards the restaurant part of the PokeCentre and ordered four ice-creams and a hot chocolate. Riolu picked Rawst berry, Luxio wanted Bluk berry, Grotle had Sitrus berry and Totodile craved the Oran berry flavour. Charmeleon was glad to have the hot chocolate.

" Rai! " " Lux! " " Grotle! " "Char!" " Toto! " they called in unision and ate away the desserts.

The waiter asked, " How about some Sitrus Cake for you? "