destinedjagold
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Chapter 80
"Vixie!" I called out as I ran after her.
She was still furious, for obvious reasons, even before we started this little chase of ours. I kept on apologizing as I tried to keep up with her speedy walk. She just kept on telling me to go away.
I think she finally had enough of me, and decided to run. I could just use a Quick Attack to catch up to her, or maybe even stop her, but eh, that might not be a good idea.
Even if I already knew how to defend myself, Vixie was still far more experienced that I am. I'd be dead already if she wanted to.
Fortunately for me, she doesn't want me dead yet. "Vixie! W-wait!" Running on four paws wasn't really an easy task. I just needed to remind myself not to put too much attention on my— "Oof!" I stepped on my own paws, lost my balance, fell face first, rolled twice or thrice, and skidded to a stop on my back.
I was...kinda stunned, that I didn't even bother to care about how painful my nose was. I was just...staring at the golden sky, while gasping for breath. My heart was still racing, and my paws were kinda numb. And oh...
"O-ow..." I winced as I finally felt how painful my nose was. "Ow ow owwwowowowow..." I tried to ease the pain by grabbing my nose with both paws. I dunno if it was helping or not, but at least it was making me feel as though I was making it stop feeling less...ouchy...
I heard a flapping noise from...somewhere. It was...kinda mixed with the sound of something metal... I dunno, but it was loud, so it was obviously close by. "Need help?" a female voice asked, followed by the sound of a soft touchdown on the ground.
I turned my head and saw a freakishly tall gray bird, its black and yellow eyes curiously blinking at me. "W-wow..." I breathed out in awe, almost forgetting that my nose was still throbbing with pain. I slowly rolled back on four paws and eyed the tall bird from its big talons up to its curiously blinking eyes. "...I-I've never seen a Skarmory before..."
"Oh? But there are many of us living here up in these mountains," she said, finishing it up with a nod. "My name's Green Grey."
I nodded. ...but what kind of a name is that? Anyway... "Name's Jay."
"Odd name for an Eevee," she said, tilting her head to the side.
Gee, thank you. Glad I also said the same about your name. Oh, wait...I didn't. I sighed internally... "Yeah, I've heard many say the same thing," I shrugged. "Blame my parents for giving me that name."
She chuckled. "I like you, already."
...er...
She sighed. "If only you were a bird."
...r-right. Lucky me...
She lightly shook her head. "Anyway, I cannot help but wonder why you were chasing after that Vulpix just now..."
"You...were watching us?"
She shrugged.
Wow, didn't see that coming. Actually, I wanna see her shrug again. I didn't understand how she did it... You know, metal wings and no shoulders?
"It's hard for us to miss what you two were doing..." she turned, facing the forest a few meters away from the edge of the cliff.
...there were lots of Skarmories by the tree roots...their metallic bodies reflecting the setting sun's golden rays.
She then turned back to me, blinking. "Has something happened between the two of you?"
I sighed. "Eh... you can say that. But nothing I couldn't handle." I hope...
"Ah," she said, eyes sparkling. "Courtship woes..."
... "...beg your pardon?"
She flashed me a gentle smile. "There's no need to feign ignorance, young Jay."
...I'm twenty-freaking-three years old, you old bird! I hardly consider that as 'young.'
She then...um...sat? Yeah, I guess she sat, as she extended a wing over me, and pulled me to her side. I now know what a squished doll feels like... "It was clear that the two of you were quarrelling about something."
...then why'd you ask in the first place? And I can hardly breathe!
"Ah, young love... Such a wonderful, and very vulnerable emotion..."
"...y-yeah, it'd be...lovely...for my vul...n-nerable lungs to get...s-some wonderful air...r-right about now..."
She suddenly released me. Thank god for inventing air! "S-sorry... I often times get carried away..."
I gasped for breath as I glared at her, who was trying to smile at me sheepishly.
"But you were chasing after her, even yelling that you were sorry." She nodded. "That's one step closer of winning her back! Just keep at it!"
"...t-then I guess I'll take another course of action..."
She blinked. "...I beg your pardon?"
I shook my head. I sat down. I then sighed. "She likes me...a lot. I think. B-but...I just want us to be...friends," I explained, complete with a paw making circle patterns in the air.
She blinked. "So...you broke up with her?"
I...slowly nodded. Honestly, I can hardly call it a 'break up' if she was the only one who thought that we were a thing, while I didn't. Bleah, I'm in no mood to explain my situation...
She took a breath and sighed through her nostrils. ...do Skarmories even have nostrils? "Well, um..." She awkwardly looked eslewhere. "That's an entirely different thing than I thought... Usually, males would quickly take females who display interest."
I sighed. "I know..." I turned and stared at the sunset, which was almost completely blocked by tall mountains. "I don't want us to be...mates...b-but I don't want her to hate me, either... It's..." I took a breath. "...complicated," I breathed out.
We were quiet for a short while though. It was Green Gray who broke the silence. "Win her back."
I turned back and arched her an eyebrow. "What?"
She smiled at me. "Show her that you mean what you say. She may not be able to accept your decision now, but once you show her that you really mean it, she'll slowly begin to understand and accept it, and she will be able to move on." She then suddenly frowned at me. "But...I don't understand why you'd want to just be friends with her. I thought the males of the Eevee line hoard females..."
...am I supposed to be a 'collector' like Lithe? I violently shook my head to get rid of the growing mental image of me and... I shook my head again.
The Skarmory chuckled lightly. "S-sorry. I shouldn't have thought of you being the same."
I shivered. "J-just don't say things like that again."
She nodded. That's good enough.
I took a breath and sighed. "So, uh... Any suggestions?"
She smiled. "It's kinda like winning her over to be your mate, but, make your intentions known to her first."
...flirting her to just be friends? Yeah, that totally makes no sense... Still, I guess Pokémon ways are different than humans. And besides that, I don't have any other ideas to try and make up with her...
Winning back her friendship. Easier said than done. Then again, nothing has been really easy for me ever since I got here. Except for evolution, but eh, it's not technically mine.
Anyway, I smiled at her. "I guess I could try that." I nodded my thanks.
She returned it with a nod of her own. "Now, go and get that runaway friend of yours back."
I rolled my eyes with a smirk. "Eh, I'll do that." I stood on all four. "Thanks again! And rock on, metal bird!" I ran to the direction where Vixie took off, leaving the Skarmory to wonder what my goodbye meant. I chuckled.
She was still furious, for obvious reasons, even before we started this little chase of ours. I kept on apologizing as I tried to keep up with her speedy walk. She just kept on telling me to go away.
I think she finally had enough of me, and decided to run. I could just use a Quick Attack to catch up to her, or maybe even stop her, but eh, that might not be a good idea.
Even if I already knew how to defend myself, Vixie was still far more experienced that I am. I'd be dead already if she wanted to.
Fortunately for me, she doesn't want me dead yet. "Vixie! W-wait!" Running on four paws wasn't really an easy task. I just needed to remind myself not to put too much attention on my— "Oof!" I stepped on my own paws, lost my balance, fell face first, rolled twice or thrice, and skidded to a stop on my back.
I was...kinda stunned, that I didn't even bother to care about how painful my nose was. I was just...staring at the golden sky, while gasping for breath. My heart was still racing, and my paws were kinda numb. And oh...
"O-ow..." I winced as I finally felt how painful my nose was. "Ow ow owwwowowowow..." I tried to ease the pain by grabbing my nose with both paws. I dunno if it was helping or not, but at least it was making me feel as though I was making it stop feeling less...ouchy...
I heard a flapping noise from...somewhere. It was...kinda mixed with the sound of something metal... I dunno, but it was loud, so it was obviously close by. "Need help?" a female voice asked, followed by the sound of a soft touchdown on the ground.
I turned my head and saw a freakishly tall gray bird, its black and yellow eyes curiously blinking at me. "W-wow..." I breathed out in awe, almost forgetting that my nose was still throbbing with pain. I slowly rolled back on four paws and eyed the tall bird from its big talons up to its curiously blinking eyes. "...I-I've never seen a Skarmory before..."
"Oh? But there are many of us living here up in these mountains," she said, finishing it up with a nod. "My name's Green Grey."
I nodded. ...but what kind of a name is that? Anyway... "Name's Jay."
"Odd name for an Eevee," she said, tilting her head to the side.
Gee, thank you. Glad I also said the same about your name. Oh, wait...I didn't. I sighed internally... "Yeah, I've heard many say the same thing," I shrugged. "Blame my parents for giving me that name."
She chuckled. "I like you, already."
...er...
She sighed. "If only you were a bird."
...r-right. Lucky me...
She lightly shook her head. "Anyway, I cannot help but wonder why you were chasing after that Vulpix just now..."
"You...were watching us?"
She shrugged.
Wow, didn't see that coming. Actually, I wanna see her shrug again. I didn't understand how she did it... You know, metal wings and no shoulders?
"It's hard for us to miss what you two were doing..." she turned, facing the forest a few meters away from the edge of the cliff.
...there were lots of Skarmories by the tree roots...their metallic bodies reflecting the setting sun's golden rays.
She then turned back to me, blinking. "Has something happened between the two of you?"
I sighed. "Eh... you can say that. But nothing I couldn't handle." I hope...
"Ah," she said, eyes sparkling. "Courtship woes..."
... "...beg your pardon?"
She flashed me a gentle smile. "There's no need to feign ignorance, young Jay."
...I'm twenty-freaking-three years old, you old bird! I hardly consider that as 'young.'
She then...um...sat? Yeah, I guess she sat, as she extended a wing over me, and pulled me to her side. I now know what a squished doll feels like... "It was clear that the two of you were quarrelling about something."
...then why'd you ask in the first place? And I can hardly breathe!
"Ah, young love... Such a wonderful, and very vulnerable emotion..."
"...y-yeah, it'd be...lovely...for my vul...n-nerable lungs to get...s-some wonderful air...r-right about now..."
She suddenly released me. Thank god for inventing air! "S-sorry... I often times get carried away..."
I gasped for breath as I glared at her, who was trying to smile at me sheepishly.
"But you were chasing after her, even yelling that you were sorry." She nodded. "That's one step closer of winning her back! Just keep at it!"
"...t-then I guess I'll take another course of action..."
She blinked. "...I beg your pardon?"
I shook my head. I sat down. I then sighed. "She likes me...a lot. I think. B-but...I just want us to be...friends," I explained, complete with a paw making circle patterns in the air.
She blinked. "So...you broke up with her?"
I...slowly nodded. Honestly, I can hardly call it a 'break up' if she was the only one who thought that we were a thing, while I didn't. Bleah, I'm in no mood to explain my situation...
She took a breath and sighed through her nostrils. ...do Skarmories even have nostrils? "Well, um..." She awkwardly looked eslewhere. "That's an entirely different thing than I thought... Usually, males would quickly take females who display interest."
I sighed. "I know..." I turned and stared at the sunset, which was almost completely blocked by tall mountains. "I don't want us to be...mates...b-but I don't want her to hate me, either... It's..." I took a breath. "...complicated," I breathed out.
We were quiet for a short while though. It was Green Gray who broke the silence. "Win her back."
I turned back and arched her an eyebrow. "What?"
She smiled at me. "Show her that you mean what you say. She may not be able to accept your decision now, but once you show her that you really mean it, she'll slowly begin to understand and accept it, and she will be able to move on." She then suddenly frowned at me. "But...I don't understand why you'd want to just be friends with her. I thought the males of the Eevee line hoard females..."
...am I supposed to be a 'collector' like Lithe? I violently shook my head to get rid of the growing mental image of me and... I shook my head again.
The Skarmory chuckled lightly. "S-sorry. I shouldn't have thought of you being the same."
I shivered. "J-just don't say things like that again."
She nodded. That's good enough.
I took a breath and sighed. "So, uh... Any suggestions?"
She smiled. "It's kinda like winning her over to be your mate, but, make your intentions known to her first."
...flirting her to just be friends? Yeah, that totally makes no sense... Still, I guess Pokémon ways are different than humans. And besides that, I don't have any other ideas to try and make up with her...
Winning back her friendship. Easier said than done. Then again, nothing has been really easy for me ever since I got here. Except for evolution, but eh, it's not technically mine.
Anyway, I smiled at her. "I guess I could try that." I nodded my thanks.
She returned it with a nod of her own. "Now, go and get that runaway friend of yours back."
I rolled my eyes with a smirk. "Eh, I'll do that." I stood on all four. "Thanks again! And rock on, metal bird!" I ran to the direction where Vixie took off, leaving the Skarmory to wonder what my goodbye meant. I chuckled.