Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I don’t own Pokemon. I wish I did, but I don’t.


	I rode furiously through forests and towns, villages and cities. My legs 
were killing me, but my goal would be worth it… or so I hoped. Ash was all I 
could think about, tears burning my eyes. Sometimes they were for joyous 
reasons, such as how it would feel to finally tell Ash my love and what it 
would be like to be with him. Thoughts of our possible first kiss passed 
through my mind. The very thought of me being anywhere close to Ash’s 
tender lips made my lips quiver, and I blushed. Further on, I began to think 
of something that really made me blush. I thought of us making love, and all 
the blood rushed to my head, making me unable to think or see for a little 
bit.
	Of course, sadder envisions and ideas passed through my head. I knew 
that Ash and I could never be married. The thought upset me a little. 
Though the worst was the fact that the community and churches would shun 
us, and hurtful things would be cursed our way. I began to cry much harder 
now. Could I really put Ash through that? Could I? No. He’s been through too 
much already, most of it thanks to me. I closed my eyes and hung my head in 
shame, fresh, hot tears streaming down my cheeks. I was such a bastard.
	After many hours of cursing myself and thinking of Ash, I finally 
reached the dock where I would be able to rent a boat. It was nearly noon 
and I was feeling pretty hungry. My Eevee needed some fresh air, too. I 
took one of my Pokeballs from my belt and released a small, brown and beige, 
fox-like Pokemon with a bushy tail known as Eevee.
	‘Well, Evui, wanna get some lunch?” It mewed happily at me, its big, 
navy-blue eyes sparkling at me. He somehow reminded me of Ash and I felt 
more tears coming on, though I quickly wiped them away. Evui and I walked 
over to a small café, leaving my bike outside, of course.
	The interior of the restaurant wasn’t very elegant. Shabby was more 
the word for it. I wasn’t bothered though, and took my seat next to a girl on 
one of the black, cushioned bar stools. The man at the counter took my 
order, which was herbal tea and fried rice, while Evui had Pokechow.
	“Herbal tea, huh?” said the girl who was sitting next my Pokemon and 
I. Her voice was very pretty.
	“They say when you drink herbal tea, you’re trying to relieve your 
troubles. Was something bothering you?” Her golden eyes sparkled with 
concern. They were beautiful. I seemed to notice something peculiar about 
them, though. The pupils were slit, very much like a cat’s. She was a bit 
cross-eyed, too. Her hair was a shimmering sky blue and she was well-built.  
Her dress attire was a small, really tight sky blue halter-top, and very tiny 
green shorts. She would have been just like any other girl, if it weren’t for 
the fact that she was sprouting a long, blue, bushy tail, very much like my 
Eevee’s. She had pointed blue cat ears, whiskers, and even claws and fur. I 
began to wonder if she was a Pokemon. I blushed as I looked at her. She was 
very hot.
	“Hello?” she was waving her tan, furry, blue clawed hand, er, paw in my 
face.
	“Oh! I’m sorry, not to be rude, but I couldn’t help noticing your-“ I had 
begun to say, but she cut me off.
	“Lemme guess. You couldn’t help but stare at my eyes, my fangs, my 
fur, my hair, my ears, my tail, my everything?!”
	“I don’t mean it like that!” I said, panicking. I didn’t want to insult 
someone I had just met!
	“No need to get so serious!” She said, bursting out laughing. I looked 
at her with a puzzled look on my face.
	“I was joking around with you! You’ll find that I do that a lot. I don’t 
blame you for staring at me, though,” she said
	“You don’t?”
	“Of course not. I’m just so cute!” I fell over with a sweatdrop.
	“Anyway, everybody stares at me. It’s in my race. I’m an Element 
Sprite, and obviously, my element is water and ice,” she explained.
	“Ha, ha. I see. Do you train any Pokemon?” I asked, trying to start a 
conversation.
	“Not really. I just keep them as pets. I’m so tired of having to dodge 
Pokeballs this way and that, just trying to avoid being caught! I am not a 
blasted Pokemon! But it can’t be helped when you look as I do.” She sighed 
and then looked straight into my eyes. “What’s your name, anyway?”
	“It’s Gary. Shigeru Gary Oak. What’s yours?
	“My name? Gee, even I don’t remember! It’s been so long since I’ve 
ever been asked this question. I believe that it’s Zangora. Zangora Ikari, 
that’s it! Now, it seems like something is bothering you, and the proof I have 
to back up my theory is the herbal tea you ordered,” she said as our items 
were brought to us. It turned out that Zangora had ordered the same thing 
as I did. I chuckled silently to myself at this.
	“C’mon, Shigeru! Please tell me?” she begged me. I was shocked. 
Hardly anybody called me by my first name. It was an odd but nice sensation 
being with this girl.
	“Why should I open up to you? I just met you today, after all,” I 
grinned. ‘How do I know you’re not some criminal or stalker?”
	“You can trust me, Shigeru, you’ll just have to take my word for it,” 
she replied. I had a nice feeling go throughout my body at when she said my 
name.
	“Aw, you’ve won me over. Okay, there’s someone that I’m feeling for, 
but I’ve been mean to him all my life. I’ve finally decided enough was enough 
and I was going to tell him today, but I’m afraid he might not love me the 
same way, or hate me even more for being who I am… For being bisexual,” I 
hesitated the last part. I didn’t realize that Zangora may not like me 
anymore either. I was scared to find out her reaction. I looked into her 
eyes, mine wide with tears, and said honestly, “Do you think I’m strange?”
	“Of course not, Shigeru-San. If your love rejects you, I want you to 
know that I’ll always be here for you,” she said softly in a way that made me 
feel funny again. She took my hands in hers and touched them lightly. She 
pulled me into an embrace and then kissed me lightly on the lips. I was 
frozen stiff. I didn’t know what to say, I mean, we had just met an hour or 
less ago.  I was feeling really good, and really red. Was I attracted to Zan-
Chan as I was Ash? What about her? Was she just playing around? Judging 
by the look in her eyes, somehow I didn’t think so… I took a sip from my tea. 
It was rather sweet, in my opinion. Or was it the aftertaste of Zangora’s 
kiss?
	“So, what’s bothering you, Zan-Chan?” I asked calmly.
	“Huh? What do you mean?” she asked, flattening her ears.
	“Well, you ordered tea also. Was it not you who said that tea was used 
to clear your mind of troubles, or something of that sort?”
	“Why, yes I did. Don’t tell me you believe that! I just could tell by 
your eyes something was wrong when you walked in, that’s all,” she replied.
I felt pretty dumb and embarrassed at the moment.
	“Anyway,” I continued, “What are you going to do after this?” I asked, 
picking up my chopsticks, snapping tem in half, and beginning to eat.
	“Nothing. I have nowhere to go, no family, nowhere to live, no nothing,” 
Zangora miserably said, hanging her head in sadness. Damn, now I had really 
gone and done it. An idea suddenly popped in my head and I put my arm 
around her waist.
	“What if you came with me to the Houenn Region? Would you like 
that?” I asked.
	“Shigeru, really? Are you sure? Is it really all right? How does you 
Eevee feel about it?” She said, seeming pretty excited. I turned to Evui.
	“What do you think boy? Can she come?” The little Eevee mewed 
happily and jumper on her shoulder.
	“You see to be a good person. Otherwise, Evui wouldn’t have been so 
happy otherwise. They say Pokemon have a sixth sense about these things,” I 
said knowingly.
	“Thank you, Shigeru! I love you,” she said as I was pulled into a spine-
crushing embrace. She was pretty tall, so I ended up smushed in her breasts. 
They were sort of smothering me, but I didn’t care. Her hug was warm and 
sincere. And I wouldn’t have to travel alone anymore…

Sorry this wasn’t very long either… I’ll try harder next chappy! Peace until 
then!