Snippet #1658524

Adinitium Pokemon Center

During the whole conversation, Mike couldn't shake the feeling that Sean was angry at him, for disrupting them and forcing him on them. But that all changed when he mentioned Amy. Suddenly, Sean didn't seem so hateful but, at the same time, he gave some kind of dark, knowing presence. Maybe he knew about the crush. No, not a crush, an interest. But, was it really that easy to tell? Or was Sean just good at telling those kinds of things? Wait, shouldn't he be mad if he knew? They were together, right? Mike sighed, way too confused to even try to figure that mess of questions out.

Sean the asked him, if he wanted to join them, or something similar. Mike, politely said no but, he wasn't so sure, still trying to figure out at least of those many questions clouding his skull. Then Sean did something completely unexpected. He got up and stuck his hand out to Joshua. A handshake, perhaps? Josh, gingerly took Sean's hand and they walked out, still holding hands. And not how a mother and child would but, how two longtime lovers might. Suddenly, a lot of the questions, just got answered.

Mike stood up after they left and let out a deep sigh. Sadly, it made a lot more sense that Sean played for that team. Based off the way he acted and did somethings. Honestly though, Mike could care less about that type of thing. But, now nothing was keeping him from Amy. His face quickly redden as he thought about it and he shook his head, quickly, trying to get that idea out of his head.

Mike paced a bit, wondering what to do, when he looked down, noticing his poke balls. Feeling pretty bad about not letting Doug eat with them, he tossed the ball, releasing his Aron, and catches the ball. Doug, upon being released, looked up at his trainer, angrily. Mike sighed. "I'm sorry, ok? But I had to talk to them, without you listening." The Aron grunted and rolled his eyes. His trainer then picked up his second poke ball. "How about we meet our new teammate?" The pokemon looked at the ball and stared at it, wondering about his new pokemon. Mike chuckled at Doug's reaction. "I'll take that as a yes." And with that, he threw out the ball.

As soon as the Hoothoot was let out, he looked around, now noticing he wasn't in his usual surroundings. Mike and Doug, both, cautiously, walked over to the Hoothoot. "Hey, little guy." The pokemon jumped up, sun in the air, landed and tilted his head to the side. "Hoot?" Doug suddenly charged in and stopped, sliding a bit, their heads barely touching, once the Aron stopped. He then preceded to tap his forehead against his new comrade's, telling him who's boss. Mike ran over to them, trying to stop Doug before he did something stupid but, Hoothoot mimiced what Doug just did to him, softer so he doesn't hurt himself.

Mike and Doug, looked at each a bit surprised at how that bird reacted. Hoothoot made what was probably a smile. "Hoot, hoot!" Mike chuckled. "I think that means you want to join us." The Hoothoot hopped up and down, nodding. Doug grunted, trying to act indifferent but, Mike could tell he was happy. "But what do we call you? I mean I would prefer if you had a name..." They all thought for a moment before Mike snapped his fingers. "How about Sho? It means fly." The Hoothoot hopped up and down. "Hoot!" Doug groaned, this time completely not caring. The trainer smiled. "I'll take that a yes." And with that, the newly named, Sho jumped up, flapping its wings fast enough for him to land right on Mike's shoulder. He then looked at Sho. "You like it being high don't you?" The Hoothoot nodded. "Hoot, hoot! Hoot!" The trainer smiled again and looked at Doug, waving him on. "Come on, lets get out of here." Mike then went out of the door, Doug, grunts and follows him.

As the group left, Mike was tackled to the ground, Sho fell off his shoulder and lands on top of Doug, knocking him to the ground as fell. The trainer thought he was about to be attacked but, instead he started getting licked, all over his face. After a couple minutes, the licking slowed enough for the trainer to get a look at his "attacker"; the Houndour that they saved and had been watching. She stood over Mike, panting a bit. The pup seemed a lot better, now that she was off her bed but, her rips still stuck out and some of the bruises were still visable. It was still pretty sad, how some could be so uncaring to actually be able to cause so much harm to an innocent pokemon. Mike sighed and, gently pushed the Houndour off of him and got to his feet. Doug manages to push Sho off and stand. Sho, on the other hand, refusing to use his other foot and kept falling as he got knocked around. His trainer felt some pity for the bird and picked it up, placing him of his shoulder.

Houndour ran around the little group for a bit, wanting to play and probably even come with them but, she was still sick. The pokemon coughed once or twice as she continued her run. Mike sighed. He felt for the pup, he really did, but, when all was said and done, the Houndour still needed medical care. The trainer then stopped her from running and knelt down in front of her. "I know you want to come with us but, your still sick, and this is the best place for you to get better." The Houndour tilted her head to the side and whimpered. Mike sighed again and stared at the pup. "I'm sorry girl but, your health comes first. You can understand that, right?" She, sadly nodded. He could barely handle, looking into those sad eyes but, he had to endure, for her sake. "Hey, how about if, when I come back, if you still want to come with me, I'll let you." She barked loudly and started to run again, her strength renewed by those simple words. So, with a heavy heart, Mike left, saying bye to Nurse Joy and the Houndour.

Heading straight for the gate, he saw both, Sean and Josh leave together. Mike, without much thought ran up to catch them. "Hey! Hey, guys!" He soon caught their attentions and was able to catch up. He the bent over and panted. "S... sorry if I'm... intruding." Mike the stood up, his panting stopped. "But we are kind of going the same way and its safety in numbers." Damn it, he wasn't saying this right! "So, umm, could I please travel with you two. And if I really am a bother, we can spilt up at the next town." Mike, finished it all off with a nice, nervous smile.