Aria was confused as her eyes squinted at what she thought as a Nurse of the PokéCenter and the female Indeedee in the room they were in. "Where is he?" She asked right away as she holds on the pillow with all she had. She felt she can't trust the person in the room not after what happened to her parents. She began to wail which made the Nurse(?) plug her ears.
"Miss Dainself, please calm down." The Nurse(?) said as she lowered her hands slowly approaching her. Aria, in turn, gripped the pillow positioning her left hand to throw it which made the lady stop at her tracks. "Okay, I'll stand here. I'm Doctor Lisa Sonata, Physician and one of the Gym Leaders of Gredli Town. I'm here to give you a check-up, see?"
The Doctor showed Aria a stethoscope and a clip-board having the Indeedee levitate the paperwork towards the confused teen.
"Where is he?" Aria glared at the Doctor still wary." Where is he?!"
This was going to be difficult with the patient being in hysterics it'll be difficult to finish her check-up. Doctor Lisa Sonata understood from what she found and observed on Aria. She had a fracture which was obvious the makeshift splint helped in positioning the bone somewhat to avoid further damage and ease the healing process.
'With her current mood and focus, she probably has a mild case of separation anxiety which can be fixed if the young man returned.' Lisa shivered a bit. It wasn't like she was scared of the young man from what she heard from the Nurse Joy that guided him and Nurse Harmony to the nursery was the young man was a bit hurt from her actions but did not take it offensively.
'Ah, I'm rambling in my head once more. Quite the predicament.' She made her way to the door as she turned to the confused girl and said." I'll get him here just rest."
Aria was still wary until a few minutes had passed after the Doctor left the room leaving the Indeedee to accompany her. She lay on the bed in a fetal position slowly hugging her knees. Thinking about what happened to her parents. Most people would've wanted to forget what bad things happened to them but for her, it was just spitting on what memories still lingered on her head. Slowly dozed off.
"Mama... Papa.." Sobbing as she understood her parents won't come back. She understood she was alone. She was scared. Her parents had a surprise for her since she was of age to become a trainer that morning they gave her the CTR on her left hand she was happy so happy. As she returned from school it was hell. She grunted as her head ached so much." No, Get away from them..".
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She saw them. A group of people in their living room yelling about somethings she did not understand at her parents. She saw multiple Pokémon with them. A Blue Mega Gallade with elbows out at her Father's neck, a Red Clawitzer floating behind her mother who was fighting back the tears as it crunched her arm.
One of the people had a red elongated mask similar to a Fearow's beak he tossed a Dusk ball without care and took out the Obstagoon it began smelling the air. Aria held her breath hoping the Beast of a Pokémon would not find her. Her father saw her and mouthed Run now. The Obstagoon Snarled which made her parents Gasped out "Aria. RUN!". What she saw next was horrifying the Clawitzer crushed her mother's sad smile towards her as the Gallade sliced her Father's head off his neck.
She ran.
She remembered running away from the Black and white Zigzagoons and Linoones. She remembered how she lost hope as she saw her Father's head half-way eaten. How she felt empty, How she wanted to fight even with her broken arm then she remembered the soaking wet trainer and his Aron fighting the Obstagoon and winning. She smiled as she began breathing calmly.
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Charles returned to the room with an Indeedee placing its hands above the sleeping Aria and smiled a bit. From what he heard from the Nurse Joy the doctor needed him back at their room to calm the girl down but seeing the Indeedee used what he thought as Hypnosis to calm the girl he wondered why the Doctor had not thought of having the Emotion Pokémon use the move to calm her. Camelot ran in as soon as Charles was halfway in the room and jumped on one of the chairs next to the Raveonettes bed.
Charles thanked the female Indeedee as she backed away from the sleeping girl. He sat next to Camelot who looked at the girl with what he believed to be a relief. As much as the 'System', as he liked to call it gave him an insight into nearly everything he'd like to be more organic than the general 'Player' character where they just managed to figure things out right away. He played all the Shin Megami Tensei Games on their Max Difficulty and Persona too. He liked the You die in Tartarus you have to repeat the game mechanic of P3, that is if he remembered correctly- for all he could muster from his memories was he nuzlocked every single game he played including Pokémon.
'Fucking hell, why the fuck did I agree to this world of Pokémon with real-world mechanics.' He thought to himself and chuckled a bit as he nervously ran his fingers on the sleeping girl's hair incited a small purr like sound from her.' If I didn't choose this world. I would never have been a hero and you would've probably died if I wasn't there.'
He felt happy, as twisted as this situation he is in he felt happy. He saved someone's life. A thought sparked in his feeble head.
'I can hold her hand, right?'
If there was one thing Charles was he was touch starved. In his previous life on Earth, he never held someone's hand before, much more date someone. Most of what he remembered was his parents being too busy to do the household chores and to feed themselves. So as early as seven-years-old he did the chores. It didn't bother him that much since the education system Paragon was still the traditional classroom setting with the inclusion of Holograms and teachers but when the Pandemic happened he has been mostly bombarded with school work and deadlines that he was running on fumes with only an hour of sleep to finish all the tasks at home. He was never praised as a child, hell he can't remember one time his parents said something good about him. UGH,
Fucking hell was he really that desperate? He shook his head and decided to focus on her facial features.
Her hair was actually midnight-black which flowed over her shoulders, it glistened from the lone light from the lamp beside her bed. She had a button nose that Charles found cute. She began to shiver which Charles replied with covering her form with a blanket. He yawned and so did Camelot albeit he was more of a squeak.
Charles looked at his CTR and realized he doesn't even know how the fuck it works. He prompted [Examine Cross-Transceiver?].
He was either lucky or unlucky that the CTR worked similar to a touchscreen smartphone. Luckily it meant it probably was easy to handle. Unlucky because even if the said device was easy to handle he was not use to it. Back on Earth, yet again, Samsung, Google, Apple, and other phone transferred to Holo-lens similar to contact lenses, they were water-proof and would never dry your eyes. Said Devices were voice-activated and eye-tracking. Fucking hell.
'I'll probably wait for Aria to wake up.' He sighed in defeat then weakly chuckled. 'Looks like I'm depending on you as soon as you wake up.'
He stood up and made his way to the other bed. It was a super single-sized bed on a wooden frame, had white sheets, and a blue blanket similar to Aria's. The Pillow was funnily a King-size one. He tested the weight of the whole bed. Charles deduced it was around twenty-five to thirty kilograms tops. He looked over the room and found some pieces of paper and placed two of them under the legs of the left side. He began to carefully pull the bed closer to Aria and stopped when he reached the chair's side. enough to not spook the girl too much. He hoped as he positioned the chair to face the door of the room of which Camelot claimed the fluffy chair as it's a bed. With that Charles ran his fingers on Aria's hair once more and patted Camelot as he said his goodnights then drifted off to sleep.
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"Wakey, waaaaakeey!"
Oh For Fuck's sake let me sleep!
"Wake up or I'll bitch slap you awake."
Try me, bitch! I want to sle- BAM
"THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" Charles sat up expected to see someone on the side of his bed only to wake up in the patch of grass within the Garden of Achinova. How the Hell he knew it was the Garden? Easy He was facing a Smug looking Atlea which was irritating at the same time captivating. Let a Man Sleep for fuck's sake.
" Good you're awake!" She giggled as she pats his head ruffling his hair." Your body would be rested as you wake up from this dream."
"What about my Mental self Hm? Did you think about that? HM?"
"To be fair, No." This caused Charles to snarl at the Goddess. "Chill, okay? Sheesh. I was just checking on you."
"Then why not check on me on the 'System'?" Brown eyes said snarkily. Goddess or Not No sane person would wake someone up with a Slap."Well? Why so sile-" BAM
"Have you calmed down?" Charles nodded nursing his left cheek. The Goddess huffed a bit and sat next to him." Would you want to look crazy or paranoid as I send message Prompts on your journey?"
'I didn't really think about tha-'
"You didn't really think about that, did you?" The Goddess of Creation facepalmed and sighed." You really are the personification of the Emu wars, Stupid, Rash, and did I say misguided?"
"I'm sorry, Sheesh." Charles scratched the back of his head as he faced the grass below him."I'm just-"
"Tired?"
"Yeah, I got into a Pokémon Battle right away ran as fast as I could to what I thought was Gredli town and dashed around tow looking for either a Pink or orange rooftop with a Pokéball on it."
"You could sleep," Charles, in turn, gave her a skeptical look. She raised her hands in her defense."Just not the world of dreams. You'll be sent here regardless. So rest up."
"Where Exactly?" Atlea pointed down to her lap which made Charles jump back."Stop Teasing me. You could just tell me to sleep on the grass And I'd be fine. You didn't have to-" Pomf
"Relax okay," Charles' head already on her lap underneath the shade of an Oak tree." Let me do this at least. I might have been labeled as a Trolling Goddess or a carefree one but I care still. No one knows about me, just you. So let me pamper you a bit today."
She smiled as she ran her hand on his hair simultaneously patted his head and ruffled his hair. Charles moved to face the Goddess and noticed a small smile. She had giggled as she played with his bangs.
"You are precious," She said ever so calmly Charles' eyelids slowly becoming heavier."Rest well, my little hero."
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Atlea smiled as she watched her guest sleep ever so comfortably on her lap. She pitied the young man being thrown to stress as soon as he came to the world. She wanted to tell him about the Arcäarch System she had gifted him. The world she had made for him depended on the bonds of both Pokémon and People to make them stronger, to be better but that could wait he needed his rest.
She laid his head on the patch of grass slowly and carefully putting him on the floor. Charles moved a bit and grabbed her hand.
"Such a grabby child." She laid her head next to him as the young man moved closer to basically embrace her in his sleep. The Goddess giggled and proceeded to caress his head occasionally playing with his hair as she returned the embrace." I don't mind it one bit."
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To be Continued to-