[Pokemon] Begins with an encounter

He took me to Xuehua City, but I didn't feel the joy of finally reaching the destination.And N's expression also seemed a bit sad, and the two of us kept a common silence with this subtle tacit understanding—until I proposed to go to the Dragon Spiral Tower in the north of the city.

After hearing my proposal, his expression can almost clearly show struggle and disapproval, but in the end everything returned to calm, just as calm and calm as when I first saw him.

I think, as long as this person says a word, even if he doesn't like it or won't let me go, I will back down.

But he didn't.

So I don't want to give in so silently.

To show our hearts, the two of us are like stubborn enemies at this moment, neither of us is willing to give in. ... No, I am the one who is not willing to give in. He has already given in.He didn't want me to go, but he didn't say anything.I saw his reluctance but still went.

Maybe I'm too stubborn, but I have an idea that I must go to the Dragon Spiral Tower.I have to go, I have to go, because the things I doubt can only be solved there.

I have this hunch.

N followed me to the bottom of the Dragon Spiral Tower, but stopped moving forward, but looked at me with an expression that I couldn't understand.He seemed to have something to say, but when I walked to the wooden bridge leading to the tower and entered the tower, he didn't say a word.

And I was like a bull that couldn't be pulled back, refusing to turn back.

When I walked into the tower, there was almost nothing there, except for a staircase leading to the top of the tower.

Want to step forward?I suddenly hesitated.

"—You're here." The voice was as abrupt as that person's.It was still the same boy, his eyes glowed with cold blue light, the red scarf around his neck was like jagged teeth, and his white hair gave people a cold impression instead of refreshing.

I suddenly let go of the hands clenched on my chest. "...um..." He nodded slightly, which was considered a response.

baffling.

Whether it's the appearance of this young man or my reaction to this young man, it seems that everything has become inexplicable after coming to the Dragon Spiral Tower.

...No, maybe earlier.

It started when I met Mr. Gages who had the same hair color as N in Fanba City, after the strange earthquake happened that day.

I like N, and after telling this feeling, everything seems to be contrary to my memory, but it makes me feel familiar.

It seems that something like this has happened before, and it seems that it has not happened.This kind of thought has been lingering in my heart, but every time I want to tell this kind of thought to N, after seeing his happy expression because of the elf, I lose the emotion I want to tell.

Because that person's expression of pure joy is rare.

Because it's rare for that person to show me that expression—even if it started because I gradually began to see elves.

The boy looked at me, and suddenly looked at the top of the tower.I also followed his line of sight, but I could only see the dark walls.

"Touzi, do you want to know?" The boy suddenly lowered his eyes and looked at me, saying this. "Do you want to know the answer to the things you are confused and incomprehensible?"

That boy asked me that.

So, what is my answer? "Ah, I want to know the answer." I replied without hesitation.

It is precisely because I want to know what those things have been confusing me that I have chosen to come here.

The boy nodded, and suddenly turned his back and walked forward.After walking for a while, I suddenly looked back at me, and then walked forward again.

I thought that should be the meaning for me to keep up, so I quickly avoided the boulder lying on the ground and walked towards the stairs.

The upward journey was an almost never-ending upward spiral, and during this time, the boy and I did not speak a word.

This is different from the silence between me and N.

N and I were just one who didn't know what to say, and the other who wanted to say but didn't.But with that young man, he simply had nothing to say.

It's not that I have doubts and want to ask the boy, but looking at the boy's back, I feel like I don't need to say anything.I don't need to speak, the boy can understand. ...I feel this way, with such certainty that I don't even know where I come from.

Finally, after passing a huge, turntable-like road, I finally saw a white light flashing in front of the ascending spiral.

But the boy stopped suddenly, looked down at me, and seemed to be asking.

"...Please, please tell me the answer." I hesitated for a moment, then looked at him decisively.

The boy suddenly sighed, as if he was sighing at my choice.

Suddenly, the boy's figure began to change, and finally gradually turned into a black body with a red sawtooth-like creature around its neck.

I knew the creature's name, as if from birth.

that is………

"Darkley..." I muttered the name, and the boy and the creature nodded silently.

Darkley turned his body sideways, as if beckoning me to step forward.

So this time it was he who followed me and walked into the bright light ahead with me.

In front of the eyes is the broad top of the Dragon Spiral Tower, surrounded by floating white clouds.

"...You once made such a wish." Darkley said suddenly, looking at the sky behind me, and even shocked me. "At that time, you were crying silently by yourself, and you made a wish of 'I hope there will be no elves'."

No... sprites?

I suddenly didn't understand Darkley's meaning. "Wait a minute! Aren't there elves in this world? Although there are only things I can't see..."

"wrong."

"Eh?"

I stared blankly at him, and he shook his head.

Darkrai shook his head and turned to look at me. "You promised a world without elves, so you came to a world that is completely different from the original world. ——a world that can completely reflect yours, but a different dream world."

I seem to understand, but I don't seem to understand.

"As the leader of this world, Touzi." As he said, he pointed at me. "You have the power to decide."

Decide, what do I need to decide?

I opened my eyes blankly, but felt that I couldn't see anything.

He couldn't see the elves, he couldn't see Darkrai in front of him, he couldn't see the distant sky or even this world.I seemed to have lost my vision just like that, and became dazed and unbearable.

I seem to have nothing.

No, not right.It's not that there is nothing, it's just that... I ignored it. 'That' was always there, always there, I just didn't notice it.

what is that?

——I like you more than anyone else.I like you who look at me with tenderness, I like you who treat elves so tenderly, I like you no matter what.

——But even though I like you so much, you always ignore it.Ignore ignore ignore, keep on ignoring me for the elf's sake.

——So sad, why didn’t you see me so sad?Why don't you see me who is so sad, but you can always notice the pain of the elves?

——Ah, I can't bear it anymore, I can't bear it any longer.

The words that seemed to echo from my heart crushed me over and over again with heavy feelings.

Darkrai was still watching me, awaiting my decision.

Should I stay... or return to the original world?

I think I already know the answer.

"I like that person, but that person will always ignore me because of elves." I put my hands on my chest and listened to my real answer. "... I am really sad every time this happens, but... even so, it can't be said that that person thinks elves are more important than me, right? Although I don't know what kind of thinking I chose to live before in this world…"

No, actually I do.

The feeling that remained in my heart at the end was already too heavy, and there seemed to be nothing left except the unspeakable pain.

But no, it's not like there's nothing but pain.I still have it, and the emotion I had from the beginning has always existed. "One thing, I must have never regretted it."

I like this thing about him and I must have never regretted it.

"... At that time, when you made your wish, you obviously didn't say that." Darkley said as if he couldn't agree with my words.

I rubbed my nose and just laughed. "Maybe I said something like regret? But I must have never said that I hate that person."

——I don't regret liking you.

——But I regretted,... regretted why I... failed to realize that while I was watching you, you were also watching me.

——If there are no elves...

"I remember when I thought about hating him, the world started to turmoil, and even wanted to exclude me completely. The reason why even if I was the leader..." The reason was clear from the beginning.

I like him, and always have liked him.

All he can do is see a future where I will get hurt, and I will shift my target so as not to hurt him.

So when I hate him, the world can only choose to exclude me.

"Hey, Darkrai. What I seemed to say at that time was...'If there were no elves in this world, if there were no elves, it wouldn't be so sad.' But I heard another voice at the same time." I looked looked at Darkley, but there was doubt in the eyes of the other party.

The voice spoke the opposite of that.

"The voice said... If there is no spirit, then that person will not appear, and if there is no spirit, I will not be able to meet that person." So after I refused to see the spirit, I would dream of the spirit , and in a dream that I have forgotten...

I keep repeating something.

Repeat the encounter with that person.

Everything starts with an encounter.

I was overwhelmed by the first time I got an elf, lost my way in the forest of Tangcao Town, and even separated from my own elf.I was so flustered that I could only cry at that time, but at this time...he appeared.

"If there were no elves... I wouldn't be able to meet someone I like so much." When I was speaking, I cried unconsciously, and everything in front of me became blurred.

I suddenly heard Darkrai sigh. "...if that's your choice..."

--I do not regret.

——I don’t regret the things I met that person, the things I liked about him, and the things I felt sad about.

These are my answers.

When I walked down the tower, I happened to see N standing alone outside the tower, looking up at the sky, until I heard footsteps, and then cast my gaze on me.

"...I'm back." He stepped forward, took my hand, and pulled me from the bridge.

I grabbed his hand and jumped onto the grass next to him. "Well, I'm back."

It seemed that nothing had happened before, and a lot seemed to have happened without words, the two of us just held hands like this and walked back to Snow Flower City.

——So, where are you going next?

——But no matter where I go, I want you to be by my side.

Because I like you so much.

~Fin~