Did I do that?

Her eyes widened when the girl in front of her said that she had known what it’s like. Hikari wasn’t sure if the girl actually had any inkling as to what Hikari was talking about, but she seemed to be friendly at the very least.

Quickly realizing that the girl wanted nothing more than to hold a conversation, she took a deep breath. This girl didn’t seem to be a threat to her at all, and in fact, Hikari liked the girl. She seemed to have a positive demeanor that was rare for most players

Hikari folded her arms across her chest at the question. The very best? Hikari had never thought of it that way before.

“You know…. I’ve heard that phrase before,” she said calmly. “But really… does that just mean beating the League for you? I think that being the very best should mean more than that. It should mean trying to come out on top in your trainer. I think it means that you know how to take care of your Pokemon to the best of your ability and that you’ve been able to make a life for yourself here.”

  “Okay, that makes sense.” Bianca stated. “Although, I’ve always wondered... What kind of life can we make while in here? Of course, we should try to make the best of it but we might not see each other ever again. So...” Bianca paused, realizing she caught herself rambling. 

“Oh... I’m sorry. I was rambling wasn’t I?” Bianca asked Hikari. “I have a tendency to do this. This is why I haven’t made that many friends here, I keep chattering all over about stupid nonsense. Look at me now, I keep doing it.” Bianca decided to stop before she embarrassed herself anymore.

  It wasn’t that she chattered a lot, but about the things she chattered about, that turned people off. She wanted to feel the security of the truth and she felt that there was more to this world than there was to see. At first glance Bianca appeared as an optimistic girl, but she was smarter than she would give herself credit for. 

The girl asked Hikari another question and she shook her head to get rid of the thoughts she had running wild.

  “Don’t worry about it, I know what it’s like.” She said, Bianca might not have known what specific scuffles Hikari was referring to but she had had her share of spreading herself too thin. “I’m  Bianca, by the way.”  

  Bianca, feeling as if the conversation could have ended there and then, attempted to ask another question. Whenever she met a new player she was always curios to see how they were coping with their reality. Bianca, of course, accepted the truth and had realized that there was no point in imagining an ideal world out of this. Which is why she tried to make the best out of it. She was trapped in hell but there was no way that would get her down.

 She had also accepted the truth that she might be stuck here for an X number of years 

  “So, Hikari,” She began, “What type of trainer are you? If you ask me I would say that  I wanna be the very best. I’m planning to beat at least one of the leagues and gather information on how this world works.” 

Bianca smirked, and repeated, “So, what type of trainer are you?”

Turning to the girl, Hikari nodded. “Thank you,” she said in a sigh. Hikari - of course - was not easily fooled. She took notice of the way the girl studied her as if she recognized her. Hikari bit her lip, hoping that it was only because they had actually seen each other before and not from one of the Teams looking for her.

Hikari pulled out a chair across from the girl and plopped down in the seat, letting her arms fall to her sides. She looked up at the question, and then took out her Pokeballs. The nurse had seen Hikari sit in a heap and came over to collect the Pokeballs. “Thank you… I appreciate that.” The nurse simply smiled and offered her some water, leaving the two girls.

Hikari looked back to the other girl. Finally, she took a breath and leaned forward on the table, putting her hands together and interlocking her fingers. “Would you care to tell me why you’re staring?” she asked with a smirk. She didn’t want to scare the girl off, but she wanted an answer.

“Oh! I’m so sorry. I- I didn’t mean to stare!” Bianca spat out.

“It’s just that I thought I knew you from somewhere but we haven’t met before.” 

 Bianca hoped that by being honest she wouldn’t scare Hikari from befriending her. Bianca didn’t believe in lying, as there was no point in being dishonest. Although she did believe in secrets, Bianca took pride in her honest intentions. 

Team Plasma had finally managed to set Hikari up. Now ranking on their top ten most-wanted trainers, Hikari had thought she found a way into their base, but that was where she was nearly caught by N.

N… his true name still somewhere of a mystery to her, and only encountering him once, he was still an enigma to Hikari. In their first run-in, they had teamed up, but now she wasn’t sure what to make of the man with the green hair.

Following their encounter, he had sent men after Hikari as she made her escape from one of their smaller bases outside of Virbank City. She finally caught sight of a Pokemon Center and sighed in relief; surely they wouldn’t attack here in broad daylight with so many other trainers around. She dashed into the Pokemon Center, hands on her knees as she struggled to catch her breath.

“Excuse me, are you lost?”

Hikari whipped around so fast, Pokeball at the ready that she nearly slammed into the girl behind her.

“Well, if there’s any way I can help you I would be happy to.” 

 At the sight of the girl she couldn’t help but feel as if she had seen her before. Of course, Bianca had never met her but there was something awfully strange about this girl’s face. She took a second to inspect the girl’s face and make sure that she had seen her before. Bianca still couldn’t remember where from but she was sure that she had seen her face before. She didn’t say anything, though as it might have scared the girl away. 

Lucy sighed. This kid was just dense. She wasn’t just being facetious. There were signs talking about the library in the back. There was a clearly labeled staircase leading up to said library. The library was, incidentally, where the gym was located.

To be honest, Lucy was amazed the curator hadn’t dragged this kid around the museum and into the gym already. If she hadn’t decked the guy when she was there last, he probably would have done it to her. The poor asshole after her didn’t get so lucky.

“Do you see the sign over there? I meant what I said when I said to read a book,” she scoffed. “You’re gonna get crushed if you can’t even find Lenora’s gym.”

 Cress stared blankly at Lucy, he began feeling crappier. “I- I’m sorry, miss.” He didn’t think about the words he said, he had accused her without even getting to know her. He bowed again, hoping that she could forgive her. 

 “I’m so stupid!”

 Cress embarrassingly ran off to find Lenora and challenged her to a battle. The battle was harder than he expected, it was a 2-on-2, he hadn’t thought about the fact that he only had two Pokemon with him and the fact that he hadn’t slept was no help. When he came out he tried to find Lucy again, hoping to fix his mistakes.  

The joint was barely worth casing. There wasn’t anything valuable here. A couple of “Very Old” (read: unusable)  evolution stones, a skeleton so conspicuous only the very stupid would be willing to purchase it, and some useless rocks. The entire trip had been a bust. 

 “I’m sorry,” He exclaimed while bowing aggressively before her. “but I’ve been traveling nonstop and I haven’t been here in a long time... So I would appreciate an actual answer instead of unnecessary and stupid ones. ”