What Am I?

Carnivale de Altomare

        “Mewtwo!” Jen groaned. “Go to sleep!”

        He looked down and lifted her chin up to face him. “I will. I promise.”

        “When?” She asked, leaning closer.

        He shrugged.

        “Mewtwo.”

        He smirked again and kissed her on the forehead. He then leaned against the tree and shut his eyes.

        Jen relaxed in his arms and watched as a rabble of Butterfrees flew across the night sky. She sighed contently and began to shut her eyes, but something in the shadows caused her to freeze. She narrowed her eyes and focused on the shadows. “Someone is up…N?”

        She couldn’t risk letting N find anything out. For all he knew, Kenji was a human boy that she was dating, while Mewtwo was just a Legendary Pokemon.

        Jen looked at Mewtwo, who was resting peacefully against the tree, before attempting to float out of his arms without waking him up. His arms tightened against her slightly, pulling her back towards him. Jen glanced up to see if he had woken up, but Mewtwo was still asleep.

        “I’ll be back in a moment, Mewtwo. I promise.” She whispered to him, hoping the volume of her voice wouldn’t wake him up. Fortunately, he remained asleep, and his embrace loosened.

        Jen quietly rose to her feet and shivered. Mewtwo had been protecting her from the morning chill. She quickly kissed him on the cheek before silently walking to the edge of the pond. She took a moment to look out into the shadows on the other side. It was hard to see anything due to the small amounts of moonlight that filtered through the trees, but Jen could still sense N moving about on the other side. She reached out mentally to see if she could find out how far away he was, and how he was doing.

        Gloom and loneliness surrounded his thoughts. “I wish…he could have had more time…to fix what he had done…to be a better man…” He sounded like he was getting closer.

        Jen’s heart ached along with N’s. “I’m sorry, N.” She glanced over at Mewtwo, who was shrouded in shadows and still fast asleep. “I’ll be back in a few minutes.” She mentally promised.

        She began walking around the pond towards N’s mental thoughts. N appeared from the trees before Jen could make it to the other side. He walked to the edge of the pond where the moonlight touched the water and sat down.

        “He looks sadder than he did earlier.” Jen thought gloomily. She hurried over to his side and sat down, of course, making sure that there was a couple feet in between them just in case Mewtwo woke up. “Hey…” She said gently.

        N looked up and nodded.

        “Umm…h-how are you doing?” She asked sympathetically.

        N sighed. “I don’t know.”

        “Did Red talk to you…or uh, talk to you through his Pokemon?”

        N nodded again. “Both Latias and Red tried to comfort me, but I wanted only to be left alone.”

        Jen flinched. “Oh…does that mean you also want to be left alone now too? Because I can let you be by yourself if you want. Sorry for bothering you, N.” She said quickly. She was about to get to her feet, but N grabbed her hand.

        Jen looked at N, whose face was turned down and hidden by his hat. “Please…would you stay with me…for a little while? I would like to be with someone now.” He asked softly.