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[rivalkidneypunch]

"Wait here."

Two words. A simple order. It wouldn't be hard. This was a nice place. An endless plain with a clear blue sky, and a nice rock for him to soak up the sun and keep his tail out of the grass. So he watched the back of Green's head as it got smaller and smaller, then vanished completely. It tugged at his heartstrings to see his trainer go like that -- Can't I come with you? Can Nyx stay with me, at least? It won't be for long, right? -- but he had to be good. He gave Green enough trouble as it was.

But Green... he always forgave Char, no matter how many times he ignored orders or backsassed. Even when Char had hit him, even when he'd run away... he was still willing to give Char a second chance. You sure are lucky, Kerosene. Compared to all that, being alone for a little while wasn't such a big sacrifice. He'd be back as soon as Char was strong enough.

So Char waited.




And waited.




Sunrises and sunsets came and went. He bowed his small body around the flame on his tail through wind, snow, and rain. He never hungered, he never slept. Only waited.

But the horizon never changed. Nobody ever came. The wind, snow, and rain continued to come, but somehow... they weren't as cold anymore. The sun stopped being warm. The swaying of the grass in the breeze was... strangely soothing. Everything was calm and still. Slowly, Charmander curled up, bringing the feeble flame of his tail up to his nose. They'd be here soon. He just needed to rest a bit.

A final, faint sigh escaped his lips and snuffed out that dying light.

Comments

[hasmoreberets.livejournal.com]

Kero..Kerosene.....

*He..wanted to say more.. 8( He really did*

[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

Don't... don't look at me like that. I hate it when people look at me like that.

[hasmoreberets.livejournal.com]

I can't..help it.

[ghostly-nyx.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, Char. I ain't gonna leave you, either.

[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I know.


...I'd wait for you, though. If you asked me to.

[ghostly-nyx.livejournal.com]

Here's hopin' it ain't gonna come to that.

[toyboxarmy.livejournal.com]

Hm. Is this what happened, last time?

[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

...It was a daycare, not a field.

[toyboxarmy.livejournal.com]

I highly doubt your current trainer would do something like that sir, especially when he went to retrieve you when you left. I think it's safe to say that those days are behind you.

[sexy-playground.livejournal.com]

...I'd punch Green if he ever did that to you.

[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

D-don't hit him!!

[sexy-playground.livejournal.com]

I won't unless he even thinks about attempting to do this.

[umbreon-blacky.livejournal.com]

No...! He'd have come back, you should have waited. He would. He can't leave like that...

[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

I... I know he would've! You're right, I... I should've waited. I should've...

I let him down again, didn't I...?

[umbreon-blacky.livejournal.com]

I... I don't think that. It's hard to wait for such a long time. But... It still wasn't long enough. I don't know...

[tank-rockarms.livejournal.com]

Hey Char, it's alright. I had a real bad dream, too. But I guess it's just a dream, it ain't somethin' that's gonna happen.

It's just somethin' we worry about. So you work on bein' the best Charmelion (or Charmander right now I guess) you can be and I'll work at bein' the best Max I can be and we got nothin' to worry about, okay?

[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

As if I'd let some stupid dream bug me! I'll go farther than any Charmander ever did -- heck, I'll go farther than any Charizard!

[badasscopters.livejournal.com]

*Goose has never even met Green before, so he doesn't even know what's going on except that this guy left him and aaaaa did this really happen before?

For once, he actually feels bad for Char.*

Huh?

Flamebut- Char? Who was that? Why didn't he come back for you?

[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

That's Green. He's my trainer.

...He was gonna come back, you know.

[badasscopters.livejournal.com]

Really?

Then... how come he ain't coming?

[monotreme-101.livejournal.com]

*Knuckles doesn't get the Pokemon/Trainer thing at all. Though he can understand very well the idea of a duty that keeps you tied to one spot.*

For what it's worth, there's other people who'd wonder where you were at and probably come looking for you. Even if just to keep you comapny some while you did what you had to do.

[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

...Even if I'm an instigator...?

[monotreme-101.livejournal.com]

Of course. It's not as off-putting as you probably think it is, Char. Even with all that, I know you're a good guy.

[rivalrazorleaf]

Char... You know he wouldn't.

I wouldn't let him even if he tried.

[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

Yeah... yeah. I know.