Pokémon Beyond the Blue

When Riolu woke up, it was already the next morning, and he was still in Ikki's lounge.But the others didn't know where they had gone. Only the elf was sleeping peacefully next to him.

He moved his body quietly, trying not to wake it up, slowly came to the bed, and sat up with his still aching body.

'...It seems that I was seriously injured. '

Looking at the bandages on his chest, arms, head, and appendages on the side of his head, Riolu couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Although the injury was severe, it was extremely uncomfortable to move, but luckily I could still use the waveguide, so it wasn't too bad.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and Riolu immediately looked up towards the door.

"You're awake. Do you still feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

Kirulian walked to the bed carrying a plate containing unknown powder and handed it to the surprised Riolu.

"This is medicine that helps with recovery. You can just eat it. There is no water anywhere. Lulili is still being treated. Let's make do with it."

Riolu stared blankly at Kirulian, subconsciously listening to her words and preparing to put a plate of powder into his mouth.

"No, no, no, that's not right," Riolu suddenly put the plate on the bed and looked at Kirulian carefully, "You were also seriously injured, right? Why did you reply so quickly?"

Sighing, Chilulian simply jumped on the bed and sat next to him: "You forgot, I can heal myself! It's much faster than shining that light, and all your injuries are not mine. Handled..."

After listening to her words, Riolu looked at himself. After a while, he raised his head and pointed to the bandage on his chest: "If I still look like this after being treated by you, then how seriously injured I am..."

"Fortunately, it's just like being mummified at most." Chirulian raised the plate again and handed it to his mouth, "Forget it, let me feed you. Judging from your appearance, it will take some time to recover." "

Although I really didn't want her to do it for me, the actual situation was exactly as she said. Even when I took the plate, I felt a stab of pain in my arm.

At this time, the door was opened again, and Ikki walked in with something like a CD. He immediately saw Riolu coughing in pain, and Kirulian patted his back apologetically. .

"...What's going on? Didn't it say that the situation has stabilized?"

Ikki seemed a little confused and took out a bottle of bottled water from the backpack behind him and brought it to him.

When Riolu saw the water, he ignored the pain in his body and snatched it from Ikki's hand, but he couldn't unscrew the bottle cap with his claws, so he had to give it to Ikki again.

"Really, there's no need to be so anxious, right?"

He poured water into his stomach like he was desperate, and most of the water in the bottle suddenly disappeared.

"Ou! Oulu~[got, saved~]"

Handing the water back to Ikki, Riolu breathed in the fresh air vigorously, but his wound throbbed and he fell directly onto the bed.

"So, what happened?"

Kirulian crossed her hands a little embarrassedly: "I couldn't find any water, so I asked him to eat the powder given by Miss Joy directly, but who knew he would eat it all at once, even if he just tasted the bitter taste I will never want to try it a second time..."

After listening to Kirulian's explanation, Ikki looked at Riolu with some sympathy: "Really, you can't take medicine like this."

To help him relieve himself, Ikki put Riolu's scarf on him and activated the Glitter Stone.

"Then why didn't you come back earlier? This is really baffling to me." Riolu was about to cry, and he started to do it again and looked at Ikki, "Do you know how painful that thing is!"

There were already tears in his eyes, so Ikki had no choice but to change the topic.

"I'll give this to you, although I don't know if it's useful."

Ikki threw the black box containing the CD in his hand onto the bed next to Riolu, turned around and sat on the other end.

"This is from Kalest. It contains skills teaching. You can try it. If it doesn't work, let the fire dinosaurs learn from it. Maybe it will help."

Picking up the thing, Riolu turned it around repeatedly, but couldn't see any reason for it, so he threw it aside.

"I'd better forget it. I can't use skills like this yet. Even if I imitate them, I can only do it to the extent of [a flash of lightning]... I'll tell you later..."

Ikki nodded and was about to pack his things and wait to leave here tomorrow, but before he took two steps, the door rang again.

"You must have discussed it and lined up, right?"

Riolu looked at Kirulian and Ikki with a sullen face, half-smiling.

"How is that possible? I'm just here to deliver something."

Kirulian said angrily, but her hands began to release energy to treat Riolu.

"K-Karen? What's wrong with you? Who bullied you?"

Listening to the movement at the door, Riolu could only sigh helplessly.

"Ikki, I... want to talk to you about Kalest."

We couldn't keep standing in the corridor talking like this, so Ikki had no choice but to let her into the house.

"Ah, golden Riolu."

Kallen saw Riolu's change at a glance. After all, he was the same color during the game.But Kallen, who should have been surprised, had no interest, and even her eyes were red.

"Karen, what do you want to say to me?"

Ikki pushed the chair in front of the computer behind her, and she thanked him softly, but fell silent.

“Odd~ [Doesn’t it matter if you don’t return to your original state?]”

Kirulian said in Riolu's ear, and Riolu nodded.Anyway, so many people saw it during the game, so it doesn’t matter if I come back unchanged.

"Karen, what happened?"

Ikki was a little anxious waiting, so he urged.

"...I went to talk to Kalest last night and wanted to comfort him, but it seemed that he was angry," Kallen lowered her head as she spoke, "So... he hit me."

Ikki nodded.Riolu looked a little strange at this reaction.Logically speaking, shouldn't it mean something?And what exactly is the "comfort" that Karen mentioned?Didn't he win?

Riolu felt as if he had slept for a long time, so much so that he had no idea what had happened recently.

"He told me, even though I almost beat him up at the time, but..." Ikki looked at Kallen, "I don't know and I'm not qualified to say that. Kalest is not a person who lacks ability. He probably doesn’t want you to worry about him so much, at least that’s how I feel.”

Karen raised her head, and the two tears that were not very obvious were shining brightly.

"Is that so...doesn't he want me to...help him like this?"

"No, I think he wants you to do something that you think is meaningful, instead of following him all the time and worrying about his things."

Riolu listened to his words and felt a little strange. This was not something Ikki could say.

"My own business...is this what Kalest expected?" Kallen whispered silently. After a few seconds, she stood up, "I...I'll go and think about it."

After saying that, she walked out quickly regardless of what happened to Ikki.

"Ikki, I didn't expect you to be quite capable. You already know how to comfort others."

Kirulian just finished the treatment and fell down on the bed tiredly and began to rest.Riolu also felt that his body had almost recovered, so he stood up.

"What? I just changed Kalest's words a little bit. After all, she is still his sister. I have done all I can to help. It's up to her to decide what to do." But Ikki held on with a headache. Head, "But if she keeps running towards me, that's really not a good thing."

Weakly came to the computer, Ikki straightened the chair, picked up Riolu who was strongly demanding help, and placed him on the table.

"The closing ceremony is this afternoon, I still have to go there... Really, it feels so troublesome!"

After stretching, Ikki leaned on the chair, and his hands naturally dropped to his sides, looking very unmotivated.

"So fast? Why do I feel like your game just ended and it's the closing ceremony in the blink of an eye?"

Ikki shook his head and returned to the computer again: "After entering the semi-finals, the game went very quickly. Basically, two matches can be completed in half a day, that's why it is so fast." Ikki thought for a while and continued: " I went to watch all the games, and I also met Xiaozhi. I felt that he had been hit hard and had no energy. Xiaogang and Xiaoxia were fine..."

Riolu suddenly interrupted his words with a wave of his hand, walked up to him and asked seriously: "What about you? Don't you feel disappointed?"

"...I think it's okay. It's good to be able to reach the quarterfinals by relying on luck. I feel very satisfied. But if you really want to say it, it is impossible not to be disappointed, but I still gained more things."

Listening to his answer, Riolu breathed a sigh of relief.

'It's great to think like this. Originally, I was afraid that he would be like Xiaozhi, so I thought of a lot of words to comfort him, but it seems I won't use them. '

Nodding, Riolu sat down at the table, closed his eyes and felt the hazy waveguide around him.

"Then take part in the closing ceremony in the afternoon. This is your first big competition. Even if you fail, you have to start well and end well."

"I know, so I'm adjusting my mentality."

Ikki is not a hot-blooded idiot like Xiaozhi, nor is he a reckless person, so he will receive relatively less mental shock.That's why I'm chatting with him like this.

"Okay, Ikki, just adjust your mentality. Riolu comes with me and asks Miss Joy to check you out!"

Helplessly jumping off the table, Riolu had no choice but to follow Chirulian towards the door.

"Then I'll leave for a while and you can relax."

"Well, see you later."

After closing the door gently, Riolu sighed: "I still feel unwilling..."

Chirulian turned around and looked him up and down: "Do you... think so?"

"Well, and it's not just me, but Ikki too, ah! And you too."

Riolu suddenly laughed.It was purely accidental and incidental to discover that Chirulian's waveguide was mixed with depressed emotions.

Kirulian was a little angry, but she didn't have an attack. She snorted and turned around: "I don't even feel your mood casually, and I won't do this again!"

Smiling, Riolu patted her shoulder and walked forward without saying anything.

"Really, don't let others worry so much..."

After this competition, everyone seems to have changed something, but what exactly has changed?

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"What? Changed color? I have never heard of any other elf that can change color other than a hidden dragon. How dare you lie to me? You are very brave!"

In a not-so-grand tavern, Delang suddenly crushed the wooden wine glass in his hand. With his other hand, he grabbed the collar of a Team Rocket member and lifted him up.

"I-I didn't lie to you. It's true. I saw it clearly!"

The members of Team Rocket who were lifted up shivered in fear in his big hands, and their faces began to turn blue.

"Then I'll go and see for myself tomorrow. If you dare to lie, just think about how you will spend the rest of your life!"

After saying that, Delang threw him out the door.

"Yes Yes!"

After answering twice as expected, the man quickly disappeared.

"Huh, if there really is such an elf," Delang let out a breathtaking laugh, "then you have to think carefully about how to snatch it and sell it for a lot of money, hahahaha!"