Chapter 77

Chapter 77

Virah woke up to the feeling of something heavy pressing up against her chest. She tilted her head downward and looked on over to her chest, and there she saw something both strange and familiar.

She opened her mouth to talk only to realize that she was now paralyzed, an attempt to shake her head followed which sadly yielded no result.

With nothing better to do, she lay there and faced the serpentine form of one of Arceus' creations, she didn't know the name of this particular Legendary, though she was familiar with its shape.

The being's serpentine body, six finger-like wings, bladed head, and crimson gaze had left an impression the first time she saw them and Virah thought they wouldn't be leaving the back of her mind anytime soon.

She and the Legendary stared at each other in silence, before the Pokemon roared and Virah flinched awake.

The poison specialist stared at the ceiling, confused and dazed, Virah raised a hand to caress her cheek, the skin felt cold to the touch, tender. Soft.

"... What was that?"

The better question, she thought, would be why was that. She wasn't sure what the Legendary was trying to say by appearing to her like it did just now and now she was confused.

Actually, was it even trying to say anything? Or did it just feel like visiting her with no ulterior motive?

Virah honestly wasn't sure.

She pushed herself out of bed and proceeded to continue with her morning routine. Virah was fully dressed and clean by the time she got out of her room, she checked her pockets for her necessities and then headed for the cafeteria.

The wait didn't take long and her breakfast, which consisted of the usual meat, protein, dairy, and bread was quickly gobbled up by her, she then went to the nursery to grab her team.

As she left, she swiped her trainer card on the scanner by the door to pay for her team's food and then left the center.

As always, she was the first to reach National Park and with both Whitney and Grene being an hour away from arriving, Virah went on to do her standard physical warm up, but not before instructing her team on what they will be doing for training.

"Jet, just leave the pile of stuff on the ground next to the bench alright?" Her Zubat nodded before flying off to start his search, "and Nitro, please watch over my bag,"

"Bee-Beedrill," Nitro patted his thorax with his drill while nodding in reassurance, "Beedrill, Beedrill,"

"Thanks, I'll count on you to keep it safe then," Virah nodded in approval before starting her morning run.

Virah noticed that it didn't take her long to leave Nitro's general vicinity and moments after that, she saw that her running speed had, for some reason, considerably increased.

Instead of feeling happy about her sudden recovery, Virah just felt confused.

That also didn't sound right, especially since Virah assumed that Poison Types resisted poison because of their biology, and also that as a whole, poison resistance mostly had nothing to do with the immune system.

'Okay so what is it then?'

Was it really because of the Legendary? Really? But why?

Virah concluded that it didn't matter, and that despite having answer for the reason behind why it would heal her, she felt more accepting of the mystery because a Legendary did it.

Really, why would she even question something like that?

Virah shook her head and got up, she was about to continue with her jog when she saw that the two trainers had still not done anything.

Curious, Virah found herself walking over to the group, one of the kids was quick to notice her and when he pointed at her, they started whispering at each other and before long, everyone around the battle court is focusing on her.

She waved in greeting, "do you two need a referee?"

"N-no?" The youngster stammered.

Virah tilted her head, "hm?" Now she was confused, "then what are you standing around for?"

"Well wanted to fight but Owen doesn't want to bet anything!" The camper pointed at the youngster, who crossed his arms in a huff.

"It's because of I didn't want Bert to lose money when he loses!" The now named Owen retorted.

"Didn't you say earlier that it was because your mother didn't give you any money yet?" A girl from the group beyond the court said, her tone laced with curiosity.

"Y-yeah but also it's because I don't want Bert to lose money! I was just bluffing! That's all!" Owen doubled down.

"Uhuh..." Virah trailed off, she shook her head, causing her pony tail to sway back and forth.

This was clearly going nowhere so she waved to the group, "well, good luck to the two of you, if you two still need a referee if I pass by again later don't be afraid to call me okay?"

Both kids- really, they were only 2 - 3 years younger than her, - nodded and Virah decided to leave them be, continuing on with her physical exercise.

She looked up and saw a familiar Zubat in the distance, she waved, and Jet quickly flew away.

Virah smiled, glad that her Pokemon was watching over her in case of a battle.