seetheflower | ❀ 005. [ Video/Action for Goldenrod, THIS TIME FOR REAL. ]

Uuu...

[ Today, you won't get a cheerful Menma to brighten your mornings. Her expression is quite... not upset, but definitely lost. As if she hit her head somewhere and is how holding her forehead in pain. ]

This is so weird... the weirdest thing ever! [ She groans, rubbing her forehead. ] I've seen this place before, but I don't remember... it's like we came here a second time, there were more people around, and somehow I don't remember! It's frustrating! [ She puffs her cheeks for a moment. ] Maybe it was just a dream... But nevermind that, we're here in Goldenrod now!

[ Her trademark smile is back. ] Now I'm sure there are people I need to visit here! Mitsuki, Maria, Lion? Who else? I don't know where you live so can you please give me some indications? And where is the bike shop here? It's time we get bikes for real!

[ Then, as if something hit her foot suddenly. ] Ah! My other egg also hatched finally. Look what I have here! [ She moves the camera down, showing a hungry Cleffa call out to her. ] Hmmm, you're hungry, aren't you? We're gonna go to the store and buy you berries! How's that? [ She shifts the camera back to her smiling face. ] We gotta go now, but call me when you see this, ok? Bye~

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That's really as lot... you've been here a very long time, haven't you? Makes me wonder if you were a champion at one point!

Well... I have all of the Johto badges, which should technical qualify me to become a champion?

.............

[ :O ]

Why didn't you tell me that before?! Are you saying I talked with a champion the whole time?!

[ PIXIE. DREAMING. EYES. ]

... eh? W-Wait a second, don't look at me with those kind of starry eyes...! A-Aren't you overlooking a keyword in what I just said?

Waaaah, a champion! Can you write me an autograph? I promise I'll always keep it with me, and I'm not gonna argue with you from now on!

Ku...! Why does she have to look at me with such innocent and expecting eyes?! I can't handle that kind of look! Ever since I met Ojou-sama, it was always my weakness! Yet if I go along with this one, I'm setting up a scenario I can't back out of! No matter what I do, there won't be any escape from it! If I sign that autograph, it will be like making a deal with the devil in a lie I'll have to keep up as long as Menma-san is here!!

*PHEW... That was a long inner monologue... Hayate will just be letting out a sigh.*

I... I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't do that, Menma-san... My... My autograph would not really hold any worth due to my current status.

*Can't lie about this, alas!!! and that lack of arguing is so tempting.*

[ BLISSFULLY UNAWARE of the mental struggle. ] ... Eeeeh? But why? Did you lose your champion title to someone stronger than you?

[ So blunt... you're too blunt, dear. ]

*HRK... W-Wow... That would really hurt if it was accurate.*

N... No... It's more, um... It hasn't been made official yet!

*Not entirely a lie...*

It wasn't official? But you're still a champion because you won, right?

Erm, well... There are just a lot of other people here who have the qualifications! So it's going to take some time before anyone who is champion material can be confirmed.

But even if you're not officially one, you're a champion still!

--only in the loosest sense!

Still a champion!!

*S-SIGH*

I guess I have no choice but to keep on fighting 'til the end...

Keep fighting as a champion? That's awesome, Hayate-sama!

[ OH NO she's using honorifics and that's not a good thing. ]

--sama?! W-Wait a second, that's going a bit too far--

Hayate-sama Hayate-sama Hayate-sama!

[ the most mature girl in all Johto is here. ]

*aaaaaaaaaaa*

K... Ku... T-This would be really embarrassing if I wasn't friends with someone who called me that since we met...

*No that's a lie it's still embarrassing when she's saying it that much...*

That person must know that you're a cool champion then! Everyone should call you that~

--eh?! N-No! Not at all, they're a friend back home... She's just super refined and respectful... Er... Well, in some ways...

And also smart, if she sees the champion in you!

... she... hm. Yeah, in a way... That's... actually true... Considering what she needs me for most of the time.

See? I couldn't be possibly wrong!

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