Nifa leaned back, content, at least for the time. The grovyle was one of the human worlds most wanted thieves, and yet, he had found sanctuary with one of the last pokemon he'd expect. celebi, the time traveling legend. He had saved her, ambushing the pair of idiot humans who had tried to catch her, and helped her recover. But, it was more than that. He had held her tiny body in his arms, sure she would die, and he could never figure out why he cared so much. Even now, he could be anywhere else, stealing, wreaking havoc on humans as he enjoyed doing so much. Instead, he was in Celebi's tree of time, doing nothing. He shook his head and stood. He had told himself a thousand times he would not get attached to the pink legend, and yet here he was. "Oh, you're nit leaving, are you?" Celebi said, zipping down from on of her many perches, tiny wings fluttering behind her. "I have to do something." Nifa said. "I can't just sit here for the rest of time." Celebi put herself in front of Nifa. "But-but-but you might get caught!" She said. "I might." Nafi said. "When has that ever stopped me before." Celebi gave him her saddest look. "But i don't want you to be caught." Celebi said. Nifa chuckled. "When has a legend ever needed to care about a lowly criminal?" He asked. "You more than just a criminal!" Celebi shouted. "Woah there Bi, sorry." Nifa said. "But what do you expect me to do?" "Take me with!" Celebi shoutEd again, for no real reason than she was excited. "You sure?" Nifa asked. "You haven't been out since..." He trailed off. He didn't object to her coming, but he also didn't want her getting hurt. Celebi paused, rubbing her arms, where burn scars were visible. "You'll be there, so i'll be alright." She said nervously. "Okay, then, come on." Nifa said. They left the same confusing way they had come in, by stepping out of a hollow that appeared to be a dozen feet off the ground to appear at the base of the tree. It was a massive, almost glowing green thing. Nifa didn't pay it mind as he walked out from under it.
Celebi did though, waving it goodbye. She turned from it, staring into the forest she had ignored for months. "What are we going to do?" She asked. Nifa responded by picking a direction at random and walking. "Explore, see the world, whatever we feel like." He said. "Cool." Celebi said, waving to a very confused staravia who was watching them. "Where are we even?" Celebi asked a few moments later. "Sinnoh, near mount cornet." Nifa said, slashing a few vines out of his way with the leaf blades on his arms. A few minutes later, they came upon thier first humans, at a cabin. A pair of trainers, crashing noisily through the forest. Nifa had already picked a path to avoid them when Celebi zoomed over to him, wrapping him in a tight, shaking embrace. Nifa nodded to himself before ducking into the nearest patch of underbrush, hidden from the world. There, he managed to pull Celebi off of him, and place her on his shoulder, whispering. "Don't worry Bi, they won't find us. You're alright, it's all okay." Celebi gave his head the same treatmen she had just given his neck, clinging to it, shaking, with wide eyes. Eventually, the trainers left, and Nifa managed to convince Celebi they weren't coming back. "You alright Bi?" He asked. "Y-yeah." Celebi said shakily. "It just brought it all back." "I can take you back." Nifa offered. Celebi vehemently shook her head. "No. I want to stay with you." She said. Nifa nodded, and then grinned to himself, remembering something she had told him once. "You remember how you wanted to go to Snowpoint to see the temple and all the mountains?" He asked. Celebi's eyes lit up. She had talked and talked about the temple and marveled over Nifa's recounts of the mountains. "Can we?" She asked. "Course we can." Nifa said. "Just for you." Celebi jumped oh him, giving him a hug that was surprisingly constricting for one so small. Nifa felt heat rush to his cheeks, but dissmissed it, or tried too. "Oh thank you!" Celebi said, "I knew there was a reason I like you!" she said, which made them both
"Not like that!" Celebi imeadietly exclaimed. "I haven't had special feelings for you since you saved-" She cut herself off, blushing furiously, which surprised Nifa, he hadn't even known she could blush. "I don't have special feelings for you." Celebi finally said. "Me neither?" Nifa said, more of a question. He had never explored the topic truth be told, for fear of what he might find. "Good, great." Celebi said, still blushing. "So no need to ever bring this up again." She said. "Unless of course, you do have special feelings." Nifa finally found his wits, and said. "I believe the words you're looking for is 'a crush'." He said. "So do you?" Celebi asked, then adding, having forgoten that she asked a simmar question earlier. "Not that it matters" Nifa went with the safest responce he could muster. "We should get moving." He said. "You're avoiding the question." Celebi said, following within earshot as Nafi began his trot through the forest. "And you're still several shades darker than normal." He called back. Celebi touched her blushing cheeks self consciously for a moment, and then shouted back. "So?" "So why are you still blushing if you don't have 'special feelings' for me?" Nifa shouted back, hoping Celebi wouldn't have a responce. "Because maybe i do!" Celebi said. Nifa managed to mistime a jump, and crashed into a tree. "I'm sorry, what?" He asked. "I didn't hear anything past maybe."
Celebi considered him for a moment. "Your cheeks are darker than they were before, so i'm going to guess it's something you wouldn't want to say again." Nifa said. "It doesn't matter." Celebi said, zooming ahead of him. "Wait!" Nifa called. "It does to me!" He sprinted after her, to find a clearing, Celebi floating in the middle, back to her normal coloration. "What are you, a slackoth?" she asked, giggling, almost a little to much. "We will talk about this later." Nifa said.  Celebi shook her head. Nifa let her lead, as he collected himself, and tried to find a way to tell her he did have 'special feelings' for her.