《The Pokemon Nurse》 Route One Hundred Twelve ¡°Hey Brendan!¡± A girl with a red hairband on her head greeted me as I reached Route 112. ¡°Gee, Route 111 was tough.¡± ¡°Really? It didn¡¯t seem that hard to me.¡± May looked a little exasperated but quickly bounced back. ¡°Well, let me heal your Pok¨¦mon anyway.¡± ¡°Thanks, but I don¡¯t need it. The route was pretty easy and anyway, I stopped at the Old Lady¡¯s Rest Stop a short time ago.¡± May looked more exasperated than before but she was still smiling in a way I found unnerving. ¡°Well, just let me heal your Pok¨¦mon.¡± ¡°Thanks, but they¡¯re in great shape. No need to waste your potions.¡± ¡°Just let me heal them!¡± May¡¯s smile cracked and she lunged at me, reaching for my poke balls. I swatted her hand away and jumped backward simultaneously. I¡¯m not going to let a deranged girl get my Pok¨¦mon! May seemed to snap back to herself when I slapped her hand. ¡°Brendan¡­ I¡¯m sorry. I don¡¯t know what came over me¡­ I loosened my body out of the defensive pose I had taken now that she seemed to be back to normal but didn¡¯t say anything. A moment of silence passed. ¡°Brendan, can I trust you?¡± ¡°Sure.¡± May took a deep breath and began her story as she exhaled. ¡°I don¡¯t want to be a Pok¨¦mon Researcher. I want to be a Pok¨¦mon Nurse. I have wanted to be one since I was a little girl but my Dad wanted me to be a researcher like him. As soon as I got my first Pok¨¦mon at the age of five, my Dad talked about it constantly. Soon he brought me along on his expeditions. I tried to tell him that I wanted to study Pok¨¦mon Nursing but he always brushed me off. Finally, a few months ago, he sent me out to complete the Pok¨¦dex with you Brendan. So, as I¡¯ve been traveling, I¡¯ve been healing all the Pok¨¦mon I could find. That¡¯s why I wanted to treat yours Brendan. I know how much you battle.¡± Ah, so that¡¯s who it was. As I traveled, I ran into trainers who talked about the girl with the red hairband who healed their Pok¨¦mon after a match. I even ran into a few who I had battled previously who talked about the angel with the red bandana healing their Pok¨¦mon after I crushed them in battle. It¡¯s not my fault if you suck! If you¡¯re so much weaker, don¡¯t challenge someone with three badges¡ªwhich I display prominently¡ªand a fully evolved Pok¨¦mon team. Even the Ace Trainers were pushovers. I wasn¡¯t sure who they were talking about at first. ¡°Since you¡¯re such a great trainer and doing a good job at filling the Pok¨¦dex, I wanted you to talk to my father. Maybe he would listen to you. He won¡¯t listen to me and I¡¯m not sure what else to do. I¡¯m sure you know what I mean; didn¡¯t that Lisia girl drag you into contests? I know you like to battle and you told me that contests weren¡¯t your thing when you moved to Littleroot.¡± Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. Well, May was half right on that last point. I don¡¯t like contests, but Lisia is hot, so I¡¯m doing them to win her heart. I guess it¡¯s a bit different from her situation. I won several contests, but then Lisia started dating Chaz so I gave up on them. Speaking of, the broken trainers said May was a cute angel. Was May cute? I glace over her figure. I guess so. I more of saw her as a semi-decent trainer who I liked because she didn¡¯t suck like the others. She¡¯s not great but I can¡¯t fight only gym leaders so I relish any chance to fight someone decent. Hm, maybe she¡¯s cute enough to date, but I¡¯d rather date someone hot and closer to my training abilities. My mind quickly runs over the possible candidates. Roxanne¡¯s not all that pretty and she¡¯s only a first level gym leader. Winona¡¯s too old. Flannery is hot. I¡¯ve seen her picture on a poster before. She¡¯s the granddaughter of a retired Elite Four member so she has plenty of available talent and she uses fire-type Pok¨¦mon, my favorite type. She¡¯s the next gym leader I have to face. Maybe I can see if she¡¯s hot in person and if she battles well, I can ask her on a date as a prize for my victory. ¡°Brendan!¡± ¡°Huh?¡± ¡°Um, were you thinking something weird while staring off into space?¡± ¡°No.¡± May paused a moment but decided to leave it alone. ¡°So, will you help me?¡± ¡°Sure.¡± ¡°Thank you! Thank you!¡± ¡°¡­So, can I heal your Pok¨¦mon now?¡± ¡°Oh, very well.¡± ¡°Yay! I love treating well trained Pok¨¦mon!¡± After May healed my Pok¨¦mon, she set off again on her journey to heal Pok¨¦mon and learned more about being a nurse. By the way, Flannery is hot in person. She battled pretty well and I can see the raw talent, she was just too flustered since I was her first real challenge. I can have that effect on people. She lost and I got the badge and a date. Score! Oh and the thing with Birch, he didn¡¯t listen until I set my Pok¨¦mon to chasing him around his laboratory. He listened then and let May do what she wanted. Since the Joy Family has an in with the Pok¨¦mon Association and, thus, a monopoly on Pok¨¦mon Nursing, she would have to become a traveling nurse to follow her dream. He figured she could help him with his research by traveling all over and studying the Pok¨¦mon she treated.