Thank God Jen was sitting down or else she probably would have collapsed to the ground from lightheadedness. That one simple word had shaken her down to her very core. Mewtwo was kidding right? He wasn’t serious…he couldn’t be serious.
Jen fell back onto the back of the bed and stared dazedly at the mattress. “B-But…my friends and Kenji…are you serious?”
“Very, Jen.” Mewtwo crawled over to her side and wrapped his arm and his tail around her. He pressed his lips to the side of her forehead and kissed her gently. “I want you.”
“Why? What am I to you? What use am I to you? Why would you need me in this world?” Jen asked as the question quickly flew out of her mouth. She was growing anxious and panicked, but she tried her best to make sure her voice was calm as she asked one last question. “Am I to be a puppet for you?”
Mewtwo’s side embrace tightened on her. “No. I would never do that to you, Jen.”
“Then why--”
Mewtwo kissed her again. This time, though, he kissed her on the side of her mouth. “Because I love you, Jen.”
The color immediately drained from Jen’s face as those words echoed in her mind. “…shit…” She began falling onto her side in her faintness and wound up leaning into Mewtwo. “…this…please no!”
Mewtwo held her closer and spoke to her in a serious tone. “The others and I will help you, but only if you promise to stay with me once your friends are rescued. You may bring your Pokemon if you have any.”
Jen stared straight ahead, open-mouthed with a distressed look on her face. “I really should have just gone to bed when he first said goodnight.” “But…Kenji--”
“I can give you so much more than any human could dream of giving you, Jen. You want to go to the Tree? Then we can leave and stay there as long as you want. In fact, it’s yours. The whole world can be yours.”
“But…I don’t want the world or the Tree, Mewtwo. I want to save my friends. I want to know that they are safe.” Jen protested.
“They will be saved. They will all be saved, but I will only speak with the others once you have agreed to stay.”
Jen shut her eyes. She didn’t want to stay in this world. It wasn’t her world! Yeah, it was beautiful and she loved being with White and the Pokemon children she befriended. Heck, as gloomy of a moment she was having right now, Jen was actually secretly relieved to be held and loved by Mewtwo again…even though he was the Mewtwo who held her heart.
She felt Mewtwo reach up and stroke the back of her head, running his fingers through her hair. Her hands formed tight fists as he began kissing her again. She didn’t want to enjoy the moment, but it wasn’t easy.
“Mewtwo--” She sighed.
“You can sleep on your decision if you want. However, the sooner you decide, the sooner your friends in your world can be saved.” He said as he planted a gentle kiss on the bridge of her nose.
“And the sooner I will be yours…” Jen slowly let her gaze meet Mewtwo’s eyes. His eyes glowed brightly in the dim, moonlit room as he looked back at her with what seemed like adoration.
Love.
“Why?”
Her chest constricted uncomfortably as she thought over the consequences of her choices. If she turned him down, then her friends may never be saved and, for all she knew, Mewtwo could have all of the facilities destroyed so no one could save her friends. However, if she agreed to his condition, she would only get to see them one last time before being brought back to this world.
Reluctantly, she made her decision.
“I want my friends and Mewtwo to be freed from Giovanni and the other Teams. I would do anything to save them…and if that means…if I must stay on this side for the rest of my life, then so be it…” “Help me save my friends…and I will be yours.” Jen said almost inaudibly.
Mewtwo grinned, but Jen looked down before she could see his smile. She didn’t want to look at him. If she did, if she looked upon his grinning face, then she would surely breakdown.
“Mewtwo…I’m sorry.”
“Jen?”
It was hard to ignore the feeling of sorrow coming from Jen, but Mewtwo was determined to make her happy again. It would be a while before she grew used to calling this world home, but she would learn to love it…just like she would learn to love him.
He lifted her onto his lap and kissed the top of her head before speaking into her hair. “I will talk with the others tomorrow.”
“T-Thank you…Mewtwo.” Jen said softly with a crackling voice.
Mewtwo cupped Jen’s chin and lifted her face up so she was looking directly at him. There tears budding in her eyes. “Don’t be sad, Mi Jen. I don’t want to see you sad.”
Jen couldn’t help it. A couple tears rolled down her face as she just stared at Mewtwo with melancholy eyes.
Mewtwo kissed her cheeks, wiping her tears away with his mouth. “I want you to be happy, Mi Jen.”
Jen grimaced as she curled up on his lap and shut her eyes. She just wanted this night to end, but she couldn’t get herself to fall asleep. She felt so comfortable in Mewtwo’s arms. “He’s not my Mewtwo.” His embrace on her was warm and familiar. “He’s not my Mewtwo.” The way he was looking at her now, kissing her the way her Mewtwo did. “He’s not my Mewtwo!”
She slowly looked up at Mewtwo and saw that he was staring down at her with concern in his eyes. “Please don’t look at me like that.” She mentally groaned as he stroked the side of her face, wiping away one last tear. “Please stop, Mewtwo.”
Mewtwo frowned. “Why? I thought you were going to let me be kind to you.”
Jen was quiet as she averted her eyes from his and stared at his chest. “I just want to go to bed.”
“Then go to sleep.” He said softly as he leaned back, cradling her closer to his chest. “We shall talk more in the morning.”
“But--”
Mewtwo kissed her gently on the bridge of her nose. “Good night, Mi Jen.” He kissed her again, this time on the lips.
This didn’t help Jen at all. Each touch, each kiss, each ‘kind act’ was breaking down her will to resist this world’s Mewtwo. Now, she was on the breaking point. “Just go to sleep. Ignore him. Sleep. Please, Jen, sleep!...He’s not my Mewtwo, but he…he’s…”
Jen began reaching up to wrap her arms around his neck, to kiss him, but she couldn’t. She wanted to. God knows she wanted to more than anything, but…he wasn’t her Mewtwo. Her Mewtwo was waiting for her back in her world. He needed her to save him and the others from Giovanni. “I’m sorry, Mewtwo.”
“Jen?” Mewtwo asked as she crawled out of his lap.
She moved to the edge of the mattress and laid down with her back to him again. She pulled her legs up close to her chest and waited for sleep to finally take her away.
The mattress shifted as Mewtwo laid down as well. Jen couldn’t tell if he was facing towards or away from her, but she didn’t let herself wonder for too long. She felt guilty for being cold to him, but she would have felt much worse if she had given into her desires for Mewtwo.
She was half asleep when she suddenly felt Mewtwo caress her arm and kiss the back of her shoulder. “Good night, Jen.”
Jen touched her arm, accidentally brushing her fingers over his. She flinched slightly at the touch, but quickly relaxed. “Good night, Mewtwo.”

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Catch Me. Save Me. (Seq. to What Am I?)
FanfictionSequel to What Am I? It has been 2 months since the events of What Am I? and Jen gone. Everyone has given up hope and accepted her death, but why is it that Mikey, a random girl from Johto, is constantly having nightmares about Jen's death?