Chapter 186 - Discovering New feelings

Itsuki watched Sabrina leave while his thoughts were getting more and more complicated. For a while, Itsuki stood there dazed, not knowing what he should do now.

"Itsuki?" Hearing the familiar voice, Itsuki snapped out of his daze and turned to his right only to see Cynthia standing. Itsuki's eyes widened in shock, he wasn't expecting Cynthia here out of all the places in the Kalos region.

"Cynthia, what are you doing here?"

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Cynthia looked at the spot where Sabrina had previously kissed Itsuki, for some reason she didn't feel good. It was as if someone was squeezing her chest tightly and making it difficult for her to breathe at all.

"I was on my way to Cyllage City Gym after winning my first Kalos badge." Itsuki noticed extra coldness in Cynthia's cold. Cynthia would only show this kind of coldness to Strangers. Itsuki didn't understand what he did to make her act cold towards him.

Without saying a second word, Cynthia began to walk away.

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"Cynthia, wait for me." Itsuki quickly followed Cynthia and caught up to her.

"What happened?" Itsuki asked in a concerned tone.

"I don't understand your question." Cynthia replied in an ice-cold tone while walking. She didn't even look at Cynthia and kept walking very fast.

Itsuki quickly moved and stood in front of her. "Did I do something that made you upset?"

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Seeing Itsuki blocking her path, Cynthia looked at his eyes. Every time she looked at his cheek, she would remember how Sabrina had kissed Itsuki, and just remembering this unpleasant memory was making Cynthia even more frustrated, irritated, and angry.

"No, you did nothing to bother me. Now stop standing in my way. I have a plane to catch." Cynthia then walked past Itsuki and without waiting for him she just walked away.

Looking at Cynthia's back, "She is definitely mad. But why?"

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On the way to the plane, Itsuki tried to talk with Cynthia multiple times. But every time she would just ignore him or just reply back in a cold tone. It was almost as if Cynthia hated seeing Itsuki's face.

After getting on the plane, since Itsuki booked the first-class seat, he couldn't sit together with Cynthia. After sitting down, Itsuki tried to sense where Cynthia was sitting on the plane. But just when he sensed Cynthia's Aura, Itsuki felt the changes in her.

"She has broken through. She now has reached Aura Guardian rank. It looks like Cynthia has been working hard."

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"Maybe she got mad at me for not noticing her." After what Sabrina did, Itsuki was so lost in his thoughts that he stopped sensing other people's Aura temporarily. This why was Itsuki couldn't tell when Cynthia approached him.

"Whatever reason it is, I should go to her and apologize." Itsuki stood up and left the first-class cabin.

Unlike Itsuki, Cynthia just booked a normal flight ticket in economy class. Sitting by the window, Cynthia was lost in thoughts. The memory of Sabrina kissing Itsuki kept repeating in her mind. Every time she watched Sabrina kiss Itsuki, Cynthia would feel suffocated.

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"Excuse me, Miss, you mind exchanging seats with me." Itsuki pointed at Cynthia who was lost looking outside the window and didn't notice Itsuki's presence.

"She is a friend of mine." The old lady who was sitting next to Cynthia narrowed her eyes in suspicion and asked.

"Boy, why do I feel that you're just trying to sit with her to just flirt?" Normally Itsuki would have dragged this conversation but right now his priority was Cynthia.

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"My seat is in the first-class cabin. If exchange places with me, you can enjoy yourself in the first-class cabin." Hearing the first-class cabin, the old lady's eyes lit up in joy. For ordinary people, First class cabin was too expensive.

The old lady immediately changed her attitude toward Itsuki. "Sure, lad. We can exchange places."

"Thank you." After changing seats, Itsuki sat next to Cynthia. Just as he seat next to her, with his heightened senses he smelled her natural body fragrance. Cynthia didn't like to wear perfume. Itsuki has to admit, that this fragrance was so addictive.

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Itsuki leaned slightly towards Cynthia. Bringing his face near her neck, Itsuki spoke in a whispering tone.

"What are you thinking so deeply?" Feeling the hot air on her neck and the voice of Itsuki near her ear, Cynthia's face flushed red.

"Whh....What are you doing here?" Cynthia asked. Itsuki noticed her flushed cheeks. This time there was no coldness in her tone.

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Seeing her flushed face, which was even rarer than seeing a legendary Pokemon, Itsuki couldn't help but smile. Cynthia's charm increased by 10 folds when she blushed and tried to keep her straight face. This side of Cynthia had the terrifying power to capture any men's heart in an instant.

Seeing that Cynthia was no longer cold to him. Itsuki asked in a sincere tone. "Cynthia, why are you angry with me? Did I really do something to upset you?"

Seeing those sincere eyes, Cynthia really couldn't show her cold side to Itsuki, especially when it was Sabrina who kissed Itsuki, not the other way around.

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Seeing Cynthia not speaking, "If you're still angry at me, then I apologize."

"There is no need for you to apologize. I had some misunderstandings before. That's all." Cynthia then leaned her head on the glass of the window and close her eyes. She needed time to think about his foreign feelings that she never felt before.

"Misunderstanding?" It was then that the Itsuki realized something.

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'Does that mean, Cynthia saw and heard my interaction with Sabrina? But why would she show her coldness.....I see....' Itsuki looked at Cynthia who now had closed her eyes.

'She also has feelings for me. But when did it happen? Every time I was with her, she showed no sign of being in love with me. Or I am misunderstanding things here.' After thinking for more than an hour, Itsuki realized that this was the only logical explanation. If she didn't have any feelings for Itsuki why would she show her jealous side to Itsuki?

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At that hour, Cynthia already had fallen asleep. Itsuki noticed this and left Cynthia's head resting on his left shoulder.

After about another hour, the plane finally landed at Cyllage City.

[Ladies and Gentlement, we have safely landed at Cyllage City airport. I would like to thank everyone on behalf of our crew for flying with us. I hope you all will choose the Fly Emirates next time as well.]

Cynthia opened her eyes hearing the noise around her.

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When she opened her eyes, she noticed that her head was resting on a shoulder.

"Did you sleep well?"

"Yes."

It was only after a whole minute passed when Cynthia realized that her head was on Itsuki's shoulder. Feeling embarrassed, she immediately moved her head. "I am sorry. I just fell asleep and the..."

"It's okay. I was also taking a nap." Itsuki purposely lied to not make her feel embarrassed.

After that, both Itsuki and Cynthia got their bags and left the airport.

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Cyllage City is a coastal city located in the western part of the Kalos region. It is also the hometown of Cyllage Gym Leader Grant who specializes in Rock-type Pokémon. Cyllage city is known to have the best Bicycle throughout the Kalos region.

Here Bicycles are very cheap and almost 70% of the population uses Bicycles in their daily life. The city is also known to have rare Rock-type items. These rare Rock-type items cannot be found in other cities. Items like Big Pearl, Hard Stone, Heart Scale, Max Ether, Max Revive, Pearl, Revive, Soft hand, and Star piece are found in this city.

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"So when did you come to the Kalos region?" Itsuki asked as Cynthia hadn't informed her arrival in the Kalos region to Itsuki yet.

"Day before yesterday. I was thinking of surprising you but wasn't expecting to meet you at the airport."

"I see. By the way, Congratulations on reaching Aura Guardian Rank."

"Even though my rank has increased, I still can't catch up to you." Cynthia showed a frustrated look. She obviously has sensed the increase in Itsuki's powers. From standing in front of him, she was getting the vibe of a powerful warrior.

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"Hahaha! I managed to reach Aura Prince 3 months ago." Seeing Itsuki speaking casually, Cynthia for a moment doubted if Itsuki was lying to her.

"So fast?"

"Yeah, it happened when I was fighting someone." Itsuki kept things related to alchemy a secret for now.

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"By the way, did you catch any new Pokemon?"

"Unfortunately no. All the Pokemon I met in the forest couldn't catch my interest. What about you?"

"I used the money I had the get some Pokemon from various regions. The reason I stayed back in Sinnoh for 3 months is to train my new Pokemon. But it will take time for my new Pokemon to reach Peak 4th or 5th order so I left them under my mother's care. They are now training under my mother's guidance."

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"It looks like we're here."

"The Cyllage City gym."

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