The children ran back and forth, trying to catch it.
One child laughed. "Wait! Look!"
"Whoa! You have a Poké Ball!"
"Yeah! We just have to wear it down, and then we can catch it!"
"Do you have any Handheld Pokémon?"
"Uh... no..."
With the wallet in its mouth, Little Eevee tried to seize the chance to leap away.
One of the children pulled out a cup. "We just have to attack it, right?"
Throwing a cup wouldn't do too much damage, probably about as much as Tackle.
But the child innocently swung the cup.
"Ha! Now Eevee is mine!"
"Woof-!"
I ran into the hospital Cafeteria, only to see white steam rising from Little Eevee's belly as it jumped.
"Arf, woof..." Little Eevee lost its footing and fell onto a table in the Cafeteria.
Seeing the wet fur on its belly, the swelling red skin beneath, and its tightly shut eyes as it trembled, my heart pounded so hard it almost burst out of my chest.
Lend us your Swablu!
No! Let go!
Chirp-!
As though trying to send my voice back into the past,
I shouted:
"Get away!!!!!"
"Get away!!!!!"
Remembering what had happened with Little Eevee, I rushed to the Children's Ward Uncle Wang had told me about.
Tanabata was pinned to a bed, struggling nonstop. "Chirp chirp! Chirp!"
Xiao Chao and the others flailed beside it, but none dared attack the children.
Throwing all caution aside, I knocked away the child pinning Tanabata down.
I scooped Tanabata up in one arm. "Don't touch my Clefairy."
"...Chirp?" Tanabata looked at the arm wrapped around its body.
The other children fell silent.
One who couldn't read the room said, "...It's only a feather... It'll grow back..."
"Then give me your fingernail." I looked down at him.
He clenched