13 Scars of War (1/2)
Arthur looked at Blue again and several scattered thoughts that swam through his cloudy mind connected with each other and formed a slightly better picture of him.
”Blue Oak ... the Gym Leader of Viridian City ... Rival of ...”, he mumbled a little when Khali interrupted him loudly,
”So you are really Blue Oak?! The Blue Oak?! The biggest Rival of Pokemon Champ Red Foster?! Gym Leader of Viridian City, victor over the infamous leader of Team Rocket Giovanni and one of the biggest war heroes of all time?!”, Khali asked again, as if he still didn't believe he was standing in front of hero like him.
”Red ... sigh ...”, Blue glanced at a picture standing on the bookshelves. It depicted two young boys and a girl, one boy with orange hair, a green jacket and dark pants, the other with brown hair, a red jacket, blue pants and a red cap, and the girl with blond hair, yellow clothes and a straw hat on. They looked happy and seemed to have fun on the picture. Sorrow escaped his eyes and he just shook his head.
”Why do people always have to compare the both of us? Haha, well, it doesn't help that his name is Red and mine is Blue. But to answer your question, yes I am that Blue Oak that you have heard about, sigh.”
Khali then looked at the missing arm at the left side of Blue's body:
”And, and that arm is that really ...”, before he could continue though, Arthur had rammed his elbow against Khali's side,
”Auuu, what's wrong with you?! That hurt?!”
”What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?! Have you flushed your manners down the toilet or what?”, Arthur responded a little baffled.
”Haha, it's ok boys don't fight over such small things ...”, he then remembered himself and Red, how they always bickered about the most uneccessary things in the past,
”people always do that, when they find out who I am, so I don't fault you for that. Ask your question, Khali.”
Khali gulped down his over-excitement a little. He might have overreacted when he saw this legendary character personally in flesh and blood:
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”Ehem, legends say that ..., eh no hehe, rumours say that you have lost your arm during the Great War when one of the hostile Pokemon bit off that arm by force, and that you still continued to fight after that!!! Is, is that true?”
”Do you want to hear the truth boy?”
Khali still excited, didn't notice anything wrong and answered faithfully:
”Yes! Please!”
”I actually got hit by hostile shrapnels and left the wound untreated. I kept fighting and fighting till ... everything was over. But by then the wound was already heavily infected and sore. It was beyond possible recovery with the medicinal standards at that time, so they had to amputate it. That's how it really happened.”
”Ohh.”, was the only response Khali had for this.