I don't own Pokémon. I can claim Mountain Pass Town, Thomas, and Hannah. You know the drill. Third story in the series. Oshawott and Eevee share the spotlight with an uprising couple. Enjoy!
Pidove: (reading loudly from a cue card) DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT SUPERDAIKENKI'S MYSTERY DUNGEON STORY! A PMD STORY WITH ORIGINALITY!
That was great, Pidove. A little quieter next time. Please?
Pidove: (salutes) No promises!
Chapter 1: Confessing the Crush
Welcome to the world of Mystery Dungeon! This is the land of talking, society-forming Pokémon. In the mountain range town of Mountain Pass Town, there was a Guild: the Poké Pals Guild. Run by Team Poké Pals, it housed many apprentice Pokémon. Who were these Pokémon? Well, the Guild's apprentices consisted of: Excadrill, Minccino, Spoink, Azurill, Tepig, Pidove, Snivy, Marill, Pachirisu, and everyone's favorite Pokémon couple, Oshawott and Eevee. Together, Oshawott and Eevee had faced many hardships, but together, they always came out on top. However, in the Guild, a new love was about to blossom.
"Okay, everyone! Dinner is ready!" Spoink announced.
"ALRIGHT!" the other Pokémon cheered.
"Let's go, Eevee," Oshawott said to his true love. Eevee nodded in response and the twosome went into the mess hall; tails entwined and hearts in sync. They were so deeply in love and so adorable. Everyone else went in. Oshawott and Eevee sat down next to each other.
Marill sat down. To his left was Azurill, and to his right, an uncharacteristically quiet Pachirisu. She managed to find her voice and greet, "H-hi, Marill."
"Hey, Pachirisu!" Marill greeted with a smile. Pachirisu blushed and smiled shyly.
"I wonder what's gotten into Pachirisu," Excadrill whispered to Spoink.
"Maybe she's sick," Spoink whispered back.
Pachirisu, not hearing the whispers, giggled nervously and held her enormous (relative to body mass), fluffy tail in her paws.
Meanwhile, down the table, Oshawott had split a Pecha Berry perfectly in half. Eevee commented on that, saying, "How you cut these berries so perfectly, I will never know. You're so skilled!"
"Why, thank you," Oshawott chuckled and kissed Eevee's nose.
"Ahem!" Chimchar, Guild Master Piplup's right hand Pokémon, cleared his throat and grabbed the attention of the apprentices of the Guild. "I would just like to acknowledge the fact that it has now been three months since Darkrai's arrest!"
"Yes!" Minccino cheered.
"Yay!" Spoink agreed in cheer.
"We won't have to worry about a world of darkness for a long time," Excadrill grunted in satisfaction.
"Here, Azurill, you can have my apple," Marill gave his extra apple to his baby brother.
"Thanks, big bro!" Azurill thanked his brother joyfully.
I love how he always treats his brother so nicely and always knows what is good for him. Maybe he'll treat me like that one day, Pachirisu thought hopefully.
"Pachirisu?" Minccino called out her roommate's name.
"Are you okay?" Marill asked her with genuine concern.
"I, uh, I…" Pachirisu stuttered softly. Her blush had grown even redder. Marill was actually worried about her! He was so thoughtful. It made her squirrely little heart melt.
"Why don't you just have some of the soup I made?" Spoink suggested. Pachirisu nodded subtly and began to eat the soup.
"I have a trick I want to show everyone!" Pidove announced and hopped on the table. He ate a Blast Seed and flames started spewing out his beak. Marill hugged his brother protectively incase of an accident. As did Oshawott with Eevee. Pachirisu just hugged her tail and pretended it was Marill. When the flames died out, no Pokémon was injured in any way. To accentuate this, Pidove said, "See? No harm done!"
"I'm not hungry," Pachirisu got up and went into her room. Minccino and Eevee followed their roommate to see what was wrong. They found her cuddling with her tail and papers scattered around her hay bed.
"Pachirisu, are you okay? You've been acting weird lately," Eevee inquired, worried about her friend.
"I don't know how you do it, Eevee," Pachirisu sniffled. "Oshawott is head-over-heels, run-around-the-world-twice in love with you."
"Huh?" Eevee tilted her head.
Minccino picked up one of the papers and recited, "'Marill's voice is like a breath of fresh air'? 'Rubbery tail and an adorable smile'?"
"Have you figured it out? I have a crush on Marill," Pachirisu got to the point. "I'm lovesick. His heart is the cure."
"And you're upset because you want him to notice you," Eevee concluded. "And you've been writing poems about him?" Her roommate nodded.
"He's so good to his brother. He has a maternal instinct at such a young age. Plus, he's really cute!" Pachirisu oozed at the thought of Marill. "I'm a hopeless romantic…"
"More like hopeful! Just tell him you like him!" Minccino encouraged.
"No! I don't want to freak him out!" Pachirisu protested.
"Give him a poem," a voice said at the doorway. The three females turned around to see Oshawott and Tepig.
"Oshawott!" Eevee smiled with pure, unbridled delight.
"Hi, Tepig!" Minccino greeted joyfully.
"You should give him one of your poems," Oshawott suggested to Pachirisu.
"Y-you think so?" Pachirisu asked and looked Oshawott in the eyes. She saw that he meant it. "O-okay."
The next morning, Marill's assignment was to go into town and pick up some preordered supplies for the Guild. Pachirisu was very sneaky in following him. Then, she let herself be known. She called out, "Marill!"
Marill whirled around and saw her. He greeted, "Hey, Pachirisu!"
"Hey!" she panted as she approached him. Then, she tripped and skinned her knee. The squirrel Pokémon, unwittingly dropping one of her poems, held her knee in agony and let out a pained whimper. Marill picked her up in his arms.
"Are you alright?" Marill asked her.
"I am now," Pachirisu nodded with a light blush coming on. He's so sweet!
"Let me get you back to the Guild," Marill offered and started to carry her back to the Guild. Pachirisu's poem was scooped up by the wind and it hit Marill in the back of the head. "Huh?" He retrieved it and began to read.
Marill's voice is like a breath of fresh air
For Azurill he's always there
He has a rubbery tail and an adorable smile
He makes this life worthwhile
I wish I could say what I write
But I can't, and I cry at night
I'm lovesick, and his heart is the cure
Why can't we have a love so pure?
Take Eevee and Oshawott
They love each other a lot
To Marill I wish I could speak
But I lose my voice and feel weak
"Pachirisu, did you…?" Marill began to ask. Pachirisu was embarrassed and on the verge of tears and she scrambled out of Marill's arms and dashed to the Guild, with her crush in hot pursuit. "Pachirisu, wait!" She was long gone. He muttered to himself, "I liked the poem…"
