So, how is everyone doing today?
Welcome to the sequel of Tale of a Green Zangoose.This story is going to introduce a ton of new characters, just try to remember that.
Pokémon isn't mine, otherwise Ash's Pikachu and Buizel would be in a happy relationship.
Anyway...
It was a dark night in the city of Atok when all of Tandor was sleeping. I was strolling through the alleyways of the city and waiting to be relieved of my work for the day.
For those of you who don't know who I am, my name is Aladar, and I'm a twenty-two year-old Zangoose who's a part of Team Magma, a mercenary group that goes around and does jobs for people.
I've been with Team Magma ever since I was sixteen, and enjoy my work quite much.
Well, except for when I need to patrol late at night, especially in the winter.
Another important thing about me, was that I was a Zangoose with green marks instead of blue or red, and I always hid them from the public.
"Darrius, where the hell are you?" I asked to no one, crossing my arms. "It's not getting any warmer out here."
Just as I said that, a pair of black-furred hands covered my eyes, causing me to Poison Jab the person behind me.
…
"You're going to have to do better than that kid."
I immediately relaxed after hearing that voice, but he shouldn't have snuck up on me.
Taking the hands off of my eyes and turning around, I looked at the grinning Tanscure there. The normal-nuclear wolf then wrapped his arms around me, making an annoyed look appear on my face.
"Thanks for giving me a heart attack Darrius." I said to the grinning three-tailed wolf. "Didn't I tell you not to do that anymore?"
"Since when do I ever listen to you, my fluffy little kitty." He replied.
He was right though, nuclear pokemon never listen to anyone; how this guy made it into Team Magma was beyond me. Nuclear pokemon were weak against everything except for Poison and Nuclear, which made people like him a huge target in battles. On the contrary though, everything else except for Steel and Nuclear would be weak to Nuclear, so he could take a lot of people out with one shot if he was careful.
"Can I start heading back now?" I asked. "I'm getting really cold."
I will be honest though, at the moment I kinda wanted his arms around me, but for heat only!
"Come on kid." Darrius said and pushed me in the direction of the base. "Let's head back."
Finally, some good news.
Snow then began to fall.
Perfect timing.
"So, did you and Slasher fix the hole in the wall that you made?" I asked. "I'm going to be pissed if I need to sleep in a room where snow is coming in through the wall."
"I told you, just sleep in my bed with me." The wolf replied. "I'll keep you warm."
A sharp glare from me silenced him.
"But yes, we fixed the wall." He then said, and smiled again. "Do we get some sort of reward now?"
Is he serious?
"Yeah, you get a happy little Zangoose, and not one that will shed on you while you sleep." I answered.
Yup, I'm still small; I've grown a whole three inches in the last six years.
In other words: I'm twenty-two years old and I'm only five eight.
"Want me to treat you to some dinner on our way there?" Darrius asked.
"No thanks." I said. "I'm not hungry."
Right after I said that, my stomach growled loudly.
Arceus damn it…
"I think your stomach calls out your bullshit." He said and put his arm around me. "Don't worry, Slasher is meeting us there, so you don't have to think that I'm asking you out on a date or anything."
But then again, he already made an appointment, and didn't bother asking me before doing it.
Whatever.
The walk wasn't too long, and Darrius knew how to keep me entertained. The restaurant wasn't anything special considering that it was past midnight, but rather a nice place to warm up.
Taking a look around, I saw a Toxicroak waving his hand.
It was Slasher.
"Hurry up mateys!" The Poison-Fighting called. "I'm starvin' over here!"
Slasher the Toxicroak, one of the few guys in the base that doesn't hit on me, and one of my roommates.
What a great guy.
"Hey Slasher." I said as the two of us sat down. "Sorry I'm late, my shift was extended for another hour. Groudon said that there were a few sketchy people who lived in the areas that I was patrolling; it was nothing though, just a bunch of places where teenagers were having parties."
And I will not mention how shocked some of them were when I told them I was twenty-two.
A waiter then came and took our orders, leaving us to talk about what was going on in life.
"What made you think that putting a window next to my bed was a good idea?" I asked. "And you could have done it properly instead of using Gamma Ray and cutting part of my bed."
If you didn't know yet, it was Darrius who put the hole in the wall.
"I said I was sorry." The wolf pretended to whimper. "I wanted to impress you and do something nice."
The thought was nice, but the procedure wasn't.
"Give it up mate." Slasher said as our food arrived. "Aladar ain't gonna date ya, he's still goin' through internal problems."
"I am not!" I replied as a blush appeared on my face. "I just have bad history with dating, so I'm thinking about waiting."
"Come on dude," Darrius whined. "You've been single for six years, don't you think that you should start seeing people again?"
I rolled my eyes at this statement. That wolf just wants to get into my pants.
"As much as I hate to agree with Darrius, he has a point Al." Slasher spoke, interrupting my thoughts. "We're a little worried about ya."
Oh…
Thoughts of both Michael and Rotor came to my head.
Arceus, I miss them so much.
"You know, maybe you guys are right." I said with a sigh. "But the only problem is that I don't know anyone who I actually like. There's the people who are my friends, the people who just want to get into my pants, and the people who aren't even gay."
"I can think of someone!" The wolf stated. "Flare; he's experimenting with homosexuality, so I'm sure that you two would be good together."
I shook my head at that.
"Flare is already dating that Mightyena, remember?" I said. "Dusk and Flare have been doing pretty well since they got together."
I was pretty happy for them.
"Okay…" The Toxicroak said and thought for a second. "How about Windy, he respects you enough."
I sighed again.
Windy was a cool guy, but he's definitely not my type.
"Nah." I said. "Windy has been hitting on the mechanic he met a month ago, the Pikachu guy."
I think his name was Lennox.
There's no doubt about it; I'm so hopeless…
"I know!" The Tanscure suddenly said. "Cuatro!"
Cuatro?
"Hey," Slasher said, impressed by what Darrius just said. "That's actually a pretty good idea. I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier."
Hold on a second, I was missing something here…
I took a second to think as the two older males looked at me with dumb smiles on their faces.
…
Nope, I was just being left out on something.
"Care to fill me in on the details?" I asked. "I seem to be missing something important here."
"Oh yeah, you two haven't met yet." Slasher replied. "Cuatro is kinda new mate; he's a Metagross."
A Metagross? I didn't know that there were any of those guys left.
Steel-type pokemon were not really common these days. Unless they were part Rock or Bug, you didn't see them a lot.
"Cuatro is one of them people that ya'd like Al." The poison-type continued. "He's thirty-five, six foot five, a bit of a hunk, and a really caring guy."
Oh really?
"I've also seen him fight." Darrius stated. "He sparred with Benton, and the two ended up knocking each other out."
Wow… Not a lot of people can take down Benton; he's one of the best fighters in Team Magma.
I will say though, this Cuatro guy sounded pretty interesting. This guy had to be a veteran of some sort, being a new member of Team Magma and keeping up with Benton like that.
Not only that, he already sounds like Michael.
Michael…
"Well…" I finally said. "I guess I'll give him a chance."
Both of my roommates smiled.
"Hold on,"
One more thought came to my mind.
"Is Cuatro even gay?" I asked. "It would be a little weird if he wasn't."
"Kid." Slasher said and rolled his eyes. "One look at you, and he'll turn gay if he ain't already."
"And let's not forget!" Darrius added. "You are a green Zan-"
The Toxicroak grabbed the wolf's snout and forced it closed before he could finish that sentence.
Thank Arceus…
"Are ya tryin' to get Al caught?" Slasher whispered. "Ever since Tocaro got out of prison he's been searchin' for Al, and don't get me started on that new power he got."
Oh yeah, a month after I left Ray Town, Tocaro got out of prison, and there have been many Zangoose murdered in the last few years because of it. I've been hiding my green marks outside of the base ever since. The scariest part of the story is that Tocaro has obtained this new power that has put him on the top of wanted lists everywhere. I haven't seen this power, but I've seen what it could do, and it wasn't pretty.
Because Tocaro is looking for me, he's been appearing randomly in different places around the world, and that seriously bothered me.
"Sorry about that." The Nuclear-type said. "I keep forgetting that psycho is out to get our little Aladar."
"I told you to stop that." I said as I crossed my arms and blushed.
"And I told you that I'll never listen." The wolf replied.
Somehow I managed to live with this for six years.
xXOOOOOXx
After the three of us ate, we headed back to the base and immediately went to our room.
"Are you sure that you don't want to sleep with me Al?" Darrius asked.
"I'm pretty sure." I replied, looking at the patched-up wall next to my bed.
I was just about to drift into dreamland, but was stopped when there was knocking on the door.
Five bucks says it's for me.
"Not it!" Both Slasher and Darrius said at the same time.
Arceus damn it.
Getting out of bed, I opened the door and saw that Groudon was there.
"Hey boss." I groaned. "What's up?"
"Vacation time, that's what's up." He replied. "You've been working with us for six years straight, and you need to take some time off."
Was he serious, this couldn't wait until morning?
"As the new leader of Team Magma, I'm enforcing you to take some of these hours." He state with a grunt. "You have over three months of vacation time unused, give yourself a break kid."
I growled as a response.
I really hate it when people treat me like I'm a kid; I'm twenty-two for Arceus' sake!
"Why do I need to, and couldn't this have waited 'til morning?" I asked.
"I wanted to address this as soon as possible." He replied. "Use some of your hours, or you're fired."
Stupid Groudon, ever since he became the new leader, he's become less fun and more stern. I understand that he needs to take responsibility now, but he's threatening to fire me because I don't use vacation time.
Seriously, who does that?
"You work very hard Al, but you're going to stress yourself out at this rate." The red dino continued. "And you also need to find someone."
"What do you mean by find someone?" I replied.
"I'm pretty sure you know what I mean." He said and rolled his eyes. "All your friends are worried about you Al. I'm not one to question your love life, but you haven't even tried to find someone since you joined Team Magma."
I turned my head away and huffed a little.
It was way too late for me to deal with this shit.
"Who says I don't like being single?"
"That's a lie, and you damn well know it." Groudon growled. "I know you Al, and you're the type of person who need someone."
I growled again, and turned my head towards the ground-type.
"Are you saying that I need someone to support me?" I asked, insulted.
"That's not-" He was about to say, but I quickly interrupted him.
"Listen Mr. Happily Married, I joined Team Magma because everyone else rejected me. The last thing that I want is to be in a relationship, it just won't work out."
I didn't think that all of what I said was true, but I have a bunch of personal experiences where relationships went bad for me.
"Besides…" I continued. "People only like me for my looks."
Speaking of, I should probably wash off the dye on my marks before I went to bed.
Groudon then let out a huge sigh.
"Aladar, we're trying to help you, but you're not letting us." He then said. "At the rate you're living your life; you're going to end up alone and unhappy, and I don't want that for you…"
I really didn't know how to reply to that…
"You should really stop giving up on yourself Al, all of us are here to help you, but we can only help you to an extent." He continued. "I am well aware that you have problems with love."
Well, more like love has problems with me.
"But that was six years ago. You've gotten over it, but you haven't moved on yet."
Will this guy shut up already?
At the moment, I didn't really care about what was going on; I just wanted to go to sleep.
"Take what I said to heart Al." Groudon said and grabbed the door. "You're tired, you need to get away for a while."
He then closed the door, leaving me in the darkness of my room.
Better go wash off my marks.
So there you have it, chapter one.
I'm doing this new thing, and it's answering any questions that you guys have in the review section at the beginning of each new chapter (as long as it doesn't spoil the story that is). So ask along with your reviews.
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