*A few months later after completing the Unova Leauge, Ash, Elena, Cilan, and Iris are now travling around just for the heck of it; but soon, something will happen to one of them and others will have to act fast before its too late...*
"Ahh~ feels good to be out on the open sea again..." says Iris. "I'd go anywhere you'd go, my love..." the drug-haired connoisseur purred in her ear. Ash then looked out to the deck and spotted a landmark. "Hey, lovebirds, we'll be arriving soon!" he called, though the other two were busy making out. He facepalms. "Now when they start to have sex... I don't wanna hear Cilan scream "WHAT?!"..." "Ash, they're both still young... they'll do it when they're ready" his girlfriend, Elena said. "True" the raven haired teen agreed. Soon, the ship arrived at the port and everyone got off. Our heroes had to do a bit of shopping but soon met up on the outskirts of town. Cilan seemed to be very fasinated by a certain tree...
"Huh... I wonder if the fruit is ripe..." he ponders to himself before reaching for a piece. "STOP!" a voice called out to him. "What? Oh sorry, is this your tree?" he asked politely. The voice belonged to an old lady and she promptly hit Cilan over the head with her cane. "Ow! What was that for?!" the teen asked rubbing his head. "You almost ate the fruit from this cursed tree!" "Cursed?" "Yeah, cursed!" "Look lady, sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't believe in curses or the afterlife. I base all my things on science." Cilan explained. "Well, you better take heed when I say don't eat from this tree! The fruit is powerful enough to awaken the spirit animal within you!" Cilan just stares at her like shes coo coo. "Riiiiiight..." he says. "Its no lie! First start to act like the animal, and eventually you turn into it, and if you don't find a cure; you'll lose all humanity!" she says, trying to get her words to sink in, but its not working. "Yeah yeah, sure... I think I hear my friends calling so good day to you, ma'am" Cilan said, as he bowed and picked the fruit from the tree, munching on it. The old lady sighed. "There goes another one... hope its not too late for him once effects start to kick in..."
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late!" Cilan called, once he spotted the others. "What took ya?" the white haired girl asked. "Some old lady held me up when I was looking over this tree that had fruit on it. She was saying things like the fruit on the tree was cursed, and some other crap about spirit animals." he explained. "I see... by the way did you eat the this fruit?" Ash asked. "Yeah, and I feel perfectly fine. I knew it was all a hoax..." Iris then came over and hugged her boyfriend. "Well, I'm glad you're here cause I have new fruit dish for you to try..." "Yum yum..." was all he said.
Soon, they all reached a nice wooded area that was right by the stream. This is where things got strange...
Cilan then looked around. "I'mma go stake out the area!" "Ok, just don't be too long!" Iris called. The green haired teen the cilmbed the nearest tree and then leapt from branch to branch with out a problem until he was at the top, and Ash notices. "Um... Cilan... I thought you were afriad to climb trees..." "I am, but I suddenly got the urge to climb one, and view is fantastic!" he called. Ash just shook his head. "Whatever floats your boat..." Elena then notices Ash is a little uneasy. "Whats wrong?" "I dunno... somethings not right with Cilan..." he responded. "What do you mean?" she asked. "He told me and Iris that he had a bad experiance cilmbing trees, and vowed never to climb another one. Now, here we are, setting up camp, and he decides to climb a tree and which such ease!" "Hmm... maybe Iris is rubbing off of him?" "I dunno, but I know Cilan doesn't seem liek himself right now..."
Ash was right and since a certain green haired chef had disappeared into the woods and hasn't returned, the raven haired teen and Iris make dinner for everyone. "I'm getting a bit worried... he hasn't come back yet..." the wild teen mutters. "Don't worry. Didn't you say he was stong? I'm sure nothing got him." Elena reassured. "Hope you're right..." Iris said, only to spot Cilan come out of the woods and head for his sleeping bag. "Cilan, there you are! Don't scare me like that!" she says, hugging him. Her boyfriend didn't respond, which had her worried. "You alright?" "I'm fine... just got a headache..." he says. "Why don't you eat something? Maybe that'll help." Iris states as she tries to pull him to the campfire. "No thanks... I already filled up on berries and fruit I found in the woods... I just wanna lie down..." Cilan said politely.
Iris then gets a sneaky idea as she picks up her boyfriend bridal style, starting him. "W-what are you doing? I can walk..." "Taking care of you, silly!" Iris says, as she rubbed noses with him. Cilan just lay there in her arms feeling greatful.
Soon, she changed him into his pajamas, which had Cilan blushing. Ash and Elena watch on, smirking at the cute scene. Iris then puts her boyfriend to bed and set a basket that was filled with Oran and Pecha berries, next to him, in case he wanted a minight snack. "Good night... " she says, as she kisses him. Cilan holds her hand not wanting to let go, and she knows whats up. "Want me to stay a little longer?" she asked, to which he nods. Iris then cuddles next to her green haired boyfriend ands starts stroking his hair lightly.
Once he was asleep, Iris went to go help the others clean up. Normaly, Cilan is a very hard sleeper, but all the clattering the other three were making had woken him up. "Hey... can you guys keep it down.. please?" he asked, shocking the others. "Uh, yeah sure... just go back to sleep now..." Ash said. Once their friend was asleep once more, Ash broke the silence. "Ok that was just too weird... hes a very heavy sleeper, yet hes sleeping far away from us and can hear the dishes when they fall..." he deduced. "That is a bit strange..." the wild teen agreed. "maybe he'll be ok by morning..." Elena said, to which the others agreed.
So after cleaning up and hitting the hay, our heroes are gonna be in for a surprise the next morning...