Silly Pokemon AU written on the spot for a follower. I'm sorry and not sorry for the silliness.


"Komory Bat, use Double Cutter!"

With a high-pitched squeak, the bat flapped its wings hard, and two slashes of wind slammed into Sora's Pegaslick, throwing it backwards into the air before finally landing in a rough heap, wings crumpled and eyes squeezed closed.

"Pegaslick!" Sora could only watch in despair as it turned into light and sucked back into his Spiritsphere.

Another one down. Tsk. Riku was good. It was a long time since he last had the challenge of someone wiping out most of his lineup.

But, he knew Riku was down to his last Dream Eater too, and that Komory Bat looked like it was on its last legs - er, wings.

"Looks like we're pretty evenly matched, huh?" Sora called.

Riku smirked. "I have to admit, you're giving me more trouble than I thought."

Sora still had an injured Meow Wow left. He figured he might as well go all out, fight to the very bitter end, that kind of thing.

"This is it! Go, Meow Wow, use Faith!"

"Counter with Dark Mist!"

Too late, Sora thought smugly. Columns of light shot down and struck the Komory Bat before it could move (it was super effective!), and at last, at last, it fainted and returned to Riku's Spiritsphere.

"Yeah, Meow Wow! I knew I could count on you!" Sora cheered, doing a little victory dance. The Meow Wow threw itself at him, making happy noises and licking all over his face. He laughed and scratched behind its ears. "Aww, you silly thing. I'm gonna get some confetti candy for us all with the money I get after, how about that?" Sora turned to look at Riku, who was watching the exchange and… smiling?

(It was kind of cute.)

"Here you go, as promised." Riku said, handing over a few bills. They shook hands. "Good match, I haven't battled someone as skilled as you for a while."

Sora grinned. "Same here."

As Riku turned to leave, Sora let Meow Wow return to the Spiritsphere, before running to catch up with him. "So," said Sora conversationally, "you heading back to town?"

"Yeah. To the Dream Eater center. You kind of took out my lineup, after all."

"Ha! I can say the same to you. But hey…" Sora's eyes met Riku's. "Do you wanna go grab a coffee together after we get our Dream Eaters healed up?"

Riku blinked in surprise, and then there was that smile again. "I'd love to."