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I woke to a prodding at my side. Whimpering, I pushed the paw away, the haze of sleep can't leave just yet. "5 more minutes Mom," I begged as I curled tighter into a ball, summoning the mist again.
"Deary, it's time to wake up." A familiar, sweet, buttery voice insisted. It was nothing like my beloved Mother's voice. I opened my eyes to see Miss staring at me. She smiled an earnest smile and spoke once more, "Up and at 'em deary!" Suddenly, the memory of the last few days flooded me. My brother, as much as mom and dad loved him, betrayed us and murdered our parents. Tears started to run anew, but as quickly as it came, they stopped. You have to keep going Yuki, for Mom and Dad. I needed to be a New, exuberant and fierce Yuki.
"Are you okay deary?" Miss asked, disrupting my melancholy mood. She cares so much, for a stranger. I must keep going for her too. For a brief moment, I believe I loved her.
Perking my ears hoping it would guise my sadness, I reassured her, "Sorry, I merely got lost in my thoughts." Discreetly, I peeked over at Shade's nest only to see that it was empty. My heart sank a bit, but I pushed the feeling away. For Mom and Dad… and Miss. "Miss, where is Shade?" I think I sounded rude, but I ignored my transgression.
Miss apparently didn't catch my rudeness, "He's outside, going for his morning walk. Should be back any minute now." I nodded, rising to stretch and groom my bed-fur. For some strange reason, I walked over to the berry bowl and gulped down a Pecha berry, not even savoring its sickeningly sweet taste. My paw ached less, but not enough. This much I figured when what was supposed to be a normal, mundane paw-step sent waves of pain coursing through my body.
"Are you okay?" Miss inquired, her elegant brow furrowing with worry.
"Yeah, sorry, I just overdid it with my paw," Was my feeble attempt to mask my pain.
"Don't scare me like that deary," Miss said. I smiled weakly and walked (slower) through the cloth draping the entrance. Sunlight shone brightly, unused to the light because of my stay in the cave, I was broadsided with the magnificent light. When my eyes adjusted, I looked around the clearing, breathing in the fresh, crisp air. I found a giant tree in the middle of the clearing next to a clear pond. I eagerly lapped at the water and then lay down under the tree after my thirst was sated. Taking another look around the clearing, my eyes reported back to my mind with breakneck speed. The mirror-like pond sat a few feet away from me, sparkling in the sunlight. A dense wood surround me, a berry bush protruded out of it. How beautiful I would've been at night, if only that night never happened. A leafy rustle came in the bush across from me. Jumping to my feet, I growled in a menacing voice the old Yuki would never have used, "Who's there?!"
"Calm down, it's only your friend Shade." The strange Umbreon stepped out of the bush; his green rings glowed even in this bright sunlight.
When I sighed, I felt the contempt and stress flow out into the air. I glared at him suspiciously and sat back down. "After my experience I wouldn't be surprised if you were my brother!" I hissed his name in hatred. Even I was surprised at the emotion his mention brought. I used to love him.
"I'm sorry you're so high-strung!" He snapped back in reply. He padded up to me and licked my cheek in a friendly overture, then stared, daring for a reaction.
I flushed a deep red on contact and immediately resented the weak reaction Old Yuki would've had. Putting my paw to my cheek, I stammered on my mind clouded with confusion, "W-what was that for?" I can't believe it. He just licked me like he knew me for years!
He sat there, smirking. "Just trying to make things right. Did I anything something wrong?" he asked in an innocent voice.
Like a Pecha berry. What I'd give to wipe that smile off his mug.
I said to him, narrowing my eyes, not removing my paw, "No, nothing at all, but you do have to admit, you just did something normal Pokemon don't do. You showed me a sign of affection and you barely know me. Face it, I dazzle you." Now it was MY time to smirk at him, and I raised my eyebrows, waiting for HIS reaction. I laid my paw next to its sister.
He frowned, a barely recognizable tint of pink on his black cheeks. Just what the doctor ordered! "I did not! I was just trying to cheer you up!" he said in an indignant tone. I let go of myself and got up to his cheek. I sat in front of him. With my own cocky smile. "What?!" He demanded in a coy growl. Was it coy?
"I was just trying to apologize, for making you turn pink like a new-born kit," I stated cruelly, feigning innocence.
"Please, at least I didn't hide it unlike someone I know," He rebutted.
Reflexively, my paw flew to my cheek once again. He said nothing more and his smirk returned with a vengeance.
I needed to ask him something...what was it.... I tilted my head and stared at the sky. The light bulb finally popped over my head, "Oh, what do you do on you morning walks?"
"Walk," He said, as it I didn't know.
"Thank you Captain Obvious! I mean besides walking!!"
"You're welcome, Miss Nosy. I practice battle skills, if that's what you're asking."
I tittered and inquired, "What moves do you know?"
He closed his golden eyes in thought and recited as if he was asked everyday, "What moves do I not know? I can do Moonlight, Pursuit, Shadow Ball and Mean Look. Why?"
I shook my head yet again and shrugged, "Just curious."
"What moves do YOU know?"
"Tail Whip, Tackle and Sand Attack..." I mumbled, my ears drooping.
He stared at me intensely, and cracked up.
I glared at him, growling, "Don't laugh!" I didn't do much training when I was with my parents!" I flinched. My heart ached at the mere mention. It brings back bad memories, and I wanted the good memories, with all of us laughing and playing with each other. I smiled slightly. I remembered then when Tai used to play. We had our regular family night game of "Truth or Dare", a human game, which we loved to play.
"What are you smiling about?" Shade asked a glee smile was on his face.
"Just some memories. I remembered when Tai used to play, my family would play a human game every end of the week. I could remember his bushy tail would always swish in excitement, "I WANT TO GO FIRST!!! LET ME GO FIRST PLEASE!!!" He would beg my Mother. She would giggle and say, "Of course. You always and will always go first in this game." I would stare at my brother in admiration and watch as he thought of who to choose. It would always be me he would choose," My smile grew wider, "I would chose Dare. I would love an adventure. He would close his eyes in thought while I would perk my ears and wait patiently. SWOOSH his eyes open and yell a ridiculous dare. I would always try and fail at them. It made everyone so happy!" I sighed, "I wish those days would come back..." The river of tears I dammed this morning finally broke free.
Shade got up, and pressed his sleek muzzle onto my cheek. He whispered in my ear, "I'm so sorry. Yuki."
I gasped at the way he said my name. I pressed my head onto his chest and smelled his musky smell. Then I heard a rustle. I lift my head and growled slightly, my fur bristling.
Shade pulled away and growled his fur bristled to make him look like a fluffy ball of terror. He sniffed the air, and flinched, "Human!" He growled more menacing and took a step back as humans came out from the bushes in front of us.
One of the humans had a red curly bush on his head and a hat. The other human, was dark than the pale human and he didn't have much hair under his hat. The dark human smirked, "Ho, what do we have here? An Umbreon protecting his mate? How cute, but I would break up this love fest for money on that Shiny Eevee."
I was shocked. I cringed behind Shade, who growled more dangerously, not bothering to take note that the dark human called us 'mates'. He bristled more furiously, if the hair can extend any farther and opened his mouth. A shadowy orb formed in his mouth and he spit it to the humans, who didn't flinch as the orb whizzed pass both of their heads.
The dark human's smirk was slapped on his face, "Ho, what a nice move...trying to scare us are you? Nice try! Go Houndour!" The dark human...argh I need another name for him...Bob would do for now. 'Bob' threw a Poke Ball into the air. It opened and a flash of light flew to the ground and a dog Pokemon replaced the light. The dog had a skull-like thing on its forehead, with some outside ribs on his back. He was black with brown .
He growled deeply, it must have rumbled from his chest, "Name's Houndour, back off from the chick and I won't hurt her." He threatened.
I whined out loud in fear and Houndour sneered.
Shade growled and put his body between me and Houndour. "Make me stupid!"
This probably set Houndour off, he growled, leaping. "Stop Houndour!" 'Bob' commanded. Houndour glared at the human but obeyed and missed Shade by inches. Shade opened his mouth and another shadowy orb came from his mouth. Houndour landed on his belly as the Shadow Ball attack miss him. He jumped back up and walked back to his master's side. 'Bob' looked at the curly hair man, "Your turn." He said flatly.
The curly haired, or I call him 'Red', pulled out two Poke Balls and made a huge, crazy grin, "One." 'Bob' said flatly again. The grin disappeared and his chose the one that was on the left. He put one hand in his pocket and threw the ball into the air, causing another flash of white light come from the ball and a Pokemon in its place. This one was also a dog, a blue one that stands on his hind legs and sort of a black mask over his eyes.
"Yo Riolu." Houndour called from his master's side.
Riolu nodded, "What do you want me to do Lynx?" He turned to his master. Oh, so his name was Lynx...that sounds familiar but not enough for me to remember where I heard it... Lynx smirked, "Kill them." Was all he said, as if he could understand the Riolu. I thought they wanted to make money off of me...
"Can Houndour help? I don't want this to be too easy... what do you think Jeff?" The blue dog left his gaze from his master to Jeff...whom I thought was 'Bob' but...
"Go ahead Houndour; help make this fun for him." The skeleton dog growled with pleasure and walked next to the blue dog's side.
I stared wide eye in shock, "H-how could the humans know what y-you're saying?!" I gasped.
The Riolu turned to me and smirked, "Naive Eevee, since you are going to die, there's no need to keep a secret. I'm a Physic Pokemon, my mind can translate the Pokemon speech into Human language and understand what we are saying, like this conversation right now."
"But..."
"Ah, I'm not finished. We Pokemon are to go through training to be adjusted to the shock as a collar is put on. The shock is to see if the Pokemon is strong and loyal enough to withstand it and be trusted with the collar. The name of the operation, as the Rockets would call it, was 'Loyalty Collar'. Even the most loyal Pokemon die from the shock, trying to withstand the shock, but in the end they got cocky and turned it to high voltage... Any Poke dare to defy the master would be killed." He bowed his head and glared at the ground, crunching his fist into balls, "This thing also took away my family…" He whispered, not bothering to finish his sentence. Luckily, the human couldn't hear the last part.
I gasped, "I'm so sorry...maybe if you left--"
That set him off. His eyes widen in horror. "NEVER! If I would show disloyalty I'll meet the same fate." He lifted his head, "I'm sorry it has to come to this... What attack Master?" He called behind him without turning his head.
His trainer pretended to be thoughtful and smirked, "Try your Force Palm on the Umbreon...this ought to be fun..." He laughed darkly. "Also, Houndour may join the battle. I wonder how this would turn out."
Jeff smirked, "Don't want to take the glory huh? Fine, but the Umbreon's rings are green so they should cost a lot but not as much as the Shiny Eevee...so don't kill both of them got it? Houndour you can use Fire Fang. Have fun guys." Jeff chuckled darkly, waving his hand in dismissal.
The Riolu bowed, his head hung low, "Yes Master. Again, I'm sorry it has to come to this..." He lifted his head, along with his paw, and it took a bright, fiery blue glow and he released the orb at Shade.
The Houndour bowed, smirking and softly chuckling. He bared his fangs which engulfed in flames he launched at Shade.
My eyes widened in horror. "Stop!" I cried. My plea was unheard. The battle has begun.
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