Author's Note: Yeah, here's chapter 2! Well… here you go! Before we start, I'd like to thank my reviewers! You guys made me happy :D So, yeah. Let's go!
Summary: They met, they wooed, they made exchange of vow. They just didn't expect their parents to ruin it for them. UmbreonxEspeon
Chapter 2: Friends
Now, if you were trying to keep as far away from your family as possible, where would you go? Obviously, you'd flee to a whole different forest as far from here as possible, so I did. Unfortunately, I had no idea where I was supposed to be going. It was one of those "left or right" deals. It's not like I'm a bird Pokemon that can just soar in the sky and see where I'm going. If I could, that would help so much right now. I sighed just looking up at the cloudy sky right now. Right now, I was in this dry area that looked like there was no sign of life. The only residents here would be a bunch of Rock-type Pokemon. I was such an idiot not to stop and ask that Nosepass a while back for directions.
Flashback
"Dammit, where am I?" I asked while looking around.
"Looking for directions?" A voice said from a distance. I looked over and saw a Nosepass just standing there leaning against a wall. "I can help."
"No thanks. I'm fine."
"This desert is very big, you will get lost." He warned me.
"Me? Get lost? I'm an Umbreon. No members of the Eevee family ever get lost." I said with confidence before walking off.
"You'll regret it."
"Yeah, whatever!"
End of Flashback
No members of the Eevee family ever get lost, what was I thinking? Now, I'm lost in one of the driest places in the world. I was hungry and thirsty. If there was ever a time where I was a Flareon, now would've been a good time. They never have to worry about getting overheated unlike me, who was black, and dark colors absorb sunlight making the weather hotter than ever! Besides, my poor mother is probably worried sick about me. Unlike my father, who probably is rejoicing about my disappearance. At least my mother cared about me.
The place was quiet. It was almost…too quiet for me. Where I come from, there is at least running water or peeping sounds coming from Pidgey. The only sound here was the wind blowing around. I heard a Pokemon humming some tune to himself nearby, but I couldn't see them, so I wouldn't be able to pull over and ask for directions. Damn, I was so hungry right now. I wished that there was at least a little Rattata that I could hunt, but this place was too dry for rats. There wasn't even a small stream for water. That's when I realized the kind of place that I craved the most. Orre Forest. It's got great places to live, lots of food to eat, and a watering hole to drink and bathe in.
"Come on, the forest has gotta be here somewhere." I complained. "Maybe, it's just straight ahead. Maybe it's…beyond this rock." When I got to the rock, there was nothing there, just more desert until I saw what looked to be like a forest. "That's it!"
My eyes lit up when I finally saw my destination. The heat and torture back there was seriously worth it. I was finally going to where I truly belonged! I panted as I sprinted there as fast as I could. My expression faded when I stopped, though. It turned out that it was all a mirage. If I didn't find water soon, I was going to dry out. I gasped when I saw a bunch of bones that belonged to different Pokemon. I'm surprised that they don't call this place the Desert of Death. I sat down to catch my breath a little before I saw a Fearow perch himself on top of a skull that belonged to a Rhydon.
"Hey buddy, you'd better watch yourself." The Fearow snickered. "Or you'll be joining them soon." I glared at him as he continued to make fun of my situation.
"My name's Lune. I'm trying to find the Orre Forest here and you can't stop me." I crouched into a defensive position.
"Oh really, Mr. Wise Guy?" He mocked me.
"You're grumpy."
"Grumpy?" The Fearow gritted his teeth. "I'll show you, grumpy!" He flapped his wings and started soaring over in my direction.
"Hey! I just need a little help here!" I asked. I swiped my paw as he tried to hit me with a Drill Peck attack. "What's with you? I don't want to fight you! Let's be friends!" I said as I started to run away from Fearow.
"Friends?" Fearow mocked me again. "Fearow don't need friends."
I kept running away from him since I had no use trying to attack him. All of my attacks would just miss him. The only attack that I could use on him is Shadow Ball, but that still won't work because he's half Normal-type. I figured that if I kept running like I am now, then sooner or later, I'd end up in Orre Forest. Unfortunately, this Fearow wouldn't stop pestering and harassing me. I started to pant and get winded out. Fortunately, I ended up at a small meadow that had a lake that I could drink from, but it wasn't the Orre Forest. After getting a drink, I ran away from the Fearow a little more before I started to get seriously exhausted.
"Well, at least he's probably gone." I sighed hoping that Fearow had left.
"Hey, buddy. Remember me?" Fearow teased me.
"That's it!" I yelled. "Buzz off!" I leaped into the air and wrapped my jaw around Fearow's neck.
"Holy crap! You've got strong jaws!"
"I'll let go, if you buzz off and leave me alone."
"Fine." Fearow growled. I opened my jaw and let Fearow fly back up into the sky. I just hope that he wasn't as sneaky as a lot of people say they are.
"Hmm…" I sat down for a minute. "I'm in the meadow, but now where do I go?" Some Meganium were right near me munching on some leaves from the trees. "Hey, excuse me. I'm looking for…" I began to ask until they ran away. "…the Orre Forest." I sighed and ran off trying to find someone else that could give me directions. A Mamoswine was standing over near a lake when I ran up to her. "Excuse me…"
"Move out of the way." She groaned as she started stomping in my direction.
"But I just need…"
"I told you to move!"
"Okay, okay." I gave up. Well, that didn't work out, so I went around a few bushes and saw a herd of Stantler grazing on the grass. "Hey…" I began to say before they all looked up at me and then ran off. "Wait! Come on!"
Now, I was the only one left in the field. I sighed as I sat down trying to think this through. Well, I was away from home, but I still was no happier than I was back at home. Nobody will help me find Orre Forest. What's up? Everybody just seems to either run away or attack me. It's like I'm a trespasser or something like that. I heard a growl from a distance and looked in the direction that it was coming from. When I did look, I saw a Mightyena leap towards me and knock me on the ground.
What the hell was wrong with everybody? I knocked off the Mightyena and crouched into a defensive position because obviously this guy wanted to fight. He leapt at me again and this time I dodged it. I started dashing after the Mightyena with Quick Attack, which hit him pretty good. It didn't last long, though. My Quick Attack was countered with the Mightyena's Take Down. I was knocked against a tree, but my enemy took some damage himself as well. I wasn't giving up, though. I used a combination of Screech and then charged at him with Faint Attack. If only this guy wasn't a Dark-type, I could've done major damage. This time, the Mightyena kicked sand into my eyes using Sand-Attack. Unfortunately, this was bringing back memories of when I caused a horrible fight between my father and I just before I left home. My eyes were in pain and I couldn't see anything. Before I knew it, I felt his paw smack me across the face knocking me onto the ground. I was finally able to get the sand out of my eyes, but opened up my eyes to find the Mightyena on top of me.
"Hey! What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked trying to knock the Mightyena off of me. "I'm just looking for the Orre Forest."
"You're not going anywhere." He growled. I was about to be the victim of a vicious Bite attack, but he stopped for a minute and sniffed a bit. "Wait, hold on a sec." The Mightyena started sniffing my upper body some.
"Whoa, cut it out!"
"Hey! I think I know you from somewhere!"
"Well, my name is Lune, if that helps."
"Aha, I thought so. You have the same scent." Mightyena nodded. "I know someone who would love to see you."
"Huh? Who?" I asked.
"Hey! Yami!" Mightyena and I both looked up into the sky to see the same Fearow that was harassing me earlier.
"What is it, Takeshi?" I assumed that the Mightyena's name was Yami and the Fearow's name was Taskeshi.
"I just spotted another group of Team Rocket Grunts heading this way! They're really getting serious now! Two Linoone and a whole tree full of Staravia and Starly have already been captured. They're looking for stronger Pokemon like us now. We have to split now!" Takeshi explained before flying off.
"So, who's Team Rocket?" I asked.
"Shh! Get down!" Yami demanded as he hid us behind a bush.
Two men in black uniforms that had a big red "R" on the front were driving in some sort of jeep. They were dragging along a cage full of two Linoone and a cage full of two Staravia and their Starly babies. I glared at the two men as they passed by us without even noticing a sound. The Linoone looked miserable and the Starly babies were crying out of fear while the Staravia parents were trying to calm them down. I growled as I could hear the two men snarl amongst each other.
"Okay, they're gone." Yami said getting up. "Now, move out! Takeshi, follow the Umbreon. I'm gonna go after the Team Rocket grunts and try and free those Pokemon."
"Right." Takeshi agreed.
Great, I thought to myself. Not only am I going to have to try and avoid all of these Team Rocket grunts, but I'm also going to have to try and lose Takeshi considering how annoying he is when he follows you. I ran as fast as I could. Unfortunately, out of the corner of my eye, I could see that the Team Rocket grunts saw me. They threw these balls that were red and white. I remember seeing people throw these things back at home. My mother told me that they were called Pokeballs and that they were used to capture Pokemon to use in battles. Out of each ball came a Pokemon. One of them was a Sandslash and the other one was an Arbok.
"Move it!" I yelled at the Pokemon.
"No way! You're gonna eat my dust!" Sandslash used his claws to throw sand at me. I wasn't going to let sand into my eyes again, so I smoothly dodged it and leapt at the Sandslash using Iron Tail. "Holy crap! This guy's strong!"
"Not strong enough to defeat me!" Arbok yelled. "Take this!" With that, he spat out an Acid attack against me. I got hit by that. Boy, did it feel gross and bubbly. "How do you like that, kitty?"
"First of all, I'm not a cat. Second of all, I'm just getting warmed up!" I fired a Shadow Ball attack over at Arbok.
"Well, in that case, you'll LOVE this!" Sandslash yelled as he slashed me across my body. Obviously, it was Fury Cutter because I felt major pain from that. "And this!" He slashed me again and it felt worse. "It just keeps going on and on!" After a third slash, I started to get tired.
"Oh my turn! How about this!" Arbok yelled as he nailed me with Poison Sting.
"Check this out!" Sandslash then fired a silver Gyro Ball attack at me. Haven't they had enough already. "Do it Arbok! Do it for our masters!"
"You got it Sandslash!" Arbok agreed. Then, I felt a squeeze in my body. I had been wrapped up by Arbok's long body. His eyes started to glow and I started to feel numb. "Face it, Umbreon. You may be quick, but you're not strong."
"I'm…strong enough…" I whispered through my teeth. "…strong enough to defeat you!"
I sank my teeth into Arbok's tail releasing me from his grip. While Arbok was blowing on the bite marks I left on his tail, Sandslash was getting another Gyro Ball ready. When he fired it, I dodged it and then my eyes started to glow as I stared at both Pokemon meanly. Afterwards, I glared at them a second time, but with a different power. Arbok and Sandslash's eyes looked weird and they started attacking each other. My Mean Look and Confuse Ray combination will never be outsmarted by anybody. I laughed as the Arbok and Sandslash knocked each other out and the Team Rocket grunts returned their Pokemon to their Pokeballs.
This gave me the perfect time to escape just in case they had anymore Pokemon up their sleeves. Hopefully they won't. I ran a little ways away to find some voices near me. It sounded like they were calling for help, so I followed their voices. When I found who they belonged to, it turned out that they were in a cage. The two Pokemon were a young Pikachu and a Bayleef. The Pikachu was zapping the cage while the Bayleef was whacking the bars of the cage with vines.
"Come on, Hikaru! Burn this thing to a crisp!" The Bayleef said to the Pikachu.
"I can't!" He replied after using another Thunderbolt attack. "I'm not strong enough! What do I look like to you? An Entei? If your vines are that strong, then we should be broken out of here by now, Abby!" Hikaru said to the Bayleef.
"Well gee, maybe if I wasn't resistant to steel then maybe we would be broken out!" Abby argued with Hikaru.
"Um…excuse me." I cleared my throat.
"Hey! Back off!" Abby demanded while arming herself with her vines. "I have vines and I'm not afraid to use them!"
"Y-You're an Umbreon!" Hikaru panicked.
"So…it looks like you guys are stuck in here."
"Stuck? Who said that we were stuck in here?" Hikaru asked.
"Your argument." I simply answered.
"Well…do YOU have any brilliant plans? If you do, then you'll have to hurry because the Team Rocket grunts will be back anytime now to pick us up." Abby explained.
"I might. Just let me take a look at this thing first."
I answered Abby before I walked around the cage figuring out how the Team Rocket grunts opened and shut this thing. Too bad Pokemon aren't as intelligent as humans are, even though we deserve to be just as intelligent. I couldn't find a door on it since all of the bars looked the exact same, so I decided to try digging my way under. Unfortunately, I would have to a Sandshrew to dig quick enough to escape before the Team Rocket grunts return. I sighed realizing that digging my way into the cage would be out of the question. If there was a Fire-type Pokemon around, maybe I could've asked them to melt the cage for me, but there aren't any around.
For now, those were the two options I had, but there had to be at least one more way that I could bust open this cage. I looked around the cage one more time and saw that there was something different on a pair of bars. It looked like a pad lock. I nudged the bars that the lock was on with my paws and realized that it was a door. Realizing what I had to do, I grabbed the lock with my mouth and yanked on it as hard as I could. It wasn't coming off unfortunately. There was only one move I knew that was sharp enough to break this lock. I backed up and charged at the lock with my Iron Tail move. My tail slashed the lock and it busted off. Then, I was able to push open the door without fail.
"Voila!" I grinned.
"Whoa. I can't believe you did that." Hikaru gazed.
"I guess we owe you for that." Abby said in a friendly way for the first time.
"It's no big deal."
"Abby! They're coming back! Run!" Hikaru ran out of the cage at full speed.
"Come on!" I said to Abby. She nodded in agreement.
We headed for someplace safe as Team Rocket drove through the area. It was obvious that they knew that Abby and Hikaru had escaped. Plus, they were after me as well. Because I had defeated their Pokemon earlier, they were now using these net launchers to launch nets at us. Thankfully, none of us got caught in the nets, but Abby came close to be captured. Luckily, I had my Bite attack that I learned before evolving to break the net. The meadow was unfortunately very open, so we didn't have that many options.
"Whoa! Oh boy." Hikaru started shaking.
"Come on, we have to get a move on." I said nudging Hikaru. That's when I decided that at this rate, we're either gonna end up captured or without a hiding place. "Look, you and Abby find a place to hide. I'll take care of the Team Rocket grunts."
"Right." Abby agreed.
The Team Rocket grunts were not too far from us when I split from Abby and Hikaru. While they were off finding a hiding place, I was going to hopefully make their jeep break down so that they couldn't follow us. I dashed over to the jeep and jumped on the front to get their attention. Now came the dangerous part. I'd have to run in front of Team Rocket's jeep and lead them away from Hikaru and Abby. I even used Quick Attack when I realized I was going too slow. Once I was far enough from the jeep, I decided to use an attack, so I fired a Shadow Ball on the jeep causing a mild explosion in the front and tipping it over.
"See ya." I scoffed before running off. I had finally caught up with Hikaru and Abby when I was able to catch a breath now. "Boy, was that epic."
"You were awfully brave out there." Abby complimented me.
"Aw, shucks." I blushed.
"There you are!" The three of us looked over to find Yami standing right in front of us. Hikaru and Abby took off to the bushes and hid in there while I remained there in contact with Yami. He turned his head a bit as if he were talking to someone else. "Here he is." Yami moved and revealed a tall Absol walking out and standing right in front of me.
"Is it true that you are the son of a Jolteon named Raiden?" He asked in a gruff voice.
"Yes." I nodded. "My name's Lune."
"Hmm, nice work, Takeshi." Absol looked up at Takeshi, who was flying above us now.
"Not a problem, Yaku! But now that I'm here, I should mention that there's a tornado coming towards us." Takeshi warned us.
"Yes. I'm aware of it." Yaku answered. "Now, where was I? Oh, that's right. A man-to-man talk with my nephew, Lune."
"Wha--? Nephew?" I asked in shock. "You're…my uncle? But that's impossible!! You're an Absol! My father's a Jolteon!"
"Oh. I guess your father never told you that his father was an Absol, but his mother was an Espeon. And he picked me out of the two of us brothers to rule Orre Forest. So, I'm happy to say that it belongs to me, not your father."
"Wait, so…I'm a prince?"
"Yes you are." Yaku snickered. "You could become king, but you would have to fight me for the throne, which you don't have a chance of accomplishing. I had hoped that you would never find this place. But now, I'm just going to have to get rid of you!" Yaku roared and leapt at me. I smoothly dodged him and tried to run the other way to escape, but Yami was cornering me.
"I've got him cornered! Get him!" Yami yelled. I heard Yaku roar as he tried to scratch me with his scythe.
"I don't want to fight you!" I yelled at my uncle. "But if it's a fight you want, then I'll give you a fight!"
After making my last comment, I started to fight against my uncle. He was awfully strong, but not as strong as my father. I'm surprised that he was picked to be king of Orre Forest. I kept trying to hit Yaku with my Iron Tail, but he'd always counter using his Night Slash attack. So, I thought I'd try something new. I used Sand-Attack on Yaku causing him to lose eyesight. He kept on panicking when he couldn't see. Then, I went on and hit him with Iron Tail. It caused him a good deal of pain. Unfortunately, the tornado that Takeshi was warning us about before was now hitting. I didn't know where Hikaru and Abby were at the moment, but I couldn't worry right now. I'm sure they were hiding someplace safe.
While the fight was still going on against my uncle. I decided to try firing a Shadow Ball at him even thought it won't do too much damage. Instead, Yaku used Detect to block Shadow Ball and then smacked me with his paw in a Sucker Punch attack. I decided to go really physical now. I started dashing at Yaku at full speed, but he dashed at me at full speed as well. I guess he knew Quick Attack. We collided with each other and caused equal amount of damage on one another. Then, I decided to try and use Bite, but he totally dodged me and used Double Team. This was not my day. Then I realized that Faint Attack never missed, so I used that on him and got him pretty good.
The fight went on for a long time and none of us were going down yet. The bad news was that the tornado was really bad now, so we had stop the fight and take cover. Even Takeshi told Yaku to take cover. I scurried around looking for a place to hide. There probably weren't anymore because all of the other little Pokemon probably took the rest of the hiding places. This was probably worse than an Absol's Razor Wind attack. Well, great. Now where am I supposed to go during this tornado. That's when I decided to try and find Abby and Hikaru.
"Guys! Abby! Hikaru!" I called out their names.
"Lune!" Abby called my name from a burrow. "There's room for one more in here!"
"Thanks." I thanked them.
We waited for a while until the tornado had calmed down. Thankfully, not much was destroyed. Only a few trees had been chopped up into a billion pieces, but other than that, everything was fine. At least, I thought everything was fine. When I stepped out of the burrow, I realized that Yami and Takeshi were pushing on a tree as hard as they could. It turned out that Yaku was stuck under a collapsed tree! I ran over just to make sure that he was alright. While Yami and Takeshi were pushing the tree, Yaku was struggling. He sounded like he was having a lot of trouble breathing.
"Come on! Hurry up and push!" Yaku yelled in pain.
"We're trying!" Takeshi complained.
"Yeah! It's not like we're Machoke or anything!" Yami agreed. I watched him struggle. He may have been a bastard to me, but he was still my uncle.
"Guys, I should help them out."
"Yeah, but…" Hikaru agreed.
"He tried to kill you."
"I know." I sighed. "But, he's just worried that I'm here to steal his place as king, which I'm not. I just need a place to live is all. Maybe he'll have a whole different opinion if I help him."
"Well, go ahead and give it your best shot." Abby said. I nodded in agreement and walked over towards the tree.
"Move over, guys. I got this." I said to Yami and Takeshi.
There was only one easy way to do this. I backed up and charged at the tree using Take Down. Every time I used this move, the tree would budge little by little as it would slowly roll off of Yaku's body. His ability to breath got easier and easier each time too, so I knew this was working. After one last Take Down attack, the whole tree was off of Yaku. He got up off of the ground coughing and catching his breath from the tree cutting off his circulation. Yaku walked over to where our burrow was and took a seat. I walked over there and joined my uncle.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"Yeah." Yaku answered. "Lune, you saved my life."
"Well, I couldn't just let you die like that. We're family." I chuckled. That's when I realized something. Why didn't I feel this way about my father?
"Well, I guess you're right about that." He chuckled and ruffled the hair on my head with his paw. "But I'm still afraid that you can't have the throne."
"I don't want the throne. That's what I've been trying to tell you. All I want is a place to live."
"Oh. Whoops."
"And now, Yaku, since he saved your life, you owe him a favor." Takeshi interrupted.
"It is the law of Orre Forest." Hikaru added in.
"The Pikachu's right. It is the law." Yami agreed.
"Very well." Yaku sighed. "So, I guess if you change your mind about the throne, now's a good time to say so."
"I want…I want…I want peace in Orre Forest. I want you to be nice and keep the forest at peace. That's the favor." I answered.
"Really? That's it?" He asked in shock. I nodded. "Very well then. If that's what you wish, then I'll be a whole different king and I'll keep the forest at peace. It's a promise from Uncle to Nephew."
"Thanks, Yaku…uh…I mean…Uncle Yaku." I grinned. Uncle Yaku and I nuzzled for the first time.
"Well, I'll see you later, then."
"Right." I nodded. Then, I walked over to Abby and Hikaru. "So, I guess I'll see you guys later as well."
"What?" Abby and Hikaru both asked.
"I'm going home to Orre Forest."
"No problem, we'll show you the way!" Hikaru said jumping onto Abby's back. I looked at them questioningly.
"We live in Orre Forest. We'll show you the way. This is Orre Meadow, so the forest is not too far off." Abby grinned.
"Really? You will?" I asked with excitement.
"Of course!" Abby nodded. "We're friends, right?"
I nodded as the three of us ran off on the path to my new home. This was going to be the start of a new friendship.
Author's Note: Phew! It was a lot longer than the first one! Don't worry! Espeon will be coming in soon!