Summary: As the title says, a collection of one-shots between Korrina and her partner Pokemon, Lucario.

Korrina and Lucario One-Shots

Chapter Three

The Ghost

Within the Tower of Mastery, Korrina and Lucario casually lazed around their bedroom, both sitting on Korrina's bed and playing a board game. They were constantly moving different pieces to the game, placing them on different areas.

After several turns, Korrina had managed to win the game, "Yes, checkmate! In your face, Lucario!" She bragged, rubbing in her win to her Pokemon.

Lucario rolled his eyes, "Lucar..." ("Showoff...")

"Korrina," Gurkinn walked into the room without no warning, catching the attentions of both the trainer and Pokemon, "I have to attend a meeting in Shalour City for a couple of hours, so I will have to leave you here with Lucario. Is that OK? Only I know what happens when I leave you two alone at home, especially at night."

Korrina gave a confident smile at the old man, "No problem, grandfather! And, don't worry, we won't spill all of the soups on the floor like we did last time!" She chuckled a little, however fell somewhat unnerved when Gurkinn gave a sharp, angry glance towards her.

"Right...I know you won't...very well, then, if you're sure, I will see you later. And please do not get up to anything mischievous." Sighing to himself, he placed his hands behind his back and walked out of the room.

Once Gurkinn had left the room, both Korrina and Lucario started laughing and put their board game away on top of one of the wooden cabinets in the room. The duo often laughed behind Gurkinn's back at the things he said at times, mainly due to the fact that if they'd laughed in his face, he would have scolded them and lectured them for at least half an hour.

Sitting back on the bed, Korrina asked Lucario, "So, what do you wanna do?"

"Luc Lucar..." ("I'm not sure...") He shrugged his shoulders.

"How about skating?"

"LUCAR!" ("NO!") Lucario still wasn't keen on Korrina skating, especially after that little incident several months back.

"OK, OK!" Korrina reassured nervously, "We won't skate. How about we just relax and talk on the bed? Or we could run up and down the Tower!"

"Lucar Luc Luc Lucar Luc?!" ("Who in the Distortion World would want to do that?!")

"Ugh, fine! I guess it's pretty late, anyway...so what do you want to do, then?"

"Lucar Luc?" ("Can't we just sleep?") He made a yawning gesture up to his mouth so Korrina could understand what he was saying more clearly.

"No way! Grandfather hardly ever leaves us home-alone, so we can't just waste it by sleeping in early! Look at the time! It's only like eight! Shouldnt we make the most of it by doing something worth while and fun?" She pleaded, almost begging Lucario.

"Lucar...Luc Lucar Luc?" ("Fine...how about we talk then?")

"Um...sure. What do you want to talk about?"

Lucario shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he wasn't sure. Then, Korrina had thought of something, "Remember that time when we were younger when we had that massive fight over the ice-cream? You wouldn't talk to me for ages after that, cos' I made it fall on the floor!"

"Lucar Luc! Luc Rio Lucar Luc!" ("Yes, I remember that! We were only children at the time, though!") He replied, automatically remembering that incident.

"Haha, yeah! Now...what else could we talk about? Oh, remember that time when..."

After several hours of talking on Korrina's bed, walking around the ground floor of the Tower, having a night snack, playing a card game and even practicing with each other's Aura (Korrina not really knowing what she was doing and was mainly just watching Lucario), Korrina and Lucario felt slightly bored; of course, not with each other, but they were unsure of what to do next. They had already done pretty much everything they could do (well, apart from skating, but that was the last thing that Lucario wanted to do).

Korrina held her hands behind her head and paced around, "What to do..." She mumbled, "Ugh..there's nothing, huh Lucario?"

Lucario nodded his head, just as bored as Korrina was, "Lucar..." ("No...") He sighed deeply.

The two continued to think deeply for a couple of minutes, however neither could come up with any ideas, as they had felt that bored and braindead. Korrina hadn't suggested finally going to sleep, as that would surely make Lucario anticipate sleeping and would make him want to. It was only ten, now, and in Korrina's opinion, still early.

Suddenly, Korrina had somehow managed to think of an idea, "Hey, how about you teach me Aura Sight?! I've always wanted to learn how to do it, and now's the perfect time cos' grandfather's out!" She exclaimed, grabbing hold of Lucario's paws in excitement, "Let's go out in the yard outside, it'll be easier that way since we've got more room to practice!"

Not allowing Lucario to even get a say in this, Korrina dragged her Pokemon outside into the yard where the clothesline hung, white sheets hanging and attached to it with pegs. It was very cold (since they were situated in an island in the ocean) and the sky was very dark, twinkling stars being the only source of light.

Finally, Lucario had managed to get his point across to Korrina, "Lucar Luc Lucar Luc Luc Rio..." ("I don't think we should be doing this, Korrina..." He explained hesitantly.

"What?! Why not?!"

"Lucar...Luc Luc Lucar Luc Rio Lucar..." ("I just...think you could get scared or nervous with the consequences of using Aura Sight, since you haven't really practiced it all that often...")

Korrina groaned in aannoyance, "Aw...please Lucario? I promise I'll be careful."

Lucario rolled his eyes at Korrina's begging; he really didn't want to teach her how to use Aura Sight, since it could result to be extremely dangerous or even terrifying, but he felt somewhat bad for disappointing Korrina and making her bored out of her mind once again.

"Luc...Lucar, Luc Luc..." ("Ugh, fine...now, watch closely...") He firmly looked at Korrina in the eyes, beginning to start using his Aura Sight. His eyes flashed a brilliant blue as he begun to use his Aura, focusing on his surrondings as he fiercely looked around the yard. He closed his eyes and moved his palms out in front of him, channelling all of his energy.

Korrina could only watch in awe, "Whoa, awesome Lucario! Now...how do I do that? The stuff that you just did?"

As Lucario knocked himself out of the Aura Sight, he looked up at Korrina and held up both of her hands, "Luc Luc Lucar..." ("Keep calm and focus...)"

Korrina breathed in a deep breath of air, calming herself to the maximum. She closed her eyes and began to focus, feeling the warmth of Lucario's palms in her own. Concentrating, she tried to channel her own Aura into her mind and palms as Lucario whispered guidance in her ear. After several seconds, she opened her eyes, a blue overcoming her eyes normal grey colour.

Lucario smiled beside her, still holding her hands tightly. He had always thought that holding one's hand was one of the best ways to help them learn and control their Aura, as normally it helped the subject to focus and calm down.

"Luc Lucar Luc Luc Lucar Luc..." ("Now, close your eyes and concentrate the Aura, however in reverse...")

Korrina nodded her head, somewhat understanding what Lucario said. She attempted to focus her energy back again, eventually resulting in her eyes turning from blue to their light grey. Once Lucario touched her palm and had realised that the Aura had calmed down and had disappeared into the inner sections of Korrina's body, he released her hands, aware that it was now safe to do so.

"Wow, so cool!" Korrina giggled, "Think we could do it again? I could totally get the hang of it if you did it again!"

The Pokemon reluctantly agreed, before leading Korrina in and out of the Aura Sight once again. All the while, her hands were grasped by his, as he guided her in and out of the Aura. Korrina practiced with Lucario's aid several more times, before requiring that she thought she could use the Aura Sight on her own.

Lucario took his hands off of hers and stepped back a little, analysing Korrina to make sure she was safe whilst using the Aura Sight on her own. She clenched her fists together, concentrating her Aura around her body as her eyes were firmly closed. After approximately a minute after, Korrina opened her eyes and showed that she had perfected Aura Sight, her eyes a bright blue once more.

She proceeded to slowly walk around the yard with her arms in front of her, paying close attention as to not hit into anything. Lucario began to step forward, taking care to still stay far from Korrina, as he hadn't wanted to confuse her.

"I...I'm doing it!" Korrina laughed in accomplishment, feeling proud of herself.

Lucario start to panic, worrying about Korrina loosing her focus by having a conversation, "Luc Lucar Luc Luc Lucar!" ("Don't talk, Korrina! You may loose your concentration!"

Korrina glanced at Lucario in confusion, her eyes still bright blue, "Huh? Lucario, I don't get what you're rambling on about!" She swung herself around, facing her Pokemon, however began to loose balance, "W-Whoa!" She tried to regain her balance by putting out both of her arms beside her, however that hadn't done anything to benefit. Starting to fall over once again, one of her shaking arms had knocked into Lucario.

Lucario tumbled and lost balance himself as Korrina accidentally knocked into him out of confusion, falling into one of the white sheets hung up on the clothesline. The sheet was pulled off of the clothesline and wrapped around him as he fell to the ground.

After realising that Korrina had knocked into Lucario, she immediately got herself out of Aura Sight, "Lucario?" She called, cupping her hands around her mouth in an attempt to amplify her voice, "Where the heck are you?!"

Eventually noticing the moving white sheet below the clothesline, Korrina questioned to herself, "What's that...? No, i-it can't be! Lucario?! You're not a ghost, right?! How can you even be one?! It's not...well if he's not, then who is...? Wait, maybe my Aura Sight could help with this..."

Focusing her energy once more, she quickly went back into Aura Sight. However, that hadn't helped, as when she had looked at Lucario, he had still looked like a ghost! Korrina, being somewhat vulnerable to these types of situations st times, started to panic, "Wha! There's a ghost in here and Lucario's gone off somewhere cos' I knocked him! Oh Arceus, maybe the ghost captured Lucario!"

Whilst using Aura Sight, she ran up and down the yard, gradually moving closer and closer to the back door that lead back into the Tower. She felt her chest tighten as she started to hyperventilate, pacing around and panicking. Plus, the Aura Sight hadn't helped the problem, as it caused her to become confused and to loose her coordination, as well as her seeing blue energy everywhere she walked.

Lucario could hear Korrina panicking from underneath the sheet, but he struggled to get out. Raising his arms to try and push the sheet off only made himself look more like a ghost from the outside.

"Geez, it's going after me!" Korrina screamed, however completely loosing her balance and tumbling over to the clothesline, where she fell into another white sheet and became stuck underneath it.

Spooking her out even more, Korrina struggled to get out underneath the sheet, all while still using her Aura Sight. She tugged and pulled at the sheet, breathing heavily as she continued to feel unnerved and terrified. Soon enough, she had managed to get her Aura Sight to disappear. Once the Aura Sight had gone, Korrina regained most of her coordination, stood up on her two feet and started to blindingly wonder around the yard underneath it.

Not even knowing where she was going, Korrina walked in all directions possible until she walked out of the yard and back into the Tower, where she continued to wander. As she grew closer and closer to the fountain underneath the Mega Lucario statue inside, she felt herself finally growing familiar with her surrondings. Unfortunately for her, that hadn't lasted for long, as when she had lost her footing and had tripped on the sheet, she stumbled straight into the fountain, the sheet still on top of her.

Meanwhile, back outside in the yard, Lucario struggled underneath the sheet until he had finally managed to get it off of him. Throwing the sheet on the floor, Lucario looked around the area, confused as to where Korrina was.

"Where could she have got to...?" He wondered. Looking inside of the open doors of the Tower, Lucario noticed something white in the fountain, struggling to get out, "Huh, Korrina?!"

Running as quickly as he could back into the Tower, Lucario practically glided towards the fountain. Once he had arrived above Korrina in the fountain, who was still struggling to get put from underneath the sheet, Lucario proceeded to peel the wet sheet off her. After a minute or so of tugging and pulling, Lucario managed to get the sheet off of Korrina and threw it on the floor, revealing a soaking wet, shaking blond girl.

Lucario helped Korrina get out of the fountain and nervously turned to look at her. Korrina seemed to be a mixture of angry and completely shocked as to what had just happened to her.

"Thanks, Lucario, I'm so happy to see you," She gave a faint smile, hugging Lucario for a second before releasing him, "But what was that under the sheet?! That thing, whatever it was, scared the goddamn crap outta' me!" She angrily asked.

Lucario chuckled nervously, "Lucar Luc Luc Rio Lucar Luc Lucar Luc..." ("Funny story, you accidentally knocked me into the bedsheet where I had got captivated underneath ..."

"So...you were the ghost, then?" Korrina had just about understood what Lucario was trying to say.

"Luc Luc..." ("Yeah, sorry...")

"Sorry, too...I didn't mean to shout before..." Korrina grinned, taking in Lucario for another hug.

After several seconds, Lucario released Korrina from their hug and suggested that they should get Korrina dried off. After putting the sheets back up on the clothesline, Korrina and Lucario walked into the bathroom where the towels were. Lucario grabbed a towel and dried Korrina's skin and hair, and after that, Korrina changed into a new pair of pyjamas.

They then walked into the living room and sat down on the sofa, relaxing right by the warmth fire place. Lucario cuddled up into Korrina's side, as Korrina rested her head on Lucario's shoulder. The two closed their eyes, and, in minutes, they fell asleep, nothing but the comfort of each other there with them.

END

Again, thank you to Bluewolfbat for giving me this idea to write! I hope you enjoyed it!