IX: The Blue Aura

That night, the Lucario took me into her room. It had been a long day and I was looking forward to our chat. I entered behind her and sat in a chair. She sat on her bed, facing me.

"So, I'm sure that you have a lot of questions for me, so ask away."

I began to think about what I would ask her. There were so many questions whirling through in my head, but all I blurted out was, "What is your name?"

She smiled at me, as she realized that I was not interested in my current situation, but about her instead. "My name is Katie."

I liked that name, she looked quite like a Katie to me. "Well it's nice to meet you, Katie. I am sorry that it is under such circumstances. Which leads me to my next question: explain what the hell is going on, please," I said in a slightly suspicious tone. I kept flip-flopping between trust and distrust. I was unsure of this Lucario.

"Alright. This is going to be quite the long story, so get ready. When we all appeared in this world, Mew approached us and informed us of the injustices done to her and the other legendary Pokémon. She insisted, by using her Psychic, for us to follow her in world domination. Now, we Pokémon are very smart and many of us can learn things instantly. Mew addressed all of the Pokémon that could interpret English and she forced them all to learn our new world's history. While all of the other Pokémon were fighting in towns and cities, us 'interpreters' were hitting the books, trying to learn everything about humans, animals, and the world. Once we did, which only took me about half of a day, Mew assigned us to groups of pre-set Pokémon. This grouping tore families apart. It was revolting. But we couldn't do anything about it, after all, she is our Creator. So I was the assigned leader of this one. For the past day, I've been trying to get this place all organized to my liking. Then, I was informed by Mew through Telepathy that a new worker was being assigned to the group. She also informed me of where you were being dropped, so I met you and Yveltal there, in the meadow."

Her explanation left me with more questions than answers. "Why are you enslaving people?" I asked, in an angry tone as it became hard to remain seated and calm.

Her ears drooped and she frowned. She whispered to me, "I am not, it's Mew. If I had any say, we would all live in harmony. We could all find a way to coexist. But she has a personal vendetta against your kind, and I am not completely sure why."

I knew why. It was me. I couldn't tell her that, so I continued on. "Do you know why I was assigned to this place, this job is so hard! Why can't I just not do it?" The question that came out of my mouth sounded whiney and childish, but I didn't withdraw.

"Trust me, this is one of the best places for your kind to be. There are many jobs that are far worse to be enslaved at," she thought for a second, "I would show you through a vision, but it would be too gruesome and disgusting."

The mention of a vision got me thinking. "What was the blue light that shown on your body and in your eyes? It was mesmerizing." The last part slipped out, which was abnormal for me to do.

She blushed and replied with, "Oh, that's my Aura. Do you know what Aura is?"

I shook my head 'no.'

"Well, Aura is within every living thing. It is a core component of life. It is a wonderful energy that portrays mood and health. Although every living thing has an Aura, Lucario can manipulate it. That is what the blue light was and that is what healed you: my Aura."

I thought back to my experiments as a young man. Stanley Miller and Harold Urey had been so close, they just missed one thing: Aura. But I solved it. What did I do to create Aura? I thought long and hard, and then something clicked. Magnets. "Katie, can you create Aura?"

She looked at me with a confused look. "In a way, I can. It is like a battery, I have a certain amount of energy, but I eventually need to recharge. I recharge by meditation."

I pushed further, "Can you show me how you meditate?" She sat on the floor and rested her hands on her knees, in a normal lotus position. Her eyes were closed, and she began to glow a faint blue. "Are there any body parts where Aura is most prevalent?" I was getting close to the answer.

She opened her eyes and the blue glow faded. She got up and said, "In the hands, wrists, knees, thighs, neck, and head, but the strongest place Aura is is the heart."

My eyes widened; my theory was correct. "Katie, you made me realize something. I can create Aura. I have created Aura," I said.

She was in shock, "How?!"

"It's kind of simple, really. First, do you know what Aura is and what it's made of?"

She thought for a second, and then shook her head, eager to find out.

"Well, it's the energy from electromagnetic field interactions. When you place your hands near your knees, it creates, a super-charged magnetic field that actually creates energy, like a spinning generator would. What's special is that you absorb that energy. Normally, it would be given off to the atmosphere. That blue glow is the use of that energy."

She stared at me in pure astonishment. She said, "How do you know? And when have you used Aura before?"

Katie's ruby eyes were wide and her stare was piercing through my skull. It reminded me of something. "Do you remember me?" I asked her.

She replied with, "As soon as I saw you, I thought that you looked familiar. But I'm not sure."

I knew that it was her that I saw. "I was the scientist in a lab coat walking away from the explosion right after it happened."

"Oh! That was you?! Wait. Wait a minute," her eyes grew to a darker red, she was filled with rage, "It was you! You did this to us!"

I lowered my head and said, "I'm so sorry, Katie."

After a few seconds, she sighed and walked over to me. I prepared myself for a beating. She leaned down to about my height due to me being in the chair, and hugged me. Her chest spike dug into my shoulder, but I didn't care. After a short second of shock, I returned the hug. Her embrace was warm, and her fur tickled my bare chest. Once she let go, she looked into my eyes, while her arms rested on my shoulders. She had a slight blush on her maw.

She said, "I don't know why, but I forgive you."

She went over to her bed, and sat on the side of it, still facing me.

I saw something out of the corner of my eye sitting on the dresser on the wall of the room. It was a shirt.

I looked back over to Katie and asked, "Hey Katie, why don't I have a shirt?" Her eyes moved to my fairly muscular chest and a bright red blush filled her cheeks. I chuckled and said, "Wow, I thought no red could ever overpower the brightness of your eyes, but your cheeks just did."

She gave me an embarrassed smile and said, "Richard, you can have a shirt if you want. I… I just… I like to see you shirtless."

I smiled, as it was flattering to hear that after all my life, I still looked pretty good at 37.

"Katie, if you love it so much, I'll keep it off."

Her ears perked up and a huge smile was strewn across her maw. "Phew, that was embarrassing." I laughed and she dismissed me from her bedroom and showed me to my bedroom.

We walked in silently. All of the human workers were in there, sleeping on bunk beds. She showed me to a corner bunk, and she motioned to the vacant top bunk. I nodded, and then jumped, getting ahold of the side of the railing and pushing myself over it and into the bed. My muscles must've been bulging, because Katie was blushing rather fiercely. I layed down and she left the room. My mind began to race. 'Could a Pokémon really love a human? Could a human really love a Pokémon? Wait, I don't love her. I can't love anymore. My wife was all I had. She was it.' I slowly began to drift off, letting much-needed sleep take me.

My eyes opened and I found myself in the meadow again. But it wasn't nighttime. It wasn't day either. The sky had a blue haze to it.

Katie's voice called out in my head, 'It's Aura.'

I looked around, but found nothing there but the meadow surrounding me on all sides. I looked down. Yes, I was naked again.

I sighed and yelled, "Where are you?" She materialized before my eyes and walked towards me. I called to her, "Katie, why am I here?"

She replied with, "This is my dream, I have invited you to it, using my Aura. Here, no one can hear us. I have important things to tell you." She was standing right in front of me now, and her body was glowing with a beautiful shade of blue. None of this felt like a dream at all. It was so real. She continued, "First of all, I am no ordinary Lucario. I have trained my Aura abilities to be… different. I'm sorry Richard, I read your mind and learned your life story. This was totally out of line to do, but my curiosity got the better of me. I'm so sorry."

I didn't care, being a kind of celebrity, I was used to living my life not having any secrets. I closed the gap between us and hugged her. Her chest spike didn't hurt too bad on my chest. Her fur was so soft. She returned the hug and pressed into me harder. Her fur was ticklish on my whole body. I then remembered that I was naked. I broke the hug quickly. We both had scarlet blushes infecting our faces. We couldn't look at each other in the eyes.

Through her embarrassment of being pressed against my naked body, she continued, "I feel that it's only right that you know everything about my life. I was captured as a Riolu by my trainer, Samantha. She was not a huge battler, she mainly competed in the Pokémon Beauty Contest. She was a legend to everyone. She held first place and Master Rank for most of her life, but the fame and The Rank weren't enough for her. When her best Pokémon for the Contest, a Togepi, evolved into a Togetic, she thought that it wasn't cute enough anymore. So she caught me. She believed in natural beauty, so I never wore any lame costumes, my fur was just brushed, and my tail was fluffed elegantly."

I glanced at her tail which was peeking out from behind her. It was still fluffy and cute.

"After a while, she craved more praise. She needed a more cute Pokémon than just me. One day, while traveling, we came across this handsome and muscular Lucario. He was immediately attracted to me and my trainer caught him. His name was Lucas. One thing led to another with us and I became pregnant. We had a beautiful boy. His name is Alexander. He's the Riolu that was downstairs today. I was lucky enough to have him assigned to my group. He is my everything."

She sighed, "Lucas left too soon. You know as much as anyone that if you are famous, you will also have people who hate you. Many competitive battlers despised my trainer because they believed that Pokémon were meant for fighting only. One day, some punks surrounded us in the woods. They had pistols pointed at our heads. I cowered in fear and I covered my crying Riolu. One trigger-happy sonofabitch shot straight for Samantha, but Lucas jumped in front of her and took it in the chest. He fell to the ground and the bastards ran away. I ran over to Lucas. He was bleeding. We stared into each other's eyes. In an attempt to save him I placed my paw on his chest and released all the healing Aura I had. It was too late, he had lost too much blood. He told me that he loved me, and I almost said it back, but Samantha grabbed my arm and ran away with me in her grasp before I could. Years passed, and now… here we are. I have since learned to let go of the past and keep moving forward, but sometimes I think about Samantha and Lucas. What is our old universe like without Pokémon?"

I refused to tell her the truth about her old universe, about how with no Pokémon, her universe probably crumbled. Instead, I pressed for more questions, "Hey, Uh, Katie? When I was unconscious last night, you didn't do anything to me, did you?"

She knew what I meant and quickly replied with a no and a blush.

I then asked, "Do you know where my clothes went last night?"

She nodded and said, "Yveltal took them, for some reason."

"Did you love Lucas?" I asked.

"With all my heart. I pledged to myself that I would never love again. That is until… nevermind." She sighed.

I knew her feeling all too well. How could I betray someone I loved by loving someone else? "Ever wish you could start over?" The words blurted out of my mouth.

She gave me a confused look, "What do you mean?"

I nervously chuckled and said, "I mean, ever wish that you could give love another try?"

She nodded, "Every day."

My body took over. I closed the gap between us and pressed my lips against hers. We were up against each other again, somehow even closer than when we hugged. Without hesitation, she returned the kiss. My arms were placed around her waist while her arms were wrapped around my neck. She focused Aura into her lips and gave me energy. It was tingly, but it filled my body with the mood of love. The kiss lasted a long time, but we eventually broke it for air. We stared into each other's eyes. Her glistening rubies-for-irises were beautiful.

"Katie, I… I think that I lo—" She smiled and kissed me again, without needing to hear the rest of my sentence. She understood.

It made no sense, my feelings for her. She was my captor, my enslaver. She was a Pokémon, something close to an animal in this world. I had just met her. It took me years for me to realize my love for Sarah. I was confused as hell, but I knew that I wasn't lying to myself either. I loved her.

All of a sudden, I jolted up from my bed and gasped for air. It was a dream. It was her dream. It was our dream. I propped up on my small bunk and stretched. Everyone else was already gone. I thought about our imaginary kiss. I still somehow felt her warmth.

'Good morning,' a soothing voice sang in my head.

I smiled and thought, 'Good morning.'

Her voice called back, 'It's time for work. I'll be pitching in today, so it'll be an easy day.'

I smiled and launched myself out of my top bunk. I slammed my feet on the ground and stabilized upon landing. I walked out of my room and down the stairs, where I was greeted by a smiling Katie. I motioned for her hand, but she didn't take it.

'Richard, I love you, but other Pokémon won't take this easily.'

I frowned but nodded in understanding. "So, you're gonna help us out today?" I asked her as we headed out the back door.

"Yeah, I am gonna just do some odd jobs, wherever I'm needed. Hopefully we can get what we need to get done early so I can properly introduce you to everyone."

I worked in the field again, with my heavy basket and my sweat. The sun was brutal, as was to be expected in the Ohio summer. After breakfast and lunch, Katie came over to the blueberry fields with me to help. While I was exhausted from a hard day's work, she was calm but energized. Her body was surrounded by a haze of Aura, as she was moving faster, smarter, and more efficiently than I was.

I snickered and called to her, "I wish I could work that fast."

She stopped to look at me. Smiling she said, "I told you: I am no ordinary Lucario. I have an idea. Most Lucario cannot do this."

She walked over to me, placed a hand on my chest and pumped pure strength into me. My energy felt renewed, as my body illuminated blue. I smiled at her and started to pick berries. I became much faster and I was picking at the pace that she was. She was amazing. Everything about her mesmerized me. Easily finishing our jobs before dinner, we all went back inside.

On the way in, I asked Katie, "Do we have running water? I need a shower pretty badly."

She looked at my sweaty body and said, "Unfortunately, we don't have a working shower, but there's a well not too far from here. We can get some water, but later. Right now, I need to introduce you."

We all gathered in a family room of sorts. I sat by Katie and the humans and Pokémon gathered around.

"Alright everyone. As you already know, this is Richard. I would like you all to introduce yourselves."

A girl that looked about 19 introduced herself first, "Hi, I'm Sarah." She had dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. She looked eerily similar to my late wife.

"Nice to meet you," I said quietly, as memories flowed back into my mind.

"Hello sir, my name is Jarod," said a young, teenage boy.

I gave him a nod and a smile in acknowledgement.

A woman in her mid-forties said, "Hello, Richard. My name is Christina. My wife, Jane, and I were the past owners." She motioned towards another female. I assumed that this meant that they were a lesbian couple.

I smiled brightly at them both, "Nice to meet you both."

The last of the humans addressed me, "Hello, I am Zandra." She was an African-American female, who looked rather strong, but very kind at the same time. Unlike the others, she seemed slightly angry at the situation she was in.

"Hello, Zandra. Nice to meet you all," I said.

And then a Pokémon started to speak. "Star, Staravia."

Katie chuckled and said, "I think I'll save you all the trouble and introduce all for you. Richard, the Staravia is Mia. That Cacturne is Brian. The little Piplup is Laura. The Shinx is named Noah. And this here," She picked up a cute little Riolu in her arms, to which the Riolu responded by curling up in them, "This is Alexander. My little boy."

I smiled at the Riolu. He stared at me and smiled back, closing his eyes and melting in his mother's embrace. "He's so cute," I said.

Katie beamed at the compliment, "He's my most valuable treasure. Anyways. Everyone, you are free to rest. Richard and I are going to the well and maybe go to get us some dinner from town. We will be back soon."

Everyone nodded and left the room, all but Katie, Alex, and I. I wasn't aware that I was the one going to go out and fetch the water, but I didn't mind, I would have Katie by my side. Anyways, who doesn't love a little adventure?

I turned to Katie and asked, "Can your son understand me?"

She took her eyes off of the Riolu in her lap and looked at me, she replied, "Not yet, he has to grow before he can." She nudged the Riolu and it crawled out of her embrace and stood on the floor. Katie faced her son and said, "Mommy will be gone for a while, will you be okay to stay here?" The Riolu hesitantly nodded. "Alright, honey. Go find Mia, she would love to play with you while I'm gone. Stay safe, sweetie." The loving Lucario gave her son a hug. After that, Alex scurried out of the room.

"That was the most adorable thing I've ever seen," I said.

Katie blushed and told me, "I am sorry that you never had the joy of having a child." And with that, we left for the well.

The midday sun was fierce. Katie and I walked through the fields of the farm to the outskirts, with huge wheelbarrows in tow. We walked in silence, but we both knew full well that our minds were screaming. My mind raced with thoughts of Katie, and I could only assume that the thoughts were reciprocated. We reached the well after a good while. It was a pump system with a long pipe jutting down a hole in the Earth. I positioned the wheelbarrow underneath the spout and began to pump. Well water began to surface and filled it. After both of our wheelbarrows were filled, we began to head back. I learned quickly that a full wheelbarrow is a lot harder to handle than an empty one. Katie saw me struggling, as she pumped herself with Aura and was having no problem at all. She stopped and came over to me. She placed her hand on my chest again and delivered strength in the form of Aura. I moved the wheelbarrow easily after that.

It only took us a couple of minutes to return home. When we arrived I began to think of how I would be able to bathe, after all, all we had was water in a barrow.

"Hey Katie, I know this might be a lot to ask, but I need many strips of wood planks, a hammer, nails, a saw, duct tape, a barrel, and piping."

She nodded and said, "We pretty much have anything you could think of in the tool shed, let me go see." She left and returned with a blue plastic barrel filled with the things that I had asked for, but it only had a few planks.

I took them from her, "Thanks. Is there any more wood?"

She replied, "Yes, it'll just take me a few trips to haul it all. I presume that you are building a shower?"

I nodded as my answer and she was off for another trip to get wood. I got to work.

In about an hour, I had built an elevated stand for a tank to sit on out of wood, which was positioned right outside of the house. It had a makeshift ramp leading up to it, which doubled as a stabilizer. Then, I hauled the empty barrel up the ramp and placed it into position. I then bolted it into place. Then, there was the hard part: the plumbing. I sawed a tiny hole on the bottom of the side of the barrel and fed a PVC pipe through it. I duct taped it to the barrel on the inside and outside, to ensure that no water would leak. Then I attached a valve handle and a nozzle pointing down, both of which were secured by duct tape. All the while, Katie was watching me work. She was fascinated by my craftiness and intelligence.

She asked, "Have you ever made a shower before?"

I chuckled and replied with, "Nope, but trust me, I've made much more complicated machinery than a simple faucet."

I went inside the house and raided the shower curtain from the now-useless shower and hung it on a wooden apparatus I had surrounding where I would stand. I had also built a shelf in the interior, which I placed a bar of soap, shampoo, conditioner, and some towels that I found in the bathroom as well. I finished by wheeling the wheelbarrows of water of up the ramp to the barrel. Katie helped me slowly pour the water into the barrel. I was silently praying to Arceus that the duct tape would hold. I don't know why I doubted myself, I was quite the handyman. It held beautifully. Both wheelbarrows of water were just enough to fill half of the barrel.

"Well, it's time to test it out," I said, "Would you care to join me? I mean, you've already seen me naked."

She blushed at my bluntness and whispered, "Richard, you know I can't. Our love is not approved of."

I snickered, "Who's around here watching?"

She looked around at her surroundings to only see a deserted farm. No one was there to stop her.

She sighed and looked down at herself, "Well, I do need a shower."

She began to grin as we both stepped inside of the curtain and closed it. I slid my shirt over my head, letting the sunlight hit my chest and back. I then slipped off my shoes and socks. As I bent down to do so, I noticed Katie admiring the way my chest arched, revealing faint abs. When I took my pants off, she began to shift slowly back and forth. Her gaze never faltered as I pulled my underwear down to the ground, revealing my semi flaccid dick. I placed my discarded clothes on the platform that the barrel was on and turned to look at Katie. She was still staring at my dick and had a slight glint in her eye. I lightly turned the valve to its 'on' state, and it responded by a steady stream of water falling onto my head. It was refreshingly warm from the summer sun.

I squirted some shampoo into my hands and swirled it in my hair. Once I rinsed off, I took the bar of soap and lathered it in my hands. I began moving my hands up and down my body, my skin began to collect suds, which made my body shine. Katie could no longer control herself as she took the bar of soap and began to wash my body for me. I did not object. Her soft paws were so soothing as they caressed my body. There was a slight hint of lust in her eyes as her paws moved from washing my chest downward. Her hands eventually found my penis. Completely ignoring the fact that she was washing me, she moved on to playing with it.

As my body was rinsed from the water above, she lightly tugged my cock up, down, left, and right, causing it to become firmly erect. It was as if she was playing the Atari, flailing around the joystick. It sent fuzzy sensations up my spine and I never wanted it to end, but I knew that we couldn't do this right now.

Through heavy breathing, I said, "Katie, this isn't the best place for that."

She stared into my eyes, keeping her paws on my dick and said, "I know it's not, but I can't go another minute without at least touching it."

We both blushed and I said, "We don't have much water left. So you better finish me quick."

She gave me a smirk and began to pump my dick with her paws. It somehow became even more erect in her hands, to which she smiled. Then, she got down onto her knees and became head height to my dick. She stared up into my eyes as she licked her lips in anticipation. "You don't need permission from me," I gasped out as she kissed the tip, then opened her mouth around it. She closed her maw once it reached the end of it and she began to greedily lick my length. I let out a loud moan as the warmth of her mouth engulfed my cock. He saliva caked my dick as her tongue began to swirl around my tip. Her eyes shut as she began to make faint, involuntary slurping sounds. I subconsciously bucked my hips forward, sending my dick deeper into her maw, eliciting a loud gag followed by an even louder moan. Her moaning sent tingly vibrations throughout my penis which traveled up my body. Our moans fed off of each other's loudness. Neither of us cared about who could've heard them. We were too caught up in the moment to give a shit about anything else other than each other. She began to bob her head up and down on it, going all the way out to my tip, then jamming back to the end, having my tip hit the back of her mouth. She never stopped licking and sucking, as I began to spew precum into her. She took the clear, sticky substance down her throat as she began to hum on my dick. She was not one to take things slow, as her thrusts grew faster and the vibrations grew more pleasurable. My hands shot out to her head and began to massage her ears, making her moan even more. I knew I would not last long.

"Baby, I'm going to cum soon."

A smile formed around her muzzle while my dick was still inside of it and she began to pump even faster. She put her teeth into it, which felt like someone was stroking a cock with a fine comb. My dick responded immediately and began to pulsate. Ample amounts precum filled her mouth, to which she gladly swallowed. She continued at her fast pace and my dick began to throb more fiercely. I felt my climax coming up fast, but I held it back. It was as though my dick was inflated, just waiting to burst. She did not care too much for my resilience and began to furiously ravage my cock. Her licks grew greedier and her hums crescendoed. I bucked in and out of her mouth in perfect rhythm with her bobbing. My refusal to release just created more precum, which flowed down her throat like a river. Impatient as hell, Katie shot her Aura through my dick and caused it to vibrate. It vibrated the inside of my cock and balls. I suddenly moaned loudly and shoved my dick straight down her throat. She gagged for a second, but then moaned loudly, voraciously slurping around my cock. I had seemed to fuck her silly, as her eyes were nearly in the back of her head.

Even through the running water, I sweat profusely as I strained myself to keep my cum in for as long as possible. Katie began growling on my dick, furious that she hadn't gotten me to burst yet. The strain was unbearable as my overinflated cock begged for release. I felt myself on the verge of passing out, so I began to let my guard down. As soon as I did, I moaned as Katie began to tease my cum into the shaft of my cock. Through her bobs, I felt a rocket of cum surge to my tip.

I could not get the words, "I'm cumming," out of my mouth before my cock bursted. White, hot cum poured out of my dick, plastering the inside of her maw and throat. She moaned my name, having her sexy voice echo throughout my mind. She hugged my body tight, wrapping her paws around my waist and burying her maw into my crotch, as she took all of it, making sure that none of my cum dripped out. I could feel her throat and tongue moving and lapping as she thirstily drank all of it. My cock continued to throb as she pulled her head away, gasping for air. This left the remaining shots of cum that I had to paint her face. Some squirted onto her chin, some dripped right above her eye, and some even coated her ear. She quickly got up and kissed me passionately. Some of my cum stuck to my face and I could taste my cum in her mouth, but I didn't care. She sent Aura throughout my body. It was pure love.

After our kiss broke, I contently whispered, "I love you too," and moved on to bathe her as my dick calmed down slightly.

I looked up at the barrel to see the faint outline of the water through the side of it. It was almost empty. I sighed and said, "Don't worry baby, I'll return the favor soon enough. But the water's going to run out soon and I still have to bathe you." She nodded, with both lust and my cum still caking her face.

Our love had grown so fast. While I was conditioning her fur, I prayed that no one heard our moans from the house. My rubs and massages throughout her fur must have been driving her mad, due to her lightly moaning into every touch. I felt bad for causing that insatiable need for release, but she had to get cleaned up. After our shower, I turned the valve to 'off' and toweled off my wet body while Katie shook like a dog. Her fur proofed up.

I snickered and said, "Awww, you look so cute like that."

She blushed and said, "No I do not! I look like a little puffball!"

I replied with, "Exactly!"

We both laughed as I put my clothes back on and she adjusted her fur. I pulled back the shower curtain to reveal the outside world, and a curious Riolu and Staravia covering the little child's ears. They were staring at us both.

"Oh shit."

We both stared at Alex and Mia. Mia had a surprised look while Alex had a confused look. Neither Katie nor I knew what to say. But Katie had to say something. She was the only one who could communicate with them.

She nervously began with, "Uh, hey guys. How long have you been there?"

The Staravia said, "Staravia star," to which Katie responded with a blush.

The Staravia gave the Lucario a subtle smirk and walked away with the Riolu.

"What did she say?"

Katie turned her gaze towards me and said, "'Long enough.'"