Yay, I did it! I made it! I managed to upload chapter 10 by today! Remember to read the author note below~
"Maria?" Cedar said, walking into the room Maria ran into.
Maria was seated on the only chair at the corner of the dark room, staring into blank space. The sound of Cedar walking into the room made her turned her head slightly.
"So, what's wrong?" Cedar asked, sitting on the bed. Fiddling with the switch of the bedside lamp, Cedar gave a satisfied smile, as an orange glow lit up the room.
"Nothing." Maria replied.
"Seriously, you are just like your Trainer. Nothing means everything." Cedar said, trying to see what Maria was staring at.
"I don't know. When I saw Dawn and Zarl so close together, I just..." Maria whispered.
Cedar nodded, turning to face Maria again.
"You just got jealous, and lost control of your power." Cedar completed.
"Jealous?" Maria stared at Cedar.
"Tell me. The strange feeling you are getting, yet knew nothing about. You only get it when it involves Zarl, right?" Cedar said. A déjà vu, Cedar could not help feeling.
"How could I feel jealousy? Zarl is my Trainer." Maria said, getting flustered.
"Answer one question truthfully. Do you love Zarl?" Cedar asked.
Maria blinked, surprised by the question. For a moment, utter silence stood between them.
"I don't know." Maria whispered finally.
"Zarl went to get Dawn. He will probably fall in love with her again." Cedar said.
"As his Pokémon, I will support him." Maria said, surprised by the sting in her heart upon saying those words.
"It hurts doesn't it?" Cedar said, a smile spreading on his face.
Maria did not reply.
"Remember what Dawn did? Want to know the reason? Dawn was afraid that her love for Zarl was not real, so she ran away. The fact that she did not return for 3 years was pretty much her answer." Cedar said.
"What can I do? She came for Zarl. I can't be selfish and stop her." Maria said, her heart aching.
"Love is selfish." Cedar replied.
"I am a Pokémon." Maria said.
"This is probably the first time you heard about this. Zarl's mother was a Pokémon as well. I wouldn't say a hundred percent Pokémon, but a Pokémon nonetheless." Cedar stopped for a moment, waiting for the information to sink in. "The fact that Zarl's mother and Leyard created Zarl easily showed that love between Pokémon is possible, isn't it?"
Maria stared at Cedar, surprised by the information.
"So, that means it's alright for me to..." Maria said.
"Well, you got it. " Cedar shrugged.
Maria smiled, rising from her chair, then leaving the room.
"Ah, she went." Cedar said, rubbing his eyes tiredly.
"I should learn to stop mistaking Maria for Marie."
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"Dawn." Zarl said, staring the blue haired girl sat, leaning against a willow tree. A distance from her, calm, moonlit water lap against the shore.
Dawn motioned Zarl to sit next to her. Zarl hesitated a moment, then sat down.
"You chose me." Dawn whispered.
"I don't have a choice." Zarl replied.
"I guessed so." Dawn sighed.
"Why did you leave?" Zarl asked.
"Because I don't know whether I loved you." Dawn replied.
"And?" Zarl said, twiddling his finger on the soft grass.
"I probably do." Dawn said softly, touching her wrist gently. A pneumatic hiss made Zarl look up. The GEA suit Dawn was wearing suddenly loosen, its seams breaking, its segments falling away.
"Do you want me?" Dawn whispered, turning to take a predatory stance over Zarl. Her fragrant blue hair fell over like a curtain, separating the surrounding from Zarl's eyes.
Zarl stared at Dawn, his body tensing at the sensation of Dawn's bare skin sliding against his. Dawn's scent coaxed him gently, tempting him to reach out and pull her body to him.
"No." Zarl suddenly replied, lightly pushing Dawn, so that she fell back to where she was.
Dawn sat on her suit, her face as serene as ever, barely surprised by Zarl's reaction.
"Tell me. Maria, right?" Dawn said.
Zarl did not reply, instead staring into the night sky. It was probably as Dawn said. Zarl had revisited this question himself over the years, yet, had always decided that it couldn't be that kind of love.
"You know? I did not leave because I didn't know my own heart." Dawn said, pulling her suit up. Touching her wrist again, Dawn set the suit to return to its body hugging form.
"I left, because you loved Maria. I cannot stand sharing your heart with another woman, much less a Pokémon." Dawn said.
Suddenly, something clicked in his mind. The realization that what he had always decided was but self denial. Then more questions began to surface. Should he love Maria? Can he? Would Maria accept him?
Zarl suddenly remembered what Cedar said.
'Your biological mother, Marie is a Pokémon.'
"And why can I not love a Pokémon? My mother is one, so am I." Zarl said. It doesn't matter. He would at least make his feelings known. Even if it was at the risk of his relationship with Maria.
Dawn suddenly sucked in her breathe.
"So you are Marie's child." Dawn said, suddenly standing up. Dawn moved a step forward, then froze. For a moment, she stood frozen like this, then stepped back. An Alakazam suddenly teleported next to where she was.
"See you in Veilstone" Dawn said, her eyes looking at the ground. The Alakazam grabbed Dawn, then both teleported away.
"She lied." Zarl whispered. Then he smiled.
"Does it matter?" Zarl said softly, standing up slowly. At the edge of his mind, Zarl could feel Maria moving closer. Looking for him.
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"We what?" Cyren growled.
Mars nodded.
"Call her back. I don't believe this. She resisted a five-Alakazam strong mind array?" Cyren said.
Mars seemed to whisper to an Alakazam holding onto the hands of four other Alakazams. The five Alakazams controlling Dawn's mind. Earlier on, when Cyren realized Dawn had rebelled, she had summoned these Alakazams, who had telepathic connections with Dawn, to control her.
Dawn had proved to be difficult to control, despite being brainwashed by the Alakazams to work for GEA. Her feelings were limiting the tendrils of Alakazams' control.
"We are losing her. We have to teleport her back." Mars said.
"Do it. Lock her up for re-therapy once we have her." Cyren said, sipping her wine slowly to calm herself.
Mars nodded, whispering to the Alakazam. The Alakazam nodded, then teleported away.
The other four Alakazam began to glow as they put in more effort to hold their control.
"How did she..." Cyren whispered.
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Zarl lie on his bed, watching the pokecube on the bedside table. Remembering what happened earlier, Zarl broke into a smile.
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"Maria!" Zarl said, breaking into a run upon catching sight of Maria's flowing gown.
"Zarl." Maria said, moving quickly to Zarl.
"Maria, I have something to tell you."
"Actually, me too." Maria said, suddenly blushing.
"Then I will say first. Maria. I love you." Zarl said, regretting immediately at how corny he sounded. This is probably the worst confession in the world.
Maria's face took on a darker shade of red.
"I was going to tell you that." Maria whispered.
Zarl felt his heart skipped a beat.
"To be together for so long, yet only to realize the feelings I have was because I loved you..." Maria continued.
"To have loved you for so long, yet not wanting to acknowledge it, until I can find a reason to love you openly..." Zarl said.
The leaves began to rustle along gusts of cool wind. Suddenly, they broke into giggles.
"Shall we go back?" Zarl said.
Maria placed her hand on Zarl's.
"Are you cold?" Maria said. Zarl felt warmth envelop him.
LLL
Zarl smiled. He wasn't particularly cold. But since Maria was holding her hand, it doesn't really matter.
"Zarl?" Zarl heard Maria's voice in his mind.
"Yes?"
A familiar blue light flashed from the pokecube, sending Maria out. Maria stood next to bed, fidgeting slightly.
"What's wrong?" Zarl asked.
"Um, can I sleep with you?" Maria whispered.
Zarl stared as Maria tried to avert his eyes. Moving suddenly, Zarl made enough space on the single bed for Maria to climb in.
Maria floated onto the bed, then landed gracefully, cutting off her psychic powers completely.
Zarl took a sharp breathe, surprised by how differently he was seeing Maria already. The way Maria's gown sink and rise with the contour of her body, the way her chest and legs featured prominently.
"What's the matter?" Zarl whispered, forcing his eyes away from its seemingly automatic function of scanning Maria's body.
"Dawn used to sleep with you. It made me feel strange. Jealous." Maria whispered.
Zarl smiled, touching Maria's face gently. Her soft, white skin and glossy lips tempted Zarl steadily.
Suddenly, Maria blushed.
"The pheromone spray." Maria whispered, moving her face away from Zarl. Her familiar musky scent waft slowly into Zarl's nose. An irresistibly tempting scent, tempered by the fact that Maria was right in front of him, her pale skin covered by her loose gown.
"Are you okay?" Zarl asked, remembering that the spray he had given to Maria earlier only lasts a few hours.
Maria whimpered as she moved, waves of pleasure flooding her skin. Thankfully, the effect was not as strong as it was.
Zarl grabbed the bed sheets, trying to ignore the scent and sound Maria made.
"I need to..." Maria whispered, then whimpered again, as the bed sheets brushed against her skin.
Zarl felt his knuckles becoming white as he grabbed tighter at the bed sheets. Suddenly, Zarl released the bed sheets.
"Maria?" Zarl whispered, his voice taking a strange calm.
Maria stopped moving, staring at Zarl.
Zarl touched Maria's cheek gently, then lean forward, so that their lips touch.
"Shall I fulfil your desire?" Zarl asked.
Maria stared at Zarl for a moment, then squeaked as Zarl moved his fingers along her neck. Quietly, she nodded.
Please read this author note.
Now, anyone would expect a wonderfully described copulation scene in the next chaper. (Well, I would. Sorry for being sick.)
However, I intend to leave this story with its Teen rating. (Because mature ratings means my story won't show up by default, and that sucks.)
So, I decided to make another story, and put the "Lost Chapter" there.
Don't worry. You don't have to read it if you are offended by lemon. It doesn't contain any important plot points.
Chapter 10.5 (lemon) : .net/s/5134445/1/A_Night_of_Lust (Copy and paste, then add a 'www', a fullstop, and a "fanfiction" at the beginning)
If link doesn't work, just click my author name above, then browse my stories for the title "A Night of Lust", then click it.
For those who are against lemon (How could you?), just go on to the next chapter when it is up.
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