Semi-Rare
Chapter 11
(Warning: this chapter contains a large measure of coarse language)
I finished showing Narca around, and we headed back downstairs… I noticed that Carol and Leonard were preparing to leave, along with Garrus and Cyclis. "Whoa, guys, what's happening?" I said, worried they were going abandon me to the no doubt few mercies of our new friend "oh… we're just going out on a date" said Carol, innocently… I protested "you can't all be going out with each other, there are four of you!" she nodded "yeah, me and Leonard are going to a restaurant, and Cyclis and Garrus are going to he cinema, then they'll join us there…" I sighed "but… I'll be alone…" she smiled "you've got Narca… and anyway, Nathan is moving into my house today, so you can get to know him" I wracked my brain for a moment… Nathan?… then I remembered, the Lopunny guy that appeared on the same reality TV show they did… I felt almost like I was inundated with low-grade celebrities.
Without any more words, they all left… I slumped down on the sofa "I can't believe they ditched me… and you too, Narca…" she grinned, sitting next to me awkwardly, due to her lower abdomen "don't worry about it… I won't snip your head off…" I shuddered at the thought "th… thanks… so, tell me about yourself…" she rolled her eyes "what is there to tell? I grew up in a backwater, middle-of-nowhere shack with my mother and my human father, they taught me to protect myself, fly and all that… then they forced me out…" I blinked in disbelief "you… can fly?" she nodded "oh yeah, what else do you think the wings are for?" I shrugged "I don't know… I just didn't expect… I mean… whoa…" she grinned "I like you… you're cute… even for a Lucario…"
I blushed a little… as much as I hated to admit it, my 'cuteness' was far more apparent than any masculinity or gruff personality I had… I was a real lady's boy. We were interrupted by a knock on the door… followed by a voice "hello?… Carol?… c'mon, let me in, there's a Growlithe in your neighbour's yard and it's eyeing me up!" I got up to answer the door, knowing it was Nathan simply by his voice. I opened the door to see him yelling out across the road "I'm a boy darn it!… j… just put that thing away now you dirty creature!" he turned around, and jumped upon seeing me "hey… you're not Garrus…" I nodded "yeah, I'm Gaiel, Carol's piano… tutor… but I'm staying at her place for… extended sessions…" he nodded slowly "well, that's shifty as hell, but I won't argue… where are they though?" I sighed "they all went out on dates, leaving behind just me, her mum, and her new friend Narca" he shrugged "ah well, that's her alright… anyway, can I come in now? all I have on is a tie and I'm freezing out here" I nodded, allowing him to hop up the step and walk inside… he nodded to Narca, and sat down. I sat near to him, and as I did, he slid away slightly, looking at me awkwardly, I laughed "y'know, the documentaries were right about Lopunny being timid" he crossed his arms and huffed "only 'cause you gave me that look… and anyway, I'm only 75% Lopunny as it is…" I shrugged "hey, whatever, you look just like a normal one, with the outrageously long ears and all that" he smiled "hey, don't knock the ears, they're great"
He turned to Narca and began to speak "so then… Narca… how long have you been here?" she grinned "I've only just arrived… your that guy off the TV aren't you?" he half smiled "yeah, you could say…" I laughed as I remembered "heh… don't you have that thing where if you get too angry, you revert to pokemon-speak for hours on end?" he glared at me "it's not a laughing matter… seriously, if you so much as DARE to try that…" I quelled my laughing "come on man, you have to admit, it's kind of funny…" he shook his head "it's not funny!… seriously, I just had to go past a randy Growlithe that thought I was a girl, which was a pain in the ass… I'm not in the mood for kidding about…" suddenly, Narca burst into laughter, I realised she mistook the words 'pain in the ass' for being literal… "it humped you!?! hah!… that's brilliant!" Nathan began to fume "shut up now!… this is not funny at all!" I sighed as Narca said "you kidding?… that's hilarious!" Nathan shook his small fist "it didn't do that!… it… it tried… but it's not funny!…" I shrugged "well, it sort of is…" his words began to become more primitive sounding, as I realised his speech was about to alter… "it's not funny!… it's not funny!… it's… not…" suddenly, a confused look came across his face "punny?" Narca stopped laughing, and I sighed "you've done it now…" she realised that she'd taken things a bit far, and said "sorry Nathan… I didn't think that…" he seemed to relax, and just said "pun… punny punny…" he then realised that we had no idea what he was saying, so he went off to get some paper to write on. Narca looked at me "whoa… that's weird… why does he do that?" I shrugged "must be a mental condition, you know, from his heritage… he's fine otherwise though, according to his profile when he was on 'I'm a Legendary'"
He came back and held up a piece of paper, on it was written "it's not you're fault, you had no idea… just don't do it again… I should be alright by tomorrow morning, till then, ask me yes or no questions only" Narca nodded, wide eyes "man, you're a fast writer" he grinned smugly "punnehhh…" I smiled "man, everyone here are such characters… I think I'll like this house…" Narca laughed "I haven't really done anything yet, so you can't really say that" I shrugged "well, I presume you have some interesting quirk in your personality, like everyone else…" she sighed "well… I can be a little impulsive sometimes…" Nathan rolled his eyes, and laid out on the sofa, letting his ears flop to the floor… I smiled, I had always thought of Lopunny being a female only race, even though I knew that wasn't so… but Nathan, despite his high voice and feminine body… he just seemed male to me, probably because I wasn't very masculine myself either. I blushed as I looked further down his body… it was well hidden by fur, but the faint shape of his manhood was visible… I tried to avert my eyes, but my curiosity forced me to examine it. Nathan noticed what I was doing, and raised one of his large eyebrows "punny?" I blushed even more "oh… n… nothing… honest… is that okay?" he reluctantly sighed, and nodded his head, then went back to laying down. I turned on the television, and he beckoned towards the top of it with his arm "pun… pun…" I asked "do you want the remote control?" he nodded frantically, and I handed it to him… there was something quite fun about having someone who couldn't talk intelligibly in the house… but I shook off the temptation of trying to enrage him again in future, he's too nice a guy really. I relaxed on the chair, turning my eyes to the TV, and the comedy programme that was on it… as a bald man wearing glasses and a suit yelled "you can't leave me here, it's against my rights!… and what's more, I have HUMAN rights!" I suddenly had an idea… what if we were to go out too?… I turned to Narca and smiled "hey… fancy going out to some place?… just the three of us?" she swayed from side to side "I don't know… I mean… we have no money… what would we do?" I smiled "don't worry… I know just the thing…"
It was the dead of night as we left the house, Nathan had already regained his speech, and I had decided to take them to the lookout point, a small plaza on the top of a hill by the sea… there wasn't much there, but it was still worth going. As we reached the base of the hill however, we ran into a veritable fence of 'keep-out' tape. I sighed "damnit… I can't believe it, you would have loved the lookout point…" Narca grinned "we shouldn't just stop here… I'll fly you over" Nathan cocked his head to the side "I don't know, Narca, we could get in a lot of trouble…" I laughed "there's no-one here to put us in that trouble, so let's do it!" Narca first picked up Nathan, flying him across with ease… she then carried me… she struggled a little more that time, but still got the both of us across. "Nice job… now, let's keep moving…" I said, pointing forwards and setting off up the hill… there was an eerie quiet about the place, which made me slightly nervous, seeing as normally you could hear bird song in the trees at this time of the evening. However, as we got closer, I could hear voices… one of which was familiar… "I know mate, he's like, such a wanker, 'innit?" the other replied "yaah, know mate, he sent me out fo' sayin' the truth an' shit" I recognised the voice instantly… it was the girl who had given me a hard time back this morning!… the voices carried on, and so I listened in some more "mate, is you like, gonna stab im up proper?" she replied "nah mate, he's like, a fookin' Lucario or some shit like dat, probably stab proof" the other said "then whys you hollerin' to me, home-girl?" she laughed "I'm gonna put dat motherfucker in a poke-ball innit!… I just need to borrow yah ultra pimpin' one" he replied "ahh whatever, take it, I don't need it no more, not after lucky got whacked by Jamie's crew" she giggled "eh, I didn't think that bitch was dead" the other laughed "no ya silly bitch, I just can't be shitted with waitin' for her to come out that piece 'o shit pokemon centre, innit"
I froze dead… one of my pupils was a complete gangland hooligan… what's more… she planned to trap me in an ultra-ball?… I began to stagger back, quivering… Narca put her arms around me and said "it's… it's alright…" Nathan asked "were they… talking… about you?" I nodded worriedly "yes… that's Trudy Adams… one the pupils… but… they… they can't…" Nathan also came up to comfort me "it's alright… I promise you that we won't let you get caught…" I smiled meekly "thanks… we should probably get out of here…" we nodded in agreement, and began to go back the way we came… suddenly, a voice rang out "what's all dis den eh?… thinking you can just listen in without me poppin' a cap in your furry ass" I turned to see Trudy and her friend looking at me with cruel sneers. In a stark contrast to the normal school uniform, Trudy was wearing a tattered mini-skirt as well as a white hoodie and extremely laddered tights… her friend was bare chested, wearing his trousers low down, and carrying masses of golden jewellery which was an ugly accompaniment to his fake tan.
I growled "what are you two doing here?" he smiled "mah' home girl just told me about your hatin' and how I can fix you up real propa" I shook my head "I didn't do anything…" Trudy interrupted "like fuck you did!… you were being propa racist against humans and all that shit!" I protested "that's rich, coming from you!" her friend just shrugged "eh, whatever, I don't give a shit… all I know is you'd betta be fucking nice to her, she's gonna be your master in a moment" he pulled from his pocket the sum of my worst fears at that moment… it was unmistakeable, the shape… the black top with the inverted golden 'U'… it was an Ultra ball… I knew there was no way in hell I could resist the efficiency of such a device… if it were to strike me, I'd be surely caught. "No… you don't know what your doing!… it doesn't need to come to this!" I yelled in a blind panic, he laughed, revelling in the sadistic dominance he now had "a'ight then, let's hear it, ya pussy" I fell to my knees "please… I'll do anything… anything" he began to grow impatient "yah, what, motherfucker?" I desperately went over thoughts in my head "uhhhm… I'll cancel lessons… I won't set any coursework tasks!…" he shook his head slowly "I don't even go to kiddie school, you piece of shit… a'ight time to shut you up" he raised the ball in his hand, I screamed out "NO!" but he simply ignored me and carried on… I thought I was done for sure… but then, as I screwed my eyes shut… there was a sound, a hideous slicing sound… I looked up and saw that the man had fallen over, unconscious… and his arm had literally been torn off…
Narca stood above him, panting, his blood drenching one of her pincers… straight away, Trudy yelled "holy fucking shit!" and dashed off as fast as she could, caring little for her horrendously wounded 'friend'. I was overwhelmed with both relief and nausea at the sight… Narca stepped back, sighing deeply… without delay, Nathan ran up to him and began to bandage his bleeding stump, saying "I won't let him die, even if he's a complete asshole" I staggered back a little more… then, the shock got to me and I fainted.