Alright, Alice doesn't believe I'm well enough to be out of bed and I got caught up watching Blue Drop and the first 8 episodes of Queen's Blade so it was hard for me to start typing again, although I do want to carry on the story and I feel awkward watching Queen's Blade in the same room as Alice (Seeing all those boobs makes me feel like I'm cheating) also I am extremely sorry for making the story wait so long I may as well start the next chapter, Pokemon will be talking again, enjoy.

Chapter 10 - Returning home

It has been two nights since Heracross ran away from Nicole to Ilex forest and now is trying to find a comfortable way to live in the wild. While said trainer runs rampant taking her trusted Slowpoke to try and track down the bug pokemon. Currently Heracross is playing with 12 baby Paras trying to find them all hidden somewhere in the forest.

"Come out, come out wherever you are, I'm going to find~ you~"
sang the Heracross using her sensitive hearing to pick up the giggles coming from the surrounding bushes.

"BOO!"

Heracross jumped into a nearby bushes and scooped up 3 squirming and laughing Paras trying to escape her clutches

"ha got ya you little tykes, 3 down 9 to go"

As all this was happening the mother was resting in a corner of the clearing keeping an eye out making sure her children are safe, the old Parasect had come to trust this outsider Heracross and treats her as one of the family, she even noticed her babies calling the new addition Auntie.

Heracross had managed to find all but one and was having trouble tracking down the last little Paras, until she heard a faint whimpering and some hissing coming from a small path that deeper into the forest.

"Oh no"

Heracross then quickly spread her wings and buzzed through the clearing scanning the area for any sign of the missing child, until she came upon a big Ariados that was carrying a struggling crying bundle of web.

"Oi you, shit for brains, drop the kid or else"

Threatened Heracross lowering her horn and flexing her arms, this just made the large spider snort

"Hah what are you gonna do about it without mommy around, the only reason you escaped me those couple of days ago is because that stupid Parasect turned up"

He then held up the baby Paras cocooned in web,

"This is compensation, you were gonna be a tasty meal but since I can't have you this will have to suffice."

"What sort of cold hearted monster would eat a child"
"Hey I'm not the bad guy here, I would die of starvation if I don't get food and food isn't just handed out like in the human towns, its eat or be eaten, get over it bitch"

After that insult her across charged and caught the Ariados just underneath the head before lifting it up and flinging the screeching spider into a tree, Heracross upon landing caught the baby Paras and quickly tearing open the web to see the small female pokemon whimpering, Heracross snarled it seemed the baby had been poisoned and considering she doesn't have a very well developed immune system, the Paras child will probably die if she isn't given immediate treatment, the small bundle in Heracross' arms wheezed and pointed behind her.

"Look…out"

Heracross turned around only to quickly receive a poison jab right in the chest. Heracross' vision flared brightly from the pain, and she stumbled as the large Ariados tried to scramble over it's prey. Heracross planted her feet firmly in the ground and hugged the baby Paras as multiple, poison covered legs were pierced repeatedly into Heracross' back.

The pain was so great for Heracross, she thought, she probably wasn't going to survive, and neither will the poor baby Paras, all because Heracross wasn't good enough to protect her. The horrible stabbing continued for what felt like hours, until suddenly it stopped, the poison was still coursing through Heracross' system but she lifted her head up to see the Ariados rearing up in what seems to be pain and screeching, and Heracross could have sworn she could see Dopey watching the scene… It all became too much and then there was blackness.

*Nicole's POV*

Nicole had been searching with Dopey for ours now, honestly she had no idea where she should be looking and it seems neither did the tired Slowpoke. They were pretty sure they had combed all of the forest by now and still no sign, Nicole was beside herself with worry. Until late at night a loud hissing seemed to draw Dopey's attention and the Slowpoke ran away from Nicole through a clearing of what seemed to be a Parasect's family.

"DOPEY!, where do you think you're going, wait for me!"

*Dopey's POV*

"I swear that cry was Heracross', and she sounds like she's in trouble."

Mused the pink Pokemon as it ran away from it's screeching trainer.

"DOPEY!, Where are you going…"

The trainer's voice faded out as Dopey noticed, a large female Parasect eyeing him before saying

"Hey how do you know Heracross?"

The Parasect straightened up before sniffing Dopey and replying with

"She's a friend, I'm guessing you are a pokemon that belongs to her former trainer"

"Nicole isn't her former trainer, there was just a bit of a misunderstanding"

"Well I think attacking someone's mate because you are jelous doesn't sound like a misunderstanding"

"Uhh, it doesn't matter juat please tell me if you know where Heracross is"

"She was playing with my children just… wait this is bad!"

Suddenly the Parasect was up and scuttling off further into the forest, suddenly Dopey's ears picked up on the hissing noise again and he ran as fast as he could towards the noise of fighting. When Dopey arrived it was a horrific sight, Heracros was curled up protecting something as a huge Ariados repeatedly stabbed her in the back.

Rage flowed through the usually lazy pokemon, and his synapses flared as he unleashed a barrage of psywaves upon the unsuspecting spider, the Ariados stopped attacking and screeched in agony as its mind was assaulted with with images too terrible to describe, Dopey didn't let up even as Heracross blacked out, the Parasect yelling at the slowpoke, telling him to stop, that the battle was over. Dopey was too far gone, this horrid piece of shit had injured possibly killed his best friend, he deserved no mercy, the psychic attack intensified and the Ariados was crying, as its brain was melted, froth mixed with black blood flowed from the spiders mouth, but still the torture continued, suddenly the Ariados couldn't hold on any longer and with a final death cry the great spider's eyes burst as its limp body collapsed with a thud to the ground.

"Oh… God what have I done"

Dopey slowly come back to his senses and looked around at the trees, splattered with spider brains, shaking he then slowly turned his gaze towards the collapsed Heracross. He started running towards her

"Heracross are you alrigh…oof"

A large orange pincer had collided with the top of the Slowpokes head downing him in one hit

"You stay away from her"

"Why she's my best friend"

Slowpoke had tears running down his face form being prevented the right to even see if his friend was still breathing, and blood trickling from his nose from the overuse of his psychic abilities. The Parasect pointed an accusatory claw at the pink pokemon before saying.

"You are a stranger here, and after seeing what you did to that Ariados I don't know whether you should even be around Heracross for her safety"

"I…I… would never hurt her"

Whimpered the Slowpoke, Parasect's eyes softened and she lowered her pincer

"You're in love with her aren't you?"

Dopey simply stared at the ground and limped away to tell his trainer that Heracross has been found

"Please… at least tell me if she wakes up"

"Ok, I'll do that, and I'm sorry it isn't meant to be between you two"

"…sure"

Alice: Naomi, are you sure you should be out of bed, I mean you have a cold sweat, that isn't a good sign

Naomi: Babe, I love you and all but you've kept me confined in bed for quite a long time now, I'm pretty sure I'm just a bit warm its nothing serious

Alice: Well, if your sure, I just worry about you

Naomi: I know and I love you for it, although now that I think about it the way you looked after me all this time it seems like something straight out of an anime

Alice: and we were having such a nice moment. Oh well, thanks for waiting so long readers, please read

Naomi: Review

Alice: and Enjoy

Naomi: LATERS!

Alice: I don't know why I put up with you…