I woke up early. There was no surprising that I could open both of my eyes but the scar must be still there. It had eventually become a mark. I removed my head from her neck and looked around just to see the dawn. No one was awake. Even Flare was still sleeping. Both of us must have slept all through the evening. I didn't move, not wanting to wake Flare. We just had slept without a bed to lie on. I rested my head on the ground, thinking about Flare. I was pretty sure that she must have felt the same way yesterday. It wasn't really flirting but then I remembered when I thought it was disgusting to see the eons flirting with each others. But what was about now? Were we flirting with each other? No way, I would do that. I still could not accept this until I truly saw it with my eyes. I turned my head just to look at the sleeping vulpix's face. She was extremely beautiful and I was completely lost in her face. Just how beautiful she was. I could not resist what I was thinking. That was true; she really was beautiful all along.
She opened her eyes slowly and gazed at my face. She gave me a lovely smile.
"Morning." she said softly as she removed her head from my back.
"Morning, Flare." I returned the greeting, slowly getting up. But then I became quite unhappy, since I've become somehow ugly because of the scar.
"What's wrong?" she said, noticing my face.
"Well, I got this scar and…." I replied sadly and she interrupted my sentence.
"Don't worry appearance. I found you cute since the day I met you and I still find you." She admitted hastily and I blinked in surprised. Her eyes widened and her face starting to get red slightly. My face was slightly red also. She found me cute from the beginning. She must have a struggle in her mind, since she did not admit it till now.
"Don't be shy. It is okay." I said, giving a lick on her cheek and her face turned distinctly red.
"I found you beautiful, too." I admitted truthfully with my face, turning distinctly red. What gotten into me that time? I just admitted my feeling towards her. What's wrong with me? But I still thought I could trust her somehow.
"So you guys are awake." Gust said from behind me. I turned around see the leafeon and vaporeon, walking towards us.
"I am thinking about taking you guys a tour around the Celadon City." Lilly said. Both Flare and I blinked in surprise. They were going to take us a tour around the city. I wasn't expecting that. But I was quite somehow since I'd never seen the city before.
"Do you want to go?" I asked Flare warily. She nodded as an answer.
"Well, then, if everyone agrees, let's get going." Gust said hastily. It was intimidating that he really wanted to go. He had never been to the city before from his looks. Lilly gave him a warning glare since he was pretty hasty which turned out to be pretty rude in society.
"Let's hit the road. I am sure that we will find breakfast in the city." Lilly pointed out politely.
"What kind of breakfast?" I said, curiously. We didn't how to contact with people and how would we eat like that. Lilly smiled at me nervously as we walked along the road.
"We would be lucky if we get any waste over food." She said politely and I rolled my eyes in disappointment. I was the vulpix of high family and I would not effort doing that. I would rather eat the Persim berry, the berry I hated most!
"Let's head back!" I snarled, retraced myself but stopped by Flare.
"Why? You should be used to any kind of food." She said, in a demanding voice. I growled angrily and she approached me and nuzzled my neck gently like Lilly nuzzled Gust's. My anger magically disappeared and rather shocked by her reaction. She demanded and then nuzzled me. That was a mushy stuff but I wondered why I suddenly felt happy again. Did she really want me to her mate? I could not do anything but be nuzzled by Flare. I licked Flare's cheek in return. She smiled, satisfied by my reaction.
"Thanks," I said, giving her a lovely smile. I really started to consider about becoming her mate. It would not be that bad. She nuzzled me more and the two eons were watching at us.
"Can we go now?" Gust said, impatiently and Lilly gave him, a burst of water, drenching the leaves and his fur. Gust grunted in reaction, Lilly drenched him more. Then I noticed that a yellow four-legged creature was coming this way. It had a rose in his mouth, trying to be attractive or so I thought. It was a jolteon, smiling like a prince with a rose in its mouth. I found it quite disgusting for a jolteon to be like that.
"Well, Lilly. What a surprise to meet you here on the road. It saved me trouble, coming to your clearing." It said in a male tone, trying to charming without success. I scowled in disgust and Lilly gave me a warning glare. He approached the vaporeon and stood right in front of her. That made Gust frowned and growled angrily. He was giving a threatening glare to the jolteon who either ignored him or not notice his glare.
"Lightning, what're you doing?" Lilly asked in annoyed tone.
"Well, your Prince Charming is here. This rose suited you perfectly." He said, taking the rose with his paw and handing it over to Lilly who stared at him in disgust. I wanted to laugh a lot but tried to control it without success. Was he trying to be charming or trying to be disgusting? Flare did a better job than me even though she snickered a little with her paw covering her mouth while Gust was taking the battle pose, baring his teeth. His eyes were fiery more than ever. He was too overprotective over Lilly. If Lilly didn't give him signs to listen to Lightning's comment, he would have attacked him for sure.
"Hey, I told you twice already. I already have a mate and I didn't need you." She answered politely, her eyes pointing to Gust.
"You don't need that loser. Your strong Lightning is here." Lightning said, mockingly. This made Gust blasted like a volcano. He lunged towards the jolteon and tackled him. I found it quite surprising that Lilly didn't do anything to him for his rudeness. Maybe she was pretty angry too. Gust winced in pain as some of the quills on Lightning's body stung him. But he stood on his four paws again, and assumed the battle pose and the jolteon mimicked his action.
"I will kill you, bastard!" Gust snapped angrily, baring his teeth while Lightning act like he didn't care at all.
"Well, you want a challenge. That's fine with me. But if I win, Lilly is all mine." He demanded, smirking confidently which caused Gust to growl angrily.
"But if you lose, you will have to promise that you will never check out on my mate again." He said harshly.
"And while you are at it, can you please take us a tour in the city if you lose?" I added and the jolteon nodded. Gust made the first move, charging towards Lightning which he retaliated with lightning shock flowing from his body. It missed as Gust disappeared, reappearing behind him. He used Quick Attack to dodge it and to approach Lightning. Two vines emerged from his body, wrapping Lightning's hind paws and slamming him into the ground, forcing him to groan in pain. Lightning countered with thunder flowing from his body which eventually hit Gust, which made him loose the vines and collapsed. Lightning landed on his four paws and tackled Gust, not noticing a small seed Gust retaliated. The small seed landed on the jolteon's back. However, Gust was thrown backward and forced to lie on the ground. He stood on his four paws, but his legs were trembling.
This was getting amusing and I was thinking about asking some berries from Lilly but then again, I better not. I knew that I would get drenched in return. It would be rude when I asked her while she was being prized. Gust's body glowed and his feet were not trembling anymore.
"Luckily, I have stored enough amount of light in my chrolophyll to use Synthesis." He said, lunging towards Lightning. I noticed that the seed on Lightning's back had already grown into a small plant. Gust charged some razor leaves towards Lightning who dodged them but got cut by four of them. Lightning retaliated with lightning bolt again but Gust dodged it impressively. Lightning seemed to become weaker and weaker while Gust became stronger and stronger. Lightning released a lightning bolt again but it was weaker than the first one. Gust disappeared before the bolt was about to hit and reappeared behind Lightning. His tail glowed green and smashed Lightning into the back, forcing him to scream him in pain and agony.
"Okay, I give up." Lightning surrendered tiredly as he collapsed, panting.
"Why was I getting weaker and weaker during the battle?" he muttered.
"You got weaker because I used Leech Seed when you sent me backward." Gust explained seriously. Now I knew the reason why. I guessed Gust wasn't a bad fighter after all.
