(A/N: Okay, I guess since due to the chapter, I better do this now. I, once again, have another soundtrack for you all! The name of it is "Never Say Never" by The Fray. A very good song, and you'll see why I added that in here.)

Chapter 13: Friendship And Love

Chris was mostly silent as he and Pikette continued their way through the facility. Pikette kept constantly trying to cheer him up, but to no avail. "So Chris, you think after this we may get highly rewarded for our good deeds?" Pikette asked.

"Maybe," Chris said. That's practically all he ever said, usually one word sentences. Even though he did not tell her exactly what happened, Pikette had pretty much figured it out on her own.

It was then silent again for a couple of minutes as they found themselves another elevator, taking them up to the fourth floor. Soon, however, Pikette could take no more of it. "Chris, please!" she said, taking his paw and squeezing it gently. "I can't stand to see you like this. What is wrong Chris? Please tell me!"

Chris looked into her eyes, and saw pain and sadness in them. He then sighed. "Killing to me has become a second nature," he said. "And yet, with what had happened before, it shook me in a way I've never felt before. Maybe it's just sympathy or guilt, or maybe it's just something else."

"Chris, it wasn't your fault," Pikette said. "You did what you had to do."

"Maybe," Chris said. "I don't even know anymore."

"Chris, you shouldn't put-"

"Just drop it Pikette, alright!?" Chris snapped, giving her a glare she had never seen her before. She felt like she just got slapped in the face. Chris then turned his back towards her and said, "Come on, we better get going."

Pikette found tears coming to her eyes. She sobbed silently. "Please Chris, don't become something you're not," she thought. And it wasn't the fact he yelled at her, more that he wasn't his normal self.

"Pikette?" She then snapped out of her thoughts and quickly wiped her tears away before Chris could see her crying.

"Sorry, I'm coming," she said.

But Chris had noticed that she had been crying and all of a sudden felt a huge wave of guilt hit him. "Pikette, I'm... sorry," he said, looking back to her. "I just– have a lot on my mind right now." He then bowed his head in shame. "Please forgive me."

He then felt a paw touch his face and he looked up to see Pikette standing right in front of him, smiling. "Now what do you think I would say?" she asked.

The smile gave him a clear answer. "No?" he said, smiling in return.

"Normally, you are right," she said. She then gave him a wink. "But... I suppose I could let it slide this time."

"Thanks, I appreciate that," Chris said, laughing slightly. They then stared into each other's eyes for a couple moments before Chris then said, "So, what were we doing before?"

"I believe we were continuing on our way," Pikette said, laughing slightly as well.

"Right," Chris said. He then stopped. "Oh, and Pikette?"

"Yes?" Pikette said in response.

"Thanks," Chris said. "For trying to make me feel better. Don't think I'm not grateful, because I am."

"I know," Pikette said. "But hey, that's what friends are for. If you ever need me, you know I'm right here."

"Yep," Chris said. "Okay really, let's get moving now, haha."

They then continued on their way, along the fourth floor. "So Chris, just how many of these facilities are there?" Pikette asked.

"A bunch. I don't know the exact number," Chris said. "Zena Corporation is the largest pharmaceutical organization in the world. They probably have facilities all over Sinnoh, Johto, Hoenn, and Kanto."

"And they must make quite a sum of money," Pikette said. She then looked to Chris. "You're catching on to what I'm saying right?"

"Enough money to build walking tanks," Chris said. "Oh yeah, I know exactly what you're saying."

They then went through the next door, and Pikette quickly found herself saying, "Well, what do we have here?"

They had come across another walkway, but this time it was hanging over a large body of water. The strange thing was, the area seemed rather empty.

"Now why would they have a large thing of water in a research facility?" Pikette asked.

"Not sure," Chris said. "Unless..." His eyes then widened in shock and quickly grabbed Pikette before she could go out any farther.

"Chris, what's the matter with you?" Pikette said.

Chris looked straight into the water below, but everything was clear. "Sorry," he said. "I just thought-"

"There was something in the water?" Pikette said, finishing his sentence. "I just looked myself and I see nothing. It was probably somewhere where the water-types could be while they were, I don't know."

Chris didn't seem quite assured, but decided to just wave it off. They then started walking across the long walkway. Chris waited, but nothing happened. He kept waiting, and still nothing happened. Perhaps there was nothing to worry about after all.

(A/N: In the words of Lex Luthor: "WRONG!" Of course something's gonna happen! Who do you think I am!? Anyway, if you haven't already guessed the song, I'll tell you. The name of it is "Morpheel Battle – First Phase" from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Remember, "rh319" has the good version of it.)

Of all of a sudden, out of nowhere came what appeared to be Mud Bomb. It hit the walkway, causing a huge gap between the two sides. Then, due to the force of the explosion, the side that Chris and Pikette were standing on starting breaking down, causing it to lower towards the great body of water. Unfortunately, Pikette was standing near the edge and the sudden shift caused her to lurch forward and almost fall off, if she hadn't grabbed hold of the edge.

"Pikette!" Chris cried, running to her but also making sure not to slip and fall. He then took ahold of her paws. "Here, I got you."

All of a sudden, the walkway shuddered again, causing Chris to lose hold of one of Pikette's paws. "Chris, please don't let go!" she cried. But unfortunately, he was losing his grip on her other paw. "Ah, I'm slipping!" Chris tried to hold on to her but soon ended up letting go.

"No!" Chris cried out as Pikette started falling. She then hit the water with a huge splash. However, she came back up, sputtering water. She then looked up to Chris. "I'm okay!" she said, much to Chris' relief.

However, something caught his eye. *Something dark started rippling the water. Soon, he saw something protrude out of the water and he saw that it was a fin. So indeed there was something here, and whatever it was, it was big. "Pikette, run!" he yelled.

Pikette then saw the fin coming towards her and she did the best she could, running away. However, for Pikachu, swimming proved to be hard to do. "Shit, why couldn't I have been born a Mudkip or something?" she thought.

Chris realized she was trapped and had nowhere else to go. Looking at the water, he then suddenly had an idea. "This had better work," he said. He focused his energy on the attack he was about to use. All of a sudden, a giant dark cloud formed in the air above him. Then, it shot down huge bolts of lightning that hit the water's surface. The thing that was in the water stopped, most likely paralyzed. It then went back under the water, but Chris knew it wasn't over.

(A/N: It most certainly isn't. Now we will continue with "Morpheel Battle – Second Phase.")

*There then came a rumble from the water's depths. Soon, the creature appeared out of the water and both Chris and Pikette saw it's true form. It resembled a Sharpedo, but much larger. But it also appeared slightly mutated, with an actual tail coming from it's backside, making it appear like an actual shark. The "Sharpedo" stared straight at Pikette, it's prey, and once again started towards her.

Chris realized if he was going to beat this thing, he would have to use another tactic. The Sharpedo was directly under him and that was when he made his plunge. Taking a deep breath, he then jumped from the walkway, or what remained of it, straight down and landed on the creature's back successfully.

Of course, it felt Chris' presence and started thrashing around, trying to knock him off. However, Chris was able to hold on. Chris then realized what he would have to do to bring it down, and it wouldn't be pretty. "Ugh, I am not going to enjoy this," he said. Fangs bared, he then bit right down into the Pokemon's skin, drawing a huge amount of blood.

The creature cried out in pain and the thrashing became more wild until Chris was finally knocked off into the water. Forgetting about him, the creature continued it's path.

Pikette had swam as far as she could before getting to the edge. Now she was trapped, and the creature was still coming towards her, still leaving a trail of blood in it's wake.

"Great, now I'm going to end up as fish food," she thought. "Fuck my life..." She then closed her eyes and waited, hoping her death would be quick. However, nothing came and then she heard a cry of pain and opened her eyes.

The creature had stopped and turned around. Somehow, Chris had caught up to it and had it's tail by his teeth. "Oh no you don't!" he said between his teeth, pulling back.

"Chris..." Pikette said.

The creature, now fed up with Chris then fired a Hyper Beam at him. However, he dodged it, jumping straight into the air and then landing on the creature once more. "Wait a minute, the reason before why it didn't appear affected by electric attacks must be due to it's thick skin." He then smiled. "Except now I bite right into it." "Alright, time to use Thunderbolt full power!" He then unleashed electricity right into the wounds Chris created and it proved to be effective as the creature stopped as it was being electrocuted.

Chris could hear it's heartbeat start to slow down and kept up the attack until it beat no more. He then stopped, and made sure the creature was dead for good, which it was. He then dove back into the water and went up to Pikette. "You alright?" he asked.

"Yeah," she said. "You saved me again, Chris. I don't know how I'm gonna repay you for that."

Chris just laughed. "Don't worry about it," he said. He then looked around and saw there was a door, right above the water level. "Look, a door. Let's get out of here."

(A/N: Okay, this will be the last song of the chapter. The name of it is "Unforgotten" from Halo 2. Why choose such a song? You're about to find out.)

They swam towards the door, and Chris got out first, and then helping Pikette out. Chris then shook the water out of his fur. "Well, now that was what I call a close encounter." He then turned around. "Wouldn't you say-"

But he was stopped, as suddenly Pikette pressed her lips against his. After a couple of moments, their lips parted and Chris looked at her, surprised. "Pikette...?"

She then turned around, looking embarrassed. "I'm sorry," she said. "I have to be honest with you Chris. I always admired you who you are. As a human, I should say." She then turned back to him. "But, after what happened, I'm not sure what's come over me. The fact that you are a Pikachu now has somehow made me attracted to you." She then bowed her head in shame. "Even though I know it's not right."

She then felt Chris' paws on her shoulders and looked up. "Pikette, for three long years I could've found myself alone and sad, for the choice I made," he said. "But, you came along with me, and right now you're the closest friend I have. And... as a Pikachu, I've found myself becoming attracted to you as well."

"Really?" Pikette asked.

"Yes," Chris said. *He then pressed his lips against hers, kissing her while she kissed him back. They then put their arms around each other as they pulled each other closer. Chris then pressed her into the wall nearby with slight force, causing her to gasp in surprise. Once breaking the kiss, he then said, "I love you, Pikette."

Pikette then realized what he was doing, but did nothing, because she wanted him to enter her. Her breathing started to quicken and become harder as Chris started kissing her neck, causing her to moan slightly in pleasure. "I love you too, Chris," she said. They both started to sweat slightly as the pleasure they both felt started to intensify.

They started kissing each other much harder and squeezed one another as everything kept becoming more and more intense. Finally, the two each reached their peak and found themselves breathing heavily, hanging their heads on each of their shoulders. They then looked to one another and smiled. "Pikette, I get the feeling you've done this before," Chris said.

"Maybe," Pikette said, blushing slightly. "I could definitely say the same thing about you, Chris."

"...Maybe," Chris said. They both then started laughing, not even feeling the littlest bit of shame or regret for what they had just done. For Chris' sake, if this was he was going to be now, then he knew for sure he loved Pikette, as much as she did for him.

"You know, we've going at this all day," Pikette said. "It's probably nighttime right now. We had better get some rest."

"You're right, because I'm exhausted," Chris said. "Besides, it won't do any good fighting monsters at half-strength."

They then snuggled up next to one another and were silent for a couple moments. "Hey Chris?" Pikette then said. "Do you think... they'll accept this? Us in a relationship?"

"If need be, I'll make them accept it," Chris said.

Pikette then smiled. "I know you would," she said, giving him one last kiss before they both went to sleep.

(A/N: Okay, come on. You all knew this was coming. And I know for sure there's nothing wrong with it because I've read Pokemon stories dealing with beastiality, and you don't see those authors getting in trouble. Technically, it isn't here, since it's Pokemon and Pokemon, so that's okay. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter and yes everyone, Chris killed a giant shark, very original.)

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