Its official everyone, I'm now a college student, yaaaay...freaking kill me. Sorry if I'm making y'all wait for the next chapters, me and my roommate split our cash to finally become part of the modern world and get a PS4. I'll still write, just maybe not as much, I don't know, depends on my mood.
Until then, here you go, enjoy.
"Uh, my head" I groaned and held a paw over my aching skull. I took another sip of my little hangover cure, to which I will never reveal the recipe, and laid my head back down on the pillow. Last night was fun like I said it would be, alcohol was involved so it was definitely a party. The drawback, half of us were nursing hangovers and other injuries we mysteriously acquired.
"Your head hurts, but your not the one with the migraine and the scorch marks" Lee growled and dabbed another drop of aloe on his burnt chest.
"Whatever you did to get it, you probably deserved it" I laughed at his whining, instantly regretting it as the pain in my head doubled for a minute. Lee laughed back at me before doing the exact same thing.
All in all, we were all miserable. All except Lilly who had not touched a drop of the devils nectar all night, which I was very grateful for right now. If she had drank anything, then she wouldn't have been right by my side with a bottle of painkillers and a look on her face that yelled 'I told you so', which at some point last night she earned that look. She warned me about downing too many drinks, but I still got completely hammered.
"Are you feeling okay hon?" She asked, that look still plastered on her face. I grunted and leaned my head to rest on her shoulder.
"All I have to say is, you were right, and I'm sorry" I apologized and buried my eyes in her neck, trying to block out the lights as they drilled into my eyes. The feeling was strangely reminiscent of my first day here, back in that Pokémon center.
"Its alright sweetheart, long as you learned your lesson" she smiled at me and nuzzled my head with a purr. I smiled and nuzzled her back before wrapping my arms around her in an affectionate hug. Her warm, fuzzy body plenty of distraction from the pain running through me, I almost felt sorry for the others. Then again, only Lee, Sensei, all of the trainers, and I were dumb enough to drink till were drunk. The only one of the humans that didn't drink was Ashley, meaning that every male in the group was basically incapacitated from the alcohol.
"Will all of you please stop talking" Caleb whined and covered his head with a pillow, trying to block us out and ease his pain.
'I'm in no- son of a whore that hurts!" I shouted, going back to my words after that attempt at telepathy. Note to self, never try and communicate with a hangover.
"Easy sweetheart, don't put yourself in worse pain" Lilly advised and laid me out on the bed, handing me my hangover cure that didn't seem to be doing its job today.
"Easy for you to say love, your not the one that drank six bottles of Jack." It was worth the pain afterwards though. I still couldn't believe they had Jack Daniels here, and as soon as I got that first swig, I was in heaven.
"You did that of your own volition, no one forced you to drink so much of it" Yuki said, deciding to add her two cents after coming over to check on me after she had taken care of Axel.
"Well I'm sorry that I like to have a little fun every once in a while." She raised a brow and looked over to all of the bottles and cans we had left after the party last night...it was not a flattering sight. "Okay, we might have gone a little overboard."
"A little, no, a little is one or two cans, you had enough drinks to put a full grown man in the grave. Thank goodness your body is more resistant to alcohol poisoning than other humans, or you'd be dead."
"Come on Lilly, don't you think that's going a bit overboard in your assumption." She just gave me a deadpan look.
"Okay, moving on" I nervously stated, not wanting to get a lecture from an irate Braixen.
"Seriously, can you all please shut up!" Caleb yelled again before popping in another one of his mystery pills. I had to hold another chuckle to keep my headache down, but that's when I realized it was finally gone.
"What the?" I muttered and put a paw to my head to make sure I wasn't going numb or something. I felt my paw on my head, and nothing else. There was no pain anymore, it was finally gone.
"Your welcome" I heard and looked up to see Eva looking down at me with a smirk.
"Did you do this?" I asked, referring to my hangover. She nodded happily and pointed towards Lilly.
"She asked me to, she felt like you learned your lesson so I cured you with a Heal Pulse." I looked between her and the fox at my side before leaping up and snatching them both into a hug.
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!" I practically shouted, receiving a pill bottle to my forehead. I blinked in surprise and looked over at Caleb as he glared daggers back at me. I gave him a sheepish smile and lowered myself down to try and avoid his gaze.
"Don't worry, he'll feel better in a moment." With that being said, Eva had began going around and healing us all of our pains, only to be added back on once the rest of the girls went about lecturing us on moderation. It finally ended when Ashley received a phone call and left the room to speak to the other person in private. That became the topic if discussions since there was little else to do right now. I didn't really care enough about it to pay attention though, so I kind of just looked around the room and eventually out the window.
With no real danger of repercussion from revealing sunlight to drunkard's, I opened up the blinds and window, letting in some fresh air to replace the smell of barf and shame. Why shame you might ask, simple. We were drunk...that's all you need to know.
I smiled as the cool evening breeze blew through my fur and brought in the smell of a city coming to life. Not the smell of car engines or any unpleasant smells you would expect from a city, no, this was the scent of a town that respected nature. Fresh grass, delicious foods of all kinds, and so many other scents assaulted my nostrils, making me even more relaxed than I already was.
'I'm heading out for a bit' I told everyone and leapt out the window to the streets below. I heard Caleb tell me to be back in ten minutes to leave town before I sprinted off down the road. I leapt onto the roof of a building that was a good couple blocks from the center and scouted out the area, looking for anything interesting enough to entertain me. I was pleasantly surprised to catch sight of a familiar figure not far from me and leapt from building to building till they were right below me.
"Surprise!" I shouted right before I landed in front of the kid I saw a few days ago. He looked about ready to pee his pants after I apparently scared him enough to let put a very girlish scream. I laughed my butt off at his expense while he had his eyes closed in fear of me. "Come on kid, no need to be so scared."
He looked up after hearing me say this, more or less, and his eyes widened in surprise.
"Lucario!" he cried and tackled me into a hug. I grinned and patted his back.
"So you do remember me." He looked down at me with a bright smile and backed off to give me some space before reaching out to pet my head.
"It's so good to see you again, I never truly got to thank you for helping me the other day." I waved off his thanks and gestured to his arms. "Huh, what are you trying to say?"
I grabbed both his arms and pulled them in front of his chest like he was carrying something. He stood there confused for a second or two before a look of realization donned his features.
"Oh, you want to know what happened to Zorua?" I nodded. "She's right here" he said and pulled a Pokéball from his belt. He tapped the button and out came the Zorua he had in his arms that day. She looked around for a minute before locking eyes with me and suddenly tackling me, nuzzling her head into my chest while I held her in my arms.
"Whoa, I see someone's feeling better" I chuckled and patted her head. She smiled back and nodded before picking herself up and placing her forepaws on my chest, giving me a small lick under my chin.
"Thank you for saving Zack, Mr. Lucario" she said and nuzzled my chin.
"Zack?" I questions, receiving a nod from her.
"My trainer." So his name was Zack huh, good too know.
I let her shower me with her appreciative affection for a little longer before handing her over to the boy. He took her immediately and hugged her close to him, smiling and giggling as she licked and nuzzled him. I smiled at the sight of the bond the two shared, despite having been together for, most likely, a few days.
"Good too see your both alright, just thought I'd drop by and see how y'all were doing" I said, causing them both to turn their attention to me. I knew that only one of them would actually have been able to understand me, so I did a little wave to try and make the human understand.
"Oh, you have to leave so soon?" he asked, looking a little crestfallen from this information. I nodded and started walking backwards while waving to the both of them.
"Sorry bud, just wanted to look around a bit more before I have to leave the city. I got to get back to my trainer" I told him, hoping he would have gotten the gist of what I said. He frowned and waved back along with his partner.
"Will we see you again?" Zorua asked, to which I nodded.
"No doubt, the worlds a small place, we'll see each other again" I said confidently, making her smile and nuzzle my leg. I bent down and gave her a small pat on the head before offering another wave to her trainer. "Till next time, stay safe, the both of you."
With that said, I took my leave. I waved one last time before leaping up onto the nearest building and smiling down at them. They both looked up at me in aww at my jumping ability, probably never seeing anything able to leap buildings effortlessly. I offered them a wink and backed away from the edge, away from their view.
"Let's see, how much time do I have?" I asked myself as I looked up at the sun, determining that I had already been gone for about eight minutes, giving me at least two to get back.
'Easy' I thought before leaping off the building and sprinting across the streets towards the Pokémon center.
"Do you really have to leave?" Caleb asked sadly. I had gotten here right as this was said, so I was naturally caught off guard, especially since he was speaking to both Ashley and Axel.
"I'm afraid so, I wanted to meet a few friends back in Vaniville while there still there." I looked at her like she was crazy. Vaniville town would take at least a week to reach on foot, and after we came so far, she wants to go back.
'Uh, what's going on here?' I asked, acting like I hadn't overheard that part of their conversation.
"Ashley want's to go back to Vaniville and meet her friends" Caleb told me.
"They just flew in from Johto a few hours ago. Mom and dad told me they wanted to start their journey here in Kalos since I was here" she added. I tilted my head questioningly.
'Why would you be friends with them if they were from another region? Have you visited Johto before?'
"No, we all met in summer camp back in Unova, I've never actually been to Johto." I nodded and turned back to Axel.
'Are you going as well?' The boy nodded and wrapped an arm around Ashley's shoulders.
"Of course, no offence to any of you, but if I had to choose between you lot and her, it wouldn't have been a hard decision" he chuckled. I raised a brow at him before nodding and finally resting my eyes on my trainer.
'What about us, what's the plan?' He shrugged and pulled out his Pokédex.
"Still the same as it has been, we keep moving forward through Kalos, even if it will be a bit more lonely" he told me, looking a little depressed from them loss of his traveling partners. I grinned and wrapped an arm around his waist.
'Come on now Caleb, you still got me, we can have plenty of fun without them' I told him, giving him a subtle wink. His bad mood instantly changed as his face went red from embarrassment.
"Caleb, why are you blushing?" Axel asked, only making my trainer blush harder. I was dying inside from the amount of laughter I had to hold back, but kept my cool so they would never suspect a thing.
"Its just the heat" he answered lamely, probably saying the first excuse that came to mind. It seemed to work with them cause no more questions were asked. Only a few goodbye's were exchanged before we all went our separate ways. Ashley and Axel headed off to Vaniville town while Caleb and I, after returning the rest of the team, walked the streets of Coumarine City, stocking up on anything we may have needed.
'Think you should have done this before today?' I asked my trainer, stressing the before to try and get a point across. He gave me a sheepish smile and went back to picking out his items, not really giving me a response. 'So where to next?'
"No where, were going off into the woods for a few days to train before doubling back and challenging the Lumiose City gym" he answered. I was surprised that he didn't want to either head back with Ashley and Axel, or just keep going ahead and challenging the next town. Then again, for all I knew, Lumiose was the next town. I wasn't too familiar with the layout of the region so I just let Caleb do all the traveling plans.
'Sounds good, how long we training?'
"Maybe about a week, we don't really have any advantages there so I wanted to make sure were ready. Mostly just to get the rest of the team in better shape for battle since you and Lilly are already strong enough."
'Speaking of battles, who are you going to use during the gym battle?' I asked this because I wanted to see if he'd change it up. I wasn't complaining, but I had think it was a little unfair to the others since he really only used me and Lilly.
"The plan it to use Lee, Yuki, and Kaen. I wanted to give you and Lilly a break after basically carrying me this far." I swear it was like this boy was reading my mind sometimes.
'Sound good master' I said, receiving an immediate glare. I remembered what he said and offered him an apologetic smile. He shook his head and walked up to the counter where a young lady about the same age as Caleb stood, offering us a polite smile as we stepped up to the counter.
"Hello there, will that be all for you?" she asked after scanning in all the items.
"Yes ma'am" he responded and handed her the money for the supplies. "Here, hold this for me buddy."
I did as asked and held the bag and receipt as Caleb dug through the purchased supplies, taking them and stuffing them into their proper compartment's. While he did this, I investigated the receipt since I had nothing else to do.
'Well hello' I thought, spotting a phone number on the back of the receipt. I wonder when she wrote the down, I didn't even know she had a pen.
"Thanks bud." I felt the bag leave my grasp, but I kept the receipt close to my person. He tried to take it from me, but I just held him back with a paw while I laughed at his predicament. The girl must have thought it was cute since she was laughing along with me. He glared at me after finally giving up, to which I handed him the receipt while pointing to the back.
'You can call her later Casanova, said it yourself, we need to go' I said, practically dragging me dumbstruck trainer out the door. He regained his senses soon after leaving the building and starred at the phone number before a wide smile graced his lips.
"Man, am I just that good looking?" he laughed with a proud look on his face. I smirked and wrapped an arm around his waist with my tail wrapped around his leg.
'Oh yes, you are quite handsome if I may say so myself' I purred and nuzzled his side. I was expecting him to push me away in embarrassment, but to my surprise he threw his arm around my shoulder and scratched behind my ears.
"Thanks buddy, you don't look half bad yourself." To say I was surprised would have been an understatement. I was completely caught off guard by his response and stared up at him wordlessly. He laughed as soon as he saw my face making me tilt my head questioningly. "Payback tastes so sweet."
I blinked, still slightly surprised, before I gave him a devious smirk.
'Well played, guess I gotta up my game.' His laughter died quickly as he looked at me in minor terror.
"What have I done, I've unleased a monster!" he shouted to the heavens and ran away from me in fear. I raised a brow and chuckled at his antics before following after him towards our next destination.
Did I surprise y'all? Did you ever think to see that coming?
I hope I caught all of you off guard with this one, in a good way of course, especially since I'm trying out a few new things to keep this story interesting for me as well as y'all. Not sure when the next chapter will be up, sorry if in getting erratic with the updates by the way.
Till next we meet, Au revoir mes amis
