"CANNONBALL!" A pokemon shouted as he leapt towards the air and curled himself up into a ball.
"HEY!" A surprised group of pokemon who were beneath him all tried to shout and get away.
"STOP-" However, it was too late as the pokemon hit the water and drenched almost everyone nearby. Silence ensued afterwards until someone giggled until everyone burst into laughter.
Swimming! How refreshing it is to bathe yourself in nature's water under the ever growing heat of summer.
Mr. Fisher's class is on another camping trip and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves at the feet of a small waterfall near their campsite.
"CANNONBALL!" That dreaded word again as everyone in the water stared above, only to have their mouths drop down along with their widened eyes as a huge shadow enveloped most of the base of the waterfall.
It was the Lickylicky already in mid-air, wearing a big black inner tube as well as he descended onto them.
"GET AWAY-" Before they could even turn and run to avoid getting squished by the huge pink blob pokemon, it was too late as a huge splash ensued, soaking everyone nearby, even those who were dry and sunbathing.
"HEY! I'M SOAKING WET!" Immediately and not so surprising, the female Lopunny who was enjoying getting a tan was now drenched along with her towel where she was resting on.
"Sorry, my princess. Want me to lick you dry?" Lee made a wide, innocent grin on his face.
"WHY YOU DISGUSTING OAF!" She clenched her fist tightly as she felt mocked and disgusted by his statement and was about to give the Lickylicky a good pounding or two until…
"Now now, little sister. It isn't good to be angry all the time at a young age." Her brother interrupted as they shifted their attention to the male Lopunny sitting on his damp towel along with two of his fangirls around his arms. Although they were also wet, he still acted cool that made the two swoon so easily.
"UGH! I'm gonna change." She took her damp blanket and stormed her way back to camp while her brother chuckled at her.
*SLAM!* Suddenly, a ball hit him on the face as it forced him onto the ground.
"SORRY!" Immediately, a pokemon ran towards him while the Lopunny rubbed his cheek and slowly got back up thanks to the two fangirls.
"WHO THREW THAT-" Rage instantly filled every vein as he turned towards the pokemon who just hit something on his face.
Suddenly, his raging face changed into a stunned expression as he saw the Leafeon in her two piece swimsuit, her flawless radiating skin due to the rays of the sun; it feels like she's dazzling with nature's beauty.
"I'm sorry about that." The Leafeon apologized.
"HEY! You almost ruined his-" His fangirl replied in anger, but she was interrupted by the Lopunny who touched her lip with a finger.
"Don't worry about it. Here's your ball back." Laurice calmly replied to the Leafeon and gave the Volleyball.
"Thanks!" She quickly took the ball from his hands and quickly went back towards the two other pokemon waiting for her.
'Patience… Patience is all I need before I get you to come and offer yourself to my greatness.' The Lopunny said in his mind as he stared at the Leafeon's back and grinning over her hourglass body.
"Is he alright?" The Glaceon, wearing a white two piece swimsuit, asked the approaching Leafeon.
"Yeah. That didn't even hit him that hard. C'mon let's continue!" Lily replied as if she didn't care as she served the ball towards the two.
"So tell me again why we're playing two against one?" Lucas asked as he received the ball and sent it flying upwards.
"It's because the sun is out, and we know that all grass types love sunlight." Gloria replied as she jumped towards it and spiked it towards the Leafeon's field at a very fast rate.
"Hell yeah I do!" Lily added as she quickly intercepted the ball and sent it flying above her as the two spreaded out since the grass type was about to spike the ball.
The Leafeon jumped, and in an instant, she slammed her open palm at the ball, and at a blinding speed, it slammed against Lucas and Gloria's field before they could even react.
"YIPPEE! That's eight is to zero!" Lily jumped with joy for her victory against the two who sat down and tired as sweat dropped from their faces.
Suddenly, the Glaceon waved her hand in the air as she slowly walked towards the stream.
"Aren't we in a disadvantage in the first place since we both don't like the heat?" Lucas asked as he turned towards the ice type who seemed to be either ignoring him or his words just passed in and out of her ears.
"…Okay?" Lucas felt surprised as she just dropped herself face first towards the water.
"Ahh! Fresh, cold water!" Gloria said out loudly as she drenched her body with the running stream of water.
Even Lucas thought it's a good idea to get into the water as well before he loses more water than he already had.
"Hey, are you okay?" The Lucario asked as he joined her.
"Hmm? Of course I am." Gloria replied.
"For a while there, you seemed kinda exhausted."
"Oh that…I'm an ice type remember, I can't lose that much water from my body."
"So why did you want to play with her anyway?"
"Well I can't just reject her even if she's hyperactive today. Plus, it's been a long while since summer has come again and she'll eventually get tired once the sun is out."
"I see."
"Don't worry too much about it. But thanks for the concern anyway." She smiled and gave him an elbow to the arm.
"Hey. You two finished dillydallying or what?" Lily interrupted the two.
"Okay okay." Lucas got up.
"Oh hey guys." A voice called out to them as they turned around and were surprised to see the emerald haired pokemon approaching them.
"Oh hey Gardenia! Want to play Volleyball with us? You can team up with them if you like." Lily greeted her and immediately requested her to play.
"Umm, sure. But shouldn't it be two on two?" Gardenia was surprised since the Leafeon was saying that it should be three against one.
"That's okay. I think I'll pass this round." Gloria interrupted the two as she submerged herself into the water again.
"Oh okay then. Let's play!" Lily shrugged her shoulders and quickly shifted back towards her two opponents.
"I'm not that good at Volleyball, so please take it easy on me." Gardenia said.
"Oh don't worry about it. I will." Lily made a wide smirk on her face as she served the ball.
'I shouldn't have played that long under this heat. I'm feeling kinda dizzy now.' Gloria said in her mind as she tried to rest under the coldness of the water.
Meanwhile…
"I just had to swallow loads of water upon my fall. Now I gotta pee!" The Lickylicky said to himself as he wandered around the woods in hopes in finding an isolated spot for him to relieve himself from an about to overflow bladder.
"Hey, this looks like a good spot." He smiled as he looked around to see if anyone is nearby, luckily, no one will notice.
"Now I just have to-" He reached down to his swimming trunks; however, he just realized something.
"Crap! I forgot to remove this inner tube!" He began to panic as his bladder was about to come out in any minute and due to his small arms and thanks to his huge inner tube blocking his arms; plus he couldn't even see his legs at all.
"Crap, crap, crap… This can't be happening!" Lee really began to panic, mouth wide open and his long tongue flipping around wildly by his movements.
"Oh yeah! My tongue!" The Lickylicky suddenly realized that he can still use his long tongue to reach out to his trunks instead.
He then extended his tongue and lowered it to his waist; however, he stopped mid way as he realized something…
"No, I can't just put my tongue on my…" He felt weird at doing that, although it's not going to be intentional, it still feels awkward and very strange if anyone sees it.
"No, is there another idea I can think of?" He panicked yet again and looked around again as his full tank was about to burst any moment now.
"Wait! I know!" Lee suddenly stopped and slammed his fist against his palm as he thought of a good idea that didn't require using his tongue.
With haste, he went back to camp while trying as hard as he could to hold on his bladder a little while longer.
Back at the waterfall…
"Whew, I think that's enough for now." Gardenia said as she sat down against the ground, her arms already flushing red after hitting the Volleyball numerous times now.
"Eh? You guys tired already?" Lily was surprised to see her two opponents already giving in while she hardly broke a sweat.
*BBBBBBRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTT* Suddenly, a loud whistling sound interrupted them as everyone shifted their attention towards the approaching Floatzel with that whistle on his mouth.
"Okay guys, it's almost lunchtime so everyone should prepare their own meals because afterwards, we're going to another campsite." Mr. Fisher then brought out a speaker phone as his voice echoed out to make sure everyone heard his instructions.
Some frowned while some who were hungry were excited as they hurriedly exited out of the water until everyone was out and went back to camp.
"Well, I'm getting pretty hungry anyway." Lily said as she touched her abdomen and could feel her stomach rumbling.
"Let's go Gloria." Lily went towards the Glaceon who had her whole body submerged except for her face the whole time as the grass type dragged her by the arm and forced her to finally come out of the water and her skin again met with the hot sunlight.
"Huh?" Lucas suddenly noticed the ice type's face grimacing as she came out of the water and hurriedly followed her sister back to camp.
"Are you okay Lucas?" Suddenly, his attention shifted back to the concerned Gardevoir.
"Oh no, it's nothing."
"I see. So you're still free this weekend?"
"Well, yeah I guess…"
"Great!" Suddenly, she cheered with joy and and happily walked towards camp, leaving him all by his lonesome.
'Is it just me or is Gloria acting weird today?' He scratched his head as he followed the Gardevoir back to camp.
Meanwhile…
"Whoa, what good timing! No one's around!" The Lickylicky was surprised yet glad that there wasn't a soul in sight at the waterfalls as he hurriedly ran towards the base of the waterfall and then kneeled down as he soaked his entire bottom.
"Ahhh…" He let out a big sigh of relief as he was finally able to release his full tank. After a while, he stood up and went outside the water and quietly went back to the camp.
A short while later… a pokemon appeared from the farther side of the waterfall.
"Since everyone is busy cooking, I think I'll go for a quick dip…" The Absol said as he took off his shirt and towel onto the ground and ran towards the water.
He dived in towards the stream and a few moments later, he resurfaced his face to gasp for air. But instead of enjoying the cool cold taste of nature's water, he took a taste of something different.
"What is this?" Immediately, he became grossed and tried to cough out whatever liquid he just tasted.
Back at the camp…
Lucas was busy with his usual duty, chopping up some ingredients and then placed them at a huge pot of stew, since they're grouped up with our favorite pink blob pokemon, you have to prepare this big.
Gloria, on the other hand, watched him from a distance while under the shade of her tent, clearly feeling tired.
"Here's some more firewood Lucas." Lily came back with a big bundle of sticks and branches and placed it next to the Lucario.
"Thanks." Lucas appreciated the help as he used some of the wood and tossed it at the flame to keep it going.
"So, do you want some help with that?" She asked.
"Oh, nah, I got this."
"But you're sweating a lot, wait here; I'll get you a towel." Lily said and took off with haste; but now she mentioned it, he was perspiring a lot; well if you add the harsh sunlight along with working close to an open flame, who wouldn't be sweating bullets?
Lily went back to her tent when she noticed the Glaceon sitting quietly inside their tent with her head resting on her knees and with her hands hugging her thighs.
"You okay? You look kinda bummed out." The grass type asked.
"Nah, I'm just a little tired. I'll be back on shape again once lunch is ready."
"Well, lunch won't be ready for a while; do you want some snacks first while you wait?"
"Nah, I'm fine with this." Gloria replied and showed her almost empty water bottle.
"Okay then…" Lily then took her bag and began rummaging through its content and brought out a clean white face towel and a bottle of water as well.
The Leafeon went outside the tent and towards the Lucario while the ice type watched the two quietly. Then, she slowly lied down and closed her eyes.
"Man, it's so hot. And we're going to hike again later…" She said to herself and tried to get some power nap; even though she's under the shade, it still feels so warm inside. She just laid there, mouth wide open and breathing deeply while using a fan to cool her down.
Back at the campfire where Lucas was still busy cooking as Lily approached him and sat beside him as she wiped off the sweat from his forehead.
"Thanks."
"Here, drink some water." The Leafeon then offered the water bottle as the Lucario took it from her hands and drank from it as he quickly finished the bottle.
"Wow, someone's real thirsty." Lily was kinda surprised but smiled at him as she continued wiping off the sweat from his face.
"Can't help it. Cooking from an open fire under a hot sunny day…" He replied while she chuckled at his statement.
He then placed the large serving spoon away and let the pot boil for a while while he sat down against the ground, feeling dried up immediately even with the help of the water cooling him down.
"You know, it's been a while since we're together…" The Leafeon suddenly whispered to him as she sat down next to him and leaned her body towards his.
"Huh?" The Lucario was surprised when she was too close to him as his face flushed red while the grass type, on the other hand, leaned close to him, her thighs making contact with his as she placed an arm around his back and with her chest touching his arm.
The sun was already tolerable enough for him and cooking while very near to an open flame where he was constantly exposed to the soaring heat as well as the blinding smoke when it reached his eyes that almost made him shed tears due to the painful irritation it brought, and now, another source of heat came in unexpectedly.
"Umm, Lily?"
"Yes?" She replied while making herself comfortable around him, and clearly, she doesn't seem to mind being that close to an open flame as if the sun also made her tolerate or even immune to fire…
"I'm kinda busy cooking, so-"
"So what?" Lily didn't care as she tightened her grip.
"HEY GUYS! WHAT'S COOKING?" Suddenly, and fortunately for the steel type, a loud voice called out to them, clearly startling the two as well making her break her hold from him as she quickly turned her head towards the pink blob pokemon running towards them.
"Do you have to startle us like that?" Lily sighed but smiled at the gullible pokemon.
"Okay, I think this is done." Lucas, taking advantage of the situation, quickly standing up and grabbing hold of potholders and lifted the pot away from the fire. Although the Leafeon frowned a bit.
"Hey, that looks so good!" Lee said as he took a huge sniff of the mouth watering aroma coming from the stew; his tongue was already sticking out and he quickly darted towards it.
"Whoa, I think it's better if we take our share first before you finish the rest." Lucas blocked his path and said to him, making the Lickylicky stop and think about what he said.
"Oh yeah, you're right. Silly me."
"Hey Gloria, lunch is ready!" Lily called out to the Glaceon as she went towards her tent; while the ice type slowly pulled herself up to a sitting position, still feeling exhausted.
"Can you bring my lunch here?" Gloria asked softly as she touched her head and massaged it.
"Are you sure you're all right?" Lily quickly asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine… I'm just hungry, that's all." Gloria replied and gave a weak smile.
"Okay then, I'll bring your lunch to you. But you better eat plenty." Lily said and quickly sped off.
"I know, I know." The ice type said weakly and just watched while still giving pressure on her aching head.
Moments later, Lily went back to their tent with a bowl of hot stew on her hand, complete with a spoon and a glass of juice on her other hand.
"Here you go." The Leafeon said as she brought the bowl towards her sister.
"Thanks." Gloria raised both her hands and slowly reached out towards the bowl.
"Careful, it's hot." Lily warned as Gloria heeded her advice and touched only the edges of the bowl firmly and carefully placed it on the ground.
"You want me to spoonfeed you?" Lily asked.
"No thanks, I can feed myself." Gloria shook her head as she took the spoon and the glass of juice from Lily's hands.
"Are you sure you're alright? We're going to hike later."
"Yes I'm fine." Gloria said sternly that startled her sister for a bit, although she didn't mean to.
"Well, okay then… There's still plenty more if you want seconds." Lily replied in a soft tone, feeling a bit disappointed, before leaving her all by her lonesome under the shade of her tent.
'Yeah… Hiking, just great…' The ice type sighed and picked up the bowl of stew carefully; she stared at the contents of chopped meat and vegetables floating around while her nose was greeted by the pleasant soothing aroma which was followed by her stomach grumbling, signaling her to start eating. Maybe, she was just very hungry…
Meanwhile, on the group's campfire where the rest of them were seated together.
"So why is Gloria not joining us?" Lee asked.
"I guess she's just too hungry to come out of the tent." Lily replied as she took a gulp of the stew.
"And we're going to pack and hike after lunch right?" Lucas added as the two nodded. Afterwards, he looked down in silence; somehow, he felt a bad feeling about their next activity.
"…Why? What's wrong?" Lily asked.
"N-no, it's nothing…" Lucas quickly shook his head and continued eating his stew. However, inside, he was concerned on the Glaceon's sake, she looked very exhausted, the way she wasn't able to hear him and he was sure his voice was loud enough to be heard by her; how she suddenly stopped playing afterwards and didn't leave the pool; he just can't take it off his mind right now.
Around thirty minutes later…
"OKAY CLASS! YOU SHOULD ALL BE PACKING YOUR THINGS BY NOW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE AFTER TWENTY MINUTES!" Suddenly, Mr. Fisher announced with the use of his speaker phone.
Immediately, everyone rushed around their tents, fixing all of their belongings in their tent and stuffed everything in their bags while some were already starting to dismantle their tent while some were still busy washing the utensils. Everyone hurried up with their respective duties while the instructor felt proud as the entire class was moving around as he left them and went back to his station.
Lucas's group was no exception as they were also busy: Lee was busy stuffing his clothes and other personal belongings inside his huge backpack at a much unorganized manner while Lucas was finishing drying up all of their washed utensils.
Lily on the other hand, was busy inside their tent and motioned her sister to start packing their things and clearing up the tent.
"Come on Gloria. We gotta go." The grass type said as she was already finished packing her things inside her bag.
"All right. All right." The ice type replied in a much better tone as she was just about finished with hers. Maybe that lunch really did made her feel better.
Afterwards, the two stepped out of their tent while Gloria felt reluctant at first, she slowly moved her legs out and was expecting to be greeted by a scorching heat; but instead, much to her surprise and luck, it was only lukewarm and tolerable enough.
She looked up and smiled as there was no sun in sight but clouds instead; hopefully, it would stay that way until they had reached their next destination.
"Help me dismantle, will you?" Lily asked as she pointed towards the support beams of the tents while Gloria happily nodded and helped her out.
Meanwhile, at the distance; the Lucario was keeping an entire eye on them. Gloria looked a lot better now than she was before.
'Maybe it was just my imagination after all.' He shrugged his shoulders and continued wiping dry the rest of the utensils.
Much later, the entire class has finished packing their stuff and was now hiking towards their next destination, with the Floatzel leading the way.
'Maybe I'll pull through this one after all.' Gloria said in her mind as she stared at the sky and smirked at the clouds and no sunlight.
Although Lily was at a slower pace than usual; she spent much of her energy at their morning session when the sunlight was all out, but with the invigorating warmth to constantly fuel her, she was the one feeling exhausted.
However, both of their feelings were about to change as the clouds slowly moved as the sunlight which was being blocked earlier enveloped them again.
"AHH YES!" Lily could instantly feel her energy refilling up again as the sunlight touched her skin; with a fueled spirit, she sped up in her walk, quickly overtaking the rest of the class who pretty much didn't like the heat coming back.
'Oh no, not again…' Gloria sighed as she felt very uncomfortable again as her movement slowed down as she took her bag off her shoulders and began rummaging through its contents while her other classmates at her back slowly overtaken her.
She took out a white towel and placed it on top of her head as a makeshift shield against the sunlight, and then she took a water bottle out and quickly drank from it.
'Damn, this isn't good…' She sighed and began to pant; she could feel her entire body really heating up as she continuously lost fluids from her body which was very vital for her type. She already drank half of her bottle but she still felt thirsty and could feel her headache coming back again.
She continued to walk but at much slower pace, but enough to be at the back of the line while her sister was already far ahead.
Later, the class found themselves at almost at the peak of the mountains; it would be a breathtaking scenery indeed for the whole class if it weren't for the scorching heat of the sun already making them lose their breaths.
"OKAY CLASS. BETTER WATCH YOUR STEP AS IT MAY GET SLIPPERY FROM HERE ON OUT SO EVERYONE SHOULD BE ON A SINGLE FILE FORMATION!" Suddenly, Mr. Fisher stopped and turned around as he pulled out his speaker phone.
"IT'S A CONTINUOUS FALL UNTIL THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN SO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I'M STEP-" He said as he turned back to the path and stepped forward, only to lose his balance as he stepped on a loose soil and quickly gave in to his weight; while making the rest of the class gasp as he almost fell below.
"… YEAH, SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE STEPPING?" Embarrassed, yet lucky to regain his footing, it would a while before he got his composure back and announced through his speaker phone.
The Floatzel then continued walking, but this time, staring intently at the ground before he steps on it while the rest of the class did as they told and made a single file formation, as each student eyed the feet of those who were in front of them and stepped on the same ground as they did. Although this path was very risky and accident prone, everyone seemed to be doing fine.
'Whew…" Gloria stopped as she opened her bottle and drank from it again, this time, emptying the entire contents of the bottle and tossed it away; and wiped off the sweat from her face with the towel draped over her head.
With every step he made, she began to pant harder and harder, her entire body was really heating up into dangerous levels, as her skin was already letting off steam that looked as if she was being baked under the sun.
'I…I-I can't take this anymore…' She said in her mind as she was now struggling to keep her eyes open, with her vision beginning to blur, making her stop in her tracks as she held her hands over her head and tried to keep her composure.
Suddenly, the Lucario who was at the middle of the line stopped moving, causing those behind him, who were busy staring at his feet and not on what is ahead, bumped into him, and almost lost his balance.
"HEY! DON'T SUDDENLY STOP! I ALMOST LOST MY BALANCE!"
However, the Lucario ignored his statement, his ears twitching as he could suddenly feel something bad was about to happen; he quickly turned around and looked behind the line.
'Gloria.' His eyes widened in surprise as he suddenly broke through the single file formation and squeezed his way through his classmates who were apparently blocking the way, almost causing all of them to lose their balance.
"HEY!"
"WATCH IT!"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"
They all shouted at him but he couldn't care at the moment as he finally reached the back of the line and saw the Glaceon about ten feet away from the group. She was just holding her head and just stood there; the Lucario was shocked to see her body slowly tilting towards the dangerous slope of the mountain.
"GLORIA!" He shouted as he immediately leapt from his position and ran as fast as he could, his hands reaching out towards the Glaceon about to fall.
To be continued…
