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Chapter Thirty Four: Thinking things over

"Its all your fault." I mumbled to Evona during breakfast after another nights sleep on my bruised head which was a real pain.

"You keep saying that, how so?" she asked me through a mouthful.

"If you hadn't woken me up I never would have went there." I said as I took a bite out of a pellet.

"Well you could have gone without taunting her, that would have gone a way to not getting your head smashed into a wall." She replied simply.

"I think being attacked by pokémon after pokémon would be enough to make her mad, I can account to that personally, actually I blame Jane on being a cheap cheat for throwing that ball at me when she hadn't battled me or anything, she took advantage of that mental attack, couldn't you or Lyro block it or something?" I said putting up an onslaught of word on her.

"Well at the time we were quite worried you were going to leave, having them catch you seemed the only way to keep you around." She replied, she voice showed no emotion.

"So tell me again whose bright idea it was to attack her?" I asked for what was probably the tenth time this morning.

"Jack and Alex were having a battle and a trainer ran by with his pokémon saying a powerful pokémon was further down the path, those two went and got Jane and we all left, you were left to sleep here." She told me as she finished her pellets and took one of mine because of that.

"I just hope that doesn't come across their minds again, the prospect of being used as a living dummy again doesn't sound to good to me. Why doesn't Alex use you or something, you seemed to fare well against her." I told her as I pushed her greedy snout away from my bowl, she made a subtle blush then though looked away immediately after. And she was talking to me about going ga ga over a girl, she goes ga ga over a simple "good job" I thought to myself as I rolled my eyes.

"Are you up for another battle Rio?" Jane asked me as she finished her breakfast, I shook my head for the reason I mentioned to Evona "Aww c'mon, if you don't Alex will use that eevee to catch her!" I shrugged to show I didn't care who caught that riolu, so long as I didn't have to be near her "I'll trade you to Alex who has the eevee and the pikachu if you help me do this one thing." She said hopefully, now there was a prospect that I liked, being under the same ownership as Evona and Lyro without the prospect of being forced apart, being free of Jane was a bonus and if it meant I didn't have to be under the same ownership as that girl, well that was even better.

"I'm off for a walk, knowing my luck I'll either stumble into her or something else that wants to kill me." I said as I got up.

"Well that's a pleasant thought isn't it?" Evona said sarcastically, I ignored her as I left the clearing. Even though it was late morning the forest was pretty dark, the thick canopy blocking most of the light. A few bug types scurried about and hung from string shots as I walked by, they weren't afraid of me and I wasn't of them so we didn't get in each other's way. The walk continued like this for a while and I was beginning to think I would get some peace for once.

I was wrong, I heard a rustle nearby, it wasn't one of the bug types and past experience told me it want friendly. I paused and pretended to enjoy the scenery whilst pin pointing the location I had heard the sound, once I was confident I had it down I made a sudden turn in its direction and pounced at it, my paw by my hip and glowing white, I landed by the side of a tree which I thought concealed whatever made the sound and saw the girl. I jumped at her and pushed forwards my paw to strike her stomach before she could react.

"Hey what's the big idea?" she said as she stumbled back.

"Well what's with hiding behind a tree? Plus shouldn't I be asking what's the big idea with wanting to break apart my skull?" I asked back before remembering she knew attract. I closed my eyes and covered them with a paw before holding the other one out to ensure I didn't run into a tree.

"What's with you? You do know it would be easier to walk without your eyes closed?" she asked me in a tone that said she thought I was quite dim.

"Easier to walk, no. Easier to see obstacles, yes." I said as I nearly hit a tree whilst walking about "If I wasn't doing this though it would be easy for you to start using me as a mindless dummy again too, and that doesn't sound appealing." I said as I thought about my next move.

"Relax, I'm not going to try and hurt you." She said in a calming tone, not that I believed her.

"That sounds real convincing, especially with the bruise on the back of my head reminding me of the last time I fought you. This time I'm alone so it would end worse for me." I said as I avoided another tree.

"You mean here?" she said as I felt something poke the back of my head, the thinking time was over as I now knew where she was.

"Ouch." I said to stall some time whilst I charged an energy orb for force palm.

"And why did that girl choose you to battle me? I mean something that is part poison would do better like that bulbasaur." She said as she poked my sore spot again.

"This is why!" I shouted as I spun around and slammed my palm into her with my eyes still closed, I heard an oof before the crunching of the mulch that covered the ground, judging the distance quickly I channelled my energy to my foot, Burn, I thought to myself and my aura instantly set ablaze, I spent not a moment more before taking a necessary step forwards and swinging my foot in a big arc towards where I hoped was her side. I heard a satisfying ahh as I made ccontact, I opened my eyes now to looked for my way back to camp while she couldn't use any attacks. There were no obvious land marks which made it the little bit hard but I took a guess and darted off before she managed to get up. I didn't look back knowing that would leave me vulnerable to her attack, and the sound of the mulch under out feet gave me all the information on how far away she was I needed.

"Hold on!" she shouted from behind me.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" I called back, she must if she thought I would listen to that command.

"I just want to talk!" she shouted over to me.

"Odd, that doesn't seem to work. When I tried that on someone who was angry I nearly ended up blasted with a light beam, burned alive, and burned alive once more." I said in reference to my attempts at talking with two of the swords master trio and reshiram, then I remembered raikou "Ohh, and fried too." I added.

"Where are you running to?" she asked me as if the direction I was running in wasn't what she expected.

"I don't know, to the camp I hope." I answered. Why am I talking to her? I asked myself, I shook the thought out of my head as I set my focus on running, I was beginning to tire since I was more used to pidgeotto transport and displays of agility rather than marathon running. My running came to a halt as for the second time in a while I felt the unpleasant sensation of something grabbing my tail "Yeoch!" I shouted before tripping over and falling on the ground, I felt the girl trip on my foot before collapsing on top of me.

"Finally." She said whilst trying to catch her breath.

"Being a riolu shouldn't you know its not pleasant to have someone yank your tail?" I asked her as I pulled the body part in question out of her paws, I didn't bother shutting my eyes as she would have used attract on my by now if she had wanted to.

"That's why I did it." She told me as her breathing settled and she got off me.

"A great way to make friends, do the exactly things they hate." I mumbled as I rubbed the bits that were sore from the fall.

"Anyways, I've been listening to you guys at your camp…" she began.

"Ease dropping ain't polite, some of the stuff I said wasn't for anyone's ears except for mine, that eevee's and the pikachu's." I said with a hint of annoyance, everyone seemed to be getting a piece of the story "How much do you know?" I asked out of curiosity.

"Relax, its not like its your life story, only from when you joined some guild." She said casually.

"That's where you're wrong." I said as I began walking away.

"Why go back to them?" she asked me with genuine interest.

"They feed me, they have the two people that are the closest thing to family I have, and they provide a means of transport that doesn't involve being pestered as often, that and the girl took a cheap shot at me after…" I began but was unexpectedly cut off.

"You were mentally attacked?" she said with the answer pretty much set in stone.

"Yeah…" I said with a hint of annoyance present in my voice "A crazy fox attacked me through my head somehow, it was like a thunderbolt to my brain." I mumbled.

"Anyway why are you going back to them?" she asked again, I sighed at having to repeat my answer.

"I just told you, I have no source of food, they have the closest thing I have to family captured in those pesky balls and me too, and when I go along with them I don't have people attack me at random to try and catch me, at least not that often…." I said, my voice dropped to a low murmur at the last comment, something about those two seemed wrong.

"I thought that once a pokemon is caught in those red balls no one else can try and take them." She said in curiosity, she obviously didn't know to much.

"They can't capture them in another ball, nothing stops them from making some brutal attack on the pokemon and shoving it in a cage." I grumbled, she was probing to deep and I didn't like it "What's it to you? From what you said last time your opinion of me is just some wimpy riolu." I said before heading off, I heard her footsteps as she followed me.

"I guess that was down to me knowing attract, I heard about your little adventures which surprised me." She said with excitement filling her voice.

"Sadly they aren't over, I still have another roasting to look forward to, they maybe being boiled like pofffin just before being fan baked, that's if Evona doesn't get any more ideas for cooking me with help from Cynder." I said before quickening my pace.

"If that eevee is so annoying how come she is one of the reasons you're going back?" she persisted.

"Even without her and the Pikachu I still have enough reasons to go back, plus I have quite literally known her for at least as long as I have known myself, probably more if you count finding out what species you are or even finding out who you are, by that second logic I've known you longer than myself." I said as I gripped my head in frustration.

"Ohh come on, you must have had years as a baby and stuff before knowing her and that Pikachu." She said logically, to bad my life didn't follow logic.

"You would think so." I said in a low tone before starting out on a jog, the camp was coming into view again.

"Can I come with you to the camp?" she asked hopefully.

"Would you let that girl catch you without a fight?" I asked with the same attitude.

"No."

"Would you want me to do my best to bash you unconscious?" I asked again.

"No, why would you do that?" she said in disbelief.

"I have a deal with the girl, if I help her catch you she give me to the guy who has the eevee and Pikachu. That way I am free of her to some extent and don't have to worry about her trying to go off somewhere and take me away from the eevee and Pikachu, plus if she catches you and I'm not under her ownership that's a bonus since I won't have to spend as much if any time near you." I said as I got within two meters of the clearing, her footsteps stopped.

"Aren't you nice?" she said grumpily.

"I am?" I joked in return before entering the clearing.

"Have a nice walk?" Evona asked as she walked up to me.

"Not to nice, I had my tail yanked just like you did back at the competition." I replied before setting a course for Jane to show her where the girl was.

"You had a run in with the other riolu?" Evona guessed with one eyebrow raised.

"Yep, it started off with me giving her a friendly sky upper cut and then being ever so polite with a force palm and blaze kick before running off, she then returned the kindness by yanking my tail and following me here, all the while probing through my life which to no surprise she now knows all about." I said with annoyance clear in my voice "A month of it and I'm already hating life." I mumbled to myself.

"Look who is back." Jane said as she turned her attention from the boys to me.

"Yeah, yeah." I said before grabbing her sleeve and yanking at it to make her follow me to where the girl was staring at us from "Come on out and let's get this fight over with." I shouted to her, she took a step back before pausing and taking one forwards. I motioned for her to come with my paw and she did, one step at a time.

"So, you two became friends?" Jane said with a smile, I shook my head and it faded.

"Why can't I just hang around for a while?" she asked.

"Why would you want to? I don't imagine you do this with every mob of people who try and catch you, I know I wouldn't." I said as I crossed my arms "Plus, at least one of those three won't agree to giving you any peace." I said as I gestured at jack who was most likely to try and capture her.
"Ohh for goodness sakes cut her a break Laxar, I'm sure you wouldn't mind with more time to rest." Lyro cut in "Anyways I'm Lyro." He said straight out.

"I can bet she knows that, she's been listening in on the camp." I said as I went over to where I had slept the past nights "And your one to talk about giving someone a break, back when we first met that was the last thing you were going to do, you were jumping like mad!"

"Cut it out the booth of you." Evona said as she stomped her paw, I sighed before lying down and trying to relax.

"I think the rioluet wants to hang around for a while." Alex said while walking over to the girl "What's you name?" he asked her knowing the response wouldn't make any sense to him.

"I bags this riolu, it knows arua sphere and it kicked Rio's tail!" jack shouted out, I ignored this remark and closed my eyes trying to picture the familiar roof of the tent or the stars in the sky back in the other world. Maybe I shouldn't have followed Zreka here. I thought to myself through a sigh. I opened an eye to look how things were going, the girl was amongst the other pokémon and they were having a chat by the looks of it. Lyro was right though. We, or at least I, need to go find entei. But was keeping Evona and Lyro tied up in this right? I had caused enough trouble to them as it was, they left their home world because of me. I thought to myself before re-closing my eye and dozing off. All I could do was hope for the best.