Leaving for a new life

by Thunderluigi

Hoping to escape both his brother's shadow as a pokemon legend and the bullies remarks in his youth, Jake sets out on a journey through the Sinnoh region, with the goal of being able to battle with the best the region can throw at him, but with Team Galactic around and an interesting relationship with his starter pokemon; the journey is going to be anything but normal.

37. Chapter 36

Chapter 36: Sea your chance

Now that Clair's heat is gone, looks like she can not need to be nervous around her lover any more.

"Spoken text" = normal talking

'Speech' = thoughts

-Speech- = translated Pokemon text

(Speech) = Author's comment (on a part of the story that may be obvious or hard to understand)

*Words* = sound effect

Words = Dream text

Pokemon team levels and moves:

Clarity/Clair (Gardevoir, level 32) Moves: Magical Leaf, Confusion, Thunderbolt and Calm mind. (Confusion is upgraded to Psychic in dire battles)

Sparky (Luxray, Level 32) Moves: Tackle, Spark, Charge and Bite (Roar is a battle cry)

James (Prinplup, level 32) Moves: Ice Beam, Metal Claw, Bubblebeam and Peck.

Angela (Absol, Level 33) Moves: Quick Attack, Pursuit, Swords Dance and Bite.

Terry (togepi, Level 26, Item; Exp share) Moves; Yawn, Follow me, sweet kiss and Metronome.

Disclaimer;- Pokémon belongs to Gamefreak and Nintendo, my OC (Jake) belongs to me. (its' me :)) And the Idea of Angela is from Baby Mama Valkyria, the written form of her is mine.

Route 213 (where Clair led Jake, 20 minutes after the end of the last chapter.):-
Clair stirred from her nap as she happily nuzzled Jake's chest, with him reacting by hugging her a bit tighter and stroking her hair tenderly. After a few moments of this happening, Clair slowly began to awaken from her black out that had then become a snooze as she continued to nuzzle Jake's chest sleepily until she opened one eye and slowly looked up to see Jake sighing contently as he hugged her against him gently and shafted slightly as he seeked to be more comfortable, earning a gasp from Clair as her memories of what happened before came back to her and she felt him move inside of her slightly. She shook the haze out of her mind and nuzzled Jake's neck to try and wake him up, though she liked the feeling being this close gave off. Jake mumbled something very quietly as he stirred and craned his neck, subconsciously wanting whatever was doing that, since he was still asleep he didn't know, to keep going. Clair changed tatics and lightly pecked his lips to see if that got a reaction from him, which it did as he stirred a bit more and his eyebrows went into the confused look as he looked around in his sleep, only for Clair to repeat the process and the reaction being him coming closer to awakening. Jake yawned and tried to sit up a moment later, only for Clair's weight, since she was still on top of him, to keep him down and him opening an eye in bewilderment as to why he could't sit up. What met his eyes was Clair's smiling face as she pecked his lips again and giggled cutely. -Hello sleeply.- She said in an adorable tone as she began to nuzzle Jake's chest again. Jake chuckled as he hugged her. "Well someone's affectionate." He said as he rubbed her shoulder gently. Clair nodded as she continued. -Well with my heat gone I don't need to worry about keeping myself under control now.- She said happily. Jake smiled as the memory flooded back into his head and he continued to rub her shoulder lovingly. "Oh yeah, how could i forget that? Especially since it just happened." Clair giggled at Jake's statement as she rested her head on Jake's chest. Jake smiled and after a moment or so gently lifted her head and tenderly kissed her for a minute beck pulling back and moving her to the side, exiting her lower lips as he did so, with Clair letting out a mild whine at now feeling empty but she sat up alongside him as he did the same. "I think we should take a quick dip in the shallows of the ocean before we head back to the others, considering we have cum on us right now." Jake said, blushing at the mention of their activity's result. Clair had a similar colouring to her face as she nodded and they headed to a nearby pool where the water was deep enough for them to wash off their juices. After a few moments of this, they got out and took turns using the towel they had lay on to dry, using the non covered parts of it. Once this was done, Clair rolled the towel up and kissed Jake on the cheek again affectionately. -Thank you for this Jake.- She said in a contented tone, with Jake nodding. "Well, I said I wasn't going to let you suffer. Or that was my meaning behind my actions anyway." He said as he held her close for a moment before they both headed back to where the rest of the group were.
Angela was now having a nap in some shade near where she had been when Jake and Clair had left. Sparky was now sitting near her and was resting after a long run around the beach which had tired him out quite a bit. Terry was besides Angela now as he had tried to swim but his short limbs didn't make it easy, but James had played with him in the shallows for a while before helping him to make a sandcastle, which was nearby where he was lazing now, and James was out in the sea having a swim, avoiding the odd trainer that wanted to catch him. Jake and Clair set down next to Angela, who stirred from her sleep and awoke a moment later as she yawned and looked over at the two of them with a knowing smile. -You two together now?- She asked in that sort of knowing tone any mother could have. Both Jake and Clair blushed very quickly at this question but nodded. She giggled before she continued. -My higher hearing did catch bits of what you two were doing, but not enough for it to be too embarrassing for you.- She said calmly to them as she turned to look, with Clair still keeping eye contact and Jake looking away, both with a deep blush on their faces. "Well its embarrassing either way when you point it out." Jake said as he looked at her now, a bantering smile plastered on his mug, while Clair giggled at his slightly nervous tone. Angela smiled again. -You were both gone for half an hour too. If we didn't know what was going to be going on between you two, we'd have been getting worried.- She teased as a smirk grew on her face and Clair giggled a bit at the statement while Jake blushed more. "I'm guessing you told them or they figured it out for themselves considering that our feelings were most likely easy to read. Angela nodded and explained that Clair had come clean about her feelings to everyone but Jake beforehand, and Clair blushed, expecting Jake to not be amused with this information, but to her surprise, he chuckled. -Huh? I thought when you found out, you'd confront me on it.- She said in mild disbelief. Jake shook his head. "2 reasons why i'm laughing. First is that it makes sense, you'd tell friends and family about it before your crush, no offence to you on that subject mention Angela." He said, addressing what the word family meant to Angela right now. "And 2, why would I be unhappy with finding that out? It makes sense plus I'd have found out somehow anyway, and since you told me about you're feelings in person, so I guessed the others knew too." He said, pulling Clair into a hug now as he spoke, with Clair eagerly returning it. Angela smiled warmly at the scene as Sparky noticed the two of them and spoke up. -Hey lovebirds, that's all the affection you can show in public.- He said in a joking tone, earning a deep blush from Clair and a chuckle from Jake. "At least I won't get in a 'Cat' fight." He said, issuing a cat pun as a retort. Sparky chuckled in the way he did, as a strange sounding growl. James came out of the water and whistled, as well as he could with a beak. -Get a room you two.- He joked as Clair let go of Jake with a deep blush on her face. Jake rubbed her arm to calm her down as he fired of a pun at James, saying "'Water' way to go right" earning a giggle from Clair at his attempts to be funny that just fell flat. Another hour passed and Terry got up and nodded simply and Sparky rose from where he had been laying and stretched as he still felt somewhat tired from the run. Angela did the same and Jake, with Clair alongside him, started clearing up the stuff they'd lent down. Clair hugged Jake once everything was packed away and James, Sparky and Terry were all back in their pokeballs for the time being. Jake smiled and held her close as Angela smiled warmly. -I'm glad that you two are together now.- She said as she watched Clair nuzzle Jake's neck. "Yeah, and Clair seems to want to unleash all of the affection that she kept bottled up while her heat bothered her." He said Clair clung lovingly to him and he had to gently peel her off, with her pouting as he did so. "Clair, as much as I do like hugging you, I think it'd be really awkward to talk to people if you're attached to my side like that." He said gently once he had removed her from his side. Clair nodded. -But I get to continue nuzzling your neck once we get our room for the night.- She said as she folded her arms in a huff as she continued to pout for a moment. Jake chuckled and hugged her to cheer her up. "That sounds fair to me." He said as he pecked her cheek before pulling back. Clair smiled as she turned to where the next gym was, in Pastoria City.

Pastoria City:-
After another 4 trainers and with Sparky and James up to level 33, Terry leveling up to 27, plus James learning Brine in place of Bubblebeam, they arrived in the sea town of Pastoria. Jake smiled as he looked around, but that smile left his face as he saw a Galactic grunt hanging around near a gate to the north of town. Angela spotted him and growled but Jake shook his head and stopped her. "Don't. As much as I want to get answers out of him about your son as you, most likely case is that we won't get it since he won't know anything, so all we will end up causing is a scene, which isn't a good idea." He said calmly, with Angela nodding as she took a deep breath to calm herself. Clair stroked Angela's mane gently to sooth her mind. -Soon enough Angela, we will get him back.- She said as she stopped a moment later. Jake nodded as he checked his watch. "It's about 4:45 in the afternoon, no point battling the gym now. Let's explore the town a bit then head to the center to get a room for the night. Clair smiled as she prepared to unload the rest of her affection once they got into the room. Jake walked past the grunt, ignoring him as he looked around and spotted Chris coming out of the gym. "Hey Chris." He yelled to get the trainer's attention, which he did as he spotted Jake and walked over. "Hey Jake, I see you're still after me." He said with a chuckle, and Jake smirked. "Not on your life man, but I see you're moving up in gyms, huh?" He replied. Chris nodded. "Yeah, but Crasher wake, the gym leader, gave me a really tough match, the type coverage on his team is brutal if you're not prepared for it, so be careful." He said as he turned back to the gym for a moment. "His best pokemon kicked Jet's tail." He said as he turned back to Jake. "Wow, he most have a good attack and a good pokemon to pull that off, thanks for the heads up." He said as Chris smiled. "Not a problem Jake. Oh and I saw John around, so be careful, he may try and ambush you like he did against me last time." He warned. Jake nodded. "Want me to escort you back to the center incase he tried again?" Chris nodded. "That would be a huge help, my team is all worn out as of right now, and if he does try, I won't stand a chance." He said in a grateful tone. Jake nodded "Anything to anger that ass more." He said smugly. "Wanna say that to my face?" Came a voice from behind them both. Unsurprisingly, it was John. Jake turned and glared at him. "What a surprise, not." He said as he locked eyes with John. "Just as do goody as ever I see Jake." He said in a cocky tone. "Well nice guys do finish last, and I think it's about time I repaid my dues, which means stomping both of you into the floor." He continued in the same tone. "Not a chance coward, trying to attack Chris last time when his team was weakened from a gym battle. How low are you willing to go just to win against us?" Jake said in a serious tone. John smirked, "Its's survival of the strongest Jake, besides, he did get lucky and beat me." He said, anger sinking into his voice as he spoke. "And I will crush you first while you're here, seeing as you've beaten me more and we do have a longer history of knowing each other." He said in a mocking tone. Jake just sighed. "Need me to teach you a lesson again? Fine." He said in an unamused tone. John laughed mockingly, causing Jake's fist to clutch and shake. "If you really think your team is up to the task of beating me. You can try." Jake simply sighed and stood ready to battle. "Time to shut you up again." He said as he stepped far enough back for their pokemon to come out, with John doing the same.

Here we go again.
John started with a Heracross (Level 33 with the moves: Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Take Down and Night Slash.) and the Bug type gave Jake an evil grin as it stood ready to battle. "Clair, looks like you're up first, as much as I don't want to pit you against a bug type like Heracross, because it's attack is ruthless, but I know that you can handle this." He said as he turned to her. She nodded and walked forward. John smirked. "So that girly pokemon of yours evolved huh? I'd hate to mess up such a pretty pokemon, but that's the way this must be, then oh well." He said with a chuckle. Clair glared at him with a steel stare as she ignored his mocking and stood ready for battle. John started right after this. "Heracross, get over to that Gardevoir and use night slash, NOW." He said in a commanding tone, with Heracross doing as commanded as he spread his wings and began to dash at Clair. "Teleport out of the way and hit em with a shock of Thunderbolt." Jake shouted as a counter, with Clair nodding as she waited for the Bug to swing at her before vanishing and reappearing a few foot away and she brought her hand down with sparks coming from it, a thunderbolt came raining from above shortly after. "Heracross, DODGE." John yelled as he spotted the bolt. His pokemon heard and looked up just before reacting in time and having the attack just miss as he jumped back and glared right at Clair. She returned the look as Jake called his next command. "Calm your mind Clair." She nodded and used the attack Calm mind, imagining a single drop of water rippling through a pond, her focus went up as this happened, only for her to receive an Aerial Ace to the arm as she opened her eyes again. She gasped in pain as a cut was placed on her left arm now, with her wincing at it. John chuckled to himself as he watched, with Clair clutching her teeth to block the pain as she sensed Heracross coming back around for another slash of Aerial Ace now. "Clair, Move." Jake shouted, with her ducking the horned beetle's swipe and she teleported to the side as he tried again. "Knock him down with Confusion and follow up with a thunderbolt." Jake continued. Clair's eyes began to glow a light blue as she used her right arm to point at Heracross, a faint glow surrounding him as she then moved her arm down, with Heracross following soon after, but he used the force to nose dive at her, using Take down at John's command. Clair reacted accordingly and struck the Thunderbolt down right in front of her, causing Heracross to shift his aim to the side of her in order to not get shocked. John sighed as this happened. "Heracross, Stop fooling around and nail her with a strong Take down." He shouted, his pokemon nodding as it reared up and charged at her with a hell of a lot of speed. Clair looked a bit scared at this as she couldn't keep up with him visually. "Don't panic Clair, use your mind to find him, just like with that zubat when you were confused." Jake said calmly. Clair nodded and focused, only to be jolted by a very sharp hit to the gut as Heracross's attack connected causing the bug to flinch in pain as he took the recoil. Clair was thrown back and landed in a heap as she offed from the landing and John smirked. "Looks like you were wrong Jake." He said smugly. Jake chuckled to himself. "Don't count my pokemon out yet John, she's not done." He said bluntly, with Clair slowly beginning to get up as she grunted from the very sore area on her stomach. John's eyes narrowed. "Yeah, I don't think that is funny. Finish her off with an Aerial Ace Heracross." He said blankly and his pokemon did as commanded, going to slash at Clair once more. "Clair, teleport." He said in a slight panic, but true to his word, Clair vanished just as the attack would have connected to her right shoulder. She reappeared and Heracross circled round and flew at her again. "Confusion, put that flying roach down." Jake shouted in mild anger, with Clair's eyes glowing brightly as she lifted her hand and pointed at Heracross, who glowed after as he was pulled to a stop, right as his horn would have connected squarely on her chest. She moved her arm sharply down, and Heracross was flung towards the earth, but managed to slow his descend on John's order. Jake had a counter for this and got Clair to send a Thunderbolt down ontop of the bug just as he landed, causing said pokemon to spasm slightly as the static bolt ran through his body and into the ground. He dropped on to his front as his legs locked up for a moment and he shook his head to clear it of static, only for Clair to lift him again and throw him into a nearby tree, leaving a few cracks on the wood as Heracross slumped down, defeated, and Clair dropped to her knees as the adrenaline left her system and she panted. John growled as he recalled Heracross and sent out a Haunter (Level 34 with moves; Sucker Punch, Confuse ray, Sludge bomb and Fire punch). Jake got Angela to take this one as he helped Clair back, who had leveled up to 33 and finally had Psychic in place of confusion. Angela simply stood in her battle pose and waited for John to try something. He smirked as he ordered a fire punch which Haunter chuckled darkly as his fist was engulfed in flames and he swung it at Angela quickly, combining it with the speed of sucker punch. "Avoid that strike using Quick attack, and use Swords Dance to ready yourself against that little spook." Jake shouted as she nodded and, with a white glow that lagged behind her, swiftly ducked under Haunter's fist as she leapt back and had six swords rise around her, clashing against each other as they preformed the dance that powered Angela's physical strikes and she narrowed her eyes at the Haunter, that returned the eye contact with an evil smirk. John had a similar smirk on his face as he ordered the attack combo again, this time with Haunter vanishing from Angela's view, but she guessed that he would try and get behind her, having seen this type of strategy before. Jake looked around, confused for a moment but he came up with an idea quickly. "Dodge with Quick attack when you see him and hit back with pursuit." He shouted, as Haunter appeared behind Angela and tried to hit her with his flame covered fist. She backed up out of the swings range then she lunged at the ghost type, slashing at him as she tried to bring him down, only for him to use Confuse ray, which caused Angela to see nothing but flashes and bright lights as she tried to shake the effect off, to no effect. Haunter cackled at the sight of her trying to get rid of the confusion he had inflicted onto her, before he tried the Fire and Sucker punches combo for a third time, this time with it connecting squarely against Angela's cheek, with her wincing but she refused to make any sounds of pain for her attacker to enjoy. John chuckled as he watched on and ordered a three punch combo of the attack, with haunter complying as he flew forward and lit both of his fists on fire as he went to punch Angela again, with the first punch connecting, but the next two missed as Angela used her hearing to listen for the flames on Haunter's hands and she jumped to the side to avoid the swings. Haunter followed after her and she bit at him using the move of the same name as she shook her head again to rid it of the confusion. Haunter managed to clip her chin as she dodged again but the strike did get thrown to the floor as the hit was while she had been in the air, avoiding his strikes. The landing was heavy as well as she thudded to the floor, but stood up as she shook her head one final time, the dizziness from the confusion finally fading, just in time for her to narrowly dodge another punch from Haunter, though she still felt the heat of the attack since it was very close. She glared at him as he tried again, and despite the bruises and slight burn marks she'd taken from the Haunter, she dodged again and did an upward slash of pursuit that connected and sent Haunter backwards as she did so, with the ghost landing on the floor with a dull thud, but he got up a moment later. Angela glared as the ghost did try another punch, but he was quite woozy from her attack, so he had to shook his head first, allowing Angela to try and swipe him down again, but Haunter did react and vanished just as the claws would have connected with his face. Angela grunted as she landed, her bruises stringing from the small burn marks that surrounded them. Haunter reappeared behind her and tried to carry his attack through, only for Angela to use Pursuit to swipe his fist, wincing at the burn she got as a result but she did wound Haunter's hand somewhat as well. She continued to glare at him as she lowly growled to try and unnerve her foe as he tried another punch, but made to grab her to finish her off with a combo of punches. He did grab her but only got a strong bite to the hand he had grabbed her with and she was dropped a moment later. She finished off with another slash using Pursuit which dropped Haunter down and he was also out cold. John had a look of pure indignation as he returned Haunter and sent out his fiery horse of Ponyta. (Level 35 with the moves; Flame wheel, Take down, Agility and Stomp.) He knew exactly what Jake would counter with, which was the case as he threw out James to stop him. The penguin glared at his opponent and stood ready to fight. John smirked and called for an Agility first to which his horse did so as he(I meant for the horse to be a he before now, just forgot to put it in place.) mentally relaxed his muscles and loosened them, becoming faster as he did so. James spit out a large amount of water over Ponyta for his Brine attack, which the horse jumped to the side, out of the way of the falling water. John called for a stomp from his steed, and Ponyta leapt into the air and aimed for James' head. "Block that strike with a Metal Claw and use Brine again at point blank." Jake shouted in counter. James' flippers began to glow that good old shiny colour as he moved his arms into a blocking pose as Ponyta landed squarely on his glowing arms and he then attempted to fire the spray of water that was Brine at the horse, only for said pokemon to jump to the side as he did so. John hid a smirk as he continued his attacks, going for a front attack with Take Down next as Ponyta rushed James and tried to run him over. James dove to the side and tried to hit Ponyta with a Metal claw to send him crashing to the floor. The attack did clip Ponyta's right hind leg and did send him skidding to the side, but not to the floor, so the horse just stumbled and kept going past. John shook his head with a smug grin as he called for a repeat of that last attack, but faster. Ponyta sprinted at James again, and Jake called for a Brine, which James did do as he fired the spray of water at his target, the action causing Ponyta to stop and have to dash to the side to avoid, allowing James to follow up with an Ice Beam to the floor in front of the fire type to simply try and cause him to slip to the floor, which it did but the flames on Ponyta's back began melting the ice quite quickly. James wasted no time on waiting around as he fired another spray of water at Ponyta, only for it to clip the horse's tail as he jumped out of the way but winced at the contact of water on fire. James rushed at Ponyta to try and knock him over with Metal claw as the Flame coated mare ran at him for another Take Down, with both attacks clashing as Ponyta winced again from recoil damage and the small amount James' attack did. James also winced from the attack hurting his arm that had connected to Ponyta in the clash, but turned around quickly and fired yet another spray of Brine at him. Ponyta again dodged but took a small amount of damage from contact to his side this time. Firing another Ice Beam to stun his foe, James went for a Metal Claw to hit Ponyta right on the nose, though, what happened instead was that James's Ice Beam was dodged and he was greeted by a hind kick to the face as John called for a stomp. James was knocked back onto the floor as he was kicked and he landed with a thud, getting up as he rubbed the fresh bruise the kick had given him. John chuckled to himself and called for another Take down, with his horse dashing in again quickly to preform this task, with James using Metal claw to block and grab hold of the fire covered horse, then firing a spray of Brine at point blank range, which knocked the horse back and down, but not out as he struggled to his feet after he landed and had skidded back a bit. James posed mockingly to annoy John as he glared, with Jake and Clair laughing at this, only for him to receive a hot Flame wheel in the back as a result, which, while not very effective, did give James a burn on his right shoulder that hit to move. He turned to Ponyta again as another Flame wheel was thrown at him, though it was put out by him using Brine on Ponyta as he ran past. James then fired another shower of Brine at Ponyta, only to miss and take a hit from Take down to the chest, holding it with his left flipper as he was pushed down. He stood again and using Metal Claw to block another Flame wheel, he wrapped his flipper around Ponyta and pecked him using the move of the same name on his forehead and point blanking him with another Brine did drop the fire type completely, leaving James as the winner of that part of the battle. John growled as he returned Ponyta and called out his best pokemon, his Luxray. (Level 36 with the moves; Thunderbolt, Thunder Fang, Iron Tail and Ice Fang) who smirked darkly as Jake very quickly returned James to his pokeball and sent out Sparky, who once he saw his opponent, he let out a deafening roar to try and unnerve him, with didn't have the exact effect but it did surprise them both, and Jake to a lesser effect, since he knew that only John's Luxray did bring such a reaction from him, but he didn't expect such a roar for his battle cry. John smiled and called for an Iron Tail to start off, with Sparky ducking under the attack as he then went to Tackle his foe down and he went for a strong bite to try and wound him. John's Luxray, which was revealed to now be called Bolt when John called for a Thunderbolt from him. Sparky rolled off of his enemy as he avoided the bolt of electricity and glared as Bolt got up off of the floor and smirked darkly. Sparky simply glared at him as he Charged up some static to use as a shield against any electric attacks that Bolt would try during battle. Jake called for another Tackle from Sparky, who tried to ram Bolt down, only to receive an Iron Tail to the face that didn't do a ton of damage but it did still sting him nonetheless. Bolt smiled smugly and baited Sparky to try again, but Jake called for another Charge to build up static so that he could possibly run faster in order to out speed Bolt due to static charging his muscles. John smirked and called for an Ice Fang, with Bolt's teeth seeming to take on a icy glow as he tried to bite into Sparky's back in order to inflict some very bad chills down his spine. Sparky did dodge, barely and then rammed into Bolt as he also Bit into Bolt's side a little, not doing too much damage with the move but drawing blood and weakening his foe by some degree. John winced at the sight, not having expected the irony substance to be drawn here, especially by Sparky. Bolt roared at this as he used Thunder Fang in rage, since he was upset that Sparky had managed to draw blood out of him at all, since he had thought that it wouldn't happen against him. Sparky winced when he felt Bolt's fangs latch themselves into his side, more so that then the sparks that came off of said fangs. A small amount of blood did leak from this new wound as Bolt used the leverage to throw Sparky to the side, with him skidding across the floor afterwards. Bolt leapt forward to try and pin Sparky down so he could continue attacking him, only for Sparky to roll to the side and Tackle Bolt down once he stood up, aiming to do the same thing. Jake and John watched the whole thing in suspense, not knowing which would get the upper hand, because even though Bolt was higher leveled, Sparky had shown time and again before that he was very stubborn, not giving up if he could help it. John called for another try at Ice Fang, with the attack connecting this time, with Sparky's limbs locking up for a moment as the cold feeling hit his spine at that second. John smirked and got Bolt to use Thunderbolt at point blank, only for Jake to counter with Charge, and this had an interesting effect on Sparky. Because of the incredible timing, Bolt's attack was simply absorbed by Sparky as he was charging when he was hit. Jake smiled as Sparky smiled smugly, using the now stored energy in a similar way to adrenaline as he rammed Bolt and then tried to bite him again, only to miss as Bolt jumped back, a bit of blood leaking from his wound in the process. John called for an Iron Tail to try and stun Sparky, only for him to catch the metal limb in his mouth as Bolt swung his tail at him. Sparky then pulled him towards him and shoulder barged him with another tackle, also moving his jaw around after releasing Bolt's tail to ease the soreness he felt as a result of biting the metal coated tail. John glared alongside Bolt as Sparkly turned to Jake and nodded when asked if he wanted to back out of the battle since his side wound still had blood trickling out of it. Bolt glared and tried to use another Ice Fang, missing this time as Sparky, dove to the side, whining as he landed on his wound but forcing himself to keep going as he used the movement to roll to his feet and he ran at Bolt again. He hit with one more Tackle before biting into Bolt's leg, the same one he had done so to last time, this caused Bolt to yelp in pain as Sparky sunk his teeth into his hind leg again. John looked a bit worried now, since Sparky had caused the reappearance of the wound that helped his defeat last time, and with the same happening now, he had to try and wrap this up quickly, though Jake had the same idea as he got Sparky to ram into Bolt again. This sent Bolt rolling to the side as he tried to fire off another Thunderbolt, which did strike Sparky on his side wound, but he ignored the pain it caused and he hit Bolt again in the side. John looked absolutely enraged as this happened one last time and Bolt dropped to the floor, out cold. He, as always, threw the prize money at Jake before stomping off after recalling Bolt. Sparky panted as the charged energy wore off and he felt the pain and soreness of his body catch up to him and he winced at it. Jake walked over to his electrical lion and used one of the super potions on the wound in order to at least seal it up. He sprayed the contents on to Sparky and tossed the used bottle into the nearby bin before gently running the medical substance into Sparky's body and Sparky purred lightly at the feeling and Jake smiled. Chris chuckled to himself, "So the big scary lion is really a softie then huh?" He said with a smile on his face. Jake nodded. "Yeah, John's Luxray is someone Sparky hates, for a similar reason why I don't like John at all." He explained. "Chris nodded back. "That makes sense. Anyway, thanks for backing me up against that ass." He said as he motioned to the pokemon center. "C'mon, let's go heal both of our teams up." He said as he headed towards said building himself.
Ten minutes and two heal ups later, Jake accepted his healed team from Nurse Joy and turned to Chris. "So you're heading out again?" He said with a chuckle. "Well gotta get moving, My dad's in Jublife and he got me a present, which im going to guess is the HM 05 surf, because you need that to get to where the sixth gym is, in Canalave City." He explained. "So it's good bye for now Jake. I promise, and I mean it this time, I will battle with you next time." He said as he smiled. Jake chuckled. "No hurry, seeya later pal." He said as he watched Chris leave. They got a room shortly afterwards and ate some tea since that battle with John had made alot of room in most of the team's stomachs. Once in the room afterwards, Clair looked up to Jake and blushed as she wanted to ask a kinda embarrassing question. Jake was stroking Clair's hair to try and calm her down as he waited for her to ask. -Could you...give me a massage?- she asked in a semi shy voice. Jake chuckled. "Well I don't have any experience in that sort of thing, but I know what it means and what I need to do, so I could try for you Clair." He said in a soothing tone, with Clair happily nuzzling his chest as she looked up with her eyes sparkling with affection as she then pecked his cheek gratefully. Jake chuckled and gently peeled her arms from around his back. "Ok, laid on either your back or front and I'll do my best to work from there." He said as he moved so she could lay down on the bed, which she did as she lay on her back and folded her arms under her head as she then looked over to Jake expectingly. Jake smiled and kneel over her back with his legs on either side of her as he then placed his hands gently on her lower back and got to work rubbing her lumber region (lower back near the waist) softly at first to try and work out how much pressure to place on her before it would start to be uncomfortable. "Just let me know if I start to hurt you by accident Clair." He said just before he began moving his hands up and down her back, with a gasp leaving her lips as she felt him begin to work on her back, her muscles loosening a bit from his actions already. Jake took that as a good sign as he continued slowly, before moving his hands to her hips as he pressed a bit harder and Clair let out a relaxing sigh as he did so. He moved on to her legs a moment later, with Clair giggling as she felt ticklish down there. Jake noticed that and was gentle as he rubbed her legs in order to not have her go into a giggle fit while he did his work. he then moved up to her shoulders, upper back and neck as he gently rubbed there. Once he was done completely, Clair suddenly rolled over onto her back and pulled Jake into a tight hug, nuzzling his neck happily. Jake chuckled as she pulled him down onto the bed and she hugged him from the side, busy having buried her face into his face affectionately. Jake pulled her back gently as he smiled. "I see you were serious about what you said earlier." He said with a smile as he stroked her hair. She nodded. -Yep, now let me continue.- She said as she continued her actions like a small child would with her Mum or Dad. Jake smiled as he pulled her back again, and she was about to whine until Jake tenderly kissed her on the lips for a moment before he pulled back and she looked at him with sparkling eyes again before she pulled him back down onto the bed as she nuzzled him furiously once more. Jake was laughing the whole time that she did this. These actions repeated for another hour before they decided to pack it in for the night, being tired and all. Jake did his nightly routine and was in bed about to doze off before he heard Clair's voice. -Room for me?- She asked in a semi-shy voice as she looked at him, wearing the PJs that Jake had brought her. He nodded and pulled back the covers and she happily climbed in, snuggling up to him as she sighed happily. -I see you're not awkward around me now.- She teased as she hugged him. Jake chuckled. "Well seeing someone nude, and up close like before kinda kills that." He said as he hugged her back happily. They both laid back down and shared a very short kiss before going to sleep in each other's arms.

Ending note time

Well that's another chapter under my belt here.

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