Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - SoF - Twist in Time
Whew...
It is done. School is over. I'm free.
But not for long... I have to go on a military-program everyone is forced to do after they finish school in my country... For six months... But I'll be able to write on weekends so that's at least something.
Anyway, today I'm bringing you an actual new chapter! Hurray!
The big revision?
Err... Motivation was more focused on progress for this chapter? Whoops...
Chapter 2 and 3 will be updated in the near future... I'll put up another update-chapter as usual...
But I guess a new chapter is what the readers really want, right?
Chapter 37 - Nagi Village
I blinked and gave the apparently female Audino named Peon a confused look. "Uhm... Hello... My name is Ri."
"Nice to see that you're fit again! You were in a pretty bad shape when your friend brought you here last night," she replied.
'With friend she must mean Cobal... I guess he managed to get me into a village...'
"About here... Uhm... Where am I?" I asked looking through the window to my right. The only thing I could make out behind the glass was a blue sky and a couple of trees. It was pretty bright outside so I assumed that it was around noon.
"You're at the inn of Nagi Village which is right next to the eastern border of Southern Jungle," the normal-type answered.
"Nagi Village?" I repeated, trying to remember if I had seen that name on a Wonder Map before. 'I should've looked at the Wonder Map a few more times... I guess this is the village Cobal was talking about...'
"You must wonder how you got here... Well, from what your friend told me, you two got into a fight and you got injured pretty badly. You didn't wake up again after you fell asleep on his back so he got worried and ran all the way here to get help for you," she began to explain. "He arrived about three hours after midnight and almost broke down the front door. The noise woke everyone up and half of the Pokemon that stayed here ran down into the lobby to see what was going on. After the owner opened the door, he carried you inside and asked for help."
'Cobal ran through almost the whole night, carrying me? I... I guess I owe him more than a set of shoulder plates now. He saved my life...' Thinking a little closer about it made me realize that this wasn't the only time the Lucario had saved me. When he carried me away from the portal at Treasure Town, during our fight with Uxie's illusion and Uxie himself... And now this... I hadn't even properly thanked him for one of those moments.
My trail of thought was interrupted when Peon spoke up again. "I happened to be one of the Pokemon that stayed here and I also happened to be a healer so I helped you out!"
"You healed me?" My gaze fell down at my completely healed stomach. "But how? There were two huge cuts on my belly and now they're just gone!"
"Ever heard of Mega Evolution?" the normal-type asked with a grin while she fiddled around with the marble on her necklace.
"You can mega-evolve?" I returned, focusing my view onto the stone. It looked similar to Cobal's, the only difference being that it was colored white and pink instead of Cobal's red, black and blue stone.
She winked at me and flashed me a grin. "Yes, I can! Aside from making me a lot stronger, it also powers up my healing-abilities. That's why I was able to heal your injuries and also why I could increase your body's blood-production to raise your blood back to a healthy level."
"Increase my body's blood production? You can really do something like this?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"It's a special form of using Heal Pulse that I created. All you need to do is to focus the move straight into your patients bone-marrow to stimulate the production of new blood cells!" Her smile faded and a serious look wandered onto her face. "The diagnosis I made wasn't really something you'd want to show to anyone. Two huge cuts on your stomach, several other cuts and bruises, a critical blood-level and your body was almost stripped of all of its aura."
My first response was a distasteful look. "That was definitly in my top ten..."
"You've been in a lot of fights, huh? Well, something else I'd like to talk about is that arm of yours... It's-" she started to say while her eyes moved onto my arm.
Knowing what kind of question she would ask, I interrupted her before she could go on. "I know, I know! The burn indicates that it should've been amputated..."
"That's right... So that raises my question, who-"
"I have amnesia so I don't remember who treated it," I interrupted the normal-type again. Telling her that I got it after I was thrown through the portal at Treasure Town would've led to explaining my whole story to her so I kept it at that.
"Amnesia?" Peon repeated as she folded her arms.
"Yeah, I woke up in a forest a couple of weeks ago, with no memory what so ever... But I had some memory shreds and remembered a couple of things from my past," I explained. "I've met a Riolu who's a doctor too and he said that a key-word or a familiar situation might get me to remember everything."
"I see..." She sighed. "Well, that's too bad. I would've loved to meet the Pokemon who treated your arm. Whoever it was might've been able to help me with a few new treatment-methods I'm working on..."
"Uhm... Anyway, do you know where my partner is right now?" I questioned.
"Oh! Yes, he said that he would take a look around the village about an hour ago," she explained, unfolding her arms.
"Hmm... Can I get out of my bed?"
"Yeah, sure! But before I can let you go outside to look for your friend we have two more things to talk about..." the Audino replied.
I slid to the side of the bed and brought my feet onto the floor. "What is it?"
The Audino walked over to the nightstand and opened a little box that was placed on top of it. "I might've healed all of your injuries but your body still hasn't fully recovered..." She said while she pulled out a bottle that was filled with some kind of green liquid. "Because you were stripped of almost all of your aura, your body has a hard time to properly circulate your aura through it as it has to replenish the one you lost at the same time."
"And this medicine will solve that problem?" I asked, eyeing the bottle with a curious look. 'I guess I didn't notice that problem last time I've been to Fogbound Lake because I've slept for five days afterwards...'
Peon closed the box again and held the potion out to me. "This is a mixture of Sitrus Berry Juice, Heal Seeds, Doom Seeds and some other ingredients. And yes, it's going to solve your problem. The source of every living being's life force lies somewhere near their stomaches. It slowly spreads into the rest of your body from there and flows through every limb. If you slow down that flow, you can increase the pace at which your aura regenerates. The Sitrus Berry Juice will speed up the process even further!"
"That's where I feel the flame from which I draw the power to use my moves..." I muttered to myself, focusing on the faint feeling of the blue flame inside me. "This is great!" I cheered, grabbing the bottle out of her hand. When I was just about to pull out the cork, I blinked and gave her a skeptical look. "Wait a second... Doom Seeds? That doesn't sound good."
"The substances of the Doom Seeds will slow down the flow of aura in your system so your body can focus on replenishing your life force. The Sitrus Berries and Heal Seeds are there to counter the negative effects of the Doom Seeds," the Audino replied.
"Negative effects?" My expression turned even more skeptical.
"Headache, dizziness, stomachache, an overall feeling of weakness... And the inability to use any moves or abilities," she said monotonely.
"But the other stuff that's in there is going to prevent that, right?" I asked, turning a little nervous.
The normal-type nodded in response and gave me a warm smile. "Yup!"
"Alright then... Here it goes..." Uncorking the bottle, I slowly brought it up to my mouth. The smell was a little strange but somehow resembled Sitrus Berries. With one big gulp I drank the green medicine and almost choked when a horribly bitter taste made its way onto my tongue.
*cough* "Ugh! It tastes horrible..." I said, handing the empty potion back to Peon.
"Most medicine tastes horrible..." She took it and put it back into the box she had taken it from. "I think I should mention that the Sitrus Berries and Heal Seeds only counter the first four side effects," Peon added, picking up the box and putting it under her left arm.
"What?" A look of disbelief wandered onto my face.
"You won't be able to draw on your aura for a day but that way it's going to completely restore itself after only one night instead of a couple of days," she responded, giving me a mischievous grin.
Not really willing to believe her, I held out my hand in front of me and tried to create one of my bones. As soon as I came to the part where I drew on the power inside of me, I noticed that something was off.
Normally my aura would flow fluidly through my arm and enable me to form it into a bone, but now it suddenly felt as if I was pumping a very thick liquid through a much too thin pipe.
Seeing that I didn't even manage to pull out enough aura to radiate it from my palm, I turned towards the Audino next to me and growled at her. "Couldn't you have told me that before I drank this stuff? What if someone attacks me and I have to defend myself!?"
An indifferent expression wandered onto her face. "You are in a village full of Pokemon... You also have that friend of yours as a bodyguard... I think you'll survive one day without using any aura."
I could only growl again in response. "When will this stuff wear off again?"
"Around 20 hours... Everything will be back to normal when you wake up tomorrow," she assured.
"Great..." My head slumped down while I let out a sigh. 'I'm completely defenseless for a whole day...' I blinked and rose my head again as, for some reason, I turned a little angry when I pictured myself as weak. 'What am I thinking? Just because I can't use any moves doesn't mean I can't fight!'
"Ri? Hello?" Peon pulled me out of my thoughts.
"Huh? Oh! Sorry! What?" I asked, bringing my attention back to her.
"I said that I'm a little curious about you and the knight... Are you two like... Together?" she questioned with curious look.
"Togeth-" At first I only raised an eyebrow but as soon as I realized what she was implying, a shocked expression appeared on my face. "What? No! Cobal isn't my boyfriend! He's like ten years older than me!"
"Oh, sorry... It's just that the way your face was snuggled against his while he carried you into the inn kinda suggested otherwise..." the normal-type replied.
'How my face was snuggled against his?' The image that formed in my head made me feel kinda strange and I turned red a bit. "U-uhm..."
Peon gave me a grin. "So he's still free, huh?"
My expression turned into a confused one. "You want something from him?"
"He's pretty handsome... Why can't I try my luck?" she responded, her grin forming into a smile.
Portraing her and Cobal in my mind made me even more confused. An Audino, that looked rather young, with a Lucario next to it... "Uhm... Sorry, but how old are you? You don't look anything near 27..."
"So he's 27... Hmm... Still not the oldest guy I dated." She said, folding her arms. "Oh! I'm 13!"
"What the hell?!" I could only give her another shocked look.
"Yeah, I like older guys... So what?" Peon replied with a pout.
I continued to stare at her. "B-but 13! And you said you dated someone older than 27?! With what kinds of pedophiles did you go out?!"
The Audino smirked. "Well, what can I say? I guess I have the amazing ability to get every guy to go on a date with me!"
"But still... 13?! What did you do with those guys?" My look turned even more shocked when an inappropriate thought appeared in my head. "D-don't tell me you've already-"
She interrupted me. "Already what? Mated with someone? Heck, no! I'm not gonna do that until I'm older." Another mischievous grin wandered onto her face. "What about you?"
"H-huh? N-no! I..." I had to stop there and think about it for a moment. 'How am I supposed to answer when I don't remember anything about my past?! I think I'm 17... I guess that's around the age where...'
My face turned crimson red as thoughts of how "mating" with another Pokemon would look like rushed through my head. I wanted to slap myself when a rather inappropriate image of Grovyle and me slowly formed in my mind. 'God, what am I thinking?!'
Just then, Celsius' voice screamed in my head.
OH! MY! GOD! You actually do have perverted thoughts about that Grovyle!
My jaw dropped and my face managed to turn even redder than it already was.
'C-Celsius?!'
I mean, I don't have a problem with naughty images like that but at least warn me before you send me something like this.
'I didn't intend to send you anything like that!'
Well, you obviously thought very hard about that image if it made its way through our mental-link... Hey! Want to see it again?
An image of Grovyle, holding me in a tight embrace with our mouths locked into a passionate kiss flashed into my mind.
My face must've been redder than red at that moment.
"Why so red all of a sudden? You did mate with somebody, didn't you?" Peon questioned with a smirk.
My attention moved back to Peon. "N-no! I mean... I don't know... I can't remember... I..."
Note to self, Ri loves it when someone implies that she already had her way with someone... And pictures of her and Grovyle where they're making out with each other!
Another picture rushed through my head.
"Shut up, Celsius! I'm not in the mood for this right now! I'll talk with you when I'm finished here, alright?" I unintentionally snapped out loud.
Okay, okay! It's nice to hear that you're back with the living...
Peon stared at me like I was crazy... And I couldn't blame her. "Err... Celsius?"
"A Kirlia that has formed a mental-link with me... She's a real pain in the ass sometimes..." I explained, letting out a sigh.
Love you too!
Peon seemed to let it go through her head for a moment before she spoke up again. "Okaaay... Anyway, I guess you want to drop the current topic?"
"Yes, please..." I answered, lowly growling at her. "Pedophilia isn't a topic anyone should talk about."
The normal-type put on a pout. "I told you I'd wait until I'm older!"
"Ugh... Let's just get back to our own business," I said, getting onto my feet.
She slowly walked towards the door. "Alright, then! If you don't feel good, just come back here to the inn and I'll take care of you. There's another sick Pokemon staying here and I got to take care of him... It's the room at the end of the hallway."
"Thank you..." I replied, giving her one last glance.
"Well, gotta go!" Peon walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.
"Bye..." I sighed and looked around the room again. In front of me, next to the door, stood a table with two chairs next to it. My belt, pouches and the fake sword were placed on top of it.
I contacted Celsius while I walked up to my equipment. 'Alright Celsius... Now we can talk.'
Hello, Ri! I've been worried about you!
'Well, I'm fine now so there's nothing to worry about. Apparently Cobal and me are in Nagi Village, which lies near the eastern border of the Southern Jungle.' I explained while I grabbed Grovyle's pouch and opened it. A few Oran Berries, my Luminous Orb and my broken desert-goggles were still inside.
Nagi Village? Never heard of it... I'm gonna need another day or so to reach the jungle. I'll probably arrive at Boulder Quarry tomorrow evening.
Closing the pouch again, I attached it to my right upper leg and picked up my belt. 'Okay... I guess we'll stay another night at this village then and head to the quarry next morning.'
Sounds like a plan. I'll hurry up a little so we arrive at the same time... So what exactly happened to you? Yesterday you were almost dying on me and now you're completely fine again?
'There was a healer at the inn we're staying... She healed all of my injuries and gave me some medicine so my aura restores faster.' I opened the four pouches, checking their containments. Some more Oran Berries, Pecha Berries, a few Seeds and my old wanted poster.
I see... By the way, how's the knight? Have you even told him that you were talking with me?
'No, not yet... I'm going to look for him now.' I closed the pouches and put my belt around my hip. 'I'll contact you again when I've talked with him.'
Alright then. I'll hear you later!
'Oh! One more thing.' A glare wandered onto my face. 'About those pictures... I'm starting to like the idea of using you as a punching bag.'
Oh, come on! It's hilarious!
'Just wait until we meet at Boulder Quarry...'
Okay! Okay! No more images like that...
'Bye, Celsius.' A sigh left my mouth while my gaze moved back onto the table.
Later!
The only object left was my sword, putting a confused expression on my face. My blue scarf was missing. 'Cobal must've thrown it away. That thing was ripped and had black burn marks all over it... Hmm... I never really liked to wear a scarf like that anyway.'
I hesitantly moved my paw to the handle of the sword and inspected it. 'Should I wear it? Knowing my luck, I'll probably run into another fight pretty soon. And now that I'm not able to use any moves, it's even more likely to get into yet another predicament.' After some debating, I decided to take the blade with me and put into the holster on the left side of my belt.
Now that I was ready, I walked to the door to my right and stepped out of my room. After I closed it behind me, I found myself in a hallway that ran to my left and right and had several doors scattered on each side. On my right side, I saw a dead-end with a window. To my left, I found a staircase that lead to a lower floor.
I made my way down the steps and entered what seemed to be the lobby of the inn. At the bottom of the staircase, I took a closer look at it. The lobby wasn't very big. In front of me I could see a double door that lead outside. To my right was the reception.
An orange, otter-like Pokemon was standing behind it. A Buizel.
"Oh! You're awake!" it said in a male voice.
I walked up to the counter and greeted him. "Uhm... Hello. I'm Ri."
"Welcome to Teky's Inn! I'm Teky, the owner," Teky replied with a warm smile. "At first I was a little angry with your friend for barging in like that but when I saw the badly hurt Lucario he was carrying, I kinda understood his actions... You were really lucky that that Peon girl was staying here!"
"I guess I was... Peon said that my friend went outside to take a look around the town. Do you, by any chance, know where he went?" I asked.
"He left around an hour ago so I can't tell where he is right now," the Buizel replied.
"Thank you, anyway... I'm going to look for him." I was just about to turn around when the inn keeper stopped me.
"Hey, wait up a second. You haven't even gotten a key for your room yet!" he said, turning around and grabbing a key from a table that stood behind him. "Your friend reserved for two days so can spend another night here," he explained, holding the key out to me. "I usually lock the front door around midnight, so don't stay out too long."
"Don't worry! I don't think we'll stay outside that long." I thankfully took the key and put it into one of the pouches on my belt. When I was just about to turn around again, I realized something. "I guess I should lock the door before I leave..."
"Nah! Just go and look for your friend! I'll lock it up for you!" Teky offered with a smile while he grabbed another key from behind him.
"Oh! Okay! Thanks!" I gave him a smile and waved at him before I made my way to the front door.
When I went outside, I found myself in small village that had several huts and other buildings running along the street which I was now standing on. As my gaze swayed around town, I noticed a few unique features of the settlement. Tropical-looking trees were scattered between the buildings and on top of them I could see treehouses which were connected to each other with wooden suspension bridges.
I also noticed a couple of Pokemon that were walking on the street. Some of them seemed to be explorers which were simply passing through while others looked like villagers, going after their daily business.
Cobal was sadly not one of them.
"Now where should I look for him?" I muttered to myself, looking down the road to my left.
When I was just about to wander off to look through the buildings, I suddenly heard a male voice from behind me. "Look for who?"
When I turned to the owner, I met the sight of a Dewott. The blue, otter-like Pokemon wore a black coat that was long enough to barely touch the ground and had a hood on the back. A zipper, that ran from his mid-section, up to just below his collar, held the coat together.
"Uhm..." I wasn't quite sure how to respond to this stranger. On first glance, he seemed to be nice so I decided to answer. "I'm looking for my friend. He's a Lucario like me and wears a blue scarf and some armor. Have you seen him?"
"No, sorry... I haven't seen him. But maybe you would like me to help you look?" the water-type offered with a smile.
"Oh, uhm..." I turned a little confused by his offer. "Sure, but... How comes? I don't think we've met before."
"Well, you might not have heard of me but I've heard a lot about you, oh, great Spirit of Faith!" he grinned.
At first I was surprised that he recognized me but then my gaze fell down onto my burnt limb. "The arm really gives me away, huh?"
Realizing what him knowing me meant, I faced him again with a curious look. "You're from Alteal?"
"Yup... Nagi Village is the nearest town to the eastern coast of Treasure. Alteal lies east of Treasure so it's the first stop for many Pokemon that travel to this continent," the Dewott explained before his expression turned confused. "But shouldn't you know this? You're from Alteal yourself, right?"
"Uhm... Sorry, but I kinda have amnesia. I woke up in a forest a couple of weeks ago, with no memory what so ever," I replied in a slightly embarrassed tone. "I guess I'm not as great as you think I am right now."
He blinked and didn't respond for a moment. "The Spirit of Faith has amnesia, huh?" The water-type shook his head and put up another smile. "Anyway... So what kind of catastrophe are you preventing today... Or do you have no clue about that either?"
A thoughtful look appeared on my face. 'Should I tell him? I don't want to bring up a commotion or anything...'
I put on a half-hearted smile. "There really is something going on right now but I don't want to trouble anyone. I bet you'll hear from it sooner or later if you go to Treasure Town."
"Oh... Okay..." He suddenly blinked and seemed to be a bit shocked about something. "Where are my manners? I'm drilling you with questions and haven't even introduced myself yet!" The Dewott closed his eyes and kneeled down before me.
'Err... What is he doing?'
"I'm Suke... A wandering swordsman and..." He grabbed my right paw and pulled it to his lips. "... an admirer of beautiful women all around the world," Suke finished as he kissed the back of my hand.
'Beautiful women?' That actually managed to fluster me and put a faint blush on my face. 'He... He thinks I'm beautiful?'
"U-uhm... I'm Ri..." I replied while he let go of my paw and got up again. My eyes were focused at the back of my hand for a second before I shook my head to regain my composure.
"Ri..." Suke repeated in a thoughtful tone and put on another smile. "That's a nice name..." He then moved his gaze onto the town. "So... Where should we look first?"
"How about we just walk down that road at first? If he's inside one of those shops, I'm sure we'll see him," I suggested looking at the street to our left.
"Or... Maybe we could look for him at that restaurant at the end of the street? We could get some lunch there too!" the Dewott replied, pointing at a building that stood at the other end of the road to our right.
"Let's look at the shops over there first... I think there's a bigger chance to find him there and besides, I'm not really hung-" Just then my stomach growled furiously. Everything was silent for a moment while my face slowly started to heat up and a huge grin appeared on the coat-wearing Pokemon's face.
"Uhm... Okay... I'm hungry but I don't have any money..." I said, rubbing my belly and turning away from him to hide my red face.
"It's my treat then!" Suke offered, his grin getting even wider.
"You would really treat someone that you've just met to a meal like that?" I asked, not really able to understand his intentions. "Is it because I'm the Spirit of Faith?"
"Maybe..." he answered with another grin while he walked ahead.
'Okaay... I guess being the Spirit of Faith has its benefits...' A nervous smile wandered onto my face as I followed him. 'Knowing my eating habits, that grin of his will be wiped off as soon as he sees the bill...'
We made our way onto the street and wandered towards the restaurant at the end of the road. Some of the bypassing Pokemon were giving me, or rather my burnt arm, curious looks. I was a little annoyed by the stares but as soon as I wanted to actually growl at a particularly curious bystander, Suke tapped my shoulder.
"By the way, what kind of sword are you wearing there? It looks kinda familiar..." he asked, eying the blade on my belt.
My left paw moved down to the handle to my weapon. "This? It's just a replica that my friend gave to me. He said that it's a copy of the Sword of Alteal or something..."
"Oh, it's just a replica..." He suddenly looked disappointed. "And here I thought I'm talking with someone who's into sword-fighting..."
I put my paw onto my chin. "I do know some basic movements but I'm not really a fan of weapons..."
"Hmm... I see... Well, I'm pretty good at fighting with a tanto!" he said, pulling out a sheathed tanto sword from under his coat. "I usually just fight with my razor shells but I've created a style that uses three weapons at the same time!"
Raising an eyebrow, I looked at his weapon with a curious expression. "Fighting with three swords at the same time? How do you do tha-"
The Dewott didn't even give me the time to complete the question as he quickly unsheathed his blade and threw it into the air above him. At the same time the weapon was spinning in the air, he quickly put the scabbard back under his coat and grabbed the shells that were attached to his thighs. With one last motion he caught the tanto with his teeth and got into a battle stance.
"Fseh thad?" he asked, the handle between his teeth keeping him from speaking properly.
At first I admired his skill and looked at him with shining eyes while a desire to ask him about all the movements of his style rose up in me but when I was just about to open my mouth, I noticed that shocked and confused looks of the bystanding Pokemon. "That's pretty creative but would you mind to put that stuff back? People are already staring..." I noted with nervous smile.
"Oh! Fhory!" he quickly placed his razor shells back onto his tights, sheathed his weapon and put it back under his black coat.
We then continued to make our way to the restaurant.
"By the way..." Suke suddenly seemed to be a little nervous for some reason. "I know this is kinda blunt but... How about we turn this lunch into a date?" he asked with an expectant smile on his face.
"A date?" I faced him with a look of slight disbelief, my cheeks heating up again. 'What's with this guy? He's so straight forward and gets right to the point... God this is weird...' Although I had to admit that he managed to flustered me again and actually considered his proposal, some voices at the back of my head were calling out to me, telling me to reject him.
'I'm human... Would I really go on a date with a Pokemon?'
'A-and what about Grovyle? Wouldn't I betray my feelings for him if I accepted now?'
'Would I really go on a date with a guy that I just met five minutes ago?'
Those questions decided my answer for me...
"Uhm... We've only met a few minutes ago and I'm also not really sure if I would want that kind of relationship with a Pokemon. How about we just become-" Just then I noticed that the Dewott wasn't walking besides me anymore.
When I turned around, I met the sight of a water-type that was covering on the ground, a depressive looking background behind his form and a black raincloud hanging above his head.
"-friends..." I finished with a sweatdrop. 'Really?'
"Just friends... I'm a failure... How could I think someone like her would actually go out with someone like me..." the Dewott mumbled to himself.
A nervous smile joined the sweatdrop. "Uhm... Suke?"
He kept on muttering inaudible murmurs and didn't respond to any of my calls.
'I bet he's going to keep up this act as long as I don't accept his proposal... Great... I guess I could just walk away and leave him there.' Just when I was about to turn around, my stomach grumbled again. 'Going on a date to get free food... Dignity is nice and all but I'm really hungry...' A sigh left my mouth. "Okay, fine... Let's call it a date but I'm not sure if this would-"
Before I could even finish my sentence the Dewott shot up to his feet and faced me with a bright smile and shimmering eyes. "Really!? Alright! Let's go!" Suke yelled, grabbing my hand.
"W-wait!" That were my last words before I was almost lifted off my feet while the Dewott sprinted towards the end of the street, dragging me with him.
In a matter of seconds, I found myself on the other end of the village, panting hard and completely exhausted.
*pant* "Wow... I'm... out of... breath..." *pant*
"What's wrong? That were only twenty meters. Don't tell me the legendary Spirit of Faith has the endurance of a Magikarp!" Suke joked, patting me on my back.
"What?" I panted, looking behind me to see that the distance I had just run really was almost nothing. 'What the hell? How can that short run exhaust me like that? Is... Is it the potion Peon gave me? How am I supposed to fight when I'm completely exhausted after dealing one hit? Ugh...' A sigh left my mouth after my breathing returned to normal. "Sorry, I might be a little out of shape..."
Wiping off the sweat that had formed on my forehead, I looked up at the building we were now standing in next to. A big sign was placed above the front door.
Gourmet Lickitung's
'Gourmet Lickitung's... I wonder what kind of food they have...' My gaze moved back to the excited looking Dewott next to me. 'This guy is crazy... First he's depressed and now he's completely hyper and all... Ugh... For now I'll play along with the whole date thing...'
"Come on! Let's get inside!" Suke said, approaching the door.
We entered the restaurant and found ourselves in a room with several tables and chairs placed all around it. A few Pokemon were sitting on some of them, giving us a quick glance as we stepped inside and closed the door behind us.
One of the waiters, which was a Patrat, immediately greeted us with a smile. "Hello! Welcome to Gourmet Lickitung's! A table for two, I presume?"
"Yes, please," Suke replied.
The normal-type led us to a table at the other side of the room and handed two menus to us. After ordering some drinks, Prow Berry Juice for me and a simple glass of water for Suke, the Pokemon left us to ourselves and wandered to the counter on the right side of the restaurant.
I was just about to open the menu to decide on a meal, when the water-type that was sitting on the other side of the table spoke up again.
"So... Seeing that this is a date, I think we should get to know each other a little better," he suggested.
"Uhm... Okay. What do you want to know?" I asked, flicking through the first couple of pages of the menu.
"Hmm... Likes and dislikes, that kind of stuff!" the Dewott replied.
"Well, I'm into martial-arts so I guess I like fighting and training... Oh! I also like eating-contests!" I explained, actually feeling a little embarrassed about myself. "Dislikes... Uhm... I absolutely despise the thought of killing someone... and I hate to lie..."
"So you're a martial-artist that loves to eat and hates killing and lying," Suke summarised, nodding to himself. "Now that you've mentioned fighting... I'm a little curious about how strong the Spirit of Faith really is. Would you tell me a little about your fighting-style?"
"Well... If you know the legend about me, you should also know that I really am a human," I started in a somewhat nervous tone. "I was a martial-artist in my world so I'm pretty good at hand-to-hand combat."
"I see... What about your abilities as a Pokemon? What moves do you know?" he asked with a curious look.
"I know Bone Rush, Force Palm, Aerial Ace, Attract, Extremespeed and... Uhm... I also remembered using some other moves in a couple of memory shreds I had but I didn't have the time yet to actually try them out properly," I answered, letting out that I knew Demon's Embrace. I wanted to keep it to myself until I've talked about it with Cobal.
"Wow!" he responded in surprised tone. "What about abilities?"
"Abilities? Hmm... Well, I know that I have Aura Burst and Aura Garment... I also know how to use Own Tempo..." I replied.
Suke put on a bright smile. "You really seem to be as strong as they say! How about a little match after this lunch? Let's make it a part of the date!"
"Well, I have nothing against a spar but right now I'm actually pretty useless. I had to take some medicine so I couldn't use any moves for another day," I explained in an embarrassed tone.
"Oh, really?" He questioned with a strange glint in his eyes. Suke's happy attitude was like blown away all of a sudden while the Dewott reached under his coat for some reason.
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"Uhm... What are-" Before I could ask what was wrong, the front door suddenly slammed open and a familiar voice rang through the restaurant.
"RI!" Cobal was standing in the door frame, panting hard while his eyes focused on the Pokemon next to me.
When I looked at Suke again to see what could be the reason for this, I noticed that the water-type had an angry look on his face and that his hand placed on the grip of his sheathed tanto sword. 'What the hell?'
"You're one of the Seekers of Peace..." the Lucario that had just entered the room said with gritted teeth.
Before anyone could react, Cobal suddenly vanished and only left stirred up dust at the spot he had just been standing on. He reappeared right in front of the Dewott, slamming his fist straight into the water-type's face. The Pokemon was launched off his seat and flew straight into the wall to my left, breaking right through it and out of the building.
My now widened eyes moved onto my partner who was glaring at the hole in the wall he just created. Every Pokemon in the restaurant seemed to be in shock as not even one person managed to raise their voice. Everyone's eyes were locked on the Lucario that slowly wandered towards the opening while he drew his sword and brought his left hand under his scarf.
With a white shockwave of aura, my partner changed into his mega-evolved form and jumped after the Pokemon he had just slammed through a wall.
After I could finally think straight again, my first reaction to all of this was a half whispered sentence... "What the fuck?"
End of Chapter - 37
Evil cliffhanger?
On the next Chapter:
"Zantetsuken!"
"C-cobal you... Your..."
Ri... I think I have a little problem here... There's a Darkrai blocking my way and it knows about our mental-link.
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Does that last one raise your interest? *evil smirk* I bet someone's scared for their OC... *even more evil smirk*
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Technique-Submission:
What I've already got:
Aura Armor - by Lani Carmine
Conduit - by Lani Carmine
Cross Blast - by bk42bk42
Draconic Bone Blitz - by bk42bk42
Scatter Flash - by bk42bk42
Guardian Field - by Flameuser64
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If you have an awesome move or combo that you always wanted to see in a battle, you now have the chance to get it in the form of me using it for one of the fighting-scenes in my stories.
Got a technique for a fire-type like Ozu, electric-type like Riley, fairy-type like Wigglytuff? You might even end up submitting a technique that's awesome enough for me to actually give it to Ri!
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Move(s) your technique stems from: (Bone Rush, Bone Rush and Extremespeed,...)
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