Apologies for the delay. Midterms are already starting :o Stupid college ...

Aaaaand suggesting is now closed. Please don't whine about it, you've had a week to get those suggestions in. It will reopen in the future, but probably not in the near future. If you try to suggest a pair before that time, you will be cheerfully ignored. :3

Oh, and here's another random pair to round off the list (because messing with you guys is fun):

Koon x Mebukijika.

Oh HELL YES Koon is like Falkner Redux and Mebukijika is one of the best grass-types ever and fffffff this makes me happy. :D

To-do list: NostalgiaShipping (GrovylexPMD2HeroF), RangerShipping, RepairShipping, IpanemaShipping, SylphShipping, ElegantShipping (LeafeonMxGlaceonF), NidoranMxNidoranF, StreetShipping, PokeShipping, LuxioMxEspeonF, LightrockShipping, ClapShipping, FireredShipping, GinsuishouShipping, EmpiplupShipping, ContuckyFriedShipping, RafexMay, MahouShipping, LilBlueShipping, BlenderShipping, AuraSightShipping, JackiexRui, JackiexEmok, AccordShipping, PenguinShipping, ChoosenShipping, QuestShipping, TurtwigxCyndaquil, RubusShipping, LunarEclipseShipping, TorterraMxSnorlaxF, Who'sOnTopTonightShipping, IronWillShipping, ActaeonShipping, BluebirdShipping, VandaShipping, RotomxTorchic, RotomxMismagius, SwellowFxBanetteM, EeveeFxPhanpyM, BlazingAuraShipping (RioluMxVulpixF), CosmosShipping (DialgaFxPalkiaM), LegendaryShipping (LugiaMxHo-ohF), CharcoalShipping (ArcanineMxHoundoomF), EmpoleonFxTyphlosionM, Silver'sCrobatxLyra'sCrobat, DarkraixKate, NinetalesF*xGallade*, TwisterShipping (RayquazaF*xSalamenceM*), SilverxHoundoomF, SnappyShipping (PiplupFxTurtwigM), SleepyShipping (HypnoMxJigglypuffF), CandlestickShipping, CommonerShipping, DayShipping (EspeonFxLucarioM), HaughtyShipping, RukarioShipping, DragonWillShipping, VolknerxRotomF, SwellowFxPidgeottoM, DotcomShipping, DoduoFxGolemM, GyaradosF*xTyranitarM*, OrbShipping (GroudonFxKyogreM), ElderShipping, Lucarioxchocolate, RileyxBlue, PikaShipping, GarchompMxDragoniteF, DracoSweepShipping (SalamenceMxDragoniteF), SaharaShipping (FlygonFxGarchompM), ElectivireMxGardevoirF, EmpoleonFxTorterraM, GabiteFxDrapionM, ParalysisShipping (ButterfreeFxBeedrillM), MetangFxLanturnM, GyaradosMxPhioneF, DiglettMxDiglettF, SteelixMxSteelixF, AlfShipping, NavigatorShipping, SundaeShipping, ToleranceShipping, TensionShipping, RespectShipping, BoulderShipping, A&WShipping, LanturnFxTentacruelM, PonytaFxPokabuM, LesserShipping (PhioneMxManaphyF), ColorlessShipping (ZekromFxReshiramM), RazorShipping (GliscorFxWeavileM), TogekissFxGlaceonM, RhyperiorFxElectivireM, MantykeFxLotadM, FinneonMxFinneonF, DrapionFxArbokM, LopunnyFxGlameowF, HonchkrowFxDusclopsM, DrifloonMxCherrimF, CherubiMxCherubiF, WidgetShipping (PikachuMxCyndaquilF), FireGroundShipping (CharmanderFxMudkipM), DrifloonMxEspeonF, BlueShellosFxPinkShellosM, SightShareShipping, ArbokFxIvysaurM, RapidashFxCrobatM, BluehairShipping, AntipodeanShipping, AnthroShipping, LuckyShipping, RudeShipping, MomoShipping (UxieMxMespritF), LoliShotaShipping, WaterFlowerShipping, DarachxLyra, ButlerDidItShipping, MangaPokeShipping, AmberShipping, HaughtyShipping, CatShipping, LuvdiscMxLumineonF, DescartesShipping (LyraxGiratinaF), LyraxGolduckM, DialgaFxSpiritombM, OutsiderCaveShipping (HeatranFxRegigigasM), ReshiramMxCrobatF, ArbokMxAriadosF, ScaleToothShipping (HuntailMxGorebyssF), MangaQuestShipping, OldRivalShipping, TwinleafShipping, AquaticnurtureShipping, AnomalyShipping, BeachShipping (PMD1), MarbleShipping, KoonxMebukijika


ColosseumShipping – Wes & Rui (K+)

It wouldn't have been an ordinary day, in any case. After all, they were on a mission to steal Shadows from ignorant townspeople and malicious grunts, to purify them without getting their heads bitten off, and to take down the evil Cipher before it was too late and the entire region was corrupted. Ordinary would have been the exception rather than the rule, and a welcome break besides.

Still, normalcy was only a matter of perspective: some days were more obviously normal than others. Vicious, shaggy Shadow canines were something they saw nearly every day. But psychotic, cute Shadow fish attempting to rip out their hearts? Not so much.

"I HATE YOU!" said fish snarled, flopping around on the ground ridiculously. "I HATE YOU ALL!"

Wes shook his head in disbelief. "I still don't know what they were thinking. I mean, a Shadow Luvdisc?"

"Well, they do want to Shadowfy every Pokemon …" Rui watched the fish warily, looking slightly displeased at its invisible aura. The newly-Snagged Pokemon, growling at her angrily, pushed itself towards her in a leap that was far from graceful, but she simply batted it away with a flick of her foot. "This might be taking it too far, though."

He sighed. "You think?"

"DIE!" the Shadow Luvdisc shouted, flailing stupidly on its side. "DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! D—"

"I can't decide," Umbreon said to nobody in particular, "whether that's disturbing or hilarious."

"Oh, that's easy!" Espeon told her. "The most disturbing things are obviously hilarious, and the most hilarious things are clearly disturbing. So it's a package deal, really!"

Umbreon's eye twitched, but she wisely decided not to reply.

"But weirdness aside," Wes said, prodding at the roaring fish with his toe, "why's it acting like this? It's one thing for a Houndoom or Metagross to want to kill … but a Luvdisc? Even if it's a Shadow, it should still be, you know … more gentle or giggly something. It is incredibly girly, after all." He made a face at it.

"Hey!" Rui protested, placing her hands on her hips. "Just because it's pink and heart-shaped and associated with girls doesn't mean you have to hate it!"

Wes just rolled his eyes.

"DESTROY!" the fish exclaimed, snapping in their direction (or at least attempting to snap, due to the unfortunate permanent puckering of its mouth). "DESTROY THE BOND! THE BOND IS TOO BRIGHT!"

Espeon nodded wisely. "Yeah, he always gets out of those deathtraps, even though his nemeses always expect him to die. Those silly evil masterminds … What?" he asked defensively, as the others stared at him incredulously. "I can be meta-savvy, can't I?"

"…" Umbreon tried to ignore him. "But what does he mean by a 'bond'? Hmm."

The Luvdisc tried to leap at Rui, imaginary fangs bared, but she just kicked it away. "You know, it wasn't acting like when I first saw it, but when you came over it started freaking out." She took on a thoughtful look. "Maybe it hates you."

Wes snickered. "Wouldn't be the first one, then."

"They might be onto something," Espeon commented, tilting his head to the side thoughtfully.

Umbreon scoffed at him. "What, that everyone's now in a conspiracy to bombard Wes with bad intentions in order to crush the will to fight out of him?"

"That's the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard," Espeon said, causing Umbreon to facefault. "I'm talking about the hate issue going on here. Luvdisc are supposed to be cheery and sweet, aren't they? They can even sense love, and even go out of their ways to draw destined lovers together. But since this one is a Shadow … maybe it's trying to tear Wes and Rui apart instead! Not physically, I mean. Well, actually it would be physically, since they wouldn't be close together, but not physically as in limbs flying all over the place … oh, you know what I mean."

Umbreon blinked. "That … that's actually the smartest theory I've ever heard you come up with."

Espeon grinned. "Thanks! I think …"

"So if it's trying to tear them apart …" Umbreon raised an eyebrow. "Then would that mean … it detects something between them."

"Yeah." Espeon smirked at the two humans, who seemed by now to be taking turns kicking the idiot fish. "I've always suspected it. I wonder if they've suspected it, though I bet they haven't because they've been bickering all the time, which would lead to the whole 'she-is-not-my-girlfriend' denial, although that's only on Wes's part because he's probably not a girl, and that stuff in turn would lead to them always sticking together anyway because they know that they don't know that they don't know that they know that they're lying to themselves about the whole thing, even though part of it is because Wes needs Rui in order to identify the Shadow Pokemon, which is weird because you can always tell which ones are Shadows just by watching them act psychotic, but I guess he lets her stick around anyway because of he's impressed by her incredible psychic aura-reading ability, and also because of the denied 'not-my-girlfriend' thing and the fact that he subconsciously doesn't want her to go out with anyone else, which is a bit counterproductive because at this rate they're never going to go out with each other anyway, because they don't know that they're so in denial and that each of them really does like the other one, and not just in a friend way, because they're obviously in denial—"

"We can hear you, you know," Wes interrupted him.

"… Oh. Right."

Espeon blushed, although not as deeply as Rui and definitely not as deeply as Wes. They two humans made a point of glancing away from each other, chuckling nervously.

"Thank you, fish stick," Umbreon remarked. "You just saved us possibly several months of unresolved romantic tension."

The Luvdisc could only tremble with rage.