A 2nd Chance at life

by Evonight

Zack, 26, was your everyday nice guy. but after betrayal and saddness, he took it upon himself to end his suffering. a god from another world saw the goodness in his heart to give him a 2nd chance. will he be able to live a better life? or end it all the same? Rated M for reasons and Skippable Lemons that doesn't effect the story. warnings will be said.

22. New friends New problems

Evo: Zzzzzzz

Lazuli: Wow, he wasn't kidding when work was getting worse. At this rate, he'll end up in the hospital for real.

Hope: Let's just let him sleep. Working 16 some hours, plus he's the only person left on his crew. How is he even breathing?

Lily: Yea, could humans even keep this up for weeks without proper rest? Evo doesn't own pokemon. …..Hmm? What's this note? Warning, chapter has a skippable M rated scene that features Li..*rips it up* blushes* Ple-please enjoy the chapter.

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Chapter 22 New friends New problems

:Saturday Morning 8:43am:

Lily's PoV

The best part of waking up, is just being in the arms of someone you love. Or at least it would have been if Sis's rear end wasn't in my face. Laying on top of me with her face in between my legs and hugging my tail. It feels really embarrassing to be in a position like this and she wont stop drooling over my tail. The goofiest smile on her face is cute. Leon is still asleep and doesn't seem like he'll wake up anytime soon. Wiggling and squirming my way to escape from my morning torment. Unfortunately the more I move, sis moves around. It's not like she hasn't latched onto me before in her sleep or anything for that matter. Always moving for some reason. Dad was like that too. If I remember correctly, the one time they did this, they somehow ended up outside the den and hugging a few berry bushes.

"Oh no you zzz don't, cotton candy Zzz." Lazuli says in her sleep. Grabbing and squeezing my tail more. I let off a eep in shock. I continue to try and try but I think I just made it worse. "Mmm time to eat." Continuing her sleep talk. I really don't like the sound of that.

WARNING Mini lemon, skippable,

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Pushing against her and using all my strength to get my sister off of me proved difficult. Her grip is getting stronger and licking her lips. Last resort is to wake my love up. Tapping and pushing his sides to wake him. I even tried yelling a bit to wake up. Nothing was working. I started to panic a bit so I moved around but that shifted her to an even worse spot to be at. I tried to wake sis up by yelling at her.

"Sis!! Stop it, I'm not cot-eeaaaahh!!" It was too late for me. She started licking in the one place. I wished she didn't move in her sleep too. She takes long slow licks against my honey pot. Sending a wave of an unknown feeling that feels so good but so wrong. With each passing attack against me, I grew hotter inside. My strength to push and wiggle slowly started fading away the longer this keeps up. Tiny moans escape my month. Covering my lips to try and subdue the embarrassing noises that I'm making. Lazuli's licks became more and more violent. Making grunting sounds as if she is getting frustrated at something in her head. I don't know how much more I can endure any longer. I can feel something building up inside me below my belly, like I have to go to the bathroom. My face is getting hotter from blushing so much and I'm breathing heavy. At this point I can't keep the moaning suppressed and calling out in distress.

"Sis aah. You need to mmm. Stoooop it an-huuuuh." The pressure inside feels like it's gonna burst at any moment. I can't take it anymore. I wrapped my paws around Sis's tail and squeezed it tightly. Letting out one last moan as sis hit the upper part of my special spot. "AAAAhhhhhh!!!" The feeling I felt bursted through like water flowing. Releasing everything that was building up inside me out. It seemed like sis unconsciously drank all that flowed out like it was whatever in her dream made it out to be for her. Heavily breathing and panting from one of the most embarrassing moments in my life. Twitching a bit in this new feeling. I can't deny whatever that feeling I felt through this felt so good but…. Why couldn't my love be the first one to do this to me?! Maybe it's related to mating? The more I'm thinking about this, the more it makes me blush harder than I ever did.

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Sis finally rolled off with a satisfying look as if she won something. I, on the other paw, layed still with my lower half completely wet. As if I wet myself like that one time back in the den. Finally my mate woke up after all this time I was in distress. I can't be completely upset with him since nowadays he rarely sleeps this long thanks to everything that's been happening to us. His lovely blue eyes opened up with tears in them like he had a sad dream. Looking down at me and noticed a few things. Oh no...what is he gonna think about me like this?

Leon's PoV

I woke up from probably the best sleep I had in days. Stretching a bit to help wake up. My eyes slowly opened up and the first thing I saw was, Lazuli at the end of the bed licking a pillow oddly enough. The other thing is I looked down to my right where the girl I fell in love with is at. She was on her back with legs spread out and completely red blush on her adorable face. She looked embarrassed about something the way her facial expression is. Looking more clearly around, I noticed part of the bed and her lower half is soaking wet. The poor girl looks like she's about to cry in embarrassment due to her doing something she hasn't done since the time we stayed at her old den. Trying to speak but the words of the normal type couldn't come out. All I did was reached out and brought her close to me. Holding and rubbing the female's head.

"It's ok, Lily. You don't have to explain yourself. I know what happened." I said to her as we got up and headed for the bathroom with a mini shower inside.

"Yo-You do!? Bu-but.." trying her best to reply but I calmly rubbed her more to relax the stress about.

"Yea, I do. You had a nightmare because of the song I was singing a little bit of last night. You haven't wet yourself in a long time. Sorry to bring up an embarrassing thing and for giving you a nightmare." I said with a smile. Lily stayed silent and layed her head against my chest. Turning on the water to the shower so she can clean herself up. "Sorry Lily. I would stay and take a shower with you but I have to go fill paperwork out for your discharge. I'll be back soon." I continued to say as I put the vixen done. The blush was still there but I did notice a small smile. Kissing her on the head before I left. Returning to the main part of the room to get my stuff, I looked over to the bed. Lazuli finally woke up too. She was acting weird and constantly licking her lips and wiping them. Taking notice of me, the sister put up a paw and waved me to come over. Doing so and leaning in to see what she wants. "What's wrong, Lazuli? Something stuck in your teeth or something?" I asked curiously.

"I have no idea. For some reason I have this weird yet sweet, addictive taste in my mouth and on my lips. Did we have anything sweet last night along with dinner?" She said to me with a confused look. I shrugged my shoulders giving off the impression that I have no clue. We both agreed it was probably nothing and we'll eventually come across it again some day.

:Downstairs in the main pokecenter room:

The lobby is pretty packed with tons of people. It has to be around 9ish on the desk clock. There has to be about two dozen people who are here with injured pokemon. I asked around if something happened this morning that caused all this. Someone spoke up to me and said that a mysterious Riolu came out of nowhere and beat everyone's pokemon in the place. No way, a riolu is that strong around here, that's insane. Last sighting of it was when it headed on a boat to one of the other islands but unsure which one. Well, if what they said is true. It's probably a good idea that we don't run into that. To think a single Riolu did all this damage. One of the

nurse Joys came over to pull me to the side. Figuring that since I don't have any pokemon to get checked in but to check out. Yay...paperwork… What a pain. As I filled out everything I could do, I noticed a little flyer. Ula'ula Island's fall festival in Malie gardens, which is in Malie City. A two day festival giving thanks to the guardian deity, Topu Bulu, for the bountiful harvest he has blessed the farm areas with. Picking the tiny info up to flip through.

"Oh, are you interested in going, Young man? It's really fun to go. You're not from around here so this would be a great thing to try while visiting Alola." Miss Joy said to me.

Hinting me of a lovely hotel with a hot spring, spas, food and best of all is the rooms are easten style. Futons on the floor and anything related to the theme. This all does sound good. Especially for couples. Maybe this is my chance to bond with them more. Not only that but to make it up to Lily who I gave a nightmare too. This would cheer her up and hopefully forgive me. According to this, they are having a special for certain trainers and people if you play a luck game. Depending on the color reflects your price and what discount you get. Why does this seem so weird? Then again, it is a festive event. Better call the girls' boss for a heads up and update on Lily's condition. Hopefully She won't mind three days off for Lazuli. They'll just add more days for her, hehe. Pulling out my phone to call the owner, I noticed a message that wasn't there before. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was from my buddy, Hope. He's ok, thank god. Finishing up the paper so I can race back to the girls. I gotta tell them. But how did he get a hold of my phone? Lily must've met him yesterday. But why didn't she say anything about this?

Making it back to the room to tell them a few good news of what we are gonna be doing. Lazuli is watching tv and Lily is laying on top of a pillow, grooming herself. Still has that blush on her from this morning. Making my way to my love, laying with her. Lily looked at me with a bit of embarrassment but slowly climbed to lay on my chest. Reaching up to her favorite spot on her ear and rubbing it gently. Coos and purring could be faintly heard. Lazuli paid no attention to us since whatever she's watching was more interesting. Guess this is good enough time now to ask.

"Hey, Lily. Did you see Hope at all yesterday?" I asked curiously. Lazuli's ears perked up at the name, turning to us.

"Hope? Oh!!!" She shot up from her comfy spot on me. Looked a bit flustered for, most likely, forgot about telling us. "Now I remember what I forgot to say last night. I did see Hope." She continued to say. Explaining everything that day him and her reunited.

I felt a bit jealous knowing she pretty much cuddled him for his fur. I wanted to play with his fur too. For a while now, I knew the sisters saw him as a brother. Judging by the way they tease him a lot like siblings would have. We miss him dearly and would stop at nothing to get him back. Going back to reread his message to us and from what Lily has said. Nina, who we recently met on the boat a few days ago, is Hope's trainer and daughter of the man who threatened us to give him up. What makes matters worse, seems like she has older siblings and they might remember us that time when they tried to capture Lily and Lazuli, along with taking

Hope away. This makes things very complicated. These people know who we are. Does seem like it's hopeless but damn it, I'll think of something. On a different note.

"Hey, Lazuli. Did you ever figure out that taste in your mouth this morning?" I asked the fluffy sister who crawled up to us. I felt Lily jumped a bit when I asked that question. Looking down to see a slight blush and worried grin. Wonder what's up?

"Sadly no. But the dream I had felt so real." She replied to us. Sitting up on my leg to tell the story of her dream. "In my dream, I was at candy island. Everything was candy. So as I walked throughout the area, I found this cotton candy that looked like some sort of a pokemon shape and waited no longer to attack it. The first lick was sooo yummy, I kept licking."

Lily grabbed my shirt more and snuggled in closer the more her sister told the story. Maybe she isn't feeling well. I gently pet the eevee with a slow rhythm. I could be wrong but I think she's hiding her face for some reason. Her ears are flat, this is making me worry a bit.

"Then, after a while of licking the fluff, I hit this hard thing. Almost like a lollipop. Oo it was so good but it frustrated me that I could reach it. So I stuck my tongue out deeper to lick it. Eventually I was able to get it enough and suddenly, boom, all of this delicious water. It was the sweetest thing I ever tasted. I layed on the ground savoring every second of it. But that's when I woke up and that same taste was in my mouth. So strange." Lazuli says to finish up her story. Lily was basically shaking and steam could be seen coming from her little head. My worrying increased, so I picked the fluff ball up to see her face is completely red and swirls in her eyes.

"Lily!? Are you ok!?" I said in a panic. Lazuli tried reaching up to hug her sis and to make sure she's ok. Flailing her arms in a panic as well.

"I...I'm...o….k." With that said, Lily fainted. Our yelling made one of the nurses rush in to see what's going on. Calmly taking the situation in Miss Joy's hands.

Moments later after exiting the room. Nurse Joy called us to come back in. We walked in to see my love with a wet compress on her head and blushing went down. Joy informs us she was probably still exhausted from last night. Probably another day's rest here should help. Well, I already signed the release papers and if sleep is all she needs then she can sleep at home. Lazuli jumped into the bed carefully with her sister laying down. Tending her with loving licks and nuzzles. Being careful not to upset anything. I found this to be cute. What a caring sister she is. Maybe I might stop by and pick up their favorite berries on the way home. Make them something special, something new for the girls to try.

:Moments later, At home, 2:17pm:

Finally made it home. I had to carry Lily very carefully. She didn't complain at all for the free ride, she got to cuddle my chest. Her sister, however and not surprisingly, was pouting that she didn't get one but had to walk while carrying a bag or two. It's probably mostly the ride part and not so

much as carrying stuff. Tossing her a candy treat I secretly bought turned her mood a 180. Putting the bags down in the kitchen so that we can go through them. Pretty much standard stuff along with the girls' favorite berries, Grepa for Lily and Hondew for Lazuli and a special Pecha for them to make dessert. Time to start. Putting all the pecha berries in a bowl to the side for when I need them and started with the main berries to clean them up in the sink. Sadly, and I felt bad but, I had to slap the paws of a fluffy eevee trying to take a pecha without asking.

"That's not nice to hit a girl's paw! I was only gonna take one." Lazuli said, getting all flustered, tail swishing around. Sighing knowing full well she's just gonna try again. Taking one, giving it a quick rinse before chopping it in half.

"There, so you and your sister can enjoy one. I need most of these, you know. Although if you don't want a sweet dessert, I could just give you the rest now." I say with a sly tone. A faith blush came to her face. She knows she can't resist any sweet treats I make for them. With her chest and head held high with a bowl with the cut up berry inside balanced on top of her, The normal type went to her sibling. Nice, now back to prep work.

Later I finished making dinner for us. People said you really shouldn't feed pokemon human food but pfff screw that. I could only imagine what it's like just eating dry food 24/7. Then again there are crackers that some tend to just eat. Besides, these girls grew up in the wild, fresh meat and fruit. All natural stuff they catch for the day or store for later. The meal I made for them is similar to pulled pork. But in this case, the meat is from grumpig and the broth I used had to be made separately. One that had Grepa berry juice along with some carrots and mushrooms all cut up to give it flavor. As for the other, it has Hondew juice with the same carrots and mushrooms but added something to help sweeten it. I didn't make much for myself. Just a small sandwich using bits of the meat. These days I haven't been eating much. Just a few berries here and there, some small stuff like crackers and really anything big like what I made now. Lily eventually caught on that I haven't been eating and was scolded for that. Honestly you should never lie to your loved ones but, in this case I do sometimes about my diet. This isn't the only problem I've been facing alone. On rare occasions ever since we got here, I've been having fainting spells. Happened at work three times and whenever I'm doing some homework. I would blink out of nowhere and wake up after a while. It's like I'm losing my conscience. No way I would ever tell the girls this. Even if my life would be endangered, I can't let them worry over something like this. Just when I thought I had it all handled and figured out what was wrong with me, I started to cough uncontrollably. After about the 8 or 9th time, I looked into my hand feeling something thick like mucus. What I saw was not yellow or clear.

"Is this….blood!? ….No, it can't be. But I'm fi-" I stopped myself from talking when I heard a cheery girlfriend of mine walking in asking if food was about done. I quickly without hesitation poured soap on my hands to mask the scent of my red liquid and washed them thoroughly. "Oh Lily, hehe. Dinner is just finished and I'll bring it out now ok." I said to Lily coming up to me with a soft smile. Acting like everything is ok.

This should buy me some time so I can go get checked out someday. But as for now, Lily requires more attention and needs first. I technically cheated death once already, so I believe I'll be fine. Bending down to kiss my love on the head and a quick rub in the same spot too. Opening Lily's pot first to make her plate to eat, then her sister's. Both of them are already at the small table in the living room with the tv on. I could be wrong, but I think Lazuli put on the Amazing race or something. All I really know is that she yells at it whenever the people and pokemon are trying to do a simple task and they screw up in the stupidest ways. Seriously, how could you miss something that was literally in front of you? Setting both plates down next to them and a bowl of water to drink, the sisters politely said thanks for the meal. It warms my heart to know I'm appreciated for once in my existence. I had to go back to the kitchen for my food and my soda. If only I was 21 again. I miss drinking alcohol most of all. Just one bottle a night was enough to relax me. Wasn't much of a drinker. Now I have everything I need, I sit on the couch next to the sisters. They were already watching some game show about a race around the world. Huh, guess I was right. It's funny really, They became so used to society you couldn't even tell if they lived in the wild.

"Hey, Leon. Is everything ok? You don't look too well." Lily asked me out of the blue. I can see the worryness in her eyes. Did she notice the blood or maybe the smell of it?

"I'm ok, Lily. See, everything is fine." I told the worried fox. Giving her a gentle smile. I actually should get out of the house for a bit. Telling the girls I'll be back in a bit by running to the store. Both of them requested a drink or a small snack for later. Which I didn't mind fulfilling. Opening the door to see what really sucks. "Oh boy, it's raining."

The mini market was far away. It's about a three minute walk. They have just a little of everything. Food, drinks, medicine and even smokes and oils. I found Lily's drink she wanted but couldn't find what Lazuli wanted. So to fix that, I picked up this big bag of gummies. It says on the back that this flavor of soft treat that normal types tend to love them. I noticed there was a special on these gummies, if I buy two medium size bags, I'll get one free. I figured why not and got the two for normal types and red gummies. Supposedly it's for fire types due to the heat and spiciness. "Oh, sounds like a challenge to try these. Haven't found anything spicy enough for me." I say to myself in amusement.

After I bought the goods, I started to head back home. Doesn't help that the rain has started raining harder and lightning flashes in the skies above. Better hurry up. A noise got my attention in this weather. Taking notice of something moving in the alleyway. Curiosity got the best of me. Trying to get a better look, I can make out some sort of a shadow of a pokemon that's small digging around in the garbage can. Possibly the same size as an eevee. Calling out to see if I can get it's attention. Although it did work and the pokemon shot up in a panic. The pokemon fell over into a big puddle with the can falling over and hitting the unknown type. A painful shout came from the injured and wet pokemon. I wasted no time and rushed over. It's still too dark to see but it does feel like a small fox like pokemon. Almost like an eevee but not quite. Nothing happened when I touched it, I believe the object that hit it knocked it unconscious. The rain is

gonna be a problem if I stay here any longer. Opening my jacket up to put the small unconscious being underneath to shelter it.

Finally getting to the door, I opened it with a bit too much force thanks to me rushing a bit. That caused a bang against the wall, spooking everyone inside. I called out to the girls to fetch me towels, blankets and a heater. Lily and Lazuli wasted no time in doing what's asked, given to how I entered the house. Unzipping my jacket to pull the weak pokemon and place it on a towel Lazuli brought. Lily got the blankets from the bedroom. Now that the pokemon is in the light, I can clearly see it for what it is.

"It's a Vulpix. It looks really weak." Lazuli said to us as she started to examine the fire type.

"Yea, most likely due to the pouring down rain. I can still feel a faint pulse but it's body temperature needs to rise quickly. I should probably take out the phone an- Lazuli!? The hell are you doing!?" I was stopped in mid sentence because a certain someone was lifting one of the unconscious vulpix's hind legs. I get it if she's curious about possibly it's gender but that could've waited.

"What? Just seeing what it has down there. And for the record, it's a female. So don't get any funny ideas, Mister." The sassy eevee said back, gently lower the leg down. Giving me a serious look as if I'm gonna put some moves on her. Like that would ever happen.

"As if! Anyway, where's Lily?" I asked her as she pointed to the bedroom door. Looking over to see the sister struggling to bring the heater that seems to be giving her trouble. Don't understand why that is since, clearly, the little fox can smash boulders and send Golems flying into water. Going over to pick up the heater and giving Lily a kiss on the head for trying. (Gees, no wonder she struggled, it's one of those old bulky models that are great but annoyingly heavy.) I said to myself as I dragged it over to the red fox. I got it over and plugged it in as close as I can get it. Lazuli was already trying to dry the female's fur as best as she could with the towels. Hesitantly, I ran my hand through the fire type's fur to check to see if it's dry enough to wrap the vulpix up in a blanket. First the body, then head and neck and finally the six tails. Surprisingly they are extremely soft. As I was petting the vulpix, I felt eyes locked dead on me with jealousy. Looking over to see both my loves giving me a cold look with tails flickering.

"See Lily, he is cheating on us. Perverted human." She said to her sis. Lily's facial expression looks so sad as she lowers her head.

"Am not! I'm just checking if the fur is dry enough!" I try to defend myself. Obviously Lazuli thought it was funny to start faking that she's crying. Doesn't help that Lily also started to do the same thing. How did I become the bad guy here? As my hand was still on the soft red fur of the sleeping fox, I suddenly felt movement. Tossing a bag of gummies as an apology gift and to stop it. Grabbing a blanket and trying to wrap it gently around the poor girl. Her eyes slowly opened up. The three of us watched carefully, just in case something happens. Her eyes are red like a beautiful ruby. Slowly moving around, seemingly confused on what's going on and where she is.

Her attention turns to us, eyeing us careful. A second later her expression turned hostile when we locked eyes.

"A Human!? No, I refuse to be your damn pet!!" She shot up and got into a defensive position. Bearing fangs to show she's serious. The gentle eevee tried to calm the upset girl but it isn't doing anything. The Vulpix's hatred for humans must be strong.

"Easy there, everything is ok. Alright?" Putting my hands up, trying my best to defuse the situation. I'm just banking on it to work. Rather not deal with unnecessary trouble. Would have worked too if it wasn't for a sassy eevee opening her mouth.

"No, you wouldn't be just a pet. He wants to do naughty stuff to you in every way. Especially foundling your tails." She said with a smirk. Her sister facepaw herself immediately to what she's trying to pull. It's like she's getting back at me for something I did.

"Lazuli!!! That's no-" I was trying to finish but was cut off by a now bright red and furious vulpix. Slamming her little paw down.

"You..youyouyou perverted human!! Like hell you will touch my tails!! I'll burn you to death and save these girls from you, you disgusting male!" She yelled out in anger. Crouching down a bit and puffing up her checks. Building up heat in her body to unleash a fire type move. Rising her head and chest up and calling out. "Flamethro-couhhhh" Her move was cut off from coughing so much. Instead of fire coming out, what came out was smoke. The fox stood there in shock of what just happened. A few mention seconds passed within her till it all clicked together. Ears and tails fell down, her furry red cheeks turned bright red and tears formed in those beautiful eyes. "Tha..THAT WAS A FLUKE!!" That was a fluke?! Embarrassed but determined to try again to hit me. "Flamethro-poof." This time a small fire came out of her mouth. Floating around like a charred ember. This dumbfounded us to no end of what we are witnessing. Tears flowed out her ruby eyes, she knew she couldn't hold them back anymore. If things weren't weird enough, Lazuli randomly got closer to the floating fire and pulled out a bottle. Swinging it at it just to capture the flame. Putting a cap on top then lifting it up in the air.

"Da-da-da-DAAAAA!!!" She said out loud and proud. Maybe she's been playing too much games lately. Looking back to the disheartened Vulpix. Crying and wiping the tears away.

"Am I just a freaking joke to you people… I can't even use my flamethrower anymore. I couldn't even protect the one I cared so much about. I'm useless and weak!!" The fire type yelled out, falling to the ground in defeat. It is as if she lost all hope. Losing her strength little by little to the point of giving up. Suddenly we heard a noise that would make any girl feel embarrassed. A large growling sound came from the stomach of the fallen female. We heard a "eh" sound after it. Quickly covering her face with her paws.

"Are you hungry?" I asked but received no answers. Probably way too proud or embarrassed to admit it. Looking around for my bag I had a moment ago. Seeing it next to Lily, I asked her to

pull out the red bag. Reaching over to pull out the spicy gummies. Some of them are pretty big so I grabbed the biggest one I could get and held it in front of the hungry female fox. Sniffing for what's in front of her. She began moving her fuzzy paws from her eyes. Immediately becoming mesmerized by the vitamin treat. Vulpix's mouth started to drool. I had to move it left and right just to tease her. Soon enough, she did follow it like a cat looking at prey. My love slapped my side and told me to stop it. (Ouch) Getting my hand closer, slowly but surely. "Alright,say ahhhhh." Yes, I'm treating her like a child. Tears filled up more and cheeks puffed up.

"Grr….Ahhhhh" Opening her mouth wide and reaching out to take a bite. But right when she was about to bite down, I quickly pulled back. This caused her to bite nothing but air. Making the vixen more frustrated and embarrassed. I did this two more times before Lazuli threw something at me.

"Stop teasing the poor girl, you jerk!!" Lazuli yelled out. Holding yet another odd object to throw. Maybe I should just stop.

"Ok ok, I'm sorry. For real this time. Ahhhh" But when I did it this time, not only did she try to eat the treat one more time, tears of desperation flowed down. Shaking every inch. It is as if she lost all her pride. Now I really screwed up. As she finally took her first bite, I had to come down to my knees to pet the red fox on the back. "Hey, listen, I'm sorry for teasing you. Let me do something nice for you." She said nothing but continued to munch on the gummies and sob. She must've had a really rough life. I know I tend to go overboard but at least I admit I'm wrong. Heading back into the kitchen to fix up a special sorry treat. Since she's a fire type, I'll just use some of those gummies. Probably a sweet tooth as well. Looking back for a small glance, I could see both Eevees comforting the hurt Vulpix with kind words or with treats. What I have in mind should cheer the poor thing up. Bring out a small glass dessert cup and some ingredients such as cream, berries, gummies, etc. The berries I'm using are, no surprise, Pecha. But I think I'm gonna use a different berry with a sweet taste. Nanab berry and Magost berry. These two are from overseas in other regions. I believe I have everything needed, let's begin.

:moments later:

I come out later with a cup with the soft dessert. Walking over and placing it in front of the fire type. She began to look at the parfait treat then eyeing me careful. Believing this is another trick. Can't blame her for not trusting me for reasons I did tease her too much. Best if I just ensure her I mean no real harm. "I made this for you. It's called Magost Nanab flame parfait. It has vitamins, chopped up berries, milk and to top it off, gummies arranged in the shape of your tails."

"Why are you being nice to me now? Clearly you like teasing poor, weak and defenseless females." She said back with saltiness in her tone. Praying to Arc this works out. Taking a spoon to get a good amount of the desert as possible with a gummy on top. Slowly moving in towards the fire type. Lily tried to encourage her that it would taste extremely good and to look at her sister for proof. Lazuli in question, is drooling and mesmerized by the soft, yummy parfait. Demanding that I make more. The fire type sighed in defeat. Opening her small mouth and

reaching out to take a bite. As soon as she bit down, her attitude changed to 180. Eyes grew wide as possibly can. You could even see sparks starting to appear.

"Somebody likes iiiit." I teased the fire type to get her to say something. But all I got was a sassy remark.

"Sh-Shut up!! I'm trying to eat this." She says as the little fox continues to chew down the delicious food. She looks… better now. I can see a smile starting to come from being here, eating something nice and a place that's safe. I felt two pairs of paws on both sides of me. Turning to see both eevee sisters with their ears down and big eyes staring at me with smiles. Obviously they want me to make them something sweet like this.

"Hehe Did you two think I forgot about you girls? I already made some just in case for you two." I say before petting them. Getting up to head back to the kitchen for only a moment to bring out their share. The room soon filled with the cries and moans of happy females loving the soft treats. They really didn't have to do that. Was this really necessary?

:more moments later:

Now that everyone is calmed down and our mystery guest finally has her energy back, I believe it's time to get some answers. I sat a bowl of milk for Vulpix for reasons water might not be a good idea. I have read up on they're bio on how there's a small fire inside them that they have to keep under control. Guess if something were to happen with it, it would possibly mean big trouble. Coughing slightly to get the girls' attention before speaking. "Alright, Miss Vulpix, why not tell us who you are and how did you end up in that alleyway?" I asked the fire type. Slightly looking away while holding her left limb.

"Well...My name is Blaze. And for the reason why I was there… is because…"

Hope's PoV

:Same Saturday Morning 4:49am:

Ugh I could barely get any type of sleep. I'm just so worried about Lily. After everything that happened, she got badly injured. I wanted to help so much but she didn't need it. What was so important she had to prove only to be sent to the pokemon center?! Am I… really not worth noticing? Or maybe they still see me as the weak youngest of the group? All these thoughts in my head just continue to pile up, pile up and even more up. (Maybe a walk will do me some good.) I said to myself as I rolled off the bed I was somewhat comfortable on. The door was already cracked open in case I had to go to the bathroom. My body is so worn out, I literally rolled over to the door and became a Caterpea to inch myself out to the hallway. Then proceeded to roll down the hall, sliding down the stairs and waving to the Lapris who was watching me slide.

"Eh?...I must be tired. I thought I saw little Hope slide down the stairs like a Ditto." She says to herself before falling back to sleep.

Rolling myself towards the kitchen to find something to snack on to help sleep. Maybe some milk and cookies. Took me a second to get up but I did it. Still a bit wobbly. There was a ray of light in the kitchen already, meaning I wasn't the only one going into the fridge to get milk. Turning the corner to enter the kitchen and saw a little mouse pokemon in there, munching on some apples. "Emma, you're still up too?" I said as quietly as possible not to spook her, but that couldn't have been avoided and she shot up to the ceiling.

"G-g-go away, g-g-ghost!" Quivering in fear while latching onto the ceiling. Who knew she's afraid of ghosts. Slowly turning her head towards me and opening one eye, hoping it's not a ghost. I waved to the scared mouse, showing it was only me. Ears perked up with tears forming. Letting go from up top to glide down to tackle my back. "Oh Hope, I'm so glad it's you and not the Rotom in the TV." She says, nuzzling my neck. Possibly whipping her tears on me.

"There's a Rotom in the TV?!" I said in disbelief and shocked. I got a 'mmhmm' in reply to what I said. Man, I'm learning a lot tonight. Well, now I have a scared electric type on my back and nowhere close to being sleepy. Since we're both up, might as well talk about something. We haven't really talked much, much less had any time together. Would be best if I start. If Emma did, it could be one of her advances. "So...Umm Guess you couldn't sleep either, huh." Nice going, me. You choked up for no reason. She's just a female you have no interest in.

"Yea.. Haven't been able to sleep well lately. Mostly because I feel like a failure to my master." As she says, tightening her hold on me. I could feel the female shifting her whole body on me to where she's completely flat. She is very soft and warm. Although I'm not complaining about it. It does feel nice to have someone of the opposite gender of you pressed against you. I'm still jealous of Leon being able to feel this all the time. "Mmm Hoooope~" She says, cooing in my ear. Oh no, this must be one of her advancement. I gotta stop this before it goes further. "You feel so warm~ I could just…"

"You could just...what?" I slowly turned my head to see her eyes closed and sleeping peacefully. The electric type fell asleep on my back. Seriously? Well, I guess I'll let this slide. Not the only one having it rough these days. A clink sound got my attention. Looking down to see cookies and a bowl of milk. When did I get this? Suddenly the mini TV turned on. That was creepy to no end. What appeared on it was words. Luckily I understood some human writing.

'THANKS' 'FOR' 'HELPING' 'EMMA' 'SLEEP' 'FROM' 'BOLT'

Bolt? It couldn't be… Was it the Rotom? I said thank you for the cookies and milk. Taking my time with the white liquid before taking the cookies in my mouth and heading to the living room. A small bed was in the corner besides the large windows that peer out to the backyard where the sleeping water type is snoozing away. Careful getting into it, trying my best to not drop the sleeping female. As I curled up in bed, I slightly moved the poor down my side to where she's on

the side of my stomach. Making small adjustments to get more comfortable for herself. Now that, that's done with. I happily enjoyed my snack. "...These are the peanut butter ones…. I was hoping for mint." I say in disappointment. But still grateful to have something anyway.

:Morning 9:19am:

Seems that I was finally able to get some sleep. Guess the cookies, milk and fuzzy blanket helped. The fuzzy blanket I'm referring to is the Emolga on me. I did say I didn't mind it but I still gotta be careful not to wake her up. Slowly opening my eyes to see two female humans with cameras.….wait, CAMERAS!?

"Awe Hope, you and Emma look so adorable together. Gotta take one more." Nina said to me. Clicking her phone another time or two.

"Right? Emma finally found her man to take care of her. Wonder if they mated yet? Ooo I can just see her being pregnant with his child." Grace squeals with excitement and takes more pictures. Hearing all this and Grace mentioning me and Emma mated got me turning red. These girls are gonna be the death of me. My fur started to change into bright red all over. My vision is getting blurry and unable to think straight. Mumbling to myself to everything they said and doing. And just like that, I carted. "HOPE!? YOUR YELLOW FUR TURNED RED!! WAKE UP!! Nina… I think we killed him out of embarrassment."

"I think this happens a lot to him. This wasn't the first time his fur turned completely red and fainted." Nina reassured her sister. The emolga snuggled up more against my unconscious body to where her head on my chest and body under my arm. "...One more picture wouldn't hurt, right?" The younger sister said before snapping one more for cuteness.

:Moments later:

"Oh Hope, I see you're finally awake. The Master's Children said you passed out." A familiar voice said to me as I slowly opened my eyes and layed up. I must have been out for a while. Seems like I was dragged outside by the fountain. The sun is high up, so it must be around midday or noon. The same voice called to me again. Looking over to see our friendly neighborhood Lapris, Sophia.

"Oh Auntie Sophie. What happened to me?" Asking the gentle water type if she knows anything about this. What I could only remember is that Nina and Grace teasing but I can't remember what.

"Well, let's see. From what I saw, Mistresses Nina and Grace were taking pictures of you and little Emma. You two are really adorable sleeping with each other." She replied with a cheerful, motherly smile. I think I'm either gonna hurl or faint again. And like all mothers, they worry and are serious when it comes to boys and girls being together. "Now Hope, I know there comes a time all males and females hit that time in life to where they become curious of the opposite sex.

But I must warn you. Don't go around mating with young females and show no feelings afterwards. You gotta take responsibility for what you do in life when romance is involved."

"WAIT WAIT WAIT!! I swear I didn't do anything to her! All we did was sleep, nothing else! She just kept moving to where it did look like that." Desperately trying to convince my adoptive Aunt while flailing my arms around. The blush returned to my face after I literally just recovered. I already fainted once, no need for seconds. Why does all the embarrassing stuff happen to me? Speaking of which. "Where is Emma, Auntie?" I asked in curiosity. Haven't seen her at all. The sea pokemon moved her head to the direction of a tree and said right there. Took me a bit to notice there was a shy female hiding in the leaves of the tree. Perhaps she knows about the pictures too or Aunt Sophie gave her a talk too. This side of Emma I always did find cute. Maybe it's because she tends to be shy and more quiet whenever she's like this. I slowly walked up to the tree to call her. Although it seems she doesn't wanna talk at the moment. She flew off to one of the open windows on the second floor to continue hiding. Well, guess I'll just have to let her be for now.

"HOOOOPE!! Could you come here please?" I heard my name being called and asked to come over by Nina. Wonder what she wants? Probably to tease me about the pictures she took. Gotta delete those later. My human master was waiting for me in the living room. Along with her sister, Grace, and an older female human I never seen before. She looked alot like Nina and Grace. "There you are, Hope. Mother, this is the shiny Luxio father gave me named Hope. Hope, this is our Mother." That would explain it. It's her Mother. She looks so elegant. I wonder how my mother is doing without me. I miss her very much and this is just a reminder on how much I do. The older woman turned to face me and gave a serious look. I can see her eyes staring me down and looking at my body. Suddenly I have a bad feeling about this.

"So, this is the young pokemon your father 'caught' for you. Seems a little puzzling to see something like this. Kid, test him out with a quick attack." She says as a flash a lightning ran past my vision, followed up by an unknown pokemon nailed my side. It's attack launched me out the open window and into the garden next to the fountain. Regaining my balance in midair, I land on my feet and get into a defensive stance. Like a flash of lightning, the unknown target bolts at me again. This time I was able to put up some sort of guard. Getting hit two more times from my sides.

"Oh looks like you can at least take a hit. so your not THAT weak, huh." My cocky attacker said to me before appearing. All that yellow blur, light as wind, and fast as lightning. So, this is what I'm dealing with, a Jolteon. Yellow spiky fur, electricity traveling around his body, and a very questionable choice of accessories such as a black headband with a skull and crossbones tied to his front arm and three earrings female humans wear all on his right ear. Not letting my guard down for a second with him. That speed is crazy fast and dangerous. "You survived the first attack, time for another." He says as he bolts away to random parts of this area. He seems to be getting faster and faster. Doing my best to track him but I fear sight may become useless at this point. "PINMISSLE" Was called out, followed by hundreds of needles coming at me from all sides. There's too much to dodge. I ended up taking all the damage from all sides. Dam it, not

here. I can feel my strength slipping away with each passing hit. If he is so strong, why haven't I been knocked out yet? Unless...That's it!

"Hehehe… I find it funny. All that speed of yours and you have nothing to show in your power." I taunted the yellow pokemon. That got him really pissed off. Just as I wanted.

"You… YOU PUNK!! I'LL SHOW YOU MY POWER!!" Dark energy circles jolteon's body. All of it started to gather at one point. This point would be at his mouth. "Let's see you survive this one, Shadowball." The ghost type was fired. But I had the upper paw on this. I dashed right for it without hesitation. My opponent just laughed and wondered if I went crazy.

"Your attacks are still too weak. Nightslash." My claws were covered in dark aura and became a part of me. Slashing right through the shadowball. Bursting through the smoke and landing a solid blow. Catching him by surprise. Following up with Iron tail. Sending him crashing into the fountain. Now, to warp it up with Thunderbolt. As I was doing the move, Emma called out to stop the attack, he has volt absorb. Crap, I forgot jolteon's ability. The electric type move landed dead on. In a twisted turn of events, it didn't look like the pokemon was getting energy, but taking damage instead. Being in the water made the damage even worse. a Few seconds later, A paw came out of the water. Up comes the body of the electric type. Getting out of the destroyed fountain and collapsing onto the ground. He looked like he was struggling to move. I could end it real fast now before he has a chance to recover from everything. Just as I was about to make the finishing blow with nightslash, the woman who started this, ended it.

"That's quite enough. Both of you did very well. Besides the fact we have a crying Lapris for a while due to her favorite place now smashed. No matter, I have my answer." She said to me while standing in the doorway. Holding up a pokeball to call back the injured pokemon I just defeated. I wonder what the answer she was looking for was. The elegant woman wanted us to follow her back into the room. Without questioning, we did just so. Everyone took a seat around the table. Nina was spraying me with a potion. It stung a lot but I knew it was just medicine. The oldest human sat up to put something on the table in front of her. It was a pokeball but one I haven't seen before. The top and bottom are painted the color of sky blue ice with snow patterns on the top part. "This here is one of two prototype pokeballs our company has started developing. This one is codenamed, the 'Chill ball'. As the name suggests, it has a higher capture success rate towards Ice-type pokemon. The other one, codenamed 'Heat ball', which helps capture fire-types easier. They're gonna be rewards for the up and coming 'Fire and Ice' festival on Akala island. This pokeball right here already has an Ice type for you, Nina. Since your father surprisingly got you an electric type, it's only fair to give you an Ice type. I caught it for you two days ago but it was in the hospital till now asleep."

"An ice type pokemon? Well, thank you very much, Mother. May I open it now?" Nina thanked by bowing a bit and asking politely. She waves her hand as if it was a sign to go ahead. The young female got happy and went to pick it up and tossed it lightly in the air. The ball burst up and out came a small, white fox with several fluffy tails that looked like cotton candy. I feel like I've seen this pokemon before somewhere. It was covered from head to paws in bandages.

Wherever it came from, it must have been from an abusive household or rough wildlife. I noticed Miss Monica putting a finger to her head, almost like she forgot to mention something very important. "Oh wow, She's beautiful. An Alolan Vulpix. Oh, you're covered in injuries." She says to the scared female as she slowly reaches her hand out. Calmly letting the fluffy pokemon know who she is and no harm will come to her. A few gentle pets was enough to calm the nerves. Just enough to pick it up. I guess I should introduce myself as well. Getting off the couch and walk over to them. The cute fluffy white ears twitched to the sounds I'm making and put her on high alert. Opening her eyes which revealed a beautiful purple, slight tears also started to form out of nowhere. Just then the mother spoke up as she remembered what it was she was supposed to say.

"Oh, now I remember. Make sure she isn't around any.." She tried to explain but was interrupted by the Vulpix screaming at the top of her lungs. Any human would just hear Vul or something but I heard exactly what it was.

"vul..vu..VUUUUUUUULLLLL!!!!!(It's.. a.. MAAAAALLLLLE!!!) As she screamed in fear. Flailing around to try and get down to run away from the sight of me. Letting out ice beams in the struggle. Unfortunately for me, I got hit by one of the ice attacks. I didn't think it would pack a punch given her size. She appears to be stronger than she seems. Dropping down to the ground and going behind Nina and trying to go under her. Covering her eyes and face desperately. This made my heart sink to know someone could be so afraid of me. Like I was this terrible monster. I can hear Nina's mother continue from what she tried to say.

"As I was saying, or from what just happened, Vulpix is terrified by males. Doesn't matter if it's a pokemon or not, she is afraid of male beings. The doctors said it could be trauma from a wild male pokemon that sexually attacked her or a male trainer that had a male pokemon that took advantage of her. They are unsure if she'll ever recover from it. So on that note, Nina, make sure you don't battle in doubles that involves using both Hope and Vulpix or battle against any male trainers and or pokemon." She says in a serious tone. It does make more sense that why she freaked out and attacked me. I honestly feel bad for her. To only imagine what horrible male did this to the young female. Unfortunately, it might be best if I stay away. This probably means I can't sleep with Nina in her room. Well, better go find a new spot somewhere in this place. Getting up from the ground and heading upstairs. I thought I heard Nina called me but I had my head in the clouds.

:in the attic, 11:27am:

It's either by luck or I'm just plain lost but somehow I ended up in the attic. No walls are painted on and the only two sources of light are a lamp in the middle with a push button and a window that's slanted on an angle on the roof. I noticed there was an old couch, an old chair, and TV. If I was really bored, I'd probably rearrange stuff to my liking. Checking out the tv, obviously it's old and dusty but the cord is plugged in still up here. Looking around the front to see a few buttons. Clicking a few to see they do anything. Eventually I found the power button. What appeared was

just static and black screen. Well that blows. An odd noise came from it that got my attention. Words appeared on it like the one last night. This time it read:

"WHY" "LONG" "FACE" "HOPE?"

Maybe it is a Rotom. If so, at least I won't be alone up here, even if it's a ghost type. Or I might just be going crazy for seeing things on human technology and I am just talking to a tv. "Well, it seems I am hated for being a male by this new female. I figure it would be best to stay away for a while." I said to the tv, praying I'm not just talking to a machine. Took a few seconds to reply back to me but the words are clear as day to read.

"SORRY" "TO" "HEAR" "THAT" "HOPE."

The conversation lasted a while before I started to get tired. Laying on the couch which was surprisingly comfortable, giving its age. Closing my eyes for a bit, slowly drifting off to sleep. That was, until, a flying mouse woke me up. The way I was woken up, was something I wished never happened. She was kissing and licking my neck. I shot up and backed away. She was giggling the whole time. "You..you did that on purpose!" I yelled out to her.

"Could've been." The mouse replied with a wink. Crawling on all fours, slowly making her way while swishing her tail. She collapsed and bursting with laughter. This was just a trick this whole time. I mentally facepalm myself for falling for it. "I'm sorry, Hope. I just had to. Anyway, I came here to tell you something. The new female, the Vulpix, is completely terrified by you. But more importantly, why are you in the attic talking to a tv?" Emma tells me while questioning me.

No shit, Sherlock. And I knew it looked like I went crazy. I assured her that I would rather be alone, away from everyone and just to hang out with Rotom. She got spooked when I mentioned Rotom. Calling me bonkers to think that pokemon is in this house. That being said, the tv turned itself back on and said 'Hello' on it. Looking back at the girl who likes me a lot, I noticed her black fur turned white and eyes are blank. As if she saw a ghost. Technically she did and here I thought my fur was the only one that can change color. Well, now I have a fainted female with me. Guess I have no choice but to bring her with me downstairs. What a pain. More words appeared on the tv. The words 'Sorry' 'Emma' were shown. I told the ghost that everything is ok and that she doesn't do well with ghost types. A frowny face showed up, most likely it's still sad. I did feel a bit sad too. Rotom must like Emma for it to worry. For some reason, I just imagine Emma kissing a TV with Rotom in it. Do Rotoms even have bodys? Best to leave these thoughts behind for another time.

:Some time later:

"And here we go." I say to myself, throwing the unconscious pokemon in the tub downstairs bathroom that is for us pokemon. Her body sank to the bottom. Bubbles slowly came up little by little, then a lot, then sploosh. A wild Emolga appeared from the water. First she was panicking not knowing what's going on. Second, taking out her frustration on me for dumping the poor girl in. Lastly, turning completely shy and hiding behind the rim of the tub because she got embarrassed from being wet. A little ball of mixed emotions and personalities. I did apologize to her before leaving the soaked female to her bath. I ran into Nina on my way back upstairs to my new hiding place. Seems that she wants me for some reason.

"There you are, Hope. I 'hope' you're ok. That was a crazy attack. I don't think Vulpix realized what happened nor remember doing that. Guess whatever was done to the poor girl really affected her mind. I'm praying you two could become friends somehow." She tells me while petting my head. No point in staying mad at someone who was only trying to protect itself from something they fear greatly. Won't be an easy task to be friends with someone who loathes your gender intently. Well, for now a walk around the outside will help me out a bit.

"Wait, Hope, you can't go that way to the outside. She's out in that room and she might get scared at seeing you again. Use the back door." Nina warned me.

Looking over the corner to see the sad female. Her head on top of those snow colored paws. The more I look at her, the more I feel something inside me. Still, I also feel that we did meet once before. But the question is, where? "Hey, since you wanna walk around, why not follow us around. I'm taking her out for a walk to the beach to help break the ice between us." She asked me knowing I was going anyway. Nice pun, I had to snicker at that. Getting out of this house is what I really want. Gotta make my escape somehow. The human female wants me to stay out of sight while following them. In case anything were to happen, I could jump in and take care of any problems. Kinda sounds like Nina wants me to be a stalker for the day. Well let's get on with it.

:12:54pm beach:

Well, we made it to the beach. Getting here was a bit tricky. I swear, Nina has no sense of direction yet she lived here all her life. How!? I had to throw rocks, berries and even random hats I "found" on my way. (…..Hey, don't think of me as a thief! I returned them afterwards.) Thinking to myself, believing in something that Mitsuki would have said.

"Damn right I would!" The voice of said pokemon echoed through the air. I must be losing it.

I did have to scare off nearby pokemon that had a male scent to them to avoid any problems that could happen. This all for Nina and for Vulpix. Speaking of Vulpix, we or I never heard her name said once. All I know is she's terrified of males and possible trauma. Still, something has been bugging me for a while about this ice type. I want to confirm it but I can't even get close enough to talk without triggering a mental breakdown. Perhaps I will never have my answer. Looking over to the females while safely hidden in this thick berry tree. Good thing I'm a cat that can claim and not be too heavy for the branches to snap. From this distance I should be ok to jump in or use my only ranged attack to alert those I'm watching. Nina seems to have joined up with her friends. No surprise there are all the same gender. Normal order of things, I suppose. I wonder… would I ever rejoin my friends and get off this island?

"Awee she's so cute." The first girl said while being careful with the pets.

"The poor thing looks so sad and scared. It's ok, sweetie" a second girl said while scratching the vulpix's chin.

"You're covered in bandages. Who did this to you? I'll take him out with my Steenee." A third female said to Nina, holding a pokeball with the pokemon inside it.

It's pretty obvious from here that she isn't comfortable around all the people. Gotta feel bad for her but at least it's not me. My trainer is explaining to them the vulpix's condition and situation. All of them awed in sadness at the story. One of them announced that it's time for the fun to begin. Wonder what they mean. All of them started to walk towards a shack on the beach with tents on the side and another building attached to it. Humans go in and come out with different clothes. More revealing kind. I thought female humans were supposed to cover up their chest area a lot but I'm seeing some wearing nothing but a small cloth that's the size of my paw. Note to self, human females are weirder than pokemon females. Males on one side and females on the other. Wonder why that is? Leon doesn't have a problem stripping in front of us, except he covers that area. "Well, they just went in. Guess I'll have to wait it out." I say to myself, trying to get comfortable.

:10 THOUSAND FREAKING YEARS LATER…. (aka 10mins):

For Arcues sakes, the hell is taking them so long!? How hard is it to rip pieces of fabric off your body? What if… what if something happened in there!? Oh, Nina would never forgive me.

(Hope, I told you to follow us. How could you leave us to let this happen to me and Vulpix. I hate you, stupid cat!!) The Nina in my head said.

I could mentally hear someone hitting all the low keys of a piano in disappointment. I don't want to be hated. Gotta go check on them. Hopping off from my safe spot to run for the entrance, I find myself at a different roadblock. A sign that has a symbol of a circle with an upside down cross painted pink. Females only. Curse me and my male being. There's gotta be another way to see if they are in there but how? Running around to the back to see a window. Maybe up there I can see. A few boxes and other random things would help me claim up. I have just enough to get up. One by one I hop onto the objects. I have reached my goal and started my search. Looking through the window I see nothing but naked female humans. Some are tall, skinny, fat, short, old, young. All kinds of females. I see a mother helping her little girls undress and into one of those, what were they called again, swimsuit? Another little group are playing around with each other's chest and talking about who's bigger or softer. I don't get it, does it matter or is that just a female human thing? I see a couple pokemon in here and, shocker, all females. Wait… I stand corrected, I see a Machamp in there trying to get his top on.

"Madam Lu, is that a new suit? It's so pretty." A random female pokemon said to the fighting type who finally got on the frilly, galaxy colored swimsuit that's two pieces.

"Oh, Honey, stooop it. You're embarrassing me. But thank you. Honestly I didn't think it would fit me." She replied back.

So, I can safely say I have seen the weirdest thing in the world. But at least Madam pulled off that look off like a queen. Finally after looking at too many naked and wet bodies, I spot the group of four girls with the sad white Vulpix. Still looking sad. One of Nina's friends keeps poking Nina on the belly for some reason and another poking her chest. If someone were to see me, I'd had the blankest stare of all. Trying my hardest to figure out why they are so weird. I heard the girl who's poking Nina's upper body asking if she got bigger. I didn't notice Nina getting fat. While my friend is being teased and poked at, the third human that was in the group was petting the ice type on the table. Putting on random hats on her and sunglasses. Makes sense to help keep the sun off of an ice type pokemon. They could melt… right? Just imagining the fluffy pokemon melting like ice cubes or ice cream made me worry for no reason because that would never happen. Unless you're a literal ice cream pokemon.

"I spy with my little eye, a peeping tom." Someone above said that to me. I got spooked and jumped up, bashing my head against whatever was above me. I immediately grabbed my head. Looking up to see who is responsible for this. Should have known it was her.

"Ouch! What's the big idea, Emma!? And I'm not peeping! Just watching over Nina and Vulpix." I yelled at the flying mouse. Who's eyes are narrow and had a smirk. Just when I thought it was gonna be an easy day to get out of there.

"Still peeping on naked girls. You perverted cat. So, you're into humans, huh" she taunts me. Swishing her tail left and right. Really isn't the best time for her to annoy me. I think me hitting my head might have given away my location.

"Eeek it's an actual peeping tom!!" One of the random females said. Getting everyone's attention. Emma was dying of laughter because they called me that. No time to think, but to disappear. Everything was going so well till she showed up. Thanks a lot, Emma!!

:moments later, back in the hiding tree:

Well, that was a bust. Just a bunch of weird things between girls and an annoying mouse to ruin my day. At least Nina and Vulpix are ok. Hopefully they didn't notice it was me when that girl yelled out. Seems that caused quite a ruckus. (Oops) The group I was watching over finally came out and headed towards the sea. Of all places to go, why the beach which has no place to hide? I see a couple of rocks and umbrellas. Maybe a disguise would help me greatly at this point. There's a beach shack next to the changing building. Hopefully I find something useful. Sneaking my way over to see tons of hats, glasses and fabrics. So far I haven't found anything to help. That was until, someone incredibly strong grabbed me by the back of my neck and pulled me up to her face. My face went pale at the sight of a not so happy Madam.

"Well, hello there, Mr. Peeping tom. Did you enjoy the view?" Madam Lu asked me with a deadly smile. Eyes glowing red as a demon from Giratina's domain. I immediately regret my choice to peep, I mean watch the girls. Great, everyone has me believing I am one.

"Oh umm hey Madam Lul.. hehe.. please don't hurt me..." Nothing I say is gonna get me out of this one. Slowly shaking me left and right. Making me feel like I'm just a doll to her. It dawned on me for a bit. Madam has a great sense of style. The trophies at the cafe proves that. "Miss Madam, could you help me turn into a female?" ...Maybe I asked that completely the wrong way.

"Oh sweetie, I see you're finally ready to come out of the closet." She says, using her other three free arms to grab stuff meant for females. Oh no… I'm already regretting this too.

:Several, painful moments later:

I gotta admit. What Madam does in her life, she takes it seriously. I look at myself in the mirror to not see myself but like a parallel world version of me where I'm female. But did she really have to go overkill with the outfit? My fur is brushed and sprayed with something to smell nice, the eye shadow is light brown, and what completes the disguise is the outfit Madam picked out. A brown collar with a gold locket in the shape of a lightning bolt and light brown colored sleeves with matching hind leg stockings that are slightly darker. My paws are still free but it feels like Mama Lucario's training bands, but minus the weights. The most embarrassing part about this was that I had to be dosed in this perfume in a certain area. Had to cover my male scent otherwise it would have all been for nothing. All I have to do after is use my tail to block that area. Taking my first step outside, I feel my heart racing so fast and blush crawling on my face. This was a huge mistake and regretting every second.

"Looking good, Honey. With this, that little Vulpix you told me about shouldn't be afraid of you if you smell and look like a Faaabulous female." The feminine male said to me, putting the final touch on me with a hat. With matching colors to what I'm wearing but has a black ribbon.

"Gees thanks… Honestly, I feel like the powers at being were just lazy in coming up with something different." I replied back with a flat tone. Most human-like pokemon tend to wear these and even some quadrupeds even wear these stockings almost. It must be because of their trainers. In the distance from the shop, I saw my targets. They seem to be heading to an area marked as a private area for some reason. That might be because of Nina's doing to stop people, mostly males, for getting too close. Better to make haste. Thanking Madam before taking off. They couldn't have gotten very far.

About half way towards them, I was briefly stopped by two males. One is Torracat and the other is Ambipom. There is a third male but it seems this one rather kicking a ball in place. A pokemon I've never seen before. Long ears folded down, his paws are in his fur almost like a human putting hands in a pocket and a headband. One of them yelled out its species name.

"Hey, Raboot, why not come join us. I think she would enjoy the company. Our masters are here on vacation so let's have some fun with the locals." The fire type said to the unamused rabbit pokemon. I don't think I've even seen such a moody pokemon. Well, at least I know this disguise works well against idiot males trying to get a female. Wonder how far I could take this? Probably best not to push it too much. Torracat came a bit closer to try and cut me off. "Hey Sweetie, why don't we hang out over behind the bushes in the shade?" He continues to try and convince me. Guess I'll entertain him. I turn to him with a shy look, big open eyes and soft purring. Lucky for me I pulled it off to sound like a female the first time. Mother always said it did sound like it, guess she was right. I put my paw to his face and came closer to his ear to whisper.

"Dream on, love." I say to him in a girlish tone. Unleashing a Thunderbolt to his face from my paw, dealing high and unexpected damage. The feline's fur stood up all around, like a fluffy sheep pokemon and he fell to the ground. I used so much of my attack, he became paralyzed. That should teach them a lesson not to mess with me. The other male, the Ambipom, started to panic. While Raboot just watched, still unamused by all that has happened. Now that that's out of the way, time to get back to work. It didn't take me long to find them, after all, hard to miss a sand castle covered in snow and a giggling group of carefree girls. Getting myself close as possible, making it look like I'm minding my own business. Luckily for me there was a nice size rock that provides a lot of shade over to my left. Might as well watch from there. Just when I thought everything was going to go smoothly for now on, it just got worse.

"Awww wow, what an adorable girl you are." A young female human said to me. Not just any human, but one of Nina's friends. Petting my back and calling me cute things. As much as I let the pets, being called adorable made me feel embarrassed. "Hope you don't mind this, but I'm gonna pick you up and bring you to my friends." Next thing I know, I was picked up in a blink of an eye and carried off. Who knew these young girls were so strong? She carried me all the way towards the others. Ah man, please don't notice me. The cheerful female yelled out to the others to look who she found. All eyes on me as they awed my cute disguise. I think Nina immediately figured me out. Guess I can't fool them all. Luckily for me, the Ice type isn't scared. She's just hiding behind Nina and looking at me curiously. Seems like this is gonna work out, until some uninvited guests came to mess things up. What's worse, it's those two males again. Not only the pokemon but their trainers are with them, both males too. I'm getting a bad feeling about this. One of them put his arm around one of Nina's friends. She looks very uncomfortable and scared as the young boy tried sweet talking her into ditching the area to have fun. The other did the same but to my trainer. One of the girls yelled out to them to leave because they were trespassing on a private strip reserved for the day to avoid problems. The males just laughed and ignored the poor girl. This put a fire in my belly to how much I'm hating this. Vulpix is starting to become petrified by all the males around us.

"No...no please… leave us alone… no more males.." The ice type says soft and quietly. Tucking her tails between her legs and huddled down. Tears slowly fell while trying to hide her adorable face with her snow colored paws. Torracat and Ambipom continued their advances towards the defenseless young female. I had enough of this.

"Seems you boys haven't learned your lesson at all." I say in the girliest voice I could do. Both males were hit by my Thunderbolt-like attack, dead on. For some reason it didn't feel like it was a normal Thunderbolt. I followed up with my Iron tail sending both of them away. Their trainers heard the noise and saw that their pets were attacked. Without hesitation they rushed to their side. One of the male humans got up and started to shout at me.

"YOU DID THIS!? You'll regret ever doing that Luxio! Torracat, let's show this little bitch how strong you really are." The young boy said. His friend prepared a pokeball to summon an ally to help beat me up. Tossing it up in the air to let out a familiar face, a Raboot. So that's where he was. So it's 2 versus 1 huh, two fires against an electric. Should be interesting.

"Hey, it's not safe here. Go back to Nina, ok sweetie?" I say to Vulpix. I had to mentally slap myself for adding the sweetie part. I hope Madam's influence is taking effect on me. She nodded her head and ran right to the female human. Now that she is safe, time to fight. Strange though, I feel like all I do is fight nowadays. I definitely gotta get a hobby.

"So, you're gonna fight both of us, huh. You got guts for a female. I almost feel bad for beating you up." The high and mighty fire cat says. For some reason, that just ticked me off further. Both their trainers issued commands to surround me and attack from both sides. Both fire types used Ember, a common range fire move. I was able to swiftly dodge them. Although the hat got hit by one of the flames and ignited a small fire. Distracted by this left me wide open for Torracat to unleash a stronger move. "Gotcha, Flareblitz!" A fierce blow of fire and strength made direct contact with my body, knocking me up in the air. His partner jumped up to meet me, just to deliver a move to send me crashing down.

"Blaze kick." The male trainer called out to his rabbit. Raboot's leg burst into flames and swung at me. The attack landed on my back, sending me back down and into the ocean. The duo regrouped, waiting for me to come out of the water. Guess I have no choice but to go all out.

Alolan Vulpix's PoV

Why...why does every bad thing happen to me involving males? They are horrible, mean, and all they care about are female bodys. I was abused and violated by a male for so long, all I could ever think about is I wanted my life to end. Why should my purpose in life to be a sex toy or treated like nothing? I was starting to have fun with my master, who is a female , and her friends. Then these mean boys came and started to harass us. The human males are being pushy and clingy to the girls who are trying to push them away and telling them to go away. They also had male pokemon with them and they came towards, just to surround me. My body started to huddle down and I slowly began to panic. Just so terrified of them. Maybe I should just accept my faith and be taken advantage of yet again. No male would ever be nice or caring to me. All they see in me as an opportunity for fun. (I can't take it… Please go… away…) I say to myself while closing my eyes, too afraid to look at them. "No.. No please… Leave us alone… No more males…" Speaking softly and quietly to myself. Just when they were about to do whatever they wanted to me and my body, lightning struck them. Slowly opening one eye to see

what happened. Both my eyes lit up and opened wide up. A female pokemon I feel like I've seen before stopped them and sent them flying. Their masters ran to them and yelled out at us. I looked up to the electric type after she got my attention.

"Hey, it's not safe here. Go back to Nina, ok sweetie." She said to me in a slightly deep voice. I nodded and did what I was told without hesitation. Nina is still a bit of a stranger to me so she must have friends with pokemon like her. I made it back to her and hid in her arms. Looking back to see the pokemon who is fighting two on one is struggling a bit. Lightning her clothes on fire to distract just to follow up a horrible team attack sending the poor female into the water in a blazing ball of fire.

"NOOOO!!" I yelled out in fear of the worst that could come to the injured pokemon who's underwater. Without thinking I moved from the safety of my master's arms and stood on my own. Staring out to the sea. How could this happen? All she wanted to do was help me but why? What made me feel so important to protect? I didn't deserve to be helped.

"Oh hooo. Seems like little Hope is in a bind. I wonder how he's gonna get out of this one, poor boy. What's Wrong, Hope? That seriously can't be all that you got." A feminine voice said, spooking me for not noticing her. I looked up to see it's a Machamp. Although, something seems off? The more I look, the more I realize it's not a real female, but a male!! But… strangely though, I'm not scared of him. Why? "Oh, sorry my Dear. You must be the cute Vulpix I heard about from Hope."

"C-c-cute Vulpix!? And Hope?" I replied back flustered at everything that's happening. I could feel my face getting hotter and turning red from embarrassment. Could this male be a female or not? I can't tell.

"Yes, he's the Luxio that got sent into the water. Oh look, here he comes out now. Oh dear, he looks a bit mad." She continued to tell me. Crouching down as far as the fighting type could to place a hand on my shoulder and point. For some reason, I just feel safe with this pokemon. It could be her feminine aura or charm.

(Wait, did he or she say the female Luxio is named Hope and Hope is a...a male!? So he tricked me or something. Why would a pokemon pretend to be a female just to protect me? And-and he even called me sweetie. Are all males around here females in disguise!?) I thought to myself in disarray. Then it hit me. Hope was the Luxio I first saw in that house who I had a traumatic break down. The female humans mentioned out loud that I was terrified by all males. If he pretended to be a girl, it wouldn't have affected me. Looking back at the water to see a horrifying scene. The electric type slowly walks out of the water, while tearing up the fabrics on him off.

"You bastards, I just got that outfit from Madam Lu. Now that it's all ruined… I'M GONNA BEAT YOU TWO TO A PULP!!" The "male" Luxio said out in anger. Rising his left paw up to his mouth. I wonder what he plans on doing. The fighting type next me whispers interesting to herself, as if she knew what the electric type is gonna do. "I'll show you my true strength. Fire fang!" His fangs ignited into fire and bite down on his paws.

Of all the moves he used, why did he have to know that one. I slowly started to back away at the sight of the attack that haunts me in my dreams. Seems like my unknown friend here noticed and said that everything is going to be fine. Looking back to see his front limb is on fire and the flames are gone. Slowly he raises one of his limbs just to taunt his opponents. "What's the matter, scared?" Seems like they both fell for it and charged straight in. Dodging through them and unleashing a strong electric type attack. "Time to use my new electric move, Discharge!"

Lightning shot in all directions, hitting both targets and stunning them. His claws turn black and a shadow surrounds his paws as he dashes towards them. "Night slash, you're finished." Hope says as he nails the defenseless pokemon, knocking both of them out. The trainers rushed over to the injured pokemon and tried to help them up before taking off. I guess this means it's all over.

Amazing… he's so strong. I don't think I ever took my eyes off of him. The male looked back at me and gave a calm, caring smile. Knowing that I'm ok. Why… Why do I not feel scared of him? Up until now I have been terrified by males but all the sudden, not him. And I guess this crossdressing Machamp next to me. Before I knew it, he took off running towards the town. "W-wait. Umm.." I tried my best to say something but all I managed to do is stutter. Not only that, I don't think he even heard me. I hung my head low as if I was disappointed in myself for not speaking up to that Luxio. His name is Hope and he does live somewhere in that house we live in. The way he fought and wanted to protect me, even though we are strangers. That smile he gave was so calming yet sad. The more I think about him, the more I feel different.

"Awe, you must be thinking of Hope and how cute he was coming to your rescue." The fighting type said to me off guard. I completely forgot she was here. I could feel my face heating up from being embarrassed by that.

"Wh-wh-what!? H-how did you know?" I asked the muscular female. Trying my best to hide my blush.

"Well, for one, your face is completely red when I mentioned his name and got even more red when I said you think he was cute." She replied back with a wink. I can't deny he did look a bit cute for some reason. He's the first male I was able to actually look at without freaking out. Nina picked me up from behind and said it's probably best to go home now since the trip was ruined by the boys. I had to look back the manly female pokemon to say something else.

"Umm thank you for your time, ma'am. Could I ask for your name?" I asked nervously. I'm not a very social pokemon due to my bashful nature. She just chuckled and started to pet my head. Introducing herself as Madam Lu. I did try to ask if she is a male and why act like a female. I was hushed by her and was told a woman always has her secrets. I guess I can accept that answer, being a girl myself. Still, I wonder where that Luxio ran off too?

:Nina's room, 2:40pm:

Good thing we made it back here at Nina's home. Looking out the window at a downpour. Every time it rains, it makes me extremely sad and worried. My closest friend in my life, who's always by my side, is no longer with me. She's somewhere out there. Trying to find me. I hope she's doing ok and staying dry. Nina came back into the room and layed a bowl with berries and weird colorful treats next to me. As much as I would love to eat, I simply wasn't hungry and looked away. Ears down and staring off at the water coming down. Simply a sad time. Things were awkwardly silent for a while til the door opened and Nina left to do something. She forgot about the door and it stayed wide open. Obviously I'm meant to be locked up in this room because there are males around the house that could set off my trauma. But I can't take being locked up anywhere anymore. For all my life I've been locked up somewhere. Being at home I was never allowed to leave the den to make friends or do anything but eat healthy and preparing my body for my force to be mate to bear an egg with and that horrible pokemon that still haunts my dreams and day. Always hurting me and calling me mean names. The scars and wounds he inflicted will never go away. If I recall right, that Luxio lives in this house somewhere. His scent is very faint in this room after they deep cleansed it to get rid of it for me. Sniffing around in hope to find any traces of that male. I was in luck to find a small, faint smell coming from the table that has my pokeball next to, I assume, his. I got up onto the wooden furniture and gently picked up the sphere with my paws. For a moment I just stared at it. Not only was I thinking about finding him but I'm more interested in sniffing his scent more.

(No, me, you're doing this to find him! Not to just.. just..) Yelling at myself to keep my focus. But that soon rather failed quickly. I couldn't help myself by pressing my nose against it and inhaling as much as I possibly can. Holding the object close to my chest, then breathing out a long sigh. A second later I realized what I did and broke out an embarrassing blush. (Wh-what was I thinking!?) Telling myself yet again. At least now I have something to follow and decide to take action. Jumping down and heading to the open door to unknown territory. I know absolutely nothing about this place. The only rooms I've been in are Nina's, the library and the bathroom. Mostly because I was kept in my ball till I got to one of those three places to avoid contact. Checking out the door way to see if the coast is clear to leave. Not male or being in sight. Gotta move fast before someone comes.

:Moments later:

After a while of following his scent, I finally made some progress. It seems his trail has been leading me to the highest room in the place. I believe they call it an attic. Just looking up towards the dark room is creepy enough for me. Reminding myself why I'm doing this. Taking my time going up cautiously looking around for anything that moves. So far it just looks like a very dusty room with a lot of forgotten stuff. For a dark place, it's slightly brighter than I expected. I took notice of a brighter light further away behind some boxes. Maybe who I'm screeching for is there. Careful sneaking closer and closer. Turning around the corner to see if anyone is there. To my surprise, no one. The box thingy with people trapped in was on but no one to watch it. Looking over to the love set to find only a fluffy pillow and blanket. Sniffing the air a bit to find his scent is stronger in this spot. Must be where he sleeps. Hoping up onto the soft cushion to lay a bit.

(Maybe he'll come back, so maybe I could wait? What would I even say to him? What if I can't control myself when I freak out when I see him? He is a male and..and.) The more I think to myself, the more flustered I become. I can't even look at any of the males in my clan, even the ones in my own family. Faceplating myself in defeat of my own emotions and thoughts. Took me a second to realize my face is on Hope's pillow. Shooting straight up. I seem to be embarrassing myself on purpose today. Staring at the cushion that has a heavy male scene on it. I know he isn't here and it's just an object so it can't hurt me or move. I can't help but feel intimidated and scared all because of the smell it has. The humans said that I might never recover from this. It can't be true. I pray that I will get better from this. Even "she" said I would get over it someday. It just takes time and effort. An idea popped in my head.

(This is it, if I can overcome this trauma with this pillow with nothing but a scent, maybe I'll get one step closer to getting better.) I say to myself, trying to mentally prepare myself. Poking it cautiously, then another poke. Reaching both paws out to pick it up. It's light and the size is just about the same as mine. Squeezing it tightly against my chest and burying my nose in the soft pillow. Breathing in more of Hope's smell. At this point, my snow colored face has a big, red blush. I feel like I could get lost in my thoughts by this.

"Vulpix? What are you doing with Hope's pillow?" A female voice called out to me, spooking me completely and making me toss the fluffy cushion up in the air.

"EAAAAHHH!!! it's not what it looks like!" I yelled out. Looking up to see a black and white squirrel pokemon with wings standing on the back part of this furniture. With pretty green ribbons tied on its tail. Sniffing a second to pick up a girly smell to this pokemon. Before I said anything, she announced that she is a female and not a cross dressing, peeping tom, stalker male. I have a feeling she's making fun of Hope. Just then, the pillow I threw up in the air came back down. Landing directly on my face.

"Pff haha. I thought males scared you. Why hugging and sniffing Hope's pillow." She asks while teasing me. Hopping down to taking the pillow off and away from me, revealing my red face.

"It's just… just.. umm" My bashful nature kicking in for someone i don't know in front of me. The female leaned in closer asking again. A smirk slowly formed on her face as she asked for the third time. "It's Fluffy!!" I yelled out without even thinking.

"It's fluffy!?" The Emolga said in shock of my answer. Throwing the pillow back at me. Knocking me over from the unpredictable move. "There are tons of fluffy pillows. Why Hope's? Is it because he rescued you?" She continued to ask questions after questions. I layed up and said nothing. Trying to hide in the fluff in my paws. "Aren't you supposed to be scared of males? Maybe your just faking it all, huh"

"No no no! It's not true. I am terrified by males for what they have done to me. But him… I don't even know myself why I'm not scared of him." I said back, pulling the pillow away from my face and putting it down. I tried my best to explain what I was doing. After all the teasing and patience, I finally got through to her.

"So, let me get this straight. When Hope saved you from those mean males, you felt something inside you that he was different and that made you less afraid of him. Your goal is to recover from the trauma you have by using Hope's pillow which has his scent as a start." She replied back to me. Looking back at me, I can see a glimmer in her eyes. As if she's plotting something. Why do I feel scared right now? "Soooo, if it's his scent that gets you all hot and bothered. Then maybe you should do some more!" A blush came to my face when she said all that.

"Hot and bothered!? Wait, what are you doing!?" I yelled in fear to her. Emolga picks up the pillow and slows walks towards me. Leaping at me without any warnings. Tackling me down and putting the pillow at my nose and telling me to sniff it all I want. "S-s-stop it!" I told her but all she did was giggled at me. I thought males were scary but females are just as bad as them. Doesn't seem like she's gonna stop. If only Nina was here to help me out.

"Hey, what do you girls think your doing?" A voice called out to us. The voice sounded deep and familiar. Emolga froze and stopped what she was doing to me. Pushing it aside, I turned to see who is talking to us. What I saw was too frightening. Yellow eyes that light up the darkness. Slowly coming into view. I wanna run away but that would mean that I did all this for nothing. His body slowly moving closer. Black fur limbs, a black mane, yellow fur face and a Pinap berry in his mouth? He seems to be biting it hard but that fruit is not breaking.

"Hope!? Sweet Shaymin. Why would you do that, dummy?" The female next to me yelled at the male. Still biting the thing.

"Sorry, but to be fair, you were sniffing my pillow like a weirdo. I told you I'm not interested in you, Emma." He replied back to her. Laying in front of us, still numbing on that berry. Must be a very hard fruit. I was about to speak up but was quickly cut off by Emma the Emolga.

"Hope, What's with the chew toy?" She questioned the cat pokemon. Smacking said item around his paws.

"Oh, Nina gave it to me. At first I thought I could eat it, but that didn't work. Makes a squeaky sound though." He said, sounding disappointed.

Rolling over to his side, staring off at the toy berry. Maybe this is my chance. I just gotta speak up now while I still have the courage to even look at him. Slowly moving towards with my body low to the ground and tail between my legs. I can feel the anxiety building up and my strength fading away the longer I look at him. Hope seems to have taken notice of me, dropping the fake berry and looking towards me. Those yellow eyes, as beautiful as they are, it frightens me. Like how ''his'' did whenever he demanded things against my will.

"Hey, Snow girl, you shouldn't force yourself to come any closer. I know you're terrified of males." Hope said to me, breaking my trans that my mind was putting me in, with fear.

I couldn't even utter a word. I felt so defeated, beaten by myself again. There really is no way for me to be normal again. I can never go back. The thing I can do left is just sit here and cry. Tears rolled down my cheeks. Couldn't hold them back any longer. This is my life now, forever afraid of the opposite sex. My dream of finding a mate is all but it is, a dream that will never come true. In the mits of my crying, I was unaware that someone's paw touched my face. Starling me and eyes wide open to see the pokemon I've tried my best to talk to without freaking out. Gently whipping away my tears from my eyes. His paws are so soft and it feels like fluffy snow is dancing across my face. I can feel my face getting hotter, as if a blush is appearing on me.

"Sorry about that. I know this isn't a good idea to come close to you but, umm, I don't like seeing females upset and crying." The young male said in a low, calming tone. His face is slowly turning red. Could he be blushing for me?

"I'm mm… glad that you're ok from today and those punks didn't harm you." He continues to say as his soft touches whips away the rest of my tears. As he slowly retracts his paw away from me, something deep inside didn't want his paw to go away and in doing so, grabbed it without thinking. Our eyes locked together, staring at each other for what seemed like hours.

"Umm eh Vulpix? Is everything alright? You're not freaking out like before and your face is turning red." The electric type asked me, worried that I might do that. Blinking back into reality, I look down to see me holding his paw. In a blind panic, I put his paw on my head. Showing him I wanted to be pet. But this only brought more confusion and misunderstanding. Why am i just embarrassing myself and what is going on with me?

"...Do you ...Trust me? That's why you want me to pet you?" Hope asks, slightly looking away as if he was embarrassed too.

Trust? I mean, he is different. But for me to trust a male so easily for what? Saving my life from an emotional meltdown or how nice he is? This male hasn't done anything bad to me, is on the cute side when he was chewing that toy. Maybe she was right, there are some nice and friendly males. I nodded my head yes to both trust and being pet. Nothing happened for a bit, just the two of us being awkward with it.

"Hope, you moron! Don't keep a girl waiting and pet her! She is trusting you to be who she thinks you are." Emma yelled at the shy pokemon.

We both forgot she was in the room with us. Looking back at him with open eyes. He looks at me with those glowing yellow eyes. I can feel his paw moving left to right on my fluff. He moves it so slow, making sure not to rub too hard or fast. It feels good. Being so gentle, I might just fall asleep. For once. After all I've been through, I feel at peace. Reaching up to grab his paw again, just to take it off my head. I gave a small smile and looked into his eyes.

"Umm… Th-thank you, Hope. For umm earlier and eh for petting me." I finally worked up the courage to speak up. Hope looked shocked at the sound of me speaking to him for the first time. I apologized for being so scared of him and freaking out when we first met.

"No, it's ok. Things must be rough on you to have such a fear. Well, you already know my name and Emma's from us calling them out. What's yours?" He asked as the pokemon laid down in front of me, giving me more comfort that he is to be trusted.

"Yea, I'm s-sorry. My name is Yumi. Princess of the Snowpix tribe." I introduce myself, bowing my head before continuing. "As for who I am, or was at this point, is a sad story. It all started at…"

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Lily: Sis, sis!! Evo is finally up.

Lazuli: Woh you look like hell.

Evo: Well yes, nights like these would kill anyone. About a week or so after the last chapter, things got really tough. I was struggling big time and had to get checked out at one time for high BP and chest problems due to stress. Luckily I did get help before things got worse physically. Not only that, I've finally had some help in the place I work at about a couple of weeks ago. So now my hours are back to Simi normal. But, I still work pretty late. That check though makes it all worth it. To make up for lost time, I made this a 2 sided chapter. (Basically why it's the longest) putting two chapters into one so the next one is nothing but a backstory for our new friends, Blaze and Yumi. Also, I did update the summary of this story to let you readers know that there will be "skippable Lemons" for those who are more interested in the story rather than, well, "that". It will be a once and awhile thing but all in all, I will intend to continue writing, just not as fast as I was in the beginning. Till next time. *waves*

Lily: umm Evo, before I forgot. I accidentally knocked over and broke you'r-

Evo: Lily, I don't care. It's probably something of no valu-

Lily: You're bottle of scotch….

Evo: START RUNNING NOW, GIRL!! NOOOW!!!!

Lily: AHHH!!!!! *Bolts for her life*