You fall to your knees as you recall your pokémon into its pokéball. You start to tear up as it sinks in that you lost the gym battle.
"Hey, don't feel bad, you did great for a first-timer." A warm and caring voice called out as you looked up to see the Lapras that defeated your special Ninetales with a powerful surf return to its pokéball. Melony came over to you and pulled you to your feet, when she got you to your feet she wrapped her arms around you, hugging you strongly.
"Thanks for the intense battle sweetie, you did great." She said with a smile.
You blushed bright red as she did, embracing the hug you felt warm and secure, her warm coat bringing comfort to you. "But I lost." You replied.
Putting a hand on your head, Melony gently stroked your head. "So? It's not the end of the world, you can always come to try again." She tells you as she breaks the hug. "Here, take this." The gym leader said as she handed you a pass.
Reaching out your hand you gingerly take the pass from Melony, "What is this?" You ask curiously as you look at the crest on the ticket.
"It's a pass to the Crown Tundra, it's my home turf." The gym leader replied as she started to reminisce about her life there.
"I would frolic in the snow, play with the friendly pokémon that inhabit the place, when I wasn't outside, I was inside studying the legends that are said to be there," Melony said as she smiled at the memories before returning to the present.
"It's also a good place to train, you and your Ninetales have potential, and I must say, I've never seen one that big before." Melony finished as you wiped the last of your tears away.
"Thank you," you reply as you stand up, determined to beat her next time.
"And, yeah. I don't know why my Ninetales is so big, I saw her as a vulpix and she was bigger than any other vulpix, so I caught her and once I used a fire stone she became bigger, I hope I can learn more about her." You say as Melony giggles.
"I'm sure you will." She says as you leave, she waves you off with a smile as the next challenge arrives.
"Following the advice of Melony, you use the Corviknight taxi to return to Wedgehurst and board the rail to the Crown Tundra.
Arriving at Crown Tundra station, you felt excitement as you stepped out, seeing the vast assortment of ice-type pokémon you made your way to Freezington and rented lodging.
After you had paid for lodging, you made your way through the Crown Tundra, training hard as you face off against roaming trainers and wild pokémon alike. Eventually, you find yourself at a dilapidated building; what it used to be, Arceus only knows, but from the looks of it, it used to be a temple considering the mound of hay in what appears to be a stable that used to house a mount.
As you investigate, a blizzard rolls in, reducing your ability to see, and trapping you at the location until the storm passes.
You decide to use the hay in the stable to try and keep warm, sitting on the dry grass, you hear it crunch beneath your weight as you curl your knees up to your chest.
As the wind howls outside, your Ninetales pops out of her pokéball and stares at you with worry filling her eyes.
"Hey girl, it's ok, just go back to your pokéball." You say as you bring out her capsule only for her to shake her head.
"I don't want you getting cold, come on." You say as you reach out to touch her with the ball.
She dodges and bites your arm, drawing a little bit of blood and taking you by surprise.
You recoil your arm as you look at her with tearful eyes, never has she bitten you before so why now? "W-why?" Is the only word you can utter as you hold your arm, looking at the blood dripping out.
"I'm sorry, master. But this was the only way I could give you the gift." A feminine voice called out to you.
As soon as you hear the voice you instinctively look at your Ninetales. You stare at her shocked and amazed, but also kinda scared before she comes up and licks the wound she made.
As she licks the wound she starts talking again. "I'm sure you have many questions, questions I'll be happy to answer." She says as she finishes licking your arm, she wraps you in one of her many tails.
As she does you instantly feel warmer, her soft fur rubbing against your skin as you blush even more surprised.
"W-what about the thousand-year curse?" You ask, just now remembering her pokédex entry.
Your Ninetales smiles as she pulls you close to her side, you hear her steady breathing as you blush. "That's only if you don't have permission." Your Ninetales replies.
"So I don't have to worry?" You ask looking up at her.
She looks down and smiles. "Not at all, master. You will always have permission to touch my tails, and I'm willing to wrap you in one whenever you may need it." She replies as she lays her head down next to you.
Smiling sheepishly, you reach out and pet her head as she smiles. "Why did you bite me?" You ask, anger absent from your voice, but curiosity vastly present.
Looking up at you she smiles as she licks your face. "It was the only way I could give you the gift." She repeated.
"But what's the gift?" You ask confused as you stroke under her chin.
"The gift to understand pokémon, any pokémon can give you the ability, but the method varies from each." She replied as she rested her head on the ground again.
"And you had to bite me in order to give me the power." You say as she nods
"Yes, I took no joy in biting you but felt joy that you and I could talk. I don't want you freezing, I'll be fine with fur, you won't be." She says as she nuzzles you.
As you nuzzle her back you smile, burying your face into her fur. "Why are you so big?" You ask as you hug her.
She giggles and rolls over on her back, making you now lay on her belly. "That's because I'm an alpha Ninetales, sweetie." She says as your eyes go wide.
"You mean like the ones from ancient Sinnoh when it was called Hisui?" You ask, shocked and amazed as you look at her, feeling her warm belly indent because of your weight. "I thought they were extinct." You say as you lay on her belly, raising up and down as she breathes.
She giggles as you say that. "There are a lot less of us today, but we are still around." She replies as she hugs you, making you blush even more. "I do want to thank you for raising me, you're a really kind trainer." She said as she licks you again.
Blushing bright red a gust of wind blew causing you to shiver, despite being embraced by fur, you still felt cold. Feeling this your Ninetales looked at you with worry.
"You're still cold master, there is a way I can keep you warm, but I need you to trust me." She says as she looks at you.
Blushing, you think about what she means. "What do you mean?" You ask as she gingerly puts you down on the ground.
Getting up on her feet she hunches down and looks at you. "Pokémon can carry their trainers in their bodies, all pokémon have the ability to shrink their trainers and to perform acts of vore if they need to or want to; we can control our system to where we can digest food, but not the living thing inside us if we so choose." She explained as you blush. "I promise, I won't digest you." She says as she looks at you, desperate to keep you warm.
"Ok, I trust you." You say causing her to smile, she then opens her mouth and rolls out her tongue, her maw dripping with saliva as you look into it. Her hot breath washes over you as you insert your hands into her mouth and crawl in.
Once you are in, Ninetales stands up with you on her tongue. Her tongue laps over you as you get coated in saliva, her breath is musky but warm, the slight scent of berries still linger from when you fed her at the lodge.
The sounds of her lapping at your body is oddly soothing, a gulp sends you to the back of her throat where you stare down into the abyss of her gullet. The fleshy walls contract, ready to drag you into your temporary home.
Leaning her head back, your Ninetale gave a powerful gulp.
GULP*
You are sent sliding down into your Ninetales, landing in her stomach with a wet splash as you heard her heartbeat over you.
BELLLLLLCH*
You hear your Ninetales let out a monstrous belch as you lean up against her stomach wall. "Oh, pardon me." She says with a giggle as she lays her head next to your bulge as she licks her belly. "I'll walk to our lodge when the storm passes and let you out in the morning, master" she says as the sounds of her body start to lure you to sleep.
