As they were walking, Bonny couldn't help but notice that Max was looking more down than usual.

{…You miss her, don't you?} Bonny asked, already knowing why.

"…Yeah," Max answered, not even looking at her.

For a few seconds, May and Bonny looked at each other with worried expressions.

{I'm sorry if our company doesn't match Scarlet's,} Bonny apologized, now being the one down.

"No no, that's not it. I love your company more than anything else. Shit, without any of you I would probably have to stop every five minutes to whine like a little bitch. It's just… I never have been this long without her, so it's weird and… a bit wrong."

{…Well, it is to be expected. Scarlet was your first pokemon and lover, so we can barely compete against that.}

"Bonny…"

{Don't worry master, I'm okay with that. First come, first serve, that's how things work in this reality.}

"…But that doesn't mean you're less important. You know I love you as much as her."

{Yes master, we know. But there's still always something special with the first.}

"…I'm sorry," Max slightly bemoaned.

{Hey now master, don't be like that. Now with a seven-member team, someone has to be the first.}

"…I… guess," Max conceded, not sure what to retort.

{I already told you that I don't mind. You may be my first, but you're not Aurora's and May's first trainer.}

{Well, he's might not my first trainer, but he is my first lover,} May pointed out.

{Still, I'm sure you don't mind either,} Bonny queried.

{…To be honest, I wish I was his first as well, but like you said, first come, first serve. There's no need to overthink it. After all, me and master are in perfect love, right?} May replied, hugging Max's head for behind.

"Hehe, couldn't have said better," Max agreed, petting the mawile on his backpack.

{See? Being the first is just a bonus. A very special bonus I must admit, but a bonus nonetheless,} Bonny affirmed.

"…Thanks, girls. At least I feel a bit less depressed," Max shared, petting the lopunny as well.

{Glad to help,} Bonny replied with a smile.

For a moment, neither one of them talked.

{So… } Bonny started, breaking the silence. {Are we still far from our next destination?}

"Shouldn't be," Max answered, taking out his pokedex. "We still have to pass through a village before reaching Corsocoast, which is a few days away from it."

{Okay. What's the next village like?}

To answer her question, Max then did some research about the next town.

"Sierra, a pretty simple town good for beginner pokemon trainers with a starter pokemon center."

{Starter pokemon center?} Bonny repeated, intrigued.

"According to this, that pokemon center is well known for healing and rescuing a lot of pokemon. Most of the time, those pokemon want to stay with humans, so the pokemon center offers them to the inhabitants that want to become pokemon trainers or just for having company at home."

{…Oh. Quite convenient.}

"Indeed. I'm sure the new pokemon trainers have a huge variety of pokemon to choose for their journey," Max theorized, putting his pokedex away. "And who knows, maybe we'll even see young trainers that are about to start their journey.

{Do you think they will want a battle?} Bonny inquired, a bit excited.

"Hem, I don't know if it's a good idea."

{Why?}

"Because you're way too strong for a beginner. If you obliterate them, you'll just discourage them."

{…True I suppose,} Bonny conceded with a mix of disappointment and cockiness in her tone.

{Maybe Aurora would be a good choice,} May proposed.

"Come on May, she's not that weak. We all saw how strong she can be when she fought against Luna."

{…True.}

"Anyway, I'm pretty sure she's still too stubborn to listen, so that won't be a good example for new trainers."

{Yeah, she would probably just give you a bad reputation,} Bonny commented.

"Well, I sure do like Aurora and don't mind what people think about me, but it's true that I don't especially want to be seen as a trainer that has reckless and undisciplined pokemon."

{…Not sure I like the word 'Undisciplined'. Remember that we do fight and listen because we want to.}

"Yeah, sorry. Poor choice of words again."

{Hihi, I know master, I'm just teasing you. I know what you meant,} Bonny giggled.

"Thanks," Max sighed in relief.

{Who knows, you could see a pokemon that catches your eyes, or maybe, her eyes.} Bonny hinted with a grin.

"Would you really want another girl to join the team?" Max queried, looking at her suspiciously.

{Why not? It could be fun to see you drowning in female pokemon that want to mate with you ruthlessly,} she replied before giggling.

"As tempting as it sounds, I'm afraid I can't, even if I would have wanted to."

{Why?}

"With Luna and Jade now with us, I can't have another pokemon with me."

{You can't?}

"Nope. Pokeballs are made so that only six can be active at a time."

{Active?}

"A pokeball becomes active when a pokemon is linked to the device. When the six are active, other pokeballs can't work."

{Why is that?}

"I don't know to be honest, but my guess would be to prevent someone from capturing too many pokemon. Imagine, a trainer with a hundred pokemon with him or her, he or she would be invincible."

{And probably dangerous,} May commented.

"That too. Not only, but just take one crazy son of a bitch that wants to capture tons of pokemon for fun or just for evil sake of enclosing them. A lot of those pokemon would lose a family and friends."

{Isn't it already the case with even just six pokemon?} Bonny asked.

"…Good point. But thankfully, there is some regulation before a human gets his or her first pokemon to prevent that sort of thing."

{Like what?}

"People that want to become a pokemon trainer must pass through some tests, observation and information gathering first to see if he or she is capable to have a pokemon."

{Did you pass through them?} May inquired.

"Fortunately, no. That pokemon researcher that gave me Dusk must have thought that I already did since I had Scarlet with me."

{Oh, good thing for you then. Those things sound boring and complicated,} Bonny replied.

"Not as complicated as you think, but it sure must be a pain in the ass."

{That's nice though. That way, that should prevent bad humans from getting a pokemon.}

"Yeah. I also heard that pokemon can easily see if a human is bad or not. That's why their starter is presented to them. If the pokemon doesn't like him, it's just too bad for him or her and they can't be a pokemon trainer since humans can't really capture other pokemon on their own."

{In my opinion, it's not a very reliable thing.} Said May.

"…I suppose some assholes must manage to get through the procedure so they can abuse their fellow pokemon when they become trainers. Sorry that you had to go through that May."

{It's okay master, it's in the past now. For now, I simply have the best.} May complimented, hugging his head again.

"Aww, thanks sweety." Max thanked, petting the mawile.

{Not only that, but keep in mind that a pokemon can also be a bad seed.} Bonny added.

"Bad seed?"

{There are some jerk pokemon out there too master, so if a bad human gets a bad pokemon starter, they both can go out and search for more bad pokemon. I can hardly imagine if Dusk or May had ended up in that kind of group.}

"Yeah, better not think about it."

{Agreed. However, do you think the opposite can happen too? I mean, the starter pokemon being a jerk. The pokemon just have to be mean to every starter trainer and it will just prevent any human to become one.}

"I suppose, but I'm sure human have a way to tell if it's the pokemon the problem or not."

{I hope so.}

"…The more I think about it, the more I believe that all this trainer and battle stuff shouldn't be allowed."

{I know what you mean master, but pokemon also want to go with trainers to get stronger. If they're lucky like me and the rest of our group, it's a big plus. The thing about that is that on one side you have a loved pokemon that becomes stronger, and on the other you have a pokemon that is abused by his or her trainer. It's kind of a gamble.}

"Like pretty much everything in this world. However, pokemon must all know by now that human are rather weak, so if a human mistreats a pokemon, the pokemon should fight back. If a caterpie can harm a human, strong pokemon like you shouldn't have any trouble."

{…True, but I guess it's not that simple, isn't that right, May?} Bonny queried, looking at the mawile.

Not responding, May remained silent.

"Say, May, why you didn't fight back when that son of a bitch was hitting you?"

{…}

"…Maybe you don't want to talk about it." Max replied to May's silence.

{…It's just… like Bonny said, it wasn't that simple.}

"I understand."

{It's hard to fight back when it's someone you used to love.}

"I… guess I can understand that. If one of you were to start beating me, I don't know if I would fight back, if I could that is."

{Same for me.} Bonny agreed.

"… Well, let's try not to think too much about those kind of things." Max proposed before Bonny and May agreed.

{Yeah, good idea. But I was wondering, you said earlier that a bad pokemon trainer will enclose a pokemon for fun and it will make him lose its family, right?}

"Yes"

{But wouldn't that be the same thing with a good trainer? I mean, either bad or good, they just wander around to capture them.}

"…Good point again. Like I said, I never really went through the procedure, so I don't know. But if I were to take a guess, maybe they will ask for trainer to only battle pokemon that are willing to come with them."

{I learnt from my travels with my previous trainer that human have a pretty strong sense of family, but it's not really the case of pokemon,} May told.

"They don't?" Max queried, a bit surprised.

{Don't get me wrong, pokemon sure do like their family, but they are not attached to them like humans are with theirs. As soon as we are mature, which most of the time is very early, we want to live on our own.}

"Isn't that a bit harsh?"

{Why would it be?}

"I don't know. Do all pokemon survive on their own when they live?"

{Pokemon have a very strong survival instinct master,} Bonny intervened. {Even as a baby we can more or less defend ourselves. It depends on the species of course.}

"I see. I guess the gulf between humans and pokemon are bigger than I thought."

{I didn't mean that you don't deserve to be loved,} Bonny corrected while hugging his arm.

"Hehe, thanks my pretty. I still wonder how strong creatures like you can be this affectionate."

{Honestly master, I don't know myself. We just do, that's all.}

"Fair enough. I'm not gonna complain though."

{I bet you won't, especially when you know what a pokemon can do. Isn't that right May?} Bonny inquired to the mawile a bit lewdly.

{Yeah. Master can't resist our charm.} May responded, a bit lewdly as well.

"Even though that's also something I hardly understand, I can't deny it."

{You don't have to understand to enjoy it.} Bonny added, pressing Max's arm on her chest.

"True."

After Bonny and May giggled and for the rest of the morning, Max and his two companions kept travelling smoothly while talking until it was lunch time. Stopping at the edge of the road, Max took out all of his team.

"Okay girls, time to eat," Max announced before everyone went in the woods to get food, except for Jade.

{Are you… sure it's a good idea to let me out this soon?} Jade nervously asked.

"Well, I don't really have a choice if I want you to eat."

{…I can wait until the evening.}

"Come on now Jade, you can't just eat once a day."

{It won't be much of a difference from the group I was with. I was lucky if I could eat every day.}

"Damn. That must have been hard for you."

{That's okay. I've grown used to it,} Jade told, looking away in shame.

"Hey now…" Max started before putting a hand on her shoulder, making her flinch. "Oh, sorry," he apologized before quickly removing his hand, remembering that she didn't like being touched.

{…It's okay,} Jade replied, crossing her arms.

"What I wanted say is that you're with us now, which means you can eat as much as you want, whenever you want."

{…}

"…If you don't know how to get food, I can get it for you if you want."

{That's not it. It's just… I can wait until later.}

After looking at Jade for a few seconds, Max sighed.

"All right, I'll help you then."

{No it's okay, really.}

"I'm not asking."

{But…}

"That's order Jade. I don't like doing this, but you leave me no choice. I won't let one of my companions be hungry or hurt."

{…You don't have to,} Jade expressed, looking away in embarrassment.

"I know, but I want to."

For a moment, Jade was hesitant.

{…Looks like I don't have choice.}

"Nope."

{…All right,} Jade finally complied, not sounding pleased.

After nodding, Max left into the woods with Jade beside him.

"I'm sorry if I had to resort to that, but it looks like you're not used to doing things on your own."

{With Qsalyla, the only thing we were allowed to do on our own was to breathe, and that was when she wasn't angry at you.}

"Tsk, that bitch sure deserves a taste of her own medicine."

{Everyone was too scared to do anything against her. Not only was she quite strong, but her cruelty could put a garchomp to shame.}

"What's the worst she has ever done?"

{…You don't want to know.}

"…Works for me," Max consent, not in the mood to hear gruesome stories.

{Let's just say that she's not the most feared pokemon around here for nothing.}

"Yeah, I got a taste of her nature when we meet."

{And yet, she went quite easy on you and the others.}

"…I'm starting to wonder if it's wise to let that kind of monster live."

{Who would be crazy enough and try to stop her?}

"Well, I know a certain someone that isn't easily scared and is not afraid to get… messy."

{…You're talking about your gardevoir?}

"Yes, and her name is Scarlet if you were wondering."

{…That's… a pretty name,} Jade bemoaned a bit.

"Jade is also a pretty name, don't you think?"

{It's not really mine.}

"Scarlet isn't her real name either, or should I say, her pokemon name. Just like you, it's a name I gave her."

{What's her real name?}

"She doesn't have one. She was abandoned by her parents when she was just a baby."

{Oh, sorry to hear that,} Jade sympathized.

"Don't worry, she's happy now with me. Or rather, she was a moment ago. Fortunately, she managed to survive on her own. I don't know what that Qsalyla is capable of, but Scarlet has done some nasty things herself."

{…}

"But the difference between our two gardevoir is that Scarlet only did that in order to survive while Qsalyla seems to only do that for her own sick pleasure."

{… Perhaps… she's not as evil as Qsalyla.}

"No, she's not. She's a very nice girl when she's on your side, but it's just that life messed with her a bit, that's all."

{… How?}

"Well, without going into detail, humans have done some horrible things to her, which is where her hate for humans comes from."

{… Does she hate you? I mean… she did come to help you when you were captured by Qsalyla, but her reaction when she saw me…}

"No she doesn't. We love each other but… her jealousy and possessiveness can sometimes bring out the worst in her. She really has a hard time controlling her emotions."

{… It looks like she hates her own species.}

"Unfortunately, yes. I guess being abandoned and almost killed by them made her that way."

For a moment, both of them stayed silent while looking for edible fruits and berries.

{… I hate this world,} Jade bemoaned.

"Why?"

{Hate, anger, suffering… all those things created by either pokemon or humans. I despise all of this.}

"… You know, I don't like this world that much myself."

{Why? You don't seem sad or alone. You have pokemon that love you and…}

"I do, and that's probably the only thing I have in this life. Before meeting them, I didn't really have anything to live for. But since I have them, I do now. I'll do anything and everything for them."

{Have you also ended up with someone that was like Qsalyla?} Jade asked, a bit curious.

"No, nothing that horrible, but nothing pleasant either."

{…}

"All I can tell you is that life isn't all black or white for anyone. When I thought my life was over, I met my wonderful companions. You just have to cherish whatever you have."

{If you say so,} Jade replied, not really convinced by his words.

"You will start to understand while staying with us."

{I still don't think it's a good idea.}

"Still believe that you don't deserve it?"

{I don't.}

At that, Max wanted to protest and tell her that it wasn't the case, but knowing how stubborn a pokemon can be, especially her, he prevented himself from doing so. All he could do for now is to slowly but surely prove her wrong and that everyone deserves to be loved. After a moment, both of them arrived in front of a bush with berries that Max remembered Scarlet eating once.

"Do gardevoir's eat those berries?" Max asked, wanting to be sure.

{…Yes,} Jade answered, a bit reluctant to answer.

"Great, after you're done eating, we can continue to search for my favorite ones."

{I'm not hungry, so we can start looking for yours right away.}

"Come on now, I know for a fact that you are. Beside, you're quite skinny, even for a gardevoir. I like my pokemon 'Meaty'," Max joked with a grin.

At that, Jade looked at him with almost scared and shocked eyes.

"Shit. Sorry Jade, I didn't mean to. Force of habit," Max apologized embarrassingly with a red face.

{…Can you… not say those kinds of things, please?}

"Yeah, n-no problem. I'm sorry if I disgusted you."

{It's… not that bad, don't worry. It just… felt really wrong for me to hear something like that.}

"Sorry again. Will try my best for that not to happen."

{Thanks.}

(If she never received a single compliment in her entire life, that must have been a bit too much for her,) Max thought.

{Yes, it was,} Jade replied.

This time, it was Max that was looking at Jade with a funny look.

{S-sorry, I didn't mean to spy into your mind,} Jade apologized with a guilty and scared expression.

"No no, that's okay. Scarlet does that all the time, so I'm quite used to it. Anyway, I don't have anything to hide."

{…You… really don't mind?} Jade queried, a bit confused.

"I won't say that I don't mind, but it's not that big of a deal. I won't be mad at you for something that trivial."

Staring at Max, Jade hardly believed that for once, someone wasn't mad at her for something wrong she did.

"…Something on my face?" Max asked at the staring gardevoir while brushing his face.

{…No. I'm just… astonished.}

"By what?"

{…N-nothing. I think it's time now to get your food now,} Jade blurted, wanting to change the subject.

"You still haven't eaten yours," Max pointed out before picking a few berries.

{I already told you that I'm not hungry.}

"Don't give me that, I know it's not true."

{But…}

"We're not leaving until you eat some."

{…Looks like I don't have a choice again,} Jade complied, sighing desperately.

"Nope."

Sighing one more time, Jade got near him and took one berry before putting it in her mouth.

[There. Happy?]

"Oh, telepathy huh?"

[I think it's a basic for all living things that we shouldn't talk with our mouth full,] She told telepathically while munching on her food.

"Eh, humans and pokemon have a lot in common actually."

{…Perhaps,} She replied after swallowing. {Now that I ate, can we leave?}

"I said after you eat 'some', not just one."

{…You're quite persistent.}

"Yeah, Aurora tells me that all the time."

Knowing she won't win, Jade then ate a couple more berries until she was indeed full.

{All right, I can't eat anymore and I'm serious.}

"I guess you did eat quite a lot."

While looking at Jade, Max then noticed a tiny juice trail that was coming from her lips and towards her chin.

"Hem…"

{What?}

"You have… juice over here," Max told, pointing at his own lips to indicate her where the stain was.

Using her hand, she then tried to brush the juice off. Unfortunately, she was on the wrong side.

"No, the other side."

Going on the other side, Jade tried to brush it off again but missed it.

"…Let me help you."

Getting closer, Max then used his thumb to get rid of the stain. As he touched her, Jade only stared at him with almost scared eyes instead of pushing him away, as if she was too afraid to move or do anything. For a moment, they looked into each other's eyes until they heard noises next to them. Turning their heads, they saw Bonny passing next to a bush.

{Oh, am I interrupting something?} Bonny inquired with Max not sure if she really meant it or she was a bit disappointed for not seeing more.

"N-no, it's not what you think, she just had-"

{Huh-uh,} Bonny hummed, crossing her arms with a grin.

"No, seriously, it is not."

{…Please, mister human, now that I ate, can I go back in that thing?} Jade almost begged.

"The pokeball? Sure, Jade, and you can call me Max," Max told before putting the pale gardevoir in her pokeball. "Great sense of timing, like always," Max quipped to Bonny before starting to walk away.

{Sorry. If I knew you were in the mood for some fun time, I would have been more careful,} Bonny apologized, going next to him.

"For a pokemon that has big ears, you sure have a hard time hearing what I'm saying."

{Hehe, I do have a hard time not teasing you,} Bonny replied before giggling.

"You sure do."

{So, what did you talk about?} Bonny asked curiously.

"To be honest, nothing."

{Really?}

"Well, the more time I spend with her, the more I realize that she lacks a lot of self-confidence and that she's also really reserved."

{Well that sucks.}

"I guess that Qsalyla was quite the evil and bad dictator that was exerting her power by force and fear. She can barely think on her own."

{Do you think it will be harder to help her than Aurora?}

"I don't know, but there's a chance that it does. It is known that those kind of broken individuals are hard to help, if not impossible."

{That… well, I'm sure as soon as she finds out how you are, maybe she will reconsider.}

"I don't know. It's like she's devoid of a will to live."

{… Do you think it's wise to keep her then?}

"Why not?"

{Well… if you can't help her…}

"I'm still willing to try." Max retorted, pretty sure he knew what she was about to say.

{… Okay.}

"… Anyway, Scarlet doesn't want me to keep her, so if I can't help her, maybe someone else can."

{What do you mean?}

"She told me to get rid of her, but I managed to convince her to let me keep Jade until we find a suitable trainer that can help and protect her."

{So either way, she won't stay?}

"… Yeah."

{… Tsk, I can understand her anger and all, but that's a bit rude of her to tell you something like that.}

"… Maybe, but I respect the fact that she doesn't want another gardevoir near her, or me. At least she allowed me to keep her until we can help her properly."

{Yeaah. I just hope she doesn't use her position to make you do things that only benefit her,} Said Bonny, a bit upset.

"I'm sure she doesn't. This is the first time she has asked me something like this, since I have known her. She had done so much for me that I can't just refuse one of her demands."

{… Well, if she's with a trainer that can help her, then I guess in the end, she will be okay,} Bonny concealed.

"Yeah, that's what I thought too, but I want to be sure that it will be a trainer that can also treat her well. I can't just give her to an asshole that will just abuse her."

{True. How do you plan on finding one then?}

"If Scarlet wants me to get rid of her, then she will have to help me."

{Do you think she will agree? You know that beside yours, she doesn't like digging into others mind.}

"She will have to. If she's asking something hard, then I'll ask something hard in return. She may be what she is, but she can't turn away from that logic."

{Yeah. Scarlet always has been someone quite reasonable despite everything.}

"Anyway, if it means getting a gardevoir away from me, I'm sure she won't be that hard to convince."

{I kind of wish that she would get rid of that hate and anger. In the long term, it can't do well.}

"Agreed. I think that she's also aware of that, which led her to go away for a while to work on that."

{Do you think she will succeed?}

"Honestly, I really don't know. Scarlet may be powerful with strong willpower, but even for her, it could be a very hard task to accomplish. You can't just get rid of emotions and nature like you get rid of a zit. It's something strongly implanted on you that takes a lot of effort and time to just start working on it. It's like me asking you to get rid of your fighting spirit or perverted side."

{I see. Well, looks like she has a very laborious task ahead then.}

"Yup. All we can do for now is to hope she will improve herself and encourage her when she comes back."

{I suppose. Oh, look, master, isn't that your favorite berries?} Bonny pointed out when she spotted pink berries in a bush in front of them.

"Yes, it is. Time to get wasted by food then," Max replied before starting to pick the tasty-looking berries.

After grabbing a rather huge amount, Max sat under a tree and began to eat his lunch with Bonny next to him. A few minutes later, he was done and full.

"Phew, that was good. However, I already miss the food Dusk and Scarlet prepared for me. Fruits and berries are good, but this body of mine needs some meat from time to time."

{Hehe, Indeed.}

"How about you? Did you eat enough?"

{Yes, don't worry.}

"What about the others?"

{I don't know. Last time I saw May she was with Dusk. Aurora must be all by herself like usual.}

"Probably."

{It's kind of nice seeing her less mean lately.}

"Yeah. She has become more accessible, even if it's slightly."

{Eh, like me and Scarlet already said, one must be really blind or stupid to not see how nice you are.}

"Or just not caring."

{If they knew what they could do with you,} Bonny commented before landing her head on his shoulder. {In fact…} she continued before putting one finger on his belly, slowly tracing it upwards. {A human can have multiple purposes and possibilities.}

When on his neck, Bonny used her finger to pull his head towards her.

{Care to show me what a human can do?} she demanded with lewd eyes.

For a moment, Max got lost in her eyes.

"I'm… sorry Bonny," Max apologized, looking away in shame.

{…Still not feeling it, huh?} Bonny replied, a bit disappointed before removing her paw.

"…Sorry," Max apologized again, still looking away.

{Eh, can't help it if you're not in the mood,} Bonny retorted with a slight hint of sadness in her voice.

Looking at her, Max saw that she was looking at the ground with a rather sad expression.

[…What the hell are you doing?] said a voice in his head.

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Max perked his head up, hoping to see Scarlet in front of him. Unfortunately, she was nowhere to be found again.

{You okay master?} Bonny inquired, seeing him looking around.

As he was about to answer, it was like he was mind-controlled and found himself unable to answer what he wanted to say.

"Yes, don't worry. I just thought I saw something over there," Max told, forced to do so.

{Oh, okay,} Bonny replied, back to her previous sad state.

(What was that for?) Max thought.

[I don't want to give her false hope. Also, I can peacefully ask what's the matter with you that way.]

(What do you mean?)

[Why are you rejecting her?]

(I'm not rejecting her. I'm just… not really in the mood for that.)

[Ah, come on now.]

(What?)

[Will you man up a bit someday? I already told you that I'll be back later, so why are you being a crybaby about it?]

(I'm not. I just… really miss you.)

[Boo hoo, poor little human. Look, I also miss you a lot master, but you shouldn't neglect your other companions because I'm away from you.]

(I'm-)

[Yes you are!] Scarlet cut. [Just look at her for a moment.]

Doing as told, Max couldn't help but feel bad about the sad-looking lopunny next to him.

[I know that you don't like it that we're not together, and so do I, but you should take that time to spend more time with them.]

{…I think I'm gonna leave you alone.} Bonny told before standing up, thinking that she was too much here.

[I'm not the only one in your team, master. They also need your love. If it can help you, just keep in mind that I'm never too far from you and that I 'will' come back, so cheer up a bit.]

For a brief moment, Max went thoughtful.

"…I'm sorry Bonny," Max apologized at the leaving lopunny after sighing.

{Don't be master, it's okay,} She half lied before looking at him over her shoulder.

"…Come here," He convinced, motioning her to come back.

{…Are you sure?}

"Yeah, come on."

A bit unsure, Bonny then turned around and walked back to Max. When next to him, Max offered his hand. When she took it, Max pulled her in front of him before forcing her to sit on his lap, facing him.

"I'm sorry, Bonny. I… shouldn't be that selfish just because one of you is temporarily not here. I guess I'm just too scared that she won't come back."

{Don't worry master, I'm convinced she will come back,} she reassured before rubbing his cheeks with her paws. {We all know how much she loves you, so surely she won't just give up on you like this.}

"…Yeah, I guess you're right."

{I'm always right.}

"Hehe, if it pleases you to think that way." Max jested.

{There we go, that's the master I love to see.} Bonny cheered with a smile.

"Sorry Bonny if I worried you. I suppose I was just being a 'wuss' like always."

{No master, you were just a bit sad because the one you love wasn't beside you. If you knew how much I was missing you when I had to isolate myself in that dojo... the difference is that at least I could see you at night, so I can understand that.}

"… Thanks Bonny. But it still made you sad."

{To tell you the truth, I admit I was indeed feeling a bit sad when you said you weren't in the mood two times in a row, but I understood why.}

"Eh, that body of yours doesn't only hold a nice rear, but a strong brain as well."

{Sexiness doesn't equal stupidity master,} Bonny boasted.

"Never thought otherwise."

{Really? Let's see if your other half thinks the same way.} Bonny replied a bit lewdly before starting to grind her womanhood on his crotch.

"Not losing time as usual I see."

{How can I with a master like you?} the lopunny retorted seductively.

"Well, I could say that I agree, but it would be a bit pretentious of me, but-"

Before Max could finish his sentence, he was cut off by Bonny kissing him quite passionately.

{… Ever told you that you talk too much?} Bonny told after breaking it.

"Not a lot, but now I guess you-"

Again, Max was interrupted by Bonny kissing him.

{You didn't get the sense of my question, did you?}

"… I think not, maybe another one could do it." Max coaxed with a grin.

{You, perverted, master.} Bonny told lustfully before kissing him once again.

This time, however, Max also returned it and was even the one that pushed his tongue inside the pokemon's mouth, which she gladly welcomed. Some tongue wrestling later, Bonny broke it with a very hungry face.

{Mind if we skip foreplay? I'm almost literally burning down there,} She urged with eager eyes.

"I'm already hard, so I guess we can."

{Thanks master.}

When she rose so he could take down his pants, Max saw strands of lubricant juice connecting her entrance and his pants.


"Damn, Bonny, you really look in pain."

{You have no idea. Now hurry up,} she commanded.

"I'm doing it as fast as I can okay."

A few seconds later, Max's shaft was free and it took only half a second before Bonny grabbed it and impaled herself with it. In one fraction of a second, Max's tip was at the bottom and hitting her cervix due to Bonny's incredible slipperiness.

'gasp' { YES!} Bonny yelled loudly and lustfully while grasping Max's shoulders with her paws.

"Shit. Didn't know you were such in need Bonny," Max told, feeling her very soft, tighter, hotter, and wetter than usual inside around his shaft.

{It has been a while since last time.}

"Unfortunately."

At that, Bonny began to move up, but only to moan quite heavily in surprise before falling back midway.

"You okay?" Max asked, a bit concerned.

{Not… really. I don't know why… but I'm really, really sensitive. I think I'm gonna come very quickly this time.}

"Knowing you, the first orgasm is never the last. Just do as you can."

{O-okay, but I need… to start slowly first.}

"Sure thing Bonny, take your time."

After nodding, Bonny then tried again to go up slower. Even though she could go all the way up, she almost immediately felt her first orgasm already coming up when she went down again.

{I… knew it. It's… already here,} Bonny moaned.

A few seconds after Bonny spoke, Max felt her insides getting tighter and twitching a bit while moaning heavily and slightly sinking her claws into Max's skin. It was a bit painful, but Max tried to endure it so as to not to ruin her moment. When she relaxed after fifteen seconds, Bonny stopped moving with the human shaft still inside.

{Geez… I knew I was in need… but not that much,} Bonny told, feeling slightly light-headed.

"We can go as many times as you want. I'll try my best at least."

{Thanks master,} She replied before kissing him again.

Still kissing the human, Bonny resumed her slow ride slightly faster than before. As soon as she started, her kisses became more aggressive by pressing more on Max's lips while moaning. Starting to lack air a bit, Bonny broke it and let out a pretty loud moan before wrapping her arms around Max's neck and resting her head beside his.

{That feels so good master. I'm glad… we can finally do it,} Bonny moaned.

"Me too Bonny."

Getting quite into it himself, Max took a firm grasp on the lopunny's butt cheeks in order to help her go up and down so she could focus more on the pleasure.

{I… feel another one master,} Bonny announced while slightly going faster.

Slowly but surely, Max was feeling his climax getting closer too, but was pretty certain that Bonny will come before he could reach it. Like anticipated, it took a few more seconds before Bonny's internal muscles constricted his shaft pretty strongly while loudly moaning ecstatically.

{Damn… that one… was pretty strong,} Bonny shared, going a bit limp on Max after her orgasm, panting a little.

"Still feeling okay?"

{Yeah… just… give a minute.}

"Sure, Bonny. I see you have accumulated quite some tension in that matter."

{Yeah. After only a day or two without doing it and I'm like this.}

"I was wondering, Scarlet and I have hypothesized that maybe it was because you could be in your mating season."

{I don't know. I don't know much about my species' mating habits, but it's true that I want you more than usual. It could also be because I love you more and more every day.}

"Either way, I'm not gonna complain."

{Ooh, and why is that?} Bonny demanded lewdly while backing up her head so she could look at him.

"That's obvious, no? How can I be unhappy with a sexy and cute lopunny wanting to mate with me?"

{Eh, you sure know how to turn on said lopunny,} Bonny replied with a lustful expression while rubbing his chest.

"Can't help it. A lopunny always has been one of my favorite pokemon."

{Are you that sexually attracted to a lopunny? My my, what a pervert master I have.}

"You should know it by now."

{I know. I just love to say that I have a perverted pokephiliac master.}

"I believe it's a huge turn-on for you."

{You have no idea. Just me thinking that you could jump on me at any moment or even in my sleep, hmmm.} Bonny expressed while biting her lips and with Max feeling her inside contracting for a second.

"I hope you're aware that you're a sick pervert yourself." Max joked.

{Yes, and nothing in this world is gonna change that,} Bonny replied lustfully and almost aggressively.

"I don't want to change that anyway."

{Glad to hear. All right, I think I'm ready for another round, so I hope you are too.}

"Always for you."

{Good.}

Then, a second later, Bonny began to ride Max once again at a faster pace, now pretty much back to her usual and favorite speed, which wasn't too fast or too slow.

{Yes! Ram me master!} Bonny ordered lustfully.

"Your wish is my command," Max obliged before making Bonny fall harder on him, forcing Bonny's moans to get louder.

As his tip was smashing her cervix while being choked by her tight passage, Max's climax was getting closer and closer. Sensing it, Bonny tried to get as tight as possible, forcing Max to reach his climax even faster. Then, after a moment, and unable to endure the pleasure anymore, Max let himself go and exploded inside the lopunny's honey pot, making her come one last time at the same time. When Max's ecstatic moment vanished, he let Bonny fall on him, unable to hold her anymore.


"… Thanks, Bonny. I think I really needed it."

{No problem master. There's no problem that a good mating can't solve.}

"Haha, if only that was the case," Max chuckled, making Bonny giggle.

{All right, I think I've bothered you enough,} Bonny told him while leaving.

"Don't say that, Bonny, you know you never bother me, even if I'm not in my best of shape," Max objected while dressing up. "Scarlet will come back, so I just need to think about something else in the meantime."

{That will help indeed.}

"I wonder how the others are doing."

{Why don't you go see for yourself?}

"Well, if you're satisfied…"

{I am. Now I just need a quick cleanup.}

"All right," Max acknowledged while standing up.

After Bonny left him, Max began to wander through the woods in order to find his team. Knowing his team, he knew that they will always stay in range so he can easily find them. After a few minutes of walking, he heard an impact noise close by. Walking towards it, Max found Dusk trying to lift a small boulder with her psychic ability. As soon as she saw him, she dropped the boulder, unable to focus anymore.

"Sorry if I disturbed you Dusk," Max apologized.

{That's okay, master. I'll just continue a bit later.}

"No need to, I was just looking if you girls were all okay."

{Personally, I am master, but are you?} Dusk inquired, concerned while walking close to him.

"I am. Why do you ask?"

{It's hard not to notice that you're not looking that good since Scarlet left.}

"… Can't deny that I miss her. You know, it's the first time that she's been gone this long and all."

{I understand. If you need to talk master, I'm here. As you can see, I have big ears that can be useful.}

"Haha, yeah, pretty big but pretty ears." Max laughed before briefly rubbing her ears. "Thanks, Dusk, but I'm okay. All I need is my girls beside me," he added before getting on his knees and putting his hands on her hips.

{… Okay, master,} She replied, slightly disappointed that she couldn't do more for him.

"Don't worry, I'm already starting to get used to it, thanks to all of you. Knowing that I'm not completely alone helps a lot." Max reassured before hugging her.

{Having multiple girlfriends helps a lot I guess,} She affirmed with a small smile after returning it.

"Yeah. Wait, I mean, no. I mean… gha, whatever," Max jabbered before giving up and after breaking the hug, making Dusk giggle a bit. "Anyway, I see that you were training quite a lot."

{Yeah. I still lack a lot of psychic powers, but thanks to Scarlet, I'm getting better every day.}

"Pretty sure it's thanks to yourself. After all, you're the one that trains so hard."

{I… suppose,} Dusk agreed, blushing a bit.

"Well, I don't want to disturb your training anymore. After all, I do find strong pokemon sexy, but that should stay between us."

{Hihih, sure master,} Dusk giggled, playing along. {I'm gonna try to be the strongest, just for you.}

"Don't forget to do it for yourself as well, my pretty," Max mentioned, petting the braixen's head.

{S-sure master.}

"There we go," he replied before kissing her forehead and standing to leave.

{M-master?}

"Yes?"

{W-why the forehead?}

Quickly understanding what she meant, Max smiled and got on his knees once more.

"Sorry, force of habit." He admitted before gently grabbing her cheeks to pull her into a kiss, at which she shyly but gladly returned. "… I'm guessing that's better, right?"

{A lot.} Dusk confirmed happily with a smile.

After smiling, Max gave her another quick kiss before leaving so she could resume her training. Close to her, Max came across Aurora who was napping at the base of a tree.

{I'm okay, so you can keep walking.} She told almost arrogantly, knowing what he was about to ask.

"I can see that. Good napping." Max replied, barely stopping.

Max didn't like acting that coldly, but if she wanted to be left alone, he had to go with that. After that, a couple of minutes had passed since Max was still walking in the woods in search of the last one, May. After a little while of searching without finding her, he came across very faint noises close to him. It was so low that he had to stop completely and hold his breath to fully hear it. When able to track the direction of the noise's provenance, he followed it until it was getting louder and louder. After a moment, he had to slow his pace down and he managed to notice that the noises sounded like moans. Getting slowly closer again, it was now obvious that it was moans. Then, a moment later, Max leaned against a tree with moans coming from the other side. Slowly moving his head beside it and resting a hand on a branch so he could go further without falling, Max's eyes went wide when he saw his little mawile with her back touching the tree and a tiny hand between her legs, masturbating.

(Holy-)

Quickly, his thoughts were interrupted when the branch he was holding snapped from his weight, making him trip and fall right beside May. After a jump scare, she froze in place while staring at the helpless body of Max next to her.

"Goddamnit! Why does this always happen." Max muttered angrily while raising his torso and head.

{M-master?} the mawile shyly asked while hiding herself.

"I'm so sorry May. I wasn't spying on you, I swear. I just wanted to see if you were all okay and…"

{… It's… okay, master.} She replied, looking away in embarrassment.

"I'm… yeah, I'm gonna leave now." Max retorted before quickly getting on his feet to leave.

{… I'm sorry, master.} May apologized before he could move away.

"For what? I'm the one that… interrupted you." Max affirmed, looking away.

{I'm sorry for doing it myself instead of asking you.}

"You don't have to be sorry for something like that, May. Your body is yours, so you can do whatever you want with it."

{I'm sorry because when I felt that urge, I wanted to ask you, but I guessed that maybe you didn't feel like doing things like that, so I decided to do it by myself.}

"It's not a bad idea if you ask me."

{... But I wanted you to do it.}

"I… see." Max responded, slightly embarrassed.

{It's not the same by myself and with my small hands.}

"… Well, it's true that I'm more down than usual, but I don't really mind doing it. In fact, I just did it with Bonny, and it kind of made me feel a bit better."

{Really?}

"Y-yeah."

{Does that mean that you don't mind… helping me?} she asked with a quite innocent and vulnerable tone.


Quite grasped by her cuteness, Max turned his head to see that she had moved her hands away, making Max able to see her wet and tiny entrance while making a pleading face.

"I… suppose I can't turn away from someone in need." Max conceded, embarrassingly scratching the back of his head.

{If it's really okay with you that is. I don't want to force you, master.}

"It's okay May. Like I said to Bonny earlier, I need to keep my mind busy."

{…Thanks, master.} May thanked as Max moved closer to her.

"No problem, May." Max replied before getting on all four in front of the mawile. "You don't have to be afraid to ask me when you want to have fun."

{I know master, but since I thought you weren't feeling well…}

"Tsk tsk tsk, May May, you're too much of a nice pokemon. Always think about others before yourself. I suppose I can't just ask you to think more about your desires if you think it will go against someone else desires."

{No I can't, especially if it's you, master. You're so nice to me, so it's the least I can do.}

"…Well, I guess it's up to me to not feel down too much so I can take care of you properly."

{Yes. I don't like seeing you sad.}

"And so do I for you May." Max retorted while gently rubbing her cheeks.

A second later, Max then leaned forward and began kissing her, gladly returned by the pokemon. Not only did she return it, but she was also the first to push her tongue inside Max's mouth. After Max let her get in, both of their tongues began to wrestle with May starting to rub both of his cheeks. As for a reply, Max started to rub the mawile's chest with one hand before slowly getting down. To May's displeasure, Max, instead of going for her cherry, take another path and began to rub her outer and inner thighs. Even though it wasn't where she wanted him to go, it was still pleasant. Anyway, she knew that he would go there eventually, so she just had to be patient. However, to her surprise, instead of his hand going there, it was his head that was getting lower. With him kissing her chest while slowly moving lower, May couldn't help but start moaning in pleasure while feeling her excitement getting stronger. After a moment that felt like an eternity for May, Max was only an inch away from her sacred place. Then, for a brief moment, she felt his lip and tongue leaving her body. Before she could even start to wonder what was going on, she gasped in surprise and pleasure when she felt her master's wet and warm tongue pressing against clit.

{Master…} the steel/fairy type pokemon moaned lowly.

As soon as his tongue touched her, Max immediately began to assault her pleasure button by going everywhere with his tongue and varying his pressure, making the mawile's moans quickly grow louder.

{Master…} May moaned again more loudly while grasping his head and pressing the back of her head against her giant maw.

Quickly, Max tasted the sweet taste of his mawile by shoving his tongue from time to time through her tiny lower lips, making her grasp his head stronger in pleasure. After Max added some soft touches on his pokemon like her sides and legs, May's pleasure was increasing rather quickly, and felt her climax coming after a moment.

{Master, it's coming!} May warned while starting to shake due to the intense pleasure.

After faintly smiling, Max the put slightly more pressure while fondling the pokemon a bit more. Then, unable to endure the pleasure anymore, May went all stiff while screaming ecstatically.


{… Thanks, master.} May thanked, after a moment.

"No problem sweetie. Even though I know how kind and considerate you are, don't hesitate to ask me again. The worst that can happen is that I say no." Max told, rubbing her cheeks.

{… Okay master.}

"Good girl." Max praised, kissing her forehead.

{Can I help you too?}

"I'm okay May. For now, just relax and enjoy a good rest."

{Are you sure?}

"Yes, don't worry. I just did it with Bonny, so I'm okay for a moment."

{… Okay.} May acknowledged, sounding a bit sad.

"Don't worry May, I'm sure we'll find a way someday." Max reassured, knowing why.

{How if I'm too small?}

"There always a way. We just have to be patient."

{For how long?}

"… I don't know, May," Max replied, not knowing what to answer. "… But there's always another solution."

{No!} She retorted fervently, knowing what he meant. {I don't want anyone other than you to touch me.}

'sigh' "Stubborn like the others I see."

{You're the only one for me master, and that won't change anytime soon.}

"I suppose it can't be helped then." Max replied, shaking his head a bit in desperation while smiling. "Let's hope a solution comes to us eventually."

{Yes. I really hope it happens soon.}

"Only time will tell," Max told while standing up. "So, now that you're… more focused, what are your plans?"

{… I don't know. Maybe hang out with Bonny since Dusk is training.}

"All right. For my part, I'm starting to feel a bit dirty, so maybe a good shower could be good. Unfortunately, there is no such thing in a forest."

{Maybe not, but there are things that can compensate.}

"Like a freezing river?"

{I was thinking more like an actual warm lake.} May replied, standing up as well.

"That could be good indeed. Well, if you find such thing around here, call me."

At that, May only glared at him with raised eyebrow.

"…Wait, you actually do?"

{Why do you think I talked about it?} She inquired, crossing her little arms.

"…Fair enough." Max conceded, feeling a bit stupid.

{Follow me.} May suggested before passing beside Max before he started to follow her. {I passed in front of it when I was searching for food. I told myself that it could be a good place to bathe, so I went to touch it to check the temperature. Turns out that it was rather warm, even for a lake and that even you could enjoy it.}

"That's very thoughtful of you, thanks."

{Well, I mainly checked it for myself and the others, but since I know you're a bit scared of cold water, I thought that it could be good for you, but thanks.}

"…Very thoughtful indeed," Max repeated, sounding a bit upset.

{Hihi, relax master, I'm only teasing you. You have the right to be scared of cold water.}

"Thanks, and I'm not scared of cold water, I just hate it."

{Yeah yeah, if you say so.} May jested, teasing him some more.

"Eh, you're lucky I need you to show me the path." Max threatened jokingly.

{Or what? You would have eaten me, again? Not that I would have minded.} May retorted a bit seductively.

"Maybe, and perhaps rougher than earlier even."

{Oh, now you really tempting me.} May replied with a slightly lewd grin.

"Okay, time to stop. You're starting to sound just like Bonny. The last thing I want is another sex ogre in the team."

{It's not her fault. Lopunnies are pokemon that are really into mating and reproduction.}

"Yeah, I read it in the pokedex. I'm just really glad I didn't came across a male one."

{Why? Afraid that he could have stolen your lovers?}

"No. Well, a bit, but I'm afraid that he could have got into me."

{Not sure I would have liked seeing another pokemon on you.}

"…Does that mean you don't like me going with the others?"

{…Well, it's true that I like the idea of having you only for myself, but the others are very nice and deserve you as well as me. It wasn't the case for Aurora for a while, but I'm starting to think that perhaps she does. Anyway, I more or less know how males are, pokemon or human. I'm pretty sure that if you only had one female in your team, 'you' would be the sex ogre with her.}

"Come on now, you're making me look like a jerk."

{You're not master. It's just that I know for a fact that males have a harder time dealing with their desires than females, that's all. It's not your fault.}

"… You're really smart for a little pokemon. Its surprises me every time."

{I'm seven years old master, don't forget it.}

"Good thing I know you're a pokemon. Otherwise, it would have sounded really weird, especially when I know what we do."

{Is seven years too young for a human?}

"Between humans, yes. A human is considered an adult at 18."

{I knew that. However, I didn't know it was also the age for a human to be able to mate.}

"Well, technically you can before that, but both of them must be the same age. As soon as you're 18, you can't have sex with anyone younger than that as it can be punished by the law."

{Why? I mean, I understand for babies, but as soon as you can walk and you're sexually mature, you should be able to mate, no?}

"Ophff, that's a pretty sensitive subject, even for me. Let's just say that even if a girl is reproductively ready to have sex, it doesn't mean they're ready for that. Some even aren't ready before the age of 20."

{20 years old? Geez, I think that even I wouldn't have been able to wait that long.}

"I suppose it's one major difference between pokemon and humans. Of course, not all humans are the same. I have to admit that my first sexual thoughts began at the age of 12."

{Hm, I wonder how you looked back then.} May pondered with a thoughtful expression.

"I wasn't very different from what you see now, but smaller."

{Smaller? What a shame we didn't meet before. It could have been a good opportunity to mate, even if it was for a few years.}

"Even if it would have been the case, I'm not sure we could have done it anyway."

{Why?}

"I wasn't assuming my pokephiliac side as much as today at that age."

{Double shame then.}

"Anyway, if you're seven, you weren't even born when I was twelve."

{Oh!} May exclaimed, almost surprised while stopped.

"Are you okay?" Max inquired, stopping as well while looking at her.

{From all the time we passed together, you never told us you're age.}

"…I believe I never did, indeed."

{Then tell me.}

"Why? My age isn't very relevant, but I'm an adult if you were wondering."

{No. What I was wondering is your actual age.}

"Why do you want to know it so badly?"

{For curiosity. Also, the more I know about you, the more closer I feel to you.}

"…Fine." Max complied, rolling his eyes. "I'm 21."

{21? Wow, you're pretty much the same age as Scarlet. No wonder why you two get along so well.}

"Probably." Max agreed before starting to move again, making May resuming her walk in front of him.

{I guess I can understand your worries about me. We have a pretty big age difference.}

"Maybe, but like you told me and as I noticed myself, pokemon matures a lot faster than humans."

{That's right.} May agreed, almost proudly.

"That's peculiar though. I mean, you mature very quickly, and yet, most of you have a pretty high life expectancy, with some of you able to reach 500 years old. I'm not even talking about the legendaries, which are rumored to be immortal."

{What does immortal mean?}

"It means that they can't die. From old age that is. After that, I don't know if they can't age or just can't be killed in any way."

{Sounds scary.}

"You tell me. And knowing how strong they can be, surely I wouldn't want to mess with them, and I'm no coward."

{Me neither.}

"Anyway, from what I've learned, they rarely appear in the open, so we don't risk much."

After more chatting, May and Max finally arrived at a small lake a couple of minutes later.

{There we go, master.}

"Thanks May, I really appreciate it."

{No problem. However, I saw a few pokemon around here, so if you ever get attacked, just yell and Bonny will be here in a matter of seconds since she's very fast.}

"Okay, but why don't you stay and take a bath with me?"

{Thanks master, but no thanks. I don't especially want a bath right now and I know that sometimes, a human needs some privacy.}

"…All right then." Max replied, slightly disappointed.

{Don't worry master, we will have plenty of other occasions. Besides, maybe there will be a kind female pokemon around here that would want you, so perhaps it's best that I'm not around.}

"Aw, stop it." Max humbly retorted, making May giggle.

{See you later then, master.} May told before leaving.

"See ya."

When she was out of sight, Max then put a hand in the water, feeling that it was indeed pretty warm for a lake.

"I wonder if there is something at the bottom that makes it warmer?" Max mumbled while retrieving his hand. "Meh, who cares? Let's just enjoy it." He kept mumbling before starting to undress.

A minute later, Max was butt naked before jumping in the water.

"… Pfha. Quite refreshing actually." He said to himself after popping his head out of the water.

For a moment, Max swam in the water to enjoy it but quickly grew tired since he wasn't that much of a swimmer. Looking for a nice place to sit to enjoy the water, Max followed the lake edge until he found one. Close to the edge so as not to make it too deep, was a pretty big boulder that was popping out of the water, making it a nice back rest. Going in front of it before sitting at its base, Max had the water at chest level.

"Ahhh! How relaxing." Max whispered before closing his eyes.

For a little while, Max enjoyed the calmness and warmth of the water. Then, as he was almost all limb in the water, he felt some waves around him. Opening his eyes, he looked around if a pokemon had entered the water nearby. However, no one was to be seen.

"Hm, probably a fish pokemon." Max guessed before closing his eyes again.

A few seconds later, Max then felt the wave again but a bit more stronger. For a moment, he mostly ignored it until he felt the water pressure around him starting to change, as if it was getting 'thicker'. When he felt the thick water above his thighs, Max quickly got suspicious and opened his eyes. To his surprise, he still wasn't seeing anything, even under the water. Then, as Max was slightly getting creeped out, the water mass began to get more opaque and tangible before a blue coloration began to appear. When the transformation was complete, a blue pokemon's head emerged from the water a few inches away from Max's face. The head was blue pale on most of the face and dark blue on the forehead and had fins on its sides and on top with a white fin-like collar around the neck.

"Oh… h-hi little guy." Max greeted, feeling a bit uncomfortable about the wild pokemon proximity and sudden appearance. "I… believe you're a vaporeon, right?" He told a bit nervously.

As for a response, the vaporeon only eyed him for a moment before a smile appeared on its face. Before Max could speak again, the water pokemon slowly dived under water once again with its head facing his crotch.


"Hemm… what are you… Ah."

While speaking, Max was interrupted by a wet and slightly cold tongue running across his flaccid member.

"I… hope you're a little girl then." Max mumbled, already knowing where it was going.

Looking at the fish/mammal body of the vaporeon, Max then felt his tip being wrapped by something that was feeling like the mouth of the pokemon. With its lips an inch further than the tip, the vaporeon then began to assault the tip with its tongue, varying the speed and pressure while exploring the entire the surface with it. Quickly, Max was grasped by the pleasure which made him slowly get harder over time. When it was semi-hard, the pokemon then engulfed half of the shaft in its mouth before starting to do back and forth motions. Surely it wasn't as expertly done as Scarlet or Bonny, but there was still some skill that Max couldn't resist to. In a matter of seconds, Max was fully hard, to the water pokemon's enjoyment. Even though Max liked the service she was giving, he believed that it wasn't what she was looking for when she stopped and popped her head above the water again a few seconds later.

"You're quite good at this."

Still smiling, the vaporeon then moved forwards while popping out the upper half of her body before putting her two front paws on Max's chest, making her lower part pretty much aligned to his crotch. While looking at Max in the eyes with a warm smile, the vaporeon then began to rub her entrance against his tip. Before Max could do or say anything, the vaporeon pushed until her folds got separated by Max's shaft, forcing it to go all the way inside her tight, slightly cold, and extremely slippery vagina.

"Humpf." Max lowly moaned, unable to contain it due to the surprise.

As her smile grew a bit wider with the appearance of lustful eyes, the vaporeon then began to slowly move up and down, shocking Max with intense pleasure at every movement. Quickly, the wild pokemon began to moan regularly with her breath getting faster. Now that the element of surprise was pretty much in the past, Max didn't want to stay that passive and put his hands on the pokemon's hips to help her a bit. Unfortunately, her skin was like the one of a fish, even though softer, which was making him impossible to have a grip on. Nevertheless, he kept his hands there and began to fondle her, in the hope it will provide at least a minimum of pleasure to the pokemon. Luckily for him, it seems to more or less work as the vaporeon began to go a bit faster and stronger with her moans getting slightly louder.

After a moment, pleasure seems to have overwhelmed the vaporeon quite a bit as her long and slender tongue was sticking out with sticky-looking saliva drooling from it. At that sight, lust also took over Max and made him gently grab her head to pull her into a kiss while wrestling the pokemon's tongue that was now inside his mouth. While gently sucking on her tongue, Max kept kissing the slightly confused but still aroused pokemon until the pokemon got carried away and began to mimic the human, making out with the human. The new actions seem to have added an extra amount of pleasure to the water pokemon, making the small claws of her front lightly sink into the human skin without hurting him, kind of like a cat that is being stroked by a human. Still making out with the vaporeon, Max wrapped his arms around her with one hand fondling her rear while his other one was rubbing the back of her head. For the water pokemon, it was way more stimulation that she was used to, and quickly felt an orgasm coming up after a few minutes. When she hit it, she breaks the kiss to loudly moan ecstatically while her entire body went all stiff with her inside crushing Max's shaft with extreme narrowness. When it was done, she stopped moving while resting her head on the human's shoulder, lightly panting.

"It felt good I see." Max commented, rubbing her sides.

After resting for a few seconds, the vaporeon stared at the human's eyes once again with lewd eyes before her smile reappeared. After starting to ride him once again, she leaned forwards and began to lick him quite eagerly while gently nibbling on him from time to time. Due to her sensitivity, the vaporeon was going rather slowly at first but quickly sped up after a short moment, feeling intense pleasure again. Due to her being slightly tighter than before, it was slowly getting harder for Max to contain himself, feeling an orgasm coming up slowly. After accelerating one last time a moment later, the vaporeon had its two front paw around Max's neck with her head besides his, almost moaning in Max's ears. As her inside was twitching once again, her tail was starting to uncontrollably hit the surface of the water, splashing water everywhere. When she was close again to another orgasm, she heard the human lowly growl in pleasure while feeling the coveted hot male juice inside her cool love tunnel, triggering her second orgasm. With her entire body going all stiff, she lightly bit Max on the shoulder until her body relaxed, going limp on him a moment later. After she regained most of her breath, she raised her head to look at Max one last time with satisfied eyes.


"That was really enjoyable." Max praised.

Even though she didn't understand human language, the vaporeon smiled and licked one of his cheeks one time before unplugging herself from him and disappearing in the water.

"Phew… good thing the girls aren't jealous. Otherwise, I would be so dead right now." Max told to himself while resting his head against the boulder behind.

After a moment, he decided that it was enough and decided it was time to leave before another one came to rape him again. Not that he disliked his last encounter though, but he just didn't want to have intercourse with a way uglier pokemon. Just imagining how horrifying a sex experience with a pokemon like a gyarados could be was enough to make his spine shiver. Since he had to go a bit further to find the boulder, it took Max a moment to reach the other side of the lake, where his clothes were. Then, as he was getting out of the water, he almost freaked out when he saw that his clothes had disappeared.

"Goddamnit."

After quickly looking around a bit in panic, Max tried to calm himself down by telling himself that it was probably May or Bonny that was messing with him.

"Real mature girls." Max hollered, still looking around.

After a moment, Max spotted a single sock a bit further, close to the forest. After going close to it and grabbing it, he saw another one further.

"I could bet anything that it's Bonny that wants to lead me into a sex trap."

After gathering it, Max saw his pants further in the woods. After a moment, he had gathered pretty much everything except his underwear, which he found at the base of a tree.

(Well, it's not very well thought out, but I can't argue against her devotion.) Max thought while getting on his knees to grab it.

Then, as he was about to grab it, something very sticky land on his hand. At first, it was looking like a string shot attack, immobilizing his fingers. Before he could do anything about it, another string shot attack landed on his elbow and pulled him to his feet.

"What the…"

At this moment, a couple more strands cover a huge part of his upper torso before being pulled into the air.

"Whoaaa!"

After being in the air for a few seconds, Max felt himself landing in something soft but very sticky. As soon as he was on it, he found that all of his limbs were glued to the strange substance.

"What the fuck is going on!" He bawled to no one in particular.

Since he was able to move his head a bit, he could from the corner of his eyes that he was now on something that was looking like a giant spider web a few meters above the ground. A few seconds later, he saw two yellow spider pokemon appearing in his field of view. He didn't know the pokemon yet but guessed they were electric type when he saw small electrical sparks popping on their body.

"What… the hell do you want from me?" Max demanded aggressively.

Obviously enough, the pokemon ignored him and kept getting near him while easily moving through the spider web. When they were both above him and on each side, Max was starting to feel fear. He never saw or heard about those pokemon, so he was getting worried about what they were about to do. Then, after they glared at him for a moment, one of them moved right above his chest while the other moved over his head. A second later, the one above him began to inspect him or taste him by tracing its mandibles across his chest. While mostly tickling, Max felt warmth and a bit of wetness coming from them. At a moderate speed, the electrical spider pokemon began to move lower. After passing his belly, the pokemon kept moving lower, making Max start to anticipate their intention. He proved himself right when the pokemon stopped at his crotch level and began to assault his member with its wet and warm mandible. Then, a second later, he felt his shaft being engulfed into a weirdly shaped hole, probably the spider's mouth. Now Max was certain, they wanted to mate with him, and that was something he didn't want. Not with that kind of pokemon. Suddenly, as soon as Max got their attention and told himself that he didn't want it, a black spherical projectile hit the assaulting pokemon, propelling it against one of the trees that was holding the spider web in place. Despite some black burnt marks, the pokemon didn't seem that injured. Staying place while looking around, the spider pokemon then dodged in extremis another Shadow Ball attack, breaking a huge part of the tree and the spider web. Unable to see the threat, both of the wild pokemon fled, leaving Max hanging in their web.

"Hey! Come back and free me!" Max ordered.

Even though he didn't see them coming back, he felt every part of his body that was glued to the web being suddenly unglued, making him fall towards the ground. Even though he wasn't high enough to injure him, he was enough to hurt him a bit. However, a second after he began falling, he felt himself floating and almost weighting nothing until he safely landed on the ground.

"Scarlet?" Max queried, recognizing the warm energy he was engulfed a second ago.

Looking around, he didn't see anything besides his clothes that had appeared above him and landed on his head.

"Scarlet? Is that you?"

Not having a response after a moment, Max sighed and began to dress up.

"… If it was you, Scarlet, thanks a lot." He said after he was all dressed up.

After sighing one more time, Max then began to walk towards where he first arrived in hopes of finding one of his team members. After a little while, he came across Dusk. By the look on her face, it was like she was looking for something.

{There you are, master. Are you okay?} She inquired as she just found what she was looking for.

"Yeah, more or less." He answered, glad to see her.

{Did something happen?} she asked while going next to him.

"How can you tell?"

{Well, I felt like you could be in trouble a moment ago, so I went up searching for you.}

"You felt it? like Scarlet?"

{I-I think so. She had started to teach me how to track you with your brain waves, but I'm still not very good at it. I guess that all I can do for now is to have very faint feelings.}

"Oh, that's great. Give it some time and you will be like her."

{So, what happened?} she asked, quite concerned.

"Nothing too dramatic, really. Just some pokemon that wanted me without my consent."

{What? That's terrible!} Dusk exclaimed, slightly horrified.

"No big deal. At least they weren't planning on hurting me, I think."

{How did you escape?}

"…A pokemon helped me." Max responded, going with what Scarlet would have wanted, even though he still wasn't hundred percent sure it was her.

{I'm very glad he or she did.} Dusk replied happily.

"Yeah, me too. Those weren't very appealing, so good thing I managed to avoid that."

{What kind of pokemon it was?}

"Yellow electric spiders, I don't know their name."

{Me neither.}

"Anyway, it's over now. Let's find the others so we can start building up the camp."

{What are you gonna do now that we can't use the tent anymore?}

"…I don't know. I still have the mattresses and pillows, so I guess we'll sleep under the stars."

{…That won't be very convenient if it rains.}

"Yeah. Luckily, we rarely got rainy weather at night until now, so let's hope it will continue. I also hope that the next town has a shop where we can buy a new one."

{What do we do if it rains tonight?}

"What do pokemon usually do under those circumstances?"

{Most wild pokemon, if not all of them, have a home to get shelter from.}

"Well, you have your pokeball."

{What about you?}

"…"

{So you're saying we should be comfortable and protected in our pokeball while you stay under the rain? Sorry master, but that won't work for me.} Dusk denied fervently, almost sounding upset.

"What's the point of getting all of us wet if you can have shelter?"

{I would feel bad all the time, knowing that I'm okay but you're not. I would prefer getting cold with you than letting you freeze out here alone.}

"… Should I be concerned or happy by that devotion?"

{Happy, I guess. Staying together will keep us warm anyway.}

"… True. We'll see if the problem ever comes."

{I hope it never will.}

"For that, we agree." Max agreed, petting his braixen.

While walking, both of them came across Aurora who was still napping at the same place.

"Hey Aurora, we're about to set up camp. Want to join?"

{… Maybe later.} Aurora responded after briefly looking at him with one eye.

"All right. We'll make it as close as possible." Max informed before resuming his walk with Dusk.

A couple of meters later, they still hadn't encountered May or Bonny but arrived to a rather spacious zone where they could set up camp.

"This should do."

{Yes. I'll start getting what we need. You can rest in the meantime.}

"I'm okay, I should go get Bonny and May."

{No master, rest. You need it. The others will come eventually.}

"How will they know where we are?"

{I'll tell them, don't worry.} a familiar voice above them told.

Turning and raising his head, Max saw Luna lying on her stomach on a high and thick branch on a nearby tree.

{Thanks, Luna.} Dusk thanked her before leaving.

"… You like doing that, don't you?" Max queried, looking at Luna with crossed arms.

{Doing what?} the zoroark asked innocently.

"Appearing from nowhere before sneaking up behind me before surprising me."

{Sorry if I scared you, but it's not my fault if you're not aware of your surroundings. I wasn't even trying.} Luna replied with a prideful grin.

"Like hell it would make a difference with you."

{Hihi.} Luna giggled.

"So let me guess, you're gonna babysit me so I rest like Dusk asked?"

{I'm not your mother, little pup, you can do whatever you want. However, I do recommend you rest a bit, especially after a rather busy afternoon.}

"…You saw me?"

{Not really, but you have a wild pokemon's lewd scent all over you, so I'm guessing you went 'hunting' on your own.} She told with a mischievous grin.

"I didn't, she's the one that came over me. I'm the victim."

{Aw, poor little puppy.} Luna quipped. {I'm guessing it's also the case of the second one?}

"…How?"

{You have two different scents on you that I have never smelled.}

"…That's one hell of a strong nose you have."

{Most zoroark have one, but I must admit that mine is exceptional, even amongst my kind.}

"Good for you." Max replied before sitting at the base of the tree she was in.

{Is it possible that you still have a bit of a grudge against me?}

"No, that's not it. It's just that my journey is starting to get quite… rotten if you know what I mean."

{Hardly, but I can guess. Did something happen recently?}

"Besides the departure of Scarlet, not really."

{Well, I've noticed that you have been feeling more and more down since she left. Do you miss her that much?}

"Yeah, I miss her a lot, but she will be back someday, so all I have to do is to be patient. It does feel a bit empty around here when she's not there."

{I can understand. After all, you do love her a lot.}

"And that, it's besides all the shit that is happening. First, that bitchy gardevoir that almost killed me and Bonny, then the lumberjacks that almost robbed us like you said, and now… other shit."

{…Hm. I'm no psychic-type, but I'm guessing that a bad thing happened to you very recently.}

"…More or less."

{Does it have a link with the two unknown scents on you?}

"…Not really." Max lied.

For a few seconds, Luna inspected him from above.

{Ever told you that you're a bad liar?}

"…Once, I think."

{I see. Yet, you still try?}

"…No." Max lied again.

{You know, if you don't want to talk about it, you could just say so.}

"*sigh* Can I ask you something?"

{Sure.}

"Has my scent that attracts female pokemon had increased since we first met?"

{Hm, now that you say it, maybe slightly. The change is insignificant enough to be barely noticeable. Why do you ask?}

"I think it may bring me problems in the future."

{How so?}

"…Well, the first encounter was with a vaporeon and it was rather pleasant, but…"

{The second one less?} Luna guessed.

"… Yeah. I was almost raped by two yellow electric spider pokemon."

{Ah yes, galvantulas. Quite the nasty pokemon when they want to be. Bug-type pokemon are pretty sensitive when it comes to pheromones. I'm guessing bugs aren't really your thing.}

"Not really."

{They were probably in their mating season. You just got unlucky.}

"Hope it won't happen too often."

{Come on now little pup, every pokemon need some loving every now and then.} Luna jested.

At that, Max glared suspiciously at her.

{Haha, I'm just teasing you. I agree that a galvantulas isn't the most attractive pokemon there is.}

"Yeah, there are way cuter pokemon than them."

{Really? Like which?} Luna asked, almost seductively.

"Umm… like… a gardevoir and a lopunny."

{And a vaporeon apparently.}

"Yeah."

{What about a zoroark?} Luna demanded almost lewdly.

"Hemm…" Max hummed with surprised wide eyes. "They're… okay I suppose." He answered with a red face.

{Just okay? Hmm, how disappointing.} She replied with a fake sad voice.

"You really want me to say that you're pretty?"

At that, Max's eyes went wide again at realising what he just said.

{Pretty huh?} Luna repeated with a rather satisfied tone and grin. {I suppose it's a start.}

"S-so, what are the others doing?" Max inquired, changing the subject.

{Last time I saw them they were training together.}

"Oh, cool."

{Do you want to go get them?}

"Maybe later."

{Okay.}

"… So why don't we take that time to try to know each other a bit more."

{There's not much to say about me, but if you wish.}

"I was wondering, you didn't answer when I asked about your age."

{Still curious about it, huh?}

"Well, you did call Scarlet kiddo, so it must mean you're older than her."

{I am.}

For a moment, Max waited for an answer that never came.

"So? How old are you?"

Luna then took a deep breath while doing a thoughtful face.

{…Well, I guess I can tell you since we are close enough now. I'm 31.}

"Oh. You look younger than that." Max tried to compliment.

{Oh, stop it, you.} Luna replied with a fake embarrassed tone. {You're just saying that.}

"Of course not."

{Really now? What's the first sign of old age on a zoroark then?}

"What? Hemm…"

{Haha, gotcha.}

"Shame on me for trying to be nice."

{Yeah, that's what you get.} Luna jested, playing along.

At that, Max looked funnily at her.

{Haha, I knew you weren't serious, so I got into your game.}

"How can you tell?"

{You didn't use your serious tone.}

"…I tried to."

{My nose isn't my only strong sense little pup.}

"You can see through anything almost like a psychic?"

{I wouldn't say that, but most pokemon or humans tend to overlook the subtlety of micro-changes in others' expressions. That could be the voice tone or face habit when lying or scared.}

"Where or how did you learn all of that?"

{One must have many skills in order to survive, or in my case, also trick others.}

"So you're good at lying?"

{Remember how I told you that I didn't intend to kill you when we first met? It was a lie. I did try to kill you. Good thing you have good reflexes.}

"… What? So I was right to be scared of you then."

{That also was a lie.}

"Hemm… what?" Max replied, confused.

{The truth is that I really didn't want to kill you. That's how a real lie works.}

"… Thanks for the instruction I guess." Max thanked, quite relieved.

{You're welcome. By the way, what is your age?}

"I'm 21."

{Hmm, a bit younger than me. What a shame.} She replied with a fake disappointed tone.

"For someone that isn't interested in me, you sure do joke a lot about it."

{To be honest, there is not much to do besides annoying you a bit.} she joked.

"Why not train with the others then?"

{Train? What for?}

"Well, for battle and such."

{Hmm… that could be a good idea, but I don't feel like it.}

"Lazy I see."

{Maybe,} Luna answered back while resting her head on the branch.

"All right. Then tell me more about you."

{About what?}

"Well, I want to know who Luna is. What were you doing before we met?"

{Besides keeping myself alive like everyone else, nothing much.}

"Really? No stories, no family to talk about."

{Not really.} Luna retorted, not interested.

"… Okay. Quite the mysterious type I see."

{Not everything is good to tell. Especially since I don't know you much. Maybe I'll tell you more when our relationship's better.}

"Quite straight forward as well."

{Honesty is the base of every relationship, don't you agree?}

"I suppose, even though you already said that." Max agreed while resting his head and back against the tree. "Quick question, where do you go when it's raining or cold outside?"

{Well, for the cold, I barely feel it, even on the coldest days. As for the rain, I mostly search for cave and holes I can stay in until it calm down. I like, however, wandering under warm rain.}

"Oh, you like to get wet?" Max joked.

Again, his habits had taken the best of him and said something rather inappropriate.

{You could say that.} Luna replied with a very faint hint of a seductive tone.

"Sorry. That's the kind of joke I say with the others."

{Don't worry, I don't mind spicy talk from time to time.}

"You sure don't mind a lot of things."

{Even though I like keeping my secrets to myself, I'm a rather simple pokemon that tries to go with the flow.}

"Not peckish huh?"

{Not at all.}

"Kinda good news actually. I'm sure I won't have any trouble with you."

{Not in the slightest.}

"However, if you have a problem with anything or something in your mind, just tell me okay."

{Rest assured little pup, I'm a big girl that can take care of herself.}

"Big girl is a well-chosen word."

{It's no secret that I'm much bigger than your usual zoroark. Quite intimidating for males, unfortunately. Oh well, that's not so bad since I don't like weak males anyway.}

"Does that mean you don't like me?"

{Who said you were weak?}

"No need to. Any of you could easily beat me up if you wanted to."

{Well, maybe when next to a pokemon, but for a human, you look rather strong, and that's quite respectable.}

"Thanks." Max thanked, half glad to hear that.

{Cheer up little pup, I said I don't like weak males, but strength can take many forms you know. You showed me a rather impressive and strong spirit. I'm sure that even against me or your gardevoir you would stand your ground until your last breath. That is something I like.}

{As for me, I like a male that can stay on his feet master.} Dusk shared, which had appeared from the woods with a pile of dead woods and branches floating above her.

{See? Strength isn't all about physical feats.}

"Maybe."

{… We should be okay for the night with that.} Dusk told after setting everything up.

"Well, we still have a few hours before it starts getting dark, so what's the plan?"

{… Well…} Dusk shyly started.

"Yes?"

{… W-we could… you know…} She told while shyly playing with her fingers and barely looking at Max.

"Oh." Max replied, getting what she meant.

{Well, I suppose that's my cue to leave the young ones alone. Have fun.} Luna wished with a grin before disappearing in the woods.

"Quite bold I see."

{S-sorry. I would understand if you don't feel like it.}

"No, it's okay. I'm getting better, thanks to all of you. After all, even if one of you is momentarily absent, I'm not alone."

{Are you sure? I don't want to make you do things for my own selfishness.}

"I already told you that it's not a selfish demand Dusk. Come on."

{… O-okay. But do you mind… if you're the one… that leads?}

"Not at all." Max responded before Dusk got closer to him. "Quite the submissive type I see." he added while gently pushing her to the ground on her back before going above her.

{D-don't tell the others… b-but I really like when you're the dominating one and that I…} Dusk shyly shared before stopping at mid-sentence.

"You what?" Max demanded while starting to fondle her chest.

{… I… love being your… v-victim.} She lowly confessed before looking away.

"Victim? Oh! Do you perhaps… have a rape fetish?" Max queried with a predatory grin.

{P-please, don't tell anyone.} She embarrassingly commanded while hiding half of her face.

"Hehe, don't worry my pretty. What happens between us, stays between us. Now…" He reassured her before grabbing her arms and pushed them on each side of her. "Be quiet while I'm eating you."


As soon as she felt Max going a bit more aggressively, she moaned in anticipation while feeling a twitch in her nether region, getting already excited by his behavior. Instead of going directly for her lips like Dusk expected, Max rather goes for her neck, starting to gently kiss her all over it. Quickly, Dusk began to lowly moan regularly while rubbing her legs together, already getting wet. Shortly enough, Max went upwards and pressed his lips against hers, still gently kissing them. She then waited that Max pushed his tongue against hers, which happened a few seconds later. Even though she liked being the submissive one, there were things that she couldn't do like preventing herself from trying to push her tongue inside his tongue instead of the opposite. For a moment, they fight for dominance until Max broke it.

"How about I go for a tastier pair of lips?" Max told lewdly.

{I… you're the one that... gets to decide, master.} She retorted while strongly rubbing her legs together, obviously craving for him to go there.

"Eh, whether you want it or not, I'm gonna eat you Dusk."

At that, Max slowly moved down south while giving occasional kisses here and there, feeling the braixen slightly shaking in anticipation. Unable to contain a smile at her pokemon eagerness, Max kept going down until he was an inch away above her womanhood. Wanting to tease her more, he then goes for her inner thighs, kissing them.

{M-master… p-please.} Dusk begged.

"Something to say?" Max asked with a mix of lewdness and authority.

After Dusk shook her head, Max smiled one more time before resuming where he left. However, he didn't want to make her wait for too long, so he slowly approached her sacred place and began to lick her outer labia. Upon hearing an almost painful moan from the braixen, Max then kissed her clit, making the fire pokemon lightly flinch in anticipation and relief. After giving a few more kisses, Max stuck his tongue out before pressing against it, making Dusk sink her front paws claws on the ground in pleasure. Max then immediately began to swirl and twirl on it, making Dusk's breathing go faster a few seconds later.

{Master…} Dusk moaned. {P-please. Go faster.}

If she was begging for Max to go rougher on her that quickly, it must mean that she was really enjoying it. Wanting to pleasure her as much as possible, Max goes with her desires and went faster. With her moans getting louder, Dusk's hind legs were now the ones that were sinking their claws into the ground. With the braixen getting wetter and wetter, Max was occasionally teasing her by shoving his tongue inside her honey pot before going back at her clit.

{Master… I'm… pretty close to reaching it.} Dusk lustfully told after a little while.

To make things better for her, Max then began to finger her while eating her, doubling the pleasure she was receiving. Shortly after, Dusk's body began to shiver in pleasure while strongly grasping the ground under her. Then, unable to bear it anymore, her entire body went stiff as she put her two front paws over her maw in order to prevent herself from screaming ecstatically all over the forest. After going limp with her lower part twitching a bit from the intense orgasm, Dusk was taking deep breathes while being slightly light-headed.

"So? How was that?" Max asked while crawling over her until they were face to face.

{That felt… amazing master.} She answered with half-closed eyes and a smile.

"Good. Always heartwarming when I know my girls are happy and satisfied."

{Well… I-I'm happy, but…} Dusk replied, hesitant.

"But what?"

{But… not… quite… s-satisfied?} Dusk shyly shared, fearing to upset her master.

"…Hehe, I guess not. We still have to go through the main part."

{Y-yeah.}

"I'm quite glad that you're starting to be confident about all of this Dusk."

{W-well, I'm still really embarrassed, but I'm trying my best.}

"You're doing a good job." Max praised, rubbing her soft chest.

{I know you won't laugh at me and that you respect me about what I want.}

"And I always will, my pretty." Max confirmed, now rubbing the side of her head, making her blush heavier. "Are you ready for the next step?"

{Yes master,} Dusk answered almost eagerly.

"Good."

At that, Max pulled his pants down just a little so only his hard shaft could step out of them before starting to poke her soaking wet entrance with his tip.

"That should go in pretty easily." Max commented before starting to push.

Obviously enough, Max went in rather easily as he was at the bottom in one thrust, making Dusk moan in pleasure and relief.

{Yes master, mate with me.} the braixen gently urged lustfully.

"As you wish, pretty girl."

At that, Max immediately began to pull and push rather gently since it was his delicate Dusk. As per usual, her inside was scorching hot and quite narrow, making the pleasure quite intense for Max. After starting to moan a bit loudly, Dusk wrapped her small arms around Max's neck with closed eyes and a depraved face. Quickly enough, her hind legs followed and went around his waist as well, almost pulling him at every thrust. Unfortunately for Max, the more he was going, the hotter she seems to get, making things really tough for Max.

"Damn Dusk, I think you're the one that I have the most difficulty with. You feel so good with your hotness." Max praised after he went a bit faster.

{Just… release it… whenever you want… master.} She told between moans.

"It might… be closer than I expected."

{In that case… go faster. That way… I'll be close too.}

"All right."

Like she asked, Max went faster and a bit stronger, making Dusk tighten her grasp around him.

{I'm… close master.} Dusk moaned.

"Me too. Just a little bit more."

As for the last sprint, Max went again a bit faster while smashing the pokemon's cervix. With Max close to his climax, Dusk was the first to reach it, going all stiff while choking Max's shaft with her internal contractions, triggering his orgasm as well. After a quite long-lasting orgasm while pouring his seeds inside the braixen, Max stopped moving while very lightly panting.


"Now we are both satisfied."

{Looks like it.} Dusk answered with a warm smile.

After kissing Dusk's forehead, Max unplugged himself from her and put his soldier back in its barrack.

"And just when I had a bath a few minutes ago." Max commented before helping Dusk to stand.

{You still can take another one later.} She told when on her feet.

"True."

{As for me, I'll go right now to get myself all cleaned up.}

"All right. Be careful though, pokemon around here can sometimes get quite… invasive."

{Really?} Dusk replied, looking at him funnily.

"Don't look at me like that. I swear 'I' didn't do anything."

{Of course, you didn't do anything.} Dusk quipped, knowing what he was talking about. {And I suppose you didn't fight back.}

"Actually, when those two galvantulas tried to rape me, yes I did."

{… Two gal… Oh. I'm… very sorry, master.} Dusk apologized, feeling guilty. {I didn't know it was that kind of pokemon.}

"Yeah."

{Do you know who saved you?}

"Nope. What matters is that I managed to get away. I may be into pokemon, but there are some that aren't really my type. Bug-type pokemon being one of them."

{Hope it won't happen again.}

"Me too."

{I suppose that we can't really leave you alone.}

"I'm sure that I was just at the wrong place at the wrong moment. No need to blow a fuss over that."

{I don't really want to risk your safety master.}

"Well, with Scarlet and Bonny's training, I'll be able to fight back on my own eventually."

{That would reassure me a lot.} Dusk expressed, even though she couldn't help but be a bit skeptical.

"Well, I guess some training on my own could be fun. There's not much more to do anyway. I should have at least bought a game console or something while traveling."

{What is a… game console?}

"A little electronic thing humans use to play virtual games. It helps pass the time and it can be very fun."

{Oh. Could I… try it if you ever get one?}

"Of course Dusk, if you know how to use it."

{You can teach me.}

"That too. Well, have a good bath then." Max wished before leaving her.

{Thanks. Later master.}

Not really knowing where to train, Max wandered in the woods for a moment before he came across Aurora who was walking towards him from his left.

"Hehe, for a big forest, we sure stumble into each other a lot around here."

{…We don't really go far away. We all stay within a couple of meters radius so you don't get lost.} Aurora replied haughtily.

"Thanks for caring for me."

{I-I don't.} She protested while looking away with a faint blush. {It's just that it will be a pain in the rear to look for your lost sorry ass all over the forest.}

"Agree. After all, you're a busy lucario."

{…What's that supposed to mean?} Aurora demanded, a bit upset by his words.

"N-nothing. I… just wanted to tease you a bit too since, well… you pretty much do the same." Max told, understanding that they maybe weren't there yet with their relationship.

{I'm not… teasing you, I'm just stating facts.}

"…Sorry."

{Whatever. Anyway, what were you about to do?}

"Why are you asking?"

{Oh, a lucario can't be curious now?} She replied a bit angrily.

"Of course, you can. Geez Aurora, you don't have to get that defensive at every word I say."

{Hmpf.} she huffed, looking away again.

"Well, if you really wanted to know, I was thinking about training on my own for a while, but I don't really know where to."

{… Anywhere is a good place, no?}

"Well, I like having some space, you know."

{Nonsense. This place is perfect.}

"This place? You mean…"

{I mean this place where we are.} Aurora told, getting in a fighting position.

"Whoa whoa, calm down Aurora, I said I was sorry." Max apologized again while taking a step back.

{Don't be ridiculous. You said you wanted to train, so why not with me?}

"With you?"

{A problem with training with me instead of that perverted lopunny?}

"She's not… I mean, yeah, she's pretty much a pervert… but that's not the question. Are you sure about this?"

{You can say right away that you don't want to train with me.} She angrily accused.

"No no, that's not it."

{What's the problem then?}

"It's just… do you really want to train with someone as weak as me? I mean that Bonny or the others could a better challenge for you."

{Who said I wanted a challenge?}

"Why do you want to help me then?"

{Because if I'm stuck with you, I want to at least be with a strong trainer.}

"Strong enough to beat a pokemon?" Max slightly quipped.

{Strong enough to at least have a chance to survive.}

"… You girls sure like to hit me, do you?"

{Shut up and get ready.}

"… All right. If I must die today." Max complied after sighing while getting in a fighting position.

{Come on now, it's not like I would go full power at you.}

"Thanks." Max replied sarcastically.

{Here I come then.} Aurora told before launching herself at Max.

After getting on guard, Max blocked an incoming lateral kick From Aurora. Judging by the force of the impact, she was indeed going easy on him so as not to break anything this time. Then, even though the impact made him move a bit, it wasn't strong enough to make him lose his balance, so Aurora chained with another lateral kick but on the other side. Moving his arms the other way, Max expected to be able to block it but fell to the ground after feeling it hit both of his ankles.

"… Ouch…" Max lowly mumbled when on his back, more or less serious. "Feinting before going for a sweep? Nice one."

{Already on the ground? You put up more of a fight at the dojo.}

"Yeah well, you know. Some days you feel it, and others you don't." Max shared while standing up, making excuses.

{… If you say so.} Aurora replied, getting ready again.

"All right, my turn this time."

Not being serious himself, Max only goes for a simple tackle. Then, as Max was about to grab her, he felt one of his arms being grabbed before seeing the world upside-down and landing on his back more roughly.

"Ow." Max growled a bit, now really feeling pain.

{You know you can be serious with me. I'm a steel type remember? I'm pretty tough to physical harm.}

"I am, but I guess you're just too strong." Max half lied.

{Are you really trying to make me swallow that bullshit? You were way better the last time we fought. Are you underestimating me again?} She retorted, getting upset.

"Of course not, not after I saw what you're capable of."

{Then what's the matter?}

"I told you, some days-"

{I'm not buying it. Something's fishy here.}

"I don't know what you're talking about." Max lied.

{…Your posture is different, same for your speed. It's like… I'm not fighting the same person.} Aurora pointed out, looking at him suspiciously.

"Well…"

{…I had my suspicions, but now I'm getting more and more convinced that you cheated in that fight.}

"…"

{…I knew it!} Aurora blurted, knowing what his silence was meaning.

'"*sigh* I didn't cheat, but you indeed fought someone else."

{How?}

"Scarlet possessed me. Since she's quite good at combat, she efficiently used my body with her combat skill to beat you."

{I knew it. I knew that a human couldn't be that strong without training.} Aurora bawled, upset.

"…Sorry. But I really-"

{Yeah yeah, you really want to help me, I get it.}

"It also allowed us to be together."

{Hmpf, you say it like it was a good thing.} She replied with a faint blush.

"It's not?"

{Not at all.}

"…All right." Max retorted, faking being a bit sad.

{…But I do appreciate your honesty, which is…} Aurora started, struggling to continue after calming down.

"Is?"

{…It… was rather nice. There, I said it and I will never do it again.}

"I don't like to lie, and so do you, so there was no point in that."

{…I suppose.}

"…You must hate me now, right?"

{I don't hate you, but just dislike you. If it can reassure you, however, it didn't change anything between us.}

"…Thanks."

{I just hope it was the last thing you hide from me.}

"Yeah, pretty much. Wait, that's not true."

{Huh?}

"Do you have a memory of master Setsui having a mega evolution stone?"

{Not as I recall. Why?}

"Well, before leaving, he gave me a lucarionite that we can use."

{A lucarionite?}

"A stone that could allow you to mega evolve."

{Mega evolve?}

"It's a better version of-"

{I know what a mega evolution is. I just can't believe he never told me.} Aurora started to bawl.

"Given the situation and your state of mind, maybe he thought that it wasn't wise to talk to you about it."

{And why is that?}

"Because he probably guessed that you would have coveted it a bit too much for your own good."

{A stone that makes you stronger, who wouldn't want that?} Aurora retorted, a bit upset while crossing her arms.

"Do you even know how mega evolution works?"

{Of course. You grab it and think very hard about mega evolving, and there, you're stronger.}

At hearing that, Max couldn't help but to shake his head a bit desperately while sighing.

{What?}

"I guess I have to tell you how it really works."

{That wasn't it?}

"No, not at all. In order to mega evolve, a pokemon and his or her trainer must have a really deep bond and trust each other with their life."

{A bond? Are you saying that I must mate with you in order to mega evolve like your lopunny?}

"Her name is Bonny you know."

{Rha… like Bonny then.} She angrily corrected.

"And no, you don't have to. Just being good friends and caring for each other would be enough."

{… So let me get this straight; for me to mega evolve, we have to be the best friend of all time? Great, just great. Just when I thought I could get stronger.}

"And why couldn't you?"

{Because there is no way you'll… 'I' will never like you enough for that.}

"…You will never like me enough for that?" Max repeated, almost raising an eyebrow.

{Yes, that's what I said. Problem with that?}

"Well, more or less. I mean that without a good friendship, mega evolution will be very tough, if not impossible."

{*Hmpf* If you weren't that annoying, maybe it could have been different.}

"So if I was to be less annoying, we could be friends?"

{… That's possible, but since you really get on my nerves, not gonna happen.}

"Any tip on trying to be less annoying?"

{…Well… you could…} Aurora started, searching for her words.

"Yes?"

{You could… hem… like be less all smoochy all the time with the others.}

"Is that really bothering you?"

{It's quite annoying.}

"I see. I have a question though."

{Hmm?}

"How can this bother you if you're not around me most of the time, if not all the time."

{What kind of question is that?}

"A question that you need to answer for me to be less annoying."

{Well… I'm not answering that. It just is, okay.}

"… Are you perhaps, jealous?"

{Me? Jealous? Of what exactly?}

"I don't know, maybe the attention I give to the others instead of you?"

{Bullshit. I couldn't care less about what you do with the others or me.}

"Then why does it bother you?"

{Because… be… s-shut up.} Aurora ordered angrily, looking away in embarrassment.

Seeing that she had stumbled over her own feet, Max saw no reason to press it further, even though it was amusing him a bit.

"All right. I promise nothing, but I'll try my best to keep it down when you're around. Deal?"

{Whatever.}

"Something else?"

{… Well… for someone that says that he cares for me, you sure don't take a lot of news from me.}

"News? What do you mean?"

{I mean that you know I stay away for a long period of time, but you never really asked if I was okay or if everything went well when you see me.}

"… Would you even answer me?"

{Of course, I would, I'm not an animal.}

"All right, if you really want me to care more about you…"

{I-it's not that I care or anything, it's just that it would at least prove that you indeed care for me and don't tell lies.}

"Noted. Anything else?"

{… N-no, not really.} She lowly confirmed.

"Okay. So in short, you want me to care more about you without being too friendly?"

{N-no, that's not what… Gha, just… forget it okay.} She replied before leaving.

"Wait! What about our training session?"

{It's over.}

"… Okay. Be careful then."

While walking, Aurora briefly looked over her head with an unfazed face before looking forwards.

"That lucario is quite the mystery." Max mumbled, rubbing the back of his head. "Well, let's see if Bonny is available for some training. I just hope it won't end up being more than that. Not that I don't like it, but hips muscles aren't the only thing I want to train." he continued while walking.

For a moment, Max kept walking through the forest until he began to hear noises in the distance. By the sound of it, it was like two pokemon were fighting.

(Must be them.) Max thought, walking towards the noises provenance.

Like I guessed, he came across Bonny and May who were sparring together. However, they seemed to be going pretty rough as missed shots were giving quite the impact on their surroundings.

"Hope you girls don't plan on deforesting the area." Max jested when they were only staring at each other.

{Oh, hi there, master. I guess we do go quite all out.} Bonny agreed while getting on a normal stance.

{Actually, we were going quite easy compared to a wild pokemon fight.} May corrected, doing the same.

"How bad can it get?" Max asked, a bit curious.

{To the death of one of them sometimes.}

"… Wow."

{But it doesn't happen as often as you may think. Since every pokemon has lethal potential, we think twice before engaging in a fight. Unfortunately, every species has its idiots.}

"Yeah. Good thing stupidity isn't contagious."

{Indeed. Otherwise, the others and I would already have been infected by yours.} Bonny teased.

"Fuck you."

{Is that a proposition?} Bonny inquired seductively.

"Tempting, but no. I was actually looking for you for sparring."

{Sparring, huh? Hmm, almost as good.}

{Can I watch?} May asked.

"Of course. You can even participate if you want when Bonny will be tired."

{Ha! The only time you can tire me out is when we mate, and it's when I'm doing all the work.} Bonny shot.

"Says the lopunny that wants her rear rammed every time."

{Hehe, guilty.}

After getting in position, both Max and Bonny began to train together with May watching them while sitting a bit further. Like usual, the sparring was consisting of punches and kicks trades while including wrestling and soft projections. When the night was starting to fall, Bonny was sitting on Max's chest which was moving quite fast due to panting a lot. Bonny, on the other hand, was slightly panting with a satisfied grin on her face.

{You're getting a bit better… master.}

"Thanks… but I know… you're just… mocking me." Max replied hardly.

{No I don't master. I legitimately think… that you have improved a bit.}

"It must… be so easy… for you to say… when you're looking… at me from where you are."

{I must admit that I do, but wasn't it you that said that strength wasn't that important?}

"I wonder… if you would stay… that optimistic… if we switched place."

{Wanna try?} She told seductively.

"What?"

While wondering what she could mean, Bonny grabbed him and flipped him over, making him the one on top now.

{Better?} Bonny asked while trying to look defenseless as much as possible.

"Not very fair since I didn't really win."

{Trivial details.}

"… You, sometimes," Max commented, shaking his head in desperation.

{So? What are gonna do now that you're in a position of power? Are you gonna eat me?} She inquired cutely while looking innocent.

"You would like that, wouldn't you?"

{Whether I would like it or not, I can't do anything in that position.} She seductively informed.

"Of course, you can't," Max replied sarcastically before kissing her.

What was supposed to be a gentle kiss quickly turned into a passionate one with Bonny pulling him with her arms behind his head. After she shoved her tongue inside his mouth, she keeps gently making out with him until he broke it.

"Sorry sexy girl, but I'm afraid I'll pass this time."

{Aww… why?} Bonny whined.

"Well, for starters, we have a young girl watching us." Max told before he and she looked at May, who was rather eager to see more. "And… I'm getting a bit tired. I think I had enough fun for today." he finished, making Bonny heavily sigh.

{… Fine.} Bonny complied before dropping her arms on the ground a bit angrily.

"Don't be like that Bonny, I'm sure I'll be fresh and vigorous tomorrow."

{You better be and I'm gonna be the first one.}

"Sure thing sexy, you're gonna be my priority tomorrow. For now, I'm just really feeling like having a good rest."

{All right. I guess we can't always have what we want.} She conceded, still a bit upset.

"Sorry." Max apologized while standing up.

{No big deal. It's not like I didn't have some today anyway.} Bonny reassured before being helped by Max to stand up as well.

"Well, if you went easier on me, maybe I would have some energy left."

{Ha, typical you; accusing others of your own problems.} Bonny joked.

"What are you saying? Everything is your fault." Max accused before going towards May.

{Sure it is.} Bonny sarcastically conceded before lightly slapping his butt with one of her ears.

After grabbing May in his arms, all three of them headed towards where Dusk had made a campfire. When there, they saw her all by herself in front of the already ignited campfire.

"You're all alone?" Max asked while putting down his mawile.

{Not really.} Dusk replied before pointing at the top of the closest tree.

Raising his head, he saw Luna lying on a branch like always and waving at him.

"That black fur of yours must be useful in the dark."

{It gives me an advantage, yes.} She simply responded while staring at the fire.

"That and your ability to take any form you want."

{That too.}

"So? How the practice has been going?" Max asked Dusk when sitting next to her.

{It was okay. I still need more training but I'm starting to get a bit better.}

"Nice. What about you, Luna? How was your day?"

{Pretty nice too. Chilling here and there.}

"Great. Nice to see that everyone is going well."

Just as he finished his sentence, Max felt a rather cold breeze hitting him.

"Brrrh! Looks like it's gonna be a cold night." Max expressed, crossing his arms.

{You have nothing to fear with me, master.} Bonny reassured him before hugging his side, making him already feel warmer.

"Thanks Bonny. You're really a life-saver." Max praised, petting the soft lopunny's fur.

{Me too master.} Dusk intervened, doing the same on the other side.

"Of course, thanks to you too." Max replied, petting Dusk.

{And don't forget about me.} May followed while sitting between his legs.

"Never sweetie." He assured, doing the same with his mawile.

{It's really heartwarming to see how well you're surrounded little pup.} Luna commented.

"Yeah. My team is my biggest pride."

{Just be sure to enjoy it as much as possible because you never know what might happen.}

"I will, but what do you mean?"

{… No one is forever sheltered from tragedy. The best we can do is to enjoy the good moments while they last.} Luna told, slightly in sorrow.

Max was wondering what the meaning behind her sayings was, but starting to know her, she probably won't say anything anyway, yet.

"… Good advice, thanks."

{No problem.}

{… So master? I don't like to be the one to complain, but how far away are we still from our next destination.}

"Let me check." Max responded, taking his pokedex and doing some research. "…All right, Corsocoast is still roughly a week away from here, but we are just a few days away from the next town."

{Okay. Thanks.}

"I just hope there will be a tent seller or something there. Not that I don't enjoy your company girls, but something over my head sure is nicer."

{It's how humans are used to sleeping, so it's very understandable.} Bonny commented.

"You don't like it?"

{Pokemon grow by sleeping outside, but I must admit that it's the best for intimacy. Personally, to me, it doesn't make much of a difference if inside or outside, as long as I'm with you.} Bonny shared, tightening her hug.

"How touchy." Max replied with a sarcastic tone even though he was serious.

{Hihi.}

For a while, they stayed there, enjoying the fire while doing some talking until the sky was completely dark, getting quite late.

{Nonsense! I'm telling you that a jolteon would feel better than a flareon.} Bonny said who was arguing with May.

{How could an electric-type feel better than a fire-type?} May retorted.

{Easy. All the electrical sparks would directly go through the most sensitive part of him, increasing his pleasure to no end.}

{Heat would be better than that.}

{Let's ask the expert then. Master, which one would be better?}

"How come the conversation took that turn?" Max inquired, a bit desperately.

{That's the consequence of talking about your mating history, little pup.} Luna pointed out, still in the tree with a grin.

"You're the ones that started asking me about it."

{No excuses. Now answer, master.} Bonny urged, making Max sigh.

"…Well, since I only have experience with a fire-type…" Max started while looking at Dusk. "I have to go with fire-type."

{Told you.} May replied with a satisfied grin.

{Pfff, he only says that because he never went with an electric-type, that's all.} Bonny pouted.

"It's true, I never been, so I can hardly compare them."

{See?} Bonny retorted.

{If you say so.} May answered back, not really caring.

{I do.}

"You don't have to turn everything into a competition, Bonny."

{It's not about competition, it's about proving that I am right.} Bonny told, slightly upset.

"Okay pretty girl, you're right and we are all wrong, happy?" Max teased.

{No.} the lopunny protested .

"Haha, come on sexy girl, I'm just teasing you." Max informed while pulling her into a stronger hug for a few seconds.

{Ghra.} She growled a bit angrily.

Then, as they were laughing a bit, Max felt a water drop landing on his nose.

"What is that?" Max pondered after rubbing his nose.

{What is what?} Bonny asked before Max felt another drop on his head.

"…Shit. I think we're about to get it."

{What are you…}

Before she could finish, one water drop fell on one of her eyes.

{Oh. Well shit.} Bonny cursed.

Quickly, more drops started to fall but still at a low rate.

"… Well, I guess we're sleeping in the rain tonight." Max commented, not amused.

{Like hell I would allow that.} Bonny told before shielding Max and May with her huge ears.

"Thanks, but what about you?"

{Don't mind me. Pokemon are pretty tough. Besides, we will be protected by most of the rain under that tree.}

"It won't be perfect."

{Doesn't matter.}

"Well it does to me."

{And what can you do about it anyway?}

"I…" Max started, unable to answer.

{… M-maybe I can help.} Dusk proposed, sounding a bit unconfident.

"Really? How?" Max inquired, a bit eager to know more.

{W-well, if I do like Scarlet taught me, maybe it will be enough.}

At that, Dusk took her wand and raised it above her, and made a barely visible barrier above everyone's head, shielding them completely from the weather.

"Wow Dusk, that's amazing." Max praised. "But it must be exhausting."

{Don't worry. Thanks to my training, I can hold it for a pretty long time.} She reassured, more or less focusing on her task.

"For the entire night?"

{I'll hold it as long as the rain goes, but if I must do it all night, I will.}

"Come on Dusk, I-"

{Please master, I really don't want you to get sick again. I heard that the sicker you get, the worse it can get.}

Again, Max was in front of a dilemma. He didn't want her to tire herself out too much for him, but she was putting all of her heart in it just for him.

{You should let her do it, little pup.} Luna told.

Mysteriously, Luna seemed to have sensed Max's distress about what to do.

"But…"

{Telling her that it might be too hard isn't really encouraging, you know.}

"Maybe, but…"

{Sometimes, you have to let others do things for you.}

{We constantly say that to him.} Bonny commented.

"I don't want it to look like I'm profiting off of her or something. I don't know, it's just… I don't like seeing others do hard or laborious things for me."

{And why is that?} Luna asked.

"I… don't really know. Maybe because I don't deserve it… or, something."

{I see.} Luna replied, looking at him as if she was scanning him. {Anyway, I don't think it's negotiable.}

{She's right, master. Even if you were to say no, I would do it again as soon as you fall asleep.}

"Haha. Violent honesty I see." Max replied, unable to contain a laugh at Dusk's bluntness. "All right. I think I now realize how stubborn you all are. Maybe Aurora influenced all of you."

{Or inspired us.} Bonny corrected, strongly hugging him again.

"Maybe, but what about you Luna? Don't you want to get protected from the rain too?"

{As tempting as it is to get all personal with you, I already have another alternative.}

"Really?"

{The center of a tree is highly protected by the leaves and branches, so I'm almost fully protecting myself over there.}

"Oh. Okay then."

{Don't be sad, little pup, surely one day you would be able to feel my soft fur against you.} Luna teased.

"W-what?" Max replied embarrassingly.

{Well, I think you should get some sleep now. The sooner you get your rest, the sooner your braixen will be able to take a break.}

"Are you still sure about this Dusk? You know I could just take some spare clothes or anything to cover myself."

{I'm okay, master. It's not as hard as it may look.}

After struggling again for a moment, Max finally decided that despite his reluctance, he had to let his team do what they think its best.

"… All right, you win, but I want you to wake me up and tell me if it becomes too hard, okay?"

{Sure master.}

"Good. What about you Luna, you said we should go to sleep, so does that mean that you won't?"

{I will indeed not go to sleep yet. I'm the nocturnal type, so I mostly sleep during the day.}

"Make sense for a dark-type werewolf pokemon."

{You can see me as your watcher for the night.}

"Nice. Having a night owl could really be helpful."

{I think so too. Now please little pup, close that cute mouth and eyes of yours and go to sleep.}

"All right all right. Geez, you really sound like a mother." Max jested before laying his head against the tree and closing his eyes.

{… Maybe.} Luna mumbled.

Looking at them for a moment, Luna saw Bonny proposing one of her ears as a pillow so he didn't have his head against the bark of the tree. When they were all still and ready to sleep, Luna left her current position to go to the said middle of the tree where almost no rain drops were getting through. Even though she was mostly relying on her nose to be aware of eventual threats, she knew that it was rather ineffective in the rain and had to go with her own eyes. Not that she disliked it, but for her, it was less effective. Also, it means that she would have to get wet from time to time, which was something she didn't like. Before the rain, however, she didn't smell anything threatening within a few miles radius, so she could enjoy some relaxation for a little while. After maybe half an hour later, Max's pokemon were all asleep except Dusk and him since it wasn't a very comfortable position. Then, he heard in the distance some bushes rustling. Looking up, he saw Aurora, soaking wet and almost looking miserable. For a moment, she stayed under the rain while hardly looking at Max with one paw over one shoulder, not looking confident. Without saying anything, Max knew what she wanted and only motioned her to sit to them, under Dusk's protective shield. With a slightly pride-broken face, Aurora slowly moved towards them and sat next to Dusk with her back against the tree, closing her eyes a second later. For a short moment, Max and Dusk looked at each other with smiles before Max went back to trying to get some sleep.

A few hours later, the rain was still falling in the darkness of the night with Dusk still holding the barrier. However, tiredness and sleepiness were starting to get into her as she was having more and more trouble focusing. The barrier had gotten thinner and was threatening to break at any time. Dusk was sweating and had a headache since a moment ago that was getting stronger over time. Half an hour later and still in the middle of the night, she was using the last bit of power she had.

{I'm… sorry… master.} She muttered while holding her wand with two paws.

Then, a few seconds later, the last bit of strength left her, and let her two paws fall on the ground, breaking the barrier along the way. As she was preparing herself to face Max's wrath, she quickly noticed that not a single drop of water had touched her yet.

{Did the rain… stop?} Dusk wondered while raising her head, panting.

Unfortunately, the rain was still falling rather heavily but was still not touching them. She then noticed another barrier above them that was slightly less transparent than her own barrier.

{Who's… there?}

Weakly looking around, she finally spotted a familiar red and white pokemon's head with a raised hand popping out of a further tree.

{Scar… let?}

[…You did well Dusk, but you should rest now. I'll take it from here.]

[What… is going on Scarlet? Why are you gone?]

[…I don't deserve to be at master's side right now. What I did… is unforgivable.] She replied a bit sadly.

[I'm sure master has already forgiven you.]

[…Maybe. Sorry Dusk, but I'm not ready yet.]

[I'm sure that if-]

[Please Dusk, just forget what you've seen okay?]

[How can I? Master is sad without you.]

[…Sorry Dusk, but you leave me no choice.]

[What are you-]

Instantly, Scarlet vanished to reappear an inch away in front of Dusk to look at her straight in the eyes.

[Please Dusk, continue to keep master safe with the others.]

Immediately after, Scarlet used Hypnosis with her eyes starting to glow in pink before Dusk did the same, forcing her to fall into a deep slumber. Using her powers, she gently dropped her next to Max.

{…Be safe, all of you.} She mumbled.

Feeling watched, Scarlet then raised her head and saw Luna looking at her from the top of her tree. Suspiciously and almost hatefully, she glared at her a moment before teleporting away. Luna then noticed that the barrier was still there, meaning that she wasn't very far away.

(That gardevoir sure is something,) Luna thought before going back to rain-proof zone.

Maybe at the middle of the night, the rain had stopped and Luna used that opportunity to make some scouting in the surroundings. When a couple of meters away from Max and Bonny, she got a whiff of a smell that she knew.

{Now that the rain had stopped, I thought that you would leave,} Luna told to no one in particular when on the ground and surrounded by trees.

Nearby Luna, Scarlet floated away from behind a tree before leaning against it in plain sight of Luna with crossed arms.

{I go wherever I want and do whatever I want, understood?} Scarlet blurted.

{Did you only come here to tell me that?} Luna replied, facing her with her paws on her hips.

{More or less. Now that you're in my master's team, I decided that some warning was necessary.}

{Warning?} Luna repeated with a faint grin.

{Precisely. Let's start by saying that I don't like you one bit and I probably never will.}

{… Okay.} Luna retorted, not caring at all.

{But you did save master's life and mine, so that's why I'm letting you in the team if it's master's wish.}

{Very nice of you.}

{However…} she started, glaring menacingly at Luna. {You ever do anything hurtful or just wrong to him, you can be sure that I'll make you join the pile of corpses you know where. I hope I made myself clear.}

{Crystal clear.} Luna responded nonchalantly.

{And you better drop the attitude. You may be a dark type, but it won't prevent me from choking you with your own guts if you try anything,} Scarlet threatened.

{It's not attitude, I'm just not scared at all because you're no threat to me. Why you may ask? Easy. I want the same thing as you; the safety of that human. I'm not scared because you never will have a reason to be mad at me.}

{… Hmpf. We'll see about that. Just keep in mind that I'll be keeping an eye on you.}

{Sure thing,} Luna retorted with a smile.

After angrily growling, Scarlet teleported away, finally leaving Luna alone.

{Yep, she's quite something,} Luna mumbled before resuming her scouting.