Chapter Two.

Shaing Stories

POV:Third

Spinda's Cafe

A week had passed since he arrived and things have been somewhat good for him, he had a job at this new cafe that had opened recently which was good for him. He was staying with Shin at his little boathouse, but in return, he had to help him out with the supplies he would bring in not that it was a bad thing. Currently, he was cleaning up one of the tables like he normally does until he heard an oh-so-familiar voice.

"Charles?"Pyra said, waving to get his attention.

Charles stopped cleaning the current table he was on to see the Charmeleon waving and walking towards him with the following Absol right behind, cracking a smile as the two approached, "Pyra, didn't expect to see you here."

The Charmeleon happily took a seat at the table he was cleaning."Well, this place had opened earlier the day we met, but I had an escort mission to do so I couldn't go check it out."

Charles nodded sympathetically as he had been in the same situation a few times where he couldn't do the things he wanted due to other commitments."Yeah, I had something similar happen to me a few times."

All while this was happening the Absol just eyed him unervely like knew who he was, it made him scared if he were to be completely honest. The Absol then would speak to him in a somewhat threatening tone, "Quilava if you cause any trouble here expect me to pay you a visit and not the Magnemite."

Pyra shot a look of disappointment at her teammate," Victus enough with that, not every newcomer is going to end up being a Junior only This caused the Absol to scoff and walk off leaving the two alone for the time being having the Charmeleon turned her attention back towards Charles.

"Sorry about that he's been on edge about Pokemon new arriving in town. "Pyra said apologetically for her teammates' actions.

Charles only gave her a reassuring look seeing that to him it wasn't that big of a deal to fret over, "No no, it's fine, you don't need to apologize for him." he continued, "I'm used to it by now."

This sparked the Charmelons interest," How so?" She asked

Charles let out a sigh before explaining." it's just that fre types lately hage been getting a bad rap lately due to an Outlaw causing commotion, with no one being able to identify him as the guy wearing a cloak though rumor has its a fire type ."

Of course, he was talking about himself and calling himself an Outlaw hurt, he was far from it, but he had to say it to make it seem legit.

This wasn't unheard to Pyra after all Pokemon did get harassed for their species or type especially if an outlaw had been causing trouble in the area, so she gave a sympathetic nod."Still, no one should ever be used to getting harassed, if anything you should prove them wrong, and show them their ignorance isn't justified."She added.

This gave Charles something to think about, could he disprove the current stigma about him? It was a gamble due to everything he's done to get that image in the first place, but maybe there was hope, he'll definitely consider it down the road, but it won't be granted that it works for him.

Charles smiled at that, "Thanks for the advice Pyra."

The Chameleon was glad to help him, after all, she was an explorer, it was her job to help Pokemon in need plus he seemed like a nice guy," No problem I'm just glad I can help."

The pair would continue to talk with Pyra going about her team's exploits and adventures, it did intrigue him and held his attention. After all, Charles never knew any explorers or really cared about their stories, but Pyra was different in the sense that for how outlandish it may seem it was actually true compared to most stories he's heard.

All the while Victus just stared from the bar seemingly eying the two of them regardless of what his leader had said he still felt uneasy about Charles, especially with all the news about a supposed vigilante running around killing Outlaws, getting into confrontations with explorers, and then all of sudden disappearing this all seemed too perfect with Charles arriving here.

Victus frowned thinking it over as there was always a chance that Charles was just an innocent Pokemon who just happened to drop in as countless others had done before. The Absol sighed in annoyance he'll definitely have to do some digging on his own time without his leader nor Zeus finding out of course the last thing anyone needed was a pissed-off Luxray and Charmelom. Victus soon would get the attention of Spinda if the disaster pokemon was going to start looking into this he needed to start here. "Hey, Spinda I need to ask you some things about your new employee Charles,"

The Cafe owner pokemon looked confused wondering why Victus even asked, "Charles? What about him?" Spinda asked thus prompting the long list of questions the Absol that seemingly going tp o keep him busy for quite a bit

Shifting back to the duo of Charles and Pyra they both would be laughing as Pyra had just finished her a story about ow she accidentally set off a bunch of blast seed blasts getting slung into a tree and nearly burning down a forest as a result,

"Y-You can't be….serious… right? The whole forest you gotta be yanking my leg here? Someone as nice as you?" Charles question laughing between smacking the table he found it hard to be someone like Pyra of all Pokemon could accidentally commit mass Arson by not knowing what a blasts seeds of all things do hell it was in the name as a clue for what it does.

Pyra sheepishly grinned rubbing the back of her, "Sadly I'm not and I will admit its not one of my proudest moments as I nearly gave Zeus a heart attack got lectured by Victus and punished by the guild."

The two continued their shared laughter before setting down Charles was kinda glad he was able laugh like this he hadn't been able to in quite awhile even with hanging out with Shin. Maybe it waas likely being somewhat at peace without any worry of getting caught or needing to stay low. Though this feeling would not be for long as Pyra has questions of her own.

"Say Charles before you came here to treasure town what did you do? You must have some fun stories…" Pyra asked curious about what Quilava had to say as like her he must of had some stories to tell

Charles just mentally frowned just knowing he had to straight-up lie, "Well to be honest I was kinda just a wander truthfully going from town to town occasionally doing some odd jobs to earn poke with no real good stories. It's nothing special when compared to being explorer-like you Pyra…"

The Charmeleon just felt unsatisfied by that answer taking for it was although she couldn't help, and crack a smile "Well maybe you can create some now that you're here!"

Charles simply laughed, "Maybe though I don't plan on it."

Eventually, Victus came back to the table after finishing his conversation with Spinda telling Pyra he was ready to head out leaving Charmelon disappointed. She at least wanted to continue her conversation with Charles, but she knew he'd be here so it wasn't a total loss. Before she left she had this to say

"Say Charles What time do you get off work?"Pyra Asked

Quilava looked confused answering, "Around six clock why?"

"Maybe we could hang out later? If you got nothing planned of course, " Pyra then followed up while Victus just narrowed his eyes seemingly protective of his leader naturally and it's seemed his conversation with Spinda hadn't eased his feelings about the Quilava

"Oh of course after work I really got nothing else to do so I'm down," Charles answered carefully eying the Absol while he answered

"Great see you later!" Pyra Beamed before exiting the cafe while Victus in tow though the Absol mouthed another warning of sorts.

This just left the Quilava to god back to his work

AN

This story isn't dead just been on the backburner for the past three years though hopefully With this chapter I can get back on track with this as I definitely like writing this. Anyways be sure to review and follow

-Falcon