[POV: Nova]

[What exactly is your end game?]

{Your success.}

She awoke with a start. Breathing hard, she looked around the room. Not feeling the normal warmth of Kage sleeping next to her, she was confused as to why. However, with a quiet 'oh,' she gazed into the dark room. She saw Wolfe, Lura, and Cordina sleeping soundly on the bed. She tried to slowly stand, but stopped herself upon feeling a couple of fluff balls move around her form. She stopped moving so as not to wake the kits that had decided to sleep next to her.

She couldn't help but smile down to them as their sides slowly rose and fell, but with a sad sigh she looked away. She had stayed the whole day here, and fell asleep after playing with the kits. She couldn't help but think of all the things she will be missing out on in life, but she had grown used to the idea that it just wasn't meant to be.

Looking around the room again, she thought jokingly, Stupid underground base, how do they tell time down here? Then she looked back to the kits again. With another sigh, she leaned back down to whisper into Keaira's ear, who happened to be sleeping the closest. "Shh, breathe, in and out," she repeated, until Keaira's breathing had matched her words. With a smile she leaned a little closer. "Shh, stand and move to your brother please," she spoke quietly. She watched as Keaira groggily stood, and, with a few sways, slowly walked over to her brother before snuggling into his side and falling asleep again. With another sigh she stood carefully before jumping off the comfy chair and onto the hard stone floor.

Leaving the room ever so quietly, she gave a victorious sigh once outside in the lit hall. Looking to her right, she saw hers and Kage's room. Walking over, she was about to enter but stopped when she saw a large group of people walking and talking down the main hall, with Via being among them. Looking back and forth from her room and the hall of people, she decided she had gotten enough sleep and walked over to the hall.

Once at the hall entry she looked down to the left to see Duke leading a group of humans and pokemon down the hall and into a room. After Duke had entered, she began walking down the hall as well. Once outside the door, she noticed it was just a basic wooden door that was cracked open.

She looked left and right down both sides of the hall to see if anyone was watching her, only to see no one. She lightly pushed the door open before slipping into the dark room and putting the door back to its original position. Looking around the room, which was cone shaped, she saw that Duke and a random soldier were standing at the bottom next to a large table, as well as the side being almost like benches that wrapped along the sides of the cone. Doing a quick scan of the people, she found Via on the other side of the room near the top of all the rows of benches.

Walking around the circular room while watching the center, she watched as the soldier was given a scenario, where he had five hundred troops and was tasked to defend a village from an enemy force with unknown numbers, only to fail miserably. By the time he was done getting embarrassed at his obvious lack of experience in the art of giving commands, I had gotten right behind where Via was sitting. She sat down next to her, causing the espeon to jump at her sudden appearance. As the espeon glanced over her shoulder, she noticed Via's eyes widen at her presence.

"What are you doing here!" Via quietly yelled to her. Looking at her, she could see her obvious worry.

"What? Am I not allowed to be here?" she asked while looking back to the center, to see another soldier step up to the table, who was given the same scenario.

"No! This is a private room for people with potential talent in strategy!" Via whispered with a yell while leaning closer.

"Don't worry, I won't make a scene," she said as the new soldier failed as well. With an inward sigh, Via looked back to the middle again as well.

"Yes you will," Via foretold, but continued to watch. One by one, all the soldiers took their place next to the table, and only after a few would Duke change the scenario.

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. It works. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Finally Duke seemed to be getting annoyed at his soldiers' lack of expertise. "You have got to be kidding me?" he started. "ONE! One of you passed… and barely. He lost 80% of his force. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!" Duke yelled to his troops.

"YES SIR!" they yelled back in obedience. With an angry huff, Sir. Dick looked up to where Via was sitting before his face dropped. He looked at the one next to her angrily.

"And why are you here? This is a War Room! I know you probably don't know what that is, but… it is NOT a place for visitors," Duke said angrily while glaring at her. She only laughed at his remark.

"Right~, I~ don't belong here," she said while adding inflections with a shake of her head. "You were right though," she said quietly to Via next to her, who stifled a laugh.

"ENOUGH!" the absol yelled. "I will not be belittled by a civilian who thinks she is better at something she knows nothing about," he continued bitterly.

Nova stood up with a crack of her neck. "Fine, give me a scenario then," she challenged, earning a few long 'o's from his people. He hesitated, before going into a thoughtful pose. She walked down slowly, as to give him time to work the small kinks in his head.

"Fine," Duke said, followed by a scowl of anger. Turning back to the table he wiped all existing pieces away. She stopped at the bottom of the tall table, only to look back to Via, who nodded and used psychic to lift her up and onto the table. "I will give you something easy then. You're in a canyon, so it's either go through your enemy, or retreat. One hundred on one hundred," Duke stated with a smirk.

"Describe my army," she asked in deep thought, as murmurs sounded around the room. As well as many asking how they didn't think of asking that.

With a chuckle and grin, Duke looked her up and down. "You have a few heavy hitters. Such as a few rampardos, gravelers, and charizards." he explained. She gave a short laugh.

"Gravelers use earthquake to loosen rocks and boulders in the canyon walls. The rampardos then headbutt the canyon walls, which should break any outlying sediment. Then the charizards use dragon rage above the enemy. Voila! Fight over, go over them. Next?" she asked while sweeping all pieces away from the field. With a surprised look, Duke sighed.

"Okay, scenario two…" Duke said, and of course she beat it in seconds. Then he gave a third, then a fourth, and then a fifth. Each one she beat in seconds or minutes, and with zero casualties. "Okay, okay…" he started with a defeated tone while looking to the ground. "What is your name?" he asked dropping most of his alpha attitude, only for it to be replaced with a vexed one.

"Nova, nice to formally meet you," she greeted with a small bow of her head, trying to act formal.

"You arrived with Wolfe and the rest, right?" Duke asked while giving a paw gesture for troop dismissal.

"That I did," she answered as the whole room started to empty, while Via made her way down slowly.

"You another of Wolfe's mates?" Duke questioned pompously. She glared at him.

"No, I am mates with Kage," she corrected with a scowl, still standing atop the table.

"Be offended if you must, but Wolfe is the type to have multiple mates, so it was a valid question," Duke justified himself with a roll of his eyes, only to earn another glare from her.

"What is your problem?" she started, before Duke stood aggressively just as Via arrived at the pair. "Does Luna not put out or something? Or are you always this big of a dick?" she glaringly asked while standing, ready to dodge anything he had to throw at her.

"I will do and act as I please. This is MY base after all." Duke took another aggressive step toward the table. Via got up in between Duke and the table while placing a paw on his chest.

"Whoa, whoa let's all just calm down. Sir, you cannot deny her gift in this department. So there is no need to feel like the way you are," Via said suggestively. "And Nova, there is no need for those kind of comments," Via remarked while looking to her. With a small intake of breath, she looked to the exit.

"Fine, I will leave the situation. Just remember Duke," she started while jumping carefully down to the stone floor as she earned his attention. "You didn't hire me," she finished while walking to the exit.

Pushing through the door, she walked into the near empty hall, and leaned against the wall, shaking with anxiety. With a grunt, "I don't know how much longer I could have kept that up," she quietly spoke to herself. She pushed away from the wall with an alarmed jump as the door to the War Room was pushed open angrily, followed by Duke walking out. Not even casting an eye in her direction, he walked away. Just as she was about to turn away and return to her room, Via walked out from the room.

"Was that really necessary? You all make him twitchy already," Via said, while trying to hold back a small smile.

"Come on, I know you want to smile," Nova returned, while adding a large smile. "But he does need to cool off. Has he always been like that?" she asked, dropping her smile.

"For the most part yes, though it did get worse when Cordina returned with child," Via explained while rubbing the side of her head. "But boy, does he have a tongue on him," Via said while nodding her head slightly, only to get a raised eyebrow in response, which caused Via to gain a confused look. Then she blushed deeply after a few seconds. "Not like that, I meant that he could talk forever about his problems," Via elucidated quickly.

"I don't really want to hear about his problems," Nova said with a nervous laugh while rubbing the back of her head.

"But anyway, it was good to see you Nova, but I must get back to work," Via said with a small bow of her head.

"Oh, it's no trouble at all. If you ever want to talk, just come and find me okay?" she asked with a smile before turning away and began walking back to the rooms of her group.

"I will keep that in mind, thank you," was all Via said before turning her back and began walking to her workplace.

Humming cheerfully, she continued walking down the hall, but decided she didn't want to go back to the room yet. That's when her stomach roared for food. Walking past the hall of friends, she walked to the mess hall to see what was for dinner… breakfast… lunch? Stopping in the hall, she turned to a few soldiers talking near the wall before walking up to them. "Excuse me, do you know what time it is?" she interrupted sweetly.

"Early afternoon," answered an emolga nicely.

"Thank you, ma'am," she replied with a short bow before continuing her walk again.

Okay, so lunch it is then, she thought. However, just as she entered the mess hall, a blue blur rushed around the corner and slammed right into her. Tumbling and turning, she laid beneath a very familiar vaporeon, who gasped upon realizing her victim.

"Just who I was looking for," she said with excitement evident on her face.

[POV: Lura]

"Why were you looking for me?" Nova asked.

Lura hesitated for a moment, wondering how she should go about asking in a polite and professional manner.

"So, you can't have children, right?" Lura asked hurriedly. Immediately, she winced at her word choice and began to blush furiously as Nova's eyes widened in shock. Lura threw up an apologetic paw, halting any words coming from out of the mouth of the stupefied eevee.

"I probably could have phrased that better," Lura blushed. Nova narrowed her eyes at the vaporeon, and nodded slowly.

"Yes, that wasn't exactly a good way to phrase it. No, I can't have kids. Why?"

Lura's blush deepened. "Well, I see how you are with Malik and Keaira… and I think that you would make a great mother. I've actually been feeling really sad recently about you not being able to be a mother…," she paused for a second to gather her words, and to get her cheeks under control, before continuing. "So, I brought this up to Aurumn just a little while ago. I thought that there was nothing that I could do to help you, or at least make you feel better. Then…," she trailed off again, staring at Nova once more.

Nova returned her gaze quizzically, tilting her head slightly as she did so. Then she brought up a paw and rolled it in a 'continue' gesture. Lura gulped, and nodded.

Okay, just get it out there Lura. You can do this, she thought to herself. Then she breathed in deeply, then out slowly.

"Just spill already!" the white eevee exclaimed impatiently.

Lura immediately began to blush again. "He brought up surrogate mothers," she squeaked out quickly. Wow, that was hard to say.

Nova's eyes widened even more, if that were possible. Then she blinked slowly as Lura waited breathlessly.

"So... are you offering to be our surrogate?" she asked, stupefied.

Lura nodded her head quickly. Nova's mouth dropped open in an 'o' shape. Then she shook herself.

"Have you spoken to Kage about this yet?"

Lura shook her head. "No, you were the first person I saw that it concerned, barring Aurumn that is. I wanted to get your opinion on it, as well as your approval, before I did anything… certain, I guess," she said.

Nova nodded. "Well… is Wolfe alright with this?"

Lura nodded her head vigorously. "Yep! Why else would he bring it up to me?"

The eevee nodded again, looking to be deep in thought. Lura found herself really hoping that she wouldn't take too long, as the stress in awaiting a response was already getting to her, if her nervously shifting tail was any indication.

Finally the eevee began to speak again, saying, "Well, I guess, if you would really be willing to do this for us… or for me rather, then I have no objections. We'll go talk to Kage later tonight and get his opinion… Lura, I really don't know why you would do this for me, but… thank you."

The vaporeon let out a sigh of relief, and smiled brightly. "Of course I'm serious! I mean, what are friends for if not to help each other?" she chirped cheerfully.

Nova giggled behind a raised paw. "Well, I don't think most friends would be willing to have a child that wouldn't be theirs, so to speak anyway. I think that's something that only you would do Lura. Most people aren't that… selfless."

Lura frowned. "I'm sure that some people would offer to do this for you," she reasoned.

Nova shook her head. "See, that's the problem. Some people would, but most would not. So, yeah, some people might, maybe like, one in 100. Kage and I… we're not as liked by the public as say Wolfe, or even you through him. So, we don't have as many friends per se."

Lura frowned again. "Well, I'm your friend!"

Nova giggled again. "Yes, you are. You're one in a million, Lura. That's probably why Wolfe fell for you as hard as he did."

Lura felt a glow of pride as Nova said that, as well as a flash of pity. But, she kept that to herself, as she knew that Nova probably wouldn't appreciate it. She shook herself, and beamed at the white eevee.

"Well, why don't we do something that friends do today? After we speak to Kage of course. I would like to get that out of the way as soon as possible, so that I'm not as anxious for the entire day," she suggested.

Nova nodded, smiling. "Well, what would you like to do then a?"

Lura sat and tapped a paw against her chin thoughtfully. "Well, first let's go find Kage. Where's he been anyway? I haven't seen him for a while."

She shrugged. "He's been around, mostly in our room. He doesn't like to be as social as some other people I might mention."

The vaporeon nodded. "Alright, then to your room!" she exclaimed, before turning tail and marching towards their sleeping wing with a sense of purpose. She heard Nova laugh behind her, before the sound of pawsteps began to trace her footsteps.

After a short trip of navigating the halls and corridors that made up the Dark Army's main base, they arrived at their sleeping wing. Lura took a moment to peek inside her room to see if Wolfe was still there, but wasn't surprised to see that he had gone, leaving Cordina and the kits still sleeping. They had fallen back asleep for a while after their conversation that morning. When they woke up, Nova was gone, and Wolfe said that he had some other business to attend to, leaving Lura to her own devices, which was when she went out in search of Nova to discuss their idea.

Backing away from their room and making her way towards the room right next to their own, Lura and Nova entered Kage's and his mate's room. She noticed immediately saw Kage, and noticed that he was looking lost in thought, staring only at the wall across from their bed.

"Hey babe, Lura had an idea!" Nova exclaimed excitedly, breaking the umbreon out of his stupor and drawing his curious gaze towards them.

"Oh? An idea about what?" he asked. Lura still couldn't shake that uneasy feeling that always filled her body as soon as she laid eyes on the red ringed umbreon.

"Well, I suppose that she can tell you," Nova chirped, flicking her tail at Lura as she jumped on the bed to cuddle with him.

Kage turned his gaze to Lura, a questioning look in his eyes. "Well?" he asked.

Lura felt her blood start to rush to her cheeks. "Well… Aurumn and I were talking this morning, in particular about our kits. I… I told him that I was feeling sorry about Nova and yours' lack of ability to have children, and how Nova was very good with them. I felt that she deserved a chance to raise her own, and that it was cruel that that chance was taken from her." She paused to gather her thoughts and to concentrate on not crying at what she was about to say next.

"I told him that I wished that there was something I could do to help… then he asked me a couple questions. He eventually told me that… he and I will never be able to have kits again, that Keaira will be our only one. Then he said that it didn't have to be my only one, and brought up… surrogate mothers. So, my idea, is that you let me be the surrogate mother for your guys' kit," she finished, cheeks a bright purple.

Kage's eyes widened, and he shot a glance at Nova, who was staring at him imploringly. He stared at her for a while, before shaking himself and frowning. "Nova, is this something that you want?" he asked.

Nova nodded vigorously. "Yes, yes it is. We both know that I will never have a child of my own, but… that doesn't mean that we can't have a child," she answered, smiling hopefully.

Kage continued to stare at her, and turned his gaze back to Lura, who was shifting from paw to paw anxiously. He blinked. "You would really do this for us?" he asked.

Lura nodded, and beamed at him. "Of course!"

The umbreon turned back to Nova. "And you're alright with this? You realize that I'll have to mate with her, right?"

Nova shrugged dismissively. "You've already had experiences with Wolfe, one of his mates won't be that big of a deal. So yes, I'm alright with this."

He blinked. "Are you sure?"

Nova nodded. "Mhmm."

"Positive?"

The little eevee began to glare at the larger umbreon. "For the last time, yes! Now make arrangements and screw her already!" she shouted.

Kage chuckled softly. "Fine, fine." He turned towards Lura. "Well… if you're alright with this, and Wolfe is as well, then I have no complaints. When would you prefer that we did this?" he asked.

Lura looked at the ceiling thoughtfully, sitting down as she did so. "Well, I suppose there's no reason to wait. Will tonight work?"

Kage nodded. "Yes, tonight will work just fine. I'm guessing that you'll be staying in their room tonight?" he asked Nova.

She shrugged. "I could, but I don't have to. Although, I do greatly enjoy playing with the kits. So, yeah. Probably."

Kage snorted once. "Alright, that's all arranged then."

Lura giggled. "Yes, I suppose." She turned to Nova. "So, on with our girls' day then? Have you eaten yet? It must be past noon, and I haven't had anything all day."

Nova beamed happily at her. "Nope, I was just about to when you ran into me. I wonder if that emolga is still around there, she looked nice. Maybe she'd like to join us."

"Well, I guess we better go find out!"

[POV: Artul]

When Artul arrived at his training room, Derrick was sitting still, as usual. The only unusual thing about it this time, was that the luxray appeared to be sleeping. The dark jolteon frowned, wondering what he should do.

Well, I suppose I can get started on my warmups, he thought. He shrugged his shoulders, and then made his way to the edge of the room so that he could run around it's perimeter. However, before he could begin running, Derrick's voice called for him to stop.

"Hold it there, Artul. Today's going to be a bit different. I've had a request come in from those higher up in the hierarchy that you have the whole day off. You've been training diligently ever since you got here, with scarcely a break, barring your little outing with that pretty espeon. So, the day is yours, do with it as you will," the old luxray told him, before silence entered the cavern again.

Artul stared at his mentor for a moment, surprised. It seemed that he was getting breaks more and more frequently as time went on. Not that he would complain, but now he needed to figure out what to do. Normally it was train, eat, and sleep. His last break, Via had stopped by and showed him around. Today however, he had to decide what to do on his own.

I guess I could go try and find Via. Or Wolfe. Or, I can go back to my room, he thought as he made his way into the main hall. He decided that he would just walk around and see if he came across anyone he knew.

As he walked down the lit hallway, he found himself hoping more and more that he would run into Via. He didn't know why exactly, but something about her made him want to be around her. He knew that he definitely enjoyed being around her, but that was all that he could definitively say about her. She was… an interesting character to say the least.

After walking in silence for a few minutes, he saw a familiar pink feline making her way down the hall in the opposite direction. Artul froze mid-step, wondering at his luck. It was almost as if something all mighty was looking out for him and making sure that his day off would go great.

However, as they drew closer and she still didn't notice him, as she appeared to be lost in deep thought, he found himself wondering what he should say, or if he should even say anything at all. He didn't want to bother her if she was busy. In the end, he decided that he would say nothing and let her carry on with her day.

When they were around three feet from eachother however, Via's gaze suddenly came back into focus as she caught sight of him. She immediately broke into a broad smile upon recognizing him, one that he returned slightly.

"Artul! Fancy meeting you here! How come you're not in training? I figured that you trained all day every day. Or did my request for you come through?" she asked him cheerfully.

Artul blinked and came to a stop in front of her. "Well, Derrick told me that a request came to him for me to have the day off completely from one of his superiors. I take it that that was you?"

She stopped as well, and nodded at him, still smiling. "Yes, that was me. Well, sort of. I made it known to Duke that training you ragged would be a total waste of time and resources, and suggested that he make a request for you to get an official break. So, my understanding is that from now on, you'll have every seventh day off from training, until you start getting assigned to missions that is. Then your training days will probably diminish to once or twice a week, depending on how active you're kept," she explained.

Artul nodded in understanding. "Well, thank you. I appreciate it," he told her with a smile. She nodded back happily. Then she frowned.

"While I would love to spend another day with you, unfortunately, I can't. It's not my off day, and I have things I need to do today. Which stinks in my opinion, as I seem to be working more than even Duke. Then again, he doesn't seem to work a whole lot, he just shouts at people." She sighed unhappily. Then her face grew a calculating look, as though a thought had just struck her. "Although, if you'd like you could still spend the day with me. There's no rule stating that I can't have a partner as I go through my work day. So, you could just stick around me and see what I do here!"

He blinked once. Then he shook his head, and thought about it for a moment. I didn't really have any other plans today, so I suppose this isn't too bad of one. He shrugged and then smiled again. "Sure," he told her.

Via beamed at him, nodding. "Sweet! Well, let's go then!" she exclaimed, before heading back the direction that Artul had come. As he followed her, Via began to speak again. "So, you missed my visit to the War Room, although you didn't miss a whole lot if I'm honest. We don't exactly have the best strategists here in the D.A. But, I suppose that can't be helped a whole lot. One thing interesting that happened was Nova. She snuck into the session, and then made a laughing stock of Duke, which seems to be happening a lot recently for some reason. Well, there are worse things to do I suppose. Anyway, next thing on the agenda today is some food. After that, I have a council with Duke and Luna, as well as a few others, then an oracle session so to speak. Basically, I try and get a glimpse of the future," she explained.

Artul nodded in understanding, forgetting that she couldn't see him. Realizing his mistake once she turned her head to stare at him curiously, he said, "Alright, got it." She smiled back at him, and then focused in front of her so as not to trip or run into anyone.

After they had eaten their food, Via led him back through the halls and corridors that made up the base, until they reached a rather fancy door, at least for the stone it was set in. Artul took this to be Duke's command room of sorts, or maybe a throne room.

Via knocked on the door loudly to get the room's occupants' attention. After a brief silence, a feminine voice spoke to them through the door. "Enter!"

Via nodded, and carefully pushed the door open and entered the room, followed closely by Artul.

Inside, Artul saw that the room was rather large, though not as large as Via's cavern, and mostly empty, barring a couple cushions at the top of a set of stairs, which Artul took to be their 'thrones', and a couple of sentries, both human. Sitting atop the 'thrones' were Duke, and an umbreon who he recognized as Luna.

Luna had a small smile on her face, while Duke was wearing a scowl. His scowl only deepened once he caught sight of Artul.

"What is he doing here?" he asked suspiciously.

Via didn't even blink. "He's only here to accompany me, nothing else," she answered smoothly, all cheerful energy gone from her voice.

Luna raised an eyebrow playfully. "Accompany you? Do you suddenly feel the need to have a more active mate?" she asked with a grin.

Artul blushed, but Via didn't seem to even hesitate. "Artul is a friend, that is all."

The jolteon wasn't sure why, but those words hurt him. Not much, but he felt a sharp sting in his chest nonetheless. He wondered if he wasn't getting attached to the pretty espeon.

Luna frowned. "Well, I'm disappointed to hear that. I've only heard minor inklings of rumors that you have a mate, though I can't say that anyone has met him."

Via dipped her head graciously. "My personal life is just that, my personal life," she said emotionlessly.

Duke shrugged, before turning his attention to Artul again. He glared. "Why is it that you and your group continuously try to annoy me? Earlier it was that eevee, now it's you. Of course, that bastard Wolfe still trumps all of you when it comes to that. How did he ever get so full of himself?" he asked, seemingly to himself.

Artul blinked at him, then shrugged. Duke sighed and rolled his eyes. "I forgot, you're the quiet one. No matter, I'll just pretend you're not here. Now then, Via. What have you learned recently?" he asked.

Via turned her attention to the absol. "I have only received hints of a few things. A great power rising in the southeast, a dangerous foe in Norovia, and as always, the ever-present threat of Memoria. Their advance army was indeed halted by our latest mission in that direction, though that wasn't the mission's intent. Regardless, why reject a good thing? I don't foresee an attack of any merit for a while now, not for some months or so. It's difficult to get an accurate measure of time."

Duke frowned. "What about smaller attacks, those lacking this merit you speak of?" he asked.

Via nodded. "Of those I see a few. The one I see in the very near future seems to come from the north, as should be expected. There is a small village, half a day's journey from Daric to the east. Then there is an attack planned at one of our supplier's locations. How the Memories got that information I do not know, but that is the attack that stands the largest chance of being effective against us. Beyond that I see little."

Luna frowned. "Which supplier is it?" she asked.

"One between here and Nor, best I can tell. It's set just inside the mountains, though I could see fields a short distance from the building itself."

Luna turned towards Duke. "That sounds like Rhoan's warehouse," she said. Duke nodded in agreement. He turned towards one of the humans.

"Go get our C and E teams on standby, have them be ready to head out on my word. C team's destination will be Rhoan's warehouse, E's will be towards an unnamed village east of Daric. Go," he ordered. The man nodded once, before hurrying out the door to go about his errands. Duke turned back to his visitors.

"Now then, what can you tell me about my personal request for you?" he asked carefully. Luna huffed and rolled her eyes, muttering mutinously, as Via dipped her head.

"As I tell you every time you ask, I see nothing of him. He's unreadable for whatever reason, no amount of you asking will change that. I will continue to try, but that will be the best I can offer," she said.

Duke scowled as Luna sighed again. She glared at him out of the corner of her eye. "I really don't know why you have such a problem with him. He's a great guy!" she exclaimed.

Duke rolled his eyes. "About as great as a tauros' ass," he stated firmly.

Luna growled darkly, which surprised Duke, Via and Artul equally. She didn't seem the type to growl. Duke and Via were further shocked when she suddenly leapt to her paws and stormed out of the room, looking furious. Duke blinked in confusion.

"What's wrong with her?" he asked no-one in particular. The remaining human sentry only shrugged. Artul was just as clueless, though obviously Via knew what was up.

The espeon sighed and rolled her eyes. "If you don't know, there's no point explaining it to you. Are we done here? I have things to attend to."

Duke nodded, and waived a paw dismissively, looking thoughtful. Via turned around and padded out the door, with Artul not far behind her.

[POV: Wolfe]

After he had split paths with Lura for the day, he decided that he would try and find Gale, to finish their discussion that they were having on top of the base the day before about her boyfriend. He didn't want to pressure her too much, but… he didn't want her getting hurt anymore either. So, if he could fix the problem, then she wouldn't get as hurt. Easy math in his head.

But of course, things are rarely that simple, he thought. She probably has some kind of attachment to him, or maybe he's holding something over her head. Doesn't matter, but I intend to find out who this scumbag is.

But, he still didn't know where her room was, so he was stuck meandering through the Dark Army's halls until he found her. Oh joy.

He didn't mind a whole lot, however. There were plenty of people to talk to, to try and get some information about Gale and her boyfriend. Unfortunately, information wasn't exactly forthcoming.

He saw the ditto from the day before again, though he didn't get a chance to talk to her. Or it. He decided that he would just call the ditto 'her', as that was the gender it normally took from what he could tell. It seemed to like being an emolga.

He thought he saw Toxy again, but couldn't really be sure, as he was with a couple other pokemon that he didn't recognize. Regardless, he wasn't in the mood to deal with a crazy nymphomaniac, so he just left her alone.

Wolfe kept his path true however. He knew that sooner or later he'd either run into Gale, or run into someone that knew of her location. It only took a little patience.

As he passed the cafeteria entrance for the fifth time, he saw a very familiar pokemon coming the opposite way. And… she didn't look too terribly happy at the moment. Even when she saw him, her expression only lightened a little bit.

"Aurumn!" Luna exclaimed, forcing a cheerful tone. He smiled at her brightly.

"Why, hello there love! What's wrong?" he asked as they came to a halt in front of eachother. Her smile became a little more genuine at his term of endearment.

"Nothing, it's just… can we talk in private for a little bit? There's a few… things that I'd like to speak to you about," she said, smile fading. Wolfe raised an eyebrow, before nodding.

"Sure thing, just lead the way," he told her with a smile. She smiled back slightly before walking past him, flicking her tail for him to follow. He padded after her dutifully.

She led him to what appeared to be an unused sleeping wing, all the way to the end of the 10 rooms on the right, far away from any prying eyes or ears. He wondered at the need for such secrecy, though he had a few ideas as to what she might want to talk to him about.

Once inside the room, she turned and faced him, a longing expression on her face. "We need to talk," she said.

He raised an eyebrow as he sat in front of her. "I thought that was obvious, what with you asking me if we can talk privately and all. What's on your mind?"

She took a deep breath, and let it out slowly. "You see… I still have feelings for you. If I'm honest… they're stronger than those I hold for Duke. And it's… bothering me. I wish that you two could get along, but, that doesn't appear to be happening anytime soon. But… I don't think I can live without either of you in my life. Not again. When I thought you were… dead… that was hardest and lowest point of my life. I would mope from place to place, not caring what happened to me. It got bad… very bad. I was… close to ending things. Close that was, until I met Duke." She paused to take a breath. Then she continued.

"He found me after a pretty bad week in my life. I had just tried killing myself for the third time when he saw me, lying in a ditch looking half dead. He cared for me, brought me back to health. He was a good 'mon. Still could be. But… he's changed. I don't know if it's just because of him founding the Dark Army, or because of the amount of power he now holds, or what, but… he's not the same pokemon that saved my life." She took another breath, releasing it slowly. Then she looked at him and smiled gently.

"And then I see you again, a literal ghost from my past. And you haven't changed a bit, still as fun and caring as you ever were. And… for a second I forgot that Duke was my mate. For a second… I didn't care that he was." She locked eyes with him. "I still don't."

There was silence between them after she finished speaking, with them just staring at eachother, motionless. Finally, Wolfe began to speak again.

"What exactly are you trying to say?" he asked carefully. She nodded once.

"I… I want us to go back to how we were, so many years ago. It doesn't have to be official or anything like that, I know how much you love Lura, but… in secret… I mean, we could even just meet here on occasion, share a night together, then go back to our mates in the morning. It doesn't have to be every night, but any night would be perfect. Just… please…," her voice trailed off as she stared at him.

Wolfe sighed, but before he could speak, she silenced him by placing a paw on his muzzle. "No, don't answer now. But… the next three nights I'll be waiting here, from sunset to midnight. If your answer is yes, then… just show up, ok?" she asked, staring at him. He sighed, and nodded, causing her to smile. "Thank you," she whispered, before removing her paw and replacing it with her muzzle, drawing him into a kiss, which he returned. Then she broke away and walked past him, pausing only to stare at him longingly again, before turning around and walking out the door.

Wolfe sighed, staring up at the dim ceiling, deep in thought. He sat there for a long time, before he eventually sighed one more time, and glanced down at his paws. Then he stood up, and exited the room, heading out into the main hall, still lost in thought.

[POV: Gale]

Gale sat outside her and her boyfriend's shared room, waiting for… something. She wasn't sure what exactly, but there she was, waiting for it to happen. She half wondered if she was waiting for her boyfriend to return, or maybe… maybe she was waiting for another male. She wasn't sure, wasn't sure at all.

She just watched the people and pokemon walking by, going about their business. She saw Artul and Via a couple of times, though she barely knew who the dark jolteon was. She liked Via though. She also saw Luna twice, once looking very angry and sad, and then the second time, heading the opposite way, looking hopeful.

She wasn't sure what she thought of Luna. On one paw, she was always very kind and friendly towards her, but on the other, she fell for a guy like Duke. That thought left a bitter taste in her mouth.

She's not the only one who made a choice of partner that turned out to be… bad, she thought miserably. She sighed disappointedly.

"There you are!" a familiar voice called, sounding as cheerful as ever. She raised her head to see a familiar flirty umbreon walking towards her with a spring in his step.

"I've been looking everywhere! You're a hard pokemon to track down, you know that hon?" Wolfe asked, grinning at her.

She smiled back at him slightly, before jerking her head towards her shared room. Then she padded into it, hoping that he would get the message. He did.

Once inside, she turned around to look at him, a challenge in her eyes. "Why were you looking for me?" she asked.

His face turned serious so fast, that Gale almost thought the happy appearance he had on a few moments earlier had been an act. "You should know why. You need to talk to me Gale. Otherwise I can't help you, and don't say you don't need my help. You're getting it whether you want it or not. So, we can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way. Who is it?" Wolfe asked sternly.

Gale stared at him curiously. "What's the hard way exactly?"

He grinned savagely. "I camp out in your room until the asshole makes an appearance, regardless of how long that takes," he promised.

Gale flinched, and looked at her paws. Then she shook herself and made her way towards an adjoining room, one that was partially blocked from the entrance by a dark sheet. She flicked her tails for him to follow her, wanting as much privacy as she possibly could. Then she sat on the ground and waited until he was inside the private area.

"Alright, now speak. Who is it?" he asked, gentler this time. Gale nodded once, sharply.

"His… his name is… Devon O'Press. He's a growlithe, a few years older than me. I don't think that you've met him before, but… there's only so many growlithe here. Chances are you've seen him before. But… Wolfe, please, I want help, I do, but I don't see how you can! You see he… he's a good friend of Duke's, his best friend even. That's why I haven't been able to leave him, he would tell Duke that I did something bad, and then I guarantee that I wouldn't live to see another month, and I…," she broke off with a choked sob, not trusting herself to speak.

She leaned forward, intending to fall onto the ground and cry till she couldn't cry anymore. But, instead of the ground, she found herself falling into Wolfe's chest as he caught her easily. As her tears fell into his chest fur, she found herself wondering at how often this sort of thing happened between them. As she cried, she decided that she'd never had a friend like him before.

"You're fine hon, you'll be fine. I won't let anything bad happen to you, trust me. We'll deal with Devon, you won't have to worry anymore. Once he's dealt with, we can have you moved into my sleeping wing, where you'll be safe. Trust me, you'll be fine hon," he told her passionately.

Gale just found herself nodding, wondering how she ever ended up with a friend like him, even though she hadn't known him that long.

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LEMON WARNING: M/F Wolfe x Gale

[3rd Person POV]

"You know," Wolfe said after he had held her for a while. "I still need to collect on that deal of ours."

Immediately he felt Gale stiffen. Though he couldn't see her face at the moment, he knew that she was blushing, turning her white cheeks to an adorable red, even through her fur.

"I haven't forgotten… I just feel like this wouldn't be the best time or place for you to collect on it," she answered slowly.

Wolfe grinned devilishly. "And why not?" he asked.

"'Cause Devon will be back soon, and we're still in our shared room," she replied, with emphasis on the second to last word.

Wolfe nodded, though he continued to grin, despite knowing that she wouldn't be able to see it. Slowly, he moved his tail in between her legs, being careful not to give away his intentions by accidentally brushing them. At least, not yet.

Gale let out a gasp, and a soft squeak as soon as she felt his tail brush against her vagina lightly. "I would say that this is the perfect time to collect," he murmured seductively in her ear. She squeaked again as he brushed against her once more, harder this time, though he didn't penetrate her with it. Her breathing increased slightly. "If he walks in while we're still occupied, then he'll just have to watch, now won't he? You see, once I have my mind set on something, it is nigh impossible to sway me. Besides, the thrill of being caught, the arousing feeling of having a voyeur, is more than worth the negatives, no? Wouldn't you agree hon?"

Gale could only blush as his words and actions worked their magic on her, feeling herself get more and more aroused. "But…" she began, before Wolfe interrupted her by pulling away and gazing into her eyes deeply.

"But nothing. I won't have you fear this… douche any longer. I will protect you, of that you need not fear. If not me, then Kage. I can owe him another favor, though he has yet to collect on his last one. Regardless," he pushed his muzzle forward till it stood only a centimeter away. "Let's not think about him right now. Right now, it's just you…" he moved closer. "And me." With that, he closed the distance and brought her into a deep kiss, drawing a moan from her as she closed her eyes.

Wolfe watched as she closed her eyes, admiring their gorgeous purple until he couldn't see them anymore. Then he grinned faintly, and gently made his tongue enter her mouth, hearing, and feeling, her moan her pleasure at his actions. He increased his tails motions, even going so far as to insert the tip of it into her gently.

Wow, she thought, feeling her arousal reach dangerous levels, where she might actually go along with his insane plan. I had forgotten how… adept, he is at this.

Eventually he broke away from her, leaving her panting and him grinning. She just blushed at him.

"Now turn around hon," he whispered gently. She nodded mutely, then slowly turned around, still not convinced that this was an entirely great idea. However, slowly but surely, she was beginning to just not care. Might as well have some fun I guess, she thought with a small smile. Finally, she was facing directly away from, though she kept her tails lowered as she turned her head to grin at him mischievously. He huffed in annoyance, though there was amusement in his eyes as he did so. She lowered her front, but kept her rear raised, though her tails still covered what Wolfe was after. She shook her ass at him seductively, her tails swaying from side to side as she did so, teasing him as she kept his prize tantalizingly out of sight.

He huffed again, before he began to growl softly. Then he shook himself, and pouted at her. "It's not nice to tease," he complained. She winked at him.

"But I'm not teasing. It's not like you can't find your way around my tails, now is it? I'm not limiting you at all," she said cheekily. He raised an eyebrow at her, and chuckled softly.

"You naughty little vixen, I bet you were just playing hard to get earlier. Well, since this time I don't have to just stare at your ass, don't mind if I do," he laughed. He padded towards her raised rear, which she continued to shake at him. Once he was close, he suddenly winked at her. Then he gently glided his muzzle across her flank, using it to stroke her gently, until he reached her armor, where he paused.

"I'm going to take this off, is that alright?" he asked gently. She tensed for a moment. Then she took a deep breath, and quickly jerked her head up and down to say yes. Then she tensed as the clasps holding her armor in place suddenly detached, causing the armor to fall to either side of her. She let out a squeak as she felt the cool air make contact with her now bare fur. She stared at Wolfe, a little fear in her eyes. He smiled at her comfortingly, before gently breathing down her side. She shivered as she felt the warm air from his maw brush against her.

Then he continued as he was doing earlier, running his muzzle down her side. When he reached her neck, he paused again, and then gently nipped her, causing her to squeak. It occurred to her how less confident she was without her armor. He proceeded to backtrack, gently nipping her here and there, though he was careful to avoid her scars. She began to moan softly, her earlier fear giving way to a gentle pleasure.

This isn't Devon, she thought, as Wolfe's loving bites were getting closer to her rear. You can trust him, he won't hurt you.

Wolfe paused just above her rear, and stared at her curiously. She smiled, and nodded. He smiled back at her, which then turned into a mischievous grin. "So, are you ready to pick up the pace a little?" he asked. She grinned back.

"Am I ready? You're the one who's taking his sweet time, torturing me for no reason at all, when you're so close to ending my suffering," she pouted playfully, knocking her rear against his muzzle. He growled at her, also playfully.

"Well, if you're going to play that way, I guess I'll skip the part that usually happens next, and just jump to my favorite part," he said, before biting her rear, causing her to laugh and yelp.

Wolfe then stepped behind her and mounted her, using his body and forelegs to push her tails up as he did so, clearing his path towards her vagina and pinning her tails between the two. She lowered her forelegs and chest to the ground, and then turned her head to look at him as best she could.

"And you're still teasing," she muttered crossly, glaring at him. He chuckled, and then gently leaned forward until she felt his throbbing member press against her slit firmly, making her moan gently.

"If I was really teasing you," he whispered into her ear as he leaned down. "I would do this." With that he shifted his body a little bit, and then pressed forward, his shaft sliding along her pussy and down between her legs. Gale whimpered softly, biting her lip as she did so. Wolfe chuckled, and then rocked his body backwards, still rubbing against her cunt as he did so. Then he humped forward, back in between her legs, though he did let out a soft moan as he did so, enjoying the wet sensation that came from her slit even as the tightness between her hind legs caused some friction, which he found highly pleasurable.

He continued his actions for a while, until Gale's body was practically begging for her to be filled. Finally, she couldn't take it anymore.

"Please, just fill me already!" she exclaimed. Wolfe paused in his motions, and then chuckled.

"You're wish is my command," he whispered, before moving his body all the way back, freeing his member from where it had been trapped beneath her body. The he shifted his hips forward, pressing his cock firmly against her slit once more. Then he humped forward very slightly, till the tip of his shaft penetrated her. Then he pulled it back out, making Gale whimper in need.

"Please, stop teasing," she whimpered. Wolfe kissed behind her ear gently, and hummed in agreement. He slowly penetrated her once more, and continued his motions forward, moaning as he felt her walls grip his length just as tightly as the last time they had enjoyed each other's company. He dimly heard her moan softly with him, as well as detecting a satisfied sigh at the very end as well. 'Naughty vixen,' he thought. 'She's been wanting this to happen for a while.'

'I don't need to be part of this conversation, you know that right?' Gabe's voice suddenly cut into his thoughts. Wolfe smiled, and pulled out slowly, before thrusting back in hard, making Gale squeak and rock forward.

'I wasn't exactly reaching out to you. As if I would, all the way to Haven,' he sent back, as began to thrust himself in and out of the white fox beneath him in a steady rhythm, enjoying the slight sounds of suction that often accompanied the act of mating, as well as enjoying the feeling of her incredible warmth. It still surprised him that she was an ice type.

'Maybe not, but when you're in the mood, MAN can you shout, even unintentionally. It's even worse when you're in the act itself,' came the reply.

Wolfe was silent for a moment, enjoying all the sensations that came from him fucking the tight pokemon below him. The fact that he actually liked her was an added bonus. Gale began to contribute to the exercise more, rocking her body back and forth, forcing him deep inside her. She moaned again, and started to pant, squeezing the shaft inside of her tightly, which in turn caused Wolfe to moan. He began to thrust into her depths harder.

'Sorry, a little distracted right now,' he sent, panting.

'Who is it this time?' Gabe asked.

'A certain vixen that owed me another romp.'

'Hmm… Ava? No, that white one, Hail?'

'Close enough, Gale. Definitely in my top five for fun sessions.'

'That good huh? Hmph. Considering how many people you've been with, making the top 20 would be a huge compliment. Top 5? Damn. Almost makes me jealous,' Gabe sent with some amusement.

Wolfe chuckled, not replying for a little bit again. He leaned his head down and bit her scruff, feeling her walls clamp down on him as soon as he did so. "Oh~ fuck," he moaned quietly, releasing her scruff as he did so. The feeling of her already tight vagina getting even tighter almost made him lose control and pound into her furiously. But, he refrained. At least for now.

Regardless, he did pick up the pace a little bit, thrusting into the tight fox below faster, adoring the cute little grunts and huffs that escaped her maw as she was forced forward. He grabbed her scruff again, more prepared for her inevitable reaction this time, though her walls tightening around him did make him moan softly.

'Need I remind you that you have a mate? And kids?' Wolfe questioned cheekily.

'So do you, my friend. Doesn't appear to be affecting you any,' Gabe responded.

Wolfe chuckled quietly, putting more weight onto his front and forcing Gale's front to lay flat on the ground, hearing her grumble slightly as he did so.

"You don't have to have my face pressing into the ground you know. I was doing just fine standing on my own," she complained.

Wolfe snorted in amusement, before thrusting into her hard and locking himself in place. Then he yanked on her scruff, bringing her to her paws. He released her scruff and placed his head so that his cheek was pressing flat against hers.

"Maybe not, but isn't that better than having your whole body flat on the ground?" he asked, before using his head and body to knock her onto her side, ignoring her sharp shriek as he remained inside of her. He used a paw to roll her onto her back, where she glared up at him. Then she smacked his nose with her forepaw.

"Bad, bad, bad!" she shouted, emphasizing each 'bad' with a smack to his nose. He shook himself and sneezed. Then he grinned down at her slyly.

"I'm bad, eh? Well then, I guess I'll have to start acting like the bad boy, no won't I?" he said, before pulling out of her completely and standing over her. She started to whine at him.

"No, I take it back! Good Wolfe! Good~ boy," she cooed, causing Wolfe to laugh.

"Well, since you're being so polite about it…," he trailed off and lined his member back up with her cunt. He winked at her, before leaning down and placing his muzzle over hers. Then he slammed himself home, using her little gasp to explore her mouth once more. He picked up right where he left off, fucking the adorable white vulpix senseless, enjoying her short breaths into his maw.

'Different situation entirely, Lura and Cordina know that I'm a slut,' he sent Gabe matter of factly.

He could practically feel the gallade roll his eyes. 'Yeah, yeah. I'm faithful, so what? I can still look and dream. Just can't touch.'

'Ah, what a sorry life you must live, knowing that you'll never be able to fuck anyone other than your mate. I feel like having one partner for the rest of my life would be… boring.'

'Hardy-har-har. You're a riot, Demon. Now, are we finished with this conversation? Wouldn't want to hold you back from your exciting life.'

Wolfe smiled. 'Not quite. Want to do me a favor?'

'Oh no. Ugh, fine, I'll stop by and visit. Just the oil?'

'Yes, and thanks partner.'

'You know, how come I'm always having to bring you items for your little romps, but you never bring me any?'

'Because you never ask, and you don't ask because then you know that I'll want in. Now, scoot!'

He smiled as an idea crossed his mind. 'Besides, think of it this way. Now you'll have a show!' he sent to the gallade.

There was no response, though he didn't expect there to be. He returned his attention back to Gale, realizing that if he was almost out of breath, she must be nearly passed out. He quickly broke off their kiss, feeling a little guilty as she started to gasp and pant. She didn't look to worried, if her adorable blush and faint grin were anything to go by.

"Bit long that time, don't you think?" she asked, grinning at him. He chuckled in amusement and placed his head next to hers, thrusting into her harder.

"Does it matter how long if you still enjoy it?" he shot back.

He didn't give her time to reply, slamming into her furiously and causing her whole body to start to slide across the floor, until a wall stopped them.

Gale could only gasp and moan, what between their longer than should be normal kiss and the fact that he was rutting her like he was worried she was going to disappear if he didn't finish soon. She wasn't exactly upset with that, feeling his dick fill her in ways that Devon's never did.

She felt her orgasm building, threatening to overwhelm her and flood her senses. She began to moan louder, not caring if her boyfriend heard or even saw them. All she could focus on was the feeling of the umbreon's rod sliding into her, feeling it throb and pulse within her, ready to fill her womb to the brim. Once she felt his knot start to slap against her slit, she suddenly realized something.

"Wolfe, you-," she broke off with a loud cry of pleasure after feeling Wolfe's knot force her entrance apart, the sensation of him grinding it into her bringing about her own orgasm, which threw the last bits of precaution out the window. Her orgasm's strength only increased as she felt his hot seed fill her, just waiting to fertilize any eggs that might be there to accept them.

And there might be, she thought dimly. I'm at the beginning of my season.

She felt him attempt to thrust in and out of her again, though she knew he wouldn't be able to. They were stuck for a while, waiting for him to fill her.

"Yes-, Gale-?" Wolfe asked, panting.

She felt him pump one last load into her womb, and put her comments to the back of her mind. "Never mind," she answered, blushing slightly. She wriggled her body underneath him, loosening her muscles. Which had the unintended effect of stimulating the umbreon even more, as she felt another spurt deep inside her. She couldn't hold back her giggle upon seeing Wolfe's blissful face as he moaned, with his eyes closed. She giggled and poked him with a paw.

"Looks like someone is enjoying me," she observed cheekily. He cracked an eye open and grinned at her.

"I won't deny it, you are a very enjoyable pokemon, Gale. But, I would guess that you enjoyed me just as much," he retorted, emphasizing his statement by thrusting himself in and out of her as much as his knot would allow, which, admittedly, wasn't much. But it had the desired effect of stimulating Gale again, as was made obvious by her squeak and moan of pleasure.

She nodded breathlessly, not even pretending to refute his statement. Wolfe laughed, and kissed her forehead. She grinned up at him.

"So, we done then?" she asked, half hoping he'd say yes, but mostly hoping he'd say no.

"Nope!" he exclaimed cheerfully, with a quick shake of his head and a grin. "After all, you said that there was a particular form of sex that we could try, one that is… different, but involves mostly the same parts. Half of them anyway. You up to trying anal hon?"

Gale gulped, a deeper blush coming to her cheeks. "Uh… will it hurt?" she asked, still blushing.

Wolfe frowned for a moment. "It will be a little uncomfortable at first, but once you get used to it, it's very~ pleasurable. I'll go gentle, and I'm quite confident that you'll enjoy it," he reassured her. She gulped once more, then nodded. Wolfe grinned.

"Alright hon, once we're no longer stuck together, I'm going to ask you to get on your paws and raise your tail and sexy ass in the air, alright?" he asked.

She nodded once more, still feeling slightly nervous. He grinned at her, and shifted himself, waiting for his knot to deflate.

A few minutes later, after one last spurt inside of her, Gale felt the bulb locking them together go down to the point where Wolfe could finally pull out of her. As he did so, Gale noticed that none of his seed had poured out, meaning that it all stayed inside of her.

Well, nothing I can do about it now, she thought as Wolfe hopped off her. She slowly got to her feet, and, upon realizing that she was standing steady, shook herself and turned herself around, lowering her front and raising her 'sexy ass' in the air with tails raised, as Wolfe had requested. She shook it at him, giggling softly.

"Now there's a sight I won't get tired of," he laughed. "Alright, this is going to feel a little wet and cold, but don't worry too much. It'll make things a lot better for you, trust me."

Gale nodded, continuing to shake her ass at him. He was definitely fun to tease, that was for sure. She stopped doing so, however, when she felt his tongue run over her puckered entrance, causing her to squeak softly. Then she felt it again, this time with it staying there, exploring her third hole. It felt… different. It wasn't a very bad feeling, in fact, she felt she might quite like it, but for now it just felt… odd.

She let out a soft moan when she felt his tongue beginning to penetrate her anus, spreading the tight muscles with his strong tongue. She felt his muzzle press against her ass, with him forcing as much of his tongue inside of her as he possibly could. She started to pant softly, deciding that she was enjoying this experience so far.

She almost whined in disappointment when he pulled away, as she had begun to feel her orgasm build up slowly. She blushed when she felt him kiss her next to her tailhole, not knowing how to react. Then she squeaked when she felt his paw, covered in something cold and wet, prod her anus. Whatever he had put on her warmed up quickly however, so it wasn't a huge problem. He started to rub it into her gently.

After a while he pulled away, leaving Gale to stand there with her tails raised, waiting for him to continue. She heard the slight sounds of movement behind her, and glanced back in time to see Wolfe rear up on his back legs and mount her. She turned her head forwards and closed her eyes, focusing on her breathing.

"Relax hon, it's not going to be that bad. If it helps any, Lura loves doing this, as does Cordina. You'll enjoy it, trust me," she heard him murmur in her ear. She nodded, took a deep breath, and opened her eyes.

"I'm ready," she said confidently. Immediately Wolfe pushed himself forward slightly, until she felt the tip of his member pressing against her anal sphincter. With a slow, deliberate pace, Wolfe began to enter her, moaning at the sheer pleasure and tightness that he was feeling, despite having only just penetrated her. Gale continued to focus on her breathing even as she felt the uncomfortable and unfamiliar feeling of her tailhole being stretched.

Before she knew it, she felt the familiar presence of Wolfe's knot pressing against her puckered entrance, though it wasn't throbbing or swollen at all. For the moment, it just meant that he had bottomed out.

"I'm going to start moving now, alright?" he questioned, after they had rested there for a while, not moving, with Wolfe being on the highest plain of pleasure from the sensations he was feeling, and with Gale slowly getting used to his presence in her asshole. She nodded, wanting to see how it felt to be humped with his rod in that particular hole.

He eased himself out slowly, pulling out till just his tip was inside of her. Then he rocked himself forward, pushing back in to her tailhole, bottoming out again. He groaned in pleasure, loving the tight muscles around his cock, even as he pushed through them and into other territory. "Oh, this was so worth the wait," he whispered to her. She didn't say anything, only nodded as she panted. He pulled out again, and thrust forwards once more.

Slowly he developed a certain pace, one that was just fast enough to suit his purposes, but slow enough as to where he didn't cause Gale any unnecessary pain or discomfort. He would have loved to go faster, but, until she was ready, he was fine with the pace that they were at.

Gale moaned loudly, starting to seriously enjoy the feeling of her anus being stretched, and her asshole being filled in a way that she had never known. She looked back at him over her shoulder. "Faster~," she cooed. Wolfe grinned down at her and kissed her quickly.

"I thought you would never ask," he grunted, before doing as she asked and he wished, humping her faster, to the point where it was like he was fucking her cunt, not her tailhole, though the sheer tightness of it made him sure that he was indeed where he thought he was.

Gale lowered her face to the ground even further, almost flat against it, as she began to rock her body backwards to match his thrusts, moaning and gasping the whole way. The only thing that she could focus one was the sensations she was feeling, the sounds she was hearing. It was very pleasurable.

She didn't notice when a loud voice spoke in her room.

[POV: Devon]

"Come here slut, I'm in the mood," Devon said loudly as he entered the room. He froze, having heard something. Then he heard a loud cry of pleasure, followed by a deep, guttural growl. That sounds like Gale, he thought, rage building up inside him. He stiffly walked into their shared room, and froze yet again, pure shock on his face.

An umbreon was thrusting balls deep into his girlfriend's ass, with Gale clearly enjoying every second of it, with her eyes closed and head raised to the ceiling. The umbreon, not pausing in his actions, turned his head to look at the growlithe, an expression of disdain on his face. Then he grinned, and winked, before rutting Devon's girlfriend even harder, with his head turning around to find the vulpix's muzzle with his own.

As soon as their lips made contact, Devon snapped and let loose a loud, fearsome growl before leaping at the screwing pair with a shout of anger, intent on ripping the umbreon, who looked familiar for some reason, to shreds.

Before he could so much as blink, he was suddenly frozen in mid-air, a purple aura surrounding him. He tried to shout, but nothing came out. All he could do was watch as the umbreon fucked what was once his.

For over a half hour he stood there, frozen, eyes glued to the scene in front of him, watching as they changed positions every now and then, one time even with Gale facing him. After his girlfriend had orgasmed for the third time, the umbreon finally thrust into her hard, causing her to scream.

"Wolfe~!" she cried, before falling limply to the ground, passed out. The umbreon, who appeared to be stuck to her, looked up at him and smirked. Then he winked once more, before curling himself around the white vulpix. Gale drowsily looked up to the umbreon as he did so, and the dark fox leaned down and kissed her once more, much to the white fox's obvious delight, before she laid her head down as the umbreon whispered something into her ear.

Then the umbreon laid his head down and flicked his tail dismissively. Immediately Devon's surroundings winked out of existence, before winking back in. He shook himself, and found that he was standing on the top of a bare mountain peak, with the wind blowing through his fur.

LEMON END

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[POV: Kage]

'Sin, I have a request for you, one you probably won't like a whole lot,' he heard Wolfe's voice in his head. Kage grimaced, though he knew that came with Wolfe's mark. He just wasn't expecting a message so soon.

'What do you want, Demon?' he sent.

'I need you to deal with a scumbag.'

'Who?'

'A guy named Devon O'Press. You'll be able to find him at the top of the mountain overlooking the base. It's the tallest one around, you can't miss it.'

Kage frowned. Hard. 'What do you want me to do, push him down the mountain? Who is this guy and why does he deserve your wrath?'

'Do you remember that white vulpix, Gale? Or Hail, either one. Regardless, he's her boyfriend.'

He snorted. 'I'm not going to push someone off a mountain just because he's the boyfriend of one of your romp mates. Do your own dirty work.'

'You don't understand. He's an abuser, been beating her physically, verbally and possibly sexually for a long time, if Gale's scars are anything to go by. Just… please. I'll owe you another favor, but this guy deserves this and much worse.'

Kage's eyes dilated. 'Why didn't you lead with that information? Whatever, I'm on my way. Not killing him though.'

'Don't worry, he's an asshole. Chances are it'll take more than a shove down a mountain to kill him. Trust me, I know from experience.'

'Exactly how many mountains have you shoved someone down?'

'Three or four, depending on what counts as a mountain. Missing the point, judgement is waiting.'

[POV: Devon]

I'm on top. Of a fucking mountain, he thought. Then he thought of Gale and that umbreon and his thoughts turned dark, imagining just what he'd do to those two once he got off the mountain that was his current prison.

He looked down then side of the peak he was on, and only saw a straight drop for at least 40 feet on either side. He frowned. Well this will be a challenge.

Before he could even begin his decent, he heard a strong, intimidating voice coming from behind him.

"Devon O'Press I take it?" it asked. Devon stiffened, and slowly turned around to face the owner of the voice. There he saw an umbreon with bright red rings and furious looking eyes. He didn't like what he saw in those eyes. He only saw pain. His pain.

"Y-yes, that's m-me. W-what of i-it?" he asked, trying to put on a brave show.

The umbreon's eyes narrowed, turning into a blood-chilling glare. "And does the name Gale Valentine mean anything to you?"

Immediately Devon's demeanor changed. "And how do you know her?" he glared. "That slut, she probably fucked you too. I realized recently that she seems to prefer umbreon's."

Those horrible eyes narrowed even further. "So you do know her. Care to explain why you would turn your claws against her, your would-be-mate, in such a cruel manner?"

The growlithe glared right back. "I don't have to answer to you. Wait till I get back to the base. I'm good friends with the leader, I can have you hunted down till the end of your days," he growled furiously.

The eyes flashed. "Wrong answer."

Before Devon could react, a red pulse shot from the umbreon's lowered head ring, impacting the growlithe dead-center and sending him flying through the night air…

… and off the mountain entirely.

[POV: Lura]

Lura shifted from paw to paw impatiently, waiting for Kage to return. She didn't know where he went, but he had said that it was important. Lura knew better than to butt into business that didn't involve her, but that didn't help her impatience too terribly much.

She had entered his room as planned earlier, but had immediately run into Kage himself as he was leaving. He had apologized, and said that he'd be back shortly. That was 20 minutes ago.

But, Lura knew that all she could do was wait. I hope he doesn't take too much longer, otherwise I-

She didn't get to finish that thought, as Kage burst into the room rather abruptly, looking rather pissed. Lura's anxiousness immediately turned into concern.

"What's wrong? What's happened?" she asked hurriedly, rushing to him.

He shook himself, and stared at her his gaze softening. "I imagine that you'll be hearing about it here soon. Wolfe and I just took care of a problem, that's all," he told her quietly.

Lura frowned once, concerned, before she shook herself and forced a smile. "Well… so long as you're both alright, then I suppose that I don't have a problem with it," she smiled.

Kage nodded, looking thoughtfully at her. Then he shook himself. "Well… are you ready?" he asked her. Lura blushed, and nodded slightly.

"Yes, yes I am. So… let's get started then," she murmured, before turning around and hiking her tail up into the air.

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LEMON WARNING: M x F Kage x Lura

[Third Person POV]

Kage let out a slow growl of appreciation as Lura revealed herself to him, showing him her ready slit. While Lura was excited for what was about to happen, she was also a little bit nervous. She'd never mated with anyone other than Wolfe with the intention of getting pregnant.

Kage had no such hesitations, or at least no visible ones. As soon as Lura presented herself to him, shaking her ass enticingly in the air, he had begun to move forward, his member throbbing with anticipation and excitement. He didn't waste any time with foreplay, deciding to go straight to the main event, as he figured it would take more than one romp for Lura to get pregnant.

As he approached, Lura continued to wave her rear at him, both to bolster his sex drive, and to decrease her own hesitations. This was also the first time that she had any sexual intercourse without Wolfe present and participating. While it was exhilarating, it was also a bit nerve wracking.

Before she could get too lost in thought, however, the red ringed umbreon was rearing up on his hind legs as he mounted her, his cock pressing against her folds, waiting to penetrate her. Kage let out a soft growl, and suddenly slammed himself forward, penetrating the vaporeon and pressing deep inside her in one thrust, his growl turning into a deeper one of higher satisfaction.

Lura gasped at the sudden penetration, feeling herself being filled in a way that only Wolfe could, or so she had thought. She certainly hadn't expected Kage, who was smaller than Wolfe physically, to be equal to him when it came to member size. It was… a pleasant, as well as pleasurable, discovery. She moaned softly, saving her voice, which she knew drove Wolfe crazy, for later when she needed the male to go faster and harder.

Kage continued his growling, before he slowly pulled himself out of her, until half of his member was lodged inside her. Then he thrust forward again, before developing that into constant and rhythmic pace, thrusting in and out of the beautiful vaporeon as she began to participate more, thrusting herself back into the umbreon in time with his thrusts. She squeezed her walls around him experimentally, moaning in satisfaction as he responded with louder growls.

Kage began to pound into her harder, as he leaned forward and took the back of her neck into his maw, biting her. She moaned louder, her delightful voice working wonders on him, causing him to fuck her even harder.

Lura moaned, loud and long, as Kage's ministrations began to bring about her orgasm. She rocked herself back into him, trying to silently tell him to go faster. He got the message, and began to rut her cunt furiously as her voiced climbed in volume.

As the red ringed umbreon began to go incredibly fast, she felt her climax build, drowning out any and all thoughts as it crashed over her, her body releasing a flood of juices as she did so. She screamed, a scream of pure pleasure, as the umbreon continued, not slowing his pace, if anything increasing it.

Kage felt her begin to spasm around his rod furiously, knowing that she had climaxed. He grinned savagely as he forced himself into her harder and faster.

After minutes of him fucking the tight vaporeon underneath him, Kage finally felt his orgasm about to overwhelm him as well. He growled into Lura's scruff, before using it to jerk her back into his cock, hard, as he forced his knot inside of her.

Once inside, he bit down harder, almost drawing blood, as he began to pump her full of his semen, filling her womb and more, fertilizing any seeds that it came across. He dimly heard and felt Lura climax a second time, the feeling of his sperm inside her too much for her to handle.

Kage pumped a couple more spurts inside of her, thrusting into her as he did so, until he finally stopped pumping. He released her scruff and began to pant softly, before he began to lick the back of her neck.

After they sat for a while, Kage felt his knot begin to deflate, signaling that he could pull out, and go again.

Which he did, pulling out of her almost entirely, before thrusting into her firmly, bringing her out of her afterglow, and signaling that he was going again. Lura didn't complain.

He continued to fuck the vaporeon well into the night, until Lura had collapsed from exhaustion. Only then did he stop, though he continued to fill her as she slept.

LEMON END

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[POV: Luna]

The shiny umbreon sat in the dim room, waiting, hoping. Every time she thought she heard to sounds of movement outside their private room, her ears perked, hoping that it was him.

However, after waiting until well past midnight, Luna had to sigh sadly as she looked down, a tear finding its way to the hard ground below. Soon it was joined by another. Then another.

He's not coming, she thought sadly, knowing that it was true. She half-heartedly made her way out of the room, and towards her room with Duke, who had been sleeping for the past few hours she knew.

Unbeknownst to her, a pair of ruby eyes followed her gentle and beautiful curves, eyes filled with a pain, and a longing of their own in them.