This is a draft chapter in progress. It is subject to change as it is edited.
Nanu woke up hours later feeling well rested, and since Guzma was still fast asleep, carefully maneuvered out of the larger man's embrace, and went about looking for something to eat.
Guzma joined him later after he had woken up, and with a bed head, ate in silence with the cop.
Nanu was suspicious of Guzma being so amendable and not argumentative as the cop did some research on his laptop, and followed up with his contacts. Nanu got some good work in, and when he was satisfied with his progress, he rose. Nanu winced a little, his joints cracking in protest, while his back was throbbing just a little bit from the healing injury.
Well…he was up now, and awake. May as well get dressed and go. This, of course, was when Guzma decided to pounce.
The punk was grinning as he seized Nanu and dragged him back over to the bed.
"Ain't done with you yet, old man. You slept a lot and way too soon."
"What do you want to do then?" Nanu asked with a shake of his head, as he sat down and stared up at the other man. Nanu scooted backward so that Guzma could perch over him on the bed. Nanu raised a dark brow, as it seemed to get the punk to speak.
Guzma looked down at Nanu for a long time, seeming to be a little embarrassed, before he met Nanu's eyes and stared hard. It was an intense expression, as if the punk expected the other man to read his mind.
"If you want to go further than last night, you are not going to ride me." Nanu sad with narrowed eyes. "That is way too much effort for sex, and my back is still tender from those rock shards."
"The hell...?" An obvious flush crossed Guzma's cheeks as he sat back on his heels and made a face. "You sure as hell are blunt about some things."
"Did I misinterpret your intentions?" Nanu wondered. The older man watched as Guzma rolled off of his lap and lie on his back, swatting a hand on Nanu's bare shoulder as he went.
"Do somethin', old man, before I decide to try and pound that skinny ass of yours instead."
*[Working on the rest of this that leads into this part, but again, won't go into detail here as opposed to Ao3).
Guzma didn't seem to mind, as he rolled over and sleepily plastered his body to Nanu's as soon as he finished tidying up.
The older cop turned over and managed to pull some sheets over them, just as he realized a Meowth was peering cautiously around a half wall that separated the bed from the kitchen. Nanu also saw his Persian join the Meowth, the larger feline wrinkling its nose at its trainer and letting out a chuffing sound.
"I'll clean the sheets when I can actually move again." Nanu said wearily to his Pokémon.
Persian let out a short chuff before retreating to another part of the station.
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Nanu found that Guzma was very cuddly when just waking up, from the way he was still pressed close to Nanu, not seeming in any hurry to move.
That was just fine with the cop.
Some rest would do them both some good.
Nanu thinking, after lying there with Guzma for another hour or so, that letting someone in might not be so bad. Right now, with Guzma resting his head on his chest, Nanu found he really wasn't feeling up for moving. Or even bothering to move, really. But the longer he lie there, the more Nanu felt that he ought to get up sooner rather than later, and it wasn't because he thought he and Guzma might have sex again.
There wasn't any way Nanu was up for a repeat performance, even if he wasn't still in the mend.
No, Nanu wanted to move because he was fairly certain that someone would come to look for him and-
"Kahuna Nanu? Looker said you would be here." Dulse entered the station without knocking, and when he saw no one at the desk, moved further in until he found the cop. Dulse's only outward response to finding Nanu and Guzma in bed together was a curious look and then a question in the same oddly flat tone. "Will you be able to speak about a new sighting of an Ultra Beast right now?"
"Give me a chance to shower first." Nanu waved to the front of the station. "I'll meet you up front."
Dulse turned away and went to where Nanu indicated, and sat down on a couch, where Meowth immediately coverage on him.
Nanu carefully moved out of Guzma's sleepy embrace, to go shower and change.
The shower took a little longer than he would have liked, as he didn't take much care with how his back was covered in patches and bandages. But he didn't want to dawdle, ahd could always check on the oddly near-healed wounds.
When Nanu finished, he only put on his purple shirt, forgoing the coat since it had been ruined in the fight with Xurkitree with the rocks tearing up the coat. His red shirt had been torn to shreds in the back too, come to think of it. Nanu carefully stretched before he went over to where a practically groggy Guzma was still curled up beneath the blankets and sheets.
"Might as well rest up, and get up when-"
"Ah, yes. I came across a woman outside with pink and yellow hair who wanted to speak with Guzma." Dulse said aloud from the couch he was seated on. "She said she would be in Po Town, but did not provide her name nor a reason why she wished to speak with Guzma."
Nanu stepped back to watch Guzma roll out of bed with a low groan, before he turned away while the punk disappeared into the bathroom. Nanu adjusted the collar of his coat as he walked over to Dulse, to give Guzma a chance to clean up and get dressed. The older cop leaned against a wall and half-smirked over the way Duse was covered in curious Meowth.
"Alolan Pokémon are fascinating. Many of them are very friendly." Dulse commented, as he scratched the chin of the nearest Meowth, which drew forth a purr. Dulse tried this with another Meowth, drawing forth a similar response. "Fascinating." Dulse intoned, as the two Meowth settled onto his lap.
"Talkin' about those Ultra Beasts without me?" Guzma asked, when he prowled out of the bathroom some ten minutes later. The punk was dressed haphazardly, limping slightly and unable to hide the faint trace of self-consciousness. "I wanna hear what he has to say."
"I can let you know if there are any developments later." Nanu told the punk. "You ought to go to Po Town. Might do some good to see what Plumeria wants from you."
Guzma tugged Nanu out of line of sight of Dulse and pressed the officer to the wall, to lean in and kiss him.
"You better not go off after those damn Ultra Beast without me." Guzma muttered, before he backed away. Without waiting for a response, Guzma left the police station.
"Ah, Dulse, you got here before me." Looker entered the police station some moments later. "There have been sightings of UB04, Blade. Kartana, it is also known as. This Ultra Beast was sighted in Malie Garden." Presumably Looker had been waiting for Guzma to be far enough away before revealing himself. The gray eyed man looked grim. "There are two, the reports seem to indicate."
"So we can go after them now." Dulse gently shooed the Meowth away, and stood up, clearly ready to go. "Lunala will take me, so long as we know where I am headed."
"I'll go. My Honchkrow knows the way." Nanu said to Dulse. Nanu turned to Looker. "Stay here and let Anabel know what is going on." Nanu left the station before Looker could argue, and in no time at all, Nanu and Dulse were ready to head for Malie Garden with their respective Pokémon.
"Be careful!" Looker rushed outside after them in the rain. "It is dangerous when there are more than one of these beasts in one spot!"
Nanu gave a half-wave of acknowledgement as Honchkrow took him into the sky.
Dulse followed soon after atop Lunala.
"Kartana is a speedy beast, according to the initial information received." Dulse called over to Nanu in warning. "It isincredibly small, yet deadly. Itsentire body can act as a blade."
Nanu was half-listening to the Ultra Recon Squad member. The older cop was relieved that at least this time, Guzma would be out of danger, if upset that Nanu had left him behind.
Nanu couldn't have been more wrong.
Looker's information had only been half right. The two Ultra Beasts that had been spotted in Malie Garden was actually only one of two Kartana that had been sighted. The lack of two Ultra Beasts being in the same area as the reports stated they were...
It put Guzma in danger, as Nanu had encouraged the punk to go visit his old haunts, which was the worst possible suggestion.
The second Kartana was spotted soon after Nanu and Dulse had left, by two other trainers.
Sun and Moon.
Neither 11 year old realized anything was wrong until the Kartana attacked them out of the blue on Route 17.
It was lucky that they were traveling with Solgaleo to go visit Lillie that day, as Sun and Moon's own Pokémon ended up having a lot of difficulty with the Kartana.
There was so much trouble with the Kartana that Solgaleo chose to take both trainers on its back and head for Po Town, in hopes of hiding out in one of the abandoned buildings.