Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or its characters.
Author Notes: A new short chapter. But as the story progress they will start to get bigger and bigger. But sometimes, even small chapters contain really cool stuff in it. ;)
"So you do remember me." She giggled putting one hand in front of her lips. "Ah… You still look so cute, even with a confused expression."
"You are a very unique woman." Brendan stood up and ran one hand on his hair. "It's difficult to forget someone like you."
Zinnia smiled, she put her left hand on her waist and placed her right one on her cheek. "Well, well. Are my ears tricking me or is the famous champion of Hoenn flirting with me?"
To her surprise, the young man did not react the way she expected. Instead, Brendan let out a tired sigh and stared at her with a blank expression. "Don't get the wrong idea here, I'm just saying that your wild behavior is very unique and difficult to forget. Nothing more than that."
"Sheesh, what a mood killer." The draconid woman frowned.
"So, can you explain why you kidnapped me?" He said with a demanding voice.
"Kidnap? No, I would never do that." Zinnia showed an innocent smile on her lips. "Well, maybe I could do that, but I didn't this time. Anyway, I just came back to Hoenn and I wanted to see my little girl."
"Mur, Mur!" Aster cried happily.
"Yes, I missed you too. You cute little thing." Zinnia hugged her pink little friend.
Brendan stared at the two hugging and talking friendly, and an ill, guilty feeling took over his heart. "She is a good friend." He said calmly. "The best friend I could have asked for."
"Mur?" Aster turned to look at him. The pink little Whismur walked close to Brendan and let out a sad cry.
"Aster… I'm fine." Brendan lied with a cold voice. "You missed your mum didn't you?" He patted her head with one hand. "You should go with her."
"Mur…" Aster lowered her head, a feeling of sadness striking on the shy Pokémon's heart.
"About that…" Zinnia said, getting their attention. "I have a favor to ask." She clapped her hands in front of her.
"Ah… Sure. I mean, depends on what you want." Brendan scratched his left cheek with one finger. "What can I do for you?"
Zinnia brightened up, a large smirk on her lips. "Can I crash on your place?" She asked cut and clear.
"Excuse me?" The champion of Hoenn stared at her, his mind not registering her request properly at all.
"I just came back to Hoenn and it's getting late… So let me stay at your house." Zinnia jumped in front of Brendan, grabbing his hands. "Please, even if just a day."
"Mur!" Aster jumped on his leg, letting a pleading voice.
"Okay, okay." He smiled as he said. "But don't get your expectation too high, my house is very small."
"Thank you!" She pulled his hands in a powerful handshake. "Aster, we can all stay together. Isn't that nice?"
"Mur, Mur!" Aster jumped high with joy.
'Steven did say that I should find some company.' Brendan thought to himself. 'I just hope that I don't regret this.'
"May, Good evening! I hope I didn't make you wait too much." The Petalburg gym leader took a seat on one of the fancy chairs around her table.
Wally, now a handsome young man, is very different from what he was as a kid. He is healthier now and that show on his tall and surprisingly lean athletic body. He wears a large open silver coat with a short sleeved white shirt under it; his pants are light grey and his shoes are ice blue with a few details in bright white.
"Not at all." She replied with a warm smile. "I'm the one who should apologize for making you come here, even though you are so busy."
May has turned into quite a beautiful lady herself. Her expression is much more feminine making her grey-blue eyes even more appealing. She wears a red shirt with a green semi-circle on the middle, a dark blue mini-skirt over black lycra shorts, orange and red ankle boots with low heels. Her unique red bandanna is now tied to her neck, leaving her brown hair loose.
Wally laughed and waved one hand in front of him. "Don't be silly, it will never bother me to take some time to see you."
May ran her fingers on her large side-bangs, his words made her blush slightly, forcing the young woman to look away from him.
"Anyway, did something happened?" Wally asked with a serious expression.
"No… Why would you ask that?" She said with a guilty voice.
"You know, you rarely come by anymore. So your request to have dinner together caught me by surprise." The green-haired young man eyed her curiously. "Are you okay? I'm here if you need anything."
"I'm fine, thank you. You really are a sweet person." She giggled, but her shoulders are still hanging low and her eyes carry a bit of sadness. "I just want to talk with a friend."
"Then, I am here for you." Wally noticed something on her gaze, something that she wanted to put out right on the beginning. "May, is there anything you want to say?"
May eyed him, unsure if she should say anything. But her curiosity won over her. "Have you talked to Brendan recently?"
That question made Wally frown for the first time on their encounter. "No… I haven't." He clicked his tongue and looked to the side. "Brendan… I love that guy, but he really changed."
"You two are not talking with each other anymore?" She asked afraid of the answer.
"Yes… But is not my fault." Wally said raising both hands. "Like I said, he really changed. Before, he would go out of his way to help me or to just be there for me. But one day he just became cold and distant." He looked down to the table, a sad weight on his eyes. "It has been almost two years since I last saw him."
"Oh… Two years?" She cringed on her chair, a few tears appearing on her eyes. "Is probably my fault."
"Your fault? How would that be your fault?" Wally rested his back against the chair, staring even more curious to her.
"You know that we are… not together anymore, right?" She looked at his eyes.
"Yeah, that was probably the last thing I heard from him." Wally responded back.
"We had a really big fight and because of that we broke up." She held her left arm with a tight grasp, biting her lower lip. "It started really stupid, but then it got really serious…"
"You guys looked so happy together, I can't picture you two having a fight and one that serious too." He glanced to the side and then back to her. "What happened? Why did you two fight like that?"
"It was because of you. Kind of." She said ashamed.
"ME?!" Wally almost fell out of his seat with the shock. "W-Why me?"
"Is not because of you, but it is?" May herself got confused by her words. "Look, I will explain this right. When Brendan decided to train before he could stand as the new champion, he went away to Johto and then Sinnoh… All I could do was watch as the distance between us began to grow more and more."
Wally felt a distant memory come back to him, something he wanted to forget. "I know how that feels." He said with a cold voice. "I always wanted to catch up to him, to be as strong as Brendan is, but… After some time, it felt impossible, he was always getting further away from me."
"So we felt the same frustration." May laughed. "After he came back I wanted his attention, I wanted Brendan all for myself. But as the new champion he got even more busy and distant than before." She took a heavy breath and looked to the side. "I just snapped after that. I told him that he was a terrible person and… And that I would be happy if I was dating you instead of him."
"And you really meant that, when you said it?" Wally felt a jolt cross his body, his fingers fidgeting nervously as he asked.
"No… I don't know. I just wanted to hurt him, and that really did." May's arms fell to the side, a frown showing on her expression. "It hurt him so much, that he won't talk to me or you anymore."
"Now I know why he doesn't like me anymore." Wally let out a little laugh.
"It's all my fault, I'm sorry Wally."
"I don't think so. Well, I guess it was a bit too much to put me in the middle of your fight. But I understand why you did it, I would probably do the same in your place." Wally shook his head and smiled. "I just wish that Brendan would stop being so stubborn and talk to us. Maybe you two could even get back together."
"Hahah, I don't think so. But it would be nice to talk to him again." May looked to her side, watching the night sky through the window. "I wonder what he is doing right now."
"Come my champion, lay on the bed with me." Zinnia said with a provocative voice.
"I already regret this." Brendan smacked his forehead so hard that the sound echoed all around his house.
The Pokémon Champion of Hoenn lives in a small house on the other side of Ever Grande City, behind a sea of flowers, isolated from all other citizens. Given his new nature and how difficult is to reach the place, Brendan's house receives way more Pokémon visitors than human citizens of Hoenn. From outside the building seems way too small, but on inside it has quite a deal of space, with the house being separated in a cute little living room in conjunction with the kitchen, a bathroom on the left side, with the bedroom on the back.
"I'm so cold… help me warm up." She curled on the bedsheets, burring her face on a pillow.
"Then put your clothes back!" Brendan yelled tossing his arms upwards.
"Geeh, why would I do that? Is so hot in here." Zinnia is currently only using a deep red bra and jet black panties.
Brendan just gave up, he looked at her dumb folded, completely lost for words.
"Hahahah, don't make that face. I'm just messing with ya." She tossed one pillow at his face and began to laugh even more.
"I figured that was the case… And you are pretty good at it too." He tossed the pillow back at the bed, barely missing her and hitting Aster instead.
"MUR!" The little Whismur protested angrily.
"But, I am feeling very hot right now. Can I take a shower?" She asked.
"Sure, first door to the right." He pointed behind him.
"Thanks, you're a life saver." Zinnia jumped from the bed back on her feet and grabbed a large brown pack she brought with her. Then before walking past Brendan, she stopped and stared at his eyes for a few seconds. "Want to join me?"
Brendan gave a cold stare back at her, his lips curving in an annoyed grin.
"Sorry, I had to." She smacked his left arm with one hand and walked pass him, laughing at the young man's face.
Brendan let out a sigh and noticed a little pink ball staring curiously at him. "Just so you know, this is your fault." He pointed at Aster and then began to walk towards the living room.
"Mur?!" Aster jumped out of the bed. "Mur, Mur!" She ran out of the room, crying out to Brendan as she followed him.
"What a day…" Brendan crashed down on his couch, looking up to the ceiling. He grabbed his Pokénav plus and searched for a reply. However, he got nothing as usual. "Hey Aster, do you enjoy living here with me?" He turned his head to the side, making eye contact with his little friend.
Aster jumped on top of him and laid with her back on his chest. "Mur, Mur."
"I will take this as a yes." The champion laughed and patted the Whismur's head with one hand. Then something began to shake fiercely on his pocket, forcing him to sit up and check it. Brendan took a Poké Ball from his pocket and stared at it confused. He called out the Pokémon inside of it and watched as his large Sceptile appeared in front of him. "Ekkisu? What is the matter?"
Just an annoyed grunt was the green Pokémon's response. Ekkisu stared at Brendan, clearly not pleased with something.
"Are you mad because I didn't use you on my match today?" Brendan raised one eyebrow, a smile showing on his lips as the Sceptile crossed his arms and looked to the side. "You're just a big baby, aren't you?" He laughed warmly.
Ekkisu growled and cried, as he waved his arms on the air. Then the Scepitle began to do a series of movements with his hands, getting Brendan's attention to the real problem.
"Oh, our training?" He asked and his Pokémon nodded. "Sorry Ekkisu, I didn't had time today. But tomorrow we can do it, first thing in the morning. How about it?"
The big grass type Pokémon looked towards Aster, she cried out and nodded her head. Then with another grunt, Ekkisu nodded his head and began to walk towards the entrance door.
"Another night out?" Brendan asked, but he already knows the answer. "I will leave the door unlocked, so you can come back at any time." He leaned his back on the couch and watched as his friend and longtime partner walked outside to another one of his night time leave.
"He goes out alone a lot?" Zinnia walked inside the room, using only a pair of pink underwear and a large towel wrapped on her hair.
"Mostly at night, I think he found a partner for himself." Brendan smiled with the thought of his friend starting a family of his own, then his eyes traveled towards Zinnia, making his body go completely stiff. "I will not even complain anymore." He said defeated, but the truth is that he can barely keep his eyes away from the sight in front of him.
"And why would you? Don't like what you see?" She posed with one hand on her waist and another on her left cheek.
Brendan only laughed. Even if he tries to deny any interest, is difficult for him to not look at her well-defined tanned body, even more so with her being so close and provoking him all the time.
She jumped on the couch and placed her legs on top of Brendan's lap, with both hands she began to dry her hair while humming a little song. "So, Brendan. I've been really curious about this, why do you live out here alone?"
"I'm not really alone. I have Aster, Ekkisu, Layla… When I think about it, is rare a time when I'm completely alone." He responded with a smile.
"Come on, you know what I mean." She pinched the side of his arm. "You're so famous that is kind of ridiculous. I spent only a few minutes on Mauville City and that was enough to hear a lot of gossips about you."
"Really now?" Brendan scratched the back of his head, a little embarrassment showing on his face.
"Yeah, really." Zinnia shook her head. "And that got me thinking, why is such a famous man sitting alone on the other side of Ever Grande City on a pleasant night?"
"I told you, I am not-"
"Not alone, yeah I heard you." Zinnia eyed him with curiosity, her red eyes burning his skin with an intense glare. "What about girlfriend?"
"Don't have one." Brendan said coldly.
"That is a pity, such a waste of your pretty face." She ran two fingers on his left cheek.
"Enough about me." Brendan softly pushed her hand away. "What about you? Found someone on your adventures?"
"I got a husband." She replied normally.
Brendan quickly jumped from the couch, his eyes wide open in surprise. "Really?" His gaze landing on the form of her breasts, making his head go even more confused and wary that already is.
"Nah." She gave a brat smile to him. "Not yet at least."
"You are crazy…" Brendan let out a sigh, if it is out of relief or tiredness, not even him knows.
"A little craziness can be good you know, to spice up life a little bit."
"Just a little you say…" Brendan turned away and walked inside his bedroom, after a couple of seconds he came out with a few sheets and a pillow on hand. "You can take the bedroom; I will sleep here on the living room."
"Oh, so sweet of you. If you treat me like that, I will start to fall for you." She giggled like a little girl.
"Is not like I would let a guest sleep on the floor." Brendan began to spread the large white sheet on the floor. "So don't worry about it."
Zinnia slowly stood up and walked her way to him. She grabbed his chin with one hand and raised his face to her, kissing his right cheek softly. "This is a thank you for letting me stay here today."
The so famous Champion of Hoenn, is blushing with a deep red on his cheeks. "You're welcome." He smiled shyly to her, his right hand sliding on his long brown hair.
His response made something tick faster inside the woman, she leaned in forward again, but this time taking her lips on a quick, but sweat kiss on Brendan's lips. "And this is for taking care of Aster." She walked away from him, and took on her arms a little Whismur who was already sleeping on the floor.
Brendan watched as she slowly walked inside the bedroom, his fingers touching his lips, that still are warm after the kiss. "What a crazy woman." Brendan smiled and shook his head. "Now how I'm supposed to sleep like this?" He ran his left hand down, stopping on his chest. His heart is beating so fast that it could jump out at any minute.
The young man took out his clothes and went right ahead to take a cold shower. Only after that, he was able to calm down enough to sleep on his improvised bed.
The snow is falling slowly on this cold morning, but again, on this part of the mountain is always cold and full of snow. A young man is standing on top of the snow covered mountain, he is dressed with a red shirt, black pants and wearing a golden-colored cap with black lines. Like a little ritual to him, he always enjoys the view of this place before attending to his very busy work and almost no one comes here to interfere with him. However, today is one of the odd days.
The man closed his eyes and took a deep breath, quickly the sound of someone stepping on the snow covered ground got his attention. He turned his face to the side and got a glimpse of his visitor on the corner of his eyes.
"Now, this is a rare event." The young man with the golden hat said. "Have you come to finally beat me on a fair battle?"
"No… Today I came here just to talk." A man with flaming red hair said back.
"Now, that is even rarer." The first one said with a laugh. "Really, haven't you said that you had nothing to say to me until you have beaten me?"
"Yes, and that just prove how serious this is." The red haired man frowned.
"Really?" The other man turned around, a cocky smile on his lips. "How so?"
"Ethan!" A mighty annoyed shout echoed on Mt. Silver's summit. "This is serious. I would never come to you if it was not."
"Okay Silver, I will hear you." Ethan took a few steps forward, getting close to his longtime rival. "What happened?"
Silver glared at the Pokémon Champion of Johto, he is cursing himself mentally for coming to Ethan of all people, but for him, this situation is more important than his ego. "My father is ready to do something really stupid this time." He said harshly. "Even worse than before."
"Team Rocket again, huh?" Ethan closed his eyes and sighed. "What is he doing?"
"He gathered a lot of strange people and they are preparing to do go all out on something big this time." Silver grabbed a pile of papers from inside his bag and handed over to Ethan. "If they go through with this… They will change everything."
"And where are they now?" Ethan eyed Silver. "I haven't seen a member of Team Rocket for a long time."
"Because they are not here." Silver replied. "He took everything and everyone… to Hoenn."
The most annoying sound on the planet went crazy first thing on the morning. Brendan's Pokénav plus, began to release a ringing noise, awakening him from his deep sleep. He lazily reached the gadget with one hand and opened the thing, with his eyes still closed.
"Hello?" Brendan said with a low voice.
"Good morning to you, son!" A lovely voice sounded from the Pokénav. "Hey, what are you doing in bed still?"
"Mom?" Brendan looked to the screen and noticed not only his mother but his father at her side too. "You called back!" A smile appeared on his lips.
"Son, why don't you open the windows or turn the light on? We can barely see your face on the dark." Norman said.
"Sure, just wait one moment." Brendan tried to stand up, but he felt something heavy pressing on his chest, holding him against the sheets. He ran his left hand on what was on top of him, and he felt a fluffy sensation on his fingers. "Excuse me for a moment Aster, I need to get up."
As he continued to stroke 'Aster's fur' a giggle soon followed, making the hairs of his arms stand up. "Stop it… that tickles." Zinnia said with an innocent voice.
Brendan looked to his side and he could not believe his eyes. "Aaaaaahhh! What are you doing here?!"
Aster came running from the bedroom, the little Whismur startled by Brendan's shout, went straight to the light switch, driving away the darkness from the place.
As Brendan tried to shield his eyes against the brightness, he held his right hand upwards, making the Pokénav's camera point downwards to him and his improvised bed. "Oh my…" Brendan's mother took both hands to her mouth.
Following his mother's reactions, Brendan looked down to his bed and understood her shock. "Why are you naked?" He jumped out of the bed. "Why did you sneak around naked?!"
Zinnia is lying on the sheets without a single piece of clothing on her body. And like that was the most natural occurring in the morning, she just turned over to the side and fell asleep again.
"Er… We can call back another time…" Norman looked away, his awkwardly standing beside his wife.
"No! Please wait just a moment." Brendan ran as fast as he could to the entrance door, and wearing only his boxer underwear he went out to the world.
After many and many years of hard training with his Pokémon team, the young man now has a well-defined and athletic body. His good form being way more evident when he is with his shirt out.
"Sorry… I… That woman…" Brendan sat down on the grass, covering his face with one hand while holding the Pokénav on the other.
"You don't have to explain yourself…" Norman said with a nod. "You are a man now, we understand."
"Dad… is not what you are thinking." The young champion felt so embarrassed that his face could melt at any moment.
"Be sure to treat her well, you hear me young mister?" His mother jumped in. "I don't want to see you sulking like when little May dumped you."
"Okay, enough of that… Geez." Brendan waved his right hand, making his Pokénav shake out of control. "How are you two doing? It has been so long since we last talked."
"Sorry son, we have a reason for that." Norman said.
"And?" Brendan Replied.
"We are not telling." His mother said and giggled. "That is a secret, super-secret in fact."
"But we will explain everything when we get to Hoenn." Norman said with a smile.
"You guys are coming back?" Brendan beamed with happiness. "When? How? I thought you were settled back on Johto."
"It's just a little trip, we are not moving back to Hoenn, sadly..." His mother responded. "And when… well that is another secret."
"Come on, honey. The boy is going to lose his mind if you keep piling secret after secret." Norman patted his wife on the shoulder.
"Not telling and I forbid you of telling too!" The woman waved one finger at her husband.
"Mom, you really don't change, do you?" Brendan smiled and his mother smiled back to him.
A stern grunt sounded from behind the young man, a green Pokémon walked from behind him and poked his head on top of Brendan's left shoulder.
"Ekkisu!" Brendan's mother cheered in high spirits. "Are you taking care of my boy?"
The massive Sceptile cried out happily, jumping in front of the camera and putting his right arm around Brendan's neck. He kept growling and crying like he is doing a full report to the older woman.
"Come on, Ekkisu I want to talk to her too." Brendan tried to see the screen, but the Sceptile's leaf blade continued to block his view.
"Look dear, the boat is coming!" The older woman pointed to the side.
Norman nodded and looked back to his Pokénav. "We have to go now, but don't worry. We will call you more often."
"I will hold you on that, dad." Brendan smiled and waved one hand to the camera. Soon after the call ended and he closed his gadget. "What?" He noticed his Pokémon friend staring at him.
Ekkisu punched the air two times and gave another long look to Brendan.
"Ready for training, huh?" Brendan put his Pokénav on the grassy ground and walked in front of his Sceptile. "I'm on my boxers right now, but… You are naked too, so I guess this is fine, right?"
Ekkisu grunted and let out a little laugh. The green Pokémon posed his right arm in front of him and glared concentrated to his trainer.
"Let's do this, Ekkisu!" Brendan charged in and threw a wide punch.
As Brendan's fist came closer, Ekkisu raised his left arm and blocked the hit. The Sceptile then did a quick spin, whipping his tail forward. Brendan jumped the attack and threw a side kick coming from the side.
Pokémon and Trainer kept going on their special trainer for quite some time, and as the time passed Brendan began to fight only to not fall instead of really fight back.
Being out of breath, Brendan ceased to attack at all. He waited patiently for Ekkisu to strike, and as his friend charged in, the trainer slid below the swinging arm and aimed for the red line on the Sceptile's belly.
"Ha, got you!" Brendan shouted, his fist went flying up. Then a sharp green flash crossed in front of him, making a slight cut on his right cheek. "Really Ekkisu? Using your Leaf Blade?" He complained while holding one hand on his face.
Ekkisu only grunted back to him, the Pokémon resumed his normal stance waiting for Brendan's next move.
"Then take this your little cheater!" Brendan pulled a bunch of grass from the ground and threw it on his Pokémon's face. As Ekkisu's vision went dark and his movements go confused, his trainer jumped in front of him, kicking the Sceptile on the chest, making him fall backside on the grass.
"How is that?" Brendan put his hands on his waist and bragged.
A sound of applause suddenly appeared behind them. Brendan quickly turned just to see Zinnia standing in front of the main door, but at least she is using a bit more clothes now.
"So your special training is going full on fist fight with your Pokémon?" She asked with one eyebrow raised.
"Hah… Ha. Only with Ekkisu. With this we both stand on form and ready for anything." As Brendan responded, his Sceptile walked to his side and grunted in response too. "But I win most of the times." He said with a wide grin.
And just like that, Ekkisu's long tail swept around the grass, hitting his trainer on his legs and dropping him on the ground.
"Ow! Really funny…" Brendan scratched his back and frowned at his green friend.
Zinnia burst out in a fit of laugher, making little Aster laugh together with her. "You are crazy, you know that?"
Brendan looked at the woman and smiled. "Look who's talking." His smile turned into a full laugher.
The early morning turned out as a really eventful time, but if every day turned to be like this, the young champion would never complain.