The Adventures of Lillie and Luna (and others) Part 1
Oh boy, a chapter that's not focusing on Bronze. We haven't had that since Chapter Hau. Anywho, we're gonna see what shenanigans Lillie gets into while Bronze is out with Zen Master Fortune Cookie Man. Let's see if I mess this up or not…
Tide Song Hotel
Lillie was sitting on a bench, reading the extremely thick book she was reading before Bronze came and asked her to baby sit some of his team. The book she was reading was about proper medical procedures for all pokemon. She was friends with a guy who literally Pokemon battles so she may need to know how to treat cuts, bruises, scrapes, third degree burns and ect.
She had Luna sleeping on her lap as she read. The warmth of the Pokemon made her feel cozy. Out of all of Bronze's pokemon, she preferred Luna the most. She was quiet, smart, meallow, and a girl. Unlike all of Bronze's other pokemon. BIGJAW is a total character. White Fang is full of energy and head over heels for Luna. Bruho is a stubborn, hot headed donkey. And finally, that Charizard is just plain scary. The charcoal scales really make his red eyes show and make them look 5 times as frightening.
Lillie had kept Bruho and White Fang in their pokeballs because of Luna. Though, she's seen White Fang before and how he acts so she could understand why.
Moments earlier
A flash of light came out of a Ultra ball and Luna the Umbreon materialized into existence. Luna looked around the place just to see her surroundings. Lillie smiled as she saw the elegant fox after a while. She then bent down and said, "Hello, again. Remember me?" Luna looked up at Lillie, sniffed her, and then nodded. "Oh that's great!" she said with satisfaction. She was trying to make the Moonlight Princess feel comfortable around her. But much to her surprise, Luna was surprisingly calm about the whole situation. The biggest thing that surprised her was just how meallow she was in comparison to her trainer. Ya know, the cowboy who walks around with a whacking stick foiling the plans of Team Numskull.
"I'll be your caretaker for a little while Bronze is out with some of your other teammates." Lillie said. Luna then had a flashback to BIGJAW and Night Wing not exactly getting along. And remembered how that Charizard tried to kill them. She then saw Luna have a scowl on her face. "You're not too fond do your teammates?" Lillie asked. The Umbreon then shrugged.
Lillie then stroked her head, which Luna actually liked. The damsel knew just where to scratch. "I'm sorry if you get bored. I'm not as outdoorsy like Hau and Bronze." Lillie said. The Umbreon just looked at her. She then went up to the girls slender leg and rubbed up against her like a cat. Lillie smiled and said, "I'm glad you understand. I'll make sure to bring out the other two so you can play." Lillie said. The Tide Song Hotel did allow Pokemon to roam freely just as long as they fit into the hotel and did not break anything.
Luna went wide eyed at the thought of the Rock and Ground-type Pokemon she called teammates were about to be allowed free roaming in a expensive hotel. Luna then grunted to get the girls attention. Lillie turned around as she pulled out the Net ball and Heavy ball from her bag. "What's wrong?" Lillie asked in concern. Luna pointed to the balls with her paw and shook her head.
"Ummm, is there something wrong?" Lillie asked. Luna nodded to answer Lillie's question. "What is it?" the girl asked. Luna then walked closer to Lillie and opened her mouth. She moved towards White Fang's pokeball and gently bit down on it. She then carried it to her caretakers bag and and gently placed it in their. Lillie then proceeded to put Bruho's pokeball in her bag with a confused look on her face.
"Are you good now?" she asked Bronze's Umbreon. Luna nodded and jumped on the bench with the best character of Pokemon sun and moon. (#NoBiasHereFolks)
Back to the present
Lillie was currently flipping through the section of her book on canine Pokemon, specifically the eeveelutions. She had finished reading up on the gen 1 eeveelutions as well as Espeon. Now she was reading up on Umbreon. As she read through through the normal bodily functions she saw a interesting passage on Umbreon's poison sweat. It stated that this is a defense mechanism for when the Pokemon is agitated.
Lillie then got a little bit worried about that since said poison sweating Pokemon was sitting on her lap. "Do you do that?" Lillie asked. Luna looked up at her with a sleepy looked in her face. "The books says that you sweat poison when your agitated. Is that correct?" Lillie asked. The Umbreon then shook her head no. "You haven't developed that adaptation yet." Lillie sighed in relief.
Luna then smiled and rubbed her head against Lillie chest in affection. She started to giggle a little bit. The damsel then started to stroke Luna's head. "Aww, you're such a pretty girl." she said to the dark fox. The Umbreon wagged its tail in delight. "I hope your friends are as easy as you." Lillie said to herself. The two then sat in peace on the bench for a good while. Lillie was kinda glad Bronze came in and disrupted the peace because now she has a cute lap warmer.
However, something was going to wrong in just a minute.
Nebby was sitting inside of Lillie's bag, bored. Nebby had his appendages crossed along with a look of annoyance on his face. Lillie was becoming more and more persistent when it came to keeping him from sneaking outside the bag. It then started to move around in the bag. A second after it could here Lillie's muffled voice saying "You better behave, Mr." Nebby sighed using its signature cry and sat back down. It felt something dig into its side so it got up and looked behind him. The net ball that was put into the the bag with Nebby shakes and opened. White Fang then materialized into the bag. It then looks around in confusion. It then started whining because if the dark, cramped space then proceeded to started moving around.
Lillie and Luna both had faces of concern as they looked at the shaking bag with whining and Nebby's noise emitting from it. Lillie "Nebby are you okay?!" Lillie said as she opened the bag. She then said, "How did you get out" The girl then pulled out the rock puppy who had his tail shaking. White Fang barked and started to lick Lillie face. "Stop, that tickles!" she pleaded. White Fang then looked up and saw Luna. His eyes went hearts and he stopped licking Lillie. He then jumped and sat by Luna's side. His tongue was out and his tail was wagging as he started at Luna like the love sick puppy he is. Luna rolled her eyes at the act.
Lillie took a disinfectant wipe and started to wipe her face face off. She then looked to see Luna and White Fang sitting close to each other. "Aww, that so precious!" she said. White Fang then saw Nebby float out of Lillie's bag so the puppy jumped off the bench to play with him. Luna looked at the pup as it chased Nebby. Luna then sighed in relief. The night fox looked up at Lillie as she sat down. "You have one too, huh." she said jokingly. Luna nodded. "At least he's cute." Lillie said as she scratched behind Luna's ear, which she loved.
"Excuse me, young lady." one of the waiters said to the introvert. Lillie then looked up to the waitress.
"Yes." she said, acknowledging the waiter.
"Unfortunately, I must ask you to leave the premises. You and your Pokemon are disrupting the peace and we've been getting complaints." the waiter said.
Lillie blushed with embarrassment at request. She was normally well behaved but she wasn't keeping good track of Bronze's Pokemon. She looked to see White Fang chasing Nebby around. This was accompanied by the disapproving looks from the fellow loungers. "I'm terribly sorry about that." Lillie said. "Thank you for putting up with me for so long." Lillie said. She pulled out White Fang's pokeball and walked away with her head looking at the floor. She used her big sun hat to hide the shade of red on her face. She puffed her cheeks in agitation as she saw the two little rascals. She scooped up Nebby and returned White Fang to her pokeball. "Now stay in the bag you." She said as she placed Nebby into her large duffle bag and exited the building.
Luna followed her but didn't put her tail in teen her legs like most animals in the canine family do in shame since she did nothing wrong. The two walked to the benches and Lillie sat down.
Luna then jumped up on the bench next to her. She squinted her eyes because if the sun and scooted closer to Lillie so she could get under the shade of Lillie's sun hat. Lillie unzipped her bag and dug in their to find Bronze's Pokemon while also telling Nebby to sit the fuck down. She put both pieces of fech in her hands, pressed a button to expand them to full size, and summoned the two.
White Fang was sitting down on the floor with its tongue out, panting in excitement. Bruho snorted as it looked around. "Okay, you two can roam around this area only. Do not go anywhere out of this area, please. I don't want to tell Bronze that his Pokemon ran away." Lillie said. "Understand?" Lillie said. White Fang nodded and started to run around with energy of Hau level proportions. Bruho looked at Lillie, un amused. He snorted and walked off with his hooves making galloping sounds on the pavement.
Lillie puffed her cheeks in agitation. "He has quite the attitude." she said. Luna looked at her with an expression that said, "Tell me about it." Lillie started to pet Luna and said, "You're not going be like that, right?" Along with the comment she made, she also simultaneously held Nebby's bag in place when she caught him trying to inch his way to freedom. Luna shook her head. She then laid down in Lillie's lap and curled up into s ball.
"Are you tired?" Lillie cooed as she stroke Luna's head. Lillie got no response because Luna was already fast asleep. Poor thing doesn't like light and yet it lives in the Alola region.
White Fang was barking at Bruho but not in a aggressive manner. It was more of a annoying fan or young child rambling on and on. Bruho had a look of annoyance on his face as he tried to tune out the pup. However, the temper and impatience of the donk was not holding up well. White Fang kept barking happily and seemed to be unaware of anything else around him. Bruho used Rock Tomb but didn't fling the projectiles at the pup. He only used it so that he could out the pup in a platform far away from him.
Bruho trotted over to the girls. Even though he cared little for Luna, he just wanted some peace. Lillie was keeping a watchful eye on Nebby and looked up every so often to check on Bruho and White Fang. She was currently not looking though as she was rummaging through her duffle bag. Luna was still napping on Lillie's lap. Bruho saw the two and trotted over, making even more galloping sounds on the pavement. The donkey then stood on its hind legs and put its front legs on the bench. It the tried to hoist itself up but ended up making the bench into a seesaw. That's the life of an over 200 pound mud donkey. "What the!" Lillie said as she held onto one side of the bench, trying very hard not to fall.
Luna however, fell right off Lillie's lap. The fox woke up immediately and stool the landing with the utmost grace and elegance. Luna then looked to see Bruho was the cause of the bench going into seesaw mode. The Moonlight Princess glared at the hot-headed donkey. Luna started to growl at Bruho. The donkey looked at her with the same uninterested look it had on its face. "Put me down, Mudbray!" Lillie commanded. She was starting to lose her grip and Bruho only made the bench go more and more upright. Lillie then realized then that if the bench got even more upright then people would get a view of what's under her dress. She blushed and pleaded, "Please!"
The donkey, however, was not listening to Lillie pleads. People were already looking at what was going on because Lillie screams were making people concerned. Luna then looked at Bruho's tail and got an idea. Bruho was small but he has one tough body. He sturdy and solid and the Stamina ability only increases that. However, tails are normally a weak spot. She bit down on the tail and the donkey neighed in pain, dropping the bench.
Lillie grabbed her bag and held it tightly to protect Nebby. She then closed her eyes and braced herself for impact. After a few seconds of being scared shitless, she opened her eyes and saw she was fine. She then opened the bag and saw Nebby was okay. The Pokemon gave out its signature pew sound at the sight of the pacifists face. She sighed in relief but then had a look of anger as she saw Bruho.
The donkey was red in face as it had thoughts of anger in its head. Luna had a smug look on her face.
Lillie then marched over to Bruho and said, "Why would you even do that?! Bronze is going of be very mad when he hears how inobedient you're being!" Bruho just looked at her, uninterested. Lillie then duh into her bag and pulled out Bruho's heavy ball. "Go back into your ball and think about what you've done." Lillie said. She tried to sue the returning laser but Bruho moved out of the way. Lillie then got up in Bruho's face and tried to give him a look of disappointment. Bruho just snorted in her face and walked away. Lillie was red with anger.
Luna glared and walked to the donkey. It grunted to get Bruho's attention. The donkey turned around and whinnied to show it acknowledged her. Luna then went up to Bruho and started to whisper in Bruho's ear. It then pointed to White Fang and then itself. Bruho was following. She then made a grunt and pointed to Lillie. Bruho then came to realization after what Luna had told him in Pokemonese.
Bruho then lowered its ears and lowered its head as it walked over to Lillie. Lillie would of just yelled at the donkey but then took a second to think. She knew that even though this thing was stubborn, it's probably nice it Bronze since it is his Pokemon. She may need to give the donkey another chance since it was just thrown in with a Lillie only a little while ago. "You're lucky I like your trainer." Lillie said. Bruho then neighed hysterically at the comment. Lillie was wondering why the donkey was laughing. She thought back to her previous comment and realized the donkey took it out of context. "You know what I meant." Lillie squeaked as she blushed.
"Who's hungry?" Lillie asked, trying to change the subject. Luna and Bruho nodded. "Okay then, I'll get the food ready. You guys go get your other partner." Lillie said with a smile, mostly directed to Luna.
The two then walked off to get get White Fang. Bruho looked up at White Fang to see him trying to get down from the platform. Luna looked up and saw what Bruho had done. White Fang was high up on the rock and looked scared to come down. He was still a puppy so he was scared. Luna was only a little bit older than White Fang but she was evolved and much more mature.
Luna felt sorry for the poor thing. An idea came into her head as to how she could get her admirer down. Luna yelped and dropped to the floor. White Fang heard this and looked down to see Luna laying on the ground. White Fang's courage level went from a scared child to the valiance of a legion. The rock pup jumped down from the makeshift platform and ran to Luna's side. He started sniffing her to see if she was okay. Luna then got up and was completely fine. White Fang looked at her with confusion. Luna smiled at her teammate. She knew all this Rockruff needed was a little encouragement.
Luna walked off and signaled to Lillie with a grunt that they were ready to eat. White Fang watched Luna walk off. He was starting to feel weird. Bruho made a snarky neigh to the pup. White Fang responded with an angry bark. However, it was more cute than intimidating. The high pitch of White Fang's bark coupled with blush it had just made it look all too adorable.
Luna walked out to Lillie with a happy expression on its face while wagging its tail adorably. Lillie then looked to her and asked, "Where are the others?" Luna looked to see the donkey and wolf cub weren't with her. She then looked back to see White Fang angirly barking at Bruho. Luna sighed and walked over to her teammates.
When she got halfway to where they were, Luna barked to get the attention of the two earth Pokemon. White Fang shot his head up and looked to see Luna. Bruho then snorted with a snarky look on his face. White Fang growled in annoyance at him. Luna then barked again, signaling them to come oe eat. The two the walked over to the girls and Nebby. Luna stood their waiting for them and started to walk back to Lillie when they got closer.
Luna then noticed something was off. She felt that there wasn't the normal feeling that she was being watched. She turned her head and saw White Fang wasn't looking at her. White fang wasn't staring at her or even trying to be near her. Luna thought something was wrong so she turned around and walked towards her compadres. Luna then grunted to Bruho and the doney snorted in response. It then galloped quickly to where Lillie placed down some bowls of food for them.
Luna looked down at the pup and whined in concern. White Fang's only response was a quiet grunt. Luna then gently nuzzled it's snout against White Fang's neck since Rockruff show their affection through rubbing the rocks on their necks around other people or pokemon.
White Fang just wiggled his way out of Luna's embrace and walked fast towards the food. Luna felt bad for the little guy. He seemed mad. The fox thought that the show she put on for the pup might have made him mad at her for scaring him. The poor thing was hopelessly in love with the Umbreon.
A little bit later
Everyone had sat down to eat lunch (And no, not Ice Lunch). Bruho was eating his pokemon pellet out of a bowl that was away from everyone else. It was supposed to be a punishment but Bruho was just glad to have some peace and quiet. Bronze just had to take the only two pokemon Bruho related with. The persistent croc and the powerful dragon. Even if the powerful dragon did try to kill him twice already.
Lillie had Nebby safe in the bag. She was feeding him one pellet at a time. Nebby liked it and Lillie thought it was adorable. She was very gentle when it came to feeding and bathing the adorable beast.
Luna and White Fang were eating next to each other, through White Fang had tried to avoid her. Luna actually came to White Fang. She looked at White Fang as he looked uninterested at his food. He took small bites every so often. The fox saw that the Rockruff was a little distressed. She then picked up a pellet from her food and turned to White Fang. She grunted to get White Fang's attention. The pup looked at his friend and saw what she was doing. Luna had a happy expression on her face as she held a food pellet in her mouth. She wagged her tail like White Fang did whenever he was happy. The puppy blushed at Luna trying to be cute but it looked away. Luna sighed and ate the pellet she had in her mouth. White Fang just shoved it's face into it's food. Luna whined in defeat as she began to eat her food. White Fang then looked up and stared at Luna. He didn't like acting like this but he felt like he had to be tougher. He didn't want Luna's pitty. The pup just wanted some respect.
Lillie had been watching the two for a good while now. She found Luna adorable and found White Fang trying to be tough and independent to be even cuter. Lillie went into her bag and took out a burgundy book with a gold lock. She then pulled out a key and unlocked the book and pulled out a pen. She then began to write in it. She began to summarize what ha happened today and what currently is happening. After she finished writing in the book she locked it and put it away.
She looked at the two canine pokemon and noticed White Fang was constantly looking at Luna while she wasn't looking. Lillie smiled at how cute this was. She wanted to help the little pup with Luna. She went into her bag and searched through it. "Come on, come on." she muttered to herself. She then pulled out an Oran berry. She was given one when she and Hau ate at Bronze's place to celebrate the Mexican and Hawaiian's victory against Hala. She then said, "Rockruff, come here." White Fang shot his head up and walked to Lillie. She then said with a smile, "Here you go." White Fang didn't think twice before grabbing the fruit with it's mouth. Lillie then picked up the pup and walked hi over to Luna. The fox was still eating her food when she saw White Fang was placed next to her with a berry in it's mouth.
Luna had a happy expression on her face while White Fang was red. White Fang didn't know what to do. He decided to just give her theberry since he was being a little mean to her. The pup then dropped the berry on the ground rolled it to Luna with its snout. Luna saw how hard White Fang was trying so she cut him some slack. She happily whined and wagged her tail. White Fang looked away so he wouldn't be embarrassed anymore by the shade of red on his face. Luna then walked up to White Fang and licked his cheek. White Fang then turned completely dead and laid on the ground in bliss. Lillie giggled at this and thought to herself, "So cute!"
Lillie then saw White Fang was not up yet so she pulled out it's pokeball and returned it to it's capsule. Luna then looked at Lillie and knew what she did. "Did you like that?" she asked. Luna walked up to Lillie and rubbed herself against Lillie's leg, affectionately.
After a little bit,never home else finished their food. Except for Lillie. Lillie returned Bruho to its pokeball and put it safely into her duffle bag. The blonde then asked, "What do you want to do?" Luna just jumped up in her lap and basked in the shade of Lillie sun hat. "Oh yeah. I you don't like the sun." Lillie said. "But, what about the others?" Lillie asked. Nebby then immediately started to shake and make pew noises in the bag.
"Calm down you! You're going to get a heart attack." Lillie scolded. Lillie the sighed and said to Nebby, "I guess you want to go in a walk then." Lillie then got up and pulled out Luna's Ultra ball so that she didn't have to be in the sun. Luna looked at Lillie and shook her head. "You want to walk with me?" she asked. Luna nodded yes.
"Alright then. At least I have someone to protect us." Lillie said. Luna then walked off and grunted to Lillie to follow. "Oh, coming!" she said as quickly follow he dark fox. The two walked into a opening that led to a grassy area. "Are you sure this is okay." Luna nodded and walked into the grassy area, with Lillie following. The grassy area was as sunny as it was outside the hotel. It was nice to have some shade though, as Luna hated the sun. Lillie was a little frightened. Whenever she went out on her own nothing good came from it. She's already had to have Nebby saved on more than one occasion by someone else because she's incapable of going into the wild without repels. She at least had a pokemon with her this time and it was a pokemon from one the strongest trainers she knows so she should be relatively safe.
Lillie stuck close to Luna as they walked. She held her duffle bag tightly to make sure there would be no shenanigans by Nebby. They walled for a while in the forest. Lillie had no clue where they were going but trusted that Luna would lead them to the exit of this grassy area. Lillie wasn't holding up all that well, she was sweating from the Alolan heat and her feet were killing her. The ballet flats she wore, while aesthetically pleasing, were not very comfortable for her to travel. She wasn't really dressed for adventure in general. She wore a white dress with transparent outlines so that already was begging for staining and wasn't screaming outdoorsy. Her sun hat is up for debate but it doesn't seem to be a adventurers first choice from it being white and all. This is in contrast to her two pokemon training friends.
Bronze wore plain shirts that were either white or gray so he didn't really care if they got stained since he could just buy another one for like a dollar. He wore jeans for not only that he preferred to wear pants and intertwining with his whole cowboy aesthetic but also the fact that the denim pants would protect his legs from the elements. Bronze also wore a pair of hiking boots that are great for traveling long distances in comfort since they were thick and heavy in the good way which was keeping rocks and other sharp objects from poking him. He had on a pair of shades for them being practical and cool looking. He also sported the definition of a adventurer's hat in the form of his straw cowboy hat. There's also the fact that he's one of the only trainer's Lillie knew who carried weapons in the form of his lasso and a makeshift staff that he uses to defend himself.
Hau while completely contrasting with Bronze's look, actually dressed practically for his environment. His clothing was simple i the form of a black T-shirt and yellow shorts. This made sure he wouldn't overheat. He also wore his hair up to keep it out of his way. Hau also wore a pair of sandals which he could discard at any time when it came to going through water. This was very practical wear for a hot environment but obviously would be completely impractical for rocky and cold places.
Lillie's feet felt like they were on fire. These ballet flats really were killing her feet. She then saw a boulder up ahead and sighed in relief. "Hey, can we stop for a little bit?" Lillie asked. Luna looked up the girl and nodded. Lillie smiled and thanked the fox. The girls went to the rock and Lillie took a seat. The rock was a bit ruff but it made her feet feel some relief. Lillie rubbed them through her ballet flats. Luna whined at Lillie in concern. Lillie smiled and said, "My feet just hurt a bit, you don't have to worry about me." Luna made an expression that showed she wasn't satisfied with the answer. Luna stood up from the rock and petted Luna. She the proceeded to say, "Let's just keep moving."
The two walked for a little while longer and finally saw an exit in the distance. Lillie was relieved at the sight but then heard something that made her not so happy. "Ha! You call yourself a trainer." a arrogant sounding voice said.
"What the?" Lillie said. Luna then looked to Lillie, awaiting an order. "Let's check it out." she said. Lillie and Lina the saw a grown man heckling a young child.
"Are you serious? My Machoke destroyed that Rattata." the man said. HisMachoke laughed along side it's trainer. The boy he was heckling had tears welling up in his eyes. He picked up his rat Pokemon and ran away with tears running down his face. The man and Machoke laughed their asses off even more.
Lillie and Luna looked at those two with looks of disappointment. Luna especially did not like this. "Those jerks." Lillie thought to herself. She was thinking thoughts of disgust right now. She was so deep in though that she didn't even notice Luna snook off.
The fox was right behind the Machoke and glared at it. She then opened her mouth and bit down on the Machoke's mainland leg with its small fangs. The Machoke yelled in pain as it hoped on one foot and held the foot that Luna but worth it's hands.
"What the?" the man said as he saw a rather pissed off Luna.
Lillie heard the yell and got knocked out of her trance. She looked around to see Luna was gone. Lillie's heart almost stopped but she did see Luna. Unfortunately, she was close to the the pair of jerks that beat a poor kid. The man then turned to see Luna. His Machoke then had a look of anger on its face. "An Umbreon, huh." he said. "Well, Machoke. You can take care of it." he said, not being interested in the fact that it's pokemon was just bitten. Machoke cracked it's knuckles and glared at it's assailant. Luna just growled at the muscle bound freak. Her growl sounded kinda like the way a smaller dog growls.
"Luna!" Lillie yelled as she ran up to the fox. She looked at the man as he glared at her. She was frightened by him. She didn't Hau's positive attitude and friendly demeanor with her or the presence of Bronze that would of made her feel safe and frightened, simultaneously in this situation.
"So your this Pokemon, trainer?" the man asked.
"N-no…" Lillie said reluctantly. She was staring at her feet and avoiding eye contact.
"So, what? Did you steal it? Are you a thief, because you don't look like one." the man said in a more aggressive tone.
"I-I'm just watching it for a friend…" she said.
"Your friend must be a terrible trainer if their trusting the likes of you." the man said snarky. His machine had the same snarky look on its face that just makes you want to punch them in the face.
Lillie was red with embarrassment as she looked at the ground. She didn't really have a backbone in these situations. She couldn't just wait for someone to swoop in and save her. She had to think of a way out of this.
Hau's a friendly guy. Maybe if she can try to befriend this guy and get out of the grassy area in one piece.
"Well aren't ya going to say something? Speak up!" the man yelled.
"can we just make amends…" she tried to ask before she was rudely interrupted.
"You started this and now your backing out?! Who do you think you are, a princess?!" he yelled. He was more heckling the poor girl than anything.
Well, trying the Hau way didn't work. Guess not everyone will stop with just a smile and kind words. What else could she do? She couldn't challenge him to a battle because these aren't her Pokemon and she isn't even a trainer. She then had a epiphany after going back to that thought.
Bronze. He's normally pretty confident in his ability and seems like a guy who could get out do this situation, not in the way Lillie would tackle this but he would find a way to get out do this.
She then thought about how he would act I this situation. Smack talk, possibly? She's overheard him retaliate with a snarky remark before but it was because he could his height to his advantage. She then thought about how arrogant and petty this guy was and pieced together an insult. This was something has really doesn't do so she hoped it would suffice.
"A-at least I-I don't…" Lillie squeaked but coudl T get the words out. She was red in the face and her palms were sweaty. She then felt the soft fur of Luna who was rubbing her leg. She then took a deep breath. "At least I don't need to beat little kids to prove myself!" she said with a Michael more confident tone.
The man immediately responded by glaring at her. "You're just a joke, kid." he said as he wakes closer to her with the same glare. "Look at you! You're barely able to make a decent comeback, let alone back it up with something." He then closed in on her and said with the tone of a bully, "So whatcha' gonna do, Princess?"
Lillie lowered her head again. She didn't know what to do. She tried to be like Bronze and that didn't work. She couldn't walk away now because she was in too deep and didn't want Luna getting hurt just so she could get out of this. She then thought back to Bronze. His way was the only way that seemed to do something.
While she was thinking, the man was insulting her and calling her names that would make a hardened criminal blush with embarrassment.
Lillie was now thinking about taking a page from the Big Book of Bronze. A book that probably isn't the best source to get ideas about getting yourself out of confrontations. She then clenched her fist and thought back to the first time she met Bronze. She thought back to the first time she saw him punch a Spearow. She then took her hand and slapped the man across the face. He stumbled back, his eyes wide with shock that this petite girl in a sun hat that looked so scared and nervous just slapped him across the face.
"Jerk!" she said loudly with her cheeks puffed. Luna was in utter shock. She knew that this girl hung around Bronze but she didn't know that she was going to take after him. "Corne on, Luna! Let's leave these two to stroke each others who." Lillie said as she led the way into the nearest town. Luna quickly followed her.
The two were on their way to Paniola Town. Lillie was feeling a little queasy. She really did just slap a man across the face. She did find this as a gateway into having a backbone. She just wished it stopped at an insult. She didn't like seeing Pokemon and people in pain, even if they were jerks.
"I apologize for my actions…" Lillie said meekly. "I just wanted to get you out if there." she said. Luna just looked up to her an grunted. Lillie looked to Luna and saw her with a concerned expression on her face. She walked closer to Lillie. Lillie smiled a little at her. "Thank you for understanding." she said.
The two then saw the town that was close to exit of the vegetation filled area. They then saw Paniola Town in all its western glory. Old buildings made of wood planks were all over. The roads were the standard dirt rods if bag western movie. And everyone was wearing western wear in the form of all the flavors of cowboy hats including but not limited to cattlemans, cutters (which is style of a certain stick welding Tauros rancher), ridge tops, dakotas, and many more. They also wore button down shirts, overalls, jeans, and the many varieties of cowboy boots.
Lillie immediately thought of Bronze when she saw the town. She then also thought of Hau saying things like "We found your people" or "I bet you feel at home, cowboy."
Lillie walked along the dirt road, feeling awkward. She was so out of place here. She did get compliments about her hat though. The heat here was somehow more intense then it was back at the forest and the dirt road wasn't doing anything to make her feet feel better. The terrain was worse for her choice if footwear.
Luna saw Lillie was in discomfort and whined in concern. Lillie looked to her and said, "Oh don't worry about me." She then petted the Umbreon and have her a reassuring smile that Luna didn't buy for a second. She then immediately thought that a good pair of boots would work out well for her.
Luna then grunted to Lillie and walked of the buildings. She scouted around the area in search of a apparel shop. Luna then saw a wood sign with a dress carved into it which gave her the idea that this was a place that had clothing. She even walked to the door of the shop and saw a poster that said, "100th customer of the day gets a pair of free boots!"
Luna's ears raised up at the sign. She then turned around to see Lillie would was right behind her. "Luna! Please don't run off like that." Lillie said. "I thought you were the easy one."
Luna didn't respond to the comment and walked into the shop. Lillie quickly followed her into the shop. She was then greeted with the YEEHAW of a cowboy. Lillie flinched, nearly having a heart attack over the sudden noise.
"Congratulations, little lady! Yer our 100th customer." the cowboy said in a Texan accent, not quite red neck though.
"Excuse me, sir?" she asked politely.
"Didn' ya see dat there sign?" he said. "First 100th customer gets the sleeves a free pair of boots." he said. "And by the looks of those things on yer feet yer gonna need a pair to travel on the terrain." he said. "Now come on, don't be shy. Pick out any our ya like!" he said in a jolly manner.
"U-um… thank you…" she said awkwardly as she walked to the boots section. She tangent looked down to see Luna who had a happy expression on her face as she wagged her tail, adorably. "You're such a good girl." she said as she stroked the Umbreon's head.
Insert boot lickingmontage here
Lillie had finally picked out a pair of boots that she thought look nice. The only thing about her outfit that mother dearest picked out for her was that it was white. She grew accustomed to the color even if it had to due with her traumatic childhood.
The boots she picked out had a 13 inch white shafts, black pull straps, piping, and west end strike stitching. They also featured leather construction, sole, and double row welt stitching. The boots also feast fired riding heel. She didn't think they would help her out too much but hey, you never know when you may have to ride a Pokemon when your friend's dad owns a Tauros ranch. The final feature of her boots were the decorative pokeball inlay on the side of the black part of her boots in white.
She took off her ballet flats and felt is much relief. She felt like her feet just came out of a heat chamber and felt the cool air coming from the AC. She then gently placed down her ballet flats on the bench she was sitting on and looked at the boots she picked out. She then slipped on the boots, slowly. She felt the leather around her leg as she went in deeper and deeper into the western wear. She then slipped the other on. She then proceeded to stand up. She was about to look into the mirror and was nervous. She never licked out her own clothes so this was a huge first for her. Her legs shook as she turned around. She had her eyes clothes, not wanting to see herself in the fear of what she'd look like.
All that came to mind was her mother telling her how ugly she was as she rummaged through her closet.
Luna looked at Lillie and was feeling worried. She seemed scares so Luna walked towards her.
Lillie held back her tears as she thought about how horrible her mother was to her. But then, the feeling went away. She felt a familiar warmth in her leg. Her thoughts then went to her friends. They were all walking together back at Melemele Island. She could looked back to Hau's smile. She then went to the time at the apparel shop with Bronze's kind gesture. The nice memories of her friends have her some confidence.
Lillie took a deep breath and opened her green eyes. She then looked at herself in the body sized mirror. Lillie nervously layedwith one her braids as she brought her attention to her new boots. She saw how they were only a little shorter than her socks so the blue part of them showed a bit. She also noticed how the boots made her appear a bit taller. She wasn't as tall as Bronze was but she was now taller than Hau.
"Mother would never approve…" she said to herself. She then started at the boots for a little bit. But then, she smiled. She actually liked how they looked. She pushed aside her negative thoughts and walked away from the mirror. Luna and Nebby then made noises to Lillie. She then looked at them and saw they faces of approval. "Thank you!" she said, feeling excited. She then scooped up Nebby and put the cosmos me Pokemon on her bag. "Come on, Luna! Let's go travel a little more." she said.
Lillie was about to leave the establishment when she saw something that caught her eye. Sunglasses. She thought that while she was here she might as well buy something. She felt kinda bad since these boots would of been way over her budget.
She walked to the rack of sun resistance eyewear and looked for something she liked. She then stumbled upon a pair of ray bans with a white frame and blue tinted glass. She looked at the price and saw they were 100 poke-dollars (or whatever the hell their currency is called). She had the money for them so she tried then on. She then looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. She liked the way they matched her dress.
Lillie then walked to cashier and said, "I'd like these, please." She then pulled out some money from her bag and placed it on the desk.
"You know, you didn't have to buy anything. It would of been fine if you jus theft with the boots." he said.
"I know but these are really nice and expressive. I didn't feel right just taking them." she said.
The cashier chuckled and tipped his hat to her. "Have a nice day." he said. Lillie said the same and walked off with Luna. "Good kid." he said to himself.
Lillie was outside and noticed how much the sunglasses helped her with vision. Everything wasn't as blindingly bright so she could navigate better. She also felt so much more comfortable in her new boots.
She reached into her bag and pulled out her ballet flats that she wore for the longest time. She then tossed them into a nearby trash can. "I've never liked those shoes." she said as she petted Luna. She was feeling much happier now.
The two walked across the dirt road, just going with the flow. They eventually found the exit if the city and walked through it. They then saw the prairie that was right next it he city. Lots of tall grass was around there. "Be careful. We don't know what's going to come out of that tall grass." Lillie said to Luna as she proceeded onward.
The two admired the vast fields filled with herds if Miltank and Tauros, even though there was that whole Tauros fiasco a few chapters back. It was actually kinda peaceful around there. Just try to ignore the smell of manure and it would be a pretty nice walk.
The two then made it to a fenced off area where they saw Miltank being milked and Tauros getting wounds from fighting treated. They had cuts, bruises, and some were even missing a horn or two.
Lillie's heart sank a bit as she saw a Tauros who was chained up. It had a bowl of food and water next to it. The thing that made her feel bad for the fur ball of fury was that it was missing a horn. It had some bandages wrapped around it's head and the bandages were already red with blood. It looked like a fresh wound. "Oh you poor thing." Lillie said as she reached hand out to pet it's snout. The Tauros then backed up and snorted. Lillie pulled her hand back and felt her heart get shot. A Tauros was so hurt that it was scared. Lillie then said to it in a low, not intimidating tone, "Hey there." She then gave it a smile to show a little kindness. The hurt Tauros then slowly walked up to Lillie. "There we go. I'm not going to hurt you." Lillie said softly. She then slowly reached her hand out and placed it gently on the snout. She then gently stroked the Tauros' snout to show it a little bit of compassion. The Tauros then pushed it's face more into Lillie's hand. "Aww, do you like that." she cooed to the Tauros.
"Wow, I didn't take you as the Tauros whispering type." a familiar voice said. Lillie jerked her head up and looked around to see Mallow with a greeting smile.
"Hello, Mallow." Lillie said cheerfully. "Yeah, I had a little practice." Lillie said as she continued to pet the Tauros.
"Well, feel free to drop by anytime then." Mallow said. "So what brings you to these parts? Other than you doing some obvious shopping." Mallow asked.
"I came here to take Bronze's pokemon for a walk." Lillie said. Mallow groaned at the sound of the cowboy's name. "Is something the matter?" Lillie asked.
"It's just that cowboy caused a lot of trouble in my forest. He nearly burned it down with that Charizard from Wela Volcano Island." Mallow said, getting an aggressive tone.
"What? How did that happen?" Lillie asked. This was different from what she's seen from Bronze before. She was now finding out that the confident trainer she saw beat 4 of the best trainers of Melemele's school had a major fuck up.
"His Charizard started to attack its own teammates. His Croconaw tried to fight it but that Charizard was every bit as powerful as Kiawe told me. Bronze then, somehow, was strong enough to knock the Charizard." Mallow said. "I had to make the Mallow Special for him because he jumped in to help his pokemon. And then my Lurantis came at the smell of the dish. He and his Croconaw tried but they ultimately failed at defeating it." Mallow recited.
"Oh my, that's surprising…" Lillie said. She then looked at Luna and asked, "Why did the Charizard attack you and the others." Luna just responded with a angry grunt. The two didn't know what she was saying though since pokemon don't speak human.
"I just think that trainer was incapable of handling a Charizard that early." Mallow said. "I'm surprised he even caught it. That pokemon was notorious for demolishing trainers in battle." Mallow said.
"Um… I think Bronze can do it…" Lillie said, meekly. She's seen Bronze battle with BIGJAW. The way BIGJAW put everything he had into battle. Bronze was able to let BIGJAW battle with freedom but still give him orders that would allow them to get the victory.
"Really?! Pokemon like that aren't easy to get disciplined." Mallow said. It was clear she thought pretty lowly of Bronze after that whole fiasco.
"Well, I've seen how he can take down Tauros." Lillie said. Mallow looked like she wasn't buying it. "I just think that he can do it. He's making an effort to get his Croconaw to get along with this Charizard." Lillie said.
"Well, let's hope he doesn't screw it up a second time." Mallow said. Mallow then looked at Lillie and realized how awkward the situations. She was kinda bad mouthing the friend of the girl who was standing in front of her. "Well… thanks for stopping by and helping this guy out a little bit." Mallow said as she unchained the bull. "Come on, boy. Let's go change your bandages." Mallow said as she led the Tauros away. The Tauros turned its head a mooed goodbye to Lillie. The blonde waved goodbye and continued onward.
The two then made it to the daycare center where they were greeted by a cowgirl working their. "Well howdy!" she said cheerfully to Lillie. "It seems you visited Paniola Town." the cowgirl said, referring to her new boots.
"Yeah, I needed some footwear that would aid me in traveling." Lillie said as she showed off her boots.
"Well if you're gonna be on a pokemon journey, then you should have gotten yourself a proper hat." the cowgirl said as she pointed to her hat.
"Oh, well… I…" Lillie tried to say but she didn't know what to say about this hat. The only reason she wore it is because her mom told her to, so he kinda just wore it. She wasn't sure if she liked it or not. She came down to one answer which was, "Well… this is my hat…"
"Well, whatever floats your boat." the cowgirl said. "Well hey there, beautiful." she said to Luna. "Where's your trainer." she said as she scratched Luna's ear. She then looked at Lillie with confusion.
Lillie quickly diffused the situation and said, "I'm watching some of his pokemon for him."
"Well ain't that nice of ya." she said sarcastically. Not buying Lillie actual story. "Why would he just give you some of his pokemon?"
"He's trying to get his Croconaw and the Wela Volcano Charizard to get along." Lillie said.
The cowgirl went wide-eyed and said, "Oh yeah. I did hear about that varment finally getting captured." "Alright, fine. I'll let ya go." she said.
"Okay, bye." Lillie said quickly. "Come on, Luna." Lillie said. Luna got out of the cowgirls lovely scratching and quickly followed Lillie.
"Why does everyone think I'm a thief?" she sighed as the two walk into Royal Avenue. The girls walked around and saw the Battle Royal Dome. Lillie was intrigued so she walked towards it since it seemed big, colorful and that a lot of people were going. She thought it had to do with pokemon battling, which she was not a fan of. But, she at least wanted to see what it looked like. Luna stuck close to her as the two went to see the whole reason Royal Avenue existed.
Lillie saw the large dome and all its glory. She noticed the large crowd getting ready to watch an event. But then she saw something that could make her care less. She saw someone with her face, the same eyes, facial structure, complexion, ect. He had a different hair style though and wore clothing that completely contrasted her. The sight of him made her star to well up with tears.
"Gl-Gladion?!"
Well, here ya go. Not sure how I feel about this chapter. It's short and I don't belive it's very intresting. It was definitely different not writing about Bronze, primarily. Hau was much more simple to write about just because, he's Hau. Sure, he has some complexities but for the most part, he's just your friendly, neighborhood, Malasada munching buddy / rival.
Lillie is much more different though and plays a major role in the games. I just hope I did a decent job writing her into this chapter. I tried to go for how she transitions into her Z-powered form through the influences of her friends. Maybe some more than others.
It was also different to write about Luna, White Fang, and Bruho since I've been focusing heavily on BIGJAW and Night Wing. I hope I did them some semi-decent justice. That's all for now, I'll see ya next time, adios.
General Question Time: What do you like about Bronze and his pokemon (Or what do you hate about him, I don't care which you choose. You are a human being with free will after all!)
Review Response:
Little Miss Firebright:
I'm glad I can bring you back to the earlier days. I don't like to toot my own horn so I don't really say good things about my stuff. I know for a fact there are people better than man. I used to talk to one of them when I first started out. He was leagues above me and honestly intimidated me at first, but when I found out he was a chill dude, I wasn't nervous anymore. And surprisingly, people liked my fic. I right now, have 3 stories (including this one) that I'm actually proud of because they're different and or don't have many stories in that category. I was actually PM'ed about one of my fics with him telling me that unlike the other fics in the category, mine wasn't cancerous like the others. Oh shit, I think I'm tooting my own horn. Better put it back in the box.
Yeah… mentor things are cliche' but what else was I supposed to do. :/ Those scaley scallywags are after the same things but have their own ways in showing it. I honestly thought when I narrated the whole training part it would be boring. Guess I was wrong! I think my way of learning TM and HM moves seems to be the most realistic way to portray them since they are discs. I also feel that if a pokemon is to learn a certain move they must be in the right environment. But then again, how will types like steel type moves be learned. Would I have to put them to work in a steel mill or something?
I'm just glad my original stuff is actually liked. I guess it kinda says that I may be slightly decent. I always have to have the standard stupid of each chapter, but the stupid you stated here was the worst one yet. Before I go, what type of internet cookies are we betting? Adios.
