Ch. 13: Familia y Amigos
Hola, amigos! So, we're back with the and I quote "adorable must-be-protected cream puff." XD This chapter is taking place the same day as the last Bronze chapter. It will also have a second day in this chapter so yeah. Not a purely focused chapter on Lillie but it still has a lot of her on her own mini adventure.
"Gladion? Gladion!" Lillie shouted her brothers name as she ran through the crowd. She held her hat with her hand as she tried to follow the edgelord. Luna was right next to the timid girl, making sure she wasn't going to hurt herself.
Lillie was trying to get through the crowd but kept bumping into people. "Pardon me! Apologies! Excuse me!" Lillie said as she passed through. Luna was right by Lillie during all of this and, miraculously, did not get one of her dark paws stepped on in the process.
She then saw her brother open a door and run into the building connected to the entrance. Lillie then said in desperation, "Gladion, wait!" Luna sensed her friends worry as she ran to the door. Lillie then bolted to the door and opened it without thinking. She then yelled the edgelord's name loudly as she bursted into the room. Lillie then looked around when she saw her brother wasn't their. The girl only saw the people of the room staring at her with concerned looks on their faces. Lillie covered her reddening face with her hat in embarrassment. "M-my apologies…" Lillie said, meekly, as she walked away to find a place to sit.
Lillie found a place to sit near the main counters of the Battle Royal Dome. She then sat down on the chair and tried it gather her thoughts. She had just seen her brother who she hadn't seen in years who disappeared without a goodbye.
Luna sensed the distress in Lillie as she was deep in thought. The fox then jumped up onto the timid girl's laps. Lillie shot her head up when's be felt the fox jump on her laps. Something that happens when something touches you out of nowhere when your deep in thought. Lillie then laid her eyes on Luna, who was looking at her with concern. She nuzzled her head against Lillie's chin. Lilie giggled a little since it tickled. Luna then pulled her head back to see Lillie's expression.
Lillie's smile lasted for s second but then her expression went back to looking distressed. Luna the whimpered to show her concern for the blonde. "I'm okay. I'm just thinking." Lillie said, trying to not make her friends Umbreon worry. Luna was smart though and wasn't buying that act for a second.
The Umbreon's ears twitched as she wa slicking up sounds of cheering. She then turned her head and looked to see glass showing crowds of people watching an event. Luna then laid her eyes on a screen showing four trainers and their Pokemon. One was a hiker who had a Ryhorn. The one to his left was a traine run a flying suit who had a Fearow. The trainer to the hiker's right was a male swimmer who had a Poliwhirl. The final traine across the hiker was Gladion with his Frankenstein's monster freak show of a Pokemon.
Luna saw this and started to grunt to catch Lillie's attention. Lillie then asked, "What's wrong?" Luna then pointed to the screen with her paw. Lillie looked at the screen and saw her brother with Null.
Now, Lillie would of just waited for her brother to finish battling since she was considerate and didn't want to a scene. However, she felt anger build up inside her. Her brother left her alone with their unstable mother at a young age. And what is he doing now, you may ask. He's battling on a foursome with Frankenstein's monster.
Lillie then took another page from the big book of Bronze. (Which I once again, do not recommend.) Lillie was going to act out in anger as she's seen her Spanish friend do. She was going to March in there and pulled Gladion out of this building by his ear and give him a piece of her mind.
Gladion looked at his opponents with his normal, edgy glare. The hiker looked as serious as his Rhyhorn. Both looked ready to wreck house.
The male swimmer was just flexing with his Poliwhirl for the ladies in the audience. Gladion scoffed at this act and shook his head.
The trainer in the flying suit just waved to the audience with its Fearow. Both looked pumped for the royal that was about to commence.
"Are you ready for a Royal!?" the Masked Royal said over the intercom. He was sporting his normal luchador attire and was totally not Kukui trying to be the El Santo of Pokemon. That would be ridiculous. XD
"Alright, trainers. Get ready!" Kuk… I mean the 'Masked Royal' said. "3. 2…" totally not Professor Kukui was about to say when he was interrupted.
The doors that were the entrance and exit of the battle room were opened and hit the walls, making a loud sound of metal on wall. The sound echoed across the battle room, cat hug everyone's attention. The trainers in the battle royal circle then looked at the door. All were confused except for one.
Gladion went wide eyed at what he saw. The hair, the eyes, the face. They looked like him except the hair was obviously longer and not in his edgelord style. "L-Lillie?!" Gladion said in shock. He couldn't mutter another word but his sister's name. His heart was racing. The former mommas boy didn't know if this was real or not. He had dreams of finally finding her again. He wanted to hug her and tell her how sorry he was.
She walked closer to him but he couldn't move. Gladion just stood there in shock. Everyone in the battle room were confused but it require at what was happening. His sister had her cheeks puffed as she walked closer and closer. However, Gladion wasn't expecting what happened next.
Lillie grabbed her brother by his ear. Gladion started to squirm and said, "Oww! Hey! Stop it!" Lillie just looked at him with the same pout she had and pulled him away. "Wait, Lillie! What are you doing? Oww!" Gladion said as he tried to wiggle his way free but Lillie's finger had an iron grip on his ear lobe.
Lillie the unzipped the red bag Gladion had and dugb into it. She the pulled out the first pokeball she found, which was the Ultra Ball Null was in, and returned the failed science experiment into its Pokeball.
All while this was going down, Luna was just following Lillie. She was completely shocked by Lillie's new found aggressiveness. Luna was starting to think that slap was only the beginning of Lillie taking after her trainer.
Lillie continued to drag her brother out of the Battle Royal Dome and even out if the Avenue. During this whole ordeal the sounds of Gladion's response to pain accompanied. Lillie finally made it out of the exit and was right outside of Wela Volcano. She then let go of her brother's ear and sat him down on a rock.
"Lillie, what's gotten into you?" Gladion asked. He always thought of Lillie as a very fragile girl and didn't think she could hurt a fly. This was a huge surprise for him as she just forced him out of a battle with a pout to boot.
Lillie faced her brother and still had her pout on her face. Her green eyes met her twins own green eyes. Gladion started to sweat, what was he going to say: 'What up sis?, long time no see.'
"You, you!" Lillie said, sounding extremely loud and angry. However, the anger bubbling up inside her was starting to simmer down. It was then being replaced by nostalgia and relief in finding her other half. Tears started to well up in her eyes and she lowered her head.
"Lillie, are you al…" Gladion tried to ask. The moment he saw his sister start crying is when his motherly instincts kicked in to comfort her. But Lillie got to the comforting right away as before he could finish his sentence, she put him in an embrace. She then started to cry into her brother's black, torn up hoodie. Gladion started to feel like a total asshole right now. The guilt of leaving her with their unstable mother so long ago was catching up with him. "There, there. It's okay." Gladion said, trying to comfort his sister. Lillie then opened her eyes and pulled away from her brother. She wiped her tears away and put her put back on.
"No! It's not alright!" Lillie exclaimed. Luna backed up at the sudden change of emotion Lillie just had. "You left me with her for years and she's only gotten worse!" Lillie said.
"I know and I'm sorry but I had to." Gladion said. "It was all for Null…" Gladion said as he lowered his head and sat back down. He wasn't crying but he was looking guilty.
"Well what about me?" Lillie said. "The only reason I survived back there was because of Wicke. And I just barely kept myself sane." Lillie said. "Do you know how hard it is to live off the small portions of food I've been given just so I could look 'as good as mother does'?" she said. Luna was just confused during all of this. She was having a lot of knowledge dropped on her and was seeing a new side of this girl who was the exact contrast of her trainer and their Malasada munching muchacho.
"I know a sorry won't make up for my past deeds but I was more reckless back then. All I focused on was the negatives of mother and just wanted to escape." Gladion said. "I'm sorry I never took you into consideration." Gladion said as he lowered his head in shame. Lillie looked to her brother and then went up to him. He was expecting a slap or something but he was only hugged.
Lillie put her brother in a tight embrace and said, "Let's just be happy we're together again." Lillie said as she tried to hold back her tears." Gladion wasn't much of a crier or emotioner in general. But now, he finally felt his sister again. He hugged her back tightly.
"It brings me joy to see you're alright." Gladion said. Luna just looked at the two as they end aced each other. Luna then went up to them and started to rub against Lillie's leg.
Lillie broke the hug the two were in and looked down at Luna. She the started to pet her. "Oh Luna." she said.
Gladion looked to see her with the Pokemon and asked, "Is this Umbreon yours."
Lillie looked to her brother and said, "No, this pretty girl is a Pokemon in watching for a friend." Lillie responded. Gladion didn't ask further questions. He just looked to her sister. He almost wanted to smile at how much she grew. "Why don't we go for a walk so we can catch up?" Lillie asked. Gladion kinda felt he didn't have a choice. At this point, he felt his sister was going to drag him around in a red wagon if he tried to run.
"That sounds, fine." Gladion said as he began to walk the path of Wela Volcano. Lillie and Luna quickly followed Lillie's edgy, male look alike. He saw the sky was getting darker so he was on guard. He just found his sister and wasn't going to let anything happen to her in his watch.
As Gladion walked the path, he looked at his sister. He felt kinda uneasy about how how Lillie was still wearing the clothing their mother picked out for her.
"So, how did you get away from her." Gladion asked.
"I don't feel like explaining that right now but I'm just letting you know that she has no idea where I am." Lillie said. Gladion wanted to know more but he wasn't sure if he was on his sisters good side just yet.
"Why do you still where the outfits she picked out for you?" Gladion asked. "I completely changed the way she dressed me because I hated it. And I just wanted to seperate myself from her as much as possible." Gladion said. He still remembers the dorky outfit his mother made him where. A grey sweater vest over a white, long sleeved, button down shirt, a pair of tan khakis, and some deep brown loafers. To top it all off, his hairstyle was the standard gelled down quire boy look.
"Well… I still wear these clothes because they remind me of the times before everything went downhill." Lillie said. Even though most of the time she only thought about the traumatic moments of her childhood. She could still remember the sweeter moments every now and then. "The thing I did change about my outfit are these boots. Those flats I wore were just really uncomfortable." Lillie said as she clicked the heels of her cowgirl boots together for affect.
"Well, at least you've been able to hang onto the good memories…" Gladion said. He'd hadn't thought back to when they were little and actually enjoyed life in years. He may have to try it sometime. The two then walked in silence across the rocky terrain for a awhile.
Lillie broke the silence by saying, "What have you done since you left?" Lillie asked. She wanted to get to know her brother a little more since he's obviously changed.
"Nothing I'm really proud of…" Gladion said. "The only good thing that's happened was that Null has been safe." "So, how about you?" Gladion asked.
"I've been a lot happier recently. I now live with a professor as his assistant and I even made some friends." Lillie said. "Like this little cutie right here." she said as she scratched under Luna's chin.
"Have you made any relationships?" Gladion asked in a very serious tone.
Lillie heard Hau question and felt kinda awkward. He was really trying to be an overprotective brother now. A few years too late buddy. But, Lillie did answer his question. "If your referring to anything new romantic, then no. But I did forge a bond with the professor and his wife. My friends also seem to care for me too. One of them has been shown to be really selfless and the other just gives off very positive energy." Lillie said.
"That's some of the best news I've heard in a while." Gladion said. "I'm thankful you took on a brighter path than I did." Gladion said. Though not in a happy go lucky tone, more of a brooding emo. Which he kinda is. :/
"Gla…" Lillie was about to say to comfort her brother. Unfortunately, the sound of a bunch of little feet talking in the stone ground was heard. Gladion heard this and stood infinite of Lillie while trying to cover her with his arm. Luna went into attack mode and started to growl and let the rings on its body glow in the darkening sky.
"Lillie, stay behind me." Gladion said as the pattering of feet got louder and louder. The edgelord pulled out Null's pokeball and gripped it tightly. A bunch of male Salandit were approaching them. The horde of them looked like a sea of black with a multitude of mischievous purple eyes.
Then, the three heard a screech. They looked up to the top of the mountain to see a sleek, lizard like figure. It then made its way down the mountain quickly, all that was seen of it was the black and purple in its color scheme.
The Pokemon then jumped and landed in front of the three. The Totem Salazzle had a snarky look on its face as it laid its eyes on the three.
Gladion was about to send out Null when Luna jumped forward. However, it wasn't growling. It just sat there with a confident look on its face.
The Salazzle hissed a heckle to the Umbreon since it was brave enough to stand informer of her. Luna wants scared though. She just let out a flux of grunts in a know it all manner got the Salazzle. After it finished, Luna had a look in it sets that showed she was in business.
The Salazzles eyes widened at this. Luna had just told her how former Weka Volcano Charizard was her ally and that he'd be pissed if he found out that one of his teammates were harmed by the Salazzle and her harem.
The sleek lizard started to back away nervously. It couldn't take on that Charizard if he's with his trainer. She was scared about how powerful the faux dragon was when it got serious and didn't let any playful taunting get in the way of kicking ass.
She then let out a screech to her harem as she scampered away quickly. The horde Salandit then all started to scamper away to their mistress in a fearful manner.
Luna looked at the army of fire-poison type Pokemon run away all with a confident look in her face and with the slow wagging of her tail.
"Luna, that was amazing!" Lillie said as she ran up to her favorite of Bronze's Pokemon. She then started to scratch behind her ears while telling her how smart she was.
"Hmm, whoever caught this one must of gotten lucky. A smart Pokemon like that can make up in wits for what they lack in strength." Gladion said. He started to grow fond of the Umbreon for its intelligence and slight mischievousness. Plus it's black and sleek, an edgelords dream Pokemon.
Gladion then looked to the sky and saw how dark it had gotten. While Alola had a scorching sun and bright beautiful days, it also had dim and majestic looking nights. "It's dark, we should find somewhere to sleep for the night." Gladion said. "Come on." Gladion said sternly as he walked off. Lillie and Luna quickly followed the Skull member.
After a bit
Gladion had started a fire by a boulder. Lillie and Luna sat down next to each other and got close to the fire. Gladion then went into his bag and pulled out some Fresh Water. "I didn't know that you could start a fire." Lillie said in shock. "It would of been handy for smores in place of that lamp we used to use." Lillie said. She could still remember when her, Gladion, and their mother and father would go just outside of their home for a 'camping trip.' It could hardly be called that but it was still nice to 'roast' marshmallows over a with her family. Ah, sweet memories.
"I learned long ago. I didn't know how to buy an apartment or anything so I used to sleep outside a lot with Null." Gladion said. "It was a survival tactic." Gladion said as he took a sip of his Fresh Water. Lillie looked to her brother. Even though he was trying to act like a tough edgelord, she could still see her brother from years ago laughing and playing with her. She grabbed the other Fresh Water and started to drink it. The water was so refreshing, especially when Alola is the most hot and humid region.
Gladion went into his bag, once again, and pulled out a can of cut up Oran and Sitrus berries. He then proceeded to grab a can opener and opened the can. He then stook his arm out and put the can of berries in front of Lillie's face. "Here, eat up." Gladion said. Lillie grabbed the can from her brother and was given a spoon.
"But what about…" Lillie asked. Gladion stopped her as he went back into his bag.
The blonde grabbed another can of the same berries and said, "Calm down, I have one for me too." Gladion said in a annoyed tone as he opened it.
"You don't have to be a lone Lycanroc." Lillie muttered as she scooped up an Oran berry and shoved it in her mouth. She took the spoon out of her mouth and chewed the blue fruit. It didn't taste as good as a fresh one but it was still good. The texture and color were at least there. Lillie then looked at Luna. She was just lying her head down on her laps. The girl then said in a baby voice, "Aww, are you hungry?" Lillie then stook her hand into the can and took out a berry. Luna sniffed the air and smelled the sweet scent of an Oran berry. She opened her mouth and let Luna eat it from her hand.
Gladion watched Lillie with a smile on her face as she fed the Umbreon more berries. The orange glow of the fire really showed her smile through the darkness of an Alolan night. The more he looked at her, the more he was brought nostalgia from his past. Smiles, laughing, family time. It was everything he locked away after his mother went mad. And something he nearly forgot after he ran away.
Gladion just took a deep breath and finished his berries. He then saw Lillie fed Luna one last berry. Her index finger and thumb were covered in the blue juice from the Oran berries. He then pulled out a wet wipe and handed it to her. "Thank you." she said with a smile as she cleaned her fingers off. After she was finished, she handed it to her brother who just put it in his bag. Her fingers were slightly stained from the berries. Lillie the proceeded to eat the rest of the berries. Luna wagged her tail in a calm fashion at the sight. Lillie and Gladion were both cozy by the fire after years of separation.
"Alright, let's get some rest." Gladion said. He then went into his bag and pulled out a black blanket. He then laid it out across the rocky terrain. He laid down and gestured for his star to come lay down too. Lillie smiled as she walked to her brother and laid on her back. Lillie then took off her new sunglasses and placed them in a case. Luna then jumped on top of a nearby rock to be a lookout. She is nocturnal so she was going to enjoy the night as much as she could. Oh, and keep lillie safe too, I guess.
The two blondes looked up at the night sky and admired the stars. They looked like millions of small balls of light in the sky. Lillie's eyes sparkled at the beauty of the night sky. Gladion was looking up but wasn't thinking of the night sky. He was just trying to layout what he was going to do, now that he was with his sister again.
He then turned to look at his sister but saw she was already fast asleep. The edgelord laid on his back and stared into the night sky. He had thoughts racing through his head but he decided it was time to let his mind rest. He closed his eyes and drifted off into sleep.
The next day…
Luna was asleep on the rock she was on. She is nocturnal so sleeping in the day was just natural for her.
Lillie lazily opened her green eyes as she awoken from her slumber. She then rose up and rubbed her eyes. She then put her sunglasses back on because of the brightness of Alola's sun. Lillie then said, "Good morning, Brother." She waited a moment for a response. She then said, "I said, good morning." Lillie said in a slightly annoyed tone. She waited for a response but, once again, did not receive an answer. She then turned to the side her brother slept on with an annoyed look on her face as she thought Gladion was just being rude.
However, she only saw an empty space on the black blanket her brother took up last night. She started to feel a bit of gloomy emotion overtake her but then she waved those thoughts away. She just thought of t as a worst case scenario. "Maybe he just went out to… make sure those pokemon didn't comeback." Lillie said to herself. She was in denial of the possibility of her brother abandoning her again.
Luna was awoken by the sounds of Lillie. She lazily opened her red eyes. She then grunted in annoyance at the timid girl. Lillie saw Luna, who seemed rather pissed that she awoken her from her slumber. "I'm terribly sorry for waking you." Lillie said. Luna just laid her head down on the stone under her.
The Moonlight Princess's ears started to twitch. It sounded like the sound of paper flapping in the wind. Luna then caught something off the corner of her eye. The paper that was causing the sound. It was under a rock that was placed in top of it.
Luna then stood herself up. She then jumped off the rock she was previously perched on and walked towards the paper. She then used her snout to gently roll the rock off the paper she saw. And before it could fly way, Luna grabbed it with her mouth. She then lowered her head close to the ground and put her paw on one of the edges of the paper.
She looked at the note and saw what was on it. She then looked to Lillie and lowered her head. Luna then picked up the piece of paper in her mouth and brought it to the girl. Luna walked to her trainers friend with her head lowered, ears down, and tail between her legs. She was a little frightened about how Lillie would react so she didn't walk with the same confidence she normally had.
Luna then nudged Lillie's leg to get her attention. Lillie the turned and asked in concern, "Are you okay?" She could gather that Luna wasn't feel too good because of the way her ears and tail were like. Luna then raised her head and gestures to Lillie to take the paper from her mouth. "Oh, is that for me?" Lillie asked. Luna reluctantly nodded.
Lillie then took the paper from the Umbreon and began to read it. It was written in a really dainty script that was identical to how Lillie wrote in her diary.
Dear Lillie,
I apologize for my past actions and my most recent one. I have to leave you again but it's only because I value your safety. I've gotten involved with a unlawful group and I don't wish for you to get caught in the middle. You don't have to forgive, you probably hate me. But I'll always love you, my sister.
Sincerely, your brother, Gladion
Lillie finished reading the note and felt a wave of emotion hit her. She was saddened, infuriated, and felt betrayed. Her brother decides to get involved with some criminal organization and now he abandoned her again. Sure, he's trying to protect her but she was starting to feel like she was the only one in her family who didn't have bad roots. She lived with a Pokemon professor and had friends that showed they cared for her. Even if one is almost eerily optimistic and the other is extremely aggressive.
She then sat down and out her back against a rock. She tucked in her legs and began to cry. She didn't know what else to do. She wasn't tough, she could barely handle swing her brother again, let alone seeing him leave again.
Luna's ears were down at the sight of the girl crying. She then went up to comfort her but Lillie just stuck her hand out. "C-can I just be alone for a moment." Lillie asked. Luna whimpered and walked away. Lillie then continued to cry for a while.
After a while of crying, Lillie finally stopped. She wiped her tear stains cheeks with a wipe. She the stood up and tried to pull herself together. She then grabbed her big, white sun hat and started rid old up the black blanket she slept on which she put in her duffle bag. The damsel then tried to straighten out her dress.
Lillie then looked for Luna to apologize for making her leave her alone. But, she then saw Luan curled up into a ball on the ground. She was fast asleep. "Aww, so cute." Lillie couldn't help but say. Luna was just undeniably cute. That cheered her up a little.
Lillie then walked up the sleeping Pokemon and kneeled down. She then picked up the sleeping Pokemon and cradled it in her arms. Luna was a little heavy for her but Lillie was a very svelte girl with not too much strength. But, she did carry Luna and brought her down from Wela Volcano.
After a but if walking, Lillie had made her way to the Pokemon center in Battle Royal Avenue. She walked inside the Pokemon center and was greeted by Nurse joy. "Welcome to the Pokemon center, may we take restore your Pokemon to full health." the nurse asked. She saw the Umbreon in Lillie's arms so she just went for it.
"Oh, don't worry. She's just sleeping." Lilie said. She could hear Luna's breathing as she slept. Lillie then found a empty seat by the built in pokemart and sat down. She then felt Luna start moving a bit and whimpering. She must have been dreaming. Luna's red eyes then shot open. She then quickly stood up and checked her surroundings. She then sniffed the air and picked up the familiar scent of Lillie. "Did you have a bad Dream?" Lillie asked in concern as she started to stroke the Umbreon's head.
Lillie the began to think. She was now on her own again but she didn't and want to anymore. She needed someone to comfort. Lillie was in dire need to talk to someone about what has happened. No more keeping it all bottled up anymore. She was going to find Bronze and Hau and sit them down so that she could fill them in.
Lillie then stopped scratching Luna's head and said, "We're going to go find our trainer." Luna looked confused about this. Why did she need to find Bronze now. Wasn't she watching them. However, Lillie thought once she filled in the cowboy about this then he'd completely understand. He's saved her from a raging Tauros and was willing to fight it himself to get her and the other Pokemon time escape back at Melemele. She knew how Bronze was about helping out an amigo or in this case an amiga. After that, he coudl help her go find Hau so she could explain her past to him as well.
"Do you have any way of finding your trainer?" Lillie asked. Luna shook her head. Luna had a sense of smell but it wasn't strong enough to find her trainer. Lillie then thought up an idea. She remembered how Kukui's Lycanroc was. It had excellent hearing and a strong sense of smell. So, she thought that White Fang would be an excellent candidate in tracking down Bronze since Rockruff is the pre-evolution of Lycanroc and most likely has a good idea of what his scent is.
"I know what to do." Lillie said to Luna as she dig into her duffle bag. She then pulled out White Fang's pokeball and summoned the rock cub. White Fang materialized form the ball and he started to bark with happiness. "Alright, can you help me find you trainer?" Lillie asked. Rockruff then wagged his tail as the speed of sound and nodded while panting. "Hehehe, so cute!" Lillie giggled to herself. She then dug into her bag again and pulled out Bronze's leather Pokeball belt which had Bruho's and Luna's pokeballs on it. She then held it up to the pup who started to sniff it. White Fang stopped smelling the accessory and started to bark that it was ready. "Alright! Les go find him." Lillie said.
White Fang then took off. "Wait for me!" Lillie pleaded as she ran after White Fang. Luna rolled her eyes as she chased after the two. The three then ran all the way to Route 8.
The Rockruff was still running amok like it just made its way from having a grande latte from Starbucks with extra sugar. Lillie, however, was not in the same boat. In fact, she wasn't even in the water. Lillie may have shown that she's a fast runner but keeping up with a Pokemon was tough. She had sweat rolling down her face as she tried to run. She then stopped in the middle of the road to catch her breath. Luna saw this since she was running beside her. Luna then grunted to Lillie and ran after White Fang. "Nooooo, not you too!" Lillie whined as she breathes heavily and felt her legs were on fire.
Luna was right on White Fang's tail but she just was a little bit off. Luna only had one more thing she could do and she wasn't going to like it. She then grunted as if she were apologizing and used Quick Attack to give herself a little boost. However, she tackled White Fang as a result. The pup yelled at the impact of the attack and was kicked off his feet. Fortunately, Luna quickly got back on her feet and used herself as a cushion for the rock pup.
The two then fell to the ground but White Fang was on top. White Fang then tried to stand up but his paws dug into Luna's torso. White Fang felt the warm body of his teammate and looks below to see Luna who raised her head and looked him in the eyes. The pup then blushed at the position they were in. The Rockruff then jumped off Luna but didn't look at her.
Luna immediately knew why the pup was acting like that. She then walked out to the pup and whined to him. White Fang just inhabited her or at least tried too. Luna then started to nuzzle against White Fang fluffy, rock filled neck. Even though this wasn't very pleasant for the fox, it was to apologize for attacking him. White Fang started to get redder in the face at this. Luna then grunted a plea for him to come back and slowdown. White Fang then just ruffed in agreement and ran back to Lillie since he was very, very nervous.
"There you two are!" Lillie said in a tone that wasn't very pleased. "Why do you have to run off like that. You make me worried sick!" Lillie said as she knelt down and hugged the two. "Do you guys do this to Bronze?" she asked. She knew that Luna did since the first day Bronze caught her she ran off to find a shady place to nap.
"Come on, let's go and stick together this time." Lillie said, trying to be assertive. The Rockruff then ruffed and put his nose to the ground, bloodhound style, as he sniffed or Bronze trail. Luna just leisurely followed him and Lillie did as well. After a bit of walking, the three made it to the rocky battlegrounds where Bronze first met Yoshi and Lucario. White Fang then stopped and started to sniff the air.
"I hope he's leading us to our destination." Lillie said in a worried tone. She then looked to Luna who was looking like she was keeping her composure. She then looked up to Lillie with her big, red eyes. "Maybe I could learn something from you about self composure." she said. Luna then started to lazily wagged her tail at Lillie with a happy expression on her face. Lillie gave off her own smile to the Umbreon. The two then shot their heads up as they heard White Fang bark to grasp their attention. White Fang then started to walk in the direction he smelled Bronze the most. "Wow, he's actually walking this time." Lillie sighed as she and Luna followed the rock cub.
They walked for awhile but ran into a bump, or well big ass boulder. The rock looks huge and had language carved into it that resembled either Mandarin or Japanese. "Dead end…" Lillie said. She was starting to lose her hope in White Fang being able to find their friend. The pup then shook his head and the did the classic cartoon bloodhound pointing pose. Lillie then decided to inspect the large boulder to see if White Fang was actually onto something.
She ran her hand the across the rough surface of the stone to see if she could feel some hidden door or something. Lillie then darted her eyes around the boulder to see anything peculiar, besides just the language carved into it.
"ALOLA!" Hau screamed at the top of his lungs, scaring the daylights out of Lillie.
"You shouldn't sneak up on someone like that. You're going to cause a heart attack." Lillie said. She then out her hand on her chest to feel her heart rate. It was pounding at the speed of sound.
"Whoops, my bad." Hau said as he put his hand behind his head and scarred it awkwardly. Though his tone didn't seem to show that he was sorry.
"It's alright. I'm just glad to see a friend." Lillie said with a happier tone.
"Yeah, it's been awhile." Hau said. "All we need is my boy, Bronze for the trio to be together."
"I was actually looking for you guys." Lillie said. "We need to…" Lillie was about to say when Hau interrupted her.
"Aren't those Bronze's Pokemon?" Hau asked.
"Yes they are, I'm babysitting them for him. He's trying to get his Croconaw and Charizard to get along." Lillie said. She was then about to finish what she previously tried to say but then Hau interrupted her again.
"Aww, shoot. You know, I'm kinda jealous Bronze asked to you to watch his watch Pokemon. He's gotta really trust you." Hau said. "To be fair, I would of too after I saw you calm down a mean o'le Tauros."
Lillie did remember that. She wasn't even sure if she was Bronze's first choice. But to have that much trust in someone to watch their Pokemon that they raised and loved meant they had a lot of faith in that person.
Hau then saw Lillie was lost in thought. "Yo, you there?" Hau said. "Alola to Lillie." Hau said but to no avail. "Ello, ello, ello, is Lillie home right now?" Hau asked in his best(worst) British accent. Lillie still didn't answer. Hau then looked at the rock Lillie and the canine Pokemon ran into. "Neat." Hau said as he walked up to it and looked at the language carved on it. He then looked around it and saw that it wasn't naturally put their. He noticed a gap in between the boulder and rock. Some really strong Pokemon must of moved it.
Hay then went up to Lillie and shook her back to reality. She then puffed her cheeks at him in annoyance. "Woah, no need to get like that." Hau said. "I just found out something about this boulder." Hau said.
"What else is there to find out about it?" Lillie asked. She was intrigued that Hau of all people found something out of the ordinary about this boulder.
"Well, it looks like a Pokemon moved it. Either that or someone like my gramps." Hau said, joking in his last sentence.
"Really?" Lillie said. "I think we may have a Pokemon that can move it." Lillie said as she dug into her bag for Bronze's battle belt.
"I do!" Hau said as he pulled out a fast ball. He then tossed it in the air and out materialized his Gyarados. The Gyarados looked tired and annoyed as he looked at his trainer. It work if normally let out a roar but it was woken up in the middle of a nap. "Alright, Fluffy. Can you…" Hau was about to finish but then got slammed into the ground the Leviathans tail. Hau tried to name his new Gyarados 'Fluffy' to mess with him but Fluffy is obviously not amused. XD
Fluffy the Gyarados then coiled up like a snake and went back into its nap. "...return…" Hau said with strain as he pulled out Fluffy's pokeball while still being underneath his tail. He then returned the giant beat into its ball.
"Are you okay!" Lillie asked in concern as she went to her medical supplies. Hau then got up and cracked his back.
"No worries, I'm good!" Hau said as if he wasn't just hit by the tail of a Gyarados. Lillie then sat down, she needed to take a breather. Hau scared her nearly half to death twice in the span of 15 minutes.
"Okay, how about I try." Lillie said as she dug into her duffle bag. Hau just gave her the thumbs up and sat down on the ground. He then took a breather from just being smoked by Fluffy's tail
Lillie then unclipped a Heavy ball from Bronze's battle belt and unleashed Bruho. The donkey materialized out of the ball. He then saw Lillie and snorted in annoyance. "I know we're not exactly friends but can you do me a big favor?" Lillie asked. Bruho then lazily looked to Lillie, showing she caught some of his attention. "Alright, you're strong aren't you?" Lillie asked. Bruho nodded to the timid girl. "Then can you move that huge boulder out do the way?" Lillie asked. Bruho nodded its head at her and trotted to the boulder.
The muddy mini horse then put its head up against the boulder and pushed. A bit of gravel came down as he moved the boulder a little bit. It then fell on his head. Bruho then shook his head off and snorted in anger. He then dug his hooves into the ground, cracking the stone and leaving a hoof print in the ground below. He then pushed with all his might, moving the boulder a little more this time. The extra grip on the ground was proving to be useful. Bruho then pushed the last half off it out of the way with the sounds stone scraping against stone, dust, and rubble accompanying it.
"Good job!" Lillie said to Bruho as she went to pet him. The donkey then whipped his head back to avoid her touch. She retracted her hand and poured at the Mudbray. All it did was lift up its legs and touch the button if his pokeball with his hoof, returning himself to his capsule. "Bronze needs to teach you some manners." she said to the heavy ball as she clipped it back on Bronze's belt.
"Dang! That's some Mudbray." Hau said, gushing over the strength of the dirt donkey. The group then saw that the boulder Bruho moved revealed a secret passageway. It looked like a dark tunnel, lit by riches mouthed on the walls of the artificial cave. Lillie looked at it and felt a chill up her spine. It looked scary to her.
"Secret passage!" Hau said with excitement. He then looked back to see his friends were just standing their. "Come on, guys! Let's stop standing around like a bunch of Sudowoodo and find out what's in here." Hau said as he skipped inside. "Oooo, spooky." Hau said in a playful manner.
Lillie took a deep breath to calm herself and said reluctantly, "O-okay…" Lillie then slowly walked to the entrance. Luna stuck close by her to make sure she wouldn't faint. White Fang ran Janice and ran in circles around Hau.
"Adventure awaits!" Hau said as he marched onward with White Fang behind him.
"Bronze better the at the end of the tunnel." Lillie said to herself as she walked. The only reason she was going in their was that White Fang picked up Bronze's scent.
Luna saw Lillie get a little more frightened as the torches only dimly lit the cave. Luna let her golden rings illuminate and create a much brighter golden light. Lillie looked at the fox and felt a little more comfortable. She could at least see more of the cave she was in.
"Hey guys! I found the end of the cave!" Hau said. White Fang barked to Luna be and Lilie as well. She sighed in relief. At least the cave wasn't too long.
"Come on, Luna. We shouldn't keep them waiting." Lillie said as she picked up the pace and walked faster. Luna did as well.
The two then finally caught up with the token happy go-lucky duo. "Okay, we're finally here." Lillie sighed. She then saw that Hau and White Fang had stra in their eyes as they started at something. "Are you two o…" Lillie asked but then she saw what they were staring at from the corner of her eye. "Woah." Lillie said, shocked at the beauty of what they were staring at.
It looked almost like a palace. It looked so majestic and some of the surface had a sheen that just added the magnitude of awesomeness to the Chinese-like architecture. It also had a wooden sign of wood with some Mandarin carved on it. It said, '灵气道场' (Aura Dojo used google translate so don't kill me if I butchered it)
"It looks so awesome." Hau said, obviously starstruck by the majestic look of the temple like building. "Let's go in." Hau said as he walked like some sort of zombie.
Lillie heard this was was knocked out of her trance. "Hau, we can't just invite ourselves into this place. It looks sacred so we may have to ask for permission to even set foo… and he's gone." Lillie sighed as she saw Hau and White Fang had already charged in like a Roman army.
The girls then decided to try and follow Hau and White Fang before they hurt themselves or started a world war.
A bit of walking and stairs later
Lillie and Luna opened the doors and looked around on the inside. The inside looked exquisite with the dark wood floors and walls and the lighting wasn't a blinding white, it had a hint of yellow. They also saw the multitude of exercise equipment, including weights for bench pressing and curling, exercise mats, and punching bags. Everything was spotless and looked very high quality. "So this is where Bronze took them to get along?" Lillie asked Luna. The fox shrugged in response. Luna wasn't aware of anything Bronze was doing. He was too distracted trying to get his two evolved starter pokemon from point A to point B without them killing each other that he completely forgot to notify his pokemon about the arrangements to have Lillie watch them.
"He's not in here." Lillie said. No one was actually in the gym currently. She could hear noise coming from the rooms but it seemed to be only the sounds of grunting from the residents. Luna then grunted to get Lillie's attention and pointed to the other exit. They walked to the exit and opened the doors, revealing a training ground. Their were actual people their who were training. Some were either exercising or training their Pokemon through sparring matches. Lillie felt a tad bit uneasy that there were more people that had Bronze's whole fighting Pokemon thing but now she's in a place full of them.
"Oh dear…" Lillie sighed. Luna didn't really care that there were people sparring, she was just trying to disappear into Lillie's shadow so she could get out of sun. However, Luna's ears began to twitch. The sound she picked up was similar to flapping. She then grunted to Lillie in sites tests and the girl looked to her and asked her what was wrong.
Now, redirecting away from Lillie and Luna. Night Wing was flying in the sky, absorbing the sunlight. Today was the day that Bronze was training with BIGJAW on how to sue Ice Punch in normal temperatures. This gave he faux dragon to perfect opportunity to get some much needed vitamin D. Being outside meant that he didn't have to keep his fire based attack and the flame on the tip of his tail so weak. He could actually be at his normal temperature and soak up heat front he Alolan sun. His black scales were not only there to make him look badass but also gave him an advantage over other Charizard. The darkness of his scales actually helped him soak up more warmth from the sun since dark colors like black absorb heat more than orange.
Night Wing saw Lillie from the corner of his eye. He had completely forgotten about her existence since the inky time he saw her was back at Tide Song and he wasn't even paying attention to her since him and BIGJAW were at eachothers throats more at that time.
Since he didn't recognize her, he decided to check out who this mysterious girl was. He was so intrigued by the new person that he didn't even notice Luna was right next to her.
Night Wing then flapped his wings to keep himself in place. He then dived and flapped his wings, sparkles emitting from his dark scales as he flew through the air.
Lillie was looking around to see if she could find Hau since he just ran off with White Fang. She was also hoping not to run into Bronze and have to explain that his Rockruff ran off with Hau to start a war with some of the old karate masters training here.
Luna's ears were constantly twitching for a while. All she could do was pick up sounds of flapping. Lillie was starting to get worried about Luna. She stopped in her tracks and pulled out some herbs from her bag. She learned a lot about proper medical care for Pokemon and wanted to help any chance she got.
Luna shook her head to show her she was fine. Luna then finally saw the source of the flapping. She saw something black in the distance that was sparkling. Luna then picked up the familiar scent of sulfur and realized what was coming at them.
Lillie looked up and saw the black object coming towards then too and started to feel fear build up in her.
Night Wing got closer and closer at a fast pace. Once he got close enough he began to flap his wings while standing mid air to remain in one spot. The dragon then let himself get close to the forums and stopped flapping his wings. He then landed on the ground with a thud.
Lillie saw the faux dragon right in front of her and began shaking in her boots. The black and red was an intimidating color scheme which was intensified by the fact of Night Wing being much larger than most Charizard. Luna didn't begin to growl she just got into attacking position, basically telling the dragon 'don't try it.'
Night Wing looked at the girl, inspecting her. Night Wing moved his long neck forward. His red eyes looking into her green eyes, shielded by her blue tinted sunglasses. Lillie quickly took of her shades to reveal her frightened, green eyes. She wanted to look the least intimidating as possible.
Night Wing then put his face closer to hers and started to sniff her hair. Night Wing took heavy whiffs of Lillie's hair. The faux dragon was so close to Lillie that hse could smell the sulfur from his scales. She was extremely nervous about Night Wing's business end being so close to her face. "N-nice Charizard…" Lillie nervously said as she let the dragon keep sniffing her hair.
Night Wing smelled the girls hair and picked up the scent of flowers with a hint of repellent that tickled his nose. He also smelled quite a bit of fear from the girl. Night Wing then quickly retracted his head and snorted out sulfur from the his nostrils. He glared at the girl. Lillie nearly went white in the face as she saw those evil looking red eyes.
Luna then started to communicate with Night Wing through grunts. She explained that this was Lillie, one do Bronze's friends and that she was watching her, Bruho, and White Fang.
Night Wing understood and then let out his own grunt to ask why were they here. Luna then explained that they were here looking for Bronze and Hau because Lillie was distressed. Also, she asked if she saw Hau and White Fang starting any wars.
Night Wing shook his head in reply. However, Night Wing was aware of where Bronze was. He then walked off and gestured for the girls to follow. They reluctantly followed the faux dragon. Luna kept her guard up since Night Wing kinda tried to kill her a few days ago.
The three walked for awhile until Night Wing stopped Lillie and Luna. Lillie then finally saw the last person she was looking for. But he was in the heat of battle.
"Duck!" Bronze yelled to his scaley starter. BIGJAW dropped down and dodged the swing of Lucario's Bone Rush. "Uppercut!" Bronze yelled. BIGJAW then had his fist surrounded by ice and punched upwards.
Lucario then dodged the attack by jumping in the air. He did a spin mid air and landed wth the utmost go grace. Lucario then looked ups bad glared at BIGJAW with its red eyes.
Yoshi then looked to Lucario and have him a nod. Lucario then charged at BIGJAW and ran at blinding speeds. It then formed another bone-staff and swung. BIGJAW dodged the incoming attack but to his surprise, it was onto a diversion as Lucario jumped into the he air. He then landed behind BIGJAW and swung.
"Jump!" Bronze commanded. BIGJAW then jumped up high and and spinned. He landed and slurp under his fists with ice. "Jab!" Bronze said. BIGJAW then threw a jab but Lucario blocked it with his staff. The sounds of cracking ice were heard as the frozen punch made contact with the bone.
"Break the clash." Yoshi said. Lucario then swiped up and broke the clash of fists and staff. He then spun the stick and threw it at the croc. BIGJAW ducked the attack and jumped back up. He then smirked at the jackal. BIGJAW then ran to the Lucario with his fists iced up. He threw a punch but Lucario flanked left and punched BIGJAW in the back, knocking him away.
BIGJAW landed on his face. He then got up and dusted himself off. He hissed as he got ready to jump back in. "River Run!" Bronze said. BIGJAW looked to Bronze with a toothy grin.
Lucario had a look of confusion on his face. He had no idea what River Run was. It wasn't a move he heard of. BIGJAW then used waterfall and lunged himself to around Lucario and was behind him. Lucario was shocked at how fast the croc moved but he could sense an incoming attack, thanks to his aura. He blocked a punch BIGJAW threw and was about to punch him in the gut.
The croc then used River Run and again and propelled himself out of the Lucario's grasp. The spirit jackal shook the water that got on him thanks to BIGJAW's new 'move'. The croc the used the move again, moving quickly with water shrouding him. He then nailed Lucario in the face with a icy punch. The jackal then stumbled back and rubbed the part of his cheek he got punched in. He felt a coldness in the spot BIGJAW nailed him in.
The croc then River Run'd his way across the battlefield and looked at Lucario with a cheeky grin. Anyone could tell BIGJAW was having a blast using his new move.
Lillie watched the battle and was getting excited. The understanding Bronze and BIGJAW had was something that really showed what Pokemon battling was all about. BIGJAW being able to have a more wild battling style while still listening to Bronze made him more unpredictable. Even shouting out certain punches to use with his Ice Punch was something not seen too often. The biggest thing to open Lillie's eyes to just how awesome Pokemon battling could be was how much BIGJAW looked like he was having a blast.
BIGJAW was legitimately having fun and didn't seem to be contained in a certain mindset. It really showed the trust Bronze put into BIGJAW and how much the croc showed his trainer. Even their movements were sharing in similarities. Bronze's breathing looked to be in sync with his Croconaw, showing what a trainer and Pokemon are like when they start to grow close. Lillie wanted sit down but was still standing up because of the rush this battle was giving her.
Lucario spun his bone staff and was about to slash downwards. Bronze yelle soft his croc to block it so the croc put his hands upwards and infront of him. Ice formed around his hands and blocked the attack. The two Pokemon exchanged growls and hisses at each other. "Break it!" Bronze said to BIGJAW.
The croc then used Waterfall to push against Lucario, knocking him back and breaking the clash. "Don't let up!" Bronze yelled to his croc. BIGJAW then lunged at great speeds to the right, leaving the ground under him wet. He then performed this move again and again to get speed and disorient the Lucario.
Lucario stood still and kept his composure while BIGJAW circled around him at high speeds. His master kept his composure as well throughout the entire battle. Lucario then took a deep breath and a blue aura started to emit from him. He closed his eyes and used his aura as his eyes. He could see a smokey, blue shape that looked like BIGJAW was quickly moving. The shape ,however, was slowing down little by little but was being fought with increasing speed which made Lucario grunt, almost losing focus as he tried to make sense of the images he sw through his aura.
Bronze was yelling ways for BIGJAW to flank. He noticed that Lucario was having trouble concentrating but knew that this Lucario's aura was strong. He could feel the powerful presence in his core whenever he was near that spirit jackal and his master. Bronze wasn't about to let up so he made BIGJAW use River Run all over the place. He even shot up in the air a few times just to be a little unpredictable.
Bronze was pleasantly surprised how quickly BIGJAW picked up on River Run considering it wasn't a real move. What was even better was that he could use it extremely effectively. It'll be a great move in the future for throwing off opponents. But what really mattered was that, in conjunction with Ice Punch, would serve greatly in taking on the Lurantis that went at blinding speeds.
"Woah, I'll have whatever Bronze has been having." Hau said, legitimately impressed by this battle. BIGJAW was moving really quickly, not just in seed but his reflexes were very fast. And he was even quick at listening and executing the commands Bronze dished out to him.
Lillie felt her heart beat as she saw the spirit jackal and water croc battle. Even in the sort of stand still where they weren't attacking each other was tense. The speed of BIGJAW and the aura emitting from Lucario just made for a tense moment and kept the audience Bronze wasn't aware of waiting for who would strike first. She felt like she had something she just needed ot let out. So she said in support, "Woo! Go, Bronze!" Luna jumped from this comment and landed on her feet. She wasn't expecting something so loud to come out of nowhere like that, especially from Lillie out of all people.
Bronze heard the sound of the familiar voice but in a much more different tone. The cowboy looked back to see his friends, which he was totally unaware of, were watching the battle. Hau was sitting down, eating a Malasada with White Fang as they enjoyed the show. Bronze then saw Lilie but something was off. She wasn't being the normal, quite and calm girl he was acquainted with. Right now, she was excited and had a huge smile on her face.
Lillie saw Bronze was looking at her and then others. She then gave him the thumbs up and said, "You're doing great!" Bronze had a smile grow on his face. He actually thought for awhile that Lillie was depressed or something because of how she normally was. He noticed before that when she watched him and Hau battle, she watched in silence. But now, she was cheering and looked to be in much higher spirits.
BIGJAW had been thrown off. He was in mid River Run and didn't know where to go next. The croc stopped the water that formed around him and tried to stop himself. The croc started kicking up dust as she slid across the ground. A path of wet ground was formed as he slid across the ground below. BIGJAW was dripping with water as he came to a complete stop with little droplets of water rolling off his scales.
The croc was confused. One moment, he was being a complete speed demon crocodile thing and the next, his focus was thrown completely out of the fucking window. The croc then shook his head to get his thoughts straight. He then got ready and used Waterfall. He lunged forward at high speeds towards the spirit jackal.
Lucario's aura vision then finally calmed down. The fast moving, smokey, blue shape was now easily trackable. He then took a deep breath.
Lucario opened his eyes and used Power-Up Punch to punch BIGJAW in the gut. The croc's jaws flew open and his eyes shot out. Lucario then quickly moved behind the croc and uppercutted BIGJAW into the sky. Lucario then jumped up into the sky and purple fire formed into his hands. He then let out a loud war cry and unleashed an Aura Sphere from his hands.
The croc's eyes went wide and he used his arms to shield himself. The aura sphere then hit BIGJAW, full force. The croc was being pushed by the aura attack and he hit the ground hard. BIGJAW hit the ground with a thud and a cloud of dust formed. This got Bronze's attention and made him turn around. He went wide eyed at the sight and bolted to the crash sight of the croc.
Once the dust cleared, BIGJAW was on his back and groaned in pain. Lillie and Hau had looks completely different to their previous. White Fang and Luna ran to BIGJAW in concern for their friend. However, Night Wing fell down and began to laugh at the croc's misfortune. Just because Night Wing tried to help him in his elemental punch doesn't mean he likes BIGJAW.
Bronze made it to BIGJAW and took a knee. He then grabbed a bottle of water and poured it over the croc's dusty scales. "Come on, come on! Stay with me!" Bronze said in desperation. BIGJAW then began to open up on of his eyes, lazily. BIGJAW's yellow iris then darted to Bronze. "Are you okay?" Bronze asked.
BIGJAW then jumped up and looked at Bronze with an pissed off expression. BIGJAW then started to angrily grunt at his trainer. Probably about what happened during battle. "I know, I know." Bronze sighed to the croc.
Lillie then looked to the two aand saw how angry the croc really was. She couldn't help but think it was her fault. "I'm terribly sorry.." Lillie apologized meekly. BIGJAW then laid his eyes on the damsel and glared. He then started to angrly hiss at the girl, who then back up in fear of the croc.
"No, it's not your fault." Bronze said. BIGJAW then went wide eyed and had a expression that said WTF. "I shouldn't of stopped mid battle. BIGJAW was counting on me to focus and direct him and I utterly failed." Bronze said. "Sorry, buddy." Bronze said as he petted the croc. BIGJAW was thinking about how Tauros-shit this was. Making Bronze blame himself when really he thought it was all Lillie's fault.
"Hey, be nice." Bronze said sternly. He then looked to his friends and two of his pokemon who were left with Lillie. White Fang and Luna were both sitting down and wagging their tails. White Fang' s was at the speed of sound while Luna's was much slower and relaxed. "Well hey, guys." Bronze said as he kneeled down to greet his two canine pokemon. He then began to pet the two pokemon. "Where's Bruho?" Bronze asked Lillie.
"Oh, right!" Lillie said s she dug into her bag and pulled out Bronze's battle belt. She was about to take out Bruho pokeball when the ball opened on its own. Bruho then materialized from the ball. He looked at his trainer with relief as he trotted over to the cowboy.
"Hola, amigo. I guess you missed me." Bronze said to the donkey as he ruffled its hair. Bruho gave him a happy whiney. "Alright, why don't you guys go play while I catch up with mi amigos." Bronze said. The group of Pokemon then walked away to give the humans their space. "That's goes for you too." Bronze said loudly to Night Wing.
The faux dragon finally calmed itself down from the laughing. He nodded to Bronze and flew off to the join rest of the Pokemon.
"What are you guys going here?" Bronze asked his compadres.
"I was just wandering around when I ran into her. She was looking for you for some reason." Hau said.
"I was act silly looking for the both of you." Lillie corrected him.
"Well, why were you looking for me?" Bronze asked. He Ghent rallied something, Lillie got here herself. "Wait, you came looking for me on your own?" Bronze asked.
"Not entirely." Lillie said. "Luna was with me the whole way." Lillie said.
"That's still a major accomplishment. You're actually becoming an adventurer." Bronze said. "I'll have to leave you with Luna more often." Bronze joked.
"Yes, that's nice. But I have to…" Lillie was about to say when Hau jumped in.
"Oh, man. I gotta tell you guys what I found while we were split up." Hau said. Lillie sighed and sat down to listen to the story. Once Hau starts going, there's no stopping him.
BIGJAW was glaring at Lillie. He was obviously mad at her about something. The others were starting to feel uneasy at BIGJAW's western glare. Night Wing however was intrigued. He looked at BIGJAW to see what he was staring at. The two did hate eachother so he was wondering why they weren't growling at eachother. He then walked over to BIGJAW, who was so in focus that he didn't even realize Night Wing was casting a shadow on him. Night Wing then looked over at what BIGJAW was looking that and noticed at someone. He knew it wasn't Bronze just because it was Bronze and Hau didn't do shit. He then realized who he was looking at. The girl that just walked in here unannounced was the target of BIGJAW's anger filled glare.
Night Wing observed the the group as Hau told his story. Bronze then told Lillie something and she started to giggle. He then noticed how Bronze looked noticeably happier when she was around. Night Wing had a brain blast as he realized why BIGJAW was mad, or at least why he thought the croc was mad. Night Wing then grunted something to BIGJAW with a smirk on his face. BIGJAW jumped and turned around with his fists raised. He then sighed in relief that it was only Night Wing and then angrily hissed at the faux dragon for his comment. Night Wing let out a hearty laugh at the croc and put his hand on the croc's shoulder. He then told him something like how a big brother would give advice to their younger brother.
BIGJAW then swiped his hand away and hissed. Night Wing scoffed at the croc and grunted for the croc to move the spot. BIGJAW then glared at Night Wing. The dragon however gave him a stare that only his intimidating, red eyes could give. BIGJAW then sighed in defeat. Night Wing the extended his arm and pointed for him to go with the others. BIGJAW the slowly walked away in defeat.
Night Wing exhaled sulfur and sat down. He likes up into the sky and extended his wings. He then soaked up some rays from the sun. He much prefer this over the freezer gym.
Night Wing the looked up and saw that Luna was sitting next to him. Night Wing looked at his teammate and grunted in confusion. Luna then grunted and pointed towards Bronze, Lillie, and Hau. She then twitched her ears to show him she was listening in. Night Wing grunted in interest and moved his head closer to Luna so she could tell him what they say.
Luna then grunted a request to Night Wing. The dragon have her a funny look but then did as he was told. He stretched his wing and made s basis over Luna that blocked the sun from hitting her dark fur
"So, were my other pokemon too much trouble?" Bronze asked Lillie. Lillie then shot her head and turned to Bronze. She kind of zoned out half way through Hau's story. Hau was right now regaling the tales of him, picking out which Malasada would properly fuel his Pokemon.
"Oh, well… Luna was nice…" Lillie said awkwardly. She didn't want to bad mouth Bronze's pokemon. They really weren't that bad.
"What did White Fang and Bruho?" Bronze said in an angry tone.
"White Fang just likes to be outside an run a lot. Bruho is kind of rude but is quite for the most part." Lillie said. "We got kicked out the hotel but I should have taken him out in the first place so he could tire himself out."
"No, no, no. It's not your fault." Bronze said to his friend. "I got to discipline them more. I don't want them to get ut of han like with BIGJAW and Night Wing." Bronze said.
"Luna and White Fang look like they'll be really cute together." Lillie said. "It was really adorable when White Fang went to Luna's aid when she yelped and then he tried to act tough afterwards." Lillie giggled, still remember it all vividly. "I think Luna may be a little interested in him, even."
"Yeah, I new from the moment he laid eyes on Luna when she was an Eevee that he'd be head over heels for her." Bronze chuckled. "And oh man, when she evolved into an Umbreon, it got even worse." Bronze said.
"Well, if he evolves into the Midnight form of Lycanroc, then he'll be perfect for her." Lillie said. Bronze couldn't help but smile, he actually prefered the Midday Lycanroc but he wasn't going to force it on him. He did care for the happiness of his pocket monsters after all.
Night Wing grunted a question to Luna. Luna's ears were twitching and her rings were glowing in embarrassment. She then shook her head and grunted to Night Wing that it was nothing important. Night Wing snorted in disbelief.
"So, I heard that Night Wing greeted y'all…" Bronze said. "Did he try to hurt you?" Bronze asked.
"N-no… he just sniffed me. He's a little scary." Lillie said. A 'little scary' is an understatement for how much he made Lillie nearly faint.
"Yeah, he's kinda only friendly with me." Bronze said. Even then, Night Wing is still aggressive but it was true he formed a friend in Bronze. Which is one of the many reason him and BIGJAW but heads.
"Yeah… I don't mean to be rude but can you try to stay away from me when you have Night Wing around." Lillie said. She felt really bad saying that but that Charizard made her feel really uneasy.
Luna then grunted something to Night Wing. The faux dragon's eyes shot open. Night Wing could tell from how Bronze was with Lillie how he felt about her. He wasn't about to be a burden. Plus, he could show up BIGJAW in the behavior department since the croc wasn't really that fond of her at the moment.
Night Wing then flapped his wings to warm them up. Luna then squinted her eyes as the sun hit her suddenly. She looked up to see Night Wing already in the air. Night Wing then flew over to the cowboy, kahuna, and damsel
Bronze heard the flapping and then heard the thud caused by Night Wing's flapping. He then landed in the middle of the group. Bronze out in a less than satisfied expression on his face, Hau put on a welcoming smile, and Lillie took off her hat and hid behind it. "Okay, who started it and how bad is the damage?" Bronze sighed, referring to if Night Wing and BIGJAW started to fight again.
Night Wing shook his head to show there was no fight. "Heyo, scary Charizard!" Hau said in his normal cheerful tone. Night Wing didn't pay attention to him. The dark dragon then looked at Lillie. She started to shake and dropped her hat in fear. She left it on the ground though because she thought any sudden movements would make him attack. Lillie was shaking in her boots as the dragon extended it's long neck and got up in her face.
"Night Wing, this is a friend not a snack." Bronze said. He was really hoping he wouldn't have to knock out the Charizard again.
"H-hi…" Lillie squeaked in fear. Night Wing then put his face against Lillie's neck and began to affectinally nuzzle her. Night Wing let out some affectionate growls as his dark scales rubbed against Lillie pale skin. "St-stop, that tickles." Lillie laughed. His rough scales tickled Lillie and the warmth of the dragon was comforting.
Bronze just had a deadpan expression on his face. Night Wing out of all pokemon was being affectionate to Lillie out of all people. Bronze honestly thought that Night Wing would of been annoyed with Lillie since she had trouble putting her foot down and came off as weak. He was, however, becoming kinda worried. He was scared that something was going to go wrong so he had to separate the two. He put his hand on Lillie's shoulder and against Night Wing's chest. He then separated them and said, "Okay, that's enough, boy." Bronze said in a joking manner.
"Aww, come on, Bronze. He's such a sweetheart." Liie said in a lovey dovey manner as she scratched under the dark dragon's chin. Night Wing really liked to be scratched there so he was making noises of satisfaction. He was starting to see some benefits in getting along with the timid girl. He then used his tail to pick up her hat, without burning it with the tip of his tail. The faux dragon smiled as he placed the hat on top of her head. "What a gentleman." she said as she rubbed his snout.
"chuckles Alright. Let's go get the other to catch up on their training." Bronze said as he put his arm around Night Wing's neck and led him away from his compadres.
Bronze then made it to the rest of his pokemon. He then sat them down and started to explain what was going down and why they were here. "Alright, y'all go off and do some exercises of your choice. I'll be by the punching bags if you need me." Bronze said. The pokemon then began to walk off. BIGJAw was about to follow his friends whe Bronze put his stick in front of him. He then whistled which made the crc turn arun dna dface his trainer. BIGJAW wasn't as mad as he was before about Bronze getting distracted because of Lillie but that didn't mean he was happy either. He seemed a little TEED off still.
"Hey, keep an eye on Night Wing for me. I'm all for him getting an attitude adjustment and Lillie being comfortable but… he changed in like a snap." Bronze said. "So… do you mind?" Bronze asked. BIGJAW gave him the thumbs up and walked off. He was feeling a little happier now. He just needed a reminder that Bronze has a lot of faith in him.
Bronze then smiled as he saw BIGJAW with a little more pep in his step. He then turned to his friends and said, "Alright, y'all look around and get acquainted. If y'all need me, I'll be by the punching bags." Bronze then walked away to the outdoor punching bags, since they have them at this gym.
"I'm gonna go let my pokemon get some fresh air." Hau said. "Maybe Fluffy will even enjoy something for once." Hau said. He then jumped as he felt the fast ball he caught Fluffy the Gyarados in jiggle at the sound of his name Hau gave him.
Lillie then inched away slowly. She walked around the place, her boots clicking against the ground below. She was actually shocked Bronze didn't notice this right off the bat since he has the whole cowboy motief.
She continued to travel along the outdoor part of the gym till she found all of Bronze's pokemon. They were all training except for one. Night Wing blew a whistle he had around his neck, forcing the other to run laps. BIGJAW, Luna, and White Fang were all running circles and the only one who was enjoying this was White Fang since his energy was the equivalent of drinking a 5 hour energy. Bruho was struggling though, he was a heavy, slow pokemon. Bronze did see this but he didn't get mad at Night Wing though. He was kinda happy since Night Wing was genuinely coaching them. He did find this suspicious and checked with BIGJAW. He then told them to listen to the fau dragon and then went back to punch the bag.
"Hello!" Lillie said in a cheerful tone as she came across Bronze's Pokemon. "May I see…" Lillie asked but Night Wing extended his arm and put it in front of Lillie. The dragon shook his head and grunted as he pointed to his teammates. Night Wing then had a smirk form on his face as he pointed behind him with his thumb. "Oh… okay. Good luck." Lillie said. She then gave Night Wing a scratch under his chin and walked off. She waved to the rest of Bronze's pokemon and began to walk in the direction Night Wig told her to go.
She then came across Bronze who had a pair of black fingerless boxing gloves on. She stopped in her tracks a she saw him with a little fear building up. "Oh, hey." Bronze said as he tipped his hat. "What're you doing?" Bronze asked his friend.
"Oh… I'm just trying to find something to do." Lillie said. "I tried to go be with Luna but Night Wing is not allowing me to intervene in their training session." Lillie said. "Would you mind if I just stick with you?" Lillie asked. She then took off her sunglasses to give him big, green puppy dog eyes.
"Are you sure… I'm just going to hit the bag…" Bronze said. Lillie nodded. The cowboy sighed and gestured for her to tag along. Lillie had thoughts racing through her head as she was thinking about how to execute her whole family trauma situation.
Lillie then jumped as she heard a loud boom sound. She then looked around and heard the sounds of chain rattling. She then saw Bronze looking at her with a face of concern as he was in boxing stance. She then saw the heavy bag swinging freely. "You good?" Bronze asked.
"Y-yeah… I think I'll just go for a walk…" Lillie said. Hearing one of Bronze's punches scared her enough. She didn't want to see Bronze go ham on the bag.
"Alright then stay safe and if ya need something, just holler." Bronze said as he tipped his hat. Lillie then waved goodbye and walked off. She didn't hear the sounds of punching though. She looked back and saw Bronze was looking at her. Bronze then yelled to her, "Don't worry, I won't start until you get far enough not to hear." Lillie smiled and briskly walked off. Bronze looked at her and then turned his vision to the bag. "I wonder when she got those boots." Bronze said as he readied a punch.
Lillie was walking in the more secluded area of the rocky terrain of the outdoor gym to get some peace and quiet. She needed to gather her thoughts together so she could tell her friends about all this trauma that was currently fucking with her thoughts. She just kept walking deeper and deeper into the rocky plains. She had been walking for a while in comfort thanks to her new boots. The more she walked, the more her whole explanation came together. "Okay, from the top." Lillie said to herself.
The heat started to get to the girl so she decided to take a seat on a rock. She then dug into her bag and was greeted by Nebby's normal cry. "I'm surprised you stayed in the bag so long. I knew something was different." Lillie said with a smile. She then reached into her bag and pulled out a water bottle. She then sat it down picked up Nebby. She cradled the beast in her arms and asked, "Are you thirsty?" The ultra adorable beast (see what I did there) replied with its signature cry. Lillie then unscrewed the cap of the bottle of water and gently brought it to Nebby's face. It then put it's mouth on the tip of the bottle and drank some of the contents of the bottle. Lillie giggled as she took the bottle away from Nebby. "Has your thirst been quenched?" Lillie asked. Nebby responded with a happy cry. Lillie smiled and then took a swig from the bottle, without touching it with her mouth.
A sound was then heard. It sounded like a bit of rock falling and hitting the ground. Lillie almost choked on the water when she heard the noise. She dropped the bottle on the ground, letting the rest of the life liquid pool on the ground. She started to cough and when she finished she picked herself up. She then quickly scooped up Nebby and shoved it in her bag. She then began to run back to the gym in fear.
Unfortunately for her, something was following her. The assailant then jumped and landed on front of Lillie, kicking up a small cloud of dust. The ground cracked under the weight and impact of the figure. The dust finally settled and revealed it was a Machoke. It turned around and faced her. Lillie backed away in fear of her assailant. The Machoke then cracked it's knuckles and looked at Lillie with a sadistic expression. She screamed and ran into the opposite direction of her assailant.
Bronze's head shot up. He heard a scream feminine scream coming from the path Lillie took to go on her walk. Bronze's eyes went wide with horror. Lillie had the spine of a red twizzler and the bravery of Scooby-Doo. He took off his gloves and bolted to where he heard the sound of her scream. But, like a complete cabrón, he forgot to go get his super powered, fighting animals that are under his command. But, luckily for the cowboy, Rotom Dex saw this and decided it was probably a good idea if he went to get Bronze's pocket monsters.
Lillie was scared, she was running faster than she's ever ran before. Her heart was racing as her boots clicked on the ground. Lillie then turned back to see the Machoke had gotten substantially closer. Lillie screamed and fell over. Lillie tried to scramble up quickly but then felt a sharp pain in her leg as she tried to bend her right knee. She then looked at her knee and saw red. "On dear…" Lillie said in fear. The Machoke proceeded forward to the girl, leaving Lillie only to wonder what the Pokemon was going to do to her.
"HEY!" Bronze yelled. Lillie jumped as she heard this. This wasn't his normal tone though. He sounded a lot more pissed off. Like Hulk levels of pissed off. The cowboy stomped over there, stick in hand. "Listen you steroid induced piece of Tauros crud! Lay a hand on the girl and you're gonna be eating some knuckles!" Bronze said in a tone that showed he wasn't fucking around.
The Machoke then responded by laughing his ass off. He thought it was cute how Bronze was trying to play the hero. However, Bronze wasn't the traditional hero type. He punched the Machoke across the face and threw his stick onto the ground. The stick hit the ground with a cracking sound and the cowboy raised his fists and got into his normal fighting stance. The Machoke wiped his mouth and got into fighting stance as well.
Lillie look terrified at this moment. Her friend was literally about to box a mountain of muscle and probably get his ass whooped. She felt helpless, worried, and somewhat tingly.
Bronze charged and threw a punch. The Machoke let him. Bronze's fist impacted im against the Machoke's torso. He felt a jolt of pain as he retrieved his hand. "Forgot, rock hard abs." Bronze said.
The Machike swung one of his muscular arms. Bronze ducked and jumped up. He then uppercutted the Machoke. The muscular humanoid shook his head in shock. He wasn't actually expecting some power or even a fight from a trainer alone. He then put on his game race and remained he had to be serious.
The Machoke threw a punch but Bronze lunged to the left, he threw a punch but the Machoke dodged it. The Machoke slammed both of his arms, trying to hit Bronze but ended up smashing the forums below because Bronze just barely avoided the attack. The Machoke then picked itself up with bits of rubble and dust rolling off the Machoke's muscular arms.
Bronze adjusted his hat and halted at the Machike through his sunglasses. He then charged at the Machoke. Bronze pushed against the Machoke chest, knocking him back. The Machoke then elbowed Bronze, knocking him down. Bronze then coughed and tried to regain his breath. The cowboy was growing more and more angry. This wasn't just himself he was fighting, it was fighting for the safety of his friend. So he swung as he got up. Hitting the Machoke one the side it's face as he got up. The Machoke was starting to get angry too. He wasn't about to lose to a trainer thought he could bite off more than he could chew.
Bronze then jabbed but the Machoke stepped out of the range. He then punched Bronze across the face with his long muscular arm. Bronze's ray bans were knocked off his face and his hat off his head. He stumbled back. He felt a lot of pain on his cheek. He then looked up and all he could pick up was laughter. Bronzes vision was blurry and without his shades, it was even worse. But he saw a large gray blob standing in front of him.
Lillie looked in horror. She knew Bronze was too much of a proud hardass to wuss out of a fight or beg for mercy. So, she was going to do it for him. "Please stop!" she cried. "Don't h-hurt him anymore." she said, about to break into tears. She didn't want to see her friend get hurt because of her.
Bronze heard Lillie's cry and he felt something build up in his chest. It was rage. Bronze shook his head and his vision got less blurry. He then stood up and looked at the much larger Machoke. He picked up his has hat and spat out some blood. He then wiped his mouth and charged. "NO!" Lillie cried. She wanted Bronze to stop this. That hat really did give him +5 bravery and +10 stupidity.
The Machoke threw a punch bhut Bronze dodged the attack. He then remembers a move from a movie he saw when a smaller kid and boxing a bully. He then threw a punch that landed on the Machoke's reptilian-like snout. The snout exploded with blood. The muscular monster yelped in pain as it stumbled back and held its about in its hands.
Bronze then pulled his fist back and looked at the blood on his fist. Lillie had her hands over her mouth in shock of what Bronze just did. While he looked like a dumbass right joke for boxing a huge Machoke, she was also seeing him as kind of a badass. She felt a little tingle as she realized that after he heard her cry he built up something that gave him the ability to do that
The Machoke held its snout in pain but then took its blood covered hands off its snout. He then looked at Bronze with rage in its eyes. The cowboy just glared at the Machoke with his exposed brown eyes and wiped his fist off with his sweatpants. Bronze then raised his fists to show he was ready to fight. The Machoke then snorted out a must if red to show it was ready to throw down once again.
Bronze couldn't just run in swinging. He was used to relying on his size and strength to take on his opponents but this time he was the smaller and weaker opponent. The Machoke was the size of Night Wing but covered from head to toe with muscle. He was going to have to attack this at a new angle.
The two charged at each other. The Machoke threw a punched but Bronze ducked under the attack. This threw the Machoke off and made him stumble forward. He was now facing the way Bronze came from and raised his fist but then felt its wrist being wrapped around by something.
Bronze had caught the Machoke's arm with his lasso. Bronze then pulled the Machoke forward with the strength he used for Tauros. The Machoke was caught off guard by the sudden pull and stumbled forward. It regained its ground and pulled forward. Bronze has dealt with Tauros much meaner and resilient than this Machoke so he could keep his ground too. The two began to have a math of tug of war. Each had stumbled back and forth trying to pull the other down. Bronze then broke the game of tug of war by slamming his boot down on the lasso. The Machoke stumbled forward but then regained its ground. And then pulled on the lasso with his free hand, bringing Bronze forward. The cowboy face planted on the ground but quickly picked himself up and grabbed his stick. He then spun it and rushed the Machoke. He then wacked the stick against the Machoke's leg.
It roared in pain at the impact of the weapon. Bronze then wacked the stick against the Machoke's back and then brought his stick back to him. The Machoke then turned and swung but Bronze used his stick to knock the punch off course. Bronze then quickly bapped his abs with the makeshift weapon and then raised the stick to hit the Machoke in his chin. It stumbled back but then regained its balance. It then raised it's hand into the air and chopped down. Bronze took the attack to the shoulder and grunted in pain but then he punched the Machoke inn the snout. While the Machoke was dazed Bronze began to go ham on the AMchoke with hi stick. He let out a relentless assault with his makeshift weapon in the form of whacks and pokes.
The Machoke then punched downward, making Bronze insensitively use his stick to block the attack but he forgot that this was a damn Machoke. A loud snap was heard as Bronze's as the Machoke broke Bronze's stick in two. Bronze groaned in annoyance at the inconvenience but he wasn't about to let it go to waste. So he threw the two halves of the stick at the Machoke. He then went for a cheap shot and kicked the Machoke right between the uprights. However, this gained a much more different result than he was hoping.
"Your poor wife…" Bronze said in a strained voice as he held his painfilled shin. The Machoke then charged at Bronze. Bronze then ran forawrd an dlunged at the Machoke but the muscular humanoid just grabbed Bronze and threw him. His hat fell off mid air as Bronze was falling. He then hit the ground and landed belly down.
Lillie's heart sank as she saw her friend fall. She knew Bronze was tough but she never thought he could beat a Machoke, et alone put up a fight, "sniff I'm so sorry." she said. She saw her friend struggle to get up. She wanted to tell hi to stop but she was then still with fear as she saw the Machoke pursue
The Machoke wasn't it's usual cocky self though, it was just pissed. Pissed off that a human actually put up a fight against it. But then it was going back to something malicious to the damsel in distress while the hero in distress was down. "Bronze, help me..." she cried in desperation. She was hoping Bronze would somehow spring to life and hogtie the Machoke and then they both could walk back to safety. She the shielded her bag with her body. She then braced herself for whatever the Machoke was going to do to her with tears in her eyes.
She then heard a thud and looked up to see the Machoke fall over and hit the ground. A bulge was growing from his head and the three light brown ridges on its head were. Its eyes went swirly as it face planted it then began to unconsciously groan. Lillie's heart was beating a million miles an hour and she looked up to see her savior.
Bronze was holding a large stone above his head that he used to knock out the Superpower Pokemon. Bronze was taking heavy breaths after. He then dropped the tone and kneeled down to inspect Lillie. She was sighed in relief to see Bronze was fine but then felt his hand on her face. "Are you okay?" Bronze asked in a very concerned tone, the same concerned tone he used for BIGJAW if he got hurt.
"Yes, I'm okay." Lillie said. "But what about you?" she asked in concern since Bronze had a few scratches and had a bruise on his right cheek.
"Who cares?" Bronze said, obviously more concerned about Lillie than himself. He then began to inspect both side of her face for cuts and bruises. He then proceeded to check her arms. He then checked her legs, in the most respectable way, and saw the cut she had on her right knee. "Did that thing do that." Bronze said as his tone got much scarier.
"I just scraped my knee when I fell and I forgot to bring some gauze." Lillie said. Bronze then rummaged through what he had on him. He had some medical supplies in is bag but, like a dumbass, he forgot his bag. He then looked for anything her could use to patch her up. He didn't want to use his hoodie because it was all sweaty and might negatively affect the scrape. He then dug into his pockets and pulled out a bandanna. It was black with some weird gray smoke affect and realistic white skulls sprinkled throughout. It was as much cooler looking than Team Skull's pathetic excuses for masks. It was clean so he felt comfortable using it on his friend.
"Do you have some water?" Bronze asked. He was planning to clean off her scrape with it, or to the best of his ability. Lillie nodded her head and pulled out a water bottle from her bag. Bronze then unscrewed the cap and poured it onto the scrape. Lillie flinched from the water making contact with the exposed flesh. Bronze then took his bandana and wrapped it around her leg. He then proceeded to wrap the skull bandana around her knee. Blood started to seep through the banana and turned a part of it's gray smoke and skulls red.
"Can you stand?" Bronze asked. Lillie tried to get up but struggled to. She was able to but her knee hurt when she tried to bend it. She didn't really have a pain tolerance like the guy in front of her. Got punches by a Machoke and yet he's still standing. "Hey, hey, take it easy." Bronze said as he helped her up.
"What the heck!" a familiar masculine voice said in disbelief. The body connected to the voice ran to the Machoke that Bronze had just knocked out. "How the heck did this happen." he said.
Bronze heard the voice and realized that this must of been the Machoke's trainer. "Stay here, I'm going to 'talk' to him." Bronze said.
"Wait! Don't!" Lillie pleaded. That guy may have been a dick but she wasn't exactly 100% for letting Bronze handle this.
"So you're the guy who sent that Machoke after us?" Bronze said in a tone that was shockingly, not his extremely angry one. Lillie heart raced as she saw and heard Bronze.
The guy then turned around and smirked. "Huh, so you actually took down my Machoke?"
"Yeah, what's it to ya?" Bronze said as he picks up his lasso and rolled it up. He then put it on the holder he had attached to his sweatpants.
"It just that, you did that all for that b…" he was about to finish when Bronze stopped him.
"Yeah, I did. When when my friends are in trouble I help them." Bronze said. "And when I need something done I don't hide behind my Pokemon and let them get hurt." Bronze said. "That Machhoke is a perfect example." Bronze said as he pointed to the Machoke he knocked out.
"What are you, the sheriff?" he asked sarcastically since Bronze had the whole cowboy thing going on with his hat and lasso. Bronze then walked up to the man who had shit eating smirk on his face. He then looked him in the eye, his brown eyes giving the arrogant asshole a western glare
"Would a sheriff do this?" Bronze asked in a rhetorical manner. He then punched the man in the gut, knocking the wind out of the fully grown adult. He then hit the ground and groaned in pain as he held his stomach. He got into fetal position on his side as he continued to groan in pain.
Lillie put her hands over her mouth and cringed as she saw Bronze punch the man.
Bronze then kneeled down and looked at the man in the eyes. He looked at bronze with anger and pain. "Now listen here, pendejo. I wanted to break your jaw, let you choke on your own teeth, but I didn't. My friend over there is too sweet and soft to see what I can do when I'm really mad." Bronze whispered in a very serious tone to the man. He didn't want Lillie to hear this threat so he had to whisper btu he knew that the Machoke trainer was hearing every word he was saying. "So count your blessings, because your getting off easy." Bronze said. He then stood up and watched the man as he regained a little movement. He then tried to weakly grab Bronze's boot. The cowboy wasn't having any of that shit so he kicked him in the gut. The man screamed in pain as he held hit his stomach and sprawled back into fetal position then needing to roll onto his back as he groaned in pain.
Bronze then walked over to his sunglasses and saw that they were a little cracked. He sighed and put them on. They were fracked but didn't hinder his vision. He then went over to Lillie and saw she had a look of horror on her face. "Don't worry, he'll live." Bronze said. "Now about this." Bronze said as he pointed to Lillie's leg. "Can you walk?" Bronze asked.
"I-I think so. It just really hurts." Lillie said. Bronze wanted to roll his eyes but Lillie was already so scared and hurt. He'd feel like a complete dick for doing that. He then picked up Lillie's duffle bag and put the strap on his shoulder like Lillie normally does.
"Okay, just stand still and stay calm." Bronze said. He then put his arm around Lillie's back and then put his forearm in between the joints of Lillie's legs. She started to blush at this but realized what he was doing. He then lifted her up the ground, holding her in the standard bridal position. "Is this too weird?" Bronze asked.
Lillie blushed at this act. "He's carrying me like a princess." she said in her head. It was kinda like the whole knight in shining armor comes to rescue the damsel in distress. Though in Bronze's case, it's more like a brute in dented, blood stained armor. She then looked up to see Bronze confused. She had no idea that Bronze had asked her a question.
"This is too weird, isn't it?" Bronze asked. Lillie had just been kinda thinking for a minute and not responding.
Lillie was then brought back to reality as she heard Bronze's question. "No, no. This… this is fine." she said, awkwardly.
"Alright then, let's start heading back then. We can get you properly patched up." Bronze said as he began to walk. Lillie would of been scared to death but something about this made her feel safe. She then calmed down from the most recent confrontation that happened and rested her head against Bronze's shoulder. Bronze felt Lillie's rest up against him and blushed but just took a deep breath and kept his eyes on the path back to the gym.
Well, here ya go. Finally, a chapter that I wrote with a acceptable word count. I hope this makes up for the last really short chapter I posted last. So yeah, the gangs all here. Woo. Anywho, summer pretty alright so far. I'm just glad to get a break from the dreaded escuela.
I guess BIGJAW's jealous this chapter. Lol The dude just wants his trainer all to himself while Night Wing's trying to let him fly while attempting to show off BIGJAW.
Anywho, that's all for now, hope you enjoyed. See ya next time, adios.
