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He quickly deflected my vertical slash with a simple flick of his wrist, hardly using his sword's strength to his advantage. My arms goes reeling back and I jump backwards to avoid a counter attack.
"You say you have trained with swords?" Ask Draxik, my new mentor. "What did you train with? And WHO?"
"Erm, I'm self taught…" I say, regretting claiming to be a good swordsman.
"Well, in that sense, you are fine. You have all the basics down and an okay stance, unique and good on people who don't know much past basics. But overall, MAN you suck." He stabs his zanpakto into the ground and leans on the hilt. "But you can block my strikes, and you are much younger than me, good strength there."
I simply nod, not even sure what the basics are, when he lunges out and cuts downward at me. I use both hands and bring up my sword to block, letting it fall in front of me, and I just charge forward as if to cut his chest upward, but stop just in front of him.
"Nice." Says Draxik. I back up when Rachamim charges into our clearing.
I give him a look. "What do you want squirt?"
"It's Abby-" He stops and looks at me. "You are YOUNGER than me, what is with you and calling me that lately?"
I shrug, and let him continue. "Abby requests that you see her right away Raizu."
"Why? She can handle herself."
"That's just the problem." Says Rachamim, and chuckles.
"What?" I ask, feeling irritated with him already.
"You better follow me." He dashes off, and I look at Draxik. He shrugs (it's pretty much the only body language you see out of him, he hardly even nods) and we both just run after him.
--
After a few minutes we reach our camp. I look around. Abby is sitting alone in one side of the camp and Serena is looking over her, while Sakura, Markus, and today, Terreon, are near our tents, talking, with Markus translating various words Terreon says. I walk over to Serena, who is kneeling at Abby's side and peck her. She smiles and just says, "I'm not sure what is wrong with Abby, but she won't talk to anyone but you. She wanted to talk to you alone, not even Markus."
I look over Abby. She is breathing somewhat hard and kind of hunched over. I start to walk into the forest and she hobbles along after me, and after a few minutes of walking we stop. I sit on a log (again) and look up, noticing the space Abby wanted us to stop at had no sunlight coming through.
I sit and wait for her to get comfortable, and I ask, "What is the problem?"
I turn twenty today.
I make a woot sound. "What does that mean?"
It means I will now live for 1,000 years from now, and die on this exact day in that many years.
I don't let it get to me, but the thought of any pokémon of mine dying makes me shudder, even though I'll be long gone, and so will the rest. "Why does this matter?"
I also enter my heat for the first time.
I kind of jump a bit. Oh, I know exactly what that means… she's ready to mate. "Erm, have someone in mind?"
That's what I'm here to talk about. Jenny never had this problem, because she evolved me from a vulpix when I was about 15. But, for most pokémon, it may mean leaving the trainer. I have to leave for a day or so… and if I find a mate… one who isn't willing to be under command of a trainer, I may have to leave you…
I don't want to lose a pokémon… I think. "Are… you sure? You have too? We have plenty of males in our group."
I'm sure they know already, when in heat, females give off a mild scent that turns them on, and they can tell where it's coming from.
The thought of seeing Markus go hard disturbs me, while making me want to laugh at the same time. "So… should I expect not to see you again?"
She does the closest thing she can do to a shrug. I'm sure the others already know the state I'm in, and if they want me, they can come find me. I suggest you keep your camp here, and if I'm not back by tomorrow night, my heat has either past and no one came… She sniffles a little bit. Or I have found someone…
I simply nod, not wanting to put my selfish desires in front of her life. "That's okay Abby. You… do whatever until someone comes. We'll keep our camp where it is."
She sniffles a bit more. Thank you. And I'm sorry Raizu, for everything.
--
I walk slowly back to camp, thinking of what I'll do without Abby. It feels like I've known her for years, but only about two months… I think, remembering the curse fiasco and Saffron. Our travel to Celadon was messed up when we accidentally went north to Cerulean, which was about a week of travel, so we had to double back and head west to Celadon, and that makes my entire trip, since I left Pallet on day one, two months.
I think get back to camp and don't answer any questions about Abby's whereabouts. I just respond to everyone, "She'll be back soon." "It isn't a problem, she's fine." "She wants some alone time is all." I just sit down and think about what has happened. I still don't even remember what exactly happened the day she cursed me… only what Sakura told me. Did I really lose that whole day of memory?… I lay back while the others enjoy themselves and let myself think.
Later that night, after dinner and most people are asleep, I am still on the ground, laying on top of my sleeping bag. Most of the pokémon are sleeping too, but I see Markus stir a little and get up. "Going somewhere?" I say, figuring what he's going to do.
He nods. To… make amends. Not my choice of words, but I just nod and say, "Go to her, she needs someone."
He nods and thanks me, and goes off into the forest.
Markus jumps through the trees, following the very faint scent left by Abby as she moved through the forest during her heat. I can still smell it, which means she hasn't been taken yet…
He continues going through when he comes to a small clearing, with no logs or stumps; it is just simply devoid of trees. The ground is covered in dry leaves, having given their nurturing abilities to the grassy ground beneath it. At the bottom, near a tree, he sees Abby getting approached by an Arcanine. She just puts her back against a tree, yelling at him to get away.
"I don't want you!" She says. "I have someone coming…"
"Sure you do." The Arcanine says, ready to unleash a fire attack on Abby, one that may be to powerful even for her. She cringes when Markus launches a Aura Sphere at the Arcanine and knocks the wind out of him, stopping his attack.
"Markus!" Calls out Abby. He ignores her and turns to the Arcanine.
"Leave, or your life is forfeit." He states, coldly and powerfully.
"You don't know what you're dealing with." Says the Arcanine, and he shoots a fire blast at Markus. He simply places his hand in front of him and uses a Water Pulse to stop the attack and drench the Arcanine, causing him to fall over.
Markus walks over to him and kneels down. "Oh, did I hurt you? Get up and go, before I have to kill you."
He snorts and just gets up and wobbles away, drenched and walking incredibly slowly.
Markus turns to Abby and smiles. "Sorry I took so long. Raizu won't be peeping this time."
Abby ignores what he said. "I… wasn't really waiting for you, I just don't like Arcanine."
Markus' feels his heart stop. "But… I thought…"
"Even though Raizu butted in last time, I know you wouldn't have thought of me… Alexis still exists in your mind…" She turns her head away.
"I… know what I said last time, but that was… it was true. But she may be dead, and I may have to accept that. I love her, but you are here now, and… I just don't know. I have mixed feelings about all of this, and you being in heat isn't helping." Markus just looks down at the ground and kicks up some leaves.
Abby smiles. "I understand." He walk up to him and jump up, landing her paws on his chest and pushing him down. "Down boy." He falls to the ground and she leans back a little bit.
"A bit… oh…" He doesn't get out anything before she starts licking his crotch and releasing more scent from her heat. He moans with pleasure as she keeps going until his rod starts to unearth itself. She moves over him and slides his cock into herself slowly, sending feeling spiraling through her.
Markus begins to thrust a little beneath her, but she doesn't move. "Let's relax a little…" She says. He relaxes and just looks up at her.
"I've wanted this for so long…" He says. She looks down at him and grins a devilish grin.
They both sit there for a few minutes, enjoying the cold brisk air, the darkness surrounding them in the trees, and most of all, the alone time. Markus eventually loses what infinite patience he has to the small amount of lust and starts to thrust, again and again. Abby, not expecting the pleasure, moans loudly as she stays above him. Markus then presses harder and goes all the way in, breaking her small virgin walls and causing a little bleeding. She yells out his name as she orgasms, juice flowing out, thinning out whatever blood was there before. He keeps going, and eventually shoots off into her too.
When they both finish, he comes out of her and let her lay down next to him. They both smile and fall asleep, enjoying their first private night together.
I wake up the next morning, again, before anyone else. I look around and see Abby and Markus on the far side of camp, sitting, Abby lying her head on his thighs and Markus with his back against a tree, asleep. I smile, probably figuring what they did, and update my journal before everyone else wakes up.