So this is my second part xd

I was going to put this all in one whole page, but it was getting a bit lengthy, sooooo yeah. Part two xD

Enjoy!


Shine lifted her tail in the air a little as she lowered the upper half of her body to the ground. "You go first," Shine said with a huff. The Swanna raised his wings and flapped them multiple times, but nothing had happened yet. Shine watched in slight irritation and confusion as the bird began to dance on his feet, making the female Swanna cheer and swoon once again. Shine growled at the display presented to her; she expected a real battle, not some dance presentation. Swanton danced a little more until Shine charged at her opponent, her fur sparking exponentially as she got closer. But suddenly, right when Shine was within a certain distance, the Swanna's wings glowed blue, and he began to flap them until he sent several glowing blades of blue energy at his target. He flew upwards as he did so, making sure to get out of Shine's reach. The blades hit Shine in the back, making the Luxray roar in surprise. Dust flew in the air, covering the Luxray for a couple of moments before it dissipated, showing the Luxray unable to move.

Shine mentally gasped at the result of the attack. She had flinched! She was surprised at how she was forced to be frozen, and waited a few seconds before she was able to turn around. Swanton was dancing once more on his feet, making the female Swanna to swoon and his male partners to cheer for him, along with the other river Pokemon. Shine huffed and shook herself, then slowly walked towards the dancing avian with a low growl. Swanton twirled a few times before firing a stream of hot water right in Shine's direction. She gasped and leaped over the water, then launched herself at the bird with claws outstretched. Swanton widened his eyes and flapped his wings multiple times, firing several shots of hot water again and again until it his Shine on her shoulder.

"OWWW!" Shine yowled as she shakily landed on the ground. Swanton had flown out of the Luxray's way once again, panting at how close she was that second time. Shine panted as the pain from the Scald made her shoulder throb with pain, but she seemed to be a bit worried about her arm. She stood for a few moments before deeming herself safe to continue, and turned around to face her opponent again. At this point, Shine was now growing frustrated, as she wasn't able to land a blow on this dancing bird. He was clearly a special attacker - Shine disliked special attacks since they prevent her from getting in close to her opponent. But the thing that frustrated her more was the dancing. Was it to keep him calm? Or was it to taunt his opponents in a strange way? Shine stared at the swan once again, watching him as he flapped his wings and twirled his feathers around. His eyes were closed from what Shine could see, aside from the occasional peeking to see if she was moving, and yet she could see him concentrated in his dance.

'Wait. Concentrated. He doesn't seem to miss a step as he dances. And he hits on the mark every time he moves. I get it now,' Shine thought as she flicked her tail behind her. The dancing was a way to keep the swan in the battle in his unique way - his focus keeps his head clear as he battles, while his opponent loses control and eventually the battle. Shine almost didn't catch it, but now that she has, she might be able to win the battle. Shine smirked a little and slowly stepped closer to the Swanna.

The cheering Pokémon on the sidelines began to mutter to each other, concern beginning to lace their tone of voices. Swanton peeked his eyes open to see Shine slowly close the gap between them. He flapped his wings with more power once he saw her, seemingly preparing to fire another move. Shine moved faster to prompt Swanton into dancing more. Right when he was about to make a move, Shine opened her mouth to use Howl, causing Swanton to gasp in surprise and break his dance as he covered his ears. When he looked back to the Luxray, he was shocked to see Shine already upon him! He tried to flap out of the way, but he was too late. He was soon jerked back down to the ground as the Luxray clamped her jaws around his wing, and felt a sharp cold feeling in his wing as he was frantically tried to escape. He was released by being thrown to the other side of the battlefield, but he somehow caught himself from slamming on the ground. He panted as he flapped frantically to keep his balance, and shakily landed on the ground to look at his wing. It was partially covered in ice, and it had a cold numbness to it, which was sure to make flying very difficult unless he thawed it out. A wisp of panic slid its way into Swanton - how was he supposed to fly with his wing like this? Perhaps he could thaw it out? No, there wasn't enough time. He was still in a battle.

Wait, battle?!

Swanton actually forgot he was still in the midst of battle! He looked up to see the large Luxray charging towards him with Wild Charge, showing her icy blue fangs as she presented them with an open snarl. In a full blown panic, Swanton fired multiple Scald attacks at Shine, but she dodged them as she ran around in a zig-zag pattern. When she got close for a strike, the Luxray leaped up and roared, bracing herself for the blow she knew would defeat the water bird.

But what Shine didn't prepare for was for Swanton to dodge her strike at the last minute. With terrified shouts, Swanton tried as fast as he could to run away from Shine as she skidded on the grass, but she reacted by unraveling her unnaturally long tail and extending it to reach the fleeing Swanna. She wrapped the zapping tail around Swanton's leg and dragged him back to her, making the Swanna honk and shout and flap frantically as he felt himself being mercilessly shocked by the electricity dancing on her fur.

Shine chuckled as she stared at the panicking Swanna, though not out of malice, only from the thrill of the battle. Shine's eyes began to glow red from her excitement, and she lifted Swanton higher to avoid being swatted from the large wings. As a final move, Shine decided to toss Swanton in the air and into her Ice Fang, and opened her jaws wide to make sure he would be defeated swiftly. The cheering Pokémon gasped collectively at what seemed to be a decisive win for the Luxray. But as Swanton was coming back down from the air, he looked into the Luxray's bright red eyes. As he looked in those glowing eyes he somehow remembered a move that could possibly turn the battle to his favor! In a last ditch effort, Swanton twirled mid-fall until he summoned multiple hearts, then he gave a wink and a blowing kiss to send them off to Shine's face.

Shine, unknowing of this new move unleashed upon her, steeled up her tail and attempted to block it with Iron Tail, but it went around her tail and surrounded her face before making contact with her. Shine closed her eyes with an involuntary flinch, and once the hearts hit her, she growled lowly and shook her head around. Malum and Ashtad (who was lingering in the background) watched intently as the Luxray react to the Attract. Soon, the growling stopped and they were met with the expected results of the move: Shine had become infatuated! The once battle-focused Luxray had now become reduced to a swooning feline!

Large pink hearts replaced Shine's normal eyes as she stumbled around, unable to attack for anything. Swanton smirked and got up from the ground, having managed to somehow not be utterly broken since he landed on Shine's back before landing on the ground. However, that wasn't without hurting himself a little, for the Luxray's fur was still sparking from the Wild Charge. Without hesitation, Swanton spread his wings and fired a Scald at the Luxray, hitting her on the mark as she took the move with a pained roar. Yet still, Shine never responded with an attack. It seemed that Shine was going to lose after all.

"Haha! Turns out I win! Nobody can beat Swanton!" the Swanna declared with his newfound confidence in the battle. Wishing to finish the battle once and for all, Swanton opened his mouth in preparation for a large Ice Beam.

Just as he fired his move, another equally shocking event happened in the battle. Shine, despite her apparent incapability to fight back, dashed to the side and dodged the beam of ice. She stood up and kept her gaze towards Swanton, who was rather shocked at the new development. He had never seen anyone under the effects of Attract to dodge moves. He fired Ice Beam once more, only for the same result to happen.

"Why won't you stay still? You aren't supposed to move!" a frustrated Swanton exclaimed with an irritated flap of his wings.

"Oh you're so handsome! What a dashing Swanna you are!" Shine said with a sigh. Everyone was surprised at Shine's sudden response: Swanton, Malum, Ashtad…. Nobody expected the Luxray to say anything along those lines.

"You can't expect me to just let you beat me without a little kiss! You handsome bird you! Come here!" Shine said before suddenly dashing towards the Swanna. The water bird squawked in surprise before firing multiple shots of Scald, all in which were dodged by the agile Luxray. Then, when Shine was close enough to the Swanna, she leaped high in the air with her teeth bared, and her paws outstretched to grab the Swanna.

"AHHHH!"

Malum gasped and looked out to the dust cloud that has risen up. The river Pokemon murmured to each other in concern, wondering the outcome of the battle. Then, multiple noises were heard… Kissing noises? Swanton shouting? The moment the dust cleared, an amusing scene was revealed: a giggling Shine nuzzling and rubbing her head on Swanton. The poor Swanna was being constantly shocked by the electricity dancing throughout her fur, and he was flapping a wing around in a vain attempt to free himself.

"Let go of me you overgrown furball!" Swanton's exclaimed.

"Oh no! Your feathers are so lovely! And your eyes are so beautiful," Shine remarked. The Swanna closed his eyes and cringed at the pain the electricity was causing him, but it seemed as if the Luxray was oblivious to the effects her fur had on him. She just kept complimenting him and nuzzling him to the ground. The river Pokémon laughed at the embarrassing sight, and Swanton couldn't take it anymore. He looked over to Malum as she casually walked over to the two Pokemon, and extended a wing out to her.

"Get this ball of fluff off of me! I can't take much more of the shocking fur on my body," Swanton pleaded before he got licked by a pink tongue. Malum giggled and kneeled down to his level, casually glancing at her friend who was constantly voicing how handsome and amazing this Swanna was. She looked back at Swanton.

"Well she seems to like you enough. I'm not sure if I want to part you two," Malum said with a teasing voice. The Swanna flapped his wings harder in protest.

"Please! I'm beginning to lose the feeling in my legs! She's too heavy for me!" the Swanna pleaded in a louder voice. Malum stayed still for a few moments more as if she was thinking about it, but in reality she had already made her decision. She nodded her head and got up, pulling out and extending her staff as she looked to Shine's head.

"You do realize that this is a tie right? Neither you nor her was able to finish the battle," Malum asked as she glanced to the Swanna. The bird sighed and nodded his head as best he could, and asked Malum to hurry and get the Luxray off him. With a nod, Malum stood still for a second to aim, and then in a quick motion, smacked the Luxray's head with the sturdy pole. The large feline roared out in pain, lifting herself off of the Swanna and backing away as she covered her head with her paws.

"OWWW! What was that for?!" Shine snarled as she turned to Malum. Malum simply put her staff away and walked to the Swanna, putting her hand on his body and began to heal him.

"You were entranced by Swanton's Attract. I simply snapped you out of it," the girl said without looking at Shine. The Luxray snorted and rubbed her head, trying to ebb away the stinging pain that lingered on her head. She looked to the Swanna and suddenly, as if the waters of emotion came flooding within her, Shine felt a warmth in her body. Like somebody lit a flame in her heart.

The warming feeling spread to her paws and tail, making a small tingling feeling prominent as she looked to the Swanna. His eyes suddenly looked so nice to look at, and his stature made her purr in satisfaction. Wait what?! Her heart beat a little faster than it was a moment ago, as if Shine had…. Feelings for the bird in front of her. Was it so? What was happening? Unsure of what the source of these sensations, Shine began to panic, making sparks of electricity dance around her fur.

Malum noticed the sounds of electricity and turned her head to Shine, seeing and sensing the worry within the Luxray. "Shine what's wrong?" Malum asked with concern. Shine quickly shook her head, and backed away a few inches before turning heel and running away. Malum watched Shine run away, worried as to what the matter was that made Shine react in such a way. But first, she had to finish healing the Swanna.

'Ashtad, I need you to follow Shine! Something's wrong - can you go ask and see what the matter is?' Malum telepathically asked the other female gijinka as she looked to her. Ashtad jumped a little from her initial statement, but nodded her head and stretched out her wings and went after the Luxray.

After a small while of Shine running and Ashtad flying, the Luxray settled near a tree stump. She panted and paced around the stump, wondering if anything was the matter with her.

'I couldn't have been attracted to him could I? I had barely met the stupid bird! And he was a pompous Swanna, thinking that he just had his way with the females…. So I couldn't have-'

Shine's thoughts were briefly dashed when she heard wing beats behind her. She turned around to see Ashtad landing near a tree, worry and concern etched on her face. "Shine! W-what's the m-m-matter with y-y-you?" Ashtad asked as she approached Shine. The Luxray sighed and shook her head.

"I don't know. My body feels warm, and I…. Felt… Something," Shine said the last word in a hushed voice. Ashtad tilted her head to the side in confusion. What did Shine mean by that?

"You d-did j-just have a b-battle. You s-sure it-t-t wasn't that?"

"Yes I'm sure. But I just don't know what I felt after that. Something was different," Shine commented as she focused her senses on her body. She definitely still felt the strangeness inside her. Ashtad sighed and shook her head. She sat down on the tree stump and pat Shine's head.

"Don't worry. I-I am sure it w-was nothing," Ashtad softly said. "Just wait. M-M-Malum will c-come over in a m-minute," the winged woman said as she steadily pat the Luxray's head.

Five minutes went by before Malum came through the trees. Shine and Ashtad looked up as she walked over to the two, with the Luxray sighing as her friend sat down in front of her.

"Malum. What are you doing here?" Shine asked with a sigh.

"I am seeing if you're alright. You ran off after the battle. You normally don't do that," Malum stated curiously. Shine growled and lowered her ears while she laid down.

"It's… I…. I don't know. It's annoying though. I can still feel it," Shine said as she looked down to her chest. Malum reached her hand out and placed it on the Luxray's chest, moving it around as if she was examining it. After a few moments Malum pulled her hand away.

"I don't sense anything wrong. Your chest seems fine to me," Malum concluded. Shine growled and shook her head.

"No, I don't really mean it like that… I mean… I had a feeling when I was looking at the Swanna. It started in my chest - it got warm and my heartbeat got quicker. I could tell because my heart had slowed down a little before it sped up again. Then I stared into the Swanna's eyes and thought…." Shine paused and looked away from Malum with a small blush on her face.

Malum tilted her head curiously. "Thought what? You can tell me Shine," Malum encouraged.

Shine took a small breath and looked back to Malum again. "I thought that the Swanna's eyes looked pretty. And that he was…. Cute," Shine groaned the last word as she covered her eyes with her paws. Malum blinked and looked to Ashtad, who was looking at Malum with the same quizzical look as well. It took Malum a moment to catch on what Shine was saying, but she caught on quick enough. She chuckled, making Shine and Ashtad look up to her with questionable looks.

"Shine, there's nothing wrong with you. You were just feeling the remaining effects of the Attract. You are still a bit infatuated with him. It will wear off soon enough," Malum said with a simple nod of her head.

Shine lowered an ear and tilted her head. "Infatuated? What does that mean?" she questioned. Malum and Ashtad blinked in surprise. Shine didn't know what that meant? Malum found it difficult to believe, but she spoke up anyway.

"Infatuation is when someone has feelings for another, but it doesn't last long, because it is based on a physical level rather than an emotional one. Like the female Swanna and Swanton. They were most likely infatuated with him for his looks and behavior."

Shine growled and unsheathed her claws to make small scrapes in the ground. "Huh…. So that's what I see when the females ogle over the males, or vice versa. How embarrassing," Shine said as she sat herself up and proceeded to lick her paw. Malum and Ashtad looked at each other once more and gave each other questioning looks. This time Ashtad spoke up ask Shine a question.

"Shine, w-w-why do you think it's-s embarras-s-s-sing? I believe it's normal for it t-t-to happen," Ashtad mentioned. Shine turned her head to the winged woman and snorted a little.

"Because, it isn't me. Have you ever seen me look at anyone like I can't stop thinking about them?"

"Well…. No…."

"Exactly. And you wouldn't ever see me doing that because it would never happen to me," Shine said with a huff.

Malum folded her arms and put her hand to her chin. "And why is that?"

Shine looked to Malum as her curled tail flicked around. For a moment, there was a bit of hesitation in her eyes, but it was just as quickly driven away from her expression once she was ready to say her reason. "Because… it isn't for me. All those strange emotions that come up and whatever else that may come up? I don't have a reason to be roped up in that. From what I've seen, I don't seen any benefit for it," Shine said as before she went to her other paw.

"Benefit? Well, there are good things to come and not-so-good things. But it can happen to anybody," Malum said with a nod.

Shine quickly retorted, "Well, it wouldn't happen to me."

"And why not? You were just infatuated a while ago."

Shine snorted and shook her head. "And that was forced. It didn't happen on my own accord. It would never happen to me on my own accord," Shine stated. Malum couldn't understand why Shine was saying this stuff about herself.

"You are just as capable of falling for someone as the next Pokémon! Why are you so insistent on the opposite?" Malum asked as she stood up. Shine snarled and stood up herself, towering over the young girl with her sheer size.

"Because I just know okay?!" Shine nearly yowled with bared teeth. Malum tensed her body as she kept her eyes on Shine's now glowing red ones, whereas Ashtad was now hidden behind her large wings. Malum and Shine stared at each other for another minute before Shine backed away, a panting exhale escaping her mouth as she turned around.

"I'm sorry… Can we go home now?" Shine asked as she looked back to the other two females. Ashtad quickly took to the skies with a couple beats of her wings, and Malum, who was now mentally scolding herself for Shine's mini outburst, approached the Luxray's flank and touched her. Then, in the blink of an eye, they disappeared from sight.