I hate to say it everyone, but the time has come. The final chapter to Growing up Eeveelutions. Cue the sad music. It's been a fun trip everyone, but don't be sad. I'll come back with new stories for you all and maybe a sequel to this one. So sit back and enjoy the final chapter.
Chapter 10 – From the Heart
Breo was panting, as he rushed through the vegetation; hoping over brush, ducking under branches, charging through rivers, and skipping over rocks. He was exhausted and winded, but his mission was clear and he was not about to give up just yet. Just two hours ago, he was caught kissing Krystal by the cove by his mate, Mochii. Broken hearted and devastated, she ran into the forest disappearing from Breo's sight who tried to explain it wasn't his fault.
The dark foreboding night hid his presence. Not even the bright yellow circles on his ears and legs could be seen. He heard something nearby.
"Could that be Mochii?" he said as he sprinted towards the noise.
He found no one else but Kandy.
"Breo! I'm sorry, I'll just be going."
"No Kandy, I need your help. Can you sniff out Mochii for me?" he said gasping for air.
"I can try." She responded sniffing the air. "She's that way, about three hours away if you run."
"Thank you Kandy." He bolted off in the direction she pointed.
"Go get her lover boy." She said with a smile.
He knew deep in his mind that he screwed up with her. He couldn't figure out what he was going to say when he found her, but he was sure that it would come rushing to his head when he did. It was getting late, and his energy was gone. He had nothing left in the tank to keep him going. He knew, despite the possibility of losing her trail that he had to rest. He didn't bother looking for a cave; he just plopped down in the middle of the forest and slept.
Morning came around and he was woken up by the sounds of the pidgeots flying over head, they were such great alarm clocks for him. He, once again bolted off into Mochii's direction, only stopping twice for a quick snack to keep his energy up. He did not stop for anything, but sleep, drink, and food.
This pattern kept up for days as he chased after his forever loved mate. He refused to quit on her. After several days of traveling, the scent led to a den of vulpix's.
"Have you seen a espeon go by here at all?" Breo asked as he tried to catch his breath.
"Oh yea, she was here a few days ago. Poor thing was broken down and depressed worse than anything I had ever seen." Said the mother vulpix.
"Yeah, that would be my fault. I accidently may have betrayed her trust due to bad timing." Breo said looking down.
"Oh trust me sweetie, I've been there before. Go get her and explain yourself if you truly love her. She'll learn to forgive you." She said smiling.
"Thank you ma'am for those kind words." He said as he bolted off in search for his lost lover.
Again, Breo traveled for days on end, always finding a new home that she stayed in and the folks inside always pointed him in the right direction. For some reason, they could see the truth in Breo when he told them his story. They all took one look at him and immediately believed him. It came to a point where even Breo was puzzled by the reaction of the families.
He pressed on, ignoring the confusing reactions of the people. Whenever he seemed to get closer to her, she would always gain another two days on him. He soon started taking shorter rests and ate smaller meals, to make up for the time. No matter what he did though, she would always gain more distance between him. His heart was giving up, but his spirit was stronger than ever.
For two weeks he continued to run after her. For two weeks he continued to pray she was okay and in a safe location. If she had ever been hurt, he would never forgive himself. He soon found himself in a grassland, and even way out here he was familiar with the area.
"This isn't good. These are the badlands." He said as he kept his guard up. "So many things went wrong here." He flashed back to when he was here as a new umbreon, the days of fighting wild pokemon who formed gangs that made Blaze's gang seem like candy store robbers.
"Out here it's kill or be killed, which means I need to find Mochii now."
His tackle was perfected and when tested on a rock, he smashed it to pieces. He could use it to kill if he had to, and with his speed, no one could dodge it. He pressed on carefully, but kept a good jogging pace as to not lose sight of Mochii. He was very weary of his surroundings, always checking his back and the sky. He felt something was watching him and as he looked up his suspicions were confirmed.
A charizard was flying over head, flames blazing as it swooped on Breo and narrowly missed him, but Breo wasn't paying attention as the charizard's tail swiped him and tripped Breo up making him an easy target for the next attack.
The fiery pokemon swooped down again, grabbing Breo and tossing him across the grass. Breo came down hard as he heard a snap in his hind leg, he couldn't move and he saw the charizard making another pass, flamethrower ready to roast him alive. He closed his eyes and braced for death to take him away as he heard a loud scream followed by several smaller screams.
"Attack!"
He opened his eyes to see a squad of small pokemon of different types, all wearing a red band on their right arm.
"Oh great, as if the charizard wasn't bad enough, now I have a gang chasing after me." He said as he lay still in the grass. He watched as the squad used their combined attacks to chase the charizard away. A squirtle approached him.
"Hey buddy you ok?" the squirtle said.
"Am I ok? You're not gonna kill me?" Breo said confused.
The small pokemon laughed at him, "Kill you, kid we're here to serve and protect all pokemon who are bullied around by pokemon like Keida over there." He said pointing at the charizard who was flying away. "The name's Deuce and I'm the leader of the Badland Freedom Fighters."
Breo couldn't help but notice that Mochii's scent was on them.
"You wouldn't happen to have seen an espeon stroll through here would you?"
"I'm guessing you're Breo? Yeah she told us a lot about you." Deuce responded.
"What did you do with her?!" he shouted.
"Nothing buddy, we do not have any need for women outside our borders, but we helped her out and she left on her own about…three days ago." He said to Breo. "She seemed pretty big around the waist, if you let us heal that leg of yours, we can have you out of here by tomorrow and I'm sure you can catch her by sunset that day."
"Fine, take me wherever you need me; just help me find her quick!"
They did as he said and picked him up carefully and took him to their HQ, where he was treated with the best psychic healers in the area. As they said, it would take one day for him to heal up perfectly and the next morning he was feeling brand new.
"It's time for me to head out." Breo said.
"You can't go out there without some supplies. If you thought the badlands were bad, then you should see the interior. Worst stretch of forest in the region." Deuce said nervously.
"I can handle myself." He said back with a firm stance.
"I can hold you here forever kid, it would be in your best interest to take my advice and take the supplies." Deuce was surrounded by his gang and stared intently at Breo, who felt outnumbered and soon succumbed to their demands.
Now loaded up with fresh supplies, Breo was ready to make his journey into the interior in search for his beloved. His leg felt amazing; he was able to do so much with as if he was given a brand new leg. The supplies on his back, however, slowed him down quite a bit. He was able to run with all the weight on his back as he slowly made his way deeper into the interior.
Deuce was right to warn Breo, the interior was like nothing he had ever seen. Sink holes, wide rivers with strong currents, and impassable mountains. He was extremely close to Mochii, he could smell her just a few hours away. The sun was setting on him and he heard a faint scream.
"That sounded like Mochii, and she's in trouble!" the screams gave him a sudden burst in energy as he starting gaining speed with the lightened bag. He broke out into a light jog, that turned into a mild run, that turned into a full out sprint after the screaming.
"Mochii!" he screamed as he saw a faint figure in the distance with pink fur.
It was her after all, but nothing was around her to hurt her.
"What was she screaming for?" he though as he slowly approached her.
She continued to scream in unbearable pain when he saw the undeniable truth. She was in labor! He juices were splattered all over the dirt as sweat built on her brow and she saw Breo making his way which made her eyes light up in complete surprise.
"Br-Breo, what are you doing her-ahhhh!" she screamed.
"I couldn't let you leave my life forever Mochii. When you're madly in love with someone, you do stupid shit. Count this as one of the very many stupid things I'll do because of how I feel about you." He said as he took her paw into his.
"But, you and Krystal…" she said panting from exhaustion.
"Just a complete accident Mochii, I only love you, no one else." He said in a comforting tone.
Mochii said nothing in response as her screams filled the forest, desperately trying to push the egg out of her. After several minutes of constant pushing and constant reinforcement from Breo, he could see the egg breaking the surface.
"Keep pushing Mochii, I can see it! You're doing great." He said.
"Shut the fuck up you asshole, you did this to me!" she screamed and Breo couldn't help but laugh at her.
"Oh the things of love." He thought to himself.
After a few more ear piercing screams, she finally pushed the egg out of her. She was panting loudly as her tears left a puddle in the dirt. Breo gave her some much needed water and they gathered around the egg to watch it hatch after incubating inside Mochii for over a month.
Nothing moved, the egg, Breo, Mochii, nothing. Silence filled the atmosphere as Breo took Mochii into his embrace and shushed her.
"I'm so sorry Mochii, but we can always try again." Breo said as he absorbed her loud sobs.
She balled her eyes out staining his fur, until something caught Breo's eye. There was a crack in the egg.
"Mochii, look!"
She turned and after a few seconds, there was a second crack, and a third, then a fourth, and on the fifth crack the egg popped open as a tiny eevee made his way out. Their eyes light up as they stared at their newborn with much waited amazement. They finally had a pup of their own and after a close inspection Breo had confirmed that they were proud parents of a female eevee.
"What shall we name her?" Breo asked as tears filled his eyes.
"How about…Faith." Mochii responded.
"Why Faith?"
"Because, this small creation of life gave me faith that you would find me, and because of her, I have you now." Mochii said as she cried more, holding Faith in her arms.
"Does this mean that you forgive me?" Breo asked nervously.
"Breo, I told you a long time ago, I can never stay mad at you, no matter what you do because deep down, I know you will always love me in the end."
He smiled at her, and she back to him as Mochii moved Faith onto her back and they began making their way out of the interior and back home. After months of traveling and taking care of their new pride and joy, they finally reached home, where everyone waited and were in shock to see the new addition to the family. Everyone gathered round to see the new eevee to be introduced into the world, but none could be happier than Bree, who finally got her wish to have a niece to look after.
The day was winding down to an end and Breo and Mochii tucked their pup to sleep and retired to their own bedroom.
"I'm still in amazement that you forgave me so quick." Breo said.
"Like you said, when you're in love, you do stupid things." She said as she nuzzled into his chest. "And our days will be filled with stupid things Breo."
"Then it seems like our future holds nothing, but better days." Breo kissed her good night and soon fell asleep with his new family that he had almost lost forever.
THE END
I don't think the story could've ended off at a better note. Ladies and gentlemen, it pains me to say, that this concludes Growing Up Eeveelutions and what a story it was. We witnessed heartbreak, comedy, compassion, love, romance, twists and turns, violence, heroic deeds and kind hearted moments. For my very first fanfic ever, this was definitely a huge surprise to me to see how it turned out. Look at these 10 chapters, that was because of you all, my loyal readers. Thank you all and look forward to new stories that I plan to write in the hopefully near future. Ta-ta for now everyone, thank you.