An Eevee's Life
Chapter 8: Love
"What?" Midnight whispered in total disbelief. His paws seemed to be rooted to the spot.
Blaze took another shaky breathe, "Every day you have been gone, Luna has taken a nightly stroll all along the border. Last night, she went out toward the Oran berry bush, but now none of us can find her or any trace of where she's gone to."
Midnight's heart felt let it was shredded in that one moment. The world started to spin around him. After all this, and now she was gone. Midnight wanted to pound his head into the rock wall of the cave. He didn't come this far to lose his soul mate.
Before anything else could be said, Midnight turned at a speed that surprised even him and took off out the cave. He headed straight for the Oran berry bush. Only when he was halfway, did he realize that he had been using Quick Attack to speed his movements up to this point. He continued and reached the bush.
When he reached, Midnight started to desperately search for Luna. He tore through the undergrowth. Finally, he picked up a faint scent from yesterday. He shot along the scent trail. It led along the territory. Midnight had only gone about a hundred feet when the trail abruptly ended.
That just couldn't have happened. It had to continue somewhere. Midnight darted around the end of the trail, but couldn't find where it picked up at. He tore and tore at the undergrowth nearby, but still nothing.
The sun had already set by the time Midnight came back to the end of the trail. He laid down on top of it and put his head against it. He felt tears form. No, no, no, why this? He had lost her. Midnight willed it not to be true. He even gave himself a small bite to see if it was some dark twisted dream, but no, it wasn't.
Midnight sniffed in her scent, her last scent. He cried into the dirt unashamed. He mentally called out for her, for her to come back. He wanted nothing more than to be with her again.
Midnight started to brainstorm ideas to find her. None were realistic, and they got worse and worse. Then one finally hit him as possible. Violet was able to search with her mind. She wasn't able to do it much, because it took a lot of power, but it was possible none the less. Violet had once encouraged him to try to use a few psychic powers, saying that Umbreon were able to learn some, but he had never really given it much thought until now.
He thought of what she had said about her mind searching technique. She said she was able to mentally see everything around her and could go farther. One thing was different, though. When she saw in the technique, she said she had been seeing the colors of heat. He hadn't really understood, but she said certain levels of heat equaled different colors. Like green meant cold while red meant hot and so on. This had been what attracted him to the idea. Everything was cold near him now that it was night. All he needed to do was find Luna by searching for heat.
As Midnight realized this would be a great way to search, he also realized that he wasn't able to do it. But Violet had told him he might be able, so tried to do as she said. He first needed to calm down. It took a while before Midnight had actually calmed down enough. Then he needed to envision his consciousness leaving his body. He didn't understand fully, but he tried. He became excited when he felt something inside him. He pulled it and found it moved with ease. He moved it and made it leave his body.
As soon as it left, Midnight could see. Not with his eyes, but by something else. He looked around and saw it was Violet had described: every color was now different. He tried to move forward, but was unable. Then, he willed himself to go forward. It worked, his vision moved as though he had gone forward some. He looked at himself. He appeared to be sleeping. Instead of black fur with blue rings, he saw red and orange colors. All he had to do was locate Luna, who had body heat like him, so he must look for red.
Midnight started to go forward. He swept his gaze across wide areas and deemed Luna not there just with a glance. He moved through the forest. He started to get a small headache as he went, but he ignored it. Midnight kept looking around. Slowly, the headache increased. Midnight realized it was connected to this ability. He needed to find Luna soon.
The headache was almost too much when he finally saw some heat. He got closer, but right before he was able to be sure who it was, the headache intensified even more. His concentration broke and he laid on the ground, whimpering from the pain for a while.
Finally, Midnight willed himself to get up. He needed to know if that was Luna. He headed out in the night to the area he had found the heat in. Midnight stumbled several times as he went, though from the pain of his headache only. He was able to see in this darkness just as well as when it was light because the moon was almost full and his rings cast a blur light around him.
Midnight's headache was almost gone when he found the area. It was a small cave surrounded by trees with a lot of undergrowth. He approached it, almost scared of what he would find. He stepped around to the entrance and stopped. There, by the wall at the side, was Luna!
He took in how she looked. She looked exhausted, as though she hadn't slept well in a while. Also, he could see red spots on an ear, near her shoulders, and a lot more near her thighs and back legs. He realized this was blood. Her fur was knotted in places and there were mats everywhere. There were also whitish spots all over her back end and her face. He knew exactly what it was when he smelt the air: ejaculation liquid.
He felt his blood boiling in his ears. He took a step toward Luna and he saw her ears perk. She looked up, fear and anger in her eyes, but as soon as she recognized him, they changed to astonishment and love. Midnight ran to his love and wrapped her in a hug squeezing her and drawing her close, not caring about the blood and cum on her. He never wanted to let go of her again. Both of them broke out crying.
Finally, Midnight pulled away, needing to ask some questions. "What happened?"
"I . . . I was walking near the Oran berry bush at night, when suddenly, I blacked out. I woke up here, an Absol standing over me. He wanted me as a mate, and though I said no, he . . ." Luna broke down again into his chest.
He patted her back and pulled her close. "I'm here. It's okay," he soothed. She soon stopped crying. "Come on, let's go."
Luna tried to stand, but even with Midnight support, she was unable to. "My back legs are too sore, I'm sorry," she said.
"It's okay. Rest a little and tell me when you're ready. If that Absol comes back, I'll . . . I'll . . . I'll kill him," Midnight said, his anger rising up once again. A red haze came over his vision for a second.
"Don't say that! You're not going to kill anyone," Luna said. She was giving him a look of fear and pleading.
"But look at what he's down to you," Midnight argued.
"So? I don't want my love to be a murderer. Please, don't kill anyone," she pleaded. Midnight could see she was on the verge of tears.
"But . . . okay, I won't. But if he comes back, he won't leave without injury," Midnight said decisively.
He sat next to Luna as she waited for the soreness to pass. Suddenly, she started, "Wait! Is Jolt okay?"
Midnight wanted to slap himself for forgetting. "Yeah. He injured a back leg, back it's healing. He was being taken care of by another Jolteon who formed a crush on him. Her name is Yellow. I convinced her to speak to him about her love, and now they're a couple," he said, summarizing the events.
"Not until I check this girl out. I'm not having my baby around with just anyone," she puffed. Midnight snorted at her comment.
Suddenly, he heard rustling nearby. Both he and Luna lowered the glow of their rings to almost nothing, unable to completely turn off the glow. The undergrowth parted and an Absol appeared. Midnight remembered how the others had told him Absol were called the disaster Pokemon. He almost laughed at the irony.
As soon as the Absol was completely out of the undergrowth, Midnight sprang forward with Quick Attack. The Absol was caught off guard and was thrown against a tree. Midnight then charged in, planning on using Iron Tail. But just as he was about to swing, the Absol shot some kind of dark, round sphere: Shadow Ball. The sphere hit him and he was thrown back a few feet. The attack had hit him on the shoulder and he knew that it had almost been broken.
This Absol was going to be a tough opponent. Midnight was thinking of his next move, when the Absol suddenly got up and threw its head at Midnight. A large amount of wind hit him and he went sailing against a tree: Razor Wind. He was sure he heard a pop, but ignored it.
Midnight got to his feet. He felt his anger swelling once again. His thoughts of wanting to crush the Absol returned with ferocity. He felt the thoughts inside seemed to combine with his anger and form a power in his head. The power was urging him to let it out. He planted his feet and opened his mouth. A small dark sphere was formed. Around it were two rings orbiting the small sphere. Midnight took careful aim and shot it toward Absol. However, instead of a ball, it was a beam. The sphere shot forward and became the beam, while the rings multiplied and surrounded the beam.
The attack hit the Absol dead on. It was shot back against the same tree. However, this time it was held suspended in the air as Midnight continued the attack. Finally, Midnight had to release the move and the Absol slumped to the ground. He wondered what that new move was. He thought of all the moves he had learned to recognize. Finally, he knew what it was: Dark Pulse.
Midnight was thinking too long however. His attention snapped back to Absol too late and he was hit by another Razor Wind. He hit a different tree. He fell to the ground. His body was wracked by the pain he felt everywhere. He wobbled into a standing position, but he knew he wouldn't last much longer.
As he stood, he looked past the Absol and saw Luna. Her face brought back his desires to defeat the Absol and protect Luna. Adrenaline rushed through his body and he rushed at the Absol with a Quick Attack. He forced the pain away as he determined that he wouldn't give up. The Absol charged at him also with a Take Down. They got closer and as they did, things started to slow down for Midnight. In the time between the impact, he saw how his attacks had affected it, but the Absol was far from finished. He knew that he would lose this battle, but he wouldn't stop until every breathe in his body was gone. He would protect Luna.
Right before they collided, time resumed as normal. Midnight felt himself thrown back and land in the undergrowth. He felt the pain wrack his body as the adrenaline left him. He tried to stand, but could barely raise his head. The Absol came up to him and snorted as though he wasn't fazed at all from the attack. Midnight growled at it, but the Absol turned and suddenly walked away toward the cave.
Midnight couldn't believe he had failed. He had been unable to save Luna. He tried to force himself up once again, but with no success. As his emotions raged, his blue rings glowed to their highest extent, which made everything within five feet as bright as though in sunshine. As they glowed, he realized he was starting to feel better. He recognized strength entering him again. He pushed himself up and looked around, but saw nothing different. He glanced up and saw the moon. Healing, strength, and moonlight could only mean one thing: he had used Moonlight. In his desire to fight, he had absorbed the power from the almost full moon.
He saw the Absol was still moving toward the cave, unaware he had recovered. Stretching his neck quickly, he focused on his Dark Pulse. Now fully recovered, the move came much faster and he made a critical hit on Absol right in the back. Absol pitched forward into a tree and Midnight slowly approached while keeping the move up. Finally, he needed to catch his breath and let Absol go.
But Midnight had moved close enough. He leapt above Absol and flipped around, charging his Iron Tail. Right before he hit, he saw the confusion and, much to his liking, a new look of fear. He came down on the Absol with as much force as possible. He was sure he had caused at least a little internal damage. He pinned the Absol and, not waiting for Absol to recover, he used Bite on its front right leg. He heard it cry out as he felt blood pour out of the new wound.
Midnight jumped off the Absol and spit its blood on its chest. "Get out of here and don't you ever touch my Luna again, or so help me, I won't let you live," he growled, low enough Luna wouldn't hear.
The Absol got up slowly and crouched for a second, fear now the prominent emotion that Midnight could see. When it saw Midnight was letting it go, it limped off into the trees, keeping its front right paw off the ground. A small trail of blood followed it. Midnight sighed, a wave of exhaustion coming over him. He staggered back to the cave and flopped down next to Luna.
"You did it, Midnight! You beat the Absol," she congratulated. Suddenly, she slapped him across the face, "And don't you ever scare me like that again. I thought you had died. I thought I had lost you." She then broke down crying into his chest.
"Don't worry; I'll never leave you, Luna, never," Midnight vowed. He leaned against her. Glad it was over.
"Now where are all your wounds? I saw the Absol hit you hard a couple of times," she said, starting to inspect him.
"I . . . I don't have . . . any left," he said slowly, yawning afterwards. "I learned . . . how to use Moonlight . . . during the battle. Now . . . I'm . . . going to . . . rest a-" And with that Midnight blacked out.
Midnight up next to Luna with sunlight hitting him and for a second, he had thought it was all a dream. But then he saw Luna was still all messy. He also saw that he was now covered in dry blood and his fur was matted in several places.
He woke Luna up and, since her back legs weren't too sore, they headed for home. They arrived at sunhigh and Midnight was surprised to see only Leaf, Violet, and Lucy there. They gave startled expressions when Luna and he entered. When they saw the blood, they rushed over to them to help, but Midnight blocked them all and told them they were okay.
After a bit of convincing, Midnight got them away from Luna and took her into their room. He made sure was comfortable in their nest, then brought a large portion of food for each of them, Luna's larger than his.
He heard commotions start again outside, and he knew some of the others were back. He quickly got to work on grooming Luna as she ate, ignoring his food for the moment. He made sure to remove the mats and get the blood and cum out of her fur. Once he was done, Luna almost looked herself, though she was slightly thinner.
He got up from grooming her, while she finished up her last two berries, and headed down the tunnel at a quick pace. He reentered the main entrance to see all the others had arrived. He ignored the questioning and went straight to Jolt.
"Jolt, come on. Luna's waiting," he whispered into his ear.
Jolt nodded and started to follow him. He saw Yellow about to come, too, though.
"Come alone for now. She can meet Yellow later," he whispered.
Jolt looked back at Yellow and shook his head a little. Midnight saw her nod her understanding and step back.
Midnight led through Jolt through the tunnel down to the room and saw Luna light up with joy when she saw her son. She embraced him, hard. Midnight could see he was having a hard time breathing and pulled Luna away.
After Jolt and Luna finished and Midnight and Luna finished their meal, Luna groomed him. Once that was down, they laid down and slept. Before Midnight fell asleep, though, he looked at Luna's sleeping form and gave her a vow. He vowed never to leave her side again and to use every bone in his body to keep her safe. He would never let her be taken away again.
The End