"Hey, Blazer. You've been away a while."

I groaned and opened an eye, to see the face of a very annoying Sceptile.

"I here you've been chased out of your territory by a tame Blaziken. Come on, you've never acted that weak. So what were you running from? Superior power?" –

"Don't start that," I growled angrily. "It was a male I'm running from."

"Ah, mating season," the Sceptile sighed. "I thought I told you to fight it out, not hide in my territory any time a male catches your scent."

"Oh, shut it, Cepti," I said, recognizing the teasing tone of his voice. "It would have been more than that. It would have been permanent."

"Oh, hah, hah," Cepti retorted. "Not more of your fears of the future drama crap."

"It was a tame Blaziken," I insisted, trying to get my point across. "Whether he would have liked it or not, and I know I wouldn't have, his Trainer would have caught me. I would be tame right now, if I hadn't pulled the river trick."

"So that's why you look so sick!" he exclaimed. I was shocked, and it must have shown, for he tried to pick me up and drag me into a tree. "Come on. I've got plenty of those healing Berries. You'll be fine in no time."

After a while of grooming (I had noticed that I was pale-colored), I was all set and ready to go. Cepti had loaned me several Sitrus Berries so that I could fight the Blaziken and kick him off my territory. Cepti wished me good luck several times, and off I went.

As soon as I approached the campsite, already far into my territory, I knew they weren't inside. Those two had better not be hiding somewhere, I thought angrily. I came to fight, and by Hoenn, a fight is what I'm gonna get.

I approached cautiously, aware that, while they weren't directly inside, they could be at either side of me right now, though I smelled nothing. Humans had a way of making themselves disappear, scent-wise, sight-wise, and sound-wise. Very dangerous and unpredictable combination.

Once I was sure they weren't anywhere near their campsite, and had no guards (tame Pokemon and humans were imbeciles like that), I went inside the tent and snatched all of the Poke balls the kid had brought. No way was I putting myself up on auction just like that. I crushed them all with a single Blaze Kick on each foot. Sure, it hurt, but it was better than being caught.

I heard something moving right outside the tent. I cautiously came out, and sighed heavily when my fears were dispelled, as it was only a Furret and her latest litter.

"Stay away from here," I said in Pokemon, "this is a human's camp."

The Furret nodded in agreement and dragged the children out with her.

I sighed again, regretting that I hadn't asserted my dominance and instead had just given her a friendly warning. Maybe Cepti's personality was rubbing off on me. It can't be that, I thought, and went back inside, taking out any supplies the human had brought and crushing, burning, and/or completely obliterating anything the human could use. You never can be too careful.

Sneaking back out, I heard the pair approach from the other side. I carefully and quietly snuck out, and headed for the river again. Hoenn, please don't kill me with a cold, I pleaded, and once more performed the river trick, though I did not leave my territory, straying only to its utmost boundaries.

The local Mightyena pack saw me pulling free of the river, not as completely exhausted as I would have been if I had continued into Cepti's land. I walked over to a tree (wow I could still walk), careful not to show any signs of weakness, and climbed it, settling into a thickened branch a good distance away from the ground, something a tame Blaziken could reach only if jumping. I pulled a couple leaves into a small pile for my head, and quite quickly fell asleep.