Chapter 9

"Tsunami."

He turned around. "Oh, hey Aero. How's your wing?"

"Fine bro… may take a few more days, but it's more the muscle than the bone, amazingly. Lily's been giving me this potion that smells like Muk." He frowned, and Tsunami chuckled.

"Alright… what do you want to talk about?"

"Well… Lily was wondering if she could… well, she wanted you to help her gather some materials tonight."

He blinked. "Me?"

"Yeah. She said she wanted help in case those pirates attacked." The sun had set a few minutes ago.

Tsunami had been taking a well needed nap, and had woken up right as the sun was setting. He stood up, and stretched. "Alright then… where's everyone else?"

"Siarnaq and Pallene went for a 'romantic walk' as Pallene called it."

"Alright. Where's Lily?"

"Here, Tsunami." Lily came walking through the trees. "So what? You're going to help me?"

He shrugged. "Why not?"

Aero quickly walked away. "I'll give you two some privacy."

"Hey, we're not going to do anything…" said Tsunami, but Aero was gone. He felt the Espeon's fingers against his palm, trying to hold his hand. They slowly started walking to the beach. She sure does that a lot… it's kind of nice, really… "What do you have to get?"

"I have to get some seaweed to replace Alzin berries…" She looked at him, eyes serious. "What did the captain say to you, Tsunami?"

"I… well, she tried to convince me to mate with her…"

Lily shuffled her feet uncomfortably. "H-how? Like did she try 'making you feel good' or…"

"No. She did start stripping though, and I told her that I wasn't interested in any relationship…"

"Oh." Lily was silent for the rest of their walk to the beach. They gathered materials, Lily telling him what she needed, and Tsunami would fetch it if it happened to be underwater. "I need a few reddish shells… I'm not completely sure how my potions will work, but my book says it should work…"

He nodded, then dove underwater. Reddish shells… reddish shells… He swam down, but couldn't find any of those. Hmph… guess I gotta tell Lily I couldn't find any… wait… what the…? He peered out of the water. Where was she?

"Lily?" he called out, but there was no response. He started walking through the trees, the leaves crinkling beneath his feet. "Lily… where are you?" He froze. Is that water? He continued walking, following the sound of the pouring water. He peered around a large stone, and saw the source of the pouring; a waterfall. He looked around. It seemed empty… or was it? He slowly stepped into the water, and waded into the center. He pulled out his blade, and scanned the pool. He spun around, and his blade cut through a coconut. Eh?

He looked into the water, and a large Lanturn was swimming around his feet. Among water Pokemon, Lanturns are widely feared. He quickly backed up out of the water, but the Lanturn was gone. What? He turned his head to the left slightly, and saw a berry flying straight at his face. He wasn't quick enough, and it splattered onto his cheek. He flinched, even though it didn't really hurt.

Then he heard giggling. "Hehe… hee hee… hahaha!"

He looked at the stone that he had passed earlier. Sitting there in a moonbeam, legs cross and scepter in one hand was the young sorceress. "I finally got you back, Tsunami…"

He rubbed his cheek, which was red, both with berry juice and from the slight bruise. "Back for what? What did I ever do to you?"

"Back at my cave. You don't hit a lady, Tsunami." She jumped down from the rock, and landed next to him neatly. "Berry to the face…" She chuckled. "first time I've ever pranked someone…"

He sighed, and put his blade away. "Alright… where did you go Lily? I thought you were captured. I was a little-"

"Worried?" she asked gently. She stepped a little closer to him. He felt her sniffing his cheek. "Mmm… razz… my favorite…" And he felt her tongue run across his cheek.

"H-hey, that's a bit unnecessary, don't you think?"

He glanced at her, noticing her eyes were closed. "Sweet… just like you…"

"Wh-what?" He turned to face her, and felt her lips against his own. "Mmph!"

She opened her eyes, and quickly recoiled. "Oh my god, Tsunami! I'm so s-sorry!"

"Lily… I…"

She covered her face. "This is so embarrassing… I just kissed you…"

"Lily…" He reached out for her, but she was already backing away. "Lily… wait!" She was already running through the trees. He got ready to follow her when he heard a shriek from her direction. "Lily!" He ran after her, not paying attention to where he was heading. Then he felt the ground give way. A pitfall!

He landed underneath with a thud, and groaned.

"Gah!" He looked around. Next to him in the pit was a surprised and slightly teary eyed pink face.

"Lily…" She looked up at the opening above them nervously. The pit was relatively tight. It had been quite a miracle he hadn't smashed her when it was so small. "So… err, how do you want to get out of here?" She was trying to force her body against the side of the pit. He frowned. "Do I smell?"

"N-no. Please just leave me alone!" Her voice was panicked. "I know what you want… you want to use me to satisfy your lust for a female! Please leave me alo-"

"Lily!" He made his voice stern. "I will not touch you against your will. Your mentor may have done it, but… oh Lily, why can't you trust me completely?"

She sniffled. "I'm still a virgin. I pray no male is ever going to take that from me unless I'm completely willing…"

"And I will not be the one who does."

She blinked, then sighed. "I believe I owe you an apology. That's right… you're different than all the others." She held his hand again. "I trust you, I trust you," she said, sounding as if she was trying to reassure herself. Tsunami was quite befuddled with her. One moment, it would seem as if she was trying to flirt with him, then a few seconds later, she would seem to hate herself for doing it.

"Lily… do you know where Pallene and Siarnaq are?"

"No… we-we might be stuck here for awhile…"

Tsunami looked up again. The opening looked a good ways above. "How should we get out?"

"I don't know. Shouting could be bad…"

"That's right… that pirate girl…"

"Yeah… "

The two of them sat there in awkward silence for what felt like an hour. Finally, he heard Lily begin to speak. "Did you think she was cute?"

He blinked. "Who? What?"

"You know. The Flareon…"

He shifted awkwardly. "Well, I mean, she was cute looking, I'll admit… but I mean, it's not like I'd mate her…"

"Ah. I see… like the same way you think of me?"

He flinched. "W-well, I mean you two both share the cute. B-but, well… I think you're cuter."

She shifted next to him, and slowly leaned against him, resting her head on his shoulder. "I like you Tsunami."

He slowly wrapped an arm around her. "I like you too, Lily."

They both sat there like that for awhile, and after a short time, their snores harmonized in the voice of sleeping eeveelutions.

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"Well well. You're back."

The male who was being questioned sighed, but didn't respond.

The female who had originally asked the question sighed. "You still don't talk much. Just like that night we first met…"

The male slowly rested his sword on the ground. "I've came here to talk."

They were sitting outside a small house. "These mountains are cold at this time of year, so speak quickly," snapped the female.

He leaned over her shoulder, and slowly whispered into her ear. Her mind flooded with memories of the night when this male had taken her virginity so many nights ago… his warm body pressing against hers, hands caressing her breasts, their bodies entwining as one… but the information was more important than those memories. She was jolted out of the flashback with a single word. "What?!"

The male slowly pulled away, with a single nod. "You heard me right."

She blinked, and tried to keep calm. "Are you going to come back?"

"Love… what we had is done…" He sighed. "I may come visit though…"

She stepped next to him, and gave her former mate a kiss. "I hope you do. Are you sure they'll come this way?"

He nodded.

"Well, I'd better prepare for them," she chuckled. The male nodded, before dashing off along the cool night air. The female sighed. So… they'll be coming soon… I wonder how they'll feel.

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"What are they doing down there?"

"I don't know…"

Lily blinked. "Urf…" Next to her, Tsunami was still snoozing. She looked up where the voices had come from. "Hey! Pallene!"

"Lily… umm, what happened to you two?"

"We were collecting materials when we fell through this pit! Help us out!"

Siarnaq's head vanished, then he came back with a rope. He threw it down. Lily gently shook the Vaporeon, who groaned before looking at her.

"Tsunami, I'm going to pull Lily up, okay?" asked Siarnaq. The Vaporeon nodded sleepily, and Lily was lifted out without much difficulty. A few minutes later, they we sitting there with their companions.

"Err… I'm not going to ask if anything happened down in that pit…" commented Aero.

Lily shot him a death glare before saying, "We wouldn't do anything perverted down there…"

"Let's not argue," said Pallene. "We have to head up along Enlau, which is right before Khirya…"

"Enlau?" She pricked her ears. "That's where I was born."

"Really?"

"Yeah…"

Aero spoke up. "I saw some mountains north when I was scouting."

Siarnaq nodded. "Well, we should start going north, I suppose…"

The five of them walked along the beach, until the trail started to head more west, and they quickly found themselves walking on stones as opposed to sand. Tsunami's legs were sore from the constant walking, and it was evident the others were waning as well. The sun was beating on their backs, and they were forced to shelter among some bushes.

"Lily," panted Siarnaq. "How far away is Enlau?"

She looked around, and twitched her ears gently. "I'd say we can get there by nightfall…"

"Okay. Let's take a rest."

They buried into the bushes to hide from the strong winds. It seemed to swirl around them, and ominous clouds lurked in the distance, just behind mountains. "The weather looks pretty terrible over there…"

The five of them stayed there for close to an hour, but the winds kept picking up. They threatened to pull the Pokemon out of their makeshift shelter.

"What's happening?!" shouted Siarnaq, trying to get his voice heard over the wind.

"I don't know! Gah!"

A monstrous thunderbolt struck right near the pokemon, and Tsunami felt his skin dry as the voltage radiated through the air. Then with a huge crackle, a massive flying Pokemon was staring at them. Siarnaq pulled out his scythe, but he was shaking; something Tsunami had never seen before.

"My my, Absol… you seem nervous…" The bird's voice was eerily quiet; it sounded as if lightning was about to strike, like an imminent storm.

"Who are you?" asked Tsunami, pulling out his sword. At least the viscous winds had subsided, but gusts still blew with each flap of the bird's wings.

"Who am I? Do you have no fear, stupid water type? I am Zapdos! The incarnation of thunder, and general of Palkia!"

"So, you're here to kill us, Zapdos?" said Aero, flapping behind Tsunami.

Zapdos laughed. "Kill you? No… what's the fun in that? I intend to blast you five to ashes and give it to Palkia as an offering. I'm sure he'd like that!" cackled Zapdos.

Siarnaq growled. "We'll see about that! Night Slash!" With swiftness that surprised even the electric type, the Absol dashed over and gave a massive slash with his scythe, which Zapdos narrowly avoided.

"Not bad, filthy dark type! Everyone knows dark types can't take a hit though…" He raised his wings, and a bolt of lightning arced to the Absol. Siarnaq's yowl was cut short as he collapsed.

"Siarnaq!" screamed Pallene, as she rose to try help her mate.

"Oh, so they're a couple… lovers are so much easier to break… break one, break them both." He turned to the remaining three. "Hmm… do I want fried chicken for dinner-"

"Fucking cannibal," cursed Aero.

Zapdos just laughed. "Or how about some nice Vaporeon steak… thunder seared… or maybe I could let your pink little friend live… she could be a nice trophy…"

Next to him, he saw Lily's eyes glowing bright pink. "Tsunami… I'll put up light screen. Go get this bastard!"

He felt a shield of psychic energy surround his body. Not bad, Lily…

"You too, Aero! Now don't go taking hits like it's nothing… they'll still hurt…"

With a yowl, the two hurled themselves at Zapdos. He narrowed his eyes. "A light screen, eh? Not bad…"

He launched a bolt that Tsunami narrowly avoided before countering with his own scald. He saw the Zapdos wince as the tip of his right wing was burnt. "Take that, bird!"

The Zapdos screeched before releasing a storm of thunder. He felt the buzz of voltage run through his body, and fell to his knees, unable to resist the pain. Next to him, he saw Aero had also been disabled. "What? Can't handle a little thunder?" taunted the bird.

Tsunami surrounded himself with an aqua ring, knowing he had to heal what had hit him. Unfortunately, there wasn't much he could do for Aero. He mustered the energy to pull himself to his feet, feeling his body shaking. Urf… he's strong… The legendary bird had turned his attention to Lily, who seemed to be in a trance. It was easy to see she was unaware of what was going on around her as her eyes were still glowing and her legs were shaking. Her arms were held out, also shaking.

"Well well… maybe a nice little shock will finish off your little friend here…" said Zapdos. His wings glowed with electricity. Tsunami shouted. "Lily! Wake up! You must put the Light Screen down! Lily!"

Then another bolt of lightning struck between Lily and Zapdos. Both were tossed back, with Zapdos falling to the ground and Lily hitting her head on a large rock. No… Lily! It must be another legendary trying to kill us…

But the Zapdos was clearly surprised, and his wings flapped nervously. "I haven't seen a bolt like that since… no…"

"Zapdos… let them go."

"Raikou… interfering as usual… you filthy excuse for a legendary… siding with these foolish mortal scum!"

"You," he said with a noble voice, "Are the only excuse here. Begone. I beat you before; I'll do it again if you don't leave these mortals alone!"

With a glare, followed by a screech, Zapdos transformed into a bolt again and zoomed off into the distance. Raikou turned to Tsunami. "Relax, Vaporeon… I'm your ally."

He stood up shakily. "Raikou… thank you…" he began before running over to Lily. "Lily… are you okay?"

Raikou quickly ran over, and rested a hand on her forehead. "She's just knocked out… so you must be Tsunami…"

Tsunami held Lily's hand gently. "Yeah," he said without looking up. "That's me."

Raikou nodded slowly. "So… you're the one. My brother Suicune's…" He shook his head. "We have to get your friend here to a town… by the way, sorry for launching her back… I tried getting her out of the way…"

He looked up. "Umm, okay. I guess a lot worse would have happened to her if you didn't come along."

He nodded. "Let's get your friends some help… the Absol and Staravia don't look so good either…" Pallene had passed out, her head rested on her mate's chest. The legendary sighed. "You carry your pink friend. I'll carry the bird and Absol. I think the Ninetales can walk if necessary…"

The electric type woke up Pallene, who looked at him, surprised. He smiled at her, and she merely nodded, seemingly shocked. She stood up, and didn't complain as he picked up Siarnaq and Aero with little effort.

Tsunami bent down and heaved up Lily's surprisingly heavy body. I'll carry you Lily… because you're my… friend… and I… I care for you.

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