…Please…make the suggestions stop…just for a while…-collapses onto floor-
Pairing: LombrexMawile (because I got a review begging me to do this one!)

It wasn't for long, fifteen minutes at best.

…But it was a wonderful fifteen minutes…

He clung to her arm, sighing her name happily and cuddling close.

Lombre himself was baffled, not a few minutes ago he hated her. But now…now all he could imagine was snuggling into her unbelievably short hair and…and…

"You're so sweet," Mawile giggled, nuzzling back. "I like having my fun with boys. I kinda wish it would last longer, but, c'est la vie! You love a little while and then you just have to move on. That's who I am. I honestly hope you don't end up falling for me. What a pity that would be. But I've known my share of silly boys who keep hugging long after it's all worn off. It's simply not meant to be. I'm a traveler, you're a traveler, and we're certainly not going the same way. You're not going to do anything stupid like that, are you?"

"What wears off?" Lombre asked through his daze.

"The attract, silly!" She laughed, hugging him tight. "You didn't honestly think you started falling for me on your own, did you? That's crazy you silly, silly boy! You can't just go from fear to love in two seconds! Well, maybe you can if you evolve or such nonsense like that, but you certainly didn't, Lombre!"

"Uh…Attract?" Lombre asked, his big, wet eyes blinking.

She gasped and pulled back to look at his face. "You silly boy! You did think you fell for me! No, sweetness, you didn't. It was an attack. I do this to all the boys I take a fancy to. If you're cute enough I'll give you a quick blast of attract, spend a few minutes weaving an elaborate, wonderful, romantic fantasy, and then we're back on our way! I don't suppose you ever came across a crazy girl like me."

"No," He said, resting his head on hers. "Not ever."

"Well, that's all well enough. Plenty of pokémon haven't. But this is how some pokémon are. Attract wasn't just invented by humans, y'know. Any pokémon can learn it if they can try. It has a purpose. That's for frisky pokémon like me to get cute boys like you!"

Contrary to that, Lombre was quite sure that was an attack used to attract mates to continue the species. He highly doubted that when it was first created, pocket monsters though to use it for things such as being teases or whatever this strange creature was being. But now, at least, it all made sense. He didn't bother fighting it anymore, sighing into the beating heart, dizzy head feeling. It would be gone soon, then he could find Brock and get in his pokeball, far away from this crazy monster. Attract attack was definitely on his list of things to avoid in battle.

"Do you want to evolve?" She asked suddenly.

"Huh?"

"Evolving. You're a lombre, you use a stone to evolve. I have a feeling that there's a stone around here you could use. You'd be a ludicolo then, wouldn't you? You probably wouldn't be too terribly cute than. How disappointing. If only you evolved prettier! If only anything involved prettier. Everything starts out so adorable then it turns into an ugly, angry fighting machine. Are ludicolo's even good for fighting? I've heard they're just unnaturally cheerful."

"When will I snap out of this?"

She shrugged. "Soon enough. Why don't you just enjoy it? Think of it as…as a non-addictive drug! It feels nice for a little while, so just…just go with the flow why don't you? I've never had any boy be this gosh darn stubborn with me before!"

He blinked sleepily. "I'm sorry. But don't you ever want, well, real love? This isn't real. It's just…it's a bunch of hormones swirled together. I know you're all for that kest law view stuff, but don't you want something real? You can have that. I mean, I'm not in love with you but you're pretty and smart and I don't see why a guy wouldn't fall for you if you tried. Haven't you ever tried skipping the attract and just taking your chances?'

She glared at him, standing up abruptly. "Huh. Apparently that attract is wearing off faster than I thought."

Lombre shook his head, staring up at her. "No! Really! I'm not being mean but I'm sure if you just took a chance on this and stood up and, well, just tried, there's no reason why you couldn't find a mate and have eggs and all the kind of stuff mawiles like you dream about. Who knows? Maybe one day I could turn out to love you without the attract! We could end up being mates? Wouldn't that be funny?"

"No," She snapped. "It wouldn't. You're being ridiculous. I thought you were someone else. You're actually not the type of guy I like at all. I don't think I'm going to talk to you anymore. Don't try to come after me, I certainly won't be using attract on you ever again!"

He stumbled to his feet, chasing after her. "Wait! No! What'd I say? Whatever I did, I didn't mean it! Come back! If you don't want to be mates or if I offended you I…I didn't mean it! I still want to be friends, though you chasing after me was kind of freaky."

"I don't need friends," She shouted. Her black head behind her seemed to glare and scowl in his direction, looking as if any moment it would snap out to bite him. It made the dreamy haze of attract lessen, making him swallow and wonder how a water pokémon's mouth could possibly be so dry. "I've got a trainer! She's a great trainer too! It's stupid to think I'd ever want to spend even a moment with you!"

"That's a little cruel…"

"I don't care!" She screamed. "Just get away!"

He huffed. "You know, you are fake. You're a good for nothing fake. Everyone thinks you're sweet and cute and innocent and you're anything but. You'll do anything it takes to protect yourself from getting hurt, even if it mean doing something like putting every pokémon you meet under attract! You do it so you have the power! Last time I checked, being a regular, pre-evolved common pokémon like ourselves mean you don't chase after power, but after life. You live in harmony, doing your best to support your fellows until you turn into a vicious, evolved predator."

He walked around her, glaring in her face, eyes holding a fire she hadn't seen before. "Honestly, how much more human can you get?"

She shot out her fist, a Sucker Punch attack landing hard and skidding him back. He gasped on the floor, sitting up and shaking his head with the same drowsy tone he always had. Mawile continued to glare, small chest heaving and eyes narrowed. She was still discharging from the powerful attack, showing him that it wasn't even full power, maybe not even half that she had thrown at him. She was powerful.

"Don't you dare call me human," She muttered.

"Well that's how you're acting! Using pokémon for your own gain. At least a good human gives us the choice of who we mate with."

The female turned away, nose in the air. "Well, we all have our moral differences. Why don't you go after some evolution stone? We'll see how your views change then."

Unable to think of a good retort he called, "I'll still hate you! And I'll still be lazy!"

Well, he was right about some things.

Future Pairings:

Drew's Masquerain and May's Beautifly
Deoxys and Rayquaza
Jirachi/Celebi
Azelf/Glameow
Totodile x Bulbasaur
Team RaiderxTeam Charm (Gallade/Gardevoir, Roserade/Medicham, and Rhyperior/Lopunny)
Lugia x Ho-oh
Mew x Celebi
Suicune x Raikou or Entei
Lugia x Articuno
Raikou x Moltres
Umbreon x Espeon
Jolteon x Absol
Piplup x Turtwig
Deoxys x Mewtwo
Darkrai x Suicune
Roselia x Absol