Oh boy it's Guzma time lads and lassies! Oh boy I'm gonna have fun with this. I hope you look forward to what I have in store for this. Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 17-It's Your Boy!
By the time the bus arrived at the foot of Mount Hokulani, it was nearly dark out. Collin paid the fare and him and Lillie walked along Route 10 together. Collin was extra careful now, keeping his eyes open now that he knew how much danger Lillie was in.
"I have to ask, you wanna tell Hau about...that?" he said vaguely but Lillie knew what he meant.
"Well...I'm not sure. It's not that I don't trust him, don't get me wrong. But I feel like if too many people know, the more dangerous it could be. I mean you are in as much danger as I am now when you think about it." she said. Her bag moved about and Nebby popped out.
"PEW!" he cried.
"Nebby! I let you out for as long as you wanted when Collin was in the Trial. I can't risk having you out here now!" she said.
"Pew..." he cried, sounding sad.
"Come on Nebby, get in the bag for mama." Nebby moved it's head back and forth, like it was saying no. "Will you get in the bag for dada?" he asked. Again, Nebby moved his head back and forth. Collin came up with an idea that would surely work. "Okay, how about if you get in the bag now, when we get to the hotel tonight you can say out of it all you want for the rest of the night. Sound fair, right mama?"
"Yes I think that sounds fair dada." she said, giggling at the pet names they had when Nebby was out. However it seemed to work as Nebby jumped back into the back without any fuss. "Phew, thanks Collin. I swear he listens to you more than me."
"Well when you have to work with baby Pokemon, you have to make compromises. Imagine trying to get a baby Pichu to eat food. Had to bribe him with treats just to get him to eat. Almost made him fat!" he said, chuckling. "But I got the weight off him before he became a Pikachu."
"Oh, well at least he's okay now." said Lillie.
"Yeah. Just don't make the same mistakes I did when you become a trainer." said Collin.
"You mean "if" I become a trainer." corrected Lillie, looking away.
"Nope, I meant what I said. You just need a push. You'll get soon enough."
"I hope you are right." Lillie let out a small yawn when she finished her sentence. "I'm so tired. I hear a bed calling my name and I need the sleep."
"I hear ya. We better head back to the City and get us some rooms." The two made their way into the city when they noticed a large crowd around Malie Garden.
"What's going on? Some sort of festival?" said someone.
"No, I think it's Team Skull." said another person. This caught Collin's attention and made a beeline towards the garden.
"Wait for me Collin!" shouted Lillie, chasing after him. When they got into the garden itself, there was another crowd that was surrounding what looked like two male grunts and Kukui.
"Aye yo Prof, we heard you have a Pokemon League ready to go." said one grunt.
"Yeah and we don't want some stupid Pokemon League here." said the other grunt.
"So why don't you take your stupid League back to Kanto and stay there!" Kukui looked calm and collected until he took out his hand.
"Four turns!" he shouted.
"WAH?!" said the two grunts.
"I'll take you down in four turns. No problem at all!" he said with a smile across his face. Collin noticed Hau looking on from the side.
"Lillie, go to Hau. I'll try to handle." he whispered. Lillie nodded and she went to Hau, who greeted her. Collin moved out from the crowd and coughed. "Or what you could do Professor is tell them to clear off, go away, bugger off, take your pick. Don't even think they are worth four turns." said Collin, showing the grin on his face.
"Dude who is that guy?" asked one person.
"I don't know, but he has got balls to say that to Team Skull." said another person.
"Hey! Who's talkin' shit about my grunts!" came a booming voice. Collin looked up towards the small bridge and noticed a man wearing a black jacket, a white t-shirt, half broken sunglasses and white hair. He walked forward towards Kukui, sporting a wicked grin, much like Collin's. "The hated boss who beats you down, and beats you down, and never lets up...yeah it's BIG BAD GUZMA!" he shouted.
"Oh Arceus sake." mumbled Kukui. "Still in the gangster phase I see, huh Guzma." said Kukui.
"Ah go fuck yourself Kukui. I know you're just as pissed as me for not becoming a Trial Captain." said Guzma.
"I CHOSE not to become one, if you remember." said Kukui.
"Yeah whatever you say. I'm sure it keeps you asleep at night. I've been meaning to give you a beat down for ages Kukui, and I'm gonna do that now!" said Guzma, getting his Pokeballs ready.
"Yeah you might want to rethink that fuck face." said Collin, butting in between Kukui and Guzma. "I think you should take youself and your grunts out of the garden if you know what's good for ya." Collin showed his now trade marked grin, but it did little to no affect to Guzma, who started laughing.
"HA! You're the little shit that my boys keep talking about?! Please, you're no different than any other trainer I've beaten." Guzma looked at Collin's wrist and grinned. "Heh, on the Island Challenge kid? Why do you even bother?"
"I don't know if I'm honest. Better than being a bum thinking he's cool wearing gold chains and half broken sunglasses. Seriously, cut the bullshit. You look like you're in your forties for Arceus sake."
"Oh kid you don't know what shit you've gotten yourself into. Kukui, I'll destroy that League of yours soon enough. But first, I'll destroy this idiot who thinks he can smack talk Guzma." he said, getting his Pokeballs ready again.
"Believe me, I've faced worse than a two bit gangster. You've made a big mistake." Collin got his Pokeballs out. It was like a Unovan Stand Off.
"Wanna see what destruction looks like?! HERE IT IS IN HUMAN FORM-IT'S YOUR BOY GUZMA!"
"GO PRINPLUP!"
"GO ARIADOS!" Both Pokemon came onto the field, prepared to battle. "Go for a Fell Stinger!" shouted Guzma. Ariados came crawling towards Prinplup fast and stuck his stinger into Prinplup.
"PRIN!" shouted Prinplup in pain.
"Come one Prinplup! You can walk it off can't ya?!" shouted Collin. Prinplup gave a slight nod. "Good. Go for a Peck!" Prinplup's Beak sharpened and attacked Ariados.
"Come on get up and use Infestation!" shouted Guzma. Small hairs shot out of Ariados and attached to Prinplup, hurting him.
"Prinplup, use Peck again!" The beck sharped again and managed to hit Ariados, knocking it out just as Prinplup feel from the Infestation.
"Return!" both trainers said.
"Heh, you ready to give up kid? No shame in it, aside from a beat down." said Guzma.
"I should ask you the same question, because I'm not giving up." replied Collin.
"Fine, you asked for it. GO GOLISOPOD!" Out came a massive looking Bug Pokemon that was intimidating beyond imagination.
"Fuck me he looks tough. Should I...no, not yet." said Collin, thinking about what Pokemon he could use. "GO DARTRIX!" Collin honestly had no idea what he was doing at this point so he took a shot in the dark. "USE-"
"FIRST IMPRESSION!" shouted Guzma over Collin. Without warning, Golisopod rushed towards Dartrix and punched it clean in the air, knocking out Dartrix completely.
"DAMN!" shouted Collin. "RETURN!" Dartrix returned to his ball and Collin was pissed. "You're really getting on my nerves!"
"Maybe next time you shouldn't mess with Big Bad Guzma!" He started to laugh out loud and Collin went back to thinking. Ugh, Crabrawler won't stand a chance and Salazzle is still weak from the Totem Pokemon...fuck it, I'll have to risk it.
"GO SALAZZLE!" shouted Collin. Salazzle came out of the ball, looking tired. "I know you need rest, but you gotta pull through for me girl." Salazzle gave a weak nod. Guzma couldn't help but laugh even harder.
"Ha! You can't even look after your Pokemon! RAZOR SHELL!" shouted Guzma.
"DODGE!" Salazzle could barely move and Golisopod came fast. Then all of a sudden it stopped.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING BOY! USE RAZOR SHELL!" Golisopod didn't even move. In fact, it sounded like it was purring. Salazzle was hissing like she was giggling, which confused Collin. And then he remembered.
"AH! Salazzle's pheromones has made your Golisopod all gooey eyed. You're in the shit now!" said Collin. "USE FLAME CHARGE!" Golisopod was sent back far, but he was still standing. ""WHAT?!"
"Heh, Golisopod snap out of it and use Razor Shell!" Golisopod used it's armored claws to slice at Salazzle, knocking her out.
"FUCK! Salazzle return! I'm sorry!" said Collin, returning her back to the ball.
"You sure you don't want to give up kid?" chuckled Guzma. Collin only had one Pokemon left. He had to chance it.
"GO CRABRAWLER!" Out came the Crab Pokemon, punching the air showing she was ready to fight.
"Big mistake kid! RAZOR SHELL!" shouted Guzma.
"DODGE QUICKLY!" shouted Collin. Golisopod was speeding towards Crabrawler. Just before he made contact, Crabrawler dodged cleanly.
"WHAT?!" Guzma couldn't believe his eyes.
"YES! NOW UNLEASH Z-MOVE!" shouted Collin, turning the Fightinium Z. He preformed the dance Hala thought him all the way back on Melemele and powered up Crabrawler. "USE ALL OUT PUMMELING!" A fury of punches were thrown at Golisopod, sending it flying back towards Guzma. When the smoke cleared, Golisopod was knocked out. "YES! Well done Crabrawler! Return!" Crabrawler returned to her ball, victorious. Guzma returned his Pokemon without a word. Everything was quiet, until Guzma spoke.
"GUZMA WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!? HOW COULD YOU LET THAT SHIT WIN!?" he shouted loudly so the whole town could hear him.
"Well I can think of a few things wrong with you." said Collin.
"Heh, Collin isn't it?" Collin slowly nodded from his question. "I'll remember that name, so I can take pride when I beat your ass to the ground next time I see you." Guzma walked off from the bridge and made his way to the exit, before Collin put his hand out.
"If I see your face again, it won't be pretty." he warned. Guzma smirked at Collin and left without a word, along with the two grunts who were forgotten about. The crowd that surrounded the garden cheered in delight.
"WOO LOOK AT COLLIN GO!"
"YEAH HE SHOWED HIM WHO'S BOSS!"
"Alright everyone calm down, let Collin have his space." said Kukui. The crowd slowly died down so it was only Collin, Kukui, Lillie and Hau in the garden. "Well done Collin. Didn't think you could pull it off."
"Yeah man! That Guzma guy looked tough, but you showed him!" said Hau.
"Trust me, it was a close one. I thought I was done for when he used that last First Impression on me. Man is that Pokemon tough." comment Collin. He started to think about when Guzma was talking to Kukui and thing clicked together. "I'm guessing he was the fourth friend huh?"
"You guessed right." sighed Kukui. "He wasn't always like this. Sure he was brash but he was a good guy. Then something happened and the next thing I knew, he didn't talk to me anymore. Years later he became the boss of Team Skull. I still don't know what happened to him." said Kukui.
"Must have been something bad for him to go that far." said Hau, yawning. "Man I'm beat. All that training today did wonders. I'm gonna head to the hotel. See you guys tomorrow!" Hau left the garden, walking instead of running, which was a weird sight to see.
"I guess I better head over to the League to make sure everything has gone smoothly. You two should hit the sack too. I'll see you soon Collin." Kukui left the garden, leaving only Lillie and Collin together. Lillie was extremely quiet ever since the start of the battle.
"Hey, you okay?" asked Collin. She lunged to him and hugged him like her life depended on it.
"I was so worried about you! Everything felt like it was going so wrong. I couldn't watch!" she said.
"Hey, it's okay now. It's over and I'm fine. I'll heal the team up and we can go to the hotel, I need some damn sleep after that."
"Okay." said Lillie. The two left the garden and headed for the Pokemon Center to heal his Pokemon.
After healing his Pokemon, the two made their way towards the hotel. It wasn't a big one and it looked rather old, but the reviews were good so they took it without question. When they entered the main lobby, they were greeted by the front desk.
"Hi, we'd like a room with two beds please." said Collin. The woman at the desk typed away at her computer and turned back to the two.
"Unfortunately there isn't any rooms available with two beds. There is a room with a king size bed. Would you like to take that instead?" asked the woman. Collin wasn't sure what to do.
"We'll take it." said Lillie.
"Wait what?"
"Currently Miss." said the woman, interrupting Collin. She took the keys from the back and handed it to Lillie. "Enjoy your stay you two." said the woman.
"T-Thank you." said Collin and the two made their way up to the room. "Why did you take the room?" asked Collin.
"Well I really don't want to be on my own right now. Plus it's better than camping right?"
"True. Okay let's see what the room is like." The entered the room and it was a normal sized room with a bed in one corner, a small couch in the middle and across from it a TV. The room contained other essentials like a bathroom. "Well it will do us for the night. I'll take the couch and you take the bed."
"No, you're not having the couch tonight." said Lillie.
"Lillie, it's fine. You need the bed more than I do."
"What are you talking about? You were in two big battles today, not me. You need the bed. Why don't you just share it with me?" she asked.
"Well...I didn't really want to asked you know. I didn't want to come across as weird." said Collin.
"Oh please, it's not weird." she said. Her bag began to shake again. "Oh right, come out Nebby." she said, opening the bad. Nebby popped out and floated about.
"PEW!" he cried in delight.
"See, I promised you, didn't I?" said Collin.
"PEW PEW" cried Nebby, floating up to Collin and rubbed his face against his.
"Okay okay Nebby!" he said patting his head. Lillie couldn't up but chuckle, which was replaced with a yawn almost immediately.
"I think we should get some sleep now. We'll play in the morning, okay Nebby?"
"Pew..." cried Nebby, sounding said but seemed to understand. Lillie walked into the bathroom to get changed while Collin got changed in the main room. She came out with a completely pink loose fitting pajama set. Collin on the other hand wore an old t-shirt and old shorts.
"So...ready to sleep?" asked Collin, feeling awkward.
"Yep. I could sleep through an Earthquake." she said, yawning. The two got into the bed and despite being big, they got close to each other.
"Sorry!" said Collin, fumbling around.
"It's okay." said Lillie, smiling. Nebby decided to get involved and floated right in between the two. "Oh you wanna sleep with us?"
"Pew..." he said, yawning and closing his eyes right away.
"He really is a child." commented Collin, yawning. "Well, goodnight Lillie."
"Night Collin." The two eighteen year olds fell asleep right away. Collin was content with sleeping next to her now, for he fully knew that she was safe and right beside him.
I hope the fluff at the end was tasteful. Also what did you think of Guzma? I hope I got him right. Anyway, reviews and comments of any nature are welcomed and as always, I'll see you in the next chapter. Cheerio!