Rachel was so excited to meet other Lucarios but what stood out to her was the Riolus running around. Seeing that stirred up feelings inside her that had been buried for too long. The female Lucario that greeted her talked about how she had lived in that area for most of her life and that the Lucarios preferred to be alone. Many Lucarios would wander alone in the wild for years before eventually settling down to have a family and this was a safe space where no one would catch Riolus to be a cute pet. Rachel was very interested in all of it.
They conversed for an hour with plenty of questions about Rachels unnatural height and body which she brushed off, saying it was a result of extensive training in the wild. The questions annoyed her. Eventually, looking very unsure of herself, she asked [do... you have a family? Do you want any Riolus?]. [Oh yes I do, two actually!] she responded. [I feel so dumb I don't know how any of this works, do you need a partner?]. The other Lucario was only too happy to answer [Yes, the guy Lucarios are really loyal, just like we are. When two Lucarios decide to be mates they stay that way forever, until they die of old age. Its sweet. My mate has been with me for a few years and its been wonderful, we have 2 Riolus].
[So, how does a couple agree on having Riolus?] Rachel asked. [The girl takes the role since she is the one wanting the family. When she finds a guy she is interested in, they will live together for a few weeks, maybe months. If they feel they are right for each other they will probably decide to have children very soon, Lucarios make up their mind very fast and is almost always lasts in the long run]
[How does it work, what do you do?] Rachel asked as the other Lucario smirked [You honestly don't know? Well... I guess I can tell you. When we are sure that a male wants to be with us and we know ourselves that we want to be with them forever, we show them what we want by... bending over and letting them mate with us. It's a natural instinct, you'll feel it. Its hard to explain but it feels really nice. It feels better because it feels really nice for the guy too and when this happens it kind of seals it that they will be together. The trick is knowing when the guy wants it. You can tell by how they act, they start to take a lot more notice in your body and you can see their reaction, in their crotch, you'll see it growing. I cant believe I'm telling you this.]
The other Lucario looked a little grossed out by what she was saying but Rachel was listening intently. The other Lucario continued [sometimes this can cause you to be pregnant and that's how you have Riolus. When that happens... it feels incredible and you know if the guy does it to you, he wants to be with your forever. Just watch how their body reacts, its really not hard, most guys want it anyway] she finished while laughing at herself having said all that.
[I've always felt like that was missing in my life, having a family. I'm new to this and nervous, do you think you can come with me and I can try and talk to the male Lucarios and see if they like me?] Rachel asked. [Sure, there's far more males then there are females so we usually have a lot of choice. It ends up being a lot of the males end up single but the females always end up with someone, its unfair to them but good for us] she said smiling and Rachel looked hopeful. [Before we do, I don't want a family now I just want to know how it all works I still have... things to do] She added, wondering for how many years she would guard the elite four with Kyle before being able to settle down one day with more of her own kind.
Rachel walked alongside with her new friend before coming up to a few guy Lucarios relaxing along the riverbank. Rachel was feeling really confident and proud of herself lately, she was ready to do this herself. She looked at the Lucarios there and noticed they all basically looked identical, only their personalities must have defined them. She went up to a particularly relaxed Lucario and introduced herself [Hi, I'm new around here and trying to meet some other Lucarios]. The guy turned to look at her and instantly noticed the bandage on her leg [… I know what that is, that's a healing bandage used by weak trainer pokemon.] Rachel replied [What? Yes it is it was just a minor cut] but she was interrupted. [Did you just come here talking to us while being a trainer slave?] he said laughing, raising his arm so the others saw [Hey check out the new trainer slave, cant even fight her own battles]. Rachel turned, shocked to her friend who quickly dragged her away from the group.
Once in private she said to Rachel [Its been so long since any Lucarios have been here like you I forgot... the males really don't like a girl who is owned by a trainer. When looking for a partner the guy Lucarios want to be the only one their girl depends on. I really should have remembered but they aren't going to like you if you belong to a trainer]. Rachel was upset at that [but I do this to become stronger and I like it and I like my trainer!]. [If you like your trainer so much why don't you live with him forever] she said mockingly.
[You too? Are you making fun of me] Rachel said angrily. [I'm sorry but if you really do need a trainer to teach you how to fight you're better off not being here because that's really weak]. Rachel was furious and stormed off. She headed over to a new group of guy Lucarios determined to prove she wasn't weak. [Do any of you think I am weak because I battle with a trainer, and we're going to take the pokemon league?]. One turned around to answer [Who's this crazy girl?], another just laughed at her and the third actually stood up [Hey, I like strong girls] which shut the other two up. He looked up and down her [Lets see what you're made of].
Rachel was taken aback by that, but happy that it shut the other two up. [I'm -] she was about to say her name was Rachel but stopped, she didn't want him to tease her about her human-given name. [OK I can prove it] she said as the two moved into a clearing. [I'm not going to go hard on you, I just want to see if you've got what it takes to be a strong mother]. Rachel blushed at that, this Lucario must have actually thought she was attractive and already talking about children.
[OK... lets begin] the Lucario said as he rushed towards her. Rachel was more than ready for this and pulled out Bone rush. Just before he reached her, the Lucario leap up into the air and wound up a fist. Rachel stared [what is-] she said before taking a Mach punch to the face. She slid back and the Lucario just stood across her [why didn't you block that you had a bone rush ready?]. Rachel was wincing from the pain [I didn't know what attack you were doing!] [And you did nothing to try and stop it?]. [I need to be tol-] before she could even finish the Lucario started laughing, turning to his friends who Rachel didn't even know where there, but were also laughing.
Rachel had sudden flashbacks to the Ursaring attack near the lake where she was helpless, driven out by far weaker pokemon because she was nothing without her trainer. That was just the latest one as she remembered all the other times before that how she felt like ever since her previous trainer left her, she had lost all of her fighting ability.
[She needs to be told what to do! The most basic and obvious attack she had a bone rush ready and didn't do anything!] he said to them before turning to her [You're still just a trainer slave, I'm sorry I wasted my time] he said as he walked back, leaving Rachel alone. [But how do I become strong without a trainer!] She said loudly, the Lucario she fought just ignored her but one of his friends replied while walking off [You cant, you were weak enough to get caught you're just weak for life, just stick with your trainer, slave].
Rachel once again was left stunned. The girl Lucario was right, they really did hate that she was a trainer slave. She was furious and wasn't going to go down so easily as she charged an aura sphere, she didn't need Kyle to teach her that. [IM NOT A SLAVE!] She yelled as she fired it as the Lucario turned around an in an instant, used bone rush and smacked the aura sphere back at her. Without Kyle to tell her to dodge, she took it in the chest and flew back into a tree. She was winded as she heard the others remark [What a crazy bitch!, a pathetic fighter too and she came to us looking for a mate!] Rachel was too angry to cry and just ran off.
It would be a few hours until she returned to the hotel where the trainers were staying and by now she wasn't sore or upset, she had to put on a brave face as there was no way she was going to let Kyle know what happened. She managed to get down the mountain by putting some rocks into the cable car and standing on them to be high enough to reach the rail. Inside, she was incredibly upset that no guy Lucarios cared about her and they hated she was a trainer pokemon but she knew she was weak without it. Rachel fell into a self-hating loop of wishing she was never caught in the first place and just lived in the wild, but this was her life and she had to deal with it.
With the time she had to herself she did think a lot about what they told her, especially the ones that told her if she liked her trainer so much why didn't she live with him. She actually didn't have a problem with that, her life was fantastic since meeting Kyle but despite that deep down she also wanted a family. Her thoughts were now dominated by what the girl Lucario told her about it and finding a lifelong mate. She, like all other living things, had urges and desires to be a mother, hearing about how much the girl Lucarios enjoyed mating with partners and the joys of motherhood made her wonder what it was like. A new thought entered her head as she wondered if that was only possible with other guy Lucarios, it seemed like Kyle was interested in her, she wondered if he could do it. She arrived the their room and although it was locked, easily jumped up to the second story window and just climbed in from there.
Rachel looked at the clock, despite being a pokemon she could read the time and saw it was at least 30 minutes until they said they would return. She looked around the room and suddenly got very curious, moving over to the curtains and closing them. Paying very close attention to the sounds outside, she nervously climbed onto the bed and tried to get into the pose the girl lucario described, going on all fours. Having exactly no idea what she was doing, she thought about what must have felt good going off description alone of what the guys did to the girls as she put a paw between her crotch, holding it there for a while and not feeling anything until she decided to rub it. Almost instantly she felt her legs tremble and she stopped. [Is this what happened?] she thought to herself as she continued to do it.
[This feels amazing!] she thought as she rubbed faster, she felt like staying in that pose was taking too much energy so she flipped on her back, laying on Kyles bed with her tail between her legs and kept on going. For a few minutes she kept doing it, her paw starting to become wet until she heard a door open. She stopped instantly as she realised she was so consumed in what she was doing she wasn't paying any attention to the outside sounds, Kyle and his friends had came home early. She quickly got up and sat in the corner of the room to calm down. Kyle opened the door first and saw her straight away "oh you're here early!" as he smiled at her, genuinely happy to see her. Such a simple gesture meant so much to her, after the day she endured it felt nice to come back to someone who appreciated her.
"I need to sleep though, I'm dead tired" Kyle said as he flopped face first onto the bed. Rachel watched nervously, he was lying with his face exactly where she was pleasuring herself not even 15 seconds ago. Kyle turned to her "I'll see you tomorrow" he said as he aimed his pokeball at Rachel and she returned. Inside the pokeball Rachel realised to herself that really she didn't actually care that Kyle was lying there and a part of her wanted him to know what happened. She felt perverted but her urges were making her think such things.
Over the next few weeks, Rachel and Kyle, along with Jarrad and Hayley walked to 7th gym town, training along the way. Rachel spent every day out of the pokeball as they walked together. She was so happy that Kyle was raising her to be so strong and the pokemon he relied on the most. Even when his Combusken evolved into Blaziken, he still preferred to raise Rachel even higher. She was level 60 while none of Hayley or Jarrad's pokemon were about 50. Rachel had put the events with the other Lucarios behind her, even though she needed a trainer she was far more powerful than them and she routinely defeated pokemon that were super effective against her.
Throughout the week though she got nothing but mixed messages from Kyle. He let her out of the pokeball all the time but showed no affection to her. She clearly noticed him staring at her often when suddenly she thought to herself [what if the reason he always lets me walk with them is because he just likes looking at my body... he does always let me walk ahead of him...] Rachel would have been upset, if it wasn't what she wanted. Being appreciated felt nice and it made her want to do it more.
Outside of that though, he seemed cold. They talked often, ate together and even played together but it felt like Kyle only really showed affection when she won a battle. Rachel realised again that it seemed like Kyle was cold to her only when Hayley and Jarrad were around an in fact the closer those two got, the more agitated and colder Kyle became towards her. Rachel had to test this theory but there wasn't time now as there were almost at the next city.
Upon arriving the trainers were deciding when they should challenge the gym leader as usual and as usual, they all wanted to do this quickly. Rachel quickly realised this was a chance and for the first time ever, interrupted a conversation between the three but only addressed Kyle. [I would like at least one day more to train, I'm almost at level 61 and dont I learn close combat] Kyles eyes lit up "oh yeah! Wow that would be amazing. For sure that will make the next gym even easier. I don't care what you guys do but give me a day we can leave in 3 or so days anyway.] Jarrad and Hayley fully understood that decision and didn't mind a day extra so they went with it. Rachel was very happy that worked but a little upset that it seemed the only way she could get kyle to do what she wanted, was when it involved making him winning more easy.
The next day Kyle released her from her pokeball in the morning "We were about to leave and go training on route 420." Rachel replied, speaking only to Kyle [I want to train alone actually just with you, can we go to route 421 where there's less people?]. Kyle thought for a minute, he liked this idea before turning to his friends [Actually I'm going to go train on route 419 by myself, you guys meet me back here later at about 6pm ok?". "Aw but I wanted to see close combat!" Hayley said as Rachel gave her a glare. "um... we might not learn it by tonight, but I promise you'll see it after tomorrow" Kyle said to shut her down and Hayley just shrugged as the trio left to go their separate ways.
There was a lot of nervous tension between Rachel and Kyle as they walked. Rachel was so happy they were going to be able to spend some time alone and she could test her theory while Kyle had secretly wanted this for so long, he was sick of always having to act normal around his friends. As the two neared the town limits they were talking just like usual with no nerves although as usual, it was only about battling. Rachel fought the mental urge for minutes before she gave in and while walking, looked at Kyle and held out her paw for him to hold as the walked. He noticed it and kept walking and gave her a weird look and thought for a minute just shaking his head. Rachel wasn't going to let that defeat her and she convinced herself he was scared because there were still people who could see them in the distance.
The two eventually found a clearing with no one anywhere nearby and did what they came here to do and trained. Rachel had a new strategy, she was going to train super hard to learn close combat for him and then see his reaction. For hours they trained and Rachel was so happy at how well they fought together. It was nearing sunset as she landed another metal claw to cause a wild Donphan to faint when she felt herself level up. She turned to Kyle, smiling hard [I learned it! Lets use it!]. Kyle was extremely happy as the quickly looked around and saw a wild Rhyhorn about 50m away "Rachel, close combat!" he yelled as she ran over to it.
Rachel had never felt such power within her as with one punch, she sent the Rhyhorn flying and While the attack was incredibly powerful, the after effects severely weakened her which was the downside to that attack. All of her muscles and bones felt weaker. Kyle stared at the Rhyhorn "… you did that in one punch... you're amazing" he said. Everything was going exactly to Rachels plan and this was it, everything hanged on it. She ran up to Kyle [I did it for you] and she leapt into his arms and hugged him. Without any hesitation whatsoever, Kyle hugged her hard back "I'm proud of you". Rachel had never been hugged like that in her life and she held him even tighter as to her delight, he held her tighter.
The two eventually let go and sat opposite each other just staring at each other. Rachel knew it, she knew that when in public Kyle was terrified to show any affection to her but when alone, he liked her just as much as she liked him. Kyle sat up and told her [ok we can go home now] as he stood up to head off. As they walked Rachel would have tried to hold his hand but she was happy enough as it was. On the other hand, even if she did, Kyle would have refused as he was in deep thought.
'I know why she wanted me to go there. I'm glad she wanted to level up but she just wants to be closer to me. That's not going to be possible in the pokemon league though. I don't want her to like me I just want her to win why does she have to make this awkward between us... I just need a real girlfriend, this has gone on too long. At this rate she's going to be obsessed with me but what if I don't need her any more? She saw what I did to Sceptile, I can't raise a pokemon who is going to hate me if I put them aside while I am an elite four member. No... she needs to be told, she's fighting for me but that's it we cant be together. Its just getting weird. Ugh I probably didn't make it any better by hugging her so tight' Kyle thought to himself. That last sentence made his shorts hurt though, the way she pressed her chest into his... Kyle shook his head and just kept on walking.