(Chapter 3)
Luke panted, his fur torn and his eyes wild. Purrlion and Liepard were watching fearfully from the shadows, after his little attacking outburst. He shook and pad over to Emily, whom had been taking an unfair beating. Looking down on the still purple form, he almost thought she was dead until he saw the faint rise and fall of her chest.
"Luke!" He looked up at the sound of his name, seeing Ariel running over. 'She mustive chased me since Emily decided to bolt..' he thought as she scooped him up and began to brush down his fur. "That's one strong Zorua you got there!" A man said, walking over to the two, "I've seen many battles, but no pokemon attempts to fight back this pride!"
Luke assumed he ment the Liepard and Purrloin he fought off. Ariel nodded. "We're always training, so it's only natural. It shoudln't be much longer now till he evolves!" She beamed down at her small dark-type fox pokemon. He smiled in her gaze, then pointed his nose down at Emily. She's hurt! We have to help her!" he barked, hoping that the red-haired girl would get the idea. Luke sighed in releif and knelt down, looking at Emily. "Sheesh, your friend took a real beating..." Ariel mumbled before putting Luke down and scooping up the unconsious purrloin and running to the pokecenter. Luke followed, but didn't fail to miss the man's shocked look.
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Beep...Beep...Beep...Beep...
Her ear twitched, her eyes slowly opened. It was dark, and her vison was fuzzy. Emily grunted as she slowly came back to consiousness. "W-where..." she mumbled as she looked around. She was in a white room, cloth was draped infront of the windows... Windows.. Her eyes shot open as she realized she was in a building, a HUMAN building! She tried to sit up, only to find she was strapped down. She grunted as she thrashed side to side.
"Chill!" Red paws planted on her shoulders and stopped her from thrashing. She looked up and blushed unwillingly, seeing Luke standing above her. "U-uhm.." She blinked. Luke stepped back and sat beside her. "Don't hurt yourself anymore!" Luke huffed looking down on her with his green eyes. Emily glared as she looked away from him to look at her surroundings. "Why am I here?" she hissed agrily at the fox. Luke rolled his eyes. "You were taking a beating from the Liepard and Purrloin, remember?
"O-oh... right..." Emily looked at her paws as she fiddled with the blanket uncomfortably. Luke, seeing her frusterated being in a place, thou he didn't think it was strange, she did, leaned over and licked her cheek. Blushing, Emily whipped her head over at the fox. She WAS going to yell at him till she saw him blushing just as much, wich made her blush more. "H-hey, Em, is it ok if I call you Em? Anyways, Umbreon is better now, but um, we stil actually need more members of our team, as it's only me, Umbreon, and Haunter, and well, you may not be able to return out there..." he trailed off to a murmer.
Emily rased her brow as she looked at the dark-type fox. "What are you trying to get at.." Luke huffed and leaned in so his nose was just not touching her's. "Emily, I was hoping -er, wondering, if you'd let Ariel catch you.. W-we can go on adventures and stuff and-" he was inturupted by Emily pressing her finger against his lips. "If it comes to that, I'd have to. You DID save my life, after all..." she smiled lightly at him.
Luke wagged his tail and excitedly tackled Emily. "Omph!" she huffed as the wind, thou there was a soft bed beneath her, was still knocked outa her. Luke chuckled nervously. "S-sorry." he appologized blushing. Emily giggled and rolled her eyes at him. "Forgiven, now get off me you big lump~"