The beginning of their mission!
HidingFromTheCold: Hopefully not for a long time.
Electrify: No way.
Mmm: Don't I wish? Sorry, if you want a lemon, read Aurore's chapter.
Moemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Chapter 35
"Alright, here we are, Chroma Highlands." My Doduo said, pulling to a stop in front of the mist-covered fields.
"Let's go!" Petal said, leaping off of her Doduo. She turned to the shy Doduo, and rubbed her head, smiling. "Thanks, sweetie!"
"…" Doduo said, beaming from her, blushing and smiling.
"Alright, get off." Doduo said, shaking Keith off. "And you better not ever select me as a Doduo ever again!"
"Don't worry, I won't!" Keith exclaimed, rubbing his butt, standing up, sore.
"Thank you, so much, I wonder what I can do to make it up to you?" I asked, hugging her.
"Well…" Doduo said, blushing, tilting her cheek towards me. "I don't know… Um… a kiss?"
"…" Petal said, an irritation mark pushing on her forehead.
"Alright…" I said, leaning my lips in. I was about to kiss her cheek, when she grabbed the sides of my head and pulled me into one of THOSE kisses.
"Alright, break it up you two." Petal said, separating the two of us.
"Alright, we'll be heading back to the Union!" My Doduo said, blushing, waving at us. "Be sure to pick me again, okay?"
The three Doduo ran off, disappearing from the mist, leaving the five of us standing there.
"Alright, so, any ideas how we're supposed to find our way out of this mist?" Petal asked, looking around as though something might burst out of the fog at any moment.
"Simple!" Keith said, running through the fog. "We just need to run through!"
"… That idiot…" Petal said, face-palming. About a minute later, Keith came bursting from the fog, from the other side, and crashed into me. The two of us fell onto the wet, dark grass, and pulled ourselves up.
"What are you guys doing here?" Keith asked, frowning. "I'm sure I went in a straight line the whole time!"
"Your voice annoys me." Petal said, hitting him on the head as he tried to stand up, causing him to collapse onto the ground.
"Alright, so we need some way to clear this fog." I said, standing up, looking around, frowning.
"I have an idea!" Keith said excitedly. "Vui, use razor wind!"
Vui released a whirlwind at the fog, causing it to burst apart quickly, and then gathered together again, condensing around them.
"Well, so much for that idea." Petal said, frowning. "Any other bright ideas, genius?"
"Wait, I think I got an idea!" I said, thinking. "Um, we need a moemon that can blow away the fog, right?"
"Yeah, why?" Petal asked, frowning.
"So, we need a flying moemon!" I explained.
"Oh…" Mary said, staring down sadly. "I'm sorry, master… If you had chosen Kurou instead, she could have blown away the fog…"
"Don't say that!" I said, petting her wool. "I'm glad to have you with me, Mary! We just need to find a flying moemon! And you'll be incredibly useful for that!"
"You mean it?" Mary beamed, blushing. "Alright, I-I'll do my best, master!"
"Alright, so where should we find a flying moemon?" Petal asked, frowning.
"Not just any flying moemon." A voice said, a figure breaking from the mist, the group turning to see who it was. The figure wore a black hat and a leather duster, with messy green hair and green eyes.
"You again?" I asked, frowning.
"Aurore…" Petal said, the anger in her voice more than just a little obvious.
"Oh, come now pet." Aurore said, smiling. "You're so cute when you're angry."
"Who's this guy?" Keith asked, frowning.
"Me?" Aurore asked, smiling. "I'm just a gentleman, that's all!"
"What do you want?" Petal asked, frowning.
"Me?" Aurore said again, smiling. "I'm just here to help you, that's all!"
"We don't need your stupid help!" Petal glared, frowning.
"Well, would you like me to tell you where you can find a Skarmory?" Aurore asked, smiling.
"You know?" Keith asked, surprised. "Yeah, tell us!"
"Mm… no." Aurore answered.
"Tell us!" Keith ordered.
"I already said no." Aurore said, frowning.
"Listen! I am a moemon ranger, and you will respect my authoritah!" Keith ordered.
"I'll do it if Petal asks me nicely." Aurore said, smiling.
"Over. My. Dead. Body!" Petal said through gritted teeth.
"Excuse me?" Aurore said, smiling. "I thought you wanted to help your friend Sven?"
"Fine." Petal sighed. "Aurore, would you please help us find a Skarmory…"
"I love how your voice doesn't break an octave." Aurore said, smiling. "Alright, this way!"
Aurore turned in a random direction, tossing out a moeball. A moemon emerged from the moeball, smiling happily. She wore a bright green leotard with bright green hair down her back and black eyes. Her entire body was covered in green jello-like substance that blocked her out from all contact, and made her seem a little bigger.
"Alright, Yuni, now, how about using your psychic powers to find us a Skarmory?" Aurore asked, smiling.
"Yes, master!" Yuni said, smiling. She closed her eyes and began focusing hard.
"That way." Yuni said, her eyes still closed, pointing in a direction that seemed random, but was probably correct.
"Alright, this way." Aurore said, walking in the direction that the green moemon pointed in.
"Wait, why should we trust you?" Petal asked, frowning.
"Because Yuni's psychic powers are 100% correct." Aurore said, smiling. "Yuni, a demonstration?"
"You." Yuni said, pointing at Petal. "As a child, you had a crush on your sister's boyfriend. That event in your childhood led to you developing affection for people that were kind and gentle, like him."
Yuni pointed to me, and I saw Petal's face growing red as mine no doubt was.
"When you witnessed your sister getting married, it left a deep imprint into your psyche." Yuni continued. "To you, your sister Leaf is who you want to become in every way. The two of you are incredibly similar, even your choice in men is the same. And because of how happy your sister became, having been married to the man of her dreams, your aspiration from a very young age was to meet a kind gentleman and-"
"Okay, okay, your psychic powers are 100% accurate!" Petal exclaimed, clamping a hand over her mouth. Her face was redder than I'd ever seen. I'm not even sure if a person's face is supposed to turn that color.
Aurore picked up the unmoving Yuni and guided us through the mist, using her as a kind of dowsing rod, until we reached a large cave.
"Alright, the Skarmory is in that cave." Aurore informed.
"How do you know?" Petal asked, frowning.
"Do you need another demonstration?" Aurore asked, looking at the moemon in his arms.
"…No…" Petal said, looking away, blushing.
So, what's Petal's future aspiration?