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Spadekun: No. No, no, no. Lulu will not be joining anyone's harem. She's an outside influence.
Electrify: Yes, Lulu.
Moemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Chapter 43
"Alright…" Lulu said, kneeling next to the sand. "You, the water moemon, get out."
"Huh?" Vui asked, her emerging from the sand. "Who are you to tell me what to do?"
"I'm Lulu." Lulu said, smiling. "I'm a wiccan!"
"…And what the hell is a wiccan?" Vui asked, pulling herself up onto the stone ledge over the sand, standing next to the short woman.
"A witch." Petal, having calmed down some after separating me from Lulu, commented, still leering angrily at the woman.
"Silence, you bloody bitch!" Lulu snapped, glaring at Petal. The rest of us were a little taken aback by her anger, but she soon recomposed herself, her smile returning.
"Never call me that again." Lulu said, smiling. "There's only one man in the world gutsy enough to call me witch after I told him not to, and that's only because I bloody well can't kill him."
"Um… sorry…" Petal said, more than a little surprised. "Anyway, um, what are you gonna do?"
"I'll find the moemon there." Lulu said, staring at the sand. "Watch." Lulu closed her eyes, and opened them again, staring out across the sand.
"There." Lulu said, pointing at the sand. "The moemon you're looking for is right there."
"How do you know?" Petal demanded, frowning.
"Because I can see her." Lulu explained. "My eyes can see her. My eyes can read the aura of all living things. So I know she's right there."
"Well, I'm not sure if you're right or not, but I don't have any better ideas." Vui said, jumping down onto the sand. "Aqua jet!" Vui shot forwards in the sand, diving down. She followed the path Lulu pointed towards, and dived down as she shot forwards. Soon enough, she hit a moemon, knocking her into the air.
"Alright!" I shouted, releasing the disk from my capture styler. The disk shot around the moemon, catching her before she hit the ground. Vui landed beside Keith, panting, as the moemon fell down onto the sand. She quickly stood up, and ran over to me, eagerly.
"Hello!" She said, smiling. She wore a golden shirt and golden pants, and had dusty blonde hair down to her shoulders and black eyes that shone like obsidians in the dim light.
Moemon: Sandshrew
Type: Ground
Poke Assist: Ground
Field Move: Dig x1
Info: Sandshrew are rather shy, and rarely show their faces on the surface. When people enter their sand traps, they may find themselves dragged down and mated with, however.
"A Sandshrew, huh?" Petal asked, surprised. "Alright, does that mean that you can dig under the sand?"
"Yep! Just leave it to me!" Sandshrew beamed, smiling. "Watch!" Sandshrew jumped down onto the large sand trap and rushed to the center, gesturing for the rest of us to come after her. Seeing no problems, we followed her into the sand trap, standing around her. Well, save for Electabuzz, who stood off to the side, her mission done.
"Now, dig!" Sandshrew said, punching the ground with her fist, releasing a shockwave into the ground, cracking the deep rock floor beneath the sand. The floor gave way, and the sand began flowing down. Soon, we were caught in the wave of sand, and dragged down into its depths.
I fell through the stone floor and landed on a big mound of sand. The mound of sand was filling up with a steady trickle from above. The sand mound was located in a large pit, with a large crevice in the side of it leading away.
Mary managed to fall down right after me, and I managed to catch her in my arms just before she collided with the stone floor. I however, was not so lucky, Petal landing right on top of me.
"Thanks for the save, Kelly!" Petal said, smiling, getting off of me. I moved off the mound of sand to keep from being hit from above again, and lo and behold, I was right; right after me, Keith fell headfirst, his head buried in the sand as Vui landed next to him. Lulu also landed in the sand, gracefully landed on her feet, somehow not getting a grain of sand on her.
"How are you not even dirty?" Petal demanded, brushing the sand and clay off of her clothes.
"Beauty is never tarnished." Lulu answered, smirking.
"…How are you not even dirty?" Petal asked, again, irritated now.
"My hat. Keeps the sand off." Lulu said, pointing at her wide-brimmed witch hat. "And my clothes are just naturally immune to dirt and muck, anyways.
"GRURQFQMR!" Keith shouted from where he was buried. We turned our attention to him, and pulled his head out of the sand, Keith gagging and coughing.
"Thanks for your initiative…" Keith spluttered angrily.
"Oh come on, you don't even know what the means." Vui complained.
"Uh, I'm pretty sure I know what initiative means." Keith said, frowning. "It's when you're fast enough to respond to something, right?"
"Well, you're not as dumb as you look, mate." Lulu said, surprised. "'Course, you look like a bloody moron…"
"Hey!" Keith said, surprised. "I'm not a moron!"
"I said you looked like a moron, not that you ARE a moron." Lulu clarified, smiling.
"Well, gee, thanks a ton." Keith said sarcastically.
"…But you still are a moron." Lulu answered under her breath.
"Hey!" Keith exclaimed again.
"Keith?" Petal asked, frowning.
"What?" Keith asked, frowning.
"Shut up." Petal answered, frowning. "We need to get going." Petal turned and walked into the crevice, heading inside.
So, what will they encounter next?