"—and then you're seeing these black spots in the corner of your eye?" Vixie asked, or rather, turned my statement into a question.
Shock rolled his eyes. "That's called 'being hungry', Jay."
"I told you," I said, "I wasn't hungry that time. And they weren't exactly spots..."
"Hidden hunger, most probably."
I turned and arched an eyebrow at Saur. "What? Is that a name of an attack or something?"
We were currently walking through the forest, heading back to Krys' group. It was hard to get lost though, since Shock left a pretty good trail behind.
Saur closed his eyes and shook his head. "You were hungry, you ignored it, your mind learned to ignore it, but in fact you're actually hungry."
I shook my head. "That doesn't make sense."
Saur just shrugged. "I heard the old human couple say it a lot of times on young trainers who leave their Pokémon for them to take care of. They usually compliment or scold the young humans, reminding them of their health."
I chuckled. "That was the longest line I've ever hear you talk, Saur."
He just smiled.
Fay chuckled. "You should listen to him when he drinks a lot of Rawst juice!"
Saur frowned at her. "Hey now. You promised not to—"
Vixie and Shock chukled.
"Oh, I remember that," Shock chuckled again.
Saur gently glared at him, and Shock just chuckled, and didn't say another word.
I just blinked at everyone. "Yeah, I'm clearly missing something out here, but anyway..." I looked ahead. "It looked like something was hiding behind the bushes."
"LOTS of us hide behind the bushes," Shock said.
My two ears drooped. "Er, well uh... Good point. But still. Twice?"
Shock sighed and turned to look at me. "Loo—"
"Make that thrice," Vixie announced, stopping.
We stopped and stared at her for a second or two before we followed her gaze. A bush shook, if only slightly.
Vixie growled low, jumped forward as she inhaled, and breathed a large wave of fire as soon as she landed. The bush burned, but only after a blur of red leaped out and stopped meters in front of us.
"Well," I said, taking a step back, "...f*ck..."
The Growlithe grinned wickedly. "Been a while, Vixie." He then ducked low to dodge a lightning bolt, slightly jumped to his left to avoid numerous razor leaves, tilted his head to avoid a fast shadow ball, and his grin was still plastered there. "...and company."
I made a quick check. The bush was mostly burned, but flames were already out. The second to the last thing we needed right now would be a forest fire.
Shock stepped forward, cheeks sparking. "What do you want?"
"What do you think?" He lifted a paw and pointed at Vixie.
"No!" Vixie growled, and then ran to my side, and quickly nuzzled my cheek before glaring back at the shocked Growlithe. "I'm with Jay now!"
Well, if looks could kill, then Lithe's furious glare would have melted my soul already.
Lithe was angry, and slowly, red flames started covering his body. He growled. "Then let me change that!" And he charges at us. "You're mine, and you WILL be MINE!"
"SH*T!" I jumped back and slipped.
Fay suddenly popped out from the ground in front of Lithe.
The Growlithe stumbled, and rolled towards us as the flames around his body weakened. He jumped before a bolt of lightning could struck him. He landed, well, he could have, if it weren't for the vines that wrapped around him.
Saur hissed, bearing the pain as he lifted the growling Growlithe up and slammed him back on the ground. His eyes watered as he quickly withdrew his smoking vines back.
Fay's tail glowed, and spun horizontally, but Lithe was too quick to get back up on his feet.
Lithe breathed out fumes of fire at Fay, who was awkwardly still recovering her balance.
A bolt of electricity struck the ground in front of her, creating a wall of rocks and dust that shielded her from the flames.
Vixie suddenly appeared beside him and bit his back.
Lithe howled in pain, ducked, and jumped as he breathed out a blaze on the ground below him, sending him up like a miniature rocket, and carried Vixie with him. They were almost over the tree tops when Lithe stopped as Vixie yelped in panic. He grinned and grabbed her, and bit her nape as they both started falling back down.
Shock appeared below them, ready to catch her. He was instead showered by a wave of fire.
Lithe used Vixie as a cushion as they landed on Shock. He jumped and breathed another wave of fire to counter Fay's shadow ball. He then howled in pain as he landed, and wobbled. Two green leaves were stuck on his side.
Fay's tail glowed once more. She ran and jumped, and spun her body to slap her tail on him.
Lithe growled, and bit her glowing tail. The Rattata yelped as he pulled his head on one side, and slammed the Rattata on the ground on her back. He then breathed fire around and above him, burning the spores that were falling towards him.
Saur tsk'ed as he took a step back. "He knows us too well."
Lithe growled and charged towards us.
I yelped and ran a safer distance, but Saur stood his ground. I skidded to a stop and witnessed just in time to see Saur slammed his head against Lithe. Saur was thrown back.
Lithe then breathed fumes of flame at Saur, and then turned his glare at me.
I gulped and took a step back. I then stared at my friends. Shock and Vixie were both unconscious. Fay was out cold. Saur was smoking...
"We Arcanines are born of strength," Lithe hissed, turning his whole body to face me directly.
My ear twitched when I faintly heard someone from far away shouted someone's name...
"And no one stands in our way!" Lithe shouted, his body ablaze once more, and charged towards me.
F*ck, I hope that old trick still works! I quickly dug my paw on the ground and with all my might, threw sand and pebbles at him. I then quickly ran to the side, but Lithe turned an—
"ACK!" I wa...
THUD!
I fell on the ground, my back feeling completely...hurt... I ignored Bill's stupid question if I was alright as I...
...oh, goddamn it...it hurts to freaking much...
"That's it?!" Lithe growled. I slightly opened an eye and saw him already standing in front of me. "What does she sees in a pathetic fur ball such as yourself?!"
He bit my nape, and I was too weak to even yelp or cry. I felt air rushing to me, and the next thing I knew, I felt myself landing on the ground...hard, and rolled twice before I stopped on my side.
This pain...is too much... I wanted to cry...but I can't... I can barely move my body... Everything sounds so peaceful and quiet now... I could actually hear the gentle rustle of the gentle breeze against the blades of grass, the rumbling thunder that came louder and louder by the second, the angry female scream shouting Shock's name...
...what?
A tiny spark...um...sparked on my nose, causing me to jerk to consciousness. I gasped for air, and coughed as I saw through my blurry eyes a sparking Pikachu a few meters in front of me.
"Who are you?" the female Pikachu asked. "And where is Sho—" she gasped, and suddenly ran towards me. Well, not really towards me, but she stopped close. "Shockie? Shockie?!"
Lithe must have tossed me close to them... The Growlithe stood from a distance, and shook his head. "I'll take the Vulpix, if you don't mind."
"What happened here?"
I coughed... I coughed again... I tried coughing louder this time...
Finally, I felt two paws grabbing my head. "Hey! Hey, you're awake!"
"He won't be, soon enough," Lithe growled.
"Gr..." ugh...talking hurts as well... "Growlithe...fed you...sleepy berries..."
Though blurry, I could tell the female Pikachu blinked in confusion. "He did what?"
I hope this lie works... "To...to hurt...Shockie..."
Hey, if I die, at least bring along the one who killed me.
The Pikachu gently put my head back down, and if I wasn't in total pain as I already am, my ears would have felt another wave of pain from the angry shout and violent roar of thunder from the Pikachu right next to me.
"B-B-Bill..." I hissed, barely even hearing my own voice from the loud clash of fire and lightning. "Tele, please..."
...a flash of light.
...yellow hands...
...a flash of white...