Saur and the others quietly watched Fay leave, heading towards where Jay was at the moment. Once they were sure that the saddened Rattata was out of earshot, Saur exhaled through his nostrils as he turned to look at his two other friends: Shock and Vixie.
The two sat on the ground, with a very noticable gap between them. From Saur's analysis, a Venusaur would easily lie down and sleep from that big of a gap.
Nevertheless, he smiled and called their attention.
"Shock," the Bulbasaur nodded at the Pikachu, before he turned and nodded at their Vulpix friend, "Vixie."
"Glad to know that you still know our names, Saur," Shock deadpanned at the grass-type.
Saur ignored his friend's sarcastic remark. He has gotten used to it already.
"That was mean thing to say, Shock," Vixie shot him a side-way glare.
...well, only he and Fay were used to Shock's sarcastic remarks...and maybe Jay as well. Saur chuckled.
Shock just awkwardly scratched his neck.
Vixie then returned her attention at their Bulbasaur friend. "So...you wanted to talk to us?"
The Bulbasaur nodded. "By Jay's request."
"Oh?" the Pikachu and the Vulpix said at the same time.
Saur nodded again. "The tension between the two of you are very worrisome..."
Shock frowned. "That's ridiculous! Jay and Vixie? Really?!"
Saur turned to him and frowned. "...I was talking about the two of you."
The Pikachu blinked. "Me? And Jay? What?"
Saur deadpanned.
Shock's ears drooped as he sighed and looked away.
"Jay is worried about the two of you. Fay is as well. I am, too."
Vixie was already looking elsewhere. She doesn't want to talk about this. "T-thanks for worrying about us, Saur, but we'll be fine..." She took a deep breath and quietly sighed to calm herself. "We'll sort this out...eventually..."
Saur nodded. "The question is, when?"
"Soon..."
The Bulbasaur shook his head. "That's not a good answer, Vixie, and you know it."
Vixie growled, clearly annoyed.
Shock stood up with a sigh. He turned, and slowly walked towards the Vulpix. Slowly...
Saur quietly watched him.
Vixie tensed up as she sensed him approaching.
Finally, with a sigh, Shock hung his head after he was a Pikachu's tail's length from the Vulpix. "Vixie," he said quietly, barely managing to open his gritting teeth. He never liked apologizing for something as big as this one. Then again, he did promised Jay to look out for her. But how could he if they're avoiding each other? No, he's not doing this for Jay. "Even a Zubat can see the two of us avoiding each other..." He's going to do this for the sake of his friendship with Vixie. He took another breath and exhaled quietly as he turned to look at her.
She still had her head turned, staring at nothing.
"Look, I'm sorry about what I said," whatever it was that he said. Now that he thought about it, what he said back then wasn't really that big of a deal. They were a thing before anyway... "...and you're one of my best friends, and it..." he looked down, and glared on the ground as he clenched his fists. "...i-it hurts me to a-avoid you, and you to avoid me, j-just because of what I said. I...I-I'm sorry if it made you feel awkward towards me." He then looked at her. He needed to stop himself from being surprised after seeing her finally looking at him with teary-eyes. "I really, really, really am sorry, Vixie..."
Vixie sobbed, once at least, and hung her head. She lifted a paw to wipe her tears off of her eyes as she took a deep breath. She held her breath as she took a few more seconds to calm herself down. Finally, she looked at him with a small smile.
Shock's heart almost skipped a beat. Finally, they coul—
The Vulpix breathed a bright and powerful train of fire, swallowing the Pikachu's face completely. After a few seconds, she stopped and glared at his blackened face.
"Just a warning if you ever think that dream of yours is going to happen."
Saur chuckled.
Shock coughed, twice. "...I'll...keep that in mind."
"Huh," I said as I walked alongside Saur. "So that's what happened?"
Saur just smiled as he walked, his gaze ahead where Fay, Shock and Vixie were having a lively chat. "Yes," was his simple answer.
I smiled as I looked at our friends who were walking ahead of us. "Well, it's nice to have my crazy friends back."
Saur nodded. "It's nice to see them back. Thanks, Jay."
"Buh?" I turned and blinked at him. "Whatever did I do?"
"For that favor you asked me."
I arched him an eyebrow. "You obviously will go and talk to them anyway."
Saur just nodded. "Yes, that's true. If you didn't ask me to do that favor, then I would talk to them. But the question though, is when."
"When?"
He shook his head. "I don't like going head to head with trouble, Jay." He turned and smiled at me. "If my friends are in danger, then I'll face it head on." He looked ahead. "But if the trouble is something like they had, then..."
"Eh... You have Fay to push you to help them, in case I'm around to ask you anyway."
"Maybe," Saur shrugged.
I rolled my eyes. "Damn... You're a pretty good downer, you know that?" I smiled as I looked ahead. "We should be happy that we have Shock and Vixie back. Fay is extra happy to see them. We should, too, right?"
Saur nodded. "...but for how long?"
"What?" I frowned as I turned to him.
"You're leaving soon, yes?"
I inhaled, and sighed through my nostrils, carrying the happiness out of my system... "You really are a downer..."
Saur shook his head. "Sorry... I just...like to look ahead. For preparation purposes..."
"Whatever..." I rolled my eyes and looked ahead. "I'm gonna concentrate on the present...for now, if you don't mind..."