Author Note.
I'm aiming for about fifty chapters in this story which means we are only ten chapters away from the end. Since this story was centred around the tournament the important part is already over so from now most of the plot is about Gothic being the Shadow Lord of Tamers, what that means, and preparing for what is to come. Possibly some filler too.
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Tamer Gothic – Book 2 – Shadow Lord
Part 40
Ranch. Outside Saffron City.
When I had been kid I'd dreamed of doing many things, of being many things. Far too many to remember, but one I did recall well enough was the idea of becoming a great detective like Sherlock Holmes or Batman who would solve great crimes, not rather mundane ones like; which little brother had stolen my Hot Wheels.
Now that I was living out that dream I was very disappointed. The case of the missing Succubus could have been thrilling but since I already knew who had done away with blasted Infernal then there really was no mystery. I was actually trying not to solve the crime. Which in many ways was a huge betrayal of both my inner child and of my duty as a Tamer.
"How can you see anything out here?" Jayden asked me as we walked around the ranch.
My eyes were green rather than blue right now as they changed colour when I employed darkvision. Not only did this Blood Gift allow me to see in even extremely low light levels. Also I could detect magical runes, at least when there were any to see.
"Anything?" asked a concerned Nikita as I examined the area for clues.
Thomas had done a good job. Our plan to get rid of a dangerous Infernal without anyone ever finding out she was dead was going well so far.
"Give me some more time to look around" I requested as I looked over the area 'the rape' had taken place.
I was looking for clues and I now I'd found one. A ripped piece of fabric that had come from Tom's t-shirt.
"That was done with claws" Jayden stated as I examined my find.
I had jurisdiction here as I was the the senior ranking Tamer in the area, which was ironic as out of all the Tamers around here I had been on the job for the least amount of time. Nikita had a couple of weeks on me. Jayden had an entire year. Tom had at least two years and Niki's father than been Tamers before any of his kids had even been born, which was more than twenty years ago.
However the owner of this ranch was retired and a breeder now which left me in charge of this investigation as I was the regional champion, and also I was the only Tamer here who wasn't in some way directly connected to the pokegirl who had committed the crime. Tom was the victim, Nikita had owned the poke and Jayden was suppose to have taken custody of the Infernal once his sister retired.
"Maybe" I said to my girlfriend's brother "It would fit with Tom's story".
His account of the incident was that he'd wandered off from the barn to take a piss, and he had been attacked by Naambah, who had then raped him before running away. That sounded more like the action of a Feral poke rather than Tame one, but Infernal types weren't exactly known for being well behaved. That was why I kept Callisto in her pokeball so much of the time.
The truth was that the demonic poke was dead, and most likely buried around here somewhere. I didn't know exactly what had happened as I hadn't been here, but the plan Thomas and I had come up with should have led to their being a corpse somewhere around here.
I was a little worried that Nikita's Tigeress would be able to sniff out the body, but so far she hadn't been able to pick up a trail that led to any evidence of death. There were too many scents around, which was to be expected what with this being a ranch.
"So she raped Tom at the tree line" I said as I looked about "Which explains why some of the grass here has been pressed down. She'd have been on top and he would have been pinned in place".
Jayden and Nikita seemed to be hanging on my every word.
"She uses him for her pleasure and that messes him up, which explains all those bruises and cuts he has. When its over she figures he's done for, and that she's in big trouble so she flies away" I then added.
At this point Jayden looked confused.
"Sure he's hurt, but he's not that messed up" the Tamer pointed out "So why didn't she finish him off?"
Thankfully I had an answer for that.
"Because he's paranoid" I started to explain "So he carries around this flask full of healing milk his alpha makes and that gave him the strength to get inside before he bleed to death . He's not one to give up either so if anyone could have dragged themselves back inside it would have been him
Jayden seemed to accept that as while Tom's Blood Curse didn't effect those of with strong Blood Gifts as badly as it did other people, it still had some effect so it was easy for the younger Tamer to see Thomas as a paranoid bloke who had just gotten lucky this time.
"But where is she?" Nikita then asked.
I shrugged and acted as if I didn't know have a clue as to what happened.
"She can fly" I pointed out "and she had time to get away. She could be anywhere by now".
As if summoned by the mention of flying, my winged poke Daphne landed on the soft grass and she turned back into her human form.
She was totally naked still, as she kept forgetting about putting on clothes, but this was hard to tell as she was black and it was really dark out here.
"I can't find her, Master" the dark type version of a Pegasus informed me.
Given that I had darkvision I would have been able to tell if the demonic pokegirl was nearby, or if I had failed then Kira would have spotted her by now. Not that there was anyone to find.
"If Raven's locater spell fails then we will have to accept that she'd fled the area" I was now saying.
"Which makes her look guilty" Jayden then remarked "If she didn't rape your buddy then she wouldn't have run away. That means she did it".
This was exactly what Tom and I had wanted people to think.
"Sorry, baby girl" I said to Nikita.
Personally I considered this all to be for the best, but seeing my girlfriend's face reminded me of how bad I had felt when I had lost my Pumura and the blasted demonic pokegirl had been in my girlfriend's harem a lot longer than my lost 'girl had been in mine.
"I can't find any trace" Kira said while making everyone jump.
Her ability to sneak around was really impressive. I was still using darkvision and even I hadn't seen her coming.
"Let's head inside and have another look around in the morning" I decided.
With that we headed back inside. It was late and I'd have a big meal so I wanted to get some sleep.
(Line Break)
Ranch. Outside Saffron City.
As I laid down on Nikita's bed I scrolled through my 'dex. I was looking for information on quite a few things, and now that I was back in civilization my hand held computer was finally connected to what passed for the internet around here so I plenty of messages to answer.
Most of my attention was focused on the upcoming Battle City, which was apparently Mr House's attempt to have a tournament much like the one the Traveller had just finished hosting. Normally only regions that eight or more gyms could have regional championships as a Tamer needed eight badges to take part in that event. However the Shadow Island Tournament had set a precedent that Mr House was now exploiting so that the Kanto Region could have its own tournament.
His was called Battle City because he was in the process of turning most of Thrill Town into a series of battlefields for Tamers. It would be like the Shadow Island Tournament only without the challenges from Gym Leaders, and it would use the more traditional structure of a championship. Which meant that the winner would face a Tamer who had also gotten past the semi-finals as well.
What made it different was that the Tamers would duel each other for Locator Cards that when put together made a map that led to were the semi-finals took place so even if a Tamer won every match he or she could that didn't guarantee them a place in the semi-finals. What mattered was getting as many Locator Cards as you could as quickly as possible if a Tamer took too long win enough matches then they'd be left out.
Mr House had wanted me to enter his contest even I had become the Shadow Lord of Tamers, but now that I had a fancy title that didn't actually mean much, he wanted me to come along and help run the event.
Which was rather appealing really as I wouldn't actually be competing. Instead of fighting or taking part in challenges my time would be spent making sure things ran smoothly and House wanted to me make some announcements. Also I would oversee the semi-finals and finals to make sure there was no cheating.
Not only would this be a nice change of pace for me it also made a lot of sense career wise as winning two regional championships wouldn't make much difference as you only needed to win one to order enter the King of Tamers contest and helping run an event like this would look good on my record. It would benefit me when it came time for the League to decided if I should be awarded the title of Harem-Master.
Given everything I'd done so far I doubted I'd be refused the honour when I got nominated, but on the other hand people sometimes had short memories and my nomination was still years away as no one got the title without spending at least two years as a Tamers. I had only been on the job for six months so it was important for me to keep updating my record with positive things that git the intention of important people.
Another thing that would help me get that title would be to become a more influential Tamer. It wasn't enough just to win prizes I had to be respected and well known enough for the League to want me to be Harem-Master.
To that end I planned to use my growing wealth. I was going to buy the island I'd seen during my visit to the future, and I was going to hire a company to build my fortress for me. Owning land was a big step and it would make me seem very successful.
Also I planned to finally form Team Gothic, the idea wasn't new it was just that it was hard to get approval to form Teams, as so many of had turned criminal organisations, and it wasn't cheap either. Another hurdle had been the lack of potential members, but now that I worked with some other Tamers that wasn't really a problem any more.
There were some other issues I needed to deal with as well. I'd gotten my hands on a Cabintoy, which was a type of pokegirls that didn't exist on the 'dex and therefore she needed to be studied by a pokegirl researcher. Thankfully I knew one and I could hand over the poke to him the next time I was in Pallet Town.
However I wasn't going to take every opportunity that I had been offered. An example of this was that a fancy school for Tamers had invited me to give a speech during a lecture about how to become a successful master of pokegirls. I was sure that it was an honour, but since my success had to do with luck and Legendary pokegirls that I couldn't tell anyone about, then it would be a very short and misleading speech.
"I am so tired" Nikita commented as she entered her bedroom.
From where I sat I looked up at her for a second and then I looked at her again as I was rather surprised by what I saw. Nikita normally wore dark clothing, even to bed, but this time she was in pink pjs and so was Amy. The cuteness of their outfits didn't really go with their hair as both of them had jet black hair with streaks in it. Amy's were blue and Niki's were red.
Also they were both carrying baby bottles full of milk, which was really strange and yet kind of adorable at the same time.
"Did you two decide to regress while I wasn't looking?" I inquired.
Like many girls Nikita had a few teddy bears lying around, but she'd never struck me as the little girl type. As for Amy she'd never even been a child.
"Oh this is my Mom's doing" she explained "She's baby crazy and lactating like crazy. So she brought Amy and me these clothes and it was either the bottles or going back to breastfeeding".
Her mother had been captured in a weird pokeball that had turned the pokewoman into a person obsessed with getting pregnant, that combined with being a milktit had clearly sent her maternal instincts into overdrive.
"You nearly got one too" Nikita then told me "But I told my Mom you only ever drink from Kara so you're safe".
That was good to know as while drinking breast milk was fine with me these days, drinking milk made by my girlfriend's mother was just a little too freaky for me.
"So do you know where we are going next? Amy asked she got into bed.
For once I didn't have a proper plan as I was getting fed up of planning things only for something to happen to mess up my. On the other hand I was in charge and we had to go somewhere as while we could hang around here for the time being I didn't want to stay in one place for to long.
I was a Tamer and it was my job go do things with pokegirls, be that stop them from hurting people or simply teaching them be useful members of society and that involved being on the move.
"Well I was going to check out the island I brought" I told Amy as she drank her milk "It's one of the Orange Islands so it won't take too long to get there. But I was thinking of just taking Niki since she didn't get to see the last island I visited".
A human woman might have been upset at this point but the pokegirl wasn't at all bothered.
"That makes sense" Amy said "You should go for the day, have a picnic".
Her idea had merit.
"I'd like that" stated my other girlfriend as she got into bed on the other side so that I was sandwiched between two young women.
"But if you're going to leave me here then I want sex now" Amy was now saying.
That idea also had merit.
"Do you mind if we do it?" I asked Nikita.
This was after all her bedroom and her bed, it would be rude to start humping if she wanted to sleep.
"As long as I don't have to do anything and I get my cuddles after. I don't mind" she replied
I reached towards Amy and began to take off her top while kissing her, but I just ended up exposing her breasts while she got rid of the one item of clothing that was between me and her cunt. Then I kissed her again, and she moaned into this kiss. After that she began to grind her hips onto mine, and that ensured that my member was standing at attention.
Soon I stopped kissing her lips and then went down to her breasts. I had started squeezing them and that got her nipples hard, so I took one in my mouth and sucked on it a little. She gasped and her breathing became much heavier as I did.
With my right hand, I tickled her stomach as I crept down until I reached her womanhood. I stuck one finger slightly inside her and she moaned. Then I rammed it all the way in, causing her to let out a squealing noise that was followed by some panting.
That was when I switched nipples, which I could tell she enjoyed. Then I tweaked both of her nipples and put my face in her crotch. She moaned out in pleasure and I stuck my tongue deep in her pussy.
I would have licked her out, but without warning she shoved me on my back and positioned herself over my manhood.
"I want cock, now!"
The she impaled herself on my and began to bounce on top of me. I was in heaven as she began to rotate her hips. Her eyes seemed to glaze over as she rode me, and when she leaned forward I kissed her
With my free hand, the one that wasn't on her hip, I smacked her ass, and she yelped in surprise as I couldn't hurt her doing this. When I remember that I started to do it a lot so as to satisfy my Blood Curse.
That was when I heard Nikita moan, and I saw that she was playing with herself while she had her eyes closed. Amy didn't like my attention being focused on someone else and she decided that bouncing up on top of me as if was the most fun thing in the world that anyone could ever do.
I almost came right there and then as Amy's moans became louder. She was screaming at that point, and I loved it, but I felt myself just about ready to blow.
"Babes I am gonna cum..." I told her.
Me saying that made her smile.
"Do it cum inside me!" she replied loudly.
I obliged her request and she came again then she shivered so hard it made me tingle, and after that she collapsed on top of me.
Meanwhile I tried to get control of my breathing and once I had managed to do that I pushed Amy of me and put her under the covers as while I liked her being close I wouldn't have been able to sleep with her lying on top of me.
Once I'd done that I was tackled by Nikita, and for a moment I was worried that she wanted sex too but she just grabbed me and held on.
"Cuddles now" she demanded.
Since I didn't have a choice in the matter I just held on to her and got as comfortable as I could. Clearly being away form her for so long had made her clingy, but I didn't mind.