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Chap. 27 Pre-Tests

Once she had been well-fucked by not only Morpheus, but Cock, with Lingus licking her clean afterward, and then filled by Elle's new Diglett- who uses his head of all things to mate with her- and then Kole, too, the Mankey had woken up confused, but far less angry. In fact, it had started moving its ball-head-body thing back against the Growlithe as it humped her, and when Kole knotted inside her, the Mankey had cooed and sighed in bliss for several minutes before passing out again.

It was just after that when Elle prodded Alex in the ribs with a stiff finger and hissed, "Pokéball, dummy. Catch it while it's helpless!"

It had been almost painfully easy, and, when he let the Mankey go early the next day, she was as docile as could be, even if she kept giving Elle's Growlithe doe-eyes. She even willingly participated in training with the other Pokémon, which made Alex's opinion of her rise sharply. He wasn't yet sure if he would keep the once-violent Pokémon on his team, but she should be quite useful going up against the Steelworks. Like Diglett, his quick check into his newest Pokémon's statistics revealed her to be something of a glass cannon, but she still hit hard and fast (as the bruises both he and his Pokémon sported could attest), and had a little more staying power as a Fighting-type than the mole Pokémon did.

Overall, for what was essentially a pure-offense battler, it suited his team pretty well in that it complemented his weakness but wasn't overly weak where his team was strong.

And it made him a lot more confident about going up against the first two Gyms they hoped to conquer, after their brutal defeat at The Underground.

"We have gained about ten levels across the board since then," Elle pointed out during their lunch on the second full day of training. Every one of their Pokémon, both battlers and non-combatants, were out at the moment, snacking on a variety of Poképellets and the human-type scraps Elle occasionally tossed them from her own meal. "Some of our Pokémon, like our starters, have gained almost fifteen. And our teams are better planned. I think we should do it."

"Me too," Alex admitted, though a bit more thoughtfully than his partner's exuberant attitude, "I mean, if worst comes to it, we'll know roughly how much further we need to go to get our first badge. But honestly, we walk all over the majority of the Trainers we see. I know, they're NPCs, and we haven't really tested ourselves against other players yet, but come on- some of them seem like total morons, and yet I see them with a Badge or two. It can't be that hard."

"I know- that one girl that was arguing with the Pokémart salesman this morning? Idiot, but she had a Badge, too. Tried to flash it at him, like it was a threat or something."

"Some people... a little bit of power, and they let it go to their heads."

"Heh... I've got something else that can go to your head, but after we train a bit. You about done eating?"

"Yeah," Alex grunted, then gave his companion a side-eye, "Not that I'd say no at this point, but- you really are insatiable, you know that?"

"You still love it."

"... Not arguing that. Come on, let's get back to it. Mankey, you ready to go? I want to see more Low Kicks and Karate Chops- let's say a hundred each on that last big tree. Extra treats if you can knock it down by the end!"

Within a minute, their battlers were hard at work once more, practicing their newest moves until they had them down pat. The last day and a half had already done wonders. Not only had their two Water-types gotten Aurora Beam down, but Cock had gotten his accuracy with Dig down to a science as well. Elle had gotten to the point where she could stand to look at her own new capture, the Sandshrew Mankey had used like a soccer ball to pummel their team, but she still hadn't done more than feed it since picking the thing up from the PMC that morning.

It kind of worried Alex that she might neglect it due to her own issues with the Sandslash she had killed, but he maintained some hope she would be able to work through the issues before too long. The poor thing seemed lonely and a bit forlorn, lost without either its own family (if it had one) or a Trainer who actively wanted to take care of it.

Wherever Pokémon went inside the 'balls, she had spent most of the morning there, and been returned pretty soon after eating.

Still, by the end of the second day of training, Alex was even more confident. Their other new moves might take some more time to learn, but after the way both his and Elle's teams had worked together to handle the rampaging Mankey that now seemed loyal to both of them (and deferred to Morpheus as much as Alex, which was a bit weird but not unexpected- he'd probably hypnotized her to do that, the cunning thing), he thought they would both do alright in their respective first Gyms.

They still spent a full third day training, before both he and Elle decided they needed to run a few more quick tests before challenging either of their second Gyms for what they hoped would be their first Badges.

Battle against another Trainer, and then going up against each other.

So, at ten in the morning on what the in-game clock called Thursday, the two made a quick stop at the Pokémart to refill some of their Potions and kibble for their teams, then headed back south to the Training Field just outside Pewter City.

It was a quiet morning when they got there, with high, wispy cirrus clouds and brisk morning air, with a healthy breeze coming down from the nearby mountains that was barely countered by warm, direct sunlight. "Huh, it turns out seasons are real in the game," Elle pointed out as they walked further into the wide, semi-maintained field, casually scrolling through her 'gear as she often did to satisfy one curiosity or another.

"Okay, why wouldn't they be?"

"I don't know," Elle shrugged lightly, "I just sort of assumed it'd follow the other games, where a given region has X weather all the time, but if you move to another area..."

"It's been a long time since that's happened, though, at least five generations."

"Still. I grew up on the old stuff, remember? Like Gen One-Forty."

Alex laughed at his partner as they casually strolled further in, flanked by their Starters and, in this case, Kole and Lingus, with the rest in their respective balls on their belts. "You're sounding ancient all of a sudden, Elle. Besides, you haven't grown up yet, remember?"

"Details," the blonde waved off his argument with a snicker of her own, "not important. Anyway... looks like we're about a month from officially being Autumn, so Winter kicks off about four months from now."

"With any luck we can spend that on a tropical island," Alex chuckled, "or somewhere near the southern coast. I don't mind the cold, but a nice vacation in a warm place every couple of years sounds nice."

Elle nodded eagerly, "I don't mind snow from inside. I like looking at it, but I hate being cold."

"Don't worry- Kole and I can keep you warm," Alex teased, "Hey- look, a Trainer."

"Just an NPC though."

"No, not her, him, the guy she's talking to."

The two walked up to the other pair, to find the girl slowly stroking the exposed member of the player character, who had his eyes closed in bliss. "Are you sure this is enough payment? I did lose, after all."

"It's enough this time," the young man, who was probably in his low twenties like Alex, answered the dark-haired, ponytail-wearing girl in white skirt and green shirt with a jacket over it. "If you lose again, I'm totally asking for more."

"Awesome. Are you ready to battle again, then?"

"She's really begging for it," Elle giggled, and the man opened his eyes in surprise. She calmed him quickly, though. "Don't mind us, we're about as open about that shit as you can get. But when you cum, would you mind battling one of us? We're trying to get some practice against actual Trainers before we do a Gym."

The boy, who was red-faced as he glanced at first Alex, and then Elle, swallowed, then nodded. "S- Sure. Either one, I g- guess. Sorry, I- I can stop."

"Nah," Alex laughed, not bothering to look at the other young man as he kept scanning the field for other players. It would be nice if there were convenient floating tags that hovered over them on request, but he'd not yet found a command, either verbal or on the holo-screen input of his 'gear, to make it do that. He had only identified the woman as an NPC based on her fairly standard outfit, and the man as a regular Trainer because he wore clothes more suitable to the Mega-Cities than this game's occupants did. "We really don't care. It's not like I haven't already gotten a blowjob from Elle this morning. Don't worry, I'm barely even paying attention, and that's only so I know when I can look. You aren't my type. She might be..."

The black-haired NPC giggled, "Thanks. We can battle after I make him cum, but I'm out of money so..."

Elle grinned past the NPC at Alex, "He'll happily take alternative payment, won't you?"

He could only smile, "I guess, if that's what's needed. Maybe we'll even let your friend watch, if he wants." Then he turned to the man himself, "What's your name? And you don't mind if Elle watches, right? I'm Alex."

"Ch- Chris."

"Good to meet you. You enjoying the game so far?"

"Y- Yeah... fuck, I can't believe you're still jerking me off in public like this."

Elle giggled, then moved so she was a bit closer, then reached out to rest a hand on the black-haired woman's shoulder, looking down between them while she switched to using both hands to stroke the human avatar. "It's pretty hot, right? We were already experimenting a bit before that meeting, but after Maline Greengrass showed us on the screen and told everyone to do 'whatever we wanted'... well, we started doing more."

"M- More? I mean, I've, uh, been with a few of the girls in the game, but... what... what are we talking about?"

"Sucking our Pokémon's cocks, fingering the girls, that kind of thing- that Lickitung of Alex's has gone down on both of us, too, and he gets sucked off by my Bellsprout almost every day."

The man's eyes widened, "Your Pokémon? I thought that was... like, only for freaks and weirdos."

"If they are," Alex replied casually, "then GameFreak wants us to be freaks and weirdos. They're basically shoving it in our faces all the time.

"That's why all the NPCs are DTF pretty much," Elle added, gesturing between he and the woman. "They want us to get laid, have a lot of fun. We're supposed to be testing the adult aspects of the game, after all. That's what the closed Beta is for."

"That's... it makes sense," the man grunted, and Alex noticed he was watching Elle as much as the woman giving him a hand-job. He could have been offended, but decided not to bother. It wasn't like Elle was going to fuck him, or like he had any real claim if she decided to. Well, that and he did take her at her word that she wanted him first, and may or may not be exclusive afterward. It wasn't like he could expect her to be if he wasn't, it just wouldn't be fair. As much as he wanted her to himself.

… Though thinking of Kole knotting in her, or Surtr ravaging her tight pussy with his Ponyta dick was definitely contributing to some tightness in his own pants.

"You- you fuck your Pokémon too?"

"It's hot," Elle shrugged, "at least, I think so. Isn't it, sexy?"

Her question was directed at the black-haired NPC, who turned scarlet, but didn't say anything.

Elle giggled, "See? She's totally done it with one of her Pokémon. It's fine, no one's gonna judge you. And if they do, fuck 'em. Maybe literally."

"Wow," the man whispered, his eyes wide as he looked at how casually Elle was discussing, well, what she was.

"I know," Alex chuckled, turning back to watch for a bit. He wasn't really a fan of seeing a guy's dick, but he consoled himself with the fact that it was basically like watching porn anyway. Only this was live, and Elle was watching it with him. Or acting in it, since he had turned just in time to see Elle slide around the girl, who was a bit taller than her, and watch around her arm while she continued to jerk Chris off. Then her hands slipped underneath the other woman's, and cupped her round, firm tits over the shirt.

The girl cooed and sighed, "That's... ooh, that's nice. It's been a long time since I've had a girl touch me, and it's kinky doing it out here, when I'm jerking off someone else. But you haven't beaten me in a battle yet, baby."

"I'm just helping him cum faster," Elle told her, "making it more exciting- and making sure you're distracted when you fight Alex."

"Ooh, I- I see," she whispered back, then turned her head awkwardly to kiss Elle's lips.

Seeing that got Alex's proverbial motor running full-power. He'd always been a fan of girl on girl, and having her fondle the still-unnamed NPC while they made out and she jerked the other player's dick was a huge turn-on.

It seemed to be too much for Chris too, who blew his load all over the girl's skirt and hand a moment later with a loud, long grunt. "Fuck, that... that was sexy as hell," he said.

Elle grinned as she pulled away, then lifted one of the girl's hands and brought the fingers to her mouth, where she stared at Chris as she siphoned away all the semen there with her own orifice. "I agree. Too bad I promised Alex he'd be the first and only to have me- I'm really fucking horny right now. But fighting first. Let's go, Chris- you and me."

"Er- Oh- okay. Already?"

"No time like the present," Alex told him, then looked to the NPC, who was copying Elle in licking the semen from her other fingers, and pulling what she could from her skirt. "Let's go over there, gorgeous, and when I beat you I can give you what Chris didn't want to."

"I just like to build up to it, okay," the other man protested.

Alex chuckled, "Don't worry about it, man, I'm not giving you shit, just pointing out that you were good with the hand-job for now. But as long as Elle doesn't mind, I'm totally gonna give you more. What's your name?"

"R- Riina."

"Pretty name for a pretty girl. Come on."

Elle grinned as she watched Alex lead the other girl, her hands still sticky from both her own and Elle's saliva and this Chris guy's cum, but she and the man in question stayed more or less where they were. She started walking back first, and was about half-way across the trimmed area with its faint paint-lines when she called, "Hey, we gonna battle, or what?"

Chris, who was watching both her and the others as they moved away, jumped. "R- Right. Sorry!"

Elle waited until the other man, her opponent, was ready before tossing out the Pokémon she would be starting with, "Go, Nike!"

As the Pidgey appeared in its customary flare of silver-white light, her opponent sent out his own first, which happened to be a Marill. She grinned at the small round water mouse, but secretly hoped he didn't have an Ice move like Aurora Beam to ruin her day early. She had the cash, and if she were honest with herself wouldn't mind giving a bit of a favor to the handsome man, but she really did want to save it for Alex. "Alright, Nike- start it off with a Gust, then follow it up with a Quick Attack!"

"Marill, Bounce up high!"

While the blue spherical Pokémon did indeed bounce several times on its springy tail before launching itself a dozen or more feet in the air, Elle only laughed, "Won't work, scrub! Pidgey isn't just a Flying-type, Gust is a Flying move!"

As the ball inevitably came back down, the strong burst of wind from her first Flying-type smashed across it, and sent it off-course to land in a tumbling roll half-way across the field. "Damn it, get up, Marill! If it can still hit you in the air, then just stay down and blast it with your cute Charm!"

Elle scowled as the (admittedly cute) little thing gave doe-eyes to her Pidgey, and scowled as it faltered before delivering up on the Quick Attack she'd already ordered. Technically, she had not followed the rules by issuing two commands, but she had not told her Pokémon to do it directly, only to use that as its next move, and she knew full well her Pokémon could identify the difference between a wild battle, and when where she faced another Trainer.

She was far from out of ideas, though. "Charm might work, but it won't stop me from beating you, Chris. Nike, Sand Attack, then hit him with a Quick Attack again!"

"Marill's a she, thanks," Chris pointed out, "and don't let it- aww, crap! Sorry, Marill, that's my fault, but you don't have to wait for me to tell you to dodge! Come on, kid, up you get. I know it stings, but we can wash it out soon. Try and get the bird with a Bubble Beam, okay?"

One jet, two, then three lashed out over several seconds, while the blonde's Pidgey sent a second and third wave of sand blasting past the ground-bound Water-type. It was covered in dust, aside from where its tears caused streaks of mud to run down its round belly and face, within moments, but somehow, it was just blinded enough by the irritants and its own tears that her graceful Pidgey was able to dive, twist, and roll out of the way of each beam.

Her luck didn't hold out forever, though. The fourth hit Nike square in the chest, and sent it spinning, drenched, through the air before it recovered, about fifty feet lower than it had been. "Don't lose heart, Nike, you can still win! Use Quick Attack some more!"

It had bled off a lot of momentum when the Bubble Beam struck it, but her Pidgey was still among the fastest Pokémon around, and it took only a few seconds more to build up sufficient speed for a dive-bomb that made Elle's heart falter. She simply wasn't sure her brave little bird would be able to pull out in time.

It struck the Marill like a rocket, and this hit, only the second she'd landed that did any real damage, sent the Marill bouncing and rolling completely out of the field.

"Tch, that's one down," Chris admitted, "Your Pidgey's pretty tough- last time I hit a Flying-type with a Bubble Beam like that, it knocked 'em clear out of the air."

"Thanks," Elle sent back, "but I'll trade out too- I don't want to spend all night in the PMC getting them treated. We're trying for one or two of the Gyms tomorrow, so we want to be well rested."

"Awesome. I have the Skybound Badge myself- I tried The Steelworks, but I got creamed just like that lady in The Underground did to me. I might just move on soon, and try a Gym more suited to my team. In the meantime... next, I'll use... Natu!"

Elle grinned, she knew that Pokémon. It was both famous and infamous as among the fastest Psychics, since it shared the Flying-type as well, and could hit quite hard. Aside from looking adorable, its evolution was considered one of the coolest looking Psychics, too, and had been popular for over a century and a half because of it. And she had an answer for it, too.

More than one, in fact, but she wouldn't be sending out Morpheus. Instead... "Loki, I choose you next. Get on out there."

"Is that... is that a Gastly? I love Ghost-types," Chris whispered as he acknowledged the faint ball of shadowy mass.

"I do too, at least this one," Elle told him. "This should be a short match-up either way, since we both have strengths against the other. Right?"

"R-Right. I hope I last longer, though. It's kind of embarrassing when you finish too soon..."

Elle tried to ignore the double entendre, but could not quite keep herself from giggling as she ordered, "L- Loki, knock that bird out with a quick Sucker Punch!"

She had kind of been expecting it, but her Gastly did indeed to the maneuver by engulfing his whole body in shadowy Dark-type energy, then flew straight through the Psychic bird. The Natu squawked in pain and discomfort, and Chris frowned. "Damn, not used to people being faster than my little guy. It's alright, Natu, you can hit her with Ominous Wind next!"

Elle grimaced, then cried out in alarm as what looked like blue-white wisps of fire appeared in the far distance, soaring- no, streaking through the sky, leaving trailers of black mist behind them as they covered the area, focusing mostly on her side of the battlefield. The flames ripped and tore at Loki's mass, and the shadows tugged some of his own dark shapes away. "Tch... a Ghost-Type move from a Psychic, I should've known- not that a Psychic move wouldn't be super effective anyway. You still alright, Loki?"

"Gas!" it cried, unusually loudly, which she took as a sign of anger.

"Alright, then, Hypnotize it! Once it's asleep, you can pummel it with more Sucker Punches until it's out!"

Unfortunately, it was not to be. While she did indeed succeed in putting the Natu out, and got him with one Sucker Punch, the nightmare that must have caused woke the bird up, and a second, reflexive Ominous Wind sent Loki spiraling into mist and her Pokéball, moments before she feared her Starter would be killed for good. Elle sighed. "Damn, that's a tough Natu you have too. What Battle Rank is he?"

"He's my highest," Chris told her blushing a little at the praise, "I caught him a few weeks ago, and he nearly took out my whole team, but it was so worth it. I was hoping he would be enough to challenge the Steel Gym, but they wore him out too quick. I'll be fair and swap out, like you did."

"No, keep him in," Elle suggested, but Chris shook his head.

"It's only fair. I'll use... Vulpix, next!"

"Fine, I'll show you why 'fair' isn't always, then. If you're using Fire, I have to go with... Squirt!"

This time, he seemed to catch the joke of her Horsea's name, because Chris blushed.

Thankfully, this battle was shorter. Her type advantage ruined any real chance the Vulpix had, and after unleashing no Embers but a pair of Quick Attacks, the dual Bubble Beams she had sent back his way had left his fox Pokémon limping and drenched, clearly anything but eager to keep fighting.

His Pikachu was next, and for this one Elle had a clear answer. One of the only Pokémon faster than the electric mouse was Diglett, and since her own glass cannon was all-but immune to Electric moves, the fight was over in seconds.

The fact that her Diglett could use Bulldoze and Magnitude just made the fight end that much faster.

Chris was left shaking his head as he pulled out one more ball. "This is my Starter. She's really close to evolving, and I'm hesitant to use her... you're already beating me pretty soundly. But I also don't want her to miss out on the chance for another battle, because she clearly enjoys it. So... go, Maven!"

With that name, Elle expected something like a Murkrow. What she got, what she had sent Kole out against, was an adorable, fluffy ball of cuteness with long ears and a poofy tail. "An- an Eevee?"

"I heard it's the second most common starter," Chris shrugged, "simply because it's used in so many evolutions, but... I haven't seen that many myself. She has one, though."
"She's an NPC, they follow different rules I think," Elle answered after she followed his opponent's finger to where Alex's Larvitar was thrashing a Spearow with repeated uses of its recently-mastered Rock Slide, pelting it with stones mid-air.

"E- Either way... We should finish this. Maven, start off with a Quick Attack, then use Baby-Doll Eyes to slow her down!"

"Flame Wheel first, then use a Reve- no, use Bite!"

The fight very quickly devolved into both Pokémon biting and gnawing at each other in a tangle of fur, both brown and red-orange, that Elle could barely follow. Chris had said that the Natu was a higher level than his Starter- which she knew was possible, since their own Starters had just recently caught up to Kole and Surtr- but the Eevee was a fierce thing. Despite being less than half Kole's mass, it was quick, and dodged and rolled out of the way of her larger Pokémon's fangs with amazing dexterity. Even when Kole did get a spark-filled mouth on the Eevee's tail or once, neck, she quickly dashed out of the way anyway, countering with a blast of energy that resembled flashing, burning shooting stars. Swift, Chris had called it.

Whatever it was, it plastered Kole with unerring precision every time, and even if it didn't hit particularly hard, it was starting to wear down her canine.

Not fast enough, however. About ten minutes in, her larger dog was still going strong, when the more energetic, smaller Eevee was starting to pant, gasping for air. But Kole didn't let up, and neither did she. "That's it, Kole- a bit further! You can probably finish it off with one Takedown!"

Somehow, despite its exhaustion, the little Eevee dodged at the last second, sending Kole skidding through the dirt.

Maven hissed and spat, and Chris cheered on his starter, "You can do it! Keep it up, sweetie!"

His luck, unfortunately for him, changed there. The next attempt caught his Starter dead-on, and while Kole still got a Swift to his sensitive snout for his trouble, as the two tumbled and rolled in a fury of claws and fangs, it was her Growlithe that ended up on top, pinning the smaller Pokémon to the grassy field, which was scorched and torn up just from this one fight.

Chris sighed, "That's it, come back, Maven. You did great, we just need- need- a little... Maven? Uh... what's...?"

Elle gaped, and even from the next field over, she heard Alex and Riina's cries of surprise and happiness. "She's evolving," the blonde shouted, jumping for joy herself. It was supposed to be an amazing thing to watch a Pokémon evolve.

If anything, she decided after the fact, it looked... painful. Eevee didn't change much, but despite it being daytime, as she nearly doubled in size, Maven's fur shortened and darkened, becoming sleek and hide-bound, with golden rings as her eyes went from soft brown to a brilliant, ruby red. "An Umbreon... wow, it's so pretty!"

"Wow, Umbreon... Maven, it's amazing! I always hoped you'd be an Umbreon, but during the day! That's awesome! Good job, sweetie!"

Elle celebrated with him for several minutes before accepting her reward of funds, then left the young man to his own devices as she made her way over to watch the rest of Alex and Riina's interrupted fight.

Even if 'the rest' was just Cock using Dig for the first time in a battle to half-bury the girl's own Eevee, which made her surrender as well with a red face. "I... I suppose you'll, um, have to take payment another way, r- right?"

Alex laughed, and sent a quick salute to Elle, "If my partner doesn't mind watching, or mind me doing it at all, I'd be happy to accept alternative payment."

"Doesn't mind?" Elle giggled, "I want to watch you fuck that slut hard, Alex."

"Awesome. Take it off, Riina. Everything. Right here."

"Y- Yes, sir..."