NSO Chapter 16
I don't own Pokemon.
Warning: This chapter contains a lime.
The front door was already open when Cleo reached it, her mother and brother already on the front lawn, awaiting the newcomers. The family-sized car was now backing into the garage that was located beside the house, the three family members watching its progress.
Zenith groaned as he landed at the bottom of the stairs. In her excitement, Cleo had literally dragged Zenith out of her room and down the flight of stairs, somehow letting go of his paw in the process. Thanks to Dialga, Zenith managed to avoid hitting most of the steps, performing some sort of acrobatic manoeuvre down them. Exhausted from the sudden exertion of his body, he lay at the bottom of the stairs, panting heavily to catch his breath.
Bravo! Could have stuck the landing though. I'll give it a… 7 out of 10.
You know, I almost missed hearing your voice, and now I'm immediately taking that thought back.
While the two were squabbling indoors, a Glaceon and a Lucario just exited the garage to be immediately swarmed by three overly excited Eeveelutions, who began to welcome them with overzealous enthusiasm.
"Zoey, Julley! Nice to finally have you two over!"
"Big sis! You're finally here!"
"Hey there, Cliff! You've grown so much! You're no longer an Eevee anymore!"
"Yup! I'm a plant-type now!"
"You've grown a lot too, Julley. I remember when you video called me from your college hostel to ask for permission to date my daughter. You were only a Riolu!"
"You don't have to bring this up now, Mrs Torrent..."
"Oh! Right! My little Glaceon and her boyfriend must be tired out from the trip here. Let's show you two to your room."
"Mom…"
"Hush now, Zoey. You need your rest. Any luggage?"
"Two, actually. Is that a problem?"
"Not at all! Come on, let's get you two inside."
With that sentence, Janice Torrent pushed the front door open, to reveal Zenith, still lying at the bottom of the stairs. He was still resting there, clearing his head of spinning stars, and looked up when he heard the front door open once more.
Julley and the members of the Torrent family watched in dumbfounded silence as Zenith realised the situation he was in, and scrambled to stand up, almost falling over as tripped over his tail, trying to get to his feet.
"So..." Julley scratched the back of his head. "Introductions, anyone?"
Zenith had nothing to say, startled by the sudden arrival of new guests, and embarrassed by the first impression he gave them. Luckily, Cleo was there to come to his aid.
"Zoey, Julley, this is Zenith. Zenith, this is my sister, Zoey, and her boyfriend, Julley. Zenith's a friend from school."
"Hey there, Zenith." Julley bent down to shake paws with the shorter Umbreon. "I'd introduce myself, but I think you already know my name."
He seems like a pretty cool dude.
Meanwhile, Zoey gave Cleo a playful shove and whispered into her ear. "Wow, Cleo. Barely a few months in this new town, and you've already gotten yourself a boyfriend! He doesn't look half bad either. I admire your skill. It took me a year to get with Julley, and there were even a few failed attempts."
"He's not my boyfriend! We're just friends... classmates... and yet I feel something when I'm with him."
"That's called love at first sight, little sister."
Cleo was about to retort, but Janice pushed the two sisters away from each other.
"Zoey. Rest. Unpack."
As if on cue, Julley yawned, trying but failing to stifle it. "Yeah. I've been driving for about five hours straight. So if you excuse me..." And with that, Julley grabbed both luggage that were set on the floor and sprinted up the staircase. There was a moment of silence, before the Lucario's voice could be heard again. "So which room is ours?"
"The one on the far right!" Zenith shouted back up.
"Thanks, bro! Good luck with Cleo!" There was silence once more after the sound of a door opening, then closing.
"Well, I'm going to rest up too. We can paint the door later." It was Zoey's turn to retreat into her new room, trying to escape the awkward atmosphere that Julley had unknowingly created through his reply.
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Zoey opened the door to her room, to see Julley already opening his luggage and removing the things in it. She raised an eyebrow at him, and he replied with a quizzical look. "What?"
The Glaceon laughed at her boyfriend's obliviousness to what he had caused downstairs. "Sometimes, do you even think before you speak?" She opened up her own luggage and began to unpack her things as well.
Julley's face flushed red under his blue fur as he tried to picture the scene that was playing out below his feet, feeling guilty at his poor choice of words.
"Whoops... anyway, what do you think of Zenith?"
"He seems fine, at first glance. He's a shy Pokemon, but I sense that he's greater than what he lets on. I have no objections if he wants to date Cleo."
"I guess I have to agree with you on that. You always have a knack of figuring people out fairly well. But did you completely miss out the fact that he was a 'Shiny'?"
Zoey's jaw dropped as her brain brought back up her encounter with the Umbreon. Only now she remembered the light blue rings and bands that Zenith had, which had completely slipped her mind for some unknown reason.
"Oh yeah... but there's something off about him." Zoey had retrieved her various pieces of clothing, and was placing them in one of the many drawers that were found in her closet, which was next to Julley's.
"Really? How so?" Julley walked over to his own closet, and started to do the same thing, but he had used clothes hangers instead of folding.
"Did you see his eyes? They were red. Normally, shiny Umbreons have orange eyes." Zoey had finished packing her clothes, closing the cupboard door to look at Julley for his thoughts.
"That's... strange all right. Anyway, I think Zenith's gonna ask Cleo out first." Julley closed his cupboard door as well, looking back at the Glaceon.
"Well, I think Cleo's going to ask first." Zoey took one step closer to the Lucario.
"Let's bet on it." Julley took one step closer as well, bending over a little so that he was still taller than Zoey, but their muzzles were almost touching.
"Bet accepted." Zoey tilted her head upwards, giving Julley a quick peck on the lips to seal the deal, before returning to her luggage to unpack more things.
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Back in the living room, the awkwardness that hung in the atmosphere had been dissipated by Janice heading back into the kitchen, announcing that she would 'prepare a feast fit for six people', which Zenith took as confirmation that he would be staying for dinner. Cliff, oblivious to everything that was going on, had plopped himself on the couch in the middle of the living room, watching cartoons. The remaining two Eeveelutions had retreated back into Cleo's room, where Zenith was trying to help the Vaporeon prepare for the exams.
"I have no idea why you want me to start revising so early. I already know all this, and exams are ages away."
"Next week's the last week of school, followed by a week of holidays, then the exams start immediately after we come back from school. Two weeks is not 'ages'!"
"Sheesh, Zenith. Calm down. I get it. Stop being so paranoid."
She's right, Zenith. Both of you are more than capable right now to pass with flying colours. You really have to chill on the subject of exams.
Did you just see into the future?
...maybe.
"I guess you're right. We're already well prepared. Let's stop revising for now and try to enjoy the rest of the weekend."
Trying to change the subject, Zenith walked over to the giant tub of water. "So... what do you use this for?"
"I use it to practice my control over water! Wanna see?" Cleo responded in relief, thankful for the chance to get out of studies. She sat on her bed again, textbooks long forgotten on her desk she had been sitting at moments ago.
"Sure." Zenith stepped away from the tub, resuming his original sitting spot on the bamboo floor, making sure that he had a good view of the large blue plastic container.
Cleo stared at the water in the tub. Despite her brows furrowed in focus, pride was clearly visible on her features. "Since my molecules have a similar composition to water molecules, not only can I morph into water, but I can control it as well. I don't try to explain how this works. Basically, I can control the water with my mind, but it requires a lot of concentration. I'm still practicing." The water started to rise from the tub and hung in the air, a giant, colourless, translucent sphere.
Zenith watched as the sphere of water rippled for a moment, then a life-sized Zenith leapt out of it, leaving the sphere smaller than before. The real Umbreon stared in amazement as his water counterpart pranced around him in midair, extending a paw to touch it as it leapt past him. The water rippled as his paw ran through its flank, but the water Zenith didn't seem fazed in the slightest. It continued its circling around the room, before leaping back to stand beside the smaller water sphere, tilting its head to look at it, as if waiting for something to happen.
There was a small pause before the rest of the water sphere moulded itself into a life-sized figure of Cleo. It looked exactly like her, every detail spot on, which made sense. The real Cleo was technically 'made' of water herself. The water-Cleo started to run around the entire room, and water-Zenith gave chase. Zenith was looking at the scene before him in awe, which made the Vaporeon that was looking at him chuckle at his expression.
As Cleo concentrated, her gaze was slowly starting to shift over to the Zenith, the Umbreon's glowing blue rings and bands attracting her eyes to look at his arms and legs. They were somewhat muscular, and were nice to look at, in Cleo's opinion. Zenith had no idea what was going on beside him, still engrossed by the water-Pokemon, which were now starting to play a game of tag.
Cleo's eyes wandered over Zenith once again, taking in the Umbreon fully. The mental strain from the hydrokinesis made it easier for her mind to drift, and her thoughts started to become a bit more... lewd.
Warning
The lime starts here. If you feel uncomfortable with reading texts containing slightly sexual content, feel free to scroll down until you see underlined, bold words.
While Zenith watched, the water-Zenith before him leapt forward, landing on top of water-Cleo and pinning her to the floor of the room. From there, he began to lick the neck of water-Cleo vigorously. Since the water-Pokemon had no vocal cords, they were incapable of producing sound, but judging from the realistic expression on water-Cleo's face, she was clearly enjoying whatever was being done to her. Without looking away from the scene, Zenith reached out with a paw and prodded the Vaporeon that was sitting above him.
Oh, this is good. But I think I have to intervene before things get out of hand.
Cleo was snapped out of her staring session by a series of gentle, but frantic nudges by the Pokemon she was ogling, followed by some rapid pointing towards the floor. Confused, she turned to look, and almost died from a combination of shock and embarrassment as she realised what she had been doing. By now, water-Zenith was locking lips with her water counterpart, flipping her over onto her back as he was doing so. There was a tiny tingle in the corner of Cleo's mind telling her to stop controlling the water, but it was easily overpowered by her own imagination, which was out of control. She was losing a battle against her own mind, and since this took her full concentration, she was unable to move her limbs or speak, only breathe and watch as her brain wreaked havoc on whatever relationship she had with Zenith. She tried to look to the Umbreon for help, but he seemed enraptured by the show in front of him and did not notice the frantic gazes that Cleo was shooting at him.
Water-Zenith was now slowly trailing kisses down water-Cleo's body, making her squirm. It was hard to tell what water-Cleo was feeling just from her expression, but it seemed to be a mixture of pleasure and happiness. He advanced lower and lower, and Cleo knew what part of her water-self he was aiming for if she let this continue. She couldn't let that happen. Not in front of Zenith. Concentrating as hard as she could, she tried to break through her imagination, to form the water back into a sphere.
At the same time, an unknown voice shouted inside her head.
SNAP OUT OF IT!
The loudness and suddenness of the voice stunned Cleo's mind for a while, leaving it blank for a moment as it tried to regain its bearings. On the floor, the two water-Pokemon froze, water-Zenith's tongue just mere millimetres away from its target, before they lost their shapes, merging back together to splash onto the floor, Cleo not controlling the water anymore. Since the water-Pokemon were now gone, Cleo's mind was clear once again. She concentrated once more for the water on the wooden floor to form the sphere once more, which she sent flying back into the tub, where it landed with a splash. The noise snapped Zenith out of his own daze. He shook his head, trying to comprehend what he had just witnessed. Cleo slumped back on her bed, mentally exhausted.
Lime ends here.
There was a knock at the door, and Julley poked his head into the room. "Hey guys, Mrs Torrent says-"
He broke off as he noticed Zenith staring back at him, a dazed-stunned look on his face, and Cleo was laying on her bed, looking at the ceiling, panting heavily.
"Uh, yeah. Mrs Torrent says dinner will be ready in five minutes. Okay, bye!" He quickly closed the door, walking back to his room, confused but determined not to find out what had just happened.