Romances of the Pokemon World

by The Imperator 2 you

The world of Pokemon is vast, and in this vast world, stories of individuals can be found and told, some are of great challenges and even greater problems. But some can be small and subtle, and others are romantic. In a world where Pokemon and Humans live together, unions can be found, but are they forbidden, or is there another word for it? Rated M, for Lemons

20. Primarina (F) Pt 2

=From the Author=

=Schoolwork sucks, and I thank everyone who has commented, reviewed, sent me ideas, suggestions, concepts and ideas for my various lemon stories. I'm super grateful to everyone who has followed and fav'd my stories here, I put so much effort into each story so that each couple, whether its m/f or f/m or even m/f/f pairings feels like a true romance, and not some 1 time gig a trainer did with their Pokemon.=

=But enough of that, time for part 2=

There is something wondrous about having someone precious to us who has been with you their entire life, and that is because that individual, in all of the world, will never judge you for 'who' you are no matter what 'you' see yourself as~

= The Cure for Medicine (Pt 2) =

= Human (Jeremy) / Pokemon Primarina (Kailani) =

(Jeremy's PoV)

-Clop clop, Clop clop, Clop Clop-

Jeremy paid little attention to the sound of Rufus' hooves pattering down the dark path to the Ruins of Hope, a place that most people avoided unless they had business there with either the Island Kahuna Hapu, or the island Guardian deity, Tapu Fini. He just so happened to have business with Tapu Fini, but unlike what others had with the island deity, he was going there to speak to the deity about curing him.

He was very tired, lethargic, his stomach felt bloated even though he hadn't eaten nearly that much, and he was very quiet as Rufus trotted onward. He had taken his medicine earlier, like every day, only twice today so far, and this was how he had been for nearly every day for the last two years.

Nebby didn't return that morning when he had woken up to resume his and his team's journey to the ruins, so he assumed that Nebby was still waiting for them at the ruins themselves. They had been walking all day to the ruins, as he expected the night before, it had taken them all day to reach the ruins, and the sun had just begun to dip below the horizon. Still the trip had been worth it, they had reached the Ruins of Hope, home to Tapu Fini.

He just hoped the legendary had been successful in convincing the Tapu to speak to him about his problem. The Tapu Pokemon were notorious for being fickle, faint of heart, and above all unreliable when it came to speaking with them. Even Tapu Lele, the kindest of all four island deities, was hard to pin down with her personality.

But Tapu Fini was by far the most cautious of them all, not nearly as isolationist as Tapu Bulu, or as fickle and battle loving as Tapu Koko, Tapu Fini preferred to test those who wished to meet with it for any reason. The dense fog of Tapu Fini had turned many people away, unable to withstand the fog's effects or even get through it.

*I just hope Nebby managed to convince Tapu Fini to see me worthy of an audience…* He thought privately as he and Rufus came to the Tapu Statues, marking the entrance to the Ruins of Hope's location.

"Nnnngh…" Rufus neighed as he slowed down, getting his attention.

He looked up and saw Nebby was floating above the staircase leading to the Ruin entrance, smirking happily as he and Rufus entered the Ruins.

"Hey Nebby." He said as Rufus trotted toward the edge of the staircase. "Did you talk to Tapu Fini?"

"Keeeieeee!" Nebby called out proudly as it floated down so that it was on eye level with him.

He breathed a sigh of relief, Nebby had succeeded in getting the Tapu to listen to him. "Thank goodness, I just hope Tapu Fini can help me…" He said before Nebby stopped him and Rufus from proceeding forward. "What's wrong?"

"Kieeeaaaeeei!" Nebby cooed to him, before glancing down at Rufus, and from him to the Pokeballs on his belt.

Then he shook his head ever so slightly, still wearing that smirk. Nebby's message was clear to him, he was permitted to speak to Tapu Fini, but he had to go into the Ruins of Hope alone, without his Pokemon to accompany him.

"I see, well I guess there would be a price when speaking to Tapu Fini." He said as he unbuckled himself and climbed down from Rufus. "I should have figured she wouldn't just let me in, even if Lunala itself had asked it of her."

Just as he reached to take the belt off of his waist, Nebby once again grabbed his attention by using one of its claws to grip his arm, then smirked even more as it looked to him and then to Rufus, before nodding toward the entrance with an even wider smirk. Once again Nebby's message was clear, he needed to let his team out of their Pokeballs before Tapu Fini would see him.

"Why does Tapu Fini need me to do that before I can see her?" He asked Nebby.

Nebby's response was only to smile, blink, and smirk all the wider.

He sighed and decided it was better to accept than to resist the Tapu's wishes. "Well if I must then I must."

Moments later his four other Pokemon were released from their Pokeballs, and all of whom were looking around curiously as to why they were released when there was no reason for them to be out. There was no campfire or camp, dinner wasn't being made and it wasn't for another few hours, so why did he call them out?

"Listen guys, I need to go and see Tapu Fini for a bit, but she said I must go in alone and with you all out of your Pokeballs." He explained to them. "Do you think you guys will be alright on your own for a while?"

"Lura!" Lina said calmly.

"Roc." Sunnie barked loyally.

"Pffbt." Rufus neighed.

"Niiiine…" Elain cooed.

He expected Kailani to say something, but just as she looked to him and 'tried' to smile, Nebby got his attention and nodded toward the Ruins of Hope. Then Nebby shook his head with a worried expression, even as he smirked.

"Alright, I understand Nebby, don't keep Tapu Fini waiting." He said, before turning to walk down the steps toward the entrance to the Ruins of Hope, leaving his team behind.

(Kailani's PoV)

Once again her heart sank as she sat there, watching as her trainer Jeremy turned his back to her, without even 'once' looking at her. She had hoped, yet again, as many times before, that 'this' time her kind smile would reach him, and he'd smile back just like he used to.

But yet again, it seemed he was ignoring her, or at least not trying very hard to notice her. Now her throat had a lump in it that made her feel even worse, because years ago, if she was ever sad, and she showed sadness, 'he' would have made her feel better by simply being there for her.

And if he was ever unhappy, or unwell, she was right beside him to brighten his day as well.

*Why is he like this…* She thought privately once again, frowning as she looked down at her paws, her tail curled around her sadly. *Not even a glance today… I hope Tapu Fini can help make him better… whatever is making him sick I hope she can cure him of it.*

Over her journey with Jeremy during the island challenge she had learned much of the Tapu Pokemon and the 'champion' of the Alola Region, how a single person had not only met them all personally, but also captured 'all' of them and gained their loyalty and deep respect. It was thanks to this champion that people nowadays could even get the chance to meet with the Tapu guardians.

"I wonder what is 'wrong' with him." Elain the Ninetales, barked quietly as they all gathered around together.

"He's been very quiet all day." Rufus grunted as he trotted over to them. "Didn't really give me directions, just pointed me in the general direction to get here."

"I hope Tapu Fini cures him, my coloring is getting worse every day." Lina said worriedly as she looked at her scythes. "If he doesn't do something, I'll start to turn grey!"

"He'll do something, just have faith in him!" Sunnie barked proudly.

Kailani however, simply remained quiet while she listened to the others talking. She tried to do as Sunnie the Lycanroc said, have faith in Jeremy and him getting better, but it was so hard when he ignored 'her', the starter, the one he was closest to out of his entire team.

Deep down she still believed in him getting better, but even deeper down, she was afraid that he wouldn't. Yet she simply wanted to know why, 'why' was he sick, 'what' was causing him to be sick. And how come his medicine, human medicine that never failed to help them in the past, was not curing him and making him better, and instead was making him worse as time went on.

She looked over to the staircase and looked sadly at where he was, before he entered the Ruins of Hope.

(Kailani…) She heard Nebby, Lunala, speak to her in her mind.

She looked up and saw Nebby leaning closer, ever closer to her.

"Yes?" She questioned the legendary.

Nebby grinned and extended a clawed hand. (Touch my claw…)

She stared at it curiously, before she accepted the strange invitation, and touched the claw with her paw.

The instant she did Nebby's eyes glowed ever so slightly, and she felt her body grow light as a feather. Then the world around her seemed to turn… blue, or very light blue to her, and the words of what the others were saying behind her suddenly sounded distant, as if said at the end of a very long and empty cave.

"What the…" She said as she looked at the others behind her, and even her own voice sounded like an echo in a cave. "Nebby, what did you…"

(Come… we have no time…) Nebby said quietly, sweeping her up in his wings, and she only noticed that as she was lifted, her body and Nebby's body were still where they were, staring at each other and her touching Nebby's claw with her paw. (Tapu Fini is cautious and capricious, she will not waste time in speaking to Master Jeremy, and we must move swiftly to catch him in time to listen in.)

"But why are you… what is going on?" She cried out in shock.

(You want answers… and Tapu Fini will show them.) Nebby answered as they flew into the Ruins of Hope entrance. (Jeremy is indeed ill… but what ails him is not a sickness of body, but of mind… and 'heart'.)

(Jeremy's & Kailani's PoV)

Jeremy stepped through the doorway and knew that he was now in Tapu Fini's chamber, but could not see the guardian deity anywhere.

"Tapu Fini?" He called out hopefully. "I'm here, as Nebby said I would be!"

Silence was all he heard, and he suspected that the Tapu was further in, waiting for him further inside. So he continued onward toward the next opening, unaware that behind him, the shadowy ghost forms of Kailani and Nebby floated in behind him, and also unaware of the sudden fog that began to appear beneath his feet.

"What the… Jeremy!" Kailani called out, shocked that Nebby had sped her into the Tapu's sanctuary, without Jeremy even noticing them. "Jeremy, over here!"

(Do not waste your breath Kailani… we are nothing but ghosts to him.) Nebby said calmly as he floated ever closer to Jeremy. (We are as shadows are in the night, seeing yet unseen, hearing but unheard… he can no more hear us and see us than we can touch him.)

Moments later they all noticed the fog beginning to grow denser beneath them, and Jeremy reacted first. "What the… fog… but… Tapu Fini, Nebby said I was coming!" He yelled out, hoping the Tapu Guardian was listening.

"Nebby, why is Tapu Fini hurting Jeremy, you said we were coming!" Kailani said in panic, trying to break free and help Jeremy but unable to break free of the Lunala's grip.

(I did as Jeremy asked of me, I convinced Tapu Fini to grant him an audience…) Nebby said with a smirk. (How she chooses to grant an audience, is up to her… but I did tell her of his… 'sickness' that ails him. She wishes to see what it is that makes him sick, so as to make sure she can truly cure him.)

While they spoke the fog had grown dense, and suddenly the world around them became enshrouded in a dense pink fog obscuring their vision of all but what the fog allowed.

(Jeremy's PoV)

"What is… happening…" He coughed as he tried not to move, not knowing where he was standing in the Tapu's Chamber might get him injured.

(For a human… you are far less 'complex' than the Emissary said you were.) A gentle yet careful voice said in his mind.

He turned and saw a floating shell in the semblance of a swordfish, closed, pointing at him with the point floating before him. "Tapu… Fini?" He asked quietly, not one hundred percent sure.

(Are you Jeremy… caretaker of an Emissary?) She asked, floating closer to him and slowly moving around his head, still not deigning to open her shell to look at him face to face.

"If you mean Nebby… I mean Lunala, then yes?" He said quietly.

Tapu Fini floated over to his right and moved closer, before turning over and looking at him upside down, or right side up…

He couldn't really tell which side Tapu Fini was because her shell's top half looked like her bottom half.

(The Emissary requested I grant you the audience, to talk to you about giving you the water to cure what you are 'sickened' by.) She said in his mind. (If you were any other human, I would not consider the request, but as you are the caretaker of an Emissary, I am honor bound to grant you this request. But what prevents me from granting this reasonable request… is the curious… 'state'… you are in.)

"The state I'm in?"He asked her as she continued to float around him in the pink fog.

(Yes… as I sense your body… and your health… I do not know what it is that hurts your body.) She said quietly. (You are both… afflicted yet not afflicted. Your body cries out for help but at the same time… what you humans create to cure you works to cure you. Of what that is though, I do not see, nor do I sense it.) She then floated over and above him, looking down directly at him. (If you will allow me… I will search your past to see what it is that makes you sick, and together, I will determine if I can cure you with the water!)

"Uh… sure." He said, not sure what was going on but willing to indulge in Tapu Fini's request.

If it helped him, he would do anything to rid him of his ill feelings for his Pokemon starter. He didn't want to hurt or risk hurting her because of a misunderstanding, and if she could cure him of those feelings, then he'd accept whatever she wanted to do.

(Very well…) She whispered before her shell began spinning rapidly, causing the pink fog to spiral and spray in all directions.

Then as the fog began to spin faster and faster, new colors began to appear, replacing the pink. Moments after he began to feel vertigo, and feeling sick to his stomach from his eyes hurting, the chamber he was in seemed to melt into something new.

In fact, he recognized the scene before him, it was one of the roadside motels that he and Kailani often stayed in during the night when they were on the road, when he was still a trainer.

"What the…" He whispered quietly. "What are we doing…"

(Curious… you humans are indeed a curious species.) Tapu Fini whispered politely as she floated before him, still looking at him. (You offer the comforts of everyday life here in such obscure places in the land, yet you 'trainers' seek to journey into the wild. It is a wonder why you trainers ever manage to make it through your Trials.)

He would have responded but moments later the door opened and he watched a young boy walk in, wearing a tribly hat, white t-shirt with blue stripes, orange colored ripped shorts, a green backpack, and holding a Popplio in his arms.

"Finally… I thought we'd never make it out of that den!" The young boy said tiredly.

"Popplio…" The Popplio moaned in agreement, though it moaned in a distinctly 'feminine' tone.

(He looks familiar… doesn't he?) Tapu Fini asked knowingly as the boy passed by them, completely ignoring them as if they weren't there.

"Yea… in fact I recognize this scene…" He said quietly as he watched the boy plop down on the bed with his Popplio in his arms.

(What you see is a memory… of two individuals… important individuals… that I have chosen to examine. The ones we are seeing now, it's of you and your starter… isn't it?) She asked politely.

He nodded slowly as he knew what was happening. "Yea… its us."

There was silence between them as the boy Jeremy held a Popplio Kailani, catching their breaths from the long walk from Verdant Den to the nearby Roadside Motel for the night.

(Tell me… why are you so exhausted, you were young and full of energy, why are you two so tired?)

It took him a while to concentrate and recall everything that happened, but eventually it all came back to him.

"We had just came out of Verdant Den, after completing our trial… we were so exhausted because the wild Pokemon in there had kept harassing us after we defeated the Totem Pokemon." He explained. "Kailani was still my only 'fighting' Pokemon, we didn't find Sunnie until the next day, and Nebby didn't have any way to fight, he was still only a Cosmog back then."

He looked down at the pair, the Popplio now recovering from her exhausting day faster than her human partner, and saw the smile on her face.

"We did it girl, one stamp down… six more to go!" Younger Jeremy said proudly as he held up their stamp book.

"Popplio!"

"Kailani never doubted we'd get through though, even when she was super tired and wanted to just sleep on the ground, she kept on fighting for me. She kept on proving everyone how strong we were."

(She did all of that for you… and you in turn… did all you could for her." Tapu Fini stated. (What money you earned from battles, you spent on her, and her comfort. Sleeping in a proper bed, instead of the filthy dirt outside like other trainers.)

He nodded as he watched the pair giggling about their day, before he made the bed and tucked both of them in, with her curling her tail around him and sleeping next to him with her tail acting as a second pillow. He noticed how much the two were smiling, happy to be together and sleeping together, knowing that they were safe and warm.

"She was my first Pokemon, and Kahuna Hala said to take care of her… that one trainer as well… he said… Pokemon are friends and family." He said to her.

(From what I can tell… you did not get sick here… you appear very healthy, very warm, the cheerfulness of your voice and the gleam in your eyes speak much to me.) Tapu Fini said, more to herself then him. (You did not get sick at this point in your journey… tell me, if you care so much for her, why do you ignore her today?)

"I just… don't want to hurt her…" He said nervously as the two in bed snored. "She was my family to me…"

Tapu Fini looked at him and looked at the pair sleeping in bed, before she used her shell to spin and erase the scene into pink fog again. (If Pokemon were friends and family to you back then… why do you treat them so poorly now?) She asked coldly as the fog settled. (I ask because I am still curious… you say you are sick now, but your body does not 'appear' sick to me. What afflicts you is not a disease I have ever encountered. Are you sure you are sick?)

"I just… I'm just not right up here." He said, pointing at his head. "It all started years ago when… Kailani evolved. After she evolved I began to… think about her… in the wrong way."

Once again, Tapu Fini simply looked at him with her shell, still clamped shut, before spinning once again and causing the fog to rotate and colors to change. Then as the fog settled and the scene changed, he found that he was once again in a roadside motel, but this time the room looked slightly different.

(Do all you humans dwell in these locations… so very… 'bland'.) She said politely. (I wonder if 'this' is what humans refer to as 'temporary homes'.)

He was about to respond when, like before, the door opened and a young Jeremy entered, with a Brionne in his arms. Both of them looked like they had been through a volcano, with ashes littering his shirt and burn marks on his clothes. Even Kailani had some burn marks and dirt on her body, but still she looked on with smiles and cheers.

"What was that trial… a trial or a cook off with 'us' as the main ingredients?" Jeremy asked as he closed the door and kicked off his shoes.

"Brionne!"Kailani barked from his arms in agreement.

The two went to the bed and like before, Jeremy collapsed on the bed and groaned in satisfaction as well as frustration, completely ignoring him and Tapu Fini in the room, as if they did not exist.

(You are older…) She commented. (Yet something troubles you…)

"Yea… it was three years after I received Kailani, and we had only 'just' completed the fire trial for Akala Island." He said, remembering that day. "By this time most other trainers taking the trial had finished Akala Island and moved on to Ulu'ulu Island. But we were slow… sure we were working hard… but we had only 'just' completed that trial, we had yet to even attempt the Grand Trial."

(And so you blamed your slowness on… inexperience?) She asked him.

"I was frustrated… that was our fourth attempt and even then, we only 'barely' beat it, despite Kailani being a water type." He said. "I was frustrated, I thought 'I' was the one at fault, I figured I was making horrible decisions, that we were losing progress and time because of 'me'."

(But through it all… your starter kept your spirits up…) She continued as they heard Kailani getting his younger self's attention.

"What is it Kailani?" His younger self asked his starter.

"Brionne, Brionne~"She sang out happily, before dancing and giggling in front of him.

After a while he began to smile and laugh as well. "Your right, don't worry about how fast we go, we'll get to the end eventually!"He said. "Who cares if we're slower than other people, it's not like anyone else has gone as slowly as we have!"

As they watched the two eventually curled up for sleep on the bed, and both smiled happily as sleep overtook them both. Once again, they were so happy, smiling peacefully. Kailani had her head positioned as always, next to his, with a loving smile as she slept next to him, her tail wrapped happily around his head on the pillow.

(Once more, you two seem happy, but as before… I do not see any sickness.) Tapu Fini stated coldly. (You said when she evolved, was when you began to 'think' wrongly about her. But even here, I do not sense what ails you. Your body seems healthy, your voice cheerful, and even though you are frustrated, your starter has given you reason to be happy and joyous, that gleam is still within your eyes. Are you sure you are sick?)

"I didn't get sick here…" He said as he looked at the past image of his starter, when she was so happy, so much happier back then. "Back then she was still just my starter… just my friend. She was still just a Pokemon partner to me…"

(You sound as if Pokemon could be more… more than friends… more than family?) She asked as the two slept in bed. (Or… did you begin to think of her as something 'else'?)

He remained silent at that, and Tapu Fini, taking his silence as a response, spun her shell once again and destroyed the memory, replacing it with the pink fog.

(You are a curious one… you care greatly for your Pokemon… so greatly that… you would 'distance' yourself from them?) She asked, more to herself than him. (Humans try to stay close to those they like, yet you… distance yourself as much as possible now. Even now… I sense that you are not nearly as 'close' to your Pokemon as you once were in these past visions.)

"Like I said… she was just my Pokemon partner back then… and I didn't want to destroy what we had because…" He began saying before he caught himself, preventing himself from saying what he pictured Kailani as in his mind.

Quickly he reached into his pocket for his medicine, and just as quickly as he reached for it, Tapu Fini used her shell to smack the side of his head.

(Did you come here to take 'your' medicine, or to ask me for the water to cure you of what ails you?) She asked in calm furry. (Tell me… 'when' did you start to 'feel' wrongly about your precious starter?)

There was only a moment of silence before he answered the Tapu's question. "It was when… we were getting into my new job as a courier for Alola's Battle Tree, running supplies and equipment between it and Seafolk Village, the only large scale village on Poni Island." He said quietly, not liking where this was going. "At the time she had evolved for me again, after fighting off three Gumshoos alone to protect Rufus and the supply wagon we were delivering."

Tapu Fini continued to look at him only through the shell, still not deigning to open up and look at him face to face, but then she spun her shell and the pink fog began to swirl and melt into a spread of new colors like before. Moments later the swirling ended, the fog faded away, and once more they were in the middle of a roadside motel, or at least, what resembled it. It was really Hapu's family farm, more specifically the barn.

The moonlight shining in from the nearby window revealed several bodies resting on the makeshift beds and hay piles. Of all of them there were a Lurantis, Lycanroc, Mudsdale, and a Ninetales sleeping peacefully. But on the only proper bed in the entire barn, which Hapu lends to travelers for free for the night, were two bodies sharing it.

On it was a human of fifteen years, obviously Jeremy, and a Pokemon with a blue serpentine lower body, white upper body, matching colored fins, and light blue hair with pearls binding it and a seashell tiara. The Pokemon, Kailani now a Primarina, was sound asleep, lying next to her trainer and wearing a content smile on her face. But not only was she sound asleep next to him, she was also holding him close to her with her front fins while her lower tail had somehow wormed its way in between her trainer's legs, and her head lying on top of his with their cheeks next to one another.

Yet while she was sleeping soundly, happily and peacefully, he was wide awake with very small but very evident bags under his eyes, obvious signs that he had been up much of the night. He had a deep blush on his face and was constantly glancing at the Primarina sleeping with him. He also kept on glancing at something below him that he couldn't see because the angle obscured his vision.

(You are not nearly as… vocal this time.) Tapu Fini whispered curiously. (Is this the time you spoke of just now, when your Pokemon began to change how you saw her?)

"Yea… this is indeed that moment." He said quietly. "She wanted to sleep with me like always, but the bed wasn't big enough for us… so the next morning I told her that we couldn't share the same bed anymore."

(Did you say that because of the bed's size compared to both of your bodies… or because of the erection you have right now with a 'beautiful' Pokemon sleeping next to you, in such a provocative way?) She said, being very blunt with her response to his statement. (I may not know human customs, but the bed's size has never once affected you two before… there is enough room to share it.)

He remained very quiet at that, knowing it was better to not question the Tapu Pokemon's insight to his life. She seemed to know a lot about him in such a short amount of time.

(So… you… like many others… began 'feeling' for your Pokemon, as more than just a Pokemon.) She continued, spinning her shell to melt the scene again into pink fog. (And like many others before you, you sought an answer to this dilemma, did you view them as 'more' than just Pokemon… or as simple 'relief' outlets for your urges?)

"She wasn't a relief outlet she was my best friend!" He yelled back.

In response Tapu Fini spun yet again, and brought forth a new scene, this time a more recent one.

The day before, when they were camping and preparing to eat.

"One sec everyone, I'll have dinner ready soon…" He said hoarsely.

"Lurantis…" Lina asked quietly, tugging at his pants to get his attention.

He looked down at his Lurantis and nodded in understanding. "Don't worry girl, I promise as soon as we get back home to Seafolk Village, I'll be able to tend to you." He said to her.

"Lura…" She nodded in understanding, and proceeded to sit down cross legged until it was time for dinner.

(Is this how you treat your 'best friend'?) Tapu Fini asked quietly, pointing apparently at his team that were settling in to wait for their meal. (Is this the same treatment you give not only to Kailani, but to your entire team of Pokemon? The ones who followed you your entire journey… for years, faithfully, loyally, every step you took?)

"They're… healthy… not the healthiest but at least… they aren't sick." He tried to say.

(I was not referring to the 'physical' health of your Pokemon... I was talking about their 'mental' and 'emotional' health.) She answered, now very angrily. (Look at them, they are starved for attention, affection, care… and the worst one of all… look at your 'precious' Kailani!)

He did as she demanded, for it indeed was a demand, and what he saw caused a massive wave of guilt.

He saw the look of sadness, the look of despair, the fleeting look of desperation in his starter's azure eyes. She was staring right at him, not once looking away, even when he ignored her she did not look at anything else but him.

It was a look he had not once seen in his starter.

Even when he did look at her eventually, and consequentially paid her little attention, she still tried her best to smile warmly, almost lovingly at him. She even had a sparkle in her eyes for a tiny second, but then it vanished the instant he looked away, replaced again by the sad look of longing, of desperate want for affection and attention.

But deep in her eyes, she still had that same cheery care for him that she had since she was but a Popplio, several years ago.

(You… who said you viewed her as your family, who claims that she is your best friend…) Tapu Fini said quietly, softly, but each word she said mentally felt like a dagger that was piercing through his medication's dulling side effects. (You left her alone… to sit by your side… alone… she never abandoned you, never stopped believing in you, but 'you'… look at what you have done to her. All of 'this' caused because you feared hurting them, hurting her, for your 'forbidden' feelings. And because you feared hurting her, you took 'this' to dull what should not have been…)

Without even realizing it she had used her powers to pull his medicine out of his pocket and held it up for him to see.

(Love… is not a sickness… nor is it a sin… love is a feeling, and the more you suppress it, the more painful it becomes. For all this time you have tried to kill your heart… and this is what you have become, the damage you have done is apparent, and now 'I' must cure 'that' which afflicts you.)

Moments later the scene began to melt away, and the fog began to disappear as well, replaced by the Tapu's chamber. Without even realizing it, Tapu Fini had brought them into her sacred altar, where offerings and gifts were left at her altar.

(Kailani's PoV)

As Tapu Fini finished berating and explaining Jeremy's 'sickness', she could only stare wide eyed at her Jeremy.

All this time he was in love with her?

Her 'Jeremy' was in 'love' with his starter Pokemon, 'her'?

*He loves me… and he was trying to stop himself from loving me, because he didn't want to risk hurting me…* She thought in warmly.

At first she was shocked, but slowly, as the realization hit her, she felt herself recalling all of the times he tried pushing her away from him, and then everything came together and fit together into a perfect picture for her.

And as they did, she felt her own heart scream out in pain, a longing that she never once considered before suddenly became her only thought. For all this time she thought he was sick, and was wondering if anything could cure him, but now that she knew why he was like this, all she could think was… why? Now she knew though, he had hurt himself simply to try and burry, suppress and even destroy those feelings he had for her.

She didn't need to imagine how much he was hurting on the inside, torturing himself, saying he was sick in the head, claiming that his feelings of love were because of his sexual desires. She could feel how much pain he was in, hurting himself with that medicine, in a vain attempt to 'control' himself while also protecting 'them'… protecting 'her'.

*Why was he afraid of hurting me… I wouldn't have been hurt because he had feelings for me… in fact… why didn't he just tell me?* She thought to herself. *I would have accepted his feelings… I might have been nervous at first but… he hurt himself to protect me! He tried to keep what we had because he didn't want to risk losing it for being in love with me!*

(It is time we go…) Nebby whispered politely to her, and moments later the Moon Emissary flew backward, toward their bodies. (What you have seen… does it change how you view our friend now?)

"No… it doesn't…" She whispered warmly, as she felt her heart swell with joy.

True, she didn't consider the possibility of the two of them becoming mates, but now that she knew better, the thought now wouldn't leave her head or her heart. She often wondered at rare times what her first mate would be like, what he would be like personality wise, but now she felt she didn't need to think any more.

She already had the perfect mate in mind.

(I thought so…) Nebby replied smugly. (Worry not… Tapu Fini will cure him soon… once the medicine no longer suppresses his mind and heart… you will have your chance, both of you~)

She smiled warmly as she saw her body, still looking at Nebby in confusion while the others still talked among themselves, apparently not noticing what had happened to her and Nebby.

*Please Jeremy… do not worry… nothing you do could ever hurt me…* She thought privately before Nebby returned them both to their bodies. *I already gave you my heart, as your close friend… now I'm ready to give you it to you as your lover…*

(Jeremy's PoV)

Jeremy watched as a small bubble of water appeared before him, thanks to Tapu Fini's psychic powers. As he watched several small mushrooms and other plants from the Tapu's chamber floated from around the room, entered the small bubble, and eventually became crushed into such a fine powder that they became almost non-existent. Eventually though the water took on an Azure color.

(There… the water you seek…) She said, floating next to it. (Drink it…)

"Just… like that?" He asked as it floated closer to him, barely the size of a large Malasada.

(This is what you asked for… now drink it… I do not make this lightly, and not for just 'any' human… do not waste my gift.) She replied, now sounding very annoyed.

He nodded in understanding and after carefully cupping it in his hands, began to drink the bubble of water with his mouth until none of it was left.

Instantly he felt it working, because suddenly his stomach began convulsing, and his head was wracked with a huge spike of pain. The pain lasted for only a few moments, at most half a minute, but it was the most intense pain he'd ever felt. Yet when it passed, and his breathing calmed, he felt better than he had ever felt in 'years'.

(How do you feel?) She asked quietly.

He looked up at the Tapu floating above him, still hiding in her shell. "Better… great actually…" But then as he thought about why he had come to ask for the water, he realized something else. "But I still feel… I still think about my Pokemon… I mean, Kailani… I still…"

(What you have cannot be cured… for your heart's wants cannot simply be destroyed.) She told him wisely. (You care deeply for her… so deeply that you'd hurt yourself, damage yourself, plague yourself… to distance yourself from her. But in doing so, you had to distance yourself from all of your team, your friends… your 'family'.)

She floated closer to him and at long last, opened her shell up, just a crack to show him her eyes, eyes that had a sad look in them.

(Think about your decision now… for while 'you' were in pain, 'she' has been in even more pain. Her care and feelings for you have not wavered once… and if you truly do not wish to be with her, or even if you 'do' wish to have her as yours… you should at least talk to her about it. We are not mindless, we are not driven by sheer instinct, we have feelings like you, and if I can feel sadness simply looking at your past pains, imagine how she feels having to experience that loneliness.) With that she closed her shell up again and floated away, toward her alter to hide behind it. (Go… and do not come looking for the water I give again… I offer it to you only once…)

*Narrator*

[Jeremy left Tapu Fini's chamber, cleansed of the medicine that had been affecting his body for over two years. No longer drugged by its stymieing effects, he left the Ruins of Hope in far better mental spirits than he had ever been.]

[The change was noticed by all, especially his team, as later that night when they were preparing for dinner, he treated them all to a properly cooked meal, one they all helped make together. During that time, he tended to his Pokemon's needs, giving Elain a desperately needed combing, a mud bath to both Sunnie and Rufus, and giving Lina several vitamin rich berries for her body's coloring.]

[So welcomed was the change, that nearly all of his team felt like they had gone back in time several years, to when they were on their trial adventure. So happy were they at this change that throughout it all, none of them noticed the awkward hesitation he showed when it came to his only other Pokemon, the starter Kailani. Kailani herself though, sang happily for them all before they went to bed, singing her joy that he had finally been 'cured', letting her feelings flow for her trainer.]

[But when the others fell asleep, even Nebby in the Beast Ball, Kailani and Jeremy remained awake, both wanting to talk to each other about something important in private. A conversation that has been too long delayed, about a topic neither had much experience or knowledge about.]

(Jeremy's and Kailani's PoV)

Both Jeremy and his Primarina Kailani sat next to one another before their little camp fire, something neither of them had done together for what felt like ages. The rest of the team were all fast asleep in their balls, at 'their' request.

Unbeknownst to Jeremy, Kailani had asked them to let her be alone with their trainer that night, saying that she had to speak to him about something deeply important to them both. They had done as she asked, but they did so only because they saw how important that request had been to her.

Now that they were alone, both simply sat together, enjoying each other's company and enjoying the quiet of the night.

*What should I do… how should I talk to her?* He thought to himself. *How do I talk to my starter Pokemon about… 'that'… does she even think of me as anything other than her trainer?*

Likewise, Kailani's eyes reflected the light of the fire, thinking the exact same thing. *I know he loves me, but what if he still doesn't want to love me…* She thought nervously. *He might still want to think of me as only his Pokemon partner... if so then… what of my own feelings?*

For several minutes they remained like that, quietly observing their fire dwindling, until after Jeremy added more wood to it to keep it going.

"Uh… Kailani…" He started saying quietly.

"Prima?" She responded. "Yes Jeremy?"

"About… these last few yea…" He started saying. "I just want to say… I'm sorry for how I've treated you and the others… especially you…"

He turned to look at his starter, and as if they were in perfect sync, she turned to look at him, and she once again wore that same hopeful, joyous smile that she's always had worn just for him.

"You never once… what I mean is… you never stopped looking at me, but I kept on ignoring you, or worse deliberately tried to look at anything but you. Even when you were so worried about me when I was… 'sick'… you kept on trying to help me. But all I did was… pretend you didn't exist."

"Primarina pri… prima rina rina pri…" She replied, slowly edging one of her front fin closer to his hand. "It's alright Jeremy… I understand now why you did that…"

Her words weren't unheard by him, even if he didn't understand them all, he understood the general message. Now that his mind and heart weren't being affected by his medicine, their fragile bond that had barely survived the medicine's effects was now slowly repairing itself. She could feel it in her heart, she could feel Jeremy's guilt and deeply buried feelings for her.

"I know but… what I'm saying is… I did that because… I just didn't know how to cope with… well… what I'm trying to say is that I didn't know how else to deal with…" He said, shifting to look at the fire again, and instinctively reaching into his pants pocket for his medicine bottle.

His intention had been simply to show her and explain his problem, but the instant the small bottle came out, she reacted to it with panic and desperation. She used her fin to smack the bottle away and threw her entire body on top of him, pinning him below her and holding down his arms so he couldn't throw her off or grab the bottle again.

"Kailani wha…"

"Don't take that medicine!" She screamed fearfully, not looking in his eyes. "Please, don't take it anymore!"

Her eyes began streaming tears of sadness as she looked at him now, desperately willing her feelings to reach him now.

"Please Jeremy, don't take anymore! If you take that medicine, you'll go back to that 'other' you! You just became your old self again, don't leave us alone like you did before!" She pleaded desperately. "I don't care if you think your feelings for me are wrong, I don't 'care' if others may think it's wrong! I don't care if they think your 'sick' for having feelings for me! I love you as well Jeremy, I've always loved you for as long as you've loved me!"

Not knowing that her message had been received though, she decided to take a leap of faith, and pushed her mouth against his into a wet and desperate kiss.

Though he guessed that she was simply trying to get him to not take that medicine, not realizing he had no intention to do so, the fact that she was now lying on top of him and kissing him made him forget what he was about to say. Her lips, though pressing against his with far more pressure than she probably wanted to, were still very soft to the touch. To him her lips felt like wet velvety leather.

After a while though, the pressure lessened on her part, and instinctively she let go of his hands to let his arms wrap around her and hold her behind her neck and head. Eventually she felt him deepen the kiss as both opened their eyes to look at one another.

Both of them had the same look in their eyes, a look of sad longing. Both of them had been wanting the other, and now that they were showing each other their affection, it seemed like the language barrier between them was nonexistent.

Finally, she let his mouth go, but she was panting with suppressed lust and desire, with her tongue hanging out slightly.

"I guess… you know the truth?" He asked softly.

She nodded to say yes.

"So… you don't think I'm 'weird' for…"

She shook her head in response to say no.

"Then… if I were to ask if…" He began saying, but she responded before he could finish.

She smiled and nodded, before wrapping her fins around his neck to pull 'him' into a hug as well as a kiss. After a while they separated again and both smiled at each other this time while looking at each other.

"If someone, or if the others think I'm sick because I love you…" He said, referring to the other members of their team.

"Then I'll be sick as well… because I love a 'human' instead of a Pokemon." She replied quietly. "We can be 'sick'… together."

With that she leaned closer and kissed him deeply and passionately, letting her instincts guide her into this new territory that she was about to experience.

All Primarina by instinct choose mates based on criteria, one of those being 'love'. Whether it's a male or female, they choose based on how they feel about their chosen mate, how long they've known them, if they are strong or make them happy, many criteria must be fulfilled before they choose a lifelong mate.

For her though, she already had made her choice of a mate, as all she wanted was fulfilled thanks to him. She knew him all her life, he made her happy, they 'obviously' loved each other, and while he was not strong physically, he was strong mentally. True he took medicine to 'kill' his feelings and desires for her, but he did so only because he was hoping to protect her from 'him'.

It takes strength to protect someone you love from others, but even 'more' strength to protect your love from 'yourself', at least in her eyes.

For him though, as he kissed his Primarina deeply, eventually convincing her to open her mouth and let his tongue explore her wet cavern, he loved her because of how she accepted him. At first he only liked her because, after spending so much time in the wild of Alola, alone with little regular contact with other humans, her beautiful evolved form was very attractive to him. But as time went on and his hormones settled, he became attracted not only to her beauty, but to her as a 'person', she was caring, protective, and cheerful.

She made his day better when nothing else did, especially long days filled with dull silence traveling the wild countryside of Poni Island with Rufus, before he started taking medicine, even though back then he felt exceptionally wrong about it she still made his day better.

As they kissed more deeply and more passionately, she began to entice him to go even deeper with their love making, using her tongue to lick the inside of his mouth gently, inviting his to do the same. They continued to make love to each other with their mouths and tongues, but after a few minutes of simply doing this, they both seemed to want even more from the other.

Feeling his tongue was nothing like she ever imagined or dreamed of imaging, it wasn't nearly as long as hers was, but it was still so soft to her that she wanted to keep rubbing it with her own for eternity. Kailani's tongue likewise was so very different from his own, it was soft as well but also extremely wet, almost three times as wet as his own, a trait he guessed shared with her water typing. For their tastes though, Kailani tasted a strange exotic flavor that obviously was a mixture of the food he regularly ate, while he tasted a cool tasting flavor of various berries that he fed her for dinner earlier.

They separated for a brief moment after exploring and tasting each other's mouths and simply stared into each other's eyes, both of them with looks of long suppressed desire. "I love you Kailani…" He whispered to her. "I've been wanting to say that for a long time now…"

"And I love 'you' Jeremy…" She replied warmly. "And I've been ready to hear you say it for a long time now as well…"

With their little declaration finally given, they both leaned forward and kissed each other deeply, though his hands began to massage her moist body, feeling her leathery skin that was still slightly wet and very soft despite being near a fire. Eventually though one of his hands made its way between their bodies and toward the base of her stomach near her tail, where he felt the precious slit in her body that marked her sacred flower.

She gasped at his touch but looked to him with a smirk. "You really want me that badly?" She asked with a smile.

"Sorry Kailani… but… I really am in the mood after all of that kissing." He whispered embarrassingly.

"Don't be…" She replied quietly, before winking at him with a huge smile. "I'm in the mood as well…"

With her obvious consent given, he began to rub her pussy ever so lightly, causing her to moan in pleasure. With her flower being pleasured, and instinct taking over she decided to sing.

"Aoooooahaaaah~" She sang loudly and proudly, mixing her love song with the moans of pleasure.

He continued to rub her pussy's entrance with small controlled rubs, before deciding to slide his index finger into it. Her walls felt the new intrusion, but instead of pulsating they instead tightened on his finger, as if wanting to keep the new guest inside.

*Oh sweet arceus…~* She moaned in thought, still singing in pleasure and sexual desire.

Without her being able to control it, her tail began to flap up and down, hitting the dirt every so often as her body shuddered in ecstasy, and slowly ever so slowly it pushed her forward inch by inch. Each time his finger rubbed against her passage's walls she had to use all of her self-control to keep from wiggling out of his grip. After a few minutes of this shuddering and movement induced pleasure, she had positioned her chest region over his face.

As he continued to finger her, he began working her chest region, licking her chest with his tongue and planting kisses on it every few seconds, before eventually he found what he knew was there but was very cleverly hidden on her body.

A pair of small white nipples, barely large enough to be seen and of the same color as the rest of her body.

The moment she felt him find her nipples, she could not control herself any longer, she leaned her head back and sang in such a loud tone for the entire world to hear. Her song's message had one single thing to say, that she was about to be 'mated'.

Upon finding her nipples he planted his mouth over her left one and began to suck on it. While she wasn't capable of creating milk yet, the act of him sucking her nipples like a baby Popplio brought out a long hidden instinct in her, an almost motherly one. She stopped singing for a moment to look down at her Human lover and stare at him, with a warm smile, watching him suckle her as if trying to draw milk out of her.

She almost wished she were capable of producing milk right then and there, for right now, she wanted to give him anything he wanted, and she wanted him to taste 'all' of her.

But after a while of sucking her and fingering her, he pulled his finger out and, with her still on top of him, unzipped his pants, pulled down both pants and underpants just enough, and slid out his very hard and erect dick.

Kailani felt it as well, kissing at her entrance ever so lightly, wanting to enter her and give them both the pleasure they've been denied for so long now.

"Kailani… is it alright to begin?" He asked her quietly, even as she shifted to give his dick better access with her still on top.

She responded with a twinkle in her eyes, a smile on her face, and a smack of her tail on the ground as she lined up her pussy and shoved it all in with a single thrust.

Her passage expanded almost instantly to comfortably accommodate its new arrival, even though it broke through her virgin barrier painfully. She grimaced in pain as she felt it break her, and though she tried to hide it, she knew that Jeremy could see her pain.

In response he leaned forward and held her head close to his, pulling her closer to kiss him and give her comfort, letting her know that he was there to help her. Eventually the pain passed and she began to lift her body up and down, letting his dick slide in and out with perfect ease and wetness.

"Kailani… you're so warm… you feel cold but also warm!" He whispered to her as he began to move his hips up and down in tandem with her movements.

"Oh… you feel so good~!" She moaned loudly. "More~… give me more~!"

She looked at him lovingly and lead forward to kiss him passionately even as he began to move faster inside of her. Her pussy felt like velvet to his dick, it was wet with her juices and warm to the touch. Even as he began to pump her with pre cum, her walls began to tighten on him, pleasuring him even more as they seemed to try and keep him inside of her.

After a few minutes of this he began to thrust even harder, his hips going on automatic as he gripped her body tightly.

"Kailani… I'm about to come!" He moaned as she leaned her head on his shoulder, her tail flapping rapidly because of the pleasure.

"Me too~! Let's do it together~!" She moaned back, unable to control her body's reactions to their sex act.

With several more powerful thrusts, he wrapped his arms around her body and gripped her mid-section tightly, before thrusting one final time and burying his dick as deeply into her pussy as physically possible.

Then with an almighty groan, he felt himself releasing his sperm deep into her womb.

She in turn screamed in pleasure, feeling her walls convulse and spray her own release over him, pulsating to push as much of his sperm into her womb as it would allow.

Gasping for breath and extremely tired, they simply looked at each other, and gave each other a loving kiss, before falling asleep right there on the dirt ground.

Neither of them were aware of the fire dying out alongside of them, or that high overhead, a single bat-like Pokemon flew toward the Ruins of Hope, on its back a single human trainer.

(Tapu Fini's PoV)

She waited in her chamber, watching as her precious trainer finally came to visit her after so many years away from Alola.

As he entered he was followed quickly by a Primarina, a very evidently 'pregnant' Primarina.

(Master!) She whispered happily as she levitated over to him, opening her shell to reveal her true self, with a Beast Ball hanging around her neck from a chain. (You've returned home; did you enjoy your visit to Sinnoh?)

"Yes I did, thank you very much Tapu Fini." He said gratefully as his starter Kailani followed next to him, rubbing his arm lovingly.

She glanced down at the starter and saw the proud smile on her face. (I take it your return means one of three things… one you are on your 'honeymoon' as you call it, two you are hiding out for a while, and three… you've found something interesting?)

"Yes to all three 'Fini'." He said with a chuckle, Fini being her nickname. "I've found a book a friend of mine was keeping safe and he asked me to take it to Alola where I can hide it better. A group of people eliminated all the other copies, but they didn't get this one."

He pulled a book out of his bag, it was old and dusty, and it appeared to have been written in a different language than what they spoke in Alola.

(What does it say?) She asked curiously, very fascinated with human culture.

"It's a collection of old folk tales in Sinnoh, but this one is a rare edition." Kailani said with a smile. "It has stories about how people and Pokemon were once married to each other, and that this was normal because people and Pokemon were once the same long ago."

(I see… very special indeed.) She said with a smile. (I take it though, that you didn't return just to hide this book?)

"What was your first clue?" T.K. asked with a proud smile as knelt down and rubbed Kailani's stomach.

(I shall open the door then so you two may enjoy some quiet time on your honeymoon then.) She said warmly. (I shall also prepare some water for you Kailani… to ensure you are healthy for your offspring.)

"Thank you Fini." He said in gratitude.

Moments later a hidden door opened and they both walked in, leaving Tapu Fini alone. (Humans… such a curious species…) She commented again, before clamping up and hiding again.