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

40. Meowscarada (F) 2

=From the writor=

Yes, I was inspired to make a 'second' female meowscarada lemon romance story, sue me XD, I did the same with Primarina when it first came out in alola.

Fun fact, my last chapter, despite being so absurdly long, actually had some sections shortened for the sake of slimming it down, so if anyone would like to read it 'with' all of the tidbits, such as the times where the love pair spend time together outside, sharing moments together, leme know in your reviews as well and I'll upload it again.

Thank you again for all your encouraging words, but that is sadly my curse to always read what I'm writing and feel like 'whatever' I write is going to stink or isn't good enough, but I will always upload what I want and say 'if it sucks it sucks', and just move on. Starting 2023 I'll try to average a fanfic chapter a month for my stories, and 'maybe' a lemon as well, but again it depends on the story/pokemon pairing/drive, so try to be patient.

With that said, I hope you enjoy this story~

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How often do we find ourselves asking ourselves what it is that we dream of will ever come true? Too often do we find ourselves attempting to pursue that dream that we become blind to what it is we truly need in order to make that dream become a reality. It is only when we stop to truly think about what it is we truly dream of wanting, do we finally understand, that we have everything we ever dreamed of needing, right there in front of us. This is why it takes another heart... to help our heart see what was staring right in front it, the entire time~

= Pulling at Heart Strings =

= Human (Terry) / Meowscarada (Melly) =

[Every Pokemon Region has a Pokemon League, sometimes its home grown, and sometimes it's brought in through other regions. Paldea is no exception, with the League in place, trainers are pushed and encouraged to grow stronger and stronger. Some trainers choose the path of the Pokemon League's Victory Road, going through each of the 8 gyms and then eventually taking on the elite four and the Champion of Champions themself.]

[Then there is another option, the Pokeball Tiers Route, where Trainers challenge each other into increasingly stronger, more focused groups where only the best can move forward. Those at the top are premiered live and in competitions, and it is a career path many attempt to take due to the constant influx and power of competition from trainers joining.]

[Those trainers seeking to rise in the ranks, struggle as the higher they go, the fiercer the competition becomes, and the harder it is to rise and even sometimes 'stay' in their tier. For those people, the harsh reality of their choice leaves them trying to grow as a trainer. This mentality leaves them drained, depressed... and in an environment where trainers who cannot compete, are often belittled or pushed out for their inability to compete with those around them, they often hurt themselves more than anyone else could.]

(Melly's PoV)

"Melly use Play Rough on the Sylveon!"

She was running around the field on her legs faster than any other Pokemon could match, of which three remained besides her, her opponent's Sylveon which she was running around, their Annihilape, and her trainer's last remaining Pokemon a Farigiraf. But she had to focus, her trainer was counting on her, depending on her... needing her to win this battle for his sake.

Okay maybe not all of that, but she knew it was true!

After she circled her opponent, she pulled out her claws, smirked, and then leapt onto the Sylveon to begin to... well 'play rough' with the target. They were surprised at how close and how fast she flew into them before all one could see was a swirling cloud of dust, dirt and random sounds as she scratched, clawed, pounded, punched, kicked and generally beat up her target. It happened over the course of about 'six' seconds before she had to get off due to regulations and rulings, but she leapt off and skidded to a halt with a smile, until...

(Ow... that... hurt...) A voice whispered in her mind as the Sylveon looked up at her and 'blushed' at her. (Was that really... necessary?)

This was the trademark ability of the Sylveon line when it came to their abilities, while Pixilate was the preferred, her Trainer's opponent was using the 'Cute Charm' Sylveon designed to take on female Pokemon and weaken their resolve as well as cause them to struggle in battle. It was honestly a pretty good strategy, since their opponent 'knew' that only one of his team was actually male, and Sylveons are surprisingly hard to 'hurt'. Heck, she knew this Sylveon well enough having battled it over the year since they reached this tier. It had tried multiple times to cause her to become infatuated during battle.

"Charm that Meowscarada!" The opponent yelled while shouting something else to the Annihilape.

The Sylveon winked at her with a sly smile, using his species natural charm and abilities to try and weaken her resolve and weaken her strength so that once the Annihilape had finished dealing with her ally, she would be easier pickings. It had worked so many times before, she knew, having watched him battle on the sidelines. No female Pokemon could hope to resist that face, she'd even watched a female Garchomp of all things, stutter in its Terastralized assault against him, unable to attack out of being infatuated, and when it did the damage was just 'nothing' because it didn't want to hurt him.

But... just like 'all' of the other times he'd tried those tricks on 'her', her only response was to go "Nice try~!" with a big smirk as her trainer told her to use Flower Trick, before flicking her paws and causing a flower bomb to appear in front of her opponent's face.

She had to restrain the laughter that instantly went from zero to eleven as she watched the Sylveon go from looking smug, seductive and 'handsome', to frowning, going wide eyed, and watching his irises shrink to tiny dots as a little green flower magically appeared in front of him, and then half a second later...

*BOOOM*

Exploded in his face.

After the dust settled the Sylveon was a charred black of slightly singed fur, before he coughed up smoke and fell backward, collapsing from the lack of energy and being recalled into his ball.

With that she looked over and sighed in exasperation as she watched the Farigiraf get punched in the face with a powerful Drain Punch, sending it falling to the side to be pulled into its Pokeball by her trainer. Once again it was down to her and her alone to bring her trainer victory in this match.

"Use Flower Trick again!" She heard Terry call out, and she nodded as she ran forward toward the ape.

She watched as their opponent launched their Tera Orb into the air, and the light encapsulated the Annihilape, Tera Crystals seemed to materialize around him, erupt, and then exploded to reveal the opponent's last Pokemon was now glowing in red crystal-like light, and had changed itself to become the Fire Tera Type.

She ignored it though as their opponent told the ape to go for the Rage Fist, watching as it clenched its fist, gathering ghostly energy into it to launch it straight into her face as she drew nearer. Concentrating, she flung herself up and over the ape as it tried to punch her, smirking as she avoided the attack and watched it glare at her in furious rage, before she flicked her fingers and made another flower appear over her opponent.

She landed with a smug grin as she turned to the opponent and took a bow, right as the flower exploded.

*BOOOM*

As she began standing up straight, she flicked her fingers again and made another flower, but a much weaker one, on her hands and began playing with it using her paws while the smoke cleared. When it did, she watched as the Annihilape took one step forward, before the crystal atop its head exploded, shattering, and he slowly began to collapse from exhaustion, resulting in him being pulled back 'into' his Pokeball from his trainer.

The battle ended and she began sauntering over to her trainer, with a skip in her step, pleased with herself for carrying her trainer's team to victory, again.

It wasn't that she felt they were dead weights, far from it, every member of his team was trying their absolute hardest. She just liked to 'impress' him with her skills, power and speed as his strongest team member.

Speaking of impressing...

"Ugh, how did your Pokemon 'not' fall for my strategy!" Their opponent screamed in frustration. "That maneuver and my Sylveon's charm should have shut her down; it was all going perfect for me!"

She just smirked as she was petted and snuggled into her trainer's affection, congratulating her for doing such a good job.

'Why indeed?' She thought with a smile.

It wasn't hard to see why their opponent was frustrated, normally that 'would' have worked, a Pokemon going in for a close attack on a male Sylveon using Play Rough would have triggered the 'cute charm' to work on them if they were a girl. And charm would no doubt have been effective at reducing her power if it had worked on her.

'If it had worked...' She thought again as she left the battle field with her trainer in front of her.

Speaking of her trainer, she glanced at him and took a moment to smile inwardly at the somewhat proud expression on his face. Her trainer, Terry, was in his late twenties, nearing twenty-nine. He stood a good five-foot nine with a slightly tanned skin tone, light green eyes, silver-brown hair and a now light mustache that she knew he was going to shave when he got home tonight, but honestly, she wished he wouldn't. She liked the mustache; it made him look... more handsome in her eyes. He was very attractive in her eyes...

Very attractive, yea... very attractive to her, with those very faint freckles on his left cheek... his soft lips, gentle expression... that she wanted to nuzzle while thinking of the sun beaming on her...

"So, you get to stay Great Ball tier today!" A guy shouted, ruining her mood as she knew that voice.

She frowned as she and her trainer looked at the 'Guy with the Corviknight', as she preferred to call him, who was smirking at them. Every day he had to ruin their mood, it was bad enough that he all but stole Terry's girlfriend, given she saw that as an absolute win for her, but does he 'have' to rub in the fact that he blitzed through 'two' tiers of ranks in six months while her trainer was struggling just to stay in Great Ball after five years slugging it out in Pokeball?

"Yea... that was my last match of the season." Her trainer said with a small but tired smile.

"I noticed, congratulations, you ended the season with exactly 'one' more win than your losses, which means you get to stay where you are and 'not' drop down a tier!" He taunted.

"Such a loser!" The Corviknight behind him cackled.

She was sorely tempted to attack it, but despite her power, a Corviknight was beyond her sadly, it resisted all of her attacks, and since they weren't in a fight, she could not attack and get revenge for that slight against her trainer. She glanced at her trainer and saw him look away, downtrodden as even though he couldn't understand a word that the Corviknight said, since he didn't have a fancy 'translator' hanging by his ear, she could just feel that he knew, without knowing, that it was making fun of him.

After a few seconds a woman around Terry's age walked over, wrapped her arm around Mr. Corviknight Guy and pecked his cheek. "Hey Terry, still slumming it in the Great Ball for another season?"

"Uh... yea... for now I guess." He muttered, trying to not talk much.

This was his ex-girlfriend, 'Miss Flor-Whore' as the Meowscarada called her, the girl who dumped him three months into their relationship after she outpaced him in the Pokeball Tier and got into Great Ball while he struggled to maintain an 'even' win to loss ratio. Instead, she began dating Mr. Corviknight Guy, and then broke up with him by telling him so, 'right' as said guy arrived to pick her up to show off his big project he was working on, a Corviknight Taxi Service, the only one in Paldea.

Or at least he was trying, he was having problems since most Corviknights didn't like to fly too high, so he was training his own to act as the first during the off season.

She called this girl, 'Miss Flor-Whore' on account that she used a Florges on her team. Melly didn't have any bones to pick with the team she had, and the Florges was actually a friend of hers, but she still called her that because of how she hurt poor Terry's image even more than it already was.

It was bad enough as the two walked off to go and watch the last few matches before the season ended, because Terry already struggled in these tiers, them spreading the story about his pathetic skills and 'being carried' by her made him feel even worse about himself. She looked at her trainer as he breathed in deep, and just trudged off to find a seat to wait and watch the matches end, and she followed along.

(Terry's PoV)

She poked him really quick before they got too far, and she smiled and cheerfully held her paw out for her Pokeball.

Terry nodded and pulled it out while strapping a little tag onto it that allowed it to be worn by her as a bracelet, so as to mark her as a 'trained' Pokemon and so she could walk around normally.

As he reached an empty spot with few to no people around them, he sighed as he thought about what he was going to do. This was another season where he just could not for the life of him achieve a good win ratio in the tiers. And it was only getting worse as trainers saw him as a weak, pathetic trainer who couldn't compete at his tier without the help of the only Pokemon on his team that was 'worth' her weight, his Meowscarada.

He couldn't really blame them, his team wasn't the best or most well rounded, it was actually just a jumble collection of Pokemon that he happened to have been caring for or were given to him by his family and friends. He just did 'not' have the time to go out and either catch a really strong Pokemon, or properly train his team as he knew he needed to. And so, all he could do was make do with the few options he had.

He knew this, and yet, despite knowing that he was doing his best, he just felt like a pathetic failure, thinking he could do better.

"Meow?"

"Hmmm?" He asked as Melly poked his shoulder. "What is it, Melly?"

"Meooooow~!" She whispered with a smile as she held up her paws to show they were empty, telling him to watch her closely.

She flexed her paws to show they were empty, gripped her arms and showed there was nothing hiding in her fur, she then smirked as she took a finger to his ear, stroked it, then smirked as she flicked it and pulled out a shining golden-green leaf. "Meowscaaaaa~!" She giggled slyly, pointing at the leaf and telling him to keep watching it. She then waved it around before making it disappear, only to show it had instead been turned into a golden-green flower, which she started making levitate with both hands. Then she had it dance around for a second, before tossing it into the air and making it explode into a cascade of little sparkles with a 'tada' expression on her face.

"Radaaaa!" She cheered as she applauded her own act.

He chuckled at her little magic show, she knew how to get a chuckle out of him and how to brighten his day when she could just tell he needed it.

And boy did he need it after the last matches reached their conclusion.

After the last matches were concluded, everyone waited to see the board announce those who were advancing or being demoted either into the next rank of their tier, into the next tier of Ultra Ball, or into Pokeball Tier if they were being demoted. And while a 'few' individuals were being promoted into Ultra Ball; his name was the only one that appeared announcing who had 'not' advanced into the next rank of their tier.

He could just 'hear' people laughing and commenting about how he was the only one who didn't finish with enough of a record to be promoted out of the 'beginner stage' of Great Ball. Which means next season he'd have to slug it out with all of the other fresh arrivals from Pokeball Tier to try and rise in the ranks.

"You'd think he'd learn how to battle after all this time!"

"He should go back to Pokeball Tier where he'd look better with that score..."

"Nine years and he's only 'just' gotten into Great Ball? What is he even doing at this rank."

"That Meowscarada is the strongest Pokemon I've seen and even 'she' can't carry him it seems."

"My sister loaned me hers for a month so he could get some exercise and he outshined my entire team, no wonder she's in Master Ball tier!"

"I guess it's true, the weaker the trainer, the weaker the Pokemon, glad my Pokemon aren't like his."

He sighed as he slowly got up and started walking out of the building before anyone else could see him leave, his Meowscarada skipping alongside him and performing little tricks beside him with her little exploding flowers that she used during battle. She would fling them in front of him to make them explode into different formations of sparkling colors, trying to get his mind off of what he'd heard, but he patted her head and shook his head to tell her to stop.

"It's alright, I think that's the worst of it girl." He muttered to her.

"Meooow..." She said with a frown, looking down as she was being told to stop.

"I know, I'm used to it..." He said with a small smile. "At least we ended with a positive win rate, so that's worth celebrating. Tonight, we get Malasadas delivered from Mesagoza, deal?"

"Meowscaaaaa!" She cheered happily as they walked out of the gym building and out into Cascarrafa.

After a quick trip to the Pokemon Center to help his Pokemon recover, and then a quick explanation as to what they were going to be doing, he used his phone to call for a Taxi so they could fly to Los Platos where he lived. The taxi arrived and began to take them to their home. Despite the fact that he was in the competitive scene of the Pokemon League, since his pay was so low because of being in Pokeball Tier for so long, and now that he was in Great Ball he could be a little more splurgey.

At least that was his thinking when he got into Great Ball Tier, turns out, the pay was only a 'little' better compared to what he was making before. So... he still had to deal with his part time job during the off season.

Thinking about the next morning was already causing him to sigh as he took out his Pokeballs and looked at all four of them, wondering if maybe he should give up and just commit to an ordinary nine to five job, instead of trying to keep pushing forward into trying to become a Masterball Rank Trainer.

"Honestly, maybe that's for the best..." He muttered as he looked at them all. "You guys aren't really meant to be competitive or fighters, you're all... mostly just pets or friends who agreed to help me. Well... most of you anyway."

He shook his head as he looked at the one Pokeball that was different out of the group, a Luxury Ball which was the home pokeball of Melly the Meowscarada. She was the only one who was, what one would call a 'competitive' Pokemon, as she had received training from a previous trainer before being adopted by him. Who was her previous trainer, she didn't like to talk about them, the only information he was given when she was put up for adoption as a Floragato was that her previous trainer had trained her and several other Pokemon harshly for some 'underground battle arenas', and so was relieved of their trainer license and was barred from owning/caring for any Pokemon, as well as put on a permanent watch list.

Compared to her previous trainer, as she told him when a Hatterene tied to the Pokemon League visited him to check up on her mental health, he was her ideal human that she always dreamed would save her. In gratitude, she evolved into a Meowscarada, and now used her skills and power for whatever he asked of her. She was much friendlier toward him then any other human, and she was very cuddly to him after he purchased a Luxury Ball when he asked what kind of Pokeball she wanted to be used on her so she would be officially 'his' Pokemon. After he signed the adoption papers and she accepted her new 'home', she smiled proudly and said she'd fight for him no matter what!

Unfortunately, the rest of his 'team', if you could call them that, wasn't up to snuff by her standards, which were extremely high. She not only could run rings around them, she could outpace them, outshine them, and outfight them all combined without breaking a sweat.

A light jolt jostled him from his thoughts as he realized they'd landed outside of Los Platos.

"Thanks for the ride." He told the driver as he handed them the fee, before walking to his small home on the outskirts of the small town.

It wasn't much, a dinky little home, big enough for one human and multiple average sized Pokemon to live in, four rooms, all the bells and whistles with the occasional leak or cold draft during winter seasons. He could afford it, barely, but it was his, and that alone made him smile as he walked through the door, locked it, turned on the lights and began letting out his team.

In several flashes of light, a Meowscarada, a Tinkaton, a Farigiraf, and a Zoroark. There was also a fifth member, though said member was not actually ever asked to join the team, as not only was he too slow, he was also... too weak to fight. This fifth member of his little family of Pokemon was a Dunsparce that was currently coiled up and sleeping on his favorite spot next to the fireplace which had been roaring that morning, but now sat smoldering.

They each had names, with Melly the Meowscarada being the first, who upon materializing cheered happily and hugged Terry to cheer him up, seeing the downtrodden expression on his face. Next came Mary his mother's Tinkaton, who stretched and smiled as she shouldered her giant steel hammer with one hand. The third team member was Nina the Farigiraf, who had to lean her head slightly so she wouldn't scrape it on the roof, but cooed as she was happy to be back home. Next came Rudy the Zoroark, who crossed his arms and tried to act cool and tough, but his shoulders stretched and soon became relaxed as he was also glad to be back home. Last and not least, the Dunsparce, Norman, who was still sleeping without a care in the world.

"Hi guys, I uh... know we didn't do that well this season..." He said with as proud a smile as he could manage, not wanting to demoralize his team. "But we ended this season off with a positive win ratio at least!"

Everyone cheered proudly as they fist pumped or wagged tails, or in Nina's case, wiggled her but happily.

"Yep, and so that calls for celebration, so I ordered us some celebratory Malasadas for dinner."

At that everyone cheered even more loudly and started going around doing their own little things while he went into his room to relax a little, and try to cheer himself up. But once he'd closed his room and just laid down on the bed, he looked up at the ceiling and once again... asked himself what was the point of what he was doing?

"I'm a pathetic excuse for a trainer... can't win to advance, can't lose to be demoted... everyone keeps asking why I'm even trying... even my girlfriend left me before we even started hitting it off for another trainer." Then he looked over at his little deskside table, where he had a few memorabilia pictures, old friends, colleagues, family members, and most recently, a picture of him and his four Pokemon who were joining him for the doubles circuit after he was accepted into the Beginner's Tier.

His Pokemon were all looking smug and proud, giving thumbs up, proud smiles, all happy and excited. Sure, they weren't the best... but they were still proud of their achievements, every victory however minor they celebrated. Every time they achieved 'something', be it tiny or not, they were happy. Even Melly, as strong as she was, as powerful as she was, as disciplined and capable as she was... was proud of them and their achievements. But it was obvious none of them were really 'Great Ball' material, let alone Ultra or Master Ball Tier level, none of them except the Meowscarada. He again, imagined it, throwing in the towel and giving up on his little life, and instead going to become a 'wage slave' as people called the term. Sure, it wasn't exciting or fun, but at least... it was stable.

"I just don't want to tell them..." He muttered as he closed his eyes, hurting inside as he just couldn't bring himself to tell them.

It would devastate them, all of them, they were so proud of what they were doing, enthusiastic for what he was. It would break their hearts to be told they weren't ever going to battle again, even if most of them were just originally household 'pets' or friends with him in the wild, or a friend of the family in the case of Mary the Tinkaton. But what is he going to do, he's such a weak trainer, he's pathetic, he can't win when it matters and when he loses it only makes him look weaker to everyone!

"My team isn't strong enough to win without her, and she literally carries me every match I win now. Without her... I'm nothing..." He muttered as he didn't know what to do.

He heard the doorbell and got up, shaking his thoughts away, before going to get the food he'd ordered and celebrating with his team. Tonight at least, he was a Great Ball trainer with a team of proud Pokemon, and he wasn't going to throw away their happiness no matter what.

(Melly's PoV)

Melly moaned in satisfaction as she chowed down on her food, settling into her favorite bean bag, so happy to eat human food. It had so much more taste than normal poke-chow, so when they get to eat it, it was always a treat! She sighed contently while leaning into her bean bag.

The only mar in the day, was that Terry had chosen to eat in his room instead of with them, which caused her to look worriedly at the door to his room. She and the others knew not to go in there, that was the only house rule he had for them, that and to not break things or cause a ruckus. So, when she saw that there was 'no' sign of Terry, she grabbed one of her favorite toys to play with, a bouncy rubber ball and started idly tossing it at the ceiling.

"How's it going Melly?" She heard Rudy said smugly as he sauntered over to her.

She rolled her eyes as she heard the tone in his voice, already knowing what he was about to try and not even 'trying' to hide her amusement at his attempts to seduce her. Rudy the Zoroark was a sly one, he was a big trickster, and while that was... 'nice' to have on a team, it did not aid his strength appeal, nor did it make him look stronger when he tried to hit on her countless times.

"Not much Rudy!" She sighed as she stopped playing with her ball to get up and stretch.

"Aww, that's too bad, cause you know, I was thinking that since this season is finally over, we could get together and..." Rudy said as he tried to slooowly wrap his arm around her shoulder in a friendly manner.

She responded by smirking at him, holding her paw up to his face, and watching as the aura sphere materialized in front of him, before blasting him with it, causing him to faceplant after doing a backflip from the miniature explosion. She knew how to use Aura Sphere, yes, but since she preferred to use physical attacks and since she wasn't a Lucario, her Aura Sphere was more to punish Rudy than anything else.

"When you can survive 'that' is when I'll think about hanging out with you Rudy." She teased.

"I'lvorg on ig!" He moaned with a limb thumbs up before it flopped to the ground.

Nina walked over and looked at him with a worried expression as she used one of her hooves to poke the Illusion Fox Pokemon. "I think he's dead."

"Oh, he's fine, just needs to learn to watch his step!" She snickered.

Nina looked at her before looking worriedly at the Zoroark again, tapping him with her hoof. "Are you sure... he's not moving... or breathing I think..."

"He's fine, trust me." She said as she wandered out of the living room to go and sit near the window in the kitchen.

There she sat down in one of the chairs that normally Tylre sat in while eating and stared out as the moon began to rise, and sighed sadly. It was another day of fighting, but despite all of her work and effort, they're entire season ended, pretty much just like the previous seasons, him struggling and only 'barely' staying in the green if that. She couldn't blame him, never, not in a million years, Terry was working hard and trying to win but his Pokemon were just... well there was no other word for it... bad.

As sly and mischievous as Rudy was, he just was too easy to read and figure out that he was disguised as another Pokemon on Terry's team, he just didn't know how to fool the opponent and mask his movements. Nina was trying to focus her powers and she was incredibly smart, but she was such a gentle thing that she couldn't bring herself to use her full powers and actively try her best to hurt her opponent's Pokemon, so she could only use her full strength defensively with screens and barriers as well as swapping places with ally switch. Mary was probably the only competent Pokemon besides herself, but the Tinkaton was even easier to read then Rudy was, what with her giant hammer swinging around.

As for Norman... well, the Dunsparce liked to sleep, that's about all she knew about him.

Then there was Terry himself... she glanced back at his room before sighing sadly again, looking out the window to stare at the sky. He was a good human, a wonderful human, nice at heart, hardworking... and he had the potential, she could just 'see' it in him. But years of struggling, being teased and talked behind his back... had worn him down to just a shell of what he could be and who he was at heart.

She remembered his smile when she saw them win the last match, before it was ruined... it was such a happy, proud one... it was one that filled her with joy and glee, and seeing it there because she caused it made her happy. Then it was crushed... and once more Terry was beaten to a pulp, mentally and emotionally, and it was hurting her so much seeing him like that, because deep down she loved him, loved Terry... loved him with all her heart and she just wished he would be in better spirits. His confidence, his lack of self-confidence that was crushing him, more than any defeat... the fact that he kept thinking he was bad was breaking him up inside, and if she could she would crush that and raise his confidence through the roof!

But all she could do was fight her opponent's pokemon, try to cheer him up, and then try to make his day brighter with little tricks when she wasn't fighting. After all he did that for her, when he adopted her and gave her this lovely, warm, simple but welcomed home, she could do only so much for him.

"Yawwwwwn that was a good nom nom meal!" Mary chipped as she walked over, gently swinging her hammer as easily as one would stretch.

She glanced over at the Tinkaton as she plopped her hammer down, angled the handle so it was pointing upward, and then she hopped up to sit on top of it. The Tinkaton was a short, stout, pink thing, as best she could describe her, with an ever-present smile and a cheery disposition despite her age. She was over forty years old, way older than she was expecting.

Mary wasn't Terry's Pokemon, not necessarily, she was his mother's, given to him and asked to keep an eye on him after he moved out. She also had a habit of going out for oddly timed night walks on the most random of days.

"How's it going Mary?"

"Oh nothing, how are you doing miss Melly?" Mary asked sweetly.

"I'm alright... just a little frustrated." Melly responded, looking out the window again.

"Oooh, is it that special time of year again?" She asked even more sweetly, taking a seat and placing her hands on her belly to chat.

"Ugh... yep..." She replied, it was only starting... but her heat cycle was signaling her 'period'.

She wished that of all the things she'd... inherited, a heat cycle wasn't one. It was so frustrating to her that her body, even after all of her mental training, her physical training, and just everything, that at a specific time of the year, regardless of her feelings or desires, was signaling to the world that she was 'fertile' and ready to breed. Soon every wild Pokemon in range capable of smelling her scent would be trying to breed her, and she'd have to fend them all off 'again' like last year and the years before that! Why did she have to go through a heat cycle every year, and why couldn't she get the male she wanted to do it with her when it came around!?

'Focus body... mind keep it together!' She whispered to herself.

"Aww that's alright, we all suffer it once in a while!" Mary said with a smile as she reached over and patted her shoulder. "Just keep skipping each day and eat an apple or two."

"I'll try to do that." She frowned while looking outside again.

There was silence again as she stared out of the window while Mary was seemingly content as a Cloyster to just yawn and pat her belly, waiting for the Magician Cat to advance the conversation or declare it was over.

"Mary... I'm worried about Terry... today everyone mocked him worse than usual, and that's saying something." She said.

"Whatever did they say?" Mary asked, still smiling but her tone sounded extremely serious.

"Nothing out of the ordinary, nothing we haven't heard before, but... it was the fact that Mr. Corviknight Guy and Flor-Whore were there to tease him 'right' after his last battle, despite him winning." She said idly. "I'm just worried about him, I don't want to see him like this anymore. He's trying so hard yet he keeps falling short, and I don't know how much more he can endure before he..."

"Before he what?" Mary asked sweetly.

She sighed as she glanced at the Tinkaton, before looking down and shaking her head fearfully.

"Before he gives up completely and... dies on the inside." She whispered to her teammate.

There was silence for a few minutes while Mary just stared at her with that smile, that sweet, innocent, almost uncharacteristic smile that belied her true feelings and made one that was watching her think she didn't take the topic serious.

"You don't want him to give up do you?" She asked her.

Melly shook her head, no she didn't, she loved seeing that expression on his face, she wanted to see it more, see it again, keep seeing it... it filled her with pride and joy, made her feel happy. But it was getting harder and harder with each passing season, and now it was the off season which made it even 'harder' since now he would be starting his part time job since he didn't make enough to dedicate his time to training or practicing during the off season!

"No, I don't, I want him to grow stronger, I want to see him achieve his dream... and I want to help him achieve it and..." She whispered before looking at her. "I just don't want to see him give up and... give us away."

"What makes you think he will give us away?" She asked with an innocent smile.

"Well why else would he keep us then... we're just a drain on his income to feed, care for, and everything else... if we aren't battling then all we're doing is draining his life away." She snapped. "A Pokemon is supposed to battle, battle and battle and battle some more, we fight for fame, fortune, glory and-"

"That might be true in the 'underground', but not here." Mary snickered as she leaned over and bopped her nose, interrupting her words with a smile before leaning back into her hammer's handle. "Terry's dream isn't to become a Masterball Trainer... I know, so don't worry about helping him achieve that dream. What you need to worry about, is deciding when 'you' want to give up on your silly little notions and finally settle down and have a few kittens with a special male. There's nothing wrong with planting a few roots in your life as a Pokemon!"

"I can't settle down, I'm a fighter... I... I can't just... just... 'stop' fighting, it's what I was bred to do, trained to do!" She said a little too loudly, as well as slightly angrily.

Yep, it was true, she was bred since birth to battle, she was trained to battle... as much as she hates it, that was her sole purpose in life she was told... to battle and... well she didn't want to think about 'that' anymore.

"And who decided that?" Mary asked sweetly again.

"My..." She began saying, but she looked away in silent disdain, the memories flooding up again.

"My what?" She asked again with a smile.

Melly growled as she looked away, shaking her head, not answering. Those memories were best forgotten, she didn't need to think about them, this was her new life, her new family, her new friends... her new human that she loved... like loved, like really 'loved'. And she didn't want to see him hurting so much on the inside, it made her feel... bad, and she didn't like feeling bad.

"Tomorrow's another day Melly, just remember that, battles aren't everything in life, somethings are just more important." Mary said as she yawned, got up and stretched, before hopping down and picking up her hammer as if it were made of paper, and plopped it next to the walk before opening the door.

"Where are you going at this hour, and does Terry know you're going out?"

Mary nodded as she looked back at her. "I'm just going for a special night time walk, I won't be too long, I'll tell him tomorrow, he's probably asleep by now as you know."

"What kind of walk is it that makes it special?" The Meowscarada asked with a confused look on her face, never once understanding why the Hammer Pokemon liked to go on walks alone at night.

Just before the door could close, Mary looked back with a sweet, innocent smile and said, "It's a very 'enthusiastic' walk!" before she turned and closed the door behind her.

Melly, not seeing a reason to follow her, sighed as she got up and began turning lights off as the others went to bed, or at least Nina did, as Rudy was still conked out, and she wondered if Norman the Dunsparce had 'ever' woken up. She then walked over to Terry's room to slip it open and tell him goodnight, when she heard snoring inside.

Hearing him fast asleep made her want to open it up even more, but to... look at him, and maybe lean over and... kiss him good night, maybe wish him pleasant dreams as well as snuggle close to him on a little pile of blankets on the floor next to his bed.

But then she shook her head, turned off the last light, and chose to sleep near the fireplace which had been stoked and given new life for the night. She sighed, curled up, used a pillow to sleep her head on, and hoped that when this off season 'season' was over, things would go better.

(Meanwhile down the street at Mr. Corviknight Guy's home)

"Ahhhh... that felt good." He whispered to his girlfriend after a fun night.

"Mhmmm yes it was, sooo what are we doing tomorrow?" She asked him.

"Well, I was going to go and take my car in to get a new shine an-"

*SMAAAAASH*

He snapped up and looked around to see what had made that sound, before dreading the answer as he looked outside and quickly dressed, got into some slippers, and then rushed outside to see his car with a massive dent in the roof, glass splintered everywhere and looking like it had been trashed with a giant hammer, if it weren't for the giant rock planted smack dab in the center of the devastation.

"NOT MY CAAAAR!" He screamed.

(Terry's PoV)

Terry plopped his basket of vegetables down on the floor and knelt to make sure he could transfer his produce more easily. Then he glanced up and checked the giant clock hanging over the potatoes.

"Just another hour left to go." He muttered as he continued stocking the shelves with groceries.

It had been a week since the end of the battling season and it became the Off Season as it were, when Pokemon Trainers in Paldea stopped battling in the various ranks for pay and television viewership. The only exceptions were the Master Ball Tier trainers, those who were paid to battle year-round and were scheduled for various matches and tournaments. Those who weren't lucky to be in that prestigious rank often had to take part time jobs during the off season or, if they were lucky enough to be in Ultra Ball Tier, could use what they earned to make it through the Off Season until the season restarted.

Since he wasn't in the Ultra Ball Tier, and he was only in the first rank of the Great Ball Tier, he was not lucky enough, and so he took this part time job as a Grocer Stocker, restocking shelves and baskets with various foods. He wasn't too upset with it, it wasn't the worst job he could have gotten, the pay was 'alright', nothing special to write home about, but he got it mostly because it was close to where he lived.

The one downside was because the Los Platos' grocery store was the only one in the immediate area, many people frequented it if they didn't live within the area of Mesagoza or one of the other cities and townships. Which meant... every so often, one of those people who were also in the Off Season would frequent there to pick up groceries and they'd see him. And then they'd tease him, say he should just stick to being a stocker, that he does a better job stacking food then he does stacking wins.

He just zoned them out... did his job, and tried to get through the day just like every other day.

"Hey Terry, how's it going?"

He looked up to see another trainer, this time from the Master Ball tier, someone he entered the Beginner Tier alongside, Sidney if he recalled. He was holding a shopping basket and was idly picking up some tomatoes while talking to him.

"I'm alright, can I help you with something?"

"Nothing, just wondering how you doing with your team buddy?" He asked him politely. "I've been hearing a lot about how you're doing poorly in the ranks; you need any help?"

"Not... really." He replied as he returned to stacking food.

"Doesn't sound like it coming from you. If you need any help man you know my number, I can give you some pointers and even help you out with some private training."

"Trust me I'm fine, my team is fine, they're just enjoying their time off during the Off Season now." Terry told him.

"Come on man, you don't have to put up the brave act with me, I won't judge you or think less of you man, we all struggle at some point!" He told him politely, patting his shoulder with one hand before letting a small piece of paper slip into his basket. "Here, it's a little spot I like to go to when I want to train my team and practice away from prying eyes for privacy. Nobody will bother you there, so if you ever go, you can be alone if you ever need to."

Sidney walked away to go get other groceries or to pay for what he had, leaving Terry looking at the little map showing the location. It was a little spot to the South East on the very edge of Paldea ocean border, it certainly looked isolated and small to him, and way out of the way from any traveling routes.

He pocketed it and resumed working, thinking 'what did it matter' if he went or not, all that would end up happening is what he figured would happen, trainers would think he's weak, pathetic, couldn't win...

But, after he checked the time and sighed in relief that it was time to clock out, he got out of his uniform, changed into normal clothes and began making his way home, he looked at the little map given to him and thought what was the harm in trying? It sure couldn't get any worse for him at this point, he was already teetering on just withdrawing from Pokemon Battles entirely and just... working at his temp job full time.

He left the store sighing as he wondered what he was going to make for dinner for everyone when a little kid and his mother walked around the corner, heading toward the same grocery store.

"Can we play games when we get home mom?"

"I wish I could but you know I need to get dinner ready; you know how hard your dad works competing in the Master Ball Tier, he spends so many nights staying up training and working with his team. He's going to need a big dinner especially after that big Tournament he's participating in."

"Are you going to spend time with him when he gets home?"

"I hope so, he stresses himself out so much competing at that high level... some days I think the only thing that makes him happy is just coming home to us honey."

"Aww... hey I know, I'll give dad a BIG HUG when he gets home, that will cheer him up right?"

"Hmmhmhm I bet it will cheer him up!"

As they went inside and the door closed, he looked back at the mother son duo, longingly, before sighing, shaking his head, and then beginning the walk back home. It was just another day, just another day of being a pathetic excuse for a trainer who didn't have the time or ability to properly train his Pokemon, lived alone... and worked a thankless part time job to get by during the off season.

Just another ordinary day in Paldea for him.

As he walked to his home he glanced across the street to where that guy lived and was a little more than surprised to see his car being picked up by a pickup truck with a very large rock being rolled off of the roof, having been caved in and destroying the exterior as much as the interior of the car. He looked up and could only imagine the size of the Bombirdier bird that probably dropped that rock. "Least he has car insurance..." He muttered with a chuckle, glad he didn't own a car to risk that happening, even if he could afford one.

He could only imagine the insurance claims that guy must be having, as well as the sheer bad luck, he remembered the numerous times his bike was trashed by the occasional stampeding tauros herd that sometimes ran through the town for some weird reason. It was why most people in Los Platos didn't own cars or motorbikes to avoid having to pay for damages to their vehicles.

He kept walking and soon opened the door to his home, instantly being greeted by Melly his Meowscarada, who ran up to him the second he walked in and hugged him, tail wagging behind her excitedly as if it were this floating little bellflower.

"Meoooow!"

"Hi Melly, thanks, I'm totally beat..." He whispered warmly as she purred when he scratched her head in gratitude. "At least you guys are happy to see me."

"Meowsca?" She asked sadly as she watched him walk away.

"Fariiiig!" Nina neighed as she waved her long neck happily upon seeing him.

Rudy leapt off the couch and over to him, helping him remove his coat since it was a little cold out today. While Melly was always the first to greet him, and gave him the warmest reception, Rudy, a Zoroark who took a liking to him since he found him stuck in a poacher's trap as a Zorua, was always there to give him a helping hand.

Nina the Farigiraf was the softest when it came to anything, always cooing and giving him the occasional nuzzle or helping with sending good psychic vibes. She was a wild Girafarig when he first met her, and she was always poking her nose eating the grass around his house. He often let her do her thing and sometimes left fruit as a treat because she was so sweet to him, and so she just decided to stay with him.

As for Norman the Dunsparce who was still apparently snoozing next to the fireplace, well... Norman the Dunsparce... was a Dunsparce named Norman, that was all he really had to say about the Dunsparce. One day he just... found his way into his home when he and his team were out, coiled up by the fireplace and... just chose to stay there, so he called him Norman and the name just stuck. Honestly, he was lucky to see this Dunsparce calling his place home, seeing as most of the time the moment they're spotted, they burrow into the ground and run away. So, for Norman to... just decide he wanted to live there, was pretty cool.

That and he never seemed to ask for anything, he just sat there, slept, and that was it to his knowledge. Occasionally he would follow him outside whenever he and his Pokemon went out, but otherwise the Dunsparce was a quiet member of his home.

After he got his coat off he trudged off into his room to be alone for a second, being stopped only slightly as Melly ran in front of him and asked for a quick head pat.

"Meowscaaaaa?" She asked in a sweet voice, leaning forward with a sweet smile.

He smiled at her cute insistence, so he pat her head making her purr happily, before he walked into his room and closed the door to change.

Inside he saw first and foremost, a giant metal hammer lying next to his bed, while sitting on it was a Tinkaton reading a little book. The Tinkaton, was Mary, his mother's Pokemon that she gifted him when he moved out and asked her to keep an eye on 'him'. Mary was a sweet little Pokemon, always treating him like she was his second mother even when he 'was' a kid. She would play with him, walk him places, even let her try picking up her hammer when he was younger.

He almost broke his back, but it was funny to her watching him try.

She'd also started writing in her little book, what she wrote he couldn't tell as it was a 'secret language' that only she could write, but to him it looked like a bunch of squiggly lines. He asked what was in the book, and she just smiled and replied "Tinkaaaaaaa~!" in a sweet voice.

To this day he 'still' doesn't know what's written in that book.

"Hi Mary, how's it going." He muttered as he quickly started changing in front of her.

"Tinkaaaa toooon!" She answered, not looking up.

She was the only Pokemon he felt comfortable changing in front of, mostly because she helped his mom raise him, and so she'd seen him naked as a baby and even a kid on a few occasions. That and she respected his privacy and made sure to not look up until he was done changing.

Once he 'was' changed he sat down on his bed and just breathed a sigh of relief, happy to be home, the one place nobody judged him, made fun of him, and where he was appreciated.

"Tinka toooon?"

He looked up and saw that Mary had managed to climb onto the bed to sit next to him, a cheeky smile on her face as she looked at him, surprising him with how fast she was, 'again'. Despite her diminutive size, she was very fast.

"Yea... it was a rough day for me. But what days are never rough?"

"Tinkaaaa, Tinka Tinka Ton!" She said with an understanding nod.

She was probably the only Pokemon in his home besides maybe Melly who could hold a conversation with him, despite not being able to understand her words. Though her language sounded weird and he couldn't understand her words, she just seemed to be able to communicate with just looks, gestures, and that weird smile of hers she always had.

"Well, at least one big of fun happened on the way here, I saw that guy's car, you know who he is... apparently a Bombirdier dropped a rock on it last night, oh boy I cannot imagine how much he's ganna have to cough out to get it repaired, insurance or not!" He chuckled.

Mary chuckled as she kicked her little legs in amusement.

"I don't understand it, but I swear something bad happens to his vehicles every so often. He must have some serious bad luck or something."

"Tinka~!" Mary nodded in agreement, smiling happily.

He looked at her and saw her smiling warmly at him, legs idly kicking as she waited for him to talk about what was 'really' on his mind. He didn't know why, or how, but she just 'knew' when something was on his mind and he needed to talk it out. She also had this knack to just get him to spill his beans and tell her what was on his mind, almost like a 'motherly instinct' like his mother had. Maybe she did have that, after all she did help raise him alongside his parents.

"Mary... do you think I'm wasting my time?" He asked her, looking down.

"Tinkaaaaaaa!" She said, shaking her head.

"I know, why am I asking this... it's just... today I saw a... family." He said.

Mary smiled and scooched a little closer, hands clasped and waiting to hear the story, content to sit there silently and wait.

"And they were saying some stuff... family stuff, and it just... made me realize, I'm almost thirty years old and... I've wasted so much of my life doing... 'nothing'." He muttered. "Look at me, sure I have a home... cheap as it is, but where am I going with my life, I'm in Great Ball but only 'barely', I have a part time job but again its only 'temporary', I haven't dated any girls since my ex dumped me... no girl even wants to look at me, and all I'm doing is making myself look worse, nobody wants to date a weak, pathetic excuse for a trainer like me... who can't win for his life and... has to be carried by a Pokemon he didn't even train himself. I'm... just such a loser that..."

He felt a hand squeeze his, making him look up and see Mary smiling warmly at him, still unblinking and not letting him know anything besides what she was 'saying'. She wasn't talking, but she was speaking to him.

"It's just... I want 'someone'... someone there for me like... when I come home to... tell me they love me and... and I just want this to end." He moaned as he looked away, trying not to cry, but even his silent sobs couldn't be held back.

Mary was still smiling as she stood up, used her surprising strength to gently coax him into her shoulder and reach up to rub his hair, just like how his mother used to when he was depressed.

"I know... I know you guys are here but... it's not the same as having a girlfriend who honestly likes me, who would be there for me just because she 'wants' to be there for me... who I can spend time with... and... everything." He said as he tried to stop himself from crying. "I must look pretty pathetic right now, don't I?"

"Tinkaaaaatoon..." She whispered warmly, shaking her head and still smiling at him.

As she rubbed his head, she noticed the little map in his pocket poking out, and pulled it out curiously to look at it.

"Oh that, a uh, old trainer I entered the Beginner Tier with told about this training spot where I could go and... you know practice with you guys, alone without being bothered by other people." He said as he looked at it with her.

"Tinka~!" Mary declared cheerfully, giving him a thumbs up while sitting down again.

"Wait, you 'want' me to go there?"

"Tinkaton Tinka~!" She said with a cheerful nod.

"But... I mean..." He tried to say as he looked at the little map that she gave back to him. "Well, I guess... we 'could' try... I do have the weekend off at least, so... what is the worst that could happen?"

Mary gave him a thumbs up and picked up her hammer, swinging it over her shoulder and reached up to open his door before leaving.

He sighed as he looked at the little map again, before glancing at the photo of him and his Pokemon. "I... I hope this helps..." He muttered to himself.

(Melly's PoV)

The next day Melly appeared from her ball in a flash of light, stretching and looking around at the new location where Terry had brought them as she watched the air-taxi that had dropped him off flying away in the distance, carried by several Squawkabilly.

The area they were in was a small plateau that overlooked the ocean of Paldea, and she could see off in the distance several ruins of what looked like a very old building off in the distance. The small field they were in was mostly grass and shrubs with the occasional tree and little hill, and she could view several small ponds dotting the area surrounding them. All in all, it was a cozy, beautiful, secluded little area, the perfect for training several Pokemon in peace so as to not be disturbed.

"So here we are guys, we'll be staying here for a day or two, you know, to try and work together and grow together as a team. Let's all do our best alright!"

Everyone cheered in agreement as they all started walking with him to help him set up their little camp for the next few days, while she lagged behind with Mary. She was growling in frustration, taking slower strides while clenching her legs a little bit each time. It was her blasted heat, she couldn't take being in heat, especially outdoors, she was honestly wishing they 'hadn't' come out here during her heat cycle. She was looking over her shoulder constantly, looking for potential wild Pokemon looking to pounce her, despite her training she just... felt so vulnerable and afraid.

It was one thing to fight an opposing Pokemon in a battle, it was another to fight your own body's desires, the only thing keeping her from just letting someone like Rudy plow her was sheer willpower and... well knowing she had a desired mate in mind already.

"Feeling alright Melly?" Mary asked her sweetly, giant hammer swaying gently as she walked with ease despite carrying a two-hundred-pound hunk of metal.

"It burns... ugh how do Pokemon 'deal' with this..." She asked her quietly.

"Oh, that depends on the Pokemon and their situation!" Mary said with a chuckle. "If they have a mate already, well they mate, some Pokemon get medicine from their humans to deal with it."

"And of course, we can't do that because we can't afford it, so I just have to endure it... until it passes or... I get 'bred'." She said sourly.

"You don't like the idea of having kittens, do you?" Mary asked innocently.

"No, I'm not being 'bred' like some... breeding bitch... I'm not my mom I'm a strong fighter I can still fight I can..." She started saying before she went quiet, not wanting to talk about her past.

Mary however, temporarily lost the smile on her face as she listened to that outburst, before she put her hammer down and called out to Terry, signaling to him that she and Melly were going to hang back for a bit. "Oh, you're staying back for a bit, alright we'll get to work on camp then! Be safe please and don't wander too far off!"

"Okaaaaaay~!" Mary said as the others moved on and Melly glared at her, frustrated that she was getting her to do what she wanted her to do without her say. "Alright, what's the matter little one?"

"That's rich coming from you 'shorty'." Melly muttered as the Hammer Pokemon plopped her hammer down and she used it as a chair to talk to her.

"That's no way to treat your elders, now tell me, what's going on in your little brain, why don't you like the idea of settling down and having a kitten or two?" Mary asked sweetly. "I've seen you look at Terry, you love him, the team might not see it but I've watched you two for years. You know he cares about you, even if he doesn't show it, he always thinks about you and the others before his own needs. So why?"

"Why what..." She tried to say, avoiding the question as best she could.

"Why don't you want to settle down with him?" She asked again, a smile on her face. "I know you hate the idea of giving up fighting... but you also don't enjoy fighting to begin with."

"I enjoy fighting, I love to fight, I 'live' to fight, I fight every chance I can!"

"You enjoy fighting for 'Terry'... you don't enjoy 'fighting' for the sake of 'fighting'." The Tinkaton said smartly, wiggling her finger with that smug smile of hers plastered on her face. "Terry brought us out here because he's hoping this will help him grow as a trainer, and his Pokemon grow stronger as a team... but you won't get anything out of this, and we 'both' know it."

At that Melly had no answer, she knew it was true, she was already stronger than every member of Terry's team, even Mary, and Mary was the only one who could hold her own against her and 'might' give her a hard time with that giant hammer of hers. Training with Terry would not help her grow at all, not grow closer to him, the rest of his team, nothing would be gained for her here. She was already close to Terry, she would do anything he asked, she loved him, cared about him... everything in between, she was about as close to him via a special bond between them as could possibly be.

Heck, that was WHY moves like Charm or abilities of Pokemon like Cute Charm would never work on her. Her mind would never fall for such moves used on her because she loves Terry, and as such even Pokemon who specialized in weakening the resolve of Pokemon of the opposite gender through infatuation and affection during battle. So, whenever a Pokemon tried that type of strategy, such as the Sylveon in their last battle, it would always fail and not work on her.

But still, she just... couldn't do that, just give up fighting... if she gave up fighting then she'd give up all she'd ever known.

"Why don't you explain why you don't want to give up fighting?" Mary asked her again with a smile.

Melly looked away and crossed her arms, not wanting to explain, but the Tinkaton was still choosing to sit with her arms crossed, idly kicking her legs and content as she ever was to just sit there and wait until she'd decided when to talk. She waited, and waited... waited some more, hoping that she could wait out the Hammer Pokemon, but it seemed said Hammer Mon had the patience of Arceus itself to wait until she was ready to spill the beans.

"Ever since I was born... I was raised to fight, trained to fight, I was 'bred' to fight." She whispered quietly. "I've... never... known a life outside of battling and I remember my mother's last words before I never saw her again. She told me to find someone worth fighting for... someone I'll always fight for no matter what... then I never saw her again."

"She was sold on the Pokeblack Market as an 'exotic' specimen outside of the region, my trainer had purchased 'me' right after I hatched from my egg. I barely got to spend five minutes with my mother... before she was taken from me... and then I started my training to fight in illegal underground arenas outside of Paldea."

"And when your former trainer came here to Paldea for a vacation years later, he was discovered, arrested, and promptly relieved of you and his other Pokemon." Mary continued, knowing the story after that point. "You were adopted by him, and you instantly fell in love with how nice he treated you and the home you were given."

Melly nodded as she smiled at that memory, being told he would never demand she fight for him, until he joined the competitive scene because she 'loved' fighting and wanted to for him. After that she loved fighting for him, fighting to make him rise higher, wanting to shine for him... just wanting to do 'anything' for him simply because it was him. Simple acts of kindness, a pat on the head, a scratch here or there, playing silly games to make her laugh, even little walks to get a snack for her and the others, they just warmed her heart up to him that... she couldn't see herself being with anyone else besides him.

"So, the real reason you don't want to settle down, is because you don't want to have a kitten, who will grow up like you did... born only to battle?"

Melly nodded, she didn't want that, she didn't want to continue what her mother was forced to do with her. She didn't even know who her father was, for all she knew it was probably a Ditto or worse...

"You don't 'have' to fight you know..." Mary said as she hopped down and picked up her hammer. "Consider that, maybe 'Terry' doesn't want to battle anymore either."

At that she looked up in surprise. "But Terry's competing in the Tiers, why else would he compete?"

"I dunno, but have you ever noticed he isn't happy when he's battling?" She asked back as she started walking away, hammer swaying gently in the air. "Well let's get going, Terry's probably wondering what's keeping us, we have a lot of practicing to do tomorrow after all~!"

Not getting Mary's carefree attitude, but deciding that they might as well head on over to Terry, she walked in step behind the Tinkaton thinking about what she said.

At camp she and Mary arrived to see a big tent having been pitched and Terry was even already starting to make lunch for them all over a fire. But all the time she just kept glancing and looking at Terry, at the same time trying to ignore the stinging burning sensation that 'was' her Heat Cycle constantly reminding her that she was in heat.

"Hey, are you alright Melly?" Terry asked as they stopped eating lunch.

She looked up at him before shaking her head, trying to clear her mind and ignore that burning sensation in between her legs. She could endure it, she just had to endure it, a few more weeks and it'll pass.

As the hours passed, she watched the others going through special training regiments that Terry had found online to try and help train his various team members, with exception to Melly the Meowscarada. She just sat off to the side, sitting on a rock and watching as the other three Team Members practiced with him. Nina was learning to master her Twin Beams move, something she knew how to do but could 'never' bring herself to use it to hurt anyone. So, they were trying to train that habit out of her by having her practice with Rudy pretending to be different species of Pokemon. Since he couldn't be hurt by her moves, she could practice attacking him without fear of hurting him.

Rudy meanwhile was being shown different types of Pokemon and learning to figure out how to mirror their movements and mirror their actions. The Zoroark was learning to figure out how to act and pretend to act like different Pokemon, but because he liked to play tricks, he could not get over his habit of pretending to be mortally wounded by Nina every time she got into her routine.

Mary didn't need much training, so to help her, Terry was using a large target to help her practice her aim with the hammer by having her rush forward and swing it so that it landed on the bullseye while she was blindfolded.

As for Norman the Dunsparce... well Melly had only saw him just coil up and start sleeping after he ate. So as far as Terry was concerned, Norman was just there to relax, coil up near the fire and chill like at home. And so, the day went by just like that, Nina having panic attacks, Rudy getting kicked every time he teased her, Terry laughing at their antics while 'trying' to get them to stay on track, Mary having fun smashing rocks while target practicing, and Norman occasionally waking up for brief moments to coil up again before sleeping without anyone noticing.

When she caught him wake up, she tried to get him to talk, but he'd already coiled up the other way and went right back to sleep.

"Why does he even bother bringing him?" She asked bitterly.

The day continued on, with Melly deciding to take a short nap, curling up next to the fire and letting Terry train the others, since it was as Mary said, she did not have any need to train since she was already stronger than the other four combined.

Her dreams were a mixed bag of emotions and feelings, weird images and other things, mostly revolving around her mother, crying out, trying to get her to stay and come back, but all she said was 'find someone worth fighting for, someone worth 'living' for'... before vanishing.

"MOTHER!" She screamed as she woke up, panting and looking around.

It was dark out, apparently, she had slept for hours, and the fire had died down a lot, not to mention it was getting cold. Winter was around the corner, so she expected this, but what she didn't expect was to not see anyone else around besides Norman the Dunsparce who was 'still' sleeping next to her, but coiled the opposite way now, again.

She checked the tent and didn't see anyone inside, and she saw the remains of several rocks and indents, indicating Mary had been swinging her hammer a lot, but otherwise there was no sign of Terry or the other Pokemon he had. Remembering that he was out here to train, she figured that he'd probably left her and Norman at camp to try and get some practice routines or something in with the others, knowing she was strongest and could take care of herself and Norman.

A fact made clear when she heard Norman moaning in his sleep.

"YAWWWnnnn... Terry went down to beach... practice with the others... asked me watch over you... said he'll be back in while... *snooooore*."

She sighed as she got up and walked over to a nearby pond to wash herself and try to cool herself off. She could feel the agony of her heat, it was burning in between her so much. The one thing that helped was cooling baths at home where she could... 'relieve' herself at least temporarily or spray herself with cold water to calm down.

At the small pond she cupped some water and began splashing her face, letting the cold water cool her down. Then she began taking it and gently splashing the area between her legs where the worst effects of her heat were coming from, her sex. It wasn't the best method of dealing with it, but it at least helped calm her down.

That was when she heard a twig snap nearby, causing her to get up and look alert. "Who is it?" She demanded, getting defensive.

After a few moments she saw a couple of bushes rustle and saw as a Persian slowly stepped out, it's gleaming peach colored fur glinting in the night light of the slowly rising moon, looking at her with keen eyes and whiskers twitching.

"Peeerrrr..." He whispered seductively, not saying anything in particular, looking directly at her with a grin and stepping closer.

She knew that look without having to figure it out, this Persian was male, and he had come here to mate with her, drawn to her by her heat pheromones.

"Stay back..." She growled, taking one tentative step backward and extending her claws.

"Mrmmmwhat's the matter, is it your first heat?" The Persian whispered as he continued to step closer. "Mmmdon't worry, I'll be 'gentle'..."

She hissed threateningly as she tried to continue backing away, before she began noticing 'other' figures entering the area. Other Persians, all of them looking directly at her with similar smirks and intentions as the first, they were here to mate with her, breed with her.

One she could take down in three seconds no problem, six, maybe stretching it but it was nothing she couldn't handle... but 'fifteen' Persians that had her surrounded, while she was already fighting and struggling with her Heat messing with her mind? And all of them were here because they smelled her heat and were here to breed with her?

The second she lost her focus on trying to fight them her heat blazed into her mind, urging her to not resist, to mate with them, they all had gleaming fur and sharp claws, and even sharper eyes so they all had viability as candidates to be her mate, and this was her twelfth year she'd gone through her heat without once mating, she couldn't take it anymore.

"Mmmrower, who do you want to be your mate?" The first one asked gleefully as she clenched her legs, not running away despite being surrounded. "If you don't choose, we'll make the choice for you... I don't mind fighting the others to prove I'm the 'best'... you look strong yourself, and I'm an 'alpha' among Persians!" He said as he drew even closer, smirking as he sniffed her scent. "You'll make an 'excellent' mother for my kittens..."

At that she managed to break through the haze of desire her body was feeling to gather her powers, flick her paws and then launch an attack at the Persian in front of her, creating a Flower to explode. But that momentary loss of self-control just made her heat even 'worse', as without her concentration to keep her mind focused on controlling her heat, it was like a heavy fog began filling her mind. She was struggling to keep herself focused, but her body was reacting to the desire even more strongly.

As for the Persian, despite the Flower Trick move she used, and the damage it did, he had recovered and began walking even closer to her, smirking while the others began joining him. It seemed they'd all agreed to share her without fighting. "Oh, that stings!" He growled. "Fine, you don't want one of us as your mate, then we won't stay with you... but we'll still give you our kittens to raise... but this way, you won't know 'whose' kittens they are."

In panic she stumbled backward but fell to the ground, clutching her legs tight and using her arms to shield her sex from view, scared now as she watched them get closer, surrounding her on all sides, afraid as she couldn't muster the strength to fight ba-

*BRRRRRRRRR*

Suddenly a spinning swirling thing of 'white' sped through the pack of Persians, knocking them aside and flying fast on the ground, drilling through the earth and carving it up. All of the Persians were so stunned that many of them didn't react in time, and were sent flying through the air to land in crumpled heaps, before rushing to climb to their feet and get away. Those that did growled and roared, trying to scare off this threat, but instead it spun toward them, drilling through their attempts to fight it and sending them flying again, carving the ground and creating deep trenches of earth in its path. A few tried to make a run for it, but the drilling thing spun and chased after them, overtaking them and smacking them into the air and sending them flying like the others.

As the last of the Persians began to flee in panic, the 'alpha' as he called himself, growled and did not shy away, instead he stood his ground as the swirling mass of 'white' turned toward him and began drilling to send him flying now. When it got close it snarled and created a powerful barrier of light, a 'Protect' barrier as she knew it was called, and the drill met the protect barrier, and after several seconds it began to slow until it was revealed that Melly's mysterious savior was none other than...

"Norman?" She asked in utter surprise.

"A 'Dunsparce'?" The Persian asked in disbelief.

The Dunsparce looked up at the Persian, yawning, and just sitting there. "Did you have to do that, that hurt my tail..." He muttered in a bored tone.

"I'll do more than hurt your TAIL for getting in the way of my fun!" The Persian growled as he extended his claws and slashed down, his paw casting a dark energy as he slashed the Dunsparce's hide.

But, instead of leaving a gash or even a scratch on the Dunsparce, Norman just sat there and tilted his head a little as the claws just glanced off him. Confused the Persian slashed again, but the same result occurred, not even a scratch. The Persian roared in frustration as he launched swipe after swipe, trying to damage the Land Snake Pokemon with his sharp claws, but not even making so much as a dent in his hide. Norman just continued to sit there looking bored even as the Persian began to tire itself out, panting as nothing was working on him.

"Can I move now?" He asked, sounding tired.

"Why... won't... you... die?!" He screamed in frustration.

"I'll take that as a yes..." Norman said, and a purple energy began gathering in the center of his forehead.

Seeing this the Persian lost all fierceness and began fleeing for his life, but Norman, still looking bored, had already launched his attack, butting him with his head and sending the cat flying, screaming in pain and over the horizon it looked like and out of sight. When the coast was clear, Norman yawned, and began crawling over to her, waving his little drill-like tail. "You, okay?"

"H-how...?" She asked.

"They ruined my nap... I was just having a nice dream..." He said sounding bored.

"H-how did... you..."

"I coiled up, simple as that, you know how it works, coil up, get stronger, get tougher, hit more easily! Several times a day... always fully coiled. I like being coiled up." Norman said, sounding very happy but also sleepy.

"You... your scales... not a scratch..." She muttered in disbelief.

"Oh... I found this purple lump thingy one day... it never digested... a nurse said it was an 'eviolite' or something. Permanently tougher, but also constantly tired..." He muttered as he began slowly hopping over to where camp was. "I'm tired again... going to bed again, wake me in the morning for breakfast please~!"

"Wait!" Melly shouted as she got up and ran to him. "I just wanted to say..."

"Heeeeeey!" A voice yelled out in the night, and she and Norman turned to see Terry running as fast as he could with Rudy, Nina and Mary close behind him. He gasped as he caught up to them and quickly asked, "What happened, what was that, I just saw Persians flying and dust and..."

Melly glanced over at the Dunsparce who wiggled his tail happily, before she smiled back and told him. "Norman saved me... I was about to be raped by some Persians who wanted to breed me... but Norman rescued me."

At that Rudy, Mary and Nina all looked aghast at what she had said, but Terry was confused since he didn't understand a word she said without a translator. So, after a bit of effort, some crude drawings, and gestures with her paws, Terry nodded and quickly started packing up the tent and closing their campsite.

"What's going on, why are we leaving so soon?" She asked him as the others began helping.

"I'm not risking anyone's safety here; I shouldn't have left you alone even with Norman. I didn't realize you were in heat..." He said. "If I had known, I would never have brought you out here... I know how much a Pokemon's heat can affect wild Pokemon when out in the wild. Those Persians were chased off, but there will be more. I'll take you home where you'll be safe."

"But, what about your training and..." She began saying, going over to him to plead and say she'd be fine, but he shook his head with a smile and gently rubbed the side of her cheek with his finger.

"No... training for the next season isn't worth risking your safety, not for anything." He told her softly. "We can... always train before the season begins again. What matters is you guys and me making sure you're all safe and sound." He then smiled and looked at her with tired eyes. "Besides... it's not like this outing would make me a better trainer anyways, in fact if I stay here and keep putting you at risk, I'd be even worse than... well your previous trainer."

She shook her head at those words, not believing them even if he said it. She would never think he was worse than her previous trainer, he was a nice human, he was kind, he was amazing to her. He gave her a new home, a new life, a new 'everything'... she'd do anything for him, give anything to him with how happy she was because of him.

But she accepted his wish, and helped wrap up the tent while the others put out the fire and packed things up. During the wait for the taxi, she noticed the others were idly chatting to each other, talking about what they were going to do and even talking about traveling the region to visit various events during potential 'off days' that Terry had. This piqued her interest as she asked what was going on.

"Hmmm, oh yea, you were asleep, but down by the beach, when the sun was setting, Terry asked us how we'd feel if he stopped competing in the Tiers altogether and got a full-time job. He was offered something in Mesagoza and the pay is better than what he has at the grocery store, but he'd have to give up battling to get it." Rudy said with a smile. "We don't mind if he gives up battling, cause then that means we get to have more fun with him instead of having to worry about fighting!"

"Wait, give up battling, but I thought he wanted to battle?" Melly asked.

"Battling isn't what he wants, what he really wants is... well... he just wants to have a 'loving girlfriend' to call his own in life." Nina said sweetly. "I uh... accidentally read his mind today, so I told the others that. We all agreed, we don't really care about battling to begin with, so giving it up and helping him become happier is more important. Besides, we were happier before we started entering in that Tier Competition, we only enjoyed it because we got to be with Terry!"

'A loving girlfriend?' She asked herself as the Taxi approached them in the distance. "Wait... he wants a 'girlfriend'?"

Nina nodded with a sad smile. "He's lonely, you know how other trainers treat him, no matter what he does he gets no respect, no attention, they belittle him... girls in that field think so little of him and he makes so little to begin with. Humans have higher standards than Pokemon for mates, and he's stressing himself out so much trying to look stronger than he is. He said he might take the job offer... but he wanted to know what 'we' think of it, so we told him. We want him to be happy, that's all that matters."

"If this helps him get even slightly closer to his dream, we'll help however we can." Rudy said with a nod and a smile. "We're behind him every step of the way! Battles or no battles."

She looked down at Mary who was idly swaying her hammer back and forth as the Taxi made its descent. She then smiled and looked at her sweetly.

"Did you know about this before?" Melly asked curiously.

"Mnnnope, I didn't know aaaaaaanything~!" The Tinkaton said with a cheeky grin, before walking over to get pulled into her Pokeball with the others.

She waited as everyone was pulled into their balls before she had an idea, and after thinking about it, decided to make a decision that would help her trainer, and finally help herself...

Later that night when he let them out, she talked to the Tinkaton to ask her for a massive favor. Her plan required her having the house with him alone, and while the Tinkaton agreed to get Rudy and Nina out for the night, Norman was... allowed to stay. Not because she couldn't, but because he was already fast asleep and as such would not wake up even if she tried.

Not that the Meowscarada wanted to disturb him after the way he protected her. So as long as he stayed by the fireplace and slept, she wouldn't mind, but the others, she wanted them out so she was alone with Terry in his room. She wanted privacy because... what she had planned was something she's been wanting to do for so long, but was afraid to commit to.

When the time came, she was outside with Mary, Nina and Rudy. "You're missing a nice walk Melly; this is the kind of weather you want to enjoy before winter fully sets it!" Rudy said.

"I'm fine, I need to stay inside for now, you guys enjoy the walk!" Melly said with a smile.

"We'll be back later~!" Nina said happily as she and Rudy walked off.

Mary smiled her cheeky smile as normal, and turned to her with a nod of understanding. "Are you sure this is what you want?" She asked sweetly.

Melly nodded; she did want this.

Mary took a deep sigh as she nodded with a sad smile now, but it was a smile of acceptance. "Very well, take care of him for me alright... he may not be my son but... I helped raise him with his parents since he was a baby! He's very important to me..."

Melly knelt and nodded in understanding, placing her paw over Mary's hand, not saying anything with the gesture besides 'she understood'. "I'll take good care of him, I promise." She whispered softly.

Mary took a moment to sniffle, smiling happily as she nodded in acceptance once more, patted her paw with her other hand, before letting her go, picking her hammer up and walking away. But she turned back just for one second longer, to nod again, and finally walked away, leaving Melly to place her hand over her heart, take a deep breath of air, and finally go inside the home.

Once inside she turned off the lights, closed the blinds, double checked Norman to make sure he was asleep, and then finally opened up Terry's room to go inside.

(Enter Terry's PoV)

Terry was just climbing into his bed for sleep after changing into his pajamas and shaving that day, when he heard the door opened and closed behind him. He looked to see Melly the Meowscarada walk in with a smile on her face as well as blushing slightly beneath her fur. He could only faintly see it because the fur was shortest on her face, but she was indeed blushing.

He also noticed that she was looking right at him with heavy lidded eyes.

"Hey Melly, what's u-?" He began saying before she stepped over and pressed into him for a huge kiss on his lips.

He had been tired just seconds ago, but the second her lips kissed his he was suddenly wide awake as she pushed him into his bed, lips still pressed against his and purring happily the entire time.

Once she had pecked and tasted his lips with her own she slowly wrapped her arms around him and embraced him, closing her eyes and cooing as she felt her heat beginning to flare again. Before she had been fighting her heat the entire time because it was affecting her mind, now however she had planned it so that her heat would be in full swing with Terry so close to her.

She knew from Terry that her species had a massive heat effect on those within range, it was why her 'scent' was so enticing to the Persians back at the camp site. Now however, since it was in a closed environment such as Terry's room, she was planning on not only giving in to her body's desires, but to entice Terry with it so he would mate her that night.

"Mmmeowmmm..." She moaned as her tail began waving excitedly.

"Mhmmmhah Melly what is... why are you?" He managed to say after finally pulling away from her, with her still smiling and looking at him with seductive eyes.

"Meowscaaaa..." She said warmly, kissing him on the lips again. "I'm just confessing at long last..."

"Melly, you're not in your right mindset... you're in heat..." He tried to say, but she shook her head. "Melly, please you're not thinking right, you need to stop or..."

Melly shook her head again as she stopped him with her finger, before letting her tail do its thing. It waved over his nose and released its aphrodisiac scent at full blast. It was true, her heat was causing her to not think clearly, but her heart and mind were in agreement with her body in this instance. She loved Terry, and she wanted to be with him, now more intimately since he was giving up becoming a trainer in the competitive scene. The others told her that he was lonely, that he was stressing himself out, and everything else... and it caused her pain to know he was hurting inside.

So, she was doing the one thing she knew how to do, battle, battle his hurt the only way she can... by giving up her life as a Battling Pokemon, for that of a Lover. She knew that Paldea embraced Pokemon/Human relationships, so there was nothing wrong with her confessing to Terry and asking him to be her boyfriend.

But she also knew that Terry was... had, a habit of hurting himself for the sake of others, including his Pokemon. So, this time she wasn't going to give him that chance to hurt himself, she was going to take all of that hurt and make it something better. Hense why she blasted him with her tail's scent.

After a few seconds of sniffing it, his eyelids, that had bags under them, became hazier, a sign that the aphrodisiac was working its magic on him. After he'd had a good whiff, she pulled her tail flower away and saw him breathing slightly heavier.

"Melly... why did you do that?" He asked her. "You need to stop; I don't want to... hurt you. I like you too much... and in your heat, with that scent from your tail... you need to get out or... I won't be able to control myself."

She beamed as he said that, the truth was coming out now. Her heat may be affecting him now that its scent was being focused in this confined space, but her aphrodisiac flower scent from her tail was the real winner here. He was becoming honest with himself, he liked her as well, and he didn't want to do anything that might hurt her. At this rate if she didn't get out and lock the door to his room, he'd no doubt take her as his... but that's what she wanted.

"Meowsca raadaaaa~!" She whispered back lovingly. "I know Terry and I don't mind~!"

She leaned down, gently kissed his lips again, before pulling back, and placing a paw on his heart. Then she took his hand and placed it over her heart, nodding to give him the message.

"You... also love me?" He asked her quietly.

She nodded, she then placed his hand in hers and flexed her fingers so that they could interlock with each other, and after a few moments, both hands gripped each other and Melly finally cooed as she was pulled into his grip and kissed back.

"Mmmmmeowmmmm~!"

He moaned into her lips as well, slowly slipping his tongue into her mouth where both of them played and teased with the other, Melly pushing harder and harder into his embrace, trying to get as close as possible to her new mate as possible. She smiled happily, closing her eyes and crying gentle tears of joy as she was embraced in his loving touch, now that he was no longer being held back by his fears and self-hurting personality.

Speaking of what they were doing, she began straddling his groin area and slowly rubbing her sex over where his lay, letting her heat-soaked pussy soak his shorts. Through his now slowly getting wetter shorts, she could feel his dick slowly starting to get harder. Smirking she looked down at his tent and looked at him with a curious grin.

"Melly... are you sure?" He asked, trying to fight through the haze, but it was very hard.

It wasn't that he didn't want to do this with her, far from it, he liked her, loved her even, she was such a beautiful Pokemon and a beautiful girl to him that each day he saw her made it a little better. Even on days where he just wanted to 'die', seeing her smile brightened his day. But he didn't know if she really wanted this because of just her heat, or because she really did love him?

What he did know is that her heat was clouding his judgement, and pretty soon, unless something drastic happened, he wouldn't be able to resist her.

Melly in response, gently coaxed his hand into hers, and slowly placed it over her heart, and nodded, before taking it again and putting it against her pussy, nodding again.

That was the last restraint he had left in his mind, with her acknowledgement of his question, and answering it, saying she was sure and that she did want him to take her, saying she loved him and wanted to do this with him, took away his restraints and made him flip Melly over and kiss her deeply

"Mmmmeowwscammmm!" She tried to moan out, but she couldn't edge a word in before her mouth was taken captive by his and they started making out furiously.

She slowly undid his pajama shirt and helped slipped it off, smiling as she saw his bare chest, before watching him pull down his pants and reveal his dick that was starting to grow harder and longer with every passing second. Her eyes went wide as she saw it, seeing a male's dick was definitely something her body didn't know how to react to, but it was certainly making her more excited the longer she looked at it.

She watched him lean forward to kiss her and pecked his lips, feeling how soft they were and enjoying how perfect they fit her own, her tail waving off to the side as he began kissing her slowly down her neck, then to her chest where he began pecking and suckling upon her very petite breasts hidden beneath her fur.

"Meow, meow... sca... rada!" She panted wrapping her legs around him as he played with her soft breasts. "Oh yea, oh yes... yes... oh Terry!"

Terry sucked on her little mounds with one mound, using one hand to gently play and rub the other, occasionally playing with the even smaller nipples on them and using his tongue to play with the other. Her little breasts were extremely small, resulting in her being almost 'flat', the only characteristic that he personally was able to tell between a male and female member of her species, besides the obvious one.

Speaking of the obvious difference, he slowly began kissing further down from her chest, starting with her svelte belly, and making his way toward her legs where an overpowering scent emanated from between her legs. Her sex was extremely puffed and secreting her nectar and juices from her arousal and heat.

The aroma coming from her pussy tickled his nostrils and just clouded his judgement that much more, enticing him to take a taste of that which was smelling so tantalizingly sweet to his nose and taste bud.

Melly saw him lean into her pussy and cooed as she leaned up and gently coaxed him closer, gasping in pleasure as she felt his tongue slip into the folds of her entrance and feel him sucking and kissing her sex.

"Mewsca... meoooowscaaaaa~!" She cooed in delight. "Ooohoh... oooh yes right there~!"

Terry just kept eating and tasting that sweet sex juice from Melly, tasting a strange minty scent reminiscent of something he'd smell in a garden of roses. Finding he liked it he licked deeper and faster, teasing her inner walls to try and get more of it while the Meowscarada played with his hair, running her fingers through it and moaning in pleasure each second that went by that he gave her this treatment.

"Meowsca, meowsca, meooowscarada rada!" She giggled seductively, wrapping her legs a little tighter and thrusting ever so slightly into him. "Oh Terry, oh you're so good, you really know how to make me purr!"

He continued to lick and play with her sex, occasionally suckling and tickling her entrance and tasting her nectar every time, it leaked out, pushing harder and faster as she cooed or responded positively to his teasing of her body. After a while she began panting, pulling him harder into her sex and moaning in pleasure with every moment.

"Meow... meow... meowsca rada... meow... meow... MEOOOW!" She screamed happily as she felt her first release. "Oh Terry... right there... I feel something... coming... coming... MEOOOOW!"

She sprayed her essence into his mouth as she released her first orgasm from his attentions, and after she'd calmed down, he slowly pulled himself up and pushed into her mouth, kissing her deeply as she rolled him over and slowly kissed her way down 'his' body. First kissing his chest, then licking his body from chest to belly, and then smiling as she looked at his dick with what probably were heart shaped irises.

His dick was probably average to other girls, but since Melly never laid eyes on another male's tool before, she wasn't going to judge its length or girth, she loved him not for how big he was or how wide he was, but because of who he was. So, with that said, she winked up at him, before leaning forward and kissing the tip of his dick, greeting it for the first time.

She smiled seductively up at him before leaning closer and taking her tongue out to lick his dick from the base to the very tip, causing him to shudder in pleasure as she was slow and methodical, wanting to taste 'everything' about her lover.

"Hooooh Melly... that feels..."

She giggled as she hasn't even started yet, she just kept licking and enjoying the flavor of her lover's dick, coating it in her saliva and taking in his maleness scent with her nostrils. This was her first time doing anything like this, and with her first male, so she wanted to savor the moment and ingrain it into her memory so she would never forget it. After a bit of teasing, she slowly licked from the base all the way to the tip again, grinned as she swirled her tongue around the head, before wrapping her mouth around it and slowly gulping it down as far as she could.

"Ooooh fuck... oh fuck Melly..." He moaned as she began slowly bobbing her head up and down. "Oh that... your mouth feels amazing..."

She felt glee at the compliment as she continued to suck and lick his dick, feeling and tasting the entire length inside of her mouth. She occasionally scraped her little teeth on his fleshy rod, but only enough to make him moan in pleasure, trying to learn all of his favorite pleasure points and understand what he enjoyed from her touches.

After a bit more she began bobbing up and down faster and faster, feeling him grip her head slightly and forcing her to do it more frequently.

"Mhmmm!" She moaned as she felt him starting to get rougher, and noticed his rod was twitching excitedly, as if in response to something.

Realizing instinctively what that signified, she paused, gently pulling away with a soft 'plop' and a smile, shaking her head as she didn't want him to release in her mouth.

No, her heat was telling her that would be a waste, there was a better place for his first release!

So, with that she climbed back up, wrapped her arms around him and slowly edged herself onto the bed, pulling him on top of her and wrapping her legs around him.

She glanced down at where his dick was, gently rubbing across her hot and puffed sex, both twitching in excitement as she waited for the big moment to happen.

"Melly... I just want you to know, first... I love you!" He muttered as he leaned closer to her.

"Meowsca... rada!" She replied with a heartwarming smile. "And I love you... Terry!"

"And... second... once I start... I might not be able to control myself anymore... so if anything happens..."

She shook her head with a wink, she didn't care what happened between them tonight.

"And... I'll try my best... you know to, please you... it's my first time with a girl so..."

She placed her finger on his lips, telling him to stop, a twinkle in her eyes and a comforting nod. "Meowsca... rada, meowscarada, rada rada meowscarada!" She said, shaking her head and nodding happily. "Have more confidence in yourself... Terry, you're my first male, don't feel like you have to compete!"

She then wrapped her legs around him, shifting her entrance so that his dick ever so slightly poked her sex, all he needed to do was push in. Then she nodded, wrapped her arms around his back, and braced herself as he took her acceptance and plunged hard into her.

"Meeeooooooow!" She cried in pain.

It was 'painful', her first time was so much pain, but despite that he began thrusting in and out, not giving her sex time to adjust, just pumping in and out as if on automatic.

"Meowmm mhmm mmmhm meowmmm meowmmammm!" She cried as he kissed her, her eyes shedding tears of pain as he pumped her virgin pussy without any hesitation.

But even though he started thrusting without waiting for her, she felt a little joy in his desire, he wanted her so much that he couldn't wait. It made her feel happy inside, and that little happiness only began growing as slowly, steadily, her pain began to subside.

"Mahammm it hurts... it hurts Terry... but... it's starting... it's starting to meoooweel good!" She moaned as he released her lips.

Down where they were connected, his dick was coated with tiny streaks of red, her virginity been taken by his dick and now the two of them were making love to one another. As he continued to thrust in and out of her passage, with it slowly accommodating it's first-time guest, the lines of red began to fade as he slowly pushed in and out.

He kept gripping the bed as he thrust in and out of her passage, feeling her legs wrap tightly around his waist, trying to get him to go deeper into her body, her heat clouding his mind as all he could think was pumping this beautiful creature in front of him with his dick, make love to her, make her 'his', push deeper and deeper until he released inside of her.

Soon his judgement was entirely clouded as he kissed her and began ramming into her harder and harder, and she panted in pleasure with each thrust.

"It... feels wonderful in you, you're so tight Melly..."

"Meow... meow... it feels... meow!" She cried as she looked into his eyes, her eyes sparkling like diamonds in the night. "You... you feel amazing... I love it... I love you, Terry!"

She kissed him on the lips, slowing his thrust to a slow crawl, gently pushing in and out, letting themselves catch a short break to breathe while he gently coaxed her sex with pleasure via his dick. Their tongues poked and prodded each other in their mouths, gently wrapping around one another to enjoy this moment before he began thrusting harder and harder again, picking up his pace and causing her to moan in time with his thrusts.

"Mmmeow... meow meow meow oh ah hah ah... hah... Oh meow Terry!" She cooed as her tongue hung out of her mouth, wanting to play with its playmate some more.

"Hah... ha... oh... Fuck I'm... I'm about to!" He shouted as he began ramming her harder and harder, poking at the entrance to her womb.

"Meow... more... more... harder, inside... inside me... meow!" She cried excitedly.

She could feel it, his release, and she knew where she wanted it, her heat knew where she wanted it to be, and since the air in his bedroom was absolutely coated in her pheromone and her aphrodisiac from her tail, the point of no return had long since been passed. She knew that any hesitation he had about pulling out was gone as he seemed determined to stay inside to the final moment.

"Shit... fuck... hah... Ah... ah ahhah ah ahah!"

"Meow maha hah hah ah hahah mah ha!"

"Hnngaaaaaah!" He yelled as he shoved as deep as he could, his dick kissing the entrance to her womb and exploding inside of it, resulting in her own orgasm going off as well.

"Meowaaaah!" She cried out as she felt his gooey seed seeping into her chamber, coating her walls and dousing that little fire she'd been feeling burning all week long.

They stayed that way for a little longer, with Melly holding him tightly, feeling him release spurt after spurt into her body, his hot cum seemingly cooling her body down with each little drop. And each drop he deposited came with it countless little seeds now being planted into her.

She looked up into his face and pulled him into a deep kiss, in her mouth she had a little fun with the moment.

'Trainer Terry used Draining Kiss, Meowscarada Melly used Draining Kiss, Trainer Terry used Leech Seed, Meowscarada Melly... was seeded...'

She cooed happily as he lay on top of her, purring her satisfaction with his performacne and gently rubbing his hair while stroking his cheek with her own.

"Melly... forgive me..." He muttered as he slowly lifted himself over her.

"Huh?" She asked in confusion, before she yeeped as he began thrusting into her again.

"I'm sorry... I can't... control myself anymore... my body is... on automatic!"

"Meow... meowgain?" She asked in exhausted pleasure as her sex was assaulted by a now seemingly refreshed and hardened dick, now feeling even thicker than it was before as it began ramming her womb again. "My... it's meow... heat... my heat is..."

Oh dear, was all she could think, because it seemed her heat cycle had been stronger than she realized or intended, the same went for her tail's aphrodisiac. She knew its effect was to make their fun last 'longer', but it seemed the two had resulted in... something even worse.

"Meow... mewo!" She cried as she was slowly turned over and he began thrusting into her again, still going at his fast pace.

He wrapped his arms around her, using one to hold her close while the other toyed with her breasts, gently wrapping and squeezing them while he pulled her into yet another kiss, allowing her to see his eyes were indeed clouded and he was also indeed going on automatic. Her tail waved tiredly in the background as he thrust in and out of her body, her sex leaking their juices and essence onto the bed as he continued to batter into her womb with the tip of his dick.

Soon she couldn't think much, and in the haze of sex, time seemed to pass really fast for the two of them.

At one point she was lifted up and he thrust into her while leaning her against the wall, then at another point she was straddling him and bouncing up and down on the bed. At another point she was under him again and he was pounding into her pussy while her legs were spread wide.

All that she knew was that he kept on going.

The second time he began to release inside of her again, she was pleading with him to slow down, to stop, her initial fears of being 'bred' coming back for a brief moment.

"Meow... Terry... please... if you keep this up... I'll be bred... you'll breed me!" She pleaded in a weak and feeble voice, but her body's response was to tighten on his dick and convince it to explode soon after. "Meooooowaaaaaah!"

They both panted but like before, Terry's body and her body were on automatic, with her uncontrollably raising herself up and presenting her entrance for him to pierce with his dick and begin thrusting once more into her.

"Me... ow... agai... Terry... if we... keep... going... I'll really... get pregnant! I don't... know... if I'm ready!"

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... but I can't..." He muttered.

She couldn't get mad at him, he was being honest, he couldn't control himself and now neither could she. The third time he was about to release inside of her, she had accepted it, and no longer wanted him to pull out, instead using her tail and legs to lock him in place with a happy smile.

"I'm... about... to..." He panted heavily as he was holding her using only his arms to thrust into her.

"It's okay... Meooowo ahead... breed me, I want your baby Terry... Meowsca love you!" She cooed lovingly, holding him with her legs and nodding happily, wanting him to come inside of her and give her an egg.

"Nhnaaaaa!"

"Meowooaaaaaaah!" She moaned happily as he came inside of her again.

But her heat's scent was still in flux, and so he kept going again, by the fourth time they were only running on what little adrenaline was left in their bodies, and Melly was wondering if he was completely 'drained' of sperm or if he still had reserves as he began to pump her again.

"Meowscaaa... you can't get enough of me, can you?" She panted as he slowly pounded her. "Neither can I meow... I love you... please don't stop... keep going until we're both too tired Meow!"

He couldn't talk anymore after he kissed her right after that, and so she just panted heavily as he thrust and rammed her harder again, cumming once more and causing her to orgasm.

When it finally ended, they both fell to the bed, dead tired, with Melly looking at him, and purring happily, as she felt her heat beginning to die down, which meant only one thing. She just fell into a deep sleep, a sleep where she had a dream... where she watched, deep inside of her, several little sperm all swarming a single, solitary egg... all of them trying to be the first to fertilize it.

Slowly, but surely, one of them burrowed deep inside of it... fertilizing her.

She had only one thought cross her subconscious mind that put a smile on her face in the real world.

'Trainer Terry used knock up... Meowscarada Melly was knocked up...'

(Nina's, Rudy's, and Mary's PoV)

"So 'why' are we tossing rotting tomatoes we found in the trash off this cliff?" Rudy asked as he chucked another tomato off the cliff and into the air.

"Because that car there needs to be tomatoed! It's a tradition among humans you know when you buy a new car! When someone buys a new car, his neighbors throw rotten fruits or vegetables to celebrate it!" Mary said innocently.

"This is a weird tradition, are you sure humans like doing this?" Nina asked curiously as she used her powers to fling a tomato at the car in question.

"Of course I am sure, don't you believe me, FOOOOUR!" She screamed as she took her hammer and swung it at a massive blob of rotten tomatos, sending the conglomeration soaring and flying into the car's open window, splattering the inside in its rotten gooeyness. "Oh, ten points to Hammer!"

"You know that car looks familiar, I think Terry mentioned that a Bombirdier dropped a rock on it a week ago." Rudy said as he looked closely at the car below.

"Naaah, that car isn't this one, that one is brand new!" Mary said innocently as she readied another blob of tomatoes.

"Say... we've been out here for a few hours; think we should head back?" Nina whispered nervously.

"Nah we're fine, the night is young... FOOOOOOUR!" She cheered as she flung the next blob.

(Terry's an Melly's PoV the next morning)

The next morning Terry and Melly woke up with the air in his room being aired out thanks to the window being opened for some reason. But the most important thing that happened, was Terry slowly realizing what it was he did, and looking over to see Melly slowly getting up and smiling at him, nodding to indicate that 'yes' what happened last night happened.

"Melly... I'm... sorry for what I did, I didn't mean to do what I did." He began saying as Melly slowly cuddled into him with a smile. "I wasn't in my right mindset, and I didn't mean to hurt you or take advantage of you. I promise I didn't want to hurt you I just wasn't thinking clearly and..."

Melly stopped him with a kiss on the lips, a chuckle and a finger to his nose to get him to pay attention to her.

"Meowsca rada meowscarada rada!" She muttered warmly. "Terry don't worry about what happened last night!"

"But I violated you, I basically raped you while you were in heat and..."

She again told him to stop, shaking her head with a loving smile. "Meowscarada rada... mmmeowca rada rad meow~!" She whispered happily. "Terry what happened last night... I would have let happen if it was you any day any time~!"

She purred lovingly as she pulled him into a little kiss, pecking him occasionally to get him into the idea of kissing her again.

"So... does this mean we're... dating?" He asked nervously.

She nodded.

At that, a weight lifted off of his shoulders it felt like, he had a girlfriend. True it was a Pokemon, but this Pokemon, loved him, without any reservations or without any conditions. And he loved her...

She then took his hand and used it to pat her belly, looking at him sheepishly. "Meow sca... Meowscarada... meow?" She asked. "You will... take responsibility... right?"

"Wait... are you saying... you're?"

She nodded, looking ashamed as she told him. There was no point lying about it, her heat wasn't affecting her, it had ended early, and her body wasn't going crazy demanding she breed. That only meant one thing, she was pregnant...

"Meowsca... rada meow?" She asked nervously. "Do you... regret it?"

He took a deep sigh, before he pulled her into a kiss, and gently, lovingly, pressed his lips against hers, she purred and cooed in delight as he slowly pushed her into the bed, not forcefully, but just because he wanted to kiss his girlfriend. She reciprocated his affections, letting him kiss her and kissing him back.

After a few she smiled back with little tears of joy in her eyes.

"Yes... I will take responsibility Melly, and when I can afford a proper engagement gift and a marriage certificate... will you marry me?"

She just beamed at his words, before nodding. He slowly got into some bed robes to check on the others as well as make breakfast, when he opened the door and saw that none of his Pokemon were sleeping in the living room, but he noticed their balls on a stand nearby.

"Huh, looks like they slept in their balls..." He muttered.

Suddenly he felt his arm being tugged back into the room and the door was closed.

"Melly wha..."

"Meoooowscaaaa~!" She whispered seductively. "Tyleeeer~!"

"Yes... wait... oh no..."

He suddenly remembered 'why' Trained Meowscaradas were warned to take medicine to help with their heat cycles even after it ended. Unlike wild Meowscaradas, trained ones are trained to resist their sexual urges/desires, but because they repress it, when they engage in sexual activity, especially after or during a heat cycle... they become 'insatiable' for a brief period of time, and thus extremely aggressive sexually toward their partners.

This was also why, it was warned in the Pokemon League's website when marrying a Meowscarada, that male humans take care to ensure their partner takes medicine 'before' engaging in sexual activity, so as to avoid aggressive mindsets post heat cycles.

"Melly..." He tried to say, but she had already pulled him onto the bed and was beginning to straddle him again.

"I'm sorry Terry... I'm not in my right mindset... so you'll have to forgive me." She whispered to him seductively. "But if it makes you feel any better... you can do whatever you want to me... now let's see if we can't put another baby in me still!"

In the next room, Norman woke up lazily as he heard the sound of 'something' coming from the next room.

"HHmmm?" He asked lazily, before deciding it wasn't worth the effort, and coiling up before going back to sleep.

[Trainer Terry used Draining Kiss, Meowscarada Melly used Draining Kiss, Trainer Terry used Pound, Meowscarada Melly used Growl. Meowscarada Melly used Play Rough, Trainer Terry used Harden, Meowscarada Melly used Extreme Speed, Trainer Terry used Hydro Pump and Leech Seed. Meowscarada Melly used screech, Meowscarada Melly is already seeded]

[Trainer Terry used Knock Up... Meowscarada Melly is already Knocked Up... Trainer Terry/Meowscarada Melly fainted and blacked out]

[Narrator]

[Several weeks passed while Terry applied for his new job at Mesagoza, and Melly came to terms with the fact that she was giving up being a competitive Pokemon. They both decided to go for one final season, 'after' she had given birth, because while his new job would be better than his temp job, it would not start until 'after' the season ended again. This allowed Melly time to explain and train the others... but when she broke the news, she also had to break a heart with Rudy the Zoroark.]

(Mary's PoV)

"Alright, so once again, we have three more weeks until the season begins, and we compete again, so we'll start your training tomorrow in the field out back." Melly said as she paced in front of the three Pokemon, with Rudy staring at her belly with wide eyes.

"Uh... Melly?"

"Yes Rudy, I know, you're wondering what your training regime will be, well I'm going to have you pretend to be various Pokemon around Los Platos and then try to fool me, Nina and Mary. That is your biggest problem, fooling other Pokemon with your disguises! After you've gotten the nearby Pokemon you can try pretending to be one of us and try to fool the others!"

"No... I was... wondering... uh..."

"Yes, what is it, spill it?" She asked him in a slightly annoyed tone.

In response he pointed at her belly, where she glanced down to see a slight bulge in it, a very 'egg' shaped bulge.

"I'm pregnant, what more do you want to know?" She asked him.

"Wh... who's... uh... who's the father?" He asked nervously.

She smirked as she rubbed her belly and declared, "It's my fiancé's baby Rudy, Terry's baby rests in my belly... and I've never been happier to say that!"

"He... you... you mean..." He whispered disheartedly.

She nodded as she patted her stomach. "Sorry Rudy, but it was never going to work out with you and me, you're cute and all... but my species prefers something 'else' in a mate."

"Guuhoooah..." Rudy moaned sadly as she watched his dreams of mating her dying in his eyes.

She smiled sheepishly as Nina comforted him, but she honestly was not going to be sleeping with the Zoroark ever, even in his dreams. He just couldn't handle her.

Mary was smiling at the scene with her giant hammer as the group started going out to practice, with her being allowed to stay inside for a bit. This allowed her a chance to go to Terry's room, pull out her book, and look at the pages at the rear.

It was her great book of slights that she'd started three generations ago as a Tinkatink, when she chose to watch over this family's line much like how her mother before her watched over the previous generations before as well. When her time came to pass it on to her daughter, she would carry on the tradition of looking over the human family tree, and ensuring this human family line was happy, and that all slights against them were paid back tenfold, before passing on the book to her own daughter.

She flicked the page and used a random marker to scribble something down next to the last entry she'd written years ago.

'Terry was bullied by classmate, driven to work harder but punished down as he got older, lived alone with borderline depression and stress from overwork. Trying not to cry, because he is not a child anymore he says, and big boys don't cry.' It had said, but now she scribbled down next to it, 'Terry has now, found love, found happiness, no longer depressed, comes home to loving girlfriend. Girlfriend now happy to settle down and start a new tree. My daughter will follow this new branch, and will start her own book when the time comes.'

She smiled as she flicked the page back, and looked at the entry she was 'still' working on, having completed another slight weeks ago.

'Bully, called Corviknight Guy, cause of depression and low self-esteem as well as stress from single isolated lifestyle to Terry.' It had stated.

"One misery now removed, one joy now written in its place, one happy memory now recorded. This root of the tree, now on path to peace and happiness." She whispered as she closed the book, walked over to her hammer, and picked it up with a smile, before walking out of the room. "But my great book of slights still recorded, still has slights... that have not been 'paid'!"

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Review away, yes, I know I did a meowscarada lemon story, but like I said, I was inspired by the feline cat because it's such a popular Pokemon, and thanks to a combination of all 3 starters, I am now in top 4k of master ball, and I'm loving my team and Meowscarada is among my favorite stars on that team, so I gave it one more spotlight. This is basically my primarina phase again, where I wrote two lemons back-to-back for Primarina when Alola came out.

I also know people want me to write male pokemon stories, so I'll try to come up with one, I don't have zero ideas, I'm just lacking in 'motivation'.

Thank you for the positive reviews and negative reviews, please keep reviewing as that does motivate me and makes me feel like people do like what I write.

If you do have pairings or ideas, go ahead and write them as well in your reviews of my stories/lemons, I do read them... I just need the motivation to write a story and make it good.

But before I go... here's a little bonus~

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[bonus short]

"Alright, it's safe out here... look, no Tinkatons for 'miles' around!" He said as he showed his Corviknight the mountainous area.

"Coooorv..." His corviknight muttered nervously, looking around to try and make sure he was safe.

"Look, it's the base of Glassedeo Mountain, there is nobody for miles, the nearest town is on the other side... nothing but ruins and snowy hills and grassy plateaus... we're fiiiiine!"

His corviknight nodded in acceptance, before slowly climbing and taking a perch on the small practice carriage they were using to train him to become a Taxi Corviknight.

"There we go, now let's just start lifting it and just try keeping it in the air... alright?"

"Cooorviknight!" His steel bird declared as he began to spread his wings and attempting to fly.

*WHAM*

A giant boulder lobbed into the side of his bird's face.

"What the... Corvi!" He shouted as he ran to his Corviknight's side.

"Cooorviiiikniiiiight..." His bird moaned painfully as he started getting up.

He looked at the boulder and saw, to his dismay, a crudely drawn picture of what looked like a Tinkaton's smug face on it.

"What the... there's NO WAY a Tinkaton is out here, the dex said there aren't any out here! I checked every report, this area is supposed to be SAFE!"

Meanwhile, half a mile away on a little hill sat a picnic table in the shade of a ruined home, where Terry and his Pokemon, as well as his heavily pregnant girlfriend were enjoying a light picnic on his day off.

"Please pass the egg salad dear~!" Melly asked him sweetly, asking him to put some on her sandwich.

"Sure thing..." He said as he helped her out. "You were right Mary, this place is great, the air is amazing, really helps clear my head out!"

"I told you~!" She said with a cheeky smile as she drew another face on a boulder.

"By the way, what are you doing with those boulders?"

"Playing a game, they call it 'golf' in Alola..." She told him while gazing out into the distance. "I'm using Boulders though, and I'm tossing them at a spot aaaalll the way over there by the mountain... FOOOOOUR!"

She wacked it with her hammer and sent the boulder flying. She then smirked as it hit the Corviknight as it steadily tried to fly again but this time in the groin. "Oooh, under par..."

She began drawing another doodle before gazing out and seeing that the guy was now trying to get his Pokemon to help take the practice carriage out, now that his Corviknight wasn't keen on flying, especially after getting hit where his babies come from. She hoped he got an egg or two out 'before' that happened, as he was not going to be doing any egg making for a looooong while now.

"Hmhmhmhm..." She giggled as she took aim, smirked, and yelled, "FOOOOOOOUR!"

She sent it flying and several seconds later, heard the resounding 'boom' as she hit her target, the carriage was now a pancake.

"Hey Mary, your sandwich is ready!" Terry said as she doodled another boulder.

"One more, gimme a second Terry~!" She giggled as she took aim, pulled her hammer back, and then screamed "FOOOOOOOUR!"

She watched it go flying and puffed her cheeks sourly, she missed, she sent it flying over his head. She was trying to send it flying to land directly in front of him, scaring his 'kids' out of his body for the next three months without actually trying to hurt him.

"Over PAR... blah... coming~!"