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THAT SYLVEON

We're back! And wow, thanks for introducing pageless formatting, Google docs! It's a shame I'll never use it! Welcome to the 62nd chapter of That Sylveon! I hope you've been enjoying it so far. It's good to know that we're past halfway whole with the story - 60% of the way, or thereabout. What an adventure.

Have a happy new year! 2023 is looking good.

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"...Umm… W-What exactly is a cooter?"

Haines shook his head, and in turn, his extremely wide fedora that either he refused to take off, or was somehow sealed to his head as a result of Arceus' sick sense of humour.

"C'mon, Julley." he said, tilting his head and cocking his eyebrow. "Don't tell me you've never slammed a bitch before in your life."

The Umbreon glared at his boss sternly. Not to any fault of the Big Boss Pokemon - he was deep in thought.

Slam? As in… Wrestling? What's a cooter? It sounds like a car. Why would he put his dick in a car?

HE'S TALKING ABOUT SEX!

Oh. Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh.

"Wait - Y-You're talking about sex!" the Umbreon cried, as if he had figured it out all by himself.

Haines nodded slowly, coyly smiling as Julley sunk in his seat. Yelling sex in his own workplace was now ticked off his imaginary bucket list.

"That's right, my four-legged friend. We had wild, crazy… and wild sex." he said dreamily.

Julley's eyes wandered to the bird's hips that began to gradually move back and forth on their own. He reminded himself that he was the only person in the room, discounting his boss.

"I… Uhh… Congratulations?"

Haines pursed his beak, not looking very impressed. "Ain't gonna give me anything else? Not gonna ask me how the sex went?"

Julley looked to his side. "Um… No…?"

"You're paid by the hour - Not the yield."

The dark type heeded his boss's words of wisdom. Weighing his options, he supposed it wouldn't hurt to let his office manager waste an hour or two rambling on about his sex life. Plus, it'd make for an interesting story to bring back to Cassidy.

…

So, it had taken some convincing, as well as some physical prowess to pry the merciless Lopunny away from the Blaziken. Anais' ribbon-like feelers really came in handy this time around.

After explaining that the Salazzle turned out to be Sarah, Lola had calmed down a bit, and accepted the reality that the numbers were exchanged completely on a platonic basis. Glaring at Barry, who squirmed under her gaze, she could only imagine what she'd do if he was cheating on her.

"C'mon, Lola! You ain't gotta give me the stink-eye!" Barry whined, leaning back exasperatedly. "She asked nicely, plus you're friends with her!"

"I know, Barry - I'm just coping. I don't see why you had to give her your number, but whatever."

In the midst of what felt like no man's land on a battlefield, Anais and Raidon awkwardly traded glances to ensure the other of their sanity. The former was the one who broke the silence.

"So um… Do you guys wanna keep playing, or…?"

"Yes please." begged Barry, who could no longer stand the weight of the burden he carried.

"Fine." groaned Lola, who unfolded her arms. "But no more autograph dares!"

Entering the room, Lola's older sister returned, holding a bowl of Pokeblocks, as well as a banana in her offhand. Mmmm… Pokeblocks.

"Hey, I heard you guys playing a game in here?" Lori spoke, a hand on her hip to display her interest.

"Truth or Dare," said Anais. "Wanna join, Lori?"

"Aw yeah, I'm in."

Lola showed obvious discontent at the arrival of her sister to the game. It did throw away a few ideas she had in her head to spice up the game a little. Overall, though, she wasn't too bothered… Until Lori had come and sat between her and Barry.

"You guys can help yourselves to some Pokeblocks. By the way, Barry, I know you like the pink ones, so I saved you some in the kitchen."

The Blaziken lit up like Kalos at night. "Aw, really? Thanks a ton, Lori!"

"Umm, if you're done, Lori, can we start?" interjected Lola, clearly not amused.

Lori shrugged her shoulders innocently. "Okay, Sorellina. I got one for you, actually."

"Truth. N-No, actually, I meant dar-"

"Hey! You said truth first." Lori objected, resulting in Lola having to subject herself to compliance.

"Ugh, fine. What's your question?"

A twisted grin grew on Lori's face. Raidon secretly got a hold of his britches just in case anything went south.

"So, Sis, have you and Barry done anything beyond kissing?"

Lola's jaw dropped, as the various thoughts of what could be considered an answer to her sister's question swam around in her head. Redness consumed the visible surface area of her cheeks.

"I-I… Okay, what does that even mean?" bargained the Lopunny, despite the fact that she knew exactly what she meant.

Lori shrugged nonchalantly, annoyingly not putting much effort into tormenting her sibling. "I know you heard me."

Barry shrunk in his seat, trying expertly hard to not find himself tangled in the mess that already had a clutch on his ankle. Raidon and Anais gladly kept their mouths shut, at the risk of any questions like that coming their way. Although, upon mention of Lori's question, Anais couldn't help the feeling of excitement slap her on the backside. She brought one of her ribbon-esque feelers just below her chin, rubbing it with mischief.

Strategically, Lola remained quiet under the glare of her older sister that forced her hand - Yet, silence is indeed golden.

"..."

"..."

"Fine! I ain't a pussy." Lola declared, raising her arm and pointing at Barry's crotch. "I sucked his dick. There. Is that what you wanted me to say?"

Anais and Raidon turned red like tomatoes. Their schoolmate was much more promiscuous than her character had promised. Lori, on the other hand, sat back and revelled in her younger sibling's discomfort. Her smirk didn't seem fully complete, nonetheless it was clear that she had fulfilled her inner objectives.

Barry was also caught aback, but the expression on his face wasn't quite consistent with the ongoing embarrassment.

"Wait, huh? That wasn't… HUH? Wait what?" the Blaziken stammered, weightlessly tossing murmurs of uncertainty. "That's not it, Lola!"

Lola, who was much more embarrassed than her boyfriend was, turned to Barry with a scowl. "What?"

Now that all eyes were on Barry, the fire and fighting type realised how sheepish he was in the face of an audience. He twiddled his talons, looking away from his girlfriend bashfully.

"Well… This is truth or dare after all…"

The Lopunny furrowed her brows. "Mhmm?"

"And… you're supposed to tell the truth."

"Okay, Barragán, what are you trying to get at?"

"Mmm, yeah, Barry - What are you talking about? Have you guys done anything else that I don't know about?"

Barry hesitated, glancing at Lola's older sister. The look on her profile was so beckoning, he was certain that if he continued looking, he'd eventually cave into spilling the beans. He thought about where his loyalty truly resided.

"Okay, okay, nevermind."

Lola frowned. "C'mon. You can't say all of that then decide not to say anything. That's teasing."

"Uhm, I dunno - I realised it might be for the best if I don't say anything at all."

Raidon flinched as the normal type threw her arms in the air out of frustration. "Barry, don't make me get off my pillow."

"Okay, okay! I'm just saying we went all the way that one time!"

A blush rampaged over Lola's cheeks. The corners of her mouth curled upwards for a moment, but a moment no more.

"Huh? No we haven't!"

The Blaziken nodded pretty aggressively. "Yeah we did! I-I-It was after class, a-and…" the fire and fighting type slowly trailed off, realising the sacrifices that he was making by going into detail in front of his friends and family. Anais' open jaw seemed like she was gagging to know more. Barry should consider the risks of spending time with both his friends and his cousin.

"Okay, I'm being serious - That never happened. I'm still a virgin, y'know." stated Lola, shimmying over to Barry and staring deeply into his eyes. "Are you okay? Did you hit your head or something?"

"N-n-no!" loudly denied the Blaziken, whose cool scrambled like eggs.

Lola shook her head, frowning. Humour is often a coping mechanism following individuals who have experienced loss, mourning or grieving for something or someone.

Lola didn't find this very funny.

In all fairness, it was often amusing seeing what her boyfriend could conjure up with that mind of his. "Uh huh, mmm... Interesting. I'm suuuure it happened in your uhhh… dreams or something, but I'm pretty sure we haven't fucked."

"-Dolores, language!" jokingly scolded Lori, opting to grin in almost twisted amusement, contrary to her counterpart's cold demeanor.

"Lori- I'm being like, ultra serious here - If Barry lost his virginity to me and I don't know about it, how does that even make any logical sense?"

Lori responded with a very blasé lift and drop of the shoulders, returned with a groan from her younger sibling.

"I dunno."

Anais cleared her throat, aiming to ease the situation by adding perhaps an insightful second opinion.

"Well, uh… Maybe, Barry lost his virginity to a Pokemon that looked like you?"

Lola raised an eyebrow. "Um, okay. Firstly, Ann - Rude. I'm like, the only Lopunny in our school you guys know. Secondly, even if there was one, what Lopunny looks like…?"

Everyone noticed the explosive yet completely silent sonic boom that occurred once the four friends' eyebrows broke through the ceilings above them - the debris seemed to fall on one Pokemon, that still sat as smugly as she had been when she came.

"No. Fucking. Shot."

…

Raidon picked at the bandages on his arm in pain. He sat at Lola's desk once again after being ushered out of the lounge by a very distraught host. Anais laid flat on Lola's bed, staring at her partner's attempt to drag himself out of boredom.

She tapped a couple times on the bed to make a noise that got the Luxray's attention. "Hey, so, the fuck is going on in there, right?"

Raidon nodded worriedly. "I feel sorry for Barry. Trust him to know whether he's had sex with a girl or not."

The fairy type giggled. She was aware that the two had a close relationship; she was glad that she had someone else to share the pain of knowing someone like Barry.

"I know, right…?" she murmured, thinking impish thoughts that made her smile coyly. "So… That girl you said you were with… Do you wanna tell me who?"

The electric type snorted, remembering the one thing he had over the hotheaded Sylveon - sharing personal information.

"Well, what's in it for me?"

Anais shrugged her shoulders. "I'm your girlfriend - I can make your life a living hell."

Raidon shrugged his shoulders. "I can just break up with you."

The fairy paled a little, but was able to laugh nervously once she assured herself that the gleam eyes Pokemon was merely joking. However, she felt it hit her heart as something to think about later once she was alone. And maybe with Giratina.

Yussss…

Anais sat up, getting closer to the Luxray's face.

"Come on, man! Just tell me - I wanna know about your dating history."

"Haha, don't worry, I was always gonna tell you." he said, much to his girlfriend's relief. "So, uh… It was like a year ago or something. There was a girl who said she liked me, and I said I liked her back, but we didn't go out or anything - She wasn't my girlfriend."

"Oh…"

Her response was as if that wasn't quite the backstory she was looking for. Although, it made her feel a little bit better about herself, and secure in the relationship she was in.

"So, you guys both knew that you both liked each other…?"

Raidon nodded.

"But you didn't ask her out?"

Raidon shook his head. "No - she rejected me."

Anais squinted, looking from side to side to find an ounce of logic. "But she told you that she liked you?"

"Yep."

The Sylveon pulled a face, getting clearly aggravated by the fact that Raidon's past partner failed to make any sense to her.

"What the fuck. Did she tell you why?"

"Yeah… She told me she wasn't ready for a relationship, and didn't want to commit to anything."

Shrugging, the Sylveon posed on her side. "What? Some dumb bitch tell you that? Yeah, right. She probably just wanted to lead you on."

Raidon shrugged too, clearly unfazed about the whole situation. "Who knows? Either way, she transferred schools, so it doesn't matter much to me anymore."

To be honest, I'm pretty surprised that Raidon could actually… pull a girl, y'know mean?

So… Hmm… Maybe he attracts girls with low standards?

Hmm… Maybe…? Oh- wait- Oh fuck you, Giratina.

"Yeah, it's her loss, 'n' my gain anyways. I'm not complaining." the fairy mused, side-eyeing the electric type to see if he had caught her compliment. He didn't seem to be fazed, much to the bummer of the trying girlfriend. She sucked in her sullied pride, and pressed forward. "Well, uh, Raidon, can I ask you another question?"

Anais continued once Raidon nodded.

"So, um, do you mind explaining everything that led up to you staying at Chloe? I promise I won't get mad or anything."

He was already alone with her, so it was a risk. The wound on his forearm didn't lie, but he'd probably have to count it as a one-off in the relationship. Breathing in a sigh, he prepared himself.

"Are you sure you won't get mad?"

Anais wagged her tail, and narrowed her bright blue eyes. "Come on, Raidon - I already promised."

It was a weird way of saying 'sure', but it had to do for now. The Luxray turned so he was facing his girlfriend head on.

"Okay, okay. So… Let's see… Umm…"

The fairy didn't seem to be very patient, wagging her tail a little faster, and biting her lip in anticipation. Raidon snapped his digits, and pointed to the ceiling.

"Oh yeah, I got it. So, uh, you remember the thing. That happened at the pier?"

Anais nodded.

"Yeah, so, I couldn't live with my Mom anymore, a-and she said she didn't want me going back to my Dad. So, I had to stay with an… Uncle Cooper, who I'm pretty sure isn't my actual uncle, but. Y'know." he rambled on, waving his paws in a circular manner. "I had no idea who Chloe was, o-or that you two were cousins - that wasn't any of my fault."

Ah, damn. Now I feel a little bad for blowing up at him earlier.

You did just shout at him, and rip the skin off his forearm, all because he knew someone that you knew.

I-I mean, I hate Chloe! That was established years ago.

RAIDON IS NOT PSYCHIC. STOP ACTING LIKE HE IS.

…

Anais took a deep breath in, and set a paw on Raidon's arm. He winced. Anais remembered why doing that wasn't a good idea and instead placed her paw on his shoulder.

"Okay, Raidon. I get it. I'm really sorry for taking out all that stress onto you."

The Luxray was awfully forgiving. "Listen, it's fine - just please don't hurt me." he said, half jokingly. "I can take you being mad, but I don't know if I can take you on!"

The Sylveon smiled too, rubbing his paw up and down. "Aha… Yeah, I'm sorry about that. Sometimes I don't know the limits to my own strength."

"Yeah, I know. I like, really know."

"Okay, shut up!" she whined, playfully slapping his arm.

"Ouch! Anais!" Raidon cried, holding his still-bandaged arm tenderly.

She backed up a little bit. The Sylveon was beginning to think she had a serious problem. "Woah. Okay, that time, I genuinely didn't mean it."

"You're not doing a very good job of convincing me."

"Well, what can I do to convince you?"

Raidon raised his nose in the air, showing off his impeccable jawline. He pointed a finger at it, and wiggled his eyebrow.

Anais seemed to understand the gesture. Much to the electric type's delight, she planted a kiss on the lower half of his cheek. He didn't seem satisfied, as his digit remained pointed at his face.

"How many kisses do you want?"

The Luxray rolled his eyes. "At this rate, it'll take around three-thousand kisses to make it up to me."

Smiling, the fairy took up the challenge, standing up on her hind legs and wrapping her arms around her sitting boyfriend's shoulders. It came to Raidon as a embarrassing surprise once he felt the Eeveelution's soft lips collide with his cheek again, and again, and again.

"Ahaha, I-I was only joking, Anais…! You don't have to… a-ah!" pleaded the electric type, before he was soon overwhelmed by the fairy's fearsome frenzy of affection.

She didn't stop. Peck after peck after peck. Closing his eyelids to fully immerse himself, Raidon soon found that her rhythm was staggered; Some kisses were brief, powerful and had a small contact time. Others were stretched out, emphasised and romantic. He felt a paw that wasn't his own slide into and rummage through his long, black mane. The stimulation was so real - intensified by his girlfriend's erratic patterns. He couldn't help it. Something had to come out. He just…

"...mghfdgmfdhgmmm…"

Anais lurched back, a coy grin on her mouth. Raidon slowly opened his eyes once he realised the sensation had ceased.

"Arceus. Raidon, did you just… moan…?"

Redness found itself onto the gleam eyes Pokemon's saliva-stained cheeks. Raidon scuffled to sit up straight.

"W-Well, I don't see how I wasn't gonna! You were giving me all the kisses, 'n' all."

"D'awww!" sang the Sylveon, on the brink of shedding tears of joy, "You're so cute!", grabbing his cheeks while she did so. "Look, you're even blushing!"

The Luxray got up out of his seat as soon as he felt the endearment transform into humiliation. However, he was grabbed by a pair of very soft paws.

"Hey! Where'd you think you're going?" growled the Eeveelution playfully. "I'm two-thousand, eight-hundred and thirty-three kisses left!"

Raidon was pushed to the carpet below, pounced on and dominated by the Sylveon who wasn't much smaller than he was.

"Oyyyy- aieee! When did you become so feisty, girl!" Raidon teased, staring at the fairy that had his arms pinned down to the ground.

Anais hadn't even said anything. The rush from her head calmed, as she stared into the Luxray's bright, golden eyes. Slowly, she found herself becoming lost in them, and the fine line between consciousness and subconsciousness fading away slowly.

This is it. The dream complex you've been waiting for, only yet it's in front of you. Take the opportunity. Romance your long lost lo-

*THUMP*

"Hey, um, sorry about that guys, you can-"

Lola stopped in her tracks completely. She stood frozen in the doorframe of what she thought were her personal chambers. The image before her suggested the room had become personal for two others right now. Anais went pale. Raidon flinched, but realised that he was checkmated by the Sylveon above him.

"Okay, okay. Please tell me you guys were just roughhousing or whatever?"

Raidon stared at Anais. Being the closest to the Lopunny out of them both, he hoped that she'd be able to explain their way out of this mess.

"I can't lie, Lola." she began, breathing heavily. "I think we were about to bang."

…

Shamefully, Raidon and Anais were ushered back downstairs in the company of Barry, and a very unimpressed Lola.

The Lopunny sat in the centre of the lounge, considering whether she should just spare herself the inconvenience of embarrassment by just sending her friends away for the evening. All eyes were on her in a room silent by her quiet command.

It was pretty uncommon to see the normal type act so quiet. This was the first time for Raidon, and in his opinion, the fear factor brought her extremely close to Anais. Lola has proven herself to be an accomplished battler, however, and that bump on his head - despite it healing since earlier - told no lies. He reminded himself not to step out of line in the Punnichi residence again.

The Luxray got a tingle up his spine. Oh no. Something bad was happening. His senses were telling him Barry - No, Anais. It was definitely Anais.

"So, Lola?" spoke up the fairy type, confirming Raidon's vague suspicions. "Is uh… everything good?"

Lola turned her head almost robotically to look at her best friend. Her stare showed no signs of life - only emptiness.

"Anais, I could beat you to death armed with the dissatisfaction I've felt today, and my bare fists." murmured the Lopunny, though articulately enough for everyone to shake in horror upon hearing it. "But, yeah, I'm good. How about you?"

"...Nevermind."

"..."

"..."

"Man, it's uh… It's getting late." Barry announced, to which he reconsidered once he found Lola's piercing gaze land on his own. "...and I'm going nowhere."

Raidon nudged Anais to grab her attention. She turned around to find her boyfriend using his eyes to get her to focus on the exit. I'm sure everyone would agree that the tension in the room was too uncomfortable to breathe in, let alone socialise with friends.

The Fairy understood, winking, before she stood up with a groan. "*YAWN* Yeah, you're right, Barry. Only, uh, Raidon and I won't be staying the night here anymore."

"Glad you came, Ann." said Lola, a little bit too quickly. She patted the Sylveon on the back as she began making her exit. "Feel free to… I dunno… Use your own room next time?"

Ouch. Raidon found the fairy scooting a bit too quickly. He stood from his pillow also, and turned to the Blaziken whose gaze begged him to not go.

"Well, I'll catch you later, Barry."

Barry didn't say anything. He only shook his head.

Raidon trotted to the front door alongside Anais and Lola. The latter was holding the door out for the both of them.

The couple stepped out onto the welcome mat, reeling in the unforgiving night wind chills. Anais turned to face Lola one last time.

"So, uh, thanks for having us Lollipo-"

*DUM*

The door was slammed shut. The wind from the force made Raidon's mane a mess once more. The electric type glanced at his companion.

"Is she… Gonna be okay?"

Anais scoffed, comfortably flicking a paw. "Oh, her? Yeah, she'll be fine. Just give her a day or two."

The moon was rising in the star spangled night sky. The quiet walkway down the road from Lola's house seemed like the perfect place to hold a conversation between two. Raidon and Anais strolled through the suburbs, aimlessly. A thought came into the Luxray's head, and he budged up against Anais' shoulder.

"Hey, that was pretty funny, what you said earlier."

The Fairy cocked her head. "Huh? What'd I say?"

Raidon averted eye contact, indicating that things were about to get juicy.

"Remember when we were in Lola's room? You said we were about to have sex! That'd be far out ridiculous, am I right?"

The Eeveelution paused. Oh Arceus. She really did say that. Out loud. In front of her boyfriend and best friend. She wanted to mentally punch herself in the gut.

Geez, that's awkward. Quick, play the cut!

"Oh yeah, no shot; They'd definitely hear us."

Raidon looked at Anais a little sternly. "That's true, but also, it'd be a bit fast for us, you know what I mean?"

Damn. He saw right through your play.

Anais felt her heart sink. It was a completely reasonable argument, to be candid. However, something about the delivery, as if it was obvious, made what Raidon said ten times worse.

"But anyways, I thought it was a funny way to mess with Lola's head." he praised, giving Anais a friendly hug by draping an arm over her. "So, what now?"

Back in reality, Anais considered her options. She didn't feel like chores, responsibility and discipline. "Well, where are you going?"

Raidon kissed his teeth, and moved his head from side to side. "I'll be honest, I may just go home - I'm kinda getting hungry."

The cogs in Anais' head started working together now. The feeling of gcalling it a night and going home began to feel synonymous to dread. Something had to happen.

"You're going home?" Anais said, although she more so cracked it.

"Mmm, yeah. I better."

Okay, Anais. It's gotta be this time. It's do or die.

"..."

"Let me come home with you."

"...What…?"

…

Okay, that'll have to be it for now. Rest assured, this fic is not dead, and I have many, many plans for it in the coming future! Take care everyone! Have a happy new year!

-LuanOTP