Taki POV
Me and my team sat under a tree in a park, other Pokémon enjoying the hot day. I patted the Zubat's head and sighed.
"This little guy won't leave me alone. He really thinks I'm his mom." I said to them.
"It doesn't seem so bad, he's really cute!" Lila stated, poking the little guy with on of her leaves.
"Yeah, it can't be that hard. Although you've only had him for around a day..." Jolt mumbled near the end, looking away.
"I just noticed it, but what's with the goggles?" I asked, pointing to the blue goggles sitting on his head.
"I've had them for awhile, but never actually wore them, but since I already evolved, I thought 'why not try them out?' and I like them, so they're staying." He crossed his arms with a smile. I shrugged as Psych asked an important question.
"Have you named him?" They all looked at me expectedly after the question. I scratched my head and looked away.
"I haven't even thought about it..." Lila gasped at my answer.
"You forgot to name him? Then we'll help." She said with a big smile.
"Alright, what do you have?" I asked, to which Jolt piped up.
"Batman!" He yelled. We all stared in silence for just long enough to make him feel awkward.
"No." I said flatly, turning to Lila for at least a decent idea.
"I've got a cute one, Batsy!" She said, getting the same treatment as Jolt. I turned to Psych.
"Please tell me you have a good idea." I pleaded, Zubat tilting his head at me.
"How about Tobu? It comes from an ancient language some humans used called Japanese. The word means to fly, to jump, to leap, to bound, or to hop." He explained, giving a good name for the little guy.
"That sounds good, right Tobu?" I asked to Zubat, who smiled and nuzzled into my neck.
"Ba~t." He squeaked. I smiled and pet him.
"I think I'll be fine with him." I muttered.
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Rush POV
I can finally leave! As soon as my bandages were taken off, I stretched and bolted out of the hospital. Running down the street, I saw Judo and Shine in the middle of a battlefield. I ran up to them and saw Shine using Heal Pulse on Judo's arm.
"What're you two doing?" I asked
"Hey Rush. We were training and I kinda tripped." He scratched his head as Shine stood up.
"And I've been trying to learn Heal Pulse, but I'm nowhere near as good as Cream." She said, gesturing to the mark on Judo's arm.
"I can't heal it completely." She finished.
"That reminds me. Do you know about Cream leaving?" Judo asked as he stood up and dusted himself off. I nodded.
"Yeah, Doll told me yesterday, but I'm not worried, Marshadow's with her after all." They agreed and asked if I'd want to train with them.
"Yeah, I've actually been wanting to train with my Aura ever since I unlocked it back in the battle with those Pokémon." I had my hand enveloped by my Aura and showed it to them.
"That's pretty cool. Wish I had something like that." Judo said as Shine nodded.
"Then let's go!" I yelled, pumping my fist in the air with Judo doing the same.
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Frost POV
"If nothing is working, then why are we still trying to get rid of it. The regeneration could actually come in handy, so why don't we just stop?" I suggested, Making Grimmsnarl sigh in annoyance.
"Because if anything like that happens again and you feel intense negative emotions, then it could take you over again, and there may not be anybody able to stop you next time." He turned around and pressed some buttons, which brung up an image of the virus stuff, but... you know, microscopic.
"Wait a second..." Grimmsnarl mumbled to himself and brought up another image, one from yesterday.
"That can't be possible..." He put his hand on his chin and closed his eyes.
"What can't be possible?" I asked with a brow raised. He opened his eyes and pointed to the image from yesterday, then to the other.
"Do you see it?" At his question, I squinted and looked for a difference.
"Nope." I said after a few seconds.
"Right, you've never seen anything like this before..." He typed something else and a box with numbers came up.
"Only a trained eye can recognize the difference just based off of those images. The genetic code itself, the very building blocks of this virus, is rapidly changing itself." He explained, turning to me.
"And that means..?" He sighed.
"It means that even if I could find something to neutralize it, the substance would have already changed to something more complicated by the time I try it. That Malamar really knew what he was doing." He spoke as I sat up.
"So that means I can leave and we can stop doing this?" I asked, getting a hesitant nod in return.
"Finally." I muttered, walking out of the room.
"Before you leave, I must warn that you keep your emotions under control. You don't want it to happen again." I glanced back at him.
"Yeah, I'll try."
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Spec POV
"...please..?"
"No."
"...pretty please..?"
"Nope."
"...pretty please with a cherry on top..?"
"Nopy nope with a no on top." Sylvee denied me every time I asked.
"...I promise not to break a promise again..." I said, getting shut down again.
"The damage is already done, you get no chocolate." She stated right before munching on a chocolate bar.
"...you're taunting me..." I said, to which she gasped dramatically.
"I would never!" She yelled with a large smile.
"...you're mean and I'm mad..."
"You can't stay mad."
"...why..?"
"Because I'm so adorable."
"...you- you're right..."
"Hehe."