Avery's Pokemon

Umbreon

Name: Evangeline. More commonly, Eva.

Gender: Female

Nature: Rash

Summ: Avery's first Pokemon, once a rambunctious Eevee. Loyal and excitable, Avery and Eva can't seem to get their hands (and paws) off of each other. Once they were rivals, Eva was afraid and resistant of his love. They've come far.

Kirlia

Name: Lady

Gender: Female

Nature: Modest

Summ: Once an innocent Ralts running from an abusive human, Lady was isolated from Avery during a head injury. Lady has since seemed different. Now a Kirlia, she demands different things from her 'Master' and sees it as entirely unfair that Eva seems to get all of his romantic attention.

Buneary

Name: Chastity

Gender: Female

Nature: Adamant

Summ: What is this sensual bunny's deal, anyways? Purchased from a strange man at Vanessa's mansion as a gift from the wicked mistress herself, the Buneary seems a mixture of fierce pride and fiery sexual whim. In other words, she's kinda totally topping Avery from a meta level.

Furfrou

Name: Dusty

Gender: Male

Nature: Hardy

Summ: Seemingly the only successful battler of the bunch, Dusty has proved to be a steadfast companion despite starting the journey as a total sexpest, tryna bang Chastity like that! Can you blame him? Give a guy a bone!

Surskit

Name: Sprite

Gender: Female

Nature: Quirky

Summ: This innocent, yet somehow seductive balloon, is exactly what she seems. Very fond of Avery, with a playful spirit.

Chapter 50: Nothing Private

It was cold. Cold and wet and dark, black water flowing infinitely. It wrapped around me, freezing me to the core, cocooning me in a shell of liquid ice. I was alone in the icy void for an eternity, endlessly floating in the frigid dark. Over time I grew more aware of a feeling of being watched. It was uncomfortably invasive, like I was being pulled apart, my very being dissected for whatever unknown viewer was watching. Suddenly the inky void was driven back as a flash of gold appeared in the distance.

My eyes widened as I stood up, head breaching the surface, followed by my body, though the water still came to my knees. From the black, dark water below, a form swam up, sweeping arms drawing her closer to me. A shockingly familiar figure.

Her luminescent blond hair flowed gracefully in the waves, spreading out behind her like a crown. Her movements were stiff and halting, as though she was unused to moving at all. She put her cold arms around my shoulders, and exhaled against my ear, brushing her full lips across the edge and sucked on the lobe. The gentle teasing caused a stirring in my chest, my heart pounding faster and louder. She rolled the lobe against her tongue and moaned softly, her eerily familiar voice sending shivers down my spine. She was whispering something in my ear, but no matter how hard I listened, I couldn't make her words out.

"I-… Who…?" I whispered. "What are… you…?"

The light brightened, illuminating her corpse-white face, the chill of her face against mine freezing me in place as I tried to think of where I'd seen her before. She pulled back, her dead eyes staring into mine as her hand brushed along my cheek, sliding across my jaw to grab hold of my chin. Ever so gently, she ran her thumb across my numbed lips. So delicate was her touch, it was as if she thought that even touching my lips would destroy them. She held me there, staring into my soul for a time unknown. Then, as silently as she'd arrived, she turned away, and sank back into the cold darkness.

BRRRING. BRRING. BRRIIIIINNG.

The dream faded as quickly as it came...

...

God, that awful noise.

I tried to remember where I'd placed the machine currently torturing me the night before. I vaguely remembered setting an alarm after calling Zoey, and then collapsing onto the thin, though suitable, mattress, but nothing more. I searched around with my hand, wincing as I sat up, grabbing my glasses from the bedside and peering around the small, simple room in search of the loathsome device. Eva mewled in protest at the loud beeping, throwing her paws over her ears and snuggling further into the crook of my arm, burying her face between my arm and ribs. Arceus, she was adorable. I had to push her away slightly, much to her chagrin, to move around.

I found my Poketch buried underneath multiple layers of blankets. I also found Sprite under there, snuggled up against my half-stiff crotch, thin, delicate legs wrapped around me like a precious parcel. It seemed she was immune to the sound of my alarm, her sleepy face resting against my half-awake penis.

'Ok. This bug is just asking for it, isn't she?' I felt indignant and horny.

"Morning Sprite," I said, managing to come across nonchalant. Hopefully. Sprite's not-so-innocent, dark eyes flicked up and she stared into me. I had no doubt the little balloon was aware of all the dirty thoughts lurking in my head. Thoughts wondering how exactly I could fit into her. Excuses, like her deserving it as punishment for putting her weird, horny honey all over my dick the other day.

She didn't have an external mouth but I swear she was smirking at me right now. I blushed and hastily scooped the warm water-type up, and plopped her down on the pillow next to me. She scuttled off quietly. I grabbed the Poketch and silenced it with a slap of my hand.

Peace of the morning reclaimed, I sat back against the pillows with a yawn. Apparently, I was the second to last one to wake up, Eva being the last of course. She was trying to go back to sleep as it was but the rest of my Pokemon were awake. Dusty was sitting near the door, as if guarding it. His shaggy ears twitched every now and then, as if he was listening intently. It was calming to know I could rely on him, especially after our successful battle together. I gave him a smile and a good morning.

Meanwhile my adorable Kirlia was sitting on the long, thin table that sat against the single window in our room. Morning sunlight glittered across her delicate green head, bathing her in a gentle glow. She looked radiant and adorable, warm and sleepy in her sunbath. I rarely got the chance to admire her. Usually, she had her eyes on me, and I was worried if I looked at her the wrong way it would encourage her ideas about us. She really was enchanting though, fairy-like with her long, pale limbs and regal ruby eyes. Her head crests seemed to beg to be stroked, and her features were so tender and soft I felt my body thrumming with warm affection. Unable to resist, I disturbed my day-dreaming Kirlia, and ran my hand along the green dome of her head.

Suddenly shivering violently, Lady glanced at me with a startled look in her eyes. I managed a smile, and looked away, patting her head as I parted from her.

"Everyone ready to start the day?" I glanced around the room, then asked, "Where's that little troublemaker? The fluffy one?"

As I asked this Chastity came walking out of the bathroom, one towel wrapped around her ears and one around lower body. She almost resembled a human at that moment, which made me snort with laughter. She rolled her eyes at my words, and I grinned. Then, my mouth went slack as she stripped the towel from her ears, and they sprang out with a gentle bounce. I got the same feeling in my body, that forbidden one you get, when you see a woman jogging and you see that subtle jump of breasts under their shirt.

I glanced down her tiny frame. Apparently she'd managed her way around the bathroom quite easily. The brown portions of her fur had a certain luscious gleam to it, and her dark eyes were bright and energetic. The little diva's morning routine had served her well, though it made me wonder. Was she used to being inside of a house? I wondered what her life had been like before she was bought at the mansion. She seemed very healthy, very energetic, and I soon realized she was some kind of pissed off at me.

I turned back to the others, and a random thought made me laugh.

Imagine if they all liked me at the same time. Maybe the world would explode or something.

When I said good morning, Chastity didn't even respond.

"Bitch," I muttered under my breath, shaking my head, and I smiled while I said it.

She must have heard me. She finally looked at me, and cast aside her moody mask for a moment, to stick her back end out towards me. There was an undeniable teasing, rude attitude to the motion. For a fraction of a second, her eyes narrowed, her tongue dangled from her lips, and she wiggled her little ass at me.

Maybe I had bunny fever, maybe I imagined it, because when I looked around, it didn't seem like anyone else had noticed. When I looked back Chastity just walked off to the other side of the room, seemingly immune to my existence again.

Eva was nodding off, and Lady was staring out the window. Chastity plopped down on the stool near the single mirror in the room, next to the window where Lady sat. Staring into the mirror, smiling proudly, she started brushing her paw fluff with a fine brush the inn had provided, and I noted that I'd have to buy her her own self-grooming kit as soon as I could.

Chastity was...frustrating. I shifted to hide my erection from everyone.

Then I realized one person had noticed... a tiny round bug was staring at me from the end of the bed. Sprite had caught the moment, and she was easing her weight back and forth between her two front legs, cocking her head in speculation. I caught her staring, and she did a strange little dance. Something like "don't mind me" and she scurried off the bed. Her long, thin legs quickly carried her over to Dusty, who was peering towards the door, ears twitching. The water-type mon curled up near his left paw, tiny and delicate in comparison to his immense bulk. She started chittering shrilly, rosy cheeks and bright eyes turned towards him.

Alright, so she'd keep my secret. Despite torturing my cock with her sap-stuff, I somehow trusted her strongly. A trauma bond, or something like that. Dusty whoofed softly at her, huge dark eyes shining beneath his mass of curly white fur.

It was strange. I suddenly got emotional. Here we were, all together, indoors and safe. And happy for the most part. This was the most intense feeling of family, or maybe not family, but of unity, I'd had with a group of beings. I felt safer, more trusting, with this group of mons than I did with my own mother. Though, I missed her.

I realized that the feeling stirring inside me was worry - Worry about mom. Worry about Zoey. Worry about if our family was going to survive, which I doubted.

Grabbing my Poketch, and wanting to avoid my team seeing me be so emotional, I rushed to the bathroom.

I checked all my messages. Last night, I'd messaged a few people of importance whose numbers I remembered off the top of my head. Namely, Lucia, Juliet, my mother, Zoey (who I also called last night), Cameron, Caleb, and my new friend... Hardy.

Cameron had contacted me a few minutes ago.

C: Thanks for the message, Avery. Take as much time as you need to recuperate. Don't feel too bad about things going south. Nobody was ready, or could have prepared for what happened. Are you doing alright?

A: Yes, doing well. Not very into the small talk stuff. Have you heard about Dia and the others? Or, any other survivors in general?

I managed to catch him in a brief conversation.

C: Regarding Noella and Dia- I heard from Kyo. Seems like they're safe, and headed back to Alola. I don't know how, but they got passage from someone. Last I heard.

A: And Caleb? Is he doing okay after Floatzel passed?

C: He's still torn up about it, but he likes to hang around Winter. Something about her being a ghost already relaxes him, so we've been hanging out. We both were in that shithole for a long time, I think at this point Caleb, you, and I- we're all a team.

A: Good, keep taking care of Caleb, please. I feel bad about not being available for him, but I just can't right now. Can't even for my own mom. Anyways, look out for him. Message me again later. And thanks for the updates.

While I waited for his response, I brushed my teeth and did my morning routine, including letting out the morning tension from Sprite and Chastity's stimulation.

C: Take care of yourself. Stay hydrated. All that stuff. We might be going on a boat soon (you know the one). I don't know how the connection will be. If we can't message, hopefully I'll see you there. Come when you can, we'll be waiting for you.

A: Bye.

Caleb had sent me a simple "Get better", Lucia said something similar and added on something about why I should be on the SS Amber as soon as I could be. Meanwhile, my mom sent me an obnoxiously long apology which I ignored immediately. Zoey gave me an update- her trip was going well- while from Juliet I got nothing.

I'd been hoping I'd get some kind of update from her directly. Was she going to be okay? I really hoped she would be.

I regarded myself in the mirror for a long moment, something I rarely took the time to do.

I slept well last night, but the dreams had been something special. I couldn't remember them much, just that they'd been intense. Staring at my long, lanky body in the reflection I felt a moment of disgust. Juliet, and the signs of my relationship with her, since the very beginning of it, were on display on my body. Thinking about it, there were some inside too. Maybe that's why, mentally, I was able to kind of put her aside, or maybe I was just running from her.

By now the marks from her nails were turning pink, and probably wouldn't scar, but my neck… There were certain things I hadn't given a lot of thought to yet. One was the way that my voice seemed a slight lower pitch now, a bit more rough, like I smoked a lot. The nurse had said something about some changes being permanent, about how the scars would always be there, like a lace collar of pale scar tissue. I smiled blandly.

Though, not all things were bad lately.

I learned a lot about battling yesterday. Power means crap if you don't know how to use it. And if you're supposed to be the one directing your mons, and they were directing themselves with their vanity, then it would almost always end in disaster. Suppose all that applies to life too.

The reason I set the alarm in the first place was because of my plans for the morning.

I could tell Chastity was tired of waiting. I was, at this point, dressed in sweats, and shirtless. My smaller activity bag, a tiny rucksack, was already slung across my shoulders. Eva, however, was still trying to get me to come back to bed. It was true that we'd had a rough few weeks, but that didn't mean we could slow down. Even if I did want to spend the rest of my life in bed with my mons.

"Oh come on, it's an hour after my alarm, we really should get going."

Eva whined and stared up at me with her huge, loving, wet eyes, belly up in the bed with her legs outspread. The lump of her underbelly, soft and downy, was visible to me.

" Gimme pets, " I imagined she mewled at me. I went to her at once and started rubbing that softness. My Umbreon made me sick. Too adorable. Way too fucking cute. Of course, as I stroked her lower belly and thighs, and that spot she loved near the right side of her hair tuft (right near the base of her lower golden ring on her ear) she definitely woke up. Woke up in a very specific way.. She started to pant, to whimper, her eyes got a certain glint in them.

"Umbi~" She purred.

Before that went too far, I pulled away, scooped her up, and I held her in my arms, backend in the crook of my arm.

"U-Umbri!" She complained, thwacking at me with her paw, and I whispered against her ear.

"Later, okay? In private."

She ceased her complaining.

Chastity scowled, and hopped up onto the bed.

"Bun bun!" The Buneary stood at the foot of the bed with one paw on her fluffy hip. Her round, adorable face was twisted with rage as she glared at me. From her tone alone I could get the gist of what she was trying to say, but Lady translated anyways- both out loud in mon to her friends, and in mind.

"Master, Chastity says you are a lazy human, and that you should get a better sleeping schedule. She heard you tapping away on your Poketch last night, it kept her awake. She also says it's ridiculous that she should have to wait for you to wake up before starting her day . I agree that your schedule is… lacking. You didn't go to sleep for quite some time last night."

"How do you know? You were being a brat, holed up in your Pokeball."

Lady glared boldly back, ruby, ice-chip eyes glinting dangerously. I shivered, but held her gaze until she finally withered and looked away, and had the decency to look ashamed of herself, even if for just a moment. Then, after a visible shudder, she seemed to become excited too. She wet her lips and continued her intense stare assault as if the first stare-off had never happened. So bold was she, that this time it was me who looked away, and I kept on talking, even though I was nervous.

Arceus, help me.

"Our schedule has been bad, I agree, because there hasn't been one. In fact, the whole reason why I set an alarm is because of some plans I made for this morning, which involve most of us."

Dusty and Sprite ceased their distracted conversation at the door, and turned to listen. I stroked Eva's right side gently as I continued to talk. Chastity narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms, as if daring me to say something that would change her opinion of me.

"We're going to train this morning," I grinned, "extensively."

Chastity's eyes actually widened for a moment, and a smile graced her tiny mouth, then she saw I noticed it and she made her face cold real quick. Her body tensed up, but I could see the energy bubbling up beneath the fur. She was ready to bounce out of here and get to exercise. Her fluffy bottom wiggled this way and that, betraying her excitement.

"Bun bun?!" She pointed at me with one of her ears, and her paw, and I heard the challenge in her voice.

"Yes, even I am gonna train. Physically. I used to play hockey, you know. Casually, but I used to train for it every morning before work. It was part of my routine. I want to go back to that, to some degree. I'll always be a lanky guy, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be able to keep up with you guys."

When Chastity continued to burn me with a doubtful glance, despite her puffball tailwhipping, I realized I'd have to explain the plan I'd formulated the night before.

Dusty could relax today, he'd won his match, but technically all my mons- Eva included- had lost their battles. Hardy had been kind about it, even claiming bullshit like me being a future champion, but that didn't change the reality of what a failure the situation had been. I wasn't mad at myself though, I'd learned a lot. And maybe my warm and uplifting conversation with Zoey, or Hardy's foolishness about being champion material, woke something up in me.

...Our training routine was going to be rather simple- every other day we would wake up at nine am, and head out into the morning air. Then we would find somewhere, anywhere suitable, and train for two and a half hours. Thirty minutes before the end of training, I would start brewing up breakfast for the lot. Days we didn't train, they'd be free to do what they wanted. The first half of training would be simple endurance training, the second half would be battle-focused.

When I explained this part, Sprite jumped forward and began to shake herself back and forth, letting out those strangely high, music-like tones of her kind. I glanced at Lady with confusion.

The Kirlia didn't react physically, but her lovely voice came to me nonetheless. "She says she doesn't want to battle, not ever again, if she doesn't have to. She claims it doesn't suit her."

If they didn't want to train, or didn't want to battle, I wasn't going to make them. I nodded at Sprite. "That's alright, Sprite. You can sit with our stuff while we train, how does that sound?"

The water-type bounced and nodded agreeably, clinging to my leg with joy. I patted her on her warm, round head but did not forget her stimulation from earlier.

Chastity still seemed doubtful about whether or not I'd pull this off.

Lady suddenly spoke up too. "If Sprite doesn't have to join in the training, then neither do I." She said it first in my mind, then out loud to everyone, and boldly stared into my eyes once more. She was always heavy on the eye contact, but especially today.

I stared right back at her. "If that's what you want."

"Kirl!" She scowled, and stomped her foot down, clearly angry at me for not having a bigger reaction to her attempted confrontation.

Chastity burst into laughter. Maybe I was starting to get the hang of this trainer thing. To avoid making a scene of it I turned away.

"... Ok. We'll start our first ever training session soon. Right after Eva gets up."

The Umbreon snored loudly, fast asleep in my arms. Chastity and Lady sighed. I smiled.

The elderly innkeeper, and her equally old Toxicroak, stared at us with their sunken eyes as we passed. A croak puffed from the old mon's ancient cheeks, and the innkeeper waved a leathery hand. "Good morning to you," her shrill voice cracked out. "Your stay extends until 5 pm... so if you need anything..." She trailed off. I nodded.

"Thanks!" I turned away from her and ran outside with everyone. Eva called out her thanks too.

Outside the ancient inn, Hardy was training with his own team.

He had a breakfast area set up on the left, something like how mine usually were, and he was face-to-face with his Hariyama. The two were sparring. The old man, and all his Pokemon, were already working up a sweat. I figured the man trained like this, and planned to do somewhat of the same, though maybe not as hands-on as he was. I was no martial artist, while Hardy seemed to be. For such a huge, fat man he moved with an intense grace, and shockingly fast. My team and I watched, and I myself was fascinated, as he and his Hariyama went at it like it was the most normal thing in the world.

Perhaps Hariyama was going easy on him, but it didn't seem that way. In fact, at the moment, it seemed like Hardy genuinely had the upper hand. The sturdy hiker was punching forward furiously, and deftly ducking under each of Yami's powerful forward thrusts. Of course, this was Hariyama's specialty in terms of combat, supposedly... Hardy went fully on the offense in the next second, and it was strange to see Yami backing away, trying to escape the rapid force of her aggressive trainers' attacks. Suddenly, the Hariyama froze, and the fighting type leapt into the air. She came down behind Hardy, and swung out in a single finger strike as he turned to her, poking his eyes, her right hand following in a powerful blow to his head.

Hardy stumbled, but Yami seemed to weaken the force of her blows, because Hardy laughed.

"Good job, Yami! Well done, very efficient, and...a good idea, with the jump."

The Hariyama punched her huge fist against her palm and bowed slightly, clearly proud of herself.

While that was happening, his other mons sparred with each other. Kelsey the Conkeldurr and Hardy's Graveler were practicing evasive techniques. The round rock-type was attempting to roll out of the way and body slam the Conkeldurr before it had the chance to land a full strength downward swing of its concrete weapon. Additionally, if it knew that it could not evade the attack, it set at once to practice withstanding the attack. It was a brutal kind of training, but clearly the two were well-versed and safe about it, never hitting too hard. When the Graveler became too exhausted, it swapped out with Hardy's Boldore.

I whistled in appreciation, and set down my pack next to a spot where Hardy had already set up a picnic for the group. Various cans of soda lay here and there, and a big bowl of something was cooking, some kind of poffin stew- similar to the kind I made daily. I tasted a spoonful, and found it pretty flavorless. I'd have to fix it up later, after training.

Hardy didn't cease his own sparring until he'd forced Yami into a headlock. The Hariyama panted and struggled under his grip as he wrestled her to the floor. It was incredible to see. Then, the hiker, panting and gasping, scooped up a nearby Spryt bottle and chugged it down urgently. Strange source of hydration. Hariyama did the same. I myself would have chosen h20. Hardy trekked over to me, Hariyama panting behind him.

"Good morning Avery!" The man greeted me.

"Morning Hardy. Mind if I join your training? Though, you're probably done?" I hoped he wasn't. I was aware he had plans today, but I wanted to spend a little bit more time with him.

"Hmm," the old man glanced at me and my team standing behind me. Lady had her arms crossed and was pouting at him. His tough exterior softened, and he smiled slightly. "Sure, I've a few more hours in me and I'm sure everyone else does- if they don't, they can just relax. They've certainly earned it! But first, bathroom and water break everyone!"

Hardy allowed them thirty minutes to themselves. My own mons walked off, and all of them began to socialize and eat breakfast. I gathered up my own bowl of stew, grabbed a hunk of bread, and filled a plate with the grilled veggies available. As I ate it, Hardy talked to me.

"So, you've decided to take this trainer gig seriously, yeah?"

I nodded. "I might as well. I owe it to the members of my team that do want to battle. I have to train myself, get badges, measure up with them. I can't lag behind while my Pokémon get powerful. We're a team. Got to make it work. Dusty and I pulled together last night, but you're right. I lost every other one, and I think I know the reason why. I'll probably fuck up some more, but I'm ok with it."

"Yeah, well, listen kid. Words are easy. Let's see you own it. They're watching you." He nodded behind me subtly. I glanced back. He was right. Most of my team were watching over me from where they sat chatting with Hardy's. Then, I noticed Lady standing off on her own.

"I'm worried about her."

"You should be. Something tells me you're bad with women."

I chose not to engage with that, and went back to eating, loudly this time to the point of disgusting Hardy enough that he walked away. I grinned, glad I'd been able to avoid an awkward situation so easily. Then, I glanced at each of my Pokémon.

Even though she seemed excited, Chastity's expression was still uncertain. Lady still stubbornly refused to train, and had her arms crossed, her chin up. Eva was of course attentive and listening, but even she seemed to not expect much from this. Only Dusty seemed to trust me. That made sense. I'd dragged them through a lot, all of them, since first acquiring them. Especially Lady and Eva. I don't think those two doubted me. They doubted us, as a team. Eva seemed almost scared of Lady, yet loved her ceaselessly. And Lady seemed to have cut her feelings off for the Umbreon, refusing to allow herself to feel anything for anyone except me. All because of me and my uncertainty, of my inability to not bend and waver.

That was going to change today.

We started with stretches. This, I remembered from training back in the day. Stretching out the limbs, rolling out the neck and unstiffening the body. It would make the actual act of exercising feel a lot more smooth, a lot more electrifying. We did this for about fifteen minutes, all standing in a line not quite close, but near, to the edge of the cliff that looked out over the forest below.

The wonderful burn of the unused body stretching filled me as I went through the different poses, bringing back the breathing technique I remembered from back in the day. As I did this, I told my team how to do the same.

Lady and Sprite had sat out, so they were on a blanket laid out near us. Lady had one foot dangling over the edge, but her body was turned toward us. She seemed incredibly relaxed, and her eyes were peering at all of us, absorbing the scene as well as the pleasant morning sun shining on us. Naked-chested and stretching, I realized I could feel her staring up and down my frame. The slow, sweeping, analyzing gaze... the purpose of her stare was clear from the way her cheeks flushed and her eyes glittered. I chose to ignore her, but I felt my own face burn, and for some reason, I felt a rush of energy.

After we finished that, I discussed the plan with Hardy.

"A run's a good start," Hardy agreed, "you're lucky you have a trainer who is as athletic and well-traveled as me to give you a hand today. A tip: Usually, you'd have to map your path beforehand. You understand what I'm saying, right?"

I got the message. "Don't let your mons go out into the wilderness where they could get hurt. Plan runs. Got it."

Hardy nodded. "You never know what you might find, that's all. Say your mons run off on their own, trying to show off, and they stumble into a hole… bad ending."

Dusty, despite having the morning off, wanted to run. So did Eva and Chastity. So, the four of us, plus Hardy, Yami, and his Graveler, followed the hiker down the mountain a few levels to the forest, where he found a rather well-tread path forward.

Many people had followed this very same path. The air carried with it the scent of rejuvenation

Dusty was a ruthless athlete. He raced ahead of all of us, effortlessly, side by side with Hardy. At first, the two had started out slow. Then, Dusty had started bursting up ahead of him, his paws scrabbling on the forest floor. Seeing him starting to get ahead, Hardy grunted and started going faster. Now, the Furfrou and hiker were far ahead of us, panting and grunting as they personally took each other on. Chastity was not far behind them, using a mixture of running on her tiny paws and hopping to close the great distance.

Meanwhile, I was dragging at the nipple of my water bottle, jogging far behind everyone else. I'd tried to keep up with Dusty and Hardy, but had quickly fallen behind.

Holy shit. It's been too long since I've properly exercised. I'm dying. So much for my big talk, thank Arceus Chastity can't see this.

Suddenly, something tackled me. There was something familiar about the force, but my first instincts kicked in. Teeth clamped around my shoulder, I heard a fierce but adorable little snarl, and wrestled with the furry bundle that had knocked me to the side of the road. The black furball was surprisingly dexterous and strong, and I tumbled with it all the way into the treeline. I started laughing.

"Hey, hey! What are you doing, huh?"

Eva had tackled me, and now she wanted to tussle, apparently. After a few minutes of chasing and playful grappling, she finally let me stand up. She was panting and grinning as I brushed the dirt off my chest.

"Eva! You scared the shit out of me, you know. But a good tackle. Strong." I rubbed her head.

She seemed to appreciate the praise, but, apparently she didn't just want to play out here in the trees. She started nosing at my crotch. Her eager eyes said something about my promise of alone time earlier.

Knowing Eva wanted to fuck was enough for me to get turned on too, in all honesty. Our future sex being out here in the wilderness made it all the more exciting. Even so, I had some good sense. "You know...If they come looking for us…"

My Umbreon tossed her head in the universal message of "I don't care." She made a delicious purring sound as I stroked her ears and swayed her hindquarters.

Fuck. Eva wants it when she wants it.

A shiver ran down my spine as she crouched down in front of me. She pushed her two back legs apart, and raised her rear and other bits into the air, presenting them to me, swaying her hips. Her tail stuck up like a white flag of surrender, beckoning to me. I glanced around, staring into the dense forest. The only sound was mine and Eva's eager panting.

Fuck it. I grabbed Eva by the hips and pressed the tip of my cock against her slick folds. I rubbed back and forth, groaning softly when it brushed against her clit. She panted and bucked back against me, trying to get me inside.

I grinned. "Uh uh!" Moving around behind her, I seized her by the base of her ears, and pushed her face downward. "Come now Eva, you get to pick the time and place- you don't get to pick the way you get fucked, too. Have some decency."

The ruby eyes of my beloved starter shined back at me, and she bared her teeth in a sultry smile, batting her eyelashes. "Umbri~" She purred, licking in my general direction, as if imitating a blown kiss, and rested her paws against the mossy forest floor. A stray breeze brushed against us.

"I know how you like it, isn't that right?".

Eva pointed her face away from me. I tugged her ears, with light force, dragging her back to me. We were playing, but our actions brought an electric thrill to one another. In the dark embrace of the trees, we were free to do whatever we wanted. At the risk of one of our companions, Hardy or his Pokémon included, doubling back and trying to find us. We were far from the beaten path, but that didn't mean we were invisible. Or silent. In fact, Eva and I were growing more audible by the moment, as we tended to. She yipped when I held her by the jaw and looked into her crimson eyes.

"I asked you a question. Are you too busy thinking about wanting to cum, you cute little slut?"

I was worried that was too much for a second, even though it felt kind of natural to me to talk between us that way. I exhaled with relief when my umbreon made something akin to a purring rumble, whispered "Umbri" and pushed her paws apart, swaying back and forth, subtly and elegantly, as if dancing. So, with approval, her answer was clear.

"Good girl." I slowly pushed my cock inside her. It seemed Eva's pussy was intent on staying tight for me, because it resisted my advance as much as it had the first time. The wet muscles fluttered, and the umbreon squirmed beneath my body. My knees were sinking into the soil on either side as I sank ever deeper into her hot, tight channel. It squirmed around my dick, and I started seeing stars in the corner of my eyes. Eva was made for me, there was no other way to describe how perfectly I fit inside her. I rubbed her soft, smooth belly fur and pumped hard inside her.

"U-Umbri, umbr!" Eva panted, eyes half-lidded. I stared into her sweet face and thought about the other night. The canvas of the stars had been beautiful, the golden glow rings along her fur shimmering beneath the moon's glow. Our first time had been something, but that had truly changed everything, I think. Her dark shape embraced by the sun-peek and shadows of our part of the forest only suited Eva's kind of…regal beauty, even with her head puff, which granted her a strangely adorable appearance, regardless of her passionate eyes.

I rubbed her belly, matching the pace of my thrusts with each brush of my fingers on the soft fur. "Ummm," she moaned, rocking back against me, meeting my thrusts. Eva's back curled as I pumped against a specific spot, rocking against her inner wall and driving the little Umbreon into a frenzy. I laughed, grinning as her knees appeared to give beneath her. Roughly, though carefully, I held her ears with one hand as if they were reins and pushed her head forward even as I pulled her hips back with the other. Her pretty little muzzle was stuffed into the dirt as I forced my manhood deeper inside her.

The effect was profound, Eva's eyes shot wide. She mumbled something inaudible, and her legs went completely slack. Her inner walls fluttered as her muscles squeezed onto my cock, desperately trying to milk me. I denied it, gritting my teeth to bite back the pleasure, sweat glistening on my brow. Now, Eva's legs dangled uselessly in my grip.

I wet my lips, and considered for a moment what that action meant.

I stared into her eyes as I clutched her dark haunches more firmly. She nodded once, eyes narrowed. My words from earlier rang true. Eva knew that I could give it to her how she wanted. Because her lower body was limp now, on purpose, it allowed me to more easily grasp her and pull her back into me.

Admittedly, the first few minutes I lost it. There was something about fucking outside that struck something in me. Something natural, something right. Like with Chastity, I was seized by my most base animal impulses. I started fucking her like crazy, in other words. It seemed like, at any moment, Eva's eyes were going to bug out of her head. With each thrust, her whimpers and gasps and yips started getting louder and louder.

Every time I was inside Eva, I never wanted to leave her. I couldn't bear it if someone tried to take her away from me. Salvation, Vanessa, Officer Jenny, all of them scared the shit out of me. But we were safe, out here, in the woods… we were together, and fucking enjoying it. I'd been worried we'd get caught, but after a few minutes, all worries melted away. To me it was just my Umbreon and I. My muscles strained as I pumped into her. Talk about a workout. I grinned. Eva was really the one getting served here, that's for sure. She got to just lay there, adorable and fuckable, and here I was… fucking her. It was a fair trade. I leaned down, kissed the side of her head, and moved my hips harder.

She was so wet, I just pushed into her so easily.

"Umbreon!" Eva started crying, nuzzling her face into the grass and dirt, digging her paws in and moaning.

"Remember how we used to fight? Look at you now, you're such a good girl."

Good girl, two simple words but I felt her pussy clench around them.

Realizing my sweet talk was turning her on, I pushed onward. "So perfect with my cock in you, Eva. I really think you were built for me."

I said it casually, yet it seemed to have a drastic effect on Eva. She was having trouble bracing herself. I held her back up, by the back of the neck and under her belly. Our bodies resumed their clapping together. My cock pushed and spread deep, throbbing as my body felt its first rushing urge to cum. I groaned, my vision went foggy for a moment as my hips jerked.

"I want to pour all my cum in you, alright? A single drop is a waste. You agree?"

Eva glanced back, and her sex-sloppy face, drooling and droopy eyed, made me grunt and pump into her like nothing else. I could see it in her eyes, and from her lazy, hungry "Umbri..." - She wanted my cum, she wanted to come now.

I reached down and started toying with her clit, panting and pumping hard, but slowly, inside of her. Eva threw her head back, and I came as her pussy flooded around me, the muscles fluttering as she melted into orgasm. We thrashed together, and I dug my fingers into the dirt and groaned loudly.

"Fuck, you're such a good girl, Eva," I gasped, exhaling. When I said "good girl" again, her pussy quivered in answer. She made me grin.

As promised I pumped her belly full. We sat there, my dick still in her, for a while, relaxing. When we heard Hardy yelling something from a near distance, we cleaned ourselves up, and went running. As we ran along, I grinned, knowing deep inside Eva there were splashes of me.

We found the others soon after.

A pair of ice-blue eyes faded into the shadows, unnoticed.

The rest of the training was the practical sort, focused on battling. Back in the clearing in front of the old but not decrepit inn, everyone was back together. Most of Hardy's Pokémon were done for, they were enjoying the rest of their hefty breakfast and plenty of soda pop (which upon closer inspection was actually some kind of workout water, disguised as soda!?.. Some kind of marketing scheme!?) Dusty had joined them, the Furfrou was burnt out from his intense run with Hardy. The big man himself was absolutely exhausted.

So, Eva was paired up against Chastity. At the start of the spar, standing about a meter apart from one another, Chastity paused for a moment.

"Bun?" She peered at me suspiciously, and sniffed the air. Then she cast her narrow eyes on Eva.

I averted my eyes and flushed, chuckling nervously. "What's up Chastity, not ready to start?"

Chastity made the connection and realized Eva and I had snuck away at some point, and that the smell of me all over Eva (and inside her) was absolutely correct. Her delicate bunny nose twitched and took in the aroma of our sex. It clearly seemed to awaken something in the Buneary, because she suddenly seemed to get pumped up about battling. The awkward moment passed. I sighed with relief.

I directed Eva to focus on using her protect, which had been her greatest weakness in the previous battle. Chastity was pumped up so it was great practice. The Buneary was relentless as she leapt, ran, and bounced towards the umbreon. Sometimes she moved so fast she seemed to blur. She used her ears as makeshift weapons as well, and she kept at her swings with a decent pace. She allowed Eva to use the breathing techniques I had taught her earlier to maintain her protects, but never went easy on her.

"Good girl, Eva." Eva's back curled, and she visibly shivered. I grinned. I wanted to be back out in that forest, continuing where we left off.

"Chastity, keep it up, you're doing great too. Keep at it with those strong attacks, Eva can handle it."

I expected the Buneary to snap at me, but she actually seemed agreeable about the praise, and only seemed to intensify her attack. I trusted that the two of them would keep at it if I directed them.

"Keep this up for about ten more minutes, and then we're gonna do a final stretch and wrap it up."

While they finished their training, I went back into the inn to shower and get dressed. As I approached our room, I heard a faint sound. At first I thought it was crying, then, my body locked up. The door was slightly open, that's where the voice was leaking from, and I peered through it.

My eyes widened. It was Lady.

My Kirlia was splayed out on the bed. She was lying on her back, with her thighs spread. From this spot, I could see everything. The lips were white, but the insides were that lovely green of her line. Juices shimmered on her thighs, sticky strands stretched between her folds. I looked at her, from the hair-like dome of her head, down to her dainty feet, and thought about how fucking perfect she was.

She had her little hand wrapped around the top of the brush Chastity had been using earlier. My jaw went slack. She was moving it toward her entrance, about to part her folds with it. It was clear from how wet she was, and her chest was coated in sex-sweat, that she had been masturbating for a while yet. I wanted to burst into the room and rip the brush from her, it was a violator in my eyes.

I watched Lady's huge red eyes, beautiful globes in her pale, lovely face, and her mouth fall open as she started to push the brush handle into herself. My hand dropped to my stiffening crotch, and I bit back an excited exhale, as it spread her open. She whimpered in discomfort as the brush started sliding more steadily in. I felt a surge of hatred for that inanimate object again. Right as the broad head pierced her entrance, she seized up.

"K-Kirlia!" She exclaimed. I glanced down the hallway. It was still empty. I was a pervert, watching my own Pokémon in a private moment like this. I should leave, I should get back outside and come back later. Instead, I slipped my cock through the hole of my sweats and gripped it. I leaned against the nearby wall and observed, rapt.

As Lady pushed the tool inside herself, discovering a whole new world, I resented myself for not being the one to show it to her.

Only when her crimson eyes met mine through the crack in the door, and a sly smile crossed her lips, did I realize she'd been aware of me the whole time. I came in my hand, groaning as her back curled as Eva's had earlier, the curl of a woman cumming. Hips off the bed, thighs spread wide, open to her core.

She already knew I was there. I rushed into the room, and into the bathroom, and panicked for a brief moment of existence.

Something told me Lady had just won her first battle, though not our war. Already the guilt of what just happened was eating me up, but I couldn't forget the blissful sight of Lady pleasuring herself. Perhaps she'd staged it, perhaps she'd realized halfway through. Either way, the perfect face- mouth in an o, ruby eyes squeezed shut, head rocking back was utterly unforgettable

I wanted to run out of the bathroom, pin Lady down, and show her all kinds of other things.

Instead, I took a cold shower.

When I walked back out of the bathroom, refreshed, Lady was gone. The moment between us wasn't, it lingered in the air like a dreamy fog. I kept reliving the moment, and I didn't hate that I was reliving it, but I hated that I enjoyed it. I stared at the slick brush where it lay on the bed.

I left it there, but my mind dwelled on it as I went back out to the others. Somehow it still felt like I'd had something stolen from me. I realized it was Lady's innocence. Maybe it was gone for a while, and I refused to realize it.

Either way... Lady didn't react visibly as I joined everyone outside. It was time to say goodbye to Hardy.

I wanted to beg him not to go, but refrained from it. As he put it, we were going to the same place, and we'd meet again. He slapped my back, pulled me into a hug, and then patted me on the head. Then he stared into my face, his own huge, open and friendly, and he pushed me away. "You're a good one, kid. Keep it together, and absolutely hold that chin high. If nothing else, don't forget who you are. See ya, Avery. If you really, really need me...then I guess give me a call. But if it's something dumb I'm going to beat you senseless!"

He and Dusty shared a special moment. The stunning conclusion to their race was that Chastity, using Dusty as a springboard, bounced onto Hardy's head, and shot well ahead of everyone else- stealing the race right out from under them. As such, they both held a grudge toward Chastity, glowering at her. In a good natured, playful kind of way of course, Hardy gave her a goodbye too. Lady refused to interact with him, but she watched him as he and his mons departed for the mountains, towards the caves we would soon head for ourselves.

As we wrapped everything up and got ready to leave ourselves, carefully glancing at the map, Lady walked up to me. Like the old days, she demanded I let her up. I held her in my arms. It was...

It was just different. I could feel her rapid, springing heartbeat, I could feel the warmth of her body, and the sun-hot stare of her eyes. More than anything, I was aware of what lay under the skirt part of her slender body . I'd seen it all, she'd wanted me to. Lady didn't complain when Eva joined me in my other arm, though I did as I also had to deal with the weight of my pack! Chastity was using Dusty like a chariot, a position the dog Pokémon had gotten used to with Lady.

We were Oreburgh bound.