The Tale of Seven

[Reno]

Roxas blinked, hearing the other's concern, then slowly looked towards Ninetails as well. He frowned peculiarly, and shut his eyes. He was the observant brother of the three - he took notice of things Ven's big mouth and Sora's absent-mindedness certainly never did. It took him only seconds to piece things together. "She... started acting really strange... that day she ran off."

He opened his eyes looking at the others troubled eyes. "But she's not really ACTING sick. She's eating normally, in fact moreso. She's just more tired... and isn't inclined to battle."


Terra frowned a bit, not seeing the blond. Where had he-
He blinked as something was suddenly dangling in his eyes and he frowned, recognizing it. He heard Flygon making an unhappy noise behind him but he... just frowned sadly.
He reaching up, letting the other drop the gem in the palm of his hand. He heard the apology, and raised an eyebrow at him. "You know what this is worth don't you?" Ven didn't answer but from the expression on his face he seemed to know.

He rolled the gem between his fingers and sighed, raising it to the stars, watching it catch the pinpricks of white light. "You know what's ironic?" He mumbled then. "I was going through a sexual identity crisis before I stumbled upon you... and end up falling for a boy in drag."

A long pause then a soft whisper. "Why'd you do it? Why me? Why MY Houndoom?"


Sora raised his head slowly, looking at the silverette, taken a bit aback by his answer. He blushed and looked away, having to remind himself how to breath again. "I don't know about you there Ge... err that's not a good nickname. Thin... okay that's even worse." He sighed shaking his head, realizing he was WAY off topic. "Okay ANYWAYS, from the experiences I've witnessed... and been a part off, usually a guy's first defensive when a gay guy is hitting on him is to actually HIT him back."

A long pause then Sora slapped himself again. WHAT THE HELL DID HE JUST SAY?! "Shit! I didn't say that either!" He buried his head back into his knees. "Not even my brother knew I was gay. Shit damn crap!!" He mumbled to himself.

[Rikugurl]

Axel looked at Ninetails but nodded. "Yea, I guess you're right..." Maybe she had a bug, got into something that she shouldn't of. Maybe... a team member tried to poison her but it didn't work. Whatever it was... it had happened that 30 minutes she had disappeared.

"Well, I'm just grateful that everyone is alright and no one got hurt... not even pokemon.... but we need to stay focus and cover as much ground as possible to make sure no pokemon get hurt." He nodded and smiled before looking back at the seven Pokemon still playing together.

A few moments later, his green eyes slowly looked over to Roxas, feeling a slight distance between them... even if they were sitting right next to each other.
"I'm sorry Roxas.... for not telling you about Moltres."


The blonde frowned as he heard the question. All he could do was look away before slowly sitting down by the brunette. He pulled his legs close and wrapped his arms around them as they were brought into silence.

He did glance at the other, hearing about him being in drag. Ventus really didn't think he could fool anyone that he was a real girl... but it seemed like he was more feminine than he thought...

However... it was the whispers that made a sadden expression cover his features...
"Well...." He started softly. "We were after that shiny Lapras... you... never came into the picture until... my partner said how... rewarding those horns would be for a promotion." He leaned his chin on his knees and sighed.

"I didn't mean to... do this....to you or your Houndoom. Even if... I had to act like... I really liked you....I really....did....start to... in...." His face started to flush as he shook his head, realizing what he was saying. "But... what does that matter...? It doesn't make what we did right... and I'm sorry. I... just want to let you know that... no matter how much that gem was worth... I wasn't going to sell it. It was.... priceless to me."


Gethin's eyes widened as he heard the other. G...gay? What did...that matter?

He shook his head and smiled, looking back up at the moon. I was an outcast when I was growing up...and... I guess I still really am. I don't really know what other's normal reactions would be about certain things. I'm glad I don't though... most of it... isn't very good."

He smiled as the wind whipped his hair around more and he slowly looked back at the brunette.
"And you don't need to give me a nickname. My real name's Riku."

[Reno]

"Mmm..." Roxas agreed without words. He hoped they could do it... but he wasn't holding his breath. They'd be infiltrating a BASE looking for three stolen Pokemon out of probably HUNDREDS. Team Rocket was the biggest, most elaborate Team in the world...

Who knew if they'd even be there anymore?

He blinked though when Axel spoke again. His eyes darkened, remembering his anger at the other and sighed out angrily. "I know you did it to protect her and I mean fuck," He waved a hand towards Ven. "I guess it's better you didn't with my apparent wayward BROTHER but..."

He looked at Axel now, his eyes sad. "I don't know why it bother me so damn much... I guess I just feel... bad you couldn't trust me. I mean God, Axel we were going to TRAVEL together you thought I'd never find out? Or were just joking about that?" He looked away, crossing his arms and huffing, obviously hurt. "I know I'm not GREAT company or anything but you coulda just said something..."

He glanced out of the corner of his eye though when he heard yelling at the other edge of the forest.


Terra's hands curled around the gem feeling it cutting into his palm as he glared towards Aqua, hearing Ven's words. It made him feel... better that he wasn't a target until Houndoom had stupidly stumbled on that stage and made a complete idiot of himself...

And then he for once out of the kindness of his heart decided to apology for his lust-ridden dog's actions... he should of just walked away. They never would of touched him...

There was a long pause as Ven went on, and Terra shut his eyes turning his head away. "But you did do it." He whispered, then suddenly looked at the other his eyes piercing, angry. "You say you started to have feelings for me... yet you still did it." He raised the gem letting it swing in front of Ven's eyes. "This? My mother gave me this for good luck eight years ago. My dad was from Sandgem and he had given it to her... to show her he loved her. My mother wanted me to do the same one day. This is what you would of kept sacred? This fucking piece of junk?"

He growled then yanked his hand back and threw it into the forest, losing it in the darkness. Throwing away the stars... "It's just god damned JEWELRY! A fucking WORTHLESS signifier compared to what I felt for you. For what Houndoom meant to me." He stood, snarling down at Ven, shaking. "You sent my best friend out there to die... do you even UNDERSTAND that?"


Sora lifted his head a little at the other's curious words, his eyes a little saddened. An outcast? Was that why he was always alone... because no one wanted to be with him?

He looked over though when the other made his next comment, now surprise. "...Riku?" He repeated slowly, then smiled. Now he had a perfect one. "Ri... it fits you." He laughed as the other gave him a dull look. "Why didn't you enter with your real name?" He asked curiously.

[Rikugurl]

Axel blinked as he heard Roxas's words. Was that really what he was thinking? Roxas had it all wrong!
"R-rox..." He started before everyone stopped what they were doing, even all the Pokemon as they heard an outburst of yelling.

Axel was going to go over and break it up... but he knew that it would only make things worse...


Ven was going to say something to MAYBE help but... that FUCK had to start YELLING at him.
Unfortunately for everyone other than Sora or Roxas, no one knew that when you YELLED at Ven, the only thing that happens is that he YELLS back.

His blue eyes turned sharp as he stood in a huff as well. "Well you're a fucking IDIOT too, you know that!? That piece of JUNK wasn't what I was FUCKING holding sacred! It's that YOU fucking gave it to me. You said it your fucking self, asshole! Your dad gave it to your mom and she did what!? MARRIED HIM! It's not fucking junk! Not to you, not to your MOTHER and not to me! I already said I was fucking sorry, I can't fucking change what I did, now can I!?"

Tears of frustration welled up in his eyes.
"I don't know what you fucking want from me! I apologized, I told you were the pokemon went, I'm HELPING you go and get them. I gave you back the thing that you've OBVIOUSLY kept all your journey to give to someone you fucking love! BUT I GAVE IT BACK INSTEAD OF SELLING THAT FUCKING PIECE OF 'JUNK' BECAUSE IT MEANT SOMETHING TO ME!" His yelling turned into desperate screams.

Tears ran down his cheek before he turned and stormed into the forest.


The silverette smiled as he heard the name. 'Ri'. He... liked the sound of it. However, when the question was asked, he only shook his head and looked away. "Because. I...didn't want anyone to know it was me..."

Before Sora could inquire, they here screaming from the camp. A very... angry one.

[Reno]

Roxas let out a slow sigh as Terra stopped yelling. "That's bad..." He murmured. As if right on cue, Ventus was up and spitting and snarling like a Persian. He couldn't stop a small smile, noting that hadn't changed about his sibling. The second he realized what expression was on his face he quickly made it drop. He still didn't forgive him.


Terra's eyes went wide as Ven was suddenly all in his face... and yelling right back at him, calling HIM an idiot?! "I'M-" He started but didn't get a word in edgewise. His anger grew worse his teeth gleaming in that firelight as Ven continued to shout words and call him cruel names.

His lips pressed tightly however, shoulders trembling a little when the tears appeared, feeling his heart shudder. He... made him cry?

...Shouldn't he be happy about that?

He winced at the final statement though - what could it of possibly of meant to him? - before he watched Ven stomp off. He opened and shut his mouth for a few moments, speechless. Finally he burst. "FUCK!" He slammed his fist into a tree hearing bark crunch under his knuckles. Some of the eeveelutions whimpered and even Flygon was unsettled. He growled and took a few steps before spotting something. He reached out and snatching up something unseen before running into the forest... after Ven.

There was a long pause in the camp as silence reigned nothing filling it except the crackling of the fire.

And then finally... a chuckle... that turned into full blown laughter. Roxas and Axel shot incredulous looks towards Aqua who was holding her sides and howling to the sky. "This is gonna be the best fucking trip ever!!"

".... She's nuts." Roxas grumbled.


Sora blinked at the curious answer, seeming concerned but shouting met his ears making him look back. He sighed slowly, recognizing the wailing screams of pure fury. "That's Ven..."

Then a second chopped shout of fury. "And that's Terra." Sora rolled his eyes and drew circles in the grass, almost looking guilty about his thoughts. "I really don't want to go and play peacemaker right now."


Terra snarled, shoving branches and brush out of his way, a Tauros on a rampage. It wasn't hard to catch up to Ven, the other making about as much noise as him. The chase was short, but long enough they were far out of sight of the camp. Finally Ven stopped in a small clearing, moonlight dancing off his angry features, and whirled around, looking ready to shoot his mouth off again - but Terra jumped in before he could.

"Oh fuck no Ven-ITA it's my fucking turn." The brunette growled, palm smacking against a branch so hard it snapped. "I can't believe you're FUCKING crying. You didn't seem so upset when you thought stealing those Pokemon would get you somewhere! Now suddenly they've thrown you out like worthless trash and your clinging to the one hope you have left. 'Making things right'" Terra scoffed, "What a fucking load of bull! You just want everyone to know you're not such a fucking failure!"

He walked into the light, stalking towards the other, muscles tense with anger as he cornered the other like a Mightyena would with a Buneary. "You think life is so fucking simple huh? You think all it takes is one I'm sorry and I'll fucking forgive you?! You think all it'll take is one fucking rescue and everyone will just forget about it? Fuck Ven you don't deserve jack shit! How many fucking people have you hurt? How many have you killed?" He spit acidly. "You think sins like those just wash away by doing one good deed?"

[Rikugurl]

Axel's eyes widened as he heard the two scream at each other and the pure furry of the brunette as the blonde stormed off.
Where...did that all come from.

When they left, red eyebrows rose as he heard the crazy laughing and looked over at the blue haired girl.

"Spee...." The purple cat guarded her brothers and sisters who had started to whimper. What was wrong with her master...?

The redhead stood, slowly walking to Flygon who seemed quite upset. "Don't worry.." He said softly as he pet the dragon's neck and reached into his pocket, finding his last pokesnack and handing it up to him.


The silverette glanced down at Sora, hearing that maybe this wasn't such a rare ordeal. He could only shake his head and smiled. "Then don't. Anything they start... they can end...?"


Ven stomped through the forest, not caring if he stepped on any small pokemon or any tails. He'd....PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE if they wanted to start anything!

He finally came into a clearing, hearing a bunch of commotion behind him. He turned around, his mouth opening to shoot off again about leaving him the fuck alone but he was cut off by a single act of strength.
Terra's features were shadowed, making him look like a vicious ghost that was scaring its prey...

The blonde back up, being cornered against a nearby tree. His palms pressed up against them as he tried to push into and hopefully THROUGH the tree... but he wasn't lucky at all. Unlike before... Terra's words were piercing. He knew doing thing wouldn't make up what he DID but he had to start fucking somewhere!
Tears continued to roll down his cheeks not being able to control them.

He looked away, a solid frown on his face as his body started to shiver. At a time like this... he really wished he was a girl. Terra probably would of given him some space then.... maybe.

However, when the last bit from the brunette came out, that was it.
He was going to talk even if he HAD to cut Terra off. "I'VE NEVER KILLED ANYONE OR ANYTHING! I MIGHT OF BEEN A FUCKING ROCKET but I'm also a Holani triplet." His screaming choked out around the end as he swallowed and closed his eyes. "I knew I was never going to get a promotion because... I refused to kill. I...I know I'm pathetic....you don't have to tell me...."

[Reno]

Glaceon sighed in the bunch, recognizing the yelling well. he did the same thing with Aqua all the time. Flareon whimpered hiding UNDER her. The blue ice fox blinked looking down at her.

Jolteon's ears flopped and he whined worried looking around for his master. He was so good keeping Ven under control when he got like this!

Leafeon curled up between Vaporeon and Umbreon, trying to hide under his leaves. He'd never seen his own master so upset before.

Flygon's wings lowered and his tail wrapping around his legs almost protectively as his master left in a storm of fire, feeling slightly scared. He'd never seen such fury from him...
His head raised slowly though when he heard someone coming close and he blinked curiously at the sight of food. He perked up, smiling. "Fly!" He took it in his claws, nibbling on it happily, his wings fluttering in a small happy song of thanks.

Roxas watched Axel his eyes narrowed some, peeved he forgot all about him yet oddly awed by his care for Pokemon. Damn Ven... did he have to ruin everything?! He and Axel were about to have an important conversation! But nooo he just had to go and shoot his FUCKING MOUTH OFF!
The blonde breathed an angry sigh and stood before turning and walking in the other direction of the forest, going to the nearby river Gethin had stationed them close too. He found it easily gleaming in the moonlight and sighed sitting at it's edge, dipping his hands in the cold water and splashing his face.


Sora chuckled softly, smiling a bit. "With Ven you never know..." He shook his head, but hearing that the yells weren't continuing he took it as a good sign and looked up. He wasn't done talking yet. "So... who were you worried about recognizing you?" He asked softly, feeling more comfortable beside the other now.... but god did he have a sexy smile. He was sure he was melting on the inside.


Terra moved his head back some as the other screeched back, his ears ringing some. This didn't last long though before Ven's voice gave out trailing off into something softer and the blonde looked away.

At his final words, Terra went quiet as well... for a few moments. "Ven." He spoke softly. "Look at me." There was a hesitance before those shimmering pools of blue looked up at him, tears still slipping down. Terra did not speak at his his eyebrows furrowing in a scrutinizing gaze. He was looking for something in him, a sign of falsehood, a sign that the other wasn't being completely honest with him.

He saw nothing.

Terra sighed, shoulders relaxing some and his angry expression falling away to something more... perplexed. "Idiot." He mumbled, reaching up and pressing a hand against the tree above Ven's head, arm boxing him in. He continued to gaze at the other his eyes unreadable. "Why would I think that's pathetic? That's good stupid. You weren't completely a fucking puppet, you stood on your own two damn feet and stamped your foot against doing something really wrong. I'm not gonna say you didn't still fuck up... a LOT... but it's better than having death on your shoulders. Trust me."

There was a pause around them, wind whistling in the trees before Terra moved his hands and locked something light around the other's neck. It fell with a clink against Ven's other charm, the beige color picking up the stars. The blonde looked down at it confused. "And who the fuck said you could give me that back? I gave it to you for a fucking reason - maybe you should use that fucking hard head of yours to figure out what that reason is."

That head raised, looking more lost than ever, the eyes wide and blue and puffy and fucking beautiful, lips parted and trying to utter a question that he couldn't voice... and something about it, about him, made Terra's knees shake and his belly warm. How could the reaction still be the same, after all he had done?!



... Oh fuck it.

The brunette snarled scarily, his fingers of his right hand tangling into blonde hair and yanking it back before his mouth met Ven's, tongue plunging into the other's mouth roughly, shoving him against the tree with his body.

[Rikugurl]

Axel smiled as he watched the dragon eat it. His aunt was right. Pokemon really loved the stuff. He slowly turned to head back to Roxas... but the blonde as gone. He let out a sigh before his green eyes looked up at the dragon. "Guess tonight isn't going to be a happy, soundless one." He shook his head before slowly walking towards the group of Pokemon that had settled down from the yelling. "Alright, I think it's time to call it a night. We'll all be traveling together so don't worry, you'll see your brothers and sisters for awhile."

He smiled as he pulled off a pokeball and recalled Vaporeon after he nuzzled everyone.

"Do you know where Roxas went?" Flareon nodded and seemed to bounce as she rushed into the forest, probably showing him. Axel nodded before quickly following.

As for Umbreon, he yipped to Jolteon and turned, heading back to the hill where his master and the brunette were.


The ocean eyes closed slowly as he heard the question, sighing softly as he looked down. "It's... a long story, really...." His voice was a bit sad, notion that he'd rather not speak about it. Once again, before either could do much more...

"Umbre!" The black fox with glowing rings jumped out of the forest and ran up the hill only for him to settle close to his master's side. The silverette smiled as he reached out, pulling off his gloves before his pale fingers ran through the black fur.


Ven's breathing was choked, uneven as his blue eyes looked away. However, when he heard his name, he slowly looked up, right into Terra's. He was a bit hesitant, wanting to tell him to fuck off more but... obviously it wasn't going to work as well as it did with Aqua.

He sniffed, blinking his eyes a bit more than normal to stop the tears from falling, having them collect on his bottom lid instead. When Terra started to talk, he sighed softly. That wasn't what he meant by being pathetic. There was nothing pathetic about not killing someone or something.

Just... he... as a person... as a brother... as a trainer.... was pathetic.

While he was deep in thought, his eyes widened as he heard a clink. The watery eyes looked down, seeing... the Sandgem. Wha--- He heard Terra's words, slowly looking back into his eyes.

Did he...
His eyes widened as a hand shot for his hair and a snarl was heard. He felt Terra's rough fingers through his REAL hair, wincing at the slight pain it brought but NOTHING had warned him from---
"Mmmm!" His eyes widened more as lips wrapped around his and a powerful tongue was in his mouth. His small framed body pushed into the tree more, making a weird sensation run through him.

Slowly... his eyes lidded as his palms left the trees and.... slowly wrapped around the other's neck, fingers running through the brown hair as his tongue battled back, much like it had a night or so ago only... more rougher.

[Reno]

Flygon just chuckled in agreement. He didn't have many of those in the first place. He yawned some, waiting for his trainer to reappear.

The Eevees all whined a little as Axel came by and ruined their fun. They all said their goodbyes to Vaporeon, and then flareon who quickly hopped away to go find Roxas.

Jolteon frowned a little but at Umbreon's call he rose his head. He barked goodbye to the others and hurried after, knowing Sora would be in that direction.

Glaceon sighed a little, standing and stretching. She didn't have to go back into her Pokeball. Espeon and Leafeon stayed where they were, knowing better than to go looking for their angry master.

The leaf fox frowned, feeling hungry, and he looked up at the sky. He sighed more, seeing nothing but the moon. And the branches were so high... His leaf ears drooped before an idea popped into his head, perking him up. "Eee!" He jumped to his feet and ran over to Flygon. "Le, le, leafeon!"
Flygon tilted his head but nodded, lowering it to the ground. Leafeon jumped on top of the dragon's head and carefully stayed balanced at the other stood straight. From there it was a short jump to a branch. He sat down. sighing happily and started munching on leaves.

Aqua just shook her head, throwing out another ball. Might as well finish this.
"Miiilo!" Came a melodious cry.


Roxas meanwhile tensed a little as he heard a lot of rustling behind him and between the water that had splashed into his eyes he could see a blur of red in the reflection of the stream right next to him. He gasped softly and quickly rubbed at his eyes clearing it away only to see...
"Oh... hey Flareon." He said, sounding disappointed.
"Flaaar?" Came the sad cry back, the fox's ears lowering.
"Huh? Oh no it's not you..." He pet her, frowning more.


Sora's eyes saddened at Riku's tone but knew better than to pry. even if he wanted to he didn't have a change to before Umbreon was back, settling between them in the space Sora had left. "Well... maybe you'll feel comfortable enough with me to tell me..." He said, smiling at the way the other handled Umbreon. He had such care for his Pokemon... of course he'd always known this it was just nice to see again and again. He looked up at the other, smiling confidently, running into a realm he was sure of. "I'd really like to be your friend Riku."

Not long after he said that they were interrupted again before an answer could be given, Jolteon barking, as he burst from the forest through a bush and climbing the hill jumping into Sora's lap, comfortably. almost all of his spikes had pierced leafs from the bush, catching onto his fur without his notice.
Sora looked down at him, then burst into laughter. "You look so silly!!"
The fox tilted his head confused. Silly?
"But cute." Sora amended, wrapping his arms around the fox and bringing him close against his chest, and nuzzling his face in the other's collar, showing no fear of his spikes.
Jolteon blinked but smiled. His master was happy! Happier than he'd been all week! When Sora pulled away the fox licked his cheek, smiling too.


Terra groaned softly against the other's lips as he felt the other's hesitant response. Something about it his tentativeness mixed with his brashness was so fucking appealing. And the best part was, he no longer had to handle him like a woman would to be - delicate and fragile like fine china - but like a man, unbreakable and unbreakable like stone. He could be rough and Ven wouldn't cry. He could tug him around without much gentleness and he wouldn't bitch about his feelings being hurt.

He raked his hand through the spikes feeling them bounce under the pads of his fingers. He wrapped his other arm around Ven's waist, shoving their hips together. He broke the kiss, panting hard against the other's mouth. "Shit~" He gasped, nibbling on Ven's bottom lip teasingly before sealing their mouths back together, tongue exploring the younger's mouth.

[Rikugurl]

Even if the red shimmer was Flareon, a larger red shimmer was a tall redhead.
Leaves under his feet crinkled as he walked closer... and slowly sat down next to the blonde. He pulled off his shoes and socks, putting them far away just in case they smelled. He slowly dipped his feet into the water, feeling how cold and crisp it was.

He glanced at Roxas, seeing the... uncertain look he had. So full of emotions it was hard to figure out what question to ask him. So he didn't.
Instead, he continued what they were talking about before.
"Roxas..." He said softly, over the bobbling of the water. "I do trust you... and I wouldn't want to travel with anyone else but you." He looked down at his reflection in the water before sighing. "It's just... well.... my aunt told me to keep her out of sight... because the team would be after her. Of course I didn't listen to her because I had a legendary and I wanted to show her off... but...things did get really strange. People from all over came and asked me if they could see her, kids, collectors, breeders, rangers.... everyone..."

He paused before nodding. "So I showed her off and... to my horror.... some people were really mean to her. Telling her that she should join THEIR team and so on... trying to buy her off me and... it was horrible. So... I told everyone one day that I released her... and people stopped coming... and I could go and help pokemon again without all the stress and attention. Ever since then... I really never tell people that I have her because... I still have a mind set that I really don't because... I don't like to lie to people. I just think it's safe for both of us this way... and I feel bad keeping her cooped up in there but.... she says she doesn't mind..."

He slowly looked back at Roxas and smiled. "I would of told you... if it crossed my mind..."


Riku nodded slowly, the breeze still in his face, making him smile. However, when he heard the other request, his eyes widened and he blinked. His eyes slowly rolled to look at Sora, seeing the affection he was showing the Jolteon... no minding his spikes at all.

With a smile, the silverette nodded. "Friends...?" He echoed softly. "I'd like that...Sora."


"Mmnnnn!" The blonde moaned into the kiss, their tongues continuing their battle. He too... had an eager to fight back. To relax, that he didn't have to hold back because it wasn't lady like. That he didn't have to pull back and pull some bullshit about how nice the kiss was and thatwasquiteenoughBULLSHIT!

His eyes closed as he felt a strong arm around him and his body was forced closer, their hips meeting and shifting together as they tried to continue standing.

When Terra broke away, the blonde panted as well, his eyes lidding as he looked into the dark blue in front of him. "Terra..." He gasped, moaning softly as he felt his lip being nibbled. However, when he felt those hot lips around his again, he could only open his mouth willingly, their tongues twisting together again.

The blush on his face only darkened as he could feel the shifting between their hips becoming irregular as something started to get excited.

[Reno]

Roxas blinked a bit as the blur of red moved but flareon did not. Wha-? He turned his head, seeing Axel. Had he been there the whole time?!

He watched the other silently, his eyes dark with curiosity and confusion flinching a bit as the other stuck his bare feet into the cold water. He wanted to ask Axel if he was crazy but then the other was looking at him, and Roxas forgot what he was going to say.

And then Axel answered the questions that were finally bothering him. His lips twitched, trying to smile as the red-head admitted that he did indeed want to travel with him. He listened attentively as he spoke of Moltres and the trouble she caused. His shoulders slumped a little, realizing the majority of the reason he was so upset... was because he hadn't gotten to see her either. He was just like everyone else, wanting to gawk at her. Damn...

At the last statement he chuckled. "Somehow it doesn't strike me as a surprise, you forgetting that you have something as important as a legendary on your poke-belt." He looked towards Axel his eyes humored suddenly. "Don't go forgetting me on our travels too, okay?" He laughed, imagining himself just wandering right off the path and getting lost and Axel not even noticing until he was three towns away. That would be terrible!

He shook his head, suddenly smiling, looking towards the water. It reminded him of something... "You know... I've seen a legendary or more... I heard one once." He looked up smiling when he saw the other's interest. "I was fifteen and going towards Cianwood for my gym battle with Chuck. I need to travel either by water Pokemon or ferry to get there and well obviously I'm a little short on water types... so I tried to find a way there. Unfortunately all the ferries were closed... for a month. Maintenance or some crap like that. However I found something even better, a cruise line, kind of like the Saint Anne." He chuckled, "Except this one didn't sink."

He dipped a hand in the water, moving his hand in a circular motion, watching the water spin. "It was five days and had a couple of stops, one of them being Cianwood. So I figure 'why not?' I deserved a little relaxation and I figured I'd use my stop there to battle the gym leader. So I bought a cheap ticket and got a pretty nice room. The first three days were wonderful. The food was perfect and the people were nice and Pokemon were EVERYWHERE. There were battles, contests, sunbathing, swimming, rock-climbing and all the ice cream you could eat! No sea-salt though."

He grinned at his reflection, before sighing. "Well... unfortunately one of the attendants came by and said they had made a mistake. That the room I was in wasn't mine. I dunno why it took them so long to figure this out - but I figured it was no big deal and I agreed to switch rooms. the one I was moved to was on the back of the boat... much smaller than the one I was in but I figured it wasn't a big deal. Until that night..."

He winced, pulling his hand out. "I never knew. I mean god I LIVE on a port town, I've been on plenty much smaller than this one. I never had problems with it before but I think trying to SLEEP with it was the key."

He looked at Axel, seeing he wasn't understanding. "The back of the boat shake and sways more noticeably than the middle, which is where I was before. I er..." He blushed a little bit. "I got sea-sick. Really badly. I wasn't prepared for it and I had no medicine and in the middle of the night, what can you do? I toughed it out until morning and upstairs for breakfast and pretty soon I felt okay enough to drink some coffee and eat some things. So the day progressed as normal... and when I got back to my room I felt good as new... and tried to sleep again, thinking it was a fluke, or something I ate."

He sighed. "I did fall asleep... but I dunno sometime in the middle of the night the waves got rough and I woke up and threw up in my bed. Well, I was pretty pissed at myself about then, and decided to just go to the lobby where the boat was more level and curled up in one of the armchairs. I fell asleep... because the next thing I knew I was waking up to this soft soft and it was dawn, maybe four or five in the morning. I remember sitting up and looking around for the source of the music, thinking maybe the radio was on low or something was close-by humming. But NO ONE was around. The passengers were sleeping, most of the staff was sleeping, no one was out cleaning. It was all just silent, nothing but the waves, the motors of the boat humming and this strange, strange sound."

He smiled, looking at the stars now. "I followed the noise and I knew that's what I was hearing. I love music that's why I was so fascinated by Flygon's wings." He admitted shyly. "On the deck... the sound was coming perfectly over the water. I lent as far as I could against the railing... just listening."

His eyes changed to something full of wonder. "I don't know how to describe it to you really. It was so breathtakingly beautiful... I thought I be crushed by the melody itself. It started off so sad and lonely, the tones deep and long, and I cried. Then it got so hopeful and bright, loud and sharp that it was like... finding true love. It filled me with such joy... I'd never had music move me that way before." He blushed a little, realizing how silly he must of sounded.

"It sounded something like this." He murmured softly and shut his eyes, humming the song softly. In his lap Flareon smiled and her tail twitched, swaying her head to his tones. After about a minute Roxas opened his eyes and blushed. "When I told people of what I heard... a waitress informed me at that time we had been passing the Whirl Islands and that it was a great possibility... that I heard Lugia's song."


Sora lifted his head from Jolteon's collar and suddenly a brilliant smile lit his face. "Really? You really want to be my friend?" He said excitedly, his arms loosening around the fox some. Jolteon raised in eyebrow as Riku started to nod before the fox hurriedly got out of his trainer's lap and tugged Umbreon away from in between the two of the humans just in time. "That's awesome!!!" Sora chirped and threw his arms around Riku in an enthusiastic hug. "Then we're definitely friends!"

Jolteon sighed affectionately, shaking his head. Why was his master so huggy?


"Mmmmnnnnngh..." Terra groaned against the blonde's lips, dominating the kiss fiercely. It wasn't long before he noticed as the rubbing between their hips got less controlled. A light blush started to darken his own cheeks as he felt blood pulsing to his groin, making his hips start to thrust against the other's needfully. "A-aaah..." His lips parted to groan tongue running along the other's teeth. "Ve-En..." He hissed before roughly kissing him once more.

His body was begging to continue as his senses were bombarded with smelling Ven and hearing Ven and touching Ven and tasting Venvenven!, but his mind was screaming for him to stop, that this wasn't the right time, that if he did this now he'd regret it forever, that he had three Pokemon on his belt that were VERY aware of what he was doing and six on Ven's, that there were five people back at the camp that would take one look at their soiled pants and known of their shameful act.

He groaned at the last thought and placed his hands on Ven's shoulders before forcing his own body away, keeping their bodies at arm's length. He panted hard, catching his breath as he forced himself to look at the gray-green grass and not into Ven's eyes because he knew if he did he'd be drawn right back in again. "Fuck... we shouldn't be doing this..." He whispered softly.

[Rikugurl]

Axel could only chuckle as he heard the other. He placed one hand on his heart and rose his right one as he vowed a promise. "I promise I won't forget you in our journey." He put his hands back on the grass and looked down at the water. It was nice... hearing Roxas's happier voice.

However, at the notion that he had seen a legendary, he looked over and tilted his head, wanting Roxas to explain.
He nodded as Roxas started and told his story, only to smile as he heard the last of it.

"Lugia...?" The redhead repeated and smiled. "You know... when we get Moltres back... you should tell her about this... and maybe... she can confirm it seeing that Lugia is her leader... I'm sure she would be happy to know that he's alright." He smiled more as he looked up at the moon and smiled more, closing his eyes to feel the breeze.

"We're going to have... a lot of fun together."


"Eon!" The black fox yelped as he was suddenly pulled from his master's touch by the ear and out of the way... just in time from being smooshed like a pancake! His red eyes blinked before he slowly looked at his brother and nodded. "Umbreon..." He whispered in thanks.
Unfortunately though... his master wasn't so lucky.

"Ah!" The silverette jumped as he felt arms wrap around him, his eyes snapping open and wide as he slowly looked down at Sora. He was... as stiff as a board, not knowing what to do. No one ever.... hugged him before except his mother of course.


"A-aaah..." The blonde panted as Terra's hips thrust into his, making more blood rush down into his member below. It was much like the night that the Skitty had jumped on his lap but...so MUCH different. His arms fell from around Terra's neck to wrap around his waist, fingers sliding under the other's shirt and feeling his skin... his back, his hips his... pelvic.
"Naaa!" He gasped as Terra's tongue plunged back into his mouth, his eyes closing again as he kissed back needy.

He wished... that he had a dress on... because then he wouldn't have so much friction...
The bulge in his pants grew, making his fingers clench onto the other's waist.

He gasped though, also looking at the grass and Terra forced himself away. He panted, his blonde spikes falling over his stormy eyes.
"I...I shouldn't of.... stolen those pokemon.....b-but I did it....any ways..."
That... wasn't a really good example.
He gave out a large sigh, getting his panting to a minimum as he pulled a hand from Terra's waist and rubbed his neck.

[Reno]

Roxas smiled suddenly, thinking of that. Maybe Moltres might even... TAKE them to see Lugia. He wanted Axel to hear that song first had, to feel what he had felt listening to that melody...

He chuckled at the next statement and nodded. "I sure hope so." He murmured softly. There was a long pause between them, they just enjoying the peaceful silence. It was broken however when an Azumarill walked from the forest, looking none too happy before jumping into the stream and swimming off.

Axel started to shiver as some of the water splashed him, the cold starting to get to him. "We better head back." Roxas said, recalling Flareon. "We have a long morning ahead." He smiled, watching Axel pull out his feet. They hurriedly traveled back to the camp, seeing a concerned Glaceon sitting close to Aqua just as she was letting a brown bunny kick apart her rocket ball before she was encased in the red light of her new Pokeball. She placed it on her belt sighing sadly as she looked at the ground... and Roxas noticed had only had five. That Azumarill...

He felt... a little badly for her. She actually, truly and honestly seemed upset over it. But it was nothing more than she deserved. He looked away stubbornly, walking over to Absol and Ninetails and knelt down, running a hand along both of them.


"Jol~" Jolteon answered his brother's thanks, seeming to think it was no problem at all. He dealt with it all the time.

Sora blinked when Riku tensed and he worried that he over-stepped his boundaries... but when he looked at Riku he relaxed, chuckling a little. He WAS uncomfortable... but also very lost. He moved away some so he was face to face with the other. "Sorry when I get excited or really happy I like to hug." He smiled understandingly and said in his most placating way. "It's really common so you'll get used to it. Next time I do it you can A shove me away or B relax and hug me back." He laughed. "Just don't be so tense I ain't gonna hurt you... well the squeezing MIGHT hurt for a second but you'll get used to that too."


Terra shivered a little, his skin feeling like it was on fire in the places Ven had touched, practically begging to grab those hands and shove them down his pants, just to see what the fire felt like there.

He shut his eyes struggled to regain his breath and it jumped at Ven's oh so clever statement. He looked up, confused and a bit hurt - why the HELL did he bring that up now - and Ven pulled away rubbing his neck sheepishly seeming rather... embarrassed over his poor choice of words.

Terra laughed slightly at the ridiculousness of it all. This was fucking crazy! "You idiot I can't believe you said that." His hands fell from the other, running it through his bangs instead and sighed, feeling his body calming down much easier now.

Once their breath was steady and their minds were clearer he spoke again. "Listen Ven..." He hesitated and sighed, not sure how to fucking do this. "We really shouldn't do something we'll regret." He said softly. He knew that, despite what PLENTY of fucking girls thought, the 'first time' of anything sexual was just as special to a girl as it was to a guy. He wasn't going to take that away from either of them. "I haven't even forgiven you yet... and I really don't want to do anything while I feel the way I do. I'm worried about Houndoom, pissed off at you for tricking me and taking him, pissed off at myself for still feeling the way I do about you..."

He looked at the other. "And I don't even know you... I just know a fake you. And lets not even try to jump into all the things your dealing with too. I think adding one more problem onto our plates is just gonna fuck things up a lot worse don't you? So... lets take it slow okay?"

[Rikugurl]

Axel blinked when he saw a blue pokemon suddenly passed them, a large frown on its face before it jumped into the water. What was... that doing here? He shook his head as he shivered and nodded at Roxas's idea. He got up and dried his feet before pulling on his socks and shoes, heading back to camp.

When they got there, Axel frowned when he saw Aqua's belt. That pokemon had been hers... well... one that she had stolen... that didn't want to be hers any longer.

He gave her a soft smile, encouraging before he sat down by the fire near Ninetails and shifted through his bag. "Here." He reached into his bag and pulled out an extra blanket, handing it to the blue haired woman. Unlike her or Ven, everyone else had their journey supplies. Axel always had two blankets because coming from a place that was always hot, he found normal temperature to be colder than he liked.

He pulled out a pillow and his sleeping bag, seeing Roxas do the same. It was time to call it a night.


Riku nodded slowly, smiling slightly. "O-ok..."
"Umbreon!" The black fox called, looking up at the moon. Riku did the same and nodded, slowly getting up. "Guess it's time we head back." He smiled down at Sora before pulling his hood over his head once more and turned, walking back to the camp.

When he reached it, the Pokemon were by the fire and Axel, Roxas and Aqua were already getting ready for sleep. As for Ventus and Terra... they were no where to be found.

The hooded figure went to his own bags, grabbing his own sleeping bag and extra blanket and pillow, getting his sleeping space ready as Sora did the same.


Ven sighed as he looked down. He tended to say stupid things when he wasn't fully aware...
His fingers wrapped around his neck and stayed there, listening to the other.... well, trying to.

"--,pissed off at myself for still feeling the way I do about you..."

The blue eyes closed at the statement, his expression looking as if those words were painful as he sighed.
He was the one who started all this...
"Yea..." He agreed in a not so pleased tone before he pushed off the tree and pulled away from Terra's entrapment.

He needed to go jack off somewhere to get rid of this...

Not too long after, the blonde trudged back into the camp site, Espeon lifting her head as he came close. She stood and walked to him, feeling his hand pet her head. "Spee?"
"No, we don't have anything to sleep on or with. Guess it's just the dirt..."
"Spee...." The Pokemon whimpered before walking back to the fire and curling up.

[Reno]

Aqua looked up when she heard the noises of others coming back to camp. One look shared between them and she knew they knew what had happened. Roxas' response didn't surprise her - he was as damn vengeful as fucking Ven. But... Axel's...

Axel's... confused her. If anything he should be... even more pissed at her than Roxas. Instead he was handing out reassuring fucking smiles and blankets as if this was a fucking swap meet. "T-Thanks...?" She said hesitantly before drawing the blanket around her body and drew her arms under her head as a pillow. Glaceon kept her distance, knowing she'd only get her master colder if she slept near her.

Roxas gave Axel a peculiar look but didn't comment. After all he HAD offered to COMPLETE strangers to share his hotel room. In retrospect sharing blankets with enemies was no big deal! Jesus...

He shook his head incredulously but got out his sleeping stuff, getting ready for bed.


Sora laughed at the other's uncertain answer. Riku wouldn't be the first person he had hugged who didn't know what to do when he did it. Hopefully though he'd warm up to the idea... of course he really doubted it. there were very few people in the world, girl or guy, who appreciated good and random tight hugs of major love. Terra hated it, his brothers hated it, he bet anything Aqua hated it, Axel was well... he was okay with it but he bet he knew who he REALLY wanted - never mind.

He nodded at Riku's notion and whistled softly, Jolteon trotting up the him. the brunette brushed his hands down the fox's fur quickly dislodging all the leaves that had stuck there before picking up his spiky friend and heading down the hill.

It didn't take them long to find the camp sight, Roxas and Axel and Aqua already ready for bed. Sora frowned over the fact that Aqua had no pillow, wishing he had and extra. She wouldn't be very comfortable sleeping like that...

He sighed. He didn't though. He found a spot in the ground next to Roxas, and made his bed as well, yawning a little. He paused, thinking about it, before digging something else out of his bag. A toothbrush and toothpaste.

Roxas saw this and raised his head from his pillow. "You're actually brushing your teeth?!" So that was what he usually did in the bathroom before bed...
"Well yeah mom gave it to us for a reason. Besides," Sora said and smiled brightly, his white teeth gleaming. "I gotta keep my smile nice and shiny! So you know when I get back home at least mom won't be crying over MY yellow teeth."
Roxas rolled his eyes, grumbling, and nestled down more into his bed. "I don't have yellow teeth."
Sora just chuckled and walked off down towards the stream.


Terra frowned as the other walked away sounding unhappy. He couldn't belief he was thinking this but FUCK did he miss Venita. she was so much more fucking simple - which is pretty sad since she was still Ven... just Ven... in a dress, with a sweet, cute attitude and not this bitchy, smartass one.

The brunette scoffed. He shouldn't care. He really shouldn't. He was made at him - Ven had to keep apologizing to him and BEGGING him to forgive him! Fuck!
Well there went his erection.
He pulled at his hair, grumbling furiously and stomping his way back to camp, looking mad again. Everyone tried not to look at the brunette as he came back and followed everyone's example, setting up a bed. He returned Leafeon to his ball as well before settling down, allowing Flygon to curl around him. It wasn't the same...

He sighed, rubbing the spot he usually left in his sleeping bag for a certain Pokemon to crawl next to, mumbling to himself. "Houndoom..." He hadn't slept ever slept without the Pokemon at his side. He didn't think he could... without him.

It was awhile later Sora came back into the clearing, throwing his stuff in his bag before he started to get back into his sleeping bag. At that same moment Ven returned, saying something about sleeping on the dirt. Sora stopped and looked up at his brother. Jolteon sighed and went to sleep next to Espeon.

Terra looked up, rolling his eyes. God they could steal Pokemon but not sleeping supplies?! Well... it would be a tight fit but he did have some extra ro - oh fuck no he was NOT offering Ven to bed with him. Fuck he was PISSED at him. Yeah he fucking deserved to sleep out in the cold or... or something!
Everyone else was still awake, all in varying stages of attempting to fall asleep, most of them not caring at all about the trainer. Sora sorta of broke the spell. "I know! Come here Ven." There was a loud zip of a zipper being undone. Some people turned their heads, watching Sora lay his bag out flat like it was a mattress. He grabbed his pillow and hopped over to Aqua, handing her the pillow. "Here, I don't need it."

The blue-haired woman looked at him curiously. "Are... you sure?" After he confirmed that yes it was indeed fine, she took the pillow and laid her head on it, snuggling happily under the blanket.

Sora wandered back over to his bed, pulling out a blanket from his bag and spread it along the sleeping bag. Then he straightened and nodded. "Go Arcanine!" There was a flash of light that made some of the other campers grumbled. "Oh shush." He shot at them before walking over to Arc, mumbling something to her. the tiger dog tilting her head but smiled and nodded walking over to the head of Sora's makeshift bed and laying down, yawning before laying her head on her paws.

Sora smiled at Ven who was looking at him like he was insane. "She makes a great pillow and she's really warm so stop looking at me like that!" He laughed, grabbing his sibling and tugging him over. his brother was obviously either too tired, too worried about hurting his feelings, or too desperate for a nice sleeping place to argue. Whatever it was, pretty soon the two siblings were under the blanket, heads pillowed against the large dogs flank and curled close to one another, attempting to fall asleep after the very emotionally and physically exerting day. Everyone quickly followed their example.



The next morning wasn't easy. Almost everyone still appeared to be exhausted except for the Pokemon, showing just how little - or badly - they had all slept. Sora, who had had bad nightmares all night of a certain ferret, Roxas, who was aching inside and out from yesterday's stress, and Ven, whose rampart emotions had made his sleep restless, went down to the stream to dunk their heads in the cold stream water to wake themseleves up. Axel, naturally cranky in the morning and only more so after such a bad night, attempted to make coffee over the campfire. Aqua, woken several times during the night due to cold and finding her lowering blood circulation during the night was making her freeze, just sat close by the fire to warm herself up. Riku, though no one could really tell since no one knew it, was even sluggish. Terra was probably the worst of them, just watched them wearily from the edge of the forest while he rested against Flygon, dark rings under his eyes. He sore to them he had slept a little, but no one was sure if they believed him. Without Houndoom... sleep was a struggle.

Everyone did what they had to. They did their business in the woods, ate, drank coffee that certain tasted... gross, fed their Pokemon put out the fire and got ready to continue.

"Alright, so how the fuck are we doing this?" Terra hissed unhappily, his mood sour.

There was a pause, then Sora smiled. He was a morning person, so even after a bad night he was able to come back chipper as ever, much to everyone else's annoyance. "Okay." Speed was his domain - so he would lead the direction. He looked to Ven and Aqua. "You two will led with your bike. Stay close though so if we need to stop you guys will hear us."
"Actually..." Aqua stepped in making Sora pause in his speech. "I've got something better." She reached into her bag and pulled out some interesting trinkets. It looks like a half part of a headphone with a small dial on them. She tinkering with them for a minute until she nodded and handed them out to the other six, keeping one for herself.
"What are these?" Roxas asked, looking at the small device as if it would bite.
"There communication systems." Aqua explained and looked at Ven, smirking. "Part of the reason we took so long. Ven made them for us."
"Wow really where'd you learn to..." Sora said awed then trailed off, realizing EXACTLY where he learned to do it. He smiled apologetically.
Aqua just shook her head and continued. "Anyways, they're all matched to the same electro-magnetic frequency and it'll make communication for us along long distances easy as long as we don't hit any dead zones. As a plus they'll work excellently when we get the the Sky Pillar so we can all stay in touch turning the... operation." She hesitated.
"Perfect!" Sora chirped. "So if we get split up and don't get lost in a bad place we'll be okay."
"You'll be fine no matter what Sora, your electric Pokemon will make their own fields." Roxas explained, rolling his eyes.
"Cool!"
"Ugh someone shoot him." Terra grumbled.
"I'm considering it." The blond replied.

Sora scoffed but smiled and nodded in thanks to the two former Rockets before he turned to face the other four. "Alright then, for our travel we'll have Arcanine with her extreme speed, Rapidash with her natural speed and Flygon's flight. We just need to figure who will ride with who I'll let you all decide that. And we can trade off when necessary so we don't cause too much strain AND maintain our speed levels so we don't tire them out." He said before walking over to his tiger dog. He reaching into his bag, pulling out an interesting collar that made some of the group tilt there heads, noticing the crown-shaped dog tag with words imprinted in it. Sora's message and plea for help. He locked it around her neck carefully.
"Ar?" Asked the tiger dog.
"Sorry Arc, it's just easier to hold onto you for long distances this way." He reached up, checking the pink bow and making sure it wasn't loose before nodding and smiling.
The intelligent dog nodded not commenting farther than that.