Chapter 22

Alister

It was a cold morning in the Waterscape, the air was fridged, and the ground was damp with cool dew. Alister spent the previous night in Basil's loving embrace. In truth Alister kind of hated being held for long periods of time, it made him feel like he was being treated like a kit. He didn't like to put out there how he felt, it might make Basil feel upset. Alister always felt like his father had become too soft in his later years by allowing his mother to "baby" him. Fighters are supposed to be tough and Alister felt that his old mon, his father had been far too soft in his later years. Did falling in love make Bangam weaker, Alister wondered. Or maybe it came from him spending so much time in his academy. No, it couldn't be any of those things, Alister knew what it was. Bangam was a tail-lifter, being a tail-lifter made his father weak.

Tail Lifters...who needed them, no one did. Alister wouldn't allow himself to get softer than he already was and right now he felt like he was too soft. If he hadn't been weak, he wouldn't have lost to either Shawn or Cassius, those two were free! When the time was right Alister planned to challenge Shawn to a rematch and next time it was going to be Shawn with the dick shoved up his ass! After that Cassius is going to be the one with a dick pressed against his face like the good slut he was. Alister was never going to lose again, count on it.

Alister shifts himself around, the Minccino tries to free himself from Basil's grip. Even if it felt great to lie within Basil's warm embrace...they couldn't spend all day like this. They had their adventure to get on with. Alister and Basil had stayed outside all night instead of going into their tent. The night sky had been filled with more stars than the pair had ever seen before and neither wanted to go inside. No, it had been the perfect summer night that they had wanted to have for a long time. The forest had gotten a little chilly overnight, but Alister hadn't noticed. Basil's warm body could carry him through the coldest of nights.

"Basil..."

Basil doesn't say anything. Alister gives her a light shove and the Quilava lets out a little snort. "Basil!"

"Oh, Alister...good morning sweetie."

Alister feels Basil kiss him on top of his head, he lets out a little grumble. What if someone saw her do that to him?

"Do you have to do that?"

"Yes." He feels her kiss him again. "You're my boyfriend, my adorable, cute, little boyfriend."

"I'm not little!" Alister pouts and crosses his arms.

"You didn't deny you cute or adorable!" Basil giggles and Alister starts to struggle harder. He gives her a gentle jab and Basil finally lets him go.

"Ok, ok." She lets him go long enough for him to think he was free but gets snatched up again. "Love ya."

"Why are you so giggly, we didn't even do it last night."

"Plenty of time to change that," Basil says before kissing him again. "In fact," Alister feels her grab his sheath.

"Hey!"

"Oh, I'm going to make you "hey" all right." Basil murres in his ear while she continues stroking his cock. She gently fingers her way into his sheath causing the Minccino to start becoming aroused. Alister gulps as he feels her slowly working his cock out, his little red rocket soon exposed for her to admire.

"My favorite cute little toy."

"I'm not little."

"Well size 'does' matter, but beggars can't be choosers." Basil kisses Alister's head.

"What is that supposed to mean!" Alister asked as he flipped onto his back, Basil sits down on top of him, the Quilava's pussy was inches from his face. Alister watches as she licks her paw and brushes it against his nose, her scent became the only thing he could smell.

"What are you so worried about?"

"I'm not worried!" Alister whines. "Shouldn't I be on top?"

"Nah...your a cute little bottom," Basil smirks. "If you want to be on top prove it. Dominate me like the cute little alpha you wish to be."

"I shouldn't need to prove it," Alister growls. He feels Basil move forward just enough to rub herself against his nose getting some of her fluids on him. Alister before long found himself pushing his tongue against Basil's warm folds. He couldn't believe how easy it was for Basil to get him to do what she wanted. Part of him felt a little ashamed but, damn it was hard to feel that after breathing in his mate's wonderful scent. He loved getting topped by Basil, he loved how...hmm how does he describe it, how badass she was. She was the best lover a Minccino could ever ask for. Hot...both in a viewing sense and well...literally.

'Wow she's so hot right now, her flavor is only enhanced with her heat.'

~ Well She is a fire type. ~ The voice of Neo spoke to him. Alister tried to not let himself get too distracted but instead slid his tongue up and down. Basil's scent became more and more intoxicating by the moment. He was rewarded with a squirt to his face, nearly hitting him in the eyes.

~ I thought Squirtle's were the only ones who well you know ~

'Shut up!'

Alister lets his tongue slide into Basil, pushing through her entrance, her scent blasting into his face. He felt his tail kicking back and forth the male was excited much more than expected. The two of them hadn't fucked much if at all since leaving and well...it showed. Alister feels Basil reach behind him, her paws sliding up and down his length keeping him nice and firm for her.

"That's enough of that, time for mama to do the rest," Basil says as she lifts herself up just enough to get onto all four. She licks his nose, cheek, and mouth and gives him a kiss while working herself back onto his cock. Alister swallows their combined saliva as Basil pushers herself onto his cock...

"So warm..."

"Yes." Basil giggles as she pushes herself fully onto him, the male's cock was seemly taken entirely b, her. The pair let out a combined sigh.

"That's my Alister."

"I'm your Minccino..."

"That's right." Basil murres. Alister feels some saliva run down his cheek, Basil was oddly drooling onto him. The female rocked herself back and forth on him, her paws dug into the ground like a Houndour does when fucking his mate. Alister oddly enough pictured that they were a pair of wild dogs, she was on top of him, using him as she saw fit.

Alister felt a little odd picturing a male Basil fucking him like a Houndour does his bitch in heat. He works to push the thought out of his mind since it was silly. He was just in the heat of the moment; it was natural to come up with strange pictures in his mind. You want to do what is the hottest at the time and he was just thinking of how to dominate his mate. Ya, that was it...

Nothing weird here to see.

"Faster..." Alister begged.

"That's my Alister." Basil giggles, she kisses his cheek and does as she was told. Alister doesn't just feel Basil rocking on him faster, but harder with each hump. Basil was trying to mimic the movements of a wild Pokémon in heat. Basil's butt was raised in the air as she slammed herself down on him, the sound of their hips slapping together made Alister moan Basil's name. He loved how aggressive she could get sometimes. This girl loved to fuck. Alister holds onto Basil's side for support or rather because it felt natural to do so.

"Such a good...Minccino." Basil pants, warm sweat drips onto Alister's nose. Basil blows warm air in his face as she slides herself down all the way on him the fem took his knot.

"Aaahhh..." Alister whines as she was a little rough with it. "Do you have to...be so rough?"

"Yes!!"

Basil nips Alister's neck fur pulling on it. He feels himself digging his claws into Basil's back, the male was getting so...

"Aaaahhhh!!!"

That didn't last long as Alister felt himself blast into Basil's womb his seed seeped into his mate as she greedily took everything she could. The fem had been keeping his attention fixed on her so much that Alister didn't even take the time to admire how warm, wet and tight she was.

"Oohhh..." Alister groans, he was dizzy or at least felt like he was. Basil soon returned the favor as she arches her back, she held onto his chest pressing into it as she sprays him back. Her warm fluids splash all over Alister's crotch drenching him. The pair's sexual scent filled the morning air. Basil didn't fall onto him but instead gently allows herself to slide forward and lay on top of him, their hearts seemly were beating together.

"You been practicing?" Basil asked him, the fem kissed his maw.

"No?" Alister smiles. "I'm just naturally good."

"I love that confidence." Basil giggles while touching his nose. "I love it when you are my little confident Minccino. Even if you're wrong sometimes."

"I'm not litt-" Alister stops himself as he hears something approaching them. The male tries to look around for the source though it wasn't long before the pair saw a whitish-looking Pokémon appear.

"Hey, Shawn!" Basil murres.

"Basil!" Alister cries, he didn't like the idea of them being seen.

"What it's just Shawn, he's seen us like this before," Basil says.

"Sorry I didn't see or um...smell you guys before now," Shawn says while walking over, he sits next to them. Alister grumbles as She was sitting only inches from his face, he was so close that Alister could nearly reach out and lick his balls. The aroma of Shawn's musk...was oddly stirring him. Alister just shook off the image of him giving him a taste, of him digging his face into that pair of orbs.

'That is tail-lifter thoughts and we're not a tail-lifter.'

~ I guess... ~

'What do mean you guess- '

"Um...breakfast is nearly ready," Shawn says. "Chip wants to get an um...early start on the day, he thinks that we could catch up to Meadow if we try hard enough."

"I like the sound of that," Basil says while lifting herself up. Alister feels the two of them become free as Basil pulls herself free of his knot and cock, the male felt a bit cold now.

"It's cold..."

"If you want Shawn could help warm you back up." Basil jokes as she gets up, some of them cum was dripping out of her onto the ground. Both boys look at one another and Alister rolls his eyes.

"Real funny."

"I mean...if you need some help..."

"Shawn?!"

"Sorry was um...playing into the moment." Shawn chuckles. The saur oddly enough nuzzles him.

"Dude um...space?" Alister says though it only came after he let Shawn nuzzle him for a bit. He slightly didn't want him to stop. Alister slowly gets onto his hind paws and stretches.

"Sorry."

"It's fine."

"Come on boys, you can suck on another off later, time to eat," Basil says from a few yards away as she was heading towards the campfire.

"Alister," Shawn says as they start walking over. Alister stops to hear what Shawn had to say though as he did, so he feels a pair of vines wrap around him, they were a little cold. Shawn leans in to give him a hug.

"It's, is?" Alister asked.

'Ok if he holds onto me too long...'

"Hey um, I want to say I'm sorry about the other day."

"Huh, what happened?" Alister asked though he had a feeling what this was about. He was ready for some sly remark. What came next surprised him. Shawn leans in and gives him a kiss on his maw. Alister gasped internally though he...didn't stop the kiss instead letting Shawn finish. A small sliver of saliva kept them connected after the kiss was over, it only broke when Shawn went back too far.

"Thanks for being a great friend, I enjoyed our fight and well...um...I want to admit something to you."

"Shawn..."

"Please um...Basil and Cassius as well as Kyuubi insist I do this." Shawn says while putting a paw on his mouth. Alister blinks a few times as he stares at Shawn. "I know what you might say but...I want to do this, to clear the air, and well um...I'll respect what you say no matter what. So, please...Alister, please let me say this so I can feel better about myself or else..."

Shawn stops and composes himself.

"Alister I...I..." Shawn takes a moment to close his eyes and the next thing Alister saw was a side of Shawn he had never seen before.

"Alister, I love you."

"Wait what!!!"

Or at least that was what muffled sound pushes through Shawn's paw. Shawn lets go of Alister's mouth.

"Are you...are you for real?"

Shawn nods.

"Yes." Shawn quickly says. "I'm sorry for how I treated you the other day. But I...but I couldn't think of any other way to see for myself how I might feel about you and well..." Shawn shakes his head.

"No..." Shawn sighs. Alister saw his friend start to shake.

"You, ok?"

"Yes, I just...I just want to make sure I do this right." Shawn stares at Alister. "I know it's not right of me to ask this but...would you be willing to give us a chance."

"Us?" Alister couldn't believe his ears. He couldn't believe that his best friend was asking if they could be a thing, a pair of lovers. How could he ask him such a thing? They were best friends, heck they were males. Besides, what would the others think?

"Shawn I can't..." Alister sighs. Shawn shakes his head.

"You can't or you don't want to? There's a difference."

"Why are you doing this Shawn?!" Alister balls his paw into a fist. "Why are you putting this kind of pressure on me? We're males, boys, we're not opposite sex of the other-- "

"So what!" Shawn blurts out. "Look at Chip and Kyuubi, or Ribbon and Lilith, or any quick fling relationship Darious has. Who cares what everyone else thinks."

"How could you say that? It's not as easy as you think Shawn!" Alister takes a step away. "Besides you're not into me, you think you are because of what happened."

"I just..." Shawn sulks. "I don't want to put any pressure on you, Alister."

"Then stop with this silly talk, it's unbecoming." Alister hated himself right now. Talking like this made him seem so cold. If he was someone else other than himself, he might think that he hated Shawn. Looking at his best friend Minccino felt him become stirred. He couldn't help but admit had sexy Shawn was. Shawn was handsome and well...his scent was just as alluring as Basil's. But he couldn't bring himself to want to explore his sexuality with him. It wasn't right.

"Let's pretend we didn't talk about this."

"Alister?" Shawn sighs. "I...I was hoping this would be different but..." Alister watched his friend move towards him, the Minccino steps away but falls back as he trips over a root...?

"Ouch!" Alister falls onto his back. Shawn steps over him, and the saur puts a paw on his stomach. Alister gulps.

"You're going to rape me?"

"What?! NO!" Shawn sighs. He leans over and lays a kiss on his maw. The boy's tongues met and for a moment Alister...felt like he could just melt in his friend's paws. He felt at ease as if everything was going to be ok. Alister felt like he had been waiting for this his entire life and there was no one else he wanted to spend such a moment with.

And then the inevitable happens.

Alister opens his eyes to look around, he saw a few familiar faces watching them from the main campsite. Alister pushes Shawn from him.

"Stop this is not right..." Alister brushes himself off, though as he did so he a little erect. He puts his paws in front of his crotch hoping that no one else noticed...

They did.

"Looking good hun," Cassius calls from the main camp spot. The seal slides over to them putting a flipper over Alister's back.

"Nothing to be ashamed of I say," Cassius says with a wink. "Honestly if Shawn didn't have first dibs, I'd suck you off right now. My mom always says that no erection should go unsatisfied...if you know what I mean." Cassius giggles.

"Fuck off tail-lifter!" Alister shoves Cassius away from him and storms off to be alone.

"Tail-Lifter?" Cassius gasped.

Alister could care less what Cassius thought. He was an idiot for believing that Alister was anything like him. He wasn't like him; he was better than him. He didn't give in to his silly urges. Even if it felt like it was easing him up inside.

Alister didn't get too far without having someone else approach him. This time though it was Basil.

"Alister!" Basil stops him though he didn't want to even look at her.

"You have nothing to be ashamed of."

"You coached him to do this didn't you...that's why you guys kept talking alone-- "

"We didn't mean to keep it from you, nor embarrass you...we just..."

Alister was at a loss for words, this wasn't the way he planned for his day to start. Looking at Basil he simply just...sighs. What else was he supposed to do?

"Basil I...I think I liked what happened."

"It's ok to have feelings, Alister, everyone has them." Basil puts her paws on his shoulders. "No one will think less of you."

"I don't...I don't entirely care what they think right now. I'm mad at myself Basil, I hated that I liked it. I can't let that happen--"

"Why not?" The voice wasn't from Basil, instead, it was Shawn who had asked him. The saur had followed them. Alister growls under his breath.

"Shawn!"

"I didn't mean to--"Shawn didn't get to finish what he wanted to say as Alister pushes him onto the ground. He wanted to hurt him, to make him pay for confusing him like this.

"You don't get to speak!" Alister says as tries to hold back from screaming. "You did this...you messed me up with your...weird ideas. Now I'm...I'm so confused..." Alister feels Basil grab him and... give him a hug.

"We'll get through this together, the three of us together," Basil says as she hugs him as tightly as possible. Alister grumbles as he tries to free himself but feels her tighten each time he tried.

"I told you that I'll never give up on you Alister, I love you and we're going to figure this out."

"Ok but...do you have to hug me so tightly?"

"Guys..." Shawn speaks up as Basil loosens her grip on Alister though she doesn't let him go. Shawn was sulking near them.

"Come here."

"Really?" Shawn asked his face perking up.

"Come here you..." Basil pulls Shawn in for a big group hug. Alister gags as he hated being cuddled like this, it felt weird, and...what if someone watching them? Alister looked around and sure enough, they were being watched by the others. Though this time he didn't freak out or at least got the chance to as Basil was too strong for him to get away from. Alister instead looks at Shawn.

"Alister..."

"Stop apologizing, please...I don't want to talk or think about it right now."

In truth, Alister was hoping that after all this was over, they'd just forget about it. Maybe this was some sick and twisted dream that was trying to mess with his mind. In a little, while he'll woke up, his friend hadn't come out to him, and he didn't get an erection after making out with Shawn. As weird as it was Alister sort of wanted to make out with Shawn again. He was a good kisser. Just thinking about it made him become stirred up.

'Mon I need help..."

It was a little later when the group came together to discuss their next move. Alister, Shawn, and Basil were able to get some food in them, calm down, and before long were ready to talk. Chip had taken the time to map out their course as they used Kyuubi's magical map to help them plot their course.

"All right, guys I hope you ate well since I don't know when we'll get to eat or even rest like this again," Chip says as he sat in front of the map, the Zorua looked like he had struggled to sleep last night. Kyuubi and Hathor sat on the other side of Chip. Cassius sat near Alister though he kept a bit of distance. Shawn sat closer to Cassius though was still in arms reach of Basil. Basil was staying in between Shawn and Alister until they worked out their differences.

'Why now?' Alister questioned. 'What is wrong with that saur?'

~ That saur my good friend is your best friend, and he wants to share his feelings with you. I rather admire him for coming out like this. Takes real courage. ~

'You and I have different ideas about courage.'

~ No, we don't...remember I'm you. ~ Neo appears next to him, the little dragon looked nearly as solid and real as everyone else. Alister gasped out loud though no one seemed to notice.

~ WE need to talk. ~

'I'm not talking to you if you're going to be like this.'

~ Like what? ~

'Like them...all...understanding and wanting to fuck me in the ass.'

~ Oh, brother Alister, you really think it's all about sex don't you? ~ Neo asked Alister as Chip and the rest began speaking in the waking world. Alister tried to interact but noticed that no one heard him. He looks at Neo after he tries to speak to Basil who only looks at him and then goes back to what she was doing.

'What's going on?'

~ Well I took over I'm over, I'm running us on the semi-auto pilot. I wanted to speak to you without you being distracted. Don't worry, when we're done you can ask what's happening. ~ Neo waves a paw, and a notebook and ink feather appears. There were notes already written on the paper.

~ I'm taking notes. ~

'Why do you want to talk to me?' Alister decided to humor this silly dragon. Neo didn't know shit nor was he going to help him to understand. He wasn't him; he was himself and this was just so stupid dream. If Neo was him then he wouldn't try to make him be something he wasn't.

~ Alister whether you want to believe it or not, but I am you. I'm the you that you've buried so within yourself that you don't even know what it looks like. I choose to be a dragon because I felt like it represented the purest version of what you are...what we are. ~

'We'll if your me then why didn't you choose to become a badass dragon?'

~ Because you can be cute and strong Alister. ~ Neo happily sticks his tongue at him. ~ That's why. When you're true to yourself you can be stronger than anyone ever could believe you can be. And our friends will help us bring out the best in ourselves. But you'll never get to that point if you keep denying who you are. ~

'I know who I am, I don't need some dick-sucking dragon to tell me what I am.' Alister grumbled. Neo was silent for a moment; he didn't speak or make any kind of noise. Though the next thing that Alister realizes is him being knocked off his paws and pinned to the earth. Minccino quickly fights to get back on his feet as he throws Neo off him, though as quickly as he was able to get back up he was pinned down again.

'What are you doing?'

~ Fine if you want to deny me, you want to pretend I don't exist...then I'm going to make you recognize me or else...! ~

'Else what?'

~ Else I'm going to take over for good. A shadow Pokémon and their Omen work in unison. We recognize who the other is and live in harmony but...sometimes the shadow Pokémon refuses the call and well... ~ a shadowy aura appears around the Jangmo-o, and his scales become darker changing from yellow to purple and black.

'What are you doing?'

~ I challenge you Alister for the sake of our soul, if you lose you're done. I'm not going to be a part of someone who refuses me. ~

'What don't-- '

~ Its...~ Neo shakes his head; the dragon was seemly fighting to keep himself from losing it any more than he already had. The dark aura began to go away though the dragon's scales remained purple and black. Alister gulps as the dragon slammed his eyes shut, he seemed to be having an internal battle of his very own. As Alister reaches out to touch him Neo's eyes open wide.

~ Alister please...stop denying me...or...or else. ~ Neo steps away from the Minccino, he was seemly out of breath and energy. Neo began fading away.

'Where are you doing?'

~ We'll talk again, please...Alister, please think about what I said. It's ok to have feelings for Shawn or anyone else. It's apart of who...of...what...we...are... ~ Neo fades away and before long the world returns to normal.

"...so what do you think?" It was Chip the Zorua who had finished outlining his plan. Alister looked around as if he was trying to figure out where he was or what was happening. Minccino noticed that he had been writing things down on some parchment.

| Follow the river through the forest until we wind Meadow. She told me that her journey involved the river and that she hoped to find what she was looking for on it. |

After a quick read Alister agrees to it.

"Um... let's do it?"

"Ah... all right?" Chip smiles. "Glad you agree to the plan, it's simple but I think it's solid. Kyuubi says that we should be able to find Meadow before nightfall. I want to thank you guys again for doing this. I know we didn't plan on well um...taking a detour this but Meadow is a friend, and we can't leave her behind."

Chip went on to say more but Alister stopped listening. Soon the group was heading out into the forest to start their next adventure. Alister noticed the ring on his tail had oddly become warm as if something hot was touching it.

'Huh, why is that thing so warm? Did Neo do something to it? Stay calm Alister everything is going to be ok.'

Alister and the rest of the group's adventure were about to become more intense than ever before. They'll need to be ready to depend on one another if they hope to find Meadow and escape to safety. As for Alister, he would need to figure himself out quickly else he might be not prepared for the consequence that was to follow.