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Chapter 1: Nova and the Vaporeon

Sunlight poured down through the canyon of forest canopy. The slow crunch of pawsteps and wing flaps played a rhythm across the trees. Two pokemon, a pidgey and a mightyena, followed the well worn dirt path.

"Sooooo," came a chirp from Branca, "any idea where we are?" She fluttered just above the head of her mightyena companion. When the pidgey stretched into a glide, one could see that she was wearing a vest with a single pouch that spanned her entire back just big enough for a few berries or maybe one bigger key item. The garment was made with the utmost care to not impede her flapping nor break her aerodynamics. To go with this, she had a little leather hood that rested on the back of her neck. It had two glass lenses that glistened in the sun with each flap.

"I've never been here before." Nova came back, "Remington told us to take this road southeast for 3 days to get to headquarters. So, that's what we're going to do." The mightyena's words were spoken in a quiet and even woof. Much like his avian counterpart, Nova was wearing a vest around his shoulders that had an assortment of pouches as well as a rigid bar that was offset from his back ever so slightly. To go with this, he had a set of goggles that looked specially made to fit his eye. A strap came out from either side of the googles and hung down his neck.

"Remington?" Branca beeped quizzically and landed on the built in perch of Nova's gear. "She was that camerupt in charge of the alpine teams, right?" The pidgey was positioned so that Nova could only see her if he turned his head all the way to one side and only in his periphery. He didn't like it when she sat there. It was hard to see what she was doing. The only exception was in dangerous situations where he needed someone to watch his back. This was not one of those situations.

"Yeah, that's right. She's the one giving us a recommendation to become an official rescue team." Nova yapped proudly. He thought back to their grueling climb to rescue those young pokemon stranded in the blizzard. He and Branca put their lives on the line solely in the interest of others. He had always idolized rescue teams since he was a pup, but living so far from their normal area of operation, he never thought he'd have a chance to meet them let alone join them.

"Well if she is the one giving the recommendation, why isn't she the one to go to HQ?" Branca chirped indignantly. Without him seeing, he knew that her feathers were ruffled. She was even preening to try to cover her agitation.

"Branca!" Nova scolded.

"She could have just sent a messenger!" Branca squeaked. "If saving people is so important, we should be there to keep helping."

The mightyena could barely believe his partner. Perhaps it was fortunate that she decided to perch. That way she couldn't see him roll his eyes. "Branca," he said with a sigh, "We are going to headquarters in person because it shows initiative. Remington gave us a recommendation, but that doesn't make us official yet. I'm sure they want to put us through the wringer before trusting us to be part of their ranks." This idea troubled Nova more than he let on. There was no doubt that there would be more to joining this prestigious organization than just 'so and so said we are good.' The exact extent of what they will make him and Branca do filled his stomach with butterfrees. They would be far from their home and in territories that were unfamiliar. They could get lost on their test or attacked by vicious pokemon. He was trying his best to keep his mind off of it and enjoy the peace of this forest.

"Fine. Fine." Branca chirped reluctantly and flapped back above the mightyena. "Besides, we've already come all this way." Nova could tell that she agreed with him a little, but didn't want to show it. Either way, he was glad that he could see her again.

"Branca, you-" Nova's thought was interrupted by a faint scent. His nostrils flared to drink it in as best he could. The fragrance rolled back across his tongue and coated his throat. Simultaneously, it flooded his nasal cavity as it was drawn deep into his lungs. His being was being penetrated by this delicate smell. Signals rushed to his brain in an olfactory explosion. He could make out a very light scent of sweet water, the kind you get when it bubbles straight out of the spring. He stopped in his tracks. This scent wasn't there before and he didn't even hear running water in the woods. It was becoming stronger and there was something alive that came with it. That fresh dewy smell was still there, but it was now accompanied by something rather canine. He took a strong huff of it. The haze inside him thickened and new signals were reaching his brain. The butterfrees had returned to his belly, but not like they had before. He was.... flustered?

"Nova!" Branca squawked in alarm, "Wake up! Something funny's going on." Nova snapped out of it. She was right. A pale mist was quickly accumulating around them, only letting them see the vaguest outlines of nearby trees. On such a sunny afternoon as this, a thick haze was nothing, but unusual. Without a word between them, they both knew that this was coming from a pokemon. Nova whipped one of the hanging leather straps into his mouth and pulled his goggles over his eyes. Branca followed suit with a little aerial somersault that allowed her to claw her hood in place.

"I need you to watch my back." Nova barked in concern. He was scanning the mist for even the slightest hint of a silhouette. So far, nothing. That scent is still present, which means the source is still nearby. Could they be the one making this mist? "Back to your perch."

Before the pidgey could even get close to her partner, a stream of water shot between the two. Branca stopped in her path as they both looked towards where the water gun came from. They couldn't see the origin of the attack, but a voice came somewhere from the same direction. "That was a warning shot." A confident yap came. "You two need to keep separated or else my next shot won't miss."

"We only have a handful of berries and no gold." chirped Branca. She hovered back towards where she was originally and gave Nova a concerned look. "Y-you might as well let us go."

A scoff pierced the mist. Nova rotated his ears to the new position. "I'm not falling for that trick. I know why you're here." came the voice again. It was the same voice as before. Nova's nerves had begun to settle themselves into the situation. He could process what was going on now.

'There might be only one of them.' He thought. He listened in and could just barely make out one set of very faint paw steps circling around them. 'If that's the case, we would have them out numbered.' Nova side eyed his flapping companion and whispered her name to get her attention without appearing to move. "Branca. Braaaanca. I think there is only one 'mon out there. Slowly land on my back so we can cover each other." He said in very soft grumbles.

The pidgey was keen. She caught the near inaudible yena noises and confirmed with a slight node. She started floating his way, when a sudden beam of rainbow light shot directly past the pidgey. At first, Nova thought the attack missed, but Branca started losing altitude with a pained expression painted across her beak. She collapsed to the ground with ice covering the tip of one wing.

"Branca!" Nova exclaimed in panic.

"I told you to stay put!" Hissed the voice. A sleek shadow rocketed through the mist at the mightyena. Nova barely dodged out of the way as the blue blur was about to slam into him. For a very very split second, Nova was staring into the lilac eyes of a vaporeon. These purple gems were framed in her dark sclera like they were sat on a velvet pillow. They drew his very soul into their depths and he could feel his heart skip a beat. He was breathless while locked in her hypnotic stare. The spell was broken as his nose was just whipped by the edge of her passing fin.

The female vaporeon landed inverted to Nova, bodies parallel to each other. Nova turned faster, eyes returning to his opponent. He was looking up her back ready to make a move, but nothing happened. His body wouldn't budge. That scent was back, but stronger this time. It was crashing surf against his storm beaten olfactory levee. He was overwhelmed. The butterfrees in his belly came back with a vengeance. So much so that he could even feel them between his hind legs. Though it couldn't be seen, his legs were ever so slightly trembling with the amount of fluster that he was holding back. His brain was screaming. He knew that this pokemon was an opponent, but the hormones flowing through him were telling him otherwise. He had the advantage of moving first, but it was now slipping away. This vaporeon before him was turning towards him in what seemed like slow motion. In three heartbeats, their eyes were locked once again. He tried to breathe at this moment, but only managed to fill his lungs with her smell once again.

The vaporeon flashed her fins out with a hiss and the spell was broken. Nova was finally able to steady his legs enough to wobble out of the way, but not before she took a nasty bite to his thigh. The rush from the bite gave him enough adrenaline to spin and face the vaporeon like he should have been the whole time. Now was his chance! With a tense growl, Nova propelled himself forward and collided with his fishy foe. He smashed into her side, knocking the wind right out of her. The vaporeon widened her stance to steady herself and slapped the mightyena away with her tailfin.

They were squared off again, but this time as equals. The head rush of hormones subsided within Nova, though there was still some hidden tension that he was ignoring for the moment. He was ready to trade blows and not think about feeling her smooth flesh press against his fur. Or the taste of her supple wet tongue against his own as he leaned in for- NO! Head in the game. Branca was down for the count and relying on him to protect her from this attacker. 'Do it for her!' Nova thought.

CHOMP!

YIPE!

The mightyena's fangs dripped with black energy and made purchase on his opponent. Nova aimed for this vaporeon's shoulder, but she quickly jumped out of the way, leaving his Crunch to bite down around her front left ankle. This feeling of sudden aggression left a worse taste in his mouth than the dark energy sliding off from his teeth. It felt cruel, but it was getting the results he wanted. He dropped her leg and swung his back end around to bat her away with an iron tail.

His attack didn't get enough energy to form. Instead, his rump bumped against her side and made her stumble back a few steps. She was still up, but kept pressure off her injured paw. A wince of pain was permanently painted on her face and her heaving breaths were visible to the naked eye. "I-I submit." came the vaporeon. Her voice quivered ever so slightly in pain. "My ank-"

"No!" Nova interrupted, "You hurt Branca." He stepped closer with his head down and his hackles high. "You hurt my friend."

"I'm sorry about the pidgey. But I surrender. You won't get any more trouble from me." The vaporeon pleaded. She could not see any give in this mightyena's expression as her words seemed to just bounce off of him. "Please" she added in.

"Sorry doesn't make it even." Nova said. 'Whose words are these? They are coming out of my mouth, but this isn't me.'

"I only clipped her wing. You got me good on the ankle." She tried to put pressure on that side, but immediately buckled. "S-see? You made it even already."

"Not enou-" but before the mightyena could finish and launch into another attack, a buffet of sand broke his focus.

"ENOUGH!" Screeched Branca. "Nova! What has gotten into you!?"

The vaporeon was so wrapped up in the intimidating visage of this mightyena, that she didn't notice the pidgey opposing their comrade. Her already wobbly balance gave way completely under her fear. "Please! You can take me! Do whatever you need to with me, but leave everyone else in the forest alone. I can't bear to lose anyone else." She cried.

Nova turned his attention back to the vaporeon. He felt a weight lift off his shoulders and his hackles smoothed. Just like that, the malice was gone. Guilt started to take hold in place of malice. He realized that he had been too rough, and if his iron tail would have worked, he could have broken some of her ribs or worse. Branca was right. This wasn't like him at all.

"What did you say?" The scolding tone towards Nova disappeared from Branca's chirps as though it was never there to begin with. She fluttered down to a few feet from the vaporeon on the ground. She watched with extreme concern.

"Kidnap me instead. Just don't hurt the others." The vaporeon pleaded. Her purple eyes swelled to edge out almost all of the black around them. If she tried any harder, she might have changed her evolution to a sylveon with those doll eyes.

"What!? We don't want to hurt you!" Branca squeaked. Nova was tongue tied. He knew this vaporeon was now afraid of him. He so badly wanted to get closer and tend to the wound, but he didn't want to make things worse. "Nova, back me up. Tell her that we are just trying to get to the rescue guild." But with one look, Branca knew that her comrade was out of sorts.

Despite the lack of the mightyena's reassurance, the pidgey's words seemed to have gotten through to the vaporeon. "So, you're not... You're going to the guild? But a mightyena?..." The watery dog pondered while Branca tried her best to get Nova back to reality. She spoke up to get their attention. "So, you're not here to kidnap anyone?"

"What!?" Branca was aghast. "NO! Why would we do that!?" The little pidgey had managed to flutter on top of Nova's head to pry his goggles off and shake him out of it. "We try to help pokemon, not hurt them!"

"But he's..... a dark type..." the vaporeon's eyes darted between the two of the pokemon before her and then went wide. "Oh... oh no..." she looked down at the ground between her outstretched legs and her voice dropped low enough like she was talking to herself. "I messed up."

Branca landed directly where the vaporeon was looking and twisted her head to look up at her. "Are you hurt somewhere else? I'm really sorry if my friend was too rough. He's not usually like this." Her chirps flew out with nervous speed as she furrowed her brow in concern.

This snapped the vaporeon from her distraction and her demeanor brightened up. "No! No. Just my leg." She got back to her feet, but had difficulty putting weight on that front leg still. She seemed like a completely different pokemon from the one Nova had a tussle with. "I think I owe you both an apology. Things have been kinda bad around here, I just didn't want anyone else getting hurt." A weak smile curled gently on one side of the vaporeon's muzzle. "Heh, I get the courage to protect my home and I end up attacking the wrong pokemon. Silly me."

The tension in the air finally dissipated. Nova realized that the vaporeon made a mistake just like he had. His muscles visibly relaxed even though he still kept his head down and his ear folded back. "I... need to apologize too..." He murmured while hesitantly stepping up to her. Nova licked the dirt out of the bite and pulled a clean bandage from the front of his vest. Branca hopped in to place the fastener just as Nova finished wrapping the leg. He wanted to say more, but decided that this act says more than he could with words. He still had trouble keeping eye contact. One glimpse of those lilac eyes and he had to look away.

"Can we bring you back to your den? By the looks of that leg, it still might be hard to put weight on it." Branca chirped.

Before she could answer, Nova had already braced himself on her lame side. "I insist." He boofed, giving her his own weak smile. "Just point me in the right direction."

"Oh, what a gentleman." The vaporeon giggled. She then gave him a playful hip check to get him to swing his rear in the right direction. The three of them proceeded deeper into the woods. "So if I heard right, you-" She gestures her head at the pidgey flapping alongside the quadrupes, "are Branca, and this studmuffin on my left is Nova."

"That's right!" Branca chirped in amazement. "You're pretty sharp considering how heated that fight was."

Nova was following along, but something new was holding his tongue. His body was pressed along hers, but his mind was playing the battle over and over again. How graceful this vaporeon strode across the clearing. Watching her shiny blue skin as it sparkles in the specks of sunlight. He was too busy trying his damnedest to not blush or worse.

The vaporeon hadn't seemed to notice. "I'm Shona." She said brightly, head fins splaying proudly. "It's been a pleasure meeting you both and very kind of you to patch me up after whipping my tail."

"It-it's the least I-we could do." Nova stumbled out in a yowl. She gave him her name. Shona. It rang through his mind alongside his thoughts of her. They are Shona's violet eyes. That is Shona's supple skin. That was Shona's scent filling his nostrils. It was too much to hold back. He was blushing like mad and there's no way Shona wouldn't notice mere millimeters from his face.

"Nice to meet ya', Shona!" Branca squeaked happily, but the other two could see something troubling her beak still. She glided down and landed on the perch atop Nova's back. She flexed the onced frozen wing a few more times to make sure it's working right before continuing. "Did you say something about kidnappings before? What's that all about?"

The worried look spread from Branca's beak to Shona's muzzle. "I wish I knew. There's been... raids, if that's the right word, for the last month or so. A few unfamiliar pokemon would come in, rough up the locals and leave with them. These posses were usually led by dark or similar types. So.... that's why I thought....."

"I understand." Nova said in a soothing yet forlorn tone. "It's okay."

"If that's what's been happening, I probably would have done the same." Branca cooed in agreement. "I'm still curious about these kidnappings. Pokemon are being taken from the forest and it keeps happening pretty regularly?"

"What are you thinking, Branca?" Nova peeked behind himself at the puzzling bird pokemon. He had to admit that there does seem to be more to it than random chance. He'll have to put daydreaming about sexy fish away for the time being.

"I'm not sure yet." Branca puzzled and puzzled as much as her little birdy brain would let her. "Can you think of anything that ties the pokemon that disappeared together, Shona?"

"Outside of obviously being from this forest, it seemed pretty random to me. Although... I've noticed a lot of eevees have gone missing." Shona kept pondering for more connections.

"You think they are after eevees?" Nova woofed. Despite his calm demeanor, inside he was aghast at the thought of someone taking away poor defenseless eevees.

"I don't think so..." trilled Shona. "I noticed a lot less of us around, but others have been disappearing too." She shot a look of concern at the other two. "You don't think someone-"

Shona was interrupted by a shrill "VEEEEE!" from a little ways up. All three of them stopped in their tracks for the shortest of seconds. Nova acted first. He shoulder bumped Shona to shift her weight back on her own feet and started dashing towards the cry.

"Branca, stay with Shona. I'll go on ahead." Nova barked as he left the two in his dust. They quickly disappeared in the trees behind him. His mind was centered on saving the day. It was only a moment of running before he found himself skidding to a stop at the steep bank of a pond. Immediately, he saw a soggy eevee frantic to keep afloat. Another eevee paced the bank opposite Nova. A foot or more further and Nova would have been flung into the drink just like this eevee.

The dry yet panicked eevee across the way noticed Nova. "H-Help!" He cried. Seeing the approaching yena, the young eevee piped up again, "I didn't mean to! She needs help!" Nova could see that crying for help was the only thing the young pokemon was capable of doing in this situation. He couldn't wait for Shona. This flailing eevee was moments away from slipping below the surface. The choice was clear. Nova flung himself off the bank.

Nova found himself looking up to the silvery sheet of the pond's surface. While swimming wasn't a completely new experience for him, Nova didn't generally think of it as a welcome activity. To someone accustomed to freezing climates, an unexpected plunge is associated with near instant hypothermia. This pond held no such danger. The water's temperature was refreshing more than it was bone chilling. Nova had to consciously relax his muscles because of this, despite the water cooling what heat remained from the recent battle.

The black and gray head of the mightyena broke the surface about a meter from his target. He immediately started kicking to keep himself afloat, but he admittedly was only doing slightly better than the eevee in front of him. He did well enough to paddle his way to the struggling 'mon. With his paws being used to keep himself above the surface, the best he could manage was to grab the eevee's scruff with his mouth. This, however, didn't settle the waterlogged ball of panic.

"Hey! Watch the paws, kid. I'm trying to save you." Nova grumbled through a mouthful of brown fur. His words went unheard. The continued flailing was nearly too much for the mightyena. He trudged on doggy paddling to the shore, but the water line was working its way farther up his neck. He was determined to save the kid, but he was quickly becoming unsure if he could survive the process. Nova pointed his snout to the sky in a final attempt to give the eevee a few more breaths before getting dunked again.

Between dips below the surface, Nova was able to catch glimpses of a blue figure diving off the bank. It was hard to determine with water constantly in his face, so he hoped it was Shona catching up. He knew he was failing this rescue. Just as he thought he was going to drop the eevee back in the pond again, a blue shadow glided under the mightyena. Smooth skin effortlessly slipped between his kicking limbs and used their shoulders to bump Nova above the surface again. It was definitely Shona. The touch of her skin had been burned into his memory since first coming in contact with it in their skirmish.

Shona's face popped up between Nova's front limbs. "You did good, pup. I can take it from here." She purred with a smile. She then took the eevee by the scruff so that Nova could let go.

Nova took a deep breath now that his mouth was unobstructed. While the eevee wasn't all that big, each unburdened kick provided more than enough power to keep the mightyena's head above water. Nova's eyes came into focus on Shona already hauling the exhausted brown lump onto a shallower bank. It was now his turn to do the same. Kick. Kick. He inched his way closer to shore. His feet met the muddy bottom, but his legs weren't quite steady yet. He crawled his way over the finish line. Nova made it just enough to rest his upper half on the shore without risk of drowning. His glazed gaze landed on Shona licking the eevee's wet fur. Nova had seen mothers do this to their pups to ruffle their fur and get them warmed up. There was something serene in watching her care for the youngling. Or perhaps the lack of air was toying with his emotions.

"Time to get you on your feet, hero." Shona said waggishly. This brought Nova back to reality just in time for her to grab him by the scruff and begin hauling on him.

"Ow. Ow! Watch the teeth!" Nova yiped.

Shona let out a grunt as she tugged on him. "You could work with me a little." Her fins flattened back with the strain of the pull. Her body lowered as her paws dug in. She hadn't been out of the water long. Nova was trying to not stare at the droplets running down her tensed thigh. "Unless some carvanha gnawed at your legs when I wasn't looking." Shona growled sharply.

"S-sorry" Nova sputtered and tried again to get his legs to work. They were doing better this time. "It's been an off day." Both of them together got him into a wobbly stand. "I've been getting really-" At this point, Shona let go of his scruff and had her face just a few inches from his. "-distracted..." Nova finished in a trailing hush.

His body was betraying him. With legs like a freshly hatched deerling, he wasn't able to move away. Instead he was left transfixed on those eyes. Those lilac eyes. He was stuck taking it all in again, but on nicer terms. Something was different though. Shona still had droplets of pond water collecting across her skin and running to the ground. One would think that this would mask or wash away some of her appeal, but water is a vaporeon's element. These droplets mixed with her scent to amplify it ten fold. It was intoxicating to the male Mightyena. Blush painted itself across his face and there was no way to hide it this time.

Shonas disposition changed as she caught his gaze. She went from casually joking to a bashfulness Nova hadn't seen yet. She broke the gaze first this time as shyness seemed to have gotten the better of her. She planted the sweetest, tiniest lick on his nose. Nova thought he even heard a whispered "cute" come from her before she returned to tend to the eevees.

Nova was able to drag his paws over to the group in time to catch the conversation. Branca had caught up and was standing on the dry eevee's head. The small thing made her look comically large for a pidgey. This eevee was the first to talk.

"I'm real sorry, Shona. I really didn't mean to hurt Penny. She is okay, right?"

"Yeah, she'll be okay." Shona reassured. "Now. What happened? That was awfully far into the pond and I know Penny knows better than to try to swim out there on her own."

"We were playing! It was an accident!" The first eevee cried.

Then the wet eevee named Penny let out a tired coo. "Zip didn't mean it."

Nova could tell Shona was getting exasperated. "Just... tell me what happened. Neither of you are in trouble and no one is gonna drown anymore."

The eevee named Zip looked over at Penny all glassy-eyed like he was still in trouble before continuing. "We were rough housing. You know, trading back and forth. Showing off a little on what we can do. And well... I got a bit... excited. I learned quick attack recently and I accidentally used it on Penny. She's so little, she went flying and landed in the pond. I'm really really really sorry, Penny."

"It's okay" Penny piped up weakly again. "It was really cool except for the drowning part."

Shona sighed, exasperated again. There was a small hint of a smile on the edge of her muzzle like she can't help but find these young pokemon funny. "Alright. Alright." She looked between the five of them on the bank. "Zip, do you know how to get back to your den from here?"

"Yeah! Of course!" The little fuzzball squeaked excitedly.

Shona turned her attention to the bird perched on his head. "Branca, is it okay if you escort them home? I'm sure their mom is worried sick."

"Sure thing!" Branca chirped then twisted her beak quizzically. "But wouldn't it be better if you brought them back? You know these woods."

"I would, but Nova looks like he's ready to faint." Shona says while gesturing jocularly towards the damp mightyena. "My den is not far from here and I was going to help him warm up a bit."

"Oooooo~ Shona's got a boyfriend!~" Zip teased before getting batted in the face by Penny. Shona didn't crack under the teasing. After all, what do these little eevee pups know about that sort of stuff?

With that, Branca shooed the two eevees homeward and Shona nudged Nova in the opposite direction. A few dazed spells later and they were standing at the mouth of a cave. It was shallow and smooth. Perfect for getting out of the elements. A pile of dried grass, leaves, and moss made for some bedding against the back wall. Nova was shoved off his feet and into it. He found the nest quite comfortable.

From this angle, he noticed a slow trickle of water across the surface of a wall that fed a tiny puddle. Not terribly surprising to find in a vaporeon cave. Across from that was an array of flat stones with various trinkets neatly placed all over them.

He was trying to make out what was over there when he suddenly felt Shona lay against his belly. Nova snapped his head around to look at her and she was already resting her head on his legs to look up at him. She had a gentle smile aimed at him that made him melt.

"Hey" Shona said in a hushed tone, "It really does mean a lot that you helped save Penny. There's not a lot of pokemon around here willing to help out anymore. At least, not since our residents have been thinning out." She rubbed her chin into his shoulder happily. "I figured I'd help warm you up while you dry, but I didn't expect a mightyena to be so soft."

Nova couldn't really contain the fluster spreading across his face. She was touching him, and it wasn't a battle or a rescue. This was affection. He couldn't believe this was happening and the last thing he wanted was to embarrass himself. "Th-thank you, Shona!" He yapped nervously. "You're, uh, skin is surprisingly soft too. I expected all your fins to be very pokey."

This made the vaporeon giggle like he said something funny, though he was confused as to what. "Silly." She chuckled. She scootched in closer to his underside with a wiggle. Her tail ran up and down his hock in some wags. "You know..." Shona begins, "I did notice that you couldn't keep your eyes off me since we met." Her smile up at him grew bigger and seemingly devious in some fashion. "I thought it was suspicion at first, but after everything else you did..." she crawled up until her muzzle was basically in his ear as she whispered, "I think it was attraction." She slid back to where she was with the most smug look on her face.

"I-I-I couldn't help it!" Nova fretted, growing even more bashful.

"It's really flattering honestly. Especially coming from someone handsome like yourself." Shona cooed. Her wagging continued in circles across his legs.

Nova was turning to a pile of mush as Shona's sweet words wrapped around him. If it wasn't bad enough that he could feel her supple skin against his belly, he also had her tailfin caressing him gently. The butterfrees fluttering came back from his stomach all the way down between his legs. His words were lost in the rain of affection he was receiving. It wasn't something he's ever really gotten before. Not like this. Then the realization struck him. Between his legs! He couldn't help let out a nervous, flustered whine as he feels his sheath swell with anticipation. He prayed to Arceus that Shona wasn't able to feel it.

"What's the matter, mister? Purrloin got your tong- Oh!" Shona was interrupted by the feeling of Nova's tip prodding her haunches. She looked quizzically behind herself before returning to look at him with a smile. It was somehow more smug and plotting than before. "Well~" the vappy purrs "You are excited."

"I can't help it!" Nova cried "You're right! I haven't been able to keep my mind off you all day. Even when I can't see you, your scent lingers and-and-and I just can't help myself." The mightyena bashfully buried his face under his front legs. He finished with a muffled, "I just think you're really hot."

All these theatrics made Shona laugh. She provided a few caring licks over the top of his head. At the same time, she hooked her thick tail under his hindquarter to pull herself closer to his growing excitement. "I take it as a compliment, you silly yena." Shona cooed. She gave her hips and tail a teasing wiggle before continuing, "Besides, I don't get many visitors. I'd like to show you some hospitality."

Nova's face was still hidden when he heard Shona say, "Lets see what we are dealing with here." Followed by an "Oh my, look at you." After, he felt her turn around. This left him without the feeling of her pushed up against him. He could no longer feel her supple skin and he realized now how much he truly enjoyed it. Nova was embarrassed to be so needy, but he lifted his leg to show off what he's got going for himself. Nova desperately hoped that this would result in him feeling the embrace of this vaporeon again.

Meanwhile, Shona was presented with a weighty mightyena package. His leg lifted before her like the lid of a chest with cock as the locked away treasure. Nova's shaft had already slipped halfway from his sheath and his glans around the head were pulsing with life. It was an enticing treat. So much so that this vaporeon bit her lip in an attempt to hold herself back long enough to decide how she wanted to tackle this throbbing member. Shona decided on starting with her tongue along the underside. She took a slow lick starting from right above the sheath and ending by wicking away his first bead of pre at his tip. The vaporeon lady got a savory sample of the mightyena while at the same time coaxing more of his length out.

Nova couldn't help but moan. He's never really had much beyond some flirting and regular self maintenance. This was intense. He peeked from his hiding spot to spy Shona licking across his head once again in a way that sent a shudder all the way up his spine. His nerves were melting away by the second, and what was left was hunger.

The warm smell of arousal mixed with the damp air of the cave into a potent love potion. At first he thought this aroma was only from him, but there was a strong sweet smell entwined with his own. He wasn't the only one getting excited. Shona had bent forward to tend to Nova, but that left her puffy spade presented before him.

Shona caught a glimpse of him looking and raised her tail up high. A deep purple blush spread across her face. Nova could see her folds glisten with sweet nectar. The vaporeon went back to focusing on the mightyena dick that was now nearing full mast. Her eyes grew large with the sight. With one final lick, she shoved that bulbous yena head into her muzzle. He felt even bigger against her palate. She slid his length back and forth inside her maw. Her courage grew with each suck and she inched it deeper down her throat.

Nova had wave after wave of pleasure crash over him. His back foot kicked past the suckling vaporeon's head and his tail was going a mile a minute. She already had him panting and he wanted to show his appreciation. With his front paws planted on her rump, Nova craned his head forward and pressed his nose right against Shona's presented cookie. A smile curled across his muzzle when he felt her pause her sucking. Now was his chance. He lapped his large tongue across her opening, tasting her sweetness. Only one lick and his cock popped from her muzzle to give room for a moan. "I guess I'm not the only needy one" Nova teases with another lick.

"Hhh. N-no fair." Shona protested between his laps, but they just kept coming. Nova could see her visibly wrack in her bliss. She put her nose down against his tip for a moment to steady herself. She mustered up some strength with a growl and sunk him deep into her maw. An eye looked back at the mightyena in a mix of fluster and fire. It was almost like she was determined to make him finish now.

Nova looked back at her with his own challenging huff and clung to her backside harder. There was a sudden spark of understanding that jumped between their locked eyes. An unspoken contest to make the other orgasm first was in the air. Nova released a hot breath across Shona's pussy which made the vaporeon shudder. The mightyena took this stumble as an opportunity and pressed his muzzle right back against her spade. This time Nova plunged his tongue into her and let her flavor wash over him.

Shona responded with a pathetically needy moan. She quickly stuffed her face with throbbing yena dick to try to stifle her noises, but Nova already heard it. Shona hungrily slurped down his length between shivers. She was determined to push him over the edge, though she was starting to think that she would cum first.

"Aaah! Hah! N-nova, I'm-i'm so close" Shona panted out. Her mouth hung open around his bulbous throbbing head with strands of saliva and pre strung between them.

"Oh, Shona~" Nova called back to her. His freed shaft twitched needily. He was getting close himself. Her paws were wrapped around the base of his cock to hold it steady, but her touch only kept him close to his peak. 'Just a little more', Nova thought as he spread her flower with his tongue once again. He licked and wiggled his tongue deep down until he finally slipped into her hood. His broad tongue slid around her already aroused clit. He received a wild moan as an immediate response.

Shona's entire being rocked and shook with Nova's deep licks. She felt her hot femme cum squirt against the mightyena's tongue and muzzle. She soaked his face in near moments. Her lust for him reached critical mass. With shaky paws, Shona forced that hefty yena meat down her throat until her nose pressed firmly into his fluffy ballsack. She was so overwhelmed that all she could do was desperately swallow around his shaft, letting her throat milk him for everything she could get.

This did it for Nova. The rush of vaporeon cum and that tight mouth enveloping him, he immediately began to shoot thick ropes of seed down her gullet. His own body shook beneath her and he pulled his head away from her backside to moan. Through his panting, he could just barely hear Shona swallow his thick load. He felt one final pulse and shot because of that divine sound.

Shona pried herself from the sticky mightyena crotch. Nova shuddered as she gave him a few licks to clean off his now sensitive cock. She then crawled around so that she was laying on his chest, face to face. She had a smile that nearly spanned between her head fins.

Nova gave her nose a lick and floppily locked his legs around the vaporeon. "You know, I should have expected to get wet again with a water type." He said with a hearty chuckle.

"Oh stop it" Shona laughed back, pawing him playfully in the face.

It was peaceful laying in each other's embrace. Just two young 'mon wagging in the afterglow. After some time, Nova's eyes wander back to the collection of trinkets.

"Most of them are worthless." Shona said in a frank whisper.

Nova quickly looked back at her as if he'd be caught doing something he shouldn't. "I'm sorry?"

"You were looking at my stuff." She began again. "Most of it is worthless. Just shiny baubles that I found in the forest to make my home a little less plain." She could see a slight twinge of disappointment cross her lover's face. Her eyes lock onto a deep blue stone strung through with a little string. "Except that one." Nova's eyes join hers. "Do you know what it is?" The vaporeon inquired with childish amusement.

Nova shook his head. To him, it just looked like a pretty rock.

"It's my water stone." She said. "That's the one that made me into a vaporeon. It's power is all used up, so it doesn't really have any trading value, but it's tradition for the eevees around these parts to hold onto them as a keepsake after they evolve. Its a little cheesy, I know."

"Nah. I don't think so at all." Nova replied. "I think it's a rather sweet idea. There are evolution stones throughout the world, but this one specifically will always be yours." He returned to look deep into her eyes. They were starting to become a bit glassy. "That stone is a part of who you are, Shona. Not every pokemon gets a souvenir from their evolution."

"Th-thank you, Nova." Shona cooed.

Nova was moving in for a soft little puppy kiss, when there came an "AHEM". Nova quickly rolled onto his stomach, toppling the pile of pokemon. His face was redder than it was with Shona when he saw Branca standing at the mouth of the vaporeon den.

"Branca!?" Nova exclaimed. He became immediately aware that his face was newly soaked with something that wasn't quite water. He hoped that if he just ignored it, his partner wouldn't notice. "How..... how long have you been there?"

Despite bird beaks being rigid, Nova swears Branca was smiling at him. "Oh, long enough~" She chirped. "If you're.... dried off, we still need to get to the guild."

Affiliations

Nova-Branca Team

Nova

Mightyena

Sex: Male

Gender: Male

Level: 24

Move Set:

• Crunch

• Dark Pulse

• Incinerate

• Iron Tail

Branca

Pidgey

Sex: Female

Gender: Female

Level: ???

Move Set:

• Aerial Ace

• Double Team

• Sand Attack

• Gust

Independent

Shona

Vaporeon

Sex: Female

Gender: Female

Level: 24

Move Set:

• Haze

• Water Gun

• Aurora Beam

• Quick Attack

Zip

Eevee

Sex: Male

Gender: Male

Level: 10

Move Set:

• Tackle

• Growl

• Tail Whip

• Quick Attack

Penny

Eevee

Sex: Female

Gender: Female

Level: 9

Move Set:

• Tackle

• Growl

• Tail Whip

• -

Rescue Guild

Remington

Camerupt

Sex: ???

Gender: Non-binary

Level: ???

Move Set:

• ???

• ???

• ???

• ???