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Rocks tumbled to the floor in a loud clatter as i struck the cave wall with my pickaxe as I helped to dig another tunnel deep in the albion region. It had been a little over year since my last job here and this one was about 2 weeks in. The regional surveyors had found a cave system in a coastal mountain range and asked a host of excavators to tunnel through it and create a maze-like tunnel for kids taking the league challenge. I was currently in a decently sized room that was actually a smaller cave within the cave. Electric lanterns flickered slightly as I worked to expand the room for a bit more comfort. Ludmila, My Aggron and I had set up camp here and would probably live here until the job was done; a camp stove, a foam mattress and a few boxes of food were all that fit at the moment,hence making the room bigger.

Usually I thoroughly enjoyed my expeditions, under normal circumstances it was a great way to connect with my Ludmila, and a great way to destress but forgetting the usual pressures of life. However, This time I was deeply frustrated in more than one way. Before I had left, my girlfriend of 6 months had given me an ultimatum, get rid of Ludmila or get rid of her. Of course I never even entertained getting rid of Ludmila, who had been my partner for nearly 2 decades, but one of my friends had pointed out why my now ex might be insecure Because of Ludmila. Ludmila was an anthro Pokémon after all and therefore had some very human characteristics.

Over a year ago, on our previous expedition, Ludmila had evolved into an anthro Pokémon after eating a berry or something that forced this new type of evolution. It was explained to me to be similar to mega evolutions or gigantimax, but was a permanent change,

What that now meant was that my 6'11 steel Pokémon that usually looked like a giant dinosaur had very feminine characteristics. She could talk, read and write. She was also much softer than a normal steel Pokémon, had a very appealing figure and breasts the size of some watermelons.

My ex must've thought she was competing for my affection and after a few weeks of reflection deep in the caves I could honestly say that she was. I just hadn't realized and wasn't used to not having Ludmila around, after all we had been together since i was 9. it wasn't like i was the only one who brought my Pokémon on our dates though, she would always bring her Rosalia along; although Ludmila didn't much care for the grass Pokémon.

I had offered for Kristy and her Pokémon to come along with me and Ludmila on this job; she could sunbathe all she wanted and search for that berry to anthro evolve her Rosalia (she thought it would help her compete better in contests). I would work during the day and then stay in the town that had popped up at the foot of the mountain. It would have been a nice vacation. Instead, She said she would only stay with me if I "got rid of" Ludmila.

That put the final nail in the coffin that was our relationship, she just wasn't worth keeping around after that. Plus, she never put out when either of our Pokémon were around, which was the majority of the time. Of course I'm not saying that a relationship is all about sex, but you don't buy a house without a bathroom: it's just necessary. Not having any sex for months had made me irritable and frustrated, and Ludmila wasn't helping the issue of my frustration.

Recently, Ludmila had been difficult in ways I had never seen in all our years together; One day she could be cold and distant, the next clingy and loving, the next brooding. Even now she was off on her own tunneling through rock to who knows where, leaving me alone at our home away from home.

My pick hit a particularly sturdy type of rock that didn't break right away, increasing my already high temper. I slammed my picks point into it again and again: hitting harder each time to little effect until with a frustrated shout I flung my pickaxe across the stony room like it was a frisbee. The pickaxe flew, spinning like a top across the small stone room, hitting the opposing stone wall with a brief flash of sparks and a sickening "Crack" of breaking wood.

"FUCK" I screamed into the cave, the echo of my voice mocking me as I stomped over to my probably ruined tool. I picked it up to inspect it and found a crack in the handle running along the grain of the wood.

"Goddammit'' I shouted, grabbing the handle and smashing it against the rock face over and over until the steel head snapped completely off. I was breathing hard when Ludmila lumbered slowly back into the stone room we shared. She stopped upon walking in, seeing me panting with a snapped tool in my hands and a glare.

"And where the fuck have you been?" I asked bitterly, causing a surprised look to cross Ludmila's face. I rarely swore and almost never towards her. She pushed past me to shove a few evolutionary stones into my rucksack then turned to stare at me. I stared back, noting the denim overalls she was wearing didn't have any rock dust or dirt on them.

"Joe Mad?"

"Doesn't matter, I'm heading to town, need to replace the handle to this" I said, holding up the head of my pickaxe

"I'll come too"

I simply shrugged at her as I grabbed my half filled rucksack from the floor and swung it onto my back. I didn't wait for Ludmila as I left, walking out at a quick pace leaving Ludmila struggling to catch up for a moment. When she did she matched my pace, staying beside me as we navigated through the dimly lit cave system. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Ludmila open her mouth a few times as if to speak, but ultimately she remained silent. It took close to an hour of use spelunking for her to finally speak.

"Mad Kristy didn't come?" she sheepishly asked, wringing her tail in her claws nervously. I took a deep breath at the question, Trying to calm down a bit to have a real conversation, however painful, with her. I really didn't want to take my anger out on Ludmila, even if she was helping to contribute to it. My Father always told me "angry voices lead to angry actions'' and I took that lesson to heart.

"Yes Ludy, I am upset she didn't come, but mostly mad she broke up with me" I answered melancholically. "And for the stupid ultimatum she gave"

Ludmila looked confused as she took my hand into hers.

"Broke up?! What does that mean? And what's ultimatum?" She asked slowly, her eyes on my face. I couldn't bring myself to look at her as we walked.

"broke up means we aren't a couple anymore, she doesn't want to see me"

"and ultimatum?"

"An ultimatum is an either or choice, usually never good; Like "do this or this bad thing will happen '' '' I answered as I ran my fingers through my hair. Ludmila was silent for a moment as we approached the mouth of the cave, the bright light of the sun a stark contrast to the darkness of the caves. Huge Redwoods surrounded the cave entrance making the whole area picturesque. I hated feeling so miserable in such a beautiful place.

This part of Albion was a coastal mountain range, meaning large cliffs that dropped straight to the ocean, large sea stacks, natural bridges and of course sea caves. The entire area was coated in giant redwoods and ferns so big they looked like they belonged in the Jurassic period. The " road" we were on was little more than a game trail that some large Pokémon had cleared.

"What was it?" she finally asked, her blue eyes piercing me. "what choice did she give?"

I thought about lying to spare her feelings, or changing the subject or a dozen other things, but I decided that honesty was best. After all, we had been partners for so long that she would probably know. I took a deep breath to center myself and smell the chill air and looked up into her eyes.

"Are you sure you really want to know? It's not good and might hurt" I finally asked, staring deep into her eyes. She looked unsure as her tail shivered behind her but eventually she nodded. I sighed and looked straight ahead, not wanting to tell her since she had actually liked Kristy.

"She told me it was either you or her, that if i wanted any kind of future with her I needed to get rid of you; i don't know what get rid of meant, but there was only one real answer" I Deadpanned. Ludmila tripped, like full on stepped on her own feet and fell like a log, her horns scraping the bark from a nearby tree as she did. She looked up at me in shock as I helped pull her to her feet.

"She left because you chose me?" she finally asked, her features flicking from angry to guilt. I ignored the question as I started dusting her off with my hands, noticing that the shirt she wore under her overalls was the first one I bought her way back when she first evolved. I gently cupped her face with one hand while picking a few stray bits of bark from her horns. Her eyes were on my face as I tried to remain impassive about it.

"yea, but it wasn't exactly a hard choice, of course I would pick you" I responded, then attempted to inject a bit of levity into the situation "It's not like she out out anyway"

I immediately realized I had overshared, I always just spoke to Ludmila about everything, and this time I had attempted to make a joke about my lack of a sex life. unfortunately (or fortunately) Ludmila just stared at me with no comprehension.

"What is "put out" she asked, cocking her head to the side like she used to when she was a Lairon. I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair again as I gestured for us to start walking again as I debated how to explain it.

"we didn't do lewd things together" i finally explained with the hope that that would be as deep as i would have to explain for her to understand what i meant. However, She stared at my face for a little longer than was comfortable, still walking along the cliffside coast. Finally she hip checked me, making me stumble slightly.

"She's dumb, Joe is the best" she giggled as I stumbled and did my best to not fall over. I felt a bit better at that but I had a question for her.

"Why have you been spending so much time away from me though, I wanted us to enjoy our time here together and you've done the opposite"

Ludmila had a look on her muzzle that I couldn't quite read as she answered.

"Jealous"

I looked at her baffled.

"what?"

"Jealous of her, got you all to herself and didn't even do lewd things with you"

I stared, my mouth slightly agape as she looked pointedly at the trees and scenery.

"I literally came here with you dirt girl! you had me all to yourself" I said, cuffing her on the head. The action made my hand hurt more than it did her and she just sniggered as I shook the pain out of my hand.

"Thought you would be on the phone like at home" she explained.

"Well I'm not, so from now on let's actually enjoy our expedition ok?"

She nodded then stopped, making me stutter step a bit and turn around to face her.

"Dirt man Joe, I...I'm sorry I left you alone after you chose me" she muttered, shamed faced.

I just opened my arms to her and beckoned her to me; she happily pounced on me in a bear hug, nuzzling her face into my neck softly. I kissed her right between her horns and squeezed her, which didn't do much but she felt it. She rumbled happily as I rubbed my hands on her back. she didn't let me go for a long time and much to my surprise kissed me on my cheek.

"My dirt man forever" She mumbled, pressing herself to me again to nuzzle into my neck.

"Yea yea you can't get rid of me dirt girl" I said, patting her head "Now come on, I wanna fix my pick and might as well get some real food while we're in town"

We separated, but Ludmila stuck close to me while basically engulfing my arm with her breasts. It was hard to walk like that, but we were in no hurry. We watched wild Pokémon play in the trees and when we looked out on the ocean from the cliffs a large school of Lapras were swimming and singing a hauntingly beautiful song. The hike through the redwoods eventually began sloping down and we could see smoke rising from a natural cove ahead of us.

The town that had popped up there was little more than a frontier settlement with modern amenities, the buildings that were present were prefabs with generators for power. A small hastily constructed dock jutted out from the rocky beach and there were a few boats anchored with a few that were too big further out. I could see people and Pokémon playing on the beach as well as piles of logs from downed trees as the area was cleared for more space. We heard the loud clang of metal on metal as we approached and I followed the noise to an honest to god forge.

In the forge a stocky man was hammering on a cherry red piece of metal while an anthro Charizard helped heat it by blowing fire and occasionally flapping her wings. I waited until he was finished hammering on the ingot to approach, knowing it was a good way to get burned or have a hammer flung at me for disturbing his work. Eventually he looked up to see me waiting there and gave me a smile. He was short and had muscle built from forging metals every day. He had come to Albion for the chance to get a stockpile of raw material so he could make custom reinforced furniture for heavier Pokémon; I had actually ordered my bed from him a long time ago.

"Joe! Did you come to sell me any iron ores you found in the mountain?" the man asked, pulling off a thick glove to shake my hand.

"I don't have any left, Tony! A certain someone ate all I found" I answered, looking pointedly at Ludmila; who shuffled behind me awkwardly.

"they were good" She whined softly to me.

Tony just laughed a deep belly laugh while his charizard, Lily, started lounging on a rug, her tail fire resting on a metal plate with a little U shaped bit to hold the dangerous flame and stop it from starting any fires.

"I figured, you steel type guys usually don't have any, but what can I do for you? I thought when you left the basecamp here you had enough provisions for weeks?"

Ludmila dug around in the rucksack on my back when he asked that and pulled out my busted pickaxe, which she handed over. Tony looked at it, inspecting the steel head for damage.

"Huh handles just broken, easy fix. What happened?" he asked as he began tapping what was left of the handle out of the pick's head.

"Big rock" Ludmila squeaked as lily glared daggers at her. I didn't know why Lily didn't like Ludmila, but she never got along with her. Tony ignored the one sided feud as he used a metal rod to ram the remaining heft of my pickaxes handle out of the steel head.

"How much am I going to owe you for this? '' I asked, just to be ignored completely. Lily huffed out a laugh that blew a small plume of smoke. Tony grabbed a new wooden handle from beside his forge and was tapping it into the steel head of my pickaxe, then hammered a few carefully selected metal shims into the top of the handle, securing the head to the handle. He then passed me the repaired tool with a grin.

"Try it out, give it a few good swings" he advised, pointing to a bit of stone that was jutting out of the sandy beach nearby. I shrugged out of my rucksack and stepped towards the rock, swinging the pickaxe experimentally a few times before I gave the tool a swing with all my weight behind it. The rock cracked easily from the impact, making Ludmila cheer.

"Much better, and it feels like you balanced it a bit better, but you never answered my question" I said, propping the pickaxe over my shoulder. Ludmila walked over to the cracked rock and easily tore a chunk of stone from it. Glaring back at Lily for once, she crushed the stone in her claws with a menacing grin. Again Tony ignored the feud to thoughtfully rub his chin.

"I don't need cash out here; got anything interesting from the mountain?"

I nodded as Ludmila dug around in my pack for a little then pulled out a chunk of amber about the size of a paint can. She held it out to Tony, who took it with a grateful nod.

"Aye that's nice, I can use this for something"

I thanked him again as he settled back down next to his Pokémon, who was making a point not to look at Ludmila. I put my pack back on and headed over to one of the prefab buildings that had popped up. This one was a pokecenter, pokemart and well, everything else it needed to be since it was big enough. It was the size of a small warehouse but looked like a packed marketplace inside. While it was nice to have around, the walls were just sheet metal and offered very little protection from the elements.

We could hear people inside talking as we approached, hearing several familiar voices. As we stepped in I recognized 2 people immediately. Captain Bill with his 2 (now anthro) Pelippers and the Pokémon professor of this region, Professor Grove. It looked like we had walked in on a sort of check up on Both of Bills Pelippers and the professor was taking notes and gently prodding each one in different places. I could see a very exasperated nurse behind a counter with a Blissey just watching, seeming to have given up on trying to tame the chaos.

Bill saw me and strolled over, extending a hand to me with a bright grin, his ever unlit pipe hanging from his lips.

"Excavator Joe! Looky here I anthro evolves my bells!" he said excitedly, motioning to the 2 Pokémon who were both wearing what looked like old fisherman gear with his free hand while he shook mine wildly.

"I see that, congrats, what are you doing here though?" I asked, trying to extricate my hand (which he was still shaking) from his grip.

"Getting the ladies checked out" He answered, finally letting go of my hand and motioning to where professor Grove was circling his Pelippers, prodding and taking notes. When he poked one square in the boob she gave a loud "SQUAWK" in response and fled, her counterpart following.

It was only at this moment that The professor noticed me and Ludmila. The nicest way to describe the man was scrawny. If I were to be less charitable he was somehow short yet gangly with feet that looked too big for his body. He wore oversized square glasses that magnified his eyes and made the rest of his face look tiny. His eyes immediately went to Ludmila and he started to approach her, flipping through the pages in his notebook.

"Anthro Aggron...Aggron...yes, I remember seeing this one...uh...yes...Excavator Joe is the owner." He was mumbling to himself as he approached Ludmila, who put me in between herself and the professor.

"Her name is still Ludmila professor, it's good to see you again" I lied as I greeted him, extending a hand. He ignored my hand completely, trying to get to Ludmila, who was circling me to keep him away from her.

"Yes yes the first one, have her sit still I want to..."

He only stopped when I grabbed his shoulder and stopped him from advancing on her.

"She's not here for a check up and doesn't like being touched"

He finally seemed to notice me because he jumped slightly as he looked at me. I let him go and he just stared at Ludmila, who I felt squirm against my back as she tried to hide.

"Ah uhm yes... Sorry, Just trying to see if there are any adverse effects of the anthroization process“ He mumbled.

"I can tell you a few although i wouldn't call them adverse"

He perked up at that and got his pen ready while I listed off some effects.

"The steel on her body isn't as hard as regular steel and is lighter, so in the wild and in battles she would be more vulnerable, She's a bit more timid, and her body is more sensitive to touch compared to when she was a Lairon" I rattled off, ticking down my fingers.

"And lastly, she's able to drink alcohol like a human can"

"I see, I see, and how sensitive would you say she is? Have you engaged in intercourse with her?"

I heard the nurse choke on a drink and Captain Bill nearly dropped his pipe as his mouth gaped open.

"No we haven't done anything like that" I answered as I felt Ludmila bury her head into my rucksack; one of her horns poked my shoulder somewhat painfully making me shake my pack to dislodge it.

"Oh? that's a shame I wanted to know if it felt like a human"

I just stared for a moment before just turning and walking away with Ludmila trailing me.

"Even IF we did those things together I wouldn't tell you" I called over my shoulder.

I could hear snickers from some of the people around me as we strolled through the various stalls people had set up to try and get untapped resources from this region. I traded a few of my spare evolutionary stones for cash and used that cash to buy some burgers and fries for use to eat. I also got some frozen meat to take back to camp and a 12 pack of Sinnoh brewed ale.

We left the building, happy to get away from the crowded interior and back to the fresh seaside air. The sound of clashing voices was replaced by the sound of crashing waves and the occasional water Pokémon splashing out of the water.

While the town itself was still under construction and full of half finished buildings, the beach was a typical beach, complete with chairs facing the water. Children were playing in the surf with their Pokémon along with what seemed like some wild Pokémon. I sat as I saw a Palossand throw a ball of wet sand at a child then sink into the sand as the child ran after it laughing. I smiled as I patted the beach chair next to me for Ludmila, only to groan sharply as she instead sat sideways in my lap.

The chair groaned in protest but held as she smirked at me while wiggling her butt into my lap. If she were a normal Aggron I would probably be dead from the weight since normal Aggrons weigh more than 700 lbs; but as I told the professor she was much lighter, being only about 300 lbs. Although I could handle it and the weight was somehow comforting, still I groaned and patted her head.

"you're kinda heavy"

She didn't seem to think my words dignified an answer, instead opting to lean against me. It was actually nice having her sit sideways on me, her tail was to my right while her legs were to my left and her butt squarely on my lap. She was super cute as she set her food to go box on one of her thighs and patted the other thigh softly.

"I'm The table now"

"Fine sure, you're the table"

I set my to go box on her other thigh and used one of her horns to pop open a beer while she just used one of her claws to open hers. We sat together quietly enjoying our meal. well I enjoyed mine, Ludmila basically inhaled hers and downed her fries just as quick, then she kept trying to steal mine. I used the narrow neck of my beer bottle like a saber, blocking her grabby claws every time she tried to steal a fry. I was only moderately successful in that endeavor.

"There you are Joe, mind if we joined you?" a voice called out.

I turned as much as I could with Ludmila on me to see Captain Bill with his 2 Pelippers walking on the beach barefoot. His usual pipe was gone and he carried two 12 packs of beer. He unceremoniously plopped down on the beach chair next to me and held out a bottle for me to clink mine against.

"Beautiful aye?" he said after taking a long pull from his bottle, his eyes on the ocean, the sea stacks and the setting sun. I nodded as Ludmila guided one of my hands to rest on her tummy and the other around her back.

"It is, this is part of the reason I do this job" I responded calmly.

"Aye if I didn't have a family to go home to I would set up shop here"

"Why not bring them?"

He shrugged and took a long pull from his beer before answering.

"Its my sister and her son; I don't think I could convince her but I got a few of them anthro berries to give my nephew in case he wants to anthro evolve his Pokémon"

That caught my attention and I looked over to see him holding up four pinecone looking berries. Actually I'm pretty sure they were just straight up pinecones.

"Why have more than one?" I asked, then another thought crossed my mind and I looked at Ludmila incredulously. "You ate a pinecone?"

I heard Bills Pelippers give high pitched cawing laughs as Ludmila looked away from me, her tail thrashing in the sand.

"I don't remember! Besides you aren't complaining"!" she justified. She tried shoved one of her boobs straight into my face but I moved my head away, getting an annoyed glare. A voice from right behind Ludmila spoke up.

"It's the pine nuts in the cones you need and they don't work 100% of the time, are you sure you aren't having intercourse?"

Ludmila screamed and I felt her tail lash out then heard a solid meaty "Whack" followed by a sharp "thud".

I managed to twist in my seat enough to see the professor on the ground rubbing his shins. I looked at Ludmila, who didn't look ashamed at all like I thought she would but She did look very annoyed.

"He poked my butt"

The professor groaned and rubbed his probably very bruised shins as he scooted on the sand away from Ludmila and her shin crusher.

"I haven't really figured out why they don't work all the time, but if you want to anthro evolve a Pokémon the best way I've found is to feed them the full cone at a rate of one per day" he explained with evident pain in his voice "I'm still trying to figure out why some Pokémon anthro evolve and why we don't see them n the wild"

I thought for a moment as my hands rested on Ludmila's body, Bill looked at his Bells, One of which dumped an entire beer into her large bill then sloshed it around eliciting squawking laughs from the other.

"I have an Idea What it could be; us"

The professor gaped at me stupidly.

"Us?"

"What's the only difference between the wild Pokémon here and the ones who anthro evolved? It's not region since Lily is here, it's not types. the only differences is Humans being involved and possibly the gender of the Pokémon"

The professor looked from me to Bill as he rubbed his shins more.

"It can't be that simple, it must have to to with Pheromones or hormones"

I gave him a disbelieving look as he hobbled off scribbling in his notebook and mumbling to himself about "midwits". Ludmila glared after him from my lap, then grabbed a small stone and flung it at him. Luckily (for him at least) it missed him and plopped harmlessly in the sand.

"Glad I evolved here with you" Ludmila whispered as she nuzzled against me.

"Are you SURE you aren't having intercourse? You two are very affectionate" We heard the professor call from behind us.

We ignored his question but one of Bill's Pelippers sprayed water at him, causing him to run and try to shield his notebook from the deluge. Ludmila let out a deep gravelly laugh that made her body rumble slightly, causing her boobs to jiggle in my face and send vibrations throughout my body. My monkey brain decided that was enough reason for me to pop a boner, which Ludmila easily noticed. I ignored the way she looked at me, instead focusing on Captain Bill, who had one of his Pelippers in his lap, mirroring me. He took a pull from his beer then sighed.

"You ever thought about it"

I looked at him for a long moment as he stroked his Pokémon's head.

"Thought about what?

"Sex with your gal there"

I gave him a Long long look, feeling Ludmila's eyes boring into me like Horn drills. I did my best to ignore her while I thought about how to answer the question. Of course I had thought about it. A lot, especially recently. Should I answer truthfully? Did I know Bill well enough to say I had thought about having sex with my Pokémon? He Looked out to the ocean and gently pet the Pelipper that was now dozing as he rubbed her head.

"It gets lonely on the boat out at sea, and I'm glad they evolved" He said after a long pause.

I Just took a drink from my beer, avoiding the eyes on me by Looking at the sea stacks that dotted the coast, the hand around Ludmila's back rubbed up and down, then went further down to her tail, where I rubbed softly at the base of it. She just nuzzled against my neck, careful to keep her horns away from my face.

"I can't say that I've thought about it much, I've had Ludmila since I was a kid and she was an Aron"

I peeked out of the corner of my eye to look at Ludmila, expecting a look of relief or even an agreeing nod; Instead I saw she looked a bit confused.

"I have, I've never been married and my family say the sea is my mistress...But these two keep me company"

That was definitely more information than I needed.

"Well go tell the Professor then, I'm sure he would want to know"

He gave me a a serious glare as he popped open another beer

"Nah that pondexter wouldn't get it, He sees Pokémon as just things to research; I don't think he's ever even registered them as living things, just things to catalog in his fancy pokedex"

I stayed silent as I watched the sun begin to set on the horizon. I didn't really know the professor, but I recalled when I

had brought Ludmila into his little research outpost the first time he was ecstatic about the evolution, but not the obvious ramifications.

"This will finally put my name on the map! Suck it Oak!" He had said as he poked and prodded Ludmila, who had just evolved and was still very vulnerable and confused.

I supposed it was partly my fault for putting her in that situation, but I was just so worried about her. She had just changed into something I was NOT expecting, So I had gone to someone I thought would be an expert. Instead I got a weirdo who I'm pretty sure hadn't bathed in weeks.

"I doubt I'll get married either, Too much travel and the last girl I dated wanted me to get rid of Ludmila"

Disbelief crossed his face as he looked from me to Ludmila, then to his own Pokémon, one of whom was running and playing in the seafoam of the waves.

"Ain't no woman worth getting rid of a Pokémon for, if you had you would be a god damned fool"

I nodded at that and extended my bottle to him.

"To not being fools"

He gently clinked his bottle to mine.

"To not being fools" he echoed

As I brought my bottle close to drink from it, Ludmila clinked her bottle to mine as well.

"Always with Me"

"Always with you"

We drank deep and I sighed in contentment, as we all simply enjoyed the relaxing scenery. The Pelipper in Bill's lap rose and grabbed his hands and pulled him out of his chair, urging him to play with them in the surf. I looked at Ludmila and motioned to the ocean. As expected, she shook her head declining going anywhere near the water. It made sense since she was both a steel and rock type. She sank like an anchor so she rarely went into the water. I had once had one of those tiny kiddy pools in my backyard she would play in but never the ocean.

I waved to Bill and his Bells, calling across the beach to him

"Hey we're gonna head back, it was good to see you all"

He and one of the Bells waved back only for the other to spray water all over Bill soaking him. He laughed and chased her down, eventually tackle hugging her into a wave, totally disregarding their clothing as they laughed and frolicked in the waves. Bill looked happier than I had seen him in...well ever since I had known him.

I gently patted Ludmila's butt, causing her to start.

"Lets head back, want to bring back anything"

Ludmila shook her head and rose up off me; I shook my legs out and groaned exaggeratedly.

"Geez you're soooo heavy" I teased, making her roll her eyes and push me back into the chair when I went to get up myself. I grabbed her tail when she turned around and used her to pull myself to my feet.

As we started heading back, Ludmila grabbed my rucksack, taking the moderately heavy pack from me to carry on her back. She didn't need to of course, but I enjoyed the reprieve and the thought behind it. We walked in amicable silence, hearing the waves hit the coast and the cries of wild Pokémon.

Wild Pokémon watched us pass but luckily didn't bother us as they climbed the trees surrounding us. There were even a bunch I didn't recognize but I hadn't paid attention to new Pokémon since the Alola region. Some were cute and I wondered what they would look like as anthros. I pointed out a fluffy kind of rabbit Pokémon out to Ludmila.

"Should I catch another Pokémon? Give you a friend?"

Ludmila just huffed in mock annoyance and grabbed my arm, pulling me a little faster than our leisurely pace.

"Only me and only you" she huffed, almost dragging me back to the cave.

"yea yea, I don't think I could handle two of you anyway"

She chuckled and held my arm as we walked through the stone passages that were dimly lit by small electric lanterns. I wasn't sure how they worked but I had seen a trainer with an electric Pokémon recharging them a few times. As we strolled I checked any support beams that we came across, double checking the other excavators work just in case. It wasn't because I didn't trust them, I literally trusted them with my life since if they messed up they might cause a cave in. I heard the rhythmic "clak clak clak" of a few guys up late digging.

We made it back to what was "our cave" after about an hour of walking and enjoying each other's company. Most wild Pokémon were hiding in their dens just from the sheer amount of people working, when we were done they would find their caves to be bigger and easier to traverse. Ludmila set down my rucksack carefully and I started unpacking it as she hefted a large wooden barricade over the cave's entrance. In the past some wild Pokémon had wandered into where we were sleeping and it's a pretty rude awakening to find some random rock or ground Pokémon eating your supplies.

We settled in, Ludmila taking off her overalls and leaving her only wearing her T-shirt on while I dimmed our lights so we could relax together on our travel foam mattress. We didn't bring much in terms of creature comforts when we traveled and this time around we had no ventilation, so a fire was a no go however we did have our pokegears. I had gotten a larger one for Ludmila to use so she could play games or do whatever she wanted with it. I eyed the shirt that was comically stretched over her breasts, noting how it had shrunk slightly since we had gotten it.

"Why keep that shirt? I bought you about a dozen new ones?"

She didn't look at me as she played on her pokegear.

"I like it"

" Yea but why? Its all stretched out and barely fits"

"It was the first one you bought me and I wanna keep wearing it"

I stuck a finger through a hole in it and wiggled it against her tough skin.

"Yea but why not use it as a pillow case or something?"

She huffed and knocked my hand away, finally looking at me.

"Its my favorite and it reminds me of you and I like keeping it near me"

I took a longer look at the shirt, noting how it stretched around her breasts and had holes in it from her horns, but at least it was cleaner than I thought it would be. With a resigned sigh, I got up and went to my rucksack, digging through it until I found what I was looking for.

"Ok arms up" I instructed, motioning to her.

She looked at me suspiciously until I held up the travel sewing kit I always carried.

"You're gonna fix it for me?

I did a fake karate chop onto her head like I had seen someone do in a show or something.

"I got dumped by my girlfriend for you and you're surprised I would sew a few holes shut for you? You got some weird priorities"

She huffed again and lifted her arms, letting me tug the shirt off her, revealing her bare chest. That didn't surprise me since we had never been bra shopping and I doubted she would let anyone measure her for one anyway. I sat down and held the shirt inside out, carefully threading a needle so I could begin sewing. Ludmila hovered around behind me, watching like a dog who's favorite toy was getting fixed. She pressed herself to my back, her clawed hands on my arm as she held onto me. I had to use all my willpower to ignore the fleshy orbs that were squashed against my back.

"Relax Ludy, you've seen me sew before, why didn't you ask me to do this for you?" I asked, looking at my shoulder where she was resting her head.

"I thought you would make me get rid of it"

"When have I ever made you get rid of Anything" I asked as I finished closing one hole and moving onto the next.

"You made me get rid of my clefairy doll"

I had to stop and think, looking over to "her side" of our shared bed where a worn clefairy doll was resting.

"Wait, you mean the first one? The one you found after you ate part of a dumpster behind the game mart in mauville when you were an Aron?" I asked incredulously. She nodded solemnly.

"That thing stunk to high heaven and I bought you a brand new one" I said pointing to the toy that she had had for more than 15 years. "Try again"

"I- *Mumble mumble mumble*" She murmured.

"Speak up Ludy"

"I just didn't want you making fun of me for being sentimental"

I gave her a long look and sighed, holding the shirt up and checking for any additional holes. When I was satisfied that there weren't any more, I gave it back to Ludmila.

"I wouldn't make fun of you for something like that, But I will call you my dirt girl"

She gently shoved me and wiggled back into her shirt, running her claws along where the closed holes were.

"Thanks dirt man"

I waved her off, settling back onto our travel bed with a yawn. Ludmila snuggled in next to me, nuzzling into my neck as I pet her horns softly; her tail slid side to side on the bed as we both played on our pokegears. I was watching PokePika, a video app that showed silly Pokémon doing silly things while Ludmila was playing a word game to help with her vocabulary. She wiggled against me, getting her thighs around me in a somewhat awkward hug; as she played her game she would occasionally squeeze me tighter and rub against me as she played a good word or I helped her with a difficult opponent.

It wasn't long until we were both yawning; Ludmila still wrapped around me. The only light in the room was a dim lantern that bathed the room in pale yellow light. We never made the "room" fully dark incase some wild Pokémon did actually wander in or we might need to get up for something. I held Ludmila close as I started to drift off to sleep.

"Goodnight Ludmila, I love you" I said, rubbing my cheek against her head before kissing her forehead. She did a happy rumble that sent vibrations through my body.

"I love you too," she murmured, kissing my neck softly.

I drifted off to sleep with Ludmila in my arms, feeling better than I had in weeks.

~~~~~~~~~~

I was awoken by something heavy pinning me to the bed; panicked, I started pushing against it, only for a very wet feeling to cover my face.

"mmmhpf no fair no fair, she got you and I didn't" I heard as what i assumed was Ludmila's tongue covered my face.

"Ludmil-"

I was interrupted by Ludmila shoving her tongue into my mouth as she rubbed her wetness against my thigh.

"My joe, mine! all mine" She gasped, grinding against me.

I managed to get my arms under her and heaved her up and off me earning a Quiet "eep!" of surprise. Sitting up quickly, I panted from the effort.

"Nooooo! You weren't supposed to wake upppp!" she cried softly, rolling away and covering her face and body with our blanket.

"W-what? Did you drug me or something?" I asked, still trying to process what happened.

She stopped covering her face, revealing eyes that were now angry.

"NO! You just usually sleep through this!"

I gawked at her in shock.

"Usually?!"

She seemed to realize that she had let on more than she wanted and covered her face with her pillow, punching holes through it with her horns in the process.

I sighed and grabbed the pillow, attempting to pull it off her face as she cried into it. I couldn't get it away at all and made zero progress, instead I gave up and just sat next to her; unsure of what to do in this situation.

"You know..." I started hesitantly.

"You know you could just ask me right?"

Ludmila's quiet sobs slowly stopped until she was at least somewhat composed, pulling her impaled pillow away from her face.

"I-I can?"

"Yea...You're...I'm..."

Her blue eyes pierced me more than her horns had pierced her pillow. I sighed, looking away and running my hand through my hair.

"I love you Ludmila, I thought I told you that" I said looking back at her.

Her eyes lingered on my face as her hand crept to mine, grasping it.

"I Love you too Joe, but I didn't think...you loved me like that" she whispered just loud enough to be heard.

I shrugged.

"Why wouldn't I, we've been together for years"

"But...But you told Captain bill you hadn't thought about doing...lewd things with me"

She seemed shocked.

"I lied to him about it. I don't want to discuss my- our sex life with him"

She perked up slightly at those words, her eyes studying my face as she inched closer to me.

"So...you have?"

I motioned to her body incredulously, deciding to just go for it. She was already naked and in bed with me anyway.

"Of Course I have! Have you seen yourself, Ludmila?! you're sexy as fuck"

"Then why did you get a girlfriend? Why not just have me?" she asked, jabbing a clawed finger into my side. I pushed the offending digit away.

"I didn't know YOU were interested! And I only got a girlfriend to try to keep you out of my head!"

She grumped at me, uncovering herself slowly until she was totally nude and uncovered.

"I've tried to be good and not do stuff like this when you had a girlfriend, I've been going off on my own into the caves so I can..." she murmured.

Ah, so that was what she was doing when she went off alone. I ran my fingers through my hair again, trying not to stare at her.

"Please look at me Joe"

I looked; she was on her knees next to me, propping up her large boobs with her arms so they bounced hypnotically.

"I've always loved you Joe, can I...can we?"

I put my hand to her face and pushed my mouth to hers as my other hand slid up her body to cup one of her perfect boobs. Her tongue pushed into my mouth as she moaned softly. One of her clawed hands delicately held my stiff member, rubbing softly as we kissed.

We pulled away, Ludmila panting softly as she pushed a hand between her legs.

"Can-can I taste it?" she asked softly.

I nodded and got off the bed to stand while she slid to the edge of the bed to kneel in front of me. She licked one of her hands and slowly started to stroke me while rubbing her wetness between her thick thighs.

"I never got to get a look at it before" she mumbled, more to herself than to me as gently rubbed up and down my manhood. I reached down and pinched one of her nipples, jiggling her boob with it and earning a louder moan.

"Not too hard, they're very sensitive," she gasped.

She very carefully licked me with a surprisingly long tongue, the sensation sending shivers throughout my body. Ludmila put one of her hands on my waist, pulled me to her as she took my length into her mouth and throat, her long tongue running up and down my length. She fingered herself as I kneaded and groped her huge boobs, marveling at the softness. she gasped, opening her mouth and releasing my member, stroking it and looking me in the eyes.

"Am I your good girl?" She asked, licking and stroking my shaft while looking into my eyes.

"You're my good girl"

she licked me from tip to base still stroking me as she moaned, sending waves of pleasure through me. I grabbed both of her nipples, pulling them gently and jiggling her boobs. I felt her body shudder as she pulled her head back, eyes closed, to gasp and moan, her fingers plunging into her wetness. After a moment of shivering, her eyes opened as she panted.

"Sooo much better with you" She gasped, licking up and down my shaft once more.

"Keep going Ludy" I groaned in pleasure.

Ludmila happily obliged, happily wrapping my shaft in her tongue and using her mouth liberally. What she lacked in skill she made up for with enthusiasm, moving her head faster as she fingered herself. I grabbed her horns and began guiding her head for a better rhythm letting me take the lead. I moved her at a slow but steady pace and she followed suit with the hand that was between her thighs. Ludmila's rumbling moans filled me as I slowly sped up, feeling the tip of my shaft hitting the back of her throat.

"L-Ludy I'm close can I-"

I didn't get to finish that sentence as she sped up on her own, her tongue seeming to have a mind of its own as it licked the base and shaft of my member.

"I-I'm gonna cum Ludy" I gasped.

"Mhmmmmm" she moaned.

With a shudder, I finished in her throat, her tongue squeezing and milking me. I felt my legs tremble as she held my member in her mouth gently, licking and caressing. I let got of her horns and she opened her mouth wide, showing that she had swallowed everything I had given her

"Good girl" I groaned, putting a hand to the side of her face and rubbing a thumb along it. She preened from the praise, looking up at me with a dreamy grin.

"Did you like it Love?" she asked with slight panting gasp, pulling her fingers from between her thighs to show me the wetness "I know I did"

"I did Ludy, that was amazing" I answered with a pleasured groan, my legs finally gave up and I fell onto the bed next to her. She licked her fingers and gave me an almost predatory smile. Before I knew it she was on top of me, pinning me to the bed.

"I need you moreeee" she moaned into my ear, rubbing her wet slit on my thigh.

I barely had time to register what she said before she forced her boobs into my face and ground her wetness against my still semi erect shaft. My legs were still weak, but I still grabbed her ample hips, grinding back against her and making her moan. She adjusted herself, stuffing one of her nipples into my mouth, which I gladly kissed and sucked on. I felt my manhood getting reinvigorated from the grinding until it was fully erect again.

"Someones excited" Ludmila singsong, pinching her nipple and lifting herself up for a moment. She held my shaft gently and positioned the tip to the opening of her wetness, rubbing it softly to make it slide in easier. I squeezed her ass hard, gripping it like a man holding a life preserver as she slowly slid me into her folds.

The word tight did not describe the feeling I felt as she inched her way down my manhood. She was soft and warm and wet, yet firm and caressing. She gasped as she slid me into her, one of her hands bracing herself on my chest while the other was on the bed. I bit down softly on her nipple, earning a sharp gasp.

She started moving slowly as if unsure about what she was doing. I put my hands on her love handles, helping to guide her movements as she moaned softly. She sat up, pulling her nipple from my mouth as she swayed her hips, grinding against me as she began sucking her one of her nipples. Her insides quivered as they caressed me in a tight embrace. our mattress groaned as she began riding harder, bouncing slowly on my shaft as she moaned around her boob. My fingers tightened on her ample hips, her firm body shaking slightly as she rode me.

"S-so much better with y-you " She gasped, bringing herself down hard on my hips to rest for a moment.

I didn't answer her, instead I braced myself on the bed and thrust up into her wetness.

"W-wait I'm s-so sensitive"" She moaned loudly as I pushed deeper into her.

I thrust harder, bucking my hips so I could reach her most sensitive areas. She fell forwards onto me, gasping and moaning loudly, her breasts back in my face as I continued like a piston. Her insides shuddered and tightened to an almost painful level as she wrapped her arms around me, moaning loudly in my ear.

"ooh Arceus k-keep going"

Ludmila held me tight as she began letting me guide her hips once again, moving in time to my thrusts. She gently bit onto my shoulder, moaning into the muscle. With a shudder shiver she stopped moaning, just panting hard as her legs and arms spasmed. she collapsed onto me, just panting as I continued pumping into her wetness.

"S-sooooo good baby I c-came so h-hard"

"Ludy I-I'm close again"

She gasped as she kissed and licked my neck softly, squeezing me tight with her insides.

"D-do it Joe! B-breed your good girl" She cried as I began thrusting harder and faster into her. Her insides spasmed tightly as she came again.

"H-here it comes Ludy"

"D-do ittt"

I released into the deepest part of her, letting go of all my frustrations and filling her with my love. We both panted, her laying on me while my member twitched inside her as her silken folds milked me for everything I had. I hugged her, holding her close as we basked in the glow as only new lovers could.

"Ohh t-that was amazing" Ludmila shuddered as she attempted to prop herself up, only to collapse again as another wave of pleasure washed through her.

"It was," I panted, holding her close to me.

After a moment my head cleared and the sudden thought that I had just had sex with my Pokémon, let alone my partner and best friend. As if she knew what I was thinking Ludmila kissed me.

"You're mine forever Joe" she murmured, nuzzling on me.

I nodded and squeezed her in my arms.

"Wanna do it again?"

Ludmila's eyes lit up dangerously and she nodded emphatically. Needless to say we didn't get much sleep that night.

The next day I trudged into town With Ludmila by my side holding my hand. Even though I knew the only oddity today was the fact we had come into town two days in a row; it felt like people were staring at us. They weren't of course, so I did my best to ignore the feeling. We slowly walked into the warehouse/Pokémon center/pokemart where we grabbed several pillows, another blanket and lube. The look the cashier had on his face was a wide grin like the Cheshire cat, but I just paid and left. As if on cue, the professor appeared, looking at our recent purchases.

"Are you SURE you aren't havi-"

His words were cut off as Ludmila grabbed him ,carried him to the ocean and threw him into it like a shot put. Huh, I didn't know Aggrons could learn seismic toss. We heard howling and squawking laughter from the docks as Bill and his bells pointed at the soaked man.

"Pretty sure we are every night from now on." I muttered as Ludmila rejoined me and we started our stroll back to the cave.

Ludmila nodded in agreement.

"All night, Every night"