Curse of the Ninetales
#2 of Zone de la Special
a little something for StarRider
the idea is his, story written by me
Centering around a newly-wed couple on their honeymoon, the pair is about to make quite a few quite interesting encounters.
Following some events of their wedding trip, they will however just as much end up in a rather particular ordeal.
A simple chance encounter... one bad random decision... two mere incidents might just be enough to turn their whole honeymoon upside down... and set them up with quite some trial... a trial about beauty... superficial or definite, a face-off against their very own believes, one might almost say.
"WOW... that was like... SO GOOD!", Angelica declared as they had finished their meal.
Chase and Angelica - a newlywed couple - just had arrived at the destination of their honeymoon, in Undella City, a town in Unova, quite popular with all kind's of rich folks. Most of the day so far had been taken up for their journey there, so the woman was all the more happy about the luxurious food they got to enjoy.
"Yeah... I better hope so, it's expensive enough after all...", Her spouse responded with a dry laugh, as he finished his last sip of wine.
"OH... come on... don't be like that, sweety. After all, it's not like you are in any trouble for cash, not to mention how our parents are coming up for all our expenses, on our little wedding trip.", Angelica responded teasingly, throwing her husband a cheerful smile.
"Yeah... I guess. But even still, never hurt looking out for one's money.", Chase just responded with a shrug of his shoulder, as he told the waiter they were ready to pay now.
Looking at her husband with a skeptical look, the woman let the matter rest... for now, as she already had a pretty good idea why her husband was grumpy like that.
Waiting a few minutes, so they'd have fewer people around to listen in on them, Angelica finally asked, as they were on their way to their room: "Oh come on Jacky... you don't want to tell me you are still mad at me, for wanting you to get rid of that mutt of yours?"
"Hey... I liked the little guy, just so you know!", Her husband responded in an outraged tone, yet still managing not to shout at her.
"So what... you should know best of all people... he was pretty egocentric after all! The second you did not give all your attention to him, he started to destroy stuff... not to mention how he especially loved literally eating my wardrobe! My clothes were done for and the little sucker got sick, so you couldn't do anything for days, without having to worry about him!", Angelica responded with a sulky huff, making it all clear once more how she did not like her husbands Lillipup AT ALL.
"Come on Angel... don't be like that, that's just how they are... he is a Pokemon after all...", Chase tried to excuse the little Pokemon, in a soothing tone... yet his wife would have nothing of it.
Even going as far as to feeling offended about this, she responded in a sad tone, almost tearing up: "So what... is some Pokemon more important to you, than your wife?!"
"What... no babe... of course not...!", He hastily responded, pulling her close to him, "You're the only thing I need... and you know that! Come flood or trout... as long as I am with my Angel, I don't need anything else...!"
Uttering a quiet laugh, Angelica looked up at her husband with a content smile... until he added coyly: "Except maybe water and food... that I probably couldn't go without...!"
"OH... you... delinquent! So you, in the end, would choose your tummy over me?", The woman responded in a scandalized tone, yet flashing him an impish grin, as she playfully pushed him away, stealing his room key out of his hand as she did so.
"HEY... wait... can't we talk it out?", Chase called after his spouse slightly panicked, as he really wouldn't put it past her, to really lock him out of her room overnight, just to get back at him.
Angelica disappearing in her room seconds later, he hastily tried to open the door... but indeed found it locked! Or so he thought. Trying to open the door once more, it suddenly swung open and got smashed shut right behind him.
Unable to make sense of this at once, he confusedly looked around the room... only in the last second realizing how his wife sneaked past behind him. Angelica like that easily knocked him against the door, the second he put his eyes on her once more.
Pushing him against the door with one arm - Chase might have easily been able to resist... but decided against it - she gave him the best sultry smile she could muster.
"Well... well... well... my husband preferring vital nourishment over me... now, we can't have that, can we?", Angelica explained in a seductive tone... before she finally let him see her other hand. Having hidden that behind her back so far, she now revealed her tanga dangling off of her stretched out index-finger. Spinning the piece of cloth around on her finger, she finally asked in an even deeper, tempting tone: "So... whatever are we supposed to do about that...?"
Looking at his wife wide-eyed, not daring to say anything, she finally threw him a seductive grin. "That's what I thought...!", Angelica finally responded, a low moan in her voice, before she almost lunged at her lover, kissing him hungrily.
Eagerly returning the kiss, it was his wife being more dominant... nibbling on his lip gently, as she hungrily kissed him, while stroking his member, through the fabric of his pants.
Nestling up against her husband, she finally opened the button of his pants, letting her hand slip into his underwear, upfront stroking his hard member now, as she whispered into his ears: "Well... see? Isn't that better?"
Merely responding with a hungry growl, Chase finally pushed himself off of the door, locking it with one hand, as he pulled Angelica closer with the other hand. Finally burying his own hands between his wife's legs, it now was him kissing his spouse hungrily, as his hand slid under the merely knee-long skirt of her dress.
Finding her pussy already wet, he firmly massaged her lips, as he broke their kiss, asking in a teasing tone: "You know... I think I'll never understand why such petty quarrels, turn you on that much...!"
Suppressing a loud moan as Chase started to finger her more deliberately, Angelica answered with a short giggle: "Well... then consider this... your wedding gift...", Pushing her body closer to her husband's once more and her pussy up to his teasing fingers, she explained, whispering into his ears, "I am always right... so of course, the thought of an imminent victory DOES turn me on every time...!"
"Oh my... such a naughty girl...", Her spouse responded with a quiet laugh, as he pushed two of his fingers deep into her now soaking wet snatch, "... in that case... naughty girls do need to be punished, don't you think?"
Uttering a distinct moan, Angelica pushed against his hand once more eagerly, as she stated teasingly: "Oh... and here I thought you'd never ask...!"
Like that finally pulling away from her husband, panting weakly, she turned around to present her luscious butt to Chase, as she propped her body up on the big queen sized bed.
Looking to her husband over her shoulder, Angelica promptly commanded, as she saw him pulling out some condoms he had prepared: "NO... get rid of those! This is all yours now...", Angelica wiggled her rear as if to emphasize on the claim, "... so come here big guy and claim what's yours...!"
Looking at the stripe of rubbers, Chase shrugged his shoulder's after one quick thought, before stating brusquely: "WELL... don't mind me if I do then...!"
Moving her skirt out of the way, he tenderly stroke his wife's firm butt, as he freed his now raging boner with the other hand. Rubbing his dick over Angelica's wet pussy and crotch, it took mere seconds until he got the response he had waited for.
Uttering a needy moan, his spouse looked back at him, panting heavily, as she asked, her head flat on the bed: "OH PLEASE... stop teasing already...!"
Uttering a quiet laugh, Chase finally responded, his crotch flush with her dripping wet pussy: "Sure... if this is what Angel want's... it's just what Angel will get...!"
Pulling back in a sudden movement, he finally buried his member deep in his wife, in one long thrust. Earning a deep moan in response, he bent over Angelica, his arms grabbing around her body, to grab her luscious breast, before finally pulling back slowly, until merely his tip remained inside of her.
"All mine huh... good to know...!", He finally stated, before grabbing Angelica's breasts firmly, starting to fuck her hard, as he kneaded the woman's firm breasts.
Responding in a lusty moan, as her husband's dick speared her open once more, she pushed back against the hard thrusts of her lover, shuddering in lust every time his cock hit home in her depths. Her hands dug deep into the soft fabric of their bed, her body rocking back and forth, under her husband's rigorous humping... waves of pleasure washing over her body with every thrust.
Passing on condoms for the first time, Chase too let out a needy huff, every time he buried himself deep in Angelica's pussy... edged on even further by every needy moan he educed form her. Nearly overwhelmed by her wet folds, greedily hugging against his member, he probably might have failed way earlier... had this been his first rodeo.
Taking his wife in deep, hard thrusts, her body shaking from the mere force of every thrust, it didn't take long, until Angelica wasn't even able to really moan anymore, barely panting heavily with every hard thrust hitting home.
Pulling her closer in the end, as he started fucking her in shorter, more furious thrust, Chase cursed the fact, how they both still had their clothes on... as merely feeling her body close to his like that was an almost divine feeling... thinking how intense it might be to feel her soft skin, nestled up close to his own like that...
Edged on by this thoughts even further, Chase couldn't possibly resist any longer... cumming deep in Angelica's innermost depths, mere seconds after herself coming too, in a muffled moan.
Panting heavily, as he sank down atop of his wife, his cheek snuggled up to hers, still buried deep in her hot sex, this peace didn't last for too long. Looking at him - her other eye still half closed - Angelica finally declared, still panting weakly: "THIS... does not mean the pooch is allowed to stay...!"
Uttering a quiet laugh, Chase closed his eyes once more, as he confirmed, still panting weakly himself: "YEAH... I expected that much..."
Some quick... cleanup later and his wife getting a new string, they finally left for their next point of order... as soon as they had recovered far enough to do so again.
Taking a tourist bus, to get to the Marine Tube, Angelica examined the big entrance fascinated, finally asking excitedly: "So it goes all the way straight through the sea, straight to Humilau City?"
"Yeah... pretty much... it's like one of the biggest feats of nowadays technology...", Chase confirmed, who already had read most tourist guides to any place they planned on visiting, as he had to admit... he was quite a curious guy sometimes.
"So... it's more or less the most perfect Aquarium of them all? Hm... not that interested in the Pokemon... but you were totally into it and the view should still be pretty pretty so... off we go...!", Angelica like that explained, sounding rather unimpressed at first, but ending with a wide, excited smile, reaching her hand out to her husband.
"Well... grateful I am the only one your highness views as highly as herself...", Her spouse responded teasingly, earning a sulky huff, hastily responding, "Hey... hey... I'm just kidding... just kidding! ... and you know it!"
"YES... and I told you to stop with it... and you know it!", She responded sorely, puffing up her cheeks, before averting her eyes... still holding out her hand in a demanding manner, "... and now come... naughty boy...!"
"Boy... you really love calling me that, eh? ... not to mention your beloved 'pretty pretty'!"
"FINE... then I'll just go alone... maybe I'll even find another... -"
"- ... FINE... FINE... I'm sorry Angel... please... don't be mad...?", Chase interrupted her hesitantly, quickly following his spouse in the tunnel.
Entering the building, which led into the tunnel, it lead into the tunnel itself and still was brightly lid, whereas the tunnel downwards was more or less shrouded in darkness. Considering the light from the surface and the slightly blueish light coming from out of the tunnel, it gave the path downwards a rather beautiful, almost eery aura.
Following the path downwards, Chase looked the walls over utterly fascinated, especially as the reflections of the water became more clear... until he suddenly felt a tuck on his arm. Looking to Angelica in surprise, he gave his spouse a surprised look... only too see her clinging close to him, like a scared child in a haunted house.
"Aw... you scared, Angel?"
"WHAT... no... yes... maybe?", Angelica responded sulkily, looking left and right hastily, before admitting shyly, "Yes... a little... that light... all the people around... just a little overly worried, I guess."
"Aw... come on sweety... can't you put a little more confidence into people?"
"Well... I don't know..."
"Come on... as long as I am with you, I won't let anybody do anything to you...!", Chase explained calmly, planting a soft kiss on her head, "Not to mention... they are way more interesting into THAT... look!"
Pointing forwards, Angelica looked at what he was pointing at, having her eyes go wide. Not only were the reflections on the wall way more intense now, they also could clearly see the whole tunnel stretching out in front of them.
"WOW... it really is pretty!", She exclaimed in awe... looking at the miles*over miles of the underwater tunnel stretching out in front of them.
"See... I told you it'd be worth it.", Chase confirmed with a wide smile, happy he did pick a good place to show to his wife.
"Well... hurry up then...!", Angelica stated with a quiet giggle, cheerfully pulling him along the big glass tunnel.
Amazed by all the Pokemon for themselves alone, Chase watched all the Pokemon roaming the ocean all around them excitedly while strolling down the giant tunnel. He however kept watching out for anybody nearing Angelica too, as he had promised... finding himself quite taken by surprise, as he saw her pretty much hyped up about the view around them too.
"WOW... it looks like... like we are in a tunnel, in the skies... and all those Pokemon are flying through the sky around us... free as Pidgeots...!"
Almost about to say something along the lines of 'OH... so you DO like Pokemon after all'... he suddenly saw Angelica stop dead in her tracks, looking at something with an almost disgusted look.
"Hey... what is it, Angel?", He asked curiously, looking at whatever she looked just now.
"What are those...?", She asked, pointing at what she was looking at, with a pretty much repulsed look.
Following her finger, he saw a big group of Magikarp. It was a big, majestic flock of all possible shades of red... almost like a big cloud of blood. Sure, looking closely one could clearly discern all those individual Magikarps, but...
"Who would want to see pathetic things like THOSE?"
"WHAT... but those are just some Magikarps? Sure... they may not be the most aesthetic Pokemon of them all, but still...", Chase wanted to reason with her... yet earned a mere, annoyed huff.
"Yeah... this is kinda beautiful... but those... I mean: those ugly things, aren't even worth the air they breathe... or the water they breathe?", She explained dryly, averting her eyes from the ocean surrounding them, obviously having lost all interest in it.
"Hey... come on... Pokemon are living creatures, too... I mean... you surely wouldn't call another person..."
"Yeah... I probably wouldn't... but no matter a person's looks... no person is useless, but those...?", Angelica responded unblinkingly, only uttering a disgusted 'UGH', as she continued following the glass path, without ever once looking any other way.
Uttering a quiet sigh, Chase like that went on with his 'sea-watching' on his own.
Following the tunnel for a while now, he continued on with his promised 'watch' of his wife... his eyes suddenly shooting to a guy... a young man with light purple hair. He was wearing gray trousers and a purple jacket with dark-blue, almost black sleeves... coming way to close to his Angel for Chase's comfort.
"HUH... so you say Magikarps are useless...?", The stranger finally asked, as he slowed down a little, walking along side with them now, talking to Angelica as nonchalantly as if they were year-long friends, "I have to admit, that's a pretty brave thing to say. Sure... I myself would call them useless too... they are rather weak, hard to train and even if you do train them and get them to evolve... should one not be good enough of a trainer, they might even turn into a danger for their own trainer."
Looking at the man skeptically at first, Angelica's face soon lit up, before finally proclaiming: "SEE... even he says they are useless...!"
"Yeah... so what? WHO ARE YOU EVEN?", Chase finally asked dryly, throwing the young man a wary look.
"Oh? ... my name is Paul. I am a Pokemon trainer...", The stranger just stated with an impassive shrug of his shoulder's, as if this was supposed to tell them everything about him.
Throwing another long, wary stare at the young man, Chase finally uttered a defeated sigh, before reverting his attention to the ocean surrounding them... of course not without asserting, throwing him an evil glare: "Well... just do whatever... but don't you dare think about hitting on my wife, or else..."
"UH... scary... but no worries, I'm not THAT KIND of guy...", He explained sarcastically, before reverting his attention to Angelica with an almost excited sounding '... but more importantly ...'.
Exiting the tunnel to Humilau City quite a while later, Chase finally uttered a relieved sigh.
Paul had talked to her all the way, apparently believing she was the same kind of person as him, merely preferin strong pokemon, yet as he talked to her further... he couldn't excuse himself fast enough, after leafing the Marine Tube.
All the way she had talked to him about all kinds of pokemon she found ugly and/or useless.
She was ranting on about all Stunky as fat, ugly, stinky pieces of trash... she couldn't stop insulting Trubbish and it's evolution especially... and almost talked down on each and every pokemon she knew about, safe for a view... VERY VIEW exception.
"Wow... you scared that guy away good, didn't you...?", Chase finally exclaimed dryly, as this strange Paul guy finally was out of his eyes... quite literally.
"So what... aren't I right?!", Angelica responded sulkily, as she curiously followed her husband, taking her to the bigger part of the city, built atop of the ocean connecting to Humilau City.
"SO... hopefully, this is more to your liking?", Her spouse finally stated, pointing his hand out towards the big, floating city.
While the houses on the main island where merely containing the cities pokemon Arena, Pokecenter, a few apartment buildings and the most essential shops, the 'floating city' almost was like an amusement district. Not acounting for the families homes on the outer edges, they contained gift shops, snack stalls and further tourists-traps, like fortuneteller, coiffeurs, massage shops and many more.
"WOW... that looks awesome! Wanna go for some sweets or snacks?", Angelica stated excitedly, grabbing her spouse's hand once more, dragging him towards the center energetically.
Visiting a few snack stalls... they finally came across a rather peculiar store.
This time Chase was the one stopping dead in his tracks, looking at the house curiously. Like most of the others, this one too was designed to be part of the house, having the living quarters on the upper floors.
"Agatha's...", He read the stores sign musingly, before explaining thoughtfully, "Agatha's? ... I heard rumors, how an old Elite Four member did move here, opening some kind of 'tourist trap'. SO... wanna check this out?"
"Hm... a fortuneteller... I dunno...! BUT... I guess you endured quite a bit of nonsense from me so far, so... why not?"
"HEY... it's not like I believe in stuff like this... but if this really is THE Agatha of the Elite Four... she IS one of the most well known, if not THE most famous medium of all known regions, so... -"
"- ... okay... okay... if you are that curious about it, we'll of course look into it, if you are that interested...!", Angelica responded with a quiet giggle, before pulling her husband into the shop herself.
"OH... well hello, hello, my dears... how may I help you?", They were greeted minutes later, by a very old lady, greeting her with a big, almost shady smile.
"IT... it really is her... ehr... well... hello... I...", Chase tried to explain himself... introduce himself... yet obviously merely ended up stuttering away without making any kind of sense.
Uttering a quiet sigh, Angelica like that explained with a quiet giggle: "Well... we came here on our honeymoon... and as we passed your little store here, my spouse did insist upon visiting here."
"OH... well isn't that a special occasion?", The old lady responded in a witch-like giggle, as she invited them into the back of the store.
The couple exchanged a quick, confused glance before following the old ladies invitation.
"HERE... I want to introduce you to the oldest member of my family... EMI**!", The old lady introduced them to a gigantic Ninetales.
Lying on a big poke-bed, the Pokemon slowly lifted her head, greeting its guests with a nod of its head.
`Welcome young humans... whatever may I be able to help you with?´, A warm, feminine voice, suddenly echoed through both her heads.
"What... we...", Chase uttered confused, Angelica looking through the room almost panicked.
"Well... those two came to visit US of all the places, during their honeymoon...", The old lady explained with another witch-like giggle.
`OH... so you want me to read them their future?´, Emi asked curiously, her voice still very calm and friendly.
"Yes... if you'd please...?"
`Well, as long as you don't charge them a small fortune again...´
"HEY... don't you depict me as some old greedy witch in front of our customer!", The old lady scolded the Ninetales... which suddenly burst out upset.
`WHAT... I'm only telling the truth, as YOU ARE a greedy witch!´
"So what?! ... don't go on telling customers weird stuff!"
Growling at the old woman angrily, the Ninetales flashed an angry glare at her, before finally uttering a deep huff, before once more speaking to their guest's as calm as before: Well... sure. I can show you your future if you like... but be warned... you'll only get a glimpse and I can't promise what you'll see will be pleasant.´, Her glare once more shot to her owner,
AND DON'T YOU DARE CHARGE THEM ANYTHING...!´
Uttering a deep groan, the old Lady left the two of them alone with the big Ninetales, cursing under her breath as she left: "Stupid Pokemon... making me look like a fool in front of my customers... again, only because you are like five times my age...!"
Following the old lady with her eyes, they looked at each other in nearly utter confusion, before once again returning their eyes to the Ninetales.
Slowly rising to her feet, they only now saw the true magnificence of the female. Going by a male Ninetales his uncle had kept for a pet, this female was multiple inches taller than a fully grown male of her species! The female slowly stepping closer, they now also could clearly see the details of her fur.
The big Ninetales gold-like fur had an almost silver hue to it, a snow white line of fur lining its snout and ears, her amber eyes reflecting the wisdom of countless years.
`So... come on my dears... sit here...´, The female explained, as she sat down in front of them, fanning her long, silky tails out in a big fan like manner.
"Well... sure...", Chase responded hesitantly, motioning to Angelica to follow him, both still pretty much shocked by a Pokemon talking to them, directly in their minds.
Ordering the pair to sit as close to her as possible, Emi finally curled all her tails around herself and the two humans in front of her, engulfing them in near perfect darkness. In midst of the darkness, suddenly two violet orbs apeared... seconds later discernible as the Ninetales eyes, as the weak light of the psychic energy of the Pokemon illuminated her face and chest too.
I just need you two to close your eyes... whatever you see first... is the vision induced by the power of my psychic abilities.´, The female explained calmly, throwing both of them a strict glare, as she added,
... and please... there is but one thing you absolutely NEED to abide by: DON'T touch my tails... not even by accident!´
Chase agreed diligently... yet Angelica merely nodded dismissively. Hoping his wife did abide by the Pokemon's request, he closed his eyes... feeling for whatever vision the Ninetales might induce in him.
As her husband followed the Ninetales instructions, Angelica couldn't resist... she had closed her eyes for a few seconds, but in the end, she couldn't resist. The woman wasn't interested in many Pokemon... but who could resist the utter perfection of beauty a Ninetales represented.
Like that, in the end, opening her eyes once more, finding Emi herself having closed her eyes too, which now were barely recognizable as horizontal crescents... she in the end couldn't resist, but to reach out her hands, and touch one of those silky, luscious tales.
The Ninetales eyes suddenly shot open, her voice all but warm and friendly now. Seconds later hearing the voice of the female echo through her head, the female shuddered in fear: `OH... so you want to test me... VERY WELL!´
The dome of her tails opened in a quick movement... the Ninetales fur now standing on edge, almost making her look like some angered legendary. She shot but a quick glance to Chase - her eyes now pitch black, almost looking like a whole universe was captured in it - before returning her eyes back to Angelica.
The human pair unable to move an inch - unsure if out of fear, or because of the Ninetales powers - both of them could merely stare at the female in shock, as the female jumped at Angelica, once again wrapping the woman and herself in a cocoon of her tails.
Unlike before, he found himself utterly unable to help his spouse... Chase at least assumed that the female hadn't covered herself in a field of psychic energy before, not to mention one repelling anyone even getting remotely close to it. Like that unable to do little more but staring in terror, he was left with nothing else, but to hope the Ninetales would release his wife without harming her.
Almost not realizing what happened to her, the last thing Angelica saw before being swallowed in what seemed like eternal darkness, was the angry Ninetales jumping at her.
This time not only wrapped in darkness because the females tails covering her blanked out the surrounding light, this time she was covered in a deep, impenetrable darkness... like being trapped in some kind of pocket dimension of eternal darkness.
"W... what do you want from me... I... I am sorry for touching your tail... I... I thought it was just some... that you just didn't want to be touched...", The woman desperately tried excusing herself... yet Emi didn't listen to those excuses for long, as she all too clearly could feel how none of them were really sincere.
SILENCE, woman...´, Emi finally interrupted her, the woman - even though she couldn't see her - clearly able to feel the deep black eyes of the Pokemon upon her,
You wanted to touch me... just to defy me... didn't you? You just didn't believe my warning... did you?´
"What... no... I... sorry... I... just couldn't resist..."
`SILENCE...! You wanted to test me... so... you wanted to test me? FINE... in this case... let me return the favor...!´, Emi finally explained, a surprisingly sinister, feral laughter echoing through Angelica's mind.
"What... testing me... but... I...", The woman stuttered panicked... before finally gasping out in shock, as she felt like a burning blade was piercing her skull.
"NO...! Please... don't... THOSE ARE MINE...!", She finally shrieked, as she felt the Ninetales shift through her memories... before finally stopping at some very recent ones.
`Oh...? Well aren't you a naughty girl...?´, Emi finally stated, Angelica almost able to FEEL the evil sneer of the female.
"NO... please... PLEASE... I promise... I'll change... I... -"
- ... yes... yes, you WILL change... but it won't be an easy lesson!´, The female confirmed with a quite laugh, even though she reassured her,
... but don't worry... as you may be able to imagine, my psychic abilities are especially potent, so... nobody seeing you will remember you... yet... no need for worries, as those who really love you, may still recognize you!´
As the deep darkness finally faded, returning the 'normal darkness'... Angelica heard a last, sinister laugh of the female, as she stated: `Who knows... maybe you can use this opportunity to see who is really on your side... guess this will be an especially interesting lesson for you...!´
`WHAT... you mean... no... Chase would never... wait... what is...´
As the Ninetales once more released the human she had in there grasp, she revealed... A PILE OF CLOTH!
`Don't worry... it could be worse... wouldn't I have turned this into this little test, this all might have turned out way worse for you...´, Emi finally explained, for both of them to hear, as she finally trotted back to her bed, laying down once more, not taking any more notice of her customers.
"What... what did you do to my fiance? WHAT HAPPENED TO HER!", Chase asked the Pokemon angrily, yet Emi just uttered a quiet huff, turning around in her bed, facing her back to the young man, as to emphasize on her point.
"OH... is she already done...?", The old lady finally returned, looking at the Pokemon first... before looking to Chase and... the pile of cloth, "OH... what did you do now, Emi? ... what you say? REALLY... again? Well... guess I definitely can't charge you now, can I?"
"WHAT... but... what happened to my... -", Chase asked highly confused... before the pile of clothes suddenly started moving!
`What happened... is that some kind of joke...!´, Angelica's voice echoed through their minds... similar to the Ninetales ability. In her case however, everybody seemed to be able to hear her words... just as if she had spoken normally.
"What... this is... a Feebas?", Chase asked confusedly, as he had freed the Pokemon from his spouse's clothes.
WHAT... a Feebas... if this is supposed to be a joke, it...´, Angelica responded upset... until her spouse picked her up and proceeded to step in front of a mirror close by,
. . . what... I AM a Feebas!´
Almost held like a pet Purloin by her partner, she stared at her mirror image in utter disbelieve, before angrily shouting at the Ninetales: `WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME... how dare you turn me in such an ugly thing! HOW DARE YOU!!!´
Emi just uttered another impassive huff, yet apparently did let the old lady in on what she had done, as she explained seconds later: "Well... this certainly is harsh... you really think this is necessary... OKAY... OKAY... sheesh...! WELL, she said she can and will turn you back... but only after you prove you truly have changed."
`What...? WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PROVE MYSELF! I am pretty... intelligent... everybody likes me... AND HOW AM I EVEN SUPPOSED TO PROVE MYSELF!?´, The now Feebas turned Angelica shouted at the Ninetales angrily... just earning another angry huff.
Rolling her eyes, the old lady explained: "What am I supposed to be... a messenger Pidgey? WELL... whatever: She said, a Feebas was the perfect choice for this little test. Not only did you just prove how you dislike it for no reason... a Feebas can furthermore only evolve by... beauty! It is one of the Pokemon most difficult to train... yet for you... it will be perfect, as you would only be able to evolve into a Milotic, once you are able to appreciate the inner beauty of Pokemon and human just as much as you value exterior beauty!"
The old lady uttered a quiet sigh, before finally admitting: "WELL... I have to admit, she IS a feisty one... and I have to inform you: sadly there won't be any way I can help you with this, I fear you have to play along with this little game of hers..."
`WHAT... a game?! How is this a game...!´, Angelica responded angrily once more... until her husband did pet her head gently.
"Hey... don't worry Angel... all this may be a little weird... but you ARE my wife after all, so... it's not like anything has changed... except for your looks?", He asked his wife calmly... earning but a confused look.
`NOTHING HAS CHANGED? Are you crazy... I look HIDEOUS!´
"What you talking about? You are a Feebas, this is just how these look like...?"
`SO WHAT... I... I... argh... FINE! I guess we might as well play along with her, yes?´
"Yes... yes... it might be a bit of an inconvenience, but I am sure you can do it!", The old lady explained encouragingly, petting the younger man on the back encouragingly.
`HEY... wait a second... she told me nobody would be able to remember me, so...´
"OH PLEASE... I have been a member of the Kanto region Elite Four for years... not to mention a medium for as long as I can remember! Do you really think some Pokemon's ability could manipulate my mind?", The old Lady responded to Angelica's surprised question... having her husband gasp out in surprise, as he found himself confirmed in his thought's.
"SO... you really are THE Agatha?"
"Well... yes... you really are well informed... but still... I'm afraid you have to leave now, but you may return as soon as you have finished Emi's little quest."
`By Arceus... why does everybody threat this ordeal, as if it was just a mere game... little more but a joke...!´, Angelica finally stated with a heavy sigh, at least partially accepting her current situation.
"Well... I can offer you a little something! It might not be much... but come along, look!", Agatha took them to the front of the shop, picking up a deck of tarot cards from under the shops counter, "HERE... mix them... and mix them good... or don't, it is all your choice."
Looking at the cards skeptically, Chase finally nodded, asking curiously: "SO... you mean like that, this all might be more personal and more likely to come to true... or something like that?"
The old Lady just shrugged her shoulders, responding with a mischievous grin: "Maybe...? But it will be more personal in the end, after all I'd like to give the card to you as a present... you may view it as a good luck charm, for your little ordeal."
`In that case mix it... mix it and mix it good! I'll bite my tail if we don't get some good fortune out of this at least!´
"OH... I thought you said you didn't believe in stuff like that...?", Chase responded teasingly, while starting to mix the cards, "But... well... as you wish my darling!"
Shuffling the cards for almost a minute... he hesitated before putting it down, asking curiously: "So... a cards position... upside down or not... it does affect the meaning of the card, right?"
"Supposedly...", Agatha confirmed with a knowing grin.
"Well... I guess...", Not finishing the question he turned the deck once more, before putting it on the counter in front of the former Elite Four member.
"Very well... I'll give you one card, so... let's see what it'll be telling you."
Picking up the top card of the deck she placed it in front of the young man, uttering a surprised gasp: "OH... well, this one is not bad...! The Wheel of Fortune, huh? It isn't upside down, so... roughly speaking, this means good luck... good karma... life cycles, destiny... a turning point. Seems like this change of your life might turn out alright... as long as you commit to it, that is?"
Looking at the card, Chase was quiet surprised.
"Are those... all hand-crafted?"
"Well... yeah, one of my grandchildren made those, so better take good care of it!", Agatha explained with a witch like cackle, as she pushed the card towards the young man.
The card primarily depicted a wheel... a circle surrounding a depiction of the wheel of Arceus, orbited by a pink Mew on the top and blue Mewon the bottom, asthe edge of it wasdecorated with depictions of all seven Eeveelutions and an Eevee on the cards top.
"WOW... it is beautiful..."
"Yes... my granddaughter is really good at this... but now you have to go... get lost!", Agatha told them with a wide smile, while obviously all to eager to shoo them out of here store.
"EHR... YES... right away... goodbye mam... thank you for your time...!", Chase hastily responded, almost fleeing the premise, as the old Elite Four member chuckled amused... especially as Angelica was pretty much chewing him out, about just like that running form a mere old woman.
Hurriedly stepping out of the room, Chase hastily bid their farewell once more... as both of them in the end decided to return to their room.
More than weirded out, as all people - even hotel staff which had already seen him and Angelica multiple times - seemed to have forgotten how he was here with his wife... yet now, everybody just thought he barely was here on a trip with his Pokemon partner.
OH... that witch of a Pokemon was right...!´, Angelica finally cursed, as her husband set down with her, on the big bed,
So... you really do still remember me? You still... love me?´
"Well... you still are yourself, aren't you?", Chase just responded to her question, with a question of his own, earning a sulky huff.
`I am... this weird thing now... how would I be myself when...´
"HA...!", Chase finally announced excitedly, "You are a Pokemon now... a water Pokemon... so I think I got a pretty good idea how to lift your spirits!"
`WHAT... lifting my... what are you up to now...?´, Angelica responded startled, as Chase suddenly jumped up to his feet again, taking her into the large bathroom.
Ordering her to 'wait here' as he put her in the sink, he started filling the big, luxurious bathtub, finally explaining with a big smile: "So... Angel... hope you're up for a little swim?"
Looking at her husband in confusion her eyes soon turned wide, as he began getting rid of all his clothes, before picking her up once more. Sitting down on the edge of the giant bathtub, he dipped one of his feet in the slowly rising water, as he watched it's slow rise.
"Wow... considering how much you have been complaining about this... those scales of yours do feel pretty nice to the touch...", Chase finally exclaimed with a quiet laugh... Angelica barely uttering an annoyed huff, obviously not believing him for a second.
I don't believe you!´, She just declared angrily though,
You don't have to lie to me... I know I'm ugly... nobody would want anything to do with something as disgusting as me...´
"SHUT UP...!", He finally interrupted her... aggressively even, like he so far had never done before, "Just shut up with this ugly or useless crap! ... you know what... if you don't believe me, just watch! We still have almost a whole week of our honeymoon remaining, so... if you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you! No matter what you look like, theirs no reason not to love you! I'll prove it to you... and if you still don't believe me afterwards... you still won't be getting rid of me!"
`WHAT... really... NO! Stop talking crap like that... you... stop trying to schmooze me... I know...-´
"- ... NO! Husbands order!", Chase interrupted the Feebas sternly... yet this time definitely more calm.
`Husbands order? We in the military now?´, Angelica responded surprised, clearly taken aback by the sudden order.
"No... but still, I am here to help you with anything troubling you... it's almost my calling, MY DUTY!"
`Yeah... now you're just being silly!´
"Hey... just saying... this IS what I had more or less sworn, hadn't I? SO... starting tomorrow, we'll get going on this idea of mine... we're starting to work on this plan! Going to the beach once more, visiting any place interesting... I'll prove to you, how inner values ARE more important than anything else!"
`Yeah... that'd make this... witch of a Pokemon happy...´, Angelica responded in an outraged huff.
Finally stopping the water, as the tub was full enough and Chase thus finally threw his spouse in the water unceremoniously, eliciting a surprised gasp from the female.
HEY... what are you...´, She shouted out angrily... yet suddenly shouted out in surprise,
HEY... that... that's pretty nice... come... it's awesome...!´
"Thought so...", Chase responded with an amused laugh, looking at his wife, turned Pokemon swam through the water happily.
The water in the bathtub obviously wasn't deep enough for her to really dive... but it was a big, rather luxurious bathtub, so she at least had quite some space to swim at least little laps. Finally sliding in the water an indiscernible shiver ran through his body, as he HAD opted for more cold water, after all the sea wasn't really warm either.
"HA... said so... you do like it!", He finally declared happily, as he rested his arms on the tubs edge, watching his wife darting through the water smoothly.
Watching the female dart around in the big tub, he finally looked at her in surprise, as she suddenly closed up to him, snuggling up close to him, with a big smile.
`It's amazing...! They... are so small... weird-looking... but they are so... swift... and nimble...´, Angelica suddenly stated excitedly... before her eyes suddenly went wide, and he could have sworn, would she still had hands, she would had covered her mouth right now.
"Yeah...? Well, looks like they aren't too bad after all, huh?", Chase stated with a quiet laugh, the Feebas still avoiding eye contact the best she could.
Letting himself sink down in the tub, as to get mostly on eye level with his partner.
"SO... think you might like Magikarps too?"
`What... but... I just said... I only think this form isn't too bad after all...´, Angelica responded hesitantly, averting her eyes once more.
Looking at the female with a raised eyebrow... she suddenly gave him a shy kiss. Looking at his spouse in surprise, he uttered a quiet laugh... before finally giving her a short kiss in return.
"SEE... it's not that different from before is it?", He like that declared, with a winning smile, before finally letting himself sink deeper into the water, proclaiming as he let himself sink in the tub all the way, "YES... you are right... this most definitely is pretty nice...!"
Spending a bit longer, more or less splashing in the bathroom, Chase finally got dressed again, putting on his swimming trunks, a t-shirt and beach sandals, before taking Angelica with him once more. Going out for the visit to the beach he had promised, they did - like he thought - meet quite a lot of people, giving them quite a few chances for his spouse to... 'learn'.
Being in quite high spirits, after playing around in the bath for quite a while... she was quite shaken as they arrived on the beach.
About half of all the people meeting them had thrown them weird glances, some even ridiculed them... especially Chase, for having such a distasteful partner.
More than half of the remaining people had ridiculed her, Angelica directly... calling her ugly, useless or such... just as Angelica had done to the Magikarps the other day.
A few of the remaining people did call Angelica cute, to her utter surprise... while the rest just ignored them entirely.
Finally arriving on the beach, Chase got himself an air mattress, so he could stay close to his beloved Angel.
`GOD... they are so mean...! I haven't done anything to them, so why...´, Angelica lamented... before suddenly stopping mid sentence.
Laying on his mattress, floating in the ocean a bit away from the beach, Angelica swimming in the deeper water below him, he stated sarcastically, one of his eyebrows raised: "Yeah... you'd think they would be kind enough to NOT just judge you by your looks alone..."
`WHAT... I... that's not...´, The Feebas responded outraged... until she finally puffed up her cheeks, before finally diving deep down... as deep as she could, returning back to darting about the sea once more.
"Well... guess I promised to stay by her side, yes?", He like that mumbled to himself, before slipping on his diver goggles, he had gotten as well, so he could accompany his fiance under water too, even if only for a bit.
Exploring the see for quite a while like this, they in the end had to leave because of Chase.
"Arceus... almost feel like an old man...!", He explained, as he showed his partner his wrinkled up hands, earning an amused snort from the Feebas.
`You know... this has been way more fun then I had expected...´, Angelica finally explained, as they were on a last evening stroll.
"Yeah... how is that? Did you think you'd suddenly... turned up in flames or something? Maybe even thought you wouldn't be allowed to have any life at all, after... well, after what happened?"
`WHAT... well... no... I just thought... being... a Feebas like this...´
"No whats... you still are yourself, so why should anything change? ... especially as long as you have me... as long as you still are yourself, nothing about your life has to change, does it?"
`Well... maybe... but... still... looking like that...?´
Uttering a defeated sigh, Chase set out for the way back to the hotel... after all the sun already was about to set and they preferably wanted to return to the hotel before nightfall.
Spending the next few days just like that, Angelica further and further familiarized with her body, the both of them as such using every chance possible, to give her a chance for a nice and thorough swim.
While she like that found back quite a bit of her old vigor... she still did grow somewhat depressed too... about how still all to many did ridicule here, just for her - new - species. They surely found a few people who liked Feebas overall and complemented her only for that reason... or trainers who were amazed at how a - from their point of view - 'normie' could have gotten himself something as rare as a Feebas. After all, it was at the very least rateher tricky to find a swarm of Feebas, too catch one for oneself.
A few people even wanted to offer him to trade his partner for a Pokemon of their own, what Chase had obviously refused. Refusing to trade her not only based on the fact how he would never part with his Angel, for any price in the world, then especially because they were only interested in her for 'what she was' instead of 'who she was'.
Exploring everything they could and had planned in their plan for their honeymoon anyway... Chase in the end even started to keep a tally of how many weird stares they earned, using the Poketch he had gotten himself just for fun, as he apparently WAS a trainer now.
You know... I was quite a brick huh?´, Angelica at some point finally stated, while sitting down on one of the pears of the floating city of Humilau City,
I mean... I still think they are ugly... but... it kinda isn't fair to more or less say that straight to their faces, huh?´
"Oh wow... Emi just might really have switched my wife for a telepathic Feebas...", Her spouse responded with a quiet laugh, in a barely hidden teasing tone.
`HEY... not funny! I'm being serious here...!´
"YEAH... I know... I know... sorry, sweety... but that's a good thing after all... seems like Agatha and Emi WERE right... weren't they?", Chase finally excused calmly, petting the female's cheek in the water beneath.
`PAH... as if! Those two are both crazy...!´
"You think... but you do no longer see them as some worthless, waste of space anymore, do you?"
`WHAT... I... I don't know... it... it is kind of mean... just thinking about how 'useful' or not someone might think something... yes?´
"OH... turning poetic too?", Chase responded with a quiet laugh, surprised how surprisingly well this kind of exposure therapy did work after all.
`Come on... stop teasing already!´
"Yeah... sorry, but... I think you are doing really well. We only need to keep going like this... and we'll easily kick those idiot's butts!"
`HA... I like that way of thinking!´, Angelica responded with a quiet laugh, before jumping straight out the water, in her husband's arms.
Spinning around on his heels, he made his way back to the center of the floating town, asking with a quiet amused laugh: "SO... want to go for some dinner?"
`Oh... YES PLEASE...´, Angelica responded eagerly, almost wiggling herself out of her spouse's arms, as she almost jumped excitedly in his arms.
Another day like that went by... until Angelica one afternoon decided determined: `I want to go to the beach again!´
"Oh... want to go for a nice, long swim with your husband again?"
`YUPP... definitely, after all... isn't that just what this body of mine was made for?´, She confirmed proudly, earning another quiet laugh from her husband.
"Oh... well, aren't you excited?"
Earning a mere confirmatory huff, Chase hastily switched into his beach clothing, before picking his spouse up once more and leafing for the beach nearby.
Arriving on the beach, a few minutes by foot later, Angelica straight out jumped out of her husband's arms into the water excitedly.
Watching her splash about excitedly, he started preparing his air mattress... before suddenly seeing a kind of familiar-looking blond mane of hair... even though he couldn't really put his finger on it from where...
As the woman suddenly stopped dead in her track, looking at his spouse wide-eyed, he suddenly realized: IT WAS CYNTHIA!
"OH... well, aren't you a cute one!", She shouted out excitedly, kneeling down close to the beach, looking at Angelica excitedly.
Swimming along the shoreline near Chase a few more times... Angelica suddenly became slower, looking at the blond woman looking towards the see in surprise, yet still completed this 'track' too... before she suddenly was sure: this woman WAS talking to her!
Swimming closer to her... her eyes went wide, as she realized this woman was talking to HER... CYNTHIA, the great, female champion was talking about her!
`What... you... you are talking to me?´, She asked in utter shock, as she swam closer to the woman, nodding at her excitedly.
"Yes... but of course... and... how interesting: a Feebas with telepathic abilities? HM... wait! Don't tell me!", The champ uttered hastily... and at the same time excitedly, as she was musing about her circumstances.
Looking from the Feebas to her trainer and back, before finally putting a hand on her chin, almost like a detective in one of those movies might, before finally declaring: "HM... a non-psychic type Pokemon... with telepathic abilities... a former human maybe?"
Angelica gasping out in surprise, Cynthia flashed a winning smile, before continuing her deductions: "So... turned by a legendary maybe? No... legendaries who are able of such a feat... only one in a billion might ever meet one of those... and to anger a legendary of such caliber into turning one into a Pokemon... not even THAT MAN had managed to do that... and he had Giratina gotten mad REALLY GOOD! No... it was something else... something a little more common?"
Looking at the woman in utter awe, Angelica eagerly waited for the champs further reasoning.
"OH...? Right on mark so far? How interesting... hmm... well, so... what is it? ... wait a minute. She was a human before... so... are you... a married couple? Here on your honeymoon maybe? So... what would be interesting to visit on such a trip... NO... don't tell me... you met old Agatha's Ninetales?"
Looking at the blonde in utter disbelieve now, Cynthia's smile now couldn't have been wider... even though she did look kinda empathetic, as she explained: "Oh my... poor dear, so you angered old Emi, huh?"
`Y... yes... how... how did you know?´
"Well... I did research all kind of Pokemon, especially mythical ones for most of my life... and Emi... the Ninetales passed down in Agatha's family for generations, is kinda infamous for turning humans, like she did to you. Touching a Ninetale's tails will put a curse on anyone... but as this mostly brings merely bad luck for a few weeks, months at most... the older the Ninetales, the stronger the curse. If I remember correctly, she has punished about nine people like that, over the course of the last two hundred years of her 428 years on this planet... or more like TEN people... adding you to this tally."
"WHAT... but... if this is as well known as that... -", Chase interrupted in surprise... yet just earned an amused giggle from the lady champ.
"- ... oh... it's not at all! A while back I researched a myth about people vanishing into thin air... yet her parents and loved ones insisted, that they were still by their side. Researching it for quite a while... I ended up on Lady Agatha's doorstep... and she told me exactly what I just told you.", Cynthia explained with a wide grin, before waving Angelica closer, "And now come... let me take a look at you cutie."
Nodding hastily, she swam closer to the older woman, picking her up and looking her over curiously. Uttering quite a lot of 'ahas' and 'ohos'... she looked the Feebas over, before finally explaining with a wide smile: "Yes... yes... as I thought, you really are a fabulous specimen!"
`WHAT... a specimen?!´
"Well, a Pokemon of your species... so to say.", Cynthia explained, before illuminating further, "You are strong... healthy... seam quiet happy and content... and not to mention how you seem to be pretty friendly... and not to mention honest."
`HONEST?´
"Well,you are pretty much upfront... I really rarely meet people which 'dare to oppose a champ'... most of them just take what I say and treat it as an ultimate truth... it's actually rather tiresome sometimes. You don't know how many times I'd hope for a constructive discussion, but NO... suddenly they all go: WELL... you are the champ, so you have to be right!", Cynthia explained, ending a defeated sigh.
`So... you don't... you don't think I am ugly... or weird...´
"What... by Arceus, no! Why would I say that? All Pokemon are so much more but their looks... or abilities... or even their strength in battle. NO! What really constitutes a Pokemon are his inner values!", The Elite Four champ explained sternly, as she put Angelica back into the water, "You can become very best friends with an otherwise ever aggressive Primeape. You however may just as much encounter an Arcanine, a species to be otherwise completely loyal, which just doesn't like you a least bit... denies your very existence, if it is just feeling like it. Do you understand? Looks... strength... abilities... all those are merely a packaging for what REALLY COUNTS: the very heart and soul of a Pokemon...!"
Looking at the expert trainer in awe - Chase was well aware how the famous FEMALE CHAMP has been a big idol for her in her youth - Angelica slowly averted her eyes, explaining embarrassedly: You... you really mean it? ... well OF COURSE you do... you are Cynthia... one of the very few female champs, acknowledged by the league...´, She stopped in the midst of her word, before continuing with a heavy sigh,
... yet I... I always thought Pokemon... well, I was aware of how they were living beings too... but I think considering how I treated them, I might as well have viewed them as mere THINGS... tools... toys... I...´
"Well... do you still think that way?", Cynthia just interrupted her, asking her as calmly as ever.
This experience... no... I think I don't, but...´, She uttered another beaten sigh,
... but now I just feel bad about myself... about my whole behavior.´
Looking at Chase, before asking after another look to Cynthia: Let's just go back to the hotel... I think I need to counsel with my pillow over this...!´, Looking back at the champ, she nodded her head, like in a bow, thanking her for her kind words, before finally stating, as she returned to her spouse,
Come on... let's get back... especially since I wouldn't want you to go to bed without dinner.´
Discerning this with but one quick thought to be her try of covering her uncertainty with humor... he gave it all a quick thought, before responding teasingly: "OH... you my momma now too?"
`Well... no... that would be too weird... wouldn't want that big a child after all!´
Just responding with a quiet laugh, he said his goodbyes to Cynthia too, thanking her for her help, before turning on his heels, as to return to the hotel. Teasingly arguing with his spouse about how 'she had no complaints about his size so far', he could barely hear the blonde talk to herself musingly... something about ice cream... before she suddenly flew of WITH A FREAKING BLACK RAYQUAZA!
"Ehr... sweetie... I... I didn't imagine this just now, did I... Angel?"
`hm... just keep moving... better. just. keep. moving...!´
Few steps later... Chase found Angelica still in utter quiet. Since they left the beach she had been utterly lost in thoughts... something even he experienced for the first time.
As his spouse usually was fond of nothing more than a long talk - except maybe himself... at least he hoped so - it was utterly unseen for him to see her quiet for longer than a few minutes.
Leafing her like that, he got himself a small dinner from the room service, before going to bed... whereas they had come up with a kinda odd arrangement. Angelica had started out to like sleeping in the bathtub... filled to the top with water off course... whereas he wasn't surprised about that, after all she was indeed a water Pokemon.
Following up to this, he had set up his bed in the bathroom. Considering that, he WAS a modest guy - if necessary - so... he was utterly content with but a pillow and blanket from their bed.
Having quite a silent afternoon like this and an utterly quiet night, it was in the next morning that he was suddenly awoken by a punch in the guts!
"What the heck...?", Chase looked up angrily, looking at his assailant... to find Angelica laying on top of him, asking curiously, just as much as jokingly, "OH... that been a Take Down? I thought Feebas didn't learn that?"
`HA... HA... I just jumped on you, because you wouldn't want to wake up!´, The female responded... to her spouse's surprise almost angrily!
"Hey... what's wrong...?", He like that asked curiously, as he after a while realized how Angelica really did seem kind of angry, "Or... even worse... did I do something wrong?"
Well... to be precise... YES!´, The Feebas responded dryly... before adding after a short break,
Or... not quite... I'm just... curious?´
"Curious? Curious about what?"
`Well... Champ Cynthia's words had me think quite a bit... and... she made me think about quite a few other things... about myself... and about you too!´
"WHAT...! ME? I... I didn't do anything wrong... did I?"
`Well... no... but actually yes... or not?´
"So... what did I do? Please... I'll make it up to you?", Chase responded confusedly, looking at his spouse wide-eyed.
`Well... when Emi turned me... you... what did you think about? I mean... I kinda don't quite buy it, how you immediately were all like: OH... sure, this is my spouse now!´, Angelica asked with squinted eyes, looking at her husband skeptically.
Looking at his spouse worriedly, he finally acknowledged in a heavy sigh: "OKAY... I... I thought: This Feebas can't be my wife!"
`So you too thought I'm ugly!´, Angelica uttered outraged... yet was interrupted sternly.
"NO! I thought something quite different. They turned you into a Feebas... a Pokemon! I feared... I might have lost you. However... you all to clearly demonstrated to me how you still were you.", He explained, in the end not even able to refrain from a quiet laugh.
`WHAT... what is so funny!´
"Well... don't tell me you don't remember: How you chewed me out for complying with the old hag as easily as I did... that SO WAS YOU!", He explained with quiet laughter, averting his eyes for a second, before looking back at his spouse once more as he ended his explanation, "However... I already was pretty much convinced in you still being you after seeing your reaction, after all... who else would TICK OUT LIKE THAT, after finding out she has been turned into a Feebas?"
He looked at Angelica with an almost wicked grin, earning a pretty much confused glare in response... before eliciting a surprised yelp from his spouse, as he grabbed her and snuggled his cheek up to hers, as he explained: "Especially after turning in such a cute one...!"
`HEY... stop... don't do that... STOP IT! I told you multiple times I DON'T LIKE THIS...!´
"S O . . . you still distrusting me?", Chase finally asked, after finally stopping his assault, earning him another sulky huff.
`Okay... okay... sorry...! Sorry I... sorry I ever doubted you... but... you know what! THANK YOU!´, Flashing him a wide smile... she pretty much started 'flashing' herself, all of a sudden!
Her very body changing, as she explained: `I really do feel so stupid now... all those people treating me like some kind of trash... the few people really seeing me for what I am... and especially champ Cynthia's and now your words! I really was a big idiot, wasn't I? Everyone going on about looks and what not? THEY CAN SHOVE IT! I am what I am and that's a good thing! Just like all those other Poke...´
Suddenly stopping mid-sentence, as her body had stopped changing and her spouse, buried under her new form, uttered an all to audible wheeze, she looked down to him in confusion, as she stated: `Hey... what just...?´
"Please... air... help...?", Was the only response Chase could bring forth, as the hefty, serpentine body of the newly evolved Milotic, almost crushed his body.
`OH MY GOSH... I am so sorry... are you alright, I'm sorry I... wait a minute...!´
"HA... yeah... I may be slightly squeezed dry of air here... but at least it seems like you just may be alright again?", Her spouse responded in a quiet laugh, as he confirmed Angelica's guess.
Bending over the bathtub hastily, she literally flinched back, from her reflection in the water.
`I... I did it... I... I can be... me again...!´, She finally stated ecstatically... before suddenly falling silent once more.
"Hey... what is it, Angel... everything alright?", Chase asked anxiously, as he struggled to come up on his feet again, before closing in on his spouse once more, looking at their reflections... as Angelica looked at her reflection bemused.
`Yes... yes, I think so... come... let's go and see Emi about this...´, The Milotic finally responded, albeit absentmindedly, as she made her way out of the room.
"WHAT... right now? ... REALLY! WHA... wait...I... I'm coming!", Chase finally responded hastily, as he hastedly put on some clothes.
Following his wife... he found Angelica waiting in front of the room door, her cheeks puffed, as she averted her eyes sulkily.
"What... is it...?", He asked irritatedly... having Angelica avert her eyes even more.
`I... can't open doors...´, The Milotic admitted sulkily, avoiding eye-contact even further now.
"HEY... don't worry... no need to be embarrassed around me, is there? Not to mention, you still are a Pokemon, so..."
`Yeah... yeah... just open the damn door...!´, The female interrupted him dryly, almost sounding angry... despite he only wanted to reassure her.
"Ehr... sure... will do...?", Chase responded, utterly taken by surprise... Angelica suddenly striving to avoid his eyes even more than before.
Accompanying his wife quietly, keeping his eyes on her non-stop, they went to and through the Marine Tube once more... without Angelica even looking at Undella Town, the Marine Tube, or virtually ANYTHING in her surrounding.
Arriving at Agatha's quite a while later, the old lady greeted them excitedly.
"OH... you overcame Emi's little test in mere five days? Bravo...!", She exclaimed almost sarcastically, slowly applauding her, with this witch-like cackle of hers.
"Well... yeah... but all of a sudden... -"
`- ... never mind that... just... just call Emi for us...´, Angelica interrupted her spouse quietly... literally shyly.
Looking at the Milotic in confusion, looking her over carefully, Agatha finally uttered another quiet giggle, before calling out, as she led them in the back: "Very well. EMI... your customers have arrived!"
`Sheesh... where is the fire...´, The Ninetales responded listless, as she trotted into the room's center.
Angelica taking position in front of her, Emi looked at her boredly... before her eyes suddenly widened, an interested glint in her eyes. Looking at the Milotic with a knowing look, the Ninetales asked with a wicked grin: `So... you completed my test... and even quicker as I expected...´
`Yes...´, Angelica just responded dryly, almost as if she was waiting for whatever Emi was up to.
`I see... so... you want me to return you to your old self now...?´, The Ninetales asked with another wide grin, her tails risen behind her back... her fur standing on edge.
`Well... I... NO!´
`OH...?´, Emi replied with a wide, feral grin... as Chase uttered a surprised gasp.
"WHAT... but... I thought we... no... I helped because I'd help you in anything, anyways... no matter what. ANYHOW... didn't you, in the end, want to be human again?"
YES... I wanted to... at first... but now... I don't think I want this anymore!´, Angelica responded almost frightened, before utterly hesitantly continuing on,
If I... would become human again... maybe I'd return to my old ways again, at some point... but... if I don't...´
`YES... whatever is it you think might happen if you don't?´, Emi responded with an almost sadistic grin, looking at the Milotic expectantly.
`IF I WOULDN'T RETURN TO BEING HUMAN AGAIN, CHASE COULDN'T STAY MY HUSBAND OKAY!´, Angelica snarled at the Ninetales angrily... just earning an even wider grin.
`Oh really?´, Emi just insinuated with a wide grin, apparently earning just the response she wanted, as her grin grew even wider, as Chase responded to his spouse furiously.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!", Chase shouted out angrily, "Whatever gave you that crazy idea?! Why in all worlds would you think such a thing?!"
`But... you... wouldn't you want children... a proper family...?´
"AND THERE YOU GO AGAIN...", Her husband answered in a heavy sigh.
`WHAT... again with what?´
"With appearances of course!"
`WHAT...?!´
"Should you be happier like this... as I told you, I don't care what you look like, or even if you are a Pokemon or something... as long as I can be with you I am fully content.", Chase uttered determined, leafing her with her mouth wide open, as she looked at him in disbelieve.
`But...´
"NO BUTS! ... to be honest... I don't have any plans, except for what my parents have planned for me, so... as far as I am concerned, we could even go on a hunt for badges or ribbons, should you like too." He explained sternly, earning an even further look of disbelieve, as he just crossed his arms determined.
REALLY...´, Angelica responded in disbelieve, as Emi looked at her with a wide grin,
In this case... well... NO! This life is just fine... weren't we stuck anyways? Life was fine and all... but only ever doing whatever might be best for the family's business is getting kinda dull, isn't it?´
"Well, I'd say . . . NO! This is your decision... so just do what you think is best!", Chase was at first about to further go into this whole thing, yet did decide to leave the decision to his spouse, just as he did.
`What... but I don't want to... -´
"- ... to what? Like... 'steal my comfortable life from me'? NAH... don't worry... I too have been thinking you know?", Her spouse finally responded sternly, Emi watching as if she was watching a play enacted just for her, "Whatever may come from any of this... I'm totally fine with whatever may come out of this, as long as you still are with me. THAT... is what I have decided upon for myself. SO... whatever floats your boat. I am okay with it, as long as you don't suddenly run off on me."
UH... very nice!´, Emi almost applauded the two of them, before asking Angelica, with an almost childish grin,
SO... what will it be? You think this Angelica is better... or the old one?´
`Well... I think... YES! I stick with my decision! The 'old Angelica' as you called it, was nice and dandy... but I like... 'this me' to put it in your words, it's not too shabby after all!´
OH...? Really... if you're sure of this...´, The Ninetales interrupted herself, in what might have been a dramatic pause, allowing Angelica to agree once more, with a determined nod,
IN THAT CASE... shush... do like the tree and leaf!´
"`BEG YOUR PARDON?!´", The couple shouted out simultaneously, looking at the Ninetales in utter disbelieve.
Emi however, once more, just stood up and walked back to her spot, after shooing them away with a wave of her paw. Exchanging another dumbfounded look with his spouse, Chase asked one last time: "So... you are okay with this?"
`Well, yes... as I said.´
"Okay... guess we are off then! Got quite a bit of stuff to do now after all, don't we?", Chase finally explained, taking his leave, as Emi had suggested.
`HUH... what... what you up to...´, Angelica asked confusedly, yet her spouse just flashed her a knowing smile.
As they had bid their - this time indefinite - farewell to old Agatha... Chase was almost clinging on keeping whatever he had schemed now a secret for as long as possible.
"HA-HA...!", Panting slightly after guiding his spouse through quite the ordeal, of what one could almost deem a hidden passage, he presented her with a little, hidden lagoon, "Thought that up all the way back, during the very planning of our honeymoon. It's like one of the most secret, insider spots in the area. Had to postpone this little trip however, considering our little problem."
`Oh really... and why is that?´, Angelica asked skeptically... yet couldn't refrain from her tail-tip twitching to and fro excitedly.
"You know... I thought: this is one of the most interesting places to be found... so I'll suspend it until my Angel is back to normal.", He explained in an almost teasing tone, flashing the female a knowing smile.
`What... so you...´
"NO! You are perfectly perfect like you are... but guess that's nothing new, after all, you were perfectly perfect before too... nothing much changed..."
`OH SHUT UP...!´, Angelica finally interrupted her spouse, before finally just jumping Chase, pulling him right into the water with her.
"ARK... mercy...!", He uttered surprised as she literally pulled him under... her body slung around his, like a beast of the distortion world pulling him under.
`OH... you really think I would do that? I must be a pretty good actress...´, Angelica finally declared, throwing him a wide grin... before kissing him... sharing her breath with him, as she did so.
Uttering a low moan Chase relaxed, petting the silky, almost somewhat slick skin of his spouse... only now really realizing, how he was merely about five feet***below the water's surface.
As Angelica let her spouse go again, both returned a bit closer to the shore once more, the Milotic curled around her spouse, as he sat down on the bedrock of the spring.
`SO... what's that,you have planned for me here than...what you had waited to show me for so long?´
"Well... you know... originally... it was quite a silly thought. But since our little... fornication the other day... I was especially motivated to implement that little thought of mine."
`OH... a silly thought you say? FORNICATION you say? My, oh my... that's some . . . whatever? You going crazy on me, talking about 'fornication'!?´, Angelica at first wanted to go along with this... charade, or whatever this was supposed to depict, but in the end didn't quite go along.
Thinking about it for a second, as she had interrupted herself, she however concluded something else: if he was so strange about it, it must have been something... interesting he had cooked up?
"Well... just some try on fancy wording?", Chase explained with an almost dumbfounded smile, before finally declaring, "Well... I thought... it might be fun to be able to claim, to have conceived a child in a pretty and especially secluded spot like this?"
Y E S . . . this IS somewhat of a silly idea... but... well... it does sound pretty alluring too.´, The Milotic stated with a lewd grin,
I don't know about the conceiving part... but... if you still... DESIRE me...´
"Oh, absolutely my dear...", Her spouse responded, with an equally lecherous grin, "Not to mention... it should be quite interesting... exploring that pretty, new body of yours."
`Exploring you say... well, go on then... wouldn't want to leave your lady waiting after all?´, Angelica ordered with a lustful grin, sprawling her body out next to her spouse, giving him all the access to her body he could ask for.
Uttering an eager growl he again closed in on his partner, as he reached out to gently pet his spouses neck.
He had been right... her skin did feel as smooth as silk... yet at the same time somewhat slippery... like any other piscine Pokemon's. Stroking up her neck, he gently caressed the Milotic's cheek, stroking through one of her luscious mane of hair.
As Angelica shuddered slightly upon the touch, Chase stopped in surprise, as he uttered: "OH... so those are some kinds of feeler too?"
`It... it does feel nice... but less talk, more action...!´, She confirmed appreciatively, yet adding her order in an almost wicket grin.
"Very well...", Chase confirmed obediently, proceeding to getting rid of his shirt.
Snappily throwing his top onto the shore, before closing up to his partner once more, caressing her face tenderly, as he pulled her close into a tender kiss.
Playfully nibbling on the female's lips, he could clearly feel Angelica's tail wrapping around his waist, as she tried to pull down his shorts too. For a second kinda surprised, as to how well his spouse could handle this serpentine body of her's already, he carefully started petting down her body, with one of his hands.
Carefully massaging the body of the female, as they playfully wrestled her tongues... kissing tenderly. Chase like that gently caressed her body, as he investigated every inch of her body... trying to learn what she liked and didn't.
Finally indeed managing to get rid of his pants... Angelica suddenly gave a jerk in discomfort, uttering in a cautionary tone: `HEY... careful with those...!´
Looking at his hand, exploring his spouse's body, it took Chase a few seconds, before he understood. The spots, adorning the Milotic's neck... were no spots at all! Revealed upon his... carelessness, he now knew: those were her gills!
`Hey... SWEETY... attention over here...!´, Angelica explained teasingly, in a lewd moan, raising her tail from out of the water, showing her spouse his wet pants dangling off of it.
"OH... you naughty girl...!", Chase retorted in a quiet laugh, grabbing his pants from off of her tail, throwing it back to the shore in the same motion.
`WELL... wasn't this enough stalling?´, The Milotic like that asked teasingly, nestling up closer to her partner once more.
Just responding in a wide grin, Chase pulled Angelica closer again, kissing her tenderly once more, as he let his hand wander down her body even further. Feeling the silky skin beneath his hands, examining her body further as he let his hand wander down her body, his tongue wrestlde hers playfully.
More or less searching her body like that, he finally did find what he was searching for. Her silky body nestled up closely to his own, Chase could clearly feel her body shudder in lust, as he felt the warm folds of her cloaca beneath his finger.
Finally earning a lustful moan, Chase teasingly massaged the swollen folds of his partner, he found hidden between the colorful scales of her tail, roughly at the point where her tail started to significantly narrow down.
"Oh... look what I found...!", Chase like that announced teasingly, flashing his spouse a knowing grin.
`ARGH... wrong hole...!´, Angelica however uttered seconds later, with a muffled moan.
"WHAT... seriously!?"
`NAH... just pulling your leg...!´, The Milotic revoked her claim seconds later... before she, to her spouse's surprise, did just what she had said: she pulled his leg!
Suddenly having one of his legs pulled out from under him, Chase stumbled down to the ground, finding himself on the bedrock once more.
"Very funny...", He just uttered dryly, before suddenly pushing two of his fingers deep into her, even if slowly.
Uttering an audible gasp, Angelica wreathed in lust below him... what didn't surprise him really much, considering how tight she was now.
"OH... at a loss for words...?"
Just uttering an audible moan, the Milotic merely slung her tail around his body, stroking his member, as she pushed closer to him once more, kissing him eagerly, as the female teasingly worked his member. In an eager moan massaging the twitching tunnel, of his wife, Chase himself continued on probing her folds, all to soon earning an rather eager response.
Massaging her twitching folds more intently, he finally grabbed the female with a knowing grin, guiding her to wind her body around himself, as to coil the female around him.
Curling up around her husban like he guided her too, she looked at him expectantly, looking deep into his eyes... a distinct shudder running through her body, as he pulled his finger out of her hungry snatch.
"WELL... you ready?", Chase finally asked with an eager moan... a shudder running through her body, as she brushed her body, her greedily twitching folds, across his legs.
His member already hard for quite a while, he just flashed Angelica a lustful grin, as he aligned her body with his, slowly pushing his member inside her eagerly twitching body.
Moaning out loudly, as her husband speared her open, unwillingly curling around him even closer, as the male penetrated her body even deeper. Gasping out in lust, as the human member thrust deeper into her virgin Pokemon pussy, Angelica eagerly pushed against his penetration, educing another deep moan of her.
His member sliding ever deeper in the females pussy, Chase couldn't stop himself but moaning out loudly himself, as his member was squeezed tightly, by the hungry folds of his wife. Gasping out loudly, he finally hilted himself in the Milotic's pussy, both panting heavily as they stared deep into each others eyes... an animalistic hunger in both their eyes.
"This... very much... is way more than I bargained for...!", Chase finally exclaimed with a quiet laugh, still panting audibly, as he remained hilted deep in her pussy.
`Well... all the better... huh?´, Angelica responded with a hungry moan, Chase's eyes going wide in realization... as he threw the female an almost evil grin.
"Oh... guess you're right their... naughty girl...!"
Like that pulling back out of the Milotic's hungry depths slowly, Chace finally started to hump her in earnest. Panting audibly, the silken walls of the female greedily hugged around his member, her body eagerly welcoming him deep inside of her.
Evident shudders running through Angelica's body, Chase all too clearly feeling every little shudder of the female's body, curled up closely around his own.
One arm slung around the Milotic, pulling her close to his chest, his other hand had grabbed her tail, pulling the lower part of her body close to him too, as he thrust deep in the Pokemon over and over again.
Gasping out greedily, with every thrust of her husband, she pushed down against every thrust... her body trembling in lust.
The hot flesh of the Milotic surrounding his member, his thrusts soon became more sporadic... infrequent, as he soon was taken by the pleasure. Panting heavily he could soon feel Angelica's pussy convulsing greedily around his dick, cumming mere heartbeats later himself too.
Panting heavily, both sank down to the ground - even if underwater - once more, an almost maniacal laugh coming from both of them.
"WOW... that was... better than ANYTHING!", Chase finally explained, in pretty much utter disbelieve.
`YEAH... it was kinda hardcore...´, Angelica confirmed in another near maniacal laugh.
"OH... outright hardcore you say?", His spouse replied with a dry laugh, looking at his wife with a raised eyebrow.
`Well... DUH... comparing to before, it was like shoving a whole aubergine up my snatch!´, She explained overly dramatic, earning an audible laugh from her husband.
"OH? ... well, that's a first... can't say I'd complain though!"
`HA... I bet you don't!´, Angelica confirmed with an audible laugh, both finally gotten back their breath.
"So... you said you'd be okay with... embarking on a journey? Like a trainer might?"
`Yeah... I just might... why?´
"So... about Poochy..."
`HECK NO... the mud stays where it is! As far away from me as possible!´
"But... you won't have any clothes he could..."
`NOPE! I pretty much would like to have some more clothes... or, you know... at least maybe scarfs, or something like that.´
"Come on, why..."
`NOPE...! I may gladly head out with you on some kind of Pokemon journey... but not if that puny, little Lillipup of yours is to tag along.´
"But..."
`No means no... and now get too it... that should have been enough of a brake for you after all?´
"You mean...?"
`Oh... of course we aren't done here yet... or do you really want to say one measly try on knocking me up would have been enough for you?´
"OH... no... of course not...!"
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* 0.6 mi ~ 1km
** Emi ~ meaning 'beautiful blessing'
*** 5 feet ~ 1,5 m
"verbal communication" (obviously ;3)
`any kind of telepathic communication´
"`verbal and telepathic simultaneously´"