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The ferry trudged along as the sun rose the next morning. Skye had awoken before Ruki and was holding his body under the covers. They'd be home within the next hour and a half at 10 a.m. She smiled and kissed the side of his neck. Weak sunlight shone through the window and hit her back; her body shielded Ruki from it, allowing him to sleep without interruption.

What a trip. It saddened her, but one week in Sinnoh was possibly the most fun Skye had ever had. Was her life actually that boring, and was she? It would be no fault of hers; she'd like to think she was fun and lively. Aaron could see otherwise upon getting to know her more and leave her as her friends had, considering they kept in touch.

Ruki awoke an hour later and stretched his limbs, well-rested after a good dinner last night and would be back home today after a priceless vacation. Life couldn't get better.

His body quivered while stretching, which made her grin. "Morning, stretchy boy." She released his sides so he could move freely.

Ruki rolled onto his stomach and then to his other side, leaning in to give Skye's cheeks and nose several unsuspecting licks.

She giggled, shielding her face after three. "Okay, okay, I get it. I love you too." She took his paw into her hand and ran her thumb over the top of it. "We had so much fun traversing Sinnoh, huh?"

"Nine!" Fun was an understatement. Sinnoh held some of the most amazing experiences he'd ever had. He couldn't imagine life without having gone now.

"Seconded." She sighed and patted him. "Think I'll be drained for a good while, though. Won't apply to you. You'll be ready to run around Alola tomorrow."

A grin crept from the corners of his maw.

She giggled, which stuttered in her throat. Skye faded her grin as their trip ran through her mind. "...Know what else was fun?"

He eyed her with a slightly perked expression.

"Our very temporary acts." She eyed him, her tone seductive. Warmth formed on her face, her thighs, and in between them. "But… you know, we aren't in Alola yet."

He now gazed into her eyes, studying her sultry features. Maybe life could get better after all.

She held his chin with her hand. "I want you to fuck me over the bed, Ruki," Skye spoke softly, nearing a whisper. "One more time, so we can never forget how it feels. Could you do that for me?"

He nodded without a second thought, his body already hot as Skye aroused him with her enticing voice and tender touch.

She sat up and pushed the blanket off them. She had on a tee, knee-high socks, and panties she had put on last night. She looked at the mounted clock above the room's door. They had close to twenty minutes. "We'll be quick." She moved down to the end of the bed and slid off, her knees on the wooden floor.

Ruki got down and walked around to meet her. Between his legs was something waiting eagerly under his sheath for his owner.

Skye slipped her panties off and set them on the bed, lying her upper half across it and pushing her rear out while looking back. "Ready when you are, babe." She figured he'd know what to do after cumming in her twice. She would never forget a moment of their wondrous sessions. She could play them vividly in her head. Every last second.

Ruki eyed her plump rear cheeks that he hadn't yet been able to study as closely as he could now, noticing some small red bumps on them. He approached and first pressed his nose to her vaginal folds, drawing it over them and sniffing her irresistible aroma. He stuck his tongue out and traced it along her lips several times; they dragged slightly against his tongue.

Skye tensed and let out a soft breath against a sweet chill, holding the blanket with one hand and swaying her hips into Ruki's licking. She'd miss his tongue all over her the most. She would savor it now like never before.

As he pulled away, he saw her puckered rear hole between her cheeks. With hesitance, he stuck his tongue back out and drew near, sniffing at it. Its scent was more poignant, though not so intense since Skye had showered the night before, but it did entice him.

He drew his tongue along both cheeks several times, his breath hitting her hole, which made her clench it.

She looked back. "Ruki, what are y– nh..."

He'd interrupted her words with a couple of licks to her anus that tightened and twitched. Its sapid taste enticed him even more.

"Oh, oh..." she whispered, turning her head forward as he continued, her mouth open and her fingers curling and shaking against the blanket. Skye reached one hand behind and held her rear cheek, spreading it for him.

Ruki's tongue felt better than expected back there. She bit her lip and slightly closed one eye, her cheeks a deep red while he gave pressured licks to her backdoor.

Ruki shut his eyes, focusing on his repeated licking and listening to her shaky breaths. Her hole often tensed against his tongue, especially upon him applying pressure to attempt pushing his tongue into her asshole after she'd spread it.

Skye mouthed 'fuck,' exhaling through her mouth. It brought her such an oddly warm and pleasurable sensation, with some soreness present as he attempted to stretch her hole. She pushed her rear outward to grant him more access while moving her hand from it to rub her clit with two fingers. "Mmhn, gh..."

Ruki continued, pressing his tongue to her tight anus and penetrating to the best of his ability, bringing light gasps from Skye.

She quivered; her hole pulsed and puckered as he sped up his pace. She pressed into her clit harder, rubbing it in a quick circular motion while pushing her butt against his tongue. "Nhm, oh..." Her breaths grew heavier as she built her climax with Ruki's aid.

His tongue had to be the second-best gift on him. It lapped audibly at her tight entrance; after a moment, Ruki finally pushed inside and spread her sphincter with it. "Unh." She rested her chin on the bed, squeezing the sheets and nearly crossing her eyes from the sore, pleasureable penetration and his breaths and huffs hitting her skin.

He pulled out to tend to her anus and cheeks too, his lapping sloppy and slick.

She liked it more and more with every lick, feeling his saliva layer her cheeks and hole in broad, pleasing strokes that she arched into. Skye hadn't experimented with herself much and had no one to try different things with, but she couldn't understand where such extreme kinks were coming from. A build-up of loneliness, restrictions, and Ruki must have done crazy things to her.

After a few more licks to her cheeks, he leaned in, and pressed his tongue to her anus, applying force and slipping back inside, bringing a cute moan from Skye. He pushed his tongue deeper with the help of his saliva and stimulated her immensely. Her cheeks squeezed his snout, and it was difficult to move while she was so tense. "Nh." Still, Ruki went as deep as he could, licking at Skye's smooth walls as she groaned and breathed higher. He

Her low gasps and moans encouraged and filled him with arousal; him exploring and stimulating her butt drew out a stronger scent, making him lick faster and rougher with a feral urgency.

"Hss, tongue my ass. D-Deeper deeper." Her pitch climbed and grew huskier while she rubbed herself faster. Her stomach heaved with shallow breaths, her stretched anus pulsed faster against his tongue, and she dropped her quivering jaw, seconds from climax.

As he loosened her, Ruki slipped his tongue deeper and pressed his nose to her butt, nudging it while giving subtle grunts and heavier breaths. He pushed in and out, drawing his appendage along her walls that flexed around it.

"Deeppugh." Skye tensed her legs while he spread her anus more, her face a harsher red from how deep he was alongside his needy grunts. She arched and wiggled her hips, pressing into her clit and gasping sharply against his strong tongue punching her ass.

"Ohh, yeah, ohh Ruki," she whispered. She shut her eye and winced the other as an intense blended clitoral and anal orgasm hit her from Ruki slipping his tongue in and out and lapping tentatively at her walls. "Your tongue is so fkhm uhmm-mazing. Ohn... hmmm..." Skye pressed her shaking fingers into her clit while pleasurably warm layered contractions surged around it and around her sphincter as well. It was so filthy good.

She shuddered and squeezed her eyes shut while he pushed even deeper during her climax, enhancing her peak and making her push her butt into him.

Ruki kept still while her sphincter gripped his tongue; he pulled out after it loosened, giving her twitching hole and cheeks more licks and listening to her soft sighs in response.

She took a second to recover before glancing back, grinning a bit as he licked his maw. Ruki had to quit introducing her to new kinks. "Go ahead and mount, baby."

He took a step back and stood on his hind legs, having been awaiting permission. His forepaws landed on the bed beside her chest and created an indentation from his weight. Ruki admired her body under him, scanning her waist, hips, and smooth thighs.

Skye exhaled and rested her cheek on the bed while his warmth, cool stomach, and weight pressed against her rear and legs, which she caught sight of from the corner of her eye. She'd savor it to no end. Him mounting her nude body sent a frisson up her back.

He shifted his hips, poking his tip at her inner thighs before finally prodding between her vaginal folds.

"W-Wait, Ruki." She looked back at him again. "My other hole…" He had already stimulated it. She'd overheard from her old friends that anal can be painful, but who knew if or when she'd get the chance again? Ruki was mounted and hard, and he'd do as instructed. She expected the sore sensation his tongue had given her to a greater extent, but it couldn't be unbearable.

Other hole? "Nine?" He glanced at her rear and swished his tails. Ruki didn't know he could penetrate it that deeply.

He shifted his hind legs closer to the bed and stood more so his tip was level with her rear. Its hole was small. He wasn't sure he'd be able to fit, but Skye had to know what she was talking about.

She reached back and held her cheek, spreading it so Ruki could better see her anus alongside the tender pink skin around it. "Be slow and careful when pushing it in. I'll say if I want you to stop."

He pushed his hips until pressing into and penetrating her hole. Him loosening it prior eased the initial entry.

Skye tensed, a wave of subtle pleasure rushing over her as he pushed inside. She hoped this wouldn't harm her long-term. She wouldn't know how to explain this to her parents or some doctor in a worst-case scenario.

Ruki thrust his hips, stretching her sphincter with his shaft. His sheath uncovered against it as he went deeper. Her sphincter tugged him with a firm grip as if sucking him in whenever Skye contracted it by tensing, making him murmur. It proved difficult to enter and was incredibly tight.

She sighed deeply and clutched her cheek while he burrowed inside her backdoor, bunching and leaving soft grooves in her skin while pressing her fingers into it. She would have wet his member before he attempted to insert himself, but they didn't have time.

"Mhghh..." She was right about the soreness. His thick shaft stretching her out hurt significantly more than his tongue, a sharp radiating pain she didn't have long to get used to.

After enough light humping, Ruki had made it halfway inside her. Arceus, he couldn't get over how remarkably tight her ass was, not to mention its environment was hot and dry-sided, though somewhat moist now that he was deeper. Its walls were smooth and without pronounced texture; he couldn't wait to thrust deep into it.

"Ruki, j-just thrust what's in now. It'll get easier once you loosen me," said Skye while watching him, letting go of her rear since he was deep enough. It left a red spot from how tightly she had squeezed her cheek.

He spread his hind legs, doing as told and moving his hips. He could barely thrust against the grip her walls and sphincter had around his stiff cock. "Nh." Ruki winced and pressed his forepaws into the bed.

"Mh… mh…" Skye felt more pain than pleasure as his throbbing shaft ground against her walls. She rolled her hips in an attempt to coax pre from his tip. "Come on, baby. I want you to pound me," she whispered while pushing back, forcing more of his length inside. "D-Damn, that hurts," she whimpered and sucked her teeth; her vision blurred.

Her hip movement was all it took. As her walls rubbed more of his shaft, pre spurted from Ruki's tip and marked them. His slow thrusts became audible, and he could insert more length without as much effort. "Ghn... k-keep going, baby," she moaned, glancing back at his cute expressions.

Ruki pulled his hips back and thrust them forward completely, stuffing his cock into her and receiving a grunt from Skye.

He looked down at his erection deep inside her ass and knot pressed to her tight anus. That amazing sucking sensation from her sphincter squeezed his length and made him throb and narrow his eyes.

It was a snug fit, a firmer massage than her vagina had granted. The heat and grip Skye's walls had around him were intense.

"Nhe..." Ruki let his tongue loll for a moment, invested in its sensation, then thrust at a consistent pace, making deep slippy chafes emit whenever he pulled and pushed through her hole. His forepaws slid against the blanket as he fell into blinding pleasure.

"O-Ohh fuck, Ruki. You're so big... Rukii." She rested her cheek against the bed, shut her eyes, and squeezed the blanket with both hands, digging into it with her nails while her beloved ninetales dominated her. Skye dropped her jaw and exhaled every time he drove his cock deep, her legs quivering and body stiffening from surges of dull pain. "It hurtssshn..." she mumbled under a groan and released the blanket, her fingers going rigid as she flexed them.

His size seemed twice as huge in her ass. She felt much fuller than when he was in her pussy and could feel every inch of him moving inside; gosh, did it hurt. His shaft felt like it was tearing her walls. She groaned more and slightly contorted her face while he stretched her.

This could have been a mistake, but Skye wouldn't back out while Ruki was enjoying himself, and him pounding her ass felt as dirty as him eating it out. It was a turn-on and a half; she felt pressure on her sweet spot often when he pushed in, bringing her bouts of pleasure.

"Nh– nn…" Ruki tilted his head while moaning under soft pants and putting more power into his thrusts, his testes dangling and swaying with his motions. His hips tapped her cheeks and thighs, rippling them and pushing Skye's body from the increased force. He pressed his hips to her rear to try and get a more intense sensation from her tight walls and anus puckering around his moving cock. His rod pulled it, making her sphincter protrude against his shaft before he pushed it inward with every thrust.

The heated pain from working his thighs returned stronger than ever, but if there was any time not to stop, it was during their final one. He zoned out with momentarily shut eyes, catching whiffs of their session as he spread her walls. It smelled different from their last three, at least more potent, which he enjoyed.

"Uguh... f-faster, baby, please. Use me how you want." She raised her rear for him.

Ruki eyed her and slowed to a stop. He dragged his forepaw and tucked it over her inner thigh while keeping his other pressed into the bed for leverage, somewhat leaning over her, and humped slowly, building to a swift pace. "N-Nine... n–" he clenched his teeth, keeping his cock nearly hilted inside her hot rear while pumping his hips. His sac tapped her labia with his motions.

He thrust faster, murmuring and grunting under his breath while an irresistible environment encompassed his cock. Her sphincter throbbed as it slid in and out, flexing and loosening for him to thrust without drag.

"Ughnf, y-yess, good boy good boy..." She stammered the words under her breath while running her hand over the blanket before bunching it again. "Good boy, g-good... ssf..." Skye sucked in air through her teeth. She worked to keep her voice down, breathing shakily through her mouth. Through friction from Ruki's short, quick, and wet thrusts, she felt less pain and more pleasure in place. The chafe his cock made sliding into her sounded slicker and suckier.

Her eyes often rolled. She gripped the blanket tighter while his knot teased her hole, threatening to stretch it more.

His pounding still burned immensely, but she wanted to be everything she could for Ruki. That meant taking him to orgasm while giving his cock the best treatment. Skye reached her hand down and held his paw while he took her ass, sweat forming along her thighs and rear.

He huffed, his panting growing heavier. Ruki glanced at her hand and grinned internally, shifting his gaze from her rear and hips up to her body. While the sensations climbed, He focused on Skye's strained moans and whimpers.

"D-Dn– don't s-stop, baby!" She squeezed his paw. Her words came out louder than they had any right to be, but she couldn't care less. It hurt so damn good. She let out a few quavery moans and lifted her head, watching him have his way with her.

He pulled out so only half of his member was inside her, slowing his pace. He opened his eyes, though he often winced while giving languid thrusts, their breathing mutually rapid.

He watched her eye grow weak; she moaned through an exhale as he pressed his hips to her butt. He watched her hand clutch the blanket each time he pulled out and pushed back into her tight ass, glancing at her thumb rubbing his paw and grunting against a whine. "Nhinetalesh… in…" Ruki tensed, snorting through his nose.

Skye shifted her knees that stuck to the floor as his thrusts sped up; her eyes rolled again as they grew rougher. "He's pumping my ass s-so deep. Gosh..." His hips forced hers against the bed frame, and his cock had tested her and her body's limits throughout the trip. It made her push her trembling hand against the mattress to alleviate some of the impact. All that Ruki was now had never been present in her vulpix. She was in awe.

Skye would ensure he finished how he wanted. "F-Fucking harder, Ruki!" She gasped, watching him pull his hips back and ram his throbbing cock inside her. His balls bounced and tapped the backside of her thighs with his paceless motions.

"Ahg, uhnn, shit..." It hurt more than ever since he shoved it inside her ass; his knot began penetrating her stretched anus. Skye squeezed her cheeks together and raised her foot while curling her toes tightly enough to quiver and keeping them curled. She whined and gripped his paw while he ravaged her hole, her eyes watering.

"Ninet-tales… Hnns," Ruki grunted and squeezed his eyes shut, his tongue hanging from his maw. "Nine... Ninee-hn." His shaft was hot, along with his body. Her cheeks squeezing his cock only heightened his pleasure alongside her sphincter sucking him more intensely than ever. It made him have to thrust harder so he could move against both.

His forepaw twitched against her skin, his thrusting was louder than before, and his hips slamming her sweaty ass, pink from irritation, echoed throughout the small room.

Ruki pulled his paw from her grip and stood again, keeping both close to the bed's edge while humping harder. High-pitched, vulgar air blew from her hole as he pushed in. His forepaws again slid as he went. His tails stiffened; his legs quaked. He raised his hind paw and stood on her calf for leverage, although it slipped off a few times.

Skye no longer felt pain. It was numb. "Nhm, is my tight butt gonna make you bust, b-baby? I know you love it." She could tell he was close through his firm expressions, guttural grunts and groans, and shallow breaths. She rested her cheek back on the bed and fell limp, Ruki driving her body against the bed with more force while ramming her. Subtle moans tied with sharp inhalations and huffs escaped her mouth frequently.

Ruki gave several more thrusts into her luscious rear, and the sensations he received rose. His shaft grew hotter every time he pumped her ass. Her smooth, moist walls massaging every inch and dousing his cock in pleasure sent him over the edge. "Nnn," he muttered, engrossed in bliss that made him snort against a sharp inhalation. His groin tingled, his cock was numb with pleasure he could no longer cope with, and his breaths cut as he peaked.

The most intense orgasm Ruki had ever experienced so far gripped and ravished him. "N-Nihneee." A low, pleasured growl rolled from his throat and escaped his slacked maw. He pressed his paws into the bed and gave firm, slow humps while pumping her full to increase the orgasmic pleasure stemming from her walls clenching his shaft. He felt the euphoric warmth from their last few sessions to a higher, more powerful extent, making him groan and murmur in desperation.

He pushed his hips harshly and pressed his knot to her small sphincter that fought to let him in, struggling to spread it. He pressed the bed harder with his paws enough to display a deeper indentation and applied more pressure; she began to open and expand around his knot, practically pulling him in.

He kept humping and pressing her rear, pushing Skye's body against the bed while stretching her sphincter. Ruki listened to her whine, gasp, and cry his name.

"Gyh– owh." She looked back slightly, watching him push his hips repeatedly and seeing a glare in his eyes. "B-Baby, wait. W-Wait. You're hurting me..." As he humped with more force and shoved his hips to hers, pressing her cheeks in, Skye dilated her eyes and curled her fingers, reaching her hand back to place it on his hip. She breathed faster as the pain increased. "R-Ruki? Ah. You're hur– ghhhah!"

After several rougher humps and gradual progress, he fully outstretched her sphincter and slid his fleshy bulb past it, pushing it into her hole and forcing a concluding husky grunt alongside mewls from his owner while he uttered a gruff noise he had never while in Skye's presence. The overall tightness had squeezed more semen out of him. He'd cum harder in her ass than twice in her vagina.

"Nhg! Ah-hah-howw! Fhckk, Rukii..." She winced and pushed his hip with her palm as acute pain flared in her ass, an intensely sore burning sensation that made her stiffen. Her fingers were rigid enough to shake, and her eyes welled with tears. She'd clenched her teeth upon him forcing his knot through her hole and would probably have screamed if it hadn't gone numb.

He had truly been in his instinct moments ago, more of a wild ninetales than hers. She had been unable to reach Ruki. While unnerving, especially that feral-esque sound coming from him moments ago, it was also kind of hot, and she liked that he'd committed to knotting her.

She let her arm hit the bed and turned ahead, his warmth covering her walls and back as he collapsed on top of her. His cock throbbed wildly, spurting more strings of cum and painting her walls while Skye listened to him pant. They were both still. All was silent except for them working to catch their breath.

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Skye's eyes shot open to the roar of a blaring horn. She looked at the mounted clock. It neared ten minutes past ten. She'd dozed off at the worst possible time. She looked behind at Ruki, who was asleep atop her back. "Damn it. Ruki, wake up... Ruki," she whispered harshly and nudged him with her rear, her cheeks flushing as his member moved inside her.

He lifted his head and eyed her with a weary gaze. He didn't mean to fall asleep. Were they late?

"We've gotta go, Ruki. We were supposed to be off ten minutes ago."

He acknowledged and attempted to pull off of her, but his knot tugged at her sphincter.

Skye gasped and gripped the blanket. "T-Try again, slower." She began wondering if their session was worth it. It would appear odd if they were the last to exit the ferry.

Ruki stood, pressed his forepaws into the bed, and pulled back. He eased his knot out of her while wiggling his hips to speed up the process, receiving a couple of close-mouthed moans from her. He backed off after he popped himself out and stood on the floor, watching Skye grab for her panties and slip them on.

"Good thing I didn't unpack." She scratched her pink knees, which were sore and irritated from resting them on the hard wooden floor for an extended period. Ruki's weight had only added more pressure. Skye put her jeans and boots on afterward. She'd packed her jacket last night. Her butthole would be sore for days. It was burning right now, in fact, and she'd passed silent gas more than a few times now that he was out. Ruki's size was no joke. She'd miss it.

She grabbed her bag and tossed the strap over her shoulder. "Come on." Then went to the door and opened it. She glanced back at his gradually shrinking knot and exposed member still hanging heavy between his legs, which should conceal itself in a few minutes now that it was out.

Skye turned back and froze. In front of her was a woman about the same age wearing a dainty room service outfit and cap over short brown hair. She lowered her hand from the door, likely about to knock. Her widening eyes caught Ruki standing behind Skye, her cheeks flushed, and her jaw dropped just slightly.

The poor girl had to have expected to see a human leave with Skye at the very least. Had she been that loud ten minutes ago?

"R-Room service. We're ensuring all rooms are vacant as we're clearing out."

"Sorry—uh, we're leaving now," Skye said amongst the tense air. She wanted to leave with her head down, but this woman could report the incident. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a wad of folded cash, counting 45,000 pokédollars and handing it to the woman with a swallow while slipping the rest back into her pocket.

The woman stared down at it before shifting her gaze back up to Skye, her eyes dilating even more. "O-Oh... You don't..."

"Please." Skye pushed it closer, nearly touching the girl's hand with it.

The woman parted her index and middle finger, letting Skye slip it between, afterward watching them squeeze past.

Skye walked upstairs to the deck and grimaced. She could only hope the woman hadn't seen Ruki's member as they left. "I never thought that would happen to me. I suppose it's my fault…" She smirked down at Ruki as they walked toward the front of the ship. "And a bit of yours too. What's wrong with us?"

Ruki's face was hot as well. He could have gone slower, but it would have made a boring last session, and they'd never see that woman again. He did wonder why Skye had given her money, though.

Fortunately, several families were also leaving late, so Skye didn't feel as alone. She smiled ahead at Hau'oli city, its Shopping District, palm trees, and quaint buildings resting under a warm sun and calm, slightly humid climate.

She waved to her parents and Ru, her father's midday lycanroc, sitting beside him while walking down the ferry's platform. They stood at a distance to let everyone walk off the ship but approached after seeing Skye.

She would have to keep walking normally in mind, especially in front of her parents. "Hii!" Skye exclaimed with jubilance, jogging to give her mom a tight hug.

"How'd your trip go, honey? We missed you lots," her mother said and kissed her cheek. Both her parents had Accordian accents.

"I did too! I'll tell both of you all about it on the way home." Skye turned to embrace her father as well, who returned it.

Skye had her mother's hair and most of her features. She had taken less from her father, considering his hair was brown, but here eyes were his shade of blue.

Skye kneeled to Ru and held his furry cheeks, which he showed indifference to. "I missed you too, Ruru." She scratched them.

Ruki gave Ru a respectful nod, which Ru returned after Skye stood to speak to her parents again.

The lycanroc had been his mentor for years, sparring and all. He was qualified to do so after being a battle pokémon under Skye's father for the younger half of his life. They'd started out fighting in tough underground street battles for money but soon graduated from that and fought among the best in the world at Hoenn's Battle Frontier.

They used to battle at the highest level. Ru had taught Ruki notable strategies that the ninetales kept with him to this day.

Ruki's parents had already taught him his abilitiy's initial functions and capabilities shortly after hatching, but wild pokémon tended only to teach their young how to use their abilities for basic offense and defense. While every pokémon was born with innate type powers, the stores inside them lie dormant until activated.

"Did Ruki protect you in his new form?" her father asked as they walked north toward The Marina's exit.

He was able to see Skye today as he worked during the evening unless something came up. Like Skye told Aaron, her parents owned a lucrative pokécare business called 'Pokare' they'd built from the ground up over ten years ago and run to this day. Within the last five, as it gained popularity, they are currently working to spread locations across multiple regions.

They carried everything from specialized shampoos, pokéwear, and food, offered an affluent grooming and daycare service, and even had a pokéclinic sub-division, so Ruki got free check-ups. They also hosted monthly adoption events. Her father took care of daily duties at their main location and office east of their home in the mall on the strip, and her mother handled online business across all of them. They sometimes switched or helped each other.

The money he'd made from his old career and that her mother made from accounting in the past had helped make it a reality.

Skye glanced at Ruki while he strolled beside her. "Definitely—oh, we battled at this restaurant for a free seven-course meal, right...? Except it was a double battle, and Ruki insisted on taking the offer while I was super skeptical of his safety. I didn't even have a potion."

"So… what happened?" her mother asked.

She giggled. "He won; he took a few hits but fainted both opponents. Ruki can deal scary amounts of damage when he needs to."

Ruki preened with raised tails and a grin. He felt Ru's eyes on him from the side. He was always honored Skye thought so highly of him. He aimed to please her more than anything else and was glad he was up to par. Ruki liked the rush battling gave him and would like to get better at it.

Skye's father nodded in approval. "I know you aren't a trainer, Skye, but ninetales are freaks of nature. Some of Ru and I's most tragic losses came from them, so if you two ever give it thought, Ruki is more than capable."

Skye looked at him, at Ruki, then recalled their very first battle in Sinnoh. "I know he loves it, but we'd need to take classes, right?... Especially me."

"Of course," her father replied. "I'd recommend attending a Pokémon Academy to take battle studies and battle communications programs rather than a uni. Paldea's is still top of the line, with most retired League members and top trainers settling in the region to teach out their days."

Ruki liked it. He loved the idea of being a winning battle ninetales. He wasn't made solely for looks, but he wouldn't want to thrust Skye into anything that'd make her uncomfortable either.

"Hm..." Skye didn't know how to respond. Moving to Paldea? What about Aaron? Gosh, it sent her mind in circles already.

"There are a bunch of paths out there, though. Find what makes you comfy, but I'm here if you ever wanna try the route," her father said.

They strolled down sunny Hau'oli's populated walkways toward their one-story home east within the city by the outskirts of the Hau'oli strip. It was also the direction of the private school she'd attended.

East past the strip was considered the 'real' Hau'oli. It was the concentrated inner-city and business district that didn't cater as heavily to tourism, although it was still clean and middle-to-upper-class by default.

There was also a massive active base for military operations farther east outside of Hau'oli and around twenty more alongside airstrips and in the waters around several islands. The military had destroyed any of the Accord's bases that were too close to the islands after the war and kept the ones far out. The government hadn't wanted that element near the strip or too close to any islands.

Skye's residence, among a long row of others, was only a mile past the Shopping District, so it didn't take them long to arrive, mainly because Skye and her parents conversed throughout the walk.

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"I know you had a long trip, hon. Why don't you and Ruki settle? I'll call when supper's ready," her mother offered after they arrived and placed a hand on her upper back.

"Thanks. We didn't eat much in Sinnoh. I think we were too excited," Skye replied while looking around at her home's interior as if it was her first time laying eyes upon it. It was an old home with wooden floors.

Ru entered the living room to the far right and hopped onto the red leather couch on a large rug sprawling half of the floor. Her father sat beside him and grabbed the television's remote, pointing it at a flat-screen sitting on a glass podium ahead.

Pictures hung on the wall behind the couch of old family portraits with pokémon included. There was a stand by the window off to the side with blown-out scented candles and vases with flowers bathing in the sun; potted plants and mini trees sat in corners, along with a couple of boxes of old video tapes.

Skye's mother entered the kitchen on the opposite side past the dining room. It had a polished wooden table holding a vase with a tall flower, a napkin holder, and salt and pepper shakers.

A chandelier hung above, and two five-level open cabinets lined neatly with antique plates rested against the wall.

"John, don't forget to take the trash out and fetch the mail tomorrow, please. We're letting Skye get a day of rest!" her mother called across the house.

"Yep!"

Skye grinned to herself. Her mother would probably drag her father in there sooner or later to help prepare the meal. Skye usually helped, but her mom made him take her place otherwise.

After getting a glass of ice water from the kitchen and letting Ruki lap from his blue bowl, Skye made a beeline past the commotion and to her room after washing her hands in the hall's restroom.

Her room was at the hall's end on the left-hand side; a door beside hers led to the backyard. A couple of paintings hung on the corridor's walls, including a shot of Hau'oli's skyline under a sunset, a group of colorful toucannon nesting in tropical trees, a field of flowers, and Johto's popular National Park.

Ruki was behind her and watched Skye open it to her bed against the wall. The wall above it was adorned with a group of ten framed vibrantly colored hearts encompassing the word 'LOVE.' A nightstand holding her laptop, wireless headphones, and lamp was beside the head of her bed, and a dresser was across from it with a mirror on the wall above.

A glowing pinkish-red lava lamp that added life to what was lively and the premier ball she'd caught Ruki in sat on the dresser with an engraved 'R' above its release; a curtained window was beside it. She also had a wall-mounted TV across from the foot of her bed that she occasionally used when she discovered new shows.

Her 'Nyta' designer purse with mini diamond roses lining it hung on the closet's doorknob. Inside was where she kept an abundance of clothing and boxes of miscellaneous items she'd bought over the years.

She used to casually game often, too, so her DS, Wii, and library that her dad had bought her for her fifteenth birthday on release day were somewhere in there as well. Beside the closet was an empty hamper to hold dirty clothes.

"Just how I left it." She dropped her backpack on her round, furry pink and white rug covering half of her room from under her bed, kicked off her boots and socks, and slid her jeans off before sitting on her mattress and sipping her water. She set the glass on the nightstand beside her headphones and laptop.

A few plushies were bundled and organized against several pink and white pillows of various sizes layered neatly over each other. They were a snivy, alolan vulpix, an oshawott, and a bidoof. "Come on, Ruk'. You need rest too." They'd gotten sleep last night, but nothing compared to home, and he had been very active this morning, to say the least.

He climbed up beside her after a few tries because of his sore legs and rested his cheek and body against her shoulder with closed eyes. Her room's fragrant and calming aroma lingering from the sweet mago-scented air freshener plugged under the TV made him drowsier.

She slipped away; Ruki's eyes shot open as he nearly fell over before catching himself.

"Baby, come here." She giggled and lay on her back with her head on a large light pink pillow, sighing.

He did without dither, lying atop her chest and eyeing her face with his paws draped over her shoulders. Ruki pressed his nose to her cheek and rubbed, locking gazes.

Skye exhaled faintly against his tender touches and drew her fingers down his side, sifting her nails through his fur while gazing at him with the gentlest of blinks. Her other hand was on his shoulder. "Love you."