Pokemon: An Icy Path-Chapter 58 - 57

A warm breeze caresses my body, making me close my eyes in pleasure for a moment. The sun and breeze felt fantastic on my bare skin. I open my eyes and glance back at my lover, who is walking beside the drop in, and she gives me a flirty, confident smile even though she is naked from the waist up as well. I give her a small pout, which causes her to giggle as I turn around.

Stupid freaking bet, stupid sexy Flannery, stupid hormones. I grumble to myself as I walk out of the little cove that we were practicing in. After Fae dropped in on us, we decided to continue to train. We had only been out here for maybe an hour before then and had not gotten anything done besides a single spar. After getting past the awkwardness of our introductions, on the count of our nudity, Flannery invited Fae to join us in training.

~A few hours ago~

"Well, Fae, it is a pleasure to meet you, and we thank you for dropping in, but we need to get back to training," I tell him as I turn back to Flannery and hold my hand out to her.

"Well, Fae~, you are welcome to stay if you wish," Flannery remarks as she ignores my outstretched hand and throws Fae a vulpine smirk. "We could use another to train with."

"Ah, um," I watch as Fae's face flushes before he coughs into his hand to gather himself. I feel his eyes wander over my body as he glances at the two of us for a long moment before responding. I feel my face heat up at his gaze, but I try to keep a passive look on my face.

"If it doesn't bother you, I would like your assistance with training. I am a new trainer and just got my Abra this morning. We could use all the help we could get."

I glance at Flannery, who just shrugs at me with that sexy little smirk on her face, which causes me to cave.

"Fine," I sigh, knowing that I lost this battle. "Alright, I guess we can show you the ropes. Our newest team members need some basics done as well. Skadi, go rest for a bit."

"Vulpix~." She answers before making her way over to a sun-warmed rock and lying down. I see that Night heads over to a nearby rock and does the same. A moment later, Flannery and I both release our Eevees so we can train them.

""Vee~""

I hear a small gasp as I kneel down next to Aurora and gently pet her fluff. She lets out a happy noise at my touch, bringing a small smile to my face. "Hey, love, ready to train some more? We have a new friend to train with." I point over at Fae as I mention him. I don't hear him or Eevee respond, causing me to look back.

Fae stands there, as still as stone, his eyes wide open as he stares at Eevee. It's only thanks to my sharp hearing that I can even tell that he is breathing in rapid, short breaths. I raise an eyebrow at him, wondering what is wrong until I see him starting to sweat more than the temperature should cause. I focus on him, and notice that he is starting to tremble and his pupils dilate before he suddenly collapses into a pile, like a puppet whose string was cut.

"Eh!? Fae!" I stumble over to his collapsed body and press my fingers against his neck, and notice that he has a higher-than-normal pulse rate. His breathing seems to have returned to normal when he collapsed, and as I monitor his vitals, I notice that it too is returning to normal. I take my hand away from his neck and start checking him over as my first-aid training taught me. Flannery appears beside me, her mouth half open in an unasked question, and her arms held out like she wanted to grab something. "It looks like he is okay; he just passed out. Help me get him comfortable?" I ask her, showing a small smile.

The two of us quickly get to work and get our passed-out acquaintance situated to be comfortable for when he wakes up. For the next half hour, Flannery and I just cuddled in the sand, enjoying the sun on our skin. There may have been some light groping involved, but that is expected between the two of us now. A groan and the sound of shifting alert us to the fact that Fae is waking up.

"Welcome back to the land of the living." Flannery quips playfully.

"You alright there, Fae? You gave us a bit of a scare."

Another, low groan responds to us as he seems to be collecting his marbles again. Before long, he sits up and looks around while blinking before his gaze settles on us, which causes him to tense for a moment before he relaxes. "Yeah... so that happened. I should be alright now, sorry for that." He tells us with a sheepish look on his face and scratches the back of his head.

~Back to present~

Fae didn't seem to want to tell us what caused him to pass out, but we did happen to get a few hours of training in. However, he did seem to refuse to watch Flannery and me battle our Eevees for some reason. The three of us make our way back to the city and the Pokecenter within. I feel my heart start to beat faster after we left the seclusion of the training cove we were in and out on the nearby path proper. I take a deep breath just before we leave the treeline that separates the path from the cove, and then I stand up straight and walk out onto the path confidently, channeling my gym persona.

I hear Flannery giggle behind me, but I decide to ignore her and turn towards the city. As I am currently barefoot and fully naked, I walk in the soft grass to the side of the paved path that would cook my feet from the heat of the sun. For the first bit towards the city, we don't come across anyone, which allows me to relax a little. As I round a small bend in the path, my heart leaps into my throat as I spot a pair of teens who seem to have just finished up a battle on the other side of the path. One has his back to me, but the other happens to spot me, and his jaw falls to the floor.

I take his reaction as a compliment and try to keep it from showing on my face. I don't speed up my pace, still keeping my gym persona up, but neither do I stop walking to try and hide myself. As we get closer to the city, I spot more and more trainers on the path. Besides a few catcalls and whistling, no one seems to bother me about my lack of clothing. Though all this attention is starting to make my core burn with a fire normally reserved for Flannery.

By the time we reach the edge of the city, Flannery finally hands me one of my outfits that I quickly slip on. All around me, I can hear some catcalls and wolf whistles from the small audience that has gathered. I quickly grab her hand and make my way into the city, my face the color of a setting sun. The late afternoon sun stretches the shadows of the assorted buildings, causing the neon lights to start to flicker on. It is still early enough that the crowds are not packed, allowing us to make good time.

Before long, I pass through the glass doors for the Pokecenter, feeling the refreshing blast of cooled air coming from inside as it splashes against my still-burning face. The door closes behind us, and I let myself finally relax and slump down into a nearby chair and let out an exasperated sigh. That was intense, and I am unsure how I feel about the whole thing. Sure, it was a bet, but towards the end, I was starting to enjoy the situation.

While I am ruminating about what has happened today, a body plops down beside me and a familiar warmth snuggles into my side. I smile softly and wrap my arm around her shoulder as she rests her head on my shoulder. The two of us just quietly sit there, just blankly staring out the window at the slowly darkening sky. I'm not sure where Fae currently is, but this is where he is staying as well, so I'm not worried.

Just as the sun is starting to touch the treetops, I see Bea coming up the steps of the Pokecenter while talking to someone animatedly. Just behind her is another girl wearing a black outfit that leaves little to the imagination. What catches my attention, though, is the Gardevoir; they are not a Pokemon that is available in our current region, but the shocking fact is that she is out of her Pokeball in a city. The Ralts line are emoti-vore Pokemon, and the mishmash of emotions in a large city like this would normally drive them away.

"Hey, you two," Bea calls to us as she steps past the door and notices us.

"Welcome back. Did you get any training done?" I ask her as I lightly nudge Flannery to wake her up, as she starts to doze off. She sits up and blinks tiredly before noticing Bea and waving.

"I think we are good for the battle tomorrow so no worries! I had Green help me out." She nods as motions to the brown-haired girl beside her who gives us a casual wave before pulling out a familiarly shaped object from her bag. She seems to fiddle with the object before flipping it around to show a screen.

{You two are cute!} The screen reads as I finally realize what she has in her hands.

"You have a tablet? Where did you get that? I haven't seen one in years!" I ask as I stare at the device being held in her hands.

She looks taken aback by my question before she flips it back and writes something again. {If you mean my Poketab, then yes.} She then holds up her wrist that had a metal bracelet that I failed to notice earlier, but the pink and white Pokeball image on it alerts me to what it is. She is wearing a medical alert bracelet, something that is very rare to find in this world. In most cases, all diseases and injuries are easily healed by the Joy Clan and their professionally trained Pokemon. The only time when someone would be forced to wear a medical bracelet is when they have something that medicine nor Pokemon Miracles can fix.

"Ah, yes, I mean your Poketab. The last place that I saw one was at my Uncle's in Alola. I didn't know they were available to the public." I respond with a slight blush.

{They are not. Special circumstances.} I nod at her response as I get a feel for what her circumstances are. Suddenly, I feel a hard poke in my ribs from my spicy lover.

"Ah, right, I am Frost Oak and this is Flannery." I introduce the two of us to the new girl.

{I'm Green.}