"You cannot pass!" The monk said firmly, holding his staff diagonally in front of him to block the way through the narrow entrance. "I don't care if you have sighed orders from the Pokemon league! Ho-oh has appeared at the tower and only the monks may enter!"

Ben sighed and shook his head, "Come out you three, show him why I should be able to pass." He murmured, to nothing in particular.

Three Pokemon seemed to just appear behind the monk out of the darkness, standing silently behind him.

Ben looked over the monk's shoulder and mouthed an exaggerated 'Behind you!', making the monk turn and then go almost completely still, staring at the three legendary pokemon as if he had seen a ghost.

The young trainer merely laughed and walked past as if the monk had never even been there at all.

He was standing at the base of the tower when he heard the sound, like a monstrous bird squawking, and a sudden blast of fire erupting from the roof of the tower.

Lit up by the fire from the tower top, Ben grinned.

* * *

Greg yawned as he awoke, staring at the ceiling of the pokecentre with bleary eyes, looking down at his body and at the places where the potions had been applied to his flesh. The burns were gone now, and Cindyr was snuggled up against his side, her nose resting lightly against his neck and her nine tails draped over his legs.

He didn't move at all, just stayed staring at the ceiling, enjoying the Pokemon's proximity, smiling to himself as he stroked a hand lightly over her back and neck, giving her a few gentle strokes.

Cindyr yawns and her eyes opened slightly. The vixen buried her muzzle in his neck, grumbling softly to herself. "A few more minutes." She murmured, sighing softly and snuggling into him.

"There's no rush." He murmured, yawning against and pulling her close, wrapping his arms around her and laying his face in her neck fur, eyes closed, trying to go back to sleep.

There came a curt knock at the door and they were both given a few seconds to look up to see what it was before Nurse Joy entered with several potions and breakfast, the smell of pancakes and waffles wafting over to them, waking Cindyr up instantly.

Greg just tried to stay asleep, even when the nurse started checking his arms and legs for burn marks, and Cindyr moved to get some of the food for herself, stealing a piece of his bacon while he was still face-down in the blankets.

He sighed and decided that he would have to get up now, and sat up in bed, rubbing his eyes tiredly and blinking a few times as the nurse put the food tray in his lap. "Now eat it all young man, i don't want to see a single piece of food there when i come back. And you're forbidden to feed it to your Pokemon too." She said sternly, turning and starting to leave.

Cindyr poked her tongue at the nurses back and immediately stole another piece of bacon, chewing it slowly while staring at the door as if daring the nurse to come back and scold her for eating his food.

Greg picked up his fork and started picking at the food, letting Cindyr eat most of the meat and just eating the pancakes and waffles himself, putting it all aside and curling back up in bed, yawning tiredly. "We really should be training for Morty...but I'm too tired." he murmured to the ninetails, who curled up against him, licking his cheek affectionately.

"Sleep is good too." She murmured in return, nosing her muzzle under his neck and murring softly to herself as she closed her eyes and tried to sleep as well.

* * *

When next he awoke, it was almost night, and he sighed softly and rubbed at Cindyr's belly to wake her. "C'mon, we gotta go get something to eat." He murmured tiredly.

Cindyr opened her eyes and stared at him. "I was having a nice dream..." She murmured sadly, before climbing to her feet and licking his face.

"What about?" He asked, head tilted to one side curiously as he himself slid out of bed and stretched a little.

"The first time we...you know, had sex...." She said a little shyly, her cheek-fur turning a little red and her temperature rising just a little.

"A common thought?" Greg asked with a raised eyebrow and a smile, rubbing his eyes a little to get the sleep out of them.

"Not really..." She murmured, blushing a little bit. "I'm usually not feeling all that horny at night time...you usually take care of it for me..." She giggled softly and pounced on him, forcing him to the ground, licking his face affectionately. "So where are we going today?" She asked, sitting astride his chest, her tails slowly slithering back and forth across his legs.

"I dunno...I've never been in Ecruteak before, have you?" He murmured with a yawn, stroking her side gently.

"A few times. There's a nice theatre with performers...we could go there." She suggested, looking down at him. "Or we could go visit the burnt tower, there's still a lot of broken down stuff in there, and things to find."

Greg made a thoughtful expression, and then nodded. "sure, we'll go to the theatre. After we get something to eat of course."

The ninetails nodded too, smiling a little and stepping off his chest. "Lead the way, master." She said, smiling.

Greg gave her a long look and just sighed before sliding out of bed, yawning again and then heading downstairs, Cindyr on his heels. He dropped hismelf into a chair, yawning, and Cindyr hopped up next to him, resting her chin on the edge of the table, all nine tails slowly moving back and forth over the seat.

"So what do you want? I can smell steak..." Greg murmured, sniffing.

Cindyr murred softly, smiling. "I can smell steak too...maybe we'll be able to get some steak?"

"I'll go see." He replied, climbing to his feet.

"Yes?" Nurse joy asked as he approached the counter.

"I just want to get some breakfast...er...I mean tea." Greg replied, staring out the window at where the sun was setting. "Are you cooking meat back here?"

Nurse Joy nodded, smiling. "Yes we are, A pet Tauros fell in the field today and broke its leg, he had to be put down, so we are cooking the remaining meat to serve something a little different from the usual." She said still smiling.

"Um...I think I'll just take the bacon and eggs, but my pokemon will have some steak please." He said, having lost his appetite towards the meat.

Greg returned to his seat, rubbing his fingertips over Cindyr's ears. "Well, you're getting your meat." He said, smiling at her.

The Ninetails gave a happy yip and licked his hand, murring softly. "But why are they serving meat?" she asked curiously.

"Um...A Tauros had to be put down..." Greg replied, fidgeting.

"Let me guess...You're not having meat?" She asked, sitting up and taking a step forwards, licking the side of his face, already knowing the answer. "You are far too nice, you need to learn to be evil." She said, murring and nuzzling him.

"You like me just the way I am." he said sagely, giving her a single wise nod.

Cindyr giggled and licked his neck lovingly and said, "I guess you're right."

He nodded and wrapped an arm about her shoulders, pulling her close and snuggling against her, giving a contented sigh. "Do you have any idea how you're going to defeat the gym leader?"

Cindyr tilted her head at him, one ear perking in a curious way. "Well i was thinking of just strangling him with my tails, but his pokemon might not like fire." She said knowledgeably.

Greg sighed a little and shook his head, "You know what I meant." He said with a slight frown, snuggling into her soft fur. he opened his mouth to say something but Cindyr silenced him with one of her tails.

"Shh...Food's here." She said, smiling at him happily.

Nurse Joy set down two plates of food in front of them, and Cindyr immediately fell upon her steak, eating it happily while Greg dug into his bacon and eggs, wondering if it was right to eat that dish for tea, but shrugging and eating it all all the same.

Very soon, two empty plates stood before them, and Greg took them both to the counter, leaving them for Nurse Joy to clean away like she always did, and returning to Cindyr. "Well, where is this theatre?" He asked of her, head tilted to one side, curious.

Cindyr dropped down off the seat and started walking past him, all nine of her tails flicking back and forth in the air as she walked, looking back over her should at him in a gesture for him to follow.

Greg followed, and she led him outside the pokecentre and a short way to the theatre.

He had to admit, it was a very nice place. Upon entering they were greeted by a bald old man in an orange toga, and a perpetual kind of happy-squint, who asked to please take off their shoes, or rather, asked Greg too. He led them to a paper sliding door, which he opened, ushering them into the audience area without another word, sliding the door closed behind them, cutting off the light.

Inside was not lit by lights, but rather torches set in sconces on the far walls, lighting up the people on the stage but no one else, leaving everything in almost complete darkness except a soft crimson glow that fell across them.

Cindyr settled down next to him, using the darkness to snuggle up close to him and kiss him gently, murring ever-so-softly in her throat.

Greg returned the kiss happily, looking up every now and again to see what was happening on stage.

The show ran through all sorts of confusing acts, some with a dancing woman dressed in a Kimono and wearing more face paint than any girl would ever be caught dead with.

Next up came some Japanese samurai who walked in, unsheathed his sword and cut down the woman, and after that, Greg stopped following, too wrapped up in snuggling with Cindyr and stroking his fingers through her soft fur.

By the time it was over, Greg and Cindyr were thoroughly content, snuggled up to eachother until everyone else had left. When they pulled back from each other finally, they both headed for the exit, Greg looking sideways at his Ninetails. "So...are you ready for bed?"

Cindyr nodded eagerly, nuzzling against his knee. "Oh yes." She said.

He smiled down at her, and, giving her one last stroke along her form from her ears to her tails, led the way back to the pokecentre and to their room, where Cindyr locked the door behind them and immediately herded him towards the bed, pushing him onto it and licking at his neck happily as she straddled him, murring softly.

Greg rolled her over, onto her beck, and laid besides her, smiling down at her and giving her a deep, sudden kiss, making her murr softly against him, one of her front paw lightly pressed against his chest.

Cindyr smiled up at him, her tails slowly flicking back and forth as she licked at his neck and face lovingly, pressing against him as much as possible, murring loudly and closing her eyes, enjoying his touch as his fingertips stroked at her neck gently.

He smiled at her and kissed her neck again, gently, rubbing his hands down along her soft-furred belly, his finger-tips rubbing lightly against her sex, making the Ninetails arch and gasp a little, murring louder and opening her eyes, staring up at him lovingly as she kissed him once more.

The Ninetails arched her back further, her tails slithering back and forth over the bed and a soft moan escaping her lips as a finger wormed its way into her, rubbing against the lips of her sex before slipping within.

One of her eyes opened as she heard him removing his clothes, and a soft murr escaped her at the sight of his length so close to her She twisted around a little, pressing her nose against the tip of his length at first, and then her tongue, drawing him into her mouth and giving it gentle little suckles, loving the feeling of his cock growing into her mouth.

Greg gave a soft groan at the feel of her mouth suddenly wrapped around his length as he bent his mouth to her rear end, giving her sex the gentlest of licks, making his Ninetails give a convulsive shudder and a soft yip around his length, her tongue working at him more eagerly now in her lust.

Her tongue pressed hard against his length, and then lapped over it gently, stroking and rubbing at the sensitive flesh as she panted and gasped, trying not to squirm too much under the delicate touch of his tongue to her sex.

His tongue slowly slid over her, rubbing against her clit as he pressed his finger into her deeper and harder, making her murr loudly against him and growl softly.

Cindyr gave a convulsive yip as she came all of a sudden, her mouth wrapping more firmly around his length as she suckled at him all the harder, her liquids spilling against his nose and tongue as he smiled and lapped at her.

He pulled back from her, sitting on his haunches, or rather, tried to pull back, but she kept with him all the way, her wonderfully warm muzzle affixed to the head of his cock as she murred loudly against his length, her tongue lapping at him furiously within her maw.

Greg panted loudly, toes clenching on the bed sheets as she suckled all the harder, her front paws resting on his thighs as her eyes opened and her ears perked, the ninetails looking up at him with big, innocent eyes, suckling at his cock deeply and scraping the sharp tips of her teeth over the head of his length.

That was the final straw for him, and his eyes closed of their own accord, his length throbbing heavily in her mouth before he came, jets of his creamy cum spilling from the tip of his length directly into Cindyr's muzzle.

She murred loudly at the taste of him, working her head a little and keeping him fully in her mouth, even as the quantity of cum became too much for her and white seed began to stream from the corners of her mouth, the Ninetails still smiling up at him as she gulped eagerly at his seed, loving the taste.

Cindyr murred loudly as she withdrew him, long, sticky streams of cum slowly dripping from between her teeth as she grinned and lapped at his length, cleaning him off provocatively, licking her lips and then curling up to him, murring and snuggling him.

He panted a little, head spinning as he kissed her and rubbed a hand down across her lips once more, stroking at her gently, making her arch and moan a little. "You want more?" She asked in a whisper, licking his chin.

"Do you?" He asked i return, kissing her again and rubbing his fingers lower, pressing one against her tight tailhole and forcing it in a little bit, making his Ninetails gasp loudly and arch against him, eyes wide.

Her tongue found his length again, lightly caressing it as he pressed a finger into her warm, inviting sex and began to thrust both back and forth, fingering her tailhole and cunt at the same time as she shuddered with the sensations.

Very soon he started to get hard in her mouth again and she crawled up his body, giving his face a lick and pressing back against his fingers, forcing them out of her and rubbing her wet cunt against the tips of his cock.

The both gave a soft groan as she pushed back eagerly at him, taking his length into her in an instant, filling her tight cunt with the aching meat as she immediately began to move back and forth, licking at his face lovingly.

Cindyr's tight cunt stroked at his cock gently as she moved, working her hips happily and pressing the hard cock in and out of her lustfully, her tails slithering back and forth over his legs as she gave a soft, happy yip, kissing him once more.

She looked back over her shoulder for a second, drawing herself off him, and pressing the now-wet tip of his cock against her tailhole, murring deeply and turning back to face him as she slid down his length, her eyes closing with contention as she rested for a second.

Very soon though she was bouncing her hips once more, giving soft groans and pleasured murrs as his hard cock stroked back and forth within her tailhole, her forepaws scratching convulsively at his chest, lightly raking over it.

Greg wrapped his arms about her, rolling her to the side, getting comfortable between her legs before he began to thrust again, his face buried in her neck as he took her up the tailhole, thrusting his hard length into her tight depths again and again, making them both moan.

The Ninetails stiffened a little, giving a muffled howl as she came all of a sudden, her tight cunt convulsing and then spilling its liquids down over his thrusting cock, her tails stiffened and twitching with her orgasm.

She shuddered under him, and then pressed a paw lightly against his chest to make him stop, looking up at him breathlessly.

It took her only a few second to extricate herself from him and stand on the bed, turning around, flicking her tails across his face lovingly before lifting them high, looking over her shoulder at him with a needy whine and spreading her legs.

He thrust back into her, deep, giving a loud groan of pleasure at the feel of her tailhole once again tight and firm around him, his arms wrapping around her hips as he started to thrust and pump deeper into her, his Ninetails pushing back against him with every thrust.

Greg began to pant heavily as he thrust eagerly into her tight depths, his length giving a few pulses as the Ninetails cunt convulsed once more below his thrusting length, spilling it's liquids over the bed as she howled quietly and stiffened.

With just a few more thrusts, the human grabbed her hips and spilled his load deep into his Ninetails tailhole, pulling her tight against him as he thrust into her again and again, stabbing the jetting tip of his length into her firm tailhole as it spurted thick creamy seed into her, filling her to the brim with his hot essence.

Greg stroked at her neck, falling sideways onto the bed, laying down, putting his head on the pillow, still a little stunned from his orgasm, rubbing at her fur lovingly and pulling her close, kissing her fiercely. "I love you." He confirmed, laying his head on her neck gently.

The ninetails snuggled up to him, rubbing her soft-furred head against his neck and cheek, murring deeply. "And I love you." She replied, smiling.

* * *

Cindyr was first to awake in the morning, yawning and sitting up, leaning over to nuzzle at Greg's face gently and lick his ear to awaken him, murring softly. "C'mon, some of us want breakfast." She reminded, smiling at him warmly.

He rolled over, giving a yawn and grumble. "Is it that time already?" He asked blearily, blinking up at her after opening his eyes.

The Ninetails nodded, licking his nose. "Yes love, it's time to rise and face the sunshine." She said wisely, nodding, her tails slithering back and forth over the bed.

He gave a soft sigh and looked up at her, blinking a few more times. "I guess you won't leave me alone till I get up huh?" He asked.

Cindyr nodded firmly, licking his face. "If you can sleep with my licking your face then feel quite welcome to sleep." She said simply, grinning.

Greg gave a soft groan and then kissed her happily, making the Ninetails murred softly into the kiss, smiling. "I'm getting up." he said with another grumble, swinging his legs over the side of the bed and rubbing at his eyes tiredly.

She leapt from the bed, landing lightly and unlocking the door, nosing her way out it and down the stairs, leaving Greg to wake up slowly and stumble down after her, yawning.

The Ninetails had already ordered her breakfast, and was sitting in one of the seats, waiting, her tails flicking impatiently. "Take your time." She said, looking him up and down.

"I'm coming." He grumbled in return, ordering his own breakfast and sitting down.

"Well...what should we do today? take on Morty?" He asked, watching as Bugsy and Hitan came down, followed a few minutes later by Nevyda.

"Well...we can visit the burnt tower." Cindyr said, nodding once.

"That sounds like fun." He said, smiling a little. "It isn't dangerous is it?"

"Um...I don't think so." She replied, shaking her head.

There breakfast arrived and they both ate and Cindyr once again led the way outside, Greg on her heels. She set off north before turning west a little, bringing him to what was unmistakably the burnt tower. It looked like it had once been a Bellsprout tower, but it had been ravaged by fire and was now no more than ruins of black wood and ash. The first level of the tower was intact, but everything above that was charred and twisted remains of what would have once been an impressive tower.

Cindyr immediately headed inside, and Greg followed, looking about, pausing in the entryway to let his eyes adjust to the darkness. "Well...this is interesting." He murmured, looking about at the burnt remains of hallways and tables.

"There isn't all that much here, just some painting that survived the fire and whatnot." Cindyr comments, sitting in one of the hallways and staring up at him, her white fur contrasting with the blackened walls rather starkly.

She turned her head to the right, and looked down one of the hallways, starting to walk in that direction. "There's a nice room down here." She said.

Greg was about to follow, but a flicker of movement distracted him, and he looked up, eyes narrowed, frowning slightly, wondering what it had been.

He took a few steps after Cindyr, and gave her a nervous question. "Um...did you see anyone else in here with us? Like, near the tower?"

She looked back over her shoulder at him, and shook her head, frowning a little. "Why?"

Greg didn't answer, but he glanced back down the passage where he had seen the movement. "I think we should leave, right now." He said firmly.

"But we haven't even seen anything!" She said, stamping her foot as she turned back to him. He was about to reply when a loud whooshing sound echoed throughout the hallway and a heat-wave hit them, closely followed by a pillar of horizontal fire that shot down the hallway linking to the one they were in.

"Now can we leave?" He asked, eyes wide, already starting to feel the sweat breaking out over his skin.

Another burst of fire erupted down the length of the hallway, wider this time, less controlled, the flame catching onto the walls and floor, sending debris skittering across the floor in its wake. The burnt tower was on fire again! With Greg and Cindyr in it!