Bloody Good Fun
"Guardian Angel"
Disclaimer: Nintendo, and more specifically GameFreaks own Pokemon. The race known as Moogles are owned by Square The character. The creator Riiko owns "Riiko the Angelic Rattata". The character "Nero the Blue Mage Moogle" is owned by surprise surprise Nero. This story is mostly romance and action though in later chapters the age requirement to read this will be 18+ So if you aren't over 18 or don't like sex...specifically between weird looking critters this story isn't for you! Thank you for reading, enjoy. This story is dedicated to you Riiko! Thanks for being such a good friend.
"Bloody Good Fun!"
"I know I lost it somewhere around here" a Charmander mutters to himself. Crouching down he runs his fingers through the blades of grass nearby. "I've been searching forever and still nothing! Boy am I going to get it when I get home." Giving a deep sigh he continues to scan the ground and through the long grass. "Doesn't anyone mow around here? I won't leave this spot until I have that necklace!" He growls.
Drip...drip...The Charmander gazes at his nose as a drop of water lands on it. A sudden loud crackling in the sky sends the cross-eyed pokemon flying. Holding his chest from shock he gazes into the sky, "This doesn't look good..." He moves a paw just above his eyes and gulps, eyes widening, "Thunderstorm!" Hugging his tail to himself he turns around and makes a run for the closest village.
Not looking where he was going he trips, landing face first. Holding his nose as he gets up slowly moving his paws away to reveal that they have a good amount of blood on them. ~Surely I didn't get that hurt~ He thinks to himself before gazing at what he tripped over, and discovering the true source of the blood. "A-a-a corpse" He winces at the sight which appeared to be a white ball of fur that had been stained with blood. The fire type picks up a stick and begins to poke at what appeared to be a antenna with a ball attached. Upon closer inspection he notices that there was an odd blue fabric around the corpse. "A Marill?" He ponders before another crash of thunder and lightning remind him of why he was in such a hurry in the first place. As he drops the stick he hears a groan, stopping the mander in his tracks to look back at the body. After a few seconds he begins to walk again only to hear another groan. Leaping up then running faster then he ever had before the Charmander screams, "ZOMBIE!"
Meanwhile at Pine Cove Village the villagers prepare for the coming storm. A good distance away from the cluster of house was a single cottage. In the slightly isolated structure live a blue furred Rattata by the name of Riiko. Not that many people took the time to get to know him due to his appearance. Riiko was known to wear a lab coat and plain shorts or pants most of the time, sporting somewhat thick glasses, which often were near the end of his nose. Many assumed that because the pokemon wore a lab coat, and thick glasses meant that he was some kind of brain, and strange scientist or doctor, which is why many villagers thought it would be best to keep their space. Despite his attire many girls in town found him cute, and would often wave to him then giggle to themselves. Many would say that Riiko is unique but very few knew exactly how unique he was...
Adjusting his spectacles briefly, Riiko steps down the stairs to his house. He gazes down the pathway and takes the time to check his pockets. Pulling out a coin he tosses it in the air and catches it over, and over as he was down a pathway through the trees that separate his house from the rest of the village. Only after walking a short distance he spots a Charmander leaning against a tree panting from exhaustion. The fire type's head remains lowered until he hears the snap of a trig. Lifting his head, the fatigue look on his face seems to vanish. "Riiko!" the char tries to stand up straight.
"Are you alright Pete? You didn't lose that necklace again did you?" the Rattata chuckles, and smiles. The smile soon fades as he scans over Pete. "You're covered in blood. What happened!?"
"Oh I'm alright, but I stumbled over someone, they seemed really hurt."
"Which way?" Riiko asked as he grabbed the char's wrists and leads him back to the house.
"To the southeast...wait, of course. You're a doctor. You can help that Marill."
Riiko turn to Pete and raise a brow "How many times do I've got to tell you I'm not a doctor or even a scientist? But even if I'm not, we have to help."
Pete stops at the doorway as Riiko goes inside and rummages through a few things. "We? Do you have any idea what rain will do to me? If my tail flame goes out..."
Riiko tosses a white bed sheet over Pete's head "That's just a myth!"
The mander pulls the sheet off his head and sighs "Fine fine" then reaches for a raincoat.
"It's just rain stop being such a baby" Riiko comments.
Putting on the coat Pete mutters under his breath. "Well whoever it was they were losing a lot of blood." Making a fist the charmander exclaims, "Lets roll!"
"That's more like it." Riiko smiles happily and pats Pete on the back before tossing him a flashlight.
By the time the two pokemon left the village the rain that was once just a few sprinkles was now beginning to intensify. The more they went off away from the town the louder the sound of the thunder and the hard it seemed to pour. Mist began to surround the area and at times the only thing visible was the light coming from the flashlights they carried and the Charmander's flame tipped tail.
After searching the field for well over a hour Riiko was drenched.
"Riiko maybe we should head back, you will get sick if we keep this up." Pete reachs a claw to place it on the Rattata's shoulder to give him comfort, but it falls short as Riiko ignores the words and continues onward.
Taking of his dew-covered glasses Riiko begins to point his flashlight in many different directions, yelling out in hopes of hearing a response. "Hello? Anybody out there?" Something soon catches his eye...something reflecting light in the distance. Running toward the sparkling he finds it. "Pete get your ass over here." Pete who was picking his nose at the time runs over and points toward the pile of white fur that was soaked.
"That's the body!" Pete remarked.
Riiko smirks and tosses the other end of the bed sheet to Pete. "Well I'd hope so. Help me with this." Pete begins to cautiously poke at the 'corpse', but Riiko slaps his hand. "Stop that." The Rattata then lowers his head to get a better look.
"Just what is this thing? I thought it was a Marill, but it doesn't look like any pokemon I've ever seen." Pete comments.
Riiko lifts his head back up and nudges Pete "Well whatever it is, it's alive."
Pete bites his lower lip as he is filled with nervousness "b-but the Pokemon Center was destroyed recently, what are we going to do!?"
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Darkness...am I dead? No...I can't be...where is this place? A light appears in the distance. Someone appears in this spotlight as if I were on a stage. A young boy with blond hair, cat-like ears and tail.
"Nero there you are! I was worried you wouldn't show up. Come with me"
We begin to walk off, the light following us.
"I was worried that you hated me...I have something to show you, something my dad had stashed away! They say it is from the ancient war, you know the one we learned about in school"
Suddenly another light can be seen with a chest in the center of it. We step forward; I want to scream out, I have seen this all before!
"Lets see what we have here"
The boy reaches for the chest and I cannot move. The moment he touches chest it bursts open and a beam of light shoots right through his body. His bright yellow eyes go dim and he drops to the floor. The same beam of light goes through my own body, but I am fine. Looming dark figures appear and point toward me. A loud, angry voice yells out, "You killed him...you let him die..." I curl up into a ball sobbing, gazing over at the boy who laid on the floor. Suddenly the feline boy sits up and his head rotates over and over until he gazes right at me and gives a wide grin. "Traitor"
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"No!" The moogle cries out as he sits up, breathing heavily with sweat dripping off his face. "I-It was just a dream? I knew it was a dream...yet why did it still hurt?" He asks with his head lowered. Placing a hand on his chest, he groans, it hurt even to breath. Slowly the mog lowers back onto the bed, staring up at the ceiling. "Where am I anyway?" he wonders as he looks over the room which seemed close to empty. The walls were white and the carpet was as well. There wasn't any furniture other then the bed he laid on, though as the moogle sat up he also noticed a chair close to the bed. As he pressed his feet onto the ground and tried to stand the expression of pain returned to his face. Despite the pain he walks over to the one window in the room. With the window partly open he pokes his head out to see that trees surrounded the building he was in, and that in the distance were a few more houses.
Stepping back he stares at his reflection in the glass of the window, and his ears flatten at what he sees. He reaches a paw to the top of his head, which was covered in bandages, and gives a light tap to the area, quickly receiving a headache. "Ow. Alright no more of that." It even seemed to hurt to move around his arms and wiggle around his fingers, he seemed to be sore all over. Stepping back yet again he gets a better look of his body. Bandages were just about everywhere imaginable; his wings, ribs, arms, and legs. His body was sore and the only clothing he had on was dark blue boxers. Turning around he looks over his shoulder, and wags his tail, which had a cyan blue hue from the base though the tip of it was as white as the rest of his body. "I look like a mummy..." He snickers to himself but it hurt even to laugh. Other then his tail this particular moogle wasn't like others; his wings were longer then most mogs, and he was also pretty tall for his species 4'2" to be exact. Turning his head he notices a mirror that is pointed at the bed. "Well that would have been useful!"
Scanning over the room once more he is reminded of the possession he had on him before everything went blank, and couldn't help but wonder where his things went to. Limping over to the door he grasps the knob and takes a deep breath. ~Alright...What have you gotten yourself into this time?~ He asks himself in his head. Turning the knob the moogle slowly opens the door, which creaks. Peeking his head out he first looks to his left noticing a door, and yet another door straight ahead. Turning his head to the right he silently steps out of the room and into a hall. Tipp-toeing his way down the hallway the mog stops just before it leads to a wider room. For a moment he feels like falling forward from sudden light-headedness. Leaning against a wall, his ears perk up as he hears a faint voice. Scooting against the wall he tries to listen in, and peeks around the corner, his jaw drops at what he sees.
The larger room was not very well lit though small beams of light from the sun could be seen coming down from the ceiling. In the biggest beam of the light sat Riiko. The Rattata was sitting on a chair in front of a computer with a phone in one hand and the cord twirled around one finger. Though the mouse was attractive what caught the moogles eyes was the feather wings, which were attached to the pokemon's back, and the bright halo above his head. The mog quickly ducks back around the corner and rubs his eyes. For now he would just listen in though he could only hear one side of the conversation.
"It has been a few days now, I'm getting worried. Yeah, I know. Well I'm not worried about that. Ew, gross! No!" Riiko laughs, turning the chair he sat in back, and forth as he listened to the voice on the other end of the phone. The mouse then notices an extra shadow from the hallway from the corner of his eye and smiles. "Yeah I guess he is...make that a definitely. I've got to go now; sleeping beauty might have finally woken up. I love you too, bye." The pokemon hands up the phone and turns around to find that the shadow had disappeared.
The moogle backs away until he was against the door at the end of the hall, trying to think of what to do next. He could hear as the 'angel' stepped closer. ~He seemed nice enough, but I've been fooled before...perhaps I am dead~ he sighs and begins to step forward. ~No need to be rude, might as well introduce myself~ Though as soon as he turned the corner, BAM. Riiko and the mog fall backwards after they run right into each other. The sound of cracking bone comes from the moogle as he lands on the ground, holding his nose first then his back.
Riiko quickly gets up and places a paw over own mouth. "Sorry! Let me help you" Riiko reaches a hand toward Nero, which the moogle gladly accepts. The slightly taller Riiko bends his knees enough to equal the height of the moogle, sliding his arms under the mog's. "You really shouldn't be up you know..." Riiko lectures.
The moogle's heavy breathing calms, and he nods with his chin now resting on the blue pokemon's shoulders, "This is not the proper introduction I was hoping for." The moogle chuckles. A smile goes across Riiko's face as the mog leans back. A smile soon goes across the tailed moogle's face as well.
Standing up straight Riiko examines the injured monster. "If you are sure you are fine then you could always introduce yourself now," Riiko stats.
The moogle reaches a hand over and grasps Riiko's gently. "The names Nero, nice to meet you." ~I must've imagined those wings and halo, but his voice, I have heard it somewhere before~ Nero thinks to himself. Riiko shakes Nero's hand, and gazes down at the mog's legs just for a second to see that they were shaking, though if it was from nervousness or not wasn't clear.
"I'm Riiko, pleasure to meet you." Nero's smile never fades; two fangs exposed which made him resemble a vampire.
Gazing down at Riiko's hand Nero's smile fades. "Typically I'd give a little bow, but in my current condition..." Nero points out.
Riiko shakes his head "No need for that."
Nero brings the mouse's paw up, and gives the back of it a tender kiss. Riiko's glasses slide down his nose and he quickly withdraws his hand. Nero's ears flatten a bit, "I apologize, guess it's a bad habit of mine, it can make people uncomfortable."
Riiko's cheeks were reddening so he turns his head to try to hide it from view. "No really its fine, you do not need to be so polite."
The two stand there for a while until Nero breaks the silence. "So where am I anyway?"
"Pine Cove Village, or more specifically in my house." Riiko responds.
"Ah sounds like a nice place..." Nero comments.
"I suppose, but it can get pretty dull around here." Riiko replies.
Riiko tilts his head to the side, "Lets sit somewhere you seem to be getting more shakey."
"Good idea!" Nero says with a wide smile. Riiko leads Nero to a table and waits for him near one of the chairs to help him sit down. For the next hour or so the two talk about various things; the village, the people who live there, and how Nero was found in the nearby field.
"Oh, so that's why you had to take me into your house..." Nero lowers his head.
"Yeah, no one knows what happened to the locale Pokemon Center. I would have taken you there if it were not a pile of ruble. I had to buy some medicinal sprays and bandages. To be honest I didn't know what I was doing." Riiko rests his head against his paw with a small giggle at the thought of trying to feed the moogle. "I think I failed miserably. You must be hungry."
Nero's head was still lowered when he heard a growling coming from the pokemon's stomach. "Sounds like you could use something to eat yourself," Nero replied.
Riiko rubs the back of his head and nods, "Guess so, a lot has been on my mind lately so I haven't noticed."
Nero stands up and sighs, "Sorry for being such a burden...I'm in your debt." Riiko's lips move, he wanted to say something but nothing came to him. "Can you point me in the direction of the bathroom?" Nero asks.
Riiko nods slightly, and points toward the hallway, "Across the room you were staying in." "Thanks" Nero then wobbles toward that direction.
"If you need any help" Riiko offers.
"Nah I'll be alright." Nero says in response.
The mog shuts the door and Riiko stares off to the side, "You aren't a burden, that is what I should've have said..."
The door to the bathroom soon opens back up and Nero's head pokes out. "Nice place you have here by the way." He smiles. "Oh, and you wouldn't happen to know where my things are would you? There were some personal things on me, and I'm sure you would prefer that I didn't walk around in just my underwear." Nero sticks his tongue out in a playful manner then retreats back into the restroom.
Riiko yells back, "I'll go get them!" The Rattata then goes into a closet, and pulls out a box. Opening it up he rubs some of the silky blue fabic between his fingers. "This clothing sure was hard to clean." Riiko lifts the box and places it on a wooden table in the room, then gets a grin on his face at a thought. ~Maybe I should just say I didn't find them so I can get him to walk around like that a bit longer~ He giggles and shakes his head ~Nah~.
While Riiko retrieves Nero's things Nero sits on the toilet with his head lowered in thought. A few minutes pass and the moogle stands up. Staring back at the water in the toilet and smiling "A place that actually has pluming, lady luck must be smiling upon me." Walking over to the sink he washes his hands and makes various faces at himself in the mirror above it. Splashing some water on his face then rubbing it in he then gazes directly into the eyes of his reflection. His ears fold back as his eyes drift down to his paws that he begins to look over. "Look at me, I should be concentrating on my mission and fulfilling my duty. I shouldn't have even gotten involved with the people I did, it was against the very code that I was taught to uphold!" Nero clenches his teeth, and balls his hands into fists. "I need to stop causing so many problems, but I seem to be a magnet for trouble." Giving a sigh, the moogle steps back, folding his arms as he once again gazes at his reflection.
A sudden knock at the door makes Nero's heart jump, Riiko's voice is heard, "Everything alright? I got all of your stuff out for you."
"Thanks I will be right out!" Nero responds with a happy smile, which quickly fades. "You are waaay too jumpy" He chuckled to himself. Waiting until he hears Riiko step back into the living room Nero raises a index finger and wiggles it back and forth, speaking to the image in the mirror as if trying to discipline himself. "You are going to help this Riiko fellow and pay him back for all the things he did for you. That's it! Nothing more!" He gives himself a stern look then nods like a idiot.
Nero reaches for the doorknob but something stops him. He steps back to look at the mirror and begins to unwrap the bandages that were tied around his head. ~That tingling...~ His sky blue hair falls down to his eyes but he quickly moves it to the side to reveal the two jewels engraved on his forehead; one of which is glowing. One jewel was a light color while the other was a darker almost ebony color with the light jewel on the left side of his forehead and the dark on the right side. ~Is it reacting to Riiko?~ He ponders. Letting his hair back down he steps out of the bathroom, and the tingling sensation he had felt vanishes.
Walking over to the wooden table in the living room, Nero looks over his things. Riiko sits at his computer typing as the moogle pokes around. The moogle takes out a pair of teal colored pants from the box. "These will do~" Nero lifts a leg, but the look of pain returns to his face. Riiko dashes over, reaching for the waistband of the pants, which had slipped out of Nero's grasp. Slowly sliding the pants upward, Riiko buckles Nero's belt. Nero stares at Riiko with his cheek beginning to feel as if they were burning. "This is pretty embarrassing, I must say."
Riiko blushes as well, giving the mog's shoulder a soft pat. "Anything I can do to help!" The Rattata moves a finger across Nero's light blue hair. "I see you are already taking some of the bandages off, you really shouldn't try to rush things. You need time to heal."
Nero chuckles "I've never been known to be very patient, I'm pretty hard headed!"
Riiko grins, and joins Nero in looking through the moogle's accessories. "Anything in here you don't want me to see?" Riiko asks.
Nero shakes his head, "Nah just don't bend my pictures of me naked or bruise the dead baby seals that I had on me."
Riiko giggles, "Oh I know somebody who might get upset at that last comment."
Nero nudges Riiko playfully, "Oh and who might that be?"
"My boy...errr friend" Riiko's voice becomes lower as he says that. Nero continues to look through the contents of the box, and pulls out a blue cloak.
Putting the cloth over his shoulders he responds to Riiko, "I'm terrified!" The moogle raises a brow as Riiko goes silent. "Something wrong? Oh...I've got nothing against that! I have been to a few places where it is taboo I guess, but it's a-okay with me."
Riiko has a smile creep along his face, "I didn't say for sure! I like girls~ How do you know I'm not straight?"
Nero slips his arms through his cloak, and smirks. Taping his index finger on Riiko's nose Nero grins back "Because you didn't deny it!" Riiko opens his mouth, and acts as though he is going to give the finger a bite.
Nero withdraws his finger, and then flicks his tail in a teasing manner at Riiko. "I am glad you were the one to find me, you're a sweet guy."
Riiko presses his glasses against his face, and nods a tad "I'm glad I found you, though I can't take complete credit for that, you can thank Pete."
"I will have to thank him too then, but you the one who took me in after all." Nero reaches into the box again, and pulls out a pair of light blue glasses, which were nowhere as thick or large as Riiko's own.
Nero walks over to Riiko's computer, and lifts a picture to gaze over it. The picture is of two rodents, one being Riiko, and the other being a yellow mouse, a Pikachu. "This you're guy friend?"
Riiko smiles, and nods "Yeah, his name is Lando"
Nero sets the picture down, and steps back over toward Riiko, "Sounds like a nice guy, looks nice too..."
Riiko nods, and reachs a paw over to rub the fabric of the cloak Nero wore. "You must really like blue," Riiko comments. "It's silky!"
"I like the color, but it isn't the only reason why I wear it." Nero murmurs as he looks over his attire.
"Why then?" Riiko asks.
"It's part of a uniform, though there are parts that I gave my own special touch"
"Is it some kind of military thing?"
"I guess I could say that, but lets just say I came from a school, and if you had to classify me as something it would be a blue mage."
"Oh I see, well perhaps you can tell me what these 'blue mages' do later" Riiko smiles happily. Nero nods. "Well its very fashionable!" Riiko exclaims.
Nero places a paw behind his head, "You're making me blush here!" Nero taps the left side of his glasses, "Hmm.."
"What is it?" Riiko asks.
"I'm just surprised you haven't asked more about what I am, who I am, why I even was out in that field.."
"I figure you will tell me what you want me to know when you feel like it, as for what you are...you are a moogle right?" Riiko replies.
Nero gives a stunned look for a brief moment. "Well usually people don't like to house strangers. I thank you again for being so kind." The moogle bows, but the loud crack and the sudden surge of pain reminds him of how vulnerable he was.
Riiko steps over, and rubs between the wings on the mogs back. "I told you that you didn't have to do that!"
Nero remains bent over, his wings fluttering as he tries to straighten his back out, and stand up straight. "So you have seen other moogles?"
Riiko nods, "I've had the pleasure of meeting one, his name is Kupok."
Nero's ears perk up, "That name seems familiar...so have you only met one?"
"Up until this point yes. I don't really get to have a real conversation with Kupok he is always off on a adventure it would seem, but he is a nice guy. Other then that I've only seen moogles in video games."
Standing up straight Nero rubs his chin in thought. "Interesting."
"You look different though," Riiko concludes, "You've got a tail, and there are other differences as well."
Nero looks back at his tail, and wags it. "Moogles are like any other monsters, well most anyway. There are different kinds, with different shapes, and sizes." Taking his tail into his paws Nero continues, "Where I'm from moogles look much like myself, though I ended up taller then most of the population, and fur other then a snowy white was not seen. This tail of mine is a birthmark of sorts." Nero's eyes meet Riiko's, and he chuckles nervously, "Sorry about that, I feel as though I'm rambling."
Riiko smiles, "Hehe, sounds like you are quite the adventurer...are all moogles like that?"
"I can't really say! I haven't met that many of my own kind." Nero tilts his head and looks over Riiko. "So what species are you anyway?"
Riiko blinks, "Wow, you really must not be from around here! I am a Rattata, a pokemon."
"Poke-a-wah?" Nero scratches.
"Pokemon are all over the place, how could you not see one? Well erm, I guess I can help you study later"
Nero gives a thumbs up, "I'd like that."
Lifting a arm Nero's nose begins to twitch, and his whiskers bounce. Sniffing along his arm Nero suddenly jerks his head back, "Puuu!" He says as he removes his cloaks "Why didn't you tell me I stunk before I put my things back on!?" Nero snickers.
Riiko grabs the cloak, and lays it atop the nearby table, "I was just trying to be polite." Riiko takes the moogle's hand then leads him to the bathroom. After showing Nero how the bathtub works and where the towels were Riiko leaves, and sits back at the computer in the living room. A few minutes later a rustling could be heard then the sound of things dropping on the ground, and into water. The Rattata slowly gets up from his seat then rushes over to the door giving it a knocking. "Nero?"
"Come in" Nero groans. When Riiko steps in there is a good amount of water on the tile floor. "Be careful not to slip."
"What happened in here?" Riiko can't help but giggle.
"I was trying to reach the shampoo, and well...bottles came falling onto my head and into the tub" Nero groans again and then his eyes trail to Riiko then back down at himself. "Oops!" His paws quickly moves to cover himself up, a deep blush going over his face. "I have been having a pretty hard time with this, I can't even reach around to my back."
Riiko smiles, moves to pick up the bottles and set them closer to the moogle, "Here you go." Nero smiles back with his paws still on his lap, moving his tail over there as well.
"Thank you mister Riiko!" Nero cheers.
Riiko stands back up, and shrugs. As Riiko turns he stops, gazing over his shoulder he looked over the moogle's nude form. Nero slowly lifts his right leg as he relaxes, his eyes shut with a sigh escaping him, his three toes wiggling some. With his leg in the air water slowly ran back down his leg, and his light blue hair slightly covered his eyes.
Nero's left eye opens, and he notices Riiko staring. Closing his eye again he gives a toothy grin. "You can help me scrub, and scratch my back if you want."
"Really? You seemed pretty nervous a moment ago..." Riiko backs away, and opens up a small cabinet.
"Yeah, but I have gotten use to the idea already, after all we all have the same equipment," Nero chuckles notices that the Rattata took out a pink bottle. "What's that?"
"It's some bubble bath! This will ease any more worries you will have about me taking a peek if you were serious about the back rubbing." A Riiko step back over to the tub, and pours the pink liquid into the water, which quickly makes it bubbly.
"It's magic!" Nero says with child-like amusement. "Well there is room for two..."
"I wasn't planning on going in too, but if you insist!" Riiko begins to take off his own clothing.
Nero still focused on the bubbles snickers, "I wasn't insisting anything, but...but.." He gets wide eyed as he sees a buck naked mouse leap into the tub. Nero was a little more then speechless as Riiko sat behind him, his cheeks were redder then ever, and his ears flattened. Any nervousness Nero had seemed to vanish as Riiko places his paws on his back. Nero gave a relaxed sigh as he began to lay against Riiko, his whole body seeming to go limp from the soothing attention he was being given. Blowing at some bubble Nero couldn't help but make some odd murring like noses, it was almost as thought Riiko had some kind of healing powers.
Neither knew exactly how long they were in the tub before Nero asked in a teasing manner, "So Riiko...think your boyfriend would like the fact that you are doing this?"
Riiko smiles and gives his hands a break, wrapping his arms around Nero's torso. "Really, he wouldn't care, we're pretty open minded"
Nero feels his eyelids becoming heavy, and gives off a yawn, "Oh I see. You two must love each other a lot...I don't think I could go through with what you guys are managing."
"Well it doesn't mean people love each other more if they can do that, it is just our choice." Riiko murmurs.
"I didn't mean that...its just you guys seem very trusting of each other. Everyone has their own system, what works for some does not work for all"
Riiko nods, letting Nero rest his head back on the mouse's shoulder. "Guess so...what about you? Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend Nero?".
Nero stares off to the side, and simply shakes his head, "Nah...I'd rather not get into that kinda thing. It is a lot of trouble, and quite frankly I get into enough trouble." Riiko just responds with a small squeeze. "So tell me more about this Lando fellow, he seems like a nice guy and he appears handsome." Riiko goes on to tell Nero about Lando, and how they met, but Nero soon drifts off to sleep.
The next morning...
Nero sits up in his bed in just his boxers again. "I fell asleep.." He then puts his paws on his cheeks, and with a shocked expression he realizes "He saw me naked!!"
In the next installment of "Guardian Angel": Time just seems to fly by as Nero finds a job, and begins living with Riiko. Nero, and Riiko meet a few new faces, and one of them is A GIRL! (gasp) who is this girl?, why does she give strange looks when around Nero OTHER THEN THE FACT THAT HE IS A FREAK OF NATURE, and what part will she play? Will there be excitement!? Will there be drama!? Will there be romance!?
FIND OUT NEXT CHAPTER!
"What's been missing"
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Disclaimer: Nintendo, and more specifically GameFreaks own Pokemon. The race known as Moogles are owned by Square The character. The creator Riiko owns "Riiko the Angelic Rattata". The character "Nero the Blue Mage Moogle" is owned by surprise surprise Nero. This story is mostly romance and action though in later chapters the age requirement to read this will be 18+ So if you aren't over 18 or don't like sex...specifically between weird looking critters this story isn't for you! Thank you for reading, enjoy. This story is dedicated to you Riiko! Thanks for being such a good friend.
"Bloody Good Fun!"
"I know I lost it somewhere around here" a Charmander mutters to himself. Crouching down he runs his fingers through the blades of grass nearby. "I've been searching forever and still nothing! Boy am I going to get it when I get home." Giving a deep sigh he continues to scan the ground and through the long grass. "Doesn't anyone mow around here? I won't leave this spot until I have that necklace!" He growls.
Drip...drip...The Charmander gazes at his nose as a drop of water lands on it. A sudden loud crackling in the sky sends the cross-eyed pokemon flying. Holding his chest from shock he gazes into the sky, "This doesn't look good..." He moves a paw just above his eyes and gulps, eyes widening, "Thunderstorm!" Hugging his tail to himself he turns around and makes a run for the closest village.
Not looking where he was going he trips, landing face first. Holding his nose as he gets up slowly moving his paws away to reveal that they have a good amount of blood on them. ~Surely I didn't get that hurt~ He thinks to himself before gazing at what he tripped over, and discovering the true source of the blood. "A-a-a corpse" He winces at the sight which appeared to be a white ball of fur that had been stained with blood. The fire type picks up a stick and begins to poke at what appeared to be a antenna with a ball attached. Upon closer inspection he notices that there was an odd blue fabric around the corpse. "A Marill?" He ponders before another crash of thunder and lightning remind him of why he was in such a hurry in the first place. As he drops the stick he hears a groan, stopping the mander in his tracks to look back at the body. After a few seconds he begins to walk again only to hear another groan. Leaping up then running faster then he ever had before the Charmander screams, "ZOMBIE!"
Meanwhile at Pine Cove Village the villagers prepare for the coming storm. A good distance away from the cluster of house was a single cottage. In the slightly isolated structure live a blue furred Rattata by the name of Riiko. Not that many people took the time to get to know him due to his appearance. Riiko was known to wear a lab coat and plain shorts or pants most of the time, sporting somewhat thick glasses, which often were near the end of his nose. Many assumed that because the pokemon wore a lab coat, and thick glasses meant that he was some kind of brain, and strange scientist or doctor, which is why many villagers thought it would be best to keep their space. Despite his attire many girls in town found him cute, and would often wave to him then giggle to themselves. Many would say that Riiko is unique but very few knew exactly how unique he was...
Adjusting his spectacles briefly, Riiko steps down the stairs to his house. He gazes down the pathway and takes the time to check his pockets. Pulling out a coin he tosses it in the air and catches it over, and over as he was down a pathway through the trees that separate his house from the rest of the village. Only after walking a short distance he spots a Charmander leaning against a tree panting from exhaustion. The fire type's head remains lowered until he hears the snap of a trig. Lifting his head, the fatigue look on his face seems to vanish. "Riiko!" the char tries to stand up straight.
"Are you alright Pete? You didn't lose that necklace again did you?" the Rattata chuckles, and smiles. The smile soon fades as he scans over Pete. "You're covered in blood. What happened!?"
"Oh I'm alright, but I stumbled over someone, they seemed really hurt."
"Which way?" Riiko asked as he grabbed the char's wrists and leads him back to the house.
"To the southeast...wait, of course. You're a doctor. You can help that Marill."
Riiko turn to Pete and raise a brow "How many times do I've got to tell you I'm not a doctor or even a scientist? But even if I'm not, we have to help."
Pete stops at the doorway as Riiko goes inside and rummages through a few things. "We? Do you have any idea what rain will do to me? If my tail flame goes out..."
Riiko tosses a white bed sheet over Pete's head "That's just a myth!"
The mander pulls the sheet off his head and sighs "Fine fine" then reaches for a raincoat.
"It's just rain stop being such a baby" Riiko comments.
Putting on the coat Pete mutters under his breath. "Well whoever it was they were losing a lot of blood." Making a fist the charmander exclaims, "Lets roll!"
"That's more like it." Riiko smiles happily and pats Pete on the back before tossing him a flashlight.
By the time the two pokemon left the village the rain that was once just a few sprinkles was now beginning to intensify. The more they went off away from the town the louder the sound of the thunder and the hard it seemed to pour. Mist began to surround the area and at times the only thing visible was the light coming from the flashlights they carried and the Charmander's flame tipped tail.
After searching the field for well over a hour Riiko was drenched.
"Riiko maybe we should head back, you will get sick if we keep this up." Pete reachs a claw to place it on the Rattata's shoulder to give him comfort, but it falls short as Riiko ignores the words and continues onward.
Taking of his dew-covered glasses Riiko begins to point his flashlight in many different directions, yelling out in hopes of hearing a response. "Hello? Anybody out there?" Something soon catches his eye...something reflecting light in the distance. Running toward the sparkling he finds it. "Pete get your ass over here." Pete who was picking his nose at the time runs over and points toward the pile of white fur that was soaked.
"That's the body!" Pete remarked.
Riiko smirks and tosses the other end of the bed sheet to Pete. "Well I'd hope so. Help me with this." Pete begins to cautiously poke at the 'corpse', but Riiko slaps his hand. "Stop that." The Rattata then lowers his head to get a better look.
"Just what is this thing? I thought it was a Marill, but it doesn't look like any pokemon I've ever seen." Pete comments.
Riiko lifts his head back up and nudges Pete "Well whatever it is, it's alive."
Pete bites his lower lip as he is filled with nervousness "b-but the Pokemon Center was destroyed recently, what are we going to do!?"
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Darkness...am I dead? No...I can't be...where is this place? A light appears in the distance. Someone appears in this spotlight as if I were on a stage. A young boy with blond hair, cat-like ears and tail.
"Nero there you are! I was worried you wouldn't show up. Come with me"
We begin to walk off, the light following us.
"I was worried that you hated me...I have something to show you, something my dad had stashed away! They say it is from the ancient war, you know the one we learned about in school"
Suddenly another light can be seen with a chest in the center of it. We step forward; I want to scream out, I have seen this all before!
"Lets see what we have here"
The boy reaches for the chest and I cannot move. The moment he touches chest it bursts open and a beam of light shoots right through his body. His bright yellow eyes go dim and he drops to the floor. The same beam of light goes through my own body, but I am fine. Looming dark figures appear and point toward me. A loud, angry voice yells out, "You killed him...you let him die..." I curl up into a ball sobbing, gazing over at the boy who laid on the floor. Suddenly the feline boy sits up and his head rotates over and over until he gazes right at me and gives a wide grin. "Traitor"
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"No!" The moogle cries out as he sits up, breathing heavily with sweat dripping off his face. "I-It was just a dream? I knew it was a dream...yet why did it still hurt?" He asks with his head lowered. Placing a hand on his chest, he groans, it hurt even to breath. Slowly the mog lowers back onto the bed, staring up at the ceiling. "Where am I anyway?" he wonders as he looks over the room which seemed close to empty. The walls were white and the carpet was as well. There wasn't any furniture other then the bed he laid on, though as the moogle sat up he also noticed a chair close to the bed. As he pressed his feet onto the ground and tried to stand the expression of pain returned to his face. Despite the pain he walks over to the one window in the room. With the window partly open he pokes his head out to see that trees surrounded the building he was in, and that in the distance were a few more houses.
Stepping back he stares at his reflection in the glass of the window, and his ears flatten at what he sees. He reaches a paw to the top of his head, which was covered in bandages, and gives a light tap to the area, quickly receiving a headache. "Ow. Alright no more of that." It even seemed to hurt to move around his arms and wiggle around his fingers, he seemed to be sore all over. Stepping back yet again he gets a better look of his body. Bandages were just about everywhere imaginable; his wings, ribs, arms, and legs. His body was sore and the only clothing he had on was dark blue boxers. Turning around he looks over his shoulder, and wags his tail, which had a cyan blue hue from the base though the tip of it was as white as the rest of his body. "I look like a mummy..." He snickers to himself but it hurt even to laugh. Other then his tail this particular moogle wasn't like others; his wings were longer then most mogs, and he was also pretty tall for his species 4'2" to be exact. Turning his head he notices a mirror that is pointed at the bed. "Well that would have been useful!"
Scanning over the room once more he is reminded of the possession he had on him before everything went blank, and couldn't help but wonder where his things went to. Limping over to the door he grasps the knob and takes a deep breath. ~Alright...What have you gotten yourself into this time?~ He asks himself in his head. Turning the knob the moogle slowly opens the door, which creaks. Peeking his head out he first looks to his left noticing a door, and yet another door straight ahead. Turning his head to the right he silently steps out of the room and into a hall. Tipp-toeing his way down the hallway the mog stops just before it leads to a wider room. For a moment he feels like falling forward from sudden light-headedness. Leaning against a wall, his ears perk up as he hears a faint voice. Scooting against the wall he tries to listen in, and peeks around the corner, his jaw drops at what he sees.
The larger room was not very well lit though small beams of light from the sun could be seen coming down from the ceiling. In the biggest beam of the light sat Riiko. The Rattata was sitting on a chair in front of a computer with a phone in one hand and the cord twirled around one finger. Though the mouse was attractive what caught the moogles eyes was the feather wings, which were attached to the pokemon's back, and the bright halo above his head. The mog quickly ducks back around the corner and rubs his eyes. For now he would just listen in though he could only hear one side of the conversation.
"It has been a few days now, I'm getting worried. Yeah, I know. Well I'm not worried about that. Ew, gross! No!" Riiko laughs, turning the chair he sat in back, and forth as he listened to the voice on the other end of the phone. The mouse then notices an extra shadow from the hallway from the corner of his eye and smiles. "Yeah I guess he is...make that a definitely. I've got to go now; sleeping beauty might have finally woken up. I love you too, bye." The pokemon hands up the phone and turns around to find that the shadow had disappeared.
The moogle backs away until he was against the door at the end of the hall, trying to think of what to do next. He could hear as the 'angel' stepped closer. ~He seemed nice enough, but I've been fooled before...perhaps I am dead~ he sighs and begins to step forward. ~No need to be rude, might as well introduce myself~ Though as soon as he turned the corner, BAM. Riiko and the mog fall backwards after they run right into each other. The sound of cracking bone comes from the moogle as he lands on the ground, holding his nose first then his back.
Riiko quickly gets up and places a paw over own mouth. "Sorry! Let me help you" Riiko reaches a hand toward Nero, which the moogle gladly accepts. The slightly taller Riiko bends his knees enough to equal the height of the moogle, sliding his arms under the mog's. "You really shouldn't be up you know..." Riiko lectures.
The moogle's heavy breathing calms, and he nods with his chin now resting on the blue pokemon's shoulders, "This is not the proper introduction I was hoping for." The moogle chuckles. A smile goes across Riiko's face as the mog leans back. A smile soon goes across the tailed moogle's face as well.
Standing up straight Riiko examines the injured monster. "If you are sure you are fine then you could always introduce yourself now," Riiko stats.
The moogle reaches a hand over and grasps Riiko's gently. "The names Nero, nice to meet you." ~I must've imagined those wings and halo, but his voice, I have heard it somewhere before~ Nero thinks to himself. Riiko shakes Nero's hand, and gazes down at the mog's legs just for a second to see that they were shaking, though if it was from nervousness or not wasn't clear.
"I'm Riiko, pleasure to meet you." Nero's smile never fades; two fangs exposed which made him resemble a vampire.
Gazing down at Riiko's hand Nero's smile fades. "Typically I'd give a little bow, but in my current condition..." Nero points out.
Riiko shakes his head "No need for that."
Nero brings the mouse's paw up, and gives the back of it a tender kiss. Riiko's glasses slide down his nose and he quickly withdraws his hand. Nero's ears flatten a bit, "I apologize, guess it's a bad habit of mine, it can make people uncomfortable."
Riiko's cheeks were reddening so he turns his head to try to hide it from view. "No really its fine, you do not need to be so polite."
The two stand there for a while until Nero breaks the silence. "So where am I anyway?"
"Pine Cove Village, or more specifically in my house." Riiko responds.
"Ah sounds like a nice place..." Nero comments.
"I suppose, but it can get pretty dull around here." Riiko replies.
Riiko tilts his head to the side, "Lets sit somewhere you seem to be getting more shakey."
"Good idea!" Nero says with a wide smile. Riiko leads Nero to a table and waits for him near one of the chairs to help him sit down. For the next hour or so the two talk about various things; the village, the people who live there, and how Nero was found in the nearby field.
"Oh, so that's why you had to take me into your house..." Nero lowers his head.
"Yeah, no one knows what happened to the locale Pokemon Center. I would have taken you there if it were not a pile of ruble. I had to buy some medicinal sprays and bandages. To be honest I didn't know what I was doing." Riiko rests his head against his paw with a small giggle at the thought of trying to feed the moogle. "I think I failed miserably. You must be hungry."
Nero's head was still lowered when he heard a growling coming from the pokemon's stomach. "Sounds like you could use something to eat yourself," Nero replied.
Riiko rubs the back of his head and nods, "Guess so, a lot has been on my mind lately so I haven't noticed."
Nero stands up and sighs, "Sorry for being such a burden...I'm in your debt." Riiko's lips move, he wanted to say something but nothing came to him. "Can you point me in the direction of the bathroom?" Nero asks.
Riiko nods slightly, and points toward the hallway, "Across the room you were staying in." "Thanks" Nero then wobbles toward that direction.
"If you need any help" Riiko offers.
"Nah I'll be alright." Nero says in response.
The mog shuts the door and Riiko stares off to the side, "You aren't a burden, that is what I should've have said..."
The door to the bathroom soon opens back up and Nero's head pokes out. "Nice place you have here by the way." He smiles. "Oh, and you wouldn't happen to know where my things are would you? There were some personal things on me, and I'm sure you would prefer that I didn't walk around in just my underwear." Nero sticks his tongue out in a playful manner then retreats back into the restroom.
Riiko yells back, "I'll go get them!" The Rattata then goes into a closet, and pulls out a box. Opening it up he rubs some of the silky blue fabic between his fingers. "This clothing sure was hard to clean." Riiko lifts the box and places it on a wooden table in the room, then gets a grin on his face at a thought. ~Maybe I should just say I didn't find them so I can get him to walk around like that a bit longer~ He giggles and shakes his head ~Nah~.
While Riiko retrieves Nero's things Nero sits on the toilet with his head lowered in thought. A few minutes pass and the moogle stands up. Staring back at the water in the toilet and smiling "A place that actually has pluming, lady luck must be smiling upon me." Walking over to the sink he washes his hands and makes various faces at himself in the mirror above it. Splashing some water on his face then rubbing it in he then gazes directly into the eyes of his reflection. His ears fold back as his eyes drift down to his paws that he begins to look over. "Look at me, I should be concentrating on my mission and fulfilling my duty. I shouldn't have even gotten involved with the people I did, it was against the very code that I was taught to uphold!" Nero clenches his teeth, and balls his hands into fists. "I need to stop causing so many problems, but I seem to be a magnet for trouble." Giving a sigh, the moogle steps back, folding his arms as he once again gazes at his reflection.
A sudden knock at the door makes Nero's heart jump, Riiko's voice is heard, "Everything alright? I got all of your stuff out for you."
"Thanks I will be right out!" Nero responds with a happy smile, which quickly fades. "You are waaay too jumpy" He chuckled to himself. Waiting until he hears Riiko step back into the living room Nero raises a index finger and wiggles it back and forth, speaking to the image in the mirror as if trying to discipline himself. "You are going to help this Riiko fellow and pay him back for all the things he did for you. That's it! Nothing more!" He gives himself a stern look then nods like a idiot.
Nero reaches for the doorknob but something stops him. He steps back to look at the mirror and begins to unwrap the bandages that were tied around his head. ~That tingling...~ His sky blue hair falls down to his eyes but he quickly moves it to the side to reveal the two jewels engraved on his forehead; one of which is glowing. One jewel was a light color while the other was a darker almost ebony color with the light jewel on the left side of his forehead and the dark on the right side. ~Is it reacting to Riiko?~ He ponders. Letting his hair back down he steps out of the bathroom, and the tingling sensation he had felt vanishes.
Walking over to the wooden table in the living room, Nero looks over his things. Riiko sits at his computer typing as the moogle pokes around. The moogle takes out a pair of teal colored pants from the box. "These will do~" Nero lifts a leg, but the look of pain returns to his face. Riiko dashes over, reaching for the waistband of the pants, which had slipped out of Nero's grasp. Slowly sliding the pants upward, Riiko buckles Nero's belt. Nero stares at Riiko with his cheek beginning to feel as if they were burning. "This is pretty embarrassing, I must say."
Riiko blushes as well, giving the mog's shoulder a soft pat. "Anything I can do to help!" The Rattata moves a finger across Nero's light blue hair. "I see you are already taking some of the bandages off, you really shouldn't try to rush things. You need time to heal."
Nero chuckles "I've never been known to be very patient, I'm pretty hard headed!"
Riiko grins, and joins Nero in looking through the moogle's accessories. "Anything in here you don't want me to see?" Riiko asks.
Nero shakes his head, "Nah just don't bend my pictures of me naked or bruise the dead baby seals that I had on me."
Riiko giggles, "Oh I know somebody who might get upset at that last comment."
Nero nudges Riiko playfully, "Oh and who might that be?"
"My boy...errr friend" Riiko's voice becomes lower as he says that. Nero continues to look through the contents of the box, and pulls out a blue cloak.
Putting the cloth over his shoulders he responds to Riiko, "I'm terrified!" The moogle raises a brow as Riiko goes silent. "Something wrong? Oh...I've got nothing against that! I have been to a few places where it is taboo I guess, but it's a-okay with me."
Riiko has a smile creep along his face, "I didn't say for sure! I like girls~ How do you know I'm not straight?"
Nero slips his arms through his cloak, and smirks. Taping his index finger on Riiko's nose Nero grins back "Because you didn't deny it!" Riiko opens his mouth, and acts as though he is going to give the finger a bite.
Nero withdraws his finger, and then flicks his tail in a teasing manner at Riiko. "I am glad you were the one to find me, you're a sweet guy."
Riiko presses his glasses against his face, and nods a tad "I'm glad I found you, though I can't take complete credit for that, you can thank Pete."
"I will have to thank him too then, but you the one who took me in after all." Nero reaches into the box again, and pulls out a pair of light blue glasses, which were nowhere as thick or large as Riiko's own.
Nero walks over to Riiko's computer, and lifts a picture to gaze over it. The picture is of two rodents, one being Riiko, and the other being a yellow mouse, a Pikachu. "This you're guy friend?"
Riiko smiles, and nods "Yeah, his name is Lando"
Nero sets the picture down, and steps back over toward Riiko, "Sounds like a nice guy, looks nice too..."
Riiko nods, and reachs a paw over to rub the fabric of the cloak Nero wore. "You must really like blue," Riiko comments. "It's silky!"
"I like the color, but it isn't the only reason why I wear it." Nero murmurs as he looks over his attire.
"Why then?" Riiko asks.
"It's part of a uniform, though there are parts that I gave my own special touch"
"Is it some kind of military thing?"
"I guess I could say that, but lets just say I came from a school, and if you had to classify me as something it would be a blue mage."
"Oh I see, well perhaps you can tell me what these 'blue mages' do later" Riiko smiles happily. Nero nods. "Well its very fashionable!" Riiko exclaims.
Nero places a paw behind his head, "You're making me blush here!" Nero taps the left side of his glasses, "Hmm.."
"What is it?" Riiko asks.
"I'm just surprised you haven't asked more about what I am, who I am, why I even was out in that field.."
"I figure you will tell me what you want me to know when you feel like it, as for what you are...you are a moogle right?" Riiko replies.
Nero gives a stunned look for a brief moment. "Well usually people don't like to house strangers. I thank you again for being so kind." The moogle bows, but the loud crack and the sudden surge of pain reminds him of how vulnerable he was.
Riiko steps over, and rubs between the wings on the mogs back. "I told you that you didn't have to do that!"
Nero remains bent over, his wings fluttering as he tries to straighten his back out, and stand up straight. "So you have seen other moogles?"
Riiko nods, "I've had the pleasure of meeting one, his name is Kupok."
Nero's ears perk up, "That name seems familiar...so have you only met one?"
"Up until this point yes. I don't really get to have a real conversation with Kupok he is always off on a adventure it would seem, but he is a nice guy. Other then that I've only seen moogles in video games."
Standing up straight Nero rubs his chin in thought. "Interesting."
"You look different though," Riiko concludes, "You've got a tail, and there are other differences as well."
Nero looks back at his tail, and wags it. "Moogles are like any other monsters, well most anyway. There are different kinds, with different shapes, and sizes." Taking his tail into his paws Nero continues, "Where I'm from moogles look much like myself, though I ended up taller then most of the population, and fur other then a snowy white was not seen. This tail of mine is a birthmark of sorts." Nero's eyes meet Riiko's, and he chuckles nervously, "Sorry about that, I feel as though I'm rambling."
Riiko smiles, "Hehe, sounds like you are quite the adventurer...are all moogles like that?"
"I can't really say! I haven't met that many of my own kind." Nero tilts his head and looks over Riiko. "So what species are you anyway?"
Riiko blinks, "Wow, you really must not be from around here! I am a Rattata, a pokemon."
"Poke-a-wah?" Nero scratches.
"Pokemon are all over the place, how could you not see one? Well erm, I guess I can help you study later"
Nero gives a thumbs up, "I'd like that."
Lifting a arm Nero's nose begins to twitch, and his whiskers bounce. Sniffing along his arm Nero suddenly jerks his head back, "Puuu!" He says as he removes his cloaks "Why didn't you tell me I stunk before I put my things back on!?" Nero snickers.
Riiko grabs the cloak, and lays it atop the nearby table, "I was just trying to be polite." Riiko takes the moogle's hand then leads him to the bathroom. After showing Nero how the bathtub works and where the towels were Riiko leaves, and sits back at the computer in the living room. A few minutes later a rustling could be heard then the sound of things dropping on the ground, and into water. The Rattata slowly gets up from his seat then rushes over to the door giving it a knocking. "Nero?"
"Come in" Nero groans. When Riiko steps in there is a good amount of water on the tile floor. "Be careful not to slip."
"What happened in here?" Riiko can't help but giggle.
"I was trying to reach the shampoo, and well...bottles came falling onto my head and into the tub" Nero groans again and then his eyes trail to Riiko then back down at himself. "Oops!" His paws quickly moves to cover himself up, a deep blush going over his face. "I have been having a pretty hard time with this, I can't even reach around to my back."
Riiko smiles, moves to pick up the bottles and set them closer to the moogle, "Here you go." Nero smiles back with his paws still on his lap, moving his tail over there as well.
"Thank you mister Riiko!" Nero cheers.
Riiko stands back up, and shrugs. As Riiko turns he stops, gazing over his shoulder he looked over the moogle's nude form. Nero slowly lifts his right leg as he relaxes, his eyes shut with a sigh escaping him, his three toes wiggling some. With his leg in the air water slowly ran back down his leg, and his light blue hair slightly covered his eyes.
Nero's left eye opens, and he notices Riiko staring. Closing his eye again he gives a toothy grin. "You can help me scrub, and scratch my back if you want."
"Really? You seemed pretty nervous a moment ago..." Riiko backs away, and opens up a small cabinet.
"Yeah, but I have gotten use to the idea already, after all we all have the same equipment," Nero chuckles notices that the Rattata took out a pink bottle. "What's that?"
"It's some bubble bath! This will ease any more worries you will have about me taking a peek if you were serious about the back rubbing." A Riiko step back over to the tub, and pours the pink liquid into the water, which quickly makes it bubbly.
"It's magic!" Nero says with child-like amusement. "Well there is room for two..."
"I wasn't planning on going in too, but if you insist!" Riiko begins to take off his own clothing.
Nero still focused on the bubbles snickers, "I wasn't insisting anything, but...but.." He gets wide eyed as he sees a buck naked mouse leap into the tub. Nero was a little more then speechless as Riiko sat behind him, his cheeks were redder then ever, and his ears flattened. Any nervousness Nero had seemed to vanish as Riiko places his paws on his back. Nero gave a relaxed sigh as he began to lay against Riiko, his whole body seeming to go limp from the soothing attention he was being given. Blowing at some bubble Nero couldn't help but make some odd murring like noses, it was almost as thought Riiko had some kind of healing powers.
Neither knew exactly how long they were in the tub before Nero asked in a teasing manner, "So Riiko...think your boyfriend would like the fact that you are doing this?"
Riiko smiles and gives his hands a break, wrapping his arms around Nero's torso. "Really, he wouldn't care, we're pretty open minded"
Nero feels his eyelids becoming heavy, and gives off a yawn, "Oh I see. You two must love each other a lot...I don't think I could go through with what you guys are managing."
"Well it doesn't mean people love each other more if they can do that, it is just our choice." Riiko murmurs.
"I didn't mean that...its just you guys seem very trusting of each other. Everyone has their own system, what works for some does not work for all"
Riiko nods, letting Nero rest his head back on the mouse's shoulder. "Guess so...what about you? Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend Nero?".
Nero stares off to the side, and simply shakes his head, "Nah...I'd rather not get into that kinda thing. It is a lot of trouble, and quite frankly I get into enough trouble." Riiko just responds with a small squeeze. "So tell me more about this Lando fellow, he seems like a nice guy and he appears handsome." Riiko goes on to tell Nero about Lando, and how they met, but Nero soon drifts off to sleep.
The next morning...
Nero sits up in his bed in just his boxers again. "I fell asleep.." He then puts his paws on his cheeks, and with a shocked expression he realizes "He saw me naked!!"
In the next installment of "Guardian Angel": Time just seems to fly by as Nero finds a job, and begins living with Riiko. Nero, and Riiko meet a few new faces, and one of them is A GIRL! (gasp) who is this girl?, why does she give strange looks when around Nero OTHER THEN THE FACT THAT HE IS A FREAK OF NATURE, and what part will she play? Will there be excitement!? Will there be drama!? Will there be romance!?
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"What's been missing"
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