''I'm so sorry... If only I had reacted quicker...'' A soft voice echoed about the darkness. The voice felt so familiar... Wet... Suddenly, there was rain. A boy stood there... It was him! He could feel the rain, splashing onto his face... It was warm, too...
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''Ian!'' He blinked a few times, slightly blinded by the light above him. ''Ian, you're alright!'' His eyes opened completely as Will hugged him. ''I thought you were gonna die, man!''
Ian mumbled as the words came together in his mind, ''Die...?'' It all came back to him... The monster, the blades... He clutched his side with one hand as the pain came back.
Will released his friend, ''That thing you got hit by was a kabutops. It escaped from the fossil revitalization lab in a while ago. From what I saw, the thing messed you and Jun up pretty bad before I caught it.''
''JUN! Where is-FFUCK!'' Ian bolted upright, only to fall back onto the bed from the pain in his stomach, mumbling a short stream of obscenities.
Will winced a bit before patting the wounded trainer's shoulder, ''Calm down, he's fine. He was even here a second ago. I'll go get him. In the meantime, I'd suggest not making too much movement, YOU'RE not completely healed yet.'' Ian sighed and nodded, leaning back against his pillows the other boy left. He used his periferal vision to get a good view of the place... It was a hospital, obvious from the plain white ceiling and walls. And then came the smell. The stifling, stale smell of medicines and god-knows-what else... He hated the hosptal.
Various noises filled the room as several pokemon and two people entered the room. ''All right, you can't stay in there for too long, we have to redress mister Gracing's bandages soon...'' An older woman in a white coat and scrubs said as she backed into the room, followed by Will and... A lopunny? The lopunny looked over for a second before nearly leaping to the white haired trainer's side, looking as if it were on the verge of tears as it hugged him.
It took Ian a moment to realize just who this pokemon was. ''Jun, you evolved?'' The lopunny nodded and was hugged by his trainer, ''That's great! I can't wait to see-''
''Actually, you can wait.'' The doctor interrupted, approaching them. ''Your damage was quite extensive, and, unlike your pokemon, you haven't healed completely.''
''But!-'' Ian managing to get out.
''But...'' She added, ''it would probably be okay to release you after we do a quick check up, as long as you promise to be careful and take it easy for the next two weeks or so.'' Ian grinned and nodded, ''Of course... I'll try.''
The doctor shook her head, holding in a laugh before turning to the other trainer and lopunny, ''Alright you two, time to leave, he'll be out to join you soon. The rabbit pokemon looked to his trainer with obvious dismay. Ian chuckled and waved, ''I'll be fine... Go tell the others that I'm coming for me okay?'' Jun nodded with more enthusiasm and followed Will out the door, looking back before his trainer left his view.
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''You want to WHAT?!'' Sin nearly fell from thee chair she was resting on in shock.
''What's the problem? I mean, master Ian is one of the nicest people I've ever met. He's quite handsome, too...'' Jun pleaded, slightly confused from the luxio's reaction.
''Jun, you have to understand...'' a calm voice came from behind; Ichi, an infernape, and Ian's first pokemon, ''it's not that he isn't a good guy... It's just... Pokemon and humans... They can't...'' He trailed off, unable to find the right words.
''They can't mate. It's not allowed,'' Sin continued before she hopped down from the chair, stretching her legs on the floor, ''I doubt that he's the kind to really... Go outside his species. Besides, even if he was and did, he could get into serious trouble for it.''
''But why?'' the bunny asked, even more confused, ''I love him, and I'm sure risking his life to protect mine means he cares a lot for me...''
''Because...'' Ichi sighed, ''most humans view relationships like that as wrong. I'm not sure why that's so, but I would advise against trying it.''
''I say let the kid go for it...'' A zangoose grumbled, lifting her head from her paws.
''But Freya-''
''But nothin'. Kid, you love the guy, right?''
Jun nodded.
The zangoose shrugged, ''So if you think you can get him to understand how you feel and he likes you too, I don't see any real problem, as long as no other human finds out.''
Ichi stumbled over his words, trying to come back with a response. Sin simply sighed after looking over at the fire pokemon, then the zangoose ''I guess you can't really argue with that logic...''
Jun hopped in place out of joy, exclaiming ''Then I shall become master Ian's mate!''
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The doors to the lobby slid open just as Jun finished his sentence. Ian was finishing pulling his shirt down to cover his bandages seconds before his team surrounded him (except for a particularly lazy zangoose), the three pokemon inspecting their trainer.
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''Are you still hurt?''
''What happened in there?''
''Is there a scar? Can I see it?!''
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Ian backed up a bit from the clamboring pokemon, ''Everyone, calm down! I'm okay!'' he lifted up his shirt enough to show the bandages, ''But I think it'd be safe if I don't do too much for the next week or so...'' The three pokemon began to calm down, and all four turned to Will as he aproached. He tossed Ian a key, ''It's already dark, so I got us both rooms at the hotel near by.''
''Sweet, man.'' Ian stared at the key for a second, ''Wait... What happened to our reward...?''
Will sighed, ''Hospitals aren't free, buddy. Almost all the money we got went to that and the hotel rooms.''
Ian nearly fell over, ''Seriously?! What's left?''
The black haired boy shrugged, ''Not much... But I did have enough to get you something. It's with your stuff at the hotel.''
''Fine...'' Ian turned, ''Freya! Get up! We're leaving.''
''Hmph... Zan...'' The zangoose took her time getting to her feet before striding after the two trainers before being recalled with her trainer's other pokemon.
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The hotel was nicer than most Ian had seen- it was perfectly clean on the outside, and even though they had an outside pool, there was no trash in around it, not counting some towels left on a few chairs. ''Hm... Hope the room's as clean.'' Ian thought aloud as he turned the key. He smirked a bit as he walked inside. There was no dissappointment: on his left was a huge television almost half the the size of the dresser next to it, and to his right, his bags lied on what looked like a king-sized bed, a fresh red blanket covering it. There was no questioning what took up most of the money... He shut the door behind him and hopped onto the bed, followed by Jun. As he reached over for the tv remote, his nose caught the stench of major lack of bathing. He turned the television on without checking the channel as he quickly stripped off his clothes and headed for the bathroom. ''Jun, I'll be back in a couple minutes. I really gotta take a shower...''
The buneary nodded with a ''Lopunny!'' as a plan formed in his head. To truly become Ian's mate, he'd have to at some point mate with him, and although he knew his trainer was male, he had little idea what his 'lower parts' were like, due to humans' strange rule of covering themselves with clothes, but they shed their clothes during bathing. This would be his chance to at least see what Ian's full body looked like! Jun quickly hopped off the bed and walked over to the cracked door. He pushed it open and approached the curtain where Ian's silhouette stood. The lopunny pulled the curtain aside enough to walk inside.
Ian sighed, being careful not to let his bandages get too wet, rinsed his body. He turned to get the shampoo and nearly screamed from the smiling lopunny staring at him. ''Jun!?''
The lopunny let out a cheerful ''Ni!''
Ian sighed a bit as he watched the pokemon, ''You know... You could've just said you wanted a bath...'' Jun simply tilted his head. The trainer rolled his eyes before grabbing the bottle of shampoo, squeezing out a handful before crouching on his knees so he was equal level and began scrubbing the pokemon's fur. While this wasn't exactly his goal, Jun loved the few times when Ian had washed him. "Looop..." Jun murmured as his sensitive ears were massaged and lathered up by the boy. The lopunny was slowly becoming aroused, and his original mission returning to his mind.
Jun stared at the boy's crotch, murring inquisitively. From what he could tell, they were a bit similar; Ian's sac was almost identical to his own, though the boy's didn't have as much fur. His trainer's penis, however, was quite different... His sheath was a part of it a rather strange looking tip poked out, even though he wasn't around.
Ian watched his pokemon squirm from his little massages. Without his noticing, Jun crept his paw forward...
Ian nearly jumped as he felt something stroke his manhood, and quickly looked down to see it was Jun grinning with his paw wrapped around him.
He pushed the paw away, "Jun! You really DON'T need to be touching that...!"
Jun stared at Ian endearingly, but the boy got up and stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around himself, "L-look... I'm already clean, so... J-.... just remember to turn the shower off when you're done..." Ian left the bathroom with a very confused look on his face.
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Ian sighed, stretching across the bed in his boxers.
'Why would he do something like that...? It was almost like...'
His thoughts were interrupted as Jun hopped onto the bed next to him. Ian turned just as the pokemon wrapped his arms around the trainer's neck and hugged him tightly, his fluffy ears blanketing both of them.
Ian stared at the lopunny for a moment before he heard the soft snores of the pokemon. He sighed again and hugged Jun with one arm, going back to his thoughts...
'Maybe he's just very happy to see me okay. At least... I hope that's it....'Chapter End Notes:What will happen next? Will there be more than a grab? Maybe a certain poke?! Did you wish that something happened in that shower!? I sure did. Stay tuned