Story Notes:
This story has been bouncing around my head for a while now, I'm not sure but I'm fairly certain that this idea is origonal if nothing else.Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
Chapter 8
Simon groaned and rolled over "Stop it Gemma." he muttered, put the persistent nudging didn't stop if anything it got more frequent.
"It's not Gemma and wake up." Crystal's voice replied with a slight giggle
"Fine.." Simon huffed as he opened his eyes, the cave swimming into focus, he looked around; Crystal was sitting next to him wearing a large smile and looking all the better for a good nights sleep, Gemma was sitting in the corner engaged in a conversation with Pisces but Alex, Dew and that Vulpix were nowhere to be seen. Simon blushed slightly as his gaze lingered on Pisces, recalling last nights events, he stood up slowly yawning and stretching his aching muscles "Morning." he yawned
"Morning" Gemma and Pisces replied halting their conversation, their focus turning to Simon, Gemma blushed heavily when she noticed Simon was still naked and swung her leaf down in front of her eyes so she could still see Simon's chest and head but nothing beneath that.
Simon gave Crystal a small peck on the forehead and a smile before turning to the back of the cave to retrieve his clothes.
"Wait!" Pisces called out standing up and shaking her frills
Simon paused, his hand on his boxers "What?" he asked curious
"You said you needed a bath didn't you?" Pisces asked
"Yeah.. So?" Simon replied confused
"Well I can't do a bath, but I can be a shower" Pisces said with a small giggle, shooting a spurt of water into the air to prove her point
Simon laughed and walked over to Pisces "That would be great." he said kindly gently running his hand over the frill of her neck and blushing when she emitted a low pleasured murr.
Simon smiled giving Pisces a quick pat on the head before heading over to Crystal "So do you want a shower too?" he asked
Crystal gave a small nod "Yeah, a shower would be great right about now."
Gemma was blushing furiously, trying to resist the temptation to peek, as she waited patiently for Simon and Crystal to finish their shower.
Pisces opened her mouth a shot a jet of water in a smooth arc, the water cascading down over Simon and Crystal flashing orange as it caught the morning sun shining into the cave.
Simon leant down to Crystal and ran his hands through her fur, smoothing it down and gently cleaning it for her. Crystal gave a small yelp of surprise but quickly got into it, small murrs and purrs escaping her lips as Simon's gentle ministrations worked their magic on her. Simon rubbed her bulging stomach a little longer than necessary as he slipped into a daydream of what her cubs would be like; he snapped back to reality as Pisces cut off the water.
"I think her stomach's clean now." Pisces giggled, earning a small blush from Crystal and a heavy one from Simon.
Simon ran his hand down Crystal's face before drawing her in for a kiss, as they broke apart he stood up and turned to Gemma "Alright your turn," he turned back to Crystal and Pisces "That is alright isn't it?" he asked
Pisces and Crystal both had no problem with that and nodded, Crystal standing up and heading to a dry corner of the cave to dry off whilst she waited for Gemma to get cleaned up.
Gemma blushed before walking slowly towards Simon when she got close Pisces restarted the water jet, shifting the arc slightly to cover all of Gemma's body.
Simon was blushing as he began to rub down Gemma her skin felt smooth like a leaf, very different to the soft fur that covered Crystal.
Gemma's leaf swung back to its normal place on her head as she relaxed under Simon's gentle touch a soft coo escaping her lips every now and again as he rubbed her down.
Simon worked his hands down her back rubbing gently as he made his way down her body, his eyes wandered back up her body meeting with hers as his hands continued their work.
Gemma blushed as their eyes met; she couldn't believe she was falling for her best friend, not only that but he was already mated with Crystal.
Simon's hands wrapped around her tail gently rubbing the mostly useless limb without much conscious input from Simon, who was too busy trying to decipher the look in Gemma's eyes, his hands ran down the underside of her tail towards her mound although neither of them noticed this.
Simon felt his hand brush up against an unusually warm spot on Gemma's body, Gemma let out a quiet pleasured moan when she felt Simon brush her mound ,he quickly whipped his head round shattering the spell that had held his eyes to Gemma's.
Simon blushed, his face turning beet red, when he saw where his hand was and what that warm spot was. He drew his hand back suddenly, as though burnt; quickly diverting his eyes "I'm sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" he apologized profusely
Gemma let out an almost disappointed sigh "It's ok." she replied blushing, the cascading water stopped abruptly as Pisces decided they weren't going to shower any further
Simon gave a small smile, his head still diverted "I guess we're even now." He joked still blushing
"Huh?" Gemma thought about it for a second before blushing when she realised what he had been getting at "Yeah, I guess we are." She replied giggling slightly
The tension quickly dispersed; Gemma and Simon both went over to where Crystal and Pisces were sitting and threw themselves down.
Alex returned to the cave ten minutes later with Dew following slightly behind although Luna couldn't be seen anywhere.
"Good morning." Dew said cheerily when she noticed that everyone was up; Alex gave a small grunt but said nothing
"Morning!" came the chorus of replies
"Sorry about keeping you waiting." Dew apologized sitting down opposite them with Alex "But we had to take Luna back to her den and Alex had his patrols to arrange."
"Luna?" Simon asked confused
"The Vulpix from last night." Alex replied quickly
"Ah! Ok then." Simon nodded "Well I just wanted to say thanks for the... hospitality" he blushed slightly
Alex nodded "So I guess this is goodbye for now?"
"Yeah" Gemma nodded
Crystal turned to Pisces and nuzzled her "Bye sis." She said sadly
"Yeah, goodbye" Pisces replied "make sure you visit soon, I want to see your pups when they're born!"
Crystal gave a little smile "Don't worry I will" she gave Pisces a lick on the muzzle
Dew leaned over and whispered something in Alex's ear; they held a brief whispered conversation whilst Pisces made the rest of her goodbyes.
"Pisces" Alex spoke up
"Yes?" Pisces turned to face Alex
"You've been doing very well recently" Alex explained "I think you've earnt a brief holiday."
"You don't mean?" Pisces asked her face lighting up
Alex gave a small nod "As long as you're okay with it." He said looking at Simon
Simon smiled "No problems here."
"Yay!" Pisces cheered pouncing on Alex and licking his face furiously constantly thanking him between licks.
Alex gave a small laugh prying Pisces from his face gently before turning to Simon "Make sure she's back in one month, Ok."
Simon gave a curt nod "One month gotcha."
Alex's eyes narrowed "She'd better be back by then."
Simon swallowed nervously but stayed silent
"We should get going." Crystal spoke up nuzzling Pisces again
"Ok then" Simon agreed "Goodbye Alex, Dew. Thanks for everything." He waved them goodbye as they strode out of the cave
"One month" Alex called out as their figures faded from view.
The group made their way towards the edge of Alex's territory, making better time now that Crystal had returned to her usual place on Gemma's back. Pisces was walking alongside Gemma occasionally giggling at Crystal.
"So..." Pisces said attempting to start up a conversation after two hours of almost total silence "Crystal?"
"Yeah" Crystal turned her head to acknowledge her sister
"What's Simon like as a mate?" Pisces asked, the question causing both Simon and Gemma to blush "I don't mean to mate, I know that is awesome, I meant as a mate?" she clarified, Simon blush rising several notches as she spoke and Gemma zoned out as her imagination went into overdrive.
"Well he's very caring" Crystal responded "He's practically the perfect mate" she continued
Pisces shook her head "I suspected as much, I envy you so much right now" she glared at Crystal
Crystal laughed "Well you're here for a month so you can have a taster session."
"Wait what!" Simon exclaimed
Crystal tried to look at Simon but her neck wouldn't turn enough "Can you treat Pisces like your mate too whilst she's here?" she asked endearingly
"Bu... Ok." Simon agreed
"Thank you!" Crystal and Pisces exclaimed together
'I think we should reward him for his generosity. Don't you?' Crystal asked Pisces using telepathy
Pisces agreed with a subtle nod
'Tonight?'
"Yeah." Pisces agreed enthusiastically, Gemma and Simon both turned to look at her
"What?" Simon asked confused
"Nothing." Pisces said innocently blushing slightly as she thought about tonight
"What were you planning?" Gemma hissed craning her neck so she could whisper in Crystal's ear
'We were going to reward Simon for his kindness.' Crystal replied
Gemma blushed knowing full well what kind of reward it would be "When?" she asked
'Why?' Crystal questioned 'You want in?'
Gemma blushed heavily and nodded slowly, raising her neck again to avoid attracting attention.
'Pisces you get that?' Crystal asked
Pisces gave another small nod to confirm she had understood
'Hehe, between the three of us this will be a reward Simon will never forget' Crystal giggled.
"It's not Gemma and wake up." Crystal's voice replied with a slight giggle
"Fine.." Simon huffed as he opened his eyes, the cave swimming into focus, he looked around; Crystal was sitting next to him wearing a large smile and looking all the better for a good nights sleep, Gemma was sitting in the corner engaged in a conversation with Pisces but Alex, Dew and that Vulpix were nowhere to be seen. Simon blushed slightly as his gaze lingered on Pisces, recalling last nights events, he stood up slowly yawning and stretching his aching muscles "Morning." he yawned
"Morning" Gemma and Pisces replied halting their conversation, their focus turning to Simon, Gemma blushed heavily when she noticed Simon was still naked and swung her leaf down in front of her eyes so she could still see Simon's chest and head but nothing beneath that.
Simon gave Crystal a small peck on the forehead and a smile before turning to the back of the cave to retrieve his clothes.
"Wait!" Pisces called out standing up and shaking her frills
Simon paused, his hand on his boxers "What?" he asked curious
"You said you needed a bath didn't you?" Pisces asked
"Yeah.. So?" Simon replied confused
"Well I can't do a bath, but I can be a shower" Pisces said with a small giggle, shooting a spurt of water into the air to prove her point
Simon laughed and walked over to Pisces "That would be great." he said kindly gently running his hand over the frill of her neck and blushing when she emitted a low pleasured murr.
Simon smiled giving Pisces a quick pat on the head before heading over to Crystal "So do you want a shower too?" he asked
Crystal gave a small nod "Yeah, a shower would be great right about now."
Gemma was blushing furiously, trying to resist the temptation to peek, as she waited patiently for Simon and Crystal to finish their shower.
Pisces opened her mouth a shot a jet of water in a smooth arc, the water cascading down over Simon and Crystal flashing orange as it caught the morning sun shining into the cave.
Simon leant down to Crystal and ran his hands through her fur, smoothing it down and gently cleaning it for her. Crystal gave a small yelp of surprise but quickly got into it, small murrs and purrs escaping her lips as Simon's gentle ministrations worked their magic on her. Simon rubbed her bulging stomach a little longer than necessary as he slipped into a daydream of what her cubs would be like; he snapped back to reality as Pisces cut off the water.
"I think her stomach's clean now." Pisces giggled, earning a small blush from Crystal and a heavy one from Simon.
Simon ran his hand down Crystal's face before drawing her in for a kiss, as they broke apart he stood up and turned to Gemma "Alright your turn," he turned back to Crystal and Pisces "That is alright isn't it?" he asked
Pisces and Crystal both had no problem with that and nodded, Crystal standing up and heading to a dry corner of the cave to dry off whilst she waited for Gemma to get cleaned up.
Gemma blushed before walking slowly towards Simon when she got close Pisces restarted the water jet, shifting the arc slightly to cover all of Gemma's body.
Simon was blushing as he began to rub down Gemma her skin felt smooth like a leaf, very different to the soft fur that covered Crystal.
Gemma's leaf swung back to its normal place on her head as she relaxed under Simon's gentle touch a soft coo escaping her lips every now and again as he rubbed her down.
Simon worked his hands down her back rubbing gently as he made his way down her body, his eyes wandered back up her body meeting with hers as his hands continued their work.
Gemma blushed as their eyes met; she couldn't believe she was falling for her best friend, not only that but he was already mated with Crystal.
Simon's hands wrapped around her tail gently rubbing the mostly useless limb without much conscious input from Simon, who was too busy trying to decipher the look in Gemma's eyes, his hands ran down the underside of her tail towards her mound although neither of them noticed this.
Simon felt his hand brush up against an unusually warm spot on Gemma's body, Gemma let out a quiet pleasured moan when she felt Simon brush her mound ,he quickly whipped his head round shattering the spell that had held his eyes to Gemma's.
Simon blushed, his face turning beet red, when he saw where his hand was and what that warm spot was. He drew his hand back suddenly, as though burnt; quickly diverting his eyes "I'm sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" he apologized profusely
Gemma let out an almost disappointed sigh "It's ok." she replied blushing, the cascading water stopped abruptly as Pisces decided they weren't going to shower any further
Simon gave a small smile, his head still diverted "I guess we're even now." He joked still blushing
"Huh?" Gemma thought about it for a second before blushing when she realised what he had been getting at "Yeah, I guess we are." She replied giggling slightly
The tension quickly dispersed; Gemma and Simon both went over to where Crystal and Pisces were sitting and threw themselves down.
Alex returned to the cave ten minutes later with Dew following slightly behind although Luna couldn't be seen anywhere.
"Good morning." Dew said cheerily when she noticed that everyone was up; Alex gave a small grunt but said nothing
"Morning!" came the chorus of replies
"Sorry about keeping you waiting." Dew apologized sitting down opposite them with Alex "But we had to take Luna back to her den and Alex had his patrols to arrange."
"Luna?" Simon asked confused
"The Vulpix from last night." Alex replied quickly
"Ah! Ok then." Simon nodded "Well I just wanted to say thanks for the... hospitality" he blushed slightly
Alex nodded "So I guess this is goodbye for now?"
"Yeah" Gemma nodded
Crystal turned to Pisces and nuzzled her "Bye sis." She said sadly
"Yeah, goodbye" Pisces replied "make sure you visit soon, I want to see your pups when they're born!"
Crystal gave a little smile "Don't worry I will" she gave Pisces a lick on the muzzle
Dew leaned over and whispered something in Alex's ear; they held a brief whispered conversation whilst Pisces made the rest of her goodbyes.
"Pisces" Alex spoke up
"Yes?" Pisces turned to face Alex
"You've been doing very well recently" Alex explained "I think you've earnt a brief holiday."
"You don't mean?" Pisces asked her face lighting up
Alex gave a small nod "As long as you're okay with it." He said looking at Simon
Simon smiled "No problems here."
"Yay!" Pisces cheered pouncing on Alex and licking his face furiously constantly thanking him between licks.
Alex gave a small laugh prying Pisces from his face gently before turning to Simon "Make sure she's back in one month, Ok."
Simon gave a curt nod "One month gotcha."
Alex's eyes narrowed "She'd better be back by then."
Simon swallowed nervously but stayed silent
"We should get going." Crystal spoke up nuzzling Pisces again
"Ok then" Simon agreed "Goodbye Alex, Dew. Thanks for everything." He waved them goodbye as they strode out of the cave
"One month" Alex called out as their figures faded from view.
The group made their way towards the edge of Alex's territory, making better time now that Crystal had returned to her usual place on Gemma's back. Pisces was walking alongside Gemma occasionally giggling at Crystal.
"So..." Pisces said attempting to start up a conversation after two hours of almost total silence "Crystal?"
"Yeah" Crystal turned her head to acknowledge her sister
"What's Simon like as a mate?" Pisces asked, the question causing both Simon and Gemma to blush "I don't mean to mate, I know that is awesome, I meant as a mate?" she clarified, Simon blush rising several notches as she spoke and Gemma zoned out as her imagination went into overdrive.
"Well he's very caring" Crystal responded "He's practically the perfect mate" she continued
Pisces shook her head "I suspected as much, I envy you so much right now" she glared at Crystal
Crystal laughed "Well you're here for a month so you can have a taster session."
"Wait what!" Simon exclaimed
Crystal tried to look at Simon but her neck wouldn't turn enough "Can you treat Pisces like your mate too whilst she's here?" she asked endearingly
"Bu... Ok." Simon agreed
"Thank you!" Crystal and Pisces exclaimed together
'I think we should reward him for his generosity. Don't you?' Crystal asked Pisces using telepathy
Pisces agreed with a subtle nod
'Tonight?'
"Yeah." Pisces agreed enthusiastically, Gemma and Simon both turned to look at her
"What?" Simon asked confused
"Nothing." Pisces said innocently blushing slightly as she thought about tonight
"What were you planning?" Gemma hissed craning her neck so she could whisper in Crystal's ear
'We were going to reward Simon for his kindness.' Crystal replied
Gemma blushed knowing full well what kind of reward it would be "When?" she asked
'Why?' Crystal questioned 'You want in?'
Gemma blushed heavily and nodded slowly, raising her neck again to avoid attracting attention.
'Pisces you get that?' Crystal asked
Pisces gave another small nod to confirm she had understood
'Hehe, between the three of us this will be a reward Simon will never forget' Crystal giggled.