Innocent Wish (Story)

[Akika Miroku]

Chapter 5

“There it is…” The dark voice spoke, glaring at the building of where he came from. He felt a shiver run through his dark fur. He then flinched when he felt a figure rub up against him. With a small growl he decided to ignore the affectionate blue female. “Kimi, we’re breaking in.”

“So serious suddenly…” Kimi commented. She jokingly licked the other Pokémon with her pink, small tongue. “Very well, though. Do you have a plan?”

“The Pichu they had needs to escape as soon as possible.” He growled. Kimi turned to the dark figure, guilt filling her expression. Seeing so, the male blinked and whimpered, nudging the female’s head gently with his muzzle. The female closed her eyes. “Kimi, this is not the time.”

“I know,” Kimi replied. She nodded and gave her body a quick shake. “My bad. So what are we going to do, Zetsu?”

“I’ll get the Pichu.” Zetsu started. “She needs to escape first.”

“Indeed.” Kimi nodded in agreement and stretched. She flicked her paws to warm them up for a dash she knew she had to do to help these ‘children’. Zetsu tilted his head a bit as Kimi crouched down into the bushes, and then twitched his ears towards the evil layer. He closed his eyes, trying to map out the insides of the building. Kimi’s tail rested beside her as she glanced to Zetsu from the corner of her eye. “Where do I go?”

Zetsu sniffed the air and turned his head to the edge of the building. His muzzle wrinkled. “There.”

Kimi blinked and did the same, nodding right after. “Understood.” She bent down low in the grass like a hunting lion, ready to pounce, when she heard a voice behind her, meowing in glee.

“A Glaceon! A Glaceon!!” The voice meowed. Kimi, caught off-guard, turned to see a Skitty. She growled softly as Zetsu stepped in front of the pink kitten. The Skitty purred now in joy. “An Umbreon too! Oh boy!”

“Back off, brat.” Zetsu growled. The yellow ring-marks on his body began to glow as he got ready for an attack. “We’re very busy.”

He used his tail to shoo off the Skitty and growled. He could see that the Skitty was nowhere to being happy, but he did not care. If this Skitty knew how to talk their language, then that meant that she was once a human; a failed generation perhaps? “Your parents should’ve taught you some manners while you where human.”

“They did,” The Skitty puffed her chest out proudly. “They taught me well!”

“Don’t talk to strangers and respect the elders.” Zetsu grinned and growled. His body shook and the yellow rings lit up. The Skitty gasped as a wave of dark energy came to her. She flew off the ground and into the sky, screaming. Zetsu turned his attention away and Kimi gave one last growl. The fur on her back stood, but flattened right after. Zetsu immediately turned to the building, narrowing his eyes into a glare when a scream came from the building. Kimi flattened her ears and bared her fangs in anger. Zetsu gently let his pelt smooth across the Glaceon’s blue fur as he too flattened his ears at the scream.

“Are we too late?” Kimi whimpered in worry. Zetsu shook his head. Terrible memories flashed into his mind.

“No, we’re not.” Zetsu said softly, hoping to get worries off his friend’s shoulders. He then licked Kimi’s head as if she was a frightened, quivering puppy and cautiously took a step out of the bushes. Kimi just followed, her fur having troubles blending in with her surroundings. Noticing this, Zetsu made himself sneaking around the forest trees and long grass hoping that it will help his friend by doing so. He then allowed himself to crouch into the weeds that grew around what looked like an abandoned cabin. He waited until Kimi carefully hopped forward and sat next to him before he spoke.

“We’re safe.” He sighed. He turned to see Kimi tearing weeds from the wall and stick them into her fur. She then made sure the weeds stayed by licking her fur, straightening it to cling to the weeds. The Umbreon didn’t speak as Kimi just finished grooming the green onto herself.

“Let’s go.” Kimi smiled. She nodded to Zetsu as they both rushed to different sides of the building. Kimi opened her mouth and breathed out Ice Beam, letting the wall freeze in front of her. She then tackled to push herself inside. Zetsu on the other hand just used Dark Pulse to crash the wall.

As the walls crashed at the end of the room, Kitsu nearly jumped. He turned to the Glaceon that was shaking her body trying to get the ice off her body. She sighed and glanced around, calling out suddenly after tilting her head back like a wolf ready to howl. “Respond if you know what I’m saying!!”

Kitsu immediately responded by calling back out. “I understand you! Help me out, please!”

“Will do.” Kimi quickly turned to the cage where Kitsu was kept in. She froze the lock on the cage and smashed it with a sharp slap using her tail. The lock shattered and the door opened. Kitsu smiled widely and jumped out, pointing to Alix’s cage next. Kimi said nothing and did the same, letting the cage swing open. Alix nodded her thanks and was about to jump out, when the door was blown open with a large energy blast. All the Pokémon turned to the door in fear, some screaming in fear when the dark figure jumped in.

“Zetsu,” Kimi gasped, rushing to him immediately. Zetsu had a towel-like cloth hanging from his mouth, dangling down to a bundle that wrapped the shivering Pichu in which he carried. He grinned sitting down and placing the bundle gently on the floor as Kitsu and Alix rushed to them.

“They’re knocked out.” Zetsu licked his lips, trying to get the numb feeling of carrying a bundle from his mouth. “Team Rocket, that is. I think they already injected drugs in her once, but she should be fine if she stays strong.”

“Thank goodness…” Kimi sighed in relief. She nudged Zetsu’s muzzle with her’s in a positive greeting and lowered her head to the shivering Pichu. Akika just looked around in fear, not knowing what was going on. Kimi licked Akika’s head gently to comfort her and stood up. “You’ll be fine, hun.”

“…” Akika’s lower lip quivered. She turned to Alix and Kitsu who were staring down at her in worry. Just as Kitsu stepped closer to her, Akika began to wail, tears flowing down her cheeks suddenly. Kitsu blinked a few times as the baby mouse Pokémon wobbled to Kitsu and hugged him, crying. “Myaaa~~!! It was scawy~~!!!”

Kitsu hesitantly placed his hand on the Pichu’s head and patted her. As Akika sniffled he just looked to Alix, not knowing what to do for sure. Kimi began to walk around the cages again, sniffing each Pokémon and trying to talk to them. Zetsu tilted his head to the Ditto that was still in the cage.

“…So you were a Pikachu this morning?” Kimi asked, her nose wiggling as she blinked to Angel. Angel nodded. Kimi grinned and blew on the lock, breaking it immediately and letting Angel’s door open. “You’re a part of this generation then. Come on out. You must be the Sitter.”

“Sitter?” Angel asked as she tried to take off the pads that sucked electricity from her. Kimi bit the cord that connected the cage and the Pikachu together and tried to help her out.

“Yes, the one who watches over the main one.” Kimi licked the cord and tried to bite down again, trying to break it. It wasn’t until she sighed and began to scratch the cord when Zetsu let out a howl-like noise.

“Team Rocket!!!” He called. Kimi quickly turned and widened her eyes as the men began to race into the room, trying to recapture the Pokémon that escaped. Kitsu picked up Akika and ran, while Alix got the cloth and rushed after. Zetsu jumped away from the men’s reach and watched as Alix began to fold the cloth around the baby Pokémon. She then tied it on Kitsu’s back, making it so that he could carry her without having to use his hands.

This was it; he needed to find out what to do. Battle and risk losing this generation, or run and ruin his own pride about being strong?

[Taitou Makurayami]

*Huggles Umbreon* BITE OFF THEIR HEADS! D:

[darkangel]

Oh. So I'm not permanently a Pikachu. I ish Sitter and I shall do good job! =O *Protects Aki*

[Alix Taylor]

Aw! Poor Aki! I hope she comes out ok!

[kyutekiyoshi]

Oh~ This is so cute! Can Rein be in? I'd love to see her in the story. Perhaps as a Torchic?

[Akika Miroku]

Chapter 6

“Move out of the way.” Zetsu growled to Kitsu who glanced up just in time to see another man’s hand reaching down towards him, yelling in anger. Kitsu jumped out of the way, letting the Pichu’s body shift slightly as she tried to not squeak, and twitched his ears.

“Will do!” He called back. Alix nodded to Kitsu and grabbed his hand, pulling him into a small space between cages. Kitsu squeezed Akika in, then himself, knowing better than to argue with the Umbreon about who was going to fight. He watched in worry as Zetsu jumped out of the way again from another’s reach. The black Pokémon bared his teeth and bent low to the ground to be able to jump out of the way again.

“He’s moving them away…” Alix pointed out, making Kitsu’s eyes widen in notice. Each time the men tried to catch the Umbreon, he would move back, making the men move towards him, further to the small group. A worried look came to Kitsu’s face when he saw this fact. He didn’t know exactly who this Umbreon was, and he was already willing to protect them?

“Zetsu stwong…” Akika mumbled. Kitsu smiled gently, not wanting to scare and worry the small child. However, he had no words coming to his mind. He didn’t know exactly how to comfort her. Alix, seeing so, smiled as well and reached up, patting the Pichu’s head.

“Of course he is! He’ll do just fine.” She commented. Akika blinked, not expecting a positive comment to come back. However, it wasn’t like she didn’t want the encouraging comment. A smile returned to the baby Pokémon’s face. She opened her mouth to comment again, only to be stopped at a loud call.

“Duck down, Zet!!” The voice called. Kitsu, forgotten about the blue Eevee-evolution, turned quickly to see the Glaceon. She opened her mouth wide, just as Zetsu ducked completely down against the ground, and released swift are of pure ice towards the men. Team Rocket’s men, taking back by surprise, collapsed on the floor, allowing Zetsu to quickly get up and squeeze himself against the small space where Kitsu, Alix, and Akika hid. He lowered his head and sniffed each one before he asked.

“Any injuries?” He asked, nudging the knot Alix tied on Kitsu’s chest. Kitsu shook his head as Akika replied in a simple ‘no’. Zetsu couldn’t help but to lick his nose in delight that at least the current generation was still unharmed. He then opened his mouth and tightened the knot. Kitsu blinked as he felt the baby Pokémon stick closer to him. He could feel the small heartbeats on his back, just below his shoulders, and her soft breaths next to his left ear. Only the Pichu’s tiny arms and small feet dangled from openings of the cloth. He was about to complain about it being tight, when he heard the voice behind him complain first.

“It too tight…” Akika complained, her ears lowering. The frown returned back to her face as she tried to shift her body, failing badly. Alix sweatdropped nervously and sighed. This child knew nothing better about her own safety and of how Umbreon was doing his best to make sure she was safe. But then again, that also represented her innocence, which made her smile slightly. Zetsu too didn’t get mad; he only nudged the knot to make sure it wouldn’t come loose and pulled his head over Kitsu’s head, nuzzling his muzzle to Akika’s head. Akika however only continued to complain. “Zetsu~… It too tight~~…”

“Sorry,” Zetsu said gently in a soft purr-like noise. “Just hang in there. It would end soon enough.”

Hearing so, Akika couldn’t reply back in a complain. She just nodded and pushed one of her hands into her mouth to keep herself quiet. Kitsu winced slightly each time the little Pokémon tried to move and sighed softly as Zetsu tried to explain his plan to the group.

“Kimi should be able to hold up the men.” The Umbreon spoke, flattening his ears against his head. “You guys need to get Angel and get out of here. This is not the place for the generation to start off at.”

“…” Kitsu said nothing as he just listened, as Alix gave a small nod. Akika stared at Zetsu quietly with her hand next and partly inside her small mouth. Confusion and fear was clearly shown in her beady eyes, blinking at the new name, Angel. If one didn’t know of Akika being five, she only would look like a tiny infant, staring off into distance like any other baby. Zetsu pushed himself back up and poked his head out of the opening to look at the scene, only to narrow his red eyes when he saw that Kimi’s attack was growing weak. He could clearly see that the attack was getting hard to continue, especially with the cold air not only coming out of her mouth, but coming from her throat, freezing it in a tingling sensation while it did so. The men were also not as surprised as they were before, and with the attack growing week, they had the balance to get up and begin to move towards the Glaceon.

“Let’s go.” Alix took Kitsu’s hand and began to take the long way around in the room to reach to the open hole that the Glaceon had created in the wall. Kitsu only nodded again and followed Alix in silence, as Akika made sure she was quiet and still, only her feet swinging every few moments. She accidently kicked Kitsu, making him glare back to the baby Pokémon, but immediately went back to trying her best to not move her feet, only to fail again. Alix, leading the way, ignored how Kitsu glared to the child every few moments and moved to the hole. On the way, she saw the Pikachu, quivering slightly near the cages filled with several Caterpies.

“Angel?” Alix called in a whisper. Angel glanced up, her ears lowered, her yellow body quivering. Alix let go of Kitsu’s hand and moved to the Pikachu. “Let’s go. We need to get out of here.”

“How?” Angel asked in her quivering voice.

“Out the hole.” Kitsu replied flatly, shaking his small body to get the tension feeling around himself off his shoulders. Akika’s ears perked up when he did so, and she couldn’t help but to giggle as he relaxed his small body.

“That hole?” Angel asked back, glancing over to the large opening in the wall. “But…”

“Zetsu and Kimi are making sure that no one will catch us.” Alix commented. She quickly pulled Angel up and began to rush towards the hole. Angel couldn’t help but to stumble behind Alix, not having time to argue. Kitsu too got on all fours and dashed towards the opening with Quick Attack. Soon enough they were outside, in the forest, glancing around not knowing where to go. Alix narrowed her eyes and pushed herself into the bushes. Kitsu too jumped into another set of short bushes, only to poke his head out to look at the building they were trapped in.

A dark shadow jumped out of the hole they escaped from, and after showing yellow glowing rings on himself, Zetsu stared to the hiding pokemon for a slight moment with his dark red eyes. He then ran off in the opposite direction followed by Kimi, who gracefully jumped into the outside world and shook her beautiful blue coat. Angered yells came from inside, but Kimi swiftly turned and opened her mouth, releasing Ice Beam towards the opening and blocking it by creating an ice wall.

Seeing his friend’s actions, Zetsu tilted his head back and gave out a small bark-like howl. “Hurry kids. Over here!”

Alix and Angel jumped out of their hidings and rushed over to Zetsu when he howled. Kimi glanced to the group after giving her work a satisfied check by tapping it with her dark blue paw, and then she too rushed after Zetsu and the two first children. Only Kitsu stayed back, his eyes widening at the heat radiating from behind him. He turned his head slightly and gasped softly at what he saw and smelt.

“Akika?” He whimpered, reaching behind himself and patting the baby Pokémon’s back. Akika whimpered in reply, mumbling, and then buried her face into the back of Kitsu’s head. Kitsu panicked and quickly began to shake his own body, hoping to hear the child giggle again, but nothing was heard. Instead, quick and heavy breaths were felt on his ears. Small sparks escaped Akika’s pink cheeks as she lay against Kitsu fully, closing her eyes soon after and trying to get some rest.

“Get over here, Kitsu!” Zetsu barked, growling right after. Alix looked out their hideout to see Kitsu in panic, trying to make the baby Pokémon stay awake.

“Something is wrong.” Alix said worriedly, a frown appearing on her face again.

“What’s wrong is the fact that he doesn’t come here.” Zetsu commented back angrily. He jumped out of the bushes in front of him and dashed to Kitsu and Akika. Kitsu looked to Zetsu and was about to explain, not wanting the dark pokemon to be angry at him, but had no time. The Umbreon lowered his head and quickly pushed the Pichu-Carrying-Minun onto his back. He then dashed off again, growling as he did so. “What are you thinking!?”

“Something’s wrong with Akika…” Kitsu tried to explain, his blue ears lowering.

“What!?” Zetsu barked in surprise and quickly jumped into another corner, away from the rest of the group. He then shook his body, forcing Kitsu off from his back, and narrowed his eyes into a glare as he quickly turned his head to face the small Pokémon. “You’ve got to be kidding me.”

“…I don’t think she’s feeling well…” Kitsu spoke hesitantly, not being able to face the fear of having a dark Pokémon glaring down at him angrily, especially when it was almost 3x his size. Zetsu’s ears twitched as he lowered his head again to Kitsu’s level and sniffed Akika, only to wince and pull away immediately when a spark hit his nose.

“…” Without a word, Zetsu licked Akika’s head comfortingly and dashed out of the bushes. Kitsu tried to follow, but he was only greeted back with a loud and hard growl. “Stay. I’ll get the herbs she needs. She needs help to keep the drug from working.”

Kitsu frowned, not happy with having someone ordering him to stay like a dog, but said nothing back. The heat on his back was increasing, and each time the Pichu whimpered, he felt electric sparks hit his ears. The drug, he guessed, was the one the men injected into her to force her to evolve. He didn’t want the small Pokémon to evolve; according to Kousuke, if Akika evolved, that would be the end of their journey; they won’t be able to change back into their human forms.

“Akika,” He tried to encourage the young child, sweatdropping in panic and rush, “Akika, stay awake. Hang on back there.”

“Mn…” Akika whimpered, shaking her head, groaning in pain and heat. Kitsu winced when he felt the small hands clench his short fur, but didn’t show the young Pokémon a frown or hint of pain. Akika’s groans slowly got louder as she tried her best to not evolve, getting scared as each pain passed through her body. “Mnn… It huwt~…”

“I know.” Kitsu frowned and hesitated. He began to bounce the baby Pokémon trying to keep her awake, only to stop immediately after when something suddenly filled his nose. A foul smell came up his nostrils, making him immediately turn towards the smell, trying to find out what it was. His eyes widened when he saw what it was. A Gloom smiled to him, drool dripping from its mouth. Akika’s groans only got louder when she too noticed the smell.

The Gloom suddenly jumped up and began to spray yellow powder onto Kitsu and Akika. Kitsu blinked, not knowing what was going on, until he soon enough noticed that he couldn’t move. He gasped and tried to call his group, when Team Rocket emerged next to the Gloom, praising the grass Pokémon. Kitsu stared up to the men in fear with the groaning Pichu on his back, not knowing what to do.

“…That’s not good.” Alix said to herself, watching as the Gloom attacked Kitsu. She turned to the Glaceon, who was now laying on the ground, trying to recover her burning throat. Angel just sat next to Kimi, not knowing what was going on. Zetsu was gone to find herbs for Akika. Alix turned back to Team Rocket and her friends, her eyes narrowing right after. She had to help them.

[Zetsumei Sabishii]

Ah D: Hurry back me!

[Alix Taylor]

Like Austin Powers says best...

"YEAH BABY!"

Wow, this chapter is awesome! I so look forward to seeing the next one! Watch out Team Rocket, because when I arrive, I will bring the fiyah!

[Akika Miroku]

Chapter 7

“Angel, can you fight!?” Alix quickly turned to the Pikachu, who just perked her long ears up in question. She sweatdropped and quickly shook her head, fear filling her eyes. Her yellow body began to quiver. Alix gritted her teeth and again, shifted her gaze up to Kimi in wonder. Kimi had her eyes closed, her breathing shallow as she tried her best not to hurt her throat further. She couldn’t possibly ask the Glaceon to fight again.

The Chimchar growled to herself and turned again, watching in horror as the Gloom continued to spray the yellow powder onto the two small, helpless Pokémon. Kitsu closed his eyes and continued to shake, paralyzed, as Akika continued to whimper. Team Rocket were just grinning down at the electric Pokémon, soon one just ordering her Gloom to stop. The Gloom stopped obediently and smiled gleefully as Kitsu collapsed, his figure quivering. Alix couldn’t just watch anymore. She couldn’t wait for Zetsu to come back; it’ll be too late.

Jumping out of the bushes, Alix dashed towards the group. Kimi lifted her head and opened her eyes in alarm, trying to call back the fire monkey, only to fail as she felt her throat rush pain into her body. Angel just watched, not even trying to stop her.

Team rocket stepped up and reached down for the two paralyzed Pokémon, only to stop immediately when they saw an orange figure flash by past in front of their eyes. They couldn’t help but to cry out when the figure passed, leaving a painful, burning scratch on their hands. Alix landed on the ground and glared to the humans. The unharmed member ordered the Gloom, “Get that thing!”

“Gloom~!” The Gloom smiled, drool dripping to the ground. Alix couldn’t help but to note the drops falling onto the ground with disgust. She couldn’t believe how a Pokémon could just let the saliva just drip constantly from its mouth. Shaking her head however, she prepared herself for the Gloom’s attack. The Gloom bent over slightly and began to release more yellow powder that Alix had already seen before. Narrowing her eyes into slits of glare, she jumped swiftly out of the way using Quick Attack and blew fire out of her mouth towards the Gloom from its side. The Gloom widened its closed eyes in fear of the fire as soon as it noticed, only to be burnt immediately by the fireballs. Alix however, didn’t let her guard down as the Gloom fell onto the ground, smoke coming from its body.

As she expected, the Gloom pushed itself back up with the orders of Team Rocket. It smiled again. Creepy, Alix noted, And disgusting.

Behind the smile however, the grass/poison Pokémon was indeed angered. More yellow powder emerged from its bulb on the head, only to miss miserably yet again with Alix’s swift movements. The monkey Pokémon shot a small, worried glance to her friends. Kitsu just watched her in awe as Akika struggled to not evolve. There wasn’t much time, and Alix knew it. Her feet landed on the ground again after she avoided the Gloom’s attack. Her eyes were yet again narrowed when she noticed that the powder was now not golden yellow, but dark purple. Poison… She noted to herself.

Opening her mouth again, Alix blew out more ember balls, only to be striked with a fierce tackle as the Gloom dared to run through the rain of fire. Alix gave a small grunt as the grass type Pokémon pushed its weight against her stomach, pushing her backwards. Gritting her teeth in pain, Alix again opened her mouth, blowing more fire down against her chest, hitting the Gloom point blank. The Gloom wailed and immediately backed away, tears mixing with the drool as it painfully crouched down onto the ground.

“I feel kind of bad…” Alix mumbled as the Gloom struggled to get back onto its feet at Team Rocket’s orders. “The Gloom is only going by orders…”

“Alix!” Kitsu called, figuring the paralysis state was slowly wearing off on him. He pushed himself onto his two feet again and struggled to stay up, his tiny body quivering. He could feel Akika’s quick, raspy breaths on his shoulders still, though they were growing faint. He too knew that Akika was not going to last much longer if this rate kept up. Alix and him had to run and hope the Gloom was going to not chase after them or defeat the Gloom completely within the next only couple of minutes.

“I know!” Alix called back, not letting her gaze leave the Gloom or waiting for Kitsu to continue. She knew what he had to say; she needed to hurry, and she knew it as well. Crouching low to find the Gloom frown and begin to walk over her, Alix prepared for another attack. Kitsu too got on all fours, hoping that the paralysis had worn out enough to at least let him run when the Gloom figured that it could just straight on attack the real target it was going for in the first place.

“Hang with me here, Akika.” Kitsu whispered encouragingly to the Pichu. The diamond-shaped ears gave a quick twitch but nothing else happened. She was glowing, and Kitsu just knew that that was not a good sign. Alix too noticed the glow and cursed under her breath. Was it over? Were they stuck as Pokémon forever?

“No!!” The familiar voice came back out. The Umbreon jumped into the battlefield, his voice slightly muffled with herbs that he carried in his mouth. His red eyes widened when he noticed that Akika was glowing. He too had noticed that there was no time left. Without second thought, he dashed to Kitsu and Akika and sat down, uneasily pushing the herbs towards Akika’s mouth. Alix blinked only to quickly realize that she had not had her eyes on the Gloom.

The Gloom dashed over, its body still burning, and tackled Alix yet again. Alix could guess that the powders were Gloom’s only real attacks, and she thanked the heavens for it. She had to keep the Gloom occupied for now, and it was going to be hard if the Pokémon knew of any other special attacks. All she had to be careful of was the bulb and the powder that bulb spreaded.

Taking in that Alix was helping by distracting the Gloom, Zetsu dropped the herbs and called out in a howl-like noise. Immediately Kimi jumped into the battlefield, her blue eyes widened at the fight. Her throat now felt a lot better after a good rest, and at the fact, she gave a small grin towards the humans. She opened her mouth and blew out the familiar Ice Beam, freezing the humans in place as they cursed and yelled at her. Twitching her ears, she turned to Alix, only to figure that the monkey Pokémon needed no help. Instead, she just sat down in spot and watched the humans as they tried to get their feet and legs out of the block of ice that she formed.

“Eat…” Zetsu mumbled as he nudged the herbs to Akika’s mouth. Akika opened her weakened eyes and sniffed the herbs, only to whimper and turn her head away right after. Zetsu couldn’t help but to growl at the child’s disobedience. “I said eat. You need to.”

“Easy, Zetsu.” Kimi commented as she heard him, her eyes still locked on Team Rocket. “She’s just a kid.”

“A kid that needs to know her importance to this.” Zetsu growled in his low voice again, walking around Kitsu and forcefully pushing the herbs against Akika’s mouth again. Akika squeaked and turned her head in anger, knowing that the herbs was going to taste bad. “Eat!!!”

Kitsu couldn’t help but to agree with Zetsu here. He didn’t want to be stuck as a Pokémon just because a mere five year old didn’t want to eat a bite of ‘yucky’ herbs. “Eat, Akika…” He frowned.

“…” Kimi finally began to walk over towards the small group, shooting a glare to the humans and keeping an eye out for Alix in case she needed help. However, Alix was now just clawing at the Gloom, blowing fire on it every now and then and jumping out of the way when powder emerged from the bulb. She then sat down again, this time closer to them, and lowered her head to nudge Akika’s cheek. “Little one,” She said calmly, “You must eat…”

“It smells nasty…” The Pichu finally rasped, shaking her head in defiance. Kimi noted how the tiny mouse Pokémon was sweating from pain and heat and gave her nose a quick lick. She turned to the herbs and opened her mouth, letting light icicles rain on them. She then picked a few up in her mouth, doing her best not to show the disgusted look she might have when she had too tasted the herbs, and pressed it against Akika’s cheek.

“But it has crunchy yummy ice on it… Like a snow cone.” Kimi suggested. Zetsu growled lightly as he watched.

“Force it down her throat.” He commented.

“Don’t be so cruel.” Kimi growled back calmly. “She’s four.”

“Five.” Akika said back, her black eyes narrowing in anger. Kimi grinned.

“Oh?” She blinked, a plan coming in mind. “You’re five, and you can’t eat medicine?”

“ Aki no wike it. It smells nasty.”

“Don’t worry, we’ll make sure we stuff it down your stomach.” Zetsu growled as he nudged the non-ice-sprinkled herbs to Akika’s mouth. Akika narrowed her eyes into a glare, when Kimi gave a warning growl to Zetsu again.

“I don’t think Akika will need that sort of help. She’s a big girl.” The blue Pokémon commented through the herbs. “At least, I thought she was. Five is a big number.”

“Aki big giwl.” Akika frowned as she pressed her face into Kitsu’s back. Kitsu sweatdropped in confusion as he decided to leave the child to Kimi and Zetsu. He turned to watch Alix fight the Gloom. The Gloom was now on the ground, knocked out, and Alix was walking around it, poking it a few times just to make sure and be certain that it was indeed defeated.

“I don’t know about that…” Kimi whimpered. She noticed Akika’s voice growing weaker and began to rush slightly, but tried not to show it. “Five year olds should be big kids enough to swallow medicine.”

“…” Akika turned her face to look to Kimi. Her eyes scanned down to the herbs she had in mouth and whimpered. “Aki big giwl…”

“And big girls should be able to take medicine!” Alix smiled as she ran over to the group. She overheard and knew that she had a better chance of convincing the baby Pokémon more than the Eevee-evolutions did, seeing she knew her a lot longer. “I know I can!”

“…Aki can too.” Akika fought back, blinking to Alix. Alix grinned playfully and raised a brow.

“Really? Prove it!” She challenged childishly. She could see Akika’s facial expression change as well, from a worried, scared look to a determined one. “I bet you can’t!”

“Aki can!” The girl squeaked in anger. She narrowed her gaze to Alix as Alix just reached over and took the herbs from Kimi’s mouth.

“Then show me!”

Akika hesitated for a moment, but seeing Alix’s brows raise in challenge, she took the herbs and stuffed them into her mouth. She then gulped them down and sighed. The glowing began to calm almost immediately. As if she didn’t notice however, she looked to Alix, a grin spreading on her lips. “See?”

“Wow!” Alix grinned, widening her eyes as if she was surprised. Kimi and Zetsu just blinked as Kitsu sighed in relief. Akika giggled childishly again as she began to tell Alix about how she was a big girl enough to take on any challenge. Alix just went along, only thinking of sighing as well, glad she wasn’t stuck in this Pokémon form for good.

“We need to go.” Kimi said as she lifted her head. “I smell more humans coming.”

“It must be Team Rocket looking for their experiments.” Zetsu growled, looking to the giggling, innocent creature on Kitsu’s back. “We need to go for now and hide; make up a plan to defeat them after.”

“I agree.” Kitsu nodded. “I don’t think we’re ready for another fight for a bit.”

“Not at all!” Kimi blinked. She lowered her head and lifted Alix, placing her on her own back. “You all must have more members as well. They must be scattered around.”

“Where’s Angel?” Alix asked as she was placed on Kimi’s back. Kimi blinked as she looked over to the bushes she came from. She took a small whiff of the breeze and growled deeply.

“Gone.” She growled, “She ran.”

“Coward.” Zetsu growled as well as he lifted Kitsu and Akika onto his back. “Hurry, we’ll find her later.”

“Yes,” Kimi blinked as she quickly turned and began to run deeper into the forest.

[Alix Taylor]

EFFF!! I love you Akika! This story is freakin' sweet!!!