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Jeez, this has been sitting on my desktop for a while and I finally get to have the computer all to myself... at 1:30 in the morning. (-_-) That's not the only reason though. It's kinda my fault, but also my nephews' too. See, I really love RPGs and he just got Persona 3 on his psp. So, to make up for the fact that he wanted to take the wii for a couple weeks, he lent me his psp to play the game until he got back. I never played any of the Persona games before, so I didn't know what I was in for. I was literally playing that game for every moment that I was awake. From sun up to sun down, I was sitting in one spot playing that damn addicting game. I kept telling myself that I need to upload this chapter for people, but I kept saying "Just one more boss." If you love playing video games as much as me, then you know how that turned out. Never got done until right now. I have about 118 hours on the game and I'm still not done with it, meaning I haven't made it to the final boss yet and I'm still skipping through stuff. I'm so sorry about this! I'll never do this again! I had play my old Silver version again just to get in the right mood again. So that's my story and my apology. I have a problem and I aim to fix it. So, if you haven't already decided to skip my little personal thoughts, I'll say it once again so that you don't forget: Comments and votes are welcome and appreciated. I'm sleepy, so I'm heading to bed.

**********8**********

Back in the city, Tora was telling Chris everything that went on in the room with the dratini. Needless to say, he was shocked to hear the story.

"So she thinks that I'm..." Tora nodded. "And that we're..." She nodded again, this time with a slight blush. Chris sighed. "That is a problem. How in the world are we going to deal with this?" he asked aloud, more to himself than Tora. "We could try explaining that we're not like her old trainer." Tora shook her head.

"I already tried that. She doesn't believe that we could be as close as we are without having to..." Her face turned a darker shade of red.

"Yeah... Maybe if she hears it from me, she might change her mind about us." Chris suggested. He didn't really believe that it would work, but it was the only thing he could think of at the moment. "She said she wanted to go back for someone. Did she say who?"

"No. She didn't say anything more than that."

"Okay, since she's not going to tell us that much, let's focus on one thing for now; changing her views about us. If we can do that, then she'll open up to us more and tell us why she wants to go back." Of course this plan sounded good in theory, but it was going to be a difficult to pull off. "I guess the first thing we could do is refraining from doing things that could easily be mistaken as being, you know... intimate." He felt his face heat up when he said that. Tora thought about his idea for a moment.

"But... What do we do that could be considered intimate?" she asked. Chris thought about all the times they were together and mentally made a list of everything he could think of.

"Well for one, we share baths together."

"How is that intimate?"

"We're both naked and washing each other."

"So what? I'm naked all the time."

"That's different. You have fur."

"Just because I have fur, doesn't mean everything's invisible; you know that as well as I do." Tora replied with her arms crossed. Chris knew she was right and let out a heavy sigh.

"Okay, scratch that for now. How about you're sitting on my lap when we're at the movies?"

"Are we planning to go to the movies anytime soon?" Tora asked.

"Uh... No, not really"

"Then scratch that off as well. By the way, how does that fall into the category of being intimate?"

"What do mean? We see lots of couples doing it when they make out sometimes." Tora thought about it for a moment and figured that it was a good enough reason. "Okay, this next one is a biggie; sharing a bed."

"No way!" Tora protested. "There's no way I'm leaving the bed because of her!"

"Is that a lovers' quarrel I hear? You sure are making a fuss over not being in the same bed as your trainer." Tora turned around to see the dratini poking her head out of the doorway to their room. The dragon slithered her way to the tray Chris brought up and ate one of the cut up berries in a bowl. "Sounds like you're really going to miss the warmth of his body on your back, or is it his liquid warmth while you're on your back?" she said with a mischievous smirk. Tora's face turned red at her comment.

"T-that's not t-True!" Tora said defensively. "We've shared a bed for as long as I can remember, and I'm not going to start now."

"Because you can't stand having one night without his cock in you?"

"I... it's not..." Tora became extremely flustered at this point and it showed in her beet red face along with the playing of her tail. Chris didn't really know what was going on, but he knew whatever the dragon had said was upsetting his friend.

"Hey, cut it out." Chris said to the dratini. "I don't need you upsetting Tora. It's already bad enough that you think of us like your former trainer." He fully turned to the dratini. "Look, we're nothing like that guy. We don't do any of the things he's done to you. I know you might not believe it now, but trust me when I say that I won't make you do anything you don't want to." The pink dragon stared up at Chris.

"He doesn't want me upsetting her? I guess I have to be nice to her to get on his good side if I want to get back to them," the dratini thought. "And what did he mean by him not making me do what I don't want to do? Does that mean if I don't want please him, then I don't have to? No, that's never the case. I've been told that lie so many times, that it almost sounds funny. Maybe he means I won't have to do chores if I don't want to." She pondered on what else Chris could have meant by that until he snapped his fingers in front of her face.

"Hey, are you paying attention? You're not gonna cause any more trouble, right?" Chris asked. The dragon simply nodded. Whatever Chris had said before was drowned out by her thoughts and she was hoping that he wasn't telling her to do something or else she would be in trouble. "Good. I vote we eat lunch and go outside. Sound like a good idea?" Both Tora and the dratini nodded in agreement. Chris got up from his kneeling position and mentally cursed himself for being on his knee that long. There was a dull throbbing sensation in the joint and it felt annoying. He went on inside the room. Tora picked up the tray and brought it into the room with the pink dragon followed right behind her. The meal was mostly quiet. Every now and then, Chris would catch Tora glaring at the dragon, who he would also catch staring at him for some reason. When he would look back at the dragon, she would wink at him and Tora would growl at her. "I can already tell this is going to be a fun day," he thought to himself.

*****8*****

After lunch, Chris took the girls outside to get some fresh air. That wasn't the only reason though; Tora looked like she was going to pounce on the dragon if she caught her making another pass at him. This way, hopefully, she would be too distracted to notice any flirting. "It's just like summer camp all over again." Chris thought. Besides, Tora was supposed to go to the park and play with the butterfree today. Knowing her, she wouldn't have Chris deal with the dragon by himself. As the trio walked through town, they couldn't help notice that everyone was staring at them, or to be more precise, staring at the dratini. Not that he could blame them. How many dratini's do you ever see in a lifetime, let alone a pink one?

As the crowd stared, the little dragon was showing signs of being uncomfortable with all the attention she was getting. Her head kept darting left and right at the people stopped in their tracks to stare at her in awe. Chris noticed her fidgeting and wanted to put her at ease.

"You okay?" he asked the pink dragon.

"Why are all these people looking at me?" she asked as she returned several of the people's gazes. Tora was kind enough to relay the message to Chris without being asked.

"Oh, it's just that none of us here ever see a dratini around these parts, especially one with your color." Chris replied. The dragon seemed to understand the reason behind their gazes and didn't ask any more questions. "By the way," he continued. "do you have a name I can call you? I mean, I think calling you by your species is kind of rude and generic." The dratini looked up at Chris a little surprised.

"Why in the world would he want to know my name? He can just give me whatever name he wants and there would be nothing I can do to stop him. My other master didn't bother giving me another name, to which I'm thankful for. Hmm... I guess it couldn't hurt to give him a name..." "Tell him my name is... Lani," she told Tora to say.

"Lani?" Tora asked.

"Yes, Lani! You got a problem with that?!" she snapped. Tora jumped a little at the sudden change in attitude from dragon.

"No, I just wanted to make sure I heard you right," she replied with a raised eyebrow. She turned her attention back to Chris and told him the dragon's name.

"That's a nice name. I think it suits you perfectly." Chris commented. Lani was a little thrown off by the nice comment. It wasn't often that she got complimented for something as simple as a name. It made her feel a little... funny in the pit of her stomach. It was a good feeling, or at least that's what she thinks it is.

The trio made it to the shady trail of the park without incident. Once again, the shade was a nice relief from the rays of the sun. A few people that were walking on the path stop to chat about his newly acquired pokémon. Tora couldn't help but feel a tinge of jealousy toward the dragon with all the attention she was getting, so to distract herself, she set out looking for the purple bug she promised to play with while Chris was talking. She didn't have to walk very far before she came upon the same spot she and Chris met him, but she decided to keep moving forward.

"Maybe this is exactly what I needed right now," she thought. "Just a little time away from Lani. I don't see how Chris is going to get through to her by the end of the day. She's just going to keep assuming the worst about us until we show her otherwise, and that might take a while. Anyway, is he still talking to those people?" Tora turned around and found that Chris was still talking to a couple people. She let out a sigh. "Whatever, I'll just find- hey, wait a sec. Where'd Lani go?" Tora noticed that the pink dragon was nowhere to be seen where she left her. Apparently no one else had noticed her absence either. She began looking frantically for the pink dragon in the nearby bushes. When she checked, she was wrapped the waist by something smooth and... pink. "Not again!" she thought as she was pulled into the foliage.

Tora fell on her back, still wrapped up by Lani. The pink dragon was staring daggers at her.

"Where do you think you're going? Chris didn't say you could leave us alone." Tora let out a frustrated sigh.

"I don't need his permission to take a little walk away from you two. You guys were doing just fine without me being there." The dragon wasn't satisfied with the answer and tightened her grip on Tora's body, earning a little struggle from the large chu.

"What's really going on? I've only seen a few humans come by here and I can't see anything but trees. What is your trainer planning?" Lani asked.

"He's not planning anything. He probably just wanted you to tag along with him so he can get to know you while I go play with someone." Tora explained.

"Why would you want to play with someone here? There's nothing to do here. At least back where the human children were, there were things to do." Lani started thinking of all the possible things they could possibly do in the middle of a near deserted part of the park. None of the ideas she came up with made any sense to her... Well, except for one. "Unless... You're going to pleasure someone right here and the only reason Chris brought me along was to study your techniques."

"What the hell?! How did she come up with a conclusion like that from a walk to the park?!" Tora mentally screamed. The dratini hasn't ceased to amaze Tora with her brilliant deductive skills. "Arceus, what is wrong with you?! That is not happening at all! I'm going to play with a friend and you two are pretty much going on a walk, unless he tells you to play with me or something. Other than that, there's nothing going on that I know of, so let me go!" Lani took a moment to think over her request.

"I guess if you're sticking to your story that much." The dragon began to loosen her grip on the chu, much to Tora's relief, but she quickly tightened it once again as an idea came to her head.

"You know, since I'm trying to get on Chris' good side, how about we give him a little show? Show him how close we've gotten in such a short time," she said with a mischievous smirk

"W-what are talking about? We're not close."

"Not yet, but we can be. Just relax and let me do all the work." Lani started to slowly rub her body along Tora's and inched her face closer to hers.

"Like hell I will!" Tora shouted as sparks began flying out her cheeks. Just as Tora was going to shock the dragon, possibly with all her might, a voice from above stopped all their actions.

"Hey, Tora, are you wrestling with a dratini?" Both Tora and Lani looked to the source of the voice and saw a lone butterfree fluttering a few feet above them. "That looks like fun. Can I play too?" the butterfree eagerly asked.

"No!"

"Yes!" Tora and Lani said at the same time, which caused them to look at each other.

"No!"

"Yes!" they said again. Tora growled.

"Just get her away from me!" The butterfree was confused as what to do.

"What do want me to do?" he asked.

"Anything! Don't you know sleep powder or something?" she said as she struggled against the pink dragon.

"Yeah, but you're going to fall asleep too if I use it now."

"I'd rather be asleep right now than do what she's thinking of doing."

"Aww come on. It's not as bad as you make it out to be. It'll be our little gift to Chris." Lani said as she casually rubbed her tail tip along Tora's thigh. The butterfree perked up when he heard "gift".

"I like gifts too! Let me play!" he said excitedly.

"Sure, let's spice up the fun a bit."

"Please use it before I have to shock her!" Tora yelled with sparks coming out of her cheeks. Although the purple butterfly was sad that he couldn't play whatever game the girls were playing, he complied to Tora's request and flapped his large wings a few times, releasing a glittering, blue powder into the air. Since Tora and Lani were under the purple bug, there was no possible way for the dragon to release the large mouse and get away from the sleep inducing spores. As the blue powder surrounded them, they already felt the effects of the spores taking hold of their senses. Their eyelids were getting heavier by the second and all their muscles slowly relaxed to the point of being unresponsive. Lani ended up slowly unwrapping herself around Tora and falling flat on the ground. Tora simply lay where she was, too out of it to really care what was happening at this point. Soon enough, the need for sleep consumed their minds and they drifted off to sleep.

*****8*****

Tora awoke sometime later in a daze. She blinked a few times to get her eyes focused and slowly sat up. The first thing she noticed was the lack of sunlight and the fact that she was surrounded by rocky walls. She looked around and saw that Lani was lying just a couple feet away from her. She seemed to still be sleeping, as indicated by her slow and steady breathing. Tora tore her attention away from the pink dragon to try and figure out where they were and, probably just as important, who brought them here. As she took a second look around, she noticed that the walls seemed familiar. The sound of something splashing alerted her to the presence of someone else being with her. She quickly rolled to all fours to face what could possibly her attacker, but as soon as she did, she relaxed... Or tried the best she could. In front of her was a familiar pool of water, the sunlight coming in from a small hole in the roof made the water and the surrounding walls seem to light up. It was a beautiful sight, but the haunting memories of the last time she was here came back to her full force. The dream, the nidoking, the unbelievable pain... It was still too much for her take right now. It was still too soon for her to return to this place. Tears started to form in her eyes and her legs began to shake.

A sudden rise out of the water snapped her out of her thoughts. Again, she got ready to defend herself, but relaxed once more. The wet mess of brown hair was all she needed to confirm the identity of who else was with her. "Chris!" she yelled, relieved to see him. Chris moved the hair out of his face and smiled at the large chu. Tora made a quick jump in water toward Chris, splashing him in the face. Once she resurfaced, she swam and embraced him around his neck. She kept her face next to his and sighed in contempt. Chris simply held her in his arms and rubbed her back. Neither said a word for a while, each just enjoying the others company. After a couple minutes, Tora let go of Chris' neck, but he still held her in his arms. With a wet hand, he rubbed one of her ears.

"So, wanna tell me why you and Lani were covered in sleep powder?" he asked. Tora made a face that was between shame and frustration. "It's her fault," she said with her head gesturing toward the still sleeping dragon.

"I was minding my own business when she showed up out of nowhere and pins me to the ground."

"Why'd she do that... And when? I thought she was behind me," Chris said a little shocked.

"Well apparently, she slipped away and found me. She started asking me why we were going on the path and I told her I was meeting someone."

"So, how does that explain the sleep powder?" Tora looked away from Chris, too embarrassed to look him in the face and tell him why, but she swallowed her pride and gathered up what little courage she had told him everything; from Lani's idea of the day to when the butterfree used his sleep inducing powder.

"... And that's why I told him to put us to sleep," she finished with her cheeks feeling like they were on fire. Chris snapped out of his thoughts and looked down at his friend, who still couldn't look him in eye, and sighed.

"Well, I guess this just means we have a long road ahead of us with her. If she can come up with that from a trip to the park, then I... might have to postpone our league challenge to deal with her." Tora's heart sank when he said this and it almost felt like she had been punched in her stomach.

"N-no! You can't do that! I thought you wanted to be champion!" she pleaded as she gripped his shoulders and stared at him with watering eyes. Chris simply put a hand on her head and sighed again.

"Look Tora, dad said this wasn't going to happen overnight and from what you told me just now, it's going to be way harder than I thought. Earlier today, you said no to all of my suggestions on how we could speed this thing up. I don't mean to sound rude or anything, but I'm the trainer here, not you. I know we're friends, but you have to trust me to do something, even if we're both uncomfortable with it. I know it's gonna be hard, but we have to change the way we act, just for a little bit," he said with a bit of sadness in his voice. Tora was taken aback by what Chris had said.

"Was I being that selfish? Did I just put his dream at risk because I didn't want things to change?" she asked herself. She started feeling guilty about the situation she was putting them in. This isn't what she wanted to happen. She just wanted things to stay the same and still be able to help the pink dragon change her ways, but that was exactly the thing getting in the way of progress. She started tearing up and hugged his neck again, a little tighter this time. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be so selfish. I'll do anything you ask if it means we can still go on your journey." she desperately pleaded. She felt his hand rub the back of her head soothingly as well as his hold on her tightening.

"Hey, look at me," Chris said. Tora lifted her head and looked him in his eyes. They seemed so forgiving to her. "It's okay. If you really mean it, then we can start tonight. I'll make you a bed you can sleep in for a little while, okay? As for our baths, I'll just wear some swim trunks and wash the rest of myself after you and Lani leave. Does that sound good?" Tora nodded. "Then this will be even better."

*****8*****

Chris went into the bathroom with two washcloths in his hand. He went over to the bathtub and turned on the water to prepare for a bath. He sighed to himself as he left the room to get one more thing, actually, two things. He went into his room to see Tora and Lani sleeping on the floor, still covered in the sleep powder. He didn't know what happened in the park, but whatever happened probably scared the butterfree enough to use his sleep powder, or at least that's what he's assuming. He would have to ask Tora about what went down when she wakes up. He forgot to bring Tora's pokéball with him and, as a result, was forced to carry her all the way back home. He put Lani inside her ball so he wouldn't have to carry her as well. It was a good thing that they were on the path or else it would've been a really long way home. When he did get back home, he had to remove his clothes to get the powder washed out, so he just walked around in some swim trunks for the time being. Since he had to give both Tori and Lani a bath, it just made sense to just wear something that's designed to be wet than ruining a pair of underwear.

Since Lani had scales, it would be easier to clean the powder off of her, so he started with her first. He carried her to the tub, laid her down in warm water and began washing her. He started with her head and was surprised at how easily everything just fell off the dragon. He could've sworn that all he had to do was run some water over her body and be done with it. The blue powder dissolved as soon as it hit the water, making changing the water for Tora a lot easier. It took Chris only a few minutes to get the dragon fully cleaned and dried off. He carried her back to his room and set her down on her cushion.

"Now comes the hard part," he said to himself. After he went back and prepared another bath with clean water, he retrieved Tora and set her in the warm water. Since she was bigger than Lani, Chris had to get into the tub with her. He set her in his lap so he could have an easier time moving her around while he washed her. He started with her head like he did with Lani. "Jeez, there's a bunch of it up here," he thought as he scrubbed with the cloth. He felt Tora squirm a bit and mumble something in her sleep, but he didn't pay it any mind. It wasn't until he got to her chest that he noticed that something was... off. Normally, when a person sleeps, their breathing is calm and slow, but he felt her chest rise and fall at a quickened pace. He turned her around to see her panting a little and slightly red in the face. So, putting a hand on her forehead, he checked to see if she had a fever. "Hmm, she's a little warm. Maybe I should cool her off a bit." Chris thought to himself. Reaching in front of him, he ran some cool water from the faucet on the washcloth and squeezed some of it on Tora's head and face. He was relieved to see that her slight panting had stopped and her face relax, but his relief was short-lived however, when Tora suddenly put on the goofiest smile he had ever seen. "What the heck is dreaming about?" Not wanting to be freaked out any more than he already was, he tried his best to get her clean as fast as he could. As be scrubbed, he noticed that Tora was moving and mumbling a little more than she was earlier, but he still didn't know what she was saying.

After nearly fifteen minutes, Chris finally finished cleaning and drying off Tora. While he was carrying her back to his room though, he felt her grip tighten around his neck and she started to... growl and nibble on his neck. Needless to say, he was starting to freak out. Sure, he's seen her dream before, even talk to her while she's sleeping sometimes just to see what she'll say, but this was completely different from what he's used to. Once he puts her in his bed, he was going to ask one of his parents if something was wrong with her... Or at least that's what he told himself. When Chris got back to his room, he couldn't get the large mouse to let go of him. It took a bit of coaxing by rubbing her sides, but Chris managed to remove her and lay her on the bed. He was about to put a blanket over her, but thought better of it since Tora was still a little warm and panting. He didn't get what was wrong with her until a certain smell hit his nose. It was faint, but it smelled sweet and slightly musky. He looked at Tora's lower half and saw the mess she was starting to make on his sheets with her fluids, which was making his face feel hot. "I think I better leave." Chris said as he made his way out his room. Chris bumped into his mom as soon as he stepped out his room.

"Oh, sorry dear." Angela apologized. "Did you give Tora and Lani a bath like I said?"

"Yes ma'am. I cleaned then off. They should probably be up in an hour or so." Chris replied, still feeling slightly hot in the face. He had told her and Marcus the dragons' name once he got home.

"Good. I'll be washing your clothes shortly, so take a bath before I get started. Also, your father wanted you to go with him to pick out a new door for the front since you don't have anything else to do until they wake up." Angela went about her business to gather any other clothes that needed to be washed since she was doing laundry. Chris nodded and went back into his room to get some clothes for the trip and quickly left back out to get in the tub, not wanting to stay any longer than he had to with Tora's situation messing up his sheets. He made a note to wash them as soon as she woke up or hoped that she would get his mom to wash them before he got back from the huge hardware store with his dad.

*****8*****

Tora awoke with a start. The first thing she noticed was that she was in a room and lying on a bed, but not just any room, her room. She sat up and wondered how she got here. She could've sworn she was just in a cave with Chris and Lani.

"It was a dream?" she thought. _"But it felt so real. The cave, the water, Chris' body and the way he..." _She blushed as she recalled the events that took place in her dreams. Such dirty things only her subconscious could come up with made themselves so vivid and real, it felt like she was really there. She and Chris had a very intimate session exploring each other's bodies, inside and out. To sum it up, he had claimed her, in her opinion, like a real male should. He knew where every pleasure spot on her body was to bring her to the peak and beyond.

Chris took her in his arms and ever so passionately kissed her lips. He prodded her mouth for a second with his tongue until she opened up and granted him access. Tora used her own tongue to explore his mouth as well. Chris stopped the kissing and slowly worked his way to her neck, kissing and licking it to please his long time partner. Tora wasn't sure when, but she found herself on her back on the cave floor. From there, he moved down her body, kissing and nipping at her nipples as he made his way to her treasure. He licked at her folds for a couple minutes, making her squirm and moan in pleasure, before using his tongue to penetrate her and make a meal out of her sweet dribbling fluids. It wasn't that long before she felt him remove his tongue and replace it with another muscle. From there, everything else was a blur. The way Chris pounded away at her made her feel incredible and she couldn't get enough of it. She urged him to do as he wished and claim her as his, which he was more than happy to do. Of course she wished it could go on forever, but all good things must come to an end. Tora felt her climax approaching fast and tried to put it off the best she could.

She felt her climax hit her hard and it was only made better with the hard throbbing of Chris' cock, signaling his release as well. When she felt his warm, life giving seed being pumped inside her, it just set her off in ways she couldn't even imagine. The only thing she regrets is waking up from such a feeling. This wasn't the first time she's had a dream where she has gotten intimate with him. The first time was during her second heat cycle, but she would always wake up just when they were finished making out. It only made sense that she would dream of him, since he was the only male that she was really close too. "Oh, Arceus, if all that was a dream then..." Tora looked between her legs to confirm her suspicions. She was still noticeably wet and there was a wet spot on the sheets that smelled awfully familiar. She started to panic, thinking about what Chris would probably say if he sees that she made a mess on his sheets.

As fast as she could, Tora grabbed a paw full of the bed sheets and hopped off the bed. She pulled at them until the most of it was on the floor. Because of her small size and the fact that she has no opposable thumbs, it always took her about ten minutes to strip the bed. This is the reason she was always with Chris whenever the sheets needed to be washed, but this was an exception. Everything except the comforter was put in a pile ready to be cleaned. Grabbing as much as she could, she pulled the pile out the room and further down the hallway where the laundry room was. There were a few piles of clothes and towels on the floor, so she assumed that Angela was doing laundry. Tora sighed at a job well done and thought about getting in a quick bath to wash the smell of her erotic dream out of her fur. Even if no one, other than another pokémon, could smell the difference at first, they would notice it eventually. That was a lesson learned during her first heat and the last thing she needs is someone noticing she had just gotten off, especially if that one was a certain pink dragon.

"Speaking of her, I need to make one thing perfectly clear to her as soon as she gets up." Tora remembered that it was Lani's fault that they had to cut the day at the park short. Besides that, Tora wanted to make it perfectly clear to the dragon that Chris was not going to mate with either of them, although, she wasn't completely sure if she wanted to say all that. "I have one stupid dream and I start thinking like her? One stupid, unbelievable... Most amazing dream I've ever had in my life! No, stop it! I can't be thinking like that about him. We're friends and we aren't going to be doing any that," she thought.

"Have a nice sleep?" someone asked. Tora turned to the source of the voice and saw Lani grinning at her in the middle of the doorway to her and Chris' room. She growled a little as she approached the pink dragon.

"Look, I don't want to have to tell you this again. Stop trying to mate with me and Chris. There's no way that's ever going to happen." Lani wasn't fazed by her scolding and continued to smile at the raichu.

"I beg to differ. Don't you think that getting a good sleep is refreshing? You get your strength back and you get to dream peacefully, completely oblivious to what's happening in the waking world," she said coolly.

"What are you going on about?" Tora asked a bit irritated at the dragon.

"Nothing really, it's just that you'd be amazed with what you can find out when someone is asleep. I woke up a little while ago, just when Chris was leaving after he realized that you were really... enjoying your dream. Tell me if this sounds familiar to you. 'Mmm, Chris... Feels good. Take me! Don't pull it out. I want it.' Ring any bells in that head of yours? I know you're more desperate to get into his pants than you're letting on." Tora's face turned red out of embarrassment and anger. Those were some of the things she was saying in her dream.

"You were listening to me talk in my sleep?!"

"It's not like I couldn't help it. You were talking so loudly. I'm sure Chris would be thrilled to know that he's the man of your dreams." Lani said with a laugh. The laugh was cut short however, when Tora grabbed the dragon and pinned her against the doorframe.

"You... Are not going to tell anyone what you heard!"

"No shit, idiot. No one can understand a thing I'm saying! It's not like I could even if I wanted to." The dragon pointed out. Tora calmed down a bit and, slowly, released Lani.

"You're right, for once. As long as no one can understand you, I don't have to worry about you."

"For now, at least," Lani thought.

"If you don't mind, I'll be taking a bath now." Tora said as she started walking toward the bathroom.

"Another one? I wonder why," the dragon sarcastically said. Before Tora could turn and make a comeback, Lani was gone.

"Grr, stupid dragon..."

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After a second bath, Tora went downstairs into the living room and lay on the couch with a heavy sigh. The time in the tub hadn't helped in clearing her head of dirty thoughts about Chris. She's caught herself on more than one occasion thinking of the different ways she could get him to take her. It eventually got to the point that she was thinking of about being the dominate one.

"Grrr, what is wrong with me?!" she mentally screamed at herself as she pulled on her ears in frustration. "I never think about him like that... or at least not that much when I'm not in heat. Maybe a little TV will take my mind off him." Tora got up and turned on the television with the remote that was sitting on the arm of the couch. There was a commercial on that was advertising a new kind of pokéchow. She turned the channel.

"Sarah, please tell me what's going on. You've been acting strange lately," a man said on TV. He had short black hair and brown eyes. He looked like your typical attractive male in romantic movies; good looks, nice muscle build, a charming personality that seemed to attract every kind of woman.

"I want you to see me, John, as more than just a friend. I want you to see me as a woman, a woman who wants to be able to spend at least one night with you," a woman replied. She had long blond hair and looked pretty average; a slightly curved figure that could only be brought out with the right clothes, pretty green eyes, and a cute face if she wore her hair in a ponytail, clearly the 'underdog' of this movie. She looked like she was confessing her love to him and wanted to 'spend the night' with him. Tora didn't have to think much to know what she meant by that.

"That's not helping at all," she thought as she changed the channel.

"She wants to sleep with ya?"

"Next."

"For tender love and care-"

"Next, jeez."

"I want you-"

"No way..."

"25% off Condoms-"

"Oh, come on!" She quickly turned the television off and tossed the remote somewhere next to her. "Nothing I do is working! How can the whole universe be against me today? I've tried my best to be a good chu and this is what I get? I need to get some fresh air." Tora got up and started for the front door, but stop when she heard Angela come down the stairs. "Hey, Mom, I'm gonna go outside for a little bit."

"Hold up. Before you go, why are the bed sheets by the laundry room? They were just washed a few days ago." Angela stated.

"There was some sleep powder on them and I thought that they should be washed again," she lied. Luckily, Angela bought it and let her go outside without any further questions.

Once outside, Tora ran around to the big tree in the backyard and sat under it. It was well into the afternoon, but not quite evening yet. The sky was just starting to turn that evening orange color. It was still quite warm outside and the warm summer breeze felt good on her fur. It relaxed her more than the bath did and she found herself thinking of other things, much to her relief. She let her body slowly relax against the tree as she just focused on the faint sounds of nature around her with her eyes closed.

"Good, now I can think straight," she thought to herself. "What am I going to do now? I know I can't keep these thoughts bottled up for too much longer. I might accidently slip up and do something I might regret. What am I saying? I finally get the dream I've wanted since I was a pikachu, and I can't even enjoy it because now I feel weird about it." Tora opened her eyes and stood up.

"The worst part is that he saw me getting excited, or at least that's what Lani said. Wait, since when do I listen to anything she says? That dragon is crazy... No, it's not her fault that she's the way she is. It's that stupid trainer's fault that she thinks sex is the way to get what you want. Which is another thing, why in the world would she want to go back to a creep like that, and for who?" Tora started pacing around the tree, trying to think of exactly why the dragon was so desperate to return to her previous trainer. She thought back on everything Lani had ever said to her, but it was getting difficult because if Lani had said something that would give her a clue, it was probably said during her attempted escape. Tora was only thinking about retrieving the pink dragon at the time and hadn't really listened or, to be more precise, didn't think too much of what she said at the time. As a result, she barely remembers her talking at all, just constant yelling about going back to her trainer. She spent a few minutes trying to come up with something, but gave up after coming up with nothing.

"Well, if it's something really important, I'll have to ask her later. Right now, I need to solve my own problems." She stopped pacing and looked up at the sky in deep thought. "Maybe this is a sign. Maybe the fact that I had the dream is a sign that I should tell him about it. If I'm going to be dreaming something like that again, I need to be comfortable enough to be able to tell him. __He'd tell me if he was having dreams about me, won't he?" Tora thought about it for a moment and shook her head._ "He probably wouldn't. I didn't even tell him that I had dreams of us kissing; and I'm thinking about telling him that we mated in one. __ Even if it was some sort of sign, how am I going to him? 'Hey, Chris, how are you doing? By the way, I had a dream we were having sex in a cave. No big deal, right?'_" Tora paused to fully think about that scenario. "... That was pathetic. I can't even tell him in my own fake conversation. This is gonna be tough, but I guess the real question is... Do I actually want to do that with him?"

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After having a little bit more time to herself, Tora went back inside the house still unsure of what she should do. She could either not tell him, like she's been doing so far, or tell him and risk things becoming awkward between them. If it does get awkward, they might grow distant from each other and their friendship would risk falling apart, which is something she'd like to avoid. Then again, it could bring them closer because she felt comfortable enough to tell him something that personal. The worst thing that could happen is that he freaks out and completely shuts her out, but that will never happen.

"Argh, this is so confusing! It shouldn't have to be this hard, so why is it making me feel worse the more I think about it?" She looked over in the living room and saw Angela sitting on the couch watching TV. "Maybe I should ask for some advice," she thought. "But I can't let her know who I'm talking about." Tora slowly walked to the couch and sat down. "Mom, can I... Ask you something? I need some advice."

"Sure sweetie." Angela replied. She turned off the TV and gave Tora her full attention. "What do you want to ask?" Tora shifted a bit uncomfortably.

"Well... I had a dream... And there was a boy-"

"Aww, my little baby's dreaming about boys!" Angela squealed.

"Mom, this is serious. I don't know what I should do." Angela calmed down and apologized for her outburst. "I had a dream about a boy... Someone I've known for a while. We were in a cave and we... We..."She felt her face get hot as she struggled to continue, second guessing her decision to ask for advice. She felt a hand on her back and looked up at Angela, who smiled at her reassuringly for her to continue. "... We started... kissing each other and then we... did other things." It took Angela a moment to figure out what Tora meant by 'other things', but when she figured it out, she gasped.

"Oh, you mean you two..." Tora hesitated before slowly nodding. Angela wasn't too surprised that Tora would be having these kinds of dreams at her age. She considered her practically a fully grown chu, despite her childishness. What really surprised her is the fact that Tora was telling her this, since she thought that this was would be a subject too personal for her, or Chris, to come to their parents about.

"What seems to be the problem? Are you thinking of maybe... doing those kinds of things with the boy?" she asked. Tora jumped a little and blushed even harder.

"N-no! It's just that... We're kind of close and I was wondering if I should tell him about it. I can't keep it bottled up forever because I know I'm going to let something slip, but I don't want to mess up our friendship because it might make things awkward between us. I don't know if I should tell him or not and it's making me really confused about how I feel about him," she explained almost in tears about the whole thing. Angela rubbed the large chu's back, now fully understanding why she had come to her for advice. She had some similar problems when she was a teenager and went to her own mother asking the same question, so she knew what Tora was feeling at the moment.

"Tora, when I was a young girl, there was a boy who I cared about very much. We were friends for a while and I realized that the more time I spent with him, the more I grew attracted to him. I would daydream about us being together in all kinds of places doing whatever my young mind could think of at the time." Tora turned to face Angela, now fully interested in her story. "There were times when I thought of us doing exactly what you dreamt of every so often and I'm sure he was doing the same, being a boy and all. One night, I had a particularly powerful dream about us and went to my mother with the exact same question you have."

"You did?" Tora asked. "What did she say?"

"Well, first she asked me, do you really care this boy?" It was more of a question to Tora, to which she nodded to. "Then she asked; does he care about you as well?" Again, Tora nodded. "If you and this boy really care about each other, then it can't hurt to be honest with each other. Bringing these things to light will only bring you closer and strengthen the bond you already have. If he rejects you, then it just wasn't meant to be. If that's the case, try not to be too broken up about it. There are plenty of other guys out there and you're bound to meet right one for you," she said soothingly as she scratched behind the large mouse' ear.

Tora thought about what she said for a few moments. It was such a "mom answer", but she did have a point. She went over the relationship she had with Chris throughout her life. Not once has he ever raised his hand to her, been furious, perverted, disappointed, or even disgusted with her. Before he did something, he always made sure to check with her and respected all her decisions. He's always been there when she needed him and always knew just what to do to make her feel better.

"I am his girl, after all." Tora giggled at the thought and felt a lot better. "Thanks, Mom, that really helped," she said as he hugged Angela around her waist. Angela returned the hug along with a rub on her side.

"So are you going to tell him?"

"I will, but not now. I want to... enjoy what we have a little bit longer. I'll tell him when I think it's the right time." Tora replied with a content smile.

"Speaking of boys," Angela said as she got up and stretched. "They've been gone an awfully long time and I'm sure they'll be hungry once they get back. Want to help out with dinner?"

"Sure!" Tora hopped off the couch and followed her into the kitchen.

"So, who's the lucky boy you've been dreaming about?"

"I'm not telling." Tora said playfully.

"Really? You can tell me that you're having sex dreams, but you can't tell me who your little boyfriend is?"

"Bugs you, doesn't it?"

It was a little more than half an hour before Marcus and Chris came home. Marcus had picked out a door and needed Angela to come with him tomorrow to make sure it's the one she wants as well, to which she agreed to. Chris flopped on the couch as soon as he walked in, feeling tired after spending way more time than he thought picking out a new front door. Tora came in shortly after to cheer him up and to tell him what happened on the path earlier. When she finished, he was thrown off by Lani's logic and, for the sake of saving his mind the trouble of making sense of it, has forgiven her. Lani came down shortly after and Chris scolded her about her stunt and told her not to do anything like that again. She agreed not to, but, knowing her, Tora knew she was already forming another plan.

About an hour or so later, dinner was served and everything went smoothly, except that Lani had to be reassured that it was okay for her to eat with them. After that, the trio went upstairs to the bedroom to play some games. It was a little rocky since the dragon kept making passes at Chris and Tora kept threatening to shock her if she kept it up. So, to keep from playing peacemaker all night, he took them downstairs to watch a movie. It seemed to work in calming them down and Lani seemed to be enjoying it. Since Chris and Tora had already seen it, they weren't into it as much as she was. All in all, it was a decent end to a weird day, one of many Chris was sure he would have.

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Near the edge of Viridian Forest, others were winding down from a rough day of training. In a small clearing, a small fire was lit and next it was a tent that was only big enough for two people. A certain trainer was looking over the exhausted blue dragon while he went over in his head the amount of effort he did that day. The sun had almost completely set, but you wouldn't know because the trees overhead blocked out most of the sunlight anyway. The forest was dead silent, not even the nocturnal pokémon were making any sounds. It seemed eerie. A forest that is usually full of life, even at night, was dead silent, as if the slightest sound would mean certain death.

The dratini wasn't sure how much more of this training he could take. He's defeated every bug, bird, rodent, and any other pokémon they'd come across for hours without a break. It got to the point that they had to hunt them down because word had gotten out that a human with a dratini was going around beating up all the pokémon in the forest. He hated the fact that he had to strike them down when they were unwilling to fight, but survival comes first and they had pretty much chased away whatever pokémon was going to be his meal if he failed.

"Good job," the trainer said flatly. "Looks like you're eating with me tonight." The dragon would've been happier at his statement, but he felt too tired to be anything else but relieved. The trainer reached into his backpack, took out three berries, two Oran and one nanab, and tossed them in front of the blue dragon while he took out an apple and some jerky for himself. "Get some sleep tonight because you'll be training with garchomp tomorrow. That icy wind of yours needs to be stronger if you're going to take out Brocks' aerodactyl. You also need to work on your speed. You wee way too slow in attacking your opponent today and I expect you to be able to keep with garchomp." The dratini simply nodded, knowing that he didn't have any say in the matter. He hungrily ate all the berries and quickly fell asleep, knowing that another day of training was just ahead and he'd need all the sleep he could get.

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