Naive Curiosity

Story by masterlevan1 on SoFurry

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#6 of Literature

I really adore Pikachu, and one of my friends gave me an idea to write a story about Lucario because it's an awesome Pokemon! Enjoy!


Ash woke with a start. His head was aching and he felt like he'd been punched in the face, then treat treated to an all night heavy metal concert.

He sat up suddenly, and immediately became aware of a low beam above as it was introduced to his face.

"AGH!" The boy fell back with a yell-after a moment, he cautiously sat up and looked around.

Surprisingly, Ash hadn't been mugged or been defeated in a battle-he was lying in a soft bed for the first time weeks. He'd been staying at an old country lodge to rest for a few days while exploring the region for any new Pokémon that he could find. He'd just got finished with a tournament where he was able to come out as the champion and receive six badges. With a sigh, Ash stretched back out on the bed-the tournament had been quite a strain, and he was glad that he was now able to just relax and enjoy himself searching for new and interesting Pokémon, and even stronger opponents.

Unfortunately, Ash had had a less than fruitful sleep last night. He'd dreamed that he'd been electrocuted to death by a Voltorb while trying to relax in a pool. He was less than happy with his dream; it had given him a headache and definitely hadn't helped him sleep. In fact, he really hadn't been sleeping well at all-he'd put it down to the excitement of the tournament, but...

_Oh well. I'm sure once I'm back into adventuring, I'll be fine. Right? _

"PIKAAA!"

Ash glanced to his left-Pikachu was already awake and was eating some of the food on the kitchen counter.

"Hey greedy guts! Leave some for me, will ya?"

"Pikapi!" The plate was very suddenly in his face. Ash ginned to himself, grabbing several sandwiches and wolfing them down. "You know what? I think today might just be the day, Pikachu!"

The boy relaxed on the pillows thoughtfully. The past few days hadn't gleaned anything interesting. There'd been a few Ivysaurs; a few Geodude hanging around the ruins, one Psyduck, and a band of Cyndaquil. Nothing had really caught his attention-he'd already caught those Pokémon, and had no interest in them.

No, he was looking for something really amazing and interesting-

"PIKAA!"

The covers were suddenly ripped off the bed, and he had Pikachu sitting on his chest before he could react.

"Pika-kapika!"

"Alright, I'm coming!" With a grumble, Ash got out of bed, pulling on his clothes.

After a little deliberation, he decided that he only needed one Pokémon to come with him and Pikachu-his Charizard. "Come on, Pikachu!" he called, heading out the door, and a yellow blur immediately shot off the bed and onto his shoulder.

"Will you ever stop doing that?"

Pikachu just 'hmph'ed.

With the rodent on his shoulder, and the Pokéball with Charizard on his hip, the boy made his way into the lake country. He could have asked for Charizard to just fly him over there, but he didn't want to scare any rare Pokémon. There'd been rumors that a few powerful Pokémon had taken refuge in the higher mountains and that few people went there because of the inherent danger.

The boy smirked to himself-today, Ash Ketchum was going to find out just how true those rumors were, and hopefully net himself a rare Pokémon while he was at it! Whistling to himself, the boy headed up to one of the largest lakes in the area to find the beginning of the mountain path, now with only Pikachu keeping him company. The path was a steep upwards incline, and it took them two hours to get up the path-by the time Ash had made it to the top, it was noon and the sun was high in the sky. Fortunately, the downwards jog to the lake was far easier-sprinting down the hillside; the pair reached the lake within about ten minutes.

Several Squirtle and Starmie lingered around the edge of the lake. The water was a clear blue, and there was a whole pod of Squirtle, frisking in the shallows under the watchful eye of a Wartortle. Somewhere further out, in the center of the lake, Ash thought he saw the fine of a Gyrados...

"Pikakapi?" Pikachu nudged his ear and pointed to the path.

"Sorry!" Ash snapped out his trance, resumed his walking and quickly reached the beginning of the path that would take him to the mountains. He paused for a moment.

"Are we all set, Pikachu?"

The boy felt Pikachu nod, and smiled-he had brought water with him and figured that Pikachu could get some apples down from the high trees if they got hungry.

And so, they started their journey with full hearts and high hopes...

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As they ascended higher and higher into the mountains, Ash began to notice that there were fewer and fewer Pokémon that could be seen among the trees and thick grass. About an hour up the trail, the boy and Pikachu stopped to take a breather and ate some fruit off the nearby trees while drinking some of their water. With a start, Ash noticed that the wind was starting to pick up and dark clouds were starting to emerge out of the sky. Despite Pikachu chattering nervously on his shoulder, he shrugged it off and kept to the hope that he'd find a really cool Pokémon once they finished hiking. Often, strange weather would come right before something really powerful...

They were able to make good time on the second stretch of the trail arriving at the top of an overlook at around two thirty-though the clock on Ash's Pokédex wasn't entirely accurate. Finding a good spot to watch from, the boy started scanning the mountainous terrain for any signs of life. The place was a small inclined hill, from which Ash was able to see all across the light forests and rocky areas through his binoculars.

Finally he saw a Jolteon dart through some trees in the distance, and a Seviper slither up a large rock formation. Although Ash knew that these were pretty impressive Pokémon, they didn't fit the description that he had formed in his head...

"Pikapi?" Pikachu's face filled the lens of the binoculars, and Ash frowned, brushing him away.

"Uh, well Pikachu...I don't see anything. Even looking through the binoculars I...don't-W...wait." Ash froze. "What was _that? _"

"Piikaka?"

"Over there. See? Over near those two rocks."

The boy's whisper was rough with barely contained excitement, and Pikachu started leaning forward to try to see where Ash was pointing-and nearly fell off the hill when he did.

For in the distance was a blue figure running towards a group of rocks near the outcrop of the glades.

"Pikaaa!"

"I don't know...Do you think we should go, Pikachu?" Ash asked, keeping his voice low. Pikachu wasn't much help; though-he just shrugged and nudged Ash's face.

"Alright, well even though it is getting dark and a little cold...Mmm...I really, really want to find out what that was. I mean, it was fast whatever it was", he convinced himself.

Step by step, he started moving carefully down the incline, Pikachu on his shoulder and his pack on his back. Five minutes later, and he was walking swiftly towards the peculiar rock formation the blue blur had run towards. While walking towards the rocks, Ash took out his Pokédex and tried to search for any lightning fast, blue Pokémon, with no success.

_What was that thing? Could it be more powerful than us? _

Ash's anxiousness kept increasing the closer he got to the rocks, as did his curiosity. He reached the entrance to the formation a few moments later and surveyed the environment for any anomalies, without result. He paused, and glanced at Pikachu.

"Sure about this?"

"Pipika!" With a quick lick, Pikachu sprang off Ash's shoulder, and started cautiously into the "void".

"Hey, come back!" Now, the boy had no choice but to follow the rodent...

After fifteen minutes of wandering through the formation, Ash was having no luck and was just about to turn around when he heard a rock crash and break-only a few stretches ahead of him.

A moment later, Pikachu came charging around the corner in front of him, leaped onto the boy's shoulder, and buried himself in Ash's collar.

"What is I-?"

"RRRrrrr..."

A low growl echoed from somewhere around the corner of the tunnel, cutting the boy up. Peeking around the corner, he saw something that made his jaw drop...

A tall, skinny figure, its' fur a deep blue with splotches of black around its back and thighs. Its' chest fur was white, and there were wicked spikes growing from its' wrists. It stood by a crushed rock, with its' back to the duo, eyeing the surroundings in front of it. One canine ear flicked backwards, the forwards.

"I...I, can't believe it, P...Pikachu it's a, a Lucario. Wow, I can't believe that I've found a Lucario, Yesss! This is even better than I was hoping for!" Ash murmured to his Pokémon, unable to stop shaking with excitement. Pikachu gave an agreeing, "Pika", before hopping off Ash's shoulder and peeking around the corner carefully itself.

Ash got into a fighting stance, preparing to throw Charizard's Pokéball at the Lucario. "Okay, Pikachu, I'm going to use Charizard first to weaken it. Then I'll use you to finish it in order to capture it with my Pokéball. Sound good?"

"Pika!" Pikachu nodded and hopped back on Ash's shoulder in preparation for the confrontation. Ash counted to three and then emerged from his hiding place moving to throw his Pokéball. The Lucario flinched and turned, noticing the visitor-but to the boy's surprise, it didn't try to run away or fight. Instead, it simply stood there, and just smirked ever so slightly.

For some reason, that really unnerved Ash, who decided to cover it up by yelling confidently at the creature. "I'm going to capture you Lucario, don't try to run!"

The Lucario stared at the boy with something bordering on disbelief, then raised its head to the ceiling and started laughing, eventually laughing so hard that it doubled over. "Hahahaha! Oh, oh no...No I don't plan on running, human-but if you think you can capture me, come." Ash blinked-in a second it had gone from being in stitches of laughter to a far deadlier coolness. "Come, come to me! Summon you best slave, and I will destroy it! Come on!" The voice was distinctly female...

Dang...I forgot that Lucario can understand human speech, and speak it too.

He shook the off the thought as he threw his ball up into the air and called forth Charizard towards the Lucario.

"Go, Charizard! Fire Blast!" Charizard emerged. wreathed in scarlet flames that threatened to scorch the nearby rock walls of the tunnel. The rest of the move was just as impressive-with a roar, Charizard soared into the air, charged a fire ball in his mouth, then dived and unleashed it on the Pokémon at close range and high speed, and-

Lucario just dodged it quickly, and smirked. "Fodder! Is that all you've got?"

Too late, Ash realized his mistake-Charizard was now right up close to the Lucario...

"Charizard, get back!"

"Charchari-"

"AURA SPHERE!" With incredible speed, the Lucario calmly fired a psychic sphere into Charizard's face, the impact of the attack knocking him back to the ground.

"Come on, Charizard, get up, you can beat her", Ash pleaded.

Charizard took a few seconds, but still jumped up and shot a jet of fire towards Lucario and a second and third to the side of her.

"Too slow!" She dodged the first one and jumped over the second one before unleashing a psychic wave into Charizard's chest. "PSYCHO CUT!" The fire dragon was slammed against the far wall this time, and collapsed from exhaustion.

"Ha-ha...Nice try human. Care for a round two?" You could hear sarcasm in the feminine voice, as the Lucario oh-so-casually bared her teeth at the unfortunate trainer. "Come on. Give up, why don't you-"

"PIIKAAACHUUU!"

"What the-"From his sitting position, Pikachu unleashed an impromptu thunderbolt that actually hit Lucario in her leg before she was able to dodge the rest of it. The recoil of the move hit Ash, throwing him backwards several meters.

Surprisingly, the Lucario didn't press the attack-instead, it just waited.

"Hmmm...Impressive. It seems your Pikachu is smarter than your dragon...Well, come one, little mouse. Is that you best shot?" She goaded.

"Pikachupi" Pikachu hopped off Ash's shoulder and unleashed two more Thunderbolts and Shockwave at Lucario.

Although she was able to dodge the two thunderbolts, the Lucario was hit in the chest with the Shockwave, which sent her back a few stretches.

"Alright, rodent, this ends now", she snarled, her voice an angry hiss through her canine teeth. "AURA SPHERE!"

She concentrated, forming a massive ball of energy in one paw. Faster than the eye could see, she moved, catching Pikachu on his next attack, snatching the rodent up in one swift movement. She snarled with her teeth at Ash, who shivered. "Trainer...Watch this!"

WHAM!

The Lucario let out a howl of triumph as it viciously slammed the ball of energy into the tiny rodent's chest, flinging Pikachu with such a force into his trainer that it knocked Ash over.

Ash dropped his ball and his pack to move Pikachu off of him. He let out a worried sigh as he laid Pikachu next to his bag. After a few moments of tending to the unconscious Pikachu, Ash got up and faced the Lucario with a very real fear in his eyes. Here was a Pokémon that could easily crush him, and he was defenseless...

"Well that was a good fight, the mouse has some fight in him, but I think...heh. I haven't had a battle like that in a while. That took a lot out of me." The Lucario leaned against the wall to catch her breath.

"Fine, you win...just let me go in shame with my injured Pokémon"

The laugh chilled the boy to his core, sending shivers down his spine. "AHAHHhhaha...Ohh, oh, you're a good one!"

She paused. "I suppose you were being serious...Well, I don't think so."

"What?!?" No other Pokémon had done this to him! They'd all let him go...

But it was evident that the Lucario was advancing now. "Hehehe...Now it's my turn to "capture" you...Mmmm."

"No, you can't!"

"Oh, but I think I can. Hehehe...What was that you said to me when you came out? Oh, yes. Don't try running..." she said, licking her chops. The suggestiveness was obvious in her voice, but Ash still just looked at her with confusion for a few moments...

Until it finally clicked on what Lucario meant.

_Oh. _

_No. _

"W...wait, you, you, d...don't have to do that, I...I didn't-I mean you won", Ash squeaked as she came closer to him, now drooling and licking her chops.

"Exactly, I won, and you look like an "adequate" trainer. Maybe a B or C grade-wouldn't you say you'll be tasty enough to warrant an A, but you never-Ohh, don't be scared now, you'll spoil the taste if you do that! Silly humans these days, all talk and no guts...Still, it's been a while. I'm going to enjoy this" she murmured, stretching her jaw a few times, the returning to drooling and licking her maw in preparation for...whatever she was going to do.

Don't think about that-

Too late...

Ash shuddered, and then shook his head to try and clear that thought. _Okay, Plan B: Run. _

Ash backed away and started running towards the exit of the formation. The Lucario just laughed behind him, but the boy heard no following paw-steps. About five minutes later, Ash thought that he'd gotten away until he turned the final corner, of the tunnels, where he could see the dying sunlight of the outside world, and-

-Her standing right in front of him, framed by the light.

"Ah, hello again!"

"Help!"

"Look, I said don't run didn't I?!? You've got to understand-it's not good for pre-consumption!", the Lucario breathed, before pouncing on Ash and pinning him down with her paws before the boy had a chance to think about the meaning of the word "pre-consumption".

Is this what it's like...to lose? Ash was still in shock, as she removed his vest, shoes, and hat before starting to lift him off the ground. It wasn't until he was eye level with her and saw her mouth open widely that he tried to fight back, only finding it impossible as he saw her two paws wrapped around him. "Stay still!" she snarled, jabbing him with one wrist spike and sighing as it drew blood on his cheek. A tongue flicked out of the maw, sucking the blood away. "Mmmm..."

Ash's heart was pounding as his head entered the Lucario's soft, wet maw. Her tongue wrapped around his head and, along with soaking it with saliva, started pulling him deeper into her mouth. Next, the Lucario lifted Ash to the sky to help slide him down-the boy's screams were stifled by her tongue as he began to be sucked down the red, strong throat as his body sliding further and further into the Lucario's drooling maw.

So...this is how it all ends, then...

Ash couldn't believe that she was going to make him suffer by eating him alive. He heard her humming very softly in delight as she continued to salivate over Ash's pants and lower legs.

Ash closed his eyes, trying to block out what his sense were telling him. His entire body was in her throat now besides his feet, which the Lucario kept licking and licking, as he kept being pushed down her throat. A few minutes later he was dropped into a tight, wet, and humid chamber that had pale liquid and deep red flesh all around it. Ash knew where he was, he was in her stomach, awaiting to be killed and digested.

Ash let out a few tears as he thought he'd never see Pikachu again...or Brock or Misty, for that matter. Heck, even Gary he kind of...sort of...okay, maybe he didn't miss Gary, but he did miss Professor Oak...

Outside, the Lucario heard Ash crying. "Noisy prey..." So saying, she started gently rubbing her middle while moving higher into the rocks on the mountain.

Through his crying, Ash could feel the stomach being rubbed from the outside and Lucario droning smoothly outside.

"What...what are you...doi-?"

"Don't worry, human, I won't hurt you", the Lucario murmured.

Needless to say, Ash was very confused-a thousand thoughts went through his mind, fighting for control.

_What...what's going on?

Why am I not dead yet?

Why would she do this to me? Does she really need to rub into it?

I need to get out of here!!_

He struggled and kicked against the flesh walls, with that last thought in his mind-but was unable to do anything else, sleep eventually taking him over and setting him to lean against the silky flesh.

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The Lucario sighed in relief as she felt the human drift off. Finally, he'd stopped kicking-he'd been giving her the worst stomachache for the last half hour.

Humming softly, she laid down on one of the rocks, rubbing her stomach. The trainer had certainly fought-but he'd tasted so good, she was considering giving him an A grade instead of B-he'd been better than expected...in more ways than one...

Ash woke up slowly as he found himself on soft grass still covered with saliva and some sort of unknown liquid. He took a few moments to regain his bearings-and turned to see the Lucario lying on her chest staring at him less than a stretch away.

"Good morning, sleepy", she purred, sliding right up next to him.

Ash slowly blinked, momentarily stunned by the setting sun's rays. "W...why am I still alive?" he asked slowly-the recognized her and backed away. "YOU!"

"It's alright, Look, I said I didn't want to hurt you!"

"Then...then what _did_you want?"

"I just wanted to eat you! Mmmm...See, you're fine! I didn't digest you, just stored you", she replied. "Besides, you did jump out like that. You were asking for it!"

_Okay, so maybe that did deserve more of an apology. _

"I...I'm sorry that I jumped out like that and tried to capture you", Ash stammered out apologetically.

The Lucario just smiled toothily. "It's okay, I'm sorry that I scared you a lot when I ate you...Still, if it makes you feel any better-you taste very good. Grade A.", she said as she moved closer and started softly licking Ash on the face, but the boy moved away, unwilling to trust her after his experience.

"Okay, where are Pikachu and Charizard?" Ash asked worriedly.

The Lucario just shrugged. "There fine, they're asleep over there by that rock."

"Ah, okay."

They stared at each other for a few seconds after that in silence-there wasn't much to be said.

The Lucario shifted, breaking the silence. "Well...I have to go. Still, if you find yourself up here again, maybe I'll "let you capture me next time"

"R-really?"

"Well...maybe for a small...Mmmm, shall we say..."favor"?" Ash shivered, and she went on. "...But not today", she finished.

Ash caught himself considering it, and shuddered again. "Alright, well I might come back then...Thanks for not hurting me, Lucario; I finally got a good night's sleep in your stomach...Weirdly enough."

"Ha-ha, that's good, Oh! What's your name?" the Lucario asked as she got up and moved closer to the entrance of the formation, preparing to leave.

"It's Ash...Can I call you Lucario?"

"Of course."

"Bye then, Lucario", Ash said smiling despite himself.

"Hm...Bye, cutie", she snickered and ruffled Ash's hair before jolting off into the distance. Ash didn't stay around to watch-he just got up and moved next to Pikachu to make sure they were alright. He returned Charizard to his Poke-ball that was lying next to Pikachu and quickly fell asleep next to Pikachu, just red faced and still shocked out of his mind from the squishy experience. Pikachu unconsciously cuddled him, "Chu..." as the boy kept babbling in his mind to himself.

_I...It was so wet and soft, wait what am I thinking?

Why would she just let me go?

Cutie? Was she flirting with me?

A...am I actually thinking of coming back to "get" her? _

He shivered and just continued to himself as the sun finally set below the horizon and gave its last light to the duo laying on the smooth ground...

THE END

Thanks for reading and I hope that you enjoyed it! I hope that I totally didn't butcher the Pokémon story as it was my first, but I have to say that even though it was challenging, it was very enjoyable to write, especially the devouring part ha! Thanks and good luck!