Catch All The Girlfriends!

by K J Harlow

  He nodded. Yoshi didn’t care why they were back in Topaz, or why his parents just happened to not be home. He arched his hips up towards his girlfriend, his member bumping into the bottom of her chin. Her hand started pumping slightly faster.

  “Don’t watch me. I’m shy,” she said, drawing the sheets over her head. He could have used his tool to chisel out his name on the side of a mountain – he was that hard.

  “Aaaaaah…” If he thought his first kiss was amazing, his first blowjob was out of this world. It was like putting his meat stick into a blender, except the razor-sharp blades were replaced with warm, wet tongues.

  “Wait slow down, I’m not gonna last… HRRRNNNGGG!”

  “Yoshi!”

  “Starry!”

  “Yoshi!”

  He opened his eyes. “Soph?” Sophie stared down at him, disgusted. “Weren’t you in your?…” He looked down; his belt was on, as were the rest of his clothes. Starlotte shaded her face with one hand and was facing away from her trainer.

  “Usually, my policy is to wait for the trainer to come back in and collect his girlfriends if it’s their first time in my center.” Mr. Pampers dabbed at sweat on his forehead with a silk handkerchief emblazoned with pink hearts. He was looking at Yoshi in the same way that Starlotte had been in his dream. “In this case, I was happy to bring them to you since it appeared that you had already… came.”

  “Come on, Starry.” Sophie hooked her arm and dragged the interstellar-type away from the two men.

  “Soph, Starry, wait.” Yoshi stood up, becoming conscious of the unfortunately familiar moist feeling in his pants.

  “It’s usually reserved for girlfriends, but you can use the showers inside my facility.” Mr. Pampers brought his moustachioed face right up to his ear. “Perhaps I can even give you a hand. I have as much experience pampering males as I do–”

  “No thank you!” Yoshi did a road runner, leaving a cloud of dust in his wake.

  Mr. Pampers bit his lip. “I do love the thrill of the chase.”

  “Starry! Soph!”

  “You talking to me?” Another Sophie, her hair cut into a cute bob and dyed copper red, pointed at herself.

  Her beefhead trainer’s arm was draped around her shoulder.

  “Come on, let’s go and check out – Soysauce?”

  Yoshi did a double take. “Oh Spence. Hey.”

  He tapped his smartwatch to each of his six girlfriends’ wrists, where they were wearing expensive looking bracelets. “Here’s 10,000 coins each, girls. Go nuts. Meet me in front of the gym at noon.” They giggled and scurried away. “What’re you doing here?” Spence asked.

  “Same thing as you are.”

  Spence raised an eyebrow. Neither of them said anything. “Going to…” he started slowly.

  “…The Celeste Caverns,” Yoshi finished.

  “Nah, I’m not going there. Good luck with that. Route 21’s completely closed off,” he snorted. “I was actually going to visit the Onyx Gym and check out the leader.” Spence’s pecs strained out of his tank top as he crossed his arms, his 20-inch biceps bulging. “Where’d your girlfriends go?”

  “Same place your girlfriends went.” He scanned the area and his eyes fell on the tallest building with a golden ‘W6’ flashing every few seconds at the top. “Winza 6.”

  “Oh yeah, that.” Spence chuckled. “The board told Dad not to launch in Onyx; not enough foot traffic.” He threw his arms wide. “Sure proved them wrong!” he boomed.

  “Reckon he’ll open one in Topaz?”

  “Doubt it. That place is dumpsville – no offence. The moment I got Vara, I got the hell out of there.”

  “Vara, your starter, yeah?”

  “Yeah. I don’t know how you do it, Soysauce. Topaz is slooooow. Nothing happens there. I’m just glad I only had to stay there for six months while Dad was here.”

  “Mmm… wait, what did you say before about Route 21?”

  “Oh yeah, it’s closed off. Whole bunch of people have been trying to go through the Caverns to Sapphire but they won’t let anyone through.”

  Shit… now what do I do?

  “Hey, do you want to battle? I’m going back out to Route 17 to grind a bit later, I’ll see you there?”

  “Got to find my girlfriends first.”

  “Alright, well you know where to find me. Catch.” Spence waved and strutted off. As much as he disliked the guy, Yoshi caught himself wondering what it must have been like to be born into money like he had.

  “Would probably have girlfriends that respected me more,” Yoshi grumbled to himself.

  For a smallish metro area, Onyx actually didn’t do too badly. Girlfriends crammed into all manner of stores, raising their hands into the air to admire a new bracelet, squabbled over the last size of a top in the discount pile or dined at chic cafes that served smooth coffee and even smoother, jazzy beats.

  Their trainers were comparing stats and GF-wikis, gesturing animatedly as they were no doubt boasting about whose girlfriends were hotter, stronger or both. Some pulled their girlfriends into shadowy alleyways, probably to let off some steam.

  If I was Soph, where would I go?

  Apart from ‘as far from Yoshi as possible’, Yoshi wasn’t too sure. He sighed, strolling aimlessly along the streets. After half an hour, he had no idea where he was. All he knew was that he was going against the flow of traffic. Trainers were grumbling and trudging back towards the central business district.

  “Don’t bother, mate.” A lanky trainer with a hooked nose shook his head. “They’re not letting anyone through Route 21.”

  Yoshi continued along the path until he was with a group of people standing around a large gate. At the front were policemen, complete with checkered, white and blue uniforms and unsmiling expressions.

  “I don’t know how many times I have to tell you, no one gets through.”

  “Excuse me… sorry…” Yoshi jostled past the disgruntled people making their way back. “Whoa…”

  A police officer stood there, gloved hands on her hips. Her long, dark-grey fur was done up into a practical bun, but long wisps drifted down either side of her head. She snarled quietly, revealing teeth purpose-built for ripping meat. “Let me guess: you want to go through Route 21 as well?”

  “I… I…”

  “What?” The bipedal canine girl barked. “Never seen a girlfriend as a member of the police force?”

  “May I…?” Yoshi pulled out his GF-wiki timidly.

  The female officer looked exasperated but nodded stiffly. “Usually no, but after today I am beyond caring.”

  Name: Labby

  Entry No.: 51

  Type: Dark

  Species: Wolf

  Rarity: *

  Labbies are one of the most loyal breed of girlfriends. Given a task they will see it to completion, ensuring that failure is not an option. They are often used to bolster police, security and defense forces.

  The lid snapped shut on his GF-wiki, the device yanked out of his hand. He looked up: his two girlfriends were standing there.

  “Hey! Finally found you guys!”

  “You found us?” Sophie said, eying him dangerously.

  “I mean… have you been here this whole time?”

  “Well, after we left you to clean up your sorry ass, Starry and I had a stroll through town. There are some nice tops you’re going to buy us.”

  “There are?”

  “Mmhmm,” Soph nodded, face cracking into a wide grin. “Isn’t that right, Starry?”

  “Starry, are you feeling better?” Yoshi asked. A quick check of her stats confirmed that she was back to full health, though she looked pretty tired.

  “If you three are done, I would ask that you please leave the premises.”

  “What’s going on back there, anyway? Are there super strong girlfriends fighting an epic battle in the Caverns or–” Soph’s image flickered and zipped back into her ring.

  Yoshi sighed, putting his withdrawn girl
friend away. “Sorry ‘bout that.”

  “I know very well what Sophies can be like,” Labby growled.

  “I’m meant to be meeting someone in the caverns. I was sent by Professor Poke in Topaz. Do you know when you’ll be able let people go through again?”

  “No. Have you tried calling them first?”

  Yoshi whipped out his phone, found the contact and dialled. He mouthed ‘sorry’ as Starry and Labby exchanged looks with him.

  “Hello.”

  “Hi, Ivan is it? This is–”

  “This is Ivan Tozuck. I am unable to come to the phone right now, so–”

  Yoshi snapped his phone shut. “Voice mail.”

  “Come back later. Once I get word from above, we’ll clear out the area and let people pass again.”

  “When will that be?”

  “Could be tomorrow, could be next week. I know as much as you.”

  “Alright then. Thanks anyway.” He turned and looked back at Starlotte. “Coming?”

  Yes! Finally!

  He’d bumped her hand with his four times with no connection. Finally, on the fifth shot, he managed to make it stick. First kiss, check. Hand holding, now check. Bit backwards, but who cares. Her fingers were as cool as he remembered them in the dream.

  “How was Mr. Pampers?”

  “They treated me well. I’m back to full HP.”

  “Great, great. And how was… Romeo?”

  “Ronaldo you mean?”

  “Was he the one who gave you a massage?”

  “Mmm, he was.” She said, biting her lip slightly. The flare-up of jealousy in the pit of his belly overflowed and that made him squeeze her fingers a little too tightly, causing her to tug her hand away from his. Damn it. He tried to grab her hand again, but now she cupped them in the small of her back.

  “So… where did he massage you?”

  Starlotte was quiet for a moment. “All over.”

  “Yeah…?”

  “Yeah.”

  “So like back, legs, arms...”

  “Mm-hmm,” she nodded, casting a glance at him. They walked in silence a bit longer.

  “Anywhere… else?”

  “This is the place that Soph and I visited in the morning.” Starry grabbed Yoshi’s hand again, dragging him towards the shop. “I hope they still have my size.”

  She slid clothes hangers this way and that, eventually pulling one out. “Here it is!” On the front of a plain, black tee, two tiny individuals sat on a bank, staring out at a ginormous moon reflecting over a lake.

  “Can I try it on?”

  “How much is it?” Yoshi flipped the price tag around and pursed his lips.

  “Do you want to… watch me change?” she murmured, cheeks becoming pink.

  “Are you for real?”

  “Can I try it on?”

  “Yeah but…”

  With the tee in one hand and Yoshi’s in the other, she made a beeline towards the closest unoccupied change room.

  6

  The Gym

  “This is Poke.”

  “Professor, hi.”

  “Who’s this?”

  Starlotte used Gaze!

  Yoshi slowly slid down the side of the changing room wall. Starry was slowly unbuttoning her blouse, not breaking eye contact the entire time.

  “Hello?”

  “Professor, it’s Yoshi Soysauce.”

  “Ah Yoshi, what’s up?”

  My penis.

  “Nothing much, yourself?”

  “Oh you know. Research, experiments. How can I help you today?”

  Starlotte dropped her blouse onto the stool in the corner. She traced a finger up her flat, white abdomen, letting it drift away before it could reach her simple, cream bra.

  “Yoshi?”

  “Give me a second.” He muted the phone. “What are you doing?”

  “I’m trying on this top,” she said innocently. She held it in front of her, admiring the picture on the front.

  “Sorry, Professor.”

  “I don’t have all day, Yoshi.”

  “Right. I made it to Onyx and I’m taking Starry to try on some new clothes.” She smiled sweetly at him before threading her arms through the top.

  “That’s awfully generous of you considering she isn’t your girlfriend.”

  Starry was struggling to pull the top over her head. Eventually it popped through. She swept her hands through her hair, letting it swish onto her back. “I can’t get through to the Celeste Caverns.”

  “Why?”

  Yoshi gave her a thumbs up. “Route 21 is closed. The police are involved too. No one can get through until further notice.”

  “For Frank’s…” Poke covered the phone up, muffling his obscenity. “Have you tried calling Ivan?”

  Starry turned the lock on the door. “Wait here,” she mouthed before slipping out.

  “I did. It went straight to voice mail.”

  “Call again.”

  “I only called him half an hour ago.”

  “Well… call him again later.”

  His girlfriend slipped back in with a couple skirts.

  Yoshi swallowed. “Actually, I was hoping to ask you something–”

  “Out with it.”

  “I was wondering if I could take Starry and my other girlfriend to battle at the gym here in Onyx?”

  There was silence. “How did you catch another girlfriend? Didn’t I tell you to escape?”

  “Errr… long story.”

  “Did Starlotte get injured?”

  Starry froze in the middle of taking her jeans off. “No, no, not at all. Long story short, it was a wild Sophie, she saw how weak Starry was and wanted to come along to help her get stronger.”

  Starlotte frowned and pulled her jeans back up.

  “A wild girlfriend willingly chose to join you without engaging in battle?”

  “I can put her on the phone if you want.”

  There was a knock at the door. “Excuse me sir…”

  “Please do,” Poke said.

  Yoshi muted the phone. “We’re OK in here.” He disengaged Sophie’s ring from his belt. Seconds later, she stood in all her feathered glory, hands on hips.

  “Don’t withdraw me when I’m in the middle of talking! Hey Starry, ooh you trying on those skirts?”

  “I’ve got Professor Poke on the phone. He doesn’t believe that I caught you, so he needs to hear your voice.”

  Sophie snorted. “Damn right he shouldn’t.”

  “And if he asks whether Starry got hurt, you need to tell him no.”

  The bird-kin raised a feathered brow. “You want me to lie for you?”

  “Sir…”

  “We’re in the middle of something!” Yoshi snapped at the door. “If he believes you, I’ll let you fight in the Onyx Gym. Toughest girlfriends in town.”

  Sophie’s eyes lit up before she narrowed them. “OK… but only just this once.”

  “Professor? Hello? Damn it, he hung up.”

  A tired, jaded voice spoke from the other side of the door. “Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to leave.”

  Ill take ur word 4 it. Need 2 catch diff gf 4 Onyx gym. Sophies not the right type. Don’t injure Star.

  Yoshi stared at Poke’s text message. Need to find out what type of girlfriends Onyx’s gym leader uses.

  “You owe us some new clothes, man,” Sophie demanded. Girlfriends trailed their trainers outside the line of shops behind them. Sophie and Starry looked longingly at their handbags, shoes, clothes and jewelry.

  Yoshi slipped the phone into his bag and got up off the curb. “I don’t owe you anything. You didn’t hold up your end of the deal.”

  “Because your guy wasn’t there!”

  “Stop it!” Starry cried. People glanced at her, then continued what they were doing. “Please stop arguing,” she said, her voice returning to its usual softness. “We’re a team. We don’t have anyone but each other. Let’s not fight.”

  Yoshi looked ru
efully at his interstellar-type. “Sorry.” Yoshi looked at Soph. “I’d like nothing more than to update your wardrobes, but you’re going to have to be patient with me. When we win more battles, we get winnings. To do that we have to fight stronger trainers and beat their girlfriends.”

  “Which is what you’ve got me for,” Sophie said, pointing a thumb at her chest. “So we are going to check out this gym then, right?”

  “Yeah. Not much else we can do, anyway.”

  There was a flurry of pink feathers and a trainer appeared. “Thanks again, Fi.” The bird girlfriend’s wings shone and became feathered arms again. The trainer who just flew in noticed Yoshi staring at him. He nodded in their direction before heading towards the Mr. Pampers.

  “When will you be able to do that?” Yoshi asked, gesturing towards them.

  For the first time since he caught her, Sophie looked flustered. “Sh-shut up!" she squawked.

  Yoshi grinned. “I kid. Alright, let’s check out this gym then.”

  “Damn…”

  The automatic doors hissed shut behind them. Yoshi blinked until the darkness gave way to the dimly lit, sandstone path. Cheers swelled somewhere in the venue.

  “Yo! Champ in the making!” Yoshi and his girlfriends jumped. A bespectacled man came out of the shadows, a Mona Lisa smile on his face.

  “Hi… this is the Onyx Gym, right?”

  “Sure is, champ.”

  “Cool…” There was a collective groan several thousand strong before enthusiastic applause filtered through the hall.

  “You want to battle today, champ?” He glanced at Sophie and Starlotte standing behind Yoshi.

  “No, not today. I just wanted to visit.”

  “Just to spectate or to bet, champ?”

  “Spectate… wait, bet?”

  He nodded, gesturing over to a touch screen at a table. “You’ve come at the right time. Bets are opening up for the next round, champ.” A big, red “X” appeared over the trainer on the right and faded while a green circle appeared over the trainer on the left.