by K J Harlow
It knocked Flick off balance and she almost fell over. She pulsed yellow in surprise before recovering. Flick focused on his water-type, her basic stats appearing.
NAME: Felicity (Flick)
LEVEL: 19
HP: 55/78
“Autumn.” Brother Rock’s voice was surprisingly loud. His girlfriend sprang up and turned around. Brother Rock fished inside his sleeves for a moment before throwing something through the air. She caught it, unscrewed the top and downed the contents.
Autumn used Super Potion!
“Brother Rock will no longer be able to restore the HP of his girlfriend in this battle,” the MC announced.
Yoshi swung his bag off and his stomach plummeted. Shiiiit, I didn’t stock up. No matter; all it meant was that Flick had to defeat the Autumn before she had a chance to attack, which Yoshi had every intention of her doing.
“Flick, Water Slap!”
Once again, the water-type ran towards her opponent, this time opting to use her right hand to attack her.
The Autumn bore the brunt of the attack, slamming into the ground and leaving an imprint.
It’s Super Effective!!!
Her temporarily full HP was now down to 45/79.
“Autumn, The Third One.”
“Flick, Water Slap!”
Come on critical hit!
It’s Super Effective!!!
Yoshi watched the health bar drain and drain and drain… stopping at 10/79.
“Damn it!” He looked down just in time to see the Autumn’s third eye open and fixate itself on his girlfriend.
Autumn used The Third One!
Critical Hit!
Each time he saw the attack, he could make out the form of the rippling energy better. It was taking on the form of the girlfriend whose attack it was doubling. As Felicity flew horizontally in the air, a red, hand mark on her cheek, he also realized it was copying the form of the move as well.
“Flick!” Yoshi yelled in alarm. In one hit, her HP was down to 17 out of 78. Dazed, she sat on her haunches for a while, pulsing red.
“Autumn, The Third One.”
“Felicity, Water Slap!”
Felicity swayed slightly before gathering herself. For the final time, she ran at her opponent, hand raised.
Water Slap missed!
A fraction of an inch – that’s all it took for the attack to miss. The water droplets trembled in the air, raining at the Autumn’s feet.
Nooooooooo…
The Third One failed!
Yoshi uncovered his eyes. Failed? Oh right! Double zero is–
Arm bands that Yoshi hadn’t noticed before on the Autumn’s forearms glowed white. She stepped back, cupped her hands and expelled a cannonball of heavy, grey energy into Felicity’s stomach. She hurtled flat through the air, scudded into the ground by Yoshi’s feet and lay still.
Flick fainted!
20
Consummation
An eternity passed and still, Yoshi was staring at her. From the pinnacle of premature triumph, he plummeted to the pits of despair, from where he was lifted by desperate hope only to be Hulk-smashed back into the abyss – all in the space of 10 seconds.
“Yoshi.”
He blinked and looked at the MC. The murmur of the crowd came off mute. “Yes?”
The MC was covering his microphone with one hand. “You should withdraw her and send out your final girlfriend.”
“Right.” He fumbled, almost dropping Flick’s ring before withdrawing her. “Wait…” he looked up at Brother Rock and his battered Autumn. “What happened just then?”
“Bide Guards,” Brother Rock said simply. “An accessory that absorbs a fraction of the energy sustained and releases it after three turns.”
“How is that even allowed?” Yoshi said, pointing an accusing finger at the monk. He didn’t care that he was some enlightened religious dude right now, the outrage was starting to choke him.
“There is nothing in the rules to state that it isn’t allowed,” the MC said with a shrug. “Both parties can see whether the other’s girlfriends are holding accessories or not and adjust their battle strategy accordingly.” Yoshi clenched and unclenched his fists.
Constantine raised the microphone back to his face. “With one girlfriend each, who will emerge victorious?” he boomed, reverting back into MC mode. He eyed Yoshi, glancing down at his belt.
Yoshi threaded his finger into the first ring on his belt. He stared into it, considering whether he should just make a run for it and ban himself from the gym.
“Starry, go.”
The interstellar-type blinked, clearly surprised that she was out again so soon. She glanced at the Autumn then looked back at Yoshi, a question in her eyes. He clenched his jaw, stared at Brother Rock and said nothing.
Brother Rock’s placid smile was gone again, replaced with an inscrutable expression that could have passed for resignation. What was he feeling shitty about? Even injured, the Autumn was still loads stronger than Starry was.
“As expected, our challenger has sent out his final girlfriend Starlotte. Now wait, don’t we have an interesting situation on our hands?”
Yoshi was this close to throttling the guy. What was ‘interesting’ about it? Starry was going to lose, she was five levels weaker than the Autumn.
“Autumn… The Third One.” Brother Rock’s command came out as a sigh.
“Starry…”
Waaaait a second…
The Autumn’s braided hair was still limp and damp from Felicity’s slaps. Her composure gone, she was doing everything she could to stay upright. The Third One can only reflect and amplify damage. Starry only knows Gaze… which doesn’t do any damage. That means neither one of them could damage the other.
“Starry, Gaze…” Yoshi said warily.
The blue-haired girlfriend scampered across the arena to her significantly stronger opponent. Bringing her face to within a foot of Autumn’s, she stared her down.
Autumn’s Defense fell!
“Eeeek!”
Autumn’s third eye opened and stared back at her, and Starry jumped in fright.
The Third One failed!
“Starry, hold your ground!”
“Autumn, The Third One.”
“Starry, Gaze!”
And so the cycle repeated: Starry would Gaze at Autumn, her defence would drop and Autumn’s The Third One would fail. After about eight straight turns of Gaze, a new message popped up:
Autumn’s Defense cannot decrease anymore!
While Autumn hadn’t sustained any additional damage since Starry came out, a tremor had not taken over her body, like there was a chill that gripped only her.
The audience had switched off for a good 20 minutes but started leaning in again as both girlfriends’ only moves’ Power Points dwindled into single digits. Autumn was the first in the race to the bottom; Starry wasn’t far behind. She used her last PP and rubbed her all-gazed-out eyes.
Starry has no more usable moves!
She took a few steps back and took her southpaw stance.
Starry used Struggle!
“Struggle? What…?”
She skipped forward and superman punched the Autumn’s cheek, sending her sprawling to the ground.
Starry is damaged by recoil!
Autumn fainted!
Starlotte clutched her hand to her stomach. “Oowwwww…”
You have defeated Brother Rock!
Starry gained 1,100 EXP!
Starry is now Level 15!
You have received 2,800 Coins for winning!
Yoshi couldn’t take his eyes away from the large central screen. The Autumn’s face faded, allowing Starry’s to move to front and center.
The interstellar-type was flexing her wrist gingerly while biting her lip. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around. “My hand hur–!”
Yoshi cradled her neck and kissed her deeply. She slowly dropped her hands to her side. She was breathless and slightly dazed when
he pulled away.
“Congratulations,” Yoshi said, beaming at her. “You defeated your first girlfriend.” It only just dawned on her that the crowd had been going wild since the one-hit KO, chanting her name from the gallery. She immediately shrunk towards Yoshi.
“Can I go back into the ring?”
Yoshi frowned. “Why? What’s wrong?”
“There’s too many people, it’s… too noisy.” Her eyes were glazed and her face pale, as if there was a monster only she could see.
Yoshi took the ring off his belt and slipped it onto her left index finger. She promptly retreated and the ring fell into his palm.
“Young man.” Brother Rock was walking towards him, his eyes crinkled, hands behind his back. “Well fought. It was a fantastic battle.”
Yoshi put the ring back on his belt. “Thank you. I didn’t know what to expect at the end.”
His chuckle was barely audible above the din of cheering. “I did.” Brother Rock shuffled to the side, allowing Constantine to stand between them. He grasped the two trainers’ hands.
“Your champion…” He thrust Yoshi’s wrist into the air. “Yoshi Soysauce!”
The Onyx Gym badge was smooth and black. Veins of white swirled intricately across its surface. Yoshi put it back in its case, snapped it shut and slouched further down the chair.
“Hello.”
He opened an eye. Labby stood in front of him, hands on her hips. Her dark, wavy hair fell in wild tangles around her bare shoulders. The white bolt was tucked away behind her right ear.
“Labby.” Yoshi sat up, banishing images of her masturbating to the sin bin. “What are you doing here?”
“Same reason your girlfriends are at Mr. Pampers,” she said coolly.
“No, I know that. But how did you get injured?” She cocked her head to one side, a look of displeasure on her face. “Right, right, top secret. Forget I asked.”
She sat down on the couch next to him. “I see that you beat the Onyx Gym. Congratulations. How are the girls?”
Yoshi recounted the battles he had against the three trainers. She could have been feigning interest – she had already proven that she could act in Winza Six – but he didn’t care.
“So Starry saved the day huh?”
“Yeah.” Yoshi recalled her reaction in the gym, as well as the episode on the way to Onyx Lake for the first time, his brow furrowed.
“What’s wrong?” The dark wolf shuffled incrementally closer to him.
“It’s Starry. She’s suppressing something. I feel like it’s something to do with the Celeste Caverns.” Yoshi turned to the wolf-kin. “Do you know what’s happening in there?”
She shook her head. “I’m so preoccupied with SPARTA that I don’t deal with local matters like this.”
Yoshi sighed. “Then do you at least know when I can go through Route 21?”
“Like I said the last time, the road is indefinitely blocked. If you want to go through to the next town, see if you can talk to some trainers in town who might be able to fly you over.”
“No, I have to get into the Caverns. There is someone I’m meant to meet in there. Do you think you could pull some strings and let me through?”
She narrowed her eyes. “Yoshi Soysauce, are you trying to bribe a member of the Onyx Police? Because I can arrest you for that.”
There was something about her response that wasn’t convincing. Maybe it was her body language; even as she shuffled back, the top half of her body leaned towards him. Whatever it was, it made Yoshi chance his luck.
“I’m going to meet an acquaintance of one of Ohno’s most respected girlfriend researchers, not to traffic Shinies.” He closed the distance between them, his thigh touching hers; she didn’t pull away. “Are you off-duty?” A crack appeared in the dark wolf-type’s hard exterior and she nodded. He put his hand on her knee and her eyes dilated. “How about you and I go somewhere and do girlfriend things?”
Yoshi lay on the king-size bed in the penthouse suite. The hotel happened to be the second tallest building in Onyx, with Winza Six taking top spot. It was far away enough from them to ensure that there would be no witnesses to what was about to happen.
There were 10 knocks at the door; Yoshi smiled in anticipation. The knob turned, the door opened and Labby stepped in.
“You don’t know how difficult it was to sneak my uniform out of the police station.” She loped across the floor and after a few seconds was on the large bed on all fours. “I wanted your cock inside me so badly when you were fucking Flick.”
If the dirty talk sparked the boner, Labby unbuttoning her jacket then her blouse was like pouring gas onto the fire. Moments later, she was clad only in red lace lingerie.
“Take your shorts off,” Labby ordered.
“Take your bra off,” Yoshi shot back. “Hey, what–!”
Labby dug her fingers under the waistband and yanked his silky boxers free, tossing them behind her.
“Oooooooooh…” She suppressed her growl of desire. Reaching behind her, she undid the clasp, freeing her breasts before rocking back and taking her panties off. On her back, she threw herself back onto all fours, grabbed Yoshi’s engorged member with both hands and started eating it.
“H-hey Labby, take it eeeeas…” The dark wolf’s eyes devoured him as she licked, sucked and deep-throated his penis. He breathed in and out; it wouldn’t be long before he came. Think unsexy thoughts, think unsexy thoughts…
His scumbag brain had the perfect thing: here’s that dream of Starry giving you head.
“Aaaaaah…”
Load after load after load pumped into the back of Labby’s throat. Yoshi opened his eyes and saw stars dancing around her head. She was still staring at him, her tongue wrapping around his dick and cleaning off the remaining cum.
She wiped her mouth. “Never leave any evidence behind.”
“Sounds like something a criminal would say.”
She glared at him. In one quick motion, she grabbed his still-hard penis, raised her hips and lowered herself on top.
“Ah-wooooo!” She howled. Her hips bucked and grinded against his, spreading her vaginal juices below his stomach. She arched her back and planted her hands on Yoshi’s chest and continued to pump. Seconds later, her movements paused, her lower body clenching.
“Good girl.” She waited until her orgasm subsided, then fell forward. He wrapped his arms around her, clasping her furred body against his. Labby’s forehead creased in pleasure as he started his piston pump again.
“No! Noooo…” She made a half-hearted attempt to break his hold, but eventually succumbed. With the first pass taken care of, Yoshi could now last a lot longer. The next problem now was his fitness. Come on… keep… going… just as he started to slow, Labby threw herself back, breaking his hold and clawing into his chest.
His blood seeped out from the foot-long gouge marks as he watched the dark wolf’s silent O. Before she could finish, he slid himself out and got onto his knees. The skin rending unlocked a source of power he didn’t know he had. Grabbing one of Labby’s thighs, he yanked her down onto the bed.
“Put your ass up. Atta girl.”
Positioning himself over her quivering vagina, he re-entered her. With his first deep thrust in all the way down his shaft, he fell forward and held her down by the wrists.
“Yoshi!” she moaned and bucked but he wouldn’t let go. She was tighter – much tighter – when he came in from behind. Using her toned buttocks, he kept a steady rhythm going, increasing the speed until…
“Labby!”
Yoshi pulled out just as his second load of cum spurted out. It splattered onto her shoulders and pooled in the small of her back. Some even made it into her long, black locks, mingling with the white bolt.
Yoshi let go of her wrists and rolled onto his back, spent. After he stared at the ceiling for a few minutes, he rolled his head towards the Labby. She nestled her face into her arms, eyes flush with satisfaction.
“I guess I
can help you pull some strings,” she murmured. “But only after you’ve done me for at least as long as you did Flick.”
Part II
Celeste Caverns
21
Rebriefing
“What happened to your leg?” Flick asked. She, Sophie and Starlotte watched Yoshi gingerly make his way across the lobby of the Mr. Pampers.
“His leg isn’t the issue,” Soph said, a grin spreading across her face. “How could you, going behind our backs like that? We put our lives on the line and this is how you repay us?”
“Ssshhh, ssshhh,” Yoshi said, looking around furtively. Mr. Pampers himself was leaning on the front counter. Catching Yoshi’s passing glance, he slowly licked his top lip. “Come on, let’s get out of here.”
“Where are we going?” Starry asked. Someone had made a paper crown, scrawled the word ‘CHAMPION’ over it and bequeathed it to her.
“We’re going to–”
“We’re going shopping at Winza Six is where we’re going,” Soph declared. “Unless our trainer here wants me to tell the world that he gave that Labby some doggy s–”
“OK, OK, just… shooooosh!” Yoshi said, turning beet red.
“So I’m not wrong then?” The bird-kin grinned maliciously. “You did do her.”
Yoshi stormed out of the Mr. Pampers, his three girlfriends in tow.
“What I do in my spare time is none of your business.”
“Of course it’s our business. We’re your girlfriends, for Frank’s sake.”
He spun on his heel and the trio of girlfriends stopped. “We’re not talking about this anymore. And if you,” he jabbed a finger at the bird-kin, “don’t stop, I’m going to deposit you in the GGN forever.”
Soph smiled sweetly and for a second, she almost looked pleasant – almost. “You wouldn’t do that, you love me too much.”
“Flick,” he said, turning his attention to his water type, “are you OK with going back to Winza Six? You know what with you being tortured and all?”