Pokemon XY [ORI]

Chapter 7: Ralts Steps in

"That's it!" I call out to Riolu and Ralts. Riolu has finally been giving Ralts a challenge, sometimes he's so afraid to hurt her he'd rather sit on the ground and pout while she pushes him around instead of just fighting her.

"Ralts Ralts Ralts." She yelled at his face,

"Ri." He turned his face away. I swear every step forward with him is two steps back.

"You're being super stubborn right now, Riolu." I tell him. Sheesh, this must be how my mom feels when she's trying to get me to do something I don't want to do. Although I hardly doubt Ice cream bribes are gonna do it for Riolu.

"Ralts!" Ralts yelled lunging at him. He smoothly dodges is with a quick roll and Ralts tries it again with the same result.

"Ralts Ralts Ralts." She shouts at him.

"Rilu!" Riolu shouts back jumping to his feet, he grabs her by her shoulders and almost shakes her "Rilu Rilu." He sounds desperate. The way he's looking at her, his eyes say everything, she's his best friend, his only friend and he can't look at her as an enemy. Ralts shoves him and charges him, he moves like liquid, she's doesn't have a chance like this, he's just too fast.

"Ral-"

"Ri" he cuts her off and hits the ground solid as a rock and then he charges back.

Ralts Stumbles and scrambles to get herself up and moving but he's going so fast I can barely keep up form my vantage point and then I see it. He's stopping before he hits her, he's giving her the intensity of a back to back attack but keeping the pain from her. Ralts stumbled and scrambled but she wasn't even dodging these attacks let alone fighting back.

Riolu swept her legs out from under her and caught her before she hit the ground.

"Ri...lu..." the pain in his eyes was clear, he could hurt her, she wasn't ready.

Ralts emotions were almost palpable, frustration and anger and embarrassment. Tears streamed down her cheeks, she smacked Riolu, making him drop her and she ran.

"Ralts come back!" I called but she was already across the field and headed into the woods.

"Ri..." Riolu fell to his knees and dropped his head.

"She needs you to train her, Riolu." I tell him "not remind her how much better you are. How many times is she going to have to get into trouble before you really start helping her?" I ask him "not playing with her or showing her how much stronger and faster and better you are, really training her, so that she can defend herself and become an ally instead of some damsel in distress." He wouldn't look at me. I sighed "I'm going after her, it might be better if you sit this one out." I leave him there, he can take care of himself. Ralts is the one I'm worried a bout, she's too young, too small, too inexperienced.

"Stop that." I snap at myself, "that's what Cole was talking about, I know Riolu can take care of himself and I don't have that same trust in Ralts. No wonder she doesn't feel like she can do it. She needs me to believe in her just as much as she needs Riolu to believe in her." I ran faster "Ralts, please come back, I'm sorry!" I run as fast as I can, she's nowhere in sight until "she can feel my emotions!" I stop and I stand there and just feel, I push my feels out, trying to project them. I want her to feel how worried I am about her, how much I love her and how important she is to me.

"Ralts..." Ralts peeked out from behind a bush and I ran to her.

"Oh, Ralts, you're okay."

"Ralts Ralts Ralts Ralts." Ralts complained, I swear I coiuld hear it. He's a meanie, he's supposed to teach me, I can fight too if only he would let me. I don't know how I understand her, maybe it's the expressive look in her eyes when's he tilts her head back enough for me to see them.

"He just wants to protect you." I squeeze her into a hug "we will get through to him. I promise you that."

"Ralts." What if we don't?

"Then I will help you train in anyway that I can, you will be everything you want to be and we're going to win the competition together." I swear it to her. She squeezes me back and I can feel it, determination. I wonder if she not only feels emotions but projects them as well. I'll have to look that up later.

"Come on." I stand up, I wanted to pick her up but I don't want her to think I think of her as some baby. She stands tall and proud and walks by my side.

"Lets get back to Riolu and talk some sense into him."

"Rilu!" Riolu voice carried through the woods and before I decided it I was running, Ralts by my side. All I could think about was how something could make him scream.

We broke through the woods and found Riolu fighting off a Lucario.

"Hey!" I shouted at the Lucario "get away from my friend." I charged forward.

"Ri Ri lu!" He held his hand out stopping me as the Lucario whacked him with a bone rush.

"Riolu!" I called out. Ralts charged passed me toward the Lucario.

"Ralts Ralts Ralts!" She swiped and kicked at him but Lucario dodged and snickered.

"Ri lu!" Riolu collapsed back to the ground as I reached him.

"Are you okay?" I asked stupidly. He pushed me away and tried tog eat up again.

"Ralts!" Ralts yelled at the Lucario,. The Lucario laughed at her, just stood there, dodging her attacks and laughed at her. Riolu growled.

"Ralts..." Ralts stopped, dropping her head, her hands clenched into fists and the Lucario laughed harder.

"RALTS!" Ralts yells at him and he shoves her back to the ground.

"Rilu!" Riolu jumps to his feet but staggers, he's in no shape to fight this Lucario.

"Ralts!" Ralts exclaims looking to Riolu, they stare at each other for a moment, Riolu pleading and Ralts, Ralts just looks angry.

"Ralts." She glares at Lucario "Ralts Ralts!" Ralts snaps pointing at Riolu. Lucario scoffs and waves her off, his eyes refocusing on Riolu, the Lucario jabs a finger at Riolu, and then beckons him over. Riolu growls but Lucario doesn't miss a beat, he snatches Ralts up and wraps his arm around her neck.

"Caro." Lucario sneers, it's you or her. That much is clear, this Lucario doesn't intend to leave empty handed.

"You can't just take my friends!" I yell at him but what can I do against a Lucario? A strong Lucario too.

He doesn't pay me any attention. Ralts squirms in his grasp but what can she do? What can any of us do?

Ralts figures it out, I can see it on her face, she stops struggling, she turns her head just enough and presses a kiss to Lucario's cheek. He freezes, stunned, Riolu growls deep and menacing. A light shoots out of Lucario and straight into Ralts and then he just falls, he hits the ground out cold.

"Ralts...?" I just stare at her, "what on Earth was that?" I take out my Pokédex because I need someone to explain what just happened here.

Ralts the feeling Pokémon. Ralts is a fairy psychic Pokémon, and can learn any of these types of moves along with a select number of other type moves depending on experience of the Ralts.

Draining Kiss is one of the first psychic type moves a Ralts can learn.

"Draining Kiss, huh?" I smile at her "did you just learn a new move?"