Pokemon: An Icy Path

Chapter 51

Chapter 51

It took us another day and a half before we were able to reach Vermillion City. It should have only taken us most of a day to get here, but we are not in a rush. Bea also wanted to get used to her new body through sparring with her pokemon and myself. Needless to say, she easily laid me out on the ground, not in the fun way, in our first few spars until she got used to her new strength.

Before we even enter the city, we are greeted by the signs of civilization. The air seems to hum and carry a tang of sea salt and ozone, like an incoming storm on a beach. Beyond that, is the glow of the light from the city that fills the space around the city even during the bright noon sun. 

Vermillion City itself looks and feels different than any place I have been in. The city is a structured chaos that feels like a mash of steampunk and a modern city. Wires criss-cross throughout the roads and between buildings, darkening the sky above us. The buildings themselves almost seem to defy gravity in the way they are built, as they seem to loom over us. On the side of nearly every building is some sort of electrified sign that paints the very air with color.

Among the wires, a large number of electric type pokemon can be seen moving about lazily. Below the mess of wires is a large number of people that seem to fill the streets with their bodies and besides a few pokemon riding on their trainers shoulders or being carried, no trainer has their team out.

“Wow, this place is packed!” Flannery exclaims as we enter the city. “I don’t think I have ever seen this many people in one place, not even in Slateport!”

“That is because this is a chokepoint gym as well as an active harbor.” I reply as I reach out my free hand and grab hers so we don’t get separated. “During the season, this city is constantly packed with Trainers attempting to get their third badge. During the off season it is not nearly as bad.”

“Why don’t trainers go to other gyms to get their third badge? It’s not like there is a set path after the first two gyms.” Bea asks while looking around calmly. I see her jump slightly as a number of Joltik scurry across the lines just above us.

“From what I have heard, Surge is one of the easiest leaders to get the third badge from. Unless you have a complete type disadvantage or you have an exceedingly strong team it is not worth attempting other gyms.”

“Don’t forget pride and tradition.” Flannery adds cheekily.

“Ah yes… The tradition of doing everything the same as every trainer before you. In all honesty, we could have gone to Celadon City instead and would have been fine. Flannery and I have full type advantage and you would have had no issue. Yet here at an electric gym, none of us have an advantage.”

“I see. You did mention that you wanted to train more.” Bea replies, a look of understanding crossing her face. “Do you want to see the wait time at the gym or find a room and start training?”

“Yeah, I don’t want another close call fight. They are just too stressful to deal with.” I let out a long sigh as I think back to my fight against Misty. “Let’s see about signing up for the gym and then see about getting a room?”

“Sounds like a plan to me.” Flannery replies as she gives my hand a squeeze. I give her a small smile and I check my map on my phone to find where the gym is before plunging into the sea of people. 

*~*~*

Even though the city is filled with people, the traffic and movement through the city is surprisingly quick. The three of us reached the gym after about thirty minutes of walking. The massive building looks like what a mad scientist would design a power station to look like. Pylons and wires covered every available surface of the building as the sky around the building was blackened by wires. Down at street level, there are two sets of double doors that are lit up from the inside by harsh fluorescent light. 

I look toward the door that has a sign labeled as ‘Registration’ and my eyes start to trail along the orderly line of teenagers that leads to an open lot. The lot is about five hundred square meters(the size of a basketball court) and is filled with row after row of trainers. I am flabbergasted at the length of the line even though the sun is starting to go down.

“I knew there were a lot of trainers… but this is ridiculous!” I say with a bit of exasperation leaking through.

“There has to be at least three hundred trainers in line.” Bea whistles.

“Seriously, and to think this is only the third gym! Well the line isn’t getting any shorter, let’s hurry up and join the crowd.” 

*~*~*

It is well after dark before we finally leave the gym. Due to the sheer amount of trainers, the three of us were only able to get our matches scheduled two weeks later. 

“Two weeks,” I quietly sigh, “well I did want to take some time to train.”

“It won’t be too bad babe, stuff like this is bound to happen.” Flannery gently bumps my shoulder and shoots me a warm smile.

“It should give us time to train up the rest of our teams as well! Our newer pokemon need the time to get caught up to speed.” Bea chips in a moment later.

“Speaking of training…” I start as I pull out my phone and open the PokeCenter app to see if there are any available rooms nearby. “Do you guys want to train together, or would you like to train separately and meet up at night?”

“I’m fine with either, I actually plan on battling different trainers most of the time.” Bea says with a shrug. “Fighting types learn faster through battle than training all the time.”

“What about this one?” Flannery points to one of the centers on my phone that says it has open rooms. “It’s on the outskirts though, which would work for training outside of the city. As for the training, I think we should do a mix. I mean we have two weeks, so we can spend some time by ourselves and some time together.”

“Looks good to me. Bea?” I hold out my phone to her and she nods after a quick look. “One room or two?”

“One!”

“T-two!”

I raise an eyebrow at the answers. “I’m fine with one room. I mean it’s not like we haven’t seen everything.”

*Cough* “I-I think that we should get two rooms. You two can share a room.” Bea answers, her caramel skin darkening with a blush.

“Awe~ come on Bea! Didn’t you have fun last time?” Flannery teases our muscular beauty of a friend.

“THAT’S BESIDES THE POINT!” 

“She’s not denying it~.” I put a teasing lilt into my voice as I give my girls a roguish grin. Bea gives me a dirty look before letting out hmph while turning in the direction of the Center and stalking off with aggressive sounding footsteps. I turn to Flannery who just grins back at me with a vulpine smile before chasing after Bea with a laugh.

We catch up to Bea a moment later and give her a friendly hug as we make our way to the Center. Along the way, we realized that we had not had anything to eat and found a street vendor that was selling various handheld foods. I got myself something that looks like Mexican Street Corn and tacos. Bea got some sort of noodle dish that just screams carbs and calories. Flannery found some sort of sausage or hotdog that she eats in a very suggestive manner that has a number of guys around us suddenly walking away covering their crotches.

After breaking out in a fit of giggles, the three of us finally make it to the PokeCenter where I check in and get our keys to the rooms. I hand the girls their keys before heading towards the elevator in the corner. Unfortunately, the rooms are located on different floors with Bea on the third floor and us on the eighth. 

Once Bea gets off at her floor and gives us a wave goodnight, Flannery comes up behind me and wraps her arms around me. One of her hands sits just above my core, over the tiny cut-off shorts I am wearing, and the other gently grabs my tit. As there is no one in the elevator currently, I don’t say anything and lean back into my fiery lover as I feel her fingers fiddle with the button on my shorts. It doesn’t take long before I feel the button release its hold and the quiet sound of a zipper a second later opens my shorts. 

I tilt my head to the side to try and look at my lover but I am quickly distracted as she pulls the fabric of my bikini top off my breasts and she pulls on the newly exposed nipple. I sharply gasp and close my eyes, not caring anymore as Flannery toys with my body in the elevator. I don’t even notice when the elevator stops moving and the doors open. I faintly notice the sound of something but before I can concentrate on it, Flannery distracts me further by slipping her hand between my legs and rubbing me directly.

“This is our stop, love.” Flannery says a few moments later as the elevator stops once more. My sex hazed head slowly registers what she says as she gives me a slight push towards the door. I lift my head from her shoulder and take a quick look around to get my bearings. I finally notice that we are not alone and we have been giving a show to a cute blue haired teen. His eyes are wide open as he stares at my current state of dress, but my hazed mind doesn’t really care as I give him a sultry wink and walk out of the elevator with my tits fully exposed.

On a whim, I remove my top completely and toss it at him before walking away with a sway in my step. As I turn my head back I catch a glimpse of a transparent fluffy looking tail for the briefest moment, but when I double check it is gone. I shrug slightly as sex sounds more interesting at the moment and keep on my way. I don’t get far before I am joined by a similarly topless Flannery which causes me to raise an eyebrow at her but I don’t complain as I stare at my mate's beautiful body. She takes her keycard and swipes at the door right beside me and pushes me inside before slamming her lips into mine as the door closes behind her.