Team Destiny: Thunder the Pikachu

Chapter 1

Thunder sighed softly and stared at the setting Sun from his perch on a tree branch.

"Hey, Thunder!" Thunder turned around to see the grinning face of Shine, his fellow teammate and girlfriend, hanging upside down from a tree branch.

He smiled and motioned with his tail for her to join him.

The Aipom swings from a few more branches before stopping and coming to join him on the branch he was sitting on.

"What's up?" she asked to get the conversation started.

The Pikachu chuckled slightly and rolled his eyes at his girlfriend.

"Really, Shine? You just had to start with 'What's up'?" he raised an eyebrow at her and she blew him a raspberry.

"Oh shut up," she muttered while giving him a sour look. "What's wrong with you anyway? You usually love my weird timing of phrasing things!" 

Thunder frowned and lowered his gaze.

"I-I don't know, it's just..." he sighed yet again and rubbed his forepaws together anxiously. "I guess I just have a lor on my mind as of late."

Silence fell on the two Pokémon for a few moments before Shine spoke up again in an attempt to break the tension in the air.

"Oh, Thunder, is this about what happened with Blaze?"

At the mention of Shine's former boyfriend, Thunder's expression turned sour. "Yeah, I just can't understand why you even dated him in the first place!"

Shine sighed softly and stared up at the canopy of leaves above them in thought. "It's kind of a long story... and I don't really want to talk about it."

Thunder blinked and gave Shine a confused look. "Huh? But why not?"

Shine sighed softly and shifted eyes away from her boyfriend's piercing gaze.

"W-well, I-it's just..." Shine frowns and curled her hand-shaped tail around herself, not looking her boyfriend in the eyes. "I just don't want to bring up certain memories."

Yet again, Thunder stared at his girlfriend with confusion shining in his eyes. "But why not, Shine?"

The Aipom sighed again and shifted her eyes around the forest, almost as if she was making sure they were truly alone. 

After a few more moments of looking around the woods, Shine finally met the curious and concerned face of Thunder.

"Please just talk to me, Shine." His voice sounding a bit desperate as he spoke. "What's wrong? Did something happen to Blaze to make him the way he is?" 

It took a few moments, but eventually, Shine took a deep breath and met her boyfriend's gaze.

"Yes, something did happen to Blaze..." she paused for a minute before continuing. "But the story isn't a very pleasant one to tell."

Thunder blinked and tilted his head to the side in confusion. "What do you mean?" he asked her with a questioning stare. "How bad could it be?"

Shine gave him a deadpanned stare. "Really really bad." Was all she said in response.

The Team Destiny leader flinched and stared at his girlfriend with wide, panic-filled eyes.

After a short while of tense silence, Thunder spoke up in an attempt to break the ice.

"Could you tell me anyway?"

Shine gave him a startled look. "Are you crazy?" she gasped out in a mix of terror and disbelief.

Thunder just smiled and gave Shine a small shrug in response.

"How did you meet Blaze anyway?"