Mixturing Moves

Chapter 7: Meeting Cerise.

'Welcome to Grace Forest. The friendliest forest yet!' Says the sign attached to a random tree. In the forest, Grass and Flying types roam around the area while some Water types swim in the lakes peacefully. They communicate with each other and relax throughout the entire scenery. Nearby the sign lies a feline creature with light blue skin colored at the front of her body (black at the rear back), large oval ears, and has yellow eyes: Shinx. The Shinx stares at what seems to be a Pokemon egg next to her, sighing in disbelief.

"Well this is great. After the battle between me and that blasted angel awhile back, my mistress and I got separated by her secret surprise attack!" The Shinx says, shaking her head. "And thus, how I met you, random egg." The Shinx tosses the egg up and catches it with her tail, looking at it. "I would leave you by the decaying log to rot, but I might need something to snack on later...Just to let you know." The Shinx then realizes what she's doing. "Why am I talking to an egg?" She looks up to the sky, lowering down her ears. "Maybe it's because this is the only thing I can talk to in this world..." The Shinx looks at the ground while mobbing, sighing heavily. "I miss you, mistress..."

Soon the Shinx blinks curiously before gasping in surprise. She paces around eagerly, looking in every direction. "I sense her! I sense my mistress nearby...I hope!" The Shinx then sets the egg onto her back, holding it with her tail. "Come on, egg! Time for me to reunite with her at long last!" The Shinx then takes off immediately, heading towards a village up ahead.

. . .

Iris' ship continue to sail across the Pirate Sea, Ashen steering the wheel while Mark and Jimmy help Lucas remove the statue in front of the ship. Inside of the room, Iris, Anna and Natalie are shown laughing during a conversation; Iris lying down on the right cot with her paws behind her head, Anna sitting on the left cot, and Natalie relaxing next to Anna.

"So why did Ego embarrass Maza like that?" Anna asks.

Iris snickers. "Maybe he just wanted to find her weakness. So shouting her crush on Lawrence out loud was one of them."

"Haha. I may do that when Lucas tries to hit on Carly again."

Iris blinks at the Ninetales. "Oh really?" The Dragonite says into curiosity. Natalie nods her.

"Yep! Haven't you seen the conversation he had with her?" Natalie says with a smirk.

"He clearly tried to impress her with his 'bravery' and 'heroic' ways, only to fail miserably when me and Ashen called him out." Anna comments with a giggle following along.

Iris smirks and shakes her head. "I see. So even till this day, he's still trying to hit on her, huh?" The Dragonite snickers once more.

"Yep! And from here on, I'll be teasing him about her planning to eat him." Anna says with a smug look on her face.

"Now that's just cruel."

The girls continue their gigglefest, all sighing in happiness at the end. Iris then takes her eyes on Natalie.

"So Natalie, you still don't remember how you heal yourself and the other two?" The Dragonite asks the Zorua. Natalie shakes her head.

"Not a thing...Sorry." Natalie says, looking down.

Iris sighs. "It's alright. We'll figure it out soon, okay?" The Zorua looks at Iris and nods. Anna cuddles the Zorua, making her feel comfortable.

"And by the way, Iris...I saw Mark carrying a bow after saving me from Alro but never questioned it...Nor did the others in the Noctis Village, now that I think about it..." Natalie shrugs awkwardly. "Weird...but anyway, I'm not so sure on what they are."