Royal Pain (Guzma X Reader)

Just a Tourist, Doing Tourist-y Things

During training, you started to make your way back to Po Town only to be pulled into a forest that lines the routes.

"WHAT THE F-"
???: "Quiet. Now."

It was a young boy with strange, blonde hair. He was cupping your mouth and looking over at the routes to see if someone was coming. You knew you could take on this lil teenager, but you were curious as to what the hell he was doing. Before attacking the minor, you decided to see what he does.

???: "Sorry, you were getting dangerously close to Po Town." He let go of your mouth and stepped back to give you space.
"Yeah, well that's where I was going actually. Thanks for the heart attack though; really got my heart beating faster than it already was." You brushed off nothing as you spoke and adjusted your long hair.
"I see, well they aren't there, so you should just go back home." He turned and crossed his arms in an irritated manner.
"No chance, kid. There's a girl that was kidnapped and taken there recently. Have to save her and stuff."
"You're trying to save Lillie?" The boy showed a slight sign of human emotion after Lillie's mention.
"Uh...yeah? Are you friends with her or something?" You asked hesitantly.
"Well....not exactly. But, if you want to help, you're best chance is to get to Aether Foundation. That's where all of them are."
"Are you a grunt or something? How do you know this? Why should I trust you?"

The kid pinched the bridge of his nose and signed deeply.

???: "Just....I don't know what to tell you, but if you want to waste time and check Po Town, go ahead! I'm not going to stop you and neither is anyone else, because they are ALL at Aether RIGHT NOW!"
"Ok! Ok! Calm down, Arceus! I'll go check Aether. The docks aren't far anyways."

He held his hand over his face in a weird manner then nodded contently. He then started to walk off.

"Hey! Wait! Can I at least get your name?"
???: "Gladion, wouldn't mention it to anyone though."

Gladion knew he couldn't go near Aether for reasons I'm sure we are all aware of by now. You decided not to question the kid anymore and start the training towards the docks. Something about that Gladion's vibe unsettled you, but you didn't know why. You had only seen Aether mentioned in the articles about the region, but didn't have the chance to visit yet. I guess this was your chance. Stranded on an island with a whole foundation that's inhabited by Team Skull did not sit well with you and only made you train twice as hard.

****A couple days later****

After your intense training, you finally worked up the courage to buy a boat ticket to the Aether Foundation. Wigglytuff was..."tuffer" and Petilil evolved into a majestic Liligant. You knew it was risky going into an unknown situation with a party of 2, but you couldn't waste anymore time in helping Lillie. You took a couple steps towards the ticket booth and then turned around and walked a few steps back. This cycle continued a couple more times before you took a deep breath and staggered up to the ticket booth completely.

"Um..."
Booth Worker: "Yes?" The teenage boy was impatient as hell.
"Ticket one Aether please Foundation." *slaps forehead* "I mean-"
BW: "Yeah, I got it. Got an Island Hopper card?"
"Yeah here."
"Alright, enjoy your trip or don't. Whatever."

'Good thing Alola has enough rays of sunshine to light up these parts. That kid sure isn't contributing.' You thought as you observed the many boats at the dock.

You boarded the white boat with the Aether logo plastered on the side in shiny gold lettering. Only a few Aether workers were already seated on the boat, which you thought was weird considering how parts of Aether are a big tourist attraction. However, you tried not to think much about it.

The boat wasted no time leaving. You could feel the glares from the Aether employees boring into you from behind.

'I'd hate it too if a bunch of tourists came to my work all the time,' you tried to tell yourself, but you had a gift of picking up on bad feelings. This had to be the worst wave of it yet. Literally.

The boats constantly knocking did not help the uneasy feeling you were cooking in your stomach. You wanted to puke, but didn't want to in front of the Aether workers. They are potential enemies and throwing up is weak, right?

"Oh, thank ever-changing Arceus!" You accidentally said out loud, catching some confused glares from the workers.

With a face as red as a Fletchling, you casually exited the boat. You looked up at the tall white building and thought to yourself, 'oh hell nah.'
But you had to think about that poor, sweet girl. She was probably trapped like you were with that Guzma. Someone as fragile as her couldn't possibly endure the things you did.

You probably took a max 10 steps before some random-ass Aether worker demanded a battle. You weren't sure what his deal was, but he was very hostile and after having to battle several more Aether workers, it was safe to say that some bad shit was brewing in this all-white facility.

You panted and entered another lobby. All the battles were tiring and so was trying to navigate the elevator. You were leaning with your palms on your knees when a male's voice spoke in front of you. You looked up to see a guy in a white lab coat with funky green glasses.

'What is with this region and glasses? Are the rays that powerful???'

???: "Looks like you're lost, dearie. The ones you're looking for are in the basement just down-"
"Nah nah nah nah, fuck that. I've seen enough movies to know that some dude that's dressed differently than the others is not to be trusted. The place I'm looking for is right behind you isn't it?"

The weird man looks baffled then extremely irritated. You're so exhausted you forgot to care and pulled out a pokeball from your back pocket.

???: "FABA IS THE BEST DAMN DEFENSE TEAM THIS PLACE HAS AND AND AND YOURE REALLY GONNA GET IT!"
"Ok." You threw Wigglytuff's ball casually amongst Faba's yelling.

The battle was fairly quick, allowing Liligant to continue resting while she could.

Faba stood there, mouth agape, and his arms dangling towards the ground.

You pushed past him with a simple, "out of the way, Faja"
Faba: "IT'S FABA!"
"Whatever, Flavor Flav."

You seemed to exit the main foundation only to overlook a smaller one outside of it. There was a bridge to cross to get to it and wouldn't you know, that edgy boi was right, Team Skull is here.

This didn't scare you in the slightest considering how weak most of their Pokémon were, but what did scare you was the tall, familiar figure standing at the end of the bridge. It was ya boy Guzma, waiting with his hands crossed. It was as if he was challenging you with his body language.

'This isn't worth it, right? Like I should probably just leave and let adult adults handle this, right? No! No, (your name)! Maisie is strong. You got this.'

"AHHHHHHH!" You yelled as you ran past all the grunts that have been standing for hours, waiting to battle you. You ran right up to Guzma and froze. He looked down at you slightly different than what you could see from across the bridge. Surely your screaming and obnoxious running didn't intimidate him.

Guzma: "M-Maisie?"