My Name is Loto [Pokémon Fanfiction]

06| When I Really Started to Care

I eyed the fire pit from behind a nearby house, watching a woman tending to it. She cautiously turned over one of the several metal skewers positioned over it while the Pidgeotto by her side fanned the flames with its wings. Heavenly smells both rich and sweet wafted about while halved apples and chunks of some unknown meat slowly cooked.

So Kari wasn't completely joking, I thought, looking at the impaled fruit. While I definitely had my eye on the food, the skewers themselves were what really held my interest. One of the ends on each of them had been roughly bent into a loop. Seeing this had given me the idea that if the unlooped end of a skewer was inserted into a loop, then with three of them a crude roasting spit and two stakes to hold it up could be made.

   "I don't like this..." Kari muttered from next to me, frowning.

   "Do you wanna sell your pendant so we could maybe buy this stuff legitimately?" I countered. Kari's lips pursed as he shook his head.

If she just went inside or at least looked away, then I'll be able to snatch one of them. But that doesn't account for that damn Pidgeotto. "If he really knew how to use Vine Whip, we could grab one or two from afar and get a head start," I muttered to myself. Kari looked up at me. "Or Spore could knock 'em out..." I continued.

"I'm sorry."

"Huh?" I looked at him, seeing that he had bowed his head. I cringed. "I was totally thinking out loud there! Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you or anythin'."

Kari shook his head. "Nah, you're fine. But what do you think we should do?"

The woman then paused. She stood still for a heartbeat before looking our way. I quickly ducked behind the house, shushing Kari and Dew with a finger pressed to my lips. Sound resumed after a minute, and I relaxed.

"I think I have an idea," I said. "What moves does Dew know again?"

"Thunder Shock, Parabolic Charge, Charm, and Nuzzle." Kari's eyes widened. "Don't attack them! They haven't done anything to us."

"I wasn't plannin' on it," I lied. Well, now I couldn't be lying because Dew likely wouldn't listen to me if Kari objected to the first idea I had. Good thing I had a second. "Could Dew Charm and then Nuzzle 'em?"

Kari's eyes lit up. "That's a great idea." He looked at the mouse perched on his shoulder. "You think you're up to it?"

"De," Dew squeaked with a nod. She leapt from Kari's shoulder and ran around the corner of the house. Both me and Kari peered around it as well, curious about how this would work out.