So this update was quicker to do than I originally planned. Woo-hoo. And 5 reviews in a day? Wow. I don't even know what to say other than thank you guys. A lot. *Heart Here*

AFeralFurry - Pachirisu is baws and so cute. It's so small and you'd never think of it to be a powerhouse but it actually is. Yuh, it was dark and, strangely enough, I had a ton of fun writing it. Does that make me bad? To know I enjoyed writing rape (Okay didn't really enjoy writing that) and gore? o.o'

Red Zepplin - Clever name, first off. Rereading it like I did this morning, I did notice a few errors but they weren't too, too bad from what I saw. Last night, when I was proofreading, I thought I got them all. Appears I missed some. Whoops. Hope this chapter is better.

DIM666 - Insande Leader - Thanks, bruh. Not much else to say other thank glad you enjoy it so far, y0.

eeveechamp - I actually originally planned on having the gore scene much worse for the Riolu. As in, much more pain and torturous but I noticed the chapter was getting a bit long and I felt doing so would just drag out what was going on and what I wanted to happen so I just cut it off. And glad you could identify it, even if I was overly descriptive in telling what it was. Oh well, huehueheuhe.

Bold Text - Telepathy

Italic Text - Pokemon Speak

Normal Text - Human Speech\Plot

A few hours later, I finally came back into consciousness. I wished I hadn't but I did. I was awake but refused to open my eyes. I lay there, trying to figure out if I was dead or alive. I truly wished I was dead. I had a nasty taste in my mouth and I had no idea what it was from. Maybe from what the Linoone had done to me or just from the whole day. I don't know.

I opened my eyes and took in my surroundings. Instead of being in the same place I had passed out, I found I was inside an abandoned cave. I tried to sit up but found there was a small weight on my chest and found it to be the Pokemon that had saved me earlier. Her breathing was light and she was snoring lightly as she slept on my chest.

I took a moment to think of what had happened. It was such a normal start to my journey.. Everything was going fine. But then me and Riolu.. We made a rookie mistake and went down a path where only strong trainers are supposed to. That's when we got attacked. And they killed her.. She didn't need to die..

I brought my hand to my face and felt where that Linoone had clawed my cheek. Instead of feeling a deep gash like originally, there was a sticky mixture applied to the wound. I'd learned in school that sometimes, when you mix certain berries together, you can create a synthetic healing gel that will help with the healing process and also numb the pain a bit. I figured that was what this Pokemon had done after I had passed out.

From my movements and motions, the Pokemon started to stir before finally waking up. Her eyes fluttered open slowly before she let out a loud yawn then sat up on my chest, rubbing her eyes gently with her stubby arms. "How you feeling?" She asked after another yawn.

"I don't feel anything right now other than sadness." I said flatly. She moved off of my chest and allowed me to sit up. I looked around to get a better look at where I was. The cave was dark and, towards the entrance, laid the Linoone who had attacked us. Its eyes were closed as it slept soundly, or it was knocked out. I couldn't tell which. Next to the Linoone was a fire that appeared to have died out a while ago.

I looked to the Pokemon sitting next to me, "Where is my friend?"

"She's just outside the cave." She answered. I nodded and stood up then proceeded out of the cave, trying my hardest not to kick that Linoone in the head as I walked by it. "Over this way. I covered her up with some leaves to keep her somewhat hidden from other predators in the area," She said as she walked off to the right of the cave.

I followed her and we passed a few trees that appeared to have been charred lightly. The burned bark was most likely used to signify that this was this Pokemon's territory and those who were not brought into it by her were threats. But like she said, just outside the cave was a pile of leaves that had my deceased friend hidden beneath them.

I stood the for a moment, just observing the mound of leaves. I could feel the pain of seeing her innocence taken and how she had been physically broken in front of me. All the pain I felt, all the sadness, all the hurt I felt being so useless was coming back. I took in a deep breath, trying to fight back the tears that were on their way. With another deep breath, I walked over to her spot and knelt next to the leaves then proceeded to move them off of her. The Pokemon who had saved me sat next to me and just watched as I did what I needed.

Her face was uncovered and I saw her closed eyes. The holes that were on her neck from when the Linoone killed her were now closed up with the same liquid that was on my cheek. I felt a tear run down my cheek again as I sat there and just looked at her lifeless corpse. "She didn't deserve this.." I said to myself. I looked over to the Pachirisu and she had a sympathetic look on her face. She didn't say anything knowing that it would have been better me for that she stayed quiet.. for now at least.

I uncovered the rest of her body and brought her corpse into my arms and held her tightly. I sat there, rocking back and forth, with her in my arms as I sat there and cried. No, cried was an understatement. I bawled my eyes out. "I'm so sorry, Riolu," I said repeatedly. She hasn't even been gone for a day and I already miss her so much. She was my best friend and had been through thick and thin with me back home. She had my back when nobody else would. She was my only true friend. And now she was gone.

I held her close and didn't want to let her go. I wanted this all to be a dream and wake up soon from this nightmare. I wanted to take her place. I would rather die thirty times than have her die like she did. She was so young. She died protecting me. She lived up to her dream and that was to protect me with her dying breath. She fought like I'd never seen her before. But now she's gone. I would never let her accomplish that dream if it cost her her life right after like it did. "Please.. don't let this be real.." I begged to nobody. I knew this was real and it happened. I didn't know what to do anymore.

I continued rocking myself with her in my grasp while I stroked her fur softly. I could feel the jagged bones in her arms from where that Linoone had hurt her. The more I thought of what he had done to her, the more my rage fueled. I wanted nothing more than to do what he had done to her to him. I wanted to do more than he had done to her. What he had done wouldn't have hurt nearly bad if she wasn't still considered a cub by most Pokemon. Sure, it would have hurt like fuck to lose my best friend either way, but he brutalized, raped, tortured, and killed a child. That was something both human and Pokemon alike do not tolerate. Those who accept it are not okay in the head.

I took a deep breath, trying to calm down even just slightly. Looking for something to distract my rage, I pulled out her Poke Ball. Like the traditional Poke Ball, it was red and white with a silver button in the middle. But this one was different. She had gotten ahold if it when she was younger and decorated it to her liking. She had drawn many hearts and stars and other random shapes on the top red part of the sphere in multiple colors. On the white part, she colored it with stripes of multiple colors to make it "look pretty" as she always said. I smiled at the memory of me finding her with it and how she even started to color herself. She was such a goof ball.. and now I'll never get to have another moment to spend with her.

Holding her in my arms, I stood up and looked to the Pachirisu, "Do you mind if we go back to where you had me? I don't want to leave her here. When I go back to the city, I want to get her cremated and see if they can put her ashes in her Poke Ball." She nodded and didn't say a word, instead started leading me back to the cave.

On our way back to the cave, a thunder had made itself known in the night sky. MayBrooke Forest was notorious for having nightly thunderstorms. It was some kind of phenomenon that completely baffled scientists. Even though we weren't too far from the cave, we still took time getting there because the Pachirisu wanted to get more berries, Lum, Oran, Sitrus, and Pecha more specifically, for food and to re-do the wound on my cheek and to check the others I had acquired that she couldn't get to. She picked them and I had her put them all in my pockets so we could carry many at a time.

When we got back to the cave finally, I found that Linoone was still asleep. I had to restrain myself much harder than the first time to not bash his head in right then and there. I wanted to see his brains across the floor as I stomped his head into the ground, literally and figuratively. It would have brought me so much relief to know he was suffering worse than Riolu did. As much as I wanted to do just that, to make him suffer right then and there, I didn't. Mostly out of respect of Pachirisu. This was part of her home and I did have respect for her for saving my life. The least I could do was at least do what I needed at a later time.

"Where may I set her down?" I asked.

"I had a special place laid out for her when I first brought you here. I kind of figured you'd want to bring her back with you. It's a small leaf pile over here," She answered. I nodded and followed her a little back in the cave and found what she had said. I gently placed her onto the pile and stroked her fur gently as one last tear fell from my cheek.

"I'm so sorry, Riolu.." I said as I stood up. I took one last look over her before I walked back over to the cave entrance, Pachirisu following me.

Another thunder clapped in the night sky. Pachirisu looked up and noticed clouds building up and becoming more dense, signaling that the storm was building again. "I'm going to gather a few sticks for the fire. When I get back, please show me your other injuries so I may patch them up. Okay?" She said. I sighed and nodded then she left, bolting out into the open forest.

With nothing else to do, I looked around and found a rather large leaf pile that had a few berries on it. I scooted over to it and placed the berries we had picked from our journey back into the pile. We didn't get too many but it was enough to hold us over for the night. With all the berries placed, I moved back to where I was. I had nothing else to do other than think. And that was something I really did not want to do right now.

I removed my jacket and then my shirt. I felt over the spots where I was bitten by the two Linoone and instantly regretted it. The wound was slightly scabbed over already but it still stung really bad. I couldn't see how far it went onto the back of my shoulder but, on the front, it went down to where my arm pit started. I knew Linoone had big mouths but I didn't know they were big enough to fit a whole human shoulder into their mouths. I looked over to my right shoulder and saw it had the exact same spot on it.

I looked to my stomach and found it was pretty bruised from the multiple Tackle and Headbutts I'd received when fighting the Pokemon. It was very sore to the touch but had no opened wounds on it, which I was thankful for. The distractions I'd had from going to find Riolu and talking with the Pachirisu, even though momentarily, were enough to help me forget of the awful taste in my mouth. However, now that no distractions were there, that very same taste returned. I don't know what it was and I wanted to get rid of it, whatever it was.

The thunder and rainfall had started to pick up slightly as I sat there. The sound of the rain on the forest floor and trees was slightly soothing. Riolu always loved the rain, it was one thing that she'd gotten me to like as well. We always played out in the rain even during some of the worst storms. She always enjoyed when her fur got wet because I'd always dry her off with a towel and then cuddle with her until she was dry completely. I always acted like it was a hassle to do that but we both knew I loved every second of it. I sighed sadly, I'd give anything to have one more moment like that.

I continued to look for other possible injuries that could have been on my legs or feet from the Zigzagoon pinning me down. Luckily for me, and for the Linoone here, none were found. During my search for wounds, I hadn't noticed Pachirisu come back. I only noticed when I heard her zapping the small twigs and sticks to start the fire again. It took her a few tries because, every time she shocked them and failed to start the fire, the sticks would fall over and she'd have to set them back up again. After a few tries, she finally got the fire going again.

She'd noticed I'd been watching her and smiled lightly. I smiled back weakly out of generosity. Just as she was about walk over to me, a gruff moan became evident. Following the source of the sound, I noticed that the Linoone was finally waking up. It yawned loudly and stood up. It looked around for a moment, not recognizing where it was. When it finally realized where it was, it turned around swiftly and was met with two pairs of eyes. "Oh fuck," It said. Knowing what it had done and that I wanted payback, it made to dash out into the forest but was stopped again.

"I don't think so," Pachirisu said as she let loose a Thunder Wave at the Linoone. Like last time, it made direct contact and instantly paralyzed the Pokemon, sending him crashing to the ground. It struggled to move its body but was met with heavy resistance. After a moment, it gave up and stop squirming around. I got up and walked over to it and stood in front of it, locking eyes with it.

"Give me one reason right now why I shouldn't bash your fucking skull in," I yelled at it. Much to my surprise, it winced at my screams and even seemed to cower a little. I noted that and put that in the back of my mind, being sure use that against it later. "Answer me," I said. It continued to remain quiet. "What? Not so tough now?" I laughed at it. I picked it up and it squirmed against my grip but it knew it couldn't do anything. I walked back into the cave and, as much as I wanted to throw him hard into the ground, I didn't. I set him down by the fire and sat next to Pachirisu again.

"I don't know how you just controlled yourself," She said in amazement, "If I were you, I'd have slammed him hard into the ground," She glared at him.

"I don't know why I didn't. I wanted to. Believe me, I did. But this is part of your house and I don't want to dirty it up with this scums blood. No, that will come at a different time," I said.

"Kid, trust me. If he had done what he did to my friend, I would have killed him by now. If you want to do what you want to him right now, do it. Trust me, I won't mind at all. He deserves it," She offered. I shook my head at her,

"Not right now. I'd rather get my cuts fixed and get this awful taste from my mouth. It's getting obnoxious tasting whatever it is," I said.

"Alright," She said, moving over to the pile of berries. She picked up one of the Oran berries and handed it to me, "Eat this. It will get rid of the taste of blood and dirt in your mouth."

"Blood?" I said. She nodded,

"I don't know if you remember, but when he.. um.. did what he did to your friend, he didn't clean his paws off. Her blood was still on him when he tried choking you out. What you taste-"

"I get it. No more, please.. I don't want to think about it.." I begged, cutting her off. She nodded and I ate the berry as instructed. It had a slight crunch to the outside of it but the inside was extremely juicy. Almost instantly, it got rid of the taste in my mouth and soothed my burning throat slightly. I savored the taste of it, even though it was slightly bland, and before I knew it, the berry was gone as was the taste of Riolu's blood from my mouth.

"Thank you," I said to her. She nodded with a slight smile,

"You're welcome mister.. uhh.."

"Sen," I said.

"Sen. Just glad to help. Speaking of help, may I take a look at your cheek wound?" She asked.

"Yeah, go ahead. What do you want me to do?"

"Depends on your comfort. I could rest on your shoulders and work on the injury to your cheek but that doesn't seem like it'd be too comfortable with what I see. Or, you could lay down and I could work on them all like that."

"I'll lay down. Where do you want me to go?"

"Umm, come over by the berries. It'll be easier to work with them," She said as she laid a couple spare leaves into a small pile to act as a pillow. I smiled at her kind gesture to make me feel comfortable in her own home, to know she wanted to help someone she didn't know, who was a human on top of that, was a sign that not every one was evil. She genuinely cared and it made me a little happy to know that.

As I laid down, she smashed a couple of the berries together in a small rock bowl until they turned into a substance similar to a gel. She wobbled her small body over to the cut on my face and sat down next to me. Her bushy tail rested against the side of my head and, in some weird way, it felt nice and it calmed me down. It stopped my mind from racing like it had been all day. In a way, it was soothing.

When she had the berry paste to the consistency she needed, she set the bowl to the side and slowly and carefully picked off the paste from her first time. It didn't hurt like I thought it would since it practically stuck inside my cut but I could barely feel it. With the would reopened, I felt a warm liquid slowly run down the side of my head. She quickly wiped up the blood and started to apply the gel again. Once it was evenly set on the wound, the set the bowl down again and said, "Alright Sen. I'm going to use a very weak Thunder Shock to harden the paste so it stays on the wound. You won't feel anything more than a light tingle and it will only be a second. Okay?"I nodded, giving her permission to start her treatment.

Her cheeks crackled for a second before a small stream of electricity made contact with my cheek. The sudden feeling made me jump slightly but, like she said, it didn't hurt in the slightest. If anything, it kind of tickled. A moment later, the smell of cooked berries filled the air and she cut off the electricity. "See? Told you," She said with a smile.

"Yeah, you did. Any kind of permanent damage you think?" I asked her. She shook her head,

"I personally can't tell. The scratch itself wasn't too deep so I wouldn't say any structural damage to your mouth is a problem. If anything, a scar will be there but nothing much."

"Could be worse, I suppose." I sighed. I laid there for a moment and we said nothing. The crackling fire was the only sound in the cave. Much to my surprise, Linoone hadn't said anything the whole time. Whether it was out of fear or he just didn't care, I didn't know. Pachirisu sat against my neck, her tail gently resting on it. I could feel the light static from her and it made the hairs on my neck and chest sand up lightly. Maybe it was the added lightning around the forest that made my hair stand up as well as her Static ability, but I didn't mind. It was nice to feel safe around her. Safe and content for the time being.

The silence between us was broken when her little stomach rumbled out of hunger. I chuckled lightly as I'd never heard something so cute before. She got up and brought over a few berries, offering some to me. I took them and ate them with her in silence. She didn't eat as many as me because of her small stature but she did enjoy them the same. In the time it took her to eat two of the berries, I had eat six of them. We both sighed, content of the small portion of food we'd eaten. Our moment was interrupted as a new stomach also growled.

I looked at the Linoone who refused to look us in the eyes. I sighed and grabbed a couple berries then walked over to him. I stopped and sat in front of him. I'm going to hate myself for this in the morning. He looked up to me, a look of fear in his eyes that I never thought I'd see, and I offered the berries to him. He refused to eat them and I just sat there.

"What are you doing?" It asked.

"I might hate you. You have destroyed my life and killed my only best friend. The one who meant the world to me. You tortured her. I don't want to offer these to you. I want you to suffer as she did.. but.." I said, pausing for a moment, "I can't stand to have something else suffer. It's not me. I know you're hungry, so eat these. It's not much but it's what we have left." I said.

"But.. why human? How do you show generosity towards me for doing what I have done to you?"

"It's who I am thanks to Riolu. She taught me to never make anything suffer. Believe me when I say this, Linoone, I want you to suffer. I would do anything right now to do everything to you what you did to her. Break all your bones in your body. Violate you like you did her. Steal YOUR innocence. But she taught me better. She taught me to never become what has hurt you." It looked at me confusedly.

"And what if I refuse to eat them?"

"Then I'll force feed you. It's not like you can fight back against it or anything." I answered. It thought for a moment and didn't say anything. Pachirisu had walked up and sat next to me, a look of awe on her face. I continued to hold the berries out for him and, after a moment, he slowly began to eat them.

"I wish everything had a mindset like you, Sen," Pachirisu said. I looked at her,

"What do you mean?"

"This garbage here killed your friend. He, as you said, destroyed your life and killed your only friend. Yet, here you are, not fucking him up. Instead, your feeding him your food. You have a pure mind and heart," She said, "If the whole world did what you did, it'd be a much better place. Instead, shit like this Pokemon here seek power and do it in the worst ways possible,"

"I agree. The world is a fucked up place. There are people who are just out there who like to ruin innocent people's lives while there are those who make them worth living. Riolu was the one who made it worth living for me." I sighed. Linoone had finished the berries and sat there quietly, listening to me. I thought for a moment then asked it,

"Why did you have to kill her? You sent your message to never go back. But you killed her. Raped her. You fucking tortured her. For what? Your sick enjoyment? Was that worth it?" It stayed silent for a moment, not willing to answer. "Pathetic waste of space," I said, "Does it not bug you that she was only a child?" It shook it's head,

"What you humans do is no better. You force us to do your bidding, force us to battle. I feel no remorse for what I did."

"Not everyone is like that, I didn't even want to go on this journey. Riolu did. She begged me and my parents for so long and we eventually gave in. Not every human is a power hungry person. I only battle when necessary or if they want to. I show compassion for my Pokemon. Like I just did for you by giving you my food. That should be proof enough that I'm not like others."

"Pfft," It scoffed. I rolled my eyes and stood up then walked to the other side of the cave, away from the Pokemon. Pachirisu glared at the Linoone for a moment then walked over to me and sat on my legs.

"Do you want to talk about anything?" She asked. I sighed,

"I don't know. It's just.. hard to believe this actually happened, that my best friend is dead. If I had a choice, I'd stop my journey now but she wouldn't want me to. I'm going to continue it and dominate the Gym Circuit then the Elite Four just for her." I said, a slight smile on my face. This whole thing was for her to make her happy. Now, I had a reason to keep going. This was something I would do for her.

"What do you plan on doing about a Pokemon? You can't really participate without one from what I know," She said.

"Yeah, I know. I might go back to Sabetha Town and pick up a starter since I didn't officially get one. I hatched Riolu on my own. I'd probably tell my parents what happened while I'm there." I answered as I laid my head back against the cave wall.

"Oh. Well, umm, I was wondering if.. maybe.. you'd be okay if I joined you?" She offered.

"You want to come with me? Why?"

"I don't know. Something about you feels right. You have a pure heart and that says a lot about who you are. I know you'll be needing someone you know while you recover from your loss. And, since you know me and I consider us friends, why not?" I thought over her offer for a moment. It seemed like the right thing to do. She was right, I would need someone to talk to about all this. Her knowing what happened would make it easier. I nodded, accepting her offer.

"Yeah. Okay, sure. I'd be happy to have you. But I can't capture you, yet. I don't have any spare Poke Balls and I want to save this one for when I get Riolu cremated." I said, looking towards the fire. She nodded in understanding,

"Don't worry about it. Whenever you can. And Sen?" She said as I looked to her, "Thank you for letting me come with you." She climbed up my chest gently and rested on my shoulder where she then nuzzled my cheek lightly. It didn't hurt like I thought it would but it did cause a little discomfort. I smiled lightly and rubbed her furry head gently, happy that she was happy.

"Don't be thankful. If anyone should be, it should be me. You did save me life, afterall." I chuckled.

"Just doing what I needed to." I nodded.

"Now the question is, what do we do with this piece of shit?" I said, looking to the Linoone.

Alright, here's what I want from you. There's two choices. 1.) Do I write another gore scene of Sen and Pachirisu torturing then killing the Linoone or, 2.) Do I write a quick death scene like I did for the other Linoone and Zigzagoon? Either is fine by me, so I am leaving the choice up to you guys.