Did I ever say how much I dislike Larry?

We found him in front of the malasada shop with Chase, who is currently stuffing his face with food.

Nightshade stares at him, "Isn't Chase like, eight? I don't think he should be traveling alone."

I shrug, "He should be fine. He's got that rat with him and that rock dog...don't question it."

I just now realized he had to hop on a ship without any adults to get here.
If that's not safe, I don't know what is.

"Is it safe to come out yet?" A small voice whispers.

Oh, yeah.
We brought Leafeon along.
Why?
I don't know.
She's afraid of everything and won't stop talking about Hau.
She needs to put her faith in me.
Who wouldn't?

"No." I say looking around, "Larry's here."

She blinks and her ears fall to the ground, "Oh..."

So, Chase's rock dog-
No.
Fine, Peaches, notices us and decides to tackle me.
And cover me in her disgusting dog slobber.

When she's done attacking me, she asks us why we're here.

"We're on a mission!" Nightshade proclaims proudly.

"We need to ask Larry something." I say.

Larry walks over to us, his tail held high, "If you want to ask me something you have to pay for it."
He peers behind us, "Who's your friend?"

"That's-"

Larry cuts me off, "I'll just ask her."

Nobody cuts me off.
Not even a stupid, all high and mighty Pikachu.

The closer he gets to Leafeon, the farther she backs away until she hits a wall and can't move.

This was a terrible idea.
What was I thinking?
It was the sleep.

Nightshade jumps in between them and growls softly, "Okay! Mr. Pikachu, could you back off?"

Larry chuckles and looks back at me, "Cute. She thinks I listen to people. That's adorable."

Nightshade frowns then uses Dragon Pulse, knocking Larry off his feet.
Chase runs over to him, "Larry! Are you alright?"

Larry nods and shakes himself off.

"How does Chase know your name?" I ask.

"I told him."

"You can talk to people?"

He flips his hair, "No. I can just say my name."

Like every Pokémon ever.
Before you ask, yes, I know what he meant.

Nightshade nudges me, "This was a bad idea, I don't really like Larry."

Me neither.

Larry's ears twitch, "Fine. You don't want my help. I was going to lead you three to a wondrous place."

Leafeon peeks over Nightshade, "What place?" she whispers in a small voice.

He bats his eyes, "Follow me and you'll find out."
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His special place is Malie Garden.

Chase was so excited to see everyone awake that he suggested they have a picnic.

Again.
Two picnic's back to back.
That's healthy.

Well, while those nerds are having their picnic, Leafeon, Nightshade, Larry, and I are all sitting near a small pond doing nothing.

Well, he's doing something.
Uhh, is being fed grapes by a Pichu doing something?

Nightshade taps her foot down impatiently, "Are you going to help us?"

He peeks an eye open, "Sure, baby. Just gimme a sec."

Nightshade's tail erupts in flames, "Baby!?"

Ohhh!
Punch him.
I want to see it.

Larry chuckles, "Fiery. You're a-" he boops her nose, "Jumpy one, eh?"

And...there's the Dragon Pulse.
Good riddance.

Larry landed in a nearby bush, he's fine.

The Pichu that was feeding him the grapes sighs and walks over to him.
She sits down next to the bush and causally eats the grapes while he yells for her to help him.

I love that Pichu.
She does not care.

Nightshade looks around, "I think I scared Leafeon away..."

Oh, for the love of-
You know what?
It's fine.
I don't care that I have to go hunt down this Leafeon.
I. Don't. Care.
Why do I sign up for these things?

I turn back to her, "Uhh, there's a tick...or something on your shoulder."

Its yellow and small and spiky.
I think it might be living...maybe.

She laughs, "Oh!" She removes the thing from her shoulder and cradles it in the palm of her hand, "This is Jerry. He's my friend."

What the-
So, the Pokémon in question is kinda spider-like but it's so small that I really want to know how she never stepped on it.
What kind of name is Jerry?

She frowns, "Are you alright?"

"No. Why is it named Jerry?"

"Well, his name before was Kapua, but I changed it because-"
She turns away from me and shakes her head, "It doesn't matter." She mutters and places Jerry back on her shoulder, "We have to find Leafeon."

She runs off with out another word.
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Alright, guys!
Let's play a guessing game.

Where do you think Leafeon is?
Is she near the pond?
Is she near the picnic.
Or, is she stuck up in a tree with some Araquanid named Sunny trying to get her to come down?

Spoiler alert, it's the tree.

So, that Araquanid is apparently Chase's.
Why?
Why does he need some creepy water spider?
Why am I questioning this?
Why are we still here?

Nightshade walks over to the tree and pushes on the trunk, "We can climb it! Well, Jerry can."

"How is a Joltik supposed to get a Leafeon down?" Sunny asks.

Nightshade shrugs and sets him on the tree, "Beats me."

She gently nudges Jerry up the tree, "Go on."

The little yellow spider scuttles up the tree until he's right next to the small Leafeon.

She stares at him in fear, "I hate bugs, Nightshade!"

Nightshade face palms, "Kill me."

I can't hold back my laughter.
She sounds so upset-
Oh, wait.
I'm supposed to be helping her.
Whoops.

Hmm.
What to do, what to do?

"Tiko!!" I shout.

The Trumbeak, who was just flying around in circles, stops and turns to me, "Yeah?"

I point at the tree, "Can you get Leafeon out of that tree?"

He nods and flies over to her.

Why didn't we do this sooner?

After I told Tiko how great he is, right after telling him his hat is stupid, I decide to actually help my friend.

There's that friend brain again.

It's gonna be a long day.
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I just need to say one thing.

Isabelle the love doctor.
Call me that from now on.
Just kidding.
Don't.

So, I've been taking notes.
Mental notes.
Of my beautiful work.
Or y'know you could look at the physical work.

Currently, Nightshade and Leafeon are having some weird flower competition.

I don't know why Nightshade likes flowers so much.
Its weird.

But girls love flowers!

"And that is why my purple...whatever this is, is superior to yours." Nightshade says jokingly, to which Leafeon giggles.

Mmhmm.
Giggling is how you know you're doing good.

She smiles brightly, "W-well mine...mine...uhh...it's um-"

Nightshade chuckles, "It's beautiful just like you."

I think I just died.
Not from cuteness, but from how cheesy and overused that is.
Do you know how many times Dartrix has said that to me?

But what I think doesn't matter because Leafeon thought it was great.
She looks like a tomato.
Calm down.
She just compared you to a flower.

Ohh!
That's actually kinda cute.
Still cheesy, though.

Larry, who has since gotten out of the bush proudly walks over to me and sits down.
Pichu jogs over and sits across from him, using a large leaf to fan him.

Larry smiles at me, "I would've done better."

"Shut up."

"I am the love doctor, just ask Tula."

Tula appears almost instantly, "Ohh yeah. Larry's right."

I frown and point at the Salandit and Leafeon, "Tell me he's right, now."

She looks over and smiles, "Aww thats adorable. Tiko!"

Why?
Why does Tiko have to see?
And oh my.

Tiko evolved or something.
He looks so angry.
But, his eyes are bright and happy.

Tiko decides to bring everyone with him because why not!?

Leafeon notices all of these nerds just watching her and Nightshade and runs off.

Of course.
Why wouldn't this happen to Isabelle?

Nightshade watches her go and debates on whether she should yell at us before chasing after Leafeon.

She chose yelling.
Something along the lines of you are all idiots; cursing was included.
Then, she ran away.

Larry smirks, "This would've-"

I cover his mouth with my flipper, "Speak again and I'll put mud in your fur when you sleep."

He gasps, "Pichu! We're leaving!"

Pichu groans and tosses the leaf at me before following after Larry.

Whelp.
I have to go make sure Leafeon hasn't died from fear.
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"Leafeon," I hear a voice shout from the far side of the garden, "Please come out."

The bright side of Malie Garden is that you can't really hide anywhere; your only form of protection is in the form of a small bush.

As I waddle over to the two, I can hear Leafeon losing her mind.

Nightshade groans, "This was a mistake!" Then, she falls face first into the grass.

I nudge her, "Get up."

"Butthegrassiscomfy."

What did she just say?

She finally gets up and turns back to the bush, "Please Leafeon." She whispers.

"Is the bird gone?"

Wow, not even Leafeon wants to deal with Tiko.

Nightshade nods, "And so is that Pikachu."

Nightshade helps Leafeon out from under the bush.

Stop.
Stop looking into each others eyes

"Hey!" I shout catching their attention.

Leafeon turns away embarrassed while Nightshade just blushes.
She doesn't even try to hide it.

Whelp.
It's time for me to do my job.

"Leafeon guess what?"

Her ears twitch.

Nightshade shakes her head and mouths the word 'no'.
I'm a professional, unlike Chase, I know what I'm doing.

"Nightshade has a crush on you."

Nightshade's face turns bright pink and she groans, "Isabelle, why?"

What!?
Leafeon can't read your mind.
It's not like you were gonna tell her.

Leafeon laughs nervously, "Y-you're kidding right?"

I shake my head, "Look at her."

"Don't!" Nightshade shies away from her.

Leafeon smiles and crouches down under her face, "I can see you."

Nightshade falls back and Leafeon giggles.

Telling me I'm wrong.
The nerve.
I'm never wrong.

Nightshade smiles, "I- uhh. I think Isabelle might be losing her mind."

I shake my head, "It's true. Can't you tell? Look at her face."

Leafeon blinks, "But, I want her to tell me. What if Nightshade's right and you are losing your mind."

Fine.
Be that way.

Nightshade looks down at the ground, "Well, uhh...she isn't wrong. I just wish she hadn't blurted it out like that."

Leafeon's eyes widen, "Really but my-" she pauses and seems to zone off for a bit.

"But what?" Nightshade asks.

"My father." She mutters, "He wouldn't be very happy if he found out I was talking to a Salandit let alone dating one..that's a girl."

Nightshade and I exchange glances, "Dating?" Nightshade exclaims, "We- I.
You don't even say yes or anything..."

She smiles, "Than I say yes."

How?
If it's this easy why can't Dartrix find anyone?

Nightshade blushes, "Are you serious?"

She nods and smiles, "Of course I am. I really like you, Nightshade." She places her single white paw on Nightshade's stripe, "This means we're soul mates. That you'll never leave me."

Nightshade smiles, "Heh. Yeah, I guess it does."

Leafeon removes her paw, "Nightshade, I think that Hau and the others will be leaving soon."

Sure enough, they were getting ready to go.
To the library.
Dreams do come true.
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Now that Leafeon and Nightshade are a thing now.
I think.
I mean, I know, because I'm the love doctor and I never fail!
That means my work here is done.

"Isabelle, I hope you know that you don't really do anything."

I look above me and see none other than everyone's favorite Toucannon.

I know just what to say.

"Shut up, Tiko."

He laughs, "Oh you're just sooo scary!"

How long until I kill him with a book?
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After edit: Ehh its alright. I really didn't have much to work with.