VALORANT: GO!

A Few Life AND Death Experiences Later...

"Bond detected. You may now exit"
          Breach followed Jett soon after, finding her Froakie sitting atop her head, Jett's face to the floor again. He shook his head at his Larvitar who copied him, he picked up Jett with one arm as her Froakie crawled up his shoulder.

"Froakie"
"Larvi"
"You two could have at least not burned down that tree"
"Froakie"
"Larvi- Larvi!"
           The two disagreed with Breach, he just sighed, carrying Jett over to the professor with their Pokemon. He was surprised that they were even earlier than most of the others, he expected at the very least Skye and Gekko to have been here already-

"Over here boy! Come! Come! Come on!"
"Aqui! Aqui! Here boy! *whistle* Come on!"
          Neon and Gekko stood opposite of each other, both pleading out at a wild Electrike at the center of their standoff- like an infant's first time crawling to one of their parents. Gekko outstretched its hands to it, ready for it to pounce onto his chest like Thrash, Neon fell to the ground, meeting the Pokemon's height, Electrike's attention shifted between them, Gekko, Neon, Gekko-

"Yes... yes! Come on lil' buddy! Come on!"
          The showdown had come to a close as the Electrike pounced Gekko to the floor, licking his face, and cuddling up to his cheek.

"Hey! No fair! You already have like four of those things!"
"Nuh-uh! My pets aren't Pokemon!"
           The two of them blew raspberries at each other, Gekko held up his new companion, his eyes beaming with trust, compassion, love, and-

*ZZZT*
"Trike! Elec-Trike!"
"Aye... pin...che..."
          Gekko fell back to the floor, having endured a hundred volts from the Electrike who promptly pounced at Neon, jumping into her arms and-

*ZZZT*
"Haha~ won't work on me pal~ and I guess that means I'm the winner. Sorry man~"
         Gekko sat up, his green hairs standing up slightly puffier than they should ever be. He watched Neon walk off with the Electrike, smiling as it surged an endless amount of volts into her, of course, she was unphased, electrified- you could say.

"Ya cheeky lil' bugger you!"
          Skye was chasing the Drifloon up the mountain path, Chikorita reaching for her hand to no avail, she couldn't keep up with it. The Drifloon started floating straight upward, she definitely wouldn't be able to catch it if it was going straight up the mountain. Skye looked around, for another option, for an alternative, for the answer- then she realized she had it in her all along. She pulled out one of her hawk totems, imbuing it with life, she set her sights on the Drifloon and breathed life into her totem. Weaves of green and white light burst from it and a hawk took to the sky, Skye directing it with her outstretched arms, this was her answer

"Hawk out!"
"Chi! Chi!"
"Right... there!"
          Skye swayed her arms right, sending the hawk right into the Drifloon, knocking Chikorita out of its hands.

"Chi! Chi!!!"
          As Chikorita fell, Skye looked for another answer within herself, finding her wolf totem, and imbuing it with the same life. It roared as it was summoned, jumping from the jagged sides of the mountain up toward the falling Chikorita- Skye would save it.

"-Now!"
          Skye's wolf, in a blur of orange and green, swooped underneath Chikorita, catching it with both of them in the air, Skye was running back, ready to catch them.

"Chi...!"
          Skye's wolf landed on her, reducing back into a totem on the ground beside her, leaving behind leaves and wood chippings. She opened her eyes, having braced them for the impact- Chikorita laid across her chest, unharmed, unphased,

"Chi! Chi~"
          It walked up to Skye's face, nuzzling her cheek, the leaf on its head tickling her nose, Skye laughed in relief-

"Aww you~ stop it, you'll make me sneeze~"
          Skye held the Chikorita in her armpit, looking down at the mountain she had chased it up, she was near the top, about three-quarters of the way to the clouds. She tightened her arm around her Chikorita, readying herself to head down the mountain, it looked like a long journey back, and it took a long journey to get there, but the friend she made along the way was worth it~