Beasts From Beyond {IllusionFox and ~Nova~}

"I don't think there are any people like that here in Canalave, but I've heard that there's a Pokémon professor over in Sandgem Town. It's not far, I don't think. If I left now, I think I'll be able to get there by nightfall." He turned to Rai. "It was nice talking to you Rai. I should probably go now."

 

"Did you not hear what I just said? Nihilego is a dangerous Pokémon, and no one, especially you, deserves to be hurt because of it." By now he was just making up excuses. "Besides, you probably have a life outside of... stalking..."

After a moment of reconsideration, he muttered, "Fine. Just don't try to get in trouble."

 

Noctus walked out, slowly walking behind Rai. "Heh, she doesn't have a care in the world... What am I doing? I don't need to drag her into a dangerous situation! But she seems like she could take care of herself though..."

He watched her skip about, making him sigh. "Why can't we all be like that?"

 

"True," He frowned slightly as he walked by Rai's side. "There's no telling what's out there." The two of them walked out of Canalave, towards Route 218. He walked pretty happily until he realized a problem.

"So.." He huffed as he reached the route's water edge. "How are we gonna get across?"

 

"We're not stealing a boat," Noctus muttered. "And I'm not swimming. Sinnoh doesn't exactly have the nicest weather in the world, and I'm not about to freeze myself just to go about thirty feet across the water," He added, pointing towards the little pier sitting in the water. "The only thing we could do is ask someone to borrow their Pokémon for a moment, or... go across these rocks that outline the route."

 

Noctus waited a moment, hoping that what Rai had just said was not actually true. "You're not actually gonna do that, are you? You'll end up hurting yourself."

 

Noctus sighed with a bit of frustration. "You do have a good point, though. But still... those rocks look wet, and if either one of us was to slip and fall... well, we would probably freeze to death. So considering that, just make a good decision."

 

"We can try, but it might be best if I ask..." Noctus watched as an oncoming Trainer walked by. He tried to take a non-threatening approach, but the Trainer only eyed him and Rai with disgust. "Hey, uh, would it be okay if-"

The Trainer ran away, leaving a little trail of dust behind.

"Well that didn't work."

 

Noctus gave Rai a horrified look. "You want me to go across that?" He knew she was being serious though. So he put one foot on the first rock, and started walking.

"Oh Arceus, just send me to the Distortion World already..." He thought as his foot slipped for a second. He looked back to Rai and said, "I'm fine..."

 

He nodded, and continued walking. He felt like he was getting better balancing by the moment, and by the time he made it to the end of the row of rocks, he leapt off with an elegance he hadn't known about before.

"Tada!" Noctus said, a lot louder than usual, and turned around to face Rai.