Smoke’s Summer Day
By
LORD JAGUAR

BANG!

“AGAIN!”

BANG!

“AGAIN!”

BANG!

“HIT IT HARDER!!”

BOOM!

“Now that’s what I’m talking about!” Tessa Ardillo del Relampago shouted out as Smoke finally made the target ring to her satisfaction.

“Dat all fer da day boss I gotta lot of tings I need ta do today” Smoke panted out as he wiped off his brow with a towel.

“If you want to master this new move then it will take a lot more than just one good hit! Now get back on the firing line Smokestack and do it AGAIN!” Tessa barked out to her student for the day with an approving Coach Marceua watching from the sidelines.

Smoke stole an anxious look at his watch when he went back to the target range; he had places to be today but he always took battling seriously.

After Tessa and Coach Marceua had gotten their pounds of torkoal flesh out of him, Smoke went over to the school cafeteria for his lunch.

“Yum real Johto coal and some oak ash pie! I never coulda got dis at da old school.” Smoke commented to no one in particular as he sat down to dig in.

“I wish you and that thing you call a leader had stayed in the old school!” A sneasel sneered from across the table.

Smoke sat upright and chewed his way through his first bite of lunch and tried to stare down the sneasel, hoping that the annoying girl would drop it before he had to shut her up.

“Whats the matter Puffy don’t got any guts minus your dead head leader?” Rebecah LeVeux sneered to Smoke. The leader of the Sprit Crushers was looking for a fight with one of the Rebels ever since Bling had put down one of their members in an arena fight a week ago.

“Buzz off I gots a busy day planned, an no time ta deal wit a twit like youse.” Smoke sneered as he tried to finish off lunch in peace.

“Ha I bet you don’t even have the stones to get in the arena with me. I even have a reserved spot for a team practice.” Leveux smirked off certain that she had put the torkoal down in his place.

“Youse gets a ref and I’ll take da five minutes I’ll need ta put ya on da floor.” Smoke answered as he dug into his ash pie.

“Five minutes?” Levuex answered not quite sure of what she heard.

“I’d toy with youse longer but I gots ta get ta see my girl.” Smoke answered as he finished his lunch. “Which arena youse gots ready?”

“Number 5 and I’ll get you staring at the lights in 2 minutes!” The sneasel walked off in a huff.

“Rule number 5 if you want to take someone off their game then don’t get taken off yours.” Smoke repeated one of his father’s often told “Rules of the Arena”. He had been finding out since arriving at the P.C.A just how many of them where true.

One brief fight later

Smoke smirked as he went to the showers, he had gotten the sneasel so worked up with the five minute remark that she had charged right into his smoke cloud, one overheat blast later had taken care of her in three minutes, a new personal best. He headed to the showers; the short fight had taken some time out of his schedule but not enough to make a real difference. He quickly changed and made for the lava baths, hoping that there wouldn’t be a line today.

Chapter 2

Smoke walked into the hospital feeling clean and refreshed from the lava baths. He hadn’t seen that magmar and magby duo at the baths today, to bad the little magby and her “bestest ever lava cannonballs” always livened up the baths.

The torkoal walked into the now familiar hallway and opened the door to see his gal, Nina the Ninjask, trying to chew through one of the straps that the hospital staff had to use to keep the girl immobile after repeated escape attempts. The girl was so intent on her escape that she didn’t notice that Smoke had entered the room until he covered her eyes and sang out. “Guess Who?”

“Hmmm could it be school heart throb Zap Pickens?” Nina asked playfully.

“Nooo.”

“Then could it be teen idol Jerry Cinder?”

“Nope.”

“Hmm then could it be the most huggable guy in all of school…Rene Vulpes?”

“You keep dis up den its no back rub fer yas.”

“Aww it must be grumpy yet oh so loveable Jared Flameshell, my guy!” Nina squeaked out as Smoke removed his hands and leaned over to give Nina a quick peck on the cheek. Which turned into a full on lip lock as Nina quickly turned her head and pulled him into a clumsy but full hearted one armed embrace.

“Oh Smokey if it wasn’t for your visits, I think that I really would go insane. I can’t stand being all coped up like this and not being able to fly is driving me absolutely NUTS!” Nina wailed.

“But I thought dat you wus already nuts?” Smoke responded in a puzzled voice.

“Oh you!” Nina tried to swat Smoke but he was easily able to dance out of the way of her swing.

Smoke laughed as he pulled a chair to sit beside Nina as the ninjask settled down from her escape attempt and torkoal smooching.

“So Smokey how are things going at school? What’s going on with the other Rebels? How is Ella doing right now? Have you met the new principal yet? What have the police said about our attackers? What’s going on with Bling he was so spaced out when he visited?” Nina started a barrage of questions in her usual sugar rush speed of talking, her long and immobilized stay at the hospital had made her very hungry for information.

“Who slow down der Nina, first all da other Rebs are doing fine. Even wit dat summer class schedule that Blingy set up fer us. Da new pricnicpal is a stiff but whatta youse expect. And no I’d don’t know anyting about da police investigation. Smoke explained as calmly as he could.

“And what about Bling and Ella?” Nina pressed wanting to know more about her friends.

Smoke sighed as he sat down next to Nina. “Bling has dropped outta sight since the summer break began; something about calling in a marker. Whut ever dat means?” Smoke commented with a flick of his hand. “I just hope dat it has nothing ta do wit Methulza, dey where eyeing each other like sharpedos wit blood in da water last time I saw em tagether.”

“And Ella?” Nina asked almost afraid of what his answer about her friend would be.

“Hiro’s trying ta reach her but he says dat she’s been training almost around da clock since yer incident.” Smoke sighed. “He’s saying dat shes running herself ragged and he doesn’t know whens she gonna stop.”

Nina sighed at the news, “I knew that she would blame herself for everything, even though it’s not her fault. I wish I was out of this stupid bed and back at school. ARRGH I need to get out of this accursed BED!!”

Nina began to strain against the binds that kept her in her bed when Smoke reached over and began to massage Nina’s back and wing struts, the tender attention quickly relaxed the upset girl as she melted into the bed.

“That’s cheating Smokey doing that when I can’t retaliate, mmm lower please.” Nina sighed as Smokes attentions relaxed her into a calm stupor.

“The cheating is whut makes it fun Nina, now lets see da Battle Frontier Semi finals are on da tube and my Paw is in dis round.” Smoke said as he turned on the television that was in the room.

“MMM ok Smokie.” Nina sighed now dreamily content with the massage and having her guy with her. Plus he didn’t notice that she had managed to work one of her straps halve off. It would be easier to get away from the hospital for a few hours if Smoke wasn’t their to tell on her. She could stop by Husk’s room before taking a quick jaunt over to the academy so and check up on Ella.

The two young pokemorphs relax in the hospital room, for about thirty second then several nurses had to come and and shush the pair as they loudly cheered for Smoke’s old man.

After seeing Smoke’s father gain a one sided victory, amid much cheering both on TV and in the room. The pair did calm down as they watched the other fights, in order to avoid interruptions while they did a snuggling. But finally Smoke stood up and gave a large strech.

“Well Nina its been fun as always but I gotta get going. Der someplace else I gots ta be soon so until next time.” Smoke commented as he gave Nina a quick peck on her cheek.

Nina smirked as Smoke picked up his things to leave, “Bye Bye Smokey! Be sure to come back soon, I should be out of here pretty soon but you always manage to brighten my day.”

But Smoke had noticed the smirk and tried to give Nina a stern look, but it failed as always when confronted by by his gal’s giggling face. “Nina youse ain’t gonna do nothing foolish like trying ta escape again.?”

“Who Me Smokey? Naw I’m just gonna stay right here all calm and centered. Nuh uh not gonna do nothing.” Nina said as she tried to look innocent and failed. The level of failure increased as Smoke gave her a hard stare and she tried to look even more innocent.

“Nina.”

“Yes Smokey Woocky?” Nina said as she turned her cute attack up to a whole new level.

Smoke felt the daww grin begin to form before the one attack of Nina’s that he had never been able to resist.

“Now Nina please don’t do anyting, if ya use yer wings den ya might be in her fer even longer so please just stay put fer a little longer.” Smoke pleaded with the innocent looking ninjask.

“I know Smokey don’t worry about it. I won’t do anything with my wings I promise.” Nina said as she used her anime girl eyes on Smoke.

“Der are enough holes in dat promise ta sink a battleship.” Smoke lamented with a goodbye wave.

After Smoke left Nina waited until after the nurse checked on her to remove her remaining straps, no wings meant that she couldn’t get to the Academy but she could still drop by Husk’s room and maybe have a little makeup and picture session to amuse them both once her bro got out of the hospital. As Nina approached Husk’s hospital room she thought that the sound of music was coming from the room. It sounded like the theme from “Hello Dolly”, that was Husk’s favorite musical. Nina’s curiosity was well aroused when she peeked into the room and saw Smoke sitting beside her brother with a CD player belting out one of Husk’s favorite pieces.

“When youse wake up after dis Husk I gotta turn youse onta some classical rock and roll. Now where were we, oh yeah.” Smoke commented as he sat beside the catatonic Husk. “It was da best of Times it wus da worst of times”

“Dickens thats his favorite author.” Nina whispered as she backed away from the door in a stupor, she had never thought that Smoke would do something as kind as this not in a million years. She had always liked the torkoal but this was totally out of character for the gruff fire type, who had on several occasion had threaten to slow simmer Husk if he didn’t stop following them around. Yet there he was, who could have guessed that the hard shelled hot head had such a soft side?

“THERE YOU ARE!” A nurse shouted causing Nina to jump. “Well at least this time you didn’t leave the grounds lets get you back to your room. If you wanted to visit your brother then all you had to do was ask”

Nina ignore whatever else the nurse had to say as she was herded back to her room. A smile quickly formed on her face as she made a very important decision, as soon as she got back to school she was gonna rock her guys world!



Nina And Husk copyright to The_Lost_One

Sprit Crushers-PCA property

Tessa Copyright to Carlito

Coach Marcue Copyrighted to Kea-Mantis..I think?

Smoke-LordJaguar

Nina: *crazy grin* Rock his world like never before!

Husk: *confused not rembering any of this* ....?