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How much time had passed since that disaster of a ‘rescue operation’, anyway? He knew that with time, the thing would blow over…or well, he hoped it would, had it not been for some meddling writer to suddenly dig up the footage—well, fuck, who knew that the admin was right about something—had surfaced.

While he was secretly thankful that he wasn’t under as much fire as one of the other Interpol Agents was—and for some reason, even if he was the… well, even if he was the ‘oldest’ in rank among himself, Stormy and Kyle at the time representing the Rangers when the mission went down—it was Stormy, of all people, who’d gotten the call-in and was… well, he wasn’t sure if she got yelled at, or worse.

All he knew was that it was time stay out of the public eye, at least for some time until this whole shit storm had blown over.

And then there was another matter he had to address…

There was… there was literally nothing left of Suijin to bury, that much was obvious. The explosion had made pretty certain of that, and had given him a scar to boot.

…which was most probably still red and angry despite him covering it up under equally suffocating bandages to hide it, but who gave a shit about that?

The only thing he had left of his Swampert was the Moon Ball that he still kept on him—even now, he refused to discard it.

What proper way to give a proper send-off to one of his long-time companions with a simple burial rite?

…that was a few days ago, now.

And yet, and yet he still wasn’t over it. He’d drop by every chance he get, always coming under the cover of sunset or dawn’s first light, before anyone was really around to see him hanging around somewhere on the mountain, spending an obscene amount of time around the simple marker he’d cobbled together under one of the few-growing trees up on the slopes—he knew that Suijin, wherever the hell he was, really loved napping under a tree.

How ironically fitting.

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The dealings with the rescue operation all those weeks ago had blown over - for the most part. Stormy was no longer under intense scrutiny for the incident but instead was being closely watched by League officials due to her recent promotion to Lavaridge gym leader.[break][break]

Because of this, she had had little time to deal with the grief and sadness that had been bubbling in her chest. Her duties had driven her away from properly remembering and mourning Torkoal.[break][break]

Stormy had finished her duties the night before and had finally taken her window of opportunity to fly to Mt. Pyre during the early hours of dawn. It had been where Torkoal hailed from, despite most Torkoal coming from Mt. Chimney. It was peculiar, but that's why Stormy had liked her so much. Of course, the woman herself hadn't actually travelled to Mt. Pyre to find the fire tortoise, she had been rescued and given to Stormy.[break][break]

A couple of slow, lazy circles would drop the shadow of a Charizard. Slowly but surely the shadow would grow bigger and bigger as the pair began to land. It would take Stormy a moment to clear her eyes of tears before she would notice that someone else was sitting on top of Mt. Pyre. [break][break]

At first, she disregarded him, not recognizing him in the faint light, and also wishing to be alone to mourn.[break][break]

Stormy would stroke her Charizard's face, coaxing her to ignore the man and follow her to the opposite end of the mountain. In her free hand she clung to a still new pokeball, and she would raise it to her face, using the back of her wrist to wipe away tears. Charizard was sombre, looking down on her master with sadness. [break][break]

"Come, Charizard. It's time."[break][break]

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He was pretty sure that the pile of Bluk berries that he left here every time he’d visit were either just somewhere out of sight—he’d even tried leaving a small camera to show where the fuck the pile would vanish off to, but the camera itself had vanished not too long after he’d tried that tactic.

Okay, so maybe there was a probable afterlife that existed, but well, there was still no conclusive proof to it!

Anyway…

He thought he heard a flapping of wings from somewhere, but decided to ignore it, for the moment. He’d crammed some leaves into the thin ivory pipe he’d already set into his mouth, making sure he had enough to go around for a morning round of smoking, before lighting it with a match and then letting the flames settle for a bit before blowing off so he only had the embers left.

Before he could take his first drag of the day, he heard a familiar voice not too far away.

Oh, right… he thought to himself, coughing slightly before rising out of the misty shadows and then calling out the name of the owner of that voice.

“Is… is that you, Stormy?” he tried tentatively, hoping the other would answer.

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Both Stormy and her Charizard were standing solemnly off to the side, half-hidden by a shelf of rock. The only indication anyone was there was the small burning end of the psuedo-dragon's tail. [break][break]

A tear was just starting to slip down her cheek as she looked down at the makeshift memorial she had finished setting up. It really wasn't much of anything, just some simple rocks piled on top of one another. They really didn't even look like anything, it was just Stormy's lack of imaginative attempt to make something memorable.[break][break]

Suddenly, a voice from behind her jolts her out of her tumultuous thoughts, and the woman brushes the fresh tears from her cheek, turning to put on a brave face. She would step out from behind the shelf of rock, straightening her clothes. The low rumble of Charizard was enough to suggest that the beast was uneasy about the sudden appearance of a stranger - a stranger to her anyway.[break][break]

The beast would step in front of her master a little bit, eyes narrowing in warning as she eyed up the man. Smoke spilled from her nose and she planted one foot firmly in front of the other.[break][break]

Stormy's hand brushed against her skin, a gentle touch promising her that she is safe.[break][break]

"Oh, hey Lars. I didn't know you'd be up here."[break][break]

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shit shit shit

Admittedly, the Fire-type approaching him had every single right to be fucking suspicious—because honestly, how would you even deal with approaching someone you know if the other was a stranger? He could understand why the Charizard was that way, huffy clouds exhaled from its maw.

“I’ve been here…for a few days. Still going home, of course, but… I just… you know that feeling? Of how you can’t stay away?” he began quietly, holding his pipe off to one side, allowing the luxury of talking with her. Of course, there was a time he had to raise the pipe and quell the slowly-heating leaves in it, taking a drag and exhaling in the process.

“This sucks. It really, honestly does. I hate losing a friend of mine…” he muttered quietly, exhaling the long drag away from Stormy, relishing the vanilla-flavored burn that lingered in his lungs for a few moments. “Haven’t… I’ve been skipping out on my work lately. No, not the Ranger stuff… the courier-related shit,” he added a few moments later, another sigh escaping his lips as he reached for the pipe and took another drag, the better to keep going.

The better to quash the pain that was building up inside. He knew it wasn’t healthy, but what other fucking choice did he have in the matter? He just wanted to rage about it… but knew that if he did that he’d achieve absolutely nothing.

So he’d resorted to smoking again.

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Stormy's speech is broken, lost. As if her thoughts aren't really her own, and her attention is elsewhere. The truth of it was, she was focused on what she had just been doing. Her fingers are still cold and numb from the mindless positioning and decorating for her friends memorial. They're shaking still, too.[break][break]

Charizard has taken note of her master's distracted tone, and her head swings slowly to face her. Her eyes are wide, watching her with a sad expression. The low whine in her throat brings Stormy back to the present, reminding her that she's in the middle of a conversation with Lars.[break][break]

She takes a breath, the hitch in her throat enough to suggest she'd probably been crying not that long ago. In fact, Stormy brushes a remaining tear from her cheek, brushing it off as if she were simply tugging her hair behind her ear in an attempt to hide her tears.[break][break]

Weakness was not something the Silph children were allowed to show.[break][break]

She gives a tight nod in response to Lars' question, but she doesn't have the strength to answer him right away. She herself had been coming back here regularly. She had never lost a friend before. Her parents, yes, but this was different.[break][break]

Stormy lifts her hand, and Charizard immediately tucks her head beneath her palm, pressing her warm skin against her cold fingers. It's surprising that she's so cold despite the heat of the terrain.[break][break]

"It's good to take a break, especially after our mission. No one expects us to get back to work so soon after.."[break][break]

She's honestly barely noticed that he's smoking. Perhaps she assumed he always had. [break][break]

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“Are… are they really that determined to work us into the ground? Don’t… don’t they have like another… division of people to send after the Rocket threat…” he begins quietly, releasing another drag of smoke while he’d organized his thoughts to something more coherent.

It isn’t until he looks at her does he notice—normally, Stormy would be exuding this aura of pep, of spring, action—but it looked so devoid… so absent, so strange to see her without it. Maybe it was the shared pain they have right now of losing partner Pokémon that had drained her to be like this? Or was there something else bothering her entirely…

Wondering if it was safe for him to approach her since she had a Charizard underhand, because who knew if he was going to get blasted with flames, he slowly approaches her.

“Why don’t… they give us time to recover… at least, mentally, maybe… from all this? Hell, I don’t know if Kyle’s been holding up to this… it’s just… too much, honestly. No proper time to mourn? Do they… do they think of us as machines?” he muses again, a hint of anger in his voice as he’s now standing right by her, laying a hand on her shoulder.

Resisting the urge to bring her into a hug, he continues, “…they think of us as emotionless…but what about them, what if they suffer this as well? Shouldn’t it be fair they feel pain, too…”

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Stormy breathes in deeply, trying to settle the turmoil of thoughts and feelings that are writhing within her. She's shaking her head at what Lars has to say, trying to sift through his intent. She can hear the pain in his voice, the mild tones of anger.[break][break]

"No.. no, I think they're just desperate. We're some of the strongest trainers, Lars. They chose us to do that mission for a reason."[break][break]

Wadjet huffs and retracts her head as Lars takes a step forward. The beast's wings arch up on her back, resettling into a more comfortable position. She nudges Stormy closer to the man, encouraging them to rely on each other for comfort. [break][break]

So when Lars' hand rests warmly on her shoulder, Stormy is compelled by force to come closer to him. Her cheek brushes against his hand, and it's likely he can feel the damp from her eyes.[break][break]

"Do you think Rocket mourns? We have to be strong, Lars. We have to pick ourselves up, even when it's hard. If we show any sign of weakness or frailty or grief, we're done. We all feel pain, I can promise you that. But we have to be stronger than that pain, we have to fight."[break][break]

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“In the end, we’re all human… I suppose even some of them do mourn. Although they might not be able to show it because of how… I don’t know. Maybe there’s some kind of a crackdown within their ranks or something, I’m not sure. Like. ‘Be strong or die’, or something like that. They may see…emotion as a weakness. But… it’s actually what sets us apart from everything else in the first place. Yes, even Pokémon,” he begins quietly, surprised at the damp he can feel on his hand.

“See… even you’re not okay. We all aren’t. We can claim t—to be strong, but… it’s not okay, k—keeping this inside yourself. I—“ he tries to go on bravely, although one can obviously hear the cracking of his voice as he tries to compose himself.

He doesn’t know what drives him to do it. Maybe it was desperation, he doesn’t know anymore at this point. He misses the interaction between the Charizard and her owner, and slowly, subtly, they’re by each other’s side. With him towering quite a bit over her, they sure were a sight to see at that point, if anyone would come up and see them like this on the mountainside.

“Look. You remember what I told you about my family losing our mother, right? He—Suijin was a gift from her. And now that…now that he’s gone, too, I’ve lost the…the last connection I have to her…” he continues quietly, his voice cracking up due to the emotion he can no longer suppress. It’s coming off him in desperate waves, and boy, if his Lucario was around, he was pretty sure Alpha would just shake his head and walk off to give him some time to compose himself.

“I…” he tries again after a few quiet moments, forcing himself to breathe and calm down.

He didn’t know why, he didn’t want to understand what was compelling him to do it, he just blinked and wiped his face with his other hand, brushing some of the tears away.

“Would you…” he continues in that same quiet tone, one he’s sure she hasn’t heard from him, before he leans down, cupping her face with his hands and leaning in for a soft, gentle kiss on her lips.

He doesn’t know what he’s on anymore at this point.

Only pain, and despair.

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IT'S DEEP IN YOUR BLOOD, GO AND TAKE IT

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Tears fall freely from her cheeks as she listens to his words, his attempt to make sense of what had happened, to reason with the idea that Rocket might also mourn. It was hard to believe that, given all of the hate and the bloodshed they had caused so far.[break][break]

Her cheek rests on his hand placed on her shoulder, her body shaking with grief and sadness, quiet sobs leaving her chest.[break][break]

Wadjet remains in the background, her head low in respect for her trainers sadness. She's counting on the pair of them to deal with their emotions, her worry driving her to let them be. Stormy needed human interaction and comforting, not hers this time.[break][break]

Stormy opens her eyes, one hand raising to wipe tears from her cheeks as Lars' voice breaks and contorts, his composure failing.[break][break]

"We don't have to be strong all the time. Only when it counts, when the region needs us."[break][break]

She's attempting to calm him, to let him breathe and relax and understand that it's okay to cry sometimes.[break][break]

And then her face is cupped in his hands and her heart is pounding and suddenly his lips are gently pressed against hers.[break][break]

Eyes widen in surprise and mild panic, and she presses her hands against his chest, mouth parting as she gasps.[break][break]

"Lars, Lars, we can't. I can't. I-I'm sorry if I gave you --"[break][break]

She ducks out from under his embrace, hands pulling his down away from her face, squeezing them for a moment sympathetically before taking a step back and dropping them.[break][break]

"You and I can't happen, I'm so sorry. I-I'm seeing someone. I'm in love with someone else."[break][break]

Her eyes water, her hands tremble as she looks at him, guilt eating her up inside. Up until now, she had never possibly imagined the true feelings Lars had had for her, but it was obvious now.[break][break]

"I should go, I'm so sorry."[break][break]

Wadjet would return to her side, sensing her trainers stress. Stormy, unable to process the situation fully, would begin to climb on her Charizard's back, fully intent on leaving.[break][break]

"I'll call you later, okay?"[break][break]

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