Warning: This story idea was originally made by Metroanime. All of the foundational work belongs to Metroanime and all of his contributors. The contents of the Crimson League, however, are not Metroanime's. This storyline should be considered separate, but of the same universe. Most data entries were created by me and are not to be taken as canon Metroanime. Other data entries were taken from the BE Pokegirl Addventure.

Again, this work is NOT by Metroanime. Any similarities are purely coincidental or an attempt at kissing Metroanime's ass. As for anyone who pops up here as well as in Metroanime's storyline... well, everyone's got a twin, right? Well, sometimes that twin has a similar life too. Beeeedah! ^_^

Anyone who'd like to help out a story maker like me with ideas on possible tamers, storylines or pokegirls; you can write to me, send your e-mail to: akun15@hotmail.com

And please make it stand out from all the usual spam e-mails. I am, after all, on "SpamMail".

And a note: In the last chapter, I accidentally referred to Shayla Shayla as a Charamanda in the story and called her a Growlie at the end. She is a Charmanda. Updated copies of Crimson 3 and the HTML will have this fixed, but older copies may not. Also, it came to my attention that I accidentally listed Washio as Kitten in Crimson Volumes 1-3. She is actually a Titmouse. Current copies have been corrected.

Actually, if you've found this chapter, what the hell are you doing reading this again?

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Wild Horses & Pokegirls - Crimson League
Chapter 13 - Over The Aquaducts, Between The Peaks, To Sadie Poken's Day We Go

Yuka was focusing. Junpei had already headed in to battle Yamaken, having won by Scissors, so Yuka was doing the best she could with her time. Focus was an excellent technique to indulge in when one had the time. Ordinarily, it took up too much time for most fighting pokegirls to indulge in it, but when there was a spare moment before a Gym battle or a tournament, almost every fighting pokegirl took the time to use the technique.

"Hello, Yuka." came a familiar voice.

Yuka opened one eye to glance at the speaker before opening her other eye, "Reimi!"

"It's been a while." Reimi noted as she sat down next to Yuka.

"What are you doing here?" Yuka inquired.

"I came here to challenge the Gym, of course. I probably wouldn't have noticed you here, but I saw your name on the registry for competitors." Reimi answered.

"Wow... I haven't seen you in a year, at least!" Yuka said, smiling happily.

"I know. Have you been keeping Satomi and company happy?" Reimi asked.

Yuka nodded, "Of course. After all, they have the same needs as I do."

Reimi hummed, knowing that Yuka had inherited some of her father's height and his higher than average libido. Reimi doubted there were very many Amachokes with Yuka's sex drive.

"So, I heard you had a run in with a group that the authorities think were the Limbec Pirates." Reimi said conversationally.

"Yeah. It was a bit of a surprise to find that entrance..." Yuka answered, blushing as she recalled just HOW she and Ben had unlocked that entrance.

"I also heard you and a male Tamer discovered a new Pokegirl type." Reimi continued.

"Ahh.... yeah, see, he needed my help with her pleasure threshold and..." Yuka began.

Reimi was tempted to roll her eyes, but decided to just cut Yuka's story short, "Yuka, you needn't make excuses with me. After all, I'm not your mother and you are a fully thinking adult in your own right."

Yuka nodded, her cheeks coloring red, "Well, it's just that... I don't want you to think I'm just going to go ga-ga over him. He's a great guy, but I'm not going to going to him every day to get a sexual fix filled."

Reimi smiled, "But I've got good news."

Yuka quirked an eyebrow.

"I just got an e-mail from my mother that as of next year, Pokegirls will be allowed to be tamers so long as they apply prior to threshold. Once the law is in place, all Tamer Pokegirls will have anti-capture implants given to them at the same time they get their pokedex." Reimi replied.

"That's great news!" Yuka laughed happily.

"I thought you might like to know." Reimi declared.

Yuka paused, "Uh, but what if someone tries to remove the implant?"

"It's going to be a nanite injection. Once they're in place, they're patterned into the DNA. Even with all of the current illegal modifications, it's impossible for capture." Reimi replied.

"Wow..." Yuka murmurred, a smile on her face. That meant by the time she had children, it was very likely that the differences in rights would be limited to ferals and domesticates.

"So, where are you headed next?" Reimi asked.

"July. I'm going with another Tamer to the Sadie Poken's Day celebration." Yuka responded.

"What a coincidence! So am I!" Reimi said, smiling widely.

"Well, why don't you come with us? We'll wait for you at the Might Diner." Yuka answered.

"That would be nice. It's so hard to talk to my pokegirls about the hardships of being a Tamer." Reimi replied.

Junpei triumphantly returned to the lobby and flashed his new badge to Yuka.

"Miss Takeuchi, Yamaken is ready to see you now." the secretary spoke up.

"Well, wish me luck!" Yuka said as she stood.

"Luck, Takeuchi, is one of the things you always have, but I hope you do your best." Reimi replied.

Yuka flashed a winning smile as she started down the long hallway with the kitten.

"Um, Miss Fatora, are you sure you want to engage in a Sex League Match with Makoto? I know his girls are going to be a lot more experienced than he is and his level rank is a lot higher than yours already..." Alielle protested weakly.

"How did that happen?" Fatora demanded.

"Well, level rankings are won different ways for each League. In the Crimson League, you win levels for catching or acquiring pokegirls, winning Tamer battles, or doing services for the League." Alielle explained.

"So he got more levels by having more pokegirls." Fatora declared.

"I'm afraid so." Alielle replied.

"Then what's so terrible about that?" Fatora inquired.

"Well, it's just that if you lose, I'm the only pokegirl you've got!" Alielle protested.

Fatora considered that, "Hmmm, well, he said he was heading to July. We should be able to pick up more pokegirls there."

"Why not just catch wild ones?" Alielle asked.

"Are you saying I should lower myself to catching a pokegirl when I can woo one with much less effort?!" Fatora demanded angrily.

Alielle didn't know how to respond to the question, so she simply kept silent.

"An old friend?" Ben asked, as he fiddled with the Storage linkup on his pokedex. He'd gotten the Storage license in preparation of the Sadie Poken's Day. If he hadn't gotten all that money from the Limbec Pirate hideout discovery, he likely would have put off the test until later, but when he had the money, time and oppurtunity, he'd decided to take it, just in case.

"Yeah. She and I have known each other since school, but she's mostly human. She may seem a bit odd, but she's basically a good person." Yuka answered, taking a bite of her octopus balls.

"Well, a friend of yours is a friend of mine." Ben replied with a shrug.

"Great! Because she's here." Yuka said, motioning to Reimi as the other female tamer entered the resturaunt.

Reimi examined the room briefly, taking note of the various tamers in the room before heading to Yuka and Ben's table, where Yuka was waving her hand wildly, trying to catch Reimi's attention. Yuka scooted over in the booth to allow Reimi room to sit.

As the blue-haired girl sat, her eyes met Ben's. For a brief second or three, Ben thought he sensed intense jealousy, but he decided not to push the issue.

"So, you're the man who managed to impress Yuka, eh?" Reimi inquired.

"Well, I don't know about 'impress', but she and I can't really win against each other in a fight." Ben responded.

Reimi's mind catalogued that information, "I've heard that you two also discovered a new pokegirl. If it wouldn't be too much of a hassle, I was wondering if I could see her."

"Not a problem at all." Ben answered as he released Bambi.

Reimi's eyes widened a bit at the sight of the seven foot tall Milkmouse. The Milkmouse examined Reimi briefly, then turned to look around the resturaunt.

"Her name is Bambi and she's a Milkmouse. As you can see, she is much bigger and more powerful than most Titmice, but she's got an unhealthy fixation on fresh milk. Luckily, she knows better than to go off and start grabbing women and pokegirls like she used to shortly after she evolved. It was a bit embarrassing to have to drag her away from every lactating female." Ben explained.

"Ah..." Reimi answered, eyeing the giant mouse.

"Yeah, it's a good thing that one girl liked it. Sara something or other, right?" Yuka inquired.

"Yeah, the consultant/psychic therapist. She rather liked Bambi's technique. She asked me to visit her anytime I'm in BlowMetropolis." Ben replied.

Yuka nodded.

"Of course, that one guy wasn't too happy about her assaulting his Milktit." Yuka noted.

"Yeah. And of course, he didn't make matters any better by trying to force her off himself. I wasn't aware that she was able to fling people across six city blocks until then. She seems so weak when I tame her." Ben replied.

Reimi stared at Ben briefly, before inquiring, "So what else does she like other than milk?"

"Well, that's just it. Dairy products are about all she'll eat or drink and the heavens forbid you try to give her any synthetic dairy products or the stuff made from soy. She just about went on a rampage in that soy cheese shop." Ben replied.

Bambi began eyeing one waitress a bit too much, so Ben returned her to her pokeball.

"Better now than trying to pull her off another girl." Ben noted.

"So, what path are we taking?" Yuka inquired.

"Well, they said one of the fastest ways through the mountain pass was through the Igneous Path that runs underneath the mountains. It's generally reserved for emergencies, but a lot of paths have been getting snowed over, so they're letting anyone who wants through to use it." Ben replied.

"I know that path. It takes a half day to get through, doesn't it?" Reimi inquired.

"Yeah, but the reason it's used for emergencies is because the caves aren't lit and they're filled with numerous Zubattys, Goldbutts, and other dangerous pokegirls." Ben answered.

"Why is that?" Yuka asked.

"Because it's a perfect dumping ground for any pokegirl you don't want. You go in, you let them out and then you've 'lost' them." Reimi huffed.

Ben sighed, "It's not a nice practice, but some tamers will go through with it. I personally can't understand why. I mean, if you went through the trouble of capturing a pokegirl, why abandon it? At least give it to someone who might appreciate it. But, there are also the tamers who actually do get lost down there. The tunnels expand deep into both mountains and a wrong turn could spell disaster."

Reimi agreed.

"Anyway, we can also make a bit of extra cash on the side. They're offering a hundred dollars for every pokegirl caught down there. It's an effort by the Crimson League Kindess To Pokegirl Society." Ben explained.

[CLKTPS is actually doing something worthwhile, eh? That's news. Of course, it could be a method of gathering pokegirls. It wouldn't be the first time a secret organization manipulated an existing one.] Reimi noted to herself.

Lina was thankful she'd had Misao explain the world of Pokegirls. The Beginner's Test was very simple.

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Name: Lina Inverse

Age: 16

Do you have a Professer or Ranch as a sponsor? No.

If yes, then what is their name? N/A

True/False Questions

Circle True if you feel the sentence applies to you.

Circle False if you feel the sentence does not apply to you.

1) The test you are taking is about pokegirls. (T)/F

2) You are taking this test to become a Tamer. (T)/F

3) You know what a pokegirl is. (T)/F

4) You know what a pokeball is. (T)/F

5) You know the difference between a pokegirl and a pokeball. (T)/F

6) You are very insulted that we think someone like you could confuse the two. (T)/F

7) Tamers have sex with Pokeballs, of course. T/(F)

Fill In Question

Select a pokegirl you know the most about. Write as much as you know about it. Use of a pokedex is strictly prohibited.

Goth, the Moody Pokegirl, come in five different types: The Poet, The MakeUp Artist, The Wanna-Be Vampire, The Sarcastic, The Loner. They are normal/psychic and can use Hypnotize, though that's more of a defense.

Have you acquired a pokegirl prior taking to this test? Yes.

If not, then you will be given directions to the nearest Ranch with a League Certificate registering you as a Beginner Tamer. The Ranch MUST provide you with a pokegirl or, if they lack any suitable ones, must pay to transport you to another Ranch.

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Lina sighed contently as she was handed a pokedex by the smiling Nurse Ingenue.

"Congratulations. Here's your pokedex. We're aware that you may not be familiar with Crimson League rules..." the nurse began.

Lina blinked, "Huh? How'd you know?"

"We have information on everyone born in the Crimson League. Since you didn't show up on the scan, it became obvious," the nurse sighed, "Of course, if SOME of the other Leagues would take better notation it's citizens, we'd be able to verify this information like we do for local citizens, but since they don't, we'll have to trust you."

"Why wouldn't you trust me?" Lina asked.

"We've gotten reports that some pokegirls have been joining the League posing as humans, but what with that new law coming next year that allows domesticate pokegirls to be tamers, such rumors become a moot point in the Crimson League." the nurse answered.

"Wow..." Lina noted.

"Well, in any case, take care, miss. Oh, and don't forget, Sadie Poken's Day is in a few days." the nurse responded.

Lina nodded, then headed for hotel so she could find out what the heck Sadie Poken's Day was.

Tsukumi was not having a good year. It had all begun when he'd found out that a breeder was going to have a contest for a pokegirl during Sadie Poken's. A Chocoboob, the running bird pokegirl, was nothing special, but the Umbrea that was with her was MORE than worth it. It was said that the Umbrea was so rare that only one showed up per generation.

The deal had been so simple when he'd first seen it. Get an uncommon pokegirl for five of the six elements inherent to the Eva. His original plan was to have a Growltit for Fire, a Drow Zee for Magic and Psychic, a Dominatrix for Normal and a Vaporita for Water. Growlies were common, but the Growltit evolution was much less common as they tended to be much more lazy. He'd been planning to take the Drow Zee off the hands of that breeder's hands, and all that was left was the Growlie.

Then the Drow Zee had decided he was a jerk and left before he could have her tamed more than once. He thought of it as a draw back, but he could find her again. He caught the Growlie, but dog girls weren't his thing, so he left the taming to his Dominatrix and his Vaporita. But that had been all for naught. Near the town of Thrill, a week or two ago, he'd lost the Growlie to a swarm of Buzzbreasts.

Frustrated, he continued on, refocusing on new reports that mysterious attacks had been occuring near Fitness and Full Mass, which he knew were likely an effect of a Drow Zee. But, his sense of direction was bad and he got lost without finding a trace of any Drow Zee. Finally, he decided to head to July and hope he could find some pokegirls to fill the three slots he needed filled. He had found plenty of pokegirls, but none to fill the right slots.

Then, as a final insult, when he was heading to July for Sadie Poken's Day, he got lost in the tunnels. He'd spent the last three days looking for any sign on an exit.

Just as Tsukumi was ready to let his pokegirls out of their balls and send them off in hopes of getting help, he saw a bright light walking his way. It was a Joltina using a Flash Technique.

"Hey, are you okay?" came a voice.

"Yes, thank you! My flashlight ran out a while ago and I got lost." Tsukumi said, doing his best not to cry out of joy.

Ben reached down and helped Tsukumi to his feet. The taller Tsukumi ordinarily would've looked much more dignified, but when one was starving, lost and afraid, dignity did little for one's survival. Tsukumi noticed two females besides the Joltina. He quickly ran his hands through his long dark hair and did his best to fix his frayed locked.

"My name is Tsukumi. Thank you again for helping me. Who are you and your lovely companions?" Tsukumi asked.

"My name's Ben." Ben said, before motioning to Lita, "This is my Joltina, Lita," Ben motioned to Reimi and Yuka respectively, "and these two are Reimi and Yuka, female tamers who I'm lucky enough to travel with."

Yuka looked Tsukumi over with a stink eye, but decided that there might be a lot of people named Tsukumi. What was the likelyhood that she'd run into the guy Kei and Pirotess both hated the day after hearing about him?

"If you're headed for July, then you're in luck. We happen to be heading that direction." Ben told Tsukumi.

"Then I am indeed lucky." Tsukumi said, his relief evident on his face.

The quintet continued forward, heading for the exit of the cavern.

Yuna hummed to herself, wondering what sort of friends she'd meet in July. Whenever the voice spoke to her, she usually ran into a pokegirl friend. The last five times hadn't resulted in much, but Yuna didn't care. After all, it meant there was a special pokegirl that she'd run into.

"Are you feeling tired?" Yuna inquired to her Ponytaur, Maxine.

The dark haired ponytaur shook her head, "Not at all, Yuna-sama."

"Okay, just don't wear yourself out." Yuna replied.

The ponytaur nodded. Yuna wondered what the Stingray Ranch was thinking giving such a good pokegirl away. They'd said something about an unnatural affection towards her siblings, but that didn't matter much. Then again, Maxine was technically a runt, so maybe it had been to protect her from being beaten up.

Yuna ignored that and enjoyed the breeze across her face. Most tamers didn't like taking the scenic routes, but when you had a fiery Ponytaur that could run upwards of 50 MPH, most enemies didn't have a chance. Plus with her horse sense, Maxine could avoid all sorts of traps. Case in point. There had been roughly six pit traps on the way and Maxine hadn't fallen into one.

Yuna couldn't wait until Maxine evolved into a Rapitaur, the Flame Centaur pokegirl. Then, they'd be riding faster than 100 MPH. Yuna sighed as she waited to find her new pokegirl, hoping the next one would be her heart's desire.

Ben had gotten to know Tsukumi a bit better and while he couldn't really say he liked Tsukumi, he could understand Tsukumi's position. Tsukumi was of the frame of mind that one should not tame pokegirls that they were going to trade away, which was why he'd only tamed his two oldest pokegirls, his Vaporita and Dominatrix.

Tsukumi feared that he might bond with a pokegirl he intended to trade away. And everyone knew that it was impossible to trade away a pokegirl that you'd bonded to. Bonding was a random thing, after all, so the only way to be certain it didn't occur was to not tame the pokegirl oneself.

"Anyway, I'd like to thank you for saving me back there. I know a lot of other tamers would've charged a fee or demanded a pokegirl." Tsukumi responded as the group exited the cavern.

"Hey, it's nothing." Ben replied.

"No! I feel I should at least do something..." Tsukumi answered, before reaching into a pocket and pulling out a letter.

"What's that?" Yuka inquired.

"I got this for a show in BlowMetropolis. It's not much, but I can't use it anyway." Tsukumi replied.

"'Free Psycho Analysis by Sara Ijima'?" Yuka asked.

"If you have pokegirls or friends with psychological problems, Miss Ijima can take care of them." Tsukumi answered.

"I've heard she does some excellent work." Reimi noted.

"Well, thank you, Tsukumi." Ben replied.

"See you at Sadie Poken's." Tsukumi declared as he headed down the road to July.

"Well, he tried." Yuka noted.

"I don't know about that. Maybe by the time I head to BlowMetropolis, I might need it." Ben declared.

"We'd better be on our way too. Sadie Poken's Day is tomorrow and if we hurry, we should make it before the opening festivities." Reimi spoke up.

The next day...

The events at Sadie Poken's Day lasted all day. However, there was a limit on the number of people who could enter town on that day. It was to keep the town from becoming too crowded and prevent death by trampling. Because of the limit, many tamers who were regularly tardy either came earlier or didn't come at all. Some tamers had already decided that they weren't 'into' the Crimson League's version of the Sadie Poken's Day and thus, also didn't come.

The end result was that there hadn't been a crowding problem for quite some time. The Crimson League Kindess To Pokegirl Society saw it as a welcoming sign that the concept that pokegirls weren't just 'things' was growing stronger.

Sadie Poken's Day had been permanently located in July because July seemed to be magical in some way. Even their rainy days were pleasant. The other reason was that July was easiest for most breeders to get to regularly.

There were four major events during Sadie Poken's Day. The first was an area for pokegirls who didn't want to exhuast themselves chatting or doing anything physical or just preferred to have smarter men. It was affectionately referred to as the Guardian Trials.

The second one was the Race, for the pokegirls who didn't want their tamers to be slouches. It also made for excellent advertising for breeders who specialized in fast pokegirls.

The third event was the Ring, where tamers had to either go one on one with a pokegirl in a test of physical strength, though in cases of Amachamps or Minotauras, it was perfectly acceptable to abdicate to a pokegirl that the tamer had.

The final event was the Banquet, where pokegirls had to be wooed while their guardians, parents or breeders had to be impressed. To this end, many tamers had to have a noticeable and understandably impressive history or background.

The earliest event to start was the Guardian Trials, as it could run all day. The Trial had many chosen non-tamers and parents putting forth challenges to Tamers. Should a single tamer succeed, they got the pokegirl in question. If two or more succeeded, then there was a minor duel over the pokegirl.

Ben, Reimi and Yuka weren't sure if they wanted to get involved in such a thing. Some of the common girls were being ignored while the rare ones were being battled over like the last pie at a pie eating contest where everyone had come out even and the prize was worth a few billion dollars.

Ben examined some of the girls with a critical eye. Many were likely good at cooking or cleaning, but few would be very good at fighting. Yuka considered getting one, but decided to wait a bit. Who knew what might turn up at the other events?

"Let's check out the races." Reimi suggested to Yuka.

"Okay, Ben, we're going to watch the races." Yuka said.

"I'll catch up in a moment. I want to take another look at an interesting Magikunt." Ben replied.

"A Magikunt?" Yuka asked.

"If you win their respect early on, it's much more likely for them to listen to you when they evolve." Ben explained.

Yuka shrugged and followed Reimi. Ben looked the girl over. Most Magikunts were ignored for being worthless and their evolved forms, the Gynadose, were considered too dangerous, but Ben knew better than to shrug off a species as 'useless'. Almost all pokegirls were fundamentally human or animalistic in nature and as he'd explained to Yuka, they tended to listen more if you got their respect early on.

Ben considered her, but decided that he wasn't quite ready to try that. The Magikunt also looked a bit 'gone' mentally too. It'd obviously been tamed to the point of mental shock and would likely turn on him if he managed to evolve her into Gynadose. The breeder wasn't aware that his techniques for getting Magikunts ready to evolve were likely the source of trouble when the Gynadose evolution occurred. A Gynadose expected the same treatment that it got as a Magikunt and if they were fucked silly, they were going to expect the same or they'd get pissed and start blowing shit up with their Hyper Beam.

"Excuse me, young man..." came an elderly voice from behind the trio.

Ben turned to see a little old lady with white hair wearing a kimono standing behind them. He knelt down, "What is it, ma'am?"

"I was wondering if you would mind carrying me for a bit. I came here with my grandchildren, but they've run off somewhere and these old legs of mine aren't as strong as they used to be..." the old woman inquired.

"Sure." Ben said, turning around and forming a cradle with his arms.

The old woman climbed on, "Thank you, dear. Once I find my grandchildren, I must remember to give you a reward."

"It's okay. I don't need one." Ben responded.

"I'm not too heavy, am I?" she inquired.

"Nah, I'll be fine. I used to carry friends of mine home and they were a lot heavier than this." Ben replied.

The now-quartet headed for the races.

"Oooh, those girls looks pretty fast..." the old woman said, motioning to six girls as they rounded the final turn. Two were Chocoboobs, infamous for being fast runners. Two were cheetahs, also reknown for their speed. One was a white pelted Ponytaur. And the last one was a rather hyper-active peekabu. All six were likely classified as first level racers, meaning that the likelyhood of anyone catching them on the first run was very low. The second level racers were much easier to get, as were the third level, but both of those levels gave the pokegirls a moderate lead time.

"Yeah, but since they are so fast, they've got to run three times in a row. Most of them have trained for speed, but not endurance. If I were in the race, I could probably catch the cheetahs and the Peekabu by the second race, the chocoboobs by the third." Ben noted as the first race concluded.

"Well, why don't you give it a try? I can wait here." the old woman asked.

"Really? You don't mind?" Ben inquired.

"I'd be crazy to force you to spend all your time with me on this day. You go and have fun." she told him.

Ben gently set her down and headed to sign up for the second race. Of the original fifteen human racers, only three were pumped enough to try again and many of the other competitors had decided to wait until slower pokegirls replaced the six lightning fast pokegirls. Stretching briefly before putting on the tracking armlet and the tagging beacon on his right arm, Ben knelt down at the starting line.

The gun fired, signalling the start of the race.

"And they're rrrrrrrrrrrRACING!" the announcer cried over the PA.

Ben ran along the race, focusing on clearing the turns without falling rather than trying to catch the six pokegirls, who'd already gotten out of sight. He was keeping up with the other runners, but he wasn't wasting all his energy on keeping the lead. He figured the best time to ambush the lead runners was when they'd slowed down with confidence.

"The competitors are nearing the halfway mark while the pokegirls maintain a ten meter lead." the announcer continued.

Ben exploded forward on the straightaway, as he knew this was the prime time. The faster girls were slowing to regain their strength, but he still had energy.

Indeed, Ben's prediction was true, the Cheetahs and the Peekabu had slowed drastically to regain their strength. They'd learned to be fast, but not fast for a long time. That cost them their second victory as Ben raced up and tagged the trio lightly before continuing forward towards the bird-like Chocoboobs.

Unfortunately, like Ben had also predicted, the bird and horse pokegirls were a bit smarter and were more used to functional racing. They had prepared a bit better and when they noticed the Cheetahs and the Peekabu get tagged, they sped up immediately, not allowing Ben the chance to catch up to them until they crossed the finish line.

Ben jogged to a stop and panted before presenting his recorder to the judges. The announcer, naturally, went nuts, "It looks like our competitor, Ben, has nabbed both Cheetahs, Brittany and Brianna, and the Peekabu Elline! Which means the following second level pokegirls are to report to the starting line: Erelus, Cinnamon, Amelia, Aeon, Linn, Trini and Filet."

As he received the pokeballs for the trio he'd won, he headed for the old woman he'd dropped off, who was applauding along with a lot of the other spectators.

"So, did you have fun?" the old woman inquired.

"A bit. I guess I overextended myself a bit trying to all six, but that's part of the fun." Ben answered.

"Indeed. By the way, I completely forgot my manners. What might your name be, young man?" she asked.

"Ben," Ben replied, wiping the sweat off his brow, "and yours?"

"Just call me Aunty Aqua." she told him, smiling mysteriously.

"Okay, Aunty." Ben answered.

"I didn't see my granddaughters here, so how about we check at the Ring?" Aunty Aqua inquired.

"Sure. Hope you don't mind that I'm a bit sweaty." Ben apologized as he offered her his back.

"Oh, trust me, sonny. I got used to that back when I was taming my own pokegirls." Aunty Aqua answered, chuckling as she climbed onto his back.

Ben chuckled along with her as he headed for the ring. Yuka watched him depart and whistled, "He was impressive."

"Yes, he was. Everyone thought the Cheetahs and the Peekabu wouldn't be caught until the third race." Reimi answered as she fitted her own recorder snuggly against her arm.

Yuka nodded, "Yeah, I was impressed how he planned that out."

"Don't get so impressed you forget our race is going to start in two minutes." Reimi replied.

"Of course not." Yuka chided her.

Lina Inverse watched Ben leave as well. However, she was a bit more concerned with how she might do in the race. Misao was wearing an rented anti-capture collar, but she was still carrying most of Lina's stuff, making Lina a bit worried.

Misao was insistent that it would be okay to catch some more pokegirls. Besides, as Misao pointed out, some of the best cash came from the Fighting Leagues and it was best not to use too much gold or jewels in modern society. Lina hadn't been very happy about that, but she understood that a lot of cultures went without gold for a while, then one day, an adventurer comes into town with a dragon's hoard, and *bam*, gold becomes as cheap as silver.

And the main reason they needed a lot of money was that Lina's appetite remained enormous, being largely unaffected by being in another dimension.

Lina focused on the race at hand.

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Chocoboob, the running bird pokegirl
Type: Metamorph
Element: Flying/Wind
Frequency: Uncommon (Crimson League)
Diet: Nuts and pokechow
Role: Messengers
Libido: Low to Average
Strong Vs: Fighting, Plant
Weak Vs: Electric, Magic, Rock
Attacks: Mach Breaker, Feather Blizzard, Gust, Feather Shuriken
Enhancements: Speed, Endurance, shapeshifting
Evolves: None

Chocoboobs are fairly fast, but most tend to be fairly small in human form. When they shift into their bird form, their legs become thinner, their arms shift into wings and they grow a beak and feathers, which allow them to maneuver better while running at high speeds as well as do emergency stops. Unlike Cheetahs, who were bred to be incredibly quick for short bursts, Chocoboobs were bred to have high endurance, but less 'bursting' speed.

Cheetah, the quick cat pokegirl
Type: Metamorph
Element: Fighting
Frequency: Very Uncommon (Crimson League)
Diet: Heavy meat diet
Role: Surprise attacks
Libido: Average to High
Strong Vs: Normal, Rock, Non-elemental
Weak Vs: Elemental Attacks, Wind
Attacks: Gatling Punch, Ki Blast, Hurricane Kick, Quick Attack, Hyper Quick Attack
Enhancements: Speed, Strength, shapeshifting
Evolves: None

The Cheetah is actually much faster than the Chocoboob, but most can't retain that speed for long. Cheetahs can do 40 MPH easily, but any faster tends to drain them. The fastest Cheetah ever recorded managed to hit 270 MPH, but fainted shortly afterwards and did not recover for several days.

Cheetahs are very short when in their human form, but their hair tends to be blonde with brown/black spots. When they shift, they grow one to four feet in height and grow fur and a tail. Cheetah have all of their major physical enhancements in their metamorphed form, unlike the Chocoboob, which retains half it's speed while human.

The Cheetah has the ability to shift the length of it's hair at will and can heal at twice the rate of normal pokegirls so long as they aren't damaged with magic or fire.

Ponytaur, the four-legged horse pokegirl
Type: Metamorph
Element: Normal
Frequency: Very Uncommon (Crimson League)
Diet: Vegetarian
Role: Mobile Scouts
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Wind/Flying, Normal
Weak Vs: Fighting, Magic, Elemental Attacks
Attacks: Stomp, Take Down, Tackle, Agility
Enhancements: Speed, shapeshifting
Evolves: Rapitaur (normal evolution)

Ponytaur look very close in height when they're human to when they're in their Centaur form. Most ponytaurs prefer the stability they get from being in their centaur form and will usually only shift out of it for taming, bathing or when they need to enter a building.

Like the Chocoboobs, the Ponytaur are reknowned for their speed and manueverability. Unlike Chocoboobs, however, Ponytaurs have a sixth sense for danger or obstacles, allowing them to avoid traps much better than their racing rivals. However, because the Chocoboob is the only pokegirl that can regularly keep up with Ponytaurs and their Rapitaur evolutions, there exists a minor rivalry between the two. Many tamers allow such rivalry to continue as both strive to improve themselves.

Like most metamorphs, the Ponytaur loses half of it's main abilities when human.

Minotaura, the strong cow pokegirl
Type: Animorph
Element: Fighting
Frequency: Very Uncommon (Crimson League)
Diet: Vegetarian
Role: Construction
Libido: Low to Average
Strong Vs: Normal, Rock, Non-elemental
Weak Vs: Elemental Attacks, Wind
Attacks: Headbutt, Ki Blast, Stomp, Seismic Toss
Enhancements: Strength X 4, Endurance X 3
Evolves: None

The Minotaura look very much like a Milktit. The differences being that the Minotaura does not have a required milking cycle and are usually six feet tall. The Minotaura, however, also have tremendous strength. It's said that two Minotaura could have created the Pyramids of the pre-Sukebe world. As such, no tamer is safe taming a Minotaura without proper restraints or two Amachamps holding the Minotaura down.

The Minotaura has a pair of horns which normally appeared like two tiny cones on it's head, but when the Minotaurs choses, they can extend and shape their horns up to two feet in length, though many Minotaura complain of headaches if they extend their horns beyond a foot in length.

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Wild Horses & Pokegirls - Crimson League
Chapter 14 - Sadie Poken's Day, Part 2

Yuna watched the races with vague interest. Unlike other tamers, she wasn't going to choose on physical attributes alone. A pokegirl had to tickle her fancy. It was getting close to the time when the final Grand Race was going to begin, where all of the uncaught pokegirls would have to run around the city a set number of times, as would the tamers. If any managed to get the finish line untagged, they were given a anti-capture collar for the rest of the year.

Still, Yuna decided to check out the Ring. After that, she'd see what was still available in the Guardian Trials and finally head to the Banquet. She had so much to do...

"Fried squid, fresh corn, sweet potatoes! Fried squid, fresh corn, sweet potatoes!" came the call from a nearby vendor.

She paused to buy some fried squid and corn from the vendor.

Lina Inverse stared at her latest 'acquisition'. She'd seen plenty of pokegirls, despite having recently entered the world, but she couldn't help but wonder what she might do with a Amazonchan, like the one she'd managed to tag.

The girl was fairly short, about an inch or two shorter than Lina, but those breasts and the dark hair styled in the manner that the Amazonchan had reminded Lina of Naga the White Serpent.

"Ah, miss Lina! I must congratulate you on your fine victory! I must admit that I chose the race to test my speed, but I wasn't expecting you to beat me so handily! My name is Amelia." the young girl told Lina cheerfully.

"Great..." Lina responded, as she tried to resist the levels of cuteness that Amelia seemed to radiate.

Amelia caught something out of the corner of her eye, "Oh, here comes my big sister!"

Lina turned casually, but froze solid. The Amazonchan's older sister was easily recognizable. If she were to put on a tiara, a skimpy black leather bikini and develop a high pitched laugh that could scare small children, Lina would swear Amelia's older sister was actually Naga the White Serpent.

"Miss Lina, this is my older sister, Gracia." Amelia introduced.

"I see you were the one to catch my younger sister. I congratulate you." the older girl said politely.

"Uh-uhbuhbuh-uhbuhbuhbuh...." Lina stuttered.

"Is she okay?" Gracia inquired of her little sister.

"Well, sis, you are a knock out." Amelia replied.

Gracia blushed heavily as Lina shook her head to snap out of her shock. Gracia was wearing a thick wool robe, had the same black hair grown out to just above thigh level and had the same eyes as Naga, but there was a key difference between the two outside of the outfit and laugh. Naga's eyes always held a sign of madness, as though she had seen something that deeply cracked her major link with reality.

Gracia had in the place of the madness a warmth that could be found, on occasion, in the eyes of Naga the White Serpent. It was during those times when Lina was actually glad that Naga was along that Lina caught sight of that warmth.

"Uh, sorry, you remind me of... a friend from a while back, but I lost track of her." Lina responded.

"Oh, I'm deeply sorry..." Gracia said.

"You didn't do anything wrong." Lina pointed out.

"Oh, you're right. I'm deeply sorry..." Gracia replied.

Lina felt like correcting the girl again, but decided it would begin an endless loop. The sorceress sighed, "Anyway, I appreciate the congratulations, but I was just lucky..."

"And you're about to get even luckier!" Amelia replied.

Lina blinked, "Huh?"

Gracia smiled, "I don't want to be parted from my little sister, so I'm going to be joining you, Miss Lina. I am only a level 17 sorceress, but I hope my talents will be of aid."

Lina wasn't sure if the knot in her stomach was from the race or irrational fear that Gracia had a black leather bikini on underneath her outfit and at any moment, Gracia would belt out the Naga Laugh (tm).

Tsukumi sighed. He'd come to Sadie Poken's Day, but he wasn't up to choosing new pokegirls. He had a Dominatrix and a Vaporita and he didn't have the sex drive needed to maintain more than three pokegirls. On top of that, he hadn't chosen whether he wanted to enter the Sex or Fighting League. Maybe he wasn't cut out for being a tamer.

The problem was that he'd suffered so much to get as far as he had. The recent trouble with the Drow Zee and Growlie weren't even the surface of the trouble he'd been involved with. Perhaps it _was_ time to join his best friend on the open sea. Being an honest fisherman would appeal to his Vaporita, but he knew his Dominatrix wouldn't. He could become an actor in a Broadway show, but he was sure his Vaporita would get bored.

He had to choose between his girls and find a life that truly suited him. Being a tamer had been a compromise already. Tsukumi took out a coin. Heads, he'd become a fisherman. Tails, he'd got on a Broadway show.

He flipped the coin high into the air. The coin tumbled, spun, flipped, then stopped. Tsukumi cursed his luck. His coin was caught in a tree branch.

Makoto Mizuhara blinked. What the hell was someone thinking just leaving a golden rod in a tree's knothole? He knew Sadie Poken's Day got a little weird, what with the unusual challenges from the Guardian Trials, but leaving a golden anything out in the open...

"WE HAVE A WINNAH!" came a cry from behind Makoto.

Makoto turned to see a group of seven tamers sigh with disappointment as a young woman approached him. She had black hair tied up in a bun with a stylish bang on the right side of her face growing down to just below her chin level. She wore a simple green dress and he noticed she was taller than him, but not by more than a few inches.

"Congratulations on winning the game. My name is Afura. Please to meet you, master." she congratulated him as she handed him a pokeball.

Makoto could only stare, "Huh?"

Suddenly, a plain stone that had been marked with a green X fell out of the tree and landed in Makoto's hand.

"YOU SIR HAVE JUST WON A DAMSEL!" came another announcing voice from behind Makoto.

Makoto gawked as a girl with long wavy light brown hair who was shorter than him by the same measure that he was shorter than Afura. She wore a white two piece bikini with red trim.

"My name is Rune. How do you do?" the new girl inquired.

"How'd this happen?" Makoto asked.

Fatora gawked as she watched the scene. How in the HELL had Mizuhara gotten lucky enough to get TWO pokegirls in as many minutes?!

Ben was sizing up the available pokegirls. Just as he had with the Racing pokegirls and the Guardian pokegirls, he found ones he liked and ones he was more indifferent to.

A few caught his eye: A Minotaura, two Kunoichi and a Growlie. He was a bit confused at the sight of a Kunoichi, let alone two, in the Ring area, but it wasn't up to him to decide where they felt they could show off.

The Growlie was cute, but out as he'd already dealt with Kei's affections. The Minotaura looked promising, but he already had a strong pokegirl. He needed a faster pokegirl and the Kunoichi fit better into that category.

Naturally, both Kunoichi were wearing the full traditional body suit, only allowing their hair to show. The first had long purple hair fountaining out in a ponytail and was taller than the second. The second had short dark hair which was evident by the lack of any extra hair showing.

"Care for a match?" Ben inquired of the taller of the two Kunoichi.

"Very well. I should warn you, though, I will not be responsible for what I do to your pokegirl." the kunoichi replied.

"Right." Ben responded, as he turned and headed to the far corner, where Aunty Aqua was waiting.

"Are you really going to have one of your pokegirls fight her?" Aunty Aqua asked.

"Heck no, I'll fight her myself. I can't expect a pokegirl to respect me if I'm not at least willing to face them myself." Ben answered.

Aunty Aqua laughed, "You are indeed a rare breed. Even the tamers who are willing to fight in the Fighting League aren't as confident in their skills outside of the tournaments."

Ben shrugged, "Well, let's just say, I'm a better than they are."

"Oh? And who might your parents be that they raised such a confident young man?" Aunty Aqua asked.

Ben shrugged again, "Haven't a clue."

Aunty Aqua winced slightly as Ben entered the ring. Ben didn't seem upset at the lack of his parents. Aunty Aqua sighed. That meant he was the one she had foreseen. His power was increasing little by little for every girl he bonded to, but the talent was that of an ancient line of heroes in the old human world. It was only meant to come out when there was an iminent danger to the world.

Aunty Aqua didn't even want to guess what would be powerful enough to require his full power. Even the Widows weren't good enough for more than a quarter. All she knew was that his decisions when the time came would make or break many of the plans she had carefully seeded over time.

Ben stretched briefly before inquiring, "So, what's the test to get a Kunoichi in the Ring?"

"Catch us." the purple hair Kunoichi declared, her crimson eyes narrowing dangerously.

Ben glanced at the other Kunoichi, who was standing on the post just behind him, staring back at him with brown eyes. Obviously they were inseparable, meaning if he took one, he had to take both.

"Very well." Ben replied.

The Kunoichi dashed to their respective right. Ben lunged and caught the brown haired kunoichi's leg as she landed on the springy ropes, sending the less experienced ninja girl to the mat.

"Fubuki!" the purple haired kunoichi cried before noticing Ben sliding up in front of her. With a tap on her nose, Ben backed away, avoiding being sliced by one of the Kunoichi's daggers as the terrified ninja girl reacted on reflex.

"I win." Ben declared.

The purple haired ninja growled in frustration before accepting that her sloppy focus and underestimation of his speed had been her own undoing, "Very well, I am Miko and that is my lover, Fubuki."

"Hi!" Fubuki said cheerfully from the mat over the hesistant cheering. Apparently, awe had numbed the reactions of the audience, who were stunned at how insanely fast Ben was. The audience members who'd seen Ben in his race were especially astounded.

"Is speed a blood gift?" one confused, but applauding audience member inquired.

The inquirer got a shrug in response, "How should I know? I don't know any scientists or doctors."

Aunty Aqua laughed to herself. Of course Ben's speed had improved. No one else understood the almost unique blood gift Ben had of absorbing a tiny bit of the abilities of any pokegirls he befriended, but he got slightly more from pokegirls bonded to him. The technique he'd just displayed was a ten percent version of the Drow Zee's talent for slowing the reactions of one's opponents combined with his own speed. He only SEEMED much faster to everyone who was not immune to the Drow Zee's affect. Of course, once he absorbed the power of his newly acquired Cheetahs and Kunoichis, he'd be even faster.

"You are a quick little boy, aren't you?" Aqua inquired as Ben exited the ring with two more pokeballs.

"Well, I thought they'd be faster." Ben replied.

"Oh, I'm sure they were taking it easy on you because you're human. Most Tamers don't seem that quick on their feet, especially when they can use pokegirls to do it for them." Aqua told him.

"I wish people would stop underestimating me simply because I'm mostly human." Ben huffed.

Aunty Aqua chuckled politely, "Don't blame them for it. Not many tamers are up to your level of talent. In any case, I think I see my granddaughters. Say, will you be at the banquet?"

"Uh, yeah. That was going to be my next stop after I revisit Guardian Trials." Ben responded.

"Good, good." Aunty Aqua declared, before easing herself onto her feet and waddling off.

"You sure you're okay?" Ben asked.

"My granddaughters can help me around, but thank you." Aunty Aqua answered.

Ben waved goodbye to her before walking towards Guardian Trials.

Fatora's eyes sparkled with glee as Alliele's final turn of the spinner landed on gold.

"We won a pokegirl! We won a pokegirl!" Fatora cheered.

"Uh, Miss Fatora, what kind should we get?" Alliele asked.

Fatora's cheers faded a bit, "What kind do they have?"

Alliele pointed to the list. Fatora began looking down the list and noticed that a lot of the good ones had been taken.

"..............." Fatora answered.

Madam Arctica watched Ben head for the Guardian Trials. She sighed as she had the A-Bra watching him disconnect from her mind. Pausing, she gently closed her legs and rolled over onto her stomach again. She was still sore from the ice-meltingly awesome sex she'd had with Magma. The Magmary had taken Arctica rather roughly and the Ice Princess was still healing from it.

Once the healing salve finished it's work, Arctica was going to capture the boy herself. She wasn't going to allow anyone else to make apologies for failure.

//Still playing the lonely soldier, Ar-chan?// came a psychic inquiry.

Arctica looked up from her ice bed and glared at the most irritating pokegirl she knew, Madam Darkness.

"What is it that you want?" Arctica demanded, not in the mood to deal with the strongest Drow Zee in the Crimson League.

"You've seen the boy, yes?" Darkness inquired.

"Indeed. I shall capture him and twist him to my ends, as I do with all mortal men." Arctica answered.

"Hmmm, that's right, you got him in the cold, didn't you? Well, I should warn you that if you don't use your ice powers on him, he will be impossible to defeat." Darkness replied.

"A solid strike to the temple will defeat him as it did before." Arctica stated coldly.

Darkness sighed. Obviously, Arctica didn't quite understand what she was getting into. Ben was going to get a Magikunt in the near future, which would quickly evolve into a Gynadose, allowing him greater resilience to ice attacks. And if he procured any ice or fire pokegirls, he'd slowly gain a resistance to ice attacks.

"Enticing him may do better." Darkness tried to explain.

"He will do as I command." Arctica answered.

Darkness sighed as she rubbed a temple. Some pokegirls were impossible.

"In any case, remember that he is still valuable, even after you are through with him." Darkness told Arctica.

"Are you quite through?" Arctica demanded, her anger chilling the room even more.

"Don't say I didn't try to warn you..." Darkness muttered before she teleported away.

"A Magikunt, huh..." Yuna murmurred to herself.

Breeder Joe nodded, "Once they evolve in Gynadose, they become infinitely more powerful. It's perfect if you're entering the Fighting Leagues."

"If you want a berserk warmachine, sure." came an interupting voice.

Breeder Joe and his son, John, turned and glared at a blonde haired girl, who was examining the stock of Magikunts.

"And what would you know?" Breeder Joe demanded haughtily.

"You've got them prepped for evolution by fucking their brains out, probably with high speed vibrators running nonstop, but a Gynadose expects the exact same treatment it got as a Magikunt. If it doesn't get the same treatment or if it didn't like the treatment it got, it goes berserk." the blonde girl responded, her blue eyes meeting Breeder Joe's briefly, "That's common knowledge for any breeder of water pokegirls."

Yuna hummed, "You know, they do seem a bit glassy eyed..."

"This stock is likely just going to go berserk and wind up being slaughtered if you sell any of them." the blonde girl huffed.

"And I suppose you have better stock?" Breeder Joe demanded.

"In fact, I do." the blonde said, motioning to her own booth proudly.

Yuna decided that it wouldn't hurt to see another stock. After all, it wasn't like she was in a hurry. Breeder Joe sighed as the blonde girl led Yuna to her own booth.

Breeder John turned to his stock, wondering what the hell they were going to do with his father's stock. John _had_ known his father's stock would go out of control, but his own Magikunt stock was fine. He hadn't done the forced prepping like his idiotic father had, but his father was of the belief that Gynadoses were big business. Now the breeders were stuck with ten Magikunts that were ready to evolve into Gynadose, but were too dangerous to sell.

"I would like to purchase these Magikunts..." came a soft voice from Joe's right.

Breeder Joe turned and started as a woman wearing a white cloak and hood had crept up right behind him without him noticing.

"Well, I gotta be honest, these are-" Breeder John began.

"Shut yer trap, boy!" Breeder Joe hissed, "Ah, yes, ma'am..."

Across the road, the blonde girl was showing Yuna around.

"Wyna? Is that you?" came a voice from behind the duo.

The blonde girl turned to see Ben.

"BEN?! Sonovabitch! You _ARE_ alive!" Wyna cried, hugging Ben.

Turning quickly, Wyna called out, "Sodina, can you please show Ms. Yuna around?"

A brown haired Megami sighed a bit before leading Yuna on the tour. Yuna hummed happily as she admired her new saleswoman's hairstyle, which pulled to the sides like two enormous bangs. Her hair fell to slightly above breast level and had cute pink ribbons tied around the ends.

Wyna turned backed to Ben, "Damn, Ben! I almost thought you'd taken off to some tropical island or died or something."

Ben shook his head, "No, but I did wind up doing some stupid things before I became a tamer."

"Heh, Sodina figured you'd wind up as a Tamer. That'll teach me to try and argue with a Megami." Wyna chuckled.

"So, I see you and Sodina got hired on by old Grapple." Ben noted.

"Actually, I've got the entire Langoud breeding farm." Wyna answered.

Ben whistled, "Old man Grapple liked you that much, eh?"

"Yeah, I won it by beating him in a match." Wyna replied.

"And I take it Meis is one of your aids?" Ben inquired.

Wyna grinned weakly, "Well, Sodina would never have agreed to come onboard if I didn't."

"Well, after Jyabil passed on, she had no one else that close to her." Ben said.

Wyna sighed, "Yeah, I guess so."

"So, where's Leno, Ihrie or King?" Ben inquired.

Wyna winced, "Well, Leno followed after you. If anyone knew where he was or what he was doing, it would be Leno himself. I would've thought you'd met him already."

Ben shook his head, "I haven't seen him since I... left."

Wyna decided to continue answering his original question, "King's a tamer sponsored by our farm. She collects extra pokegirls for my herd. As for Ihrie..."

Ben noticed Wyna hesistation, "What about Ihrie?"

"Last I'd heard, she was going to join the Crimson League's Hunter's Guild." Wyna responded.

Ben sighed in disappointment, "I see."

"You know she looked up to you, especially after the incident with the first Widow." Wyna replied.

"I know, I just wish she didn't." Ben declared.

Wyna decided to stop dancing around the topic that had been bugging her since she'd met her old friend, "Dammit, what the hell happened up there that last time? We all went to clean out that Wasp nest for the town as the first act of the original Hunter's Guild and then everyone got knocked out. The next thing I knew, I woke up in a hospital and they were telling us that you'd slain another Widow. We looked for you and Jennifer for weeks, but we never found any trace of you two."

Ben winced, then turned away.

Wyna spoke up before he had the chance to step away, "You were our legal guardian after Jyabil died and you looked after us. We spent four years with you protecting us. We looked up to you as our idol because you taught us things we probably never would have learned, like reading or writing or basic math. Hell, if it weren't for you, I doubt I'd be as lucky as I am right now. As your friend, I'd like to know."

"You know what I told you all about Recognition?" Ben inquired.

"Yeah. It was a soul bond between two people that knew each other in a past life. It's said to be twice as powerful as normal Bond. You and Jennifer recognized each other, right?" Wyna answered.

Ben continued, "That last time.... she died."

Wyna's blood turned cold, "I.... I'm sorry.... I saw that you were a tamer and I just thought that... you had her..."

"Lesser men probably wouldn't have been able to go on. I did my part to make sure you all got a good life and then... I just... had to leave." Ben responded.

Wyna stared at Ben's back. The honest truth was that few who underwent Recognition survived when the other passed on, at least not without going mildly insane or having a complete emotional breakdown.

Ben continued, "You know me, I've always been a big believer in reincarnation. I've spent these last few years hoping to find her again. When I didn't find her through simple searching, I tried to find her in a less legal manner, but that didn't pan out either. So, I'm still looking for her."

"Hey, how about showing us your new girls? I'd love to see the type that managed to win your heart and you can spend the night." Wyna offered.

Ben turned back, a small smile on his lips, "Yeah, that sounds nice. I think I will impose."

"Impose? Shit, I feel lucky to be able to do something for you. Hell, when my eyes got damaged that one time, you stole me some medicinal eyepatches." Wyna replied.

Ben chuckled, "I'll have you know they were practically giving those away. There was never much of a call for eyepatches and they'd overstocked by a few thosuand."

"It doesn't matter. Just come by when you're done for today, okay? I'd like to talk with you again." Wyna responded.

Ben nodded before heading to the Banquet.

[Come on, Ben, you knew you'd probably run into everyone again once you started on this trip.] Ben scolded himself.

Meanwhile, Yuna was watching the aquatic pokegirls that the Langoud Farm had brought to Sadie Poken's with awe. She'd never seen so many pokegirls together outside of a tournament and never all at once.

"These are just some of our free range pokegirls. Ordinarily such things are only possible with land-based pokegirls, but since we have a massive ship known as the Langoud, it would be too inefficient to keep them on both." Sodina explained.

"The Langoud? You mean the one nicknamed 'The Mobile Island'? The one with said to have defenses so powerful that, from when it was put into service halfway through the Sukebe War to present day, has never been effectively boarded from the outside? The same one that was designed to destroy the legendary pokegirl Typhoona, but instead managed to kill the legendary pokegirls Scylla and Titania? THAT Langoud?" Yuna asked.

"You know your history quite well. Actually, the Langoud has never faced any serious breach in it's defenses. Of course, ironically, it now serves as an excellent free range breeding farm as well as a cruise liner for Tamers to go to new locations." Sodina answered.

"So, since they're free range, how do you know which ones are yours?" Yuna asked.

"Oh, we give them tags that they wear of their own free will. It prevents them from being captured. We also allow lost, abandoned or injured pokegirls a safe haven on the ocean. In return they do their part to provide food for the Langoud's crew and they can give back the tags if they want to and head off on their own. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement." Sodina replied.

"I've heard that your main office is in Tentaculus, but that's not a port town." Yuna stated.

"Well, we're required to have an office in every League we trade with, even though we're officially part of the Crimson League Defense Force." Sodina responded.

Yuna nodded in understanding, "How long are you guys going to be here?"

"We'll still be open for two more days, but as of tomorrow at noon, we start transporting pokegirls back to the Langoud." Sodina answered.

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Blood Gift

Name: Bond Strength

Requirements: Taming, Bonding or Recognition and either Charisma, Intelligence or Wisdom over 12.

Gaining the ability: When a tamer has bonded at least one pokegirl, roll 1d20 versus their highest stat. If the roll is under their highest stat, the tamer gains this special power. DMs may grant this as a boon if a character needs help raising their stats.

Through this bond, the tamer gains an ability to increase his or her abilities slightly from every pokegirl she/he befriends or tames. This increase is almost unnoticeable unless the tamer Bonds with the pokegirl or Recognizes them.

The increase is 1% for every pokegirl the tamer befriends, 5% for every pokegirl they tame, 10% for every pokegirl they bond and 50% if they Recognizes a pokegirl. They also get a 1 in 20 chance of being able to tap an ability of that pokegirl in times of stress.

These bonuses are not cumulative by themselves. For instance, if a male Tamer first befriends, then tames, then bonds a pokegirl, he does not get a 16% increase to his abilities. He gets 10%. If he bonds four pokegirls, he gets 40%.

It's completely unknown how common this gift is. However, it should be noted that few will ever be able to tap this consciously, even if they do possess it. For every 15% gained, the player may, depending on DM ruling, increase a stat by 1 point. However, if the pokegirl dies or is otherwise removed from the tamer by dimensional means (the tamer can still retain this if said pokegirl goes to the Astral or Etherial (sp?) planes), the bonus and stat increase are lost immediately.

This may, depending on GM rulings, allow the tamer to use human allies towards this increase.

Name: Psychic Guardian

Requirements: Bonding or Recognition and Intelligence or Wisdom over 12.

Gaining the ability: When a tamer has bonded at least one pokegirl, roll 1d20 versus their intelligence or wisdom (player's choice). If the roll is under that stat, they gain this power.

Between a tamer and his bonded pokegirl, there is a connection on a psychic level. Using this blood gift, it is possible for the Tamer to use a latent psychic talent to shield the pokegirl from damage. In cases when shielding is not possible, the tamer may pull the damage from the pokegirl to themselves.

While the tamer loses HP, neither they or their pokegirl can be killed through this manner, they are simply rendered unconscious. Any attack that would draw blood or would be fatal to the pokegirl regenerates instantly.

If the character's HP drops to half, they must roll versus constitution to continue using the power. If the character's HP drop to 3, they must roll save versus death or faint immediately. If the character's HP drops to 0, they faint and lose 1 HP from their max HP permanently. The character regains HP lost in this manner at a rate of 4 HP a day.

Name: Void Damage

Requirements: Bonding or Recognition and Inteligence or Wisdom over 12.

Gaining the ability: The tamer must be aware that they have bonded. Roll 1d20 versus the character's intelligence or wisdom stat (player's choice, mark the stat). If the roll is lower than the stat, they gain this ability.

Special Note: A character can have this ability and Psychic Guardian, but only one may be used per turn.

Using a latent psi-healing power, a tamer can reduce damage done to his pokegirl by half. In cases where the pokegirl may die, this ability can regenerate them back to life. However, the cost for this ability is a bit high.

The tamer loses 1 point of from their chosen stat temporarily for every use of this ability. If the character's stat falls to half, they must roll versus constitution to continue using this power. If the character's stat falls to 3, the character must roll save versus death or faint immediately. If the character's stat falls to 0, they permanently lose 1 point from that stat and faint. Note that anything that requires this stat as a check while it is diminished is checked at the diminished stat's current level, not the max.

To restore lost stat points, the character must have a day of rest for every point, doing nothing more than they need for basic health and survival. If they do not get at least 16 hours of rest a day, the recovery is interupted and the day does not count towards the recovery.

Name: Blood Immunity

Requirements: Average to exceptional Constitution

Gaining the ability: The tamer/pokegirl must roll versus their constitution. If roll is under the stat, they gain this ability.

By using this power, the user may prevent foreign substances from invading their system. This negates ALL poisons, laxatives, powders, diseases and infections. This comes at a somewhat steep price.

The character must sacrafice 5 HP per use. If the character's HP falls below half, the character must roll versus constitution to use this again. If the character HP falls to 10, they must roll versus death or faint immediately after use.

If the character's HP falls to 0, they will die in a number of rounds equal to their constitution unless they get immediate treatment.

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Legendary Pokegirls - While the Legendary Pokegirls Typhoona and Cocoona were known world while, the Crimson League's military was forced to deal with three of the numerous Legendary Pokegirls all on their own, due to the worldwide disruption.

Titania the Stone Titan - Believed to be created by Sukebe, though some rumors say that this legendary pokegirl was made without Sukebe's supervision. This was the predecessor to the Onyx, though no one is certain why the Onyx are all so small by comparison as Titania was said to be triple the size of most Onyx that exist today. The Langoud's main cannon destroyed Titania's head and a majority of the stone titan's torso in a single shot. This earned the Langoud a permanent place in the history books.

Scylla the Water Fiend - While Titania controlled the continent she was on, Scylla disrupted sea trade. Scylla's control of water within one mile of her was absolute, though this did not save her from the Langoud's cannon, which shot from six miles away to annihilate the water fiend when she came to a port to feed on humans.

Kary the Volcano Mistress - Said to be the predessor of all fire pokegirls, Kary had four arms and red skin. All four arms wielded swords which she used to cut humans in half and her fire allowed her to devour her opponents within minutes. The heat from her body deflected bullets. Kary even survived a shot from the Langoud's main cannon. Kary was finally killed at the end of the Sukebe War after a combined effort of the Amazons, the Ice Maidens and one hundred of the finest martial artists in the Crimson League area.

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Crimson League Pokedex

Widow, the killer spider pokegirl
Type: Animorph
Element: Poison
Frequency: Very Very Uncommon (Crimson League)
Diet: Anything non-rock or wood
Role: Not discovered until after Sukebe War
Libido: No one wants to know
Strong Vs: All, but Fire and Electricity
Weak Vs: Fire, Electricity
Attacks: String Shot, Toxic Needle, Sleep Poison, Disembowel, Glare
Enhancements: Speed, Strength, Endurance, etc.
Evolves: No one wants to know
Evolves From: Unknown
Bounty: 3,000 CL Credits for confirmed information.
15,000 CL Credits for confirmed extermination.

Description: A Widow had four legs and four arms, two of which end with hands and the other two end in blades. The Widow's Carpace is incredibly dense and the only two confirmed ways of killing a Widow is with Fire or Electricity.

Widows have three confirmed parts of their life cycles, all of which were discovered by the reknown Widow Slayer. The first is the Berserk Stage, where they kill almost everything in the immediate area.

Second is the Web Stage, where they create a web to hold captured prey until they mate. The web is generally ten to twenty feet above ground level and held between six or seven trees/rocks. Any female or unsuitable male captured at this time will remain alive until the Widow has found a suitable male to mate with and it is at this time that the Widow will use it's Sleep Poison rather than it's Toxic Needle. For anyone who wishes to distract a Widow long enough to free any caught in the web, a sack of flour or a large amount of dirt and a bottle of alcohol, preferally industrial grade, should be on hand. The dirt/flour should be flung all over the web and the alcohol poured on the trapped individuals. The Widow is very meticulous about cleaning it's web and will ignore fleeing prey to clean it's web. Fleeing immediately is advised as the Widow becomes more violent after every forced cleaning of it's web.

Third is the Mating Stage, where they find a cave or tunnel or create one of their own, to lay eggs. This is often the most difficult stage to defeat a Widow at as their strength doubles and they become one and half times as fast. When at this stage, it is said that Widows MAY regain the lost intelligence as well as their ability to speak, though this fact has been largely ignored by all Leagues in light of their atrocities.

It has been confirmed by the Crimson League Authorities that the Wasp may have something to do with the Widow, as there is almost always a Hive of Wasps in the same area as a Widow. As such, Wasps were raised from third least wanted pokegirl to second least wanted pokegirl. It is also believed that Widows of the third stage may create new Widows from captures pokegirls of varying types.

AuPairSex, the fungal pokegirl
Type: Animorph
Element: Bug/Grass
Frequency: Rare (Crimson League)
Diet: Water, Fertilizer
Role: Domestic helper
Libido: Low (High in Breeding Season)
Attacks: Vine Whip, Powder Spray, Razor Leaf, Spore*
Strong Vs: Rock, Water
Weak Vs: Fire, Ice attacks
Enhancements: None
Evolves: None
Evolves From: AuPair
Bounty: 1,000 for information leading to non-sterilized AupairSex during Breeding Season
5,000 for extermination/sterilization of wild AuPairSex during Breeding Season.

This bug/grass-type PokéWoman is quite handy around the house, but must be sterilized or restrained durring breeding season. The AuPairsex' 'breasts' are actually fungi and, while these may look attractive when they grow to fruition, they are actually extremely dangerous. AuPairsex reproduce by spraying other PokéWomen, or humans, with seed spores that then transform the victim into an AuPair.

Because of their reproduction methods, the Crimson League puts heavy fines on farms that do not keep track of AuPair or AuPairSex. It is illegal to not sterilize an AuPairSex during Breeding Season.

AuPair, the fungal pokegirl
Type: Animorph
Element: Bug/Grass
Frequency: Rare (Crimson League)
Diet: Water, Fertilizer
Role: Domestic helper
Libido: Low (High in Breeding Season)
Attacks: Vine Whip, Powder Spray, Razor Leaf, Spore*
Strong Vs: Rock, Water
Weak Vs: Fire, Ice attacks
Enhancements: None
Evolves: None
Evolves From: AuPair
Bounty: 1,000 for information on wild AuPair or AuPairSex
500 for bringing infected individuals to a Pokecenter for reverse treatment.

These are the unfortunate Pokegirls or humans who have been sprayed with spores from an AuPairSex. AuPair are not able to produce the spores to transform other humans/pokegirls into AuPair. Thanks to the work of both Professor Washu of the Crimson League and Professor Stroak of the Indigo League, there is now an antivirus to reverse the AuPair process.

However, depending on how long the AuPair spores have had to sink in, the affected individuals may not return to their original gender or pre-threshold state, meaning that once free of the AuPair spores, one may undergo Threshold a second time. It is also confirmed that Jahana Corporation's anti-threshold serum prevents the spores from taking hold.

Golden Elf, the radiant pokegirl
Type: Near Human
Element: Magic
Frequency: Rare (Crimson League)
Diet: Human diet
Role: Of domestic helper or trophy wife
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Psychic, Magic
Weak Vs: Fighting, Grass
Attacks: Attract, Shield, Magic Missile, Dodge
Enhancements: Magic affinity and knowledge
Evolves: None
Evolves From: Drow Zee (Angel Stone)

One can tell a Drow Zee from a Golden Elf by looking at their hair. A Golden Elf's hair is always golden and if they've bathed within the last hour, any light source will cause their hair to glow with a golden aura.

This evolution of the Drow Zee loses it's psychic powers in exchange for beauty, magical powers and a high resistance to psychic or magical attacks. Indeed, the Golden Elf has much more magical power than most other elves of equal level. Unfortunately, the Golden Elf's increases magical and psychic defense lowers their physical defense drastically. Golden Elves take triple damage from any Fighting attack. Also, they cannot fight plant pokegirls because of moral reasons.

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Wild Horses & Pokegirls - Crimson League
Chapter 15 - Banquets And Skeletons

Fatora entered the banquet hall and frowned. For the most part, the hall was still largely open as quite a few guests had sent their pokegirls back to their pokeballs. The females still present were pokegirls who'd opted to stay in the banquet until sufficiently wooed or until midnight.

Fatora knew Makoto was probably still watching the Race, so she'd opted to look for someone that she could entice. After all, there were well over a hundred pokegirls in the Banquet and most would at least be intrigued by a female tamer. Fatora congratulated herself for having such a brilliant idea.

Entering behind her was a hungry Lina Inverse, who took one look at the free food at the buffet and skittered over, her mouth watering. As Reimi and Yuka entered the banquet hall, they overhead a call from a chef who hurryng after Lina, "Ma'am, please don't take the steam tray! MA'AM!"

Smiling as she and Yuka headed for the drink table, Reimi wondered if Lina was a wild pokegirl that had snuck into town or if she was a tamer who was that hungry. Either way, it was amusing seeing the panicked chef trying to retrieve the steam tray.

Reimi picked up a bottle of fruit punch as Yuka picked up a bottle of grape juice. Noticing Lina's bizarre path was heading for the punch table, both Reimi and Yuka retreated to a corner, where a green-haired pokegirl was already sitting. Reimi took note of the girl's light blue dress, blue eyes and depressed demeanor all in a swift glance.

"Not having fun?" Reimi inquired.

"Well, no. Not really." the girl answered.

"My name is Reimi, how do you do?" Reimi asked.

"Kiyone, and all right, I guess." the girl answered.

"Underwent threshold recently?" Reimi asked, glancing at the girl's cat ears.

Kiyone nodded.

"Let me guess, you wanted to do one of the other trials instead, but you were talked into this by a friend?" Reimi asked.

Kiyone nodded again and glared at a blue-eyed Golden Elf that was currently surrounded by male tamers.

"Well, it could be worse. You could be where that A-bra is." Reimi said, motioning to a short-haired blonde-haired A-bra that was also surrounded by men. The A-bra was looking around nervously.

"What's wrong with her?" Yuka inquired, now curious at the sight of the uncomfortable A-bra.

"I think she's... you know." Reimi suggested, motioning vaguely.

Yuka took note of the direction Reimi's motioned in and nodded in understanding. She jogged over to the group and shoved her way through before taking the girl's hand and leading her to the destination Reimi had motioned to: the bathroom.

"Well, that wasn't entirely what I was implying, but I suppose it can't hurt for Yuka to have another pokegirl." Reimi noted.

"You mean you could tell she was a lesbian from this distance?" Kiyona inquired.

"Well, it wasn't so much that as it was her extreme discomfort with so many guys. At the very least, she would appreciate being away from them," Reimi answered, before pointing to a Bunny who had about six tamers around her, "Take her for example. She looking at the guy to her right a lot more than she is at any of the others. In fact, she doesn't look at the other guys when they're talking, she closes her eyes. But when he talks, she gives him her full attention."

"Wow.... you must interact with a lot of people to notice that. So, where are you from?" Kiyone asked.

"I'm from Tentaculus. It's where the Jahana Corporation's main building is." Reimi responded.

"Hmmm...." Kiyone answered lazily, "I hear that Tentaculus is a nice city."

"And we have the Widow Slayer to thank for that. He set into motion the group that would become the Hunter's Guild, which is already considered better than any other League when it comes to dealing with Widows and the like." Reimi responded.

"He must've been one heck of a good fighter." Kiyone noted.

"He had to have been to take down three Widows." Reimi agreed.

"Have you ever met him?" Kiyone asked.

Reimi shook her head, "My mother told me that I've met him, but I just can't remember him. Of course, after his third confirmed kill, he took off for who knows where."

"Maybe he went Widow hunting or something." Kiyone noted.

"Well, if he did, he's either missed every Widow since, he hates public attention or he's dead. No record of him has shown up since." Reimi answered.

"That's not true. I heard he was in Nice Peaks a week or so back. He beat the Gym Leader." Kiyone answered.

Reimi arched an eyebrow. She must have missed him by a few days.

The mansion was quiet. Too quiet for most normal people to stand. However, were a sound to be heard from the other occupants that was not a spoken voice, the one responsible would be punished. Kyoko Kirishima was very strict on that point.

Kyoko was known to those who were aware she existed as the Kunoichi Mistress. She was one of the very few people in the Crimson League that was responsible for training and breeding Kunoichi.

"Lady, pardon my intrusion." came an request.

"You are pardoned. What is worth the intrusion?" Kyoko asked.

"Lady, Miko and Fubuki were defeated at the annual July festival. the kunoichi began.

"What type of pokegirls did the tamer use?" Kyoko inquired.

"The tamer himself caught them. He seemed to have a psychic talent for slowing their reactions or else he was unnaturally fast." the kunoichi answered.

"Caught them himself? Intriguing. Is there anything else?" Kyoko asked.

"Reimi Jahana, the one who... won Chiho from you, was spotted at the festival in the company of the same man." the kunoichi declared.

Kyoko's eyes narrowed, "I see. Then I will have to investigate these matters personally."

"Ah." the kunoichi responded.

"Very well, return to the festival, but remain discreet. I do not want Reimi to know I am coming to challenge her for Chiho." Kyoko delcared.

The kunoichi bowed, then vanished. Kyoko stood up and glanced at a soundproof metal door. It opened as if sensing her gaze. Kyoko smiled as she entered the room. A young dark-haired kunoichi was shackled to the far wall while a randy Dildorino pumped into her double ended sex toy into the unwilling kunoichi. The kunoichi struggled, but there wasn't enough room to try to even grab the Dildorino, let alone shove the other pokegirl away.

"Bosatsu, have you learned from your last mistake?" Kyoko asked.

The kunoichi's eyes focused on her mistress and she nodded weakly.

"Very good," Kyoko said, nodding in approvement, before turning her attention to the Dildorino, "Miyu, I am afraid your time is up."

The Dildorino turned and glared at Kyoko angrily for a few seconds before reluctantly sending her double-ended dildo away.

"Let her down." Kyoko commanded, before gazing at Bosatsu, "You and Ranmaru are going to investigate a male tamer."

Bosatsu's eyes widened a bit and shined with delight. She loved working with her elder sister.

Kyoko's eyes became hard in response, "If you lose track of him, I will allow Miyu to have you permanently."

Bosatsu winced and nodded, before glaring at the randy pokegirl who had tortured her.

"You may bathe first." Kyoko declared, before turning and leaving.

"My lady, what has this fool done to warrant your attention?" Bosatsu inquired.

Kyoko smiled inwardly. Bosatsu mixed curiosity with compliments very well, "The 'fool' managed to catch both Miku and Fubuki without using pokegirls."

Ben sneezed abruptly. Shaking his head, he headed into the banquet hall. Quickly, he was surrounded by a large number of tamers vying for attention of pokegirls and trying to ply them with their charms. Ben wondered if they'd ever considered backing off and taking turns, but decided that it was just silly to think that.

"Ah, there you are..." came Aunty Aqua's voice.

Ben turned to see Aunty Aqua and four dark haired girls. The first was a girl only slightly taller than Aunty Aqua with short black hair. She wore a cute pink and white outfit complete with a pink cap and pink boots. Her violet eyes were shining with happiness.

The second was a pale girl with long black hair that hung at the same level as her back. She wore a dark blue jacket over a yellow vest and white shirt. A grey skirt completed the outfit.

The third girl also had long violet-tinted black hair and wore a long black dress. Both her hair and dress seemed to melt into her shadow, confusing Ben as to how long her hair and dress were. She was just as pale as her second sister.

And the last girl was a busty girl with chestnut brown hair and red eyes. She wore the same outfit as her second sister.

"Aunty?" Ben inquired.

"These are my grand daughters." Aunty Aqua began, motioning to the first girl, "Rena..."

"My name is Setsuna." the second girl spoke up, a blush forming on her cheeks.

"I'm Nine, but you can call me Nine-chan." the third girl said, tossing her hair to show that it was much longer than Ben had expected as she fluttered her eyes at Ben.

"And my name is Tifa. I'm named after the Tiff in the Kaballah." the fourth girl said, smiling sweetly at Ben.

Ben got a sinking feeling in his stomach, but he managed to look outwardly happy to meet the quintet, "Uh, hi. My name is Ben."

Aunty Aqua smiled, "I told my granddaughters all about how you kindly carried me around and they decided that they would like you to be their tamer... except Rena, of course. She's much too young right now for such things."

Rena pouted as she weakly protested, "Am too..."

Ben considered his options quickly. If he refused, they might get mad at him, but if he took them along..., "But don't you need them around?"

"Oh, heavens no. I'm their guardian, after all, and Rena can help me around the house." Aunty Aqua responded.

"Oh, we don't need you to tame us everyday. We know you've got four other girls and I, for one, wouldn't mind sharing." Nine spoke up.

"Besides, you're entering the Fighting League, right? We all can be of help!" Tifa joined in.

Setsuna's blush deepened as she tried not to look at Ben directly while still sneaking peeks at him, "And we all know how to cook..."

Ben glanced around. There were plenty of shocked and astounded tamers, "NO WAY! He's getting Nine and Tifa?!" "Man, I wanted Setsuna!" "Awwww!" "FUCK! I knew I should've been faster!" "I wish I'd gotten those pokegirls she wanted." "Did ANYONE remember that challenge in time?" "Hell no."

Ben did his best to sound accepting of the decision, "That's... that's... great..."

Ranmaru hugged her little sister, who was happily crying as she was finally in her older sister's arms. The younger girl looked up at her elder sister and stroked Ranmaru's long dark ponytail.

"Oh, Ranmaru, I thought I might never see you again." Bosatsu whimpered.

"I did not think I would gaze upon you either, Bo-chan." Ranmaru answered.

"I wish Lady Kyoko hadn't let Miyu punish me. She always slobbers all over me." Bosatsu complained.

"Yes, her technique could really use polish." Ranmaru agreed.

"I swear, I'd rather be with a male tamer than her." Bosatsu growled.

Ranmaru smiled, "Yes, but you'd rather be with me than any male tamer."

Bosatsu sighed as she laid her head on her elder sister's bosom, "That goes without saying, Ranchan."

"In any case, we must find the tamer who has Fubuki and Miko." Ranmaru interupted.

"Awww...." Bosatsu protested.

"Remember, Bo-chan, we must do this or else you will wind up Miyu's toy." Ranmaru responded.

Bosatsu looked depressed, but reluctantly pulled away.

"I don't mind Miko, but I don't like Fubuki or Miyu. I swear, Miko's the only good one of her entire family, save her mother." Bosatsu murmurred.

"Then look at this as helping Miko out." Ranmaru responded.

Bosatsu nodded.

Wyna sighed as she waited for Ben to come. She could still remember the day he came to their small group of orphans, runaways and homeless kids. He was always carrying a secret like a dead weight. Of course, she knew if he was the sort that didn't like to burden others with his pain.

He was very important, even if he didn't feel that way about himself. He was like that back when he joined Jyabil. He probably didn't even realize how quickly Jyabil had come to rely on his support, especially when it came to getting food from the townsfolk. When Jyabil died two years later at the hands of a Widow, it was Ben who'd saved everyone from the Widow.

After that, Ben had reorganized everyone. He started their training, getting them in shape for the lives they would lead later. He'd gotten himself and the older children minor jobs to help buy food honestly and had talked old man Grapple into giving them a few large and vacant warehouses for shelter. It wasn't long before the group grew to include most of the homeless and there was rarely a shortage of food or clothing. He helped coax the girls who began Thresholding into seeing their change as an advantage, not a freakish mutation. Many were likely waiting for him to grow up before they asked him to be their tamer.

He was the one to inspire the Hunter's Guild. And as the only combat-ready group in Tentaculus, as the rest had been slaughtered by the same Widow who'd killed Jyabil, they served as defenders against outbreaks of Wasps, Vampires and any berserk monsters, including the Widows.

But his disappearance disillusioned almost all of them. Only Ihrie remained in the Hunter's Guild.

Wyna had spent many nights wondering what had forced Ben away. And now she knew. Jennifer and Ben recognized each other. When Jennifer died, Ben would've gone to be alone. Of course, Ben never saw the massive search party formed by the entire city. Nearly everyone in town looked up to Ben, who was only twelve or thirteen at the time.

And now, he had shown up again as a Tamer, five years later.

Wyna couldn't help but wonder what things might have been like if Jennifer hadn't died. The girl had still been in the process of Thresholding when they'd gone to clear that Wasp Hive. Wyna wondered what Jennifer might have turned into. If it reflected her love with Ben, likely a passionate pokegirl like the Growlie, Tigress, Succubus or a Foxx.

Then again, Threshold was rarely fair when one didn't know who one's parents were. She might have wound up a Hag or a Youma. Or maybe a Spinnertit. Wyna didn't care for that type of pokegirl at all.

One feral Spinnertit had bitten her when she was young and if Ben and Jyabil hadn't managed to get an antidote, Wyna might have died. However, she hadn't gotten away scotfree. Her vision started screwing up shortly after. Ben got her some medicinal eye patches to clear her sight up. She'd become endeared to him after that. And it had lead Jyabil to make Ben his unofficial second in command.

Someone knocked on the door.

"Enter." Wyna called.

Meis and Sodina entered. Sodina spoke first, "Hey, Wyna. You asked us to come up here after our shifts were done."

"Are we going to play Hide The Snake?" Meis asked.

Sodina bapped Meis lightly despite her forceful statement of "IDIOT!"

Wyna smiled, despite the tired routine, "No, I asked you two up here because I met someone we all know earlier today."

"Who? Joe, Ihrie..." Meis began rattling off names.

"Ben." Wyna responded.

Sodina and Meis stared at Wyna. Sodina asked first, "Are you joking?"

"Hey, after five years, you know I don't joke about meeting people. I joke about what I've done with them." Wyna retorted.

Meis became nervous, "I-i wonder if he's come back because I haven't kept up my sword training..."

"No, and he's not here about your style of blacksmithing either." Wyna told him.

Meis and Sodina's faces turned bright red as Meis answered, "I keep telling you that Spirit Blacksmithing requires someone you show affection for to be with you while you smith!"

"Yes, but getting blowjobs while you're smithing is still dangerous, Meis." Wyna shot back.

"So, did he tell you why he left?" Sodina asked.

"It was Jennifer... she passed on. I didn't get the details from him, but I think it might have been the last Widow's fault." Wyna responded.

Meis winced. Sodina paled.

"I don't want you two to bring up anything about Jennifer or about him leaving. It probably took all he had to keep going this long. Of course, the biggest shock is that he became a tamer." Wyna answered.

Sodina smiled, "That means I get a ten percent raise."

Wyna grumbled, but continued, "Anyway, he's done so much for all of us and if he's not too busy, I'd like to give him one of our best girls."

"What, like Nelsha?" Meis asked.

Wyna frowned, "I said 'best', not 'weirdest'. That girl's just too damn creepy."

"Just because she's a Ditto that's easily susceptible to possession by ghost pokegirls..." Sodina began.

"That's just it, it's not always ghost pokegirls. Remember that schoolgirl who spoke gibberish? Where the hell did she come from? How about that gun-toting commando girl?" Wyna asked.

Sodina's attempt at defending Nelsha faltered.

"Anyway, I was thinking more along the lines of our rare pokegirls. Like Metalia." Wyna stated.

"Metalia? Miss Iron Maiden is more concerned with her library than dating any man." Meis snorted.

"Correction: Dating any _weak_ man. We all know Iron Maidens select the strongest males they can to breed with. Most wind up using iron dildos or artificial insemination anyway." Wyna answered.

Meis winced at the 'weak' part. Being a blacksmith meant he had more strength than most men, but even he wasn't an equal to Metalia when she exerted herself as she might in a passionate embrace.

"I think Meis was right, at least in part. Besides, he might not need anymore pokegirls if he was here today. I'm sure he must have about ten pokegirls by now." Sodina answered.

"I suppose you _are_ right. I just want to do something nice for him." Wyna declared.

"How about giving him authorization to use any training room or hotel we own or sponsor?" Meis inquired.

Sodina and Wyna stared at Meis.

"What? Look, I like to think I know enough about gift giving to be an authority." Meis responded.

A green-haired girl entered the room, "Miss Wyna? Your guest is here and he brought two friends."

"Thank you, Kyleen. Send him and his friends up." Wyna responded.

"You think the two friends Kyleen mentioned are his Alphas?" Sodina asked.

"Possibly, but we shouldn't jump to conclusions. They might be fellow tamers." Wyna declared.

Lina stared at the three pokeballs containing Misa, her Naga; Gracia, her Sorceress; and Amelia, her Amazonchan. Taming Sylphiel and Misao wasn't anything special. After all, Misao had been in dire need the first time, so it was to save the poor girl from suffering. After that, Misao and Sylphiel had been fully aware of what they were doing when they had sex with Lina.

But taming strangers was still difficult to Lina. She'd never thought of herself as the sort of person who had sex flagrantly. In her mind, sex had always been a romantic thing to share with someone special. And while she thought all the pokegirls were special, the mood seemed sort of... unromantic.

Plus, there was the question surrounding Misa. Lina knew of three variants of the Naga. The first was the curse version, where the person's body was replaced by that of a serpent. The second was where they had the upper torso of a human, but lacked arms and had a serpent's body in place of their legs. The final version was one that was said to be a Half-Naga, where the Naga had an upper torso and arms of a human, but the lower half of a human.

She knew Misa had arms, so she was of the last variant. That wasn't the major point. Some Half-Nagas were said to be able to be able to transform into humans, but Lina didn't know if that ability was with the second or third version of the Naga.

If Misa was able to change into a human, Lina wouldn't have to make any compromises. If Misa wasn't able to change, then Lina would have to find out how to do the taming in a different manner.

Then there was Gracia. Lina wasn't sure if she could bring herself to tame the woman who reminded her too much of Naga the White Serpent. It would bring up strange questions like: if she and her world's Naga had shacked up, would she had been able to tolerate Naga more or would Naga have ditched some of the more annoying traits for Lina's sake? Would it have ended the same way: an argument over who had to pay for their meals and hotel room?

And finally, Lina wondered if she was really up to taming Amelia. The short girl was so naive, it felt like leering at a five year old girl to Lina and that left the sorceress-turned-tamer all creeped out.

"Something wrong, Lina-chan?" Misao asked.

"Sort of. I can't really bring myself to tame these girls. Every time I think about it, I run into a thought that creeps me out and then I lose all desire to do it." Lina answered.

"Well, how about Sylphiel and I help?" Misao suggested.

"Really?" Lina asked.

"Sure. A lot of tamers have their own pokegirls tame each other. It cuts down on the work the tamer has to do. I can tame Misa." Misao replied.

"But are you sure you want to tame Misa?" Lina inquired.

"I... can't really blame her. To be honest, she showed us that she doesn't have much willpower on her own, so she was likely telling us the truth about being forced to bite me. Besides, Nagas are mostly lesbians, so her last tamer probably offered me to her so he could keep her in line." Misao responded.

"And how about Sylphiel?" Lina asked.

"Maiden.... shield shield maiden shieldmaiden, maiden." Sylphiel responded.

Lina glanced at Misao, who answered Lina's unspoken question, "She said 'I'll do whatever you'd like me to do, Miss Lina."

Lina shrugged, "All right, why don't you take Amelia? I guess that leaves me with Gracia." [I guess it's was time to wake up and face the music. Gracia isn't Naga the White Serpent. She's an entirely different person.]

Back in the Slayers universe...

"AAAA-AAA--AAAAAAAH-CHOOOOOOOO!!" Naga sneezed.

"Hey, that was pretty loud, sis. Someone must be thinking about you." Amelia wil Tesla Saillune teased.

"Of course! No one can forget NAGA THE WHITE SERPENT! OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOOO!" Naga laughed.

"Sis, you promised you'd stop laughing the instant you took off that bikini of mom's. And you aren't adventuring anymore, Gracia-oneechan." Amelia whined, uncovering her ears.

"Sorry, old habits die hard." Naga/Gracia answered.

Back in the Crimson League world...

Lina was about to let Gracia out when a chill ran up her spine. She shrugged it off. There was no way Naga could be in this new world.

The tour wasn't exactly astounding for Ben or Reimi, but Yuka paused to watched the various pokegirls in the water tanks.

"Wow, you must have over a hundred here..." Yuka said, gaping.

"Actually, it's closer to three hundred. The Langoud's collection of water pokegirls is much greater than this, though. It's the reason we're currently ranked at the top of the Professional Breeders. We take injured or weak pokegirls and help them increase their fortitude using methods that were developed by Ben." Sodina answered.

Yuka blinked, "Ben created the methods?"

Sodina smiled, "Ben may not be bright in what society might deem 'intellectual' information, but when it comes to practical information, he's the best person to talk to. Of course, the methods he devised were primarily for young children, so with pokegirls of any age, we have to increase the methods a bit."

"Really? Wow." Yuka responded.

"Didn't you know that?" Sodina asked.

"Not really. He's a good fighter, I knew that, but when we first met, he didn't seem to have much of a grasp for sexual techniques, though now I'd say he's fairly competent. If he gets another year or two at the same learning curve, he'll probably be declared a genius." Yuka responded.

"It's understandable. He's always been driven by a passion and a fear." Sodina answered.

"A fear?" Yuka asked.

"I'm afraid it doesn't put itself into words well. Ben is afraid of disappointing those he cares about, so when something might disappoint them, he tries harder to do his best. Of course, even he must remember that he is still human." Sodina sighed.

"Hmmmm...." Yuka considered the statement, as well as the fact that she hadn't inquired much of Ben's life despite having spent roughly two weeks as his friend.

"In any case, it's getting late, and I'm sure you've got pokegirls you need to tame." Wyna announced, "So, we'll give you some spare rooms."

The three tamers nodded.

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Jigglyslut, the air-headed pokegirl
Type: Near human
Element: Normal
Frequency: Common (Crimson League)
Diet: Fruits
Role: Morale boosters
Libido: Average to High
Strong Vs: Normal, Water
Weak Vs: Fighting, Magic, Birds
Attacks: Sing, Double Slap, Screech, Hyper Slap
Enhancements: Lung capacity, flexibility, stretchability
Evolves: Wigglymuff
Evolves From: Igglyrunt

Jigglysluts are singers by profession. Much like Divas, their songs are very effective and can induce a mood. Most, if they don't want to fight or if they don't want to be caught, usually lull people to sleep.

Unlike Divas, Jigglysluts are fairly useful in combat, even they are unable to sing. Jigglysluts have a mean slap that has a 25% chance of stunning the victim. Jigglysluts are occassionally sought after because they have soft stretchable skin and very flexible in bed.

Joltina, the lightning pokegirl
Type: Animorph, Humanoid
Element: Electricity
Frequency: Uncommon (Crimson League)
Diet: Berries, nuts, common pokechow
Role: Storm generation
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Water, Wind
Weak Vs: Rock
Attacks: Thunder Bolt, Quick Attack, Thunder, Thunderwave, Static Barrier
Enhancements: Agility, Electrical powers
Evolves: None
Evolves From: Eva

Joltinas are, perhaps, the least common of all Eva evolutions. Joltinas are less favored as they are not as fluid as Vaporitas can be nor as warm as Flareas are. As such, they tend to be looked upon as less than attractive. Outside of a need of a battle, tamers will usually just sell them to electric pokegirl lovers.

Joltinas have recently also been employed in mines as sources of light as they can use the Flash technique.

Cutiepie, the cute psychic pokegirl
Type: Near Human
Element: Normal/Psychic
Frequency: Common (Crimson League)
Diet: Fruits and pokechow
Role: Distraction
Libido: Low
Strong Vs: Psychic, Wind/Flying
Weak Vs: Fighting, Dragon
Attacks: Psybeam, Metronome, Hypnosis, Psywave, Pound
Enhancements: Psychic talents, cute factor
Evolves: Cutefable
Evolves From: Cutie

A less sexual-oriented sister to the Clitfairy, the Cutiepie was used as a distraction. They would often hypnotize humans into focusing on them and creating 'cute' disasters while more stealthy pokegirls snuck in. Most Cutiepies love looking adorable and huggable to actual sexiness, thus they are not as sought after by most tamers. Cutiepies come very close to the natural adorableness of a feral Eva.

A-bra, the psychic pokegirl
Type: Near Human
Element: Psychic
Frequency: Uncommon (Crimson League)
Diet: Human diet
Role: Psychics
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Magic, Fighting
Weak Vs: Fire, Electric
Attacks: Psybeam, Foresight, Mind Read, Psychic
Enhancements: Psychic powers
Evolves: Ka-D-abra (normal evolution), Alakapam (normal evolution)

A-bras are not very popular because of their diminished bust size. Indeed, many A-bras lament over a lack of admirers, but there are still a category of tamers, watchers and professors willing to have them, either as lab assistants or as drill instructors as they can coax many more timid pokegirls past their insecurities.

A-bras are still fairly powerful when it comes to fighting, but because of the natural aggressiveness and overwhelming willpower found in most electric and fire pokegirls, A-bras often find themselves distracted by either fear or lust.

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Wild Horses & Pokegirls - Crimson League
Chapter 16 - Hotels And Hot, Hot, Hot Orgy Action

Ben considered his twelve pokegirls. The first four, he knew and trusted with his life. The last eight, three were enthusiastic, two were indifferent (or at least undecided) and the final three were a mixture of aloof and upset.

Dumber tamers would have gone around humping each girl whether she liked it or not. Crueler tamers would have forced themselves on each. Foolish tamers would have waited for each to accept him. Ben was none of those three, but since he was their tamer, he had to get the girls to at least accept his presense or give them to another tamer.

He was a leader by instinct and his gut told him that while the five less enthusiatic ones weren't currently happy (obviously because they hadn't won like they had planned), they were nonetheless pleased that their tamer wasn't a drooling idiot or a cruel sonovabitch.

Ben also had the feeling that all of the new girls were, in some way, used to fighting or at least the concept of fighting. So, Ben had a brilliant idea, "Okay, here's the deal. I don't _need_ to state the obvious, but I will nonetheless. Five of you aren't exactly happy that I manage to catch you. I understand that. You were all planning to win without being caught, but I managed to screw that up. So, I'll give you five a fair chance to back out on this arrangement."

The Cheetahs, Kunoichi and the Peekabu tilted their heads slightly in combined confusion.

Ben continued, "I'm not the sort of tamer who enjoys forcing himself on those who are completely unwilling. So, here's the deal: You have five days to decide whether or not you want to come with me. If you don't want to come, I'll give you to a different tamer or a civilian that you prefer."

Ben let that statement sink before adding, "I'll state right here and now that I'm planning on entering the Combat Leagues and I'd like a team in reserve in case someone sprains an ankle, breaks an arm or leg or becomes ill in a manor that is not immediately curable. For that, I need at least twelve pokegirls. I'm probably not going to be taming all of you in one night or anything. I plan to rotate the group so that everyone gets a fair chance at being out and about. I am a tough trainer, but I'm not needlessly cruel. I'm needfully cruel."

"Needfully cruel?" came an inquiry from Brittany.

"I won't leave you with scars or whimpering at the sound of my name or anything, but I won't let you wimp out just because so-and-so is of a type that can beat you. That's what all my training is for. Bambi, as a Titmouse, battled a Pidgy that was much tougher than herself at the time and won." Ben explained.

Bambi blushed at the compliment and the mild awe from the five uncertain pokegirls.

Ben finished his statement, "In any event, what I'd like from each of you is a fair evaluation. As I already stated, if you sincerely don't think I'm the tamer for you, I can find you a number of other tamers or breeding farms which might be to your taste. In the meantime, you can do whatever you'd like."

The instant that last sentence left his mouth, Ben half-regretted it. Nine and Tifa pulled him forcefully to a nearby mattress, Fubuki zipped over to Kei, Brittany and Brianna began discussing something, Bambi started chasing Lita, Setsuna and Pirotess started a small discussion, while Elline and Miko sweatdropped as Ben's pants sailed over their heads.

Elline wondered aloud, "Is it always going to be this crazy?"

Miko arched an eyebrow, "You're staying?"

Elline pondered the question, "I don't know. I always wanted wind up with a female tamer. I can ask him if he knows any."

Miko was silent as she considered her options. On the one hand, it was obvious from his returned assertiveness with Nine and Tifa that he wasn't a wimp, but did she really want her first time to be with him? It was a question she'd have to answer.

Madam Arctica watched carefully. Even though for all intensive purposes, it appeared as though Ben was taming his Umbrea and Chocoboob, Arctica noticed the occassional glance in her direction. He knew he was being watched, but wasn't allowing that to spoil the mood. He was still on guard, though, and he had more pokegirls than she was sure she could handle.

The Umbrea, especially, posed a massive threat. Unlike the other evolutions, the Umbrea was capable of controlling darkness at will. If it so wanted, shadows, clothing, soda, anything that was dark in color could be it's weapon. Or so the rumors went. Arctica was positive that in a head-on attack, she would stand a fair chance at losing.

The Widow Slayer was a very important tool, right next to Madam Venom's research into controlling Widows, which was on the twenty fifth year now. If controlling Widows was deemed not possible, a more effective battle plan for destroying them would be required. After all, when the Madams took over the world, they wanted complete superiority.

Seducing him was a definite possibility. Unlike some human men, the Widow Slayer was not immune to the charms of women. Unfortunately, Arctica had already planted a bad impression with him, meaning she could not do it herself, which was a personal pet peeve of hers. She disliked being reliant on others to do her work, but she understood there were limits to her skills.

If she removed one of his new pokegirls, he would be forced to replace her, allowing Arctica to plant a spy in his midst. And if he got the impression that some of the Madams were less evil than the rest, there was a chance at persuading him to join them willingly, which was a definite advantage over merely brainwashing him. Brainwashing had a pesky problem which resulted in a distinct loss of power and skill. Besides, there was also a chance of that his bond with his pokegirls was strong enough to allow him to resist any attempts at manipulating his memories.

Arctica noted to herself that there was something a tad arousing about the boy and how he made love with his pokegirls. Idly, she wondered what it might have been like had she given him the antithesis of her Ice Cloak, the Belt of Warmth, and had her way with him instead of leaving him behind.

Arctica's eyes widened as she noticed something unusual about how the two girls Ben was taming were acting. His primary pokegirls had gone in for some hanky panky of their own, Kei relenting to Fubuki's desire to caress her, Pirotess and Setsuna were making out, Lita was moaning as Bambi took her to a higher place, and the four girls who were left out were blushing intensely. Obviously, they were considering joining in on the fun.

Arctica turned to her personal assistant, the A-bra she'd had spying on Ben during the day, and inquired, "What's going on over there?"

The A-bra blinked as she lightly scanned the pokegirls who were engaged in sex, "You mean other than the fact that the tamer seems to be bonding with three pokegirls at once?"

Arctica glanced at the scene again, "He's only taming two."

"Yes, but he's now fully bonded to seven of the twelve pokegirls." the A-bra responded.

Arctica stared at the scene across the street, "He's bonding through one of his pokegirls? Is that even possible?"

"I believe it might be. The problem is that most tamers don't bond with more than one and those that do, usually don't manage to bond with more than three. I think Kintaro Oe managed to bond with his six, but outside of that, it's not that common and it's rarely on the first try." the A-bra explained.

Arctica considered that. The Widow Slayer was indeed an impressive person. Managing to defeat that which could stand against the Madams by himself, bonding with more than six pokegirls, and she had a feeling she hadn't scratched the surface of his impressive feats.

"When he cums, plant the transmitter somewhere he won't notice and get us out of here. I will have to consult the other Madams on this." Arctica declared.

The A-bra nodded.

[Madam Darkness must have had an inkling about this. She and I had best discuss what this means.] Madam Arctica inwardly seethed, hating the idea of having to relent to another Madam's words, let alone Madam Darkness's.

Yuka had a different approach to taming new girls to her group. She had the lights low, a few candles lit, and had a little soft music playing. She poured some chilled fruit punch into two plastic cups, cursing the fact that liquor was still a year out of her purchasing power due to that drinking age and thus robbing her of the classical chilled champagne. She was bathed, perfumed and looking hot in her favorite light pink lace panties. Everything was set.

She was a bit nervous, despite the fact that her new A-bra, Inez, had chosen her. She'd never tamed a Psychic pokegirl before and was uncertain if she had to go the full nine yards, but it certainly couldn't hurt.

Yuka braced herself, then released the blonde haired girl. The girl was a full foot shorter than Yuka. Her hair that reached her shoulders but was surprisingly straight.

Inez surprised Yuka by using her telekinesis to reach eyelevel before kissing her deeply. Tugging her new tamer to the bed, the A-bra teleported her dress onto a nearby hanger, leaving almost naked, save for a pair of white panties.

Inez smiled as Yuka took over, kissing the blonde on the lips in return, before nibbling her neck and sliding lower. Inez was a bit jealous of Yuka's better stature, but she knew her own breast size would improve when she evolved. Yuka's tongue circling Inez's right nipple cut off any further thought of logic. It was time to lose herself in the moment like she'd always dreamed.

Yuka's hands caressed Inez's body, exciting the A-bra further before Yuka began kissing her way down to Inez's stomach and then to the edge of the white panties. Inez's heart was pounding as Yuka rolled the panties down slowly, kissing the uncovered flesh and nuzzling the short blond pubic hair before finally pulling away. Inez felt a bit cheated as Yuka finally remove both of their panties and settled back between the blonde's thighs.

Inez closed her eyes as Yuka began softly kissing her way down the insides of the A-bra's thighs, stopping before she reached the nexus that Inez wanted kissd. Yuka moved back up Inez's thighs and repeated her kissing pattern, this time licking Inez's sensitive flesh, exciting the blonde even more before finally reaching the trembling girl's womanhood a second time. Gently, she kissed the lips, sending bolts of wonderful tingling shooting through Inez's body.

Inez clenched the bedsheets in her hands as Yuka's tongue slid into her slit and probed lightly before the tamer's arms slid underneath Inez's knees and gripped the A-bra's thighs. Inez cried out as Yuka buried her face in Inez's womanhood, licking, nibbling and nuzzling the A-bra into a very loud and powerful orgasm.

Yuka was too busy sampling her A-bra's sweet fluids to notice Inez's eyes beginning to glow yellow. She did, however, feel herself stiffen and pull away from Inez unwillingly. Yuka then took notice of her A-bra's eyes.

There was an event that occurred in some psychic pokegirls that both worried and excited tamers that regularly worked with psi-types. It was, in a way, a varient on Evolution/Threshold Shock, known as Demi-Shock. It only occurred when a mostly unevolved psi-type pokegirl experienced a strong or intense orgasm. The pokegirl's full psychic talent was activated, but left the pokegirl in a trance that continued the activity the pokegirl was engaged in prior to Demi-Shock, which was always sex. The tamer was at the mercy of the psychic pokegirl's baser whims. It was another thing that good tamers didn't need to fear, but bad tamers always feared.

Inez's eyes focused on Yuka's and Yuka felt a warm sensation engulf her. Yuka's mind ran through all the memories of prior taming sessions and fantasies, sending both Yuka and Inez over the edge of orgasm uncounted times before the glow in Inez's eyes faded. The A-bra and Yuka both collapsed, panting frantically from the psychic stimulus, but both too absorbed in the overwhelming afterglow to do any thinking.

Reimi smiled as she removed the double-ended dildo from Kiyone. Another girl satisfied. She turned to her Amazonlee, Kaori, and handed the Amazonlee the cum-coated dildo, "You and Lilica can use this now."

Kaori's face turn bright red, "Thank you, Mistress Reimi."

The dark-haired girl was about to clean the dildo off when Reimi spoke up, "No, use it as it is."

"Um, that's not entirely-" Kaori was about to protest.

"Oh, please. We're all perfectly healthy." Reimi scolded, before smiling, "And if you do use it as it is, I'll let you two play with Kiyone next."

Kaori nodded as she turned to the pink-haired Lilica, who shrugged and eased one end into her while Reimi watched intently.

"It's about as perverted as Maki used to get." Lilica responded, before adding, "At least neither end went up someone's ass."

"You mean-" Kaori inquired as she took the other end of the dildo into her, moaning a bit as she got use to the sensation.

"Well... when Maki got into one of her really weird fazes, she used to contemplate it, but Yuji always stopped her and forced her to wash it off." Lilica responded.

Kaori considered that fact, then shook her head. Some people were just super weird. It made Kaori glad that Reimi wasn't that perverted all the time.

Team Gundammers was a rather unorthodox group of Team Rocket copycats. While some of the Rocket copycats took up similar operating methods, one male tamer and two mascot pokegirls or two male tamers and one mascot pokegirl, Team Gundammers was very different.

At current count, there were about eighteen members, three of which were female tamers and the rest were pokegirls. The reasons for the unorthodox group was that they were actually trying to join the Limbec Pirates, but they didn't want to join as mere grunts. They wanted to be considered elites. Thus, why they were copying Team Rocket.

The female tamers involved in the group knew that they needed to get a good diversification of strong pokegirls to truly entice the Limbec Pirates into making them elites. Thus, they didn't focus on a single type. Plus, it allowed them to have varying amount of nookie when they wanted it.

Commander Lucrecia Noin, the leader of the group, considered her options. The mission plan was to sneak into a military base in Rage, steal some weapons that the humans used during the Sukebe War, wreck some labs and then leave before being detected. The problem was getting in. The place was like a Rubic's Cube. Every possible solution brought up a new problem.

Noin pointed to the map's sewer system, "We could easily sneak in through here and then-"

Yurika Misamaru shook her head, "No good, those sewers are too tight for most things to get through. The base's plumbing was built a long time ago, when expected that sort of thing. I think a more efficient plan would be to use Ruri's connection to Omoikane to-"

"I've checked, Miss Misamaru. The computer is in charge of security codes and the active sensors, like the cameras. We could use the codes to get in, but the computer can't open the gates, shut off the passive sensors or unbolt the doors." Ruri, a domesticate Kitten who had taken to wearing catgirl-esque pajamas, responded.

Sayla, an Elf, spoke up, "What about hypnotizing a guard?"

"There are passive Psychic/Magic sensors that prevent teleportation and mind control from going undetected. If we were to use psychic or magical energy at all, we'd be facing their full force as the entire base would be launched in full red alert." Ruri answered.

"We could smash our way in." Hilde, a Heroine, declared.

"No, because that would the same as using psychic or magic energy." Ruri answered.

"A diversionary tactic could draw the attention of the base elsewhere, then we could teleport in." Sayla suggested.

"It's a bit too risky. What we should do is try to cut out the electricity." Hilde offered.

"But there are three groups of generators in the event that outside power is cut." Ruri declared.

A haunting laugh filled the room and the five lead strategists for the team turned, reluctantly, to face a laughing blonde haired girl that had wicked looking eyebrows and a bored looking brunette girl standing behind her.

Dorothy Catalina, the blonde dominatrix of Team Gundammers, spoke as her laughter slowed, "I shall take care of the diversion. You need think of how best to get in and out. Just assume minimal guards will be in the area and the security sensors deactivated."

"They aren't tested." Relena, the bored looking brunette, warned Dorothy.

"They'll do for as long as we need them." Dorothy retorted.

"What are you talking about?" Noin demanded.

"A little surprise Relena and I cooked up with some help. In any case, you should focus on your half of the mission." Dorothy responded.

"That's nice, Dorothy, but you know I don't undergo a mission without knowing what everyone is going to be doing." Noin declared.

Dorothy sighed, rolled her eyes and huffed out, "Fine, I'll tell you."

Ben glanced back at the room. The two Cheetahs were curled up with Kei on a mattress, having fended Fubuki away. Despite the feline/canine rivalry that should have existed, the two Cheetahs seemed rather protective of the Growltit. The amorous kunoichi sat sulking in the corner with her sister, Miku, who was meditating.

Elline was sleeping on a second mattress with Lita, Bambi, Pirotess and Setsuna. Nine and Tifa were laying on the last mattress in a tangle. Sweaty, but satisfied. He draped a blanket over all three mattresses, doing his best not to cover anyone's head.

Now it was time to visit a balcony and think about what he was going to do. Clad in only a set of jeans, he found a balcony and stepped out on to it. A gentle breeze greeted his body, allowing him to cool off a bit from taming both Tifa and Nine.

"Ben?" came a voice.

Ben turned to see Meis.

"Hey, Mousie-kun." Ben joked.

Meis rolled his eyes. Because his name was pronounced 'mice', he often got mouse jokes sent his way.

"Yeah, keep chuckling. Muza did that until his sword broke. Then it was all apologies and pleading for me to fix it." Meis responded.

"Ouch! That had to be painful. For one thing, you're a blacksmith, not a doctor." Ben teased.

"I mean his broadsword!" Meis snapped.

"I call mine a claymore." Ben stated, before he busted up laughing.

Meis joined in on the chortling as it grew contagious.

They finally calmed down when Ben inquired, "So, Sodina's a Megami. Bet she can be tough on the skirt-chasing."

"I don't mind. Hell, she and I are so in love, I only joke about doing it with other girls. I still look, of course, but I never go for a second glance." Meis noted.

"Hmmm. Sounds like love has made you a new man." Ben noted.

Meis nodded, "There are times I can't even think of anything but being with her."

Ben half-smiled, "Love is a wonderful thing when you find it."

"I know. I can barely believe it, but it's been close to three years since I finally stopped denying that I was in love with Sodina. I used to think she was too damn bossy, but when she became a Megami, I realized that she had my heart and I never want it back." Meis declared.

Ben stared at Meis, "It's been five years since she became a Megami."

"Yeah, but I didn't want to admit it to myself. I kept saying that I was just dizzy or something. I was only eleven, after all. What did I know about love? Two whole years passed before I finally had to admit to myself that I just couldn't feel that way about any other girl." Meis responded.

Ben nodded.

"Was it like that with you and Jennifer?" Meis asked.

Ben shook his head, "The instant I saw her, we both felt it. But I was too busy working to keep everyone healthy and happy to do much about it. In a way, I guess it was like you and Sodina. I just denied it. I needed to protect everyone."

Meis sighed, "You always thought too much about other people."

Ben glanced at Meis, who looked at him, "The way you used to smile when we first met was kinda empty, like you were trying too hard to be strong for others. Then Jennifer came along and your smiles took on a more genuine feeling. It's a bit of a relief to see that your smiles aren't hollow." Meis told Ben.

"I know. For a long while, I felt like just letting it all go. But, just when I was about to... I stopped. I felt like I'd jumped into a hot spring. Suddenly, I knew Jennifer was out there somewhere and I set out to find her. For a long time, all I've really been going on is that single moment when I knew she was alive. Then, I met Kei. I didn't Recognize her or anything, but I could tell she was a lot like me. A Megami asked me to take her in, but Kei made the ultimate choice for me. Since then, I've never forgotten Jennifer, but I was reminded that I did mean something to a lot of people." Ben explained.

Meis smiled, "I think Jennifer would be happy to see that you've gotten stronger, but also that you haven't lost your kind side."

"Thanks, Meis." Ben said.

"Besides, maybe this is for the best. You'll be better in bed, for sure." Meis declared.

Ben punched Meis in the arm.

"Ow. Guess I deserved that." Meis commented, rubbing his sore arm.

"Yes. Yes, you did." Ben retorted.

Both guys started chuckling again.

"Ah.... now to do something without Sodina scolding me." Meis declared.

"What's that?" Ben inquired.

Meis farted. Loudly. Ben glanced at Meis, then at the balcony door, before he punched Meis in the arm again.

"OW! What the hell was that for?" Meis demanded.

"I was acting on Sodina's behalf." Ben replied, grinning as he motioned to the Megami, who was standing at the entry way to the balcony with Wyna.

"EEP!" Meis yelped.

Sodina gave Meis a stern glare, "Well, at least you've been punished. Be glad."

Wyna grinned evilly, "Be grateful, Meis. Sodina COULD have handed your punishment over to me. I'd have you making a forty foot tall steel statue of me."

"I don't know, Wyna. Would you really trust him near your bodacious ta-tas?" Ben inquired.

"Hmmm, you're right. Swabbing the decks for a month sounds better." Wyna noted.

"I'd rather have Sodina taking S&M lessons." Meis shuddered.

"That can be arranged, Mister Fart-Without-Apologizing!" Sodina huffed.

"That's a bit awkward, So-chan. Why not call him Sir Stinks-A-Lot?" Ben suggested.

"Old Ripe One would be a good title." Wyna joined in.

"How about Jalepeno Butt?" Sodina asked.

"HEY! I'm right here!" Meis shouted.

"Atomic Bean Shooter!" Sodina suggested.

"Beans-O-Matic!" Ben tossed out.

"Pooter Tooter!" Wyna giggled.

Meis groaned as the suggestions continued.

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Vaporita, the water Eva variant pokegirl
Type: Humanoid Animorph
Element: Water
Frequency: Uncommon (Crimson League)
Diet: Fish, pokechow
Role: Underwater operatives
Libido: Low to Average (very high during mating season)
Strong Vs: Fire, Rock
Weak Vs: Plant, Electric, Ice
Attacks: Water gun, Bubble, Water Barrier
Enhancements: Water powers, endurance
Evolves: None
Evolves From: Eva

Most Vaporitas are relatively calm, though there are, on occasion, a wild and crazy Vaporita who loves to party. The biggest problem of a Vaporita is that they sometimes suffer from an inferiority complex, resulting in their fighting skills being diminished. The more fearsome or aggressive their opponent, the more likely a Vaporita may lose due to psychological warfare. It's recommended that most tamers allow their Vaporitas to take on a number of aggressive, but much weaker opponents to build up a Vaporita's confidence.

Pidgy, the bird pokegirl
Type: Near Human/Animorph - Bird
Element: Wind/Flying
Frequency: Common (Crimson League)
Diet: Berries, seeds, various fruits, pokechow
Role: Scout
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Fighting, Plant
Weak Vs: Electric, Magic, Rock
Attacks: Gust, Feather Shuriken, Sand Attack, Feather blade/blizzard Enhancements: Flight
Evolves: Pidgerseatah (normal evolution), Pidgerseat (normal evolution), Angel (evolution mechanism unknown)

The Pidgy is a common bird type. Pidgys are considered a good starting pokegirl for tamers to catch as they can help tamers keep from getting lost. When they evolve into Pidgerseatah, they can carry average tamers from city to city.

Iron Maiden, the hard pokegirl
Type: Near Human
Element: Steel
Frequency: Very Uncommon (Crimson League)
Diet: Unknown
Role: Immovable guards
Libido: Very Low (Average during mating cycle)
Attacks: Harden, Gaze, Rock Throw, Mega Punch
Strong Vs: Ice, Rock
Weak Vs: Fighting, Fire
Enhancements: Nigh impenetrable skin, strength, endurance
Evolves: None
Evolves From: Ice Maiden (Diamond stone)

During the war, if something needed to be guarded by the perfect guard, one needed an Iron Maiden on the job. Iron Maidens are never distracted to the point that they forget their given task. Most take things very seriously. Their level of invulnerability is only matched by the Damsel and they were, as it was proven, only mildly irritated or unsettled by even Plasma Cannons.

Flamethrowers were the only effective weapon against them, but few were ever actually used against Iron Maidens because of the previous rational thinking: A plasma cannon can do everything a flamethrower can, but faster. However Plasma Cannons cannot keep up the stream of fire necessary to do effective damage against Iron Maidens.

Iron Maidens are not common for Tamers to take in for the simple fact that few can actually bring pleasure to an Iron Maiden. Iron Maiden have a very dense layer of skin which prevents both pleasure and dampens the Iron Maidens capacity for feeling anything via touch. However, there are those that can entice, excite and bring an Iron Maiden to orgasm, all of whom either have a fire blood gift or have studied martial arts for years.

What relegated Iron Maidens to their current jobs of security or law enforcement was the fact that Iron Maidens have almost no sex drive outside of their mating cycle, which only occurs for one month every five years after puberty, thus allowing them to remain undisturbed where other more randy pokegirls need leave for taming.

There are no more than fifty Iron Maidens currently in the Crimson League.

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Ben, Reimi, Yuna, Makoto and Yuka head for Rage, the fighting town.

The attack of the really whacked out Ninja Mistress.

The Madam Council convenes.

Team Cold Plasma choses another hit.

Team Gundammers attack the Rage Military Base.

A Widow appears in Rage.

A run in with the Hunter's Guild.

And more vague foreshadowing and mysteries!

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Current Pokedex

Ben (Tamer, Level 45) - Kei (Growltit, Level 26)
Bambi (Milkmouse, Level 20)
Pirotess (Drow Zee, Level 37)
Lita (Joltina, Level 23)
Tifa (Chocoboob, Level 15)
Nine (Umbrea, Level 15)
In Storage------Setsuna (Goth, Level 15)
In Storage------Brittany (Cheetah, Level 15)
In Storage------Brianna (Cheetah, Level 15)
In Storage------Elline (Peekabu, Level 10)
In Storage------Miko (Kunoichi, Level 20)
In Storage------Fubuki (Kunoichi, Level 10)

Yuka (Amachoke, Level 41) - Satomi (Flarea, Level 30)
Jun (Ria, Level 33)
Elena (Milktit, Level 28)
Hiyori (Vaporita, Level 20)
Tamao (Pidgerseat, Level 19)
Inez (A-bra, Level 5)

Junpei (Tamer, Level 34) - Airi (Ditto, Level 20)
Celcia (Elf, Level 31)
Ritsuko (Charamanda, Level 24)
Mike (Youma, Level 12)
Rapier (Amazonlee, Level 20)
#388 (Ice Nymph, Level 10
#239 (Flamasaur?, Level 15)

Reimi (Tamer, Level 49) - Chiho (Kunoichi, Level 31)
Maya (Dragonfair, Level 24)
Lilica (Merrrowl, Level 24)
Nanvil (Drow Zee, Level 27)
Kaori (Amazonlee, Level 39)
Kiyone (Kitten, Level 5)
In Storage------Washio (Titmouse, Level 5)

Yuji (Retired Tamer, Level 16) - Rio (Jigglyslut, Level 23)

Sara (Drow Zee, Level 60)

Arshes Nei (Drow Zee, Level 73)

Eris (Sorceress, Level 30)

Madam Arctica (Ice Maiden, Level 50)

Madam Magma (Magmary, Level 80)

Professor Fujisawa (Professor) - Miz (Naiad, Level 23)

Jinnai (Citizen) - Diva (Buzzbreast, Level 30)

Fatora (Tamer, Level 1) - Alliele (SexyCute, Level 5)

Makoto (Tamer, Level 4) - Shayla Shayla (Growlie, Level 5)
Nanami (Merrrowl, Level 5)
Afura (Djinn, Level 5)
Rune (Mousewife, Level 5)

Lina (Tamer, Level 5) - Misao (Goth, Level 5)
Sylphiel (ShieldMaiden, Level 10)
Misa (Naga, Level 15)
Amelia (Amazonchan, Level 28)
Gracia (Sorceress, Level 20)

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Omake!

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"Now I'll never be rid of this problem." Yamaken sighed.

Ben arched an eyebrow, "Problem?"

Yamaken leapt to his feet, "Yes, this problem. Whenever I see a real jackass or asshole of a tamer in a dilemma... I.... I...."

Papacha walked past on the street, only to be attacked and mauled by a group of savage bunnies and Ingenues.

PTBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBUUUUuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUURRP!

"That was a loudest fart I've ever heard." Ben commented, his hair standing on end as an automatic defensive measure against the overwhelming stench.

"Oh! What a cruel, cruel fate it is to fart for every jackhole I see!" Yamaken cried.

"Look on the bright side. At least you'll always have a last ditch Poison Gust attack." Ben commented.

"Isn't it Gust or Poison Gas?" Yamaken inquired.

"No, in your case, it's a Poison Gust." Ben retaliated.

"ZZZZZZING!" Yamaken replied.

Yuji entered the room and stared at the scene, agasp.

"AGASP!" Yuji agasped.

Inside was Ben, laying naked on the floor with ropes holding him spread eagle.

"That's the largest I've ever seen one!" Yuji declared, looking surprised.

"Thanks, I made it myself." Madam Arctica responded.

Yes, Ben's body was one enormous frost bite.

"Iteee......" Ben whimpered, before glaring at Yuji, "This is in revenge for that Captain Anal thing, isn't it?"

"Actually, yes." Yuji responded, no longer surprised.

A-kun entered the room and stared at the scene, agasp.

"AGASP!" A-kun cried.

Ben and Yuji glared at him, "Like we're going to fall for that."

A-kun considered that while tapping one foot. Ben and Yuji began to panic as A-kun smiled wickedly.

A half hour later...

"I thought you said Maki was a Griffon." Ben grumbled.

"She was. After I had Professor Washu change her into a Kitten from a Dominatrix." Yuji answered.

Both men yelped as a crack of a whip echoed throughout the cold stone room.

"Did I give you permission to talk?" Maki snapped.

Maki turned back to where Kei, Yuka, Reimi and Rio were laying down their latest bets. Rio turned to Yuji, "Don't worry, I'm sure Kei and I will win your clothes and freedom back in a few dozen hands."

"Kei no play before. What called? What rules?" Kei inquired as she stared at her cards.

Rio was about to explain when she realized she didn't know either. She had heard of Magic: The Gathering, Poker, War, Solitaire, Bridge, and even an Anime Card game, but she'd never heard of a card game called Blackjack. It was all offical, though. Yuka had heard of it, but didn't know anything about it outside of the fact that you start with two cards and if someone said Blackjack, all the other players either applauded or moaned sorrowfully.

"Oh, don't worry. I'll tell you if you win." Maki answered, grinning like a... well, like a bondage queen that was about to have a few more sex toys.

Reimi, who knew about Blackjack and knew it's history was filled with cheaters, kept silent. She just had to play a few times before Yuka would bet herself and then.... Reimi struggled not to drool openly.

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