PKMNation - The Archery Range (October Week 2)

It was a lovely day at the fair and a lot of trainers and their Pokemon were all gathering for the events. Mika and her Pokemon were one of them, as the breeder had been extremely excited and wanted nothing more than to go to the fair. It’d be her first time going to something like that, so she really wanted to go.

Mika wound up bringing Arita (as she wanted at least one of the leaders to come to the fair to help her watch over the other Pokemon), Ryu, Dimitri, Felicity and Orson (who had already been picked up by a friendly ranch owner to go hang out with their Pokemon a bit earlier on). When they got there, they all could feel the excitement and fun in the air. Mika lead the Pokemon to go get on their renaissance costumes and try to join in some of the festivities that way.

Arita wore a princess garb that was emerald green with golden floral designs that went down and covered her legs. On her head was a crown made out of daisies that she had made up herself really quick. Felicity wore a crown similar to Arita’s, and a little jewel crown with a teardrop shaped emerald that came down to her forehead. And their trainer, Mika wore a queenly dress, matching to Arita’s and also wore a flower crown that the Leavanny had whipped up. Together they were to be the Queen of Heartfelt Fields and her two grass-type daughters, Princess Arita and Princess Felicity. They were aware of the actual Queen of the Faire and her daughters being captured, and figured that while they were dressed like this, they would try to appeal to the Doublade guards that way to get through to the Jousting Area. Or at least the fence of it. After all, the plan was not only to have fun here, but to try and help out the Queen and Princesses.

As for the boys, they all were dressed up as well. Ryu was to be a knight, wearing clothing that consisted of an emerald tunic (to match the Queen and Princess of course) and a bright red cape. However, the fusion Chimchar refused to remove the bandages on his arms and legs and the white band that was wrapped around his head. In the end, Mika didn’t fight him about, saying that it was actually cute (which made Ryu blush a bit in response and cross his arms defiantly).
Dimitri was dressed to be Ryu’s noble steed, wearing a matching saddle to everyone else’s costumes and had a bit in his mouth. He was certainly big enough to be Ryu’s steed, but the Chimchar merely walked with the shiny Deino instead, feeling that it’d be dishonorable to try and ride on someone who clearly couldn’t see. The Chimchar made sure to hold on to the bit gently to try and lead Dimitri around and be his eyes while they walked around the crowded area.
Orson eventually came back to meet the rest of the group with the other ranch owner and their Pokemon. He’d been busy finishing off the rest of a bucket of drumsticks and was licking his paws clean from the residue grease. Once Mika got him cleaned up though, he was dressed to be a prince, wearing the emerald color and the golden floral design and small little crown on the top of his head. And with that, they were all ready to go and have fun!
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The first thing the group came across was an archery ranch. A whole lot of trainers and Pokemon could be seen there trying their luck at archery.
“Ooo~ That looks interesting!” Mika said in cheery manner. “Hey, would one of you guys want to give archery a shot?”
Ryu looked up at his trainer and shrugged. “Chimcharr.”
Arita raised her leaf-like hand to show interest and said, “L-Leav-vanny~!”
Mika giggled. “Sounds like Arita’s pumped to try it! Is that all our candidates then?”
Orson looked between the two Pokemon and then raised his paw. “Teddiwooot!”
“Ah, so you too, Orson? Okay then. That makes it four of us since I wanna try it as well. Well, let’s go then!”
The Pokemon all gave a little cheer and followed their trainer to the range.

There to greet them was a gentlemanly looking Gallade, dressed in leather armor, calling out for all to come and try to hit the target. But that was just it, he was speaking. Speaking in full, clear, sentences! Mika’s jaw dropped. She’d never seen that before.

The Gallade spotted the trainer and her Pokemon and walked up to them. “Hello, your highnesses!” He gave a bow to Mika, Arita, and Felicity. He then tipped his head towards Ryu, Dimitri, and Orson in greeting.  “May I interest you in taking up the bow?”
Mika closed her mouth back up then replied, “Oh, yes. That’d be great! Also, I’m sorry for staring a moment ago, I just-“
The Gallade put up a hand to interrupt and said, “Ah, it’s nothing to concern yourself over, my Queen.” He winked. “I understand the interest and curiosity.” He motioned to the variety of bows and arrows hanging over to the side. “Pick your bow, my dear, and do your best to hit the target.”
Mika giggled a bit at the Gallend calling her, “my dear”. “Such a gentleman~” She proceeded to pick out bows for her and her Pokemon.

While Mika was busy, Ryu made a face and whispered to Dimitri and Orson, (“Geez that guy sounds like a ham with all this knight stuff.”)
Orson shrugged. (“I don’t get it myself, but the girls seem to like it, even Mika.”)
Dimitri merely gave a silent nod at Orson’s words.
Felicity decided to whisper to Arita as well and said to her, (“Hey, that Gallade seems like such a charmer. Think he’s taken, Arita?”) The Budew said, rather slyly.
Arita blushed. (“F-Felicity…! D-don’t say such t-th-things! T-that’s a b-b-bit rude, don-don’t you th-think?”)
(“You can’t say that you aren’t a little interested though. I saw you eying him a bit~ He is rather handsome, after all~”)
The Leavanny merely blushed even more at Felicity’s comment. She glanced up at the Gallade shyly for a moment, only to have the Psychic and Fighting type lock eyes with her and give a little smile. Arita looked away embarrassed, which only made the Gallade chuckle in response.

Mika then came back with a handful of bows in her hand and turned to the Gallade.
“Mind helping me give them arrows?”
The Gallade nodded. “No problem at all.” He then smiled widely, exposing his teeth. And not just any kind of teeth… They were sharp and covered in blood.
Mika immediately dropped the bows in her arms and gawked again.
The other Pokemon hadn’t seen the Gallade’s grin, but they all took note when Mika started to act strangely. Arita gave a concerned look at her trainer, while Ryu gave a look of suspicion at the Gallade.

“Is something wrong, milady?” The Gallade asked, concern on his face much like Arita’s.
Mika merely shook her head with her eyes still wide with shock and slight fear. But she tried to calm herself down a bit and went on to start getting ready to shoot with the arrow. Mika tried to aim the arrow at the target, but as soon as she felt ready to shoot, she caught eye of the Gallade staring at her intently with a small smile on his face. This made the trainer start thinking of the Psychic-type’s strange, yet scary sharp teeth, and she was thrown off a bit. When she finally let the arrow go, it managed to hit the target, but it wasn’t entirely a good shot seeing as it was still far away from the bulls-eye.

Mika gave a sheepish smile at her Pokemon and said, “Welp, at least I hit the target~”
The girls gave little giggles at their trainer’s silliness, and the boy’s gave little smiles of their own, save for Ryu who just shook his head and sighed.
“Ah, that’s too bad. But it still was a good shot for a first try. I’ve had others hit the ground instead of the target and, ahem, some have just about aimed for me….” The Gallade gave a little awkward cough before adding, “But anyway, who’s next?”

Felicity pushed Arita forward and said to her, (“Go ahead, Arita! Try it out!”)
(“O-Oh, okay…”) Arita replied. She glanced over at the Psychic and Fighting type before stepping forward and saying to him,
(“W-w-would yo-you mind so t-t-terribly if I-I-I went ne-next?”)
The Gallade gave a sweet smile at the Leavanny and replied, “Why of course, my Princess. Anything for a beauty such as yourself….” He took hold of Arita’s leaf like hand and kissed it gently, much like a gentleman would to a lady.
Mika smirked a bit. “Smooth.”
Ryu rolled his eyes and huffed, while Felicity and Orson gave little calls and whistles at the two of them. Dimitri just sat down for a moment and tilted his head a bit, curious as to what was really going on now.

Arita, on the other hand, was more than surprised and embarrassed. She felt that her cheeks were burning right about now, and they did happen to be so red that they might as well have been.
“O-Okay…” She stammered. Arita then took one of the bows and pulled back the string, getting ready to aim. She was a little shaky, and it didn’t help that her hands were literally leaves, but she made sure to try and keep calm.

But then, the Gallade came up from behind her and proceeded to assist the Leavanny by taking his hands and placing them on hers as a means to guide her and steady her hands.
“Here, like this…” He murmured in her ear.
Arita felt a jolt run through her body and she immediately reacted by yelping and letting go of the string. The arrow flew through the air and, by some means of luck, hit the target dead on the bulls-eye.
Ryu and Orson’s jaws dropped at the sight of that spur of luck, while Mika and Felicity cheered for the Grass and Bug-type.
“Ah, you did it, Arita~!” Mika praised. “Good work!”

The Gallade smiled at the Leavanny and said, “Yes, that was well done. Congratulations, my dear. You win a prize…. My undying devotion to you…”

Arita went bright red at first from that comment, but now that she was close enough to see, she caught the Gallade’s sharp, blood-painted teeth. She blanched in that quick moment and started shaking like a leaf (no pun intended).
The Gallade held Arita closer and whispered to her in an almost pleading voice, “Please… Don’t be scared and run away.”
(“A-ah…U-u-uhm….”) Arita looked away nervously and moved from the Gallade a bit. (“I-I’m sorry… B-but I’m no g-go-good f-for you…”)
And with that, the Leavanny turned around, picked up her dress a bit and began to run away.

Mika immediately picked up the hem of her dress and ran after her. “Arita! Arita, where are you running off to? Arita!”
Ryu immediately whispered something to Dimitri, who perked up and bowed down a bit for easy access to his back.
Ryu looked at Orson and said for him to get on the Deino’s back, which the Teddiwott did surprisingly quick. The Dragon and Dark type then began to run after Mika and Arita. Ryu picked up Felicity and carried her in his arms, bridal style, and began to run with Dimitri, trying his best to catch up with the rest of the group.

The Gallade was left there and he gave a somewhat disappointed expression.
“She was beautiful….” He murmured to himself. The Gallade then sighed and went back to his duties at the Archery Range. He then realized that the poor group had forgotten their real prize... Ah well. Perhaps they'd come back later on...?