Frozen Resolve

Chapter 6 : Catnip

"What...?" I muttered as I looked in their direction, to see Randy slowly get on his paws with a smile growing on his face. "WHAT?! RANDY, YOU'RE ALIVE?!" I exclaimed in shock while the jaws of the other Pyroars dropped open. "Yup! Not happy about it?"

"Gruh! Urgh!" Pycardas growled as he slowly stepped backward with his jaw opened, however, it seemed to be locked in place while some of his teeth appeared to be broken. "Randy...what the heck? Your neckbone is that hard?!" I asked in astonishment. "Pycardas, sorry about this, but I'll have to return the words you said back to you!" Randy said with a confident smile and made a snap with his paws.

Gasps slowly rose as my muzzle fell open. A rock appeared in Pycardas's jaws, while several other rocks were floating all around the place. "Big sis! Why didn't you tell me that he could do that? He scared me half to death!" Della yelled. "I-I...hey Randy! Since when could you do that?!" I yelled at him. "Sorry! I didn't want to use it, but things went a little out of control!"

"Grrah! Enough with your small tricks!" Pycardas growled after spitting out the rock in his jaws. "Was that trick not good enough? How about this?" Randy asked and he kicked some dirt into Pycardas's eyes. Pycardas roared in fury while he tried to rub the dirt out of his eyes while Randy slowly approached him without him knowing it. "Randy, your know Sand Attack?" I asked. "It's Snad, not Sand!" he shouted back as blue orbs slowly emitted from his body.

Randy struck Pycardas blow after blow with his Facade, hitting him again and again until Pycardas was lying on the ground moaning and groaning. "Now, Pycardas...it's your turn. Anything you want to say?"

(end of battle)

"Your highness!" the Pyroars shouted as the circle of flame died down. They rushed towards Randy and their leader while Della and I slowly padded in their direction. "You shall not hurt our king!" some Pyroars growled and rushed forwards to stand between Randy and Pycardas. "My queens...step aside..." Pycardas growled and slowly got on his paws. "STEP ASIDE!" he roared again. The reluctant Pyroars unwillingly stepped aside as Pycardas slowly padded towards Randy.

"Silverwood...you're the greatest opponent I have ever gone against...your quick wits and battle tactics are unmatched by any pokemon...being able to have a battle against you is my greatest honor...so please...do as you wish," Pycardas said and sat down, turning his head away from Randy and exposing his neck to him. "Your highness!"

"Wait, what?" Randy asked. "My queens, thank you for supporting me all this way...as for now, Randal Silverwood will be-" "Wait, I was just kidding man! No way I'm gonna kill you!" Randy exclaimed frantically. "I'm not committing any crime, I'm still 14 and I'm not spending the rest of my life in jail for killing somemon else!" he added and helped Pycardas onto his paws.

"You're...14...?" Pycardas asked in confusion. "Yeah, why? Now can I please leave with my friends? It's nighttime and I have to eat dinner back in town, not to mention that I didn't even have lunch" Randy grumbled. "Why did you have to mention that...?" I muttered as my stomach let out a loud growl.

"You may take your leave, Silverwood...but there are a few questions I want to ask before your departure," Pycardas said to him. "Alright...make it fast, I'm tired and starving" Randy complained. "Would you like to be the mate of any of my daughters?" Pycardas asked. "What the fuck?!" Randy exclaimed. "What kind of question is that?... but I sure am curious about how Randy will answer this," I thought to myself. "Icy, help!" Randy called out when a few Litleos squeezed their way out of the crowd.

"Nope, answer it yourself," I said with a grin. "Oh...um right...I'm not planning to be in a relationship yet" Randy blurted out, making the Litleos let out a few purrs in disappointment. "Or he's probably already in one" I added. "Shut up, Icy! I am not in a relationship!"