Zhydra
Master of Chaos!
Summary: Elio ended up catching a nasty case of the flu a day after returning from Kalos with his friends. As Lillie attempted to care for him, the flu causes strange things to happen.
Rating T: Violence, Deaths, Gets depressing later.
Characters: Sun/Elio, Lillie, Gladion, Hau, Elio's mother/ Patricia.
Crossover: Pokemon and Dark Souls!
If you came here from the Fanfiction; Falling Through A Hoop, then enjoy another continuation to the series.
Chapter 1: The Champion is Down!
It was another day on Alola after Elio and his friends returned from Kalos. His mother Patricia left the previous night once she was certain the third resident of the house, Gladion was going to stay for at least the night. Elio and Lillie gave him permission to use the couch, though both wished he didn't ask.
Elio was the first to wake up in his mostly brown room that has several drawers, a closet full of video games, a rather full wooden bed with white sheets, blue blankets, and a white pillow. All of the room complimented by a poster of a Litten hanging on a tree next to the window leading out, He found himself unable to breath through his nose, his throat was sore, the room was spinning, he was aching in chills. In an attempt to reach the door out his legs gave way and he fell on his face, a Banette opened the door and cringed. "Nette?!"
Elio struggled to pull himself up and asked in a congested tone. "Pete... could you get help?"
The Banette sighed and picked up a net ball, letting out a Genesect that was startled at his trainer. "What the..."
Banette shouted something at him. "Bane!" (Get the boss back in bed! Mama and the lonely kid have woken up by now!)
The Genesect glared at the Banette and lowered his claws, allowing Elio to crawl himself up and lean on him. "L... let me back in bed, pl...please!"
The Genesect helped Elio get back into the bed and asked. "Boss, you want me to let the others know? Because this is one way to leave yourself vulnerable!"
Elio grabbed his phone and was about to press a button. "Tell them when they wake up, I know someone who would help me while they spend the day o..."
The door opened, Lillie was in her white pajamas and was about to ask. "Elio, I was going to the Library in Malie c... oh my. What happened?"
Lillie saw Elio struggled to even get back into bed, he coughed loudly, trying to call someone on his phone, she knew that Elio was undeniably sick. "I got my mom to help, just get your day sta... COUGH! HACK!"
Lillie puffed up her cheeks. "I'll wait until Miss Patricia gets here, but I am not leaving you alone! Now... is there anything I can get you?"
Elio was shaking from the chills, Lillie couldn't stand the sight and made up her mind. "I'll get you some tea and make you breakfast. Please hold on!"
On leaving to the kitchen, Lillie found her brother on a phone with someone and was about to go to Elio's room before she stopped him. "Brother, don't go in there."
Gladion flinched and asked. "Miss Wicke kind of needs to know about where Hoopa sent Elio. Is something the matter?"
Lillie sighed in defeat. "Be careful about going in, he is very contagious!"
Gladion's eyes widened and shook his head. "How bad is it?"
Lillie was about to head back to the kitchen. "He didn't even get out of his bed room."
Knock knock!
Gladion went to get the door and found a tan brown hair woman with a yellow skirt; wearing a face mask and plastic gloves. A Meowth had supplies and was also wearing a face mask. Patricia was speaking from underneath the mask. "Morning, you found out as well?"
Gladion nodded and posed in frustration. "Lillie is preparing something for him and it seems this household is going to be busy."
Patricia was let in, the Meowth casually waved to Gladion as the older woman thanked him. "It really shouldn't. By the time everyone gets breakfast it should be quieting down."
Pop!
Patricia was looking in the kitchen to find Lillie having a tray prepared; orange juice, a steamy cup of tea and buttering the toast. Lillie was having the tray balanced and noticed the woman. "Good morning, Elio called you?"
Patricia nodded. "You mind if I get the door for you, because if this flu is as bad as I think it is then we need to all talk about how this is going to work!"
Lillie didn't mind as she let the woman get the way out; they found Elio with a Mimikyu in his arms and resting near the bed is a Genesect in jet mode that was glowing his eyes. "I'll be guarding outside, get the boss better!" Both women let the Genesect hover out, Lillie prepared the tray as Patricia took a closer look at her son. Elio looked red, his throat is swollen as he was forced to breath through his mouth, his nose was runny, she felt his forehead and closed her eyes in concern. "Definitely the flu!"
The Meowth gave Lillie a face mask and a set of plastic gloves before letting her hand the food over, Elio was trying to get it himself. "I can at least do this myself!"
The boy was sipping the tea first in an attempt to get his throat clear. "Cou... Thank you."
Lillie was blushing in worry and asked Elio's mother. "How serious is this?"
Patricia was feeling hurt from the sight of her suffering son and answered. "It's the first day, he needs to rest for around a week. Lillie you did good to try to help him but if you, your brother or anyone is to visit they are going to need the supplies Meowth gave you just a moment ago! No sense in more people getting sick because of him, that would just upset him more!"
Lillie understood. "I am not leaving him, I'll call the others in the neighborhood to let them know where he is... Elio, have you called the league yet?"
Elio finished texting Kahili and was calming down as the Mimikyu read with him. "Bad news for any challengers, I'm sick and won't be out for a while... tell them they are going to have to wait!"
He had a notice from Kahili telling him to get well and was about to answer Lillie until heard a ring from Hau. "Y...yes?"
Hau asked blissfully unaware. "The Tapu's want a word with the three birds we captured! You mind coming to Iki town with Moltres?"
Elio was too tired to be mad at his friends ignorance. "C... can't, I'm sick."
Hau paused over the phone and spoke loudly. "I'll be right there in an hour, get plenty of rest!"
BEEP!
Elio was too late to stop Hau and moaned in agony. "Why won't people leave me alone!"
The Mimikyu placed her tendril on her make shift Pikachu head and anticipated Lillie being frustrated. "Excuse me?!"
Elio turned around in response to the harsher voice behind him, he saw Lillie with her cheeks puffed up and his mother sitting at the side waiting for it to happen, he shivered from what was either sickness or fear. "I... I'm sorry, I didn't me... mean you two."
Lillie raised her finger and begin to wag it at him for a scolding. "Listen here mister; we need to get some food in you, then I'll have to go get Medic and more medicine to see that this flu can lessen enough, for now just put up with us before you can go back to sleep!"
Elio tensed up and obeyed as he started to eat breakfast. "Yes ma'am. If you need any pokemon to help... Little Horn can help you!"
Lillie was handed over the master ball and gave an assertive smile. "He can, there is a particular pokemon that could help with medicine and you should know the rule with medicine, never..."
Elio said it in unison with Lillie. "Never substitute!"
The two women smiled and prepared to take their leave, Lillie held the master ball and asked. "Before I go get the medicine... is there anything you need from us?"
Elio shook his head as he finished the tea and was getting to the toast. "No... not really."
Lillie was hesitate to leave the room before she head out determined, Patricia smiled to her son for wishful thinking, then to her Meowth. "We done enough for now, we need to make sure no one else living in this house gets sick! Son... please let us take care of you, because you been doing quite a lot of that for others!"
Elio finished his toast and was about to get to the juice. "Tell the others, I said thank you!" The Mimikyu cuddled up to her trainer as Patricia closed her eyes in preparation to leave.
In the living room, Gladion was about to make quick break fast for the group; he spoke calmly as he had his Silvally out and a Banette relaxing on a chair. "Lillie, I heard what you said to him. Is that a regular thing?"
Patricia spoke her mind about the subject. "When you are sick like that and you have everything happening at once..."
Gladion answered for her. "It would get very annoying!"
Lillie prepared to open the master ball. "We will talk more about this once he is settled for the morning. Little Horn... I want to ask you for something!"
Out of the master ball came a Hoopa that was trying to sleep. "Five more minutes, then we will talk!"
The Rotom Dex flew from Elio's room to hear the Hoopa's initial refusal and was prepared to flare the sound of trumpets, the Hoopa turned around to sharply glare at the Dex and pull out a Hoopa Ring that glowed. "Alright, I'll do it! What do you want missy?"
Lillie began her request. "I heard of the medical properties of a particular pokemon's scales. Gabite in particular is needed."
Hoopa yawned. "Couldn't you get that your..." Hoopa sensed Lillie's reason. "Those are a bigger pain to get around here than what you are letting on?!"
Lillie nodded and showed a ground gem. "They only come during sand storms in the desert on Ula'ula and those do not happen during the day."
Hoopa smiled and prepared a ring. "You know what makes that pokemon work, go ask one!"
The ring was tossed and it glowed purple, leaping out was a Gabite that was disoriented of where it is. Silvally tensed up, Banette was as prepared until Lillie presented the ground gem. "Excuse me Gabite, do you have any scales we could use. If you do I will give you this!"
The Gabite saw the gem, smiled and scratched off four scales before presenting them to Lillie. She gave the gem in exchange and saw a happy Gabite leap into the ring. It shrank and returned to Hoopa. "One way to get them easy! Anything else?"
Lillie shook her head. "Just enjoy yourself, I know a pokemon that can work with these!"
Lillie went to the P.C as the Hoopa returned to his nap, she brought out a timer ball and let out an Audino that heard sickness in the other room. "Aud?!"
Lillie presented the Gabite scales. "Medic, I know you specialize in medicine... would these help Elio?"
The Audino nodded, placed the scales into a bowel and started to grind up them up. Lillie took another master ball and sent out a Mew, she asked. "Isaac, if you can sense Elio's mental state... it would help to let us know if he is awake or not!"
The Mew stared at the hallway and meowed, the intimidated Rotom Dex calmed down and translated. "BZZT! Once he takes the medicine, he will calm down again. He appreciates what you and grams are doing more than he is showing or saying. BZZT!"
Gladion listened and guessed as he asked Patricia. "Since you know him more, this kind of makes you in charge of all this?"
Patricia and her Meowth stared awkwardly, the woman answered. "Lillie took over most of it, but the rules are simple enough." Patricia took the boxes of face mask's and gloves. "Don't ever go in that room without either of these. Because if you get sick as well, he will think it is his fault! Second... be careful if he coughs on you. The last thing we want is that flu spreading to you all! Otherwise if you don't have a reason to stay around, nothing is keeping you bound here! If anyone is coming over though, they may want to hear the warning."
Gladion mentally prepared for his day. "I only have to really check on a few things before coming back. I also want my pokemon to get some exercise, it's going to be a light day." The Audino was asking Lillie for anything to put finely grounded Gabite scales into for consumption, Lillie went to the kitchen to prepare something.
Gladion heard a crackling from outside, followed by knocking and went to get the door. "Miss Patricia, you just organize things and tell us what's dangerous... this shouldn't be that long of a week!"
Patricia and her Meowth were preparing the equipment as they let Gladion check the door; Gladion opened to find Hau nervous. "That Genesect's is rather protective!"
The Genesect agreed. "You all give the final word on who is and who isn't welcome. If they are not meant to be here... they are getting off this property one way or another!"
Gladion didn't mind the Genesect's mind set. "The champ isn't in the condition to really do much, we will let you know ahead of time. Hau, once Lillie has Elio taken cared of we can visit him to check his condition."
Hau was let in to find Patricia preparing for the visitor! "Hello miss!"
The Meowth presented Hau with the gloves and face mask. "Meow!"
Hau smiled at the Meowth looking like a medical assistant and took the supplies! "Meow to you too!"
During the commotion, Lillie prepared to pour the powder into a glass of water and mixed it in; she and her Audino prepared as they saw the two boys in the room. "Thank you for coming Hau, we will be there in a minute!"
Going into Elio's bed room, she saw him struggling to fall asleep and a Mimikyu being tightly in his arms. "Elio... it's time for your medicine!"
Elio heard the voice and got himself up; he saw the glass of clouded water and immediately started to drink from it, he stared in regret. "I am sorry for snapping like that earlier... you didn't deserve it."
Lillie sighed. "Your sick but it doesn't excuse it, please let us help you. Medic... use heal bell!"
The Audino chimed a soothing tune, causing Elio to relax even more; the Audino used his feelers at his ears to take a closer examination, he sensed something rather strong and whispered to Lillie. "Aud!"
Lillie asked. "You think something has happened to result in this?"
The Audino nodded and made the request to leave the room for further talk, Lillie checked on Elio's fever and settled him down; the boy smiled sweetly. "Th...Thank you."
Lillie was caressing her boyfriends hair to sooth him. "Let us take care of you. Isaac and I will be back when you wake up."
Elio smiled and closed his eyes. "Tell the other's I'll be fine and that I appreciate them being here."
Lillie stood by Elio until he fell asleep, the Mimikyu hissed a thank you; Lillie petted the Mimikyu in a smile. "Lost, thank you for being here for him... do you want the others out as well?"
The Mimikyu thought of it, with her ragged disguise swaying; she rationalized that the room doesn't have too much room and it is best that a smaller pokemon occupies the place with the trainer, she hissed a suggestion and Lillie listened. "Not right now?"
The Mimikyu nodded as Lillie knew her business was done and left the room. "Let us know if his condition gets better or worse."
Out in the room, the Audino spoke what he knows. The Dex buzzed. "BZZT! Was he under a very stressful situation to have weakened his immune system? BZZT!"
Gladion thought of it and nodded. "He actually went through with releasing all of those Ultra Beasts."
Hau listened and added his thought. "He had those guys for nearly two years and we talked him into letting them go!"
Patricia and the Audino snapped their fingers, the oldest spoke her mind. "Having to see them all go had to have been hard for him!"
Gladion agreed. "It was starting to look like a collection to horde and it was something of a concern. They should be at a more manageable size... but we are going to need another way to handle an Ultra Beast going out of a wormhole soon unless making those beast balls become cheaper. As long as he and Lillie ration those beast balls, we should have a lot of time."
Lillie frowned in guilt, thinking she may have convinced Elio to go through with it until Patricia spoke her peace. "He made the choice and to be honest he couldn't keep doing it forever. What's the point of catching all those pokemon if you only plan to use a fraction of them! Looker told me how many of those things Elio caught. Any pokemon that isn't being cared for at the Pelago he tends to take care of them himself in more secluded places."
Lillie imagined it. "Has to be tough work since he didn't put his foot down the first time, it got worse regarding the Ultra Beasts Cipher turned into shadow pokemon. Four of them we sent back home just fell to this world and gotten into some form of trouble! If we have either a Celesteela or Buzzwole with baton pass show up..."
Patricia knew. "He would go nuts keeping them safe since he knew them!"
Hau was in thought and wanted to change the subject. "Anything you want Gladion or me to do during this?"
Patricia answered. "Visit him every so often, right now he is asleep... but Lillie, Meowth and me have the worst parts done!"
Lillie coughed and was prepared to get herself some water. "Lost is doing the most important job of looking after him. I seen how Elio and that Mimikyu treat each other... if that isn't love..."
The Banette sensed something and offered to go with Lillie to the kitchen. Gladion spoke his mind regarding his plan for the day. "I am going to have to tell Miss Wicke about the delay in our studies, otherwise I am going to have to stick with the routine of keeping Lusamine on watch. Ever since Elio brought father back things have been quieting more."
Patricia raised an eyebrow. "None of my business since she is backing off from you and Lillie. You did find out how the entire Kalos thing happened in the first place, right?"
Hoopa listened. "Thought she had my bottle when I was distracting you all, she didn't so I had her play a part in my plan when I had her disappear against her will. You and the other's know the rest!"
Gladion sighed. "I found that out. I had a lot of reasons for even coming to this house... someone has to take into account that Lillie and Elio have been living alone in this house for nearly a year."
Patricia flinched in horror. "Those two are way too young to be doing funny business with each other!"
Hau raised an eyebrow. "Funny business? What would they be doing that would be funny... or anything for Gladion to worry about?"
The Rotom Dex smiled mischievously. "BZZT! You don't know what that phrase means? They are heading to that age! BZZT!"
It loaded what the term meant, Gladion's eyes widened before he glared and gritted his teeth in an over protective scowl. "... That is never going to happen on my watch!"
"Nette!"
Crack!
Patricia was startled from the noise and went up to check.
She gasped. "Lillie?! Are you okay?!" Gladion and Hau got up the couch; they saw Lillie laying on the ground, shaking, feeling congested and coughing. The Banette was sweeping up a broken glass and was asking the three for help.
Patricia was dumbfounded. "But... how.."
Gladion sighed as he picked his sister up. "Lillie are you okay?"
Lillie was coughing as Gladion felt the fever. "N... no brother. Cou... Could you help me get to my room?" Gladion escorted Lillie to a rather pinkish room; the bedding being red wood with pink sheets, very neatly organized in comparison with an picture of a Cherrim greeting the sun. She was getting under the sheets as a concerned Banette was joining with her.
Patricia entered with the Audino to check on Lillie and confirmed bad news to Gladion. "This is the exact same thing Elio got!"
The Mew floated into the Lillie's room to nuzzle up and meowed to a following Rotom. "BZZT! Now that Mum's is sick as well... what are you going to do? BZZT!"
Patricia was calming herself down as Hau followed, comprehending what he saw. "I need to call Kukui and Burnet about this. I handled one sick kid before, this isn't much! HEY HAU, I NEED YOU TO GET SOME TOAST IN THE KITCHEN! YOU KNOW WHERE THE JUICE IS!"
Both Patricia and Hau left the room; leaving the Audino was prepared to go get the rest of the medicine until Gladion joined him.
The brother asked. "With how close those two are to each other, we both knew this was coming."
Audino remembered the romance and sighed in guilt. "Dino!" (That is one way to spread it to each other!)
Gladion put more thought and had some positive information as he prepared another glass and poured the rest of the grounded Gabite scales in. "If Elio had the flu virus develop after sending those things home, then Lillie was the only one even close to him to get infected by that flu. I'll have to let a few other people know besides who Patricia is calling... just so they will know why we will be busy."
The Audino blinked in question as Gladion mixed the medicine in. "This even includes her... though she isn't needed."
The Audino understood and saw the Meowth prepare the gear, both pokemon were suggesting Gladion put them on before going back to Lillie.
Hau was already wearing the mask and gloves as he had a tray prepared. "Got to be steady with this!"
Patricia finished calling and had both boys working. Lillie was holding onto both the Mew and Banette as she saw the medicine and breakfast. "Th...thank you all."
Lillie started with the medicine and asked. "Who is going to take of Elio now?"
Gladion took a deep breath. "Since you were going to help Patricia with this... I might as well stay around to at least help keep an eye on you two."
Hau had an idea of how he can help. "If you two get so busy, you mind if I go to the grocery store to get things we need as well as help with any emergencies?"
Patricia smiled sweetly. "That would help in more ways than one... just know what will actually help these two!"
Hau knows and gave a serious frown. "No masalada's and anything that's light."
Gladion looked at the door way directly out and asked. "You mind if I tell Elio what happened?"
Patricia had the Audino ready to use heal bell and got up. "I'll watch, just in case something happens. You and Hau are both doing a good job so far! Lillie, your going to be fine here?"
Lillie was drinking orange juice and is trying to get food in herself. "I will, brother don't be hard on Elio."
Gladion wasn't frowning but wasn't smiling either. "If he known he was coming down with this he would have backed away from everyone. I'm just going to tell him what happened, for now just rest!"
Elio was having a distorted dream from the view point of something awakening by a crystal throne in the league until he was snapped out by a knocking.
He woke up dazed to Gladion opening the door. "Your awake?"
The Mimikyu sighed in annoyance as Elio was too sick to smile. "I am now... what happened?"
Gladion told Elio the bad news. "Lillie caught your flu!"
The sick boy is laying under his sheets in shame. "I actually got her sick, is that all you woke me up for?"
Gladion shook his head and was trying not to look at his rival at his lowest. "No, since she was going to help take care of you... you realize what this means right?"
Elio was under his sheets and answered. "My mom is stuck with just herself and you hate me for this?"
Gladion was getting annoyed and answered in a harsher tone. "Guess again on both of those answers!"
Elio asked instead. "Your actually going to help with that job?"
Gladion smirked under the mask. "Exactly, flu's happen and they are contagious. You almost never find out until it is too late and it spread."
Elio got out from underneath the sheets and saw the signs that Gladion was smiling; he smiled back. "This also means you got free reign of the house."
Gladion had the image in his head; compared to having to hear an ocean, the noise that he hears next to his room at the motel or the busy employee's at Aether, it would have seem quiet. "Unless something goes crazy, you won't expect much to happen. There is one nature show involving the Great Marsh at Sinnoh or any Safari zone I tend to watch at this time of the week and the latest one airs tonight."
Elio's smile turned to a frown. "That boring show? It's just finding a rare pokemon that lives in those areas and seeing how they react without a trainer trying to catch them. It's rare they talk about battle capabilities."
Gladion asked Elio in a rather assertive tone. "This one has a pokemon that is kind of interesting... one of the most unique types I seen and thankfully not found on Alola. You know the pokemon that is Pastoria city's mascot?"
Elio answered in a sarcastic tone. "Croagunk or Toxicroak. I figured you have an interest in seeing those pokemon. In case I forget later, thanks for the help!"
Gladion was about to take his leave. "It's nothing, I have a few things to do. Talk to you in the afternoon?"
Elio didn't mind. "Pretty much the only thing."
The door closed and Elio was going back in the sheets, his Mimikyu went back in his arms and asked something. "Kyu?"
The Mimikyu was being spoiled as Elio answered. "He is out of that motel and in a better home. It's just that Lillie and I got si..."
Elio was coughing badly, Mimikyu calmed him down. "Oka... wheeze! We will leave things to him."
Out of the room; Patricia and Hau were smiling at Gladion who was struggling to really frown. "Kind of like what my son said... I'll go make something more hearty for you and Hau. Then you two can get about your day!"
Gladion shrugged it. "Thanks."
Rating T: Violence, Deaths, Gets depressing later.
Characters: Sun/Elio, Lillie, Gladion, Hau, Elio's mother/ Patricia.
Crossover: Pokemon and Dark Souls!
If you came here from the Fanfiction; Falling Through A Hoop, then enjoy another continuation to the series.
Chapter 1: The Champion is Down!
It was another day on Alola after Elio and his friends returned from Kalos. His mother Patricia left the previous night once she was certain the third resident of the house, Gladion was going to stay for at least the night. Elio and Lillie gave him permission to use the couch, though both wished he didn't ask.
Elio was the first to wake up in his mostly brown room that has several drawers, a closet full of video games, a rather full wooden bed with white sheets, blue blankets, and a white pillow. All of the room complimented by a poster of a Litten hanging on a tree next to the window leading out, He found himself unable to breath through his nose, his throat was sore, the room was spinning, he was aching in chills. In an attempt to reach the door out his legs gave way and he fell on his face, a Banette opened the door and cringed. "Nette?!"
Elio struggled to pull himself up and asked in a congested tone. "Pete... could you get help?"
The Banette sighed and picked up a net ball, letting out a Genesect that was startled at his trainer. "What the..."
Banette shouted something at him. "Bane!" (Get the boss back in bed! Mama and the lonely kid have woken up by now!)
The Genesect glared at the Banette and lowered his claws, allowing Elio to crawl himself up and lean on him. "L... let me back in bed, pl...please!"
The Genesect helped Elio get back into the bed and asked. "Boss, you want me to let the others know? Because this is one way to leave yourself vulnerable!"
Elio grabbed his phone and was about to press a button. "Tell them when they wake up, I know someone who would help me while they spend the day o..."
The door opened, Lillie was in her white pajamas and was about to ask. "Elio, I was going to the Library in Malie c... oh my. What happened?"
Lillie saw Elio struggled to even get back into bed, he coughed loudly, trying to call someone on his phone, she knew that Elio was undeniably sick. "I got my mom to help, just get your day sta... COUGH! HACK!"
Lillie puffed up her cheeks. "I'll wait until Miss Patricia gets here, but I am not leaving you alone! Now... is there anything I can get you?"
Elio was shaking from the chills, Lillie couldn't stand the sight and made up her mind. "I'll get you some tea and make you breakfast. Please hold on!"
On leaving to the kitchen, Lillie found her brother on a phone with someone and was about to go to Elio's room before she stopped him. "Brother, don't go in there."
Gladion flinched and asked. "Miss Wicke kind of needs to know about where Hoopa sent Elio. Is something the matter?"
Lillie sighed in defeat. "Be careful about going in, he is very contagious!"
Gladion's eyes widened and shook his head. "How bad is it?"
Lillie was about to head back to the kitchen. "He didn't even get out of his bed room."
Knock knock!
Gladion went to get the door and found a tan brown hair woman with a yellow skirt; wearing a face mask and plastic gloves. A Meowth had supplies and was also wearing a face mask. Patricia was speaking from underneath the mask. "Morning, you found out as well?"
Gladion nodded and posed in frustration. "Lillie is preparing something for him and it seems this household is going to be busy."
Patricia was let in, the Meowth casually waved to Gladion as the older woman thanked him. "It really shouldn't. By the time everyone gets breakfast it should be quieting down."
Pop!
Patricia was looking in the kitchen to find Lillie having a tray prepared; orange juice, a steamy cup of tea and buttering the toast. Lillie was having the tray balanced and noticed the woman. "Good morning, Elio called you?"
Patricia nodded. "You mind if I get the door for you, because if this flu is as bad as I think it is then we need to all talk about how this is going to work!"
Lillie didn't mind as she let the woman get the way out; they found Elio with a Mimikyu in his arms and resting near the bed is a Genesect in jet mode that was glowing his eyes. "I'll be guarding outside, get the boss better!" Both women let the Genesect hover out, Lillie prepared the tray as Patricia took a closer look at her son. Elio looked red, his throat is swollen as he was forced to breath through his mouth, his nose was runny, she felt his forehead and closed her eyes in concern. "Definitely the flu!"
The Meowth gave Lillie a face mask and a set of plastic gloves before letting her hand the food over, Elio was trying to get it himself. "I can at least do this myself!"
The boy was sipping the tea first in an attempt to get his throat clear. "Cou... Thank you."
Lillie was blushing in worry and asked Elio's mother. "How serious is this?"
Patricia was feeling hurt from the sight of her suffering son and answered. "It's the first day, he needs to rest for around a week. Lillie you did good to try to help him but if you, your brother or anyone is to visit they are going to need the supplies Meowth gave you just a moment ago! No sense in more people getting sick because of him, that would just upset him more!"
Lillie understood. "I am not leaving him, I'll call the others in the neighborhood to let them know where he is... Elio, have you called the league yet?"
Elio finished texting Kahili and was calming down as the Mimikyu read with him. "Bad news for any challengers, I'm sick and won't be out for a while... tell them they are going to have to wait!"
He had a notice from Kahili telling him to get well and was about to answer Lillie until heard a ring from Hau. "Y...yes?"
Hau asked blissfully unaware. "The Tapu's want a word with the three birds we captured! You mind coming to Iki town with Moltres?"
Elio was too tired to be mad at his friends ignorance. "C... can't, I'm sick."
Hau paused over the phone and spoke loudly. "I'll be right there in an hour, get plenty of rest!"
BEEP!
Elio was too late to stop Hau and moaned in agony. "Why won't people leave me alone!"
The Mimikyu placed her tendril on her make shift Pikachu head and anticipated Lillie being frustrated. "Excuse me?!"
Elio turned around in response to the harsher voice behind him, he saw Lillie with her cheeks puffed up and his mother sitting at the side waiting for it to happen, he shivered from what was either sickness or fear. "I... I'm sorry, I didn't me... mean you two."
Lillie raised her finger and begin to wag it at him for a scolding. "Listen here mister; we need to get some food in you, then I'll have to go get Medic and more medicine to see that this flu can lessen enough, for now just put up with us before you can go back to sleep!"
Elio tensed up and obeyed as he started to eat breakfast. "Yes ma'am. If you need any pokemon to help... Little Horn can help you!"
Lillie was handed over the master ball and gave an assertive smile. "He can, there is a particular pokemon that could help with medicine and you should know the rule with medicine, never..."
Elio said it in unison with Lillie. "Never substitute!"
The two women smiled and prepared to take their leave, Lillie held the master ball and asked. "Before I go get the medicine... is there anything you need from us?"
Elio shook his head as he finished the tea and was getting to the toast. "No... not really."
Lillie was hesitate to leave the room before she head out determined, Patricia smiled to her son for wishful thinking, then to her Meowth. "We done enough for now, we need to make sure no one else living in this house gets sick! Son... please let us take care of you, because you been doing quite a lot of that for others!"
Elio finished his toast and was about to get to the juice. "Tell the others, I said thank you!" The Mimikyu cuddled up to her trainer as Patricia closed her eyes in preparation to leave.
In the living room, Gladion was about to make quick break fast for the group; he spoke calmly as he had his Silvally out and a Banette relaxing on a chair. "Lillie, I heard what you said to him. Is that a regular thing?"
Patricia spoke her mind about the subject. "When you are sick like that and you have everything happening at once..."
Gladion answered for her. "It would get very annoying!"
Lillie prepared to open the master ball. "We will talk more about this once he is settled for the morning. Little Horn... I want to ask you for something!"
Out of the master ball came a Hoopa that was trying to sleep. "Five more minutes, then we will talk!"
The Rotom Dex flew from Elio's room to hear the Hoopa's initial refusal and was prepared to flare the sound of trumpets, the Hoopa turned around to sharply glare at the Dex and pull out a Hoopa Ring that glowed. "Alright, I'll do it! What do you want missy?"
Lillie began her request. "I heard of the medical properties of a particular pokemon's scales. Gabite in particular is needed."
Hoopa yawned. "Couldn't you get that your..." Hoopa sensed Lillie's reason. "Those are a bigger pain to get around here than what you are letting on?!"
Lillie nodded and showed a ground gem. "They only come during sand storms in the desert on Ula'ula and those do not happen during the day."
Hoopa smiled and prepared a ring. "You know what makes that pokemon work, go ask one!"
The ring was tossed and it glowed purple, leaping out was a Gabite that was disoriented of where it is. Silvally tensed up, Banette was as prepared until Lillie presented the ground gem. "Excuse me Gabite, do you have any scales we could use. If you do I will give you this!"
The Gabite saw the gem, smiled and scratched off four scales before presenting them to Lillie. She gave the gem in exchange and saw a happy Gabite leap into the ring. It shrank and returned to Hoopa. "One way to get them easy! Anything else?"
Lillie shook her head. "Just enjoy yourself, I know a pokemon that can work with these!"
Lillie went to the P.C as the Hoopa returned to his nap, she brought out a timer ball and let out an Audino that heard sickness in the other room. "Aud?!"
Lillie presented the Gabite scales. "Medic, I know you specialize in medicine... would these help Elio?"
The Audino nodded, placed the scales into a bowel and started to grind up them up. Lillie took another master ball and sent out a Mew, she asked. "Isaac, if you can sense Elio's mental state... it would help to let us know if he is awake or not!"
The Mew stared at the hallway and meowed, the intimidated Rotom Dex calmed down and translated. "BZZT! Once he takes the medicine, he will calm down again. He appreciates what you and grams are doing more than he is showing or saying. BZZT!"
Gladion listened and guessed as he asked Patricia. "Since you know him more, this kind of makes you in charge of all this?"
Patricia and her Meowth stared awkwardly, the woman answered. "Lillie took over most of it, but the rules are simple enough." Patricia took the boxes of face mask's and gloves. "Don't ever go in that room without either of these. Because if you get sick as well, he will think it is his fault! Second... be careful if he coughs on you. The last thing we want is that flu spreading to you all! Otherwise if you don't have a reason to stay around, nothing is keeping you bound here! If anyone is coming over though, they may want to hear the warning."
Gladion mentally prepared for his day. "I only have to really check on a few things before coming back. I also want my pokemon to get some exercise, it's going to be a light day." The Audino was asking Lillie for anything to put finely grounded Gabite scales into for consumption, Lillie went to the kitchen to prepare something.
Gladion heard a crackling from outside, followed by knocking and went to get the door. "Miss Patricia, you just organize things and tell us what's dangerous... this shouldn't be that long of a week!"
Patricia and her Meowth were preparing the equipment as they let Gladion check the door; Gladion opened to find Hau nervous. "That Genesect's is rather protective!"
The Genesect agreed. "You all give the final word on who is and who isn't welcome. If they are not meant to be here... they are getting off this property one way or another!"
Gladion didn't mind the Genesect's mind set. "The champ isn't in the condition to really do much, we will let you know ahead of time. Hau, once Lillie has Elio taken cared of we can visit him to check his condition."
Hau was let in to find Patricia preparing for the visitor! "Hello miss!"
The Meowth presented Hau with the gloves and face mask. "Meow!"
Hau smiled at the Meowth looking like a medical assistant and took the supplies! "Meow to you too!"
During the commotion, Lillie prepared to pour the powder into a glass of water and mixed it in; she and her Audino prepared as they saw the two boys in the room. "Thank you for coming Hau, we will be there in a minute!"
Going into Elio's bed room, she saw him struggling to fall asleep and a Mimikyu being tightly in his arms. "Elio... it's time for your medicine!"
Elio heard the voice and got himself up; he saw the glass of clouded water and immediately started to drink from it, he stared in regret. "I am sorry for snapping like that earlier... you didn't deserve it."
Lillie sighed. "Your sick but it doesn't excuse it, please let us help you. Medic... use heal bell!"
The Audino chimed a soothing tune, causing Elio to relax even more; the Audino used his feelers at his ears to take a closer examination, he sensed something rather strong and whispered to Lillie. "Aud!"
Lillie asked. "You think something has happened to result in this?"
The Audino nodded and made the request to leave the room for further talk, Lillie checked on Elio's fever and settled him down; the boy smiled sweetly. "Th...Thank you."
Lillie was caressing her boyfriends hair to sooth him. "Let us take care of you. Isaac and I will be back when you wake up."
Elio smiled and closed his eyes. "Tell the other's I'll be fine and that I appreciate them being here."
Lillie stood by Elio until he fell asleep, the Mimikyu hissed a thank you; Lillie petted the Mimikyu in a smile. "Lost, thank you for being here for him... do you want the others out as well?"
The Mimikyu thought of it, with her ragged disguise swaying; she rationalized that the room doesn't have too much room and it is best that a smaller pokemon occupies the place with the trainer, she hissed a suggestion and Lillie listened. "Not right now?"
The Mimikyu nodded as Lillie knew her business was done and left the room. "Let us know if his condition gets better or worse."
Out in the room, the Audino spoke what he knows. The Dex buzzed. "BZZT! Was he under a very stressful situation to have weakened his immune system? BZZT!"
Gladion thought of it and nodded. "He actually went through with releasing all of those Ultra Beasts."
Hau listened and added his thought. "He had those guys for nearly two years and we talked him into letting them go!"
Patricia and the Audino snapped their fingers, the oldest spoke her mind. "Having to see them all go had to have been hard for him!"
Gladion agreed. "It was starting to look like a collection to horde and it was something of a concern. They should be at a more manageable size... but we are going to need another way to handle an Ultra Beast going out of a wormhole soon unless making those beast balls become cheaper. As long as he and Lillie ration those beast balls, we should have a lot of time."
Lillie frowned in guilt, thinking she may have convinced Elio to go through with it until Patricia spoke her peace. "He made the choice and to be honest he couldn't keep doing it forever. What's the point of catching all those pokemon if you only plan to use a fraction of them! Looker told me how many of those things Elio caught. Any pokemon that isn't being cared for at the Pelago he tends to take care of them himself in more secluded places."
Lillie imagined it. "Has to be tough work since he didn't put his foot down the first time, it got worse regarding the Ultra Beasts Cipher turned into shadow pokemon. Four of them we sent back home just fell to this world and gotten into some form of trouble! If we have either a Celesteela or Buzzwole with baton pass show up..."
Patricia knew. "He would go nuts keeping them safe since he knew them!"
Hau was in thought and wanted to change the subject. "Anything you want Gladion or me to do during this?"
Patricia answered. "Visit him every so often, right now he is asleep... but Lillie, Meowth and me have the worst parts done!"
Lillie coughed and was prepared to get herself some water. "Lost is doing the most important job of looking after him. I seen how Elio and that Mimikyu treat each other... if that isn't love..."
The Banette sensed something and offered to go with Lillie to the kitchen. Gladion spoke his mind regarding his plan for the day. "I am going to have to tell Miss Wicke about the delay in our studies, otherwise I am going to have to stick with the routine of keeping Lusamine on watch. Ever since Elio brought father back things have been quieting more."
Patricia raised an eyebrow. "None of my business since she is backing off from you and Lillie. You did find out how the entire Kalos thing happened in the first place, right?"
Hoopa listened. "Thought she had my bottle when I was distracting you all, she didn't so I had her play a part in my plan when I had her disappear against her will. You and the other's know the rest!"
Gladion sighed. "I found that out. I had a lot of reasons for even coming to this house... someone has to take into account that Lillie and Elio have been living alone in this house for nearly a year."
Patricia flinched in horror. "Those two are way too young to be doing funny business with each other!"
Hau raised an eyebrow. "Funny business? What would they be doing that would be funny... or anything for Gladion to worry about?"
The Rotom Dex smiled mischievously. "BZZT! You don't know what that phrase means? They are heading to that age! BZZT!"
It loaded what the term meant, Gladion's eyes widened before he glared and gritted his teeth in an over protective scowl. "... That is never going to happen on my watch!"
"Nette!"
Crack!
Patricia was startled from the noise and went up to check.
She gasped. "Lillie?! Are you okay?!" Gladion and Hau got up the couch; they saw Lillie laying on the ground, shaking, feeling congested and coughing. The Banette was sweeping up a broken glass and was asking the three for help.
Patricia was dumbfounded. "But... how.."
Gladion sighed as he picked his sister up. "Lillie are you okay?"
Lillie was coughing as Gladion felt the fever. "N... no brother. Cou... Could you help me get to my room?" Gladion escorted Lillie to a rather pinkish room; the bedding being red wood with pink sheets, very neatly organized in comparison with an picture of a Cherrim greeting the sun. She was getting under the sheets as a concerned Banette was joining with her.
Patricia entered with the Audino to check on Lillie and confirmed bad news to Gladion. "This is the exact same thing Elio got!"
The Mew floated into the Lillie's room to nuzzle up and meowed to a following Rotom. "BZZT! Now that Mum's is sick as well... what are you going to do? BZZT!"
Patricia was calming herself down as Hau followed, comprehending what he saw. "I need to call Kukui and Burnet about this. I handled one sick kid before, this isn't much! HEY HAU, I NEED YOU TO GET SOME TOAST IN THE KITCHEN! YOU KNOW WHERE THE JUICE IS!"
Both Patricia and Hau left the room; leaving the Audino was prepared to go get the rest of the medicine until Gladion joined him.
The brother asked. "With how close those two are to each other, we both knew this was coming."
Audino remembered the romance and sighed in guilt. "Dino!" (That is one way to spread it to each other!)
Gladion put more thought and had some positive information as he prepared another glass and poured the rest of the grounded Gabite scales in. "If Elio had the flu virus develop after sending those things home, then Lillie was the only one even close to him to get infected by that flu. I'll have to let a few other people know besides who Patricia is calling... just so they will know why we will be busy."
The Audino blinked in question as Gladion mixed the medicine in. "This even includes her... though she isn't needed."
The Audino understood and saw the Meowth prepare the gear, both pokemon were suggesting Gladion put them on before going back to Lillie.
Hau was already wearing the mask and gloves as he had a tray prepared. "Got to be steady with this!"
Patricia finished calling and had both boys working. Lillie was holding onto both the Mew and Banette as she saw the medicine and breakfast. "Th...thank you all."
Lillie started with the medicine and asked. "Who is going to take of Elio now?"
Gladion took a deep breath. "Since you were going to help Patricia with this... I might as well stay around to at least help keep an eye on you two."
Hau had an idea of how he can help. "If you two get so busy, you mind if I go to the grocery store to get things we need as well as help with any emergencies?"
Patricia smiled sweetly. "That would help in more ways than one... just know what will actually help these two!"
Hau knows and gave a serious frown. "No masalada's and anything that's light."
Gladion looked at the door way directly out and asked. "You mind if I tell Elio what happened?"
Patricia had the Audino ready to use heal bell and got up. "I'll watch, just in case something happens. You and Hau are both doing a good job so far! Lillie, your going to be fine here?"
Lillie was drinking orange juice and is trying to get food in herself. "I will, brother don't be hard on Elio."
Gladion wasn't frowning but wasn't smiling either. "If he known he was coming down with this he would have backed away from everyone. I'm just going to tell him what happened, for now just rest!"
Elio was having a distorted dream from the view point of something awakening by a crystal throne in the league until he was snapped out by a knocking.
He woke up dazed to Gladion opening the door. "Your awake?"
The Mimikyu sighed in annoyance as Elio was too sick to smile. "I am now... what happened?"
Gladion told Elio the bad news. "Lillie caught your flu!"
The sick boy is laying under his sheets in shame. "I actually got her sick, is that all you woke me up for?"
Gladion shook his head and was trying not to look at his rival at his lowest. "No, since she was going to help take care of you... you realize what this means right?"
Elio was under his sheets and answered. "My mom is stuck with just herself and you hate me for this?"
Gladion was getting annoyed and answered in a harsher tone. "Guess again on both of those answers!"
Elio asked instead. "Your actually going to help with that job?"
Gladion smirked under the mask. "Exactly, flu's happen and they are contagious. You almost never find out until it is too late and it spread."
Elio got out from underneath the sheets and saw the signs that Gladion was smiling; he smiled back. "This also means you got free reign of the house."
Gladion had the image in his head; compared to having to hear an ocean, the noise that he hears next to his room at the motel or the busy employee's at Aether, it would have seem quiet. "Unless something goes crazy, you won't expect much to happen. There is one nature show involving the Great Marsh at Sinnoh or any Safari zone I tend to watch at this time of the week and the latest one airs tonight."
Elio's smile turned to a frown. "That boring show? It's just finding a rare pokemon that lives in those areas and seeing how they react without a trainer trying to catch them. It's rare they talk about battle capabilities."
Gladion asked Elio in a rather assertive tone. "This one has a pokemon that is kind of interesting... one of the most unique types I seen and thankfully not found on Alola. You know the pokemon that is Pastoria city's mascot?"
Elio answered in a sarcastic tone. "Croagunk or Toxicroak. I figured you have an interest in seeing those pokemon. In case I forget later, thanks for the help!"
Gladion was about to take his leave. "It's nothing, I have a few things to do. Talk to you in the afternoon?"
Elio didn't mind. "Pretty much the only thing."
The door closed and Elio was going back in the sheets, his Mimikyu went back in his arms and asked something. "Kyu?"
The Mimikyu was being spoiled as Elio answered. "He is out of that motel and in a better home. It's just that Lillie and I got si..."
Elio was coughing badly, Mimikyu calmed him down. "Oka... wheeze! We will leave things to him."
Out of the room; Patricia and Hau were smiling at Gladion who was struggling to really frown. "Kind of like what my son said... I'll go make something more hearty for you and Hau. Then you two can get about your day!"
Gladion shrugged it. "Thanks."
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