Sweet Flavor; Bad Aftertaste
Your friends, even Arven, are somehow cursed by some toxic mochi. You and Kieran had to take matters into your hands to break the curse caused by this peachy-looking Pokémon. Mentions of mild cursing and vomit.
Nemona went missing while you, Penny, Kieran and Arven were searching for the remote in the Community Center in Kitakami.
“Where could she have gone?” you asked. “She in the bathroom or something?” Arven asked. “No,” Penny said, “I was over there. I would have seen her go in there.” “She’s not in the backrooms, either,” Kieran said, “I was there the whole time.”
“Maybe she’s outside.” you said. Everyone else nodded. “Well, (Y/N),” Kieran said, “you and I can go out and find her. Arven, Penny, you two stay here in case she gets back.” “Be careful out there.” Arven said.
So you and Kieran exit the building to go find Nemona when you see a couple nearby. For some reason, they were doing what looked like the chicken wing flap with their arms, the tippy toe dance and chanting “Mochi mochi!” Even their eyes were a vivid magenta color and a dark aura was surrounding them.
“What in the name of Arceus is going on!?” you questioned. Kieran was in utter shock. “They’re doing exactly what my sis was doing!” he exclaimed. You and Kieran hurriedly snuck past the couple and continued on, passing the little bridge and going up the stairs to find Nemona. You both come across Kieran and Carmine’s grandparents.
They, too, were doing the same dance, also with magenta-colored eyes and a dark aura. “Not you both, too!” Kieran cried. “Shit,” you gasp, “I hope this doesn’t happen to Arven.” “Well, as long as he doesn’t get his hands on those purple mochi. He or Penny. Though I bet you anything Nemona ate the one at Peachy’s.” Kieran said, before slightly approaching his grandparents.
“Gramps! Grandma! Stop eating those mochis!” he exclaims. The grandparents just glared at you and Kieran and continued doing that weird dance while chanting “Mochi! Mochi!” You and Kieran decided to just battle them, hoping they would snap out of it.
Didn’t work. They were still cursed.
Just then, Arven called. “Yo, sweetie,” he said, “are you guys okay? Have you found Nemona yet?” “Not yet,” you told him, “though we had just came across some folks doing that weird dance Carmine was doing.” Your voice sounded cracked like you were about to cry.
“Whoa, (Y/N), are you crying?” Kieran asked. “Uh-oh!” Arven gasped. “Arven, look up there! It’s the thing I was trying to tell you about!” you hear Penny exclaim through the phone.
“Arven, please! Whatever you guys do-” “AAAAHH!” Penny shrieks, then the call cuts out. “Arven!! Arven!!!!” you begin to panic, tears coming. Kieran tried to calm you. “(Y/N)! Hey, (Y/N), take it easy,” he reassures, “we’ll head back down there to check on them.”
So you and Kieran went back to Mossui Town to check on Arven and Penny. You ran to Arven and hugged him tight, literally crying. “Oh, Arven, thank Arceus you’re okay! I was worried you would get cursed, too!”
But Arven didn’t say anything. He didn’t even hug you back. But you could feel his motion; flapping his arms. He even uttered the word “Mochi!” “Arven, stop messing around. This isn’t funny.” you whimpered.
“Ummm….(Y/N),” Kieran said, “I don’t think he’s messing around. And neither is Penny. Look at them.” You pulled away from Arven to see his eye was magenta. Then you noticed the dark aura surrounding him. Then you looked over at Penny, also with magenta eyes and dark aura and the weird mochi dance.
“No!! Not you guys, too!! Not my boyfriend! Not my friend! Why!?” You fell to your knees and broke down even harder before Arven, who was awkwardly dancing the mochi dance and looking down at you.
“M-mo? Sweet…chi?” There was concern in his voice, even in this curse. Almost like he’s trying to resist the curse that took hold of him.
Kieran was trying to deal with Penny in her mochi-crazed state by battling her. “Cheeeee!!” Penny chants. “I’m snapping you out of this,” Kieran said, “while (Y/N) is dealing with Arven.”
“Snap out of it! Please, Arven!” you begged. Arven may be cursed, but it seems he’s fighting to stop dancing funny. “Mochi-chi-chi-chi? Baby-chi? Oof!” You knocked the wind out of Arven by punching him in the stomach, hoping he would somehow chuck up the toxic mochi.
Arven slightly curled, but he didn’t throw up. “Try sticking a finger into the back of his throat and touch his uvula!” Kieran called to you as he was just now trying that to Penny after defeating her Eeveelutions.
“Oh, dear Arceus,” you groaned, “forgive me.” You grab Arven from behind and forcefully shove a finger into his mouth; reaching for his uvula. You could then hear Arven gag and he was still dancing.
That did it. Arven threw up. You pulled your hand away from his mouth just in time for him to expel the chewed-up mochi. Kieran succeeded with getting Penny to throw hers up, too. She and Arven fell to their knees, coughing and breathing heavily.
“Arven?” you spoke to your boyfriend, hoping he’s back to normal. The dark aura was slowly fading. Both him and Penny groaned. Penny then spoke, “Ugh! Guess…that didn’t agree with my stomach.”
Arven sat himself up, eyes closed; gut acid dripping from his lip. You took a tissue out of your pocket and wiped his mouth with it. “You feeling better, honey?” you asked.
Arven turns his head towards you and slowly opens his eyes. They were back to its original aquatic color. You were relieved, though you still had tears in your eyes.
“I…I feel better, I guess,” Arven said, until he noticed your tears, “oh, sweetie! You’re crying?” You nodded, gently pulling Arven into your arms. “I was scared I lost you.” you quietly sobbed.
Arven hugged you back. “I’m still here, baby,” he said, “you didn’t lose me.” “(Y/N)! Arven! Watch out!” Kieran yelled. You and Arven look up to see the peach Pokémon preparing to fire off more mochi. It looked furious.
It fired mochi at you and Arven, but you both dodged them. You quickly pulled out your Hydreigon. “Hydreigon, use Dark Pulse! Terastallize!” you ordered as you threw your Terastal Orb at Hydreigon. It Terastallized and unleashed its Dark Pulse at the ghostly peach.
The Pokémon, Pecharunt, was defeated and caught in no time. Just then, you see all the people around return to normal. “Nicely done, (Y/N)!” Kieran cheered. Arven hugged you again. “You did it, baby,” Arven said, “you saved us all again.”
Penny shudders, seeing all the purple mochi scattered everywhere. “Not eating those ever again.” Arven looks down at the puke spill on ground. “Was that from me?” he asked.
“Yes,” you said, “I had to force you to throw up. That mochi was the cause of everyone around to act weird. And that Pokémon, called Pecharunt, was using those who ate the mochi as its puppets.”
Arven shudders. “Creepy thing.” he said. Just then, Nemona’s voice was heard. “Guys,” she called, “how did I end up at Loyalty Plaza?”
Kieran shook his head. “Nevermind, Nemona,” he said, “too long of a story to tell. (Y/N) had already found the remote for the TV in the Community Center. Let’s just go and relax.”
“Well, before we do,” you said, looking at the mess of puke and mochi on the ground, “we gotta make sure this gets cleaned up and disposed of. We don’t want to leave it around for some other folks to get ahold of.”
Everyone else agreed. Your Quaquaval, Arven’s Cloyster and Penny’s Vaporeon sprayed away the puke spills while everyone else picked up all the scattered mochi and chucked them in the trash so nobody can get ahold of them again.
Soon after, you and everyone else relaxed in the Community Center and watched a movie. The rest of the week was spent attending the festival.
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