In the deep, dark night sky, a shuttle-shaped, majestic airship broke through the clouds, revealing a corner of itself as it slowly sailed toward Crown City. Its pitch-black, oppressive hull seemingly laid bare its villainy for all to see.
Inside an enclosed cage within the airship, a plump, highly alluring Zoroark lay resting on the floor, her face written with exhaustion.
And from within her hair-like, fluffy fur, there was a rustle, and a tiny fox's head poked out. It mischievously jumped out of its mother's hair and looked around curiously.
Just at this moment, the locked electronic door opened, and blinding lights unceremoniously struck Zoroark!
At the same time, the three Pokémon—Raikou, Entei, and Suicune—gracefully walked up to confront Zoroark.
The newborn calf fearing no tiger, Zorua immediately bared its fangs at Raikou, but was picked up and tossed back into the hair by Zoroark.
"Hehe, do you really value that Zorua that much, Zoroark?"
The person standing on the high platform in the distance, coldly looking down at this place, was Kodai, who was also the owner of this airship.
Kodai was a well-known entrepreneur in the Sinnoh region. He currently held monstrous power and influence, a monster capable of manipulating even the media and public opinion.
And Kodai's success in his career was reportedly due to his power to see the future, allowing him to make the most correct choices at every important crossroad.
In fact, Kodai obtained his ability to see the future twenty years ago. At that time, he deciphered the relationship between Celebi, the Time Ripple, and psychic powers, and by a stroke of luck, managed to obtain the power of the Time Ripple.
However, also because he took away the Time Ripple, the temporal energy lost its balance, causing irreversible consequences. This was also the root cause of the catastrophe Crown City experienced twenty years ago—all the plants in the entire city withered, turning it into an utterly desolate, dead wasteland.
Crown City was only restored to its current appearance through the unremitting efforts of the entire city's population.
But this precognitive ability wasn't a permanent gift. Ever since obtaining the Time Ripple, his precognitive ability had been declining day by day. Now, he had almost completely lost his ability to see the future.
To make his psychic powers "young again," he had to come into contact with the Time Ripple once more.
Originally, Kodai publicly announced he was preparing to participate in the Pokémon Baccer World Cup to be held in Crown City, and would lead his team of the three Legendary Beasts—Entei, Raikou, and Suicune—to seize the championship in one fell swoop.
However... his true goal was the Time Ripple of Celebi in Crown City—which finally reappeared after a twenty-year hiatus.
So whether it was faking having the three Legendary Beasts or announcing his participation in the Crown City tournament, both were merely excuses to deceive the public.
His true trump card was Zoroark, nothing more.
"Alright, Zoroark, let's begin."
As Zoroark began to release an aura using Night Daze, her appearance impressively changed into that of Raikou!
Not only that, the "illusions" displayed by Zoroark could even possess the physical functions of the imitated subject, capable of fooling even recording equipment!
"Clap, clap, clap."
Kodai clapped continuously with an evil smile, while simultaneously snapping his fingers, causing all the physical projections of the three Legendary Beasts to disappear.
Zoroark's excellent performance didn't win her and her daughter a chance to catch their breath. Instead, it made Kodai escalate his cruelty—he ordered the Ninjask he raised to snatch Zorua away from Zoroark's side, cruelly separating the mother and daughter!
"Mom!"
The panicked little fox struggled and called out to her mother. Zoroark was also extremely anxious and hurriedly tried to snatch her back!
However, Kodai used an electric shock device to paralyze Zoroark, forcing her to kneel on the floor, only able to watch helplessly as her child drifted further and further away...
"You!"
"Hehehe, Zoroark, you don't need to worry about Zorua's safety. Just obediently do as I say, and naturally, I will reunite you mother and daughter."
Kodai's plan was to have Zoroark take the appearance of the three Legendary Beasts to cause panic in Crown City, using this as an excuse to force the total evacuation of the city's residents. This way, it would be convenient for him to search for the Time Ripple in the deserted urban area without his actions being exposed.
However, the intelligent little fox wasn't willing to be controlled by the Ninjask all the time. Instead, she found an opening to break free, and then used her illusion abilities to slip out of Kodai's airship amidst the confusion!
Naturally, she couldn't gain a firm footing at such a high altitude, inevitably plummeting towards the earth...
Fortunately, before crashing to the ground and turning into a meat patty, Zoroark encountered a group of Hoppip floating with the wind. Taking advantage of this, she transformed into the appearance of a Hoppip, which allowed her to float leisurely in the sky.
Meanwhile, inside the airship, the monitoring personnel relayed the news of Zorua's escape to Kodai via Bluetooth.
"What, Zorua escaped!? Did you get it on video?"
"Yes, we have that."
"Hehe, then it doesn't matter. As long as we have footage of Zorua, we can fake the illusion that it's still in our hands to threaten Zoroark."
Kodai grinned with an evil, charming smile, as if the Time Ripple was already in his pocket. However, the female secretary beside him inadvertently revealed a fleeting, cold expression; her gaze was quite complex...
In the forest directly below the airship, Ash's group of four were looking for a shortcut to Crown City.
However, after Brock led the way deep into the forest, everyone unsurprisingly got lost...
It seems this time they still couldn't escape the curse of getting lost. Lorze smiled helplessly.
However, he was incredibly comfortable on his end. Florges walked in front leading Rapidash, and that twisting, perky ass was clearly visible to Lorze behind her—he was riding on Rapidash's back, holding the three loli babies, Meowstic, Jirachi, and Ponyta, in his arms.
Even getting lost wouldn't disrupt the young man's happiness over here, unless he encountered beautiful Pokémon girls—
At that time, a group of Vigoroth were swinging and active in the forest, but unexpectedly, one of them got hit in the belly by the Zorua who had turned into a Hoppip to make a forced landing!
Normally, just this would have been fine. But perhaps being a mesugaki is a common trait among foxes, or for some other reason, Zorua showed absolutely no apology. Instead, she thoroughly enjoyed this playful process, even displaying a completely nonchalant, grinning face.
As a result, what was originally a minor issue not worth arguing over became serious. Zorua's behavior clearly infuriated the Vigoroth!
However, the little one was much more agile than them, so she fearlessly bolted and ran.
The Vigoroth chased fiercely behind Zorua, the commotion audible even from a long distance away.
"Mr. Lorze, did you hear that commotion!"
"Of course, I'll go take a look!"
Pulling the beauty Florges onto the horse in one fell swoop, Lorze's legs gently tapped Rapidash's snow-tender flanks. The glamorous mare let out a loud, clear whinny, carrying Lorze, the sisters, and the daughter, charging toward the source of the sound!
On the other side, Zorua originally could have escaped smoothly, but unfortunately, she chose the wrong direction. So now she was forced to the edge of a cliff by the Vigoroth; the situation couldn't be described as anything but critical.
Fortunately, Lorze arrived just in time. The young man nimbly dismounted, placed himself between the Vigoroth and Zorua, and shielded the little black fox behind him!
"Please, I ask you not to hurt this child, can you do that?"
The Vigoroth looked at each other in dismay, then glanced at the fierce-looking female Psychic-type Pokémon beside him. They looked simply like shrews ready to fight at any moment...
Forget it, this fox, whatever!
After a whispered conspiracy, the Vigoroth didn't pursue the matter any further, and very cooperatively returned to the forest—this is called a wise man submitting to circumstances.
Lorze breathed a sigh of relief, turning to strike up a conversation with the little fox.
"Hu hu, that was really dangerous just now. My name is Lorze, hello."
"Lorze? Thank... hmph, I didn't ask for your help!"
That half of a "thank you" almost reached her lips, but was ultimately swallowed back into her stomach by the little fox.
Zorua pretended to be arrogant, closing her eyes and raising her head, but in reality, she couldn't help opening one eye to peek curiously at Lorze. Her tail was still wagging non-stop, seemingly having completely exposed her true thoughts.
Lorze raised an eyebrow: Not just a mesugaki, but a tsundere mesugaki? This not only reminded him of Delphox, but thinking back to when she was still a Fennekin, how similar she was to Zorua. They were both interesting and charming girls.
Zorua made a funny face at Lorze, shook her body, and transformed into Lorze's appearance!
This move directly caused Lorze's delicate wives' brains to atrophy, and Lorze was both angry and amused.
"Hey, Zorua, that's going too far!"
"Hehehe, hehehe!"
However, Zorua had no intention of dropping the illusion, continuing to hunch over and bare her teeth in a silly grin.
Zorua's illusions weren't as masterful as her mother's; that uncontainable smile and the tuft of black fur on her butt always gave her away easily.
But at a rough glance, it was hard to spot the differences; her imitation could be considered vivid and lifelike. As for her mother, she should undoubtedly be even superior.
So, when Ash's trio rushed to the scene, their astonishment was not hard to guess...
"Wh-What!? Two Mr. Lorzes!?"
"Ugh!? Did Mr. Lorze split into two!?"
"Pika!?"
"Wow, what's going on!?"
"Hehehe, hehehe!"
Lorze shrugged his shoulders and grabbed the fake Lorze's ball-like little tail. Zorua immediately let out a sharp, delicate pant, instantly dropping the illusion as she was hung upside down in the air by Lorze!
At that time, Zorua frantically flailed her four limbs and shouted at the top of her lungs, looking inexplicably somewhat comical.
"Let me go, let me go!"
Hearing the Pokémon in front of them speak, the trio couldn't help but be startled.
"Eh? It spoke!?"
This was Zorua using telepathy, but it must be said, Zorua's babbling cries were truly incredibly immature and cute.
"It's not that I can't let you go, but Zorua has to be a bit more well-behaved, okay? Although I don't mind this kind of behavior, if you misuse it, you'll cause trouble for others! If Zorua doesn't know she's wrong, I won't let Zorua go!"
"Woo, I know already!"
Gently placing Zorua back on the ground and smoothing out her fur, the little fox unabashedly raised her hind leg and scratched her neck.
The sharp-eyed Lorze naturally wouldn't miss her small hole—Zorua, who was fundamentally a little girl, didn't seem to possess any female charm there either; it was truly too barren.
However, immaturity also has its own immature cuteness...
Brock astutely caught the information in Lorze's words: "Eh, Mr. Lorze said just now that this Pokémon is named Zorua, is that right?"
"That's right, it's exactly Zorua! Its evolved form is Zoroark, a Pokémon very skilled at illusions, just like you all saw just now~"
"Such a Pokémon, I truly have never seen one before..."
The population of Zorua has always been relatively scarce, almost untraceable in Kanto, Sinnoh, Johto, and Hoenn. It was only in ancient Sinnoh—the Hisui region—that there was some distribution, and there's even a Hisuian Zoroark unique to the Hisui region!
Just as Lorze was introducing her to everyone, Zorua took the opportunity to escape Lorze's embrace. Taking light steps, she went to a high ground in this area, firmly pointing her cute paw into the distance—
"I want to go there!"
Following her paw, there was a brightly lit city over there, appearing exceptionally bright especially against the backdrop of the pitch-black forest nearby.
Brock checked the map and immediately became very joyous: "Great, that is Crown City. We found it without any effort!"
"I'm going to save Mom!"
"Mom?"
"That's right. To protect Zorua, Mom was caught by bad guys... We were caught from across the sea, and then came here riding a flying ship!"
"Across the sea" probably referred to the Unova region. As for the "flying ship" or whatever, that should be Kodai's airship.
"Zorua escaped alone and fell from the ship, but Mom is still there..."
When mentioning her own mother, the originally mischievous and cheerful Zorua also became somewhat downcast and depressed, making everyone's hearts ache as they watched.
"It's okay. I'm willing to accompany Zorua to help you drive away the bad guys and find Mom. It will definitely be fine!"
Lorze crouched down and began to stroke Zorua's head. His words moved the little fox deeply.
"R-Really!? Thank you..."
The trio on the side exchanged glances and nodded in perfect tacit understanding: "We will help too!"
"However, it's truly too late tonight. Let's rest for now and go to Crown City tomorrow, okay?"
Lorze's proposal received everyone's approval. Because judging by the distance to Crown City, it was definitely not something they could reach in a short time. Furthermore, having gone through this incident with Zorua, everyone also felt a bit sleepy.
"Zorua, you follow me for now, okay?"
"But, Mom..."
"If Zorua gets hurt or encounters danger because of rushing to find Mom, Mom will definitely be sad too, right? And I promise Zorua, I will definitely keep Zorua safe, and also rescue Mom from the bad guys' hands!"
Glancing once more at the distant Crown City, Zorua's head drooped listlessly.
"Mhm, okay then..."
Lorze smiled, using his fingers to scratch Zorua's chin and armpits, tickling the little fox until she laughed heartily "Hehehe!", even shedding tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Mmh mmh ah❤, n-no, don't do it anymore, so ticklish, so ticklish❤, hehe oh❤, no... I don't want to laugh... oh hehe❤!"
"Alright, stop putting on such a sad expression. I know Zorua is a good child who cares about Mom, but if I were Mom, I would definitely hope Zorua is happy and always has a joyful smile on her face."
"Mhm, Zorua understands. Thank you, Lorze!"
The little fox seemingly finally opened her heart to the young man, beaming with joy as she licked Lorze's face.
Finally, the four of them found an open space and pitched four tents. Unsurprisingly, Zorua burrowed into the tent of Lorze, whom she trusted the most.
It seemed she was exhausted too; as soon as she hit the soft mat, she curled up there and fell fast asleep.
The little fox nestled by Lorze's side, muttering an unconscious sleep-talk from her mouth: "Daddy..."
What she was yearning for was not her biological father. It was merely because Lorze was very interesting and very gentle. Even though they had only spent a short while together, he first saved her, and then coaxed her into happiness.
However, this Lorze didn't seem to overly spoil her either; he criticized her when she needed criticizing, seemingly carrying a bit of strict benevolence.
Zorua found a feeling akin to a father's love in Lorze. Temporarily separated from her mother, she naturally developed an attachment to Lorze.
Because of Zorua, Lorze didn't copulate with his wives this night.
However, the young man still took advantage of the little fox's sound sleep to very ambiguously and gently tap Zorua's wet nose with the tip of his own, even taking the opportunity to kiss her long snout once, secretly stealing Zorua's first kiss.
Lorze smacked his lips, savoring the feeling of Zorua's cherry-like small mouth: It was filled with the immature beauty of a little girl. Besides that, if one leaned close to sniff Zorua's body scent, one could also smell a faint milky fragrance rather than the musky smell of fur.
After that, he very gently pulled the little fox into his embrace to sleep together, hoping to give Zorua some warmth and peace of mind.
Without a doubt, the relationship Lorze wanted to establish with the Zoroark mother and daughter was similar to that of the Rapidash mother and daughter. So he would dote on the little fox like a daddy-type boyfriend. Even though she was very mischievous, she was also very cute, wasn't she?
"Goodnight, baby. Whether it's you or Mom, I will conquer both of you❤~"
However, while Lorze was sleeping groggily in the middle of the night, he suddenly felt an itch on his cock.
Struggling to open his eyes through the drowsiness, he discovered that his pants had been pulled down, and Zorua was using her long fox snout to fiddle with his little bird!?