Alvin let out a wide yawn as he rose up from his bed. Man… this ship was awesome~
And all he needed was a ticket to get on! All the food? Paid for. Room service? Covered. Battles? Plenty! Privacy? Ohhh yeah. And he was free to roam pretty much everywhere!
The first thing he did when he got to his room was, of course, let out all his pokemon and proceeded to bang each and every one of them. Even Helma didn't get passed over.
First was obviously Splash. The Wartortle's massive dick was a challenge, but Alvin managed to fit most of him inside. Then Nivis. The poor Sneasel was squealing all the while he had plowed her down into the blankets. After her, Chomper. He didn't dare try any mouth stuff with the Raticate, so he opted to just plow her up against the wall while he carried her. Next was Shura, his new Scyther. Shockingly, he was a lot more… submissive than expected. Alvin pounded him down doggy style. After him was Toro. Damn Tauros nearly broke the bed as he plowed Alvin against the foot. Last, and strangest, was Helma. He laid the Kabuto on the back of her shell so she could watch him ream her senseless.
Afterwards, well… he just roamed the ship until he was tired, carrying Helma and having Chomper follow him. A few battles here and there, picking up some dropped items(and not giving them to whoever claimed them) including some TMs, and definitely spent time stuffing himself. It felt weird… Normally Theo would do that, but he couldn't call him away from his journey. After that, he slept.
Now… he didn't know what he was going to do. He could always leave, but it just didn't feel right. And yet… he was growing kinda bored of the ship. Sitting up in bed, he rubbed at his eyes, let out a wide yawn, and scratched at his butt, flicking the tv on as he stripped from his newer outfit to wear his old oversized sweater. At least this way his junk would be free instead of confined in his shorts.
"Oooookay… Let's get going." Alvin mumbled, rubbing at his face some as he popped his back, going over to pick up his bag. He fished out two pokeballs, dropping them to release Nivis and Splash. The two pokemon yawned, with Nivis getting on all fours and shaking herself off. "Alright you guys! We're gonna hang around this trap a little longer, and then we're gonna go kick some gym leader ass! Probably. I dunno." He says, thinking.
That call he got from Simon the other day… it stuck to him. That guy was following him? He only saw him once, er… technically twice. But what was he keeping tabs on him for? And why would he want to meet in Celadon of all places? Simon sent a message after their call verifying it all. He sounded a lot less angry through words than he did with his voice.
He shook his head of those thoughts, huffing. "C'mon! Let's go get in trouble~"

Well… it was easier to want to cause trouble rather than FINDING it. What else could he do? Alvin roamed up and down the halls, anything to find something new. But nothing came. What, battle against the same people again? He already knew his pokemon would win!
At least, that's how it was until he overheard something from the other passengers. Apparently if you had a red ticket, you had access to a newly installed jacuzzi room down below! Awesome! So, Alvin made a trip back to his room, grabbed a towel, and immediately ran down towards the bottom floor of the ship.
They had lights set up above, keeping everything in the room in view, and shining through all the steam coming from the pools. There were four of them in the room, just big pools of heated water arranged in a square. When he got in, he had to lose the sweater and only wear the towel.
For the other people, the water must've only gone up to their waists. For Alvin, however…
Luckily he wasn't in a pool with too many other people. Only his head was out of the water. Splash didn't seem to mind, swimming around the pool freely. Nivis, on the other hand, didn't seem ready for the heat. She only had her feet dipping in the water, her paw gripping at the scarf around her arm. .
"It isn't trouble making… but at least it's something different. Wish I knew about these pools yesterday!" Alvin said, hefting himself out of the water and leaning back against the edge, sighing in relief. Nivis scooted closer to him, her paw now gently patting his head. "Heh. I know what ya mean, girl. Nice to just wind down and… Nivis? You okay?" Alvin peeked up at her. She had started patting his head faster, and it took one glance at her face to know something was wrong.
Her eyes were wide open, staring down something Alvin hadn't spotted yet. She was letting out little whimpers, her ears flat against her head as she tried to sink in the water with him.
"Hey, hey, relax!" Alvin said, crawling out of the water, his tower dripping as he adjusted it, making sure it didn't fall as he scooped up Nivis in his arms. He turned to see what she was staring at, and… "What? Some guy?" He asked, looking at her confused.
It was just, well… SOME guy. Sorta tanned skin, an average build, sorta well kept brown hair, and he was in a towel like everyone else. Nothing real special. And yet, Nivis was freaking out.
"What's the matter? You look like you've seen… a…" He slowed down as he watched Nivis grab her wounded arm. "Oh. Ohhhh… is... is he... he's the one who did that?" Alvin asked, only to get a little nod from her.
Alvin got flashbacks to that day. He had just started on his journey, and what does he see? A strewn up Sneasel, chained to a tree with a burnt arm and a sign. He grit his teeth then, feeling his fur raising up a little as he held Nivis closer. "You're coming with me." He said firmly, holding his towel up with his free hand as he marched over to the guy.
He looked… maybe adult-ish age? No way past 22 for humans. Rough guess, but Alvin didn't care. He gave himself a shake, clearing his throat as he purposely got in the guy's path. "Hey!" He shouted, standing right in front of him now.
"...Do I know you? Did someone let their pokemon loose?" The man replied, looking down at Alvin.
"I'm no pokemon, punk. But someone definitely did. Like two weeks ago or so. By a tree." Alvin said through gritted teeth. "I dunno who you think you are, but you got some nerve showing up somewhere where you'd cause a problem! They ought to watch what sorta trash they let stay on a good ship!"
The man rolled his eyes. "You have me confused for someone else, kid. Outta my way." he said, moving around Alvin. As he did, Alvin reached out, grabbing him by the towel and yanking it. Not enough to undo it, but certainly to catch attention. He set Nivis down, gesturing to her wrapped arm.
"You did that, didn't you."
"Oh… the breeding failure. Look, kid, you're better off either bringing her back where you found her, or releasing her to the wild. Her nature's nothing good, she's not fit for breeding, she has an attitude to her, she attacks other pokemon on a whim, and she doesn't listen. Matter of fact, lashing out at other pokemon is exactly what got her arm like that in the first place."
Alvin couldn't stop himself. He tried to, but he just couldn't. Dave always said don't get physical over words but… He couldn't stand this guy, and all he was doing was talk. Before he could stop himself, Alvin had jumped up, his paw already formed into a fist as he gave a good, quick punch right to the man's cheek. It was at least enough to make him turn his head. He looked down at Alvin, more surprised than anything.
"Did you just…"
"Don't you EVER say anything like that as long as I'm around! If I even think you're anywhere close to doing so, I swear I'm gonna-"
A loud whistle interrupted him, making both Alvin and the man look to the right. "Both of you out! If you have a problem with each other go and handle it like everyone else! Now get out!" A lifeguard was shouting at them, pointing to the exit. Alvin would've had a snarky remark, but the Feraligatr by the lifeguard's side made him think twice for once.
"Yeah. You think you're tough? We'll handle this the right way." The man threatened.
Letting out a huff, Alvin returned Splash to his pokeball. Then he glared at the man. "You. Me. We ain't done." Alvin growled at the man, unsheathing his claws. "If there weren't other people here now, you'd be ribbons, you hear me? Ribbons." He threatened right back.
"You're on, kid."

Alvin was back on the ship's main deck, standing close to the front of the ship still wrapped in his towel. The nerve of that guy! Talking down to Nivis like she was nothing! He huffed through his nose. The most anyone got from her outside of battle was a scratch, and they were all on him! She wasn't this out of control little… thing the man made her out to be.
He didn't even bother asking his name. Not that he'd call him that anyway, of course.
"Great. He chickened out." Alvin grumbled, glancing down at Nivis. She had been holding on to him nonstop, her tail feathers low. "Snea…"
Alvin let out a sigh, crouching to pat her on the head. "It's not your fault… You're amazing. He's just blinder than Simon is, and way dumber than me! Look, he's not even brave enough to confront you like this! I'm out here in a towel, and he's gotta go get dressed!"
Nivis didn't respond. She just looked down at her feet, ears twitching slightly at his words. She grasped at her scarf again, tugging on it slightly. "Sel, sel." She grunted out, lightly wiggling from under Alvin's touch.
They had to wait a few minutes, but soon enough Alvin saw that guy coming up from the lower floor. He wrinkled up his nose. Never before had he had such a disdain for something so… simple. Khakis and a black shirt. Please.
"Took you long enough. What? Didn't have a shirt that had failure written on it?" Alvin taunted.
The man just scoffed. "You're all talk. Let's just get this over with." He said as he produced an ultra ball from his pocket.
"All talk? I PUNCHED YOU!" Alvin shouted. "Nivis… I believe in you. Let's kick this guy's ass."
Nivis whined a bit. She felt uneasy about it all, but Alvin's words seemed to make it better. At least enough for her to take her spot in front of him and unsheathe her claws.
"You coulda just backed out when you had the chance." The man threw the ball forward, and from the light came a Houndoom, landing down on all fours and staring down Nivis.
She froze up on the spot, letting out louder whimpers as the Houndoom growled, smoke billowing out from its mouth. Nivis took a step back, eyes going wide once more as her breathing got heavy.
"Houndoom, finish this quick. Flamethrower."
"Nivis, you can do this! Use your Fake Out!"
Without hesitation, the dark dog opened up its maw, the inside taking on a bright orange color now. Nivis had frozen up initially. But Alvin's voice snapped her out of it. With a growl, she unsheathed her claws, her own orange glow covering them as she rushed forward as fast as she could manage, getting right in Houndoom's face before she clapped down on its muzzle, making its jaws clamp shut before the shock wave sent it barreling backwards.
"Don't let em rest! Show em what ya got with your Brick Break!" Alvin ordered.
Nivis obeyed. While Houndoom was recovering from the flinch, her right paw took on a white glow. Instead of giving it the chance to move, she leapt up, bringing her glowing paw down in a powerful chop right on Houndoom's back, causing it to buckle and fall down.
"Thatta girl, direct hit! Keep up the pressure, use Brick Break again!"
"Houndoom! Slow down that reject with a Thunder Fang!"
The orders given, the pokemon acted. Electricity crackled around Houndoom's mouth while Nivis kept her paw at the ready. Houndoom lunged off of the ground, jaws snapping at Nivis again and again, trying to make contact. Each time, Nivis narrowly avoided being struck, sparks dancing in her fur as she dodged each one before ducking down, delivering a strike directly to Houndoom's leg.
The dog howled in pain, almost immediately limping as it glared down at Nivis, taking the moment to bite down on her right arm then, finally delivering its attack.
"Sneaaaa!" Nivis cried out, trying her best to wrench her paw free. A fruitless effort until, on her own accord, she brought up her left paw, swinging it into Houndoom's cheek with an Ice Punch. The hit collided, just enough to force it to open up so she could get away.
"Nivis! You alright?" Alvin called.
"Stop worrying about her and fight! You want one so bad, you've got it! Houndoom, Iron Tail!"
Houndoom growled, it's pointed tail turning silver and shiny, and it swung itself around, slamming its tail onto the Sneasel's body, sending her flopping off to the side. She let out a whine of pain, trembling as she pushed herself up on her feet, wobbly.
"Iron Tail again!"
"Nivis, try and dodge it and use Feint Attack!"
Alvin glared at his opponent. He looked calm. Too calm. He didn't even care. It made him want to rage out and battle himself. But their battle had drawn a crowd, no doubt thinking it was just another show to watch. And, for once in his life, Alvin had to take the back seat.
Luckily, Nivis managed to dodge under that tail this time, vanishing from sight. Houndoom was looking around, sniffing the air loudly for any trace of the Sneasel, growling and looking all around. Nivis reappeared above it, dropping down from the sky with her right paw at the ready, covered in darkness.
"Houndoom, aim up with Flamethrower!"
It was too late. Nivis' attack faded away as she saw the flames approaching. Time seemed to slow down as she stared at it. She tried to move, but nothing was working. She fought against her own muscles, trying to force herself into dodging, anything.
"Niviiiis!"
Her gaze snapped over to her trainer. Alvin was looking concerned. She… didn't like that. Nivis grunted, finally managing to tuck into herself and roll out of the way of the flames, landing evenly on the ship's deck. Unfortunately, the attack didn't stop.
"Keep up the Flamethrower! Show 'em what a strong pokemon is really like!"
Houndoom continued to spew flames, aiming straight for Nivis. All she could do was force herself to run, screeching and hissing as she leapt, ducked, bobbed, and rolled out of the way of each spray. The man had an unnerving smile on his face now.
"Hey freak!" Alvin shouted, stomping his foot on the floor. "Nivis is strong, you dick! She just got stuck having a weak ass string bean tell her she isn't worth it!" Alvin's claws were out. "Just you watch!"
"Kid, you just don't know pokemon. Type weakness, nature, it's all a numbers game anyway. And you lost." The man spoke, shaking his head.
"Rrr…" Alvin clenched his paws into fists once more. Man did he want to deck him again. Really hard. "Nivis! C'mon girl, we'll show em real strength! Get in close and take him out with a Brick Break!" He ordered.
Nivis whimpered, but obeyed anyway. She forced herself to stare down Houndoom. It was breathing in, preparing yet another Flamethrower. As much as she wanted to keep running… she didn't. Her claws dug into the ground as she got down on all fours. Both of her paws were glowing white now, and she burst forward as fast as she could make herself go, barreling right for Houndoom.
And yet, when she was just about ready to strike, Houndoom twisted its head some, causing the stream of fire to follow where she had moved to. There wasn't enough time. She brought her hands up to guard her face, hoping to shield herself from the flames as she tried leaping to the right.
The fire hit her left arm, right where the scarf had been. Nivis stared at it with wide open eyes, panic taking over her as she clawed at the scarf nonstop, untying it from her arm and letting it fall to the deck. Apart from the burn she already had, she was unscathed. But staring at the fire as it consumed her scarf…
"Aww. Looks like you lost your little accessory. What? Can't battle without it?" The man taunted. "Exactly. Even when you've been trained, that's what you amount to. Houndoom, end this. Flamethrower."
However, when Houndoom went to attack, all that came out was billows of black smoke. It coughed, shaking its head and growling, trying to produce flames once more.
Nivis' ears twitched, perking upwards as she slowly turned to Houndoom. Her scarf… the thing Alvin gifted to her… gone. She let out a low hiss, slowly approaching the Houndoom now, both paws glowing.
"Hrr… No matter! Houndoom, Thunder Fang!" The man ordered.
Houndoom was able to get the electricity going, and it pounced forward, fangs bared and gleaming. All it managed to do was clamp its jaws down on air. Nivis ducked out the way and, after bunching up every muscle she had in her legs, she launched herself upwards, delivering two harsh punches right to Houndoom's chest. The force of it was enough to lift the dog off the ground and up into the air for a second or two, only to fall down in front of her, not moving.
The man stared at the sight in disbelief. "No… Impossible… There's no way it could have-"
"Hey dick face!" Alvin reached in his bag for a pokeball, tossing it down to let Toro out. "Keep your damn battle money! Toro, get him off the ship!"
The Tauros looked at Alvin warily, but snorted anyway, dragging its foot on the ground before breaking into a run, rushing right for the man. Before he even had the chance to move away, Toro's head made contact with his chest. One second, he was on the deck. Next second, the man made a nicely sized splash in the water below. Alvin ran over to the side, checking to make sure the guy at least surfaced, watching as he swam towards the dock. "Hmph. Serves him right… Thanks Toro." He said as he held up the ball, sending the bull pokemon back in.
Alvin sighed, making his way back towards Nivis. The Sneasel was down on her knees, staring at a pile of ashes that was being blown by the breeze. They couldn't salvage the scarf…
"Hey… It's alright. C'mon. We'll get you another one." Alvin said, crouching down to hug Nivis. "But look at you! Taking down a Houndoom! With nothing but your fists! I told you that guy didn't know anything!" Alvin praised, gently picking her up and setting her in his lap.
Nivis hadn't even noticed he was in just a towel. She just… leaned into the hug, her left arm held against her body while the right tried to return the gesture. "Snea…"
"You're amazing, Nivis. That guy wouldn't know strength if it hit him in the face. And I socked him real good." Alvin said, laughing softly. "How's about we try and get one more rest in? I'm pretty sure we're getting kicked off in no time."
The Sneasel just sighed, nodding her head as she looked back at the ashes once more while Alvin brought her back into the ship.

Well… he wasn't wrong about that.
Nivis fell asleep on Alvin's bed soon after he brought her back, only waking up a few hours later when the ship's captain came knocking at the door. Nivis heard the whole conversation. Alvin's arguments, the captain's responses, all of it. He commended her trainer for a good battle and standing up for her. But, considering how Alvin still assaulted someone twice, one of which with a rampaging bull, he had no choice but to kick him off. It was a miracle that guy hadn't been severely hurt, somehow.
Now they were just sitting outside of the Vermillion Gym. Splash was out in the water, watching them. Alvin leaned back with a sigh, flopping onto his back.
"Sneas… Snea. Sel, snea." Nivis laid with him, nuzzling up against his side.
"And I thought you'd always be scared of fire… You sure proved me wrong." Alvin said as he pat her head softly. "I think you've just about earned a break from battles for a bit. We'll let the others tackle this place tomorrow, mkay?"
Nivis didn't reply. She glanced at her arm once more. Alvin reapplied that balm, but without the scarf keeping it hidden, she let out a little sigh. He promised they'd get something else… She just put her head on his chest, closing her eyes as she listened to his heartbeat.