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She had been told that the vaporeon didn't seem to be able to stay underwater like others of her kind. Scientists at the pokecenter found out that the small, female vappy had a genetical deffect, keeping her gills from working properly. That was also the reason why she prefered to hide her gills and Misty had got her this smooth, dark blue pokesuit.\n\nIt had surprised the trainer though to notice that her pokemon didn't seem to avoid the water in any way nevertheless. So she had decided to train the special vaporeon in surviving underwater - just like she her trainer herself as long as she could remember. Possibly that was a reason why this vaporeon had oftenly been her secret favorite in her pokemon team, even if she rarely showed her.\n\n\"Come. I know we can make it!\", Misty added to convince the little one and she finally saw her moving slowly, eventually stepping closer to the water's edge again and positioning herself next to her trainer. The red-haired girl nodded at the supervisor of the contest and began to take deep, long gasps of air while a countdown had began to count down from 10 to 0.\nThe watertype did the same, causing her chest to swell up and down under the firm suit. She focused on her preparation, yet looked from time to time in her trainer's eyes, only to see her confidence.\nEventually a loud gong could be heard and both partners gasped in a last, deep breath and pushed off the edge, heading down about 10 feet towards the surface.\n\nA large cloud of bubbles sourrounded them both for a second o two but soon it disolved and revealed the artificial, black, glistening rock this cavesystem was made of. A faint glowing came from a large entrance of a tunnel and the girl swiftly headed in that direction, causing the pokemon to follow swiftly. Inside they could see the source of the gleaming: Smooth, perfect crystals were attached to the walls and provided them enough light to look around.\nThe water rushed through Misty's beautiful hair but she was calm, knowing she had to save her energy for this long, adventurous dive. Yet she peeked behind at the vaporeon once, watching how she was forcefully flexing her tail to make her way through the water. A quick smile of pride washed of her trainer's face while both partners swam just like true creatures of the water - and they both looked like they were maid for the water.\n\nMisty felt her feet tingling slightly inside of the firm mermaid-tail as she had been wearing it for quite a while now, but she loved that feeling. She felt united to her element.\nThe young girl had been close to the water her whole life and when her sisters had this idea of the first underwater shows with pokemon at their arena in Azuria City, she recognized how much fun it could be to swim in such a costume. Additionally it was very effective as well, allowing her to take far longer distances than she could alone with her legs.\nSo it was no wonder she always particpated like this to diving contests like those. The girl felt happy as she calmly kicked her tail in a graceful manner threading water behind to keep up with the agile watertype next to her. Since this tunnel was wide enough, she even swam a graceful circle around her pokemon.\nShe knew hidden cameras in the walls were filming them but she did it just for enjoying the rush of water against her body and to make the vappy smile.\n\nSoon they came across the first chamber with a window. It was a smaller than the place they had begun their dive, yet Misty could wave at the spectators outside who were watching them. She smiled and the vaporeon seemed to have caught some confidence by now too as she took a swift looping through the water before heading further towards the other side of the tunnel where she caught up with the costumed mermaid. The girl gently brushed along vaporeons side before they swam straight through the tunnel again, side by side and keeping an eye on the walls and spiky crystals around, not to hurt themselves.\nThe whole track consisted of multiple sections, each one harder and trickier than the one before. The participants were given only a vague map which didn't show much.\nMisty knew this passage from her earlier dives though, so she wasn't surprised when the tunnel around them became more and more narrow. Yet the vaporeon hesitated , becoming slow. She knew that they had to swim behind of each other now, yet she didn't want to leave the side of her trainer. The human girl gave her another smile though and gently stroked vaporeon's back while she had stopped to swim as well.\n\nFor a moment they looked in eachotehr's eyes Misty placed her hand on vaporeon's chest, telling her that they were alright and after anotehr second of hesitation, the watertype finally swam forward, letting out a bubble or two.\nAs they were a few feet down the tunnel, Vaporeon halted for a second as she had spotted one of the displays fixed in the wall which was displaying the time they were already down: 1:14. Misty knew it was better not to think about the time and gently patted vaporeon's back.\nCalmly they continued on their way, occasionally pushing against the walls to save energy. The seconds trickled by without mercy but the two girls still showed confidence.\n\nAs they came across another one of the windows and air chambers, the vaporeon looked upwards at the surface with a yearning expression on her face. Yet Misty only shook her head and gently brushed over her headfins to turn the vaporeon's, brightblue face at her and give her a reassuring look. The pokemon nodded as it quickly swam down across the chamber and headed through the continuing tunnel where the mermaid girl followed closely behind. She could see a few small bubbles seeping from her pokemon's snout again and rise against the walls of artificial rock. Yet by now, the experienced, young women was starting to be reminded that she wasn't a real mermaid either.\nA slight strain began to spread within her proudly filled chest, but she quickly pushed all thoughts about air aside, just focusing on making their shortest way possible through the caves and chambers.\n\nThe air breathing vaporeon was in a similar state as her body was using more and more of the oxygen contained in the air within her lungs. Just like her trainer had taught her, she closed her eyes for a moment though and slowly tried to relax, using one of her webbed paws to rub slowly over her chest, helping to ease the feeling. Misty had noticed that the vappy had slowed down and she turned around, looking at her, feeling proud of it as she noticed its concentration and determination. So she gave her a smile when the vappy opened her eyes again and began to swim faster, using all her limbs. \"We are a good team..\", the girl thought.\n\nThis passage had many turns and sharp edges, greatly increasing the efort, both partners had to put up to make it through. It didn't take long till Misty could hear a slight grunt from behind her, followed by a couple of bubbles from the vaporeon each time they had to change direction. She looked catiuously at her little partner, going sure she was still alright but the blueish pokemon was showing no sign of slowing down.\nYet Misty's glance fell on another small clock which was placed in the dark wall and was showing their time: 1:52. She gulped once as she suddenly felt more aware of her own body's needs now, but she urged herself to relax the best she could and rubbed her neck a bit with her hand.\n\nThe vaporeon was obviously in some more distress by now. It felt like a fire was burning within her chest and when she tried to rub it, it barely helped any more. On the opposite: It was only slowing her down and for a moment she pressed both her paws against her lips as her chest was about to spasm, yet she managed to keep the feeling at bay and only loose two or three bubbles.\n\nVappy knew her trainer was relying on her and she tried to push all the urge about air, out of her mind. Yet she could still hear her own heart pounding hard. \"How long are we down?..\" she wondered but quickly realized it was better not to know and she swam closer to her trainer who was visibly in need as well. She could see how Misty's chest was slightly sucked in right over the waistand of the costume, showing her contracted muscles.\nIn an attempt to help, the vappy gently brushed along Misty's chest, yet it only spasmed, causing her to gulp and look down at the pokemon who was showing a worrying exression before she began to swim faster again. Misty returned the glance but to vaporeon's surprise, there was strength and confidence visble in her eyes, signalizing that she wasn't going to give up. Calmly she rubbed over the poke's chest, causing her to feel the warmth even through fabric of the swimsuit.\nThe vappy returned the expression with a soft smile and quickly used her tail to swim forcefully, ahead of her trainer.\n\nUnfotunately for the two, the environment soon changed once again after the next window. The tunnel had not only many turns now but the walls also seemed to come closer and closer with every second they swam deeper. Misty hoped that the vaporeon had no fear of tight areas but she also worried how long they both could hold on.\nThe artificial, yet hard rocks were scratching her skin slightly from time to time, yet she wasn't caring as she only had a target: To make it through. Aditionally her mermaid tail was luckily protecting her slightly and so did Varra's suit.\nYet as she looked ahead at the vaporeon, Misty bit her lip, knowing she should have swam ahead, because this cave was the trickiest one of all.\nThe light was weak and the walls and rocks were jagged and everything but smooth. So it was no wonder that Misty's fear immediately became true without any time to react.\n-Owrblblw!..-, a burbly, obviously painful sound could be heard through the tunnels and the vaporeon was curling out of sudden, pressing her paws against her head and leaked bubbles in a constant, yet small stream - she had hit her head in one of the more protruding rocks.\n\nMisty quickly dashed forward with a kick of her tail, almost hitting the dangerous stone as well. Luckily she managed to dodge it and despite the very tight area they were in, she took the vaporeon to her chest into a tight hug and pressed its head against her neck in an attempt to help to keep her air in while she rubbed her forehead where the vappy had taken a slight scratch.\nSome bubbles seeped past the vaporeons lips nevertheless and her cheeks bulged hard, about to exhale even more, if not all her air. The vaporeon wasn't sure why, yet something allowed her to regain some strength just in time though. The closeness of her beloved trainer was so warm, soothing her body. She knew they were down here to show that they could rely on eachother and so she forced herelf to suck in the air from her cheeks into her lungs again and calmed slowly down.\n\nThe young girl wished they could continue next to eachother like this, yet the walls weren't alowing them to. She decided to swim ahead now though and gently let the vaporeon go. Just before, she had leant down though and placed a gentle kiss right onto the scratch of vappy's head. A couple of bubles had seeped from her lips, but she didn't regret it as she saw the vaporeon swim now forcefully again.\nBy now, the costumed mermaid had fairly clearly lost some of her gracefullness and calmness underwater. She couldn't supress the urge of her chest to inhale anymore, resulting in the muscles around her lungs bottom and stomach contracting and a couple of bubbles seep from her lips, glistening visibly in the light while they rose through her floating, red hair towards the cave ceiling. Again she forced herself to stay calm and continued to kick her fin in a steady rythm and guide her body with her hands as her thrill was everything but broken.\nMore seconds trickled by as they made their way and from time to time they looked at eachother, just as if to go sure that they were still together. The vaporeon seemed to have more struggle though as she rubbed her chest once every few seconds and she clenched her eyes during that.\nIt hurt the trainer to see her pokemon in pain and strain like that, yet she knew that in the end, they both wouldn't regret this adventure in any way. Inbetween the straining moments, the vappy was still always giving a soft smile up at her dear trainer and swam confidently again.\n\nAfter they came another sharp edge, Misty's glance fell on one of the clocks which were displaying the time they were under already: \"3:18\" could be seen and she already wanted to look away, yet it was too late. \"We are longer down, than I thought!..\", came to her mind and immediately, the young girl squirmed slightly, slowing down for a moment as she pressed one of her hands against her mouth and clenched her eyes. She knew the clocks were like an additional torture for the participants, spreading nervousness and she regretted that she had looked. Now she had to withstand it.\nNevertheless, she had slowed down quite abruptly, needing all her focus for holding on, so the vaporeon accidentally bumped against her back. The pokemon lost a couple of bubbles, yet she quickly kicked her tail once to swim close to her trainer's face, nuzzling around her neck and chest.\n\"I.. cannot.. give up...\", she thought to herself while focused hard to delay the spasms of her chest again. The feeling of the vaporeon's snout rubbing gently helped a lot and she managed to pull her hand down off her lips. \"she relies on me...\".\nSuddenly she opened her eyes and began to achieve some hope when she realized that the tunnel was becoming brighter and also less tight ahead of them.\nQuickly she pointed forward at where she believed to see the brigther light to come from and forcefully began kicking her tail. The vappy followed close after.\n\nThe shock and the dull pain from the impact a couple of seconds before, was still on vaporeon's mind and aditionally she could feel how her lungs were barely half filled by now. Yet she kept her eyes only focused on that graceful mermaid-tail one or two feet ahead of her, knowing everything she had to do, was to follow her trainer, no matter what.\nUnfortunately, this task seemed like an enternity for the vaporeon. With every passing second, more pain and pressure accumulated in her chest. Soon she had to press a paw against her maw to prevent all the air from bursting out from her. Instead her cheeks bulged once again. Nevertheless she wasn't giving up - not while her trainer was still just infront of her. So she wriggled her slightly chubby body through the narrow tunnels. Finally they both noticed that the sourroundings had changed once again, leaving them more room to swim and the vappy knew that another surface would come soon - where she would eventually breathe.\n\nWith the vaporeon close behind and the nearly drowning mermaid ahead, they eventually came across the brighter edge, emerging into another small chamber with a large window, as well as a surface for exiting at the top. A lot of people had gathered infront of the window there since they knew, this was the place where even the best divers were usually giving up.\nMisty's lungs were hurting in agony and she felt the tightness as well as a hint of dispair and dizzyness. She knew she was close to her limit when her chest heaved hard and her body arched, but she pressed a hand against her breasts to calm herself while her cheeks bulged with air and showed a slightly pale blueish color - a clear hint of the lack of oxygen.\nHer body was trying to urge her to dash for the surface, yet she hesitated, looking across the chamber in search for the exit leading away from this cave. She knew that they were at the last airhole before the final passage.\nMisty had always given up here, never dared to take the next tunnel leading to the final exit, but this time an incredibly strong thrill went through her body.\n\n\n[b]PT 2[/b]\n\nOnly one of two seconds of hesitation passed until a burbling distracted her. She looked behind, seeing the vaporeon swimming by her side as well and looking around in dispair. Her body curled slightly too and Misty, as well as the spectators could see how her chest spasmed every second under the firm swimsuit. Yet the vaporeon had a strong willpower as she held both her paws firmly against her lips to suppress the burbling the best she could.\nHowever, the pokemon was less hesitating than the girl though. On the opposite: A clear hint of relief went over its face despite her slightly purple cheeks, when she glanced at the surface only a couple of feet away.\nThe vappy seemed to loose the fight against her body as she forcefully spurted towards the small surface and more bubbles escaped her lips although one of her paws was still firmly clutching her maw.\nMisty suddenly had an idea and quickly kicked her mermaid-tail once to turn around, positioning herself directly infront of the vaporeon. Her hair was floating behind her head, glistening in the water while she opened her arms and carefully embraced her pokemon, alowing the momentum to push them slightly through the water.\n\nThe people outside of the window clapped and sounds like \"Awrr..\" could be heard through the glass, yet Misty tried not to think about them, knowing this would work the best if she didn't feel watched.\nThe vappy was visibly in distress and her paw had slipped off her maw, leaving her only with the little willpower she had left, not to inhale water into her overstrained lungs. Yet she looked trustfully at her trainer although her face showed the strain clearly and she grabbed her neck with her paw.\n\nMisty placed a hand onto the back of the pokemon's head and carefully guided her closer. She hoped she would understand her actions before it was too late.\nThe costumed mermaid's chest suddenly spasmed even worse and her stomach sucked in, almost forcing her to exhale another burst of air, yet she only allowed a couple of bubbles to escape while she pulled the vaporeon's head gently closer and pressed her lips against hers. A slight shudder went through both their bodies when they felt the closeness of each other.\nMisty's cheeks bulged hard again while she continued to control herself and release the air as calmly and slow as possible into the watertype's maw and hopefully into her lungs too.\n\nVaporeon's eyes went wide for a moment when she felt the sudden rush of warm, wet air, bulging her cheeks even more till they almost hurt. Then she instinctively gave in, closing her eyes to relax and began inhaling calmly from her cheeks and from her dear trainer as well. The little pokemon had never experienced something like this before, yet she felt how the movement of air was gradually soothing her tortured lungs. A couple of bubbles hearably trickled from the connection, but willingly she intensified the embrace, sourrounding the \"mermaid\" with her limbs and pressed her body against hers.\n\nIt was tough even for an experienced breathholder like Misty to keep exhaling steadily in a state like this. Her lungs were clearly protesting and she almost thought she'd inhale water through her nose every second. Yet as she felt the vaporeon's smooth skin and rubbery suit brush up against her chest, she gradually felt a little better again and gently stroked over the vappy's neck and back. The pokemon was trusting her and she was returning this trust.\nShe knew the people outside were probably staring at them - some in disgust, some in amazement and one or two, maybe even in envy - yet she didn't care, just managing to enjoy this very special moment herself. Just in the back of her mind, she was glad that the visitors were not allowed to take any cameras to the show.\n\nEventually she could feel how the vaporeon's chest had rose against her, full of air, but the girl's own chest and upper belly was sucked-in, being almost completly airless. Her eyes fluttered open in a wave of panic and she was almost about to trash around in sheer dispair before she saw and felt the watertype pokemon smile weakly and immediately began exhaling forefully back.\nVappy had placed one of her webbed paws onto Misty's upper chest and rubbed gently while they were sharing what little air they had, again. The air brushed and tingled through their lips while both members of diffrent species felt more united than ever before.\nThe girl couldn't diffrent but to smile as well - accidentally allowing a couple of bubles to slip - as her chest inflated again. The deep burning was still present and she had the urge to cough from the warmth and staleness of the air, yet she knew this would prolong her time underwater - even if only for a couple of seconds.\n\nWithout that they would have noticed, the two partners had stopped swimming and sank near the bottom of the cavity. Still they just looked at eachother after the vaporeon had opened her eyes as well and stopped exhaling, leaving them both with less than half a lungful of air.\nIn fact they would have been able to rush through the water by now again, yet something was keeping them from it. Was it just the kiss? Or the warmth they felt from eachother in this dear embrace? They couldn't tell. Everything they knew, was that they wished this moment would never end.\nEventually their lips parted and as if they were just on dry, they glanced at each other until Misty suddenly gave a reassuring smile and kicked her mermaid-tail forcefully while she was still embracing the smaller pokemon. The movement caused the vappy to cling slightly tighter, pressing her head against Mistys chest. Yet she took the hint quickly as well and began to use her tail and hindlegs to aid to the swim - together now.\n\nSmoothly, Misty guided them both through the water and down towards the tunnel. Due to their positions, the vaporeon's glance fell on the display near the surface, displaying the time: 4:01. Her heart thumped harder in her chest as she was barely believing that, yet she only looked up at her trainer who gulped once in awe.\nThe girl was looking down at the tunnel and noticed that the crystals were weaker there, reducing the range they could see ahead. Additionally, the tunnel was heading almost vertically down, appearing like a deep, black hole to them.\nFor a moment she thought about to return to the surface finally. However, the vaporeon apparently had regained more confidence than one would expect. She took away the decision when she quickly turned around in Misty's softened embrace and began to head downwards, leaving the costumed girl no other choice but to follow down into the darkness, not to loose the contact.\n\nSeconds passed as the trainer and her pokemon were swimming rythmically and supported eachotehr with their strength. Yet they could both feel the pressure increasing around them and the burning which had never entirely disppeared, renewed its intensity once again, constantly reminding the two that they were no creatures of the water after all.\nA couple of bubbles seeped from the girl's lips, rising just along her sleek body during their constant descent but her mermaid-tail still did a good job and pushing her through the water.\nThe vaporeon felt the impact of the waterpressure on her little body and she was think about the depths of various lakes in the region where she and her trainer had been training their abilities. The fairly nagging realization came to her mind though as she could feel that she had never been that deep with so little air within her lungs. Nervously she clutched her chest, yet continued to swim.\n\nNever relaly having had considered to ever enter this tunnel, Misty had barely looked attentious at this passage on the map they were given. Yet she remembered with slight shock that this section was the longest one of all parts.\nThe fear that they might have overtaken it, came through her mind and for a moment, she looked back at the vaporeon and at the vrtical tunnel they had come from, as well. The surface was barely visible anymore. \"Too late to return now...\", she thought.\nIt worried her even more when she saw her pokemon clutching its chest though with visibly growing dispair. Misty knew she was probably doing whatever she could to resist exhaling this used air, but the natural instinct was becoming stronger with every passing second. Nevertheless they kept up a steady swimming speed as they passed more massive stone and sharp shreads stuck to the cave's walls. Eventually their way finally turned horizontally. \"The exit must be close!\", she thought but pressed a hand onto her chest as the pain was growing, yet so was the thrill.\n\nSuddenly her eyes catched a frantical move by her side simultanously with a large burbling. With agony she saw how the vaporeon's body bent and large clods of air shot past her paws whichs he had uselessly pressed again her mouth. Her dark eyes twitched as she blinked and the trainer could see the panic in her eyes.\nMisty knew she had convinced, if not lured this dear vaporeon into this whole, dangerous adventure and she was responsible for any pain she was feeling. The costumed girl loved the thrill and she knew that the vaporeon was usually doing the same, yet she simply couldn't let her drown. She had knew she had to prevent her from inhaling water.\n\nInstinctively she pushed with her mermaid-tail against the wall behind her to embrace the pokemon firmly, pressing its backfins against her chest while using one hand to keep vaporeon's mouth closed and the other one to cover its nostrils. The watertype squirmed hard and she sucked on her trainer's hands, yet Misty kept them in place, knowing that vappy's lungs were strong, meaning that the little ounces of air inside were still better than water.\nThe act was leaving the girl without any possibility to cover her own mouth though, meaning she had just her willpower to keep the water out of her throat. Her mind was screaming at her to move, but her body barely reacted now. She was very low on oxygen, yet she continued to endure and began to kick her mermaid tail again although her vision was blury now and she barely could dodge the cave's walls.\nWith half an eye, she beleived to see another one of the clocks. \"Over 5 minutes!?..\", went through her mind, but she disbelieved what she was seeing.\n\nThe vappy's struggle continued as her powerful diaphragm pushed her chest against Misty's and she gave internal shrieks of urge, nevertheless she kept at least her eyes open and used her tail to guide them both away from the dangrous walls. Vappy's will to make this through without passing out was more powerful than ever before.\nWith barely any strength to focus, Misty was soon believing to see a weak light at the end of the tunnel. \"could it be.. the target?..\", she wondered and blinked with her blury eyes. Her throat was cramped - the only barrier between her lungs and the water, but again both the air breathers gathered all their strength to push forward, gliding shakingly through the water. Misty could feel the vaporeon's heart beating fast as they were close like that and it drove her further and further, ignoring the constant contractions of her chest.\n\nSuddenly, what looked like a bright exit, turned out to be just a plain wall of rock, blocking her way. The shock that she had failed struck her body and for a moment, the urge within her chest overwhelmed the costumed mermaid, causing her to gasp in the water. Only with a lot of luck and will she managed to redirect the water down to her stomach instead of her lungs. Yet it caused her to choke uncontrolably, blowing out puffs of her last air. The water type pokemon could feel her trainers dispair and pain and although she had lost control over her own body - only able to hold her air in due to Misty's hands - she trustingly rubbed her head against her trainer's neck and peeked up into her eyes.\n\nMisty was about to trash wildly, forgetting everything - including the shame she would experience if she had to be revived - and give up to the water which wanted to invade her lungs and if she had been alone, this probably would have even happened.\n\nNevertheless, the presence of this squirming, yet incredibly strong pokemon in her arms was keeping her sane. She wouldn't give up, not if that would mean to endanger the vappy!\nDespite how cloudy her mind was due to the air-deprivation, she looked upwards and suddenly could spot the weak shimemring of the surface where the light was coming from. \"AIR!!\", she thought and with the last bit of willpower she could still make up, she began forcefully to kick her mermaid-tail once again and she even clawed at the water with one hand while still pressing the vaporeon's head against her body with the other one.\n\"Do not inhale.. do not inhale..\", she said in her mind to herself but to the pokemon as well. Air was everything she could think about though while she coughed out burst after burst of bubbles, barely able to control herself anymore.\nThe bright surface was glistening in her blury, shady eyes and weakly she kicked her legs again and again, each time with a short break inbetween. The pauses would have caused their bodies to sink again but the vaporeon kicked instead.\nYet there was no air in reach. \"we wont make it...\", shot through their mind.\n\nWhile the vaporeon's desperate moves were already calming slightly due to the lack of air, Misty's body was still squirming hard, flexing in sheer will to make it to the surface and to breathe air again. She gurgled hard, still choking on water in her throat while clawing at the sourrounding water once again to push her sleek body just a foot further. Then another foot and so on but all the senses of her body began to fade now as the darkness was hopelessly overwhelming her. She grabbed her throat, feeling how it had cramped - a last meassure to keep the water outside.\n\nSuddenly the glistening surface was just above her. She could see it from down below despite her entirely fading vision. All her muscles relaxed, floating motionless. \"So close, yet so far..\", rushed through her mind but she couldn't think anymore. For a moment, her eyes were struck by something blue again, but she just closed them. She couldn't make out what was happing and her body was even too much numbed to notice how something grabbed her arm. Just a moment later she felt how she sucked something in through her nose. \"...I'm finally drowning...\", her mind told her but unlike expected, a surge of energy rose through her body and Misty's eyes shot open.\n\nThe numb feeling weakened just a little and she began to hear again, realizing how hundreds of people were clapping their hands cheering loudly to the young mermaid girl who was still floating motionless only with her nose out of the water and her beautiful hair spreading around her body.\n\nWith an incredible force, everything came down to her: \"She was at the surface!!!\". Instinctively she stretched her head out of the water and her cramped throat finally loosened, allowing her to gasp in as hard and desperate as one could ever do. A moment later, the chokes overwhelmed her again and she shook out all the water from her throat and mouth to breathe sharply and fast. Her chest still felt numb and she knew it would probably hurt her the next two or three days, but she knew at very least she was breathing air.\n\nWith blinking, blury eyes, Misty could make out the screens which were showing her live as well as moments before, during their ascend. Her cheeks had been deeply blue, yet her face showed an incredible expression of determination.\nThe timer was blinking, showing a total of 6 minutes.\n\"We surely made up a great show...\", she mumbled, still shuddering all over and suddenly her dorsy eyes shot open. \"Vapps?!\", she said loudly and looked around, not able to spot the pokemon of whom she realized just pushed her the last few inches to the surface. Quickly she took a breath back into her heavily aching, protesting lungs and went under again. The watertype was floating with closed eyes a couple of feet below.\n\nMisty quickly dashed down and grabbed her firmly, kicking back to the surface. \"Vaporeon!\", she said worryingly as she was trying to wake her up. The spectators had become silent, holding their breath as they saw the vaporeon unconscious. The girl could see how some water poured out of the vappy's maw. Her cheeks had become dangerously dark-blue but her chest was deeply sucked in, so she had not inhaled too much water.\n\n\"Kiss her!.. She needs air!\", suddenly came from some spectators and repeated. It caused the red haired girl to blush a bit - her cheeks finally returning to a normal color - and reminded her of the situation down below right before, but she didn't hesitate. Quickly taking a deep breath again, she connected their lips tightly together and pinched the vaporeon's nose to begin exhaling forcefully, pushing the air up her airways and causing her chest to swell. The pokemon still had a pulse but it seemed like an enternity until Misty could feel a spasm of hers.\n\nQuickly breaking the kiss, she saw the pokemon blinking a few times before it smiled but immediately began to cough forcefully, spasming for air. \"V..vaa...va..\" Her little body shook hard as she was getting rid of the water but quickly they embraced eachother tightly for support and Misty kissed the vaporeon once again - on this nose this time - while they barely paid attention to the public which had broken out in even louder cheering.\n\n\"6 minutes, ladies and gentlemen! And both are conscious and happy at the cave ending! This is a new track-breathholding- record!\", the supervisor shouted and clapped his hands too. \"Even if they were not holding their breath just for their own...\", he chuckled with a grin.\n\"Congratulations to Misty and her Vaporeon!\"", "description_bbcode_parsed": "[Part of the FA sync]

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PT 1

Misty gently hugged the vaporeon and stroked over its back reassuringly. "Are you ready?", she asked and her tail was slowly dangling from the edge of the springboard. The watertype shuffled closer, looking down at the water of a round pool - the entrance to the cave systems.
Some people were watching nearby, already clapping their hands to encourage them two though she knew they probably wondered how it came that a watertype was participating this time at Pokemon- and Trainer- Divingcontest.
Yet the vaporeon shuffled slightly back from the edge and she fiddled with her chest and paws.
One would think that a vaporeon could impossibly be nervous about just taking adive, but Misty knew that this was a special case. It was fairly long ago since the now well known trainer and arena leader from Azuria city, had adopted this pokemon from a center. She had been told that the vaporeon didn't seem to be able to stay underwater like others of her kind. Scientists at the pokecenter found out that the small, female vappy had a genetical deffect, keeping her gills from working properly. That was also the reason why she prefered to hide her gills and Misty had got her this smooth, dark blue pokesuit.

It had surprised the trainer though to notice that her pokemon didn't seem to avoid the water in any way nevertheless. So she had decided to train the special vaporeon in surviving underwater - just like she her trainer herself as long as she could remember. Possibly that was a reason why this vaporeon had oftenly been her secret favorite in her pokemon team, even if she rarely showed her.

"Come. I know we can make it!", Misty added to convince the little one and she finally saw her moving slowly, eventually stepping closer to the water's edge again and positioning herself next to her trainer. The red-haired girl nodded at the supervisor of the contest and began to take deep, long gasps of air while a countdown had began to count down from 10 to 0.
The watertype did the same, causing her chest to swell up and down under the firm suit. She focused on her preparation, yet looked from time to time in her trainer's eyes, only to see her confidence.
Eventually a loud gong could be heard and both partners gasped in a last, deep breath and pushed off the edge, heading down about 10 feet towards the surface.

A large cloud of bubbles sourrounded them both for a second o two but soon it disolved and revealed the artificial, black, glistening rock this cavesystem was made of. A faint glowing came from a large entrance of a tunnel and the girl swiftly headed in that direction, causing the pokemon to follow swiftly. Inside they could see the source of the gleaming: Smooth, perfect crystals were attached to the walls and provided them enough light to look around.
The water rushed through Misty's beautiful hair but she was calm, knowing she had to save her energy for this long, adventurous dive. Yet she peeked behind at the vaporeon once, watching how she was forcefully flexing her tail to make her way through the water. A quick smile of pride washed of her trainer's face while both partners swam just like true creatures of the water - and they both looked like they were maid for the water.

Misty felt her feet tingling slightly inside of the firm mermaid-tail as she had been wearing it for quite a while now, but she loved that feeling. She felt united to her element.
The young girl had been close to the water her whole life and when her sisters had this idea of the first underwater shows with pokemon at their arena in Azuria City, she recognized how much fun it could be to swim in such a costume. Additionally it was very effective as well, allowing her to take far longer distances than she could alone with her legs.
So it was no wonder she always particpated like this to diving contests like those. The girl felt happy as she calmly kicked her tail in a graceful manner threading water behind to keep up with the agile watertype next to her. Since this tunnel was wide enough, she even swam a graceful circle around her pokemon.
She knew hidden cameras in the walls were filming them but she did it just for enjoying the rush of water against her body and to make the vappy smile.

Soon they came across the first chamber with a window. It was a smaller than the place they had begun their dive, yet Misty could wave at the spectators outside who were watching them. She smiled and the vaporeon seemed to have caught some confidence by now too as she took a swift looping through the water before heading further towards the other side of the tunnel where she caught up with the costumed mermaid. The girl gently brushed along vaporeons side before they swam straight through the tunnel again, side by side and keeping an eye on the walls and spiky crystals around, not to hurt themselves.
The whole track consisted of multiple sections, each one harder and trickier than the one before. The participants were given only a vague map which didn't show much.
Misty knew this passage from her earlier dives though, so she wasn't surprised when the tunnel around them became more and more narrow. Yet the vaporeon hesitated , becoming slow. She knew that they had to swim behind of each other now, yet she didn't want to leave the side of her trainer. The human girl gave her another smile though and gently stroked vaporeon's back while she had stopped to swim as well.

For a moment they looked in eachotehr's eyes Misty placed her hand on vaporeon's chest, telling her that they were alright and after anotehr second of hesitation, the watertype finally swam forward, letting out a bubble or two.
As they were a few feet down the tunnel, Vaporeon halted for a second as she had spotted one of the displays fixed in the wall which was displaying the time they were already down: 1:14. Misty knew it was better not to think about the time and gently patted vaporeon's back.
Calmly they continued on their way, occasionally pushing against the walls to save energy. The seconds trickled by without mercy but the two girls still showed confidence.

As they came across another one of the windows and air chambers, the vaporeon looked upwards at the surface with a yearning expression on her face. Yet Misty only shook her head and gently brushed over her headfins to turn the vaporeon's, brightblue face at her and give her a reassuring look. The pokemon nodded as it quickly swam down across the chamber and headed through the continuing tunnel where the mermaid girl followed closely behind. She could see a few small bubbles seeping from her pokemon's snout again and rise against the walls of artificial rock. Yet by now, the experienced, young women was starting to be reminded that she wasn't a real mermaid either.
A slight strain began to spread within her proudly filled chest, but she quickly pushed all thoughts about air aside, just focusing on making their shortest way possible through the caves and chambers.

The air breathing vaporeon was in a similar state as her body was using more and more of the oxygen contained in the air within her lungs. Just like her trainer had taught her, she closed her eyes for a moment though and slowly tried to relax, using one of her webbed paws to rub slowly over her chest, helping to ease the feeling. Misty had noticed that the vappy had slowed down and she turned around, looking at her, feeling proud of it as she noticed its concentration and determination. So she gave her a smile when the vappy opened her eyes again and began to swim faster, using all her limbs. "We are a good team..", the girl thought.

This passage had many turns and sharp edges, greatly increasing the efort, both partners had to put up to make it through. It didn't take long till Misty could hear a slight grunt from behind her, followed by a couple of bubbles from the vaporeon each time they had to change direction. She looked catiuously at her little partner, going sure she was still alright but the blueish pokemon was showing no sign of slowing down.
Yet Misty's glance fell on another small clock which was placed in the dark wall and was showing their time: 1:52. She gulped once as she suddenly felt more aware of her own body's needs now, but she urged herself to relax the best she could and rubbed her neck a bit with her hand.

The vaporeon was obviously in some more distress by now. It felt like a fire was burning within her chest and when she tried to rub it, it barely helped any more. On the opposite: It was only slowing her down and for a moment she pressed both her paws against her lips as her chest was about to spasm, yet she managed to keep the feeling at bay and only loose two or three bubbles.

Vappy knew her trainer was relying on her and she tried to push all the urge about air, out of her mind. Yet she could still hear her own heart pounding hard. "How long are we down?.." she wondered but quickly realized it was better not to know and she swam closer to her trainer who was visibly in need as well. She could see how Misty's chest was slightly sucked in right over the waistand of the costume, showing her contracted muscles.
In an attempt to help, the vappy gently brushed along Misty's chest, yet it only spasmed, causing her to gulp and look down at the pokemon who was showing a worrying exression before she began to swim faster again. Misty returned the glance but to vaporeon's surprise, there was strength and confidence visble in her eyes, signalizing that she wasn't going to give up. Calmly she rubbed over the poke's chest, causing her to feel the warmth even through fabric of the swimsuit.
The vappy returned the expression with a soft smile and quickly used her tail to swim forcefully, ahead of her trainer.

Unfotunately for the two, the environment soon changed once again after the next window. The tunnel had not only many turns now but the walls also seemed to come closer and closer with every second they swam deeper. Misty hoped that the vaporeon had no fear of tight areas but she also worried how long they both could hold on.
The artificial, yet hard rocks were scratching her skin slightly from time to time, yet she wasn't caring as she only had a target: To make it through. Aditionally her mermaid tail was luckily protecting her slightly and so did Varra's suit.
Yet as she looked ahead at the vaporeon, Misty bit her lip, knowing she should have swam ahead, because this cave was the trickiest one of all.
The light was weak and the walls and rocks were jagged and everything but smooth. So it was no wonder that Misty's fear immediately became true without any time to react.
-Owrblblw!..-, a burbly, obviously painful sound could be heard through the tunnels and the vaporeon was curling out of sudden, pressing her paws against her head and leaked bubbles in a constant, yet small stream - she had hit her head in one of the more protruding rocks.

Misty quickly dashed forward with a kick of her tail, almost hitting the dangerous stone as well. Luckily she managed to dodge it and despite the very tight area they were in, she took the vaporeon to her chest into a tight hug and pressed its head against her neck in an attempt to help to keep her air in while she rubbed her forehead where the vappy had taken a slight scratch.
Some bubbles seeped past the vaporeons lips nevertheless and her cheeks bulged hard, about to exhale even more, if not all her air. The vaporeon wasn't sure why, yet something allowed her to regain some strength just in time though. The closeness of her beloved trainer was so warm, soothing her body. She knew they were down here to show that they could rely on eachother and so she forced herelf to suck in the air from her cheeks into her lungs again and calmed slowly down.

The young girl wished they could continue next to eachother like this, yet the walls weren't alowing them to. She decided to swim ahead now though and gently let the vaporeon go. Just before, she had leant down though and placed a gentle kiss right onto the scratch of vappy's head. A couple of bubles had seeped from her lips, but she didn't regret it as she saw the vaporeon swim now forcefully again.
By now, the costumed mermaid had fairly clearly lost some of her gracefullness and calmness underwater. She couldn't supress the urge of her chest to inhale anymore, resulting in the muscles around her lungs bottom and stomach contracting and a couple of bubbles seep from her lips, glistening visibly in the light while they rose through her floating, red hair towards the cave ceiling. Again she forced herself to stay calm and continued to kick her fin in a steady rythm and guide her body with her hands as her thrill was everything but broken.
More seconds trickled by as they made their way and from time to time they looked at eachother, just as if to go sure that they were still together. The vaporeon seemed to have more struggle though as she rubbed her chest once every few seconds and she clenched her eyes during that.
It hurt the trainer to see her pokemon in pain and strain like that, yet she knew that in the end, they both wouldn't regret this adventure in any way. Inbetween the straining moments, the vappy was still always giving a soft smile up at her dear trainer and swam confidently again.

After they came another sharp edge, Misty's glance fell on one of the clocks which were displaying the time they were under already: "3:18" could be seen and she already wanted to look away, yet it was too late. "We are longer down, than I thought!..", came to her mind and immediately, the young girl squirmed slightly, slowing down for a moment as she pressed one of her hands against her mouth and clenched her eyes. She knew the clocks were like an additional torture for the participants, spreading nervousness and she regretted that she had looked. Now she had to withstand it.
Nevertheless, she had slowed down quite abruptly, needing all her focus for holding on, so the vaporeon accidentally bumped against her back. The pokemon lost a couple of bubbles, yet she quickly kicked her tail once to swim close to her trainer's face, nuzzling around her neck and chest.
"I.. cannot.. give up...", she thought to herself while focused hard to delay the spasms of her chest again. The feeling of the vaporeon's snout rubbing gently helped a lot and she managed to pull her hand down off her lips. "she relies on me...".
Suddenly she opened her eyes and began to achieve some hope when she realized that the tunnel was becoming brighter and also less tight ahead of them.
Quickly she pointed forward at where she believed to see the brigther light to come from and forcefully began kicking her tail. The vappy followed close after.

The shock and the dull pain from the impact a couple of seconds before, was still on vaporeon's mind and aditionally she could feel how her lungs were barely half filled by now. Yet she kept her eyes only focused on that graceful mermaid-tail one or two feet ahead of her, knowing everything she had to do, was to follow her trainer, no matter what.
Unfortunately, this task seemed like an enternity for the vaporeon. With every passing second, more pain and pressure accumulated in her chest. Soon she had to press a paw against her maw to prevent all the air from bursting out from her. Instead her cheeks bulged once again. Nevertheless she wasn't giving up - not while her trainer was still just infront of her. So she wriggled her slightly chubby body through the narrow tunnels. Finally they both noticed that the sourroundings had changed once again, leaving them more room to swim and the vappy knew that another surface would come soon - where she would eventually breathe.

With the vaporeon close behind and the nearly drowning mermaid ahead, they eventually came across the brighter edge, emerging into another small chamber with a large window, as well as a surface for exiting at the top. A lot of people had gathered infront of the window there since they knew, this was the place where even the best divers were usually giving up.
Misty's lungs were hurting in agony and she felt the tightness as well as a hint of dispair and dizzyness. She knew she was close to her limit when her chest heaved hard and her body arched, but she pressed a hand against her breasts to calm herself while her cheeks bulged with air and showed a slightly pale blueish color - a clear hint of the lack of oxygen.
Her body was trying to urge her to dash for the surface, yet she hesitated, looking across the chamber in search for the exit leading away from this cave. She knew that they were at the last airhole before the final passage.
Misty had always given up here, never dared to take the next tunnel leading to the final exit, but this time an incredibly strong thrill went through her body.


PT 2

Only one of two seconds of hesitation passed until a burbling distracted her. She looked behind, seeing the vaporeon swimming by her side as well and looking around in dispair. Her body curled slightly too and Misty, as well as the spectators could see how her chest spasmed every second under the firm swimsuit. Yet the vaporeon had a strong willpower as she held both her paws firmly against her lips to suppress the burbling the best she could.
However, the pokemon was less hesitating than the girl though. On the opposite: A clear hint of relief went over its face despite her slightly purple cheeks, when she glanced at the surface only a couple of feet away.
The vappy seemed to loose the fight against her body as she forcefully spurted towards the small surface and more bubbles escaped her lips although one of her paws was still firmly clutching her maw.
Misty suddenly had an idea and quickly kicked her mermaid-tail once to turn around, positioning herself directly infront of the vaporeon. Her hair was floating behind her head, glistening in the water while she opened her arms and carefully embraced her pokemon, alowing the momentum to push them slightly through the water.

The people outside of the window clapped and sounds like "Awrr.." could be heard through the glass, yet Misty tried not to think about them, knowing this would work the best if she didn't feel watched.
The vappy was visibly in distress and her paw had slipped off her maw, leaving her only with the little willpower she had left, not to inhale water into her overstrained lungs. Yet she looked trustfully at her trainer although her face showed the strain clearly and she grabbed her neck with her paw.

Misty placed a hand onto the back of the pokemon's head and carefully guided her closer. She hoped she would understand her actions before it was too late.
The costumed mermaid's chest suddenly spasmed even worse and her stomach sucked in, almost forcing her to exhale another burst of air, yet she only allowed a couple of bubbles to escape while she pulled the vaporeon's head gently closer and pressed her lips against hers. A slight shudder went through both their bodies when they felt the closeness of each other.
Misty's cheeks bulged hard again while she continued to control herself and release the air as calmly and slow as possible into the watertype's maw and hopefully into her lungs too.

Vaporeon's eyes went wide for a moment when she felt the sudden rush of warm, wet air, bulging her cheeks even more till they almost hurt. Then she instinctively gave in, closing her eyes to relax and began inhaling calmly from her cheeks and from her dear trainer as well. The little pokemon had never experienced something like this before, yet she felt how the movement of air was gradually soothing her tortured lungs. A couple of bubbles hearably trickled from the connection, but willingly she intensified the embrace, sourrounding the "mermaid" with her limbs and pressed her body against hers.

It was tough even for an experienced breathholder like Misty to keep exhaling steadily in a state like this. Her lungs were clearly protesting and she almost thought she'd inhale water through her nose every second. Yet as she felt the vaporeon's smooth skin and rubbery suit brush up against her chest, she gradually felt a little better again and gently stroked over the vappy's neck and back. The pokemon was trusting her and she was returning this trust.
She knew the people outside were probably staring at them - some in disgust, some in amazement and one or two, maybe even in envy - yet she didn't care, just managing to enjoy this very special moment herself. Just in the back of her mind, she was glad that the visitors were not allowed to take any cameras to the show.

Eventually she could feel how the vaporeon's chest had rose against her, full of air, but the girl's own chest and upper belly was sucked-in, being almost completly airless. Her eyes fluttered open in a wave of panic and she was almost about to trash around in sheer dispair before she saw and felt the watertype pokemon smile weakly and immediately began exhaling forefully back.
Vappy had placed one of her webbed paws onto Misty's upper chest and rubbed gently while they were sharing what little air they had, again. The air brushed and tingled through their lips while both members of diffrent species felt more united than ever before.
The girl couldn't diffrent but to smile as well - accidentally allowing a couple of bubles to slip - as her chest inflated again. The deep burning was still present and she had the urge to cough from the warmth and staleness of the air, yet she knew this would prolong her time underwater - even if only for a couple of seconds.

Without that they would have noticed, the two partners had stopped swimming and sank near the bottom of the cavity. Still they just looked at eachother after the vaporeon had opened her eyes as well and stopped exhaling, leaving them both with less than half a lungful of air.
In fact they would have been able to rush through the water by now again, yet something was keeping them from it. Was it just the kiss? Or the warmth they felt from eachother in this dear embrace? They couldn't tell. Everything they knew, was that they wished this moment would never end.
Eventually their lips parted and as if they were just on dry, they glanced at each other until Misty suddenly gave a reassuring smile and kicked her mermaid-tail forcefully while she was still embracing the smaller pokemon. The movement caused the vappy to cling slightly tighter, pressing her head against Mistys chest. Yet she took the hint quickly as well and began to use her tail and hindlegs to aid to the swim - together now.

Smoothly, Misty guided them both through the water and down towards the tunnel. Due to their positions, the vaporeon's glance fell on the display near the surface, displaying the time: 4:01. Her heart thumped harder in her chest as she was barely believing that, yet she only looked up at her trainer who gulped once in awe.
The girl was looking down at the tunnel and noticed that the crystals were weaker there, reducing the range they could see ahead. Additionally, the tunnel was heading almost vertically down, appearing like a deep, black hole to them.
For a moment she thought about to return to the surface finally. However, the vaporeon apparently had regained more confidence than one would expect. She took away the decision when she quickly turned around in Misty's softened embrace and began to head downwards, leaving the costumed girl no other choice but to follow down into the darkness, not to loose the contact.

Seconds passed as the trainer and her pokemon were swimming rythmically and supported eachotehr with their strength. Yet they could both feel the pressure increasing around them and the burning which had never entirely disppeared, renewed its intensity once again, constantly reminding the two that they were no creatures of the water after all.
A couple of bubbles seeped from the girl's lips, rising just along her sleek body during their constant descent but her mermaid-tail still did a good job and pushing her through the water.
The vaporeon felt the impact of the waterpressure on her little body and she was think about the depths of various lakes in the region where she and her trainer had been training their abilities. The fairly nagging realization came to her mind though as she could feel that she had never been that deep with so little air within her lungs. Nervously she clutched her chest, yet continued to swim.

Never relaly having had considered to ever enter this tunnel, Misty had barely looked attentious at this passage on the map they were given. Yet she remembered with slight shock that this section was the longest one of all parts.
The fear that they might have overtaken it, came through her mind and for a moment, she looked back at the vaporeon and at the vrtical tunnel they had come from, as well. The surface was barely visible anymore. "Too late to return now...", she thought.
It worried her even more when she saw her pokemon clutching its chest though with visibly growing dispair. Misty knew she was probably doing whatever she could to resist exhaling this used air, but the natural instinct was becoming stronger with every passing second. Nevertheless they kept up a steady swimming speed as they passed more massive stone and sharp shreads stuck to the cave's walls. Eventually their way finally turned horizontally. "The exit must be close!", she thought but pressed a hand onto her chest as the pain was growing, yet so was the thrill.

Suddenly her eyes catched a frantical move by her side simultanously with a large burbling. With agony she saw how the vaporeon's body bent and large clods of air shot past her paws whichs he had uselessly pressed again her mouth. Her dark eyes twitched as she blinked and the trainer could see the panic in her eyes.
Misty knew she had convinced, if not lured this dear vaporeon into this whole, dangerous adventure and she was responsible for any pain she was feeling. The costumed girl loved the thrill and she knew that the vaporeon was usually doing the same, yet she simply couldn't let her drown. She had knew she had to prevent her from inhaling water.

Instinctively she pushed with her mermaid-tail against the wall behind her to embrace the pokemon firmly, pressing its backfins against her chest while using one hand to keep vaporeon's mouth closed and the other one to cover its nostrils. The watertype squirmed hard and she sucked on her trainer's hands, yet Misty kept them in place, knowing that vappy's lungs were strong, meaning that the little ounces of air inside were still better than water.
The act was leaving the girl without any possibility to cover her own mouth though, meaning she had just her willpower to keep the water out of her throat. Her mind was screaming at her to move, but her body barely reacted now. She was very low on oxygen, yet she continued to endure and began to kick her mermaid tail again although her vision was blury now and she barely could dodge the cave's walls.
With half an eye, she beleived to see another one of the clocks. "Over 5 minutes!?..", went through her mind, but she disbelieved what she was seeing.

The vappy's struggle continued as her powerful diaphragm pushed her chest against Misty's and she gave internal shrieks of urge, nevertheless she kept at least her eyes open and used her tail to guide them both away from the dangrous walls. Vappy's will to make this through without passing out was more powerful than ever before.
With barely any strength to focus, Misty was soon believing to see a weak light at the end of the tunnel. "could it be.. the target?..", she wondered and blinked with her blury eyes. Her throat was cramped - the only barrier between her lungs and the water, but again both the air breathers gathered all their strength to push forward, gliding shakingly through the water. Misty could feel the vaporeon's heart beating fast as they were close like that and it drove her further and further, ignoring the constant contractions of her chest.

Suddenly, what looked like a bright exit, turned out to be just a plain wall of rock, blocking her way. The shock that she had failed struck her body and for a moment, the urge within her chest overwhelmed the costumed mermaid, causing her to gasp in the water. Only with a lot of luck and will she managed to redirect the water down to her stomach instead of her lungs. Yet it caused her to choke uncontrolably, blowing out puffs of her last air. The water type pokemon could feel her trainers dispair and pain and although she had lost control over her own body - only able to hold her air in due to Misty's hands - she trustingly rubbed her head against her trainer's neck and peeked up into her eyes.

Misty was about to trash wildly, forgetting everything - including the shame she would experience if she had to be revived - and give up to the water which wanted to invade her lungs and if she had been alone, this probably would have even happened.

Nevertheless, the presence of this squirming, yet incredibly strong pokemon in her arms was keeping her sane. She wouldn't give up, not if that would mean to endanger the vappy!
Despite how cloudy her mind was due to the air-deprivation, she looked upwards and suddenly could spot the weak shimemring of the surface where the light was coming from. "AIR!!", she thought and with the last bit of willpower she could still make up, she began forcefully to kick her mermaid-tail once again and she even clawed at the water with one hand while still pressing the vaporeon's head against her body with the other one.
"Do not inhale.. do not inhale..", she said in her mind to herself but to the pokemon as well. Air was everything she could think about though while she coughed out burst after burst of bubbles, barely able to control herself anymore.
The bright surface was glistening in her blury, shady eyes and weakly she kicked her legs again and again, each time with a short break inbetween. The pauses would have caused their bodies to sink again but the vaporeon kicked instead.
Yet there was no air in reach. "we wont make it...", shot through their mind.

While the vaporeon's desperate moves were already calming slightly due to the lack of air, Misty's body was still squirming hard, flexing in sheer will to make it to the surface and to breathe air again. She gurgled hard, still choking on water in her throat while clawing at the sourrounding water once again to push her sleek body just a foot further. Then another foot and so on but all the senses of her body began to fade now as the darkness was hopelessly overwhelming her. She grabbed her throat, feeling how it had cramped - a last meassure to keep the water outside.

Suddenly the glistening surface was just above her. She could see it from down below despite her entirely fading vision. All her muscles relaxed, floating motionless. "So close, yet so far..", rushed through her mind but she couldn't think anymore. For a moment, her eyes were struck by something blue again, but she just closed them. She couldn't make out what was happing and her body was even too much numbed to notice how something grabbed her arm. Just a moment later she felt how she sucked something in through her nose. "...I'm finally drowning...", her mind told her but unlike expected, a surge of energy rose through her body and Misty's eyes shot open.

The numb feeling weakened just a little and she began to hear again, realizing how hundreds of people were clapping their hands cheering loudly to the young mermaid girl who was still floating motionless only with her nose out of the water and her beautiful hair spreading around her body.

With an incredible force, everything came down to her: "She was at the surface!!!". Instinctively she stretched her head out of the water and her cramped throat finally loosened, allowing her to gasp in as hard and desperate as one could ever do. A moment later, the chokes overwhelmed her again and she shook out all the water from her throat and mouth to breathe sharply and fast. Her chest still felt numb and she knew it would probably hurt her the next two or three days, but she knew at very least she was breathing air.

With blinking, blury eyes, Misty could make out the screens which were showing her live as well as moments before, during their ascend. Her cheeks had been deeply blue, yet her face showed an incredible expression of determination.
The timer was blinking, showing a total of 6 minutes.
"We surely made up a great show...", she mumbled, still shuddering all over and suddenly her dorsy eyes shot open. "Vapps?!", she said loudly and looked around, not able to spot the pokemon of whom she realized just pushed her the last few inches to the surface. Quickly she took a breath back into her heavily aching, protesting lungs and went under again. The watertype was floating with closed eyes a couple of feet below.

Misty quickly dashed down and grabbed her firmly, kicking back to the surface. "Vaporeon!", she said worryingly as she was trying to wake her up. The spectators had become silent, holding their breath as they saw the vaporeon unconscious. The girl could see how some water poured out of the vappy's maw. Her cheeks had become dangerously dark-blue but her chest was deeply sucked in, so she had not inhaled too much water.

"Kiss her!.. She needs air!", suddenly came from some spectators and repeated. It caused the red haired girl to blush a bit - her cheeks finally returning to a normal color - and reminded her of the situation down below right before, but she didn't hesitate. Quickly taking a deep breath again, she connected their lips tightly together and pinched the vaporeon's nose to begin exhaling forcefully, pushing the air up her airways and causing her chest to swell. The pokemon still had a pulse but it seemed like an enternity until Misty could feel a spasm of hers.

Quickly breaking the kiss, she saw the pokemon blinking a few times before it smiled but immediately began to cough forcefully, spasming for air. "V..vaa...va.." Her little body shook hard as she was getting rid of the water but quickly they embraced eachother tightly for support and Misty kissed the vaporeon once again - on this nose this time - while they barely paid attention to the public which had broken out in even louder cheering.

"6 minutes, ladies and gentlemen! And both are conscious and happy at the cave ending! This is a new track-breathholding- record!", the supervisor shouted and clapped his hands too. "Even if they were not holding their breath just for their own...", he chuckled with a grin.
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