When she said that she would find a God with Jirachi, Jolteon hadn't thought it through. Three days had passed and she was ready to call it quits. Her nerves were shot. Hesitantly, she looked over her shoulder, wary of giving him the least little indication that he should start babbling again.
It was torture! He never shut up and insisted on taking a nap every other minute. The whole event was killing her. It made her muscles twitch, and she had to mentally remind herself not to scream at him.
He bit his lip and looked down, pondering a way to make Jolt happy again. She was so angry! He could tell, even if she didn't say it. The adult slunk around behind her like a pouty cub. This was boring; he wanted a fun trip full of laughter and giggles, but Jolt was such a butt head.
"Hey, Jollllttttt?" He swatted her butt, then bounced to the side. "Jolt? You still like me, right?"
She rolled her eyes to the sky with a tired sigh. "Yeesssss, I still like you. Your just annoying." Jolteon flashed him an aggrivated stare before meandering to the left. "This whole trip is annoying. We've been searching for three days and we haven't even found another feather. I'm starting to think we aren't going to find anything, Jirachi." She didn't want to disappoint him, but damn it, the evidence was stacking up. The God was long gone.
Jirachi deflated on the spot. His long strides came to a pause as tears built up in his eyes. "Gone? B-b-but it....I...WAH!" He thumped down onto his butt and wailed. Birds in nearby trees scattered as the adult rolled onto his side, paws over his eyes to block out the horror. Today was awful, just awful! First Jolteon was mad at him, and now she was saying it was gone?
"Hey, stop! Don't cry." Gods above, what a baby! She awkwardly patted him on the back and tried not to look too disgusted. "We'll keep looking, okay? At least until the sun goes down. I wish you would just stop crying~"
The tall grasses swirled up around her legs with a warning. The rains were coming in, hard and fast from the way the wind called, and she didn't have any longer than today to waste on his search.
That was it. The magic word.
He fulfilled her wish and sniffled, wiped his tears away and stood up. It was hard, but he did it happily. Jolteon swatted the teal tip on his mane, making him giggle. Affectionately, he licked the top of her head before following her back on the trail.
It was hours before they found a feather and then another and another. "We're lucky."
"Guess so." She looked up the base of a large tree, following the scent to one of the higher branches. If only she could see through the leaves.... "We'll have to climb, okay? You first, so I can catch you."
The air was so thick with anticipation you could cut it with a knife. What would they find? What kind of God had red feathers? Would it be a Goddess? And most importantly, were they friendly? Jolteon hoped so. She rested on a lower branch before ambling up after her male companion, ever so cautious of their prey. "Do you see it?" She whispered.
"Not yet....Kinda, sorta, no." He shook his head, the wavy wing markings on his back wobbling. His blue eyes took to the tree. Jirachi hoped up onto a branch, wrapped his front paws around it and heaved, kicking at empty air. "Urrrrgggghhhhhhhh~" His skinny paws gave out and slipped off the edge. He barely had time to scream.
Jolteon acted in a flash. She still had her claws dug into the trunk when she reached out to kick him onto the branch beside her. For a moment, she didn't think he would make it, but when he grabbed on, she exhaled. "Hey, are you okay? Anything broken?" It would suck majorly if after all of this, he died because he fell out of a tree. Not this close.
"I'm okay." He chirped. Jirachi's body still had to come down from his energy high. But when he looked up, his heart gave out. "Shhhh, Jolt! I SEEE it. Right there, see? There, there!" Jirachi reached over to yank her eyesight upwards to the giant, fat red bird that in no way resembled a God. Or even a lion, for that matter. "Isn't it cool? I wonder what kind of God it is."
Jolteon's jaw dropped. THAT? "Thats a bird, you idiot! We wasted three days on a damn bird?! ARGH, you are such an idiot!"
