Jo
He'd have to be entirely deaf or really mustn't have cared if he hadn't acted upon the sudden shouts. His eyes narrowed the calm waters now feeling much more unfriendly and foreign. Desperately his head went from one side to another in hopes of looking for some kind of life guard. "What kind of beach is this?!" He exclaimed. Maybe it was just instinctive but his hand wrapped around his premier ball and out he sent his Gyradose. Without a second thought he tore off his shirt and shoes and dived right in. There was no way that he was going to allow the life of a precious person be taken away by a sharpedo.
Richard
As the elite four member would draw near you would be able to see non other than Marlon playing with these pokemon. He was wrestling with them but his body was covered in scratches from the Sharpedo's tough skin ability. Marlon looked over at Siebold heading in his direction and waved with a smile. "Hey dude! Didja'come here to wrestle with these Sharpedo too!?" The tanned male's eyes sparkled like a little kid kn Christmas and awaited a response while still wrestling with the Sharpedoes rather aggressively.
Jo
The other man must have gone completely delusional! Perhaps this marlon was having fun with the pokemon but his body was saying else wise. "Non of course I wouldn't do that, that is simply dangerous!" He huffed with a defiant tone his own big Gyraodse wavering in the deep blue sea besides him awaiting for his trainers command. Siebold couldn't help but find himself thinking 'how foolish. How utterly foolish. Who in their right minds would pull such a stunt?!'. His cold expression melted to that off a look of worry "Monsieur please you do not look alright"
Richard
"I don't?" Marlon looked down at his body and paused. He stopped wrestling with the Sharpedo, and kept his body afloat. Marlon noticed all the cuts along his body. "Huh I guess I am a little hurt" The male laughed. Marlon smiled up and Siebold and spoke "Thank you for caring about how I was doing though, Locals usually know about my wrestling water pokemon habits! So they're not really worried about me" The laughed with his cheecks turning red from embarrassment. "Was I um... *That* Loud?" Asked the male with an innocent look on his face.
Jo
Siebold couldn't help but face palm himself, He must have been joking right? "Little is a bit of an understatement..." He remarked with a shake of his head. 'thank you for caring' Oh please don't make him laugh. He was simply acting as any other human would do, If Marlon had seen the blonde presumably drowning he was more then certain that he would have acted in some way to help him. "I dare say you were louder then loud, It sounded like you were being attacked."
Richard
Marlon laughed nervously "Oh that's my bad dude. I was just really excited! I haven't wrestled Sharpedo in a while so when I got the chance I couldn't let it up" The blue haired male laughed it off and kept looking up at Siebold with a large friendly smile. "Oh um I'm Marlon by the way! What's your name?" The male tilted his head with his ocean blue eyes staring into Siebold's blue ones. 'I didn't know I was that loud, guess I was too into it Hah hah'
Jo
He cleared his throat slightly, there were only a very selected few people that he had known to wrestle and rough it out with pokemon and for a delicate and refined man the idea was quite absurd and perhaps to rough for him. The name Marlon rung a bell and the mans accent indicated that he wasn't from a region that Siebold was too familiar with, *Seems like a water trainer.* "Je suis Siebold." He answered offering him a hand to shake.
Richard
Marlon looked confused but shook the male's hand anyways. "What does Je Suess mean?" Marlon smiled through his question butchering the words completely with the worst French accent to man. "I-I don't really know French but It's nice meeting you!" The Sharpedo have now swam away from boredom, they were there to wrestle not see two water boys meet.
Jo
Although he really wasn't one to laugh at people but he couldn't help but stifle a soft chuckle, Foreigners trying to speak french was always adorable although he'd never say it. "Oh my bad, Je suis means i am. I am Siebold and I suppose it's nice meeting you too." He said with a very small smile, *If you could even call it that.* "I hope it's not too abrupt to ask or anything but which region do you come from?"
Richard
"That's totally chill, I'm from Unova!" Marlon's legs grew tired as he kept on swimming, he was wrestling for thr last three hours so his legs are finally giving in. "I'm from Humilau to be specific but I take it your from Kalos?" As Marlon spoke he slowly sank until he was at a neck deep depth. "I think I remember hearing your name somewhere before but I can't put my finger on it-" Once Marlon remembered he made one of those 'I know now' expression but fate had other plans and he was now completely submerged underwater.
Jo
"Oh yes! Thats why you seemed familiar you're a gym leader there aren't you?" He said with a sudden spark of interest before scoffing slightly. "My accent is a big give away non?" Siebold was about to ramble about the city he himself resided in but he was caught off guard the moment the other man fell under water. Siebold out stretched his hand and helped hoist him up with his own body "Mind telling me how long you've been out here for? I told you that wrestling sharpedos was dangerous!" He huffed in a defensive tone. Seriously how carefree was this guy??
Richard
Marlon laughed soflty as he was pulled up."I uh think I've been swimming for five hours, but wrestling for three of those five hours" Marlon smiled at Siebold and spoke " Um yeah I'm a gym leader, Water type specialist!" Marlon look proud of himself but he couldn't take himself seriously. The male shook his head and looked at Siebold "Yeah i guess it can be dangerous but. Water type pokemon never have tried to hurt me before, I'm best friends with a Jellicent after all" The male smiled brightly at Siebold it was almost blinding to look at...
Jo
Five hours? "You must be exhausted Oh mon Dieu lets go swim back to the shack you poor thing you must be exhausted" He muttered. Siebold had taken his shirt off and soaked his pants for this clown. "Oh yes i figured that you were, Funnily enough i'm Kaloses water type specialist." He said in response. It must have been nice to be with water type pokemon that didn't attack at first sight. There has been several occasions where his own team had been hostile towards him, more specifically the poor clawitzer he had left behind by the shack
Richard
"That's a funny coincidence, Maybe we're just drawn naturally to the ocean" Marlon despite almost drowning was still dawning a smile. Marlon never had once ran into issues with water pokemon, they've always liked the tanned fellow and he'd always liked them, it was a mutual respect. Marlon heard the blondes mutter and chuckled."I guess I am exhausted, well my legs anyways every other part of my body is fine" Marlon was like a kid in a way, he's pure and full of hope and optimism!
Jo
"The water really is such an outstanding place, It's motion is something no kind of words can purely describe. It's only natural that my heart was captivated by water type pokemon." He said with a nod before turning to his Gyaradose. "Mon ami prendre nous à terre" The gyradose gave him a slight nod understanding what it meant. The big creature offered a seat on its back for the two. "It's amazing that you could swim for that long." Siebold was probably an old man in a young persons body judging by his snappy attitude
Richard
"I agree! The water and it's pokemon call to me all the time, I love the water!" Marlon beamed. The male tilted his head completely confused on what the Kalos man just said. "You really think so?" Marlon blushed a little. "That was nothing though, I spend up to 40 hours swimming sometimes! That's only if i get lost at sea" The male laughed, it seems like he's being serious about getting lost at sea before and it actually was very common for Marlon to drift out into the open ocean and would just swim till he finds land. It works out some how.
Jo
"Mhmn i really do, the most i can swim for consecutively is for two hours, Most of my bodies power is in my arm." He said with a nod before staring at Marlon wide eyed. "Vraiment?! Forty hours thats insane. You must be a very strong person indeed." Siebold didn't get nearly as much time as he liked by the water, he was always too busy with his chef duties or with pokemon battles he really did live an overwhelming schedule. His gyradose understood that very well as he patiently waited for the two to go on its back so it could swim them back to the shack just like siebold had asked for it to do
Richard
"Well I got lost at sea those few times... Well multiple times." Marlon's face turned a little more red and he looked away in embarrassment. Marlon however had loads of free time, his gym was rarely challenged and he has others cover for him while he is gone. "My strength is even throughout my body! So I'm able to swim long hours and distances!"
Jo
Siebold listened for a moment. Nice so not only was this man absolutely a risk taker but he was also completely an airhead. "You really don't understand the concept of safety do you?" He said with a sigh before adding "I guess that can't be helped."
Richard
Malron laughed at Seibold's comment. "What do you mean by that friend?" Asked the male with a warm smile and a tilted head. Marlon's thoughts were much of the same, 'This guy is soo cool!' , 'Siebold is totally Tubular! ' ||'He's kinda hot...'||. Marlon stretch out his Limbs a little bit and kept his cheery demeanor.
Jo
The blonde scoffed again. "Oh never mind, pretend I never said anything." Had marlon not been so smilie and cheery he most likely wouldn't have treated him with *Kindness.* How very blunt. "If you don't mind my Gyraodse is waiting to take us back to the seaside shack... We wouldn't want you falling under water again that would be very misfortunate"
Richard
"Why not? I'm just curious bro" Marlon looked a little disappointed with Siebold's reaction but he didn't let that frown stay on his face for too long. The shirtless male smiled at Siebold and nodded, he climbed onto the Gyarados and hugged it tightly so he didn't slip off. "This is really comfortable, you're not a barney at all ya' know. You're pretty rad dude. "
Jo
"Ahah you know what they say, Curisoity always does indeed lead to trouble." He said with an awkward chuckle averting his gaze for a quick moment. He hastily clambered onto the big beasts back kissing his own hand before patting its side as if he was transferring it. "I'm glad you think so although- i'm not too sure what Barney means." Siebold replied his cheeks searing a soft pink for his lack of knowledge
Richard
Marlon laughed in response but out a finger on his chin. "I thought it was curiosity killed the purrlion-" Marlon looked at Siebold confused for a second but realized. "You're not a surfer dude, my bad yo. Barney means a surfer who's uncool and un talented. My bad" Marlon chuckled and patted Siebold on the back. The blue haired male keep a smile on his face with a small dusting on blush on his cheeks. "But I was just sayin' that you're not uncool, you're pretty bitchin'."
Jo
"Oh that makes perfect sense, I'll keep that in mind" He said with a soft nod as the big pokemon started to guide them back. The water rippled against its long cord like body in such aesthetically pleasing ways. 'Bitchin'. His once pink face seared a deep red, Was it out of offence? Was he angered? I'll let you decide but he found himself facing away from the man resisting the urge to scold him. "O-oh that- mer... Ci?"
Richard
"Yeah you're pretty Bitchin'!" Marlon said with a smile. Marlon had no idea that what he could be saying can well... Be interpreted the wrong way. Marlon tilted his head in confusion and tried his best to get a good look at him. "You're face is red dude, I'd thought I'd let you know. You could be sick" Marlon being the innocent male he was didn't realize the blonde was flustered in a way.
Jo
There it was! He said it again! Siebold was certain by then that it must have meant something else but he was a *Humble* White man. With that being said it wasn't as if he didn't use words like those- Oh mon bieu he really did pray that Marlon hadn't watched any of his 'cooking' shows he did curse quite a *Bit* In them. "Oh my a-am I? I'm quite fine I swear." He stammered his left eye twitching a bit. He was so flustered that he hadn't even noticed that he was holding his breath
Richard
Marlon pouted like a litte kid. 'Why is he so red, am I the problem?' the surfer dude had a rare frown on his face as he stared at the male. "Am I the problem Siebold? Or was it the words I was using?" Marlon couldn't help but feel guilty. The tanned male can't stop using surfer lingo to save his life. "I was just saying you're pretty cool..." The male looked down is disappoinment and sighed softly.
Jo
His reaction was making him feel guilty again- Oh mon bieu he did it again! "Oh no i probably should have cleared it up but in uhm... English bitch means ahah a female dog and many use it as an insult." Siebold said ending his sentence with a light hearted cough before gently grabbing Marlons hand "Mon ami please don't be sad I was simply taken aback was all!" He had gone ahead and done it again, Oh why did he have to be so blunt?
Richard
"I know bitch is bad but bitchin' means cool in surfer lingo." Marlon blushed from Siebold holding his hands, his cheeks grew a deeper red as he looked away. "Ah I'm sorry, I'm not sad. See?" Marlon smiled for Siebold trying to get the blonde to calm down. "I was just being dumb, I cannot go without using slang. I'm sorry Siebold" Marlon grasped both of Siebold's hands and held them together interlocked with his own "Please don't be worried over me? K?" Marlon smiled brightly at the chef in front of him, the male slowly slid off the Gyarados as he was speaking. Marlon's legs weren't gripping on so he was sliding off.
Jo
Gyaradose hadn't noticed, Siebold held onto the other man tight unable to respond, oh doing that now would just be inconvenient. "MARLON DON'T LET GO" He yelled tightening his grasp. Must have been nice to feel the ocean caress your body in such an effortless way. Sometimes Siebold would swim with his Spheel like that. Siebold shivered the cold air slapping onto his bare chest his legs feeling weighed down by the wet cloth tightly draped onto his legs.
Richard
"You betcha" Marlon didn't seem too worried about his current situation. The male was completely oblivious to what kind of danger he was in, he was even think about letting go to joke with Siebold but the male seemed to care about him so he decided against but isn't taking to account that he can drown if he lefts. Marlon tried his best at wrapping his very tired legs around the Gyarados trying to bring himself back up to no avail.
Jo
This was the moment he was even more happy that he had gotten into cooking. Hours and hours of work of beating batter, Lifting pots and pans that where stuffed to the brim with heavy meats, Judging by his body you'd think that he was more frail. With his free hand he took ahold of his other arm and helped hoist him up on his pokemons back.
Richard
"Thank you so much dude!" Marlon thanked Siebold with a hug, this hug was for two reasons to thank the blonde and to anchor himself so he doesn't fall again. Marlon was surprisingly somewhat heavy compared to what he looked like ~~it was all that muscle~~. Malron laughed soflty and hung onto Siebold, yet the male was really strong. Marlon did spend most his time swimming and being active with water pokemon like Sharpedo or Tentacruel.
Jo
The big pokemon finally leaped up into the air and shook itself dry as it gracefully landed with a thud by the shack. Siebold sighed with relife more then pleased to have safetly arrived, "I'm so very sorry about that it's not normal for her to to go ahead when someone falls down." He said the big pokemon it giving an appolegetic cry as its trainer pulled out its premiere ball and brought it back inside before receiving a painful chomp on his shoulder. "GHh- Clawitzer what did I say about biting me?!"
Richard
"It's totally okay!" Marlon placed his hand on Siebold's shoulder and smiled down at the shorter male. Marlon chuckled at the Clawitzer and picked up the pokemon off of the Elite Four member. Marlon held the pokemon infront of his face and smiled at the pokemon with wide eyes. "Who's this cutie!?" Marlon would gush over the water pokemon and spin around with the pokemon in hand.
Jo
The big blue crab let out a small cry of joy from the sudden attention "Oh thats my clawitzer, He's usually so much more enclosed around people." Siebold informed with a small smile picking up the shirt he had tossed by the house before lazily leaving it on without buttoning his shirt. He was still wet so it clung to his body much to his demise.
Richard
"Oh really? Well he's a real adorable pokemon!" Marlon hugged the water type and then would extend it out kinda like a big plushy when a child has one. Marlon looked over and Siebold and smiled like a little kid on Christmas day. "Could you tell me more about this little guy?- oh would you like me to help out with your shirt?" Marlon noticed Siebold's shirt half hazzardly tossed on and wanted to help since the blonde did come at first to rescue him yet he did end up saving the male from sinking to the bottom of the ocean.
Jo
"Ahah well if you really must know I found him wounded outside my old boarding school. My friend thought it'd be the perfect opportunity to get a pokemon for me and well... Thats how I became interested in pokemon battles." He answered before giving Marlon another half hearted smile. "Oh no it's quite alright..." It was beginning to get cold and god did he wish that he was wearing his usual outfit, It may look like a chefs outfit but minus the apron, Pants and the collar it was actually a swim suit in disquise
Richard
"Oh alright but that was very sweet of you. This Clawitzer looks very strong! You did an amazing job raising him" Marlon beamed. "My ace pokemon isn't with me right now, well none of my pokemon are haha but Jellicent is my ace." Marlon swayed slowly side to side and continued to to talk. "I met my Jellicent when he was just a Frillish and I was just ten. I was out really far in the sea so I'm really lucky he didn't drag me under." Laughed the male, Marlon was just wearing his signature clothing just without his sandals and obviously without a shirt.
Jo
He smiled at the thought of the man finding the frilish, He really must have been brave to have faced the pokemon at such a young age... Siebold had been much too afraid to approach his long time companion he couldn't ever imagine running into a Frillish, No he'd much rather admire it from afar. "Merci although i'm not a good trainer." He muttered before shaking his head. "I see that you grew with your foolishness, How adorable"
Richard
"How are you not a good trainer? You're part of the Kalos Elite Four!" Marlon tilted his head in confusion on how the powerful trainer was a bad one. "Adorable?..." Marlon was quiet for a few seconds. The male pondered for a bit but his cheeks completely flushed bright red like a tomato. The male let go of the Clawitzer and covered his face in embarrassment, 'He thinks I'm adorable?!'. The male's thoughts ran wild in his head as his face slowly turned a nice bright red.
Jo
He bit his bottom lip for a moment and averted his gaze. "Perhaps my strategy works out in my favour but when it comes to my relation with pokemon... I don't think they're very fond of moi." Siebold said with a slight sigh before chuckling. "Are you alright? Or are you simply just flustered?" Had Marlon not been so innocent like he was sure that he would have slapped him by then.
Richard
"Yeah I'm alright, just caught off guard a little..." The male laughed soflty but shook his head. "Well how much time to do you spend with your pokemon outside of battling?" The male leaned in closer intrigued for an answer. "Maybe that's why they aren't too fond of you? Or maybe it's something else". Marlon was obvious to any actions Siebold has made, he's just being the innocent bean that he is ||or is he really?||
Jo
"How much time? Well er... Clawitzer is almost always with me, He helps moi out during cooking and he's a budding chef himself, As for the rest of my team I try do something throughout the evening hours if I have the chance but I usually spare them an hour of play time during the weekends. It's not nearly enough but I do try my best..." He loudly announced, Speaking softly just didn't exist for the man.
Richard
"Hm I see, well Clawitzer is around you all the time maybe it's your tone of voice? Or how you express your feelings to them?" Marlon shot the man a smile as he pondered about the possibilities. "It just be how your pokemon show affection, my Quagsire likes to engulf my hand at times..." The tanned male kept thinking. "Oh! Maybe you can have an off day? You could show your appreciation to your pokemon that way!" Marlon was ecstatic and as animated as ever, thinking of a small party made the male jump up for joy.
Jo
He took account of the many suggestions that the other man had suggested. "Hmm i'll try work on that if that seems to be the case... An off day does sound pleasurable- I don't have much of them which is why I thought coming to this place would give moi a petty chance of making it up to them." Siebold said with another lopsided smile
Richard
"Oh I see" Marlon kept thinking then he struck gold. "I got it!". "I can pokesit your pokemon for you! It'll be like a vacation for them while you have one less thing to worry about! " Marlon thought he was so smart with this Idea he had a dumb smile on his face. "It'll be great! You can trust me!"
Jo
"Really? You'd do that for moi?" He asked for validation starry eyed. "Oh... My team tends to be more hostile then they should towards strangers I wouldn't want them hurting you" Siebold quickly said "I'm sure you have enough to worry about I wouldn't want to be a waste of your time"
Richard
"No it's fine, I'm free currently. My gym is being renovated so I have loads of free time! " Marlon reassured the blonde." Oh they're hostile, that's no biggie. I've dealt with worst trust! Water pokemon do tend to like me more than the average trainer hah hah" Marlon laughed soflty with his hand still on Siebold's shoulder. "I'd be honored to help you out! So please think about K?" Marlon gave Siebold a sweet smile, "Sooo what do you say dude?"
Jo
He bit his bottom lip... The man was so carefree what if he ended up hurting his babies?! No that wouldn't be right, Marlon wasn't wrong when he said that they liked him more then other trainers, Had it been another person his clawitzer probably would have given him a nasty nip when he had touched him. "Hmm you are quite persistent- Oh all right I don't see why not."
Richard
"Yay!" Marlon hugged Siebold in a tight embrace. "Thank you so much for trusting in me! You won't regret this, trust me!" The taller make jumped up for joy and embraced Siebold's Clawitzer too. "This will be so much fun! Okay so I know you have your concerns but I promise I'm not careless when it comes to pokemon, I'll prepare an area for them. Just to keep them safe!"
Jo
He was more then just taken aback by the sudden hug and it caused his face to burn once again with a bright red. "O-oh uhm... I'm... Merci beaccoup." Siebold was quite weary about this but none the less it would give him an excuse to see the other man more. "Well I suppose I can trust you, Would you like me to hand you my balls now?"
Richard
"Well it's whenever you want to have that 'free' day, if you want to give them now you can" Marlon smiled down at the male. 'He... He trusts me! I have an excuse to see him again now...' . Marlon moved his hair to the side his cheeks still bright red. "But thank you for trusting in me dude! It.. It means a lot..." Marlon look away to his left, he bit his lip and his ears turned a little red.
Jo
Siebold pursed his lips before lifting Marlons hand and placed a gentle kiss atop of it. "I cannot thank you nearly enough your kind words will forever be remembered by moi" He said before quickly adding "It really isn't a problem at all monsieur, Merci"
Richard
"I-its my pleasure" Marlon took back his hand and felt over where Siebold had kissed, the tanned male's face errupted suddenly into a bright red like a tomato. Marlon shook his head to get the blush to die down, he nodded at Siebold's comment. "As long as you say so m-monsieur Siebold" Marlon did his best to speak french and copy Siebold's pronunciation of Monsieur.
Jo
It was a habbit of his to do that when he was truly grateful towards someone or something he often did when he was greeting someone or parting ways- The sudden attempts in pronouncing earned a small giggle from the blonde. "You're an interesting one indeed... But I must ask, Would you consider swimming a form of art?:
Richard
"Y-yeah! I do well not my type of swimming but swimming can be a form of art like ice skating! It can be really beautiful" Marlon's type of swimming was very grateful but he didn't think he could swim beautifully compared to other swimmers. The blue haired male smiled softly and his blush finally died down. "But it's really been a pleasure to meet you!" 'He thinks I'm interesting! Ahh!' Marlon could barely contain his excitement.
Jo
"I see..." And with that single question Siebold had drawn to the conclusion that although Marlon may have been quite eccentric he truly understood the works of great arts. It left a warm smile on his usual cold ridden face, "Mon etiole the pleasure is all mine." He said whatever harsh judgment he had almost nearly slithering away
Richard
Marlon a little confused just nodded, 'I have to learn french if I want to understand him-'. The male sat down on the sand, giving his legs a needed rest. "My legs really are killing me" The tanned man laughed. Marlon stretched out a little, laying all sprawled out infront of the blonde water specialist.
Jo
As much as siebold would have loved to take a seat by him he wouldn't want his arse to be sugar coated with sand so instead he did a semi-squat besides him. "You seem very incapable of walking, If I were you i'd head back to whatever hotel room that you were staying at to rest up" He said giving Marlons cheek a soft poke
Richard
"I totally forgotten about that-" Marlon laughed. "Would you be able to help me walk there though? " The tan male tilted his head and flashed big puppy dog eyes at Siebold. "Pretty please with a cherry on top? ||I can be the cherry if you want||". Marlon began to stretch a little before he got up just so he doesn't hurt himself any more.
Jo
He figured that the other man would need help and besides, He seemed much to disorientated to make it there himself. "Of course it won't be a problem at all, By any chance were you invited here by miss Amelia?" Perhaps not but it would be amazing to think that they would be staying in the same mansion.
Richard
"I uh think so, I was sent a letter recently so I came here yesterday day or so. Lady Caitlin told me about this chick and yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm staying in a big Mansion... " The male struggled to remember. It seemed like it was the very place Siebold was thinking of. "That's all I remember, a girl sent me a letter about strong trainers and I'm staying at a mansion, well I think... "
Jo
His eyes sparkled brightly, Oh what a small world it was indeed. "Then so no more, To Sigford Mansion we'll go!" He announced. Before looking down flustered, When his niece was tired he'd give her a piggyback ride, How was he meant to say this? Siebold cleared his throat "Get on my back." Was all he said, Nothing more. If Marlon couldn't walk then this ought to have been the only way
Richard
Marlon looked confused for a second but realized what the male wanted to do. "A piggy back ride? Let's hope you're able to carry me" Marlon chuckled and hopped up which he immediately regretted, he got on one knee in pain but slowly got up again. The half tanned male hoisted himself onto Siebold's back with a large goofy smile on his face. "This feels nice... Mm" The male yawned softly, his body had finally caught up to him. He needed some rest is all. A good ol' nap.
Jo
He staggered for a bit before holding his posture nice and strong. He really did need to work on his body a little more. His clawitzer curiously floated besides its trainer as he made his way to the big mansion that could be seen not to far away from the beach.
Richard
Marlon clung onto Siebold like an oversized Koala. The male was slowly drifting to sleep on the blonde. Marlon's head lied on top of Siebold's hair "You're hair is really soft, what do you use?..."

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