[i] - Beast - [/i]

Beast lifted his head blinking in surprise at her comment, he opened his mouth as if to protest against such an idea when she laughed and waved her paw at him, he exhaled in relief. The side of his muzzle turning up as if the Arcanine were trying to smile at her jest. “That was mean...” He murmured though he was obviously amused and the jest had made him appear less nervous, though he daren’t lift his eyes to her face yet. He turned his gaze towards the forest, pricking his ears forward inspecting the treeline he nodded his head at her, his tail swished as he watched her long ears twitch. “I-I have some Oran berries...if you want them...” He trailed off, his ears flicking out to the side. 

He watched her stretch out before hopping from side to side, the ridge above his right eye lifted questioningly as she begun to talk again. His ears twitched back and padded his front paws a second time. [i]Powderpuff? Don’t laugh...[/i] Beast lifted a paw looping it over his muzzle as he tried to stop himself from snickering at her nickname for Akira. His amusement flooded from his face as finished her tease, if it was possible for an Arcanine to blush, then Beast was certainly doing so right now. He blinked at her as she playfully bumped a paw against his leg before bounding away, his jowls lifted into an amused grin as he shook his head and trotted after her. “Keep your tail on...I’m coming” He murmured with great effort he kept his stutter at bay though he still looked bashful. 

He had been so preoccupied with following Jazz he hadn’t heard King Spike awaken not far from them, he in fact only became aware on the pokemon as he landed on his back causing the Arcanine to skitter forward with a small yelp of surprise. “Holy...cactus, don’t do that Spike!” Beast exhaled turning his head to inspect the newcomer and check Amara was still OK before he trotted after Jazz heading towards the forest not bothered by the extra passenger, he could usually hold the majority of the younger pokemon on his back without bother. “J-jazz...where should we look first?” He asked her, as much as he wanted to explore it was rare for Beast to get a moment to himself to do so. Any free time he did get he would use to hone his abilities to keep himself sharp. 

[i] – Bam-bam – [/i] 

Bam-bam looked over at Max as he spoke to her, she persisted in playing her skull helmet as he spoke. Only scowling once Akira was mentioned, of course the elder had seen straight through her facade. She reached down picking up her bone and hitting it against the floor lightly in front of her as she listened to him; she stopped as he finished lifting her large eyes to look at him. She blinked as a bunch of berries thundered down on top of her, she curled into a ball a squeal of laughter escaping her as she was practically buried in them. She poked her head back out of the pile a grin crossing her features as she grabbed a berry and threw it at the elder playfully. 

“[i]Max![/i] What’d you do that for?” The Cubone questioned, wriggling free of the pile she dug around for her bone shoving a few berries into her mouth as she did so. “I thought it would amusing to wake Akira up...I’ll try to be more considerate in the future” She decided to say in answer to his reaction. “I just wanted some attention you know? Beast is always so busy with everyone else...and if annoying Akira gets me noticed” The little Cubone said to the elder, pulling her bone from the pile she lifted it above her head triumphantly showing it to Max with a grin on her face before she lowered it allowing the heavy end to drop with a soft thump. “Max, do elders play games?” She asked him, clearly enjoying his full attention.