Hearts Intertwined By Fire

Takes place during Episode 54 of Season 18: XY. When Musashi and Sonansu are taken by the Calamanero, Nyarth vows to rescue them. But he soon finds that he is not as confident as he would prefer and so both Kojiro and Maaika help him through to their victory.

"Sonansu! Musashi!"

Fear laced his voice as he watched in a frozen stance, staring at the Calamanero that had imprisoned his friends. One second ago, he had been confident, despite being scared. Now, he was simply terrified and was thus, rooted to the spot, unable to move.

He barely reacted as the other Calamanero began to hover the four of them off the ground. No, his gaze was locked on the love of his life, all confidence seemingly have drained away into nothingness. He didn't care if the same thing happened to him, he just needed to get to her, no matter what.

Flicking his ears upon hearing Maaika ink spray their attacker, he braced himself and landed cleanly on his feet but he still couldn't move. He was frozen and unable to think straight. Good thing someone else he was close to was looking out for him.

"Nyarth, we have to go!" Kojiro yelled as he grabbed the other's arm and dragged him away, having noticed his panicked state. He didn't necessarily fight back as he simply weakly reached one paw out in front of him as they began to retreat. He briefly caught the gaze of his lover, as he wished nothing more than to be in her arms once more.

Soon, he found himself yanked behind the rocks with the intelligent twerp who had ordered his Horubee to dig their escape route. Following the twerp and his Pokemon, Kojiro cast one worried glance back as he dragged Nyarth to the escape route.

He paused briefly as he felt Nyarth break free of his grasp and rush towards the tunnel. He watched the scratch cat stop and glance behind him to the two he needed to rescue. "Sonansu! Musashi! We'll come back an' save ya! Just be safe!" he screeched over the roaring wind and his own thundering heartbeat.

Fighting a wave of tears in his eyes, he leapt down the hole and disappeared. Clutching his Maaika to his chest, Kojiro followed him with the slightest hesitation as he forced himself to not look back.