'O ia ke kuko

>Ah, Lover's Night
>An Akala Island tradition, or maybe it would be better termed a ritual, performed in honor of Tapu Lele
>The story went that Tapu Lele brought a runaway chieftain's son to his bride-to-be one warm spring night, and caused them to fall in love, before bringing the two happy newlyweds back
>Now everyone on Akala Island under a certain age will go haring off into the woods alone, or with a date, on Lover's Night; those in a relationship will pray for the Tapu's blessing, while those alone will pray for the Tapu to bring them to a lover
>Lovers are often found during the celebration, but that's mostly because it's a tradition for people not to talk about what happens on Lover's Night
>And, well, if you put a bunch of young adults together and tell them that what happens in the woods stays in the woods, someone is going to fuck someone else
>You, for your part, think it's bullshit

>You justify your belief with the fact that you've been out here eight years in a row now to no avail
>Sure, your own social anxieties had caused you to actively avoid anyone wandering around, but if the Tapu were really doing anything that wouldn't matter
>It's just tradition and a bunch of people thinking with their genitals
>Whatever; Lover's Night is in late April, so at least the weather is nice
>The stars are out tonight too; a good omen, supposedly, but at least it's a pleasant night to be walking around during

>You made your way to what you called the Twins, a pair of trees in a clearing that wrapped around each other and formed a gap at their base
>It was always a pleasant little nook, and you didn't think anyone knew about it but you
>Over the years, you'd cleaned out the dead leaves every fall and done what you could to keep the bugs away
>Even on other nights, you enjoyed bringing a blanket out and sleeping out here
>While you'd grown over the years, and it had correspondingly gotten more cramped, it had never been too small for you
>The Twins were always your go-to place when you needed some peace and quiet, especially on Lover's Night
>Which is why you were shocked to find the hollow occupied

>You stood at the edge of the clearing, stomach acid in rage with nowhere to go, and listened to the sound of a small group of people laughing and talking in your place
>One of them lifted a glowing ember from his mouth and dropped it casually to the ground, grinding it out with his heel
>A girl was on her knees in the nook itself, using it as a fucking gloryhole
>You heard the telltale smash and tinkle of a broken bottle, and a surge of laughter at some unseen drunken clumsiness
>This was...wrong
>But you couldn't do a damn thing about it on Lover's Night especially
>And the Twins - the last place you had to yourself - wasn't secret anymore
>Tears starting at the corners of your eyes, you turned around and stumbled blindly deeper into the forest

>Within a few minutes, you were hopelessly lost
>Oh, you could probably find your way out by following the sun come morning, but navigating right now would be pointless
>Breathing hard, you collapsed at the base of a large tree and let the tears come
>There were less of them than you'd thought there would be
>You blew your nose on a tissue, crumpled it into a ball, jammed it into your pocket, and only then noticed the petal

>No, petal wasn't the right word
>It was bright pink, glowing softly, all glittery like some strange gemstone, and - when you tentatively picked it up - brittle and hard
>A corner flaked off into pink glitter, and where it touched your skin, you felt a gentle tingling
>As you watched, a papercut you'd gotten that day sealed itself and vanished into nothing under the pink dust
>Only one material you'd ever heard of could do that
>The scales of Tapu Lele

>You stood slowly, gaze darting around
>There - another scale, lying in the bushes
>And, when you picked up that one, another wedged in a tree
>You felt a little thrill of excitement go through you
>You were on the trail of Tapu Lele

>It only took you a few minutes to find her, actually
>The pink Pokemon flitted aimlessly through the forest, scales falling at random from her shell
>Grass grew wild where she passed, and if you strained your ears you could hear the creaking of a tree's growth
>You realized only now that since you'd found her, you had absolutely no idea what to do
>You couldn't just walk up to her and ask her to do her thing for Lover's Night
>That'd be practically blasphemous
>You solved your own problem by accidentally treading on a stick
>The snap sounded like cannon fire in the quiet depths of the forest
>Tapu Lele turned, glittering in all her glory, and looked at you with curious eyes

>In that moment, you began to understand something about her
>Tapu Lele was no benevolent goddess, no spirit of healing and love
>She was nature incarnate, the primal urge to find a mate, to reproduce, to grow, to live, live, live
>She was capricious, a creature of immense power dominated by her own whims and the instincts of all living beings
>She was Tapu
>And her attention, with all her divine power, was focused on you

>You fought the urge to flee or curl into a tiny ball
>Neither would really help against a being that could destroy you with a simple mistake
>Instead, you took one step forward and went down on one knee, bowing low before her
>You didn't dare do anything else
>No matter how hard your heart pounded
>You could hear the rustle of growing grass around her as she floated closer to you
>Soft hands, glittering with the same dust that flaked from her scales, touched your cheek and head
>It was all you could do not to flinch
>Your heart skipped a beat as she gripped your chin and yanked your face up to stare into your eyes
>Her face showed no malice or cruelty - only simple curiosity
>The innocence terrified you

>Then she kissed you
>Time seemed to slow as her presence overwhelmed you
>Nothing mattered to you in that one eternal moment but her
>With a rush, the world came back to you, and you fell backwards gasping for breath
>She giggled, and the sound was ethereal and dreamlike
>You felt...different, somehow
>Something had changed, and you weren't sure what

>Then she moved, and you realized
>You weren't sure if your perceptions were altered or if she had changed herself
>It didn't matter
>She was beautiful
>Her small black body was curved, with defined if small breasts and a luscious ass that she pulled up out of her shell
>She was Tapu Lele, in her aspect of fertility goddess, and trying to resist her would be as pointless as fighting the tide

>Dreamlike, you stood, letting your pants fall around your ankles and stepping out of them
>You barely noticed that you were so hard it almost hurt, because it didn't matter
>Only she mattered - she and the lust she inspired in you
>You walked towards her, and she floated there, enticing you, driving you further and further into pure animal lust
>When you were no more than a few steps from her, she raised one hand, and you halted
>She floated towards you, slowly, tantalizing you as her arms caressed her body and the dust of her scales surrounded you
>One black hand ran gently up your dick, and you shivered silently
>Then you cried out in agonizing pleasure as her delicate tongue ran quickly up the underside of your cock

>She was taunting you with what you could not have, not yet
>She licked and stroked and massaged your cock gently, teasing you
>Her whole body was pressed against you as she wrapped herself around you, planting kisses up and down the underside of your shaft
>You danced on the edge of ecstasy, feeling your orgasm only millimeters away no matter how she teased
>But you couldn't actually come, couldn't move, couldn't give in to your screaming instincts and fuck her fuck her fuck her fuck her FUCK HER -
>She wouldn't let you
>Until she did

>She broke away, floating back with a gentle spin, leaving your cock to twitch and throb in the evening air
>You could see your precum smeared across her body, and she reveled in it
>She pulled herself forward in her shell, leaning over the edge, exposing her beautiful ass and glistening pussy
>And then she clapped once, scattering scales around her
>You found you could move again
>The lust howled in your head, driving you to go to her, to use her, to TAKE the teasing little bitch and FUCK HER FUCK HER FUCK HER -
>You fought it, hesitating, unwilling to make a mistake that might cause her to destroy you
>Then she clapped again, and you found you couldn't have fought it after all
>You couldn't have fought her

>She was Tapu Lele
>She was divinity, nature incarnate, the primal urge to breed
>But right here and now, to you, she was yours, and you were going to break her
>You grabbed her by the hips, and she let out a trilling cry of pleasure
>Without stopping for caution, you pushed yourself to the hilt inside her, giving a savage grunt of pleasure
>She threw her head back and voiced a strange scream, an eerie ululating melody that only made you desire her more
>You took her like an animal, pumping her whole body back and forth on your painfully-hard cock, feeling her slight form bulge as you filled and overfilled her, roughly pinching her small breasts
>She seemed to enjoy every brutal second of it as she thrashed and sang on your shaft

>All too soon, your orgasm came
>Mustering your strength, you drove yourself deeper than ever into her, exploding with a bellow in the largest orgasm you'd ever had in your life
>Lele let loose a piercing cry, an ethereal shriek, and her body clamped and rippled around you
>You fell back to the lush grass, her still in place on your dick as your legs collapsed under you

>The two of you lay like that for a short time before she pulled herself off, floating into the air once more
>You lay there, stunned, exhausted, unable to think - let alone move
>Gradually, you felt yourself come back
>You looked up, eyes slowly coming into focus to see her scattering her scales over you, the dust sinking into your skin and rejuvenating you
>All the little aches and pains you'd been feeling were gone, and far from exhausted, you felt better than you had in days
>And, to cap it off, your balls were starting to feel full
>The lust growled inside you, in a sort of self-satisfied way, as your cock began to harden again
>You looked up at Her
>She was Tapu
>She was nature, she was lust, she was all you desired now
>And the night was not over

>Three years had passed
>When you stumbled out of the forest after the Lover's Night, naked as a babe with the symbol of Tapu Lele marked upon your body, your training under the Kahuna began the next day
>Olivia confided in you that she had experienced the Tapu's ministrations too, which was why she acted and dressed as she did
>You completed the rituals with her, as required, though you still remembered the Tapu's attention and what you did paled by comparison
>There were other rewards to being the Kahuna's apprentice, too - you'd managed to reclaim the Twins, under the (legitimate) guise of a ritual requiring a place of childhood
>Your training was nowhere near complete, but Olivia had given you the night off tonight - Lover's Night, again
>You stepped confidently into the woods - a little after the others, but no matter
>Before long, you found what you sought
>A glittering pink scale
>Smiling, you followed the trail
>Tapu Lele called, and you would answer