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Check up By: Pent Ghelsburg

Disclaimer: Some characters in this story and have been created for use within the context of this story. Others are the original and rightful intellectual property of their creators. I use them with permission and respect. Additionally, characters are portrayed as underage and are purely fictional. Any resemblance to real-life persons is purely coincidental. Furthermore, there is a prominent micro-macro theme presented in this story. You have been warned.

"A good doctor gives the least medicines"

-Benjamin Franklin

The fear of the doctor is one of those things that's ingrained in the very fabric of reality that make some people tick. There are, of course, some that don't mind it. It is one of those things that is necessary. Then there are times where the concern is overwhelming, especially when someone thinks something is wrong with them. This is even more true when uncertainty is at the core of a personality, or when they are young and naive.

Mishal was a young boy who lived on the outskirts of Hammerlocke city. It was in the suburbs that shot off from the city proper in a small area known as the Burroughs. It was one of the many areas in the Galar region where Pokefurs congregated. Pokefurs, as they were called, were the anthro variety of Pokemon who had evolved from their feral brethren. They lived among humans who were both trainers and non and it was sometimes a rather tense relationship.

Mishal was an 11-year-old scorbunny who lived with his parents. His father and mother worked in the city itself. Both of them worked for the same company, it was how they melt. The Hammerlock Transportation Administration as it was called was in charge of getting in and out of the city. Fahim was an engineer who made sure the trains were kept in the highest technological advancements. It was a bullet train so it was a rather hard task. His wife, on the other hand, Jamila, worked in the station itself serving at the information desk since she knew several languages.

As such Mishal was home alone a lot and pretty much had free reign to do whatever he wanted. It was after school one day and the scorbunny was pretty bored. Normally he had a soccer game but today was an off day and that means he had free time to himself. He decided to go see his friend, who lived a few houses down from where he was. Mishal walked out of the house and to his friends which was but a 5-minute walk.

The scorbunny straightened up his white and reddish-orange fur as if he was trying to impress someone before finally knocking once he was at the door. His friend Zap lived here. A beige and green minun boy of the same age who he had known for several years. Over the course of time that they had known each other, they had become best friends. Mishal really wanted to hang out with his bud, his plan was to go out and battle with him, just for fun.

"Hey, dude. What's up?" The smaller cub stepped slightly out of the door.

"Want to go hang out or something?" Mishal offered his friend a respite from boringness.

"Sure, I'm not really doing anything anyway." Zap closed the door behind him and joined his friend outside of the house.

The two walked together for a bit, taking them further outside of the city itself. There were large expanses of grassland nearby. Mishal led to the open area, where you could no longer hear the hustle and bustle of the big city. Though the skyline could easily be made out between the large gym and skyscrapers that dotted the skyline.

"Let's battle!" Mishal bounded away from the minun and showed a scorching fireball in his paw.

"You're on!" Zap wasn't about to turn down a battle and generated a small jolt of electricity in his cheeks showing his readiness.

Mishal lept into the air and threw cleaving fire bolts at his friend, each of them missing their mark but Zap having to dodge each and every one of them. The minun jabbing his left paw forward, then his right as little jolts of electricity stuck forward soaring towards the scorbunny. Mishal managing to just barely avoid all of them. The rabbit's fur stood on end from the static that generated from being so close to the lightning. It made his whole body stand on edge.

Zap wasn't about to let up either, summoning a huge bolt of lightning from the sky as it struck down from the sky. Mishal watched as it cratered down in front of him, able to just miss the thing, stopping just in time. The rabbit deciding to retaliate and causing a of flaming pillars to erupt. The ground cracking a bit as it crept closer and closer to the minun. Within moments an explosion occurred catching the minun right inside.

"Owee-Owee! I give I give!" the flames burned Zap as he was submerged inside.

"Oh...sorry did I hurt you?" Mishal felt as if he had gone a bit too far.

The scorbunny approached his friend to see if he was injured or not. Zap was holding his right leg as if it bothered him.

"It...burns..." Apparently the flames had risen pretty high and burned his inner thigh.

"Come on, let's get you to the pokemon center." Mishal helped his friend limp along back into the city.

It was a long drawn out process as the two gimped back together. Step by step they returned to the city itself. Some people occasionally passing them by but ignoring them. The nerve of their carelessness made Mishal even angrier.

Eventually, they made it to the Pokemon Center. As always it had people gathered around it. It was sort of a gathering spot for trainers. The human ones eyed them as they passed by. Some of them tossing around pokeballs as if they were sports equipment. Seeming them always made the rabbit a little bit jittery. He still had the primal fear of being caught even if it was a little bit misplaced since the law banned the capture of Pokefurs. When they entered the complex, a bell rang and a robot came to serve them.

"Please state purpose!" It yelled and showed a selection screen.

Still holding onto his friend, Mishal selected burn and the little machine spattered away into another room. The two traveled to the front desk before "BURN" was overheard over the loudspeaker.

"Your turn, Zap. See ya when you get back?" The scorbunny knew he couldn't go in with his friend.

"Yeah, I'll be okay." Zap wanted to be strong in front of his friend.

The minun was shown in by an office clerk who showed him to an empty operating room. In it was a flat medical examination table, which he hopped upon. Before long a doctor came in, which was a Chansey of all things.

"How may I help you, child?" The lanky woman approached him and began looking at his leg.

"Well...I got into a battle and you see what happened." The damage was obvious enough to not need an explanation.

"I see. Well, I have an ointment for that. But I'll have to give you a shot to prevent infection." The chancey warned the cub.

"Okay." Zap was a strong-willed boy and didn't want to admit he was afraid.

The woman pulled out a salve of ointment and applied it to the Minun's legs. It was cold but soothing, alleviating some of the burning sensation caused by the carceration of his flesh. All in all, it wasn't that bad of an injury and could have been worse.

"Close your eyes." She had a needle in her hand and knew kids hated the stuff.

Zap did as he was told and felt a pinch as she injected the fluid into his arms.

"All done, see me in one week." The woman guided him off the chair and sent him on his way.

Zap was glad the ordeal was over and already he was feeling better. He couldn't wait to get back to his friend. His body was tingling now, but it was far better than the burn he had just experienced.

"You okay? All better?" Mishal asked as he was worried about the injury he had caused his friend.

"Yeah, she gave me some bandages and a shot. I feel a lot better now!" The minun bounded over to his friend and hugged him as tightly as possible to show there was no bad blood between them.

"Cool, wanna go do something else then? No more battles for today..." The scorbunny felt bad and wanted to make it up to his friend.

"Sure, sounds good. What do you want to do then?" Zap asked and smiled back at his buddy.

"Hmm, we could go to the BMX show if you want? Billy O'hare is supposed to be putting on a show at the town square."

"Oh, that sounds neat!" The minun was excited about it, so much that it made him tingle within with anticipation.

Zap's body began to burn, searing pain of energy coursed through the young boy's body. Bit by bit Mishal watched as his buddy's body crept higher. As suddenly as it has started, the visceral flaring up within, dying down within moments. The Minun opened his eyes and looked at his friend who was now eye to eye with him. The look on the scorbunnies face was priceless, one of utter shock and awe. Mishal had no idea what just happened and pinched himself to be sure he wasn't dreaming.

Sure enough, he didn't wake up. The breeze of the wind shook his fur and made him feel a bit chilled despite his otherwise thick fur.

"Uh...what just happened?" Mishal asked as he was used to always being bigger than Zap.

"I don't know? But...I think I'm bigger?" Zap looked up and down his form seeing that his clothing was rather tight on him and didn't fit very well.

"Well...yeah but how?" The rabbit stepped back and then rotated around his friend to get a better look at him.

"How should I know? It just happened...Maybe I had a growth spurt?" It was the only explanation he could come up with.

"I mean I guess but doesn't that usually take longer?" Mishal wasn't sure how it worked.

"I dunno but I guess it's sorta cool? Now we're the same size!" Zap wasn't used to being this big before and could get used to it.

Excitement filled the boy again making him feel rather giddy inside. The searing pain of the burning began to return before long. His body pulsating, heart beating rather hard. Zap could feel his clothing getting tighter, his shirt stretching and then overheard a ripping sound.

Mishal watched as the Minun grew steadily taller. Only moments ago they were the same size and now the scorbunny had to look up to get see the boy's head. Zap easily had a head of height on him now as the rabbit tilted his head upward. The feeling ended mere moments after it had started. The rodent pokemon was a bundle of soreness and was achy all over. The now bigger cub could bearly move and all at once, fell on his behind to relieve some of the pressure on his muscles.

"Erm...you got bigger...?" Now he was certain of it as the scorbunny had watched his friend literally grow right before his eyes.

"I guess...I did..." Zap was a little dazed and couldn't think straight as his pain receptors were overriding his stream of consciousness.

"Why are you getting bigger though? This is a bit much for a growth spurt..." The scorbunny was at a loss for words and unsure what to do.

"I don't know, okay? It's just...happening..." The minun scratched his head as if he was thinking.

"It looks like it stopped? Are you feeling alright? You're not hurt or anything are you?" Mishal was showing a great deal of concern for his friend.

"Well...I'm fine now but when it happens it kinda feels like I'm burning all over..." Zap tried to convey exactly what he felt even if it was difficult.

"That's good. Well...Do you want to go to the show now?" The rabbit had been looking forward to it all week and wasn't about to miss out because of his oversized friend.

"Sure..." Zap was a little worried but didn't want to bum his friend out as he wobbled to get up.

It took the rodent a little bit of effort but eventually, he was able to stand. As he walked it took some getting used to since his strides were longer and it just seemed overall slower. But he was able to keep up with the scorbunny, which was something he certainly wasn't used to. The two friends went to the center of Hammerlocke where the town square was located. The town square, of course, had direct access to the gym, but most of the locals avoided it since it often attracted riffraff. The real attraction here was the amphitheater, but that wasn't what the boys were here for.

The town square had been partitioned off for the day with barricades and roping to make sure that no one went there without first at least having to see what was going on. When the two cubs approached, they could see the place was bustling with activity. Mixed between humans and Pokefurs, the area had only a few specific areas zoned for spectating. Mishal poked his head over and could hear the thud of bike tires as the show had apparently already started.

"Come on!" The rabbit wanted to get inside and didn't wait for his friend, quickly whisking himself under some ropes.

"Okay." Zap wasn't nearly as thrilled about the show as his friend was.

The minun struggled to get underneath the rope but it wasn't really that difficult. Once both of them made their way into the crowd, they were disappointed to find a crowd obstructing their view of the activity.

"Maybe if you were a bit bigger, I could stand on your shoulders." The rabbit looked back at his friend and joked.

"Haha...very funny." Zap wasn't very amused at the jest.

"Oh, don't be such a sour sport, I'm just playing around with you. But we can't see anything from here..." Mishal seemed disappointed since it didn't seem like people were letting them through the crowd.

"Nope, so what are we gonna do about it?" The minun didn't have a plan himself and figured his friend did.

"Hmm...well we could go try to go a different route and see if there are people there?" It seemed like a reasonable enough alternative to the smaller cub.

"Alright, let's try it." Zap led back out before his friend took the lead again and started prodding around the area looking for another entrance into the place.

It took a few tries before the two cubs found another entrance. It was behind the bleachers and far from an official entrance. But both boys were small enough to fit underneath the bleachers.

Mishal showed himself in first and crawled behind the bleachers, going to the far left. The bunny pointing in the opposite direction for his friend to go so they each had a spot. Now both boys could see the event and the bikes and their riders were visible even through the lack of overhead between themselves and the ramps. The scorbunny couldn't help but smile as he watched his favorite rider run back and forth.

Zap on the other hand wasn't really sure what he was watching. He knew how to bike and didn't really see what Mishal liked about the sport. Still, he wanted to have more in common with the other boy, so he was at least willing to give it a chance. As he watched, he was kinda impressed by some of the tricks they were performing. The BMX bikers doing stuff ranging from full loop de loops to standing on the seat of the bike, then returning to a sitting position. Looking back at his friend, he could see Mishal was quite entranced in the activity.

Upon returning his gaze to the front of his hiding hole, he heard the screeching of a tire before a bike came careening toward him. The rider careless in his trick had fallen from his bike, the transport sliding along the floor making a loud scraping sound. Zap watched as the thing beamed towards him feeling afraid...His body feeling warm again, the familiar since of burning rushing through his young body. "Oh god...not again" He thought to himself.

Zap closed his eyes, the intensity of the smoldering sensation building up inside of him. Overhearing a ripping sound as his shirt and pants could no longer deal with his growing body. His back tapping up against the bottom of the bleachers before his form flattened out...unable to deal with the weight of the seats on his form. The feeling is gone...yet remaining spent and unable to move. The bike spinning out just in front of him. The rider coming to pick up. He needed to get out...and now before they were discovered.

Yet, no matter how hard he tried he couldn't move. Zap could overhear the footsteps of the shoes of the rider. They were coming closer, louder and louder as he neared. He wanted to yell out and yet he knew if he did they would be discovered, and Mishal's fun would be ended. The minun didn't want that but he didn't know what to do. It was too late...the rider's shoe was literally right next to him. Zap remained hushed hoping he wouldn't be found. Eventually, the guy got his bike back, simply smiling at the cub and nodding to him.

It seemed the rider didn't care. Zap sighed in relief...he was safe. As he tried to wiggle out, he realized he had gotten stuck. The rodent was panicked. It seemed like nothing was going his way that day. He needed Mishal and he needed him now...

"MISHAL!" He whispered as loudly as he could without being noticed by anyone.

It took a few attempts of repeating the whisper before the scorbunnies attention was finally attracted. The rabbit looked back over his shoulder and saw his friend's tail and part of his bum through his ripped pants.

"Uh...did you get bigger again?" Was all the bunny could think as he crept over to where his friend was stuck.

"Yes..." Zap lamented in his situation but lying wasn't really an option right now.

"Okay...are you stuck?" Mishal assumed this was the case since his friend's legs were squirming and yet getting nowhere.

"MISHAL JUST HELP ME!" The minun was in no mood for further discussion of the issue.

"Fine...fine...don't get your undies up in a bunch, hee..." The scorbunny joked as he could see the other boy's briefs bunched up in the crack of his butt.

"Hardy-har-har..." Zap was far from comfortable at this point and just wanted out.

"Alright...let me see if I can get you out of there..." Mishal positioned himself right below the boy's paws and used what boyish might he had to try and pull his friend out of a tight spot.

Mishal was strong, at least for his age, but with each tug, he was becoming more and more hopeless. The scorbunny wasn't one to give up easily and continued to try until he was out of breath. Each and every time he tried, the minun felt him rub against his feet. He was especially ticklish down there and it was taking every fiber of his being to not laugh. But with each and every touch he was finding it harder and harder to control himself.

The scorbunny dug his feet into the floor, pulling with all is strength on the Minun's paws. It was all too much to bear for Zap as he broke into laughter. The giggles of his youthful voice reverberated through the bleachers but were deafened by the roar of the crowd. Zap felt the familiar fiery sensation bridling up inside of him. His body aching and his muscles sore...energy surging through his young form.

"Urgh..." It was happening again as Zap shut his eyes trying to brace himself.

Zap's body surged forward as his body began to stretch again. Bit by bit...his body gaining mass and elongating against the floor. Mishal felt himself being pushed back by the boy's foot as it loomed ever larger in front of him. Soon the seating began to creak. The formerly loud crowd started to scream as if an earthquake had struck. The scorbunny watched...his friend's body stopped growing but it was too late...they had been noticed.

The Minun could finally move, though it took a tremendous amount of effort. The feeling had subsided and only a consistent achy sore feeling remained as he rolled over. The entirety of the bleachers rolled over as his body roused from a lying down position. As he stood, Mishal stood stunned. His formerly small friend now stood aloft massive, at least compared to him. The event had ended rather abruptly. The crowd that had gathered, now scattered running for their lives from the giant cub.

Looking up at him the scorbunny could see that the other boy was now a great deal taller than him. Zap was standing right next to the flag pole, which proudly displayed the state flag of Galaria. Surprisingly, the Minun wasn't much smaller than the flagstaff, and with his ears, he was about the same size.

"Uh...this is sorta neat..." Zap was liking this a bit more than he thought he would.

Mishal watched as his friend started to walk around. Each step the rodent took resulted in an audible thud. Strangely, the bunny didn't really find himself afraid and was rather curious of what it was like to be so big.

Zap looked down and saw his friend staring up at him.

"Oh, hey dude! I didn't notice you down there. You're so small now!" The minun knelt down in an effort to get closer to his friend.

"I'm not small....you're just big!" Mishal was quick to rebut that claim.

Zap put his paw on the floor flat as if inviting his friend to hop on. Mishal wasn't one to be shy and shimmied his way up the side of the rodent's paw. It took a great amount of effort before the bunny was able to scale his way up the mound of flesh and dark fur, but eventually, he was able to. The minun picked up his paw and brought it closer to his face. This caught the scorbunny off guard and caused him to trip up a little bit and fall on his butt. The rabbit couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed by it, even blushing a bit.

The rodent smiled at his friend seeming rather pleased with himself. Zap was feeling pretty proud of how big he was, even if the entire crowd had run away at the sight of him.

"Let's play!" The bigger boy placed the tiny one on his shoulder and let him watch the fun from a good vantage point.

The cub began walking around. Zap was especially caring to mind the taller buildings as he didn't really want to hurt anyone.

"Look toys!" The minun knelt down and took two cars which had completely stopped.

The rodent poked one of his eyes through the window. It didn't look like anyone was inside either of them.

Placing them on the floor he began pushing them around as if they were hot wheels toys.

"Zoom! Zoom!" Zap placed his finger on top of one of them causing one of the cars to jolt away from him and go speeding into a building.

Smoldering smoke arose from the wreck as the minun looked rather displeased with the result.

"Uh...maybe you should be a little more careful?" Mishal was a little afraid of just how strong his friend was now.

"Okay...okay..." Zap calmly placed the other car back on the street. After all, he didn't want to get in trouble.

But it was too late for that. Sirens could be heard in the distance. They got closer and closer before the police were upon them.

"Stop where you are!" a voice could be overheard a loudspeaker.

"Who...me?" Zap figured it was them he was talking about.

"Yes! Paws up where we can see them...and don't move!" The officers had their tranquilizers out and were prepared to fire.

"Don't do anything sudden, Zap...I don't want you to get hurt." Mishal, after all, was on the boy's shoulder and cared for his own friend's safety as much as he did his own.

Zap sat down and placed his paws up to show he was following orders. The police relieved that he was cooperating, however, walked slowly and steadily to his person.

"Just a little prick...relax..." The officer had what he considered to be an antidote on hand.

The police administered the antidote and eventually Zap returned to normal. It had been quite the adventure, one which Mishal and his friend shared for years to come. The minun often dreaming about what it had been like to be a giant. Boy...if he could only be big again! What then?