WARNING: This story contains farts and non-fatal popping.

Commission done for  PsychoFloatzel

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It was a calm winter evening on the outskirts of a city. Among the vast woods, a popular Pokémon contest hall resides with many folks attending tonight's big show. Backstage, Trainer Leah smiles at the sight of her two loyal Vulpixes – both unique in their own little ways. Alo, a male alolan Vulpix - and Kanto, a female Kantonian Vulpix. They're ready for action. Well, for the most part anyway... The duo work well together, and Leah's proud of them for their efforts to entertain. Nearly ready to get on stage, Kanto's wearing a cute, yet fancy pink dress. As for Alo, he's wearing an adorable little tuxedo – complete with matching pairs of slick stretchy pants.

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Trainer Leah and Kanto are ready to go, but Alo appears to be quite nervous. Patting him on his back, she assures him that everything will be fine. “Don't worry about a thing, Alo. Your partner will be right out there with you, so you've totally got this!” Says Leah, encouraging him to try his best. Making their way onto the lavish wooden stage, the foxes do a little cooperative dance routine for their audience. The people love their entrance thus far, clapping and awestruck as if they've just been flashed by a dazzling gleam (without the damage, of course). Suddenly, the trainer steps out from behind the curtains, carrying two large helium balloons out.

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Whistling down at her Vulpixes, Leah commands them to bite onto the balloons knots. Alo hesitates momentarily, but manages to steel his nerves and do it. Kanto appears to be very excited for what's about to happen to her. Immediately, the two Pokémon begin swallowing helium at a semi-quick pace. Gently, the Vulpixes stomachs balloon against their hind legs, stretching their outfits with many fresh rips drawing across the fabric. As the Pokémons clothing struggles to accommodate their new growing orb-like shape, their belly buttons pop out like furry X-crossed marbles – making the audience laugh as if they're watching a slapstick cartoon.

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Proudly watching her Pokémon inflate quite large, Leah's glad to see the people enjoying the show too. The audiences mixed reactions are comical to witness too. Some folks are disgusted, some are confused, but most can't stop laughing. Shaped like a couple of giant beach balls, the Vulpixes limbs and paws are all puffing up as well – along with their cheeks, getting rounder and fluffier by the second. Even their tails are blowing up like several orbs of fuzz, especially for Alo, making him blush vibrantly. Finally, they've finished swallowing all the helium, impressively inflated like a couple of huge furry yoga balls. Gently, Trainer Leah removes the deflated balloons from their maws.

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Laying immobile on the ground, the little weights stitched into their outfits keeps them from floating away. At least, for now... Suddenly, Kanto belches out a long stream of fire, making everyone in the audience clap and cheer. Unable to stop himself with quivering from pressure, Alo burps out a frosty blast like a shotgun – coating the stage in a lovely crystallized blanket. Unfortunately, between the constant creaks, tearing of clothing, and everyone laughing at him – Alo's nervousness is spiking into high levels of anxiety. As if the inflated Vulpix boy wasn't embarrassed enough, his array of orb tails perk up too, blowing out a huge frosty fart cloud which mostly serves to make him blush even harder.

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Thankfully, his partner Kanto assures him that everything's going great, helping him realize that all remains well. Plus, his trainer Leah's giving him a thumbs-up and a wink. As a confident grin appears on his face, Alo uses his frost breath to partially freeze the stage, forming a great big ice rink all around Kanto and himself. Impressively standing up on their puffed-up hind legs, the ballooned Vulpixes dance across the ice with a playful bounce in their figures. Proving themselves to be quite agile with their lightweight helium-filled bodies, Leah's glad to see that her Pokémons hard work and training's paying off. Sure, their skill is very odd and sort of grotesque, but that's also essentially what draws the audience in too.

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Performing their wobbly dance quite well, they slow into the center by grabbing each others big puffy paws. With lovely circle of frost and fire around them, Leah's busy refilling the balloons with helium. As they slowdown their vibrantly colorful orb dance, the trainer sticks the freshly inflated balloons back into their muzzles. Skating backwards away from each other after a firm belly bump, the Vulpixes begin swallowing helium once again, expanding larger as their limbs splay outwards – rapidly losing flexibility. Now fully immobilized, their outfits are (obviously) stretched even farther too, emitting noisy high-pitched twangs and creaks. It's a miracle they haven't burst apart. At least, not yet...

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Now that they're inflated like a pair of Wailmers, their flesh creaks like taut rubber. With the wrinkled empty balloons dropped to the icy stage, the massive duo start floating towards the open skylight of the theater – both belching as they twirl upwards. Meanwhile, Trainer Leah runs upstairs, heading straight towards the roof... Comically, Alo continues to spray out long frosty farts, accidentally chilling the audience. With several spotlights pointed at the enormous foxes, their trembling bodies rumble aggressively hard. Unable to withstand so much pressure any longer, the duo simultaneously burst into furry scraps that are followed by trails of ice and fire...

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Their loud pops echo all throughout the theater. Nervously chatting among themselves, the audience fear the loss of their favorite Vulpixes... Moments later, Trainer Leah descends on a rope attached from the roof to her Pokémon ranger-grade utility belt. Holding both Vulpixes in her arms, they're completely deflated with comically large bandages stretched across their abdomens. They did explode, but with gloriously smooth recoveries. This is what they've been training for, after all. Glad to see that they're okay, the audience rises and applaud the incredible performance. Once again, Trainer Leah's put on a fantastic show – and she couldn't have done it without her two best furry friends... THE END