Story Notes:
Highly important: I can't stress this enough to tell anyone who is about to read that my character(s) does some impossible stuff. I don't want to spoil anything but I'm going to have to since this has happened before. The reason why my character is enhanced in many ways at a young age is because he has aura, the same power Lucario have. This enables him to be much enhanced physically and mentally at a young age. Updated chapters will explain this more in depth.Warning: Do not attempt or reenact any combat performed in the following. Much of the combat used is highly dangerous and requires long practice. This story also contains extreme gore, extreme language, and sexual scenes much later.Welcome to Power of the Wave A4 Edition, the fourth complete rewrite. Even though I've read this over and over and over again there might still be errors but probably very minor but still drop a notice so I can learn something new.Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
Pokemon Troubles
Chapter 2: Pokémon Troubles
The radiant morning sun rays penetrated through the crevices in the wooden walls in streams of fiery red. Just barely waking up, my eyes were still adjusting to the light. I twisted to the right to see a blurry white figure standing directly in front of me. I shut my eyes for a few seconds to refocus then opened them back up to see the figure now standing further away from me at the doorway. At the doorway was a small white pokémon facing me with its covered eyes: Ralts! I propped myself up to see Ralts better almost surprise that she's willingly able to approach me. I spoke too soon however as my sudden movement caused her to turn and dash away from my room.
"Wait!" I called to her but no response came. She must still be a little scared of me even though she spoke to me before any of us went to bed.
Still thinking, I noticed that Celsius was still tucked in my arms. She started squirm before slowly opening her eyes. "Did I hear you say something, Master?" she asked in her pokémon tongue which I was able to understand.
I cleared my throat before I replied to her. "Yeah, Ralts ran away so... She's still scared of me..."
"Y...you just have to give her some more time," she spoke slowly and groggily almost making it hard for me to understand her. I looked towards the leaf drapes closing off my room before looking back at Celsius. The little torchic was staring intently at me not moving a muscle which was weird. It was like something on me was bothering her.
"What's wrong, do-do I have something on my face?" I asked bluntly as I rubbed around my cheeks.
"Oh n-no, everything's fine," she smiled at me, but clearly I saw something was wrong, "Everything is going to be all good." Even though she's trying to mask it, maybe she's still traumatized. I'm still a little shaken up about that night too.
I sat up placing Celsius down on the foot of the bed. I rubbed my eyes trying to regain focus while Celsius jumped down and yawned earning a smile from me since I've always admired her cute little actions. Standing up I could only ponder at how things are going to be now. I spent the night here at my new home in a pokémon village! Now that's awesome, but how am I supposed to fit in. I love pokémon to death but I doubt these creatures will feel the same towards me, so what am I supposed to do. It's scary just thinking about how differ I'll be. How can I make friends and play, how can I live amongst pokémon. It's always been a cool dream to live in the wild with pokémon, but my parents have always told me it's only just good to dream that since it's not real. I guess that's a lie; never knew this would become a reality but how do I start? Well, I hope Riolu and Ralts accept me here at least.
While walking down the hallway with Celsius next to me I tugged at my shirt noticing that I've been wearing the same clothes for probably the past two weeks. It's the same grey t-shirt with the white tribal stencil pattern designs and the same navy blue colored pants. I only wore these once, which was at that ceremony, so they're still brand new; was brand new. My shirt has three large holes in the back from bullet rounds. My pants are surprisingly unharmed though still dirtied with dark smudges found below my knees. I have to find a way to wash these clothes daily since it's all I basically have. Still, how am I supposed to keep wearing these every day for now on?
I proceeded into the living room and arrived at the dining room where I saw a platter full of fruits and berries on the dining table. I also saw Gardevoir's back as she was slicing a few berries with some kind of blade on a tall wooden block half her height which probably poses as a makeshift counter. Maybe she knows what I can do about these clothes. Ralts stood next to her eating a berry but noticed me where she then constantly faced me with caution as I approached them. I may not be able to see her eyes but I bet she was looking at me fixedly.
"Hey, Mommy," Ralts spoke using telepathy to the point that I was able to hear while tugging on her mother's gown.
"Yes, Darling," I heard Gardevoir delicately respond before she picked up Ralts and gave her a sweet, motherly kiss on the cheek before setting her back down. She turned around and noticed Celsius and me. "Oh, good morning, Rayn," Gardevoir greeted happily.
"Uh, good morning..." I responded shyly finding I was still not used to my new living conditions, especially with the fact that Gardevoir kindly allows me to stay here.
"Did you two sleep well?"
"Oh, it was finally good," I replied putting emphasis on "finally" since I was having nightmares about that night...
"Yes, and again thank you for letting us stay here," Celsius chirped, "We really, really appreciate it."
"You two are very, very welcome. This is your new home now and you both shouldn't feel out of place. Matter of fact, I'm preparing a picnic this afternoon. Maybe that'll have the welcoming effect letting you two get relaxed making it easier to get settled in."
"Oh no please, really, we really appreciate everything but you don't have to do so much just for us," Celsius reassured.
"Don't worry Celsius. This is nothing so don't worry about any repercussions because you two are not a burden at all," Gardevoir smiled.
"Thank you..." I added already feeling at ease within her friendly presence. "Gardevoir, what do pokémon do to keep good hygiene... b-besides cleaning themselves?" After I asked that, I took a seat at the table and grabbed an apple taking a bite while I placed three cheri berries in front of Celsius since I know she really loves how spicy they are.
I heard Gardevoir's giggle echo within my head. "Well, not all pokémon clean themselves like that so you don't have to worry. My species doesn't."
"Oh sorry, I mean how do you keep good breath and clean up?"
"We pick fresh mint leaves and chew them. That grinds away any food particles and the minty flavor will freshen your breath. They grow in the bushes next to the lake."
"Okay, what about washing clothing like mines?"
"We use the stream behind the lake."
"Then what about bathing?"
"Use the lake."
"Wouldn't it contaminate the lake though?"
Ralts shook her head this time as she sat at the table. "The water's always clean," Ralts added, which is good seeing her finally speak to me. I wonder how they do keep the lake clean though.
"Oh then what about-"
"It's okay, I'm sure you have many more questions to ask. I'll show you the normal routine after everyone is done eating."
I nodded finishing my fruit before eating two more. As Gardevoir promised she led us out to the lake once we finished breakfast. I saw many species of pokémon outside, including a shroomish, an oddish, and three seedot. I was so amazed by all the pokémon around even though it was only a few common species, but once they saw me they all retreated into the forest or behind vegetation.
"It's okay, they aren't used to humans, but since you're young and with me they shouldn't let the guards around here know," Gardevoir began.
"Are you sure that I'm going to fit in? I mean so far I've been scaring off everyone," I shyly asked.
"Lucario is actually out to let the Founder know that we are taking care of you. Trust me, by the time Lucario gets back everyone will know that you're harmless."
"Whoa, how will that happen?" I marveled.
"We pokémon have our ways," she smiled.
I left the subject alone right there though still theorizing about the phenomenon. I guess the "Founder" is the leader or mayor of this whole village. We walked around towards the side of the lake. When we got there, I spotted little Riolu already next to some shrub bushes. It looked like she was chewing on the leaves already.
"Okay, so to keep a good breath. You pick two or three of these mint leaves and chew them for about a minute, just like what Riolu is doing it right now," Gardevoir informed.
I hesitantly did as she told taking some of the leaves into my mouth followed by Ralts. I picked a couple more for Celsius who immediately rejected it shaking her head before hopping away from my hand.
"I've never washed my mouth before so what makes you think I'll do it now?" she told.
Rolling my eyes I got back to chewing. The taste was minty of course, but the texture of the leaves was awful. It was hard to chew and the bitter after taste wasn't helping. It's worse than the taste of toothpaste. I looked at Riolu who was taking her time chewing totally unaffected by the taste. She cutely waved at me in a friendly gesture before she actually started giggling from I'm guessing the face I was making. Well...at least she definitely seems to accept me now which got me to smile a bit.
"You okay?" Gardevoir asked since she probably noticed my uncomfortable expression.
I moved all the grinded leaves to the side of my mouth to try to talk clearly. "Yah, fie jus' nefer chew on leafes befoe. Duh I haf to sallow 'em?"
"Do you have to swallow them? Not if you don't want to." After she said that I noticed that Ralts and Riolu swallowed theirs. Oh man, are you serious; they made this whole routine look so easy! After the two young pokémon were done, Gardevoir grabbed a few leaves and began chewing them down.
Repulsed by the rough contents, I turned around and then forced all of the bits of leaves out of my mouth then used the lake water to rinse my mouth. Afterwards I noticed that what I just did was probably rude and disgusting. After I was done Gardevoir also swallowed the leaves she chewed up.
"Sorry, I just couldn't swallow that stuff."
"Oh, no need to apologize. Some others spit it out."
I actually noticed that the mint taste effect started kicking in. It was actually stronger than toothpaste and yet it's less time consuming. I guess the hard and tough edges of the leaves remove plaque and other stuff in your teeth. I actually might prefer this method than toothbrushes anytime.
"So what about bathing and clothing?"
"All you got to do is take them off and get in the lake to wash up. The water will wash away all the dirt on you with enough scrubbing from your hands."
"Take off my clothes... in front of you three!"
"Yes, and I can take your clothes and wash them in the stream on the other side of the lake. Why, what's wrong?"
"I don't know. I mean I'm used to being naked in front of Celsius, but in front of you three just doesn't seem right."
"Why, is it because I look like a woman and Ralts looks like a girl?" Gardevoir bluntly asked.
"N-no I mean...yeah. I'm just too embarrassed! Even Riolu looks a bit human. I don't I'm just not used to bipedal pokémon so it's like you three are humanoids." I have many reasons why I don't want to get naked, but what she guessed is the number one reason!
"Rayn, I don't even have to guess. I can clearly see the conflicting emotions in you."
"Oh..." Right, she's a psychic type! Gotta be careful with the way I think. Oh man, that's another reason why I can't! They either understand me perfectly or I understand them, so I'm also embarrassed since I can understand when they giggle or gossip. I'm too used to Celsius to care about what she sees though, especially since she doesn't look anything like a person. Though, these are pokémon so nothing out of the ordinary should happen right?
"Listen, you don't have to worry about any gossiping occurring. Plus, you have an athletic build for a human your age so there's nothing wrong with you. Actually how did you become so athletic?"
Those comments that contradicted her first claim had my cheeks tighten and warm up fast "A...a lot of hard work- I can explain at the picnic!" I quickly said, "But do you three swear that you don't mind at all?"
"Yes! If it makes it better for you then I can have Ralts and Riolu bathe after you're done okay." Both the little pokémon began giggling making feel even more uncomfortable. I even saw part of Riolu's muzzle change color from blue to a slight tint of red... great.
"Fine I guess. Wait, hang on, why am I asking this when all pokémon don't even have clothes at all, duh?"
"That's not true actually. There are some species that are actually born with an outer layer of skin that can turn into or represent clothing."
"Really?"
"You're looking at two perfect examples at this very moment."
I looked over Ralts and Gardevoir and then my knowledge returned. "Oh, oops, that's right some species do have some clothes to help enhance power like machoke that wears a belt to protect its energy or even lucario, the shorts that they wear to store potential aura. How did I forget that?" Must've gotten so flustered by the situation I forgot about those facts.
"Exactly, but pokémon still don't mind much," Riolu added.
"Whoa, wait are you guys going to get naked in front of me?"
"Not if you don't feel comfortable."
"I...I'm not, sorry. I don't know why but seeing females naked in front of me that closely resemble people...it's bad."
Ralts and Riolu fell into a giggling fit causing to feel really embarrassed in return. Gardevoir soon silenced the situation by glaring at the both of them. "It's okay; just tell us when you're done, but I still need your clothes to wash."
Great, now I gotta find a way to take these clothes off without them seeing me. "I'll just take my clothes off behind a tree then jump in the lake right after, but can you guys turn around first?"
"Oh, absolutely."
I ran to the closest tree to undress. While undressing though, it finally hit me that Gardevoir has washed these clothes before while I was being healed and she must've bathed me at the same time. So she did see me naked before, gah! After I took off my clothes I tossed them over to Gardevoir and then ran to the lake not letting a single second pass before I jumped in.
"Ok we'll be over by the stream if you need us." Celsius went with the group.
I saw that the lake drained over to a spot where they were heading which wasn't that far away. Well at least I have my privacy for now. I used the comfortably warm water to scrub myself down. After I was done bathing I went to get Gardevoir, Ralts, Riolu, and Celsius, but how am I supposed to dry off and get to them? Also, how am I supposed to get my clothes to dry fast enough for me to quickly put them on? Shoot, I should've thought of those things in the first place! With no ideas, I gave up and just walked towards the females hoping the pokémon wouldn't mind. When I got close enough I hid behind a bush and called for them.
"Hey I'm done now, but how do I and my clothes get dry?"
"You're going to have to stay outside for a bit to dry; naked I should add. Your clothes will be hung out side and will take a little while so I would get used to being nude if I were you."
"Really?" I whined.
"Welcome to the world of Mother Shaymin, Rayn. It's where pokémon learn how to adapt to their surroundings, and in this case views," Gardevoir chuckled.
"Fine..." I groaned. I decided to stop hiding and just be exposed. They're pokémon so they shouldn't really stare since I'm human. I finally emerged from behind the shrubbery into their plain sight. I know Celsius had seen me naked before, but Gardevoir and especially Ralts and Riolu are different stories.
Unexpectedly, they all just got up and walked towards the lake with me behind them. They didn't seem to care; what relief! I spoke too soon however, and as we walked back to the lake... every time I turned my head to view the surroundings I could've sworn the two little young pokémon would take a peek at me because whenever I turned back towards the both of them, I caught their heads flicking back towards the lake. Wait... were they actually staring at me naked? Well, maybe they're just curious about what people look like without any clothes so I guess it's not a big deal.
When we arrived at the lake Gardevoir hung my shirt and pants over some kind of thin fiber while I stood around and waited for them to dry. Thank goodness it's still warm at this time of year. During which I saw a couple of other pokémon appear in front of the lake, but once they all saw me I caught their grimacing expressions and then they quickly vanished. Still awed by the scenery I panned around until I viewed Ralts and Riolu both glancing at me. Well, at least now I know for sure Ralts is comfortable looking at me now. I waved at them smiling trying to be friendly but they didn't respond. Their faces were still pitched downwards towards... me down there!
"Hey!" I yelled before turning around covering myself up with my hands. "My eyes are right here!" I pointed. They didn't respond, but kept looking downward. It was like they were put in a weird trance. "What are you two doing!" I scolded at them in embarrassment completely turning around and looking away this time.
They eventually snapped out of their daze and looked away, Ralts placing her hands on her cheeks, and Riolu rubbing her arm. Both their faces were clearly blushing hard I even saw it on Riolu. It was actually cute watching them act flustered it made me giggle a little. But still, what the heck? They were looking at my privates! Little pokémon staring at my privates; aw that's weird! Wait, they're probably just curious so nothing wrong, right? Gardevoir then turned around looking at all of us with piercing eyes.
"Ralts! You know better than to stare! Come over here and help me with these clothes, and Riolu, your father has taught you better!" yelled Gardevoir while in telepathy so the volume was magnified tenfold.
Both of them responded by trudging over to her. They were still blushing but also showed signs of shame.
"I'm sorry, you two, I didn't mean to yell," I apologized a little ashamed at myself for snapping at the innocent pokémon.
"No it's fine," Gardevoir replied, "They must be hitting that... age," she finished nearly trailing off before staring up deep in thought. "Uh oh," she added but a little quieter. Celsius eyes dilated in surprise once she heard Gardevoir's theory before she glared at the two little pokémon.
"What age? Do they get some kind of special ability? Do all pokémon get a special ability when they hit the age they're at?" After I asked I heard Celsius struggle to hold in a chortle before she shook her head.
"No, No, it's an age where... uh where you, actually all-"
"Don't explain it to him. He won't understand... yet," Celsius interrupted.
"Understand what? I want to know all I can about pokémon."
"Sure Master, we all get a special ability, yes." Celsius did look like she was covering something up. Whatever, I guess she knows best when it comes to pokémon.
After the clothes were hung properly, Riolu jumped into the lake while Ralts and Gardevoir started to undress right in front of me. I was behind Gardevoir and it looked like she was slipping off the green portion of her gown off her shoulders. Whoa I thought that was all skin but I guess that green area is just the top part of her dress; interesting. Once I saw her upper back exposed along with her red horn free of the clothing I immediately realized I was watching her get nude!
"W-wait, maybe I should go inside."
"You can't you're still wet. The wooden floor will swell up and stain."
Gardevoir Stopped what she was doing as Ralts blushed again. I got up and pondered for a second on what to do. Ralts and Riolu both still stared at my private area so I had to cover them up. So, Gardevoir is the species that is said to look more human than any other pokémon. I know from research that most female pokémon, except some water types, grow actual breasts since that's just a part of nature. Even most, probably all, female flying and avian species grows them. It's crazy 'cause they all look like human boobies with the two round breasts no matter what species except they're covered with fur, feathers, or scales. If I'm right, pokémon fully grow them once they've evolved to their final evolution. Their breasts are slightly concealed by fur or feathers until they go into heat, except for scaly pokémon, but until they go into heat they're chest just sticks out in a curvy bulge with some having a thick tuft of fur or feathers covering them similar to like a woman's shirt or top; it's weird. I got this off a documentary on pokémon anatomy; when they do go into heat their nipples are more exposed within the fur or feathers and even scales since scales for most pokémon act as a protective armor which shows their arousal I think? It was something like that.
Plus, the bigger the curve on their chest the bigger the bust, which usually depends on body size, body shape, and the egg group of the species if they do grow them. The smaller the body size the smaller the breasts will be, but if a pokémon is bigger than the size can be big; even bigger than some humans. If the pokémon has a quadruped body shape then its breasts will be small enough to be concealed, but get this. Looking closely at a quadruped, you would see two slight bulges or curves on their chest causing the fur around there to look puffy. I've seen it a lot on my friends' pets. In this case, Gardevoir has no fur or feathers, she's around five feet tall, and she's in the intermediate egg group, so her breasts will show no matter if she's in heat or not.
I feel a little awkward about those facts being applied to Gardevoir. And I think Ralts and Riolu are still staring at my private area. To add to the tension, there have been many cases of people actually having sex with their pokémon which is illegal. The conclusion of every case is usually people get really desperate and see a pokémon with breasts- I don't know, I never understood why someone would want to do that but my parents told me I'm too young to watch those news articles anyways. I don't know if those people really did love their pokémon, but my parents were against it so I have to be against it.
"I'll just be at the stream. I actually want to look at the ocean view anyways," I finished off by walking over to the Cliffside of the forest.
"Okay then. We'll undress as soon as you're over there."
I passed the calm stream where I found myself on the precipice of a tall cliff. I began looking out towards the ocean knowing this was the west of the region of Hoenn. This amazing view can be seen from my bedroom it was awesome. The water glistened from the morning sun as it shone directly above the forest canopy. Its warm rays struck the water causing a beautiful show of sparkles on the surface which was made by Mother Shaymin herself. The Wingulls and Pelippers cruised the warm atmosphere without an important destination in mind. The sounds of crashing waves against the cliff side caused me to slip into deep thought.
First thought of course was the sight of my friends and family getting murdered. No matter how bad I try I can't shake the thoughts out. I have always wanted to be a pilot, an aeronautical engineer almost like my dad, or a pokémon trainer, but now to become one of those is close to impossible for me. If I go back to school, the news of me being the sole survivor of that night is going to spread all over the region and even all over the nation as some kind of miracle. Once that happens I might become the biggest target of the Mafia and no matter how much protection I get, it may not be enough. From what I saw that night, the Mafia doesn't play around and they don't care who the targets are. I just can't picture what they did to my family and I thank Arceus that I didn't witness any deaths first hand.
With a clenched fist I pounded the ground releasing my frustration. Those heartless people! What did my family ever do to deserve this? No one deserves to be massacred like that... except those Mafia mobsters. I hope the police have already caught them and gave them what they really deserve, but I wish I had the power to just kill all of them myself. They killed my family so I want to kill theirs, but I already know that's never going to happen, but I just wish... I know I shouldn't but I wish I could kill them all. Just shoot them all! Okay...okay, at least I have a new family now. I took a look back at the three pokémon, and as soon as I did I froze.
Gardevoir no longer had her gown on anymore. Her whole body was slender and full pale white including her arms that were green before she had stripped down. She must've had green glovettes from her hand and going up her arms because I remember seeing those slip off her shoulders. Wow... I've never ever seen a naked anything before and she was close to a woman. As she continuously ran her arms across her flat belly her breasts were fully exposed and her arm movements kept on squeezing them together, and in mere seconds I couldn't switch my attention away! Like Riolu and Ralts, once I looked a trance locked me in. It's exactly like how they stared at me naked just like what I'm doing... Wait, naked puts everyone in trances? Is that why in movies they're so fascinating to boys and men? It's fascinating to me but I don't know why. I mean wow; I can't stop looking away when I know I shouldn't be looking!
The two orbs were great in size, maybe larger than some humans', I heard the bigger the better by some friends. In the center of her bare breasts were the small pink spots that no movie ever showed. I couldn't look away from the nipples; I only focused in on them. The water running down her chest made them more worth gazing at for some reason, and that put me in a deep hypnosis that I have never felt before. Her whole body was amazing to look at, especially for some reason her butt as she turned. To me, that was the best part about her and when she would bend over to scoop some water I just cringed involuntarily as I stared at that large round particular spot of hers. I don't know why but I liked the view a lot when she bent over.
It took me another minute to finally realize "oh my Arceus what am I doing!" I'm I staring at a full nude pokémon and liking it? I had to smack myself across the face just to get out of the view. Either she used her psychic powers on me or something else came over me.
Try to forget that I ever saw that! I feel really ashamed and wrong for even looking at any kind of boob. It was a pokémon too! Oh man, try as hard as I could but it was harder than I thought to completely forget. Is Gardevoir seriously trying to use Confusion on me because I am confused? Look at the ocean; concentrate all thoughts on the horizon. Okay I think it's working...
"Damn it! Why can't I get it out of my head!" I blurted out.
Seconds later I looked up to see the females direct their attention towards me where I tried hard to look away. "Are you okay?" yelled Gardevoir back at me.
"Yeah fine, I'm fine! I'm okay." Once they went back to bathing I swiped away a few drops of sweat from my forehead. "Wow that was close," I spoke.
Finally, after the pokémon were done they dried up and slipped their so called clothes back on. Relief kicked in since I can actually look at them now without staring uncontrollably. Ralts and Riolu were still blushing for some reason though. My clothes were finally dry enough to be placed back on, but still pretty damp. We all walked into Gardevoir's home and I went in to straighten my bed up. Just after I fixed my bed though, Lucario knocked on the entrance of the house for permission to step inside.
"The Founder now knows that Rayn will be staying here for now on under your primary care," I heard Lucario announce, "He only agreed because he is just a boy. I convinced him that his love for pokémon will not bring anyone any harm."
I walked back into the living room. "Thank you for doing that. Now he should be able to freely explore the village without any trouble," Gardevoir replied.
"How does each and every pokémon in this village know about me so fast?" I marveled jumping in the conversation.
"Subtle beats and pulses that are passed through the ground by the Founder's assistant. All pokémon here can detect them since our paws are sensitive enough to decode the beats. You should be able to roam around now," Lucario answered.
I thought that was amazing. I didn't feel a thing at my feet this past hour. Now that every pokémon knows I'm here, I can go outside without anyone getting startled.
"Hey..."Ralts began timidly, "Since it's still early and we're all done with cleaning up...you wanna...I-Riolu wants to know if she and I can show you around the village?"
Whoa, did... did Ralts just ask me a question. Is she actually okay with strolling along side me? "Uh, yeah... yeah cool! I want you guys to show me around. Are you coming Celsius?"
"No, I'm fine staying here. I'm just going to help set up the picnic."
The two females actually formed small smiles; they were faint but still apparent. Lucario and Gardevoir gave us approval and we left the home walking outside to the front. To my amazement there were all sorts of pokémon out here at different shapes, sizes, and colors. I would try to name them all, but there were just dozens of them in sight. But what really amazed me was that none of them gave a cold stare at me or ran. As a matter of fact a few came up to me and I guess greeted me.
I identified one of the pokémon that greeted me as a fully grown male rhydon. I have an encyclopedia-like knowledge of pokémon so I can almost easily identify most of the pokémon that come from the closest regions surrounding Hoenn. He talked to me in a friendly way, I think, but I couldn't understand a thing he was saying. Riolu translated for me though. We introduced each other and in the end he considered me one of his friends. Wow, at first when he saw me I was scared that he would drill my guts out. Funny though, I thought rhydon only came from the Kanto Region; guess he was abandoned by a trainer maybe.
"You wanna see the main center? There's more to do down there," Riolu proposed.
"Ooh please, I want to hurry and see way more pokémon and see how everyone lives around here!"
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"You know Lucario, now that Rayn was conscious I read his future last night during his sleep and you're right! I was able to see quick visions of him using some of the abilities you described. I can foretell that changes will begin as soon as winter." I heard Gardevoir say from her kitchen to Lucario. I stopped and eavesdropped on them from the hallway intent on finding out more about this "aura wielding" thing.
"Fascinating, will the changes be positive?"
"No, I'm afraid they might be... traumatic." I gasped upon hearing this.
"But how will it be traumatic to him?"
"Yes, how will it be traumatic to him!" I thought to myself still being concealed behind the walls.
Gardevoir sighed. "I caught many visions; so many visions appeared with many of them out of focus so I'm not absolutely sure if they'll even happen. But... many of these visions...they were filled with rage, hatred, despair, so many negative emotions. Within these visions were guilt, conflicting emotions...and murder," I gasped harder once I heard this. I stayed where I was listening in for more information. "He told us last night that he and his father would go daily and learn how to use 'guns'. The skills he acquired over the couple of years during those sessions will, I'm afraid, have to be put to use for the rest of his life in the name of vengeance from what I foresaw."
"...Damn it, not what I hoped to hear," Lucario grunted with worry in his voice, "Avenging...avenging one's death does not comfort anyone, and I learned that the hard way. So...what's the scale of the murders?"
"Massive," she answered after several seconds of silence.
"Please, get to the point and answer why," I voiced quietly getting pent up from the slow deliverance of the information.
"He won't kill the innocent... intentionally, but he'll execute his enemies. I saw that he'll learn combat as superior as your methods, he'll be taught masterful survival techniques, and he's even trained on how to use aura taught by a modern being of eminence."
"What the fuck!" I whispered loudly completely astonished and baffled by what I was hearing. Why and how would all of this be possible? Is she even certain?
"Arceus, help his soul," I heard Lucario sigh, "What will he do if he's successfully with achieving vengeance?" Lucario asked.
"I'm not certain. So many images of his future appeared too rapidly- his future is complicated. But when you showed me those scrolls last night, did the other scrolls explain every little detail about the reincarnation process or how Sir Rein and Sir Aaron lived? Maybe those can provide some clues."
"My Arceus, how could you?" I cried to myself, "What is she talking about!"
"No, the ancient scrolls of Aura History are scattered to the other packs, tribes, and clans of lucario. The rest of the clues, which could reveal who the hosts are along with the full answer about this legend, can only be found probably throughout Sinnoh... The scrolls I showed you were just part of a large theory. Damn it, all the many packs in Sinnoh has a piece of the puzzle which determines if the prophesy is absolutely true or not. The scrolls I have are just a fraction of the answer."
"Scrolls... prophesy?"
"So you're not sure if what I read last night is surely true. That was as far as I could get into Rayn's future so I'm not certain myself. Some kind of force stopped me from going any further and I think it was his aura shielding his thoughts," Gardevoir continued.
"Hmm... Celsius," I heard Lucario call out causing me to flinch, "You can come out now. I think you've heard enough."
Shit, of course he can tell I was spying. I walked into the kitchen and stood before Gardevoir. I was too frustrated and even disgusted to even care about how pissed off I looked. "Is it true... is everything you said true?" I asked barely able to get a grip of my emotions.
Gardevoir walked, or hovered, around the room and looked like she was lost in thought and even distressed which in turn infected me. She sighed then stopped in front of me "It's all very unclear Celsius. It's just a prediction-"
"This-this can't be happening!" I cried, "He's just a boy! Why-How can you two even...even predict these things? What else have you been hiding from me?" I choked holding in my sobs.
"Nothing, we swear it Celsius. We discovered these things last night. Once I saw his aura levels climb yesterday I decided to stay up and investigate. I have records about these kinds of cases and everything you've just heard may be based around him. There's a good chance that they are," Lucario calmly answered.
"Oh my Arceus- the way you two were describing it... his life is going to be a living hell," I told coldly, "Murder...and on a massive scale? What the fuck is that supposed to mean. From the way I see it, you guys are in no place to judge his future. You're not supposed to be predicting it. I'm not letting any of this play out. I'm not letting any of this play out!"
I stormed outside not wanting to hear anymore about what's supposed to happen in the future. Walking out back I couldn't help it. Stumbling over I cried in the forest unable to cope with everything that was happening. What's...what's to really become of us? What's going to happen to Master?
/*/
The two young pokémon showed me around the village center, a place where pokémon mainly socialize just like how people do and even from what I saw purchased items. Small shops and booths built out of the same material the homes were built of lined up the pathways within the center creating an amazing network of socialization within the dense forest that I've never seen in a documentary before. Just seeing the activity at first glance was breathtaking. So many pokémon that were mostly common within the region filled the pathways. It might have even been a trainer's dream to walk in here, and hopefully it stays that way. I wouldn't want a selfish trainer to ruin the activities. Best of all, all of the pokémon looked at me only with curious faces and didn't mind my presses at all.
After walking around and being introduced to many of the landmarks we passed along a booth where I saw several familiar products lining up the counter for show. All of them were human accessories and technological goods, so I guessed it was some kind of souvenir store maybe where human made objects of interest are salvaged and sold. A male aipom approached me from behind the counter being a little hesitant but after a couple seconds he showed his trademark cheesy grin and spoke to me where Riolu translated.
"Hey want to take a peek at something interesting?" Riolu translated back to me. Aipom handed me a compact camera and upon inspection I recognized it as a high performance camera; a digital SLR, the expensive kind professional photographers use. It had a long cylindrical piece attached to the front being the lens, a long translucent piece of plastic on the top which I think is the flash, and the camera itself appeared a bit bulky. I feel bad for the guy that originally lost this priceless piece of tech. "Bet you don't know what that is," Riolu translated further.
"Hang on. My mom had something like this." I played around with the buttons until I found the power switching the camera on. It was actually still in good condition. There weren't many scratches and the quality was very clear, especially with the long pipe lens that was snapped on. After tweaking around with it some more I aimed the camera at Riolu and Ralts who looked very confused at what I was doing. "Smile!" I giggled anticipating the reaction I was about to get from them. They did so then were surprised by the bright flash that was emitted by the rectangular plastic piece on top of the camera. The resulting picture loaded on the screen immediately after the snap shot. The shutter speed is incredibly fast as with the frames per second.
"Ow, what the heck is that thing!" they both yelled in unison.
Recovering from my laughter after seeing their adorable, comical glares I replied, "Sorry, haha, it's a camera. Look." I showed them the picture where they both rubbed their eyes before squinting at the screen.
"I can't see anything! How can I look at that piece of junk when I can't see anything?" Ralts complained proving to me how open she had gotten towards me throughout the tour. They both continuously rubbed the flashes out of their eyes.
"Whoa! Riolu look at this!" Both their eyes widened from the shock of looking at a digital picture of themselves for the first time.
"I-is that us?" Riolu asked now taking a grip of the camera.
"Yeah, look, it's you two smiling for the camera. You two look so cute!" After glancing a bit more at the frozen piece of time they both looked at me before abruptly turning away blushing very clearly.
"R-really, thank you. I was never told by anyone else that I was cute before...o-other than my father," Riolu spoke.
"Yeah, me too...especially because of this..." Ralts pointed gesturing to her nearly completely chipped horn.
"Oh really, how can you two not have been told you were cute before," I giggled, "Who cares if you're missing a fin, you still look pretty, you both look so pretty like you're groomed everyday!" Both of them turned opposite directions this time getting a little more fidgety and I couldn't help but find that adorable. I was happy to see them both really happy from my complements.
I heard the aipom cry out gathering all of our attention with an impatient look. He spoke to Riolu and afterwards she nodded in disappointment. "He said the camera costs 15,000 poké."
"But what's poké?"
"It's our way of buying stuff, but we don't have any," Ralts answered.
"Oh, okay...shoot." I looked towards the aipom who was waiting for the poké to be given. I really wanted my new friends to have that camera and play around with it some more. I saw their disappointed expressions so I tried to negotiate. "Sorry Aipom, but can you let these two try it out a little longer?"
"He said no, you already tried it out, so you buy it or leave it."
"What if I trade you?" I pulled some of my own money that still thankfully remained in my pocket from long ago. I had a five dollar bill and six quarters. "Here, doesn't this look super cool to sell to your customers?" I asked a little nervously showing him the paper money.
Aipom began yelled at us and I saw that Riolu was getting irritated. "He said, 'Do you think I'm stupid human? I know what that green thing is! I see it all the time!'" she mocked.
I then presented the six quarters I had. "What about these silver coins?" I tried.
"He wants to see them." The aipom snatched them out of my hand and surveyed the silver quarters. "Hmm, I have never seen silver coins this big before. Maybe I will trade you the camera for these six silver 'pretties'," she translated back.
"Great, so deal?" I affirmed.
"You got it human, and here are these wires that I found with the camera. They work with any electric pokémon around here." After Riolu translated, Aipom handed me the charger, 3 lenses of different sizes, a USB cable, and three memory chips. Looks like this pokémon knows what he's doing. I retrieved the items before he began talking again. "If you ever come back don't you ever pull a stupid trick on me like that ever again!" Riolu recited with some emotion telling me the aipom was mad.
He then handed me the thousand-dollar camera, and I handed him the six quarters he wanted which concluded the "fair" transaction. Aipom then started yelling again. Before Riolu could translate it however her jaw had dropped, and then her eyes started showing signs of anger. She balled up her fists to prove it. Not only that, but Ralts had her head down with her eyes tearing up so I was starting to get a little worried.
"You know better than to talk about us that way! I don't care what you say about me, but if you talk about my friends!"
Aipom got scared and rushed to the back of the booth hiding behind several other merchandises. Riolu was about to pounce at him before I quickly grabbed her. She was struggling really hard to break free from my arms and beat the crap out of Aipom, and she probably could've jumped over the counter with me dragging behind if she really wanted.
"No, Riolu! We might get in big trouble!" I struggled.
Aipom was curled up in the corner. Riolu stopped squirming eventually so I released her from my hold. Wow, she's strong! Her strength completely contradicts her timid personality. After getting a breather we both turned around to see Ralts on her knees sobbing with her hands planted on her face which puzzled a few passing pokémon. Now I know why Riolu got angry. It's because he said something bad about Ralts, Riolu, and probably me too.
"I don't know what you said, but it sure did hurt Ralts' feelings. Don't bully her!" Aipom just looked up at me while shuddering. I then looked at Ralts and tried to cheer her up. "Come on, let's go Ralts." I took her hand and walked away from the store followed by Riolu as we began walking back home.
And based off everything I've seen paralleling human infrastructure, never would I have thought that I would feel at home; though foreign, it was all here.
To Be Continued
AN: Before the split this document was over 13K words, you're welcome! No wonder this chapter got no reviews before then.
Mother Shaymin = Mother Nature
The radiant morning sun rays penetrated through the crevices in the wooden walls in streams of fiery red. Just barely waking up, my eyes were still adjusting to the light. I twisted to the right to see a blurry white figure standing directly in front of me. I shut my eyes for a few seconds to refocus then opened them back up to see the figure now standing further away from me at the doorway. At the doorway was a small white pokémon facing me with its covered eyes: Ralts! I propped myself up to see Ralts better almost surprise that she's willingly able to approach me. I spoke too soon however as my sudden movement caused her to turn and dash away from my room.
"Wait!" I called to her but no response came. She must still be a little scared of me even though she spoke to me before any of us went to bed.
Still thinking, I noticed that Celsius was still tucked in my arms. She started squirm before slowly opening her eyes. "Did I hear you say something, Master?" she asked in her pokémon tongue which I was able to understand.
I cleared my throat before I replied to her. "Yeah, Ralts ran away so... She's still scared of me..."
"Y...you just have to give her some more time," she spoke slowly and groggily almost making it hard for me to understand her. I looked towards the leaf drapes closing off my room before looking back at Celsius. The little torchic was staring intently at me not moving a muscle which was weird. It was like something on me was bothering her.
"What's wrong, do-do I have something on my face?" I asked bluntly as I rubbed around my cheeks.
"Oh n-no, everything's fine," she smiled at me, but clearly I saw something was wrong, "Everything is going to be all good." Even though she's trying to mask it, maybe she's still traumatized. I'm still a little shaken up about that night too.
I sat up placing Celsius down on the foot of the bed. I rubbed my eyes trying to regain focus while Celsius jumped down and yawned earning a smile from me since I've always admired her cute little actions. Standing up I could only ponder at how things are going to be now. I spent the night here at my new home in a pokémon village! Now that's awesome, but how am I supposed to fit in. I love pokémon to death but I doubt these creatures will feel the same towards me, so what am I supposed to do. It's scary just thinking about how differ I'll be. How can I make friends and play, how can I live amongst pokémon. It's always been a cool dream to live in the wild with pokémon, but my parents have always told me it's only just good to dream that since it's not real. I guess that's a lie; never knew this would become a reality but how do I start? Well, I hope Riolu and Ralts accept me here at least.
While walking down the hallway with Celsius next to me I tugged at my shirt noticing that I've been wearing the same clothes for probably the past two weeks. It's the same grey t-shirt with the white tribal stencil pattern designs and the same navy blue colored pants. I only wore these once, which was at that ceremony, so they're still brand new; was brand new. My shirt has three large holes in the back from bullet rounds. My pants are surprisingly unharmed though still dirtied with dark smudges found below my knees. I have to find a way to wash these clothes daily since it's all I basically have. Still, how am I supposed to keep wearing these every day for now on?
I proceeded into the living room and arrived at the dining room where I saw a platter full of fruits and berries on the dining table. I also saw Gardevoir's back as she was slicing a few berries with some kind of blade on a tall wooden block half her height which probably poses as a makeshift counter. Maybe she knows what I can do about these clothes. Ralts stood next to her eating a berry but noticed me where she then constantly faced me with caution as I approached them. I may not be able to see her eyes but I bet she was looking at me fixedly.
"Hey, Mommy," Ralts spoke using telepathy to the point that I was able to hear while tugging on her mother's gown.
"Yes, Darling," I heard Gardevoir delicately respond before she picked up Ralts and gave her a sweet, motherly kiss on the cheek before setting her back down. She turned around and noticed Celsius and me. "Oh, good morning, Rayn," Gardevoir greeted happily.
"Uh, good morning..." I responded shyly finding I was still not used to my new living conditions, especially with the fact that Gardevoir kindly allows me to stay here.
"Did you two sleep well?"
"Oh, it was finally good," I replied putting emphasis on "finally" since I was having nightmares about that night...
"Yes, and again thank you for letting us stay here," Celsius chirped, "We really, really appreciate it."
"You two are very, very welcome. This is your new home now and you both shouldn't feel out of place. Matter of fact, I'm preparing a picnic this afternoon. Maybe that'll have the welcoming effect letting you two get relaxed making it easier to get settled in."
"Oh no please, really, we really appreciate everything but you don't have to do so much just for us," Celsius reassured.
"Don't worry Celsius. This is nothing so don't worry about any repercussions because you two are not a burden at all," Gardevoir smiled.
"Thank you..." I added already feeling at ease within her friendly presence. "Gardevoir, what do pokémon do to keep good hygiene... b-besides cleaning themselves?" After I asked that, I took a seat at the table and grabbed an apple taking a bite while I placed three cheri berries in front of Celsius since I know she really loves how spicy they are.
I heard Gardevoir's giggle echo within my head. "Well, not all pokémon clean themselves like that so you don't have to worry. My species doesn't."
"Oh sorry, I mean how do you keep good breath and clean up?"
"We pick fresh mint leaves and chew them. That grinds away any food particles and the minty flavor will freshen your breath. They grow in the bushes next to the lake."
"Okay, what about washing clothing like mines?"
"We use the stream behind the lake."
"Then what about bathing?"
"Use the lake."
"Wouldn't it contaminate the lake though?"
Ralts shook her head this time as she sat at the table. "The water's always clean," Ralts added, which is good seeing her finally speak to me. I wonder how they do keep the lake clean though.
"Oh then what about-"
"It's okay, I'm sure you have many more questions to ask. I'll show you the normal routine after everyone is done eating."
I nodded finishing my fruit before eating two more. As Gardevoir promised she led us out to the lake once we finished breakfast. I saw many species of pokémon outside, including a shroomish, an oddish, and three seedot. I was so amazed by all the pokémon around even though it was only a few common species, but once they saw me they all retreated into the forest or behind vegetation.
"It's okay, they aren't used to humans, but since you're young and with me they shouldn't let the guards around here know," Gardevoir began.
"Are you sure that I'm going to fit in? I mean so far I've been scaring off everyone," I shyly asked.
"Lucario is actually out to let the Founder know that we are taking care of you. Trust me, by the time Lucario gets back everyone will know that you're harmless."
"Whoa, how will that happen?" I marveled.
"We pokémon have our ways," she smiled.
I left the subject alone right there though still theorizing about the phenomenon. I guess the "Founder" is the leader or mayor of this whole village. We walked around towards the side of the lake. When we got there, I spotted little Riolu already next to some shrub bushes. It looked like she was chewing on the leaves already.
"Okay, so to keep a good breath. You pick two or three of these mint leaves and chew them for about a minute, just like what Riolu is doing it right now," Gardevoir informed.
I hesitantly did as she told taking some of the leaves into my mouth followed by Ralts. I picked a couple more for Celsius who immediately rejected it shaking her head before hopping away from my hand.
"I've never washed my mouth before so what makes you think I'll do it now?" she told.
Rolling my eyes I got back to chewing. The taste was minty of course, but the texture of the leaves was awful. It was hard to chew and the bitter after taste wasn't helping. It's worse than the taste of toothpaste. I looked at Riolu who was taking her time chewing totally unaffected by the taste. She cutely waved at me in a friendly gesture before she actually started giggling from I'm guessing the face I was making. Well...at least she definitely seems to accept me now which got me to smile a bit.
"You okay?" Gardevoir asked since she probably noticed my uncomfortable expression.
I moved all the grinded leaves to the side of my mouth to try to talk clearly. "Yah, fie jus' nefer chew on leafes befoe. Duh I haf to sallow 'em?"
"Do you have to swallow them? Not if you don't want to." After she said that I noticed that Ralts and Riolu swallowed theirs. Oh man, are you serious; they made this whole routine look so easy! After the two young pokémon were done, Gardevoir grabbed a few leaves and began chewing them down.
Repulsed by the rough contents, I turned around and then forced all of the bits of leaves out of my mouth then used the lake water to rinse my mouth. Afterwards I noticed that what I just did was probably rude and disgusting. After I was done Gardevoir also swallowed the leaves she chewed up.
"Sorry, I just couldn't swallow that stuff."
"Oh, no need to apologize. Some others spit it out."
I actually noticed that the mint taste effect started kicking in. It was actually stronger than toothpaste and yet it's less time consuming. I guess the hard and tough edges of the leaves remove plaque and other stuff in your teeth. I actually might prefer this method than toothbrushes anytime.
"So what about bathing and clothing?"
"All you got to do is take them off and get in the lake to wash up. The water will wash away all the dirt on you with enough scrubbing from your hands."
"Take off my clothes... in front of you three!"
"Yes, and I can take your clothes and wash them in the stream on the other side of the lake. Why, what's wrong?"
"I don't know. I mean I'm used to being naked in front of Celsius, but in front of you three just doesn't seem right."
"Why, is it because I look like a woman and Ralts looks like a girl?" Gardevoir bluntly asked.
"N-no I mean...yeah. I'm just too embarrassed! Even Riolu looks a bit human. I don't I'm just not used to bipedal pokémon so it's like you three are humanoids." I have many reasons why I don't want to get naked, but what she guessed is the number one reason!
"Rayn, I don't even have to guess. I can clearly see the conflicting emotions in you."
"Oh..." Right, she's a psychic type! Gotta be careful with the way I think. Oh man, that's another reason why I can't! They either understand me perfectly or I understand them, so I'm also embarrassed since I can understand when they giggle or gossip. I'm too used to Celsius to care about what she sees though, especially since she doesn't look anything like a person. Though, these are pokémon so nothing out of the ordinary should happen right?
"Listen, you don't have to worry about any gossiping occurring. Plus, you have an athletic build for a human your age so there's nothing wrong with you. Actually how did you become so athletic?"
Those comments that contradicted her first claim had my cheeks tighten and warm up fast "A...a lot of hard work- I can explain at the picnic!" I quickly said, "But do you three swear that you don't mind at all?"
"Yes! If it makes it better for you then I can have Ralts and Riolu bathe after you're done okay." Both the little pokémon began giggling making feel even more uncomfortable. I even saw part of Riolu's muzzle change color from blue to a slight tint of red... great.
"Fine I guess. Wait, hang on, why am I asking this when all pokémon don't even have clothes at all, duh?"
"That's not true actually. There are some species that are actually born with an outer layer of skin that can turn into or represent clothing."
"Really?"
"You're looking at two perfect examples at this very moment."
I looked over Ralts and Gardevoir and then my knowledge returned. "Oh, oops, that's right some species do have some clothes to help enhance power like machoke that wears a belt to protect its energy or even lucario, the shorts that they wear to store potential aura. How did I forget that?" Must've gotten so flustered by the situation I forgot about those facts.
"Exactly, but pokémon still don't mind much," Riolu added.
"Whoa, wait are you guys going to get naked in front of me?"
"Not if you don't feel comfortable."
"I...I'm not, sorry. I don't know why but seeing females naked in front of me that closely resemble people...it's bad."
Ralts and Riolu fell into a giggling fit causing to feel really embarrassed in return. Gardevoir soon silenced the situation by glaring at the both of them. "It's okay; just tell us when you're done, but I still need your clothes to wash."
Great, now I gotta find a way to take these clothes off without them seeing me. "I'll just take my clothes off behind a tree then jump in the lake right after, but can you guys turn around first?"
"Oh, absolutely."
I ran to the closest tree to undress. While undressing though, it finally hit me that Gardevoir has washed these clothes before while I was being healed and she must've bathed me at the same time. So she did see me naked before, gah! After I took off my clothes I tossed them over to Gardevoir and then ran to the lake not letting a single second pass before I jumped in.
"Ok we'll be over by the stream if you need us." Celsius went with the group.
I saw that the lake drained over to a spot where they were heading which wasn't that far away. Well at least I have my privacy for now. I used the comfortably warm water to scrub myself down. After I was done bathing I went to get Gardevoir, Ralts, Riolu, and Celsius, but how am I supposed to dry off and get to them? Also, how am I supposed to get my clothes to dry fast enough for me to quickly put them on? Shoot, I should've thought of those things in the first place! With no ideas, I gave up and just walked towards the females hoping the pokémon wouldn't mind. When I got close enough I hid behind a bush and called for them.
"Hey I'm done now, but how do I and my clothes get dry?"
"You're going to have to stay outside for a bit to dry; naked I should add. Your clothes will be hung out side and will take a little while so I would get used to being nude if I were you."
"Really?" I whined.
"Welcome to the world of Mother Shaymin, Rayn. It's where pokémon learn how to adapt to their surroundings, and in this case views," Gardevoir chuckled.
"Fine..." I groaned. I decided to stop hiding and just be exposed. They're pokémon so they shouldn't really stare since I'm human. I finally emerged from behind the shrubbery into their plain sight. I know Celsius had seen me naked before, but Gardevoir and especially Ralts and Riolu are different stories.
Unexpectedly, they all just got up and walked towards the lake with me behind them. They didn't seem to care; what relief! I spoke too soon however, and as we walked back to the lake... every time I turned my head to view the surroundings I could've sworn the two little young pokémon would take a peek at me because whenever I turned back towards the both of them, I caught their heads flicking back towards the lake. Wait... were they actually staring at me naked? Well, maybe they're just curious about what people look like without any clothes so I guess it's not a big deal.
When we arrived at the lake Gardevoir hung my shirt and pants over some kind of thin fiber while I stood around and waited for them to dry. Thank goodness it's still warm at this time of year. During which I saw a couple of other pokémon appear in front of the lake, but once they all saw me I caught their grimacing expressions and then they quickly vanished. Still awed by the scenery I panned around until I viewed Ralts and Riolu both glancing at me. Well, at least now I know for sure Ralts is comfortable looking at me now. I waved at them smiling trying to be friendly but they didn't respond. Their faces were still pitched downwards towards... me down there!
"Hey!" I yelled before turning around covering myself up with my hands. "My eyes are right here!" I pointed. They didn't respond, but kept looking downward. It was like they were put in a weird trance. "What are you two doing!" I scolded at them in embarrassment completely turning around and looking away this time.
They eventually snapped out of their daze and looked away, Ralts placing her hands on her cheeks, and Riolu rubbing her arm. Both their faces were clearly blushing hard I even saw it on Riolu. It was actually cute watching them act flustered it made me giggle a little. But still, what the heck? They were looking at my privates! Little pokémon staring at my privates; aw that's weird! Wait, they're probably just curious so nothing wrong, right? Gardevoir then turned around looking at all of us with piercing eyes.
"Ralts! You know better than to stare! Come over here and help me with these clothes, and Riolu, your father has taught you better!" yelled Gardevoir while in telepathy so the volume was magnified tenfold.
Both of them responded by trudging over to her. They were still blushing but also showed signs of shame.
"I'm sorry, you two, I didn't mean to yell," I apologized a little ashamed at myself for snapping at the innocent pokémon.
"No it's fine," Gardevoir replied, "They must be hitting that... age," she finished nearly trailing off before staring up deep in thought. "Uh oh," she added but a little quieter. Celsius eyes dilated in surprise once she heard Gardevoir's theory before she glared at the two little pokémon.
"What age? Do they get some kind of special ability? Do all pokémon get a special ability when they hit the age they're at?" After I asked I heard Celsius struggle to hold in a chortle before she shook her head.
"No, No, it's an age where... uh where you, actually all-"
"Don't explain it to him. He won't understand... yet," Celsius interrupted.
"Understand what? I want to know all I can about pokémon."
"Sure Master, we all get a special ability, yes." Celsius did look like she was covering something up. Whatever, I guess she knows best when it comes to pokémon.
After the clothes were hung properly, Riolu jumped into the lake while Ralts and Gardevoir started to undress right in front of me. I was behind Gardevoir and it looked like she was slipping off the green portion of her gown off her shoulders. Whoa I thought that was all skin but I guess that green area is just the top part of her dress; interesting. Once I saw her upper back exposed along with her red horn free of the clothing I immediately realized I was watching her get nude!
"W-wait, maybe I should go inside."
"You can't you're still wet. The wooden floor will swell up and stain."
Gardevoir Stopped what she was doing as Ralts blushed again. I got up and pondered for a second on what to do. Ralts and Riolu both still stared at my private area so I had to cover them up. So, Gardevoir is the species that is said to look more human than any other pokémon. I know from research that most female pokémon, except some water types, grow actual breasts since that's just a part of nature. Even most, probably all, female flying and avian species grows them. It's crazy 'cause they all look like human boobies with the two round breasts no matter what species except they're covered with fur, feathers, or scales. If I'm right, pokémon fully grow them once they've evolved to their final evolution. Their breasts are slightly concealed by fur or feathers until they go into heat, except for scaly pokémon, but until they go into heat they're chest just sticks out in a curvy bulge with some having a thick tuft of fur or feathers covering them similar to like a woman's shirt or top; it's weird. I got this off a documentary on pokémon anatomy; when they do go into heat their nipples are more exposed within the fur or feathers and even scales since scales for most pokémon act as a protective armor which shows their arousal I think? It was something like that.
Plus, the bigger the curve on their chest the bigger the bust, which usually depends on body size, body shape, and the egg group of the species if they do grow them. The smaller the body size the smaller the breasts will be, but if a pokémon is bigger than the size can be big; even bigger than some humans. If the pokémon has a quadruped body shape then its breasts will be small enough to be concealed, but get this. Looking closely at a quadruped, you would see two slight bulges or curves on their chest causing the fur around there to look puffy. I've seen it a lot on my friends' pets. In this case, Gardevoir has no fur or feathers, she's around five feet tall, and she's in the intermediate egg group, so her breasts will show no matter if she's in heat or not.
I feel a little awkward about those facts being applied to Gardevoir. And I think Ralts and Riolu are still staring at my private area. To add to the tension, there have been many cases of people actually having sex with their pokémon which is illegal. The conclusion of every case is usually people get really desperate and see a pokémon with breasts- I don't know, I never understood why someone would want to do that but my parents told me I'm too young to watch those news articles anyways. I don't know if those people really did love their pokémon, but my parents were against it so I have to be against it.
"I'll just be at the stream. I actually want to look at the ocean view anyways," I finished off by walking over to the Cliffside of the forest.
"Okay then. We'll undress as soon as you're over there."
I passed the calm stream where I found myself on the precipice of a tall cliff. I began looking out towards the ocean knowing this was the west of the region of Hoenn. This amazing view can be seen from my bedroom it was awesome. The water glistened from the morning sun as it shone directly above the forest canopy. Its warm rays struck the water causing a beautiful show of sparkles on the surface which was made by Mother Shaymin herself. The Wingulls and Pelippers cruised the warm atmosphere without an important destination in mind. The sounds of crashing waves against the cliff side caused me to slip into deep thought.
First thought of course was the sight of my friends and family getting murdered. No matter how bad I try I can't shake the thoughts out. I have always wanted to be a pilot, an aeronautical engineer almost like my dad, or a pokémon trainer, but now to become one of those is close to impossible for me. If I go back to school, the news of me being the sole survivor of that night is going to spread all over the region and even all over the nation as some kind of miracle. Once that happens I might become the biggest target of the Mafia and no matter how much protection I get, it may not be enough. From what I saw that night, the Mafia doesn't play around and they don't care who the targets are. I just can't picture what they did to my family and I thank Arceus that I didn't witness any deaths first hand.
With a clenched fist I pounded the ground releasing my frustration. Those heartless people! What did my family ever do to deserve this? No one deserves to be massacred like that... except those Mafia mobsters. I hope the police have already caught them and gave them what they really deserve, but I wish I had the power to just kill all of them myself. They killed my family so I want to kill theirs, but I already know that's never going to happen, but I just wish... I know I shouldn't but I wish I could kill them all. Just shoot them all! Okay...okay, at least I have a new family now. I took a look back at the three pokémon, and as soon as I did I froze.
Gardevoir no longer had her gown on anymore. Her whole body was slender and full pale white including her arms that were green before she had stripped down. She must've had green glovettes from her hand and going up her arms because I remember seeing those slip off her shoulders. Wow... I've never ever seen a naked anything before and she was close to a woman. As she continuously ran her arms across her flat belly her breasts were fully exposed and her arm movements kept on squeezing them together, and in mere seconds I couldn't switch my attention away! Like Riolu and Ralts, once I looked a trance locked me in. It's exactly like how they stared at me naked just like what I'm doing... Wait, naked puts everyone in trances? Is that why in movies they're so fascinating to boys and men? It's fascinating to me but I don't know why. I mean wow; I can't stop looking away when I know I shouldn't be looking!
The two orbs were great in size, maybe larger than some humans', I heard the bigger the better by some friends. In the center of her bare breasts were the small pink spots that no movie ever showed. I couldn't look away from the nipples; I only focused in on them. The water running down her chest made them more worth gazing at for some reason, and that put me in a deep hypnosis that I have never felt before. Her whole body was amazing to look at, especially for some reason her butt as she turned. To me, that was the best part about her and when she would bend over to scoop some water I just cringed involuntarily as I stared at that large round particular spot of hers. I don't know why but I liked the view a lot when she bent over.
It took me another minute to finally realize "oh my Arceus what am I doing!" I'm I staring at a full nude pokémon and liking it? I had to smack myself across the face just to get out of the view. Either she used her psychic powers on me or something else came over me.
Try to forget that I ever saw that! I feel really ashamed and wrong for even looking at any kind of boob. It was a pokémon too! Oh man, try as hard as I could but it was harder than I thought to completely forget. Is Gardevoir seriously trying to use Confusion on me because I am confused? Look at the ocean; concentrate all thoughts on the horizon. Okay I think it's working...
"Damn it! Why can't I get it out of my head!" I blurted out.
Seconds later I looked up to see the females direct their attention towards me where I tried hard to look away. "Are you okay?" yelled Gardevoir back at me.
"Yeah fine, I'm fine! I'm okay." Once they went back to bathing I swiped away a few drops of sweat from my forehead. "Wow that was close," I spoke.
Finally, after the pokémon were done they dried up and slipped their so called clothes back on. Relief kicked in since I can actually look at them now without staring uncontrollably. Ralts and Riolu were still blushing for some reason though. My clothes were finally dry enough to be placed back on, but still pretty damp. We all walked into Gardevoir's home and I went in to straighten my bed up. Just after I fixed my bed though, Lucario knocked on the entrance of the house for permission to step inside.
"The Founder now knows that Rayn will be staying here for now on under your primary care," I heard Lucario announce, "He only agreed because he is just a boy. I convinced him that his love for pokémon will not bring anyone any harm."
I walked back into the living room. "Thank you for doing that. Now he should be able to freely explore the village without any trouble," Gardevoir replied.
"How does each and every pokémon in this village know about me so fast?" I marveled jumping in the conversation.
"Subtle beats and pulses that are passed through the ground by the Founder's assistant. All pokémon here can detect them since our paws are sensitive enough to decode the beats. You should be able to roam around now," Lucario answered.
I thought that was amazing. I didn't feel a thing at my feet this past hour. Now that every pokémon knows I'm here, I can go outside without anyone getting startled.
"Hey..."Ralts began timidly, "Since it's still early and we're all done with cleaning up...you wanna...I-Riolu wants to know if she and I can show you around the village?"
Whoa, did... did Ralts just ask me a question. Is she actually okay with strolling along side me? "Uh, yeah... yeah cool! I want you guys to show me around. Are you coming Celsius?"
"No, I'm fine staying here. I'm just going to help set up the picnic."
The two females actually formed small smiles; they were faint but still apparent. Lucario and Gardevoir gave us approval and we left the home walking outside to the front. To my amazement there were all sorts of pokémon out here at different shapes, sizes, and colors. I would try to name them all, but there were just dozens of them in sight. But what really amazed me was that none of them gave a cold stare at me or ran. As a matter of fact a few came up to me and I guess greeted me.
I identified one of the pokémon that greeted me as a fully grown male rhydon. I have an encyclopedia-like knowledge of pokémon so I can almost easily identify most of the pokémon that come from the closest regions surrounding Hoenn. He talked to me in a friendly way, I think, but I couldn't understand a thing he was saying. Riolu translated for me though. We introduced each other and in the end he considered me one of his friends. Wow, at first when he saw me I was scared that he would drill my guts out. Funny though, I thought rhydon only came from the Kanto Region; guess he was abandoned by a trainer maybe.
"You wanna see the main center? There's more to do down there," Riolu proposed.
"Ooh please, I want to hurry and see way more pokémon and see how everyone lives around here!"
"You know Lucario, now that Rayn was conscious I read his future last night during his sleep and you're right! I was able to see quick visions of him using some of the abilities you described. I can foretell that changes will begin as soon as winter." I heard Gardevoir say from her kitchen to Lucario. I stopped and eavesdropped on them from the hallway intent on finding out more about this "aura wielding" thing.
"Fascinating, will the changes be positive?"
"No, I'm afraid they might be... traumatic." I gasped upon hearing this.
"But how will it be traumatic to him?"
"Yes, how will it be traumatic to him!" I thought to myself still being concealed behind the walls.
Gardevoir sighed. "I caught many visions; so many visions appeared with many of them out of focus so I'm not absolutely sure if they'll even happen. But... many of these visions...they were filled with rage, hatred, despair, so many negative emotions. Within these visions were guilt, conflicting emotions...and murder," I gasped harder once I heard this. I stayed where I was listening in for more information. "He told us last night that he and his father would go daily and learn how to use 'guns'. The skills he acquired over the couple of years during those sessions will, I'm afraid, have to be put to use for the rest of his life in the name of vengeance from what I foresaw."
"...Damn it, not what I hoped to hear," Lucario grunted with worry in his voice, "Avenging...avenging one's death does not comfort anyone, and I learned that the hard way. So...what's the scale of the murders?"
"Massive," she answered after several seconds of silence.
"Please, get to the point and answer why," I voiced quietly getting pent up from the slow deliverance of the information.
"He won't kill the innocent... intentionally, but he'll execute his enemies. I saw that he'll learn combat as superior as your methods, he'll be taught masterful survival techniques, and he's even trained on how to use aura taught by a modern being of eminence."
"What the fuck!" I whispered loudly completely astonished and baffled by what I was hearing. Why and how would all of this be possible? Is she even certain?
"Arceus, help his soul," I heard Lucario sigh, "What will he do if he's successfully with achieving vengeance?" Lucario asked.
"I'm not certain. So many images of his future appeared too rapidly- his future is complicated. But when you showed me those scrolls last night, did the other scrolls explain every little detail about the reincarnation process or how Sir Rein and Sir Aaron lived? Maybe those can provide some clues."
"My Arceus, how could you?" I cried to myself, "What is she talking about!"
"No, the ancient scrolls of Aura History are scattered to the other packs, tribes, and clans of lucario. The rest of the clues, which could reveal who the hosts are along with the full answer about this legend, can only be found probably throughout Sinnoh... The scrolls I showed you were just part of a large theory. Damn it, all the many packs in Sinnoh has a piece of the puzzle which determines if the prophesy is absolutely true or not. The scrolls I have are just a fraction of the answer."
"Scrolls... prophesy?"
"So you're not sure if what I read last night is surely true. That was as far as I could get into Rayn's future so I'm not certain myself. Some kind of force stopped me from going any further and I think it was his aura shielding his thoughts," Gardevoir continued.
"Hmm... Celsius," I heard Lucario call out causing me to flinch, "You can come out now. I think you've heard enough."
Shit, of course he can tell I was spying. I walked into the kitchen and stood before Gardevoir. I was too frustrated and even disgusted to even care about how pissed off I looked. "Is it true... is everything you said true?" I asked barely able to get a grip of my emotions.
Gardevoir walked, or hovered, around the room and looked like she was lost in thought and even distressed which in turn infected me. She sighed then stopped in front of me "It's all very unclear Celsius. It's just a prediction-"
"This-this can't be happening!" I cried, "He's just a boy! Why-How can you two even...even predict these things? What else have you been hiding from me?" I choked holding in my sobs.
"Nothing, we swear it Celsius. We discovered these things last night. Once I saw his aura levels climb yesterday I decided to stay up and investigate. I have records about these kinds of cases and everything you've just heard may be based around him. There's a good chance that they are," Lucario calmly answered.
"Oh my Arceus- the way you two were describing it... his life is going to be a living hell," I told coldly, "Murder...and on a massive scale? What the fuck is that supposed to mean. From the way I see it, you guys are in no place to judge his future. You're not supposed to be predicting it. I'm not letting any of this play out. I'm not letting any of this play out!"
I stormed outside not wanting to hear anymore about what's supposed to happen in the future. Walking out back I couldn't help it. Stumbling over I cried in the forest unable to cope with everything that was happening. What's...what's to really become of us? What's going to happen to Master?
The two young pokémon showed me around the village center, a place where pokémon mainly socialize just like how people do and even from what I saw purchased items. Small shops and booths built out of the same material the homes were built of lined up the pathways within the center creating an amazing network of socialization within the dense forest that I've never seen in a documentary before. Just seeing the activity at first glance was breathtaking. So many pokémon that were mostly common within the region filled the pathways. It might have even been a trainer's dream to walk in here, and hopefully it stays that way. I wouldn't want a selfish trainer to ruin the activities. Best of all, all of the pokémon looked at me only with curious faces and didn't mind my presses at all.
After walking around and being introduced to many of the landmarks we passed along a booth where I saw several familiar products lining up the counter for show. All of them were human accessories and technological goods, so I guessed it was some kind of souvenir store maybe where human made objects of interest are salvaged and sold. A male aipom approached me from behind the counter being a little hesitant but after a couple seconds he showed his trademark cheesy grin and spoke to me where Riolu translated.
"Hey want to take a peek at something interesting?" Riolu translated back to me. Aipom handed me a compact camera and upon inspection I recognized it as a high performance camera; a digital SLR, the expensive kind professional photographers use. It had a long cylindrical piece attached to the front being the lens, a long translucent piece of plastic on the top which I think is the flash, and the camera itself appeared a bit bulky. I feel bad for the guy that originally lost this priceless piece of tech. "Bet you don't know what that is," Riolu translated further.
"Hang on. My mom had something like this." I played around with the buttons until I found the power switching the camera on. It was actually still in good condition. There weren't many scratches and the quality was very clear, especially with the long pipe lens that was snapped on. After tweaking around with it some more I aimed the camera at Riolu and Ralts who looked very confused at what I was doing. "Smile!" I giggled anticipating the reaction I was about to get from them. They did so then were surprised by the bright flash that was emitted by the rectangular plastic piece on top of the camera. The resulting picture loaded on the screen immediately after the snap shot. The shutter speed is incredibly fast as with the frames per second.
"Ow, what the heck is that thing!" they both yelled in unison.
Recovering from my laughter after seeing their adorable, comical glares I replied, "Sorry, haha, it's a camera. Look." I showed them the picture where they both rubbed their eyes before squinting at the screen.
"I can't see anything! How can I look at that piece of junk when I can't see anything?" Ralts complained proving to me how open she had gotten towards me throughout the tour. They both continuously rubbed the flashes out of their eyes.
"Whoa! Riolu look at this!" Both their eyes widened from the shock of looking at a digital picture of themselves for the first time.
"I-is that us?" Riolu asked now taking a grip of the camera.
"Yeah, look, it's you two smiling for the camera. You two look so cute!" After glancing a bit more at the frozen piece of time they both looked at me before abruptly turning away blushing very clearly.
"R-really, thank you. I was never told by anyone else that I was cute before...o-other than my father," Riolu spoke.
"Yeah, me too...especially because of this..." Ralts pointed gesturing to her nearly completely chipped horn.
"Oh really, how can you two not have been told you were cute before," I giggled, "Who cares if you're missing a fin, you still look pretty, you both look so pretty like you're groomed everyday!" Both of them turned opposite directions this time getting a little more fidgety and I couldn't help but find that adorable. I was happy to see them both really happy from my complements.
I heard the aipom cry out gathering all of our attention with an impatient look. He spoke to Riolu and afterwards she nodded in disappointment. "He said the camera costs 15,000 poké."
"But what's poké?"
"It's our way of buying stuff, but we don't have any," Ralts answered.
"Oh, okay...shoot." I looked towards the aipom who was waiting for the poké to be given. I really wanted my new friends to have that camera and play around with it some more. I saw their disappointed expressions so I tried to negotiate. "Sorry Aipom, but can you let these two try it out a little longer?"
"He said no, you already tried it out, so you buy it or leave it."
"What if I trade you?" I pulled some of my own money that still thankfully remained in my pocket from long ago. I had a five dollar bill and six quarters. "Here, doesn't this look super cool to sell to your customers?" I asked a little nervously showing him the paper money.
Aipom began yelled at us and I saw that Riolu was getting irritated. "He said, 'Do you think I'm stupid human? I know what that green thing is! I see it all the time!'" she mocked.
I then presented the six quarters I had. "What about these silver coins?" I tried.
"He wants to see them." The aipom snatched them out of my hand and surveyed the silver quarters. "Hmm, I have never seen silver coins this big before. Maybe I will trade you the camera for these six silver 'pretties'," she translated back.
"Great, so deal?" I affirmed.
"You got it human, and here are these wires that I found with the camera. They work with any electric pokémon around here." After Riolu translated, Aipom handed me the charger, 3 lenses of different sizes, a USB cable, and three memory chips. Looks like this pokémon knows what he's doing. I retrieved the items before he began talking again. "If you ever come back don't you ever pull a stupid trick on me like that ever again!" Riolu recited with some emotion telling me the aipom was mad.
He then handed me the thousand-dollar camera, and I handed him the six quarters he wanted which concluded the "fair" transaction. Aipom then started yelling again. Before Riolu could translate it however her jaw had dropped, and then her eyes started showing signs of anger. She balled up her fists to prove it. Not only that, but Ralts had her head down with her eyes tearing up so I was starting to get a little worried.
"You know better than to talk about us that way! I don't care what you say about me, but if you talk about my friends!"
Aipom got scared and rushed to the back of the booth hiding behind several other merchandises. Riolu was about to pounce at him before I quickly grabbed her. She was struggling really hard to break free from my arms and beat the crap out of Aipom, and she probably could've jumped over the counter with me dragging behind if she really wanted.
"No, Riolu! We might get in big trouble!" I struggled.
Aipom was curled up in the corner. Riolu stopped squirming eventually so I released her from my hold. Wow, she's strong! Her strength completely contradicts her timid personality. After getting a breather we both turned around to see Ralts on her knees sobbing with her hands planted on her face which puzzled a few passing pokémon. Now I know why Riolu got angry. It's because he said something bad about Ralts, Riolu, and probably me too.
"I don't know what you said, but it sure did hurt Ralts' feelings. Don't bully her!" Aipom just looked up at me while shuddering. I then looked at Ralts and tried to cheer her up. "Come on, let's go Ralts." I took her hand and walked away from the store followed by Riolu as we began walking back home.
And based off everything I've seen paralleling human infrastructure, never would I have thought that I would feel at home; though foreign, it was all here.
To Be Continued
AN: Before the split this document was over 13K words, you're welcome! No wonder this chapter got no reviews before then.
Mother Shaymin = Mother Nature