Author's Notes
Heeeeeellllllllllllloooooooo People! CrimsonKyuubiSage here! I've decided to test out my writing skills beyond the range of just Naruto fanfics and have brought you a Pokemon/Highschool DxD crossover! I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer, I Do Not Own Highschool DxD or Pokemon
Chapter Start
-Shirogane DxD-
A fractured world. That is what he could see. Chunks of land floating around at various heights and various angles, as if the laws of physics did not apply here. There was even a waterfall that seemed to defy gravity by flowing upward.
'What... what is this place?' Curiosity piqued his interest. This place seemed... familiar.
A strange black creature with a lone eye zoomed by, halting right in front of him. Five more creatures of similar appearance, yet slight variations, zoomed over to the first. His mouth opened to speak, but...
'Why can't I speak?' Nothing came out. It was as if the words he was trying to say were foreign on his lips. He kept trying and trying, but he was mute.
After five frustrating minutes, he decided to give up on trying to speak, solely focusing on the six black creatures in front of him.
'W-A-K-E U-P...' The six creatures stopped scrambling around, forming two words that he recognized - in a language that felt foreign, yet commonplace to him.
Wake up... From what? Was this... a dream? But it felt so real...
Wake up... There was a meaning behind those words - that much he knew. A meaning beyond its literal interpretation...
This time, his mouth did open - but he was not in control. His body was moving on its own. His back arched slightly, allowing him to feel something... odd, about his body. He felt... larger than usual.
Air filled his lungs. And suddenly, a cry escaped his lips. A distorted, draconic, almost synthesis-like cry.
WAKE UP!
-Shirogane DxD-
"-*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*!" A groan escaped the young man's lips, silently cursing the infernal contraption that blared right in his ears. Sluggishly, his arm made its way out from underneath the blanket that concealed it and towards the alarm clock. His hand balled into a fist before slamming down on the emboldened words: "SNOOZE", immediately causing the outgoing, clamorous beeping to cease.
"Nggghh... I hate this fucking thing." the young man mumbled, pushing himself up. The blanket that covered his body fell off slightly, revealing a messy mop of black hair with a few golden highlights. He grumbled incoherently underneath his breath, getting up and out of his bed, wearing nothing more than a plain pair of reddish-brown boxer briefs. This young man was Tamashi Neishin, the seventeen-year old stood at 5'9" and was the son of Mei Neishin and Genzou Neishin, older brother to Hikari Neishin, and third-year student of Kuoh Academy.
After a minute of stretching out the kinks in his body, the young man made his way towards the room's door and peaked his head out into the hallway. A small amount of chatter was picked up by his ears that came from downstairs, no doubt the rest of his family was already awake.
"Kaa-san! I'm going to get in the shower now!" Tamashi called out, giving a preemptive warning to the other residents of the household as he quickly grabbed his school uniform, said articles of clothing lain haphazardly and scattered around his room.
"Be quick about it, Tamashi-kun! Breakfast will be ready soon!" the feminine voice of his mother, Mei Neishin, replied, giving the black haired young man all the consent he needed to go and cleanse his body for the upcoming day.
-Shirogane DxD-
Steam fogged the bathroom as Tamashi stepped out of the shower. Making his way over to the mirror that hung above the sink, Tamashi wiped away part of the fogged reflective glass so that he could see his own reflection. Black, straight hair with centre-parted bangs that extended to his chin, slightly pale skin, and calm, collected, crimson red eyes was what he saw in the mirror.
He continued to stare at his reflection, thoughts of his previous dream swimming through his head. For a brief moment, as Tamashi stared into the mirror, his body was engulfed in a torrent of black shadow-like energy. The image twisted into a familiar landscape, one only seen in his own dreams. However, just as quickly as this appeared, it vanished. Tamashi blinked in confusion, taking a look at his own body and his reflection. The shadow-like energy that once surrounded him had disappeared, and the distorted and warped world from his dreams was no longer seen in the mirror, leaving the black haired young man unsure if what he saw was real or his own mind playing tricks on him.
"Tamashi-kun! Breakfast is ready!" Mei called out, breaking the black haired young man from his thoughts.
"I'll be down in a minute!" Tamashi responded, quickly donning his clothes for school and exiting the bathroom. In his haste, the black haired young man missed the small, wave-like ripple that danced across the mirror.
-Shirogane DxD-
Breakfast had gone by in a flash, the black haired student dashing off so as to not be late for school. Kuoh Academy had quite a large campus with a Collegiate Gothic architectural exterior and rustic scenery, giving an aura of calm serenity that so few schools had.
Tamashi didn't know much about the academy's history, other than the fact that it was originally an all-girls private school. That all changed four years ago when Kuoh Academy's largest financial sponsor, who just so happened to also be the school administrator, helped with modernizing the private school, allowing boys in and making it a co-ed private school.
As expected, over the past four years that mixed-sex education was introduced, there had been a drastic increase in the number of students attending Kuoh Academy, increasing the size of the private school's spending budget and allowing more benefits for its students. Better equipment for the various clubs, organizing tournaments, trips, festivals, the list went on.
"PERVERTS!" Speaking of the students, Tamashi heard the all-so familiar feminine cries of righteous vengeance against perverts, three in particular. Motohama, Matsuda, and Issei, three of the most lecherous students in the school, infamously known by all as the "Hentai san'nin-gumi (Perverted Trio)". Everyday, the three students would attempt to peep on the female students of Kuoh Academy, each attempt always ending up with the same results: the trio would be caught and beaten within an inch of their lives by whoever it was they were peeping on. It was an endless cycle, and Tamashi couldn't help but feel both pity and humor at the pain inflicted on the trio.
But hey, better for it to happen to them instead of him.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Tamashi-kun~!" a familiar teasing voice called out, causing the black haired student to sigh in exasperation. Spinning on his heels, Tamashi came face to face with what was arguably one of the most beautiful women in all of Japan, a young woman that stood three inches shorter than he did, with a buxom figure, very long black hair and violet eyes. Like most of the girls at Kuoh Academy, she wore the customary Kuoh Academy girls' school uniform, which consisted of a white long-sleeved, button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, a black shoulder cape and matching button-down corset, and a magenta skirt with white accents. Coupled with this, the woman also wore black knee-high socks, and her hair was done up in a long ponytail, reaching all the way down to her legs with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backwards, with an orange ribbon keeping it in place.
Tamashi immediately recognized her as Akeno Himejima, one of the famous Kuoh Academy's Two Great Ladies. The two usually would cross roads at this time on a daily basis. Tamashi would, in their first encounters, be left a sputtering and blushing mess under the assault of Akeno's teasings, but as time went on, the teasing became commonplace and less effective against the black haired young man.
"Good morning to you too, Akeno-san." Tamashi said dryly, using every single ounce of his willpower to not waver his gaze from her eyes downward to her... massive... assets - 'Bad Tamashi, bad!' he thought, somehow keeping his composure on the outside.
"Ara, ara, how many times must I tell you, Tamashi-kun, call me Onee-sama or Akeno-chan~." the gentle smile on Akeno's face contorted into one that mirrored the emotions dancing around in her violet orbs, one that Tamashi could not categorize into a single word. Amusement, sadism, lust, and frustration were a few of the ones that he could decipher, the rest was a mystery to his mind.
"I lost track at the fifty mark, Akeno-san." Tamashi retorted, shrugging his shoulders in response to the woman's request. This was how their conversations usually went. Akeno would greet Tamashi, Tamashi would do the same, Akeno would try to convince Tamashi to call her 'Onee-sama' or 'Akeno-chan', Tamashi would politely refuse her request, and then-
"Would you care to join me for some tea?" -Akeno would invite him to join her for tea. Then Tamashi would decline and go to his classes. His dull... boring... intensely mind-numbing... classes.
"You know what? Why not?" Tamashi said. "I guess I will join you for tea!"
"Oh? How delightful~!" Akeno exclaimed, engulfing Tamashi in a hug, smothering his face in between her massive jugs. "Does this mean you'll call me Onee-sama or Akeno-chan~?"
"Can't... Breath!" Tamashi exclaimed, comically flailing around as he was suffocated in a manner that most men would kill for.
"My perverted senses are tingling - AGH MY SPINE!"
-Shirogane DxD-
"-You can't be serious!"
"With all due respect, Genzou-san, you don't have a choice... we don't have a choice."
"Why?! Why now of all times?!"
"Genzou-kun, dear, calm down."
"Mei-chan! Don't you realize what they're saying?!"
"I am just as upset as you are, dear, but we knew that this day would come eventually..."
"He doesn't even know yet, Mei-chan!"
"You mean you two haven't told him yet?!"
"W-We planned to tell him on his eighteenth birthday!"
"That is no longer an option. Which is why we have someone already on the job-"
"Who did you send?"
"Genzou-san, there is no need to worry-"
"Who. Did. You. Send?"
"Someone who can access that as well."
-Shirogane DxD-
Rias Gremory was many things, a beauty and kind-hearted woman among many of the words she could use to describe herself, but she was also a Devil, a Pure-Blooded Devil to be specific, heiress to the Gremory Clan. When people would hear this for the first time, most would simply laugh or dismiss her claims. Her. Rias Gremory. A Devil? She looked nothing like that. Standing at 5'8" with blue eyes and a buxom figure, she appeared more like your highly-above-average-looking young woman with white skin. Her most distinctive feature, however, was her long beautiful crimson hair that reached down to her thighs, with an ahoge sticking out from the top. Her hair also had loose bangs covering her forehead and side bangs framing her face. And, like many of the other students at Kuoh Academy, she wore the girls' uniform. All in all, she was definitely not what people expected a Devil to look like...
That is, until she revealed the pair of black bat-like wings she had.
She also considered herself to be highly intelligent, not so much that she could proclaim herself a genius, but just enough that she could get a good reading on people.
Which is why Tamashi Neishin infuriated her to no end! Ever since the first day he arrived on campus, he gave off a dark signature. Not an evil one, no, there was not a single trace of maliciousness that she knew of, but one that just... felt dark. A small part of her shivered just thinking about it.
Naturally curious, Rias had tried to spy on the boy using her Familiar, but would always find that someone or something prevented her from dong so. After a month of consecutive failures, Rias decided that the best course of actions would be to personally invite Tamashi to join the Occult Research Club, her plan revolving around the boy joining and using that as means to gather more information on him. After all, who would refuse such an invitation from the second woman who was proclaimed by many as Kuoh Academy's Two Great Ladies?
Imagine how surprised she was when the black haired young man declined, stating that he was not really interested in such a club. She even went so far as to using her magic to try and sway him, ending unsuccessfully, much to her shock, and making Tamashi even less comfortable around the woman.
It took a few weeks for the redhead to reel in her frustration before coming up with another plan, have Akeno break down his hostility by 'coincidentally' running into him and inviting him to the old abandoned schoolhouse that the O.R.C. used as their main base (and to skip classes very often) for a spot of tea...
Now that she thought about it, perhaps this plan wasn't such a good idea.
Her doubts were immediately thrown out the window as she saw two familiar mops of black hair approaching the building.
"Buchou, you're grinning like a madwoman." the voice of her [Knight], Kiba Yuuto, called out.
"Oh, it's nothing, Kiba-san. We just have a... guest, approaching." Rias stated, a devilish grin on her face as she spoke.
-Shirogane DxD-
Tamashi didn't know what to expect as Akeno guided him towards the old school building, yet for some reason, every fiber of his instinct told him to run, to flee while he still could. Out of sheer kindness and politeness, Tamashi did his best to suppress this primal urge so as to not offend Akeno, but it was still there, in the back of his mind.
'Just remain calm, Tamashi. It's not like she's going to bring you into a trap of some kind, knock you out, and then when you wake up hours later you'll find yourself chained with her standing over you in a Dominatrix - holy crap! That is what she's planning to do!' Tamashi mentally exclaimed, keeping a calm exterior whilst panicking on the inside. 'Okay, don't freak out, Tamashi, don't freak out. She isn't going to drug and rape you. The building won't be dimly lit and-'
"Well, here we are! Come on inside~!" Akeno said in her ever-cheerful tone, opening the door to reveal the candle-illuminated interior.
'This is a trap! This is a trap! This is a trap! Don't go in there, Tamashi! DON'T GO IN THERE!' Against his better judgment, the black haired young man smiled and stepped inside, Akeno closing the doors as soon as they both were inside.
"Ah, Akeno, there you are. And I see you've brought a... guest..." Rias called out.
'Well, I was half-right about it being a trap, it seems.' Tamashi thought, immediately recognizing the second Great Lady of Kuoh Academy. "Gremory-san-" "Please, call me Rias-chan, Tamashi-kun." "... Rias-san, please tell me this wasn't all some elaborate ruse to get me to join the Occult Research Club?" he questioned, a tick mark appearing on his forehead at the prospect of this only being a recruitment trap.
"Oh no, I honestly wasn't expecting you to come here, but the offer will still be available to you if you ever wish to join." Rias stated, an indecipherable smile on her face.
"He's just finally taken up my offer to share a cup of tea or two~" Akeno stated.
"I'm almost worried that you'll spike my drink and then rape me when I wake, Akeno-san..."
"Ara, ara, I would never do that... You'd be begging for me to have my way with you~"
"... Okay... Now I am worried." The fact that Akeno had a seductive glint in her eyes, as well as how she was licking her lips, very much put the black haired young man on edge.
"I'll be right back with the tea~" Akeno said, swaying her hips slightly as she walked away.
If Tamashi had to be honest with himself, that woman gave him a boner and made him fear for his life. A strange combination, in his own opinion.
"..."
"..." An awkward silence permeated the air, seeing as Rias and Tamashi were the only ones currently present in the room, the former taking her time to try and analyze Tamashi's aura and the latter silenced by the stare she was giving him.
"... Uhh, do I have something on my face?" Tamashi asked bluntly, shattering the eerie silence that the duo was basking in.
"No, no you don't." Rias stated, her gaze still focused on Tamashi.
"Then... why are you staring at me so intensely?" Tamashi questioned, a bead of sweat dripping down his forehead as he felt the red haired woman's eyes on him in a similar manner a predator would gaze upon its prey.
"..."
"..."
"The tea is ready~!" Tamashi released a breath he did not know he was holding when Akeno's voice rang out, saving him from further being at the mercy of Rias's scrutinizing gaze. The metal tray Akeno held had three china tea cups and saucers, a teapot, a sugar, and a creamer. Tamashi focused his mind on the porcelain cup and saucer that was placed in his hands, calmly ignoring the calculating look the red haired woman returned to giving him.
"So..." Tamashi muttered, gently blowing on the scolding hot tea in an attempt to cool the liquid down before slowly taking a sip, a burning sensation cascading across his tongue.
"Akeno-san has invited you many times before to come and have tea. What caused you to change your mind this time around?" Rias queried, calmly drinking her tea as if it were chilled.
"Well, I figured a change of pace wouldn't be so bad." Tamashi replied, blowing the steam emanating from the cup twice and looking up at the cold blue orbs that honed in on him. "Besides, I've got this feeling..."
"Oh?" Rias questioned. "What do you mean?"
"I don't know. It's just this... feeling that things are going to change. Very. Very soon." Tamashi stated, his eyes narrowing as he gazed at his reflection in the cup, watching the small ripples that shaking the cup caused. His image began to distort until he once again saw the distorted world from his dreams. 'The Distortion World...' he thought, the name feeling familiar in his mind. Blinking, the image vanished and was replaced with his own reflection once again. "Well, it's been a pleasure, Akeno-san, Rias-san, but I must be going now." Tamashi said, placing the two items held in his hands down on the table in front of him before standing up. "Ja mata (See you)!" he exclaimed, giving a small bow before walking towards the door.
"Please, allow me to escort you out, Tamashi-kun~" Akeno stated, intercepting the black haired young man at the door. Gently, she placed Tamashi's hand in her own, swiftly guiding him through the building and to the exit. Rias simply watched as her [Queen] left to send their guest away.
"So... What do you think, Koneko-chan?" Rias questioned as her [Rook], Koneko Toujou, stepped into the room. She was a petite girl around fifteen years old, standing at 4'6" with white hair and hazel eyes. The front of her hair had two long bangs going past her shoulders and several loose bangs hanging over her forehead, while the back had a short bob cut. She also wore a black cat-shaped hair clip on both sides of her hair, and the Kuoh Academy girls' school uniform, only without the shoulder cape.
"His energy is simply... dark." the petite girl stated.
"Dark?" Rias questioned, becoming more and more irritated at the lack of success in decrypting the enigmatic boy.
"It's similar to our own energy, yet dissimilar. Both are, without a doubt, dark. But there was nothing demonic about his, so he's definitely not a Devil." Koneko explained. "I doubt he'd be an Angel, nor does his energy feel like that of a Fallen Angel, or a god, or a Youkai..."
"Then what is he?" Rias asked.
"He's a..."
-Shirogane DxD-
"I do apologize if Buchou scared you off~" Akeno stated, the duo having made their way outside and were now strolling through the near empty school campus, everyone else having gone off to their classes.
"It's okay, she just seems... creepy, around me. I feel like she sees me as some sort of, I don't know, puzzle? That she's trying to solve? If that makes any sense." Tamashi stated, turning his head towards the busty woman. "The tea was nice, though. Perhaps we can, m-maybe... do it again sometime...?" he questioned, a tinge of red on his face as he blushed.
"Sure! I mean, yeah..." Akeno chirped, genuinely cheerful at his response. "O-Of course, if you want to do something other than tea... I'm free this Sunday." Why was she acting this way? Her heart sped, and heat climbed her cheeks, then her ears.
"Y-You mean, like a date?" Tamashi questioned, blushing even more at the implications of what she was saying.
"Ara, ara, I g-guess it is..." Akeno said, locking her hands together behind her back and bouncing up and down on her heels. "So..."
"Yeah! I-I, uhh... sounds good..." Tamashi said, scratching the back of his neck as he spoke. Feeling a bit bold, Akeno leaned over and gave the boy a kiss on the cheek, causing him to freeze up with a stark red blush.
"Then it's a date. Meet me here this Sunday at twelve~" Akeno stated, walking away with a spring in her step, leaving a zoned-out Tamashi alone.
...
"I've got a date..." Tamashi mumbled, blinking as he realized what was going to happen. "I've got a date." he repeated, a wide grin spreading across his face. "I've got a date!" he exclaimed, pumping his fist into the air and running towards the borderline of the academy's campus. "A date-"
"-A date! What a great ring to that! All right!" another voice exclaimed, causing the black haired boy to immediately halt in his tracks as another person appeared in his peripheral vision, a young man that Tamashi immediately recognized just from his reputation, Issei Hyoudou. Issei was a seventeen-year old student of average height, standing at 5'7" with short brown hair and light brown eyes. He, like Tamashi, wore the Kuoh Academy boys' school uniform, which consisted of a grey blazer over an unbuttoned white, long-sleeved dress shirt with black highlights with a black ribbon on the collar, under which he wore a plain red shirt, matching black pants, and brown dress shoes.
"Wait a second, you're Issei, right? One of the Hentai san'nin-gumi." Tamashi stated.
"Yep! That's me alright!" Issei exclaimed proudly, pointing his thumb at himself in pride before calming down. "But... who are you?"
"Oh right! The name's Tamashi, Tamashi Neishin! Hajimemashite (Nice to meet you)!" Tamashi replied, extending his hand to the brunette.
"Likewise." Issei said, shaking his hand with a grin on his face.
"So what were you just saying about 'a date'?" Tamashi questioned.
"I've got a date this Sunday!" Issei exclaimed, his grin growing even wider as he spoke.
"Really. You. You have a date." Tamashi deadpanned, finding the brunette's claim to be unrealistic. And he had every right to, considering the boy's notorious reputation as a pervert.
"It's true! I've got a date with this girl named Yuuma Amano!" Issei retorted. "What about you? You were spouting about a date of your own."
"Yep! This Sunday!" Tamashi stated, puffing out his chest in pride.
"Well? Don't leave me hanging... who is she?" Issei questioned.
"Akeno Himejima." Tamashi replied, causing Issei to fall over in shock.
"A-Akeno Himejima?! One of the Great Ladies?!" Issei exclaimed. "Dude!"
"Shhshhshh! Don't go screaming to the heavens like a madman!" Tamashi said.
"You've got to be the luckiest guy on earth!"
"I don't know. Even with your reputation you still got asked out by a girl."
"Bah! We're both lucky!"
"The beginning of a new chapter in life! For both of us!"
"A new beginning!"
"A fresh start!"
Neither of them knew how understated their statements would be in the upcoming weeks.
-Shirogane DxD-
"Oh..."
"Your premonition was right, Buchou." Koneko stated, just now having come back to the old schoolhouse building after completing her task.
"Near spot-on, you say? I was right to have you keep watch on him, but I did not expect Tamashi-kun to be there. Nor did I expect you to ask him on a date, Akeno-san." Rias stated, an unreadable expression on her face as she moved chess pieces around.
"Ara, ara, jealous are we now, Buchou~?" Akeno teased.
"... Buchou, what shall we do?" Koneko questioned.
"We will be on alert, at the very least. Though things will be easier with Akeno-san being at a closer range to him." Rias replied.
"Actually, Buchou, I... I really do want to go on this date with Tamashi-kun." Akeno commented, causing the red haired woman to freeze up.
"Akeno-san-" Rias started.
"Buchou... please." Akeno said. It was then that Rias saw the gaze in her [Queen]'s eyes, begging her to reconsider.
"... Alright. I guess everything else is up to him then." Rias conceded, a small smile on her face. In Devil society, Akeno was classified as her servant, but that was far from accurate. In truth, Akeno was Rias's best friend, the person who grew up with her, understood her, helped her. She wanted her to be happy as well. And if that meant letting her find happiness with that boy, who was she to deny her.
Besides, what was the worst that could happen?
-Shirogane DxD-
Meanwhile, with the brunette person of interest, Issei was facing his greatest dilemma yet...
"No!"
"Issei-kun, dear, please."
"You have to!"
"I... I CAN'T!"
"Issei, remember that 'fresh start' thing? You agreed to this!"
"I'm honestly surprised we got him to go this far."
"Issei!"
"But... But... my porn!" Issei exclaimed. His mother, father, and Tamashi were all restraining the brunette from jumping towards his giant pile of porn. There were no other words to describe it, other than a giant pile of porn. Because that's what it was.
It both disgusted and impressed Tamashi at the size of the pile before him.
"I still don't understand why one of us just can't do it." Issei's father, Kenji Hyoudou, stated. Sure, he loved his son, very dearly, just not his porn stash. The same went for his wife.
"It's the principle of the matter, Hyoudou-san. Issei must be the one to do this." Tamashi retorted, grabbing a matchbox and holding it in front of Issei.
"I... D-Do I really have to?!" Issei questioned, tears welling up in his eyes before he steeled his expression. "No... No you're right! T-This has to be done..." he said, grabbing the matchbox, pulled out a match and ignited it. A lone tear trailed down from his eye as he moved the open flame towards the nearest magazine, lighting the paper on fire, the flames quickly spreading to burn the entire pile.
"You did the right thing, Issei... burning half your porn stash." Tamashi said, patting the brunette on the back.
"Wait... Only half his stash?!" Issei's mother comically yelled.
"Your son's a major pervert. This was the best compromise we could come up with." Tamashi stated. And it was true. Issei had hundreds of porno magazines. Getting him to burn half of his stash (And bribe Tamashi with a few of the ones that caught his interest) was a major compromise. Now Issei was left with less than two hundred magazines, enough to still sate his perverse nature, but also turn over a new leaf.
Kenji couldn't help but cry tears of joy and masculine sadness. On one hand, his son wouldn't end up like a hopeless perverted old man, but on the the other hand, every hot-blooded male would mourn the loss of porn, regardless of relationship status...
It was very conflicting situation for a man to be in.
-Shirogane DxD-
Tamashi sighed, stretching his arms back before locking them behind his head. Shortly after burning Issei's porn, the brunette's parents began celebrating/mourning the loss, dragging Tamashi into the fray until he finally had to head back home.
'Kuso (Shit)! It's already dark out! Kaa-san is going to kill me!' Tamashi mentally exclaimed, noticing the passage of time from entering the Hyoudou residence and exiting had been far greater than he expected. In fact, it was far more darker out than he expected. The sun had already set upon the sky, dark clouds rolling overhead and blocking out the moon's illuminations. "Well, time flies, I guess..." Tamashi mumbled as he began his trek home.
...
Fifteen minutes passed, and Tamashi couldn't shake the strangest feeling that he was being followed.
"*Whoosh*!" a dark figure dashed by through the corners of Tamashi's sight, putting the black haired young man on edge.
"Oh? Who's there?" Tamashi called out, only to receive no response.
"*Snap*!" Just before Tamashi could get a good look at who or what was following him, it vanished, taking refuge behind a nearby telephone pole.
It wasn't human, that much Tamashi was sure of. Whatever it was, it was small. Too small to be a child, barely under a foot in height if what he saw was anything to go by.
"It's okay, I won't hurt you..." Tamashi said, crouching down and slowly walking towards the wooden pole.
"S-Shaymin..." a meek voice called out. The young black haired man stumbled back in shock at what he saw, falling backwards onto the ground. Standing at 0'8" in height, right in front of Tamashi was a small, white creature similar to a hedgehog with green grass-like fur on its back and a pink flower with two leaves on each side of its head, both of which seemingly resembled the Gracidea flower. Its legs were short and its underside plump.
"What the fuck - oof!" Tamashi mumbled, grunted as the creature landed on his stomach, swiftly climbing up to his chest so that he was staring the creature in the eyes.
"You fell for that waaaay too easily." the creature stated, its voice strikingly feminine to the black haired young man. Though he wasn't really focused on that. No, he was more focused on the fact that...
"You can talk?!" Tamashi questioned, eyes widened like saucer plates. The creature then closed its eyes, the very air around it condensing into a black translucent smog that was absorbed into its body from the seeds on its back, the flowers on its head turning a dark purple in color.
"Shidofurea (Seed flare)!" the creature exclaimed, its entire body glowing light green and the flowers on its head pink. Tamashi could only watch on helplessly at the glowing creature, enthralled by the near blinding light like a moth. And then...
"*BOOM*!" the entire alleyway was covered in a blinding light. When the explosion died down, both Tamashi and the creature had vanished. The commotion didn't go unnoticed, however, the whole spectacle being seen by a small bat familiar. Frowning slightly, the creature began to fly away, off to inform her master of the recent development.
Chapter End