Udate:8/?/13
Okay, I'm rebuilding my profile, and I'm smashing my stories to bits and pieces, minus TLPM, as it is the only one that was written to a standard that I could build on and fix. The rest are going to be completely renovated and re-done.
Update:11/30/13
Me:Okay! Just got this posted last night, finally. It took me too long, I know, but I'll try to update faster. More news to come at a later date!
Disclaimer: He doesn't own Pokémon and never will. I'm done here.(poof)
Me:(sweatdrops) What's with him today? Anyways, starting the story in 3...2...1...
TDTI: How the Jūrei Rixyuu Began (Under Morce Ryudo)
Book 1
Chapter 1: The Awakening
The rain whipped through the wind as the storm raged on. Not much could be seen, and even less could be heard. However, two voices breached the Space-Time Continuum...
"Hold on, I know you can! We've been through much worse than this!"
A flash of lightning.
"I know, but something is pulling...No, forcefully separating us apart! I just can't keep my grip!"
The roar of thunder.
"Don't just give up! We're almost there!"
"I know, but..."
More lightning.
"Don't let-!"
The voice was cut off as the rip in Space-Time closed, lost in the middle of the storm.
Many hours later...
A Pokémon washed upon the shore of a beach, unconscious. He slowly opened his eyes half-way, though he couldn't make out anything besides blurry shapes. 'What? Where...am I? My name is...is...ugh. Cant remember...no, can't forget...must...stop them...Loosing grip...reality...must not...give up...must fight...Primal...Dark...' were his last thoughts before the darkness swiftly embraced him.
Unknown amount of time later...
Not too far away, a Vulpix was pacing back and forth in front of a large and funny looking structure. The structure was Wigglytuff's Guild, a hot spot known to adventurers far and wide. In fact, the Guild was so famous that rumors had reached the other side of the world, though none had attempted to seek it out as of yet. The reason the Vulpix was there was the same as every other Pokémon who wasn't looking for help; to form an exploration team. Unfortunately, the Vulpix didn't have much confidence, or so it would seem at first glance...
"Oh, I wish I could just summon up the courage to go in there!" the Vuplix exclaimed before gulping. "M-Maybe...I'll give it a shot." She then stepped above a grate on the ground, from which a voice shouted out, "Pokémon detected, Pokémon detected! Whose footprint, whose footprint? The footprint is Vulpix's, the footprint is Vulpix's!"
At this point the Vulpix jumped back away from the grate with a shocked look. "W-Well, t-that wasn't what I expected." The Vulpix exclaimed, still startled. The Vulpix sighed before taking out a rock like thing with a unique pattern on it.
"Ever since I found this little treasure, I've had dreams of starting an exploration team. It would be so much fun going on adventures, helping out Pokémon, getting stronger, and finding treasure...Maybe even discovering something new; a place never yet discovered!" the Vulpix said with enthusiasm and shining eyes. "Unfortunately, I've never really had the courage to actually set foot inside the guild...I've heard it's extremely harsh and it never felt right, attempting to start a team by myself...Maybe I can find someone to work with. A partner maybe?" the Vulpix sighed. "I think I'll just go to the beach; I've always felt calm when staring at the water, especially at sunset."
With that, the Vulpix walked down the stairs and away from the guild. Unknown to the fox Pokémon, two other Pokémon, who had been hiding and listening the entire time, decided to make their presence known.
"Did you get a load of that, Zubat?"
"You bet I did Koffing. That Pokémon sure seemed wimpy to me." The Zubat remarked.
"Yes, but...did you see that treasure the wimp had? It could be something good..." the Koffing muttered.
"So do we go after it?" The Zubat asked. The Koffing turned to him with an evil glint in his eyes.
"What do you think?"
The Vulpix had just arrived to a beautiful scene of a sunset on the beach. The bubbles from the Krabby in the area also added to the serenity. The Vulpix stretched before lying down on the sand, staring outwards towards the sea.
"...I'll never get tired of this." The Vulpix then turned towards the right, only to see something out of place. "Hm? What's that?" The Vulpix slowly got up and walked towards something lying on the sand. As the fox-like Pokémon got closer, the shape became more distinct.
"Oh my! I think that's a Pokémon over there!" the Vulpix ran over the rest of the way. "Hey, are you okay!" the Vulpix shouted once next to the Pokémon. The Pokémon twitched a bit.
'...?' The Pokémon moved a little. "...ow." The Pokémon groaned before standing up, only to fall down again.
"Are you alright? Here, let me help you stand." The Pokémon gratefully put his paw on the Vulpix's back to help steady himself.
"Yeah...I'm fine." the Pokémon replied. 'I wish I knew where I was...though it's definitely colorful...Wait, why would I think that?'
"Thank goodness. I saw you lying there unconscious, and I assumed the worst. I'm curious, though, about how you ended up there in the first place."
'Hmm...How did I end up here? The last thing I remember is...' The Pokémon's eyes widened drastically. 'I can't remember a thing! This can't be good.' The Pokémon regained his composure as quickly as it was lost. "I'm not quite sure, miss...?"
The Vulpix blushed, realizing that names had not yet been exchanged. "Sorry, my name is Amane. I was so concerned that I forgot to introduce myself. And might I ask who you are? I don't remember seeing you anywhere near here before."
"I know I'm a human, but-"
"A human?! Are you sure you're okay? You look like a Pokémon to me, even though I don't know which one you are." Amane exclaimed worriedly.
The Pokémon's eyes widened. He then rushed over to the water, and looked at his reflection in shock. "I'm...a Riolu?" Amane had run over to him in case he fell again, but was shocked when she heard what he said.
'He's a RIOLU?! How in the world did he end up here?' Amane thought. "You're not making much sense right now...Is this some sort of joke?" Amane asked skeptically.
"...Yes." Morce said with a deadpan face. "I would totally lie about something like this." Totally not sarcastic. Not one bit.
Amane was somewhat amused. "A-huh," she said, also with a complete deadpan. "...So what's your name?"
The Riolu thought for a minute. "My name? My name is..." he gains a look of confusion for a couple of seconds. "Morce...Morce Ryudo." he supplied.
Amane sighed and nodded. "Okay...Well, at least you don't seem to be a bad Pokémon, at least. Sorry for mistrusting you, but more and more bad Pokémon have appeared lately and other Pokémon have been more aggressive too. This place isn't as safe as it used to be."
At this point, two Pokémon came rushing behind Amane and one slammed into her, causing her to drop her rock-treasure...thing and let out a yelp.
"Oh, I beg you're pardon." the Koffing replied smugly. Amane got ticked and stood up.
"And what was that for?" she asked vehemently.
"Can't you figure it out? We wanted to mess with you. Can't face up to us, can you, wimp?" the Zubat taunted.
"..." Amane stared at them fiercely, but her demeanor changed from angry to one with less confidence.
"That thing belongs to you, doesn't it?" Zubat asked menacingly, referring to her treasure.
"That's-!" Amane started, but is interrupted as Zubat snatched it.
"Sorry, but we'll take that." Zubat replied.
"But-" Amane started, yet again.
"Not gonna make a move to get it back, are you wimp? Too scared?" Koffing mocked. At this point Amane had backed down, her will to fight lost.
"Okay, I've seen enough. Either you hand that back, or I'll make you!" Morce threatened. Zubat and Koffing started laughing.
"What's that wimpy coward worth to you? As a matter of fact, you're a wimp as well, and we don't have time for that. See you later wimps!" Both Koffing and Zubat rushed off into a nearby cave, leaving behind one ticked off Riolu and one depressed Vulpix.
"Bunch of no good, low-life, jerk-faced..." Morce continued ranting under his breath with steam coming out of his ears. He eventually sighed and turned to Amane, who had the beginnings of tears in her eyes. Morce came over to her and sat down while putting a paw around her.
"Hey, don't let what they said get to you. You're not any of those things. If anything, they're the wimps and cowards. Picking on those who won't or can't fight back shows true weakness. One doesn't have to able to fight to be strong." Morce said encouragingly, causing Amane to perk up and smile at him.
"Thanks, I needed that. Still, that was my personal treasure and one of my few possessions. I just have to get it back..." Morce smiled at her.
"In that case, how about I help you?" Morce asked her. "It will at least even up the odds as two on one is a bit unfair." Amane jumped up and down in happiness, causing Morce to chuckle. "Alright then, but we need to hurry. Run as fast as you can, and I'll keep up with you."
Amane looked at him hesitantly, but complies with the order and they both take off into the cave, known simply and unimaginatively as Beach Cave.
Morce found out pretty quickly that a Vulpix can run rather fast, even without proper training, though she was nowhere near his top speed.
As they both ran through the cave, some Pokémon were startled out of their sleep or current activities, and one particular group consisting of a Kabuto, Shellder, Corsola, and Shellos even challenged them to a fight. It was not a very exciting fight, in terms of any Pokémon with a level of double digits, but it was one, none the less.
Amane started off with a Tail Whip, taunting the Kabuto and Shellos, causing them to lower their guard in their anger, before they attacked. Amane took advantage of their state and shot multiple Embers at both Pokémon. They both flinched from their unexpected burns, giving her the time to slam Kabuto with a Quick Attack, but got a large scratch to her side followed by a water gun, courtesy of Shellos for her effort.
Amane yelped and jumped back, severely weakened. However, she was quite determined to not go down so easily. That determination caused a spark, both figuratively and literally. Amane built up as much energy as she could and then released it in a Flamethrower. The two Pokémon cried out in pain, but Amane kept the attack up until they were both KO'd. She then fell down herself, panting from exhaustion.
'I-I did it,' she thought with a smile.
Meanwhile, Morce had started off with a combination of Foresight and Detect, allowing him to predict their movements, which proved wise when the Corsola and Shellder both charged with a tackle attack. Morce managed to dodge both and in a moment of inspiration, despite his amnesia, formed a glowing blue sphere within his paws and shot it at the Shellder. The blow catapulted Shellder into the wall of the cave, knocking it out cold.
Before the Corsola could retaliate, Morce shot towards the Corsola at a surprising speed, unknowingly having used Quick Attack, and punched the poor Pokémon. Hard. Instant KO.
After making sure the threat was neutralized, Morce ran to Amane.
"Wow, you look terrible," Morce said, with mirth dancing in his eyes. Amane simply growled at him, but her eyes had the same look.
"Oh, bite me. I just let my guard down; I had everything under control," she huffed.
Morce only laughed. "Suuurrre you did," he replied back. "Seriously, though, you performed quite well for someone with little experience." Amane blushed at the praise, thought it was hard to see because of her fur. "Anyways, we should probably get moving. Here, eat this." He quickly fed her an Oran berry he had picked up not long ago. With her strength back, they continued on through the dark tunnel.
Not much later, they both came to the supposed 'end' of the cave. They could both see Zubat and Koffing floating by the water, not doing anything. This instantly put them on guard. Morce slowly approached with Detect and Foresight still active. Once he was sure that they had come in unnoticed, Morce signaled for Amane to join him.
Once they were about eight feet away, Amane spoke up. "Hey!"
This got their attention. "Well, well. If it isn't our old friend, the big chicken."
Amane simply Growled at them menacingly. "You might want to consider giving me back my little treasure before I burn you both to ash." (AN: Pun not intended.)
Morce was surprised at her aggressiveness, but held his tongue. Both the Koffing and Zubat disregarded the threat with amusement. "So this piece of junk really is valuable, huh?" Zubat remarked.
"Wo-ho-ho! We might get a good price if we sell it. Thanks for even more incentive to not give it back!" the Koffing returned. Amane glowered at them.
"Really, if you want it that badly, come over here and get it back," Zubat scoffed.
At that, Amane shot into the Zubat with a Quick Attack before he could react. At this point, Koffing had fired a ball of sludge towards Morce, who was smart enough to dodge it. Koffing then shot many small glowing purple darts towards Morce. He got hit with all of them and disappeared in a poof of smoke.
'Substitution! But a wimp like him shouldn't know such a technique!' the Koffing exclaimed mentally. Just as he started the search for Morce, a glowing blue ball of aura slammed into the gas ball's body and detonated, knocking him for a loop. The following palm strike only ensured a victory for the emanation Pokémon. The Koffing crashed into the ground with a groan.
Meanwhile, Amane was firing a machine gun of Embers at Zubat, though only five out of thirty made contact. Still, it was enough to temporarily stall the Zubat and kept him from dodging the viscious Flamethrower sent towards him. This left him fried and defeated, along with Koffing.
"Blast it, how'd we get wiped out by wimps like them?" Koffing groaned.
"Bah, take it!" Zubat threw the treasure towards them and Amane caught it with ease.
"Don't think you're so awesome. That victory was nothing but a fluke!" the Koffing smugly replied.
"Yeah, you just remember that!" The Zubat chortled with much less confidence. At this point, both of them dashed out of the cave, leaving two laughing Pokémon behind.
When they had calmed down, Amane turned to Morce. "Thanks for helping me get this back. Although, I am curious. What exactly was that blue sphere you used?" Amane asked out of curiosity. "I've never seen anything like it before."
Morce scratched his head. "I'm not entirely sure, to be honest. It was more instinct than anything, but I do know that it used Aura...I guess I'll call it Aura Sphere." Amane sweat dropped and shook her head at the lack of creativity. "Anyways, we should-" he cut off, noticing something out of the corner of his eye.
"Morce?" Amane asked out of concern. Morce didn't respond and started to walk towards the water in front of him. When he reached it, he stepped on top of it and continued to the wall in a trance. He put his paw on the wall, and it opened, revealing a secret cavern. An astonished Amane followed him, after stepping on the water, to her surprise.
Inside the cavern, there was nothing except for a pedestal with a few items laying on it. Namely, a Dazzling Green Glow Bow, a Nineta-Seal Pendant, and two Emit Rings; One Emit Ring had a Pledge Rock in the Jewel slot. What was most intriguing was the symbol and empty slots in the pedestal.
Both Morce and Amane looked at the items in awe. "This is rather strange...A pedestal in a secret cavern at the end of a cave with items that were made for us? I don't think it's a coincidence, but I'm not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth. I'll take what I can get," Morce said as he grabs the items and handed two of them to Amane, who gave Morce a look.
"I don't think this is the last we'll see of this place. I feel like there's something else..." Amane trailed off, while looking towards the empty and oddly shaped indentations in the side of the pedestal.
"I know, I feel and see it too. However, now is not the right time...We should probably leave now." With that, the two left the cave, not noticing the few pairs of wide eyes watching them leave.
Outside the cave, Morce and Amane sat, watching the sun set over the horizon. "You know, I had fun helping you out, and I could tell that we could work well together even though we didn't use teamwork in there," Morce commented, surprising Amane.
"You mean...you don't think I'm a c-coward," she stuttered, causing Morce to frown.
"What are you talking about? You kicked some serious tail in there," Morce replied in confusion.
"I mean before we even went into the cave...I didn't stand up to them then..." she said while turning her head away form him.
Morce grabbed her head and turned it towards him, forcing her to see his face, which was full of understanding. "I can tell that they provoked a memory not laid to rest...A traumatic memory if your anger was anything to go by." Amane stiffened at his observation, but relaxed when he gave her a friendly hug. "Hey, it's nothing that should embarrass you. When someone goes through something like that, it leaves scars that don't heal easily, and certainly not without support that you never got."
"...How did you know," she mumbled as she laid her head on his chest. Morce only sighed and rubbed her back with one of his paws.
"I have the ability to read others and I have...personal experience...from what little I can remember..." he trailed off, not going any further. "But enough about me. I want you to know that even though we may have just met, I think we could be considered friends, and...what I'm trying to say is that I'll always be here for you. You can let it out now, if you want." Morce quit speaking as Amane silently cried into his chest. Morce simply soothed her by rubbing her back and whispering soft words of comfort into her ear.
Eventually, her tears stopped, and Morce spoke again. "I won't force you to tell me about it until you feel comfortable, but I do expect you to tell me eventually, understood?"
Amane nodded, and wiped away her tears, before giving him a mock salute. "Yes sir!" Morce chuckled a little and Amane moved her head off of his chest, causing him to pout slightly. In return she giggled before sliding towards him a little.
"You're kind of cute when you do that." Morce's eye twitched and she giggled even more. "Anyways, I was curious about how you might feel about forming an exploration team." Morce looked at her curiously, so she elaborated. "I've always liked legends and lore. I've wanted to form one for a while now. It would be so much fun finding treasure and making new discoveries!" she pulled out the treasure from earlier. "This is what has truly inspired me. I like to call it a 'Relic Fragment'. I mean, sure it might seem like junk, but it has a peculiar pattern on it that seems to radiate a strange energy...I can't quite place it, but it feels important." Morce nodded in agreement, feeling the same energy coming from the object. Amane sighed while storing her treasure away.
"Unfortunately, I've never had the courage to enter Wigglytuff's Guild, which is a famous base off operations dedicated to starting and supporting exploration teams. I've heard that the training is harsh and I had a bad feeling every time I imagined myself as an explorer all alone...like it wasn't meant to be that way. And with everything that happened today, I was wondering if you would like to be partners as I think we do have the ability to work together. After all, you said it yourself." Morce thought to himself for a minute while Amane looked hopeful.
'Well, it couldn't hurt, and with my amnesia I can't go anywhere else. The few memories I have are pieces of my time as a human, and a dimensional traveler at that. Besides, I told her I'd be there for her, and I will. Even still, I find myself to be excited about the prospect of joining this guild. It will probably help out in the long run too...' Morce considered, then shrugged.
"Sure. I mean, what have I got to loose? If anything, I have everything to gain, and a friend to join. In fact, I think the most appealing of the rather long list of reason's is getting to spend time with a gorgeous, not to mention hot, vixen."
Amane was shining with joy until his last statement. She blushed so much that you could see it through her fur. She turned away and told Morce to follow her as she started walking towards the guild. More smirked at his victory. However, it didn't take long for her brain to restart. As soon as it did, she started smirking as she started to sway when she walked, swishing her tails ever so seductively. It is at this point that their earlier expressions are fully reversed, although Morce blushes more than Amane did. He quickly sped up so that they are side by side.
'Wait...why am I doing this? Am I crushing on him after knowing him for less than a day?' Amane wondered before dismissing the thought. "What? You didn't like it?" she pouted, causing him to blush an even deeper shade of red, and cementing a valuable lesson. Don't flirt with a female that will flirt back harder. (AN: There was no pun intended with that statement, but I can only imagine where all of your minds must be right now...Wait...maybe I shouldn't try to imagine that, as it would require some Brain Bleach.)
"W-What? N-no, it's just that...I, I mean...you...tails..." Morce continued to spit out nonsense, causing Amane to laugh, a sound Morce was beginning to associate with joyous music.
"Relax, I'm only teasing you, and I did that because I wanted to, mister oblivious." Morce simply continued to stare away from her before pointing towards a towering building on top of a hill.
"Is that it?" Morce asked and received a nod from Amane as he began to regain his composure. "Race you there?" Amane gained a competitive look in her eyes.
"Oh, it is on!" With that, both dashed towards the guild, with the sunset looming behind them.