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This has a partner story done by ChishioShakun. I recommend that if you enjoy this one to read it as it offers a slightly different point of view.
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This story is ratted M for charactor death, human/pokemon paring, violence, cursing and cute Spheals named Boing.
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Metal surrounded me, metal and glass, the air was stained by pollution, yet I pushed onwards, shouldering my way through the crowd. My vest rustled slightly as the five pokeballs resting on the inside of it moved as I walked, on my belt rested the signature tool of a Pokemon ranger, the capture styler. Only mine was silver instead of the traditional red. I glanced at Animus, my lucario, his aura receptors where up and his eyes glowed with a golden power Trying to track our target.
It had been a month since I had received the call from my superiors. Apparently a man had given his son a zorua for the kids' birthday. And not even a month afterwords, the dark type had run away, and I was dispatched to find it and return it home. I had asked why I, a senior ranger, was being called in on this? No I'm not trying to sound arrogant and claim this mission was below me. No I was just called in on one of my days off. Any other day, and I would have been off in a heartbeat but I had just got done chasing a mew and a celebi that had been hurt. Though now that I thought of it I made a mental note to myself, when chasing psychic types, who probably knew bigger and more powerful psychic types, bring a dark type.
"Excuse me." I stopped a random passerby politely, "have you seen this pokemon?" I held up a picture of the zorua, carefully groomed, and with a sky blue collar, smiling mischievously. The answer was a brief "no" as the man shoved passed me.
"Thanks!" I called after him before turning my attention back to Animus "Any sign of it?" I asked looking around.
The illusionist had hidden in a city and was using its ability to create illusions to hide. Animus shook his head getting a groan in response. I was starting to get annoyed with this game, actually scratch that, I had passed annoyed two regions ago, but this was a challenge, one that I wasn't going to pass up now that I had started it. I took another look around, getting ready to head to a new section of the city when my eyes caught sight of something. A homeless man sitting against a wall, with a tail.
"Hey Animus." I got the lucario's attention. "Bud how'd you manage to miss him?" I asked pointing. Animus looked over, and face vaulted. "Come on then." I grinned, "lets catch ourselves a fox." I stated as I walked over, and grabbed the tail.
A squeak of surprise and the man disappeared replaced by a small black fox. Who looked up at me with mischief, surprise and, I noted, fear.
"Come on little guy, let's get you back home." I told it calmly and friendly with a small grin on my face, only to get sent flying by a surprisingly powerful shadow ball. I don't think it's needed to say that I hit the ground hard.
"Ow." I groaned as I sat up. Only to see Animus trying to catch a Pidgey. "Great, this is going to end so well." I sighed getting up to join the fray.
Long story short, Animus and I end up on the ground, myself bleeding from being stabbed by one of Animus's wrist spikes and the zorua, disguised as a pidgey, flying away.
"Arceus damn." I cursed under my breath from the pain in my arm. Blood dribbled down as Animus got off of me and helped me up. "There is no way we'll give up especially after that stunt!" I shouted after the zorua. "Lets go." I called to animus as I grabbed the nearest fire escape and booked it to the top, Animus just ran up the wall. Once there I paused to get my bearings, and enjoy the view. The sun reflecting off all the windows gave the city a wonderful feeling. After a few minutes I shrugged that off and saw Animus taking off. With a grin, I started jumping rooftops as well.
Anyone who looked up would probably wonder what the reverse world we where doing. As the two of us ran, I realized we would need help, considering that the crafty dark type has been giving me the run around since I first started tracking it. I began to reach to the fur scarf around my neck. Only to stop, whirling around. I felt as if something had been watching me. Something not human, and something that did not like what was happening, or rather, didn't like me. I shrugged off the feeling as it seemed to have left, turning back after the zorua again.
Once again I reached up to the fur scarf around my neck, and gave it a light tug, It unraveled to reveal a furret, blinking sleep from her eyes.
"Taiga, Animus and I need help." I spoke, catching the furrets attention. "We're trying to pen in the zorua. Animus has the right, can you take the left?" I got a nod from Taiga. "Thanks girl." As Taiga took off to the left, and Animus took to the right, I continued on forward. Praying that I would finally get to go home, where I did real good. My expression darkened for a second. Home, a sanctuary that I was the guardian of, and worried constantly that a trainer would come along and get into it without me there to protect it. I shook that thought off and continued on. After a few minutes of roof hopping, we had the zorua pinned in. Well we would have, if we could figure out which pidgey was the little shape shifter. The little snot had hidden in a nest full of fledgling pidgey that wouldn't stop moveing around, and to make matters worse, the mother and father where missing, but I had no illusions of safety; one would be watching the nest. "Any ideas?" I asked Animus. The lucario shook his head. "Great." I grumbled. "Lets hope this works." I pulled out my capture styler, and attached it to my wrist, before locking it into firing position. "Capture…" A pair of screeches interrupted me. "Aw reverse world." I cursed as I spun aiming my styler to launch the discus. Only to be slammed into by a pair of wing attacks. Sending me over the nest and into a very inconveniently placed wall.
"Ow." Animus and Taiga helped me out of the wall, just in time for me to look up to see two Pidgeot lifting the nest away. And one Pidgey looking back at us, an evil little grin on it's face "legendary damn it!" I swore once again.
"We can't get a break can we?" Animus asked using aura speech.
"Furret furr."
"Yeah, this is always our luck. But we're the the best for a reason, we can't give up." I replyed as I returned animus and tossed out another pokeball. "Soramoyou time to rule the sky." I called out as if I was in a battle as I tossed another pokeball.
Appearing in front of me, a flygon stretched with a roar before turning and looking back at me.
"Flygon?"
"We have a pair of Pidgeot carrying away their nest and the zorua is hiding in it." I explained. The look I got from Soramoyou told that she did not believe me, or was wondering how I had managed to do this. "Don't ask, please, honestly I just want to go back home. And figure out how to repair whatever damage has been done. This mission is beyond annoying but at the same time, quite fun." I explained as I clambered on her back. "Come on lets go." Soramoyou nodded and took off, following the Pidgeot at a safe distance, I sighed as I closed my eyes, relaxing a bit knowing I was safe.
I began pondering a strange dream I had had, literally a day before this fiasco with the zorua started. The dream starts off strange. At first it's not much more than flashes of gold black and white, next thing I know, I'm in what looks to be an old black and white movie. Floating in the air over a large forest similar to the sanctuary I run, almost as if I was on the back of Soramoyou. Only I don't see her anywhere. A howl catches my attention and I whip around, finding myself facing a mountain. At it's peak is an absol, and the first thing that catches my eye is that this absol unusually dark.
However, just as I spot it, the absol started jumping down the mountain. I gaze, keeping a close eye on the pokemon out of habit, though it was clear the absol knew what it was doing. With in about a matter of minutes, the absol had all four paws on the ground and was racing through the forest. Fast enough that a normal human would have had trouble tracking it. The second I make a move as if to follow, I awoke, blinking away sleep.
Now I wonder what the reverse world that was about, a message, a premonition of some sort? No that couldn't be, I didn't have the slightest psychic power. I continued to ponder till Soramoyou sounds a cry. I look up and see that I have no more time to ponder, the Pidgeot are getting ready to land and I get ready for another chase. My capture styler at the ready as I jump into the air as the nest was safely nestled in a tree. "Capture... On!"
Well that happened a few regions back, now, I have no idea where I am, I know I passed the oblivia region a few days back, and I'm still trying to figure out how the zorua managed to convince a wailord to carry it across the sea on it's back.
Sadly Soramoyou had been unable to carry me the whole way, the distance was to great for her. So I had to take a rowboat made by a man named Booker and with a little help from Taiga and her mastery of water, I managed to make it the rest of the way with good time.
Though I'm getting a little confused, I have yet to truly lose track of the zorua, almost as if it's playing around with me. A grin crossed my face, it's arrogance would be it's undoing, I will find and catch it.
Now I had tracked the little dark type fox to a forest, and I was moving through a town. A town that gave me the impression that I was going to be eaten up by a giant worm like creature any minute. Shrugging that off, I turned my gaze to the forest and started towards it.
"Young man, you aren't planning on entering the forest are you?" I looked over my shoulder and saw a woman in her middle ages.
Turning I addressed her with nothing but politeness. "Yes mam, I sort of need to I'm tracking a run away pokemon."
"If the pokemon has gone into the forest I would its best to give up." The woman advised. Catching my attention, and perking my urge to prove that I can do the impossible. "Any human who enters this forest, exits barely alive. For a demon has moved to take the place of our revered god, and has forbidden any human from entering to far. That mountain is The Black mountain and the center of that demon's territory." She finished.
I sighed. "Great more complications. I swear that zorua wants me dead now." I grumbled under my breath "Thanks for the warning ma'am, but sadly, I do have to go in. again thanks, and I'll be careful." I responded cheerfully. I turned ready to continue into the forest, only to find myself facing a man several times taller then me.
"You heard the elder, you don't go in." he sneered.
"Sir, stand aside before I arrest you." I stated bluntly yet politely catching him off guard. However, sadly, he recovered quickly.
"On what charges?"
"Interfering," I held up my capture styler, "in a Pokemon ranger's mission." I activated my identification revealing myself as an official pokemon ranger.
This caught both of them off guard, "you are a ranger?" the elder asked. "Then what are you doing here?"
I felt the urge to growl for a second, I forgot many of my kind where idiots. "I told you I'm tracking a run away Pokemon, the trail leads to the forest, I honestly respect your beliefs, but I have a job to do, so I need to get into that forest." I explained not even the slightest hint of anger in my voice.
The man growled, "No you are not, I'm the strongest trainer in this village and in the past few days I have tried repeatedly to get to that mountain and every time, I got annihilated, my strongest pokemon is still in the pokemon center!" he spat disgusted.
I twitched subtlety "Ignorant fool." I whispered before stating loud enough to hear. "I am a pokemon ranger, not a normal human, and I'm also a trainer, one who is far superior to you." I know that sounds arrogant, but the way he acts and talked about his pokemon I had a good guess what he was capable of.
A vein bulged on the guy even as I started around him towards the forest. "Hold it!" I stop. "Match right here right now!"
I sighed annoyed. "You are not worth my time. But since you demand I suppose I'm obligated to give you a good beating." I turn pulling out a pokeball "Chose your pokemon you may use as many as you want, I will use two." No I do not believe that that my pokemon are invincible but I only have two left in reserve as the others needed rest because of the traveling. Luckily I knew I could count on the two that remained.
The man grabbed a pokeball. "Arrogant little brat! I'll show you! Stelix get out here!" He commanded releasing the giant metal snake. I looked up, grinning, oh this would be good, I started imagining things that where likely to happen, but I didn't have much time sadly.
"HEY! You going to send out a pokemon, or where you all talk?" my opponent boasted in an attempt to bad mouth.
I grinned. "Fine then. Wreak all in your way Bullet!" The man tensed as I released my pokemon, probably expecting a big and scary pokemon. Imagine his surprise when he found something not super big but rather small and cute.
The man laughed. "Is that all you have? A weak little aron, this will be over fast!" his stelix seemed to agree.
Said aron was shaking himself out of a stupor, must have been napping. So while I had a second I hid my dog tags under my shirt and waited. When Bullet finally registered what was in front of him, his eyes widened and I could swear, I could see the drool starting and hear the roar of his stomach, he turned to look at me with hungry eyes and I sighed pretending to be annoyed, though I was sure the little steel type knew I wasn't serious.
"Go right ahead Bullet." the aron squealed happily.
"Kid you are going to lose this! Stelix iron tail!" He ordered, and the stelix obeyed. I said nothing didn't even flinch when the attack connected.
"HAH! That should do it." His gloating came to an abrupt end when Bullet had seemed to vanish when the iron tail was lifted. "What the? Where'd the little bug go?" he demanded as he looked around trying to find any sign of where Bullet had gone.
I, however, started chuckling knowing I had won. Suddenly the stelix roared in pain.
"Stelix what's wrong?" my opponent asked in a panic trying to figure out what was going on, what strange attack was being used? He got his answerer when stelix lifted it's tail, Bullet was clinging to it eating away hungrily at the steel skin. "What kind of attack is that?" He demanded of me.
I laughed harder. "That isn't an attack, it's just a hungry aron." I looked on as the stelix desperately tried to get Bullet, who was still munching away, off. After a few moments, the man conceded defeat and recalled his stelix, unceremoniously dumping Bullet on the ground.
"What the reverse world where you thinking!" he roared at me in a demanding tone as bullet looked around trying to find where his meal had gone.
I shrugged still chuckling "I was thinking that little guy was one of the two pokemon I had that wasn't in need of rest, and that could fight you. You where the one that called out a stelix."
"You son of an absol!" He cursed, I raised an eyebrow, I've been called many things, but a son of an absol was a new one to me. "I'll defeat you this time! Go armaldo!" He unleashed the rock bug type, who roared menacingly, Bullet looked unimpressed.
"Brick break!" was the order, and yet again, the armaldo obeyed with out question. This time the hit kicked up a large cloud of dust. "Got you this time!" the man crackled while I just grinned, I knew it wasn't over.
This time when the dust settled bullet was still visible only he hadn't been touched, in fact he had moved to the side by about two inches and the armaldos attack had dug into the ground.
I snapped my fingers. "Metal claw." bullet nodded and snapped a forepaw to the side. Glowing claws bigger than him and I could see the armaldo pale just before bullet did a short hop and slashed with the super effective attack, sending armaldo sailing crashing down, defeated.
The man's jaw just about hit the ground. "Oh come on!" he exclaimed clearly ticked that he was unable to defeat this basic evolution pokemon.
I however whistled and chuckled as bullet waddled over to me. If he had a tail, I was positive it would have been wagging had enough to wreak a dump-truck, though now that I thought of it I made a note to make sure that if this little guy ever made it to argon, little snot didn't seem to want to evolve yet, that I needed to watch his tail.
"So you ready to admit that you where foolish here?" I asked, honestly I just wanted to finish this mission up. Without waiting for a response, I returned bullet and turned my back walking into the forest, ignoring the cursing behind me.
I walked my eyes darting around. If this forest was as dangerous as the locals told me, I needed to be ready. My vest rustled in time to the leaves, as the wind shuffles it; my pokeballs are clinking against each other. One hand locked my capture styler's launcher into armed position. What worried me the most was the fact that I hadn't seen a single pokemon. I had been expecting them to be watching me the second I entered the forest, maybe even trying to kill me. I hadn't expected there to be nothing. The sounds of pokemon where missing, not even the chirp of the flying types, or the rustle of a bug type wiggling through the bushes. In truth, right now I half expected arceus to appear just to mess with me, just like the great deity had been doing since I chose to be a trainer and a ranger.
Snapping out of my stupor I realized I heard something coming my way. I shot a glare to the woods beside me, just in time to see a razor leaf aimed right at me. It wasn't much to side step it, even as I set my self into a battle stance. As the Razor leaf passed, I brought up my capture styler and aimed down my arm, only to find myself facing nothing. I lowered my arm and blinked.
"The reverse world?" I cursed, I couldn't have been more confused if you hit me with a confuse ray. It was as if the attack had been sent by the plants themselves, though I knew that probably wasn't far off as grass pokemon where probably hiding amongst the greenery. I took a breath to calm my nerves, I silently wondered if the unusual aggressiveness shown by the local pokemon, as well is their ability to strike and vanish, were the result of this 'demon'? only one way to find out. I thought before continuing deeper into the forest. My arm snapping up aiming at just about every out of place sound, Even as I dodged various attacks from other directions.
"Ok now I'm tired." I panted as I leaned against a tree regaining my breath. I had lost count of how many times I had been attacked, and I was using every trick I knew to avoid harm without having to call out my team or do harm to the local pokemon. The situation however, was getting even closer to me having to do that. I just hoped if it did come to that my team would be rested enough.
No longer panting I stood up straight and moved to continue deeper into the forest. Well that is until I heard the fearful cries of a pokemon in trouble. I looked around, my arm aimed at where ever I was looking; just in case it was a trap. Finally I looked up. There, an oddish was stuck in the tree wedged in the fork between two branches rather high up on the tree itself. I raised an eyebrow.
"How the heck?" I wondered as I raised my styler ready to slice the branch apart until I noticed a nest that would also fall. "Blast." I grumbled as I put the safety back on my styler before taking a short hop to grab a branch and pulling myself up. I turned it into a sort of training to make sure I was still at a-hundred percent, my eyes locked onto the oddish "how did you managed to get stuck like that?" I asked it as I landed on a branch just below before standing with careful balance.
I found my self eye to eye with the small grass pokemon, who cried out in fright shaking so hard I was surprised it hadn't shaken the leaves of it head.
"Shh shh it's ok little one, I'm not going to hurt you." I whispered softly as I reached out. "I'm here to help, that's it." I was able to ease the still trembling pokemon out from where it had gotten stuck though I noticed that the oddish was trembling worse now that he was nestled safely in my arms. I figured that the only way to calm this little guy was to get him back to terafirma.
I jumped off the branch landing on the ground with a soft thump. With out a second's hesitation I set the oddish down and smiled a small smile "There you go."
Still shaking the oddish looked at me as if expecting me to attack it. I blinked, trying to figure out if I had done something wrong, I was about to comfort the little guy when he tried to put me to sleep. I had to do a really stupid backwards roll to avoid breathing in the sleep inducing dust. That's when it clicked. I shot a look back in the direction of the town on the outskirts of this forest.
"What have you done to this forest and its pokemon?" I asked out loud before turning my attention back to the oddish, or where it had been. It was now scurrying away, back to a pair of very angry vileplume.
I made no move to follow it, and instead I turned hoping to avoid being attacked. A pair of bellosom moved in front of me. So much for that hope. I thought to myself. Before I could say anything however, I found myself flipping, rolling, and doing some twirls, to avoid being torn to shreds by about four simultaneous razor leaf attacks. Right now, I think I must be doing a damn good impression of a pokemon ballet.
Finally I was allowed to breath, and I took that second to speak as I held up my hands. "Peace I mean no harm." I looked over my shoulder and found the vileplume approaching, with the oddish on one of their heads.
If it weren't for the fact I figured it would provoke them, I would have groaned. One of the vileplume gestured to the oddish on its, scratch that her head.
"I did nothing to your young one, I just saw him." A growl. "Her stuck in the tree, I only moved to help her." I prayed the grass pokemon would let me by soon, as I glanced up, a storm was brewing, and it looked to be a nasty one. The grass pokemon argued amongst themselves for a bit, growing increasingly agitated, before the oddish spoke up, all turned to her, before parting to let me pass.
"Thank you. Once I finish and find the runaway you'll hopefully never see me again." with that, I continued once again locking my styler into its armed position, and hoping that I found the zorua soon.
Though questions began circulating in my mind. What had happened here? What was the 'demon' mentioned by the elder? These along with a few other questions circled around in my head with no answer that I could provide. I stored them away for later before continuing on, trying not to be consumed by dark thoughts of what might have happened here.
I put on a smile and let determination flash across my eyes, I glanced around and froze, a hint of black and red caught my attention, I scanned the area around me. There! It was the zorua, who froze upon seeing that I had spotted him.
"This chase is over!" I shouted in triumph, as the zorua took off, me in hot pursuit. Lightning crashed and thunder boomed unusually loudly as the two of us tore through the forest, I didn't pay it any attention.
The zorua was desperately trying to escape my line of sight long enough to make a get away, while I was trying to get a lock on with my styler so I could truly end this and go get some well deserved rest. Though even with my concentration focused on the little fox pokemon in front of me, I'm subconsciously avoiding bushes and trees. However, when the little one looked over his shoulder I saw not mischief or playfulness, I only saw fear. I slid to a stop.
"Little one, please wait!" I called getting the zorua to stop and look back at me fear still in its eyes, "I'm not going to harm you." I took off my styler after putting the safety back on. This seemed to relax the zorua a little as he turned to face me.
"When I started this little chase I thought you where doing it for kicks, now I don't think so. Mind explaining to me. …Huh?" I paused as something scampered over my foot. "The heck?" I looked down, and blinked in surprise, pokemon where fleeing and not paying attention to me, I looked up and saw flying types leaving in droves.
"What's going on?" I asked to no one, though wondering if it was the 'demon'. That is till I caught a whiff of smoke. That's when it hit me. "Crap!" a fire had been started. It must have started when I was chasing the little guy in front of me, and was probably spreading rapidly, judging by how the pokemon are fleeing.
"Arceus be damned!" I cursed and the little guy looked at me confused, then scared as I pulled out my styler and secured it to my arm once again. "GO! Get out of here!" I command of it before moving through the forest right into the rapidly spreading blaze. I can almost feel it looking after me even as I lock my styler into launch position. I had no more time to worry, I knew the little guy was safe, even if it was only temporary, but it was better than where I was. Fire surrounded me but I pushed on a grim determination on my features. This wasn't a challenge anymore, it was an emergency. I passed many pokemon scurrying to safety, but they weren't my concern; no it was to the pokemon in desperate need of help. Such as a pair of raichus' and their young sealed in their den by a burning bush that I tore up.
"Go!" I told them pointing to safety." The chu's took off. "Keep each other safe." I muttered looking after them before moving deeper, cursing softly at the burns on my hands from uprooting the bush. I shoved the pain aside as I jumped over a fallen tree. "Rocket rulet." I muttered as I looked around knowing that at any chance a tree could come down to crush me, or worse a pokemon. I covered my face as I powered through a particularly nasty burst of fire. Swooping down to grab a couple of pokemon, I didn't check to see what they were, I emerged just on the other side of the fire, setting the two down, I identified them as a pair of nidorans, who scampered off the second they had a chance. I paused breathing semi clean air, before turning back to the blaze.
It was spreading, and as I glanced up, the clouds didn't seem ready to deliver their payload. "Legendaries, please watch over us." I sent a plea to the gods of our world, before reaching into my vest with both hands. Pulling out five pokeballs, three in one hand two in the other.
"Everybody come on out!" I released my entire team. Taiga and Soramoyou took one look at the fire then back to me awaiting orders, Animus and Bullet kept glancing back at the fire, not that I could blame them since they are steel types. However, my gaze traveled to the last member of my band of misfits.
"Vensenshi." The croagunk barely glanced at me. I sighed but smiled anyways, nothing like a high and mighty attitude to get me back to where I need to be. My eyes hardened as I barked out orders.
"Taiga, you're to do what you can to contain this fire, use any and every ice and water type attack in your arsenal to extinguish this fire as much as you can. Soramoyou, aerial support, use sand storm and your other long range ground moves, we can't chance earthquake or the others. If you see a pokemon trapped get it out of there, Animus you're with her, coordinate all of us, and make full use of your water pulse attack. Bullet stay on the outskirts of the fire, and use your long range ground attacks to smother the flames. Heck bury the trees in sandstorm and sand tomb if you must, also, if you see a pokemon trapped, dig it a tunnel to safety. Vensenshi." Once again it seamed I was being ignored. "You're also on the outskirts, try to stay on the other side of Bullet, maximize use of ground and ice attacks, we have to try and keep this fire contained as much as possible." I paused, looking over them all before giving my last order. "If any of you find a pokemon that knows rain dance, get them to use it. Right now we're playing a game of stall. Once that sky opens up, it'll be easier and safer to contain this fire." I finished pointing to the clouds in the sky.
A chorus of crys told me they understood, and I watched as each of them took off. Animus on Soramoyou's back, a water pulse in his paws already, Bullet and Vensenshi took off in opposite directions getting a smile from me, as I knew the two would do their best.
"Furret!" I glanced down at Taiga who was going into the blaze, just like I was.
I grinned, "Lets go save some pokemon." I cheered as the two of us dove in, immediately splitting up as we weaved though the fire. I could hear Taiga's ice and water based attacks growing fainter and fainter. I nodded as a soft smile appeared on my face. This wasn't impossible, but it was close enough.
I continued through, guiding pokemon to safety, and using my capture styler to get some of the more fire resistant ones to aid the others. Though every once in a while I caught a blur of motion out of the corner of my eye, or a shdow that didn't seem to be cast by the fire. ' Is there another pokemon helping those in trouble?' I wondered.
I stopped out of breath and looked around, this fire had been raging for some time now, and despite my friends best efforts, we where barely able to slow it's progress down. I was tiring as well, the combination of heat, smoke and the athletics I had to do where taking a toll on me. Not to mention I was wounded. Blood was dripping down my face from being hit by a branch that had fallen from its tree.
I had to personally cauterize one of the wounds I got when I tripped and found out how sharp the local rocks can be. I can honestly say that picking up a rock, holding it against a burning tree, and using same rock to tend to a hole in my arm, was not fun, and on top of all that, there were the attacks from startled pokemon. I ran a finger against the blood on my face, and grimaced to find it dry.
However, I quickly grinned to myself, I joked about doing the impossible because I could do it, but this was looking impossible for one trainer/ranger and five pokemon to do. I looked up, praying that the clouds would open soon; I swear that they looked close to bursting. "Damn things, what do I have to do? Send Taiga up there to fill you past capacity?" I asked them sarcastically. Another burst of lightning and thunder, as if the clouds where laughing at me. "Assholes." I chuckle, I think I'm going insane though it doesn't matter to me, as long as my priorities don't change, I started to move again, only to wince in pain. I must be covered in more burns and injuries than I thought. I thought to my self.
"Enishi." My thought process was interrupted by Animus as I looked up waiting for directions. "There's a group of pokemon to your right. They seem too scared to move."
I nodded, "Thanks." And took off following the instructions. I jumped a fallen tree, and landed in a crouch my eyes sweeping the area I could see. It took a second but I was able to spot said pokemon, a lone leavanny protecting a pair of sewaddle and an eevee. I walked over to them, raising my hands in a gesture of peace as the four looked at me in fear. "Don't worry." I whispered softly to them "I'm only here to help." I continued whispering soothing words as best as I could until the four let me pick them up in my arms. "Ok lets get out of here. Animus I need a path!"
A second later "Behind you, it's your best chance. But I don't think the trees in that area are going to last much longer.
"Ok thanks." I turned and took off, praying for no complications.
Turns out Animus was wrong, the trees didn't have much time, they had no time left. They started falling not to long after I started to escape. All I had time for was to say "Shit!" before I found myself doing what looked like an audition for gymnastics from the reverse world. Flipping over fallen trees, sliding under ones still falling, I winced as my burns screamed, but never did I stop. That is until I had no choice in the matter. I had slid under another falling tree but as I used the momentum from my slide to get back to my feet, I got clipped by one of the branches forcing me into a stumble. By the time I had recovered, I saw another tree falling towards me. I had no time, it was either me or the pokemon. The choice was easy, I started to turn, aiming to toss the four in my hands to safety until something slammed into me from behind, knocking all five of us out of the way.
I landed hard, but had enough sense through my pain to move in the air so that I didn't land on the four pokemon in my arms.
"Ow." I groaned in lots of pain, who ever hit me had hit right on one of my more painful burns. Wait what about… my eyes widened as I forced my self into a seated position, praying whoever pushed us out of the way hadn't been crushed in my place. However, when I was able to get a fix on who pushed me, I had to do a double take.
In front of me stood an absol, only this one was unlike any I had ever seen, all it its fur was black, and I had no doubt that this was the absol's natural fur color, eyes as red as can be. The jewel on its head was a pale blue, paler than I thought blue could get. Now that I looked closer, I spotted the zorua that I had chased here; on it's back.
Though what surprised me was the glare I was getting from the absol in front of me. It was as if I had done something to horribly wrong this pokemon. I racked my memory to see if I could find any instance that I had done to make the absol in front of me, look at me as if I was the scum of the world. I could find none, so I turned to other matters for a second.
I took a look around, and saw we where outside the blaze, so I set the four pokemon in my arms down. "Go, get to safety." I told the four softly grinning just as softly, before pushing my self back to me feet. I turned to the absol still standing there, glaring at me.
"Thank you. I don't want to think what would have happened to them if you hadn't pushed us out of the way." I moved my arms a little and started back towards the fire, determination and courage on my features, until I was forced to jump back as the absol got between the fire and me. I tried to go around when a growl stopped me. "Please." I started softly. "All I want to do is continue what I was doing, which is getting the pokemon to safety, and this fire contained." I shoot a glare to the sky, before continuing. "I mean no harm to anyone here. And if this is your territory, I'll leave when it's done. Though I still need to talk to you." I directed that last part at the zorua.
The absol growled at me, and got into a battle stance, I was surprised for about a second before I slid into a battle stance myself, snapping my arm up and aiming down it ready to launch the discus part of the styler, and show once and for all that I meant no harm. That is until the absol's head snapped to the side, and it bolted, vanishing from my sight in a heartbeat. I blinked confused but snapped out of it. I had a task to get back to. And so I did, or tried to, I was a few feet away ready to jump back in, when I felt a drop of something hit me. I stopped confused, until I was hit again this time on the nose. I blinked and looked up, almost not believing what was about to happen until I was able to confirm it. Rain. A grin spread across my face, as a light drizzle got heavier.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" I cheered jumping for joy as the rain intensified, becoming a full on downpour. I watched as the fire, slowly lost it's fight against the rain and was smothered.
Grinning in triumph I took a step, or rather I tried to, my legs wouldn't respond. I blinked, confused, until I noticed the world going black. "No. No! I can't stop, not yet." I wheezed out, apparently the smoke had done more to me than I thought. I struggled against the darkness, until I finally lost. The combination of exhaustion, burns, dehydration, and smoke inhalation finally beat my determination and endurance. I barely felt my face hit the mud, and just registered a familiar feeling from my wrist as I sank into blissful darkness.
I awoke sometime latter, groaning in both pain and annoyance, the sun was shining right in my face, and I wanted to sleep more. Begrudgingly I opened my eyes to find my self on my back, facing the sky. "The heck?" I mumbled, confused beyond all get out. Though I nearly jumped out of my skin when the face of an eevee appeared out of nowhere, it's nose not even two inches from mine. I bit down my urge to jump, as I let my training some into play, calmly I glanced back and fourth, to find myself surrounded by various pokemon, all looking at me.
That's when it came to me, where I was, what had happened, every thing. I sighed softly as the eevee hopped off with a short cry; I resigned myself to my fate, knowing that I was probably going to suffer at the hands of the pokemon. Boy was I surprised when I saw a Bellosom holding a large leaf that held water; I opened my mouth gratefully accepting the water, just now registering how thirsty I was. I drank until there was nothing left, then, after the leaf was removed I tried to sit up with some difficulty, until a pair of paws helped me into a seated position. I glanced back and saw two raichu supporting me. I startled as something fell off of me, I glance down to find a blanket woven from leaves, I barely needed to glance around to find a leavanny standing there looking concerned. I take a better look around and I don't see a trace of the hostility that has been shown to me by the pokemon of the forest since I first entered can be seen, all I see is concern, and maybe, if I pushed it, admiration.
"Did you all save me?" I asked bewildered but deeply touched as all of them nodded. "Thank you. But why?" An Emolga pointed behind me, and I looked, seeing the charred remains of the section of forest that had been ablaze, "Because of my actions?" I asked. I got a lot of nods. I grinned softly until I noticed something, the ground bellow me was dry. "How long have I been out?" I again asking softly. A Vigoroth held up three claws, and I gazed dumbfounded. "I've been out for three days?" I got a lot of nods. "Dang, I must have taken more of a beating than I thought." I chuckled softly. "Anyways, I'm Enishi, nice to meet all of you." Greetings reached my ears and I grin. One of the reasons I became a ranger was meeting pokemon like this.
I stand up slowly, various pokemon by my side in case I needed help. Soon I was standing proud, or as proud as a ranger covered in soot, dirt and burns could be. I looked around and took a breath, "Hey every one. I just wanted to say something." This caught their attention. "I will never come into this forest with the intention of harming any creature in the forest, nor the forest its self. However while I'll do my best I will have to do my job should you guys get too violent, and no I'm not talking defending yourselves." Silence reigned. "I'm talking about attacking outside this forest, then I'll have to come and stop you. But not a moment before." A pause and then several sounds of understanding came my way. "Anyways, I have to complete my mission, maybe." I muttered that last part under my breath. "I hope that the next time we meet it'll be under better circumstances." I finished as I picked the blanket of leaves up, and tucked it away carefully vowing silently to treasure it.
I walked eventually reuniting with my team, most of the affection hurt a little, but hey, being glomped by pokemon the same size as you or bigger hurts. Though I think Bullet tried to break some of my ribs. I was now continuing deeper into the forest, content that I wasn't going to be attacked as Taiga rested on my shoulders and Animus walked closely behind. Both refusing to let me out of their sights after that last fiasco, not that I could blame them. Though I could have done with out the chewing out I got from Taiga, I swear she was ready to kill me or something damn close, it took several minutes of intense apologizing to get the furret to calm down. I glanced at Animus who nodded, we where going the right way. Time to get to the bottom of things concerning that zorua.
Finally we came across the little fox sleeping contently. I felt Taiga tense and a quick glance told me that Animus was also ready for a fight.
"Stand down." I got a pair of bewildered looks. "I gave my word to the pokemon that I would never come to harm the pokemon in the forest, or the forest itself." A chirp caused me glanced back to zorua, who was looking at me, once again scared.
"Peace, I want to finish what I started before the fire." I sat trying to look non-threatening. "I want to know why you so desperately tried to escape me." I asked kindly, my voice soft, though there was a minimal amount of pain in my voice. I made no moves just waited as the zorua looked at me; it wasn't long before I noticed his eyes starting to glow.
An illusion popped up between us, it was the zorua and a kid, I immediately recognized the kid as the zorua's owner. Said owner was essentially beating the little fox pokemon, and every time the zorua fought back, with a nip or other wise, the kid would run to his father, who would came and punished the zorua.
"I'll be damned." I whispered, "So that's why." The illusion stopped and the zorua looked at me fear evident in its eyes. I stood, and walked slowly forward, a soft smile on my face, nothing about me suggesting aggression, not counting my pokemon companions.
"Trust me, please." I begged softly as the zorua tried to back up. Finally I was able to bend down, and touch the zorua. The little dark type was shivering uncontrollably even more so as his eyes clamped shut while my hands circled his neck 'where is it?' I wondered for a sec before a finger brushed something. I nodded as I fiddled with it, before pulling away, collar in hand.
The zorua was confused, I just grinned before activating my stylers communication function.
"Command come in." while waiting for a response I got into character.
"Comand here, did you find the target?" I looked at the zorua and made a gesture to be quiet before responding my voice saddened.
"Yes I did," the zorua looked ready to freak. "But he's moved on."
"What?"
"The target is dead. The little guy died in a forest fire in the area I'm in now." I responded sadness on my voice.
"Do you have proof?" I gripped the collar.
"Yes I have the little guys collar."
"And the body?"
"Just got done burying it." I responded.
"I see, mission complete, go home you deserved it. We'll inform the family of this." The com shut down and I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Glad that's done." I muttered before glancing at the zorua who was looking the happiest I had ever seen him. "There you're free, take care now." I told it as I walked away and I smiled upon hearing a cry that was clearly 'thank you'.
I didn't look back even as I exited into the village, as they had a center, and I knew my pokemon needed to be treated. That and I sort of wanted to rub it in their faces that I came out on my own power.
A nice grin covered my face when I released Soramoyou.
"Lets go home." I told her as I climbed aboard. I trusted the flygon to take us to where we needed to go. I, however, turned my thought in a different direction.
I needed to look into that town, it obviously was the reason behind the aggressive pokemon, and I had to figure out what they had been doing. Then I had to get that family who got the zorua black listed in every store that sold pet pokemon from Kanto to Unova. Finally there was the absol. I had no doubt in my mind that it was the 'demon' mentioned by the town. But what had I done?" I glanced down to check where we where, and gaped, we where flying over the forest we had just got done in.
"Soramoyou you're going the wrong way! The ports are the other direction!" I was ignored and no matter what I did, the flygon would not listen, not that I didn't stop trying until she flew up over the mountains I saw bordering the back of the forest. Not to long after that I looked down and blinked. Every thing was familiar. "Are you kidding me!" I exclaimed this was my sanctuary, That little zorua lead me in a circle rounder than a voltorb. Now I regretted saving him from abuse, just a little. I sighed, as I checked my styler, making notes of what I needed to fix, I was happily humming away until I opened the stylers launcher. It was empty. No discus to speak of. I was confused, again, it took a moment, but I realized when it had fallen out,
"Aww man, I liked that one too."
