Vio: Hello, my peeps, and I really hope that you all enjoy this updated version better.
Anyways, this PMD is my own version of Explorers of Sky and I hope that you all enjoy it.
I do not own Pokemon!
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Chapter 1
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The deafening roar of thunder and ruthless pounding of waves.
"Remi! Don't let go, please!"
A crack of lightning and icy droplets splash onto her face at a rapid pace.
"Hang on! Just a little more!"
The smell of salt and copper flood her nose, blocking the earthy scent of her partner.
"Don...et...go!"
The screaming seemed to cut in and out.
"REMI!"
One last scream and everything went black for a few moments.
"What a stupid human you are."
A deep chuckle, eyes of ice flash through her blurry vision. She chokes on liquid that tasted of copper, her hand hesitantly reaching out and a pleasant smile and warm eyes cut deep into her foggy mind. A promise they made...he...he promised...
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"I honestly don't understand. Why must you to continue to try? You'll never be anything special except trash." A Gardevoir spoke in a haughty tone, looking down at the two prevolutions as if they were the very dirt beneath her feet.
The Roserade and Tsareena with the Gardevoir laughed and sniggered at the icy insult with malice shinning in their beady eyes, "Yeah, nothing more than trash!"
"Yeah, trash!" The Tsareena continued, giggling loudly.
"You-" the Fennekin growled, but her friend pulled her back forcefully, noting the fox's rage
"They're not worth it." The shiny Riolu whispered and the other sagged in defeat, giving the three evolved pokemon a glare and running off towards the beach with her friend close behind. Both ignored the jeers and insults that were thrown their way as they left. When they reached the beach, both collapsed onto the sand with angry grunts.
"I'm so sick of their shit Kikyo!" The Fennekin snarled, huffing while ignoring the stinging sensation under her eyelids.
Kikyo's blue eyes darkened with sadness as she looked towards the horizon, "I know Ana and I am too, but at this rate we'll never be able to join Wigglytuff's Guild."
"All because we need a third mem-" Ana paused and her ruby-colored eyes narrowed, "What's that?"
Kikyo looked over to where her friend was looking, her own eyes narrowing. She gasped loudly, "It's another pokemon, let's go see if they're alright!"
Both ran over to see an unconscious Rockruff that was covered in small bruises and cuts. Ana pushed the pokemon albeit roughly, and Kikyo gasped at the treatment, "Oi, are you all right?!"
"Don't grab at them like that! They're hurt!"
"I'm trying to make sure she or he is alive Kikyo!"
"That doesn't excuse you from shaking them like that!"
A low groan made the two females pause in their argument, "H-hurts." The Rockruff whimpered as they pawed at their stomach. Kikyo instantly eyed the pokemon's stomach and she almost gasped again at the giant bruise on their stomach.
"They might have some broken ribs," Ana spoke, causing the Riolu to jump in surprise, "why don't you use your heal pulse?" Kikyo nodded and a teal aura surrounded her right paw. She leaned over the unconscious pokemon to gently place it on the bruised area.
The sound of bones grinding against each other made them both wince and the low moans and groans of the Rockruff made it worse.
"There we go. Their ribs should be healed, but I don't know if they'll wake up right away." Kikyo murmured worriedly.
The Fennekin flinched at the other's seemingly broken form, "Well, whoever they are, they took a beating, that's for sure," Ana's nose twitched at the smell of copper and salt in the dog pokemon's matted fur, "and, they sure as hell need a bath too." She said bluntly, ignoring the glare that Kikyo sent her.
"U-ugh...ngh.." They went quiet while the Rockruff opened their eyes slowly, blinking rapidly as they tried to make out the blurry world around them.
"Oh my, are you alright?" Kikyo asked while holding Ana back as the Fennekin had started to get too close to the drowsy pokemon. The last thing they needed was to wake up with unfamiliar faces near their own.
The Rockruff's sky-colored orbs widened, and they quickly stood up before falling on their behind with a groan, "Wha-who are you?"
Both then noticed the feminine pitch in the pokemon's voice.
The pokemon was girl then.
Kikyo gave her a welcoming smile, "My name is Kikyo and this is Aviana."
"Eh, just call me Ana." She shrugged off, "By the way, who're you?"
The Rockruff stared at them with shock and amazement, "You...can talk?" Kikyo and Ana gave her a look of confusion, "Yeah, we talk. Did you hit your head or something?"
"Ana!" Kikyo growled, but the Rockruff rubbed her head, "Maybe?"
"What do ya mean maybe?"
"I only remember a few things."
"And those things are?" Ana asked, "My name is Remi, I'm sixteen, and I'm a human."
"…..."
"…..."
"BWAHAHAHA!" Ana fell backwards while laughing, "A human? You look like a normal Rockruff to me." Kikyo spoke with a gentle smile, but her eye twitched rapidly in irritation as she glared at the laughing Fennekin out of the corner of her eye.
Remi's eyes had widened before she checked her body over, her eyes were frantic and hysteria was setting in, "I'm a pokemon! Why am I a poke-UGH!" Her head throbbed at her attempt to remember anything else.
"Take it easy." Kikyo scolded softly, steadying Remi while Ana calmed down from her fit, "Yeah, we don't need ya passing out."
"My head is killing me." Remi whimpered while Kikyo's paw lit up again, "W-what're you doing?" She asked in a slurred voice.
"I'm going to see if my heal pulse will help with your headache." Kikyo said kindly and Remi almost moaned in happiness as instant relief washed over her.
"Did it help?"
"Of course, it did! Look at her face." Ana snarked with a smirk, but she quickly looked away with a nervous laugh at the scorching look that Kikyo gave her.
Remi smiled and nodded, "That helped greatly, but..." She trailed off, looking down at her paws while the other two eyed her with sympathy, "Why am I here? Why am I a pokemon? What's my purpose?"
"Geez, calm down Mimi."
"Mimi?" Kikyo and Remi asked in unison, looking at a smirking Ana in confusion, "Yeah, it's your new nickname since you'll be joining our exploration team."
WHAM!
"That hurt!" Ana snarled, rubbing her head that was sporting a large bump, glaring at Kikyo who glared straight back, "Don't make that a statement Aviana! Maybe she wants to go off and find out why she's here."
"Well, she could come with us and find some answers!"
"Exploration team?" Both turned back to Remi who blushed bashfully at the attention.
"Yeah, Kikyo and I want to join Wigglytuff's Guild, but we need three members." Ana's ruby orbs glazed over with happiness, "We want to discover new places, find treasure," Kikyo smiled as Ana continued, "fight strong opponents, make new friends and BECOME THE BEST EXPLORATION TEAM THAT THERE EVER WAS!"
It was silent afterwards as Remi stared at the two in complete awe.
"I'll do it."
"Huh?"
"I'll join the team and maybe, I'll get my questions answered sooner or later." Remi's tail wagged in excitement while the other two smiled widely at her declaration.
Kikyo tugged both girls into a hug, "We'll finally be able to live our dreams and evolve too, while we're at it!" The Riolu squealed, nuzzling the two squirming females.
"Let's do our best!" Ana yelled as she and the others looked towards the sunset with determination burning in their souls.
"Aye!" Both girls responded happily.
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Wigglytuff's Guild
"Oh my, look! It's team Alpha!"
"Nox! Over here!"
"Orion looks as handsome as ever!"
"You're wrong, Ares is the handsome one!"
"Fight me!"
Team Alpha walked by while ignoring the fangirls who surrounded them, screeching, "Heh, lookin' good ladies." Orion said with a sly smirk that made a few faint causing him to snicker.
Nox let out a chuckle, and he looked over at Ares, "What'll we do now, oh Fearless Leader?"
The Lycanroc smirked back at the Lopunny, "Eh, we'll probably just go after some outlaws or something. I really need to let off some steam." He stretched a bit, and the fangirls screaming reached new volumes at the cracks and pops his muscular body let off.
Orion quirked an eyebrow curiously, "Is it Aria again?"
Ares snarled and bared his teeth at the name, "When is it not her?"
Nox and Orion chose to stay quiet while their leader ranted, both knowing how the Gardevoir was around their friend, "She's obsessed with ya dude." The Zoaroark said while folding his arms behind his head as the group of three walked up the stone stairs that led to their guild, "You should've never hooked up with 'er, dude, even Noxy over here thought she was messed up."
"A little too late notice, Orion, now shut the hell up." Ares growled at his friend, turning around and coming to a halt, "You gotta be fuckin' with me."
"What's wrong?" The Lycanroc gave them a look, "Speak of the wench and she shall appear."
"Hello Ares," the other two looked further up the stairs to see Aria with her other two members, Seraphina and Brea, who immediately began to fawn over them. Seraphina attached herself to Nox's arm and fluttered her eyelashes up at the cringing rabbit. Orion had to hold back his laughter as Brea nuzzled his outer thigh, the Roserade being too small to be a threat to him.
"Aria." He spoke in a soft, yet frigid tone.
The Gardevoir gave him a sultry smile before joining her friends and walking over, wrapping her stick arms around him, "Oh Ares, you're hardly here anymore, and I've been so very lonely. Why can't we all go on a mission together? You know, like we used to do before?"
"No thanks." He hissed out and shoved her off with a loud snarl.
She stumbled back, and her friends jerked away from their respective male to catch her, "Must you be so difficult?" Aria asked with a smirk, but Ares just sneered back, "I see, but this conversation isn't over yet, Darling."
Unpleasant chills raced up Ares' spine at her words that were filled with promise.
He hated her so fuckin' much!
The Gardevoir smiled at his reaction, "Come ladies," she purred, not once taking her eyes off Ares, "we have a mission to complete." The other two nodded and quickly followed but not before waving goodbye to Nox and Orion who looked utterly disturbed.
"Well...that was a bowl of awkwardness."
"Orion?"
"Yes, Fearless Leader?"
"Shut the fuck up."
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"And this is Duskull bank," Ana pointed towards said bank with a Duskull hovering behind the counter, "it's where your money will be kept."
"What about there?"
"Oh, that's Chansey Daycare. Sometimes after a mission you might end up getting an egg and that's where Ms. Delila comes in."
Remi sent Ana a confused look and Kikyo chuckled, "Ms. Delila will help us care for the egg since we'll be on missions and won't be able to care for the young one."
The Rockruff nodded in understanding while Ana pointed out another small shop and was about to speak until she was rudely interrupted.
"Oh. My. Arceus!" The three turned around to see a Delcatty who was screaming as drool practically dripped from her maw, "It's team Alpha!"
Ana rolled her eyes, "Oh great. It's those bozos."
"Team Alpha?" Kikyo nodded while her friend groaned, "Do they bully you too?" Remi asked as she remembered their earlier conversation.
"Team Empress?"
"Yeah, they're a bunch of bullies who love to put us down every chance they get."
"Why?"
Kikyo sighed softly and Ana huffed, "It's because we haven't evolved." But before Remi could ask anymore, Ana quickly cut in, "Yeah, they love to bully us about it even though they're not that much older than we are."
"Anyways, we need to get you to Mrs. Ellie so that she can check you over."
"They don't bully us about it, but they are assholes though."
WHAM!
"Dammit! What the hell did I do to deserve that one?!" Remi giggled at the two before glancing over at team Alpha.
The first one she noticed was a Lopunny who was carrying a bag over his shoulder and ignoring everyone which just made the fangirls screech louder. The second member was a Zoroark who had a dark blue bandana over his head and had two slits where his ears could pop through – he was waving and winking at everyone with a smug smirk plastered on his face. Finally, there was the leader who was a Midnight Lycanroc. He stood proud and tall with a spiked leather choker around his neck and a few piercings in his left ear. She shivered and caught sight of his bright crimson orbs that were lazily scanning the crowd.
'He looks so...' she mused to herself not knowing how to finish the thought.
He sent shivers down her spine but not the bad kind.
"Hey, Remi! Are you ok?" The Rockruff looked over to her friends before nodding, "I'm fine, just thinking is all."
Both females looked as if they didn't believe her, but they dropped the subject, "Oh shit."
"Ana?"
"They saw us. We need to go!" Remi looked behind her to see that team Alpha was walking over to them and the leader had his crimson eyes dead-set on her.
She yelped as Kikyo grabbed her and the three were off, but they didn't get far. Ana screeched as Nox came out of nowhere and landed right in front of her, stopping them dead in their tracks.
"What the hell do you three want?!" Ana growled as Ares and Orion quickly caught up to the group.
"Geez, what a fiesty female you are." Nox teased, poking the female on her nose while Kikyo put Remi down.
Kikyo smiled up at Orion, "Hello Orion."
The Zoroark looked down at her in confusion, "Do I know you?"
The Riolu shook her head, "No, but you are part of team Alpha. Who wouldn't know your name?" The male blushed in embarrassment, "Heh, ya gotta point there."
"What's your name?" Remi looked up at the leader, "My name is Remi, what's yours?"
He lowered himself so that he could be on her level, "The name's Ares."
The Rockruff smiled, "Well, it's nice to meet you Ares, sir." His heart sped up at the smile. He hid his wagging nub of a tail from the small female.
"Keh!" He coughed, "Just call me Ares, Ms. Remi." He purred and smirked as she blushed and shyly ducked her head.
"O-ok."
"So, where're ya from?" Ares asked and she felt her ears droop, "I'm...I'm not for sure. I only remember my name and-"
"And her age!" Ana cut in nudging Remi discreetly while the Lycanroc frowned.
"I'm so sorry for even mentioning it," he spoke with a frown, "the subject must be very touchy for you."
She nodded and gave him a strained smile, "It's ok, you didn't know."
Ares felt his heart throb at her smile. The last Lycanroc he had the chance of meeting was his father, but he had died protecting him and his mother. Remi was quite the beauty herself, even as a Rockruff.
"Anyways," Ana nudged Remi away, "we need to go sign up our team, so if you'll excuse us."
"Do you want us to go with you guys?" Ares asked, his eyes never leaving Remi.
"We'll be fine but thank you." Kikyo said as she bowed to the three males, "H-hey now, y-you don't need to bow." Orion stuttered, waving his hands frantically and she straightened up with a smile.
"Alright, let's go!" Ana cut in excitedly as she ran off towards the guild, "We've wasted enough time already!"
"Ana!" The Riolu rolled her eyes and turned to Remi, "Let's go before we lose her."
"A-aye!"
The two females took off after their friend, leaving three amused pokemon behind, "Well, that was interesting."
Orion watched the three disappear into the distance, scratching his head, "Yeah, the Riolu was kinda cute though."
Nox shook his head before turning to his leader, "We better go if we plan on making it back by dusk."
The Lycanroc nodded, his crimson orbs never leaving the fading figure of the female Rockruff, "Yeah, maybe Chimecho will fix supper tonight."
"Finally!" Orion cried out, "There's only so much a meat conisuer such as myself can take before going nuts!"
Nox raised an eyebrow, "I really don't see what the big deal is. Berries and vegetables are good for you both."
Ares cut their argument short, "Enough. Nox we need meat in our diet and Orion, he's just teasing you so quit with the dramatics."
"...rude."
"What was that?"
"No-nothing!"
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2019 Edit: I hope you guys enjoy this much better, re-edited version. I'll be redoing the others before posting the newest chapter. Thank you for your patience.