This will be my first attempt at a Gijinka story. I know that not all the facts will be accurate and some might be twisted to better suit my story. Please tell me what you think. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. FYI, I played Pokemon White 2 so N will be using Reshiram.
Chapter 1: The World is Changing
It happened almost fifteen years ago, the epidemic that swept the planet off it's feet. When Team Plasma told people to let their Pokemon go free. Many people where convinced, especially after Team Plasma's King spoke out. His name was N and his dream was to have Pokemon and Human's live as equals. It seemed that this dream would become a reality thanks to the efforts of Team Plasma. People were releasing their Pokemon, even though they had known them all their lives. It might not have been the best decision but the worst these people could be accused of was loving their Pokemon to much.
The trainers that disagreed were attacked, effectively silenced. Then two powerful trainers fought back against Team Plasma, taking the battle to their own base. N was finally shown the ways of humans and through that he realized the error of his own ways. It was also revealed that his supposed mentor, Ghetsis, was using him to try and make himself the only man with pokemon. This would have been catastrophic, giving Ghetsis the power to rule over the region. After leaving Team Plasma, N traveled with the legendary dragon pokemon Reshiram, on a quest of understanding(or something like that).
Two years after that, Ghetsis surfaced again, this time no longer using the illusion that he was there for the good of Pokemon. Though they still spouted the false intent to free pokemon to everyone they attacked. This time they used the power of the Ice Dragon, Kyurem. They were once again defeated by a pair of trainers who were strong in heart and battle. Team Plasma was broken, shattered, and in essence no more. Then again, three time's the charm.
The few zealots that remained, ones who truly believed in what they were doing, staged a desperate attempt to change the world once more. To make it a world that would allow pokemon and humans to finally live in harmony. This time they were smart. They were clever. In secret they built a machine that could send out a peculiar pulse that would change the world. Literally. What they were trying to do was by no means an exact science. It came like an attack from the dark, catching everyone unprepared. Random pokemon were turned into humanistic versions of their former selves, much to their surprise. As the news slowly spread, people became aware that most of the pokemon belonged to trainers, as if their exposure to humans singled them out for change. This would be forever known as the Gijinka Event.
They thought this would help bring peace between the two species. But there is one thing they should have counted on, something that humans can always be counted on to do. To hate change. This change may have created a bridge between pokemon and humans but that doesn't mean they would cross it. Here is the story of one who would. The world is changing. Better get used to it.
Present day...
The sound of someone knocking on the door filled the room. "C'mon Grey! It's not like you to sleep in!" A mans voice rang out, slightly muffled through the door. A few more knocks and the person in question, Grey, groaned in her sleep and threw a pillow at the door in answer.
The man, used to his daughter's antics, opened the door with a flourish. "I take that as a challenge and young lady...challenge accepted!" He had gray hair, with streaks of black, and acted like a child. On his face was a pair of small, circular glasses, which he was constantly pushing back onto his face. Being slightly overweight didn't in any way at all stop him for keeping up with his normally energetic daughter. Grabbing the offending pillow, he jumped onto the bed and proceeded to smack her awake. "You were celebrating last night weren't you!? I'll bet you were up to today even and that's why you're so sluggish!"
His daughter jumped into the air, in some sort of elaborate sneak attack, and smacked him across the face with a pillow. "Old fart! You should focus more on the battle instead of lecturing me!" Grey was fairly short and also somewhat flat chested. Though she looked like the quiet girl, Grey was anything but. Her hair was(go figure) a soft gray and tied in two rough pigtails. Even her eyes were gray but they were bright with life.
"Sorry baby, but I was 16 once too. I know what you're going through." He smiled gently, the picture perfect image of a caring father. If only it could last.
"What do you know? I don't think you had a sports bra and period did you!? Then you have no idea what I'm going through!" She raised her pillow for a monstrous strike but stopped as her father threw his own pillow down in surrender.
"You know that's not what I'm talking about Grey. Today is your final day at the Aspertia Trainer School. This means that you'll legally become a trainer after graduation." He grinned, seeing that she was finally going to calm down. "Not to mention you'll be able to finally pick your starter Pokemon."
His daughter grinned, barely containing herself in her excitement. "Yeah! That's means I won't have to keep borrowing the schools pokemon!" The next question from her dad was one any new trainer would expect and have to answer on graduation.
"Any candidates that pique your interest?" he asked, wondering if she already made her decision.
Grey shook her head, bangs waving side to side. "Of course not! I won't know which one I'll want until I see 'em!"
Her father walked up to her and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Don't think that way Grey. I think you're forgetting that it isn't necessarily you who gets to pick. They have to pick you. Especially the Gijinkas." He looked at her seriously, making sure his words hit home.
Grey blushed a little, feeling suitably chastised. Her father was a scientist and a philosopher in his own right. He certainly didn't hate the hybrids like some people did. He was intrigued and curious like a schoolboy whenever he was able to see a gjinka in their human form, something most of them preferred not to do. It drew attention and they had learned long ago that attention wasn't a good thing. All of the pokemon at the school were gijinkas. Her father was obsessed with finding out more about them and was at the school almost as much as his daughter.
"I know daddy, I'm just excited that's all." she said quietly. She knew that they wouldn't accept her if she acted like they were just regular pokemon.
He patted her on the shoulder reassuringly. "I'd be worried if you weren't. Now get ready, you've got school in half an hour." With that he left her to prepare, closing the door softly behind him.
Grey sighed and quickly went about getting dressed. She chose a light blue shirt that had two red stripes going from the shoulders to above her chest and a horizontal stripe going across the middle. A circle was in the middle of the black stripe and the circle itself was gray. The bottom half of the shirt was white. Now unless you can't put this together in your head, either due to my poor description or your own lack of a vivid imagination(sorry guys, I don't really mean it), then the shirt I just described is designed after the appearance of a great ball. This shirt itself was fairly loose in an attempt to hide her flatness(can't believe I just wrote an entire paragraph about her shirt).
Then she slipped on a light red skirt which hung just above her knees. It seemed to go fairly well with the shirts. After finding a pair of long white socks she slid on her blue RS's(running shoes) and finally grabbed her backpack, slinging it over one shoulder and letting it rest on her side. Climbing down the stairs she was met with the scent of chocolate chip pancakes. In other words, breakfast heaven. "Mmmm...those smell good."
Her dad grinned over his back and flipped one solidifying disc into the air, catching it on it's return trip. He'd been an assistant cook at Striation City Restaurant for a few years but didn't battle. "You bet. The best part is that they taste better than they smell, just melt in your mouth like butter." He was a bit vain about his cooking and usually went above and beyond the call of duty for picnics, town meetings, and anytime food was needed.
Sliding three of the chocolate delights into a half circle of plastic cooking paper, he passed them to Grey, who snatched them out of the air. Before digging into the fragrant treats, she took the time to savor their sent, and then took a large bite. Moaning in pleasure(now that doesn't sound perverted at all) she thanked her dad between bites and made for the door. "See you at graduation daddy and your pancakes are the best!'
He chuckled a bit as she left. "Honestly, if I didn't know her any better, I'd say she only kept me around for my cooking."
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Finally, that school day passed so fast that I can't believe it even happened! Grey thought to herself, almost bouncing up and down as the teacher began to lead them to the pokemon grounds. Her father disliked that they were called that. Every single pokemon there was a gijinka so they could show just a little respect and name the darned place the 'gijinka grounds'. It was truly a biological miracle. They had the pokemon separated by type and went to great cost to supply their tenants with top of the line EI. EI was short for ecological impersonations. The ice pokemon EI was actually built underground, where it was colder, and had artificial snow, man made caves, and an ice rink that would make most hockey stadiums jealous.
The fire EI was like wise separated from the others, a literal sauna that was quite the popular place for students to relax in. Anything else the pokemon needed was there, carefully tested and created to make them as comfortable as possible. "Alright students, you are you pick your pokemon and report back here. After that we will make our way to the stadium, where you will be given your equipment and trainer license. Good luck"
Now that the moment was finally here, Grey wasn't so confident. What if none of the pokemon liked her? What if she was the only student who couldn't find a starter? Shaking those thoughts away, she set out with renewed confidence. Her naturally energetic personality didn't allow such ideas to stick around long. "I'm not going to leave here without a starter and that's that." she huffed to out loud and made her way to the EIs.
Here was the tough part of graduation. Besides the amount of choices that one had, there was also the challenge of convincing a pokemon to become your partner. You didn't just pick up a pokeball and go on your merry way. You had to be convincing. Not to mention that the pokemon themselves were very particular. If they didn't like your attitude or you didn't meet their expectations, then you would have one hell of a time getting that pokemon on your team. They were little more than wild and very few of them had ever been in pokeballs. Of course, everyone would go for the rare starters first. Problem was, there were only a few of them at any given time and most kept to themselves. If you wanted to even attempt to get one, you'd have to find the bugger first. That in itself was a test but you might go through all that for nothing if they didn't like you. They were also the pickiest of the bunch. If you proved yourself, they would reveal their gijinka form to you, and tell you themselves.
Most people would just take the easier route and pick a pokemon that was a useful type and not to hard to impress. Grey wasn't one of those people. "Alright, lets see if I can find an Oshwatt first." Wasn't actually that hard. Sitting in the middle of a rather large lake, the little otter pokemon sat on an island. He(or she?) hadn't revealed their gijinka form and seemed to be sleeping. Running to the edge of the lake, Grey hesitated for a second. Who knows what pokemon could be swimming beneath her right now? She might even piss them off by interrupting their naps. Not to mention that it was barely spring! That water still had to be colder than a blizzard attack.
Around five boys ran past her, stripping their shirts off and diving into the cold waters. One immediately regretted his decision and jumped right back out. "Arceus! If I wanted to get that cold I'd have went for an ice pokemon!" Thinking that his outburst might actually be a good idea, he ran for the ice EI.
The Oshwatt, hearing the splashes stood up and folded it's arms, waiting for the boys to get there. One of them yelped in surprise as a Krabby exploded out of the water in front of him, red pincers snapping. "Guyaah!" he yelled, and began to backstroke as quickly as possible, the little red demon following the whole way. After making it safely back to shore he quickly jumped out, breathing in great gasps. The Krabby, seeming impressed with his swimming abilities, jumped out after him.
Glowing up with a blue light, it grew taller and took the form of a younger boy, in his early teens. He was wearing a tan shirt with two half circles at the bottom, tan pants that had a line going down the legs and was interrupted by tan knee guards. His shoes were tan water shoes and had a bit of a hook shape to them. His bare arms came from the sleeves and he had tan wrist guards on(you guessed it) his wrists. Flipped back were a pair of red claws, one resting on top of the wrist guards and one on the bottom, that looked like they could flip forwards at a moments notice. The boy had a pair of white goggles which sat in his bright red hair, two arches of it resembling the Krabby's "horns". He was grinning like a child, which was understandable seeing as he was a child, and had two slightly more prominent teeth poking out at the ends of his mouth.
"That was some pretty fancy swimming guy. Ain't every day I chase a dude backwards!" he held out a hand to help the guy up, which was slightly unnecessary since he hardly came up to the guys chest.
"Does this mean you want to be my starter?" he asked uncertainly, taking the kids hand regardless of the little help it would do.
"Duh! Man, you slower than a Slowpoke on land!" the Krabby and boy walked off, equally large smiles on their faces.
Hearing a yell come from the island, one of the boys bounced across the lake and back onto dry land, a large bruise beginning to form on his cheek. "Damn, she may be a little girl but she hits like a black belt!" he quickly stood up and ran towards a different IE, albeit at a slower pace.
Looking back, Grey saw the transformed Oshwatt gijinka. She was quite young, looked around 12, and was now flipping the fourth boy over her shoulder and back into the water. She had a light blue, one piece bikini with a scallop shell on her stomach. The top of the swimsuit was somewhat frilly and covered most of her neck. She had a slightly red nose and was quite pale. Her hair was white and stuck quite close to her head and ended slightly above where her ears should have been. By that, I mean that her real ears where closer to the top of her head, sticking slightly out to the sides. They were blue and a bit furry. She also wore blue water shoes and Grey could see just a bit of her little otter tail sticking out to the side. "Aw, she's so cute!" she couldn't help but gush, that was until the Oshwatt took off her scallop and cut the fifth boy across the arm, her expression blank yet serious.
"Don't think I'll come with you just because you made it here. If you can knock me into the water then I'll be your starter." She pointed the scallop shell at the boy, who looked quite angry.
"Oh yeah? I'm not about to let some little girl make a fool out of me!" jumping towards her, he attempted to tackle her into the water, but she jumped lightly into the air, flipped and pushed his back with her small feet. He gave a quick gasp and then fell into the water defeated.
"You can make a fool out of yourself without my help." she huffed, placing the scallop back onto her swimsuit.
Grey gritted her teeth. "So not only will I have to make it to that little island, but then I have to beat her in a battle? Not really sure about this."
The Oshwatt gazed across the water at her and raised her voice. "You've been sitting there for a few minutes now. You going to try your luck or just stare at me?"
Before Grey could answer, a hand reached out of the water and grabbed the Oshwatt by her ankle, dragging her into the waves. A second later, her and a boy with long, brown hair emerged. She looked both shocked and a bit angry while he was laughing and dragged them both back onto the island. "That wasn't very nice. You sneaked behind me while I was distracted." she pouted, her serious composure fading away.
He laughed and patted her on the shoulder. "Of course I did. I'm not fool enough to think that I could beat you in battle. I would have acted sooner but you kind of threw that boy on me. I had to dunk him again so he wouldn't give me away! He was kind of a jerk anyways!"
She looked up at him but bowed her head after she found herself smiling. "Well, I guess you win. Let's get going." Then they both jumped into the water and made for shore. The Oshwatt easily beat her new trainer and gave Grey some advice before he arrived. "You should stop wasting your time and find a partner. Otherwise the strong ones will be taken." By then her trainer had joined them and they began to walk away, him playfully punching her in the shoulder. He laughed in surprise as she slugged him back, making him almost loose his footing.
Grey sighed at the scene, a bit jealous, then remembered that she still needed to find a starter of her own. "Damn! I really need to get back on track!"
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She was about to enter the hot fire EI but stopped as a girl with spiky black hair walked out, a small boy with brown shorts, gloves, and a bandanna with a yellow mark on it holding her hand. He had a pair of brown, flat ears folded shyly down. His nose cherry red, almost like he had a cold, and he was using it to sniff her arm. A curly little tail with a red circle on the end waved behind him, glowing like coal. He was also quite tan, almost orange. The girl herself was covered in soot, scratches, and a few minor burns. She look satisfied though, her determination clearly visible underneath all the filth. "You sure didn't pick an easy place did you?" She glanced down at him, pretending to be annoyed.
He looked down nervously and seemed very interested in the ground. "I'm sorry. Maybe I should have made it eas-" he was cut off as she rubbed the top of his head, smiling encouragingly.
"Don't worry about it kiddo, I wouldn't have had it any other way. That was just the first challenge. If I couldn't pass it then I might as well give up."
He smiled up at her, understanding that she had been joking. "Oh, okay. But I bet you'll never give up, right?"
She nodded in affirmation, looking at the many kids running around her like they were merely obstacles. "Never."
Grey was beginning to become nervous. Running as fast as she could, she made for the grass EI. "If I can just get at least one of the rare starters, then my journey could be so much easier!" Everyone knew that those three made the start of one hell of a team. Almost every new champion or famous trainer had one. Not the elite four of course, but they only did so because of their type preferences. Hearing a commotion, Grey skidded into a grassy clearing. She saw a little girl who was obviously the Snivy gijinka. She wore a small, green dress that fell just past her knees. There was a large, white stripe going down the front of it and it had a yellow collar that came up behind her head. The dress' sleeves went past her hands and had three triangles coming off the ends. She was barefoot and had red, slightly bored looking eyes. The hair reminded Grey very much of a Snivy's upturned head. It was mostly green, the top part that curled up just slightly and was fairly close cut but was a bit long in the back. The bottom of the curl was white, making it look like she had died it. Her small green tail barely poked out from under her dress but the leaf wasn't there!
She was currently batting away a couple of girls and boys with the missing appendage. It was now a wide, three pronged knife. The speed at which she moved was phenomenal. Grey could tell in just the few seconds of being there that the goal was to simply touch the fast gijinka. People who got to close were given a smack by the flat of the blade or, if they annoyed her or she was feeling mischievous, a rather nasty cut. Jumping in with the rest, Grey smiled at the little gijinka. "Nice you meet you, my names Grey!" she flinched as the gijinka took a swipe at her.
"I'm just Snivy for now. Nice to meet you. If you can manage to touch my skin, I'll join you." she said smugly but her eyes widened in shock as one quick witted girl took advantage of the distraction, grabbing the green haired girl by the arm.
"Got you, you little vixen!" she yelled in triumph. She had short black hair, emphasis on the short, and a couple locks of hair weaved together that fell in front of her face. "Now, you're mine."
The way she said that annoyed Grey and obviously scared the young Snivy. Knowing that there wasn't anything she could do, Grey looked at the gijinka apologetically. "I'm sorry. None of us probably would have caught you and I'm sorry that a girl like her managed it." At this close range, Grey would see the yellow makeup that wrapped around the top of the girl's eyes and stopped about midway around the bottom of those red iris'.
The gijinka looked about ready to cry but put her head up in indignation, frowning. "It was my own fault for being distracted. I'll just have to deal with-h it." She struggled over a word, her voice almost cracking.
Her new trainer pulled her forcefully after her, ignoring Grey. "C'mon! I don't have all day."
She struggled, but only because of that constant pride that was often associated with her species. As she was dragged along, she glared at her trainers back. Yet her body language spoke differently. The gijinka was obviously scared. Her tail was wrapped around one of her legs. It was something that they did when they felt threatened, pretty much the equivalent of wrapping your arms around your chest for comfort.
Grey couldn't help but feel guilty. This was her fault. "I'm sorry." She said softly, but they were already gone.
Knowing that she had to move on, Grey once again set off. I have to find a starter. I need to show them that not all people are the same. I have to!
So, what do you think? Not to shabby but I'm really not sure about the whole thing. Just to let anyone who cares know, I will be accepting OC's. I'll see about getting the bio sheet out by tomorrow but no promises. For now I'll just give a little bit of information on my take on Gijinkas. They can turn into both their pokemon and gijinka form at will. If you noticed how the Krabby glowed blue when he transformed, it's because he's the water type. The light changes depending on the type. Fire is red, water is blue, green is a deep green, bug is green-yellow, and so on. They can also have weapons. Some are obvious and some aren't. You don't need weapons if you don't want them and some pokemon won't be able to have them at all. The weapon can also do multiple things. For example; Beedrill would have two jousts and they could be poisoned for Poison Sting or maybe they shoot small white needles that do the poisoning. They could spin up a wind and then shoot that wind in slashes for Razor Wind. I will only be accepting four OC's for Grey's team. I have made two and you won't find out who they are until the second chapter. Sorry that I took so many but they are characters that I really want on her team. Don't send me an OC through the reviews. Reviews are awesome but some people complain and frankly, I don't have time for those people who seem to have time for nothing else. If you want to send an OC and can't wait for the bio sheet then send it to me via PM. Nothing to much, just their species and how they act. This way I can let you know if that type of pokemon/character is unneeded or unwanted. Sorry for the long explanation but it had to be done. Please R&R! I truly value what you guys think of this! Especially you Duskzilla(guest who inspired me with his characters), you really need to get an account. Later!
