Pokémon: Fusion Light chapter 01: Kei and Ralts
BW: Hey, me again. This is the first chapter. For real's this time. Reintroduction of the main characters, plot elements revealed, blah blah, yadda yadda. Hope you enjoy it.
(I don't own Pokémon or its other content, but I own the OC's)
In the Hoenn Region, Several days before these events (from the prologue), we come upon a Ralts, being chased by an unknown assailant. The assailant uses his Salamence to fly over Ralts' head, trying to scare it. With almost no options, Ralts had to hide somewhere where this human wouldn't find her. She found a tree to hind behind. She hid quickly and quietly.
The Pokemon Hunter approaches. Salamence flow back to its master. The Pokemon groans with ire.
"Don't worry Salamence. Ralts can't have gone too far." said the Hunter. The hunter was a long black haired man, who wore a black jacket, gray pants, and black boots. They call him Kaido, an infamous Pokemon Hunter.
Ralts, while in hiding shivers in fear. Ralts, using the red horn on her head could easily sense hostility coming the hunter and his Salamence. She was too scared to move. She tried not to make sound.
"S-someone... help me..." Ralts thought, while hiding.
However, Salamence, having had enough training from Kaido to hear even the littlest of sounds, managed to hear the silent whimpers of the timid Pokemon. It uses Dragon Tail to knock the tree Ralts was hiding behind down.
"There you are." Kaido's voice said, "Nice work Salamence." Kaido complented his Pokemon. Salamence lets out a loud bark in response.
Ralts continues to shiver and whimper. "Ral... Ral..."
"Now, now Ralts, don't give us any trouble. My client is interested in raising a Ralts, and your only one around here. What I need you to do is come quietly, and you'll won't get hurt, okay?" Kaido said to Ralts. However, Ralts tried to run away again. Salamence flew over head, and lands right in front of the frighten Pokemon.
Ralts stops cold in her tracks. Salamence growled at her, and gave her a menacing stare that said, "Move, and I'll eat you!"
"Aw, now that just hurt my feelings." Kaido sarcastically said, walking over to Ralts. "Guess I'll have to make sure you behave."
Ralts was trapped. In just a few short moments, she would be captured by this man, and his equally scary Pokemon. Her emotions begin to rise uncontrollably. Ralts' body begins to glow a light green color. This told Kaido that Ralts is about to attack, and he was in trouble.
"R-r-r-r-r... RAAAALLLL!"
"Oh, shi-" Kaido halted.
BOOM!
Suddenly, a huge explosion had occurred in the forest.
Moments later, Kaido found himself unconscious after what had just taken place. All that was there around him was a somewhat scorched earth, and trees bend out of shape due to the explosion. Luckily for him, Salamence protected him against Ralts' explosion, by shielding itself, and his master.
"What the hell...?" Kaido muttered as he awoke. Salamence removed himself from Kaido. Salamence then whimpered with worry.
"Thanks for savin' my hide, Salamence. I'd prabably be burnt toast if it wasn't for you." Kaido thanked his Pokemon. Salamence gave a low bark. He took out Salamence's Poke Ball. "Time for some rest. Ya did great today." Kaido said, and sends Salamence back to it's ball.
"Now then, where did little Ralts get to?" Kaido asked himself, as he stood. Ralts was nowhere to be seen. She must've escaped after the explosion she caused. How was Ralts even able to do that? While it's true that most Psychic Pokemon can use Explosion as a Move, he didn't know that a Pokemon like Ralts could use it as well.
In fact, normal Ralts' couldn't learn something as powerful as explosion. This Ralts, the one Kaido is chasing, is special somehow. His client would be pleased to hear this news.
(-Meanwhile-)
Meanwhile, somewhere nearby, a ten year old Pokemon Trainer, who had started his journey two month ago, is walking the path on the road. The young Trainer had short bluish purple hair, and sky blue eyes, and wore a short sleeve yellow jacket, black undershirt, and white shorts and shoes. This boy's name is Kei, a young and inexperienced trainer, who still only has his Starter Pokemon, Treecko.
Kei was traveling on his own, when suddenly, he heard a faint cry.
"Help... me... help... me..." cried a small voice, that echo in Kei's head.
"Huh?" Kei gasps, as soon he heard it. He stopped dead in his tracks. "H-Hello?" Kei uttered.
"Help me..." the voice repeats.
"Where are you?" Kei asked the voice.
"Help me..." it repeats again. That voice suddenly echoed into Kei's head, but he knows it came from somewhere. It sounded like he came from the forest to the side of the road. He could feel it. Someone was calling for help, and he was going to answer that call.
Kei rushes into the forest to find that someone. He began his search into the forest. He looked and looked, but couldn't anything, much less anyone. Finally his search was concluded, when the boy found an injured Ralts.
"What happened...?" a distraught Kei asked.
"Help me..." the same voice, Ralts' voice echoed into Kei's mind once more, as it looked up at Kei, with its bright red eyes. Ralts was speaking telepathically to Kei. Ralts soon faints afterwards.
""H-hold on! What'll I- uh!" Kei stammered and shuddered in a panic. He didn't know what to do in a situation like this, obviously.
Moments later, Kei is carrying the injured Pokemon in his arms to get help. He's running by the way, since he needed to hurry.
"This is a Ralts, isn't it?" Kei asked, and took out his Pokedex.
"Ralts: the feeling Pokemon. Ralts is a timid Pokemon who rarely approach humans. It can use the horns on its head to detect human emotion. If it senses negative emotion, such as hostility, then it will run and hide, but if it senses positive feelings, such as happiness, and optimism, it may approach humans." the Pokedex explains to Kei.
After which, Kei puts the Pokedex back into his pocket. "I wonder, what could've happened to it." Kei wonders.
"WATCH OUT!" called human's voice from behind Kei. Kei quickly turned around to see a boy, who looked to be a couple years older than him, riding uncontrollably on an orange bike. He had dark brown hair and chocolate brown eyes, and wore a white shirt, with a red outline, and red stripes running down the front, and black pants.
By relax due to the sudden surprise, Kei ducks down unconsciously. "Whoa!" Kei yelped. He also shield Ralts in his arms.
"Whoooaaaaa!" the older brown haired boy exclaimed until he crashed into a tree. He is now collapsed near the tree, with his bike next to him.
"Are you okay?" Kei asked, while running to the older boy's side.
"Y-yeah..." the older boy answered, "What about you? I did almost run you over, after all. Hehe." the older boy chuckled.
"I'm okay." Kei replied, with a relieved smile.
"Ral..." Ralts moaned.
"Hey, what's wrong with that Ralts?" the older boy asked, noticing Ralts in Kei's arms.
"Oh, that's right! This Ralts needs help!" Kei alerted, "I need to get it to the next town over!"
"You need a ride?" the older asked, picking up his bike as he stood up, "There's a Pokemon Center nearby! My bike's a little squicky, but it should be fine." the older boy said.
"Uh... thanks." Kei said, albeit reluctantly after seeing this boy crash into a tree. Kei climbs on, holds onto the older boy, with one arm, and held Ralts in the other.
"Sorry to put you to the trouble." Kei apologizes.
"Don't worry about it. I was actually heading over there myself." said the older boy. Soon after, they road off.
(-Later-)
Later on, the two reach the Pokemon Center. The boys give the injured Pokemon to the Nurse Joy working there to get it examined. The boys waited outside in the lobby, while Ralts is being treated.
"I wonder if Ralts is alright." Kei wonders to himself, worryingly.
"Like I said, don't worry about it. they'll take care of Ralts, I'm sure." the older boy assured, with a smile.
"Thank you for all that you've done. I'm not sure I would've been made at the rate I was going." Kei said.
"No prob. By the way, my names Ryan. Nice to meet ya." Ryan introduced.
"I'm Kei. Nice to meet you too." Kei introduced himself.
"Kei, huh? You're a trainer, right?" Ryan asked.
"Yeah, but I'm just a beginner. I only started two months ago." Kei said, "And I still only got one Pokemon, and that's my starter Pokemon, Treecko."
"Ah, I see. I'm a trainer too, by the way. Not to brag, but I've been at it quite a while. About two years already." Ryan said.
"I thought so. It's no wonder you knew where this Pokemon Center was." Kei smiled. Ryan stared at Kei for a moment.
"Is something wrong?" Kei asked.
"Uh... No offense, but the moment I saw you, I thought you were a girl for a second." Ryan joked.
"Y-you really thought I was a girl?" Kei asked, discouraged, and embarrassed.
"W-well, its kind of hard to tell you part from a real girl, ya know." Ryan said, "You kinda, sort of, look like one. Hehe..." Ryan faintly chuckled.
"... I get that a lot actually..." Kei muttered. Ryan fell silent. Somewhere in his heart, Ryan felt if Kei was a real girl, he'd probably fall for him. As incoherent it was, he decided to leave at that.
Nurse Joy suddenly shows up, with Ralts fast asleep in her arms.
"Ralts is feeling better now." she happily informed, "I think it was just exhausted."
"Thank goddess." Kei sighed in relief. He took Ralts from the Nurse, and caressed her in his arms.
"See, everything's okay." Ryan winked, "But the weird things is; what happened to it that it would end up like this?"
"I was wondering the same thing." Nurse Joy said,
"Excuse me!" called a girl's voice.
Kei, Ryan, and Nurse Joy turned to see a girl with pale brown hair, and green eyes. She wore green jacket, black shirt, and a grey skirt, with the matching shoes. She looked about the same age as Ryan. In fact, she was all to familiar with Ryan.
"Oh, welcome Miss-" Nurse Joy was about to say, "Hana?" Ryan exclaimed, cutting her off.
"Whoa, Ryan, what a surprise. I thought I saw a rundown old bike outside. Still staying alive?" Hana asked, in an unfeminine tone.
"Yep, that's you alright. Rude as ever, and just as tomboyish." Ryan commented, only to receive a swift kick to the stomach from Hana, who magically appear right in front of him. Ryan fell back as soon as she kicked him.
"Now who's the rude one?" Hana asked, with a scowl. That's when she noticed Kei, who was standing next to Ryan after she picked him. "Who's this? Your girlfriend?" Hana asked, with her angry disposition disappearing, and turned into curiosity.
"Girl..." Kei uttered, with embarrassment. Yet another person mistook him for a girl today. He couldn't quite help it, since he kind of looks like a girl.
"GIRLFRIEND?" Ryan snapped as he instantaneously stood up, "Are you blind? That's a boy right there!"
"A boy? Oh..." Hana uttered, "... I didn't know you swung that way."
"I DON'T!" Ryan snapped, "Geez... don't jump to conclusions."
"Anyway, I'm an old friend of Ryan's. I'm Hana. Nice to meet you." Hana formally introduces herself to Kei, while ignoring Ryan, "He can be trouble, but try not to let it bother you."
"Listen when I'm talking!" Ryan yelled. He didn't like to be ignored.
"Ral... ral..." the sleeping Ralts mumbled.
"Oh, Ralts is waking up!" Kei exclaimed, who was the first to notice.
"Ralts?" Hana asked.
"Look what you've done now." Ryan jeered to Hana.
"Wha- ME?" Hana bellowed.
Ralts wakes up from the loud noise from the two trainers yelling at each other. With her bright red eyes hidden beneath her "helmet", she looks up to a face of a young purple haired human.
"Hello there." the human greeted gently.
"Ral?" Ralts blushed. She turned her head, mostly due to the shock of seeing another human.
"Aw~ I haven't seen a Ralts in ages. They're always so cute." Hana smiles.
"Heh, yeah." Ryan said, "Hey, by the way, what're you even doing here, anyway?" Ryan irritably asked.
"Actually I believe your here for Hitmontop, right, Miss Hana?" asked Nurse Joy.
"Oh, yeah, that's right. Hitmontop looked kind of sick a while back, so I left him with Nurse Joy here." Hana said.
"You don't need to worry. Hitmontop is doing fine, and very healthy." the kind nurse said, "I'll go get him for here." Nurse Joy said, and walked to the back of the Center.
"Thanks!" Hana called to her as she left. "So, who's up for story telling?" Hana asked Ryan and Kei.
"Right, well, to begin with..." Ryan began. He knew that meant she was curious about Kei, and Ralts. He explain to her what happened, and how he met the young trainer and the injured Ralts.
"Oh, that poor little Ralts." Hana pitted the small Pokemon.
"Yeah, I think it might've been chased, or something." Ryan said.
"It must've been a Pokemon Hunter." said a voice from behind. It was boy, probably a year older then Ryan and Hana, with red hair, and orange eyes. He wore a red t-shirt, white vest, and blue jeans, with black shoes.
"Pokemon Hunters?" Kei asked. Hearing about this for the first time is beginning to scare him. He unconsciously held Ralts tightly.
"Sorry about that, I couldn't help overhearing." he said.
"That's alright, but who are you and how would this involve the infamous Pokemon Hunters?" Ryan asked.
"I'm Sakio. I hear a lot of rumors around on my travels." Sakio introduced himself, "Anyway, those Hunter have been more active in hunting down Pokemon lately. It's mostly because some incredibly powerful Pokemon have begun to surface." Sakio deduced.
"I've heard about that too. Pokemon Hunter! What about bunch of creeps." Hana jeered.
"Their more then just creeps, their total scum!" Ryan also jeered.
"Um... what're Pokemon Hunters?" Kei asked, feeling nervous.
"You really are a newbie trainer. Pokemon Hunters are people who hunt and capture Pokemon, and sell them to someone who is willing to buy them." Hana explained.
"There's even a group called Team Rocket, who are thieves who steal Pokemon, regardless if they were caught or not. There are even independent Hunters out there. Either way, you have to watch yourself with them." Ryan also explained.
"That's... that's horrible." Kei said, feeling sick just thinking about.
"That's not the worst of it. I hear, Team Rocket performs experiments on them to either make them stronger, or for their own twisted research." Sakio said, with an angry expression.
"You sound like you come from experience." Ryan said, "Just how do you know about Team Rocket? Not that I wanna know myself."
"Let's not get into that. Just be glad that Ralts is safe." Sakio said.
Kei looks down to Ralts. Ralts was sensing the tense vibe in the air with her horn, and she wasn't liking it. Neither was Kei for that matter. Being a new trainer and hearing all of this in one day can be pretty scary, as far as Kei was concerned.
"Who would hunt down a defenseless Ralts like that?" Hana asked, "If I catch them, I'll throttle them myself!" she swears in a serious tone, and with serious expression at that.
"Easy tiger, no need to go on a killing spree." Ryan said to Hana, "Still, it must've been pretty valuable for a Pokemon Hunter to be after Ralts." Ryan commented.
"It's a she, actually." Kei brought up, surprising Ryan and Hana.
"You can tell that without using a Pokedex?" Ryan asked, with a stunned look on his face.
"Yeah, my parents study breeding and behavior patterns, just like a few other professors in the world. I sometimes helped out with their research. I kind of picked up on how to tell the sexes of Pokemon. Well, the ones that couldn't be told apart, anyway."
"That's an interesting skill to have." said Nurse Joy's voice, as she walked up to the group, with a Poke Ball in hand. "Excuse me. I hope I didn't interrupt anything important."
"No, your time is impeccable." Sakio said.
The Nurse giggled to that comment. She then turned to Hana, and hands her the Poke Ball.
"Here's your Hitmontop. Sorry for the wait." the Nurse apologized.
"No problem." Hana said, taking the Poke Ball housing Hitmontop inside, "Thanks for looking after Hitmontop." she thanked.
"It's my pleasure to help Trainers and their Pokemon." Nurse Joy said to Hana, and then turned to Kei, "I suggest to keep Ralts with you, so that she doesn't get into anymore trouble."
"Huh? M-me?" Kei uttered, to his confusion. He feels Ralts' little hands (if she had any hands) clutching onto his jacket.
"Ral... Ral..." Ralts whimpered. She didn't want to be left alone again, lest that man and his Salamence from before find her again.
"Doesn't look like Ralts wants to stay away from you." Ryan said, with a smirk.
"She must've been so alone when she was attacked." Hana said, with sadness in her voice.
"So what'll it be kid? You gonna take her or what?" Sakio asks Kei.
Kei had to make an important decision. But, he already knows what to do, and knows he can't leave Ralts all alone, but is it the right decision? Here is what his heart tells him.
"Yes." Kei said, full heartedly. Ralts looks up at Kei's face. Just by reading the expression on his face, she could tell that he was serious. In his heart, he promise to take care of her, as best he could.
"Nice choice man." Ryan said.
"That was beautiful!" Hana cheered, "Ryan, if you leave this boy alone, I'm gonna hurt you!" Hana threatened Ryan.
"What? Why me? The kid can take care of himself!" Ryan exclaimed.
"But you can't leave your boyfriend to raise Pokemon on his own, right?" Hana barked back.
"Boy-!" Kei froze, with his face turning red with embarrassment again.
"Boyfriend?" Sakio asked, with a snarky tone.
"So, there are people like that in the world after all?" Nurse Joy naively asked.
"Oh, you lie so bad! Look, I told you, I don't swing that way!" Ryan yelled. Then he turned to Sakio, who had smirk on his face, "Don't you get any funny ideas!" he snapped at him.
"I didn't say anything. I'm knew to this cast of characters, since it's only "the first chapter"." Sakio said.
"What're you talking about!" Ryan barked to Sakio. Before they even knew it, the tense air began to shift into a pleasant atmosphere, with laughing and non-hostile bickering between new friends.
Hana was laughing at the two boy who were bickering with each other, along with Nurse Joy. Kei had smile on his face. For some reason, it felt like he and others have always been friends, despite being strangers. Maybe our little friend Ralts had a little something to do with it, but why dell on it right now? Let's enjoy the moment right, right here.
"Thank you..." said that same voice, Ralts' in Kei's head. Kei's eyes widen when he heard it. This time it sounded faint. Kei once again looks down to Ralts, to see her fast asleep in his arms, and against his chest. Even though Ralts, Kei wonders, how strong is Ralts?
BW: AND that ladies and gentlemen, is how our heroes met. That took a while. Anyway, stay toned to the next chapter! See ya.