Author's note: Hi again! Umm...I kinda forgot to mention this in the last chapter, but yes, my reborn character Chi CAN still read. I know that in most reborn fics the reborn character can't read or write, but, since it was necessary for the story, Chi can. Most reborns however will be unable to. The reasons why will be explained later. Also, chapters might get a little longer from here on out. Hope you don't mind!
Special thanks to Silver Leafx and thebeats, who have both sent in wonderful OCs and to cuenta my Beta reader for her corrections, (Believe me, I needed them.)
Chapter 4: 'Dark(-type) Encounters.'
It had been less than an hour since Silver had caught me and already, I was learning one very important thing.
Silver is very, very quiet.
And when I say quiet, I mean silent.
Soundless.
So fricking quiet that he can be walking right next to you for three whole hours and you never hear his footsteps once! And I'm a pokemon!
Also, Silver does not talk unless he feels needs to. Meaning that the last time I had heard his voice was when he was during a battle we had against a Beedrill a few minutes after he caught me. (Darn thing got away too...)
HE NEVER TALKS! Or whistles! He doesn't even hum those annoyingly catchy songs that everybody knows and despite the fact you hate them, you can never get them out of your head!
Anyway, it's creepy as hell and it's pissing me off!
And as if following the creepy-silent redhead wasn't bad enough, Raven, after all that cheerful chatting and mucking around earlier, had also gone silent and now I was left freaking out about the fact that the only sounds of breathing or footsteps I could hear were my own.
I sighed to myself, bored. Looking at the woodland around us had been fun at first but now it was just annoying. A chitter ahead grabbed my attention just in time to spot a Rattata ahead of us. Unfortunately, the Rattata had also heard us (aka me) and ran off, much to my disappointment.
"Well, there goes my chance for a practice battle... Damn..."
As I mopped, faint calls of distant pokemon reached my ears. Finally unable to take it anymore I began humming, and amazingly (well... I thought it was amazing) Silver and Raven didn't seem to care.
At first I couldn't tell exactly what it was I was humming, only that it had been stuck in my head for a while when I suddenly remembered what it was. I grinned.
"Oh yeah, this tune is from those old pokemon simulator games I used to play! God, how many months has it been since I last played those? Two? Three? Honestly, for all I know it could have been..." I froze as my brain registered for the first time that I had no idea what year it was let alone the month. Really, for all I knew, it could be centuries after my death.
"How would my friends have felt growing up, meeting people, and generally living their lives without me? How would my parents have felt after seeing their one and only child lowered into a grave before them? And what if something happened to them before I saw them again? What if Soppie had been attacked by an evil thug because she wouldn't buy him sherbet or if Gold had done something stupid and hurt himself?"
My guilt worsened when I realised that, other than hopefully seeing them again, I hadn't given any thought to their welfare. Knowing that this train of thought was both useless and pathetic, I tried to think along a different aspect.
"Well, assuming that I hadn't taken too long to be reborn and that I would eventually meet up with them; how could I tell them I was a pokemon? What on earth could I say to convince them that I was Skye?" I face-pawed as realisation slammed into my head.
Oh...wait; I'd say 'Chiko, Chikorita!' I forgot about that... And there's no way to tell them in writing; I already promised Mew and Celebi that I wouldn't and I have no idea what will happen if I brake that little agreement. (My personal nightmare regarding that is being thrown into a locked room with Mew, after being covered in honey or something. O_O')
After thinking about this just long enough to develop a nice big headache, my thoughts were interrupted when Silver stopped.
Now, the transmission from movement to still was as silent as everything else Silver seemed to do, so it was actually kind of amazing that I had noticed it at all.
Maybe it had something to do with me walking into the back of his legs.
Shooting me an annoyed glance, Silver motioned for us pokemon to look towards our left. Obeying the order, my eyes boggled in shock as I saw what had made our trainer freeze.
There, less than thirty metres away, in a nearby clearing, was a sleeping Tyranitar! On F$# ing route 31!
My eyes widened further as Silver; instead of running away as fast as possible, was actually creeping towards the thing!
After getting within a few meters of the beast, Silver turned back to me and Raven (who had also frozen with fear) and motioned for us to come closer. Staring wide-eyed at his insanity, Raven shook himself and ran over to Silver before striking a fighting pose, obviously ready for battle.
After taking a quick look to make sure the Tyranitar was still asleep, Silver turned to me again, his face showing just enough annoyance to let me know he was furious at me. Gulping nervously, (jeez, that guy is scary!) I crawled over as quickly and as quietly as I my little legs would let me. I tried not to whimper as the Tyranitar rolled in its sleep.
Now, I know it may seem like I'm being a total coward, whimpering and whining and stuff, but you have no idea how dangerous Tyranitar are!
Back when I had been about twelve, there was a story on the news about a few kids around six or seven on a school trip, who had somehow managed to get lost near Mt. Silver. At the time, very few people had been really worried, as most of the kids already had a few well-trained pokemon as well as a map, some camping gear and food. But after the third day, rescue teams were finally called in and after a 9-hour search, they eventually found the ripped apart corpses of both the children and their pokemon in a small clearing. Soon a number of dead wild pokemon were discovered and huddled underneath the body of a Nidoqueen was a little girl, the only survivor. Who, after months of therapy and counselling, finally managed to tell police about how she and her friends had been playing with some local pokemon when a Tyranitar had suddenly burst into the clearing and attacked with no warning.
Less than two months after that, a Tyranitar living near the Cerulean Cave went on a rampage and killed almost thirty people before being repelled by Misty the Cerulean gym leader. (God, that girl is an awesome trainer~ I'm a bit of a Misty fan though, so my view on her is a little biased.)
Now, it's not like I believe all Tyranitar are evil, or like I have a vendetta against them or something (in truth, next to Chikorita and a few others, the Tyranitar evolutionally line are some of my favourite pokemon), but the truth is, Tyranitar are among the deadliest, non-legendary pokemon that exist. And I really don't want to get one's bad side if I can help it.
Well, regardless of how freaked out I was, it seemed I had little choice in the matter. I watched wide-eyed as the redhead pulled a black and red pokeball out his pocket. I looked up at Silver with a mix of anger and disbelieving horror.
"You do know that this is absolute suicide, right? You're going to fight a wild Tyranitar, a minim Lv. 55 pokemon, with only two pokemon, who both under Lv. 30 I might add, and you want to catch it in a LUXURY BALL?! Those things can't even catch Lv.1 Caterpie half the time! Are you trying to get us killed!?"
Of course, Silver understood none of my angry whispered rant and glared at me for making noise. Next to me, Raven sighed with relief as the pokeball came into view.
"Don't worry Miss Chi. Silver knows what he's doing. We won't be fighting this one; Scarlet will be handling this. Trust me she's more than enough for this guy."I cocked my head to the side as the Totodile grinned confidently.
"Scarlet? Oh...wait, I think Silver said that name before. Who is she? A Dragonite or something?" Raven tried not to chuckle as my fear was instantly replaced by the curiosity for my unknown team mate. (Which reminded me a little of Papa Bear and made me sort of homesick later, but that's not really important right now.)
"Scarlet, use your claws!" As the Luxury ball in Silver's hand exploded with light, I squinted through the light, trying to get a look of my trainer's unknown pokemon. For a split second, my eyes managed to catch a glimpse of a red and black thing before a growl from the Tyranitar (who had finally woken up) made me yelp.
Instantly, the black and red blur shot towards the Tyranitar. A strange scraping sound filled the air, and my eyes widened as gouge marks appeared on the Tyranitar's face. I quickly wrapped my leaf around my ears and tried not to wince as the Tyranitar roared in pain. Thrashing wildly, the Tyranitar screeched with terror as more gouge marks began be appearing all over its body.
Wincing as the rock monster received yet another slash to the face, inwardly I couldn't help but be amazed at the power this 'Scarlet' was showing.
Really, even if I didn't know what she was yet (she moved way too fast for me to make her out) the speed and stamina she was displaying was incredible! I looked down at my paws for a moment before letting out a sigh.
Pity Chikorita weren't built for speed.
But even with all that power, the thing that amazed me most was that Silver hadn't issued any commands. Whether or not this was because he trusted his pokemon or because Scarlet was too powerful for him to control I had no idea, but I had to admit; it sure showed something!
Glancing up at the aforementioned trainer, I felt a wave of relief when I realised Silver had both a revive and an Ultra ball on hand.
"Oh good. At least he's got that covered. Hopefully he has medicine for the Tyranitar too; that poor thing is really taking a beating..."
Of course, the very second that thought crossed my mind was the very second the Tyranitar managed to get its act together and retaliate against its attacker.
There was a sickening 'CRUNCH' sound as rock tail slammed into bone, and Silver and Raven watched in horror as the red and black blur slammed into a nearby tree.
Realising we were distracted, the Tyranitar turned away and ran towards the trees; soon out of sight. Relieved that it had decided to run rather than attack us, I turned to see Silver gently lifting Scarlet to her feet. My eyes shined as I got my first good look at her.
A Sneasel?! A regular kid like Silver managed to catch a Sneasel?! I mean, sure, Sneasel aren't exactly rare in Johto but really, those guys are super fast! And considering how good their hearing is... Just...Wow.
Still stunned by the fact I was on a team with a Sneasel (I love Sneasels! If there was a Sneasel fanclub, I'd join it for sure. They're just so kick-ass cool~) I watched dumbly as Silver began spraying Scarlet with the revive. Next to them, Raven watched on with a look of concern. Finally, the injured Sneasel twitched and opened her eyes; Silver smiled openly, too relieved to say anything.
I stared in amazement, a funny warm feeling in my chest. "Wow... I think that's the first time I've seen Silver smile; ever since he caught me he's always been glaring and stuff. He's actually sort of cute when he smiles~"
I beamed with pleasure as a thought struck me. "A cute, cold-acting trainer and his beloved Sneasel. Now all we need is some random villain and a love interest to show up and this would be a great anime! Oh! Come to think of it, I wonder what anime has come out since I've been a pokemon? Awww...but being pokemon means I get no money and I can't buy any DVDs... AH!"
Realising I had been spacing out for more than a minute, I shook my head roughly and ran up to Raven. The Totodile (who probably hadn't noticed I'd been missing) smiled as I sat down next to him.
"You asked before so... That's Scarlet. She's Silver's first pokemon and she's really powerful! I'm really kinda surprised that the Tyranitar hit her; I've been in this team for almost two months now and I've never seen her get hit by anything." I blinked as Raven's eyes seemed to sparkle, waves of admiration practically poring off him.
I gave him a sceptical look, my leaf curling around my neck.
"Do you fall for every strong girl you meet or just the ones that join your team?" Raven looked so stunned by my comment I was about to apologise when a pair of razor sharp claws suddenly appeared underneath my throat.
"Who is this Raven? Silver has warned us to be watchful for enemies so I am taking precautions. Shall I remove her? She appears to be upsetting you." Scarlet's ruby eyes glinted at me coldly as her claws tightened around my neck. Completely ignoring the obvious threat to my existence, I gazed up at the Sneasel, my eyes starry with excitement.
"It's a real Sneasel! A real life Sneasel! I've only seen pictures of you guys in books and PC-sims and stuff before and now I'm on a team with one! THIS IS SO COOL! AND AWESOME! AND JUST...WOW!" Scarlet jumped back as I stared up at her adoringly. Looking slightly uncomfortable, the Sneasel turned to Raven and raised an eyebrow.
"Has she suffered some sort of mental injury or head trauma?"I giggled a little before raising my paw in a handshake gesture.
"Nope. No head injuries. My name's Chigusa. Silver caught me about an hour ago and I didn't mean to upset Raven, I was only teasing... I was about to apologise when you started waving your claws at me. By the way...You have a really cool head feather! Can I have it when it falls off?" As Scarlet stared down at me completely baffled, Raven tried to muffle a laugh. I chuckled and swished my leaf to side, trying to hide my rapidly reddening face.
This was so much like it had been back at school. People were always finding my personality changes weird. Hopefully Scarlet wasn't too freaked out; I can't begin to count the number of people who have avoided me because of how strangely I act.
'Come to think of it, how would Silver acted around me back when I was human? He probably wouldn't have even noticed me; he seems like the quiet spacey type... or the angsty 'Grrr' type. Can't really tell which one yet. Hey...where is Silver anyway?'
Suddenly remembering our trainer's existence, I glanced around wildly, my confusion only growing when I failed to spot him. I paused, confused.
Okay... That's a little weird...
"What are you doing, Miss Chi? Is something wrong?" Raven's large eyes blinked at me innocently before following my gaze. "Hey... where'd Silver go? I thought he was right over there..." The Totodile turned and glanced towards me hopefully. "Miss Chi? Do you know where Silver went?"
I glared at him.
"Raven. I'M the new pokemon here. I know zip all about the Redhead at this point in time so why would I know where he's disappeared to?" The Totodile shuffled on the spot, his tail wrapped around his feet.
"No reason really. It's just... you're so smart and stuff so, I figured you'd know. Sorry..." As my face reddened, Scarlet rolled her eyes.
"Silver is just surveying the area, so there is no need for all this noise. But, there is one thing I'd like to know..." The unusually tall Sneasel fixed her cold eyes on me, which were so much like Silver's it wasn't funny, and growled. I gulped and felt a trickle of sweat run down my back.
"Why did you refer to Silver as 'the redhead'..? He's your master! How DARE you insult him! I should rip your throat out for even thinking of it!" As Scarlet lunged for me, I yelped and hid behind Raven who started waving his arms frantically, his eyes wide.
"WAIT! Miss Chi didn't mean it like that Scarlet! It was just a nickname, like how sometimes I call Silver the Boss-man or how you used to call me an underling! It wasn't meant to be rude, honest!" Scarlet paused, her claws centremeters away from Raven's neck. I stared, too scared to even talk. 'Wow... Talk about being edgy...'
There was a tense silence as Scarlet stood there staring at us threateningly. After a minute or so the Sneasel seemed to come to a decision and retracted her claws. Both Raven and I sagged with relief then froze a second time as Scarlet fixed us with her glare.
"...Fine. I understand that you were wild until this morning; you can't know how to react... You are forgiven. This time. But if you should ever try insult or harm Silver in anyway, I will kill you. Understood Chikorita?" I gulped and nodded again, both terrified and admiring of her.
As Scarlet nodded, seemingly satisfied with my response, Raven began to plea with Scarlet to forgive me for any future mistakes. Still feeling slightly out of place I tried to think, seeing as there wasn't much else for me to do.
"...Wow... Who knew Sneasels were such over-protective psychos? Still, with claws out and that evil glare, she looked just like a loyal Ninja defending her master... Scarlet is so awesome!" My eyes glittered for a moment before dulling back down.
"All the same... The way Scarlet reacted was kinda...extreme. Did Silver used to get bullied at school or something? Then again, seeing as she is Silver's first pokemon, maybe she just feels she has to protect him all the time."
I paused as a new thought popped into my head. "Or maybe it's that thing. The PokEMon PROS. Magazine had a report on that a while ago, about how sometimes the first pokemon of a trainer starts to mimic the trainer's personality. Wait?! Does this mean Silver's going to go post-mental every time someone accidently insults him? Oh damn...I would have to get caught by a lunatic, wouldn't I? Hope I don't have to stop him killing anybody... Scratch that. I just hope Scarlet doesn't murder me before we get to Azalea Town; I wanna at least see the Ruins of Alph before I die. Again." I shuddered before lying down and began absorbing sunlight just in case.
After a few minutes of rest, I turned to see Raven walking towards me. Realising he had been spotted, the Totodile grinned and sprinted over before taking a seat next to me.
"Sorry about all that Miss Chi... I was just clearing a few things up with Scarlet. She doesn't mean to go all scary like that; she just... really worries about Silver. And don't worry! I made Scarlet promise not to kill you over the pokeball incident earlier. Just... don't tease Silver while Scarlet is out, ok? I'm not sure how many times I can lie like that before she figures it out-AAGGHHH!"
Both Raven and I screamed as Silver suddenly landed in front of us, seemingly out of nowhere. As Silver shot us a glare for making a racket, I stared at the leaves and broken twigs clinging to his clothes then glanced up at the towering trees around us.
"No way... He was in the trees?" Raven, it seemed had also come the same conclusion and stared at Silver in disbelief. "But... even the lowest branches are about two stories high..."
Both of us were silent for a moment before I began chuckling. Raven looked at me curiously as my leaf shook from the force of my repressed laughter.
Aware I was committing verbal suicide, I tried to keep a straight face.
"It was just... I thought, with the way Silver came out of the tree, maybe he would be the better pokemon... and then I imagined him appearing out of a pokeball yelling 'Sil, SILVER!' and-"
"HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR MASTER LIKE THAT?! I'M GOING TO RIP YOU APART FOR THIS INSULT!"
As Scarlet slashed and Chigusa ran for her life still laughing, Raven walked over to a bewildered Silver and let out a tremendous sigh.
This was going to be a long day...
The sun was just beginning to touch the horizon when Violet City came into view. And yet, despite the beautiful and inspiring image of the sun setting behind the shadowy image of Sprout Tower, I was not happy.
Why is that you ask? Well, it turns out that yes, being slashed by razor sharp claws that can cut through stone, hurts exactly as much as you'd think. It also turns out that when Scarlet said she'd try to kill me, she really meant it. I winced as the cuts around my neck began to ache again.
Seriously, if Silver hadn't run over and hauled Scarlet off me, I think she really would have had my throat ripped out by her bare claws! Thanks to that little incident, I was now sporting a number of cuts and scratches as well as now somewhat sliced in half head-leaf.
Walking just behind Silver like the good little slave Scarlet wanted me to be, I glanced up at Scarlet warily. The Sneasel, in her usual ninja-like kickass way, somehow seemed to feel my gaze and turned to hiss at me, her little teeth glinting evilly. I shuddered and looked down, my glum mood turning even gloomier.
'Come on, Scarlet... I pissed you off hours ago! Why do you have to get so mad? It wasn't even a real insult; just an idea that popped into my head... Besides, Silver told you to lay off already.' There was a light patter of feet and I looked up just in time to see Scarlet race up a nearby tree. As she bounded through tree branches, I rubbed one of my temples with the tip of my head leaf and groaned.
'Damn bloody ninja-weasel. Now she has me wanting to race up trees like that. Not that I can, of course. Dammit... I wouldn't be feeling so low if I at least had someone to talk to, but Raven needs to rest in his pokeball...'
During the fight earlier, as I was being chased, Raven had just been watching, mostly likely figuring that Scarlet wouldn't really try to hurt me. But when Scarlet had started slashing at my neck (after she had pinned me to the ground, that is) Raven had tried coming to my rescue, only to have Scarlet slam him on the head with a Brick Break.
I flinched at the memory.
Sure... It wasn't exactly my fault and all... but ow. He'll have a headache tomorrow. Besides, it upset me that the only member of team so far that even seemed to like me was unconscious. At least Silver had returned him to his pokeball straight away.
I glanced at my own injuries and sighed.
'Maybe I should have thought about this side of things, before smashing my ball the way I did. Of course, Silver could just use a potion on me... But I bet he's out of them. If he wasn't, he would have used one on Raven earlier. Besides,' I kicked a pebble absently before looking up at my trainer glumly. '..I don't even know what this Silver's really like. I've only seen him smile twice today, and the only things he's said to me have been rhetorical questions (which I answered but they were meant to be rhetorical) and battle orders. Come to think of it... he hasn't used my nickname either... I don't even know what this guy caught me for! For all I know he could have caught me just so he could sell me on the black market!' Realising how stupid that thought sounded, even to me, I shook my head and went back to staring at my trainer.
'Truth is, if I wanted to, I could just run away and go back to being wild seeing how I smashed my pokeball and all. And after everything that happened with Scarlet... maybe I should...' Just as I was about to seriously consider this question there was a quiet 'rustle' in the tree to my left.
Now to most people, a rustling sound in a forest is not that important. And normally it wouldn't bother me either. But this time the sound somehow left me feeling disturbed.
I glanced up at the trees nearby and, spotting nothing, suddenly felt the urge to run. Shaking my head of such thoughts, I began to walk (a little faster than normal, but still walking) towards Silver, who, as Raven had warned me, hadn't noticed my short absence. As I drew close to him there was another rustling sound from up ahead but this one didn't bother me, seeing as the distinctive 'whoosh' sound that came with it just screamed out 'Scarlet'.
Aware that I was watching her, Scarlet shot me an enraged look. Instead of cringing however, my gazed focused on a patch of black behind her.
Now, I don't know for the life of me why my gaze went in that direction or why an inconspicuous patch of black, no different than any other patches of black you'd see in a forest around sunset fascinated me so much, but it did.
This turned out to be very important when the black suddenly seemed to move, its wings(?) practically slicing through the air.
For me everything at that point seemed to be moving in slow motion. My eyes widened as a blade of air shot past the Sneasel, missing her by millimetres. Scarlet's own eyes widened as she realised the attack that just missed her was heading towards someone else.
Silver.
My whole body shook as I realised what would happen next. Silver, fast as he was, didn't know the attack was heading for him; he was turning to face it, thinking one of us pokemon might be attacked. Scarlet, who was lunging towards Silver with all her strength, was too far behind the attack to either intercept it with an attack or jump into the line of fire.
Meaning the blade of air would slice into Silver's soft human skin; most likely his face or his back depending on how fast he turned. Meaning that either way it hit him, Silver would be hurt horribly and as small (strong but small) pokemon, Scarlet and I wouldn't have the strength to get him to town, let alone a hospital in time to save him.
Meaning he'd die. His blood...everywhere...
He'd die just like I did.
Suddenly time seemed to speed forward. Running towards my trainer faster than I thought possible, I shoved my vines towards Silver's back as hard I could.
Not expecting a push from behind, Silver stumbled forwards, just enough to get out of the way of the blast which now sliced lengthways through my vines which were very much in the way.
"GAAAHHHHGGG!" I screamed in agony, quickly pulling my vines back towards me, their long forms spraying the green bitter smelling ooze which I know to be my plant half's blood.
Trying to block out the pain (which hurt far more than any other attack I've felt in my entire life span, short as it is) I bit my lip sharply, dropped to the ground and raised my head leaf towards the last of the remaining sunlight, which would, hopefully, be enough to help me recover.
As I was doing that, Scarlet checked on Silver (I think he managed to avoid breaking his neck by doing one of those martial-art rolling techniques) for any wounds before turning to me.
I looked at her warily for a moment before smiling stupidly, trying to ignore the tears that were spilling out my eyes.
Fuck, it hurt so much I was crying!
Now you may be wondering what having your own vine-whip sliced into is like. Or maybe you're already going pale from just thinking about it.
Well, I'll cut it short (no pun intended).
To get an idea of what it feels like, just imagine having your arms out in front of you, being cut into by a razor all the way from the wrist then down to your elbow, the blade going deeper towards the bone the further it goes.
There! Now you know why I was screaming.
"Sorry Scarlet. Didn't mean to be disrespectful and all, pushing 'dear Silver' so roughly like that, but I was kinda out of options. Unlike you Sneasels, we Chikorita aren't exactly known for out blinding speed-Gah!" I winced as my vines throbbed again, though thanks to the synthesis they had finally stopped bleeding.
Scarlet narrowed her eyes at me for a moment then smiled. It was a weak smile, obviously not something she did very often but it still made me feel all fuzzy inside.
'It's exactly like her master's smile from this morning! Does this mean I'm doing something right? Ugh...Oh no..dizzy... Better rest first, think later...'
"Thank you...um... Chi, is it? It seems I may have misjudged you a bit. I'm not sure about you yet though so..."The Sneasel's face went a little red as she struggled to come up with an appropriate response. I giggled, not sure why I was when a far more sinister chuckle came from the trees.
Blinking at the tree blankly for a moment, I groaned when I realised what it was.
"Why do the baddies who attack people randomly always have to do a psychotic evil laugh? I mean, what's the point? All you're doing is leaving yourself wide open and... and... ...stuff." I finished weakly, too tired to think properly.
Silver, who had been shuffling through his coat frantically, finally ran over and lifted me up. Making sure my tattered leaf was still facing the last of the sunlight, the redhead handed me what I think was an oran berry (I'm a bit tired, ok? It's hard to think, alright?).
I bit into the berry gratefully. 'Sure, maybe it isn't a potion, but it's better than nothing.'
As I was doing that, Scarlet it seemed was taking my advice and was getting even. Letting out a sharp hiss the Sneasel lunged towards the enemy, her movement so fast she was blurred. Within seconds Scarlet was in the trees; I winced as the enemy's cackling was suddenly cut off, the sound quickly changing into screeches of pain.
"Ouch... I know what that feels like." I watched blankly as our attacker, a young Murkrow, flapped out the trees his wings tattered.
Spotting me and Silver, the bird let out a caw of rage.
"You damn human! It's your fault that psycho Sneasel attacked me, isn't it!? I was going to beat you and show Boss Honchia my strength, but you had to go and ruin it all! DAMN YOU!" Shrieking the most ear-piercing sound I'd ever heard, the Murkrow swooped towards us, his wings glowing brightly.
I watched the bird helplessly as I felt Silver's body tense.
"Oh crap. I don't think Silver's fast enough to dodge that Wing Attack... At least, not while carrying me... And there's no way I'll be able to take another attack like that Air Cutter before... Acreus damn it!"
I shuddered and shut my eyes tightly, waiting for the evitable death blow. However the attack did not come; my ears perking when the young Murkrow let out a caw of pain which was soon followed by a loud 'KABOOM' sound.
I opened my eyes slowly and stared. Instead of Scarlet being the one pinning the Murkrow to the ground, I instead found myself looking at the strangest, oldest-looking Murkrow I had ever seen. Talons pressed to the younger bird's neck, the older Murkrow grinned, pulled out a lighter out from under his left wing and lit the cigarette in his beak!?
Silver and I stared blankly. 'Are pokemon supposed to know how to do that..?'
Chuckling, the old crow smacked the younger bird a few times over the head with his wings before turning towards us. He then put a wing before his chest and bowed apologetically; the red feather and quick claw tied into his head feathers clearly visible.
"Sorry about all that, me hearties, this little ruffian is one o'the younger hatchlings in the flock this year. You'll have to forgive his stupidity, he can't help it seeing as his brain is yet the size of a fried pea." About to reply to the seemingly friendly bird, I looked into the old Murkrow's eyes and...
-The old man stumbled forward, a hand clutched tightly to his chest. As his face twisted in agony, the man stumbled towards an old cabinet and his hand barely managed to lift a locket off the top shelf. Opening it, the man smiled softly as he looked at the photo of the woman inside.
"Don't worry Joanna, I'm a' coming to be with you now. There's no more reason to wait for me anymor..." The old man's voice cut off as he jerked back gasping for breath.
The old man fell to the ground, still gripping the carpet tightly as the paramedics arrived and sirens blared in the distance. There was a final gasp and-
...and I blinked in confusion as the vision began to clear from my eyes. Suddenly feeling disorientated, I watched as the old bird stood frozen for a moment before turning to me, his beak twisted into what looked like a smirk.
"So you're a reborn human as well, I take it?"
Wolf, the newly dubbed Taillow burped loudly as yet another tray of berries was placed on the table in front of her. Patting her stomach with a wing, the Taillow grinned and began picking the inside of her beak with a toothpick.
"Ah~ Warm, well-fed and no fear of predators. This is the life~" The Taillow looked up towards her new master and smirked.
Of all the people who could have caught her, it seems she had really lucked out. Not only was Gold nice and considerate of a pokemon's needs (good food, warmth etc) he provided great entertainment by flirting pathetically with all of the waitresses and waiters in sight. Even the nickname he had chosen for her (she had really been dreading it would be Fifi or something) the guy had shown reasonably good taste and called her Wolf, one of her favourite animals (not that he knew that of course).
Finally finished with cleaning her beak, the Taillow let out a yawn and felt her eyes begin to close, the need for rest finally overtaking her. As Gold gently lifted the stuffed little Taillow off the chair, the Taillow murmured weakly in her sleep.
"Maybe I won't have to run anymore..."
So... Chi has finally met the psychotic Scarlet as well as the first of the (hopefully) many reborns she will encounter. YAY!
But...where is Scarlet anyway..? She just sort of disappeared, didn't she? Oh well. She's currently busy, don't worry. She'll be back very soon.
More importantly, did you like chapter 5? Was it fun? Please give me a review telling me what you liked (or didn't like) about it!
As for those of you who sent me OCs (you know who you are, you wonderful people you) your OCs will be coming soon! Though only one will be introduced in the next chapter. Sorry about that... For those who miss out at first, your OCs will get whole chapters introducing them so hopefully that'll make up for extra wait.
I'll also be doing pics of any OC's sent to me so if you send or have already sent me an OC or two, check out my DeviantART page. There's a link to it on my profile page. I can't promise they'll be done right away (or 100% correctly as I am slightly colour blind) but hopefully you'll like what you see. X3
Anyway, please keep up the reviews and reading the new chapters! I'll be writing as best as I can! Chao!