Author's Note: Yay! Chapter 4 and this will explain a little about the Purifiers and such. Warning: This chapter has a ton of dialogue but I try not to type too much of it, so please don't flame me for that. And Pokémon translator will be switched off for a while but I'll switch it back on later. So I officially declare this fic halfway done!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything here except Stan's past, Tora, Siberia and Amma, Pokémon nicknames and Tora's little bit of his own past. Idea is from the Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness and Pokémon Colosseum Gamecube games but game characters are replaced by hamsters.
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Chapter 4 – Friendship between Tora and Mew
Flashback…
7 years ago… (from Stan's birth year)
"Myuu myuu myuuuuuuu!" Mew yelled in terror as she ran with all her might. Why wasn't she flying, you say? There was a collar on her neck which prevented her from using any of her powers so she had to resort to running. Mew ran past the trees and looked everywhere for bushes to hide in but there wasn't one in sight.
"Hey! Get back here, you Mew!" a deep voice called out. Mew didn't listen and continued running. The owner of the voice, a male hamster with a shaved top and a vest with a Japanese character on its back, appeared way behind Mew with more hamsters who were wearing the same outfit. "Come on, Snagem! Don't let boss down!"
"Right!" everyone shouted as they chased after poor Mew who was tired from running here and there, trying hard to escape. Meanwhile, a young Tora was taking a walk in the woods. Ilex Forest seemed peaceful that day so the 3-year-old Tora decided to go for a walk. Tora was living far away from his parents in the Orre region, a place with nearly no wild Pokémon since it was so far away from the Pokémon world. Though it is unknown to many, Trainers who knew about it live there.
Anyway, Tora was having a nice walk when he heard some shouting from a Pokémon that sounded a lot like a Mew.
"Myuuuuuuuuuuu!!!"
"Yiaaaah! What was that?" Tora exclaimed, frightened. Suddenly, a pink blur struck him and pushed him backwards. The pink blur was revealed to be a Mew.
The same Mew that was escaping from the Snagem hamsters.
"Ahh! It's a Mew!!!" Tora shouted excitedly. "Oh, this is so cool! I've always wanted to see a Mew! I never believed that it was a mirage and seeing is believing, after all! This is so NOT a mirage!"
"Myuu?" Mew whimpered, looking up at Tora. Then, they heard shouting from the Snagem hamsters. Mew then looked around and finally spotted a bush and pushed Tora and herself behind it. They waited and waited when finally, there was no trace of those Snagem goons.
"It's alright now, Mew." Mew looked at Tora confusingly. She peeked from their hiding spot and realized that Tora was right. She jumped up and down happily. "OK, settle down now. Let's get that collar off." Mew nodded in agreement. Tora clutched onto the collar and pulled it apart.
"Myuuuuu!" Mew was overjoyed. She levitated and flew around in happiness. Even though she was sick of flying all around, she sure was glad to be levitating and flying once more. She cam to a stop after a while and nodded her head as a way to express her thanks. "Myu!" she thanked.
"I think you're expressing your thanks but you don't have to thank me. It was my duty."
"But I must. Please, accept my thanks," Mew replied in her psychic voice. Tora, being a young yet intelligent child, figured it out after a while. "Thank you for saving me. I think I should give you something in return. I know! I remember what my good friend, Celebi, told me. Celebi told me I would meet someone extraordinarily pure of heart. Could that hamster be you?"
"… Me?" Tora asked, dumbfounded, while pointing a finger at himself to make sure. "What do you mean by 'pure of heart'?"
"Have you heard of Shadow Pokémon?"
Tora shook his head.
"Then have you heard about Purifiers?"
Tora shook his head.
"How about Orre?"
Tora nodded his head.
"Orre is where my parents are staying. I've heard it's a rather tough place to live in so I wasn't really sure about leaving my parents there but they told me that it was fine so I came here instead. Why do you ask?" Tora explained. Mew floated to one side and then seemed to be deep in thought. Then she floated back to Tora.
"Please wait here for a moment. I'll be back soon." Mew then sped off in the yonder direction and after 5 minutes, she came back with 2 items in her paws. "This here's a bottle of water from Celebi's favourite lake. Take it as my thanks." Mew handed the bottle of water to Tora who accepted it graciously. "And this…"Mew held up the 2nd item. Tora gasped upon seeing it. "You should be shocked. Yes, this is a real Master Ball." Mew then gave Tora the Master Ball.
Tora was amazed to see the Master Ball. He had been dreaming to have one. He wanted to find out how it was made to be foolproof and able to catch any Pokémon without fail and he definitely needed a Master Ball to find out why. Take it as a normal Science experiment, except a lot more complicated.
"Tora… I need you to drink the water. To prove whether my hypothesis is true or not, you have to drink the water. Can you drink it now? And don't ask about how I know your name. It's easy to read your mind. So don't think about dismantling the Master Ball." Tora blinked and shrugged. He opened the bottle and drank all the water in it. For a while, nothing happened, when for no apparent reason, Tora glowed white all over.
(A/N: Pokémon translator on!)
"… Well? How do you feel now?"
"Like as if I was caught in a thunderstorm and- OH MY GOSH! YOU'RE TALKING WITHOUT YOUR PSYCHIC POWERS!!!" Mew covered her ears at the last part.
'Wow, he can really shout.'
"Hey, I heard that, Mew."
"You mean you heard it in your head?"
Tora nodded slowly. There was silence, then…
"WAHOO!! You are the one I'm looking for!!" Mew shouted in excitement. She flew around, giggling happily. Then she stopped when she realised something important and flew back to Tora. "I nearly forgot! You don't know what's going on! I need to explain to you! Is there a place where we can talk?"
"We can go to my house." Mew agreed and teleported Tora and herself to Tora's house when he told her where he lived. Upon reaching, Tora wondered why Mew didn't teleport the items. She answered him that she needed to get it from Celebi herself. Tora then didn't ask any more questions. He moved the stone to welcome Mew in and moved the stone back.
"First, Shadow Pokémon are Pokémon whose hearts are artificially sealed away by terrible, cold-blooded organisations. Instead of having normal attacks, Shadow Pokémon get Shadow moves which will deal a lot of damage on Pokémon whose hearts aren't sealed. Shadow Pokémon exude a shadowy aura that can't be seen by regular hamsters and can only be spotted by a special kind of hamsters. Just now, those horrid goons that were after me wanted to turn me into a Shadow Pokémon but thanks to you, I'm safe.
"Anyway, carrying on, that's where Purifiers come in. Purifiers are the special kind of hamsters that can see the shadowy aura and do many more. Their pulse rates aren't that normal and they have Pure Blood instead of normal blood which fit in the blood groups. But Purifiers may not stay as Purifiers forever. The powers they have access to depend on how pure their hearts and minds are. When they are totally pure, their hearts and minds cannot be tainted and have access to all Pure Powers. But when their hearts and minds are filled with hatred and evil, they will eventually die due to lack of purity.
"Purifiers also have access to their Purity Forms which I'm not going to touch up on. The point is, when Purifiers reach the mark where they are completely pure, they can Purify any Shadow Pokémon within touch but that also requires some skill. If it is done poorly, the shadowy aura will be transferred to them instead and may result in death. Tora, the water I gave you was specially from Celebi's Lake of Life, filled with pure water. I needed you to drink it so that you would be a Purifier yourself and help save those Shadow Pokémon from their state of mind.
"Tora, Celebi also told me that in future, you would have a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. Celebi also told me that in the future, the Pokémon world will be doomed. It would be filled with Shadow Pokémon and the Purifiers have all died out. This future cannot be prevented unless…" And Mew kept on filling Tora's mind with all the knowledge he needed.
At the last part, Tora opened his eyes wide in horror and his ears folded down. He looked away sadly and when he felt Mew's presence leave, he turned around, only to see a Master Ball left there.
Mew had gone inside it.
Flashback ends
Present (in Stan's birth year)
"What? What did she say that made you so scared?" Siberia asked in concern. Tora looked away.
"That, I can't tell you. It has to be kept secret. But I can tell you this: Stan was born with a purpose; Sandy was just born, completely normal. Understood?" Siberia and Amma nodded as an understanding. "I need some time alone, please…" Tora lied down and covered himself with a blanket. Siberia and Amma reluctantly left the room while Stan was staring into space. The Eevee was wide awake while Sandy was still asleep. The Eevee was awake long enough to hear the entire story so she knew.
"So that's why I can talk to Pokémon…" Stan whispered to Eevee. "Anyway, Evolution…" The Eevee, nicknamed Evolution now that Stan owns her, perked her ears as a response. "Do you think Dad knows we're awake and heard all that?"
"Ahem. I think I'm invisible here." Stan knew that voice. It wasn't Evolution's and neither was it his own, of course. It belonged to a hamster Stan knew and loved: Tora.
"Uh… Heh heh… Hi, Dad?"
"I think you'll need to do better than that, my Pure son."
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A/N: Finally, 2 chapters done within 4½ hours. But the next chapter will get real interesting and a little tragic. Look out for chapter 5! Chapter countdown: 4 more chapters to go!
