This is my pokemon story, I do not own any Pokemon characters from the actual series, only my numerous OCs. Do not steal! I also claim my AU version of some of the characters capiche? Oh and there are a few against normal code pairings in this story, like PokemonXHuman and such so as a warning, if you don't agree with that don't read, simple as that. This will eventually be a crossover story, but for now it's just Pokemon get it? Got it? Good. Any criticism and suggestion are accepted, and at times needed, I already have the basic plot set out, but new ideas are always welcomed! Okay…well, enjoy this story!

Tales of Passage

A Pokemon Story

Chapter 4: The Speaking Devil

Created by DarkLozFanUberest

Ranae and her Nidoking ran into Goldenrod City, its lights shined merrily as people walked around doing some late night shopping or something of that nature; it was impossible for anyone to even imagine that there might be a dangerous criminal was hiding in their mist.

Ranae's eyes darted around searching for the man, she hadn't been able to see eye or hair color when they had been fighting earlier, but she doubted her could have changed out of his burglar outfit that fast so she looked for someone carrying a bag, and most likely panicking, but she couldn't see anyone like that.

"Damn it, lost him…" Ranae growled, a few people had stopped to stare at her and Horus, most likely because he was such a large pokemon and not on a leash or something. On a side note, Ranae would scoff at people who kept their pokemon on leashes and in muzzles, if you didn't have the ability to train your pokemon so that it was safe in public, she reasoned, either don't take it out into the public, or get help to train it better.

"Yeah," she had told Aiko once as they watched an interesting show on TV called It's Me or the Pokemon, "that's what happens when you don't train your pokemon right," immediately afterward Jolt had sneezed and electrocuted her, but that's not important.

Suddenly the clouds moved out of the way of the moon, revealing a full moon, Ranae's eyes were immediately drawn to it and she paled, "Fuck, it isn't today is it?!" she exclaimed to herself, groaning as she began to feel sick to her stomach.

Horus looked down at his mistress worried, she always got weird when the moon was full, but he didn't know why.

"Excuse me are you okay?" a man asked Ranae when he noticed her clutching her stomach as he walked by. Ranae's eyes widened and she began to growl, glaring at the man who stepped back in shock and fear. Ranae shook her head rapidly and reached for her belt, quick to pull out Horus' pokeball and return him. She quickly ran before she did something she would regret.

"Hey!" the man called after her, but Ranae kept running down the street and into a two-way alley. She leaned against the wall and panted, "Why today?!" she nearly screamed, but stayed silent as she notice someone run by the other entrance of the alleyway, opposite the one she had entered through. Her eyes widened when she noticed the person had a bag over his shoulder and scruffy black hair, "It's him!" she thought, her eyes narrowing in anger.

With a quick glance at the sky, the clouds had once again covered the moon, Ranae made to follow the man, noting that he was beginning to tire from running and was looking for a place to hide. She watched as he ran into the entrance of what looked like a subway station (not that there are any subway stations in Goldenrod so XP). Ranae followed the man, pausing to read the sign before continuing.

She was now Underground Path, and unfortunately there were quite a lot of people down there, she would have to be very careful to make sure the man didn't attack anyone. As she walked she noticed a pokeball laying on the ground, she reached down to pick it up, silently wondering who it belonged to before shrugging and pocketing it ((B/N: Hahaha! Maybe she's the one who's a schizophrenic psycho! Rflmao)) she would turn it into the police later. Ranae then noticed another one and frowned, she picked it up and looked up to see the back of the burglar disappear into the crowd, dropping another pokeball from his bag. Ranae growled and ran after him, leaning forward to grab the third pokeball from the ground as she passed it.

The man reached the end of the path and looked around desperately for an escape route, finding none he spun around as spotted Ranae. They glared at each other and the man reached into his bag to pull out a last pokeball, a shocked look crossed his face when he noticed the other pokeballs were gone.

Ranae smirked and waved the two pokeballs in her hand in the air, "Lookin' fer these~?" she called in a taunting voice, the man growled and tossed the pokeball in the air; Ranae noticed that it was black, yellow and white, a Hyper Ball.

The red beam of light shot out quick and a tall humanoid pokemon appeared almost instantly. Ranae gasped, everything the Wakahisa's had said had been true. Before her stood a taller than natural Hitmonchan, its left arm completely made out of metal, a small array of colored lights flashed along its length as the Hitmonchan glared out at Ranae, his left eye covered with a red lens.

The burglar was also staring at the pokemon with a mixture of disgust and shock, but he shook his head and turned to glare at Ranae instead, "Hitmonchan use Sky Uppercut on that bitch!" he ordered, but the Hitmonchan didn't move, it just continued glaring at Ranae. The burglar growled and pointed an accusing finger at the Hitmonchan, "Hey you stupid pokemon! Are you listening to me?! I said attack!"

Ranae flinched as the Hitmonchan's eyes flashed and it slowly turned its head to give the burglar a sideways glare over his left shoulder, glaring at him through the red lens over his left eye.

The burglar paled for a second before his face turned red in rage, "Hey! I'm talking to you! Attack her now before I" he was cut off as the Hitmonchan suddenly appeared right in front of him, Ranae and the burglar gasped neither of them had even seen him move!

"Urusai," the Hitmonchan said quietly bringing his arm back, it sparked in the signature form of a Thunderpunch. The burglar's eyes widened at the sight of it, and the fact that the pokemon had spoken with its mouth and was now sneering at him with a cruel smirk.

Men and women screamed and ran around as the man crashed into the wall in an explosion of sparks, Ranae paled when the Hitmonchan slowly turned to face her. He glared at her again and Ranae just stared at him cautiously, she hadn't heard him speak.

Ranae held her hands up in defense, "E-easy there, just calm down, no one is trying to hurt you," Ranae started, but the Hitmonchan just rolled his eyes and brought his arm up; it immediately caught on fire in preparation, Ranae realized, for a Firepunch.

"No, but they probably should," the Hitmonchan said in complete Japanese, causing Ranae to gasp, "Y-you can t-talk!" she exclaimed and the Hitmonchan smirked, "Oh I can do more than that," he said pointing his fist at Ranae, shooting a line of flames at her.

Ranae's eyes widened and she jumped out of the way, thankful that the people and shop owners down here had run away.

"Hold still," the Hitmonchan grumbled a tiny light in the corner of his lens blinking red as he shot at Ranae again. He growled in frustration as she dodged again.

"That's it!" the Hitmonchan shouted angrily and firing a large blast at Ranae, it moved to fast for her to act and she brought her arms up to protect her head, but knew the attack would break her arms if not the rest of her body.

She felt suddenly the writhing pain she had felt earlier and screamed just as the attack was about to hit her.

The Hitmonchan raised his right arm to cover his face as the attack exploded on impact, he laughed, "Now that that's taken care of…" he paused when he realized that there was a glow coming from the smoke and debris created by the explosion, "What the hell?" he said as the smoke cleared to show Ranae shielded by a blue barrier, he then noticed that she looked different.

Her hair that had once been raven blue, was now lilac on the frontal part (her bangs mostly) and there seemed to be a pair of ears or horns pushing out from the top; her skin was still pale, but looked as though it were made of velvet. He also noticed that her shoes were gone and she was standing on her toes, which had grown together and taller almost like a cat pokemon's when they stood on their hind legs.

The Hitmonchan blinked as he noticed one other new feature; she had a tail. It was a darker lilac than her hair, maybe purple and waved around lazily behind her as she glared at him with glowing blue eyes.

"What the Hell?!" he exclaimed again raising his left arm to point threateningly at her, ready to attack if she moved.

Ranae smirked from behind the barrier and chuckled, her voice deeper and darker than before, "Oh please," she said and one of the pokeballs on her belt glowed and flew into the air. The barrier widened and the Hitmonchan took a step back as the pokeball opened and released the pokemon from within it, inside the barrier. The red light cleared to reveal the pokemon Ranae had found earlier, a Hypno.

The Hypno tilted its head in mock curiosity and began to swing the pendulum its kin all carried with them. The Hitmonchan began to feel drowsy and desperately tried to look away but it was no use, even with the lens on it's eye the hypnotic rhythm of the swinging pendulum was quickly putting him to sleep.

"Damn…it…" he muttered as he slowly lowered his arm and collapsed to the ground, snoring softly.

Ranae laughed evilly and returned the slowly lowering the barrier, she groaned as she slowly changed back to normal, the Hypno glanced back at her curiously.

Ranae brought a hand up to her head and groaned, "Ugh…what happened?" she asked looking around in confusion. The last thing she remembered was that she was about to be killed by the Hitmonchan's attack. She looked up and saw the scene in front of her, she raised an eyebrow at the snoring Hitmonchan, she stared for a few seconds before she finally turned and looked at the Hypno.

"Did you save me?" she asked it, but it just blinked twice and Ranae frowned in confusion.

Suddenly they heard rapid footsteps running in their direction, they turned to see a large group of policemen dressed SWAT style running towards them. They all then stopped a few meters away and raised their guns, "Freeze!" one shouted and Ranae raised an incredulous eyebrow at them.

A blue haired woman pushed her way through a few of the policemen wearing a dark pair of sunglasses and holding a gun as well, an Officer Jenny.

"Don't worry!" Ranae called with a small grin, "We've got everything under control! The burglar and his pokemon are unconscious!"

Ranae rolled her eyes when none of the policemen moved or spoke, "Look," she said irritated, "I'm not the bad guy okay? I was sent by Officer Danny to catch this guy for stealing pokemon from the Daycare Center on Route 34 and I have done that."

The mentioning of Officer Danny seemed to ring a few bells as the policemen slowly lowered their guns, Ranae returned the Hypno to prove she wasn't a threat and they lowered their guns completely.

"Now, if you excuse me, I have to return these pokemon to the Daycare Center, there is still one other burglar on the loose, carrying an Exeggutor, a baby Kangaskhan and perhaps other stolen pokemon that I am determined to rescue," she explained as she slowly walked around the sleeping Hitmonchan and approaching the burglar.

He had a large smoking burn on his stomach and was twitching slightly, obviously alive as he groaned and blinked his eyes open, he screamed as he noticed Ranae in front of him. Ranae rolled her eyes and held her hand out, "The pokeball please," she growled, the burglar stared at her with wide eyes, his eyes flew to the unconscious Hitmonchan and he quickly tossed the pokeball to Ranae, "Just take it!" he exclaimed. Ranae smirked and stalked away, pausing to return the Hitmonchan as she passed, the policemen stepped out of the way as she passed and Ranae blew them a kiss causing them all to blush.

Officer Jenny rolled her eyes and Ranae waved at her happily, "Just tell Danny that he and I are going to have a talk about whom he sends to do police work. I swear that man…" she shook her head and Ranae giggled, "Don't be too hard on him please, Danny Oji is really nice!" she called as she made her way for the stairs.

She was stopped by one of the policemen, he grinned at her from under his helmet, "Don't worry, the worse she'll do is refuse to go to dinner with him, they're extremely close," he chuckled and Ranae grinned, "O'rly?" she asked laughing, "That's good to know," she waved at him and jogged up the stairs.

She stared up at the sky with a frown as soon as she outside, the moon peaked out every few seconds and Ranae winced, "Gotta find it," she grunted making her way to the marketplace hoping that it was still open. She groaned again when she noticed the area deserted and most stalls void of their purchasable items.

"Damn," she muttered as the moon emerged began to emerge from the clouds, she started running down the street desperately trying to get away from the moonlight.

"Hey someone shouted and Ranae looked around frantically in order to run away from them, "Your blue haired friend is in danger in the Ilex Forest, you better hurry before she gets hurt or worse!"

Ranae's eyes widened and she ran from the city towards the forest, ignoring the fact that some random person knew about her friend, Aiko's safety was more important. She gasped as she heard a far off scream and growled as the moon fully emerged from the clouds. She quickly transformed into what she had been earlier and leaped into the trees, running and jumping far faster than she had ever gone before.

Ranae burst through the trees and saw the man and Aiko and the knife; Aiko screamed her name and Ranae practically roared launching herself at him and knocking him over. The knife flew from his hand as they rolled around on the ground, ignorant of the fact that Aiko and Dirk were watching them in shock.

"Oh no," Aiko said, quickly running over to Dirk and handing him the baby Kangaskid, she kneeled down by her bag, tossing things around until she found what she was looking for, two small hard fruit, a red and a yellow Apricorn. She turned to see Ranae on her back, the man trying to choke her, "Ranae!" she cried in fear.

"T-that's Ranae?!" Dirk shouted from behind her, but Aiko ignored him, she ran towards the two wrestling people, slightly grateful when Ranae managed to kick the man off of her and into a tree, where he stayed.

"Ranae!" she cried quickly tossing the Apricorns at Ranae, "Catch!" Ranae spun around and reflexively caught the two fruits, she growled at Aiko and took a step closer as though she were going to attack her, but instead she ran past her and at Dirk.

Ranae dropped the fruit and picked up Dirk by the collar of his shirt, "No Ranae!" Aiko shouted, "Don't hurt him!" Ranae ignored her though, her eyes glowed and Dirk's whole body followed suit, his eyes rolled back into his head and he slumped in her grasp, knocked unconscious. Ranae then dropped him, holding her head, she shook her head violently and growled flinging herself at the fruits, stuffing them both into her mouth and biting down harshly. They both shattered and Ranae swallowed them.

Aiko sighed in relief as Ranae slowly returned to her normal form, she ran to her and knelt at her side, "Are you okay?" she asked in a worried voice.

Ranae coughed and spit out a few seeds from the Apricorns, "Yeah, I'm okay…" she looked up at Aiko with a sad and worried look, "Are you okay?" she asked, tears beginning to appear in her eyes.

Aiko wrapped her arms around Ranae's neck and muttered soothing words to her, "Shh, I'm fine Ranae, shh, don't cry," Ranae turned her head and kissed Aiko on the cheek, "I w-was s-so scared," Ranae sobbed clinging to Aiko desperately, "I saw him b-bring the k-knife down and I-I w-was s-so sure that he w-was going to…going to" she sobbed harder and tightened her grip on Aiko's shirt.

Aiko sighed as Ranae continued to sob on her shoulder, "Ranae…" she then noticed the Kangaskid hiding behind the unconscious form her Espeon. "Ranae I need to help the others…"

Ranae sniffed and nodded, quickly releasing Aiko and rubbing at her eyes furiously, she laughed, "I-I such a wimp," she muttered. Aiko smiled and slowly stood up, first making her way over to the Kangaskid, which ran out from behind Sunshine and clung to her leg.

"Oh dear," Aiko said reaching down to pick it up, "Poor baby," she murmured rocking him in her arms, Ranae looked up at them and smiled at the cute scene, "Ick, Aiko you are such a mother!" she laughed as she stood, making her way over to Dirk, "Crap," she muttered looking down at him, "What'd I do to him?"

Suddenly he shot up causing Ranae to scream and leap back, "Aiko Watch Out!" he shouted, before he looked around and realized no one wasn't in danger, "Huh? What happened to the burglar?" he asked with a suspicious frown, then he noticed Ranae and blinked in surprise, "Ranae? What are you doing here?" he asked curious.

Ranae raised an eyebrow at him, "You don't remember?" she asked him with a frown, Dirk copied her look, "Should I?" he asked suspicious.

Aiko cut in by leaning in between them to pick up the Max Revives, "Ranae came in right before that burglar attacked me, she knocked him over and they wrestled around until she kicked him into that tree," she explained, leaving out the part of when Ranae had attacked him, pointing to where the burglar was…or had been.

Dirk and Ranae looked over at the tree when Aiko gasped, "Arceus Damn it!" Ranae cursed, "He's gone!" Dirk slowly got up and groaned, he paused to return his Growlithe, Aiko followed suit returning all but her Staraptor to which she gave a Max Revive instead. He squawked as he came to, apparently expecting more fighting, but he calmed down quickly.

Ranae pulled out Horus' pokeball and released him, "Well, I guess we better head back to the Daycare Center before something else happens, come on guys," she said to Aiko and Dirk as she climbed up onto Horus' shoulders. Aiko walked over to her, the Kangaskid in her arms, "Ranae?" she asked and Ranae looked down at her curiously, "Ya?" she asked blinking as Aiko held the Kangaskid up in her face, "I can't carry him on Nova's back."

Ranae blinked in shock, "So have Dirk carry him," she said with eyebrow raised, as though it was the simplest thing in the world. Aiko rolled her eyes slightly, "Dirk is going to be with me on Nova," she explained slowly causing to Ranae to frown and roll her eyes back at Aiko, "Shut up," she said reaching down to pick the Kangaskid up from Aiko's grasp, causing it to shiver in fear. Ranae quickly held it close in her arms in hushed it quietly rocking it back and forth. It cooed happily at her and Dirk, Aiko, Horus and Nova all snickered at her.

"Shut up!" she growled at them as Aiko and Dirk got on Nova's back, "You don't make a bad mother yourself," Aiko said as Nova took off, and Ranae rolled her eyes and ordered for Horus to follow them towards the Daycare Center, Ranae's eye twitched as the Nidoking continued to laugh at her, "Shut up Horus!" she shouted irritated.

A/N: Well, what do you know? The Hitmonchan talks, wasn't expecting that. ((B/N: Yea, what' his problem he...wait, what do you mean you weren't expecting that?! You wrote it!)) A/N2: Ya, but I hadn't planned on having him talk, I wasn't even going to have Ranae save Aiko, I was going to...well, that doesn't matter now, what matters is whether you guys liked it! Tell me what chu think okay? The next chapter I think will be a little fluffy okayz? ((B/N2: Eww...fluff? Daray you know us vampires hate fluff! Gah, whatever Later day Loser/Lovers! (LdL/L!))