Doki Doki Kanto Adventure

Chapter 4: The wandering monks of Ecruteak City

Yuri's Perspective.

Hello, my name is Yuri and when I was a child I was a monster. A real wild child that valued neither lives nor emotions. I grew up in a perpetual state of aggression, not suitable for civilization. I bullied and beat kids in the schoolyard and made every day for my teachers a living hell. Until one day I was expelled for stabbing multiple kids with a pen knife I had snuck on campus in my sock.

My parents loved me but also feared me. They didn't know how to help their little Yuri who every day seemed to get a little bit worse, a little more violent, a little bit more evil.

They brought me to therapist after therapist, spiritualists and pastors. All came to the same conclusion: there was no hope for me; I had a demon that could not be expunged. Some advised my parents in confidence to throw me into the sea and let me drown before more people got hurt. My parents were pained at the realization that the path I was going would most likely lead to prison. Or worse. But one day, 8 years ago, my parents took me to Lavender Town to consort with the spiritual leader of the Lavender Tower. That was like any other day, the leader like them all said there was nothing he could do for me. But at the end he said something interesting.

"Although I don't know how to help your daughter I will recommend someone who might. His name is Mr. Fuji and he lives in this town on the far edge near Route 8 leading to Saffron City. Mr. Fuji is a master of self healing and knows all the remedies that come with it. He's even in touch with healers from all over the world. He's a genius!"

So the next day my parents took me to the house of Mr. Fuji. A large empty mansion, that gave off the air of a mad scientist's abode. The windows were dusty and the walls rotting, like it hadn't been seen upkeep in many years.

My Parents knocked on the door. A tall man answered the door. He had an air about him that gave him a touch of fanciness, he was clearly foreign, was he from Kalos maybe?

"Are you…Mr. Fuji?" My father asked. The man didn't reply. Instead he closed the door and left us there. We didn't know what to do so we sat there for a few more minutes. Just as we were about to give up the door opened again. This time an old man answered. His bald head shown in the sunlight and he gave us an incredibly warm smile. This was the man we were looking for.

"Dear me, you must excuse my butler, he started off as one of my patients and he still doesn't have the best social skills." The man motioned us to come inside and we did. We went into the living room and sat on the couch. Like the outside of the mansion the inside looked old and decrepit, every step made a creak like the entire house was about to collapse. How could anyone live here?

"You do not have to tell me why you are here. Mr. Toryama sent me an email explaining everything." He glanced over at me. I had pulled the head off of the doll my parents had bought me and was swinging it by its hair. "So this is the Yuri Toryama was so afraid of? Well you two are in luck because I did a lot of thinking yesterday evening and I believe I have the perfect plan to fix your daughter."

My parents gasped. Could this man really have the answer they were seeking? Could it really be true?

My father spoke first "Mr. Fuji, if I may, we've seen many people over the last 5 years and we've had heartache after heartache during all of them. How do we know that this will work?"

Mr. Fuji gave a knowing smile. "I know you've been in pain and I understand your frustration. Being the parents of the kind of child you have can be hard especially when no one is willing to help you. But I insist that the plan I'm about to tell you has a very high chance of success. If you are willing to hear me out of course."

My Father looked over at my mother she looked concerned but nodded in confirmation.

"If it's to help Yuri we'll do anything" My father finally stated.

Mr. Fuji clapped his hands. "Excellent, now onto my plan. Have you ever heard of the wandering monks of Ecruteak City?"

My parents looked at each other in confusion. My father said "No I can't say we have. What are they?"

Mr Fuji sipped his tea. "The wandering monks are a tribe of Spiritualists under the command of Morty, the gym leader of Ecruteak City. They believe that true inner peace can be obtained through isolation and interaction with Ghost type Pokemon. They wander the region of Johto looking for interesting new places to meditate and have conversations with their ghost friends. They are very secretive but I believe that with a little luck I can get Morty to allow your child to train with them for a few years."

My Father looked more concerned. "Will my daughter be safe with these monks? I sounds kind of dangerous."

Mr. Fuji laughed. "Ha, yes I cannot say it doesn't have its challenges. Your Yuri will be alone for a lot of the time with no one to talk to but the monks and her assigned Ghost Type Pokemon. The training will be rigorous and strict, She may not get by unless she has a strong heart and perseverance, but the folder showing your acts of love for her as well as what I've read about her past shows she has all the qualities worthy of this concept." He sighed and got up, going over to look out the window. "However I must warn you that if this doesn't work there aren't many more things I can do. This will take many, many, years and although the success rate has been high, it is not 100%. Are you still for doing this?"

My father stood up too "Yes, we say again if it's for Yuri we'll do anything."

Mr. Fuji turned around and looked my father in the eye. He could see he was telling the truth.

"Ok, then I'll email Morty in the morning to see his reply. For now I invite you to stay in the mansion as long as you like."

A few days later Mr. Fuji told my parents that Morty had reluctantly agreed to let me join the monks. He said that he could take me to Goldenrod through the high speed train from Saffron, then north to Ecruteak. So he and I said our goodbyes (well, as close to goodbye as I've ever said to my parents) and we went to the big city of Saffron. The hustle and bustle of the city was hard on me, Mr. Fuji had to keep me on a leash so I didn't bite anyone.

"I'm sorry to have to do this, treating a little girl like a dog, but it is just a precaution. Can't let you be hurting anyone now ha ha." He laughed. I just growled in response.

The train ride was long, the trip through Goldenrod was long. I really had no concept of time so I didn't know if the trip took minutes, hours, or days. But eventually we made it to Ecruteak City, standing in front of Morty's Gym.

Morty walked out the door and stood before us.

"Oh Mr. Fuji, welcome, is this the new monk you asked me to admit to my group?"

"Morty I really must thank you. This is a very unusual case and I know its last minute."

Morty laughed. "No problem bro. After the way you healed Ho-Oh when it got really sick a few years ago I'd do anything to help you."

Morty took me aside and looked me over. "My my you are a vicious little creature huh? Don't worry, in a few years you'll be as perfect as a pine tree in autumn."

The training began a few weeks later. Morty introduced me to Hau, Berry, and Walt, the monks I'd be training under. They seemed nice at first but this was only the beginning.

1 year later:

The training was long and hard, just like Mr. Fuji said. I began obviously very resistant to the training. Walt was in charge of making sure I got educated. He would come to my cave every couple of weeks and teach me how to read and write. His training was more painful than it had to be since every time I acted out he would sock me one with his powerful fists. But Walt wasn't a monster he made sure that every time he punched me I got the proper attention needed so I didn't become permanently damaged, I was only a little girl after all. Berry was in charge of making sure I didn't starve to death but he only gave me the bare minimum that I needed to survive. He said survival under low food conditions was part of the training. Hau gave me a number of Gastly and Misdrevous and made me play with all of them until I found one of each that I most resonated with. He said that these two would be my partners for life and would be my only company in the long nights ahead. Hau was also in charge of making sure I was a proper wandering monk by using fly to transport me to a new cave at a different part of Johto every 6 months. When the three of them felt that I was ready they left me and didn't come back. Berry would come when I was sleeping to give me food and Hau would come by to take me to a different cave but otherwise I saw no humans for a very long time. The cave I lived in was cold at night, I had minimal clothing, only a thin wool shirt and cotton shorts. It was so cold that I shivered and shivered and shivered some more. The stone walls echoed making the growls of my stomach sound like a bear had snuck in. I was lonely, so lonely. I trained every day with Gastly and Misdrevous, teaching them powerful moves and learning moves of my own. Eventually over the course of time we both became very strong, but my mind was weaker then my body. Over time my personality changed, from a rebellious young child to a shy demure teen who just wanted to go home…

8 years later

A long time has passed. I had no indication of how much, the Monks didn't use clocks or watches. My current location was a cave just north of the Lake of Rage, near Mahogany Town. If there was one thing I loved about my training it was the abundance of new places to see. I saw all of Johto, from the small town of New Bark, to the mighty Whirl Islands and Dragon's Den. My current location was a small shantily made thicket house built just off the northern shore of the Lake of Rage, near Mahogany Town.

It was night time in autumn that much I knew from the freshly fallen leaves and the colors dotting the skyline of the lake illuminated by the moonlight. I walked on the leaves, letting them crinkle under my feet as I slowly walked around collecting pine cones that would make for a good dinner that day. As I walked I also used a stick to collect some fish that got too close to the shore, they would also make for a good meal later. As I walked up to the shore to look for fish I suddenly heard a noise coming from behind me. I panicked; I wasn't supposed to let anyone see me. I jumped into the lake and remembered far too late I didn't know how to swim. I sunk into the emerald blue waters, struggling to keep my head above water but it was no use. Water filled my lungs and I passed out…

I awoke a short time later to find to my amazement I hadn't drowned. But how? I looked around to find an elderly man standing nearby. He wore a long blue robe with an equally long white scarf draped upon it. His shiny silver hair was mesmerizing but what really caught my eye were his, they were a crystal clear blue but they had a darkness in them that made me shiver, like he had seen many awful things in his life.

Noticing I was awake the man walked over and bent over to me offering me his hand. Knowing I was caught I accepted it and he helped me off the ground. He looked me over and started to speak his voice gravilly but somehow also having a smooth tone, like ice going through a wood chipper.

"My dear what is a young woman like yourself doing out here in the middle of the night? And jumping into the like with such minimal attire, it's like you wanted to freeze yourself to death."

I stood in silence, It wasn't what he said was wrong, but I knew that Walt and the others would be upset with me if I let anyone know who I was. Unfortunately, it seemed he already knew.

"Young lady I've only seen a few people crazy enough to act like you did dressed that scarcely and they all were under Morty's tutelage. Are you one of those insane wandering monks of his, well, are you?

I knew I was caught. I shook my head to confirm his suspicions.

"Arceus damn it Morty now you're conscripting teenagers into your racket? Come morning the two of us are marching right to Ecruteak and I'm giving that whipper snapper a piece of my mind!"

"No! I mean no, you don't have to do that for my sake."

He gave me a sad look. "I can't just sit idly by and watch a pretty girl like yourself throw your life away. Not as long as I'm the Gym Leader of this town."

I was shocked. "Sir just who are you?"

"My name is Pryce, Gym Leader of Mahogany Town and Ice type specialist. And come morning I'm freeing you from your shackles and you're going to thank me for it."

The following morning he kept his word. Going west through Mt. Mortar we went to Ecruteak and Pryce stormed into Ecruteak gym.

"MORTY! Come out here!" He roared.

Morty rushed out obviously upset.

"Pryce what are you doing, you're totally killing the gym's vibe!"

"Like you are killing this girl here? She jumped into the Lake of Rage and almost drowned because of the clown academy you call an outfit. Now if you know what's good for you you'll send her back to her parents and maybe give them some money for her trouble."

I was almost in tears watching him yell at Morty like that. No one had ever stuck their neck out for me like this before, I knew I had a debt to pay to Mr. Pryce and I'll never forget what he did for me…

Back to the present…

Mr. Fuji. The man who put me into that hellhole but I also had a debt to him as well.

"Mr. Fuji, I must thank you for what you did to me." I walked over and put my hand out to shake his. "If it wasn't for you I don't know where I'd be right now. So I must ask, no, implore you to take me on as your student. Teach me the ways of a healer so I can use my time to help people like Mr. Pryce helped me."

"Mr Pryce?" Sayori inquired "Who's that?"

I ignored her question. I was too anxious waiting for the old man's reply.

Finally after much thinking Mr. Fuji looked into my eyes and smiled.

"Yes, I believe I can arrange that, but you will have to come with me to Lavender Town and leave your friends, are you sure you can part with them so soon?"

"I'm sure. We'll see each other again since I'm sure that they will come to Lavender town during their journey."

Sayori flailed her arms in the air, upset

"Yuri you can't leave us, what about the Pokemon League don't you want to-"

But Natsuki stopped her mid sentence.

"Sayori I've never seen Yuri this serious before. If she wants to do this I say let her do it."

"Thank you Natsuke. Sayori If you want to go fight Brock or whoever he is go. I've made my decision."

Sayori ran out of the house.

Yuri was concerned. "Do you think she'll be ok?

Nasuke laughed. "Yeah she just needs something to help her decompress. She'll be fine after a good fight I think.

2 hours later in Pewter Gym…

Sayori was face to face with Brock the rock type specialist. Still very upset, she wasn't in the mood for games.

"I'm Brock the Pewter City's Gym Leader! I believe in rock hard defense and determination! That's why all my Pokemon are the Rock Type! Do you still want to challenge me? Fine then! Show me your best!"

Brock threw his Pokeball into the air and a giant stone snake appeared.

"Go Squirtle!" Squirtle appeared in a flash "Squirtle one shot it with Water Pulse!"

Squirtle opened its mouth wide and a blue circle of water floated around it. The circle exploded outward in a torrent and slammed into Onix, putting the rock snake down in one hit.

"Whoa, that's one mighty display little lady! Where'd you get such explosive power!" Brock returned Onix and walked up to Sayori impressed. "No matter. Here's the Boulder Badge, proof you beat me fair and square.

The shininess of the badge broke Sayori out of her funk at once. She awed at its sparkle.

"I also want you to have this. The TM for Rock Tomb." He handed her a brown CD. "This TM will teach the move instantly to one of your Pokemon, but be careful a TM can only be used once!"

Sayori skipped out of the Gym, her funk gone and her cheerfulness returned. She once again knew things will work out. They always do in the end.

TBC

Author's note: I'm sorry if Brock's battle wasn't anywhere close to long enough. I didn't want to dedicate a whole chapter for him after this long chapter. But Brock Fans you will be happy to know he'll show up next chapter in Mt. Moon!