This is my favorite chapter by far. Getting to write about this mysterious M was so exciting! I hope that you guys like it as much as I do. Enjoy!
Yuki took a deep breath. She hadn't told anyone about her encounter with M. That's what started this whole mess. Telling Calvin and getting him to believe her would be quite difficult. Even if she did tell him and he did believe her would he continue to help keep her secret?
"Are you? Because it seems like you're still hesitating." His voice was filled with ice and he continued his swift pace down route 17. Yuki had to run to catch up with him. She didn't remember him being this fast.
"I just don't know where to start. It's a lot to take in." With her words Calvin paused in mid-stride. He turned to her, and Yuki choked on a gasp. He had been so calm before, but now his eyes held a burning fire of hatred. She took a step back. This was completely different from when she had asked about his ribs. Something had broke open.
"I'm sorry." Almost immediately his gaze softened and he looked away. Yuki's fearful heart beat slowed, and she was able to breath again. "Take your time." He continued and Yuki raced after him again.
"I've told you that I traveled for awhile before settling here in the Kalos Region right?" Calvin nodded and Yuki continued, picking up Eevee. "I've traveled almost everywhere. From Hoenn to Kanto, even to Unova." Memories of her other adventures flooded Yuki, and she smiled. "Well, when I was visiting home in the Kanto region I got this feeling that something was calling me."
Calvin kept the silence, but Yuki could tell that she peaked his interest. He was listening. "I decided to go investigate. I ended up finding an underground fresh water source." Yuki's mind flashed back to the memory.
~Past~
"Well isn't this quaint?" She giggled as Eevee ran into the water. "Well I guess you guys can have your fun." She released all of her pokemon, letting them go play. Yuki sat down at the water's edge, taking off her shoes and socks. She watched her pokemon with a smile on her face. Then she took the time to examine her new underground paradise.
There were ferns and grass growing, even though there was hardly any light source. The light seemed to come from the water itself. It looked completely clear and clean. Almost pure. It was then that she spotted an odd looking flower.
Stiff crystal like leaves sprouted from the bottom, holding it in place. The rest of the strange flower looked like leaves were wrapping the inside up in a cozy cocoon. It's colors were different shades of blue and light purples.
As Yuki approached it, It suddenly opened up. The leaves unraveled, and she was blinded by a light. When Yuki opened her eyes again, she saw a small little flying object. "It can't be!" Hovering before her, was the legendary pokemon Mew. Yuki reached out her hand, and tried to touch it. To her surprise her fingers passed right through it, and the figure flickered. She retracted her hand. Yuki racked her brain, trying to understand what it was. What this was.
The Mew moved, almost haphazardly. Yuki watched as it neared the water. She saw its eyes close and it landed in the water with a splash. Then, ice closed around the Mew, dragging it into the water. Yuki blinked and everything returned to normal. The flower closed up again. Her pokemon were still playing in the water. It was then Yuki remembered where she had seen the flower before.
It was a Time Flower. She had been reading an article about it written by a professor. It only grew near the Tree of Beginning. So why was it here? Yuki moved to the water, kneeling down. If it was a Time Flower, then it was showing her something of the past. But, only people with the right aura could activate it. Was Mew still in the water?
"H-help." Yuki's head shot up. Who was that? The water seemed to grow brighter, and her pokemon stopped playing to examine the water. Fear gripped Yuki, what was happening?
"Absol, Bayleef, Sylveon, Umbreon, Espeon, Eevee, get out of the water!" Yuki shouted. Her pokemon immediately obeyed her orders. They scampered out of the water, coming to her side. She didn't understand, what was going on? As she watched the water for any danger, she spotted something. It was a sphere of ice. Just like what she was shown in the time flower memory.
"Please, I don't have much time." Again, the voice entered her mind. Yuki shook her head, and was surprised to find that she could speak back without using words.
"Get out of my head!" She thought angrily.
"You must listen to me! I am sick. I encased myself in ice to preserve the time I have. I beg of you, Champion, please come to my aid." Champion? What the heck was that? She didn't know, but the words buried themselves deep inside her. Yuki hesitated. What would this do, what would this bring? Yuki shrugged her thoughts off. There was a pokemon that needed her help.
Taking off her jacket, Yuki dove into the water. She shivered at the cold, cracking open her eyes. A couple of feet below her was the sphere of ice. She could barely make out the form of Mew. Was that who was speaking to her? Was it Mew? She had heard that legendary pokemon had telepathy, but she had never seen it in action. No one had. If anyone even saw a legendary pokemon it was just a glimpse. No one had ever communicated with one. Except for Ash Ketchum.
"Hurry Champion. I'm running out of time." Yuki pulled herself out of her thoughts and began swimming. When she reached the sphere her lungs were burning. She wrapped her arms around it. It was quite heavy, and Yuki could barely even hold onto it. It was then that she realized she wouldn't be able to take the sphere and make it back. Even now she was almost out of air.
Kicking her feet, she made an attempt to get to the surface. She was only able to manage a couple of inches. Finally, her lungs exploded and she let out a burst of bubbles. She knew she couldn't inhale, but her lungs needed something. Yuki started to choke, and she didn't have the energy to kick anymore. "Champion! You need to fight."
"I can't…" Her world slowly started to fade into black. As she slowly lost consciousness she could hear the startled cries of her pokemon.
"Yuki, I'm sorry."
~Present~
"That's one of the last things I remembered before I blacked out." They had stopped for lunch, and by now, Calvin was completely invested in the story. He looked up Yuki while she paused. The next part still made Yuki shudder when she thought about it. The pain she had experienced before was only the beginning. She grimaced, looking Calvin straight in the eyes. He looked a bit startled at the eye contact, and Yuki saw him bring up his wall. "Before I move on, I want to make sure that you are ready for what is to come. It gets gruesome after that."
"I think I can handle it. You forget I'm a police officer." Calvin smiled, despite the depressing atmosphere. Yuki didn't react, instead she grew more serious. Calvin didn't understand. The words slipped from her mouth before she could stop them.
"You've never seen a pokemon combine with a human." Calvin's smile immediately dropped. Yuki continued. "When I came to, I immediately knew that something was wrong with me."
~Past~
Her eyes snapped open. She was on land, out of the pond. How? Yuki lifted herself off the ground, immediately knowing something was wrong. Her vision swam and memories that were not hers filled her mind. Her stomach felt sick. Suddenly searing pain came over her and Yuki fell back to the ground. Her pokemon surrounded her, worried looks on their faces.
"Are you alright?" Yuki could barely register that her pokemon were speaking to her. She could understand them.
"She will be fine. But at the moment she will experience enormous amounts of pain. It may last for a few hours." As Mew spoke, Yuki threw up. She dug her fingers into the fine dirt to do something, anything that would lessen the pain. "Again, I'm sorry Yuki."
"What did…." Yuki gasped sharply as needles of pain shot through her head. "...you do to me?" She gritted her teeth as the world spun around her. She could almost hear the pokemon hesitate.
"I've combined our souls." Yuki shot up, making her body scream in pain. She collapsed again, coughing. Ruby red blood splattered across the dirt. "That is not a good sign."
"You did what?!" Yuki managed to shout. Her pokemon flinched away from her. Her whole body convulsed, and Yuki let out whimpers of pain.
"I combined our souls." Mew's voice rose. "I had no choice. We were both dying and you were unconscious. I did what I had to." Yuki curled up a bawl, tears streaming down her face.
"Reverse it! It's..." She had to pause as her lungs stopped working. She wanted desperately to scream but nothing was coming out. When her lungs started working again she gasped for breath. "The pain is too much. I-i- can't handle i-" Yuki again had to cough out blood as it filled her mouth. Blood started to drip from her nose too.
"I can't reverse it. At least not now. Maybe when I'm stronger…" Yuki screamed out in pain as another wave came over her. The world went dark around her as the pain overwhelmed her.
"She's stabilized now, but we don't know what will happen next. This is new, something we've never seen before." Yuki stirred, causing the voices to go silent.
"Yuki? Are you awake?" Her mother's voice caused Yuki's eyes to flutter open. She still had a headache. Her mother's face came into view, along with her sobbing father and the doctor.
"Mom, dad?" She groaned. Closing her eyes again. Her mother clutched her hand, causing Yuki to open her eyes again. Her pokemon were nowhere in sight. She was in a hospital bed, hooked up with so many wires she wondered if she was dying.
"Oh, my baby girl! What happened? You pokemon came in, causing quite the ruckus. They had managed to carry you all the way home. You had lost so much blood, and you looked like you couldn't breathe." Yuki opened her mouth to tell them about the cave and the combination, but Mew stopped her.
"You can't tell them anything! If this gets spilled to the world you'll become a science experiment."
"You can't know that for sure!" Yuki spat. Her mother jerked back, looking alarmed and surprised. Mew mentally slapped her.
" Communicate inside your brain you idiot!"
"Don't call me an idiot! You don't know my parents like I do. They would understand me and get me out of this mess you put me into. What was that back there? How did you stop me from saying anything?"
"We are part of the same body now. I can take control of you if I wished. You can choose to fight against it and whoever has the strongest mind will take dominance. Currently you are the strongest, but as time goes on I will gain more power. I will chose to step aside though, since I forced you into this."
"Tell me again why I can't tell my parents."
"No one should know that you just combined with a legendary pokemon. Or whatever you people call us this day. Trust me!"
~Present~
"And so I did. I've trusted him up to this point." Yuki finished her tale. Calvin was staring wide eyed at her. He had stopped walking, halting their travel.
"So, your telling me, that you have the most powerful legendary pokemon living inside of you?" Yuki bit her lip while M laughed. She nodded and Calvin let out the breath he had been holding in.
"Why thank you. I wasn't aware that I was the most powerful." Yuki smiled at M's sarcasm. She would have to relay the message.
"M tells you thank you for your compliment."
"Does he." Calvin ran a hand through his hair. He looked like he had lost his grip on reality. They continued walking and Calvin was silent for several minutes. Yuki wondered if it was too much for him to handle.
"Calvin, I believe M can make you forget all about this if it's too much for you to handle." His head snapped to look back at her.
"No. It's fine." Calvin took in a shaky breath. "You haven't explained why your Mew's Champion."
"Don't call him Mew. Call him M. It will cause less attention then you just calling out a legendary pokemon's name." Calvin nodded and Yuki explained. "M calls me his Champion because I had the right aura to unlock the Time Flower's memories. He felt like I was the only one who could help him."
"What about what you are doing now? What makes it right for you to lie to the world?" Calvins words were bitter, and Yuki had to stop herself from flinching. It had gotten dark, and they would have to set up camp soon.
"M and I learned that in order for our souls to be seperated, I needed to become stronger. He calculated that just doing one wouldn't be enough. I would have to do both. So here I am, doing Pokemon Battles and Showcases."
"Why was M combined into your body? Why wasn't it the other way around?" Yuki didn't know the answer to that question. She asked M for help.
"I'll speak with him."
"You can speak with other people?" Yuki wondered why this wasn't told to her before.
"Yes. But the participant needs to be willing. Of course, if you needed me to, I could just take control and converse with him using your voice and body." Yuki shuddered at the thought. M had done it once before, and Yuki could never forget the feeling.
"No, just let me prepare him for it." Yuki felt M nod and she focused her attention back on Calvin. "M will tell you the answer. He can speak with you if you keep your mind open and if you are willing. I will also be able to hear what you say to him and what he says. That's just how it works."
"He can do that?" Calvin looked surprised.
"Umbreon was right, you are a stupid cop." Yuki frowned at M's harsh tone. Calvin's eyes grew the size of saucers. It was almost funny.
"What in the world is this? How?" Calvin's thoughts were clear, even though he wasn't speaking.
"We can hear your thoughts Calvin, so careful what you think of. If we do this often you will learn how to control it." M laughed. It felt weird for Yuki to have M conversing with someone other than her. Calvin's thoughts were now frantic, and an image came to Yuki's mind. It was of a taller man that had some of Calvin's features. The only difference was his eyes were cold and wild. Then the image dissipated.
"I'm sorry. Is there a different way he can tell me?" Calvin closed off his mind, turning away. Yuki nodded.
"Yes, don't freak out though. I don't like this method but I want you to trust me." Yuki closed her eyes, handing the reins over to M. Her body crumpled to the ground as the souls switched places. Yuki headed to the dark corner that she hated. The corner that M spent most of his days in.
What did you guys think? Hopefully I'll get another chapter out soon. Again, no promises! I suck at keeping them.