Well, I managed to get this chapter up. Felt a little quicker this time. I guess I'm getting a little more consistent. Anyway, enjoy the chapter.
"Pokeshifters? That's what you are called?" Viktor asked with a bit of curiosity.
"In a way," Soren replied rather calmly, "Humans being able to take on a form of a Pokemorph. It's quite natural, I assure you."
"Okay…," Cecil said with a slight surprise in his voice, "Why didn't we all know this beforehand. I mean, you were too strong to not have training or something that takes a lot of time."
"Well, sometimes some shifters are born with raw talent," Kama said as she sat down, "but like you said, some training is required to use them properly."
"So how long have you been able to do this?" Viktor asked pressingly, "You still haven't told us that."
"Don't be so rushed for answers, my friend," Soren said calmly, "If you need to know so badly, we have had at least 5 years of fighting to know learn how we fight."
"5 years?" Cecil exclaimed, confused, "how could you do it for only that long? Didn't you know about it when you were a kid or something?"
"…Oh!" Viktor exclaimed realizing something, "The Diffusion Wave Incident! You had something to do with it, didn't you?"
"No, well, in an indirect fashion, maybe" Aqune's father said as he sat down, "sit down, it might take while for me to explain things."
Viktor was a reluctant at first, unable to believe what he had seen or what he was hearing now. But after seeing Cecil and Yasuka sitting down with a somewhat calm trust in them, he felt he had no choice either, considering he wanted to know everything. So he sat down, and looked up to Aqune's father.
"Alright," Viktor started to ask, this time a little calmer that he was originally, "please tell us how that incident is connected to your… abilities."
"Certainly, but first," Aqune's father answered, then he turned to Kama, "Hey Kama, show them your mark."
"What, they don't see it," she remarked with a little a humor in her voice, "Okay, I'll show it."
When she turned to the right, she showed a mark that seemed to be a hollow star with 17 points on it. In the middle of it, there were 3 marks that seem to make a triangle, as well as a solid triangle in the middle.
"…Okay, surprise me," Yasuka said with some curiosity in her voice, "what's the tattoo for?"
"Not a tattoo, my friend," Kama said while patting Yasuka's head. "More like a birthmark that you don't discover until later in life."
"Anyway, it will be the first thing that will instantly yell Pokeshifter in your mind," Aqune's father said with assurance.
Viktor decided to think about the events that had occurred the whole day, while piecing together what he had heard.
"Mom, what do you mean by that?" Aqune asked, sitting up after her mother treated her injuries.
"We are, what you can say, two different beings at once," her mother told her, putting medical tools away into her case.
Aqune thought for a moment on what had happened in the last few moments. She was having a mixed fever, she was turned into an Eevee morph in the restroom, she just got out of a school bombing, and she just saw her father throw lightning. At that point she was pretty much baked from all the recent excitement.
"I know this is really hard for you," her mother said, putting her hand on her shoulder, "but keep yourself together. You'll find this to be a little better than you will expect."
"Okay," Aqune answered, knowing that was the only thing she could do at the moment.
"Good," her mother simply replied, gesturing her to get up, "let me show you the first thing that you will always remember."
She got up and was brought to her small dresser, with a small mirror on it. She sat down onto a stool, sitting right in front of the mirror.
"Now, I think you've seen the 17 star marked on you, right?" Aqune's mother asked, lifting her hand up.
When Aqune looked at her hand, she remembered what she had seen before. The 17-pointed star was definitely there, along with another symbol in the middle. It appeared to be another star, only this one had 6 points to it.
"Now I want you to focus on this particular symbol," her mother said, "just close your eyes and focus on it."
Aqune did as she was told, closing her eyes and keeping her focus in the symbol. She pictured it in her mind.
"Good, now try to imagine yourself in your human form," her mother instructed.
She did so, and she could see herself as what she originally looked like. A feeling then intensified throughout her body, spreading throughout it like wild fire. Ignoring this, she kept her focus on her self-image and the symbol.
"Okay, you may open your eyes now," her mother said to her.
When she did so and looked at the mirrored, she was surprised. She was restored to her human form, with all the fur and other Eevee features disappeared. No traces of what she was had remained. All that was left was the star mark on her right hand. Aqune could only remain speechless, while her mother patted her head.
"There," she said with a smile, "now you've got your human form back."
Aqune turned around to see her mother. She looked at her for a moment, and then got up out of her chair. She lied on her bed and put her hand on her head. Then she looked to her mother.
"I'm sorry…, it's just so hard to take all this in at once," Aqune said with some exhaustion in her voice. "Can I have a minute to myself?"
"Sure," her mother replied positively, leaving her room.
When she was alone, she looked up and thought for a moment.
A pokeshifter… part human... part Pokemorph…. It's all so confusing. But why...,why did I get such powers?
She looked at her symbol. It was still the same star as it was when she first looked at it.
Ah well, maybe I can benefit from this. But what am I going to say to my friends when they see me?
"What is Aqune gonna say when she comes out?" Cecil said panicked, scratching his head frantically.
"Calm down," Viktor said with some annoyance in his eye, "If you act like that, Aqune's going to have an even harder time dealing with this."
Yasuka spun her fingers around for a second, and then she looked up to Soren.
"Umm, Mr. Tesel," she spoke with shyness in her voice.
"Yes, my little kind friend?" Soren responded with gentleness in his voice.
"Can…can anyone be a Pokeshifter?" she asked with some hesitation.
"No, I'm afraid it's not that simple," he said, scratching the back of his head, "not anyone can simply become a shifter."
"You see, a person has to be born a Pokeshifter," Aqune's father explained, "It's in some way a bloodline. You'd have to have a parent who was a shifter. Otherwise, you wouldn't get powers through natural means."
Viktor thought for a moment when he heard this new bit of information.
So, one has to have the blood of a Pokeshifter to be one. I guess it's not as simple as most people think it is.
Suddenly, he felt very tired. He tried to keep his eyes open, but he just kept dozing away. He managed to keep them open by hittng his head.
"Yikes! Viktor!" Cecil exclaimed, "you alright?"
Kama reached out to his arm and put her hand on him. She closed her eyes for a bit, then she opened them and smiled.
"Well," she said calmly, "Don't worry, I think you'll be alright."
Viktor could only nod at her reassurance. However, his fading focus continued to go, no matter how he tried to stay awake. He could only think that it was nothing, and wanted to see Aqune, so she won't feel anything bad about herself.
Well just like that, it seems fate has a new card to play to this story, anyhow, rate, comment and subscribe.
