Title: Luna
Rating: T
Summary: They had been one ever since they were made. It wasn't until something happened to make them now two. One of them went back to a sleep state while the other changed in form. A young girl, one without memories, was found on the night of a full moon by the Pokémon of the White Rune. Her name, Luna, a girl who wants to know who, what, she really is. As time came, she learned from the Pokémon, before one day it was decided that she would become a Trainer.
Warnings this Chapter: N/A
Pairing: Possible Cilan/Luna or N/Luna
Other: It's been a quite a bit of time, hasn't it?
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon. Pokémon is owned by Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, Creatures, Game Freak and Satoshi Tajiri. No profit was made in the writing of this fanfic.
Betas: June Dune and Discordence
"Hi," Pokémon Talking
This is -Pokédex Talking
Now To Answer Some Reviews:
AWPlays (to your other review)- Awww... Well, thanks for telling me. I hope to hear from you soon then~! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well. Hope you have a wonderful time with everything you want and happiness with your friends and family.
AWPlays- Luna did win her Gym Battle by chance with the same as Ash. It does depend on the circumstances with the battle. Maybe on a separate chapter, like as a one shot or maybe a past memory when it becomes Lucario POV, if more people what to see it, have Lucario and Sawsbuck battle in the forest and in the city. Thank you for the happy birthday, it means something when my readers do that. I hope you do something soon. Are you currently working, though? I hope you aren't totally bored with nothing to do... Well, thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
Bella- Sawsbuck is the strongest in the forest area he is Guardian of the Forest but he can be beaten as any other Pokemon could. He had knowledge and wisdom to use his attacks against many foes. He did train Lucario in order to protect Luna as with the Lords and Ladies of the forest. But anything could happen at any given moment. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
xAmethystFox- You can't just assume that Sawsbuck wasn't trained. He needed to become Guardian of the Forest someone way so he needed to strength and knowledge to do so but he did train Lucario for a while before Luna left the forest and onto her journey. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
Guest- You'll see what I mean when you read the next chapter or so. Thank you for the review. I hope you like the chapter.
Chapter 12
Decisions
Place: Somewhere in Pinwheel Forest, Between Nacrene City and Skyarrow Bridge, Southeastern Unova Region
Green eyes watched with a small smile at all the different Pokémon that surrounded him. N sat, legs stretched out with one arm laid across his stomach while the other sat on the ground beside him, leaning against a large tree on the grassy floor in a small clearing. The tree's truck was covered with moss and many vines. He let out a small chuckle as one of the small Bug Pokémon, Sewaddle, nudged at his hand before he began to stroke its leafy-covered back. Laying on the other side of him was a sleeping small, brown Pokémon with a very fluffy cotton-like substance covering its back, neck, and forehead. It had green, curled horns. It gave out soft snores. A few other Pokémon were asleep either on, next, or around him.
He was happy like this and closed his eyes to show how relaxed he was. The black brim of his hat fell over his eyes when he snaked back against the tree trunk. All of them stayed like that for who knew how long. It was only when he slowly opened his eyes to look at the branches above him was when he spoke, "So?"
With the ruffling of leaves, a tall man with long white hair tied in a loose, low pony, appeared some odd feet away from the other man. He wore a sleeveless crop top that had stretched to cover the lower half of his face combining with see-through material on a lean stomach. With black pants tucked into black boots, he had a dark gray half skirt on the back of the pants that rounded to the front, connected by two light grey straps that formed an X. There was a black band that kept his white bangs out of his face. Two other men appeared behind the first one, both of them looking like the first.
"We have found her, my King," the first one of the Shadow Triad announced, kneeling from his spot as the others followed his movement. "She is with her friends, traveling along the path of Pinwheel Forest not far from here."
Really?
N let out a pleased smile. He couldn't help but wait to see that girl he had bumped into again. He had felt something when they had clasped hands and knew she must have felt it as well. When he had seen her Lucario interact with her moments later, he could feel nothing but happiness, loyalty, and a fierce streak of protectiveness from the Aura Pokémon's heart. He had actually felt like he could feel her heart as well. It was like she was more Pokémon than Human. That had sparked his curiosity for the girl, finding her an intriguing little Human.
He wondered what her eyes looked like under her bangs. (How she could see under them in the first place?)
"Good," N said, glancing at them from his position. Some of the Pokémon around him stirred but otherwise left his bodyguards alone. "What have you found?" He wanted to know more before he set a plan in motion.
"She is currently traveling with Ash Ketchum, whose partner is Pikachu, from Pallet Town in the Kanto Region, Iris, who's from the Village of Dragons and whose partner is Axew, and Cilan, one of the three Gym Leaders of the Striation City Gym and an A-Class Pokémon Connoisseur," the Shadow Triad on the far left continued. "She seems to be closest to the Pokémon Connoisseur than with the Ketchum boy."
"Her constant traveling partner is Lucario, the Aura Pokémon who she's dubbed as closest companion and partner. It seems to always be at her side to protect her and never in its Poké Ball," the third member of Shadow Triad spoke after the second one.
"How many does she have in all?" N asked them.
"She had three in all. A Snivy is seen frequently in and out of its Poké Ball, carried in the girl's arms. She has one more that we have yet to identify. The only way we know of it is from when she spoke of it to the Pokémon Connoisseur."
N frowned slightly at the thought of Poké Balls though didn't say anything otherwise before asking, "What about the girl? What does her personality seem like from you observations?"
"She cares for her Pokémon more than she does for the Humans. The girl is more reserved when interacting with other Humans she does not know of except when she battles, something she likes to watch and do."
"She is most happy when she is with her Pokémon and would protect them from harm. The girl and Iris don't get along as she does with the boys."
"She also appears to have the gift of Aura." The three Shadow Triad men alternated when speaking to the green hair man.
N lifted his head up, letting out a small hum as his eyes sparked with interest. "I see." He laid his head back down, eyes closed, before waving his unoccupied hand at the three. "Do not make contact nor be seen as you continue to observe the girl. Tell me if you learn anything new."
The three men vanished as if they were never there. A pleased smile was on N's lips. His eyes were closed. He couldn't wait to meet her in person again. "Luna…" he muttered in the wind as he fell asleep.
Place: Pinwheel Forest, Between Nacrene City and Skyarrow Bridge, Southeastern Unova Region
It was two days later that Ash had won his Gym Match with Lenora, gaining the Basic Badge just as I did. A day later and we were back on the road. Remember that egg he had gotten from the daycare a few weeks ago? Well, as it turned out, it had hatched into a Scraggy with small red scales on its yellow head and cream-colored body and red, scaly belly. It had stared at with lazy oval eyes while it carried loose, yellow skin around its legs, resembling trousers, with some of it trailing behind it either form or cover a tail. I could be sure.
It looked overall healthy but… The head-butting I could use without. (Lucario as well… He didn't like to be head butted so suddenly…) The Pokédex entry was correct on that, though.
Scraggy, the Shedding Pokémon. The lower half of Scraggy's body is covered by a tough rubbery skin and when someone makes eye contact it responds with Headbutt.
Ash was happy though and that's what mattered for him and the others. But it started to get me thinking about if I was to leave the group and travel on my own. I've learned so much since I came in contact with so many colorful Humans and Pokémon that I couldn't begin to describe it. I didn't know how to thank Ash and the others for teaching me many things, even if they didn't know that they did. Don't get me wrong, I loved traveling with them but I wanted to see the Region with my own two eyes in my own way. I would even travel with them again…
I watched Ash and Iris admire the scenery as Cilan talked about the dangers of going off the trail. If you do, you could be lost for days, weeks even, as it was a natural maze once you diverged from the path.
I didn't know what to do. So I pushed those thoughts for later. I'd get back to them and then decide on what to do.
"The air is fresh and gentle; light is overflowing: I think good Pokémon can grow here," Cilan commented, taking a deep breath of clean and foliage-smelt air.
"That is very true." Snivy agreed with him, mimicking the Pokémon Connoisseur's movement. Lucario hummed after him. I could only smile, giggling lightly, when they glared at each other before looking away in opposite directions. It seemed they were still at odds with each other.
"It'd be nice to meet new Pokémon," I heard Ash say to his Pikachu and, somehow, by some universal law, a small Bug Pokémon had ambushed us just as Ash as said he wanted to meet new Pokémon. Somehow this was becoming a thing with him. Ash said one thing and someway, somehow, it'd come true.
The small Bug Pokémon was swinging from a stream of white sticky string from its mouth as it swooped down from a tree and used one of its orange round legs to kick Pikachu off of Ash's shoulder and onto the ground. He slammed on the ground once before landing on all fours, standing up with an angry hiss. It raised its arms in the air as he released a powerful bolt of yellow electricity from its body at the small Bug Pokémon as it swung in the opposite direction, smacking Ash in the face and dodging the attack. Pikachu ended up shocking Ash instead.
The small white and green Pokémon had a large head with two yellow two small, close-together knobs on its forehead with a broad, bitten leaf enfolding its head like a hood. Its green body had six stubby orange legs in all, two on each segment. Its eyes were black.
Taking out my Pokédex, I pointed it at the small bug Pokémon. It said:
Sewaddle, the Sewing Pokémon. Sewaddle hides from its enemies by covering its head with a hood made from a leaf, and is known to eat its leafy clothing when food is scarce.
Once the Pokémon had begun to fight with Pikachu, latching onto Pikachu's head with a Bug Bite, I couldn't help but laugh at the irony as everything happened. I couldn't believe that a small Sewaddle had been taking on Pikachu and winning. It just goes for sure, big things does come in small packages!
"Stop laughing!" Ash hissed but I could only laugh harder. I remembered when I had encountered a few Sewaddle in the forest back home. They were mighty little buggers when they wanted to be. After befriending a few of them and their evolved forms, they had helped me make things for my little home and some of my clothes when I was smaller. I was on the ground, holding my stomach as Ash huffed, "It's not funny..."
I wiped away the water in the corner of my eyes as I gave him an amused smile, stopping myself from laughing outright to a small giggle before it all ended. Looking up, Iris was giving me a look as if I were crazy while Cilan could only shake his head, an amused smile on his lips. Snivy was giving me worried glanced though Lucario was rolling his eyes, knowing my bouts of laughter that came with my weird sense of mirth.
Ash had tried to battle with Sewaddle, but the Sewing Pokémon had used String Shot to wrap Ash in a ball of string and had escaped when the boy had gained freedom by his partner's use of Iron Tail. We soon gave chase, trying to catch up to a heated Ash.
Place: Somewhere in Pinwheel Forest, Between Nacrene City and Skyarrow Bridge, Southeastern Unova Region
Maybe splitting up after we had gotten lost wasn't the best idea. Though, in hindsight, I should have taken one of them with me than going by myself - Human wise anyway.
"I should have dragged Cilan with me..." I blew at my bangs though they fell back into place, my wing-like adornments casting downward in tiredness.
"The Human wouldn't last long," Lucario said, walking beside me. He looked over at me as I glanced at him at the corner of my eye.
"Oh, is Lucario getting jealous of a Human?" I let out a sneaky smirk. "A simple Human who I've known for a few weeks while I've known you for more than seven years?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," he said a little too quickly, looking away. I looked at him, coming around him. Snivy watched on, curiosity coming in through his frown.
"Someone is in denial~," I singsonged, my hair moving around as one eye could be seen. "Just admit it Lucario, you're jealous of Cilan."
"And what if I am?" He asked, red eyes staring straight into mine. He asked again when I was silenced by his sudden seriousness, "What if I am, Luna? Tell me." It wasn't a demand but a simple request.
I stood, my back straightening as I gazed at him calmly. "You don't need to be, Lucario," I answered him, my palm resting on his cheek. He leaned into it, his own paw touched the "If I were to choose between the Humans or my Pokémon, I would choose my Pokémon, Lucario, all of them."
"Luna..." Lucario muttered, his eyes closed as he leaned more into my hand. He let out a sigh of content. Good, no worries there. If only, this moment stayed like this forever.
"Uhhh..." Snivy said, breaking the moment. Both of us looked over at him, his right leafy limb was on his chin the other up in the air, waving at us to look at him. It went back to his side when our full attention on him. "I'm confused here."
I neared him, kneeling down in front of him. "What are you confused about?"
His eyes held a serious look as he looked up at my eyes. "Just how old are you?" Blinking owlishly, I could look at him in a bewilderment. Lucario snorted behind me. Snivy gave a worried look, waving both leafy limbs quickly. "I mean, from what you've said about your past with Lucario, I've been wondering how old you are. You've never really said and the Humans assume that you are ten, maybe eleven, years old."
"Ooooooohhhh," I gave a small nod, understanding fully what he was saying. "Well, I'm about... eighteen to twenty years old." I didn't see the gob smacked look Snivy had sent me. "I'm not really sure what my real age is. Sawsbuck said I had looked around ten or eleven years old, now I look thirteen years old, and so that's what we went with."
"Eh?"
Place: Treetops of the Pinwheel Forest, Between Nacrene City and Skyarrow Bridge, Southeastern Unova Region
One pair of gray eyes looked at two pairs of other gray eyes before all three pairs of eyes looked at the white-haired girl walk away with her Lucario and her Snivy. The three could only sweat drop when they heard her talk to her Pokémon. She could understand them as if they talked English back to her.
"She only looks thirteen but says she's about eighteen to twenty years old..." The second member sweat drop, looking at his fellow group members. "Explain to me why we're doing this again?"
"Because our King finds her interesting and he said to watch her and we are..." The third member pointed out, leaning back to sit crisscross on the thick branch, his back against the tree truck.
Second rolled his eyes. "Way to point that out, Caption Obvious."
Third huffed, muttering, "Whatever..."
First's bear shoulders sagged slightly, wondering to himself why he still put up with these two after all these years. He turned to look at the two bickering Shadow Triad members. "Will you two shut it?" he hissed. If they were in anymore quieter than their target would never miss them. They, at least, had the decency to look sheepish. "Now c'mon on, we need to report what we've found." He stood up, the other two following his movement before all three vanished into thin air.
Place: Pinwheel Forest, Between Nacrene City and Skyarrow Bridge, Southeastern Unova Region
"Lucario, they're over there," I shouted from the branch I stood on as an outlook. My eyes squinted to see someone with them. "They were with someone too."
"Well, let's go then," Lucario shouted from the ground. Snivy was beside him, both of them looking up at me. Jumping, I grabbed a few of the branches to lower the speed and my landing softer. We made our way to where the big tree was and where the others should be, grabbing a few herbs here and there to give to the Gym Leader.
It was the beginning of the afternoon when we finally made it to where Cilan was making supper. As I neared him, I glanced at Ash trying to talk to a Sewaddle that was ignoring him. Deciding now to question it, I looked back at Cilan and gave him a small wave when he noticed me.
"Ah, Luna, there you are," he said. "How was your trip of also losing yourself in the forest?"
"It went better than I expected. I got to see a lot of things I missed back in my home," I answered, smiling at the prepping man. "Here," I handing him the herbs I collected. "Found them while on my way here."
"Ah," Cilan took them and placed them in an almost empty basket, "Thank you."
I looked over at the tall man with short, bushy, wavy brown hair and green eyes. He wore wearing a light green shirt over a white shirt with a short red scarf. He had a pair of red striped light green and dark green pants held up by a brown belt that had a silver butterfly emblem and red and green shoes. "Who's he?"
"Who?" Cilan looked up, stopping to look to where I pointed at. "That's Burgh, an artist, and a famous Bug Type Trainer. He's also the Castelia City Gym Leader." I backed away slightly when I saw the sparkle in his eyes.
Then he was the next Gym Leader Ash and I were going to face soon. "Ah, they're leaving." I watched Ash and Iris follow Burgh follow Sewaddle.
"You going?"
I shook my head. "Nay, I'll stay here and help you. Okay?" I gave him a smile.
He returned the smile. "The help is always appreciated."
It was until closer to sunset the three Humans and small bug Pokémon came back to us. I had helped Cilan with the food and was able to get Snivy and Lucario too corporate and gather some berries in the surrounding area. When Burgh saw me he had come up and grinned, taking my hand into his. He knelt, never seeing the heated combined glares coming from Lucario and Snivy. "May I ask who you are, my young lady?"
I could give him a confused smile. "I'm-uh-Luna."
It was then he noticed Lucario and Snivy, however, not their glares. Maybe this was what you called a blissful person...
"Are these you Pokémon, Luna?" He asked, arm waving around widely as he positioned himself in a weird way.
"They are."
"Wonderful!"
Cilan had finished setting the table, Ash and Iris had sat down, ready for the food. Burgh had sat down as well while I told Cilan to sit in his seat. He wondered where I was going to sit, so I told I'd sit with Lucario and Snivy. Iris didn't mind it, Ash was worried but accepted it, and Cilan fretted about before I was able to calm him, saying it was alright. Burgh just went with him when I gave him a look that said it all.
"You sure it was alright to do this Luna?" Snivy asked, talking between bites, as he munched on his second apple.
"It's fine, Snivy. I'm used to just eating with Pokémon back home so this is refreshing to do." I took a bite of the food, enjoying it immensely, as I let out a hum of delight. Lucario had munched on some berries and special extra Pokémon food. When everyone was done eating, Cilan had given a special fruit salad of some of the berries Snivy and Lucario collected. I had placed some on a leaf and gave them to Sewaddle.
When night came around, the crescent moon high in the twinkling starry sky, Burgh had showed us a good place in the trees where it was dense enough for us to sleep on. The high height gave a wonderful view of the night sky. I was above Ash and the others, Lucario on one side while Snivy was curled up, already asleep. There was a blanket wrapped around me and my Pokémon.
"I've never slept in a tree before," Ash commented, already conformable in his green sleeping bag with Pikachu snuggled next to him.
"It's a nice taste." Cilan was in his blue sleeping bag, wearing green pajama. Iris was inside her purple sleeping bag with Axew.
Sewaddle was swung itself up by Ash in the tree, dangling there to sleep. Burgh wasn't in a sleeping bag as he had a green cloaked wrapped around him. The light was between him and Cilan. "What kind of discoveries have you guys made since you set off?"
"Discoveries, you say?" Ash looked at the Bug Type Gym Leader before looking up at the sky with a smile.
Burgh had a soft smile. "You know, in my childhood, the beauty of Big Pokémon robbed my pure heart... and although I've drawn many pictures and had many battles since then, there are still new discoveries. The Pokémon world really is full of mysteries."
"That is true," I said aloud, "There are so many Pokémon waiting to be seen, waiting to be discovered. They are what propels us Humans to new heights, reaching places we had once thought wasn't possible."
Letting out a yawn, I could feel the blanket around me come around me and my Pokémon. I didn't hear the rest of their conversation before I fell asleep.
There was fire. So much fire.
When a person appears who is searching deeply for the truth, Reshiram will appear. At first, Reshiram will battle with that person as a test of their strength and heart.
"Why? Why did you do this R-?"
A castle in ruins as it was engulfed in fiery anger.
And if it decides that person is a hero, it will pass on the wisdom it has accumulated over thousands of years and then bare it fangs against the hero's enemies.
"I don't understand!"
From that point on, Reshiram will treat the hero with kindness, as a parent would treat a child.
"Why must you let this anger come to you?"
"Luna... You must know-"
But although the person called the hero will be able to attain great riches and power, the goodness in their heart will be lost, and the country built by the hero will be consumed in flames.
A screech that holds so much hate. It wants to burn the world for what it has done. The Humans...
"-don't give into the flames-"
Then, Reshiram will depart.
"Your heart... it's so sad..."
Place: Pinwheel Forest, Between Nacrene City and Skyarrow Bridge, Southeastern Unova Region
My eyes snapped open. The green blurriness cleared as I stared longer. Closing them, I tried to wipe the tears away though they wouldn't stop. Slowly sitting up, I saw Lucario asleep, Snivy, somehow, curled up next to him. Both of them were at peace. So, in order not to disturb them, I got up swiftly and placed the blanket around them. "I will be back soon," I muttered under my breath.
Standing at the edge of the tree branch, I lowered myself and saw below me that Sewaddle was curled up with Ash and Pikachu and everyone else was asleep. Taking a step back, I leaped to another branch and then another before I landed on my two feet safely on the ground. Walking forward, I wandered through the forest before coming upon a small pond. Sitting down, I decided to sit down and meditate to calm my raging emotions.
Sudden thoughts of before constantly played through my mind and so I made use of the time of making a decision then. I only hoped the others would understand.
When morning came, I had already come back before the others awoke. Sewaddle had been taken by a Patrat but ended up accidentally attaching itself to a Deerling. Upon getting startled, the Deerling charged into the forest with Sewaddle on the top of its head.
Getting into action, I chased after the Deerling while Ash, Iris, Cilan, and Burgh rushed after the Patrat. As it turned out, Patrat had a sick companion, another Patrat, who had wanted Sewaddle leaves because of its healing properties. Burgh was able to heal the sick Patrat. When Deerling had run over a chasm, Sewaddle had managed to detach itself from Deerling but ended up being blown toward a chasm that had a crashing stream below it. Ash saved Sewaddle while Burgh's Leavanny had used String Shot to save him before both of them reached the edge of the crashing stream's waterfall. It was good in the end with Ash gaining the very same Sewaddle and both becoming friends though it was a now slowly growing bond.
With a farewell, Burgh had said to us that he'd be waiting for our challenges at Castelia Gym. I looked at the happiness on the others faces as we walked on from the forest before glancing away. Maybe it wasn't the right time to tell them yet...
Author's Note: Some time has been since the last time I posted something and I ain't sorry for that. It was close to exams and mom said to not write until I have my exams done and over with, which I do and that's why I have this new chapter out. Don't worry I'll have the usual schedule of once per week, maybe another chapter will be added later this week as it is winter break. MAYBE. But hey, be happy. This is the time for family and friends~! So yeah... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all! Happy Holidays or anything else that you celebrate with friends and family and everything you could all want. I want you all to be happy and spread that good cheer to those who are closest to you and to even strangers. It'll help someone in need, even when they don't show it. Trust me, I'd know.
Before I forget, the next chapter I'll be having the next Pokémon poll up. Give a few suggestions and I'll decide on what will be on the list, the limit will be five Pokémon.
Random Question: If you could be a Pokémon, which would it be? Why?
Next Chapter: Being scared of what they'd do, Luna holds off on telling the others of her wanting to go on her own until later on. Now, she's her way to her third Gym Battle, how will she react when finally meeting someone she had a distance feeling of meeting before (only, this time, it wasn't when they bumped into each other).
Once more, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
