Ch. 14: Pokémon Berries Part 1

T. J.: Okay, we're back. This one is my idea, and Axel was against it for a bit.

F.K.: Mostly because it meant that I had to be a Charmander.

T. J.: C'mon, Ax. At least you're not small, pink, and adorable.

F.K.: Charmanders are small and adorable.

T. J.: *Looks up image on Bulbapedia* Oh, yeah. They are. Hehehe.

F.K.: The only upside is that I'm not a pink cat with stumpy front paws or hand thingies.

T. J.: "Gotta catch them all!" I've had that song stuck in my head for a long time. I HATE it, but I can't stop singing it. And, Charmanders do have stumpy hand thingies. But, they look awesome when they evolve into Charizards. But first, they need to evolve into Charmeleons.

F.K.: Okay, enough of that Roxas. I'm pretty sure the readers don't want to hear you drone on about your nerdiness about Pokémon evolutions. We will never own KH or Pokémon. Not unless we were related to the creators, otherwise, we never can.

T. J.: "Searching far and wide-" I HATE YOU!

F.K.: Don't blame me for it. Now on with this chapter so we can work on chapter 15.

"Pikachu! I choose-"

"SHUT UP!" Axel screamed as he clutched his head in his hands.

"Axel! Shut. Up. Pikachu's fighting!" Roxas scolded as he turned his attention from the screen to his friend.

Roxas was in his room with Axel and they were watching re-runs of Pokémon.

"I can't take their high pitched voices!" Axel complained as Roxas turned his attention to the screen again.

"Shutty! Pikachu is fighting!" Roxas said again as he watched with rapt attention at the small yellow mouse and it's Trainer.

"We will return after this brief commercial break." Came a voice from the TV screen.

Roxas turned his attention to his friend after the announcement. "Why do you hate Pokémon?"

"The high, squeaky voices." Came the muffled response from where he had hidden his head under a blanket to block out the noise.

"But you don't hate Charmander."

"That's cuz Charmander is a fire based Pokémon. And you do know that I like fire."

"HI EVERYBODY!" Demyx yelled as he burst into the room. By the sound of his voice, he obviously had some sugar for breakfast.

"Hey Squirtle." Roxas said as he looked at the hyperactive musician. "You are just in time! The show is on commercials right now, but you didn't miss much."

"Yay!" Demyx cheered as he flopped down on the couch next to Roxas.

Axel resorted to banging his head against the wall as Roxas and Demyx started to talk endlessly about Pokémon. What made it worse was that Demyx started to impersonate one of the characters from the show. The high-pitched, squeaky voice always gave him minor headaches, but it gave Saïx major migraines whenever he hears it. It must stink to be a werewolf.

"Hey the show's back on!" Demyx squealed in delight. Roxas also slightly squealed like a girl.

Axel just groaned as he grabbed the blanket again to cover himself. He went back to the wall again to bang his head once more.

"Axel! Stop banging your head on the wall. Pokémon's on!" Roxas complained, his eyes fixed on the television screen.

"You really need to cheer up Axel," Demyx chimed in. "You know, like me!" he said as he pointed at himself proudly.

Axel shot him a glare. "No, Demyx. I will never be like you." He said his voice like stone.

Demyx stared at him in disbelief, and pouted. "Why not, Axel? It's not so bad-"

"Because I will never like water, play a sitar, sing ridiculous songs, whine annoyingly, go cry to Xiggy, and watch Pokémon!" Axel exploded. "Got it memorized?"

Demyx stared at him with wide eyes, and begun crying. "You're so mean, Axel! I'm gonna tell Xiggy!" he sobbed.

"Axel! Seriously, you need to cheer up," Roxas said as he tried to comfort the crying Demyx. "It's not nice to make Demyx cry."

"I really wouldn't care much right now, Roxas," Axel shot back. "You know what? Forget it, I'm leaving. I'm getting hungry anyways. I wonder if there's pie in the fridge…" he grumbled as he walked out of the room, leaving the blanket strewn about on the floor.

Roxas stared at the door when Axel left, then he focused his attention on Demyx. Demyx is now literally crying a waterfall, the tears collecting in small pools on the floor.

"There there, Demyx," Roxas soothed. "The mean pyromaniac is gone now. And seriously, stop crying. You're gonna flood the castle."

"S-sorry." Demyx stuttered, gasping like a fish out of water.

Roxas fished around in his pockets, trying to find something. After a bit, Roxas finally found what he was looking for. He pulled out a small plastic bag. Inside the bag contained some raspberries slightly crushed, but still good.

Demyx eyed them warily. "Are those raspberries, Roxas?"

Roxas nodded his head yes. "Yep. Do you want some? They're really good."

Demyx looked at him doubtfully. "I don't know Roxy. Xiggy told me to never accept anything from you anymore. Mostly because he thinks that you are nothing but trouble and a bad influence to me."

"Aw, come on! Since when was I a bad influence to you?"

"Since you tried to blow up Hollow Bastion with a block of cheese, a potato gun, and a firecracker. And if you're wondering, Axel told me about it the instant you got back."

"Oh yeah," Roxas sighed as he recalled that memory. "Leon was mad at us. Mostly Axel because he was the one who lit the firecracker. Anyways, they're just raspberries! They can't do anything to you except cheer you up. I know you love raspberries, and that they make you happy."

"Well…" Demyx considered the offer for a second. Part of him was telling him to not accept the berries, but another part is telling him that they are just raspberries, and that there's nothing wrong with them. Finally, Demyx held out a gloved hand. "Gimme some."

Roxas opened the bag and reached inside, trying to conceal a small, sly smirk. He took out only one berry.

"Open your mouth," he said. "I wanna practice my aiming."

"Okay!" Demyx said brightly. He opened his mouth as wide as he could while moving some distance away from Roxas so he can throw the berry into his mouth more comfortably.

Roxas aimed, then threw the berry square into Demyx's mouth. Demyx clamped his mouth shut as he chewed on the small berry, savoring the taste. For some reason, there were no seeds in the berry, and it tasted more differently than a regular raspberry.

Confused, Demyx turned towards Roxas for an explanation. "Uh, Roxas? What's wrong with the berry? It doesn't taste like a regular berry. And it doesn't have the seeds in it, like all of the other berries."

Roxas stared at him for a few seconds, then he broke out in an evil smirk. "How do you feel, Squirtle?" he said simply.

"Roxas, what did you- Squirtle!" Demyx sputtered as he felt himself get tingly and grow smaller. His hands grew tinier, and his body shrank a few feet. His skin turned a light blue, and he grew a shell on his back. Demyx disappeared within his black clothing, which fell into a heap on the floor. Movement occurred inside the heap, and a small Squirtle came out.

Roxas stared at the Pokémon for a second, then he burst out laughing. "Demyx, you're a Squirtle!" he said between laughs.

"Squirtle!" Squirtle Demyx said.

"What's that Demyx? I can't speak Pokémon. Or Squirtle for that matter."

"Squirtle squirtle!"

"Well, at least I know they work," Roxas said as he looked at the bag of "raspberries" in his hands. "Now I'm gonna try one!"

He reached into the bag once more, and pulled out another berry and ate it. He also grew smaller, and he felt a strange tingling sensation. His hands grew smaller and into stubs, his flesh turned pink as he grew fur. A tail grew out of the base of his spine, and his ears grew larger. Roxas felt his eyes grow more slanted and crawl up his now furry, pink face.

Roxas marveled at his Pokémon body. He twitched his long tail up and wrapped it around his own neck like a scarf.

"Roxas?" Demyx asked uncertainly.

"Whoa! I'm Mew!" Roxas exclaimed gleefully. But then he looked at his now stumpy arms. "But, I'm pink."

"What were those berries?" Demyx asked as Roxas tried to touch his feet with his hands.

"Pokémon berries!" Roxas responded as he still attempted to touch the tips of his feet. "I made them myself."

"Umm… Roxas? "Demyx asked.

"What? I'm busy." Roxas snapped.

"You do know that you can't touch your toes, right?"

"Egh… Ugh. I know I can do this!"

The Squirtle just sighed at his friend's strangeness.

"Hey, guys! I got a pie!" Axel said as he opened up the door and looked around. "Guys?"

"Squirtle!"

Axel jumped. "What the? Okay, why is there a blue turtle and a pink cat trying to touch its paws?"

"Umm… What would you say if I told you I'm a Pokémon?" said a voice in Axel's mind.

He gripped the sides of his head and swore.

But, it sounded familiar.

"Roxas?" he asked.

Roxas merely nodded his small pink head.

"How the-" he swore. "Did you get yourself in a-" he swore again. "-ing Pokémon body?"

"Umm… These." Roxas gestured to the bag of berries with his tail.

Axel picked up the bag from the floor and looked at them. "These look like the berries that were in that pie I ate."

Roxas gaped at him. "You… Ate… One of the pies?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"Those are the berries that turn you into Pokémon!"

Axel stared. "WHAT! WHY DID YOU PUT THOSE-" he swore again. "-ING BERRIES INSIDE THE-" another swear word. "-ING PIE?"

"Don't kill me if you turn into a Charmander."

"ROXAS, YOU CHAR!"

Roxas looked at Demyx. "Char?" he asked.

"Oh, you know what I was going to say you-"

Axel started shrinking and his skin turned orange. His streaks of red hair were being sucked back into his skull. Soon, he was hidden from view because of his overlarge coat.

"Axel?" Roxas asked.

A burst of flames was his answer. And the coat slowly burned away to reveal a very mad looking Charmander.

"ROXAS, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Axel roared as he ran at Roxas with surprising speed.

"Uh-oh." Roxas said.

Before the Charmander could kill the poor Mew brutally, Xion opened the door, attracted by the noise.

"What are you guys doing?" she asked.

In her hands, she held a pie.

"Guys? I'm going to eat the pie if you don't come out." She threatened.

She looked down and her eyes widened at the sight of a Charmander with its hands around Mew's neck and a Squirtle trying to pry the hands off.

"I'm just going to-" BAM!

She fainted.

"Oh, this is fun," Roxas complained. "Now we have to take care of Xion."

Suddenly, her body started shrinking and her ears crawled up her head, growing bigger and pointier by the second.

Soon, they had an unconscious Skitty on their hands.

"Ugh. Great, what I always wanted. A Skitty." Roxas groaned as he walked over to the catlike Pokémon.

"How many pies are there?" demanded Axel. He had let go of Roxas when Xion walked in.

"Umm…" Roxas tried to hold his head in his hands but couldn't. "Enough for the entire Organization?"

"WHAT!" Axel lunged for Roxas again, but was met with empty air.

"Missed!" Roxas crowed where he was soaring above the group. "Can't catch a Fearow!"

"How?"

"Mew can turn into any other Pokémon," Demyx explained.

"THAT IS JUST SO NOT FAIR!" Axel complained.

The small Charmander then opened up its mouth and started firing fire balls at the flying Pokémon bird.

"Bad Charmander!" Roxas said as he dodged the fire balls.

Axel just shot him a dirty look and continued on firing the fire balls out from his mouth.

The door opened again to reveal a Meowth in an over-large Organization coat holding a bottle of something. It looked around the room with sleepy eyes, looking rather annoyed.

"Will you guys just keep it down?" the Meowth grumbled.

Roxas gasped. "TEAM ROCKET IS AFTER US!" he exclaimed as he flew out of the door. The small Squirtle also followed the Fearow out the door, running as fast as he could with his stubby feet.

The Meowth looked confused. "'Team Rocket'? What's that?"

"No idea," Axel answered. "I don't pay attention."

The Meowth looked at the Charmander. "What is that?" he pointed.

"Well, according to Demyx and Roxas, I'm a Charmander. And if you don't know who I am, I'm Axel."

"Axel? How did you turn into that?"

"One word: Raspberries. I ate a pie that had Roxas's special raspberries that can turn anyone who eats them into Pokémon. I guess you ate some of that as well. Who are you, anyways?"

"Luxord," Luxord Meowth answered. "Now if you don't mind, I'm going back to sleep." And with that, he fell over and slept on the floor.

Axel rolled his eyes and left the room to find the Squirtle and the Fearow. He looked through the different rooms, and he found them both in Demyx's room.

Roxas was back in his Mew form, jumping up and down on the bed while Demyx sat watching.

Roxas spotted Axel and stopped jumping. "Did you get rid of the Team Rocket's Meowth?" he asked him.

"No I didn't. It-"

"WE'RE DOOOMED!"

"-was Luxord." Axel finished.

Roxas acted like he didn't hear him at all, and he continued on freaking out.

"They're going to preform experiments on us, and then they're going to make clones! And then, they're going to make an army of Pokémon and they'll capture the Legendary Pokémon and then, Team Rocket will capture Arceus, and THEY WILL RULE THE WORLDS!"

"ROXAS SHUT UP!" Axel said, shooting yet another fire ball at Roxas. Only this time, it hit its target on Roxas's tail.

"OW!" yelled Roxas. "THAT HURT YOU KNOW!"

"Yes I know," Axel said simply. "And I don't care. That Meowth is actually Luxord, Roxas. And he is passed out on the floor of your room, in case you're wondering."

"Oh." Roxas said as he cradled his injured tail. "Sooo… Xion and Luxord are passed out on my floor."

"Yeah, pretty much."

"Do you have a Cura on you?" Roxas asked.

"Nope." Axel responded.

"Demyx?" The Mew asked hopefully.

The Squirtle shook his head. "But, I think Vexen has some."

Roxas groaned. "I'm not going down to get frozen by Vexen."

"I'll come with you, then." Axel said.

"Thanks, Charmander!" Roxas cried as he hugged the Pokémon.

Axel groaned. "Can you just hurry up?"

…

"Vexen?" Roxas called cautiously. "You down there?"

"Go away!" came the shrieked response.

"I need a Cura!" Roxas whined.

"I don't have any! Go away! I'm not feeling well!"

"Should we go?" Roxas turned to Axel.

"Nah, he's lying."

"Okay!" Roxas cheerfully chirped as he turned into a Spearow and flew down the stairs.

"Show off." Axel muttered as he slowly walked down the stairs, because the stairs were now up to his waist.

"Took you long enough." Roxas said when Axel jumped off the last step.

"Well, excuse me! You would too if you had very stumpy legs."

An Articuno walked towards them, snow trailing behind it. The Articuno had an angry look on its face, a look only Vexen is able to do.

"What are you?" he said.

"I'm a Mew!" Roxas said, turning back into a Mew. "And that's a Charmander."

Vexen gave them a calculating look. "I'm assuming you're Roxas, and that's Axel." He said as he pointed at each of them with a wing.

"Yep! And you're an Articuno!"

"An Artic what?"

"An Articuno," Roxas said slowly. "One of the three legendary birds."

"He's talking about Pokémon again, just so you know." Axel clarified. "He created these types of berries that when you eat them, you will turn into a Pokémon. Apparently, Roxas baked some pies with those berries in them, and he left them on the table."

Axel glared at Roxas pointedly. Roxas on the other hand, was too busy cradling his tail in his tiny paws, clearly not paying attention to what was going on around him.

Roxas looked up to see Axel glaring at him. "I'm sorry, what?"

Vexen rolled his eyes. "Roxas. You created this mess, now you have to clean it up. How do you reverse this?"

Roxas thought about it, trying to touch his chin with his tiny paws. "You know, I really have no clue. Maybe we have to evolve."

"You mean this doesn't wear off?"

"Nope."

"AAHHH!" Vexen screamed. He half flew, half jumped towards the nearest wall and banged his head against it. Pretty soon the wall was covered in ice and snow.

"Okay, I think it's time that we leave." Axel said as he shoved Roxas towards the door.

"But I still need a Cura!" Roxas whined. Axel still shoved him towards the door.

"Let's go and see the other members." Axel suggested as they left the labs.

…

Both Roxas and Axel walked around the castle, looking for the different members turned into Pokémon. So far they only succeeded in finding Xion as a Skitty, Luxord as a Meowth, Vexen as an Articuno, Zexion as a Zorua, Saïx as a Growlithe, Marluxia as a Chikorita, Larxene as a Pichu, and Demyx as a Squirtle who can't get up. They haven't found Lexaeus, Xaldin, Xigbar or Xemnas.

"Were do you think the rest of the members are?" Roxas asked Axel.

"Dunno. The last time I saw them, they were eating pie." He answered.

"WHY IS EVERYONE OBSESSED WITH PIE HERE?" Roxas yelled out.

"Because pie is good. Anyways, I've seen everyone eat the pie except for you, Demyx, and Lexaeus."

"Maybe Lexaeus is in the library."

"Yeah, you may be right. Let's go."

"Can we play afterwards?" Roxas asked.

Axel just shook his head and walked off.

…

Roxas opened the doors and looked into the library.

"Lexaeus?" he asked.

"What?" came the response.

"LEXY!" Roxas cried as he threw himself into the library, his long pink tail streaming behind him.

He landed on the table and looked up to see a very much human Lexaeus with a puzzle in his hands.

They stared at each other for several seconds until Lexaeus broke the silence.

"What!" he exclaimed while leaning forward to inspect the pink Pokémon.

"Hey, Lexy!" Roxas said, forgetting that since Lexaeus is human, he cannot understand him.

"I'm sorry," Lexaeus shook his head. "I can't understand you."

"Oh! Right. Sorry, I forgot. Anyways, it's me, Roxas!" Roxas said as he used his new powers to speak in his mind.

"Roxas!"

"Yup, it's me. And that's Axel over there." Roxas pointed out Axel with his tail.

"How did you become that?" Lexaeus asked.

"I'm a Mew, thank you very much. And I became a Mew because of these berries, you see. And, I also put the berries in the pies, and the pies were on the table, and everyone ate them." Roxas concluded. Then he looked at Lexaeus curiously. "How come you're not a Pokémon?"

"I didn't have any pie."

"Oh. That's why. Do you happen to know where Xaldin, Xigbar, and Xemnas are by any chance?"

"Last time I saw them, Xemnas was going to his office to assign some missions for next week. Xigbar and Xaldin went outside to spar as usual."

"Wow. That's probably the longest conversation I've ever had with you." Roxas said. Lexaeus just said nothing.

"Okay Axel. Let's go to Xemmy's office." Roxas said as he jumped off the table with an unceremonious thump on the floor.

Axel just rolled his eyes and helped his friend up on his feet. Once Roxas got up on his feet, he ran out of the room as fast as he could with Axel walking slowly behind him. Lexaeus stared at them, still surprised at their transformation. After a bit, he just shook his head and returned to his puzzle.

…

"Xemmy?" Roxas said cautiously as he entered Xemnas's office.

"Superior?" Axel said as he entered the room. "Are you here by any chance?"

"Go away!" a voice said out of the depths of the office. "I'm very busy now."

Axel and Roxas looked at each other. Roxas turned into a Fearow and mouthed, "Can I find him?" to Axel. The Charmander nodded his head yes, slightly smirking. The Fearow flew around the room, looking for the Superior. Roxas flew underneath Xemnas's desk, and he found a light blue Dratini, trying to hide in the shadows of the desk.

Roxas's eyes widened as he saw the Dratini. He landed on the floor gracefully, turned back into Mew, and started to laugh. Axel went over to where Roxas was, and he also started laughing when he saw the adorable little Dratini.

Furious, Xemnas slithered out of his hiding place. "Will you stop laughing at me?" he hissed.

Roxas tried to compose himself. "S-sorry Xemnas," he gasped. "Y-you just look funny as a Dratini."

Xemnas tilted his head at a side. "A what? A Dratini?"

"Yeah, a Dratini. It's a type of Pokémon. You see, I created these types of berries that can turn you into a type of Pokémon when you eat them. I call them Pokémon Berries. I kinda baked these pies with the berries in them, and left them… on the kitchen… table…" he finished slowly. Both Xemnas and Axel are giving him glares that can probably kill him if they didn't look so adorable.

"So you caused this," Xemnas twitched his serpentine body. "To happen?"

Roxas grinned. "Yep! Isn't it awesome?"

"No! It's not awesome!" Xemnas screeched, trying to strangle the Mew with its body, much like a snake. "How can we finish Kingdom Hearts if we're stuck in strange bodies?"

Roxas turned into a Dratini and slithered out of Xemnas's death grip. "It's only temporary."

"Temporary! How long, exactly?" Xemnas asked.

"Until we finish evolving." Roxas chirped happily.

"AAHHHH!" Xemnas yelled as he lunged at the Dratini.

Roxas quickly turned into a Zorua and sprung up on the desk where he used an illusion and made himself the Superior's double.

"What the-?" asked Axel as he saw Roxas get off the desk and stand on his feet.

Then he studied the illusion with the surprised Dratini.

Then, the Charmander smirked and began poking the leg while Roxas looked down at him, wearing an annoyed expression like the Superior.

Finally, Roxas bent down and flicked the hand away. But the Charmander was persistent, and continued poking him.

The Charmander smirked slightly. "I know for a fact that you're not the real Xemnas," he said, still poking Roxas. "Xemnas always tells me to stop at this point, and you didn't say anything yet."

Roxas remained silent as he continued flicking his hand away. But the small Charmander wouldn't give up so easily. He remained poking the illusion repeatedly, almost driving Roxas insane.

Axel eventually caught sight of a tail partially hidden in the black coat. He moved to a side, closer to the tail. Roxas turned as well to prevent him from getting it. Axel quickly dived behind Roxas, and grabbed the tail on the last second Roxas turned around. The illusion broke, showing Roxas as a Zorua.

Roxas sighed slightly and turned back into his Mew form.

"Did you really have to do that?" Roxas complained. "I was having fun."

Axel just sighed.

"See ya, Xemmy!" called Roxas as he turned into a Fearow to fly off. "We're gonna look for Xaldin and Xigbar!"

He grabbed the small Charmander in his talons and he flew out of the room, tucking in his wings to make it through door.

"LET ME GO!" the Charmander roared as he tried burning the Fearow's talons.

"CALM DOWN, AXEL!" Roxas screeched as he dropped the Charmander on its orange head.

Axel swore loudly at Roxas then proceeded to try and burn his wings off.

"Hey!" Roxas squawked. "You can't have any Fearow for lunch! It'd be weird!"

Axel said nothing but continued to use the fire balls, and Roxas was forced to become a Charizard.

The Charizard landed on the ground with a loud thump, and he easily shook off the attacks.

"What now, little Charmander?"

The Charmander gave him a death glare, and then he stretched his jaw as far as it would go, and let out a stream of white hot flames.

Roxas widened his eyes, and was caught in the blast before he could get out of the way.

The small Charmander was suddenly enveloped in a white light.

"What's going on with me?" he yelled as the light blinded them all.

When the light faded, Roxas looked back at where the Charmander used to have been standing. In its place, stood a very confused looking Charmeleon.

"Axel," Roxas said as he turned back into Mew and raced over to the larger Pokémon. "you evolved!"

"What?" he asked.

"Evolved." Roxas repeated. "Soon, you can turn into a Charizard then you can turn back into a human."

"COOL!" Axel grinned.

"What's all the noise about?" asked an annoyed voice.

The Mew and Charmeleon turned around to see a small Pidgey and a Houndour.

"A Pidgey?" Roxas asked, tilting his head a bit.

"Who're you?" the bird asked.

"Who're you?" retorted Roxas before Axel could speak.

"Xaldin." The small bird responded.

Roxas smirked. "Xaldin?"

"Yeah." The bird responded.

Axel and Roxas burst out laughing.

"Xaldin, I can't believe you're stuck as a small bird!" Roxas said between laughter.

"Just who are you?" snapped the angry Pidgey.

Roxas pointed at himself with his tail. "I'm Roxas, and that's Axel." He pointed at the giggling Charmeleon.

A short laugh came from behind the Pidgey.

"So, you're stuck in a pink body?" said a voice.

It came out of the shadows and Roxas gasped.

It was…

T. J.: Okay, I decided to leave you on a cliffhanger there. Because I just love cliffhangers. And, I must say, that competition that's on chapter 12? It's still going strong. And, I've noticed, there haven't been any reviews. D: Where'd you all go? Reviews make me smile. Right, sis?

F.K.: Yep. Now leave me alone, I'm trying to write the Japanese symbols for destiny, light, darkness, dream, heart, dragon, death, life, demon, angel, fire and iridescent. It's not so easy.

T.J.: Nice, sis. Nice. Now, please review, and remember this, flames will be used to light my pipe. Not that I have a pipe. *laughs nervously*

F.K.: You don't have one. Which is good, or you'll look like a hag.

T.J.: Nice. Please, pretty please, review?