Without the ending, there is no beginning. But for something to end, there should be a beginning. Thus, many intercept the fact that beginning and ending the part of the same coin, an unanswered question just like whether it was chicken or egg that came first. Just the same as my life, it ended as Ash while the new beginning of the Origin.

Who is Origin, you ask? Y'know. A monster that Lillie and gangs battled previously. Well, you aren't wrong but not completely right. Now, now. Don't get me wrong. If you want to know the history, let's get back after the battle with Shapeshifter. Actually, I am too lazy to go through the whole story. So, here is the short version, in the end, the girl named Lillie caught me with a Pokeball. And used my power to defeat Origin.

And somehow she ended up giving me the same name as that stupid Ditto, Origin.

And for the record, it has been almost a month since that last battle. And within this month, I have tested a few things with my body. It was actually fun, to be honest. I think the reason behind this is Lillie. Right now, my first priority is giving myself a vessel to handle my own body. I have tried to enter different things, like how Rotoms do but only to no avail. Unless I can provide my body some sort of supporter, I'll keep vanishing.

Vanishing means as simple as the things go, poof. If I left my body like this, by the end of the day, it will disappear like vaporing the water into nothingness. It's like this body of mine is made of pure energy. Though I know I can come back to life if someone kills me, I don't know if I can come back or not if I were to disappear entirely on my own. There are various ways I can decrease my lifespan. As I said, if I left my body to its own accord, it will disappear. And if I were to use any moves, even spikes cause my body to decrease faster. And even normal activities will cause me to disappear.

So, well, putting bluntly, whether I do something or not, I will disappear. Even my thick fog body will turn thinner and thinner and poof, it will disappear. Of course, this disappearing thing is just hypothetical, as I haven't tried disappearing myself. It is just a theory based on how my body keeps on decreasing. Of course, there is a preventive measure for this too. It isn't permanent until I find myself a vessel but through other living creatures I can restore my energy, which is my body in this case.

There are two ways I can fulfill the condition. The first is, as you know, gobbling down the living being. Now, you may think, do I really have to kill others each time to keep myself alive? The answer is no. That's why there is a second point. Actually, I can stay alive as long as I can get some fluid. Y'know like blood and etc. A small amount of blood can keep me alive. So, when I gobble up everything, it's their fluid that keeps on restoring me, not their whole parts. Given I am not only talking about blood when saying fluid.

Well, talking about restoration, right now, I feel like I am being made of three others. Ash, Lillie, and Origin. Well, technically I am still Ash but I have some mixed personality from both Lillie and Origin. By the way, Lillie is still alive, I haven't stuffed her. Though I won't say I hadn't drunk her blood which I shouldn't have. It's her fault that some sort of 'finding myself attractive' feeling has been raised within me. Well, I am still Ash. But it feels like two more people live inside me. How do I say it, it's still me and a fragment of other persons. That's because, unlike my consciousness, Origin's consciousness will never come out. It's dead after I gobbled it up.

So, it will be more accurate to say, I am trying to copy how other act around me. Like I am trying to copy Lillie's behavior and Origin's personality.

Well, it isn't because I drank their blood or anything. Well, it plays a part but the accurate saying would be because of the pink stuff hanging from Lillie's SKIN. Though it was created to handle abilities, because of our difference, it turned into different. Like it allowed me to gain extra headaches when drinking blood or swallowing. That's why everything I do feels similar to Lillie's, even my inner monologue.

Why do I know all of these? That's because I have tasted with others, so without Lillie, I can't gain their consciousness. Well, there is a bit of difference between drinking blood and gobbling whole, and it's their memory inheritance. Here is an example, the memories I recovered from Lillie's are a lot messier than the memories I inherited from Origin. I know it's confusing, after all my whole life has turned into a hazard. Who are we humans to find the secret of life? Just think that and keep calm.

I love to do research but as you know, the boy named Ash never loved researching or anything. While I still am a bit reluctant to research but the feelings I got from Lillie when drinking her blood, I just can't shake it. Every time I look at the mirror, I couldn't help but stare at it. Why? Because I love myself. As for why did I drink her blood and all, well something is better left unanswered.

And right now, I am known by a new name: Origin, not by my old name, Ash. Shapeshifter has nothing to do with it, I'm still 100% Ash Ketchum, though I couldn't say the same about my personality. But hey, I started acting differently after that incident in the lab. And I keep getting weirder and weirder. I don't know how much weirder I will get in the future but let's just hope for better.

While I said I don't acknowledge pokemons being pets to humans, I guess I ended up being one myself. It's not that I couldn't kill Lillie, it's just, for some reason, I don't want to kill her. And while the memories I inherited from Lillie were tangled, I think she and I have some sort of past together, which bonded us, and something keeping me away from killing everything on my way. And something that prevents me from losing my reason.

Well, that's all about me for now. As for what am I doing?

"So, what do you think?" Lillie said while walking by my side, as I am currently taking the shape of a dog, same old black and foggy. But I still love myself, especially my eyes. It's all because of this narcissist. "Neat, huh?"

Her wording caused me to squint my eyes in suspicion. I double-checked my surrounding on her aspect of 'neat' and that is to say, there wasn't a single thing I would consider neat. "So, where is this thing you called neat?"

"You don't have to be so mean." And with a hmph, she turned the other way. As you can tell by our conversation, we kinda act like best friends. In fact, it wouldn't be far-fetched to say that we are indeed as close as friends can be. And for a dear little Lillie, I sometimes call her 'Lie' as a nickname. It's not a 'lie' as a false truth, it's 'li-a'- 'りえ'. Now, I know my behavior is kinda questioning like the hell with best friends and nicknames. You don't tell me, I am as confused with my habits as you guys. Well, I used to be confused but I did tell you, I can't help but act as Lillie and Origin sometimes. See, this is what I am getting at.

And what all this neet-y stuff was the leftover from Horde attack. While people worked to restore the city, it won't go back to how it was just in a month.

"Well, in the end, it's just a city. You can always rebuild it but... you can't say the same thing to all the lost life." I wouldn't say I agree with her. But I know this girl is extremely kind despite how she acts. Though I think humans get what they deserve, a heavenly tribulation. I guess for some reason, I want to support this girl. Geez, just what is wrong with me?

"Yes! that it is." Just then, I felt my shadow wavering. It was a shadow demon I created infusing my own energy. And then, I received the message transmitted by the shadow demon.

[Boss, we got the info about the weapon you are looking for.] Though it was a message belonging to a third party, shadow demons relied on me like a work of cellphone. I turned to face Lillie, "Shall we go home?"

Lillie nodded to my question. After reaching home, I went to my room. On a side note, I hate inside the Pokeball for various reasons. Finally separating from Lillie, I teleported myself to another destination. Now then, let the game commence.