Disclaimer: I'm kind of tired of disclaimers. So I will take the lazy
man's way out and say, nothings change. I don't own pokémon, yet.
To the reviewers:
Lighting-Strike: all will be explained later. And what hologram? And thank you for the e-mails.
Dragoness: You inadvertently caught a mistake on my part. That battle was a bit hectic, so much so that I forgot Electra was there! Silly me… Anyhow, I didn't know venomoth was purely rocket trained. I thought that was Billie's pokémon. Kind of like Jessie and James have their own pokémon. And as to Meyer seeing Ash, well, we'll get to that. But you're right, that will be trouble.
Chibizoo: Thanks for the info. I really wanted to know what number 1 says. She's just so proud. And thank you for the complement.
Blackness, then a voice, [Gary. Gary. You know you take a lot of risks.]
[It's in my nature. But maybe I should take it easy for a while?]
[I suppose you should until you get better. Why you went there is a mystery to me…]
[It's home,] Gary sent as the whiteness came. (It's home.)
Pokémon Oaked Styled Vision 13: Learning is a fun experience
When Gary opened his eyes he found himself looking up at a dimming light. The first thing he noticed was that all of his smaller injures where healed, and most of his larger injuries were now smaller. Of course the gunshot wound was still there, but it wasn't bleeding.
"I'm glad you woke up," Professor Oak said to the pokémon under the restoration devise. Gary had his left shoulder and arm bandaged. He also had a bandage around his head and right leg.
*Did you fix me up? * Gary asked his grandfather.
"I sure did. How did you get into this condition? I almost thought the worse," he said as he picked up the psychic type and removed him from the machine.
*Well I was shot, then fell of a cliff into a cold river, and finally pulled though some rapids and ended up spending a few days in the woods half alive and depended on a haunter with a short attention span. I missed competing, everyone thought I was dead, and to top it off I evolved, * quietly listing his problems.
"I wonder how you both managed to evolve?" the professor asked.
*I know how I did that, but I want to know how you understand me? * Gary asked finally realizing that he had been speaking pokémon the entire time he had woken up.
"Gary I have know you your whole life," the Professor Oak said smiling a bit. "Now I think you should relax. You have been out for two days, and it will be awhile before you are well again." He opened a door on the second floor of his lab. In there was a small dorm room for assistant researchers. Placing Gary under the blanks he tucked him in.
*Nonsense, I not even tired, * Gary said quietly. The injured mew yawned. *Ok so maybe I am. But there's a lot I need to tell you. *
"You can tell me when you wake up," his Grandfather said slowly petting his head.
*Gramps… * Gary murmured before falling into a dreamless sleep.
"Rest well," Professor Oak whispered as he left the room. He looked off the second floor balcony and saw the mess his lab was still in. "I know I will after I clean all of this up," he sighed into the early morning sunshine.
Later that day, Gary awoke feeling stronger and hungry. Floating out of bed, he flew to the closed door. Just when he stopped to figure out how to unlock it, his Grandfather opened it. He turned from talking to someone behind him and was startled to see Gary floating about.
"What are you doing out of bed?" He asked his grandson.
*I was feeling hungry, * Gary said blinking.
*It looks like we have more similarities then differences now, * Ash said nervously floating in after the Professor.
*When did you evolve! * Gary exclaimed flying back in mid-air. Shocked he had to quickly land on the bed to avoid crashing to the floor.
*I can ask the same of you, * Ash said uncharacteristically thoughtful. He took a good look at his rival. He was about the same size of him. He still had on his pendent; just now it was on a smaller loop. He still had some a small amount of fur sticking up between his ears that remind Ash of the other boy's former hairstyle. The other mew was also a darker pink then he was. Other then that they could almost be brothers.
*I now starting to see what Holly meant about knowing too much of your own future. If I had know all of this would happen I would have thought longer on my decision, * Gary mumbled. (Still there is no hope for it. I can't go back, so I guess I have to be the strongest in this body too. And the plus side is the fact that both Ash and I are pokémon, so I can beat him in a true battle and no one can complain!) While he was thinking Ash landed next to him.
*Well Ash, this is your last chance to stay ahead of me. When I get better in a few days, I am going to learn the limits of this new form. And then I going to crush in a battle, * Gary said glancing at Ash. (Besides now that I think of it, I know when Ash evolved as well,)
*Gee Gary, you're taking this all well, * Ash said surprised at how fast Gary got over the shock.
*Oh I'm not taking it well at all. It's just I figured out some things. Gramps, if you don't mind finding me something to eat, I would like to tell everyone what happen to me…and what I figured out, * Gary said lifting off the bed.
A short time later found Ash suggesting some things for Gary to try to eat. Both mews found themselves in front of a buffet of different foods. Since the Professor didn't know what Gary would or could eat, he asked Brock to make a wide variety of foods. Gary was happy to experiment since this was the first real meal he had in while. But he was nervous how his grandfather kept taking notes what he liked to eat; also Mrs. Ketchum, Misty, Janine, Billie, Sabrina, and Richie, who had arrived from Indigo, where sitting in the still broken up lounge. Since there was space everyone released his or her pokémon on the surrounding area. Ash and Gary's pokémon took the shock of having their trainer's evolve better then the humans did. To them it was strange, but they where used to having friend evolve so they could brush it off. Sabrina, having powers herself, was just merely curious about the two mews new senses. Misty and Janine where shocked and awed how such a thing could happen. Mrs. Ketchum didn't really care what Ash looked like as long as he was happy and healthy. Professor Oak felt the same about Gary, but he was torn about the implications and scientific curiosity. And Brock was trying not to be freaked out about everything and stay supportive of everyone. He too was concerned about the implications of humans evolving. Billie was the least surprised, since Gary had told her some things. And Richie thought it was cool.
[Here try some of this,] Ash sent giving Gary something brown nugget of something or other. Gary cautiously sniffed it, and then took a bite.
[Not bad, what is it?] He asked.
[Poké chow,] Ash said snickering. Gary didn't react like Ash expected him to. Instead of freaking out he calmly kept eating.
[What do you expect me to stop eating something when I find out what it is? Besides we might as well accept that physically we are now pokémon,] Gary sent when he saw Ash's shocked expression. [Besides you look silly with that expression on your face,] he sent snickering. Ash pouted for a moment.
"Gary I'm sorry to interrupt, but Professor Oak said that you had something to tell us…" Richie said. Gary became solemn and nodded.
[Guess I should go back to when I fell off the cliff.]
{Gary's POV}
When I woke up, I found myself staring in to Marie's eyes. I was in a small cave at the base of the cliff. Apparently my haunter had pulled me out of the water and saved me from drowning. But I was barely conscious and I had been shot. My right leg was broken from the rapids, and I had a concussion from the fall. At first I was delirious. I don't remember much, but that first day I was the close to death. Marie told me she could see my soul almost cut free from by body. Lucky for me there was a gold berry bush near by. My haunter used psychic to reset my leg and used parts of my shirt to wrap up my head, leg and left shoulder. She used hypnosis for the pain and to keep me awake. Most of that day and the one after were spent with her feeding me gold berries and trying to prevent my soul from leaving my body. When I started to go into shock the second day, she released my sandslash Cutter who kept me warm with his body heat. While he was doing that, midway thought the third day, I had enough sense to ask about my other pokémon. That night Marie healed everyone else and brought the others using my password. She also bought a sleeping Billie, Pikachu and Smoochum. Doodles my tangela had put her to sleep using sleep powder. .
Billie was a great help during the fourth day. She is the one who bandaged me up. But while she was sleeping something amazing happened that evening. I was drifting off again, and Marie couldn't stop me this time. When all went black I thought that was the end. But as I fell though a world of darkness and pain, I saw a light. It was such a small light, and it took all of my strength to reach it. I managed to pull it close to me, and lo and behold it was all of my happy memories, all of the good times I had, and it was surprisingly the psychic link I had to Ash. At that moment I while I looked at the light it became a part of me. I suddenly found myself still surrounded by darkness and pain, but I wasn't afraid any more. I remembered what Holly said, one who has hope, love, faith, friendship, kindness, and compassion could beat the darkness, and I realized that as long as I had light in my heart then I had nothing to fear. I could see how I could get back. Billie says I was out for another day.
When I came to I found myself on the border of Pallet Town and on Flameheart's, my arcanine, back. I also found out that I had evolved. I was shocked but there wasn't anything I could do because I was still barely there. Evolving had given my some strength, but I couldn't move very much. I also learned that I could talk by using telepathy. I asked Billie come here. By the time we got here we found the guy who shot me sneaking up to the back window. Billie went after him. When I saw the explosion that took out part of the roof I had Flameheart take me up there. I waited tell his attention was taken and the battle had died down before blasting the guy. After that you know the rest.
{Omniscient POV}
[And that's how we got here. When I saw Ash some clicked in my mind. You know how Holly didn't show us evolve in any of the futures she showed us? I think that when we evolved at the same time. I think my desire to live caused us both to evolve at the same time. In fact we may have had a mild psychic connection. I think that when we evolved it broke. So not only did Holly give us the strength to evolve she caused us to do so at the same time,] Gary sent.
"Who's Holly and why would she do something like that?" Mrs. Ketchum asked.
[Holly was a celebi who gave us some advice and some help. I don't know why would she make sure we evolved at the same time,] Ash sent back while eating a donut.
"I think there may be more surprises ahead, but I think we should be OK for now," Richie said. At that everyone stopped and continued the large tea in silence, each thinking his or her own thoughts.
{A month and a few weeks later…}
The waning moon shone down on two flying shapes. The each darted thought the trees of the pokémon preserve. Every time one or the other had a clear shot at each other, they fired a weak pulse at each other. Ash and Gary where practicing with their new abilities. After several more moments, both figures came to a halt on the shore of the lake.
*You've gotten a lot stronger, Gary, * Ash said. *I'm still surprised that you haven't tried to find a way to find out way to turn back into a human. *
*Well there wasn't much, but I found out something. It was in Gramps's library. It was an old story called the Legend of Mew. It said at one time that humans evolved like us all of the time. And it got me thinking. We can learn transform right? * Gary asked.
*We can? * Ash said. *I guess I should be surprised but we learned a lot of moves that I didn't think any one pokémon could learn… *
Gary nodded then continued, *Well, I know we both though we couldn't change back, however I thought that since humans could evolve into mews, why couldn't we use transform to change into a close approximate of our former selves. *
*Why couldn't we change back into ourselves if since we should know transform? * Ash asked the other mew as they floated to the lab.
*Because one, we would need an exact picture of ourselves before we changed on our person to do so. Two, we aren't ditto's so we can only hold a non-pokémon shape for a short moment of time. And three, humans aren't the same as pokémon for some reason. I tried to use transform to mimic myself but it actually hurt. I figure if we change part way instead of exactly, we could at least look like our normal selves, * Gary said psychically opening the new sliding door. The two psychic types closed the door behind them and floated into the room with the regeneration machine in it.
*So who goes first? * Ash asked Gary.
*Do you have to ask? Of course we'll settle this the only way! * Gary exclaimed. Both mews threw out a paw on three. Gary chose scissors first and beat Ash's paper. But the next two times Ash's rock and then scissors beat Gary's scissors and paper.
*Ha, best two out of three, I win! * Ash shouted spinning around then doing his victory pose. He almost lost his hat when he did however. Gary grumbled. He slowly landed as he concentrated on changing his shape. His outline became hazy as a white light enveloped him. He slowly grew bigger and his outline more defined. When the light faded Gary was back as a human, for the most part. He still had white hair with pink tips, blue eyes, and a mew's tail. Also he still had that small white scar across his forehead he got from falling of that cliff.
"That wasn't as painful as the last time I tried that," Gary muttered to himself.
*You mean that actually hurt? * Ash asked now nervous.
"Only when I tried to change to much. I guess you just have to let the change happen," was the other boy's answer. "Now stop stalling."
*All right, * Ash said. *But what do I do, * he asked.
"Just remember what it was like being you, how you moved how, you talked how, and you acted and thought," Gary said. "Then try to let yourself come as close to that as possible."
Ash nodded and thought. He tried to remember what it was like being himself. He remembered the laughs, the tears and the hopes and dreams. He also remembered running jumping and being generally larger than he was now. So intend on his change that he closed his eyes. Suddenly there was a pain unlike being stabbed with a knife. Remembering Gary's advice he switched his focus to stay just at that level of change. Holding it was hard then he thought and he almost lost it. Feeling himself slipping he pushed it a little more and found he could transform so more. It felt different. He continued like that for a small eternity. He kept pushing the change until he felt pain, then he stooped. In the after a while he found he couldn't change anymore with out feeling the pain so he stopped, tired.
"Nice, you look more like your old self then me," Gary said. Ash looked like he did before; except he still had the tail and he had a streak of white in his hair.
*Wow, * Ash said in awe looking at his hands again. He looked at Gary and found that the other boy had some how lost his tail.
"Two more things. One, before you ask, I still have the tail. I just took a trick from Holly and I am psychically sending the thought I don't have one. Two, remember to talk like human if you going to do this. If you say mew people will think you are stranger than you already are," Gary said.
"I am not strange!" Ash retorted.
"Do things happen to you that don't happen to anyone else? Do those things have no unexplainable cause? Is that not the definition of strange? Therefore you are strange," Gary calmly argued.
"Curse you Oak," Ash grumbled. Ash smirked when a thought struck him. "But by that logic you are strange too."
"True. But I'm glad you think I'm right hat boy," Gary said as he turned to leave the room. "I suggest you practice that change. I can do the change and create the illusion in three minutes and hold it for a maximum of twenty minutes. I feel that it may be save you life if you can pass as of as human."
"I suppose. And it will help when I challenge the elite four," Ash said following Gary to the front door. "Does Professor Oak know you can transform?"
"Yes. I showed him the first time I did it. Of course I passed my time limit and fell asleep on him," Gary said letting the other boy out. "Before you go home, aren't you going to change back? You don't want to fall asleep on you way back." Ash complied, and then flew off to his house as fast as he could, trying to be on time for dinner.
(I worry about Gary. Ever since he almost died he is acting more like a pokémon then human. I think that evolving near death and missing the league affected him that way. I'm still consider myself me, and I not sure I want to complete accept that I can't keep living my life as I did before. Gary on the other had seems to almost fatedly accepted that he can never go back, and seems to training himself and his pokémon for something,) Ash thought. (I wonder what the future holds now?)
The next vision:
The other mews learn of the existence of two new mews.
Mewtwo makes his move.
And the vision fades to a new concept.
To the reviewers:
Lighting-Strike: all will be explained later. And what hologram? And thank you for the e-mails.
Dragoness: You inadvertently caught a mistake on my part. That battle was a bit hectic, so much so that I forgot Electra was there! Silly me… Anyhow, I didn't know venomoth was purely rocket trained. I thought that was Billie's pokémon. Kind of like Jessie and James have their own pokémon. And as to Meyer seeing Ash, well, we'll get to that. But you're right, that will be trouble.
Chibizoo: Thanks for the info. I really wanted to know what number 1 says. She's just so proud. And thank you for the complement.
Blackness, then a voice, [Gary. Gary. You know you take a lot of risks.]
[It's in my nature. But maybe I should take it easy for a while?]
[I suppose you should until you get better. Why you went there is a mystery to me…]
[It's home,] Gary sent as the whiteness came. (It's home.)
Pokémon Oaked Styled Vision 13: Learning is a fun experience
When Gary opened his eyes he found himself looking up at a dimming light. The first thing he noticed was that all of his smaller injures where healed, and most of his larger injuries were now smaller. Of course the gunshot wound was still there, but it wasn't bleeding.
"I'm glad you woke up," Professor Oak said to the pokémon under the restoration devise. Gary had his left shoulder and arm bandaged. He also had a bandage around his head and right leg.
*Did you fix me up? * Gary asked his grandfather.
"I sure did. How did you get into this condition? I almost thought the worse," he said as he picked up the psychic type and removed him from the machine.
*Well I was shot, then fell of a cliff into a cold river, and finally pulled though some rapids and ended up spending a few days in the woods half alive and depended on a haunter with a short attention span. I missed competing, everyone thought I was dead, and to top it off I evolved, * quietly listing his problems.
"I wonder how you both managed to evolve?" the professor asked.
*I know how I did that, but I want to know how you understand me? * Gary asked finally realizing that he had been speaking pokémon the entire time he had woken up.
"Gary I have know you your whole life," the Professor Oak said smiling a bit. "Now I think you should relax. You have been out for two days, and it will be awhile before you are well again." He opened a door on the second floor of his lab. In there was a small dorm room for assistant researchers. Placing Gary under the blanks he tucked him in.
*Nonsense, I not even tired, * Gary said quietly. The injured mew yawned. *Ok so maybe I am. But there's a lot I need to tell you. *
"You can tell me when you wake up," his Grandfather said slowly petting his head.
*Gramps… * Gary murmured before falling into a dreamless sleep.
"Rest well," Professor Oak whispered as he left the room. He looked off the second floor balcony and saw the mess his lab was still in. "I know I will after I clean all of this up," he sighed into the early morning sunshine.
Later that day, Gary awoke feeling stronger and hungry. Floating out of bed, he flew to the closed door. Just when he stopped to figure out how to unlock it, his Grandfather opened it. He turned from talking to someone behind him and was startled to see Gary floating about.
"What are you doing out of bed?" He asked his grandson.
*I was feeling hungry, * Gary said blinking.
*It looks like we have more similarities then differences now, * Ash said nervously floating in after the Professor.
*When did you evolve! * Gary exclaimed flying back in mid-air. Shocked he had to quickly land on the bed to avoid crashing to the floor.
*I can ask the same of you, * Ash said uncharacteristically thoughtful. He took a good look at his rival. He was about the same size of him. He still had on his pendent; just now it was on a smaller loop. He still had some a small amount of fur sticking up between his ears that remind Ash of the other boy's former hairstyle. The other mew was also a darker pink then he was. Other then that they could almost be brothers.
*I now starting to see what Holly meant about knowing too much of your own future. If I had know all of this would happen I would have thought longer on my decision, * Gary mumbled. (Still there is no hope for it. I can't go back, so I guess I have to be the strongest in this body too. And the plus side is the fact that both Ash and I are pokémon, so I can beat him in a true battle and no one can complain!) While he was thinking Ash landed next to him.
*Well Ash, this is your last chance to stay ahead of me. When I get better in a few days, I am going to learn the limits of this new form. And then I going to crush in a battle, * Gary said glancing at Ash. (Besides now that I think of it, I know when Ash evolved as well,)
*Gee Gary, you're taking this all well, * Ash said surprised at how fast Gary got over the shock.
*Oh I'm not taking it well at all. It's just I figured out some things. Gramps, if you don't mind finding me something to eat, I would like to tell everyone what happen to me…and what I figured out, * Gary said lifting off the bed.
A short time later found Ash suggesting some things for Gary to try to eat. Both mews found themselves in front of a buffet of different foods. Since the Professor didn't know what Gary would or could eat, he asked Brock to make a wide variety of foods. Gary was happy to experiment since this was the first real meal he had in while. But he was nervous how his grandfather kept taking notes what he liked to eat; also Mrs. Ketchum, Misty, Janine, Billie, Sabrina, and Richie, who had arrived from Indigo, where sitting in the still broken up lounge. Since there was space everyone released his or her pokémon on the surrounding area. Ash and Gary's pokémon took the shock of having their trainer's evolve better then the humans did. To them it was strange, but they where used to having friend evolve so they could brush it off. Sabrina, having powers herself, was just merely curious about the two mews new senses. Misty and Janine where shocked and awed how such a thing could happen. Mrs. Ketchum didn't really care what Ash looked like as long as he was happy and healthy. Professor Oak felt the same about Gary, but he was torn about the implications and scientific curiosity. And Brock was trying not to be freaked out about everything and stay supportive of everyone. He too was concerned about the implications of humans evolving. Billie was the least surprised, since Gary had told her some things. And Richie thought it was cool.
[Here try some of this,] Ash sent giving Gary something brown nugget of something or other. Gary cautiously sniffed it, and then took a bite.
[Not bad, what is it?] He asked.
[Poké chow,] Ash said snickering. Gary didn't react like Ash expected him to. Instead of freaking out he calmly kept eating.
[What do you expect me to stop eating something when I find out what it is? Besides we might as well accept that physically we are now pokémon,] Gary sent when he saw Ash's shocked expression. [Besides you look silly with that expression on your face,] he sent snickering. Ash pouted for a moment.
"Gary I'm sorry to interrupt, but Professor Oak said that you had something to tell us…" Richie said. Gary became solemn and nodded.
[Guess I should go back to when I fell off the cliff.]
{Gary's POV}
When I woke up, I found myself staring in to Marie's eyes. I was in a small cave at the base of the cliff. Apparently my haunter had pulled me out of the water and saved me from drowning. But I was barely conscious and I had been shot. My right leg was broken from the rapids, and I had a concussion from the fall. At first I was delirious. I don't remember much, but that first day I was the close to death. Marie told me she could see my soul almost cut free from by body. Lucky for me there was a gold berry bush near by. My haunter used psychic to reset my leg and used parts of my shirt to wrap up my head, leg and left shoulder. She used hypnosis for the pain and to keep me awake. Most of that day and the one after were spent with her feeding me gold berries and trying to prevent my soul from leaving my body. When I started to go into shock the second day, she released my sandslash Cutter who kept me warm with his body heat. While he was doing that, midway thought the third day, I had enough sense to ask about my other pokémon. That night Marie healed everyone else and brought the others using my password. She also bought a sleeping Billie, Pikachu and Smoochum. Doodles my tangela had put her to sleep using sleep powder. .
Billie was a great help during the fourth day. She is the one who bandaged me up. But while she was sleeping something amazing happened that evening. I was drifting off again, and Marie couldn't stop me this time. When all went black I thought that was the end. But as I fell though a world of darkness and pain, I saw a light. It was such a small light, and it took all of my strength to reach it. I managed to pull it close to me, and lo and behold it was all of my happy memories, all of the good times I had, and it was surprisingly the psychic link I had to Ash. At that moment I while I looked at the light it became a part of me. I suddenly found myself still surrounded by darkness and pain, but I wasn't afraid any more. I remembered what Holly said, one who has hope, love, faith, friendship, kindness, and compassion could beat the darkness, and I realized that as long as I had light in my heart then I had nothing to fear. I could see how I could get back. Billie says I was out for another day.
When I came to I found myself on the border of Pallet Town and on Flameheart's, my arcanine, back. I also found out that I had evolved. I was shocked but there wasn't anything I could do because I was still barely there. Evolving had given my some strength, but I couldn't move very much. I also learned that I could talk by using telepathy. I asked Billie come here. By the time we got here we found the guy who shot me sneaking up to the back window. Billie went after him. When I saw the explosion that took out part of the roof I had Flameheart take me up there. I waited tell his attention was taken and the battle had died down before blasting the guy. After that you know the rest.
{Omniscient POV}
[And that's how we got here. When I saw Ash some clicked in my mind. You know how Holly didn't show us evolve in any of the futures she showed us? I think that when we evolved at the same time. I think my desire to live caused us both to evolve at the same time. In fact we may have had a mild psychic connection. I think that when we evolved it broke. So not only did Holly give us the strength to evolve she caused us to do so at the same time,] Gary sent.
"Who's Holly and why would she do something like that?" Mrs. Ketchum asked.
[Holly was a celebi who gave us some advice and some help. I don't know why would she make sure we evolved at the same time,] Ash sent back while eating a donut.
"I think there may be more surprises ahead, but I think we should be OK for now," Richie said. At that everyone stopped and continued the large tea in silence, each thinking his or her own thoughts.
{A month and a few weeks later…}
The waning moon shone down on two flying shapes. The each darted thought the trees of the pokémon preserve. Every time one or the other had a clear shot at each other, they fired a weak pulse at each other. Ash and Gary where practicing with their new abilities. After several more moments, both figures came to a halt on the shore of the lake.
*You've gotten a lot stronger, Gary, * Ash said. *I'm still surprised that you haven't tried to find a way to find out way to turn back into a human. *
*Well there wasn't much, but I found out something. It was in Gramps's library. It was an old story called the Legend of Mew. It said at one time that humans evolved like us all of the time. And it got me thinking. We can learn transform right? * Gary asked.
*We can? * Ash said. *I guess I should be surprised but we learned a lot of moves that I didn't think any one pokémon could learn… *
Gary nodded then continued, *Well, I know we both though we couldn't change back, however I thought that since humans could evolve into mews, why couldn't we use transform to change into a close approximate of our former selves. *
*Why couldn't we change back into ourselves if since we should know transform? * Ash asked the other mew as they floated to the lab.
*Because one, we would need an exact picture of ourselves before we changed on our person to do so. Two, we aren't ditto's so we can only hold a non-pokémon shape for a short moment of time. And three, humans aren't the same as pokémon for some reason. I tried to use transform to mimic myself but it actually hurt. I figure if we change part way instead of exactly, we could at least look like our normal selves, * Gary said psychically opening the new sliding door. The two psychic types closed the door behind them and floated into the room with the regeneration machine in it.
*So who goes first? * Ash asked Gary.
*Do you have to ask? Of course we'll settle this the only way! * Gary exclaimed. Both mews threw out a paw on three. Gary chose scissors first and beat Ash's paper. But the next two times Ash's rock and then scissors beat Gary's scissors and paper.
*Ha, best two out of three, I win! * Ash shouted spinning around then doing his victory pose. He almost lost his hat when he did however. Gary grumbled. He slowly landed as he concentrated on changing his shape. His outline became hazy as a white light enveloped him. He slowly grew bigger and his outline more defined. When the light faded Gary was back as a human, for the most part. He still had white hair with pink tips, blue eyes, and a mew's tail. Also he still had that small white scar across his forehead he got from falling of that cliff.
"That wasn't as painful as the last time I tried that," Gary muttered to himself.
*You mean that actually hurt? * Ash asked now nervous.
"Only when I tried to change to much. I guess you just have to let the change happen," was the other boy's answer. "Now stop stalling."
*All right, * Ash said. *But what do I do, * he asked.
"Just remember what it was like being you, how you moved how, you talked how, and you acted and thought," Gary said. "Then try to let yourself come as close to that as possible."
Ash nodded and thought. He tried to remember what it was like being himself. He remembered the laughs, the tears and the hopes and dreams. He also remembered running jumping and being generally larger than he was now. So intend on his change that he closed his eyes. Suddenly there was a pain unlike being stabbed with a knife. Remembering Gary's advice he switched his focus to stay just at that level of change. Holding it was hard then he thought and he almost lost it. Feeling himself slipping he pushed it a little more and found he could transform so more. It felt different. He continued like that for a small eternity. He kept pushing the change until he felt pain, then he stooped. In the after a while he found he couldn't change anymore with out feeling the pain so he stopped, tired.
"Nice, you look more like your old self then me," Gary said. Ash looked like he did before; except he still had the tail and he had a streak of white in his hair.
*Wow, * Ash said in awe looking at his hands again. He looked at Gary and found that the other boy had some how lost his tail.
"Two more things. One, before you ask, I still have the tail. I just took a trick from Holly and I am psychically sending the thought I don't have one. Two, remember to talk like human if you going to do this. If you say mew people will think you are stranger than you already are," Gary said.
"I am not strange!" Ash retorted.
"Do things happen to you that don't happen to anyone else? Do those things have no unexplainable cause? Is that not the definition of strange? Therefore you are strange," Gary calmly argued.
"Curse you Oak," Ash grumbled. Ash smirked when a thought struck him. "But by that logic you are strange too."
"True. But I'm glad you think I'm right hat boy," Gary said as he turned to leave the room. "I suggest you practice that change. I can do the change and create the illusion in three minutes and hold it for a maximum of twenty minutes. I feel that it may be save you life if you can pass as of as human."
"I suppose. And it will help when I challenge the elite four," Ash said following Gary to the front door. "Does Professor Oak know you can transform?"
"Yes. I showed him the first time I did it. Of course I passed my time limit and fell asleep on him," Gary said letting the other boy out. "Before you go home, aren't you going to change back? You don't want to fall asleep on you way back." Ash complied, and then flew off to his house as fast as he could, trying to be on time for dinner.
(I worry about Gary. Ever since he almost died he is acting more like a pokémon then human. I think that evolving near death and missing the league affected him that way. I'm still consider myself me, and I not sure I want to complete accept that I can't keep living my life as I did before. Gary on the other had seems to almost fatedly accepted that he can never go back, and seems to training himself and his pokémon for something,) Ash thought. (I wonder what the future holds now?)
The next vision:
The other mews learn of the existence of two new mews.
Mewtwo makes his move.
And the vision fades to a new concept.