That's Shocking!
JeLlYbEaN RuLz: Sorry for the long update. Just recently went down to England. Don't ask. Long story. But I'm back now so I sincerely thank everyone who has taken the time to review this. What's up with the ghost readers? You read, and then don't review. That makes me think this is pure $h!t and people don't enjoy this. If you do read this, please just review, its doesn't matter if its only one word or a hundred. Here's Chapter 3, hopefully you'll enjoy this than the previous two.
Disclaimer is same as Chapter 1.
I thank everyone who has reviewed. I love you all!
Anything that's in brackets, you readers can exchange for something more of your preference. Supposed to be a KaiXOC but if you've read my mate You/Kai Fic Fan story named One Fateful Night, then this is similar to it. If you haven't, then what have you been doing! READ IT! Lol.
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Chapter 3
If Kai could choose what emotion or emotions to feel at this moment, he would choose anything but this unvarying pain.
He felt as though trapped in a dimension between the real world and the dream world, pain seared every part of his body. He couldn't move, he couldn't feel anything but this pain, he couldn't see, he couldn't even breathe...
The Houndour were back, flashing their yellowed teeth at him, their silver armour gleaming in some hidden light, and their eyes glowed slate grey. He wanted to run, but his legs were glued stationary and felt like they weighed a ton each. The Houndoom raced toward him out of the shadows and opened his large jaws, scooping up Kai's small frail yellow furry body and swallowed him whole...
Kai jerked himself conscious. Pain erupted from his tired body. He blinked.
Where the hell was he?
He found himself to be in a 3-roomed wooden cabin. The living room and kitchen were connected to form a large room. A door to Kai's right and left were visible so he guessed that one of them must be a bathroom.
He realised he was sitting/lying on a large squashy comfortable royal blue single seat futon, bandages covered his major cut on his chest and right arm while plasters nursed his minor injuries, his bandaged right ear and head was lying on a beige fluffy large pillow and a light blue thermal fleecy blanket covered most of him. The pillow made him feel like he was lying on some warm friendly Ninetales.
He wanted to lie here forever, on this comfortable futon...
But where was 'here' anyway?
He looked about the living-room. It seemed like any ordinary room, with no clues as to where he now was. He took off the covers that enfolded him, jumped from the futon to the windowsill, which was right beside it. He peered out.
Ice framed the window he looked out of and he could see snow was still falling onto the landscape, the sky had darkened to a dark navy blue, almost black. The stars twinkled in a friendly way in the sky above, a few wispy clouds and a quarter moon were visible, the moon shone brighter than any other star. It's glow cast a mysterious silvery-blue light onto the sleeping earth like another blanket, giving the snow a diamond-like appearance. The forest was a dark looming shadow though; all was black in that direction. Thankfully, this cabin wasn't close to it, but it was close enough to see it.
Kai felt a shiver go up his little back, his hot breath misted up the frosty window. He jumped back onto his futon and got comfortable again under the cover. A new sound met his ears; the crackle of a healthy burning fire. He glanced at the flames, it reflected in his amethyst purple eyes. He shifted his gaze to above the mantelpiece. A clock hung, ticking quietly forever. Its face read 11 o'clock.
'So this must still be Christmas Eve' Kai thought.
A shape was visible in front of the fireplace, it had curled up in a ball on a greyish silver rug. Kai froze. Was it another Houndour or even possibly...a Houndoom? But no, it couldn't be, this ball was smaller than those demon dogs.
He jumped from his futon of protection and walked silently up to it. It was definitely NOT a Houndour or its evolution form. It had no silver armour, and it had no large jaws, ready to eat him. Heck, it wasn't even black furred.
It was covered with short soft lavender coloured fur, it had small paws, slim legs, a thin tail with a rounded forked (a/n what the...?) end, it had some sort of thick purple whiskers on either side of its small shining black nose, a red jewel that shone blood red, electric orange and sunflower yellow in the light in the middle of its forehead and very big ears compared to its head size. Kai let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding.
An Espeon and, by the sheen on its fur and size, a female too.
He had the sudden urge to touch and stroke her. He reached out a bandaged arm and, hesitating at first, let his tired and cold fingers touch the smooth fur, stroking it gently.
-"Huhmmm"- she suddenly mumbled, -"that's really nice...but your hands are cold"-
Kai nearly jumped out of his skin...well...fur.
She had a calm and cool voice of a wise and gentle souled twenty-something woman. Nevertheless, Kai had to always keep up his guard.
-"Jesus Christ!"- he shouted out, -"Do you have to do that to me?"-
She yawned and stretched.
-"You were the one who touched me, what was I supposed to do?"- she answered and open her eyes.
Her eyes had the look that she was looking at purple rippling water as her deep plum coloured eyes shone with an unnatural light. She stared into Kai's own amethyst ones. Kai felt his insides writhe uncomfortably.
-"You're the human, aren't you?"- she asked calmly.
Kai couldn't lie, but was astonished.
-"Yeah but...how the hell you know?"- he asked suspiciously.
-"I'm a Psychic Pokemon, I can feel your emotions in the aura around you, human emotions are slightly different than a Pokemon's,"- she informed.
Kai went silent.
-"So...I saved a little Pikachu and my mistress brings him home. By what name shall I call you?"-
-"I'm not little, and the name's Kai"- the yellow and blue mouse Pokemon grunted and then stared into the fireplace. Why was everyone calling him little?
The Espeon stood up.
-"You seem little to me but, nevertheless, I won't call you small"- she said, stretched and turned round so her other side of her body could gather the fire's heat and lay down again.
Kai sat down but still stared into the blaze of the fire.
-"My mistress named me Seirei, I'm pleased to meet you Kai,"- she said. (A/n Seirei pronounced Sigh-Ray, meaning Spirit)
Kai just sighed a reply.
-"Care to join me?"- Seirei asked.
Kai said nothing but sat closer to Seirei. She sat like a cat, and Kai sat with his back and tail touching her stomach while facing the fire. He felt her warmth through his fur on his cold back.
-"So if your claim to be a human is correct, how did you manage to end up in the body you are in now?"- she asked.
Kai sat and, with the least possible words, explained how he had strolled through the forest, and about the Mouse Pokemon, and how he woke up like this, and the female Pikachu and finally the Hellish dog Pokemon. She listened to his words, and didn't interrupt him once. As Kai fell silent again, she spoke.
-"If that Raichu thought you deserved it, you probably do,"- she informed.
Kai sat there and said nothing. Did he really deserve it? Was Seirei telling the truth?
-"You mentioned that the trees spoke to you, and you felt as though something was beckoning you to the forest?"- she asked.
Kai nodded only once.
-"I believe that Jirachi has answered your pleas"- Seirei answered. (A/n I'm not sure which version of Pokemon it's from, but I don't own any of the versions he's in. I don't own Jirachi. It's the little yellow/white/ blue Pokemon, rare and not found in the games like Mew and Celebi, don't own either of the two).
-"Jirachi?"- Kai asked, actually sounding interested for the first time.
-"Yes. Jirachi is one of the most rare of Pokemon; so uncommon that only one is in existence. He is a Pokemon version of your human God. He helps Pokemon who need it and I believe that earlier today, he heard your hidden prayers and answered them. You should be honoured by this greatly"- Seirei enlightened.
Kai felt both his stomach and throat tightened and burn in anger. So this Jirachi told that Pikachu to knock him out and that allowed the Pokemon god to transform Kai into this goddamned body?
-"Why...did...Jirachi...do this...to me...!"- Kai snarled through gritted teeth.
"He has his reasons"- Seirei answered, then yawned and lowered her head upon her front paws, -"It's getting late, you should rest, my mistress is quite the active one, you'll need your energy, for tomorrow is the celebration of Christmas"-
She closed her eyes and fell asleep within 10 minutes. Kai still sat up, still staring into the blaze of the fire.
'What cause did I do to earn this? I didn't do anything wrong...did I? All this shouldn't fool me. This could be a trap. I shouldn't fall asleep'
The waving motion of the tongues of flame and the warmth of the fire made Kai weary, but his mind strictly told his body not to switch off and sleep. Very soon, his every muscle groaned in tiredness, his eyes started to itch constantly and the eyelids dropped dangerously. After 20 minutes of this losing battle, Kai gave up and allowed himself to drift off.
"GOOOOOOOD MORNING AKIRAKA TOWN! AND WHAT A CHRISTMAS WE HAVE! SUN IS SHINING AND THE GROUND IS WHITE! AND WHAT'S MORE? MORE SNOW IS HEADING OUR WAY! SO GET OUT YOUR GLOVES, HATS AND SLEDS AND ENJOY THIS B-E-A-UTIFUL DAY! TIS CHILLY OUT THERE, SO WRAP UP WARM! AND NOW WE HAVE THE LASTEST SINGLE FROM-"
A click was heard and an odd hollow silence, like someone had captured all the sound in a jam-jar.
'Thank the fucking gods' Kai thought, keeping his eyes shut 'Anymore of that crap and I was gonna blast it to smithereens...'
A yawn was heard in the next room, which made Kai's ears perk up involuntary. Another female.
His eyes fluttered open. He still sat by the fire next to Seirei. So comfortable...so warm...
He surveyed his surroundings properly for the first time. Whoever that girl was, she decorated the cabin to the festive mood but it wasn't over the top. Traditional Christmas tree, but was sprinkled with white to make it look snowy, it was decorated with white and gold sparkling baubles with a big hollow crystal Lanturn for the star, the light at the end of its antenna shone brightly. Sparkling white tinsel framed the walls and a holly wreath hung on the inside of the front door. Two stockings were suspended on the edge of the fireplace, to which Kai didn't notice the previous night. One was jet black with blood red trim and the other was slightly smaller and was plum purple with pure white trim.
Kai took note that these were slightly bulging. No doubt that "Santa" paid a visit. The door nearest to him opened slowly and a human girl walked through sleepily, yawning and rubbing her eyes, ridding them of the sleep.
She had those bright (jade green) eyes that Kai recognised, as they belonged to the human who rescued him. She had natural shiny (silver) cropped short hair with long spiky (silver) bangs that hung freely around her face and were long enough to pass her chin with one natural (royal blue) bang and (silver) thin great shaped eyebrows. On her left ear there were 2 (gold) loop earrings on the side flap of the ear. The most distinctive features about this girl were the thick lightening shaped markings on both her cheeks, exactly where Kai's royal blue shark fin tattoos were located but these were black and right under her left eye, there was another but slightly smaller and purple in colour.
Kai's mouth hung open for a second then it mouse-trapped shut. A punk. A punk gal salvaged him. Him! He allowed his eyes to travel down. She was fit, he would give her that. She wore a black no sleeve t-shirt with a silver skull and blood stained cross-bones on it, but it was festive as the skull wore a Santa hat and she also wore black long trousers to match. She had long sharpened-to-a-point nails that were painted black. Her bare feet showed off her matching black painted toenails. Kai found himself staring a little as she walked across the room to cook up breakfast. He heard Seirei giggle a little beside him.
-"My mistress' name is (Zurina)"- she said quietly while remaining still.
Kai replayed the name in his head. (Zurina) huh? A name he hadn't heard before; must be foreign.
20 minutes later, she came back through with 2 plates, 1 filled with scrambled egg and the other was laden with lightly done toast. As she put them down on the dark brown heavy mahogany table, the smell drifted across the room and wafted up Kai's sensitive nose.
'That smells quite good actually' he thought.
(Zurina) walked back through to the kitchen and brought back with her a tall glass with a carton of Tropicana Pure Squeezed Orange Juice (a/n I don't own) and placed these also on the table. She sat and began to dig into the light breakfast. Kai felt Seirei get up from beside him and walked over to her and purred, rubbing her head on the girl's leg.
"You hungry Seirei? Here ya go" (Zurina) said and lowered a slice of toast to Seirei's mouth.
Seirei took it thankfully and sat on one of the seats and chewed on it. She purred out-loud. She glanced at Kai who hadn't moved an inch.
-"Go on. Ask her. She'll give you something to eat"- the Espeon said.
Kai gaped. Ask her ! What the hell was she talking about! He can't speak bloody English so how can he ask her! Seirei read his thoughts again.
-"Do what I did"- she simply said and then preoccupied herself with munching the rest of her toast. Kai 'humph'ed and crossed his little arms.
No way was he gonna accept anything from a stranger. NO WAY!
Seirei finished her toast, she licked the sides of her face with her small red tongue and gave Kai a sceptical look.
-"If you do not want to starve, young one, then I would suggest you go and obtain some food,"- she said sternly at him.
Hell, he can starve if he wants coz he's Kai Hiwatari...NO-ONE tells HIM what to do and when to do it.
(Zurina) looked at Kai, having no idea that she was actually looking at an 18-year-old male human through those large innocent-looking amethyst purple eyes.
"You hungry Pikachu?" she asked.
Kai didn't respond in anyway. Seirei muttered under her breath:
-"She's talking to you"-
Kai turned round and stared at those (jade-green) eyes.
-"What you looking at me for? I didn't ask for this, you know"- Kai retorted at the girl.
(Zurina) raised an eyebrow. To her, the Pikachu said a mouthful but still looked pissed off. Probably he said something along the lines of "no" but she wasn't sure. (Zurina) shrugged and finished her scrambled egg and toast, downing the orange juice in one gulp.
"Your loss then" she said and carried her dirty dishes to the sink. As she came through, she was smiling. Smiling pretty big, her teeth white as the fresh snow outside.
"Merry Christmas Seirei!" she said and walked to her stocking above the fireplace.
'Jesus fucking Christ...if this punks gonna start singing bloody Christmas carols, I'm gonna strangle myself' Kai thought.
(Zurina) took down her stocking, and also Seirei's and gave it to the Psychic Pokemon to search. She sat on the sofa and searched hers. As she rummaged around through her stocking, she glanced back up at Kai.
"Ya know, if I knew you would be here, I would've got something for you too" (Zurina) said to him.
Kai scoffed. When did anyone care for him to get something for him? His parents? Nope, murdered and been dead for nearly all his life. Besides, he never really knew them. His grandfather? HELL NO! He would rather kill him instead. Any other relatives? Nope, all either in Russia, Canada or already dead. Tyson or the others? Nope, either too scared that he would beat the living shit outta them if they approached him with a present or completely stumped on what to get for him. Any fans? WHAT THE HELL WAS HE THINKING? Rabid fangirls are THE worst people to receive presents from cause they're usually...er...disturbing gifts.
To him, gifts were a waste of money. To him, being here was a waste of his time. To him, Christmas is a time for people to get poor and pissed drunk. Bad memories came back to him from his childhood, ones like when he was nearly beaten to death by his drunken grandfather when he was 4 or like the time he was nearly raped when he was 9 by a drunken Boris, the man who was 2nd in command to the horrid Balkov Abbey. And all this happened on Christmas.
Seirei had tipped her stocking upside down and these things fell out:
(I don't own anything from Tesco. Tesco's Finest Pokemon Coconut Treats actually don't exist; I made them up)
A large 500g packet of Tesco's Finest Pokemon Coconut Treats
A gold coloured squeaky mouse chew toy
A soft bristled brush
A cleaning cloth with best shine polish (for the jewel on her forehead)
3 balls of tough but soft textured silver wool
Seirei glomped her mistress, licking (Zurina's) face with happiness.
-"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"- Seirei practically shouted out between licks.
(Zurina) giggled and forced back Seirei.
"Don't thank me, thank Santa and his Delibird helpers," she said with a giggle
Kai watched this with disbelieving eyes. What...the...hell...?
(Zurina) peeked inside her stocking and her eyes seemingly lit up. Guess she must've got some unexpected gifts. She looked back at Kai and smiled.
"Guess that you're a part of my Christmas present" she said.
-"Geez...now don't I just feel so loved?"- muttered Kai sarcastically under his breath.
"So..." she said and got up and walked over to him and sat on her knees next to Kai at the fireplace, "Where'd you come from anyway?"
Kai sweatdropped. He had to answer, or she would persist on bugging him.
Kai looked about the room. A regional map on the nearest wall caught his eye. He jumped up onto the nearby chair and stretched over. He lowered his tail for balance as he stretched out and his index finger and pointed his little index finger at Akiraka Town. (Zurina) walked over and studied the place.
"Akiraka Town? Here?" she asked.
-"Humph...idiot..."-
"You have a Trainer?" she asked again
-"Oh sure! That's why you found me half fucking dead in the damned forest! Course I have a Trainer...NOT!"- Kai bit back, knowing how thick this girl was, he shook his head.
"So you're all by your lonesome!"
-"Einstein..."-
"God, it's lucky I found you"
-"Wish you didn't"-
(Zurina) moved her hand toward Kai, who didn't see it as he had his back to her. As soon as she touched him, a surge of electricity shocked her. She gasped loudly and drew her hand back quickly, her skin the same colour as her nails.
"Hey! What was that for!"
-"You fucking touched me! NO-ONE touches me, you stupid girl!"-
(Zurina) walked away from him and reached her bedroom door. She glanced behind her for a moment.
"Until you sort out your attitude problem Pikachu, I'll stay away. You'll find me in here" she said and shut her door.
-"Good riddance, she was pissing me off anyway"- Kai said to himself and studied the map himself.
The district of this town looked so small on the map, compared to many other cities quite a way off from here. An impatient hissing behind him made him look round. Seirei was there, sitting on her hind legs and hissing at him.
-"What?"- Kai shot at her, arms crossed.
She sighed impatiently.
-"My mistress kindly lets you in her own home, cover your injuries, give you shelter, give you a roof over your ungrateful head and you throw it back at her face! No wonder Jirachi did what he did! Your just an ungrateful, self-centred cold-hearted boy!"- she snapped and walked out the cat flap in the door.
Kai just didn't care. He studied the map once more. He then saw Tyson's dojo. Maybe the girl could be of little use, she could take him back to Tyson and the others. After all...who needs a girl hanging around him anyway? (a/n I'm not being sexist...i myself am a girl). He just needs her to get him back...
He turned round and ran out the cat flap after Seirei, not needing to crouch. He stood there shocked as the landscape he now saw.
(Zurina) must have a lot of money, as she owned 2 acres of land out here and all was white. Seirei lay on a broken chunk of dead bark close by, her tail swished from time to time and her ear would twitch now and then. Kai stood on the doorstep and took one step forward. He didn't expect to sink totally into the snow but everything below his chest did. He felt his fur dampen quickly and felt his skin grow cold. He jumped his way through the snow and reached Seirei. She opened one lazy eye and, upon seeing whom it was, huffed with irritation.
-"What do you want?"- she asked impatiently.
Kai jumped on the chuck of bark.
-"I've just come to...apologise...I acted like a total jerk"- Kai said, gritting his teeth a bit as he said the "apologise" word.
Seirei raised a brow and her tail twitched.
-"Why you saying that?"- she asked.
'FUCK! She saw right through me!'
-"Er...what do you mean?"-
She smiled, seemingly falling for Kai's act.
-"You shouldn't tell me. Tell (Zurina) instead" she said.
Kai let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding. So if he could fool the Espeon, he could surely fool (Zurina). He jumped down and now totally sank beneath the white surface.
-"You might want to use the pathway"- Seirei said quietly.
Kai dug his way out and saw that Seirei was right; a pathway that was still snowy, but was shallower, had been created. He padded along the path, making little footprints along the way. He pushed the catflap door open with his head and peered in. Hmmm. Seemed that (Zurina) was still in her room. Kai bounded over and gazed up at the door handle. Seemed a hell of a long way up. He, hesitant at first, knocked the door quietly. He heard faint footsteps from inside. The door opened and (Zurina) already looked down.
"Yes?" she asked.
Kai took a deep breath.
-"I'm apologising for the jerk act"- he said and looked at her face.
'Soon, she'll be playing right into my hands' he thought sneakily.
(Zurina) smiled at him and knelt down nearer to his height and her hand moved to handle his head. He tensed when she touched his head and stroked his bangs but soon was unperturbed with the contact.
"Is that you apologising?"
Kai nodded once.
Her hand moved from his large tuft of hair and ran along his jaw line and ended up stroking under his chin in the direction of the fur. This sent a little shiver through his body.
"Apology accepted," she said good-naturedly.
Before Kai knew it, she had placed her hands on his sides and lifted him clean off the floor. She placed her right arm round his stomach gently and his back made contact with her stomach, her left hand stroked the fur on his back. She walked over to one of the sofas and sat, Kai still sat in her arms.
"You know what you need?" she asked suddenly.
-"Huh?"-
"A name" she answered, still stroking the fur on his back.
-"Can't it be Kai? That is my name"-
The girl fingered Kai's shark fin cheeks gently.
"How bout...Fuka?"
-"Fuka?"-
She giggled a little at Kai's...er...Fuka's confused face.
"It means Shark, you remind me of a shark with these cheeks of yours" she said, thumbing them.
Kai felt his body tingle from the touch.
-"Suppose that'll do"-
'Here now starts a new me: Fuka, the Lightening Mouse Pokemon' he though a little sadly...