Last edited on: 2021/12/28
N-no way, he's—!
"And that's the news for the latest manslaughter in Canalave City last night. Next up, UI CEO Cyrus Garak plans to host a race to a hundred million dollars in—"
The news was cut short when the screen blacked out at the sound of a beep.
All was normal when Lucas returned home a few hours ago until the news of his neighbour's, Tyson's, passing aired. Lucas had been used to seeing news of murders and other grave crimes aired on TV, mostly 'cause his dad said it's for 'manning-up in the face of harsh news'. Hearing the news but with a friend in it was really different for him. Dangit, dangit! He's also the victim there.
Dad… just why the heck does stuff like this happen? Dangit, I really wish you were here…
Lucas was both shocked and scared. Shocked, at how something this heck-a bad could happen to his neighbour, and how Mes could've expected it. Scared, at how that 'something bad' could happen to him if he wasn't careful. Should he even be going out, anyway?
"I can't believe Tyson… oh my God…" his mom said, and a worried look was seen very clearly on her face.
Our neighbour was…
As what the reporter said, it was the murder of Lucas' neighbour, good friend, and senior, Tyson, by some crazy mine worker from Iron Island.
From what Lucas could understand, the worker got the boot 'cause he stole a lotta materials from the Iron Island mine. Then, he got really mad and crazy. After getting a boat going to Canalave City in the night, he fricking stabbed seven guys before being caught by the cops. Seven fricking guys! Five were jacked up but sent to the hospital, and two passed away. Tyson was one of them…
The two people who passed away were Tyson and this Lysandra person. Tyson, last name Mardes, was 18 years old, and he's in Grade 12, also a pokémon trainer from Twinleaf Town. The other was a 17-year-old girl, with the same year level as Tyson. Her name was… Lysandra Cachemar, from the Unova region in the States. The news said that both of them passed away 'cause of b-blood loss.
Oh man, oh man. What if there's a crazy killer in Twinleaf? What if they're in the forest? Aw man, I gotta thank Barry for getting my butt in Twin—
Suddenly, a clicking sound came from behind Lucas.
"Waah! Mom!" he cried. He quickly hid behind their sofa.
"Lu, shh. It's just your mom," his mom said. Her voice always made him relaxed. "I'm just locking the door. I'm here, I'm here. Don't worry."
Lucas slowly knelt on the sofa. The next thing Lucas saw was his mother locking the windows and spreading their curtains. "M-Mom? Are we gonna be okay?"
Mom smiled. "Yes. We're going to be fine. Are your windows upstairs locked, too?"
"I-I did, Mom. I'll just double-check up—"
"No! I'll do it," Mom cut him. "Watch the door, alright? And tell me if anyone's knocking," she requested before going upstairs. Lucas slowly nodded while shivering.
He grabbed a nearby pillow and hugged it while lying on the sofa. His eyes were tearing up, but he fought them back.
Just what the heck's going on? Tyson…
Tyson was one of Lucas' good friends. Heck, he's also crazy smart, book- and street-smart. Lucas would even call him his home-teacher, teaching stuff like math tricks and even this 'purpose driven-life' he'd say. It made Lucas wonder why he'd even go so quickly just like that.
No, remember what Dad would say: eyes forward, Lucas!
At that moment, Lucas felt his pocket vibrating, making him jump in fear, only to find out it's just his cellphone. Picking it up, 'Barry' was shown on the screen.
If he's gonna answer it, maybe he'd have his eardrums wrecked by his screams, but he had nothing else to do. Also, he needed someone to talk to.
He clicked a button on the left and began with a soft, "Hello?"
"L-Lucas?!" Barry screamed over the phone. "It's gotten really quiet in Twinleaf…"
"Don't shout. I can hear you loud and clear. What's up?"
The conversation droned on about their neighbour's recent passing and about how the older people in their hometown seem to be overreacting. Well, at least Lucas calmed down while having a nice talk with Barry.
"Even my mama's locking every door and window in the house! Crazy. Right, Lucas?"
"Yeah. Mom's doing the same thing here." Lucas sighed. "Does this mean we can't go out and play anymore?"
"Nah, that's… bullcrap," Barry whispered the last word, "and I don't think this'll change my regular Snowpoint trips!"
"Oh yeah, I forgot that you had relatives there, so you'd visit there almost every month or so, right?"
"Yup! Kinda wish Papa was here right now, though. Always busy with this and that…"
"Same…" Now wasn't the time for Lucas to be sad. In fact, he's thankful to Barry for calling him up to brighten up his gloomy night. He never said it to him, though.
"Anyways!" Barry shouted over the phone, again. "Classes're gonna start soon, and we'd better get ready! Also, I'm gonna visit Snowpoint again this Saturday."
"Good for you. I'm holed up in my house till the world explodes." Lucas laughed. "Also, you're kinda riled up to go to Snowpoint City every month."
"Well, duh! Lake Acuity's there."
"Huh, how weird."
"Whaddaya mean, Lucas?"
"How you thought of the Lake before your relatives."
"Ah, crap!" Barry cussed. "Er, I, um, yeah! I like my relatives, too!"
Lucas raised an eyebrow in suspicion at his response, but he let it slide with a puff of air. "Whatever, Barry."
"Wait-wait! It's not like there's some…" A pause then happened.
"Some… what, Barry?"
"Uh-huh, uh-huh, yes—ah, Mama's calling me again. Night!" With a beep, the call ended. Lucas has always been used to Barry cutting his call. But just then, he sounded like he's hiding something.
Nah, he's always hiding something. He's probably gonna make a joke, as he usually does when he acts like that. I guess right now it's gonna be some girl he met in Snowpoint, and then he's gonna joke about them being boyfriend-and-girlfriend, then maybe them kissing in Lake Acuity.
"I know your tricks, Barry," Lucas said. He's also been a victim to Barry's make-believe stories.
"Lu!" Mom called out to him.
"Yes, Mom?"
Mom was going down the stairs. "Did anyone knock on the door? Also, whom were you talking to?"
"No one, Mom, and that was Barry."
"I see. It's time to sleep now, Lu."
Lucas looked at their wall clock. 19:30. Even though he didn't wanna sleep yet, it felt like his body's telling him 'go fricking sleep!'.
What a day. It's almost the start of classes, too. It's just in a week.
"Yes, Mom. Just let me change and brush my teeth first."
One thing Lucas didn't like was how his mom would always tell him to sleep as early as now. It really felt like he's stopped from staying up late for God-knows-what. There's even one time when he overheard his mom watching some late night comedy movie at 22:00. Still, he knew that she'd give him the 'I'm-your-mom' or the 'don't-give-me-that-attitude' answer if he butted heads with her.
"Well, aren't you obedient." Mom smiled. "Alright. I just opened two mini-windows for the wind to come into your room, okay? Good night, Lu." His mom pulled him in for a kiss to the forehead.
"Yeah… thanks, Mom. Good night, too."
Mom went to her room downstairs after turning off the kitchen lights, while Lucas went to his bedroom. He wondered why Mom left the living room lights on, again.
Lucas frowned and grumbled. Must be that comedy series, again… He knew better than to talk back to his mom about her… what's that word… hypocrisy, so he just let it slide.
As Lucas went upstairs, the thoughts of his neighbour's passing was still in his head, keeping him awake even though his body's tired.
"Oh boy," he murmured to himself.
It's really scary… and strange. I guess… this is what it feels like if a friend suddenly goes away like that.
He frowned, but he still remembered what Mes told him. She promised that she'd do something about it, and it was enough to make him relax. Soon, he started smiling.
I hope Mes is watching over Twinleaf tonight. I know she can protect us.
Reaching his room, he felt that something's watching him. He couldn't really say how, but something was definitely watching him. He quickly looked left and right . This didn't scare him, since he had an idea as to who it was.
Thanks, Mes, he thought and smiled. Something in his mind seemed to 'spark up'. Maybe that's her reply.
He didn't wanna sleep yet, and he just sat by the locked windows and enjoyed the outside view while remembering all that happened today. Yeah, he was pooped to the max after today's wacky adventures. The space blue view paired with the nearly-full moon kinda made him feel a little less tired.
Let's see… It's always nice to look back at a day's events if eventful, Dad would say.
Just then, Munch quickly came into his mind. Oh man, I totally forgot about the lil' guy! Poor Munch's wrecked by Mes, too… I think I should let him out and rest with me, for tonight. A little bonding, like those on TV, should be okay.
Grabbing the small poké ball from his desk, he clicked it twice and aimed it to the floor. The ball grew big and shot a beam of red light, turning into Munch. Surprisingly, Munch was lying asleep when he was brought out.
"Um, Munch?" All he got were snores and sleep-grumbles. So, Lucas knelt down and rubbed the fur on his belly. Munch began to open his eyes with some snores along it. "Hey, buddy. You can sleep on my bed if you wanna."
The munchlax sat up and got on his feet slowly. Blinking his eyes, the pokémon got a look at Lucas' room. Munch seemed to be pretty interested as well.
"Hey, Munch, can I ask you a question?"
Munch nodded and scratched it back with its eyes closed. Strangely, it didn't look like the earlier battle bothered him. Lucas had to ask his pokémon about it, even though it might not really get him.
"Do you remember what happened before? At the lake?"
Munch shook his head. Wait, what? That's weird.
"Wait, wait. You don't even know that you got knocked out a while ago? That you got blasted by a psychic attack?" Lucas tried to say this as slow as possible for his pokémon.
All Munch did was scratch his back again and yawned while shaking his head. Well, even if Munch understood it or not, Lucas took that as a 'no'. Thing is, it's strange. He didn't wanna ask anything else 'cause his pokémon looked so sleepy.
I guess Mes did something to his mind… Oh well, maybe she might get 'chewed out' if a normal pokémon knew about her.
"Oh yeah, wanna sleep together, Munch? The bed's soft and all," Lucas offered.
He just got another yawn. Munch proceeded to lie on the wooden floor. Huh, that looked like another 'no' from Munch.
He's… a deep sleeper. I guess those encyclopaedias don't lie after all.
Lucas returned to the window and looked out once more to the view. A few moments later, his brain told him to crash back at his bed.
Oh yeah, meeting Mes was another thing. He imagined that if Mes never 'reawakened' his memories, he'd be very different right now. With these reawakened memories from the past, his mind felt weaker. What else could he do but to lie down and sleep early? Maybe getting enough rest was really what he needed.
She really is hyperactive and annoying sometimes, but eh.
Even with that tough pickle of a test, he was still thankful to Mes for the friendship they've had for around six years. Those memories that flooded back to him gave him a wacky guess, that maybe Mes was kinda tired deep inside for making a fake personality towards him each time they met until now.
I wonder why she'd make all these a big deal for her, though? Lucas twirled some hair strands while looking up the twinkling night sky. Ah, I'm too tired. Oh well, maybe she's just overacting, as usual. He smiled at the last word.
He yawned after. Checking the digital clock, it's only 19:43.
"I guess I should change then brush my teeth," Lucas muttered. "I think, maybe this night's sleep's gonna be one of the best. I mean, this day was just heck-a awesome."
He smiled and quietly pulled a nearby drawer open, not much to wake his sleeping partner. Then, a random idea pinged into Lucas.
"Mes?" he called out to her. "I'm not sure if you're listening, but are you crazy?"
A few seconds passed, but no reply was made. Lucas sighed. "Well, I'm not in some TV series. Guess I better get changed now…"
Is that how you think of me, Lukey…?
"This'll do—good for one night, maybe till noon. Now, I can be alerted if anyone suspicious gets within range," a pink-hued figure muttered.
Ensuring the protective barrier was set up against any intruders, Mesprit stopped surveilling the area and each house and store with her clairvoyance.
After returning her Lukey's memories back, she couldn't help but feel the need to de-stress herself. Why? She thought that maybe it was because their relationship from now on could be different. She might not even get to be his partner, her lifelong goal since that fateful day.
After all, the secret of six years had now been revealed, and she had just realised that what she did might've been an act of direct disobedience to the Hall. All the more did she need to de-stress herself.
"Damn, took longer than usual. No one evil-looking to hurt my Lukey around the area, like that one earlier afternoon. Now, my Lukey's safe and sound." Her face glistened with sweat under the moonlight. "Should've practiced my powers more often. Or maybe, it could've been because of a while ago…" She looked up in thought and coiled her tails.
"Argh!" Mesprit knocked on her head and wiped her sweat. "Overthinking makes my head spin! Damn it!"
"But… Oh, Lukey~" Her appendages began to droop, and her tails yielded their strength.
Let me see what you're up to now…
She moved to inspect his house, and the image of the living room was projected into her head. She saw his mother turning the television on, while he was preparing his night clothes upstairs. Her face blushed at the sight.
I-is he gonna—?!
She had an idea as to what he was going to do. Her body quickly dematerialised into nothingness and reappeared inside the lake cavern. It was dark, but it didn't bother her since she knew the layout of her abode. Plus, she needed her place to be dark.
I can't miss this out… I can't. But, is this…?
Her nightly routine was her guilty pleasure, stemming from the events of six years prior. She tried fighting it back, but to no avail. Moreover, she felt like she was a floating corpse; it was just days, or even hours before she'd get caught red-handed.
No. It's fine! Lukey doesn't know anything about my feelings… yet… And I'm definitely gonna get judged by the confidante, or Boss. Her eyes sharpened, then turned forlorn.
Her breathing grew deeper as she sat near a wall and rested her back against it. Her tail-tips sat on her abdomen. With a wave of a hand, a circular two-dimensional screen of pink hue appeared in front of her. It showed the bedroom of her Lucas and the boy placing his clothes on the bed. Her face grew redder and began drooling as she rubbed the tips of her tails along her neck.
Oh… yes~ My favourite time of the day~ And I don't care anymore…
The projection zoomed towards the boy, showing her Lucas changing his attire for sleeping, revealing much of his warm ivory tone—to the sprite-pokémon's delight. Some scars were seen, but neither were they a hindrance to his appearance, nor did they discourage Mesprit at the moment.
That slim build… paired with the warm complexion~ Oh, Lukey… I want you to hug me again~
As she thought of that, she started hugging her tail-tips more furiously, imagining them to be her Lukey. Unintelligible muffles resounded under her palm. Instinctively, she suckled her own thumb and muttered his lovely name repeatedly.
Words can't describe how much she needed him to complete the emptiness deep inside her. She wanted to be renewed through him and forget the past that clung to her soul.
And her 'sisters', if she still considered them as that… No, she just despised that one liar and know-it-all. That one can just go burn up in flames after those lies she's fed Mesprit. Az's okay, but she's just too lazy and a rule-breaker sometimes.
Dammit, all she cared was for him to love her back. She wanted him to be safe in her arms, and she wanted him to free her from her past and that one scum of a sister.
And she had all the night to think about him coming closer to her~
"S-say it… Tell me… that you… love me~!" she breathed between gasps and with eyes shut. "L-Lukey… tell me… those… words…!"
I-I'll say it… if you say it, Lukey~
"S-say it, Lukey… Please…" Something similar to a surge of electricity coursed through her body. "L-Lukey, please—"
"I love you, Mes."
And that was it. Everything flushed out of her system into a puddle. She didn't care where the voice came from, nor who blurted it out. She didn't care if someone was nearby. She didn't care if someone was watching her right now. She had to yell it out; let the world know her six-year secret—a secret she tried to hide with all her blood, sweat, and tears. She was at the breaking point, and all it needed was this little push. She knew what she heard. It was him.
She was more than certain that it wasn't her imagination.
It sounded like his voice. No, it was her Lukey's voice. She knew it had to be him who said it. Who else would say it besides her Lucas? The emotion, the pitch, and the talking speed—it all matched with his. He was meant for her.
All else was secondary. All that mattered was that her Lukey said those words.
Her lovesick personality took over her. Her dilated eyes flew open, and she began laughing maniacally and sweating furiously at the response. Strange enough, her eyes were welling with tears. Her tail movements were now vigorous as she staggered to float.
"Oh, y-yes~! Yes! YES! I love you too, Lukey~! I love you with all my heart~! You don't know how much I had to go through! I've loved you since you saved me! I love how you're gentle! I love how you're kind! I love that you deal well with my shitty attitude! I love your hands and fingers on my skin! I can't hide it anymore! I can't live without you! My century-long life is nothing without you! Fuck my status as a legendary! Fuck it all! Stay with me! Don't leave me! Take me! Take me with you! Make me your mate! Make me yours! I'm nothing without you! Lukey, MY Lukey! My ONE and ONLY Lukey!"
"I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU! I LOVE YOU, LUKEY! FUCK M—"
"That's all I needed to hear, Mes," a familiar voice broke her monologue. "I've always known you felt that way to that human boy."
Mesprit gasped as if she was grabbing for her last breath of air. It's her voice! "No… No-no-no-no-NO!" She grabbed two of her appendages and wailed to herself.
"I do hope you remember, that imitating a human voice is very much easy for us psychic-type Hall members. Wouldn't you agree, dear sister?" A dark silhouette about her size emerged from the darkness. Two orbs glowed a bright crimson red in the dark.
This… this is a dream! Yes, Darky must be doing it again! Mesprit giggled nervously while clutching her appendages.
"This is no dream, you know?" the silhouette replied to her thoughts, stopping Mesprit's delusion. "Come on, Mes. I make my way from the Hall to the Verity Cavern just to see your pitiful state? You're better than this."
The pink sprite-pokémon's expression turned spiteful. "N-no… way. You," Mesprit weakly pointed at the silhouette, "you fucking eavesdropper, Yux!"
"That's no way to address your superior, Mes," the silhouette rebutted. A third red light shone, revealing a yellow colouration around it. It's as if the three lights formed the points of a triangle in the dark. Soon, the figure raised what seemed to be an arm and summoned a dandelion sphere at the end.
"Does it always have to be this dark when you play with your lonesome self?" it asked. The dandelion sphere moved to what seemed to be the centre of the area and illuminated the entire cavern. "That's better."
I'll kill her. I kill her right now!
T-that's enough, Mes. You know that you're no match for her, and it's best to—
"SHUT UP!" Mesprit yelled at herself. Her anger took over her, and her normal persona was replaced.
"Am I even talking to the Mes I know, or is it one of your personalities?" the visitor asked.
The distinctive pool of water on the ground was now visible, and the visitor had finally revealed herself, bearing a build similar to Mesprit's but bearing a unique dandelion yellow head likened to a shell of a kabuto. The visitor's eyes were also closed, but Mesprit knew better than to force her eyes open.
"Yu… UXI—E!"
The expression on Mesprit's aggravated, and her now-black eyes began to glow along her gems. She was hovering over the ground, but her levitation was laboured as seen by her inability to float still.
"Like what I said, Mesprit No. 100601, that is no way to address your superior," Yux repeated with arms crossed. "Or, do you plan on challenging me?"
"SHUT UP! GO TO HELL, BITCH!"
Mesprit flew herself towards Yux with glowing hands and with genuine intent to kill. Even her eyes and gems glowed furiously.
"Do not," Yux partially opened her golden eyes, "make me repeat myself, Mes!"
Shit, she's gonna see through my memories!
Mesprit quickly teleported behind Yux. Just as when Mesprit was about to punch Yux with an imbued fist, her target disappeared, and a rain of white bullets showered on her. The damage caused her to lose balance and land on the puddle facedown.
A voice came from above. "That's enough, Mes. I don't want to hurt you."
"YOU BITCH!"
Mesprit teleported behind Yux one more time and attempted another imbued punch, only to be stopped by an invisible wall. Yux didn't turn around, but the sound of repeated thumping and thudding made it clear that blows were being blocked by the wall.
"We psychic-types are meant for long-range and strategic battle, Mes. Please, give it up." Yux advised with that fucking annoying 'caring' voice.
"FUCK YOU!"
The sound of teleportation once resounded, and Yux faced upwards to confront her enraged sister's attack from above. Smirking, the dandelion sprite-pokémon pointed her finger in the form of a pistol and shot a pressurised Psybeam to her Mesprit's forehead gem.
"That should—what?!"
Instead of the beam bursting on impact with the gem and knocking her sister out, it passed through Mesprit's head and burst on impact with a stalactite of the cavern. The 'Mesprit' she attacked poofed, revealing the debris about to crash on Yux.
The sprite-pokémon moved the barrier around her over her head as the rocky debris rained on her.
"A Double Team clone, huh? Uorgh!"
There!
A punch to the cheek cut Yux's comment. Blow after blow, Mesprit continued striking her sister with psychic-filled fists out of spite. The enraged pokémon enjoyed the sensation of harming the one who walked in on her, and it mattered not whom she was battling.
To her, anyone who got in between her and her Lucas was dead in her eyes.
"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU, UXI—E!"
Still continuing her barrage of fists, Yux was rendered paralysed. Mesprit decided to end the ever-droning battle right here and now; her remaining strength was channelled unto her final fist, as it glowed a mauve hue. Her other hand was focused on holding Yux by the neck. Surprisingly, Uxie didn't seem to be fazed at all, despite her badly bruised face.
"EAT THIS!"
The fist was aimed at her sister's forehead gem, which was fatal with enough power. Alas, Mesprit didn't hold back and launched her attack to the forehead gem as she released the grip of her other hand, sending Yux flying to the wall of Mesprit's cavern.
"How do you like that, you fucking know-it-all?! Don't fuck with me, or my Lukey!"
A smoke covered the area where Yux crashed, and the illumination of the cavern dimmed out, maybe because of Yux's state right now. What's certain was that smartass had to be knocked out, or killed in the process.
W-wait a minute, 'killed'?
Yeah, that bitch deserved it.
Hey, snap out of it! Look at what you've done!
Mesprit's eyes returned to normal, and her head began aching. "W-what I've done?" Her face was beginning to show mortification when she looked at her sister. "Ah… Aaah! Y-Yux!"
Oh no… Oh no-oh no-oh no-oh no!
Mesprit finally realised what she had done to her own sister. She quickly floated to where Yux landed and summoned a pink ball of light, only to see her body lying against the crater of the wall, a forehead gem broken beyond recognition, half-open eyes, and mouth. Yux's once-golden eyes were now faded, and the area around her was stained.
"Y-Yux? H-hey, Yux? Chief Uxie? C-c'mon, stop joking around…" Mesprit whispered as she tried shaking her sister's body, only to get a response of silence. "C-c'mon, Chief Uxie. I-I'm addressing you with respect now. S-stop joking, please! I might be punished because of mischief again, ha-ha-ha…"
To no avail, Mesprit shook her sister's body in an attempt to wake up. Her body felt cold, and her faded eyes were motionless. Putting her hand on Yux's chest, it wasn't beating.
D-did I just… kill my sister…?
Mesprit began giggling, and from there, she forced more and more laughter while holding her sister's body.
I… killed Yux! I did it… I really did it!
"I… killed my sister? Nice joke! Good show, Yux! I bet Az's gonna freak out! How about we stop this act, huh, Yux? Huh, Yux? Huh, Yux?" She continued murmuring the same thing until she began crying. "I'm sorry… I'm so sorry… Yux… Oh my God… Oh my God… I'm very very sorry, Yux…"
Despite her incessant apologies, Mesprit knew that those would never reach her, but her emotions suddenly spiked to a point where she couldn't keep it inside.
"I'M SORRY, UXIE! UWA—H! PLEASE COME BACK! PLEASE COME BACK!"
No… Please, talk to me, Uxie! Uxie!
"TALK ME, YUX! TALK TO ME! DON'T JUST LEAVE ME LIKE THAT!"
W-well, whaddaya know, I went a bit too far.
"SHUT UP!" Mesprit screamed at the voice in her head.
She was basically screaming in her cavern, but her screeches weren't enough to get through her sister's corpse. She continued screaming her apologies for a few more minutes in the dimly illuminated cavern, until her voice box strained its usage. The scenery then bore a morbid silence.
Shit… shit… shit…
You should have remained calm, but what's done is done.
Mesprit was more than a walking corpse; her very existence and trace was to be entirely removed from the face of the world—universe, even. As such, she was sure that a punishment so severe was waiting for her when Mew would visit her abode to collect her nonexistent daily report.
She set Yux's body on the floor. There was no way out of this. The truth had to make itself known in some way, and not even her Healing Wish can repair the damages done.
Mesprit rested her back on the crater made from when her sister crashed into the wall. She stared into the pink ball of light with emasculated eyes. All she could do was look at her shaking hands. Her vision was beginning to fade at the sight of it.
I'm… a murderer, right?
Yes… you are one, Mesprit… You murdered your sister out of pure rage… Yes… I'm an enraged murderer… I'm a murderer…
"I'm a murderer," Mesprit articulated.
You hear me? I'm a murderer… Mom, Dad, I'm a murderer… Az, I'm a murderer… Mew, I'm a murderer… Bii, I'm a murderer… Keldy, Etta, I'm a murderer… Cie, Hoo, I'm a murderer… Koko, Lele, I'm a murderer… Boss, I'm a murderer…
"Lukey… don't… come near me… Lukey… don't come… near me… Stay away from me…"
I'm… a murderer.
No. It's not yet the end. It's most likely—
Shut up, you. Just look at our sister…
Have it your way, then. Yux is far more capable than that.
That personality can just go shut up, even though that was supposed to be the mature one. What else can she do but accept the facts? The Hall was probably alerted know, and it felt like every second passing was silent torture.
At least I met you, Lukey… Even if it was just for six years… My life felt complete… You brought me out of my suffering… That's why I love you…
She cleaned herself to at least look a bit presentable when the authorities came to her cavern. Maybe she could turn herself in just to make everything go faster.
No, not yet.
She needed to look at him one last time before she faced the Hall to be judged. She brought up the same circular projection of his bedroom; he was seen to be fast asleep. Mesprit zoomed in closer to get a look at his sleeping face and proceeded to cry her heart out again.
"Lukey… Oh, Lukey… I'm such a sick, sick pokémon… I need to be punished… I don't deserve you…" she muttered while sobbing.
I guess… the end is now—
"Really, Mes, you are, and have always been, melodramatic."
"If someone were to live under the same roof as you," the voice continued, "they'd have to have a high tolerance towards your sporadic behaviour, just like me."
Mesprit quickly shut the projection off. "W-what…?"
Is that—?!
I told you so.
"WHAT THE HE—LL?!" Mesprit screamed. She immediately used her source of light to scan her surroundings. Unfortunately for her, her sister was nowhere to be found. In fact, the 'body' of her sister was still on the ground, the same as before.
"Ah… ha ha ha! G-good one, Yux! I-I didn't… You didn't…! Ah… ha…" Mesprit's giddiness trailed off, and her shock prevailed.
"Before you turn into a wild pokémon, take a closer look at the one you sent flying."
Mesprit quickly went to the body that she punched like there was no tomorrow. Looking closely, it suddenly transformed into one of the stalactites that fell from earlier. D-dangit, it seemed like liars know how to cast Substitution pretty well!
"Behind you."
Mesprit excitedly turned around, but only saw the crater formed from a while ago. She pouted and grumbled at that. Maybe that Yux's planning something!
"Kyaun!" she yelled when something extremely cold grabbed her tails. Looking back, she was more than relieved to see her sister's face. Even though it was her signature poker face plastered on her, Mesprit couldn't help but shoot towards her sister.
"YUUUU—"
Instead of flying into a familial embrace, she was greeted with a slap to her face, causing her to snap out of her wild emotions.
"Just when will your maturity blossom, Mes?" Mesprit just remained quiet with her mouth agape. Yux sighed at her silence. "For your information, I was summoned here just to escort you to the Hall, and that entire ploy a moment ago was just a little test for you. Before I do send you there, though, I have something to tell you, formally."
Uh oh. Mesprit was screwed. She did not like where this was going.
"Mesprit No. 100601, I hereby charge you for breaching the Hall's rule on identity disclosure."
Guest No 1: Neither. He just visited the area :P
Mallory S. Nocturne: Yes, in my headcanon for this story. He's just a regular businessman running a very successful business in the Sinnoh region (Edit: In the eyes of the regular Sinnohese folk). Thanks for the compliment, I really appreciate it :D And yes, soon (depending on my mood in the storyline lmao)
Greninjaten99: Yes, yes. Well, I believe that everyone, no matter which universe, should have a defining quirk. Oh, don't worry just yet :P And thanks for the compliment :D Cheers for sticking to my story since the beginning~
Anon Omega: You mean the confidante? Well, I guess you could say that her identity is predictable.
