Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon in anyway shape or form, all rights are reserved to Nintendo.
A/N: Hello everybody I'm back for another chapter, this one is just as long as the last one but the next one will be the longest for those of you that asked for longer chapters.
I have finished Chapter 7 and now working on Chapter 8, this is what happens when you have too much time on your hands, anyway, new stuff will be happening soon so please enjoy what I have done now.
For the person that asked for Gen 5 & 6 pokemon, there will be some in chapters to come, once I write them in, but for your other request, right now I don't see how to get a shinx or vulpix in other than a battle.
If you guys have any ideas on what I can do with this story please let me know, I'm always happy to read your comments, good or bad.
We have been standing just outside of town for 20 minutes now, Tom has been trying to get me to walk in.
"Sora standing out here won't get you anywhere" He said.
"I... I can't do it, I can't let other people see me" I was sitting on a side of a hill over looking the Town trying to make myself walk in but I but I couldn't, Tom was getting annoyed with me but he kept calm understanding my situation.
"How about you two talk to him?" Tom looked at Dash and Pulse that were playing on the hill when they realised he was talking to them, they knew he couldn't understand them so he just pointed to me, they looked at each other and slowly made their way to me.
"Sora, what's wrong?"Dash asked as they both came and sat in front of me.
"I... I can't go into town" I said but the two didn't seem to understand.
"What do you mean can't you just walk in?" Pulse asked.
"Well yes but... I can't go in there looking like this" I pointed out my ears and tail looking depressed. The two plusle look at each other in confusion still not understanding what I'm on about.
"I don't understand?"Pulse scratching his head looking at Dash, he only shrugged his shoulders at him.
I sighed, "How can I explain this" I thought about my answer, "I don't want people to see me with these ears and tail, they will stare at me and point and right now I don't need that" the two small pokémon looked at each other once again then smiled, 'What are those two smiling about?' I thought.
"Sora don't you worry because we're here to protect you!" Pulse cheered.
"Yeah no one will hurt our brother while we're on watch!" Dash added, I looked at the two pokémon now trying to cheer me up and producing sparks from their hands, "Don't worry Sora you have nothing to be afraid about, so what you look different if other people think you look weird then let them think that way!".
"Yeah, you should think about how you feel and your friends, if they believe in you then you should to" Pulse finished off, Tom walked over to us in amusement.
"I see that they are trying to cheer you on, you know that they are the cheer pokémon"Tom explained but I wasn't following, "Here look" Tom pulled out his Pokedex and showed it to me, an electronic voice came from the device.
"plusle, the Cheering pokémon. plusle loves to cheer for its fellow pokémon, and it creates sparkling pom-poms by shorting out the electrical current released from its palms". I looked down at the two pokémon that were smiling at me hoping that their cheer worked.
"You two will protect me huh?" I asked.
"Count on it!" They said and run up onto my shoulders tapping away, "Come on let's go!".
"Ok I'll do it" I got up off the ground and looked at Tom, "So you ready" Tom smiled at me I don't think he could of taken any more of my negative attitude, he called for Luna who was sleeping under a tree near the hill and we made out way into town.
We slowly made our way into town, even though Dash, Pulse and Tom help get me in here I'm still wary about the other people we would pass. We were getting closer to the centre of town now and already walked by a number of people, most of which stared at me as we walk by, and a couple of kids pointed at me, I held my tail in front of me in my hands playing with the fur it was a nerves habit I was developing when I get nerves, "Tom I don't think I can take much more of this".
"Oh come on Sora they're just curious you will be fine, anyway were almost to the Pokémon Center" Tom said pointing down the road to the building.
"Yeah come on Sora be strong!" Dash called out.
"We're right here for you!" Pulse added, being cheered on by kids really didn't make this any better but they were helping.
"Your both kids yet you have a way of motivating others" I said, they both leaned forward to look at each other on my shoulders and smiled.
"It's what we do best!" They both said.
When I was talking to the plusle, I couldn't help notice that I got the attention of more people around me, it must have been because I was speaking like a pokémon to Dash and Pulse. The people started to whisper to each other, at this point it was getting on my nerves and I just wanted to hide until I heard a little voices come from my shoulders.
"It's ok Sora don't be afraid" Dash said.
"It will only bother you if you let it" Pulse added, how can these two be kids, when they are clearly smarter then me, I should really take their advice and move on.
Right before entering the center I heard a childish voice say," dat guy wooks funny", right before a hushed shush.
We finally made it to the doors of the pokémon Center and I was relived, I was taking the plusle's advice but I don't know how long I could keep up the act. Tom put his hand on my shoulder.
"See Sora wasn't that bad was it, we made it after all".
"Yeah well you ain't me, you didn't feel those eyes burning into your soul" I clutched my heart to prove my statement while still holding my tail.
"Your over-reacting" Tom brushed away the look I gave him as we walked into the Pokémon Center, as soon as we stepped in I could feel every eye in the building fixated on me, I looked around to see the trainers around the room looked and me and wisped to each other and started to point.
"I'm over-reacting huh?" I said to Tom sarcastically.
"They could be looking at Dash and Pulse" Tom rubbed his head sheepishly, I only gave him a dirty look as I slowly made my way to the desk, as I walked I looked around at the trainers, they all seem to be looking at me including their pokémon, 'Please stop looking at me...' I thought, but in my current state they won't but I can hope that they will get bored and continue with their own thing.
I made it to the desk and I saw a lady behind it, she was looking at me more importantly my ears and tail, I was still playing with the fur on my tail it was the only thing that was settling my nerves, she finally stopped looking at my furry appendages and smiled by this point Tom and Luna joined me at the desk.
"Hello my name is Nurse Joy, what can I do for you?", Joy asked, I looked at Tom since he is the one that want to be a trainer, I have no idea what we can do here.
"We would like to get our pokémon checked up and also have a room for the night" Tom put his Pokeballs on the counter along with his pokedex, he looked down at Luna, "You can go with the lady Luna, she won't hurt you", Luna just smiled and walked around the counter to Nurse Joy.
I Put my Pokeballs and pokedex on the counter as well and looked at Pulse and Dash, they looked pretty scared.
"What's wrong you two, your supposed to go with Nurse Joy?" I asked.
"We don't want to go we want to stay with you", Dash replied, I looked at Pulse and he nodded in agreement.
"She won't hurt you, she will just make sure your well, I don't want you two feeling sick, besides you won't be gone long and we will be back together in no time", the plusle looked at each trying to decide on what to do, "I trusted you when we entered the city and you did a great job, can you trust me with this?", they started to look at me now and smiled.
"Ok, I trust you!", Pulse jumped off my shoulder and landed on the counter.
"I do too!", Dash joined his brother.
"I'm glad", I smiled at them and looked up, I saw Nurse Joy shocked expression, 'Oh crap...' I thought, she was surprised that I could talk to my pokémon, but she wouldn't have understood me. Soon Joy was back to her happy self, she handed our pokedex's back yo us.
"They will be in great hands, they will be returned soon", she put the balls on a plate of metal and walked into a hallway with our pokémon in tow.
I looked around to try and find an empty seat but to find crowd of trainers gathered around us, they too looked shocked.
"Oh um... hi?", I said nervously looking around at they expressions, they were looking at each other trying to figure out what they just saw.
"Did you just talk like a pokémon?", I heard someone call out, I was getting rough with the fur on my tail trying to calm myself down, Tom poked me in the side to get my attention, I looked at him, it seems like he wanted me to answer their question, I looked at the trainers once again still in shock over what they have just seen, I could see a couple of them now looking at my hands that were holding my tail, when I noticed this I let go of it and let it swing back behind me.
"Well?", the trainer said getting impatient. In my head I was going through many different scenarios on what could happen, if I don't answer now will I always be this nerves around other people for the rest of my life, if I did answer them will they all laugh and point at me calling me a freak, I didn't know what to do I looked at Tom and he gave me a nod, it seems like he wants me to tell them, I trust Tom with my life and right now he is trying to end it, but I couldn't get out of this one, I sighed.
"Yes" I finally manage to say, the trainers all looked and wisped to each other about my answer, at this time some of the trainers pokémon made it to the front of the crowd to get a better look. I was still playing scenarios in my head, what if word gets out about where I am and Team Horizon find me, what will they say or do next, I was getting paranoid but with out me playing with my tail I didn't have anything to occupy my mind.
"How?", one of the trainers again called out, I looked at Tom for guidance but he just gave me another nod, I think he just want me to get this out in the open so I won't be like this every time we go somewhere, I turned to the trainers again, they now seem shocked and intrigued about what I was saying. I think I'm losing it I didn't want to do this but there is no way out but to talk, I think at that time I snapped.
"Well I don't have these for fun!", I pointed to my ears and tail, as soon as I heard myself say this I died inside, if they didn't suspect before about me being part pokémon they will now. I looked around everyone was now looking at my ears and tail trying to figure out want I meant, and I think after some time most of them got it, since they dropped there jaw when they did, I looked at Tom as well and he couldn't believe I was this forward with my answer, well he made me snap so I'm going to chew his head off later.
"So your saying your a pokémon?", I looked down at where the voice was coming from, it was a bulbasaur, it must of belonged to one of the other trainers, I just simply nodded at her question, "So you can understand me?", I nodded again, I took a quick look around, everyone was looking the bulbasaur and were wondering what we were talking about.
"Well then can you give a message to my trainer?", the bulbasaur asked, no one else could really understand pokémon, you can pick up on what they were saying some of the time with you grow a bound with them but it seemed like this bulbasaur hasn't with it's trainer.
"Er... sure, what is it?", once a spoked I widen my eyes remembering that there was a crowd of trainers around me I looked up and again there jaws were wide open, I can see that this can shock a lot of people.
"Can you tell me trainer to stop feeding me Touga Berries, there to spicy I like Apicot Berries more" I looked at the pokémon, 'I guess she has had enough and took the chance to let her trainer know' I thought.
"What's the name of your trainer?" I asked.
"Oh sorry his name is Jake" the bulbasur apologised.
I looked back up at the crowd of trainers they were still speechless at what they were seeing, "Which one of you is Jake?", I called out letting my nerves settle, it took awhile but the trainer spoke out.
"I'm Jake" a figure emerged from the crowd holding his hand out to show that he is the one I asked for.
"Is this your pokémon?" I pointed at the bulbasur, he nodded in response.
"Well I was asked that you stop feeding her Touga Berries, they're too spicy she prefers Apicot Berries instead", I manage to get out, helping out a pokémon with it's trainer felt good and it calmed me down a bit. Jake looked down at the pokémon and she nodded at him showing that I was speaking the truth, he looked at me once again.
"You can talk to other pokémon?", he asked, my nerves came back when I was asked a question about how I can do these stuff, but it was getting easier to respond.
"Um... well yes," my tail came flying back to the front of me so I could grab it, my mind must of done this with out me thinking about it, I guess I really need to calm myself down, I started playing with the fur and everyone's eyes were on the moving object in my hand.
"Is that real?", someone called out, I guess they wanted to confirm there theory about me, I have already gone this far I might as well go all the way.
"Um.. yes...", I was really tearing through the fur now, not so fast as to rip out the fur but to really make it a mess, Tom looked at me seeing that I was about to snap under the pressure. I was getting really agitated with all this I think I am about to faint, which wouldn't turn out well, but then I felt something move behind my right ear, was about to check it out when a wave of calm and pleasure went through out my body, It felt so good that I let go of my tail as it went behind me and went from side to side in pleasure, I was like this for s little while until I came to my senses and realise that someone was scratching behind my ear, I launched to the side away from the person that was scratching me, I looked to find Tom nervously smiling at me knowing that he did something wrong.
"What do you think your doing!?", I yelled out.
"You looked like that you need to calm down a bit, and I know that Luna likes behind her ears scratched so I took a shot in the dark, and it worked", he smiled at me, I was getting angry, I couldn't believe he just did that to me and in front of other trainers as well.
"How about you drag me out of here instead of that, or better yet kill me, because I have had enough in the last few days and I need a break!", I have been through a lot in the past few days that this was pushing it.
"Well I'm sorry, but I wasn't going to deal with this each time we walk into a town, so I took this opportunity to help you get over it", Tom now crossed his arms to get his point across.
"I don't see how scratching me behind the ear is going to help!" I was getting irritated about this whole mess.
"Like I said you need to calm down your nerves, and also to show that you shouldn't be afraid to show of you pokémon side", Tom had a point, if I want to spend my time as a human doing the things I want to do then I need to accept my pokémon side, but maybe not all at once.
"You have a funny way of making me show this side", I clucked as I said this, Tom joined in with a small one of his own.
"So your a pokémon?", I froze in fear, I forgot that there was a group of trainers watching everything we just did, I turned to the group that now looked more confused than shocked.
"Part pokémon actually, and please don't ask how, I don't want to relive that story again", I responded to the crowd of whispering trainers".
"So your part pokémon?", they seem to just repeating there own questions.
"Yes, is there a problem with that?", the Trainers just shook their head,"Is there any more questions?", the trainers looked at each other trying to figure out what to say next, before any of them got to ask anything else Nurse Joy came back to the desk with our pokémon, she seemed surprise with the crowd around the us.
"Your pokémon are perfectly healthy", she gave us a smile and handed back our Pokeballs, Luna came around the corner of the desk she had Dash and Pulse on her back, they were waving at me with smiles on their faces.
"Sora!", the both called out, they hopped off Luna and ran to me, I crouched down to get closer to them.
"So how was it, was it scary?," I asked, they were so nervous about it before.
"No it was fun, we got to meet different pokémon and play while the lady looked at us!", Dash couldn't sit still after all that, Pulse was the same.
"And she didn't hurt you?".
"Nope she was nice and gentle", Pulse replied.
"See I told you it would be fine", the two plusle stopped moving around and looked at me.
"You were right", Pulse said.
"Yeah see we trusted you and you were right!", Dash added, he still seemed a little hyper, I smiled at them and put my arm out, they climbed up and took there spots back on my shoulders, I got up off the floor and looked up all the trainers were still crowding around us, Nurse Joy was also staring our way.
"Who are they?", Pulse asked.
"They want to know about me", the two pokémon looked at me, they saw the expression on my face and knew that I couldn't handle it.
"Come on Sora, this can't be that bad!", Pulse said.
"Yeah you can get through this no problem, remember you have us!", Dash added on to his brother's cheer. I looked at the plusle they had sparks coming from the hands, I can tell from that they were trying to help, this whole time I didn't have them with me and I almost lost it, maybe having them by my side will help calm me down.
"Are they your pokémon?", A trainer asked, I nodded in reply.
"This is Dash and Pulse I found them in the woods before coming into town."
"Tell them your story!", I looked at Dash with shock, he wanted me to tell them my story, I haven't even told them yet.
"But I haven't even told you yet".
"If you want people to help you then telling your story will help everyone see what kind of person you really are", Pulse chimed in for his brother, I thought about this for awhile, If I told others about my story then others can learn about the danger out there and who to avoid.
"Do you guys want to know more?", I asked the crowd of trainers in front of me, they all nodded, I smiled at them and told them to get comfy, this was going to take some time.
I went on about my life, how I lost my family and how Tom and I met, I told them about what happened on my birthday. Even Tom got into the story, he knew a lot but never heard me talk about it in huge detail. I also talked about what happened on the first night and how I got my tail and ears, that professor Oak sent me on this journey to help hide me while he worked on a cure, how everyone else took the news when they found out. I could still remember Marry's face when she saw me, it will be one that I will never forget.
I talked on about how my pokémon side took over and almost hurt Tom, I haven't told Tom that yet and he was shocked when he heard me talking about it I was going to talk about it to him later but now he knows, I went on about the dream I had with that Umbreon and when I woke up that I could understand pokémon, I then told everyone how I met Dash and Pulse, the plusle called out when they heard their names in my story, I told everyone that they never knew their parents and only had themselves and no friends, they then went quiet and sad when they heard this but perked right back up when I continued my story, that is when we became a family and they joined us. I even told them about when we got to this city how scared I felt when everyone was looking at me, and when they grouped around me and started to ask questions, I finished off the story say that there may not be a cure and I will turn completely in time, and I might not even remember the ones I love.
When I was finished no one made a sound, they were still processing the information I just let out, through out my story they asked questions and I answered the best I could, it took over an hour to tell this story and if I told it again even longer. It was silent for the longest time before Dash and Pulse walked up to me and jumped on my lap, they looked at me with sad faces and hugged me, I didn't know what to do, I don't know why they were hugging me, I just hugged them back in confusion.
"What is all this then?", I asked moving back to see the two plusle crying.
"It.. it was the story... we don't want you to change..." ,Pulse wiped away a few tears, they were only replaced with more.
"We like you how you are now, we... we don't want you to go away...", Dash cried more and hugged me again followed by Pulse, I was starting to get teary eyed over what these two said.
"Even if I go, will you be there by my side?", I didn't know these two for very long and they didn't know me either, but they were balling there eyes out at the thought of losing me forever.
Dash sniffled, "Yes".
"Even if I lose my memory and I didn't know who you were, will you stick by me to help me remember?".
Pulse wiped away more tears, "We would never leave you, your family".
"Then that's all I need, if you and Tom stay by my side then I will never truly be gone", the two plusle started to cry heavily once again and hugged me, I also shed a few tears and hugged back, only to look up to see that we have made several of the other trainers cry with this emotion.
"Is there anything else you want to know?", I asked the group, still shedding a tear.
"So your saying that when you change, it will be painful and you might not even remember who you are, why are you telling us this?", one of the trains finally spoke out.
"I need to learn to deal with this in other city's, as well as let everyone know about what can happen and tell them my story since I won't be able to", the trainer only looked at me, "Now can we be left alone, I need to talk to these two", I looked down at Dash and Pulse they were still crying in my arms, I need to calm them down and talk about this to everyone else.
The trainers looked at each other and slow moved away, I just sat there comforting the two kids in my arms until the last of the trainers left us, I picked them up off my lap and place them on a table near by, Tom didn't join me he was with Luna close by thinking about everything, anyway we will have a chance where we can talk.
The two plusle looked at me when I placed them on the table tears still streaming from their eyes, I took a set next to them.
"Are you two ok now?" they just sat down on the table not even bothering to answer the question, "It will be ok guys, I still have plenty of time left please stop crying" they looked at me trying there best to stop but only to fail.
"We don't want to lose you", Pulse cried out, only to have Dash nod in agreement.
"Why, we haven't know each other for a day yet and your taking this hard?". They seemed insulted by what I said, I'm even surprised that they can make a look like that only being kids.
"We have been alone for so long", Pulse looked down as he thought back.
"No one wanted to be our friend or take us in when our parents got captured", Dash add on for his brother, "But then we met you, your the first that ever cared about us and you asked us to come with you".
"You were kind and gentle, you didn't want to be friends but a family and that made us happy for the first time in ages and... and...", Pulse was now looking at me again but I could see that talking about this was tearing him up, he couldn't continue.
"And if you go then we will be all alone again, and we don't want that, we want to be with you we don't want to feel alone again" Dash manage to finish off Pulse's sentence but only to tear up again, I looked at them tears started to fall from my face, I didn't know that these two felt this way about me, even in the short time we have spent together.
"Even if I go Tom will still be here, his family to", they just looked at me, it seemed that I still didn't get it.
"Your the family we want, we want you", they jumped up from the sitting position and walked to me, "Please never leave us!", then jumped up and started to hug me yet again, but right now after everything that just happen I need one.
It has been around 30 minutes since I sat down, Tom finally walked over to me.
"Nurse Joy said that our rooms are ready, you want to go?", Tom carefully said, not sure that I wanted to be interrupted yet, I looked down at the plusle, they seem to have fallen asleep in my arms.
"Yeah... let's go", I slowly got up and made my way down the hall, Tom and Luna followed close behind, as I walked I looked behind me to stare at Tom, I could see in his eyes that he want to talk to me but didn't know how to start, I only gave him a small smile before turning my head around. We walked past a few trainers most of which where listening to my story before, when they saw me walk down the hall holding the two sleeping plusle, they shed a tear before continuing with what they were doing, when Pulse and Dash were talking to me I could see that a number of trainers were still looking my way, they could see that these two were very upset about the situation that I was in and could tell that these two were close to me, they could feel the pain that they were in, since they could be heard across the center.
We finally arrive at my room, Tom open the door for me so I could get in, as we walked in I could smell a lovely scent of flowers from the room, there was a double bed in the center with two side tables, there was a T.V. mounted to the wall with a small dress under it, on the left wall was another door that lead to your personal bathroom. I placed the two sleeping pokémon against a pillow on the bed, I dragged the blanket over them to keep them warm, they looked so peaceful right now and only 30 minutes ago they were crying a river. I released Coal from his Pokeball, in a bright light he was standing next to the bed with a smile on his face, he was happy to see me, he looked over at the two sleeping on it and saw that they have been crying, he also saw that I have as well.
"Coal can you look after these two while I go and talk to Tom?" I asked, he gave me a nod.
"They will be fine with me", I gave him a small smile before turning around and followed Tom out, he directed me to the other side of the hall where his room was located, as he unlocked it and opened the door I could smell the sweet scent of flowers, the room itself looked just like my room, I guess they all look the same in this place. As we made our way in Luna jumped on the bed and lied down, I sat next to her while Tom stood near the dresser under the T.V.
We looked at each other for a long time trying to find the right words to say, Luna just looked at us struggle at this.
"So you happy that I'm more comfortable around others now?", I asked.
"Well yes... but I didn't think you would tell your life story", Tom gave me a chuckle but I didn't follow.
"I'm going to tell my story to as much people as I can I want them to learn about what happened to me, and how they can avoid the same fate", I gave Tom a look not one of fear but one of determination I want to let people know about this danger but deep down I was terrified, I knew what was happening to me that I'm being tracked down by people that want to see me harm for their own needs and that other people can become victims as well.
"So is it going to be like this every time we visit a city?".
"It will get easier but the story will get longer count on that" soon though my fire burnt out and I was scared and afraid, I looked down to my legs having all these thoughts again about I'm never going to be the same again.
"So what happened with those two before, why were they crying so much?", Tom looked quite confused with what happened before, he couldn't figure out why they were acting like that.
"They don't want to lose me, when we met they were all alone and had no friends then I took them in and wanted to be a family, and after this short time they can't think about me changing and going away, for them losing a brother... they don't want to be alone again", I remember how Dash and Pulse acted when they told me this, it made me ball up again. Luna shuffled her way to me and put her paw on my leg, she was trying to comfort me, Tom looked at me in confusion.
"You haven't known them for that long and your acting like this?", Tom couldn't understand why I was acting like this and he may never know, but I had to try.
"They're just kids Tom... you heard about them in my story, they had no family just like me, they remind me so much of myself", I looked down at Luna to continue, but I was struggling though this, "I don't know how to say it Tom, but the best way I can is that they are now my brothers, and I don't want to lose them and they don't want to lose me, just like I don't want to lose you", I couldn't say any more my crying was making it hard to talk and I couldn't stop, the more I talked about this the more I thought about how this will all end, Tom didn't want to drag on the subject any further he could see that I was struggling with it.
"It's ok Sora we won't talk about it if you don't want to, stay here until you calm down then we can go get something to eat" I was just starting to calm down, I need to forget about what happen today, but this will take time.
"It's ok I think I will call it a day, I need to rest" I got up and left the room without even blinking an eye at Tom, him and Luna just stared at me as I walked out, they didn't even try to stop me I guess they think I need the rest as well.
I walked back into my room, the plusle were still sound asleep on the bed with Coal over watching them, I calmed down slightly as I walked in and sat down on the end of the bed making sure not to wake up Dash and Pulse.
"Thanks Coal for looking after them while I was gone" I looked at Coal, he gave me a smile as he sat on the floor near the bed.
I still had thoughts about everything about today, I couldn't be like this everyday, I need to learn to deal with this before I cry myself to death, although that will be less painful than turning into a pokémon. 'I need to call Mark and Marry tomorrow, I need their guidance' I thought, I turned to the side table and saw it was only 4:30pm, I couldn't handle anything else today, and after everything that happened I need a good rest, I got up and walked to the other side of the bed, I laid on top of the blanket relaxing my body trying to forget everything that has happen in the last few days.
"Good night Coal" I said before rolling to my side.
"Night Sora" Coal replied before fixing his gaze back on the two pokémon on the bed, It didn't take long before I fell into a deep sleep.
A/N: Remember if you guys have any suggestions please let me know, doesn't matter what it is I will read it and think about it!