A Merger's Fate –
Summary – What if the chosen one was brought up being, albeit unknowingly, exposed to the evils of the world. How would this effect our young hero? With a different outlook on life how would their journey play out? Would they meet new people? New Pokémon? Fem!Ash. Partial Godlike!Ash.
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I hope you like this chapter! Any ideas for future events are welcome. Some of Rin's main team has already been decided. There are still some positions open though so if you want to see a specific pokemon then please PM me the name.
Disclaimer – Nagisa Maeda doesn't own Pokémon.
Chapter 4 –
It was just another morning in the Oak-Ketchum residence. Rin hadn't told anyone other than Gary about her new features. An added bonus was that she could make her wings invisible to everyone. She hadn't even told her pseudo uncle.
Gary had been very supportive over the past few weeks but that didn't stop her from slowly closing herself off from others..
Ever since the death of her parents she had been having horrid nightmares. They had stopped after about a year but now they were back again. Unfortunately they were worse than they were originally.
Every night without fail she would have the dreaded nightmare. Tonight was no exception.
Dreamscape – General P.O.V -
It started off with her in a pitch black area. She couldn't hear, see, smell or touch anything. Even her unique sensing ability was blocked.
The blackness soon began to twist into a very familiar scene. The harbour from a month ago formed and on it were the Team Rocket group who were in the process of retreating.
She could only watch hopelessly as her beloved Latios flew past her at break neck speeds. The second he made contact with the wave, the whole area became the black void again.
It was usually at this point that she woke up but this time she didn't. She hugged herself tightly and tried to think of anything other than that day but it was no use.
Tears built in her eyes and it was then that she saw it. A horrifying creature. It flashed around the corners of her vision before it suddenly appeared inches from her face.
The disfigured form of a Latios floated in front of her. The thing in front of her was covered in blood. It had lacerations and bruises littering its body. Its eye sockets were empty and there were bones peaking out from its skin by its wings.
She was to scared to make a noise. The horror of the events that had occurred that day struck her like a bolt of lightning.
She buried her face in her hands while taking multiple steps back. "It's not real... It's just a dream... It's not real!" she chanted continuously to herself.
The Latios disappeared and another scene appeared. This one was on a very familiar beach. Her head shot up when she heard the voice of her beloved father. Her eyes took in the scene. It was just before he died with her mother. She had called him over.
The scene played out like it did three years ago. Her pleas for it to stop went unanswered as the bullet pierced his chest. The scene began to blur before it all faded back into the black void.
She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder and froze. She pulled her hands back down near her sides and slowly turned to face the owner.
The disfigured form of a man was standing behind her. Like the Latios he was covered in cuts and bruises. His skin was a sickly pale colour. Both of the man's eye socket were empty as well. What scared her the most though was the face that the man's neck was broken. His head hung limply at an odd angle and she could see a bone poking out through the skin of his neck.
She immediately recognised this person. This man was none other than her deceased father, Red Ketchum.
"Father!" she whispered in shock.
Rin jumped back in fear at the horrid sight in front of her. She was shaking like a leaf and tears spilled from her eyes. He took a step forward and she took one back.
He suddenly bent forward and lunged. She drew in a sharp breath and then...!
...
A blood curdling scream echoed loudly around the house. Both Samuel and Gary awoke immediately and rushed to the source.
They both burst into Rin's room and found her bed empty. A whimper was hear and they immediately looked towards it.
Rin was in the corner of the room with her knees to her chest. She had her hands over her ears and had her eyes shut tightly as tears streamed down her pale cheeks.
Both Oak's and Gary's hearts shattered at the sight. She looked so vulnerable and was shaking like a leaf.
Surprisingly Gary was the first to make a move. He took a few slow steps towards the girl. "Rin...?" he called to her hesitantly. The second she heard his voice, her head shot up and her eyes met his.
He actually had to take a step back when he saw her expression...
Fear
He'd never seen such an expression on her face and he didn't like it. He liked seeing her smiling and happy.
Before he could make another move she lunged at him and buried her face in his chest. A sob escaped her lips before she broke down.
Oak grimaced. She was too young to be dealing with things like this. No child should go through the things she's been through. He was no fool. He had realised that she'd started to withdraw emotionally.
She still interacted with people but she made conversations with them as short as humanly possible. The only people that she talked to for long periods of time were Gary and himself.
The poor girl continued to sob while Gary whispered soothing things in her ear while combing his fingers through her hair. That seemed to always calm her down if she was ever angry or frustrated so maybe it would help make her feel better now.
It took her around thirty minutes to calm down. She hugged Gary tighter even after she had stopped crying. He stayed silent for a minute before speaking. "Want to talk about it?" he asked softly.
Before she answered Oak took them to his study since he had made cocoa and his study was warmer than her room. She laid down on one of the sofas with her head in Gary's lap.
She made no indication that she wanted to start talking about it but went on to explain every detail of the nightmare anyway.
"...He lunged at me and then I woke up screaming. There was some sort of shadow hanging over me before fully awoke but I didn't get a good look at it before it disappeared..." she finished before closing her eyes and falling silent.
Gary was shocked but he did well to hide it. Oak was shocked, worried and confused all at once. He was shocked at the gruesome nightmare, worried for her mental stability and confused at the sudden appearance of the nightmare.
She hadn't had any nightmares before this as far as he was aware and it seemed that this was a first for Gary as well so why did they suddenly pop up now?
His thought were cut short by his computer beeping. He went over to it an found that he had received a message on a chat he had with the other region professors.
The message had been sent by the professor in Kalos, Professor Sycamore. He was a fairly young professor that had been researching something secret over the past year.
This was the conversation.
Sycamore: I've made a breakthrough! Is there a place us professors can meet so that we can discuss it?
Rowan: My lab is being renovated at the moment so I cant help there.
Juniper: How about at Samuel's lab? No one has heard from him in ages.
Oak: Do I not get a say in this?
Sycamore: Nope
Rowan: It is your own fault for not keeping in contact. We've all been pretty worried. Now deal with the consequences.
Juniper: So it's settled then. When is this happening?
Sycamore: A month from tomorrow. I should have everything ready by then. Say do any of you have an Absol?
For a minute no one replied. Oak ended up breaking the small silence. He hoped she would agree to this.
Oak:While I don't have one myself, I know someone with one. They have had it since they were a small child.
Sycamore: That's perfect! The stronger the bond the better!
The conversation after that was simply them talking about trivial things. What made the other three professors suspicious was that Oak refused to go into any detail about the things he'd been doing for the past three years.
The conversation ended soon after that and Oak leaned back in his chair. His gaze fell on the now sleeping Rin. He hoped she would allow them to use her Absol. She was very secretive and protective of it although that's not surprising.
It was originally her father's pokemon which he had gifted to her when she was just three and a half. Even then she had been around it her whole life so she had a very strong bond with it. It also just so happened to be the last connection to her 'deceased' father.
His thoughts drifted back to Rin's nightmare. He decided he would enlist the other professors help with this if the nightmares still occurred when they arrive. He went back onto the chat.
Oak: Onto a small personal matter. Professor Juniper, I've heard you've created a machine to view into people's dreams with the help of a pokemon. Is this correct?
Juniper: It is. Why?
Oak: If the problem is still occurring when you get here I'll tell you. Is it all possible for you to bring it along?
Juniper: ...I guess I could but you better explain yourself when we get there.
Oak: Yes ma'am
They both logged off after that.
Gary looked up at his grandfather as he leaned back and sighed again. "We should probably take her back to bed." He said. Samuel nodded in response and helped Gary get her back to her bedroom.
She stayed asleep for a mere ten minutes before she awoke with a start. The cause of her rude awakening was a strong pulse of aura.
Her eyes shot open and the first thing she saw was a thin glowing red string made of aura. It lead straight out of the window and a bit into the woods.
Since her aura had always helped her she decided to trust it now. Sighing she got out of bed and walked to the window.
She stared down at the ground for a moment before vaulting over the windowsill. She landed in gracefully in a crouch.
Standing straight, she made her way into the forest with the direction of the glowing red line. After a couple of twists and bends she heard a weak cry.
Her brows furrowed and she took a quick shortcut through the bushes. What she saw next astounded her. There was a boy standing and glaring at a small white fox like pokemon. It also had blue eyes.
The man kept growling at it and kicking it. It already looked badly injured from a battle. It had burn marks and obvious signs of poisoning.
"Please stop" An unfamiliar voice pleaded. Her eyes widened when she realised it had originated from the poor pokemon. The man sneered at the injured fox.
"You can't win a single battle. You couldn't even win against a damn Magikarp! You're pathetic! I'm done!" he growled out before putting a pokeball on the ground.
He lifted his leg a bit before bringing it down. The ball shattered into little pieces under the power of the kick.
He didn't even spare the poor thing a second glance before he walked off deeper into the woods.
Rin waited for a minute to make sure he was gone before racing out from the tree she was hiding behind. The little fox couldn't move so couldn't stop the human girl from picking her up.
"Come on! I'll get you treated immediately! You'll be ok! I won't let you down." She said determinedly as she span on her heel and took off back towards the lab.
She reached it within minutes and had yet to notice the red line disappear. She decided to forgo the front door and jumped up to her window ledge.
She got inside and set the injured pokemon on her bed. Pikachu had woken up when she jumped back through the window and was eyeing the new pokemon curiously.
Rin rushed over to her wardrobe. She ran inside and came out a second later with s fairly large cardboard box. She placed it down and opened it. Inside were a large variety of healing supplies.
Grabbing a super potion, an antidote and a burn heal she set to work on the small fox.
About half an hour later the fox could now be found sleeping on her bed with all of its previous wounds gone. She fed it a sitrus berry before covering it with a light blanket to keep it warm.
Pikachu had decided to leave his trainer to it and he curled up next to the fox to help keep it warm.
Meanwhile Rin was examining the pictures she had taken on her phone.
"What exactly is this pokemon? It looks to be an ice type. It looks like a Vulpix with different features. Maybe it was a variant from another region. It's weird to think of a Vulpix as an ice type since they're known to be fire types. This Vulpix appears to be female." She mumbled to herself.
She smiled softly when she looked at the slumbering pokemon. She looked so innocent like that. She made up her mind then and there that she would raise this pokemon. She had plenty more that enough supplies.
She walked over to her desk and started to write a list of the things she'd need to care for Vulpix over the next few weeks.
The list went something like this.
Ingredients for pokepuffs, pokeblocks, poffins and general food.
More healing supplies of all types
Grooming brush
Proper cleaning products for pokemon
New fluffy cat bed
Berries suitable for consumption by ice types
Rin stared at the list for a moment before nodding. "That seems like all I need for now." She mumbled. She laughed a bit when her mind recalled the first incident of her hearing a pokemon speak.
It had been mere moments after she had reached home after slapping Gary. Pikachu had run up to her while shooting questions left and right. She felt like she was going to faint in shock but managed to calm herself down long enough to think of a logical reason for suddenly being able to understand pokemon.
She had deduced that it had come with the wings.
She had become very close with her Pikachu and Absol as a result. She had been taking care of all their needs and more and they loved her a lot as a result.
Before she could stop herself she had fallen asleep at her desk.
That is how Gary found her the next morning. He smiled. She had such a cute sleeping face. He went to go over and wake her up.
He stopped dead in his tracks when he heard a growl from bed. He looked over and saw the white Vulpix. He blinked in shock. A white Vulpix? That was new. It seemed to have growled at something in its sleep.
His thoughts were halted when Rin suddenly sat up with a sharp intake of breathe. She stared at the wall opposite her for a minute before composing herself.
She brushed her hair quickly while sparing Gary a sideward glance. Once she looked presentable she turned to face him. "You. Stay in here until I get back. Don't met anyone in and don't let those two out. I don't want to come back and find them gone understand?" she asked while pointing at the resting pair of pokemon on the bed.
He nodded despite his confusion. Before he could ask anything she grabbed her purse and coat before walking out.
He sat in her room for around two and a half hours before she finally walked back in with lots of shopping bags. He sweat dropped. She made him stay here so she could go shopping!?
He continued to silently watch her as she unpacked lots of things to care for a pokemon. Heck she'd even bought a bed!
He was so deep in his thoughts that he didn't notice Rin walk over and pick up the Vulpix. He also failed to notice how it had woken up beforehand.
The pokemon sniffed her before sighing happily. "You make me feel safe... I like you" she mumbled sleepy. She didn't expect for this human to understand her so she was in shock when she laughed and replied. "Why thank you. I like you two you little cutie!" she said as she scratched behind her ear gently.
Vulpix purred happily before feeling herself being placed in something warm and soft. Opening her eyes she saw a large fluffy cat bed. She purred and curled up.
Rin giggled again before turning to Gary. "So what were you doing in here in the first place?" she asked him while pinning him with a suspicious glare.
His hands were immediately in the air to show his surrender. "I was just going to wake you up but you did that pretty well on your own." He replied honestly.
There was a flash of hurt in her eyes. If he were anyone else he would've missed it. Just as he was about to question it the random flash of emotion was gone without a trace.
He frowned but decided to ignore it for now.
Rin grimaced as her mind went back to her reoccurring nightmare. They seemed to get more gruesome every night and it was really starting to make her paranoid.
She shook her head to rid herself of the thoughts of the poor Latios and her dead father but even she knows that those thoughts don't disappear even when she wanted them to.
She put on a fake smile and picked up her new Vulpix. She turned to Gary. "Let's go see Sammy and see what he thinks of Vulpix." She said quietly before walking out of the room with Gary not far behind.
They reached the lab in record time and conveniently ran into Oak just after walking in.
Oak stared at the Vulpix for a second before rubbing his eyes and looking again. He looked at both Rin and the Vulpix in disbelief. "...I probably don't want to know but where did you find this pokemon Rin?" he asked while tiredly rubbing his brow.
She smiled sheepishly. "I found her outside last night. I felt this pull and followed this red line which lead me to this little one." Vulpix yipped in annoyance.
"You're not so big yourself!" She said with a pout. Rin giggled at her obvious annoyance. "I'm still bigger than you!" she shot back happily. Vulpix growled but gave up. "You win this one..."
Rin grinned in triumph before walking passed a bewildered Oak. She didn't talk with familiar people but talked to a pokemon that she had just met. She even talked to it as if she could understand it!
She stopped by one of the examination tables and looked back at Oak. "Ok now I know that me and Gary already have out junior professor licenses but I want your opinion. This Vulpix, where do you think it came from?" she asked.
For a moment he just stood there but then he moved and started to examine Vulpix. He hummed in thought before grabbing a completely black device with a small clear circle in the center. It also had blood red vine like designs all over it.
He pointed it at Vulpix and it opened automatically before scanning the pokemon.
Vulpix, the fox pokemon. It's beautiful fur and tails have made it very popular. As it grows, its tails split to form more tails. This Vulpix originated from the Alola region hence its colouring.
This Vulpix is female and an duel ice and fire type. It knows the moves Powder Snow, Ember, Quick Attack, Growl, Pound, Confuse Ray and Hypnosis. It has the egg moves Dark Pulse and Flamethrower.
This Vulpix is level 14.
That was all the pokedex said before it closed up. All occupants of the room stared at the small ice fox in awe. Gary was the first to break the silence.
"Woah..." was all he said but it seemed to break the other two out of their stupor.
Rin grinned. She picked her up and spun her around before hugging her to her chest. "You're amazing! That stupid boy didn't know what he was losing. You're the best Vulpix I've ever seen!" she praised the small fox and she yipped happily and licked her nose.
Just then something that the pokedex said started to bother her. "Ice I get but where did the fire typing come from? How is she able to have opposite typings?" she wondered aloud.
Oak didn't really know so he just shrugged. He suddenly remembered his conversation with his fellow professors.
"Oh yes. Rin, do you mind taking part in an experiment or two when two of my professor friends come over next month? You'll need your Absol to participate as well." He explained while scratching his cheek from habit.
She narrowed her eyes at the nervous motion but decided that it wouldn't hurt to participate so she nodded.
"Fine. But if I find even a scratch on any of my pokemon I will withdraw from the experiments and I will leave until they are gone." She replied coldly.
Oak sighed sadly as she spun on her heel and walked out of the room with Gary in toe. He knew she had trust issues but he never thought they were as bad as they really were.
He just hoped everything went smoothly so that they could all have some well deserved peace of mind.
There was that one unwanted thought lingering in his mind though.
Would everything really go nicely or... would his plans collapse on him?
NOTE! –
Revised - 04/01/2019
PEOPLE! IF YOU WANT ANOTHER CHAPTER THEN PLEASE VOTE ON THE POLL. I NEED VOTES SO I CAN CONTINUE WITH PART OF THE STORY I WANTED TO ADD IN! THANK YOU!
Nagisa – I am so sorry for taking so long to update. I have to go back to school in 4 days so I'm trying to get ready for that. I passed 1 and a half of my GCSEs! I'm so happy. Although if I want to keep that pass in the half one then I need to pass my coursework as well.
Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I've been watching Fatal Frame 2 the past few days and I was thinking if I might add some sort of plot twist that kind of goes with it. I just like the idea of the Crimson Butterfly. It's pretty.
See ya next time kittens!