A Merger's Fate –
Summary – 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.
Nagisa – I'm gonna just say now that my updates may become spaced apart because I'm back at school again! Year 11... GCSEs... Fun. -_-
For the poll I put up, N is currently winning so the story will slowly tip towards that pairing if the balance doesn't change.
Disclaimer – Nagisa Maeda doesn't own Pokémon
Chapter 5 –
It was another night in the Oak-Ketchum residence. The past month had flown by and the nightmares were starting to take a toll on Rin. She woke up screaming practically every night now.
She was visibly more tired and sluggish and she was even more withdrawn. She currently only talked with Gary which hurt Oak a bit but he knew that they were close.
She had taken to sneaking out at night to train herself and her pokemon despite Oak's protests. Samuel had even tried to put his foot down and would stay up late just to make sure she stayed in bed.
What he didn't know is that this was ineffective when it came to Rin because she had taken to just jumping out of her bedroom window.
Currently Rin is in a clearing covered in green plants and gracedia flowers. She had never seen a healthier patch of land and she made it her personal training ground and secret spot.
She even made a little friend which she later learned was called a Shaymin. She was apparently originally found in some place in the Sinnoh region. Well at least she should have been but her home had been destroyed by Team Rocket so she was forced to move.
Since meeting her she had made sure to visit everyday to brush and feed her. She even trained with her. Rin ran the brush over Shaymin's fur gently and giggled slightly when she made a purring noise.
All of a sudden Shaymin shot up with a small alarmed cry. Without any further warning she ran off. "Hey! Where are you going!?" She exclaimed in shock.
The poor distressed pokemon just gave another cry before continuing to run. She groaned and got up on her slightly numb legs and took off after the small green hedgehog pokemon.
She froze momentarily when she felt a very strong pulse of aura. With renewed determination she picked up the pace and sooner than expected she came upon a smaller clearing surrounded by bushes and trees.
A flock of Spearow were continuously using peck and scratch on a small dark blue-purpley pokemon that looked a bit like clouds with small light blue puffs for hands. Its eyes were closed so she couldn't see the colour at the moment but she sure hasn't seen anything like it in her life. Not even in her books.
The Pokemon looked to be on the verge of unconsciousness and had injuries littering its small body. Its quiet cries could be heard but they were getting weaker.
The stupid act of the insolent birds made her anger spike instantly and her aura immediately started leaking from its confines which alerted the hostile pokemon to her presence.
They squawked angrily for being interrupted but their anger quickly turned to fear when they noticed the strength of the aura. Every pokemon had access to aura even if a lot of them only had a small amount of it so when they were in the presence of Rin they got scared.
You see Rin has a lot of aura so pokemon with such miniscule amounts in comparison would obviously be frightened by a force that looked no older than a small child.
Rin was shaking with rage at the pests that moved away from the two small pokemon. What type of pokemon gang up on a Pokemon like that!? It disgusted her to the very core.
"You insolent pests dare to attack the defenceless!? It's sickening just looking at you." Her anger rose to new heights and small wisps of her aura lashed around her.
Her previously shadowed eyes were uncovered when she shot the deadliest of glares at them. Both of her eyes were now glowing a bright purple with red specs. "GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!" She roared and the flock immediately unfroze and hightailed it out of there as quick as their wings would carry them.
'Deep breaths... Calm down...' She recited continuously in her head. Slowly but surely her aura was drawn back into its confines and her eyes went back to their mismatched colour.
As soon as she had her aura back under control she felt exhaustion creeping at the edges of her mind but she pushed it back and quickly rushed to the Pokemon in the centre of the clearing.
It tried to shuffle away at her approach but it couldn't do much in its condition. Rin quickly picked it up and turned to the previously forgotten Shaymin.
"Make sure the pokemon of the forest weren't greatly disturbed by my outburst. We wouldn't want a bunch of hostile pokemon lurking around." She said to the small hedgehog pokemon before spinning on her heel and running off in the direction of her home.
She was out of breath by the time she got there the exhaustion was beginning to creep up on her again. The pokemon in her arms had fallen unconscious which made the need to treat it all the more urgent.
Her vision suddenly blurred out of focus for a few moments and she stumbled unsteadily before recovering from her dizzy spell. She didn't even dwell on it before going back to the objective at hand.
Taking a few steps back, she pushed a little of her aura into her feet and jumped launched herself up. She landed a bit unsteadily on the window ledge but managed to pull herself in before she lost her balance.
As soon as her feet touched the familiar cold wood of her floor she sped silently to her bed and placed the cloud-like pokemon on her bed.
Her pokemon had always been pretty attuned to her emotional state so she wasn't that surprised when she felt a nudge at her legs and a familiar weight on her shoulder.
Pikachu had made himself pretty comfortable on her shoulder while Vulpix and Absol were rubbing themselves against her legs.
All three had looks of concern on their cute faces. Her serious expression softened a bit when she caught their expressions. She reached out and petted them all one by one.
"Don't worry. I'm ok. I'm just worried about this little one. I need to help it get better." She said while gesturing to the small pokemon on the bed.
They moved around her to get a better look at it and she took this chance to quickly gather some emergency medical supplies.
She moved back over to the bed and sat down while moving the small Pokémon onto her lap. She sprayed any of its injuries with a hyper potion and gave it a quick brush before stopping suddenly and staring at the Pokemon as a weird feeling washed over her.
...What she was feeling was familiarity... But that shouldn't be possible. She'd never seen any Pokémon like it in her life.
She stood up but just as she put the Pokemon down the exhaustion came back full force and her knees buckled. Her vision became blurry again and all of the energy she had left her. 'What...?' She thought before her world went dark and her body hit the floor like a sack of bricks.
Her pokemon gave alarmed cries and ran over to her but they couldn't do anything to help her right now.
A groan escaped Rin's lips as a sharp pain shot through her head. She scrunched her eyes a bit before opening them. Panic immediately set in when her eyes fell on the familiar black space of her dreams.
Gulping quietly she stood up on shaky legs. Just as she steadied herself on her feet, a bright light flashed around her which caused her to quickly cover her eyes.
The light dimmed and voices reached her ears seconds after. Rin's eyes shot open and she came face to face with a weird lab... At least that's what it looked like from the interior.
Her attention was taken away from the wall when she heard a female voice. She looked behind her and saw a small girl with long blonde hair and bright green eyes walk cautiously into the room.
"Mother?!" The small blonde shouted, her voice echoing off the walls.
A strange, pale man stood nearer the wall, his gaze was transfixed to the big hole that had formed in the ceiling. A strange creature slowly began to emerge from it.
"NO! LILLIE, STAY AWAY!" A male voice shouted and her head whipped around to see a blonde child that didn't look much older than Lillie running towards them.
A small metal box that was connected up to a machine shook and a cry could be heard from within as the drama unfolded.
The small girl in question was too preoccupied with staring, struck with fear, as the creature floated down towards her.
"LILLIE!" The boy shouted but he was too late. The weird jelly fish creature whipped out its tendril like arms and wrapped them around the poor terrified blonde. The air was knocked out of her and for some reason Rin suddenly felt the air knocked out of her own lungs.
'W-What?' Rin thought in shock. Pain shot through her arms and torso. The weird creature began to float up and squeezed her in a painfully tight grip.
"AHHH!" Lillie screamed in both pain and fear. The boy who she guessed was Lillie's brother stood their frozen in fear. He couldn't do anything.
'I-I'm feeling what she's feeling?! That's insane!' Rin shouted in her head. She winced and grit her teeth to stop herself from screaming. She felt totally useless at this moment.
"STOP IT! LILLIE! NO!" A voice cried, it froze her in place although she couldn't pinpoint why.
Just as the pain began to overwhelm her she was forced out of the scene.
... Only for her to realise that the final voice had been her own.
Her eyes shot open only to lock with a pair of grey eyes. She sucked in a breath and her eyes widened before she sat up suddenly.
Lucky for the both of them the one leaning over her moved out of her way before their heads smacked against each other. Out of instinct she shuffled away from the stranger before getting to her feet.
"Are you ok?" The man said.
Once she regained her bearings she looked back over at the intruder in her room before stopping dead.
"Professor Sycamore?!" Rin exclaimed in shock completely ignoring his question.
The man in front of her had longish black hair and grey eyes. He had pale skin and was fairly tall. He looked a bit confused as to why she ignored his question but brushed it off.
'Wah! I never thought I'd get to meet the real Professor Sycamore in person!' Rin thought, her eyes practically sparkling.
A smile made its way onto her face. "Wow! It's amazing to see you in person sir! I was so impressed by your latest thesis on Mega Evolution! It sounds super interesting! You have to tell me more abo-AH!" she was cut off when Absol ran up from behind the professor and knocked her over.
He continuously cuddled and licked her face. Vulpix and Pikachu ran up behind him and settled themselves next to her shoulders.
"Are you ok!?" All three of them practically screamed in her ears. Rin winced but forced a smile. "I'm fine you guys! I was just exhausted from getting the Pokemon from last night- Absol mercy! MERCY!" She exclaimed as it became harder to breath with the heavy pokemon on top of her.
Finally Absol removed himself from her torso and she took a deep breath. She sighed before giggling at the overly worried pokemon.
Sycamore raised an eyebrow at the interaction but answered to their previously interrupted conversation.
"It's not that great. It's still in the early stages of research so I'm not really sure which pokemon can mega evolve yet." He replied.
"No! It really is a big deal! This is a breakthrough for researchers! What are you even doing here?!" she continued before realising how she'd been acting and blushing.
She fell silent for a moment and got to her feet.. "Erm... Sorry about my eccentric behaviour... Ah! I haven't even introduced myself!" She reached a hand out to him.
"My name is Rin Ketchum! It's a pleasure to meet you!" She said with a smile after composting herself.
Sycamore chuckled a bit at Rin's behaviour before shaking her hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you too Rin. I'm here on business with professor Oak. I wanted to share my research with them as it seems they haven't seen my thesis unlike you. Shame on them." He joked with a smile.
She giggled but jumped slightly when he placed a hand a top her head. He ruffled her hair a bit. "How about we go downstairs. The others are probably eating without us already." He said.
Rin stopped dead while he was talking and her eyes widened. 'He acts just like father did...' she thought shocked. She didn't want him to ask why she suddenly looked shocked so she forced herself to put on a fake smile. "Ok. Let's go!" she replied cheerfully.
As she went to leave she felt a small weight suddenly appear on her wrist. She lifted it up so she could see and saw a small dark blue cloud like bracelet.
Her confusion was swept away when she saw the pair of yellow eyes of the pokemon that she had rescued earlier that morning.
She smiled softly down at them before looking up and following the professor. She had been so preoccupied that her earlier dream was all but forgotten for now.
When they arrived she went straight over to a smiling Gary. "Morning Gary!" she greeted cheerfully. Food was already set out on the table but there was food for three extra people. Including Sycamore there were three professors that were visiting.
If she remembered correctly they were Professor Rowan of Sinnoh and Professor Juniper of Unova. She bowed slightly in greeting before going to the kitchen and dishing up some poke food for her pokemon.
After a decently loud whistle the three came running. The one on her wrist practically teleported to the food. It was back to its normal state in seconds.
The two at the table looked at the arrangement of pokemon with undisguised interest. It wasn't every day that you saw such a wide variety of pokemon belonging to a child.
As soon as she had washed her hands she sat down at the table and began eating with the others. "Thanks for the food" she mumbled before digging in.
Sycamore hadn't started eating like the others. Instead he was tapping his finger on his chin while staring into space. 'Ketchum... Ketchum...Red...Red Ketchum...!' He thought and his head shot round to look at Rin.
They looked extremely similar. "You're Red Ketchum's daughter aren't you?" Although it came out like a question it sounded more like a statement. Rin flinched and looked down which gave him all the confirmation he needed.
Rowan and Juniper's heads shot up and their eyes widened. "That couldn't be true. Ketchum's daughter went missing when her parents died on holiday with... Samuel! You've kept her hidden for so long. Why?" Rowan demanded.
As far as the public knew Rin Ketchum, daughter of Kanto's beloved champion was dead. She was said to have gone missing when her parents died but was later pronounced dead after they had no leads to go on.
Rin paused halfway when she was about to continue eating. She hadn't heard anything about this before.
Samuel flinched at his friends harsh tone. "Now now. I only did it for her own good. Team Rocket could've still been after her and-" He stopped himself from speaking.
Rin froze in fear and anger flooded her mind. Her grip on her fork became tighter and tighter until it literally bent under her grip. "Team Rocket..." She mumbled and her eyes flashed to their earlier purpley red.
She gritted her teeth, completely unaware of everyone's disbelieving eyes now being on her and the bent piece of cutlery.
She placed it down on the table as gently as possible for her in her current mood before storming off with a quick mutter of that she was done.
Samuel turned to Gary. "Go off to your room and stay there" He said seriously. Gary wasn't one to disobey his grandfather so he nodded before quickly scurrying off despite his confusion.
As soon as he was gone the three visiting professors turned deadly glares on Oak. "You better explain yourself Samuel. You've just made it harder for her to go out into the public eye again. The press are going to follow her around like a shark does fish." Juniper said as her glare intensified.
Samuel sweated. "Like I said it was for her safety. Plus if I hadn't taken her in she probably wouldn't be as well off as she is right now. Please understand." The others moved forward as their glares got worse.
Samuel put his hand up in surrender. "Please...?"
Juniper glared. "She wasn't supposed to go here and you know that. She was supposed to go to her closest living relative. You went against Red and Delia's will! You know sometimes I really believe that you've got some screws loose in that big head of yours!" she shouted before storming out of the room leaving behind a room of shocked professors.
Rin sat in the tree right next to her window and hugged her knees to her chest. "Stupid Sammy... Stupid professors... Stupid fucking Team Rocket!" she muttered through gritted teeth as tears built in her eyes. No matter how hard she tried they just wouldn't go away.
Juniper walked into Rin's room a few minutes later to talk to her but couldn't see her. Just as she was about to leave she heard a soft crying.
She moved as quietly as possible across the younger girl's room and leaned against the wall next to the window. She peaked around and her eyes saddened.
Rin was curled into a ball on the large branch and was crying. She didn't seem to want anyone to know because she had a hand over her mouth to make her crying quieter.
Her eyes widened as Rin appearance changed slightly. Her hair became slightly longer and it had red tips. The faint outline of a pair of wings appeared on her.
Juniper gasped quietly and she thought she had been quiet enough but she saw Rin's ears twitch before her head shot up and their eyes locked.
"Ah...Erm..." she sniffed and wiped her eyes, trying as hard as possible to compose herself. "C-Can I help you?" she asked in confusion.
Juniper held her hand up in surrender. "I was just wondering how you were. Everyone else is busy chewing out Samuel for his stupid behaviour right now." She said softly as she gestured for Rin to come inside.
Rin looked confused but she jumped back over to the window. Juniper smiled and walked over to her bed and sat down. She patted the bed and Rin came over cautiously before sitting down.
"Let me reintroduce myself! My name is Aurea Juniper. You can call me Rea!" she said happily.
"Re...a" she said slowly as if testing the name. She smiled after saying it. "Ok then Rea." They both fell silent after a moment.
"So, about what Samuel said... Do you not go out in public?" she asked curiously.
Rin shook her head. "It's not that I don't go out in public... It's just that I'm not allowed to go out past this town. I mean... It doesn't exactly stop me from sneaking out but I don't go around giving people my name. Sammy told me that that was his number one rule." She replied after taking a moment to think.
Aurea looked over at the small black haired girl before sighing. Rin looked up curiously. "You do know that Samuel Oak isn't your legal guardian right? If your parents were to both pass away under any circumstances then you were to go and live with your closest living relative." She started.
"I'm honestly surprised that Lance wasn't on Oak's tail from the beginning. The current champion was your father's best friend before he passed. He literally went nuts when that event occurred. He was forced to give up the search when there were no further leads." The explanation went on and Aurea told an intrigued Rin about the relationship between her father and Lance.
Rin listened and took all of the information in with undisguised interest. Then came the thing that Aurea had been wanting to say the entire time.
"Lance will need to be informed you know. You'll most likely be taken out of Oak's custody... I'll leave you alone for a while." Aurea said softly as she stood up and walked to the door.
She frowned. Just as she was about to leave something else came to mind. She closed the door again and turned to her .
"Actually there is one more thing i think you should know. It has come to my attention that Oak wishes to see your nightmares." She said and Rin went still. "Why-" Rin began but was cut off.
"We aren't sure. All we managed to get out of him was that. He asked me to bring along a device that was recently invented in my lab that can look into dreams. Did he say anything to you about this?" She asked and Rin shook her head negative.
All Aurea did was sigh before turning and leaving.
Rin stared at the ground with wide eyes. She was to shocked to move. Oak had... kept her hidden? Why? Was he in it for some sort of selfish gain?! First that and now he's planning to invade her privacy!?
She didn't even know anymore! Who could she trust!?
Pulling her legs to her chest, she shut everything out. She heard someone open her door and tightened her arms around her legs. She buried her face in her knees. "Go away..." She mumbled.
Foot steps halted half way towards her but they didn't turn and leave. "No" A familiar male voice reached her ears. She looked up and saw the one and only Gary Oak.
She glared at her friend of nine years. "Go away Gary!" she shouted. She was frustrated and confused. She didn't want to see him right now.
"No!" He shouted back. He wanted to know why his sister was upset. Her hands tightened into fists.
"I SAID GO AWAY!" She screamed at him as her eyes shifted back to the purpley red colour. As soon as she started the door slammed shut and the light bulb shattered as did the window.
She immediately shrunk back when she saw what she'd done. She stared at her hands in horror and began to shake. Her arms moved until she hugged herself. "W-What's happening to me...?" she whispered. Fear. It was all she could feel.
Gary wasn't afraid though. He stared at his pseudo sister in awe. She was so powerful. Gary took a step forward.
"Stay back!" she demanded as she shuffled sidewards. "It's too dangerous! I can't control it anymore!" she cried. As if to prove her point a box to the side of her crashed into the opposite wall.
He didn't listen though. He continued forward until he reached her.
Rin felt arms wrap around her and tried to push the boy off but he wouldn't let go. After a minute she gave up and let him hug her. She was so upset that she spilled everything about what they'd talked about.
Gary growled lowly. His Grandfather had just lost a great deal of respect in his book. No wonder she had been becoming so distant. She didn't blindly trust him like he did. He felt like a bit of an idiot now.
With the adults minutes earlier –
Aurea had gone back downstairs and found a shameful Samuel and two glaring men. "I told her just so you know." Oak's eyes widened.
"But she's not old enough to think about this responsibly! She's already got enough to deal with!" he shouted.
"I don't give a shit Oak! She deserved to know that you were trying to invade her privacy and keeping her from her living relatives. She doesn't belong with you!" she shouted back.
"But what about Gary! He'll miss he-"
"You should've thought about that before you started this mess!" she ended the conversation before going to her bag and pulling out a laptop.
She had been typing for about a minute when shouting started to be heard from above them. Before they could even move Rin's voice echoed through the house clearly followed by a series of loud bangs and smashes. "I SAID GET OUT!"
They all abandoned their current activities and ran upstairs. Sycamore tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge no matter how much he shoved it.
"It's not opening!" he growled in annoyance. Before he could say anything else the door opened. Rowan pushed it open and just as he was about to say something they spotted the two on Rin's bed.
Rin looked absolutely exhausted in that moment. Aurea pulled them all back downstairs. "Leave her be. She probably doesn't want to see you Oak anyway." She said as she practically shoved him down the stairs. Everyone could tell she wasn't at all happy with him.
Time skip – Couple of hours –
Lance had been in a meeting with Mr Goodshow and the other region champions when his holocaster beeped drawing everyone's attention to him. It must have been important for people to call him now of all times.
Mr Goodshow tilted his head curiously but gestured for him to answer it. He nodded albeit hesitantly and up popped a hologram of professor Juniper from the Unova region. This seemed to peak Alder's interest.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you but it has come to my attention that the missing daughter of Red Ketchum was never really missing. I've located the child and thought you'd wish to be informed as soon as possible." She explained.
Everyone in the room gasped or narrowed their eyes at this. "Where exactly did you meet this so called daughter of Red?" Lance asked sceptically.
Her face immediately twisted into a scowl at this and she practically growled out her answer. "At Professor Samuel Oak's house in Pallet Town sir." She replied.
Everyone's eyebrows shot up before scowls settled on practically everyone's faces. "Very well. I will be there asap." He said quickly before the call ended. He quickly spun around and looked at Mr Goodshow desperately.
"You can go" with those three simple words he was out the room faster than a Rapidash.
Back at Oak's residence – Next day –
Rin had refused to see anyone after yesterday's incident and kept herself locked in her room. Well... That's not entirely true. She only saw Aurea and Gary which irked Oak to no end. He wanted to see her so he could explain himself but she was having none of that.
Finally after what seemed like years Rin came out of the confines of her room but it was just so she could eat breakfast.
She was just about to start eating when her abnormal hearing picked up a faint noise. It seemed to be getting closer to them. When it continued to get closer she got curious and stood up.
She could hear human foot steps from here. They stopped just outside of the door which she had just reached so she opened it.
A tall man with pale skin and red hair and eyes was on the other side of the door. "Is there a Rin Ketchum here?" He asked seriously and immediately she knew he wasn't one to beat around the bush.
Her gaze hardened. "Yes that's me what is it that you wan-" That was all she got out before she was pulled forward into a bone crushing hug.
'What the hell does he think he's doing?!' was all she could think while the strange man continued to hug her to death.
Nagisa – I am soooo sorry for taking so long to update this story my kittens! School is crushing me. However! It is now my holiday! Lots of time to write! But i still have to revise people! Please remember that!.
Revised - 04/01/2019
I hope you enjoyed this chapter x
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See ya next time in chapter 6! xxx