ch. 6 Fear and Confusion

Sorry for the long hiatus, I had to deal with school, and that wasn't fun.

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A large monster rapped in a winged cocoon was hanging upside down in a room very similar to Satoshi's room in the ship. The only differences were that everything was in black and white, and the floor, ceiling, and walls were made out of stone. The cocoon soon shocked as the monster soon woke up. It's wings opened up, revealing the bat monster Satoshi turned into. However it's eyes were reptilian red and it had a purple symbol of 6 pitchforks with slightly different number of spikes on it and around the symbol was a fire ball like design on the right side of the creature's wing. The weird thing was that they were only thing in color. The monster floats down onto the floor and changes into Satoshi, but his eyes were still lizard like and the colors of his clothes were different. The white shirt was black, the brown vest was now green, his black shoes were white, and his red pants oddly stayed red. It was weird that these things were the only things in color. The boy leaves the room and walks down corridors of stone. After a while, the boy walks to a balcony that reveals the boy was in a castle and said castle over viewed a large colorless village. The boy smiles. He clicks his fingers and a swarm of colorless zubats fly to him. The boy soon points to the large village. The zubats nodded and fly down. The boy soon transforms into the bat creature again and flies with the zubats. Screams soon echoed through the village as the beast flies above and his minions attacked the citizens. The monster soon notices a man who looks like Averian, and a woman who looks like Delia were running from the destruction in a lone ally way, except everything was in black and white. Satoshi growls and drives towards them. The monster lands and spreads his wings so he could block their getaway. "DRACULA!" The two humans yelled in terror. The monster steps forward. The ground shocked. The man gets out a sword from his back and holds it. The woman hides behind the man for protection. The beast chuckles. It soon uses razor cutter which knocks the man over and forces him to let go of his sword. The woman screams in horror. When the man lands, the woman rushes over to him. The beast soon moves in closer and looks at the two people. The man was severely injured but was still alive. Meanwhile, the woman was helplessly weeping over him.

This was now the monster's time to strike. However, it hesitated since it's heart didn't know which one to attack first. The woman resembled Delia, who he felt betrayed by, but the other was Averian, a boy who actually betrayed him. Satoshi soon turns back into his human-ish form. He holds his chest. Suddenly there was an angry mob around them. They all looked unhappy with pitchforks and torches. Satoshi felt his heart beat fast. He looked around. What should he do? What should he do? His heart was so confused and if he didn't get out of there now, they would kill him. He looked at the crowd and sees another boy in the front. Satoshi soon smiles at him. The boy was a few years younger than Satoshi, he had swirly short hair and wore a thick set of Victorian clothes. Satoshi soon transforms back into the beast and uses guest to push every one away. The beast flies up and uses his talon like feet to grab the brown haired boy and begins to fly back to his castle. As the angry mob get out arrows to try and shoot the monster down, the swarm of zubats came and attack the villagers as a distraction. Back at the castle, Satoshi stayed as his bat form and dragged the poor man back to the room Satoshi was sleeping in. The vampire puts the screaming human onto a wooden slab that was meant to hold people back while someone torture them. The man tried to get up, but the monster soon slashed at his torso. The cuts weren't too deep, but they did get out blood. The man screams in agony. Satoshi smiles as he transforms back to his human form. He soon ties the man up in leather restrictions. The vampire soon gets on top of the weeping man and licks the blood with his reptilian tongue. The man winches. Satoshi laughs. He soon rips the man's pants off, showing his underwear. "Please. Please don't. PLEASE DON'T DO WHAT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO!" The man yelled in terror. Satoshi chuckles, then bits on the area where the man's neck. Blood spurts out and the man screams at top of his lungs in pain. All the while, Satoshi drank the blood.

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It was early in the morning when Satoshi woke up in a startle, sweat came down his face. After calming himself down, he soon yawned. "Aw man, what a terrible dream." Satoshi said as he holds his head in pain. He notices that Pikachu was still asleep though on the bed. He sighs. He carefully walks down to the ground. Once on solid ground, the vampire stretches and yawns. He soon thought back to his dream. 'But, why was I Dracula and why was I only in color?' He thought to himself. Suddenly there was a knocking on the door. Satoshi looks at the clock, it was 5 o'clock in the morning. "W-who is it?" Satoshi asked, a bit grumpy. He didn't really notice the grumpiness though. "Hi, I'm Joseph and I'm on of the errand boys like Barry. Anyways, I'm here to tell you that the ship is stopping in the small country of Curitiba for fuel and food replacement, so you'll be off work for about 10 hours. The captain also told me to tell you and a few others that the trip to London will take about 10-11 days. Man, the Atlantis ocean is much smaller compared to the Morin ocean. " Satoshi nodded in agreement. "Oh, I almost forgot, the ship is going to receive a tone of mail soon. The Pelipper Express was slowed down immensely due to a storm on the Morin ocean so it took a long time to get back to the ship. It's also the reason your letter from earlier was so delayed. Thankfully that and a few other Pelipper mail have returned to the ship much earlier than these ones. Including a letter from the Queen Helena of Japan, she says that this voyage will show the rest of the world how wonderful our nation is, and that the Opium war was just a little misunderstanding. I can't believe the captain told me this and the fact that this is 'technically' the first trip around the world since the shipping trades had reopen up." The boy said. Satoshi rolled his eyes, he knew all of this before. "So? Why are you telling me all of this? I'm from Kanto you know," Satoshi grumpily asked. He soon yawned again. "Well, you have some mail from your friends. These letters will be given to you at 7 o'clock so be ready. Bye." Joseph said. Satoshi nodded and said bye. After a while, the boy's footsteps couldn't be heard. Satoshi yawns and stretches again. Pikachu soon gets up. The vampire notices this. "Oh, sorry Pikachu. I'm just really tired. I had a bad dream." Satoshi admitted. Pikachu nodded.

Satoshi looks at the medical bag, it was full of small bottles. The vampire picks up one of them and unplugs it. He drinks it, and once he was done with the small bottle, the boy pulled it away from his mouth and lies on his bed. He yawns again. 'Maybe I can have a nap before the letters arrive.' The boy thought to himself. He soon closes his eyes. He did get some sleep, but it wasn't that much since his body was trying to make him resist the bed and go back to being upside down. After a few hours or so to the boy, another knock was heard. The boy gets up and yawns. However, he still felt grouchy. "Who is it?!" The boy yelled, a bit more angry. He hears a gulp, then hears the same boy from earlier. "It's me, Joseph, you know from earlier. I'm here to give you your mail." He said. Satoshi sighs, he kind of forgot. "Okay, okay. I'm coming." He said. He soon gets up and opens the door. Joseph was a boy a year younger than Satoshi by the way he looked. He had short brown hair that was a little bit spiky, his eyes were blue, he wore a yellow shirt with an orange stripe across it, blue shorts, and black shoes. The boy soon gives the vampire a stack of letters. Satoshi raised an eyebrow. He didn't expect the pile to be this big. Satoshi takes it from the boy's hands, says thanks and goodbye, and shuts the door. Satoshi move over to the bed he used to hold his books and puts the stack of letters on it. He unties the bundle and then arranges the letters by date. He soon noticed the first date was August 4, 1870 which was a few days after his dad's letter, and the last date was August 30, 1870. Satoshi smiled, he kind of forgot it was the beginning of the 70's for him. He wondered what the up coming decade will be like. He was actually glad to be born in the same year as when 'steam punk' technology was on the verge of breakthrough. It had been used for some trains, a few machines, and boats, but thanks to the Wright brothers, Thomas Edison, and the boom of Industrial Revolution, things have been growing rapidly in the world of technology. Satoshi soon remembered his calendar he has and begins to look through his bags.

After awhile, he found the calendar in his books bag and that it was 1870 like the letters, however the date January 11th was circled along with Feburary 9th, July 13th, and December 30th. He noticed that the hole that held the months up was broken except for January's. 'Oh yeah, the 11th was Delia's birthday, the 9th was Brock's, and 30th is Gary's. Man, it felt like forever since I last thought of them. To bad the hole broke off so I kind of forgot my own birthday. July 13 is such a weird date for me to be born in, the only thing good about it this year was that it wasn't on a Friday. Stupid superstition.' Satoshi thought in anger. He soon shocked it off, now wasn't the time to think about time. He soon looked at the piles of letters from Kanto, Sinnoh, and Unova. 4 from Kanto, 3 from Delia, 3 from Sinnoh, and 5 mails from himself addressed to Delia. Satoshi was confused by this since he didn't remember writing so much mail for Delia. "Man, mail can sure pile up quickly." Satoshi said. Pikachu nodded. Satoshi grabs a letter from Unova that had the earliest return date. Satoshi smiles as he opens it and remembers Delia. But suddenly his stomach churned in discus, like the idea of her made him feel sick. Satoshi shocked his head. 'What was that all about?' He thought. He soon read the letter. "Dear Satoshi, I got your letter. It must be nice being on that research ship, even if you're not feeling that well. Me? I'm doing fine, moving into this large city was a bit more hectic than I expected, but everything is fine now. Castelia City is much bigger than any city in Kanto though and has a lot more of the steam punk stuff that you like. Thankfully I got a Skitty from my neighbor to confute me. My neighbor is really nice and a bit cute. But don't worry, nothing big will happen between him and me. Hope to see you soon, Delia." It read. Satoshi smiled, however the odd feeling of betrayal and anger still sat in his heart. He ignores these feelings, puts Delia's letter down and grabs the first letter from Gary, the date was the same as Delia's.

"Hey Ashy-boy, nice to get a letter from you, but why did you call me Gary Oak? You know my grandpa Oak is on my mother's side so I don't get the right to have that as my last name, so why did you write it on the letter? I hope you're feeling alright in the head at least. Anyways, I read your letter about how you feel sick. Well, don't worry, you'll get better, maybe it's the reason you got my name wrong. And man you're still a fraidy Meowth for falling for that lame story. Brock and I have told way better ghost stories when we were kids than this adult man. As for what I'm doing, I've just arrived at my ranger station where I'll be guarding the small town of Twinleaf Town from dangerous Pokemon. Lucky for me this is a resort town full of rich and median classed people. But the best part is that this town holds Sinnoh's longest contestant coordinator champion Johanna Carew, her husband Danvers Carew, and Dawn Carew. I bet you will really like her. She's really cute. Sincerely, Gary." It said. Satoshi got angry. 'Stupid Gary. Still calling me that. But then again I accidentally did that. Odd that I didn't notice that. I know I tend to give my friends more silly names in my dreams, but this is the first time it happened while in real life.' Satoshi thought to himself. He soon grabbed the first letter from Brock, it was a day latter than Gary and Delia's letters. 'Well Sinnoh and Unova were closer to me in the ship than Kanto when I wrote my letters, so I guess it would make sense, and there's the one letter from mom, but...what about these other letters, did something happened to them so they must send another letter to me? Because I know I sure didn't send them any more letters other than the first. But then again I got these letters addressed to Delia, so I could be wrong.' The boy thought, a bit confused. He opens Brock's letter. "Dear Satoshi, I got your letter. And I'm very interested in your strange aliment you said you have. Next time, tell me what your symptoms are so I can help. Anyways, I'm fine. It's nice being back home with dad. It's been so long since I've last seen him. Being a gym leader is really tough, and time consuming. I know since Dad decided to let me be a gym leader for a few months as he goes on vacation with mom, which also means I have to help my brothers and sisters out even more than usual. It's going to be tough but I can handle it. Hope you get better, Brock." It read. Satoshi smiled.

He kind of wished he had gotten this before his dad dropped the bomb on him. Satoshi starts on the second set of letters from his friends. He grabs Delia's letter first. "Hello, Satoshi. I've got your newest letter. My, your letter was very...aggressive. You really don't like this Trip guy. Odd that he was being so mean to you. But I hope now you will be feeling better. But...there's one thing that bothered me about your letter. You were being much more profound in your words and used a lot of bad langue while talking about the boy you don't like and to me. Satoshi, did something happened? Why would you ever use such harsh langue? I hope you will clarify everything in your next letter. Sincerely, your worrying friend, Delia," It asked. Satoshi was taken a back. 'W-what!? I...I wrote THAT in this other letter to her? But I don't even remember it. But then again, I did felt like I was blacking out for a few minutes at random parts of the day. Maybe I wrote it when that happened?' Satoshi clutches his head. 'What's going on with my mind?' He thought to himself. He shocked his head. He grabbed the next letter from Gary. "Hey, Ashy-boy, how are you? Me, I'm fine. Anyways, I'm writing to you about these strange occurrences that are happening around the town. There's been howls and cries of people in pain. But every time we rangers go to the area where we heard the sound, there's nothing to find. The older rangers soon tell us about how there are supposedly were-Pokemon going around town. Although I don't believe, but I hope you could help me out when you come to Sinnoh. Sincerely, Gary." It said. Satoshi smiled, at least it wasn't because of a letter he gave to his rival. He grabs the next letter and sees it's from Mom, hopefully she would be nicer to him and maybe tell him a bit more about his vampire heritage.

"Dear son, I'm very sorry about your father's letter. I should have sent a letter earlier, or at least make your father's letter less hurtful. But your father was so demanding and cold as usual. But I digress, I wanted to talk to you about your letter and what I think is really going on with you. Satoshi, it's about your sanity. I'm very worried about your mental health. You've been feeling pain inside of you, you're confused and scared, and your anger levels are rising. These things don't normally happen to a vampire, and no studies of vampire kids have shown these kind of symptoms. Satoshi, I fear that your mind is finally breaking after all we have done to you, it's the only way I see these things making sense to me. I always tried to help you, make you see the light, and learn how to stay happy, but I fear I am too late and the damage to you is too severe. I wish I could have been with you and helped you more, and I wish your father wasn't such of a bum raw to you, but you're mind is now too far in madness for rescue. You'll soon lose your mind in a few months I bet and you will lose everything to you. Satoshi, I just hope you read this warning and know that your mind is dangerous and very clever. My only hope is the Vampire council will forgive your sins and somehow find a way to heal you, because I know the humans won't. But then again maybe it isn't too late for you and I'm being paranoid, but base off your symptoms, it looks like your losing your mind, even before Edward's letter got to you. I hope for your safety and that your sanity is still in shape, your loving mother, even if you never believe it, Megera Jekyll." It said, Satoshi held chest. Was he now insane like his mother feared? It would explain Delia's letter. Satoshi shocked his head. 'No! I'm not INSANE! I'm ...I'M SANE!' He yelled himself. He shocked his head. He soon looked at Delia's last letter. "Satoshi, I'm...I'm done with all of these horrible letters you keep giving me. I'm dating my neighbor George now. I'm also moving to a small village where you can't find me or my mailing address. I'm also sending all your horrible mail back to you. Week after week, I've been getting your threats and your horribleness. Satoshi, I thought your horribleness would end when you were 14, but whatever happened to you, you've changed back into that monster. You're no longer the young boy who loved me, your now those monsters in books and in those Unova motion pictures. You're back to being that horrid boy who hated every boy who wasn't him. I hope I NEVER see you again! Sincerely for the last time, Delia." It read.

Satoshi felt his world crash around him. 'No. NO! No, this ...this can't be happening.' Satoshi felt as his rage boiled. He had to look at these 'terrible' letters now. He grabbed them. He soon began to read the first which was written a day after he had sent his parents the first letter and looked at his very neat hand writing. It was like all of this other letters to his friend and his parents, where he talked about his feelings of his aliment, and how he was curious of how the others were doing. Thankfully he didn't add the blood part for his friends because that would be sick. He grabs the next letter, it was made a few days later. It was angry, it about how he recalled how Trip behaved to him and how he wanted to hit him, hurt him in many ways, and how he wanted to never see him again. Satoshi noticed he used a lot of dirty langue that he learned about because of his books, his father, and from him going around town and learning about the city life. Satoshi was disgusted by this, making him forget his rage. He soon read the other letters, which were made in rapid succession, they were paranoid notes about how he wanted to know where she was, what she was doing, and being angry and paranoid about if she was going behind his back. He threats her that she better not find someone to love, that she shouldn't be with anyone else but him, and it portrays her as an item that belongs to only him and he's the only one who she should even listen to. Not to mention his hand writing was very sloppy and childish. Satoshi was discussed by himself. How could he ever write such garbage? Satoshi held his body. "W-what if mom was right? What if I am insane? It...It would explain these terrible letters. I...I don't even remember writing these, even though the writing is sloppy, this is my writing and not an impostors." Satoshi said, fearing his life. Pikachu was worried about the boy. Satoshi shocked his head. He had to carry on, he had to be stronger, he had to be a good boy. "I WILL BE A GOOD BOY! I will make me better. Me...me good boy." Satoshi said, his eyes turning into lizard red. "PIKAPI!" The mouse yells as he shoots a thunderbolt at the vampire. This snaps the boy out of it. "T-Thanks...I...I needed that." Satoshi said as the thunderbolt ended.

He quickly opens and reads the last two letters. Gary's letter shows that he had received a letter similar to Delia's, and he's worried that the boy has lost it. Meanwhile, Brock also got another disgusting letter, and hopes the boy didn't become a psychopath. Brock mentions that the boy had hurt Pokemon and Delia in the past whenever he got angry and fears that Satoshi is now insane. Satoshi steps back when Brock's letter reached the part of him hurting Pokemon and Delia. The boy winches as he remembers the incidents. He wanted to forget about these wicked deeds which was why he had only vaguely described them to Barry, and never told the boy that he was the one who caused all the pain. Satoshi soon held his head. He soon remembered the first time he was 'wicked'. It was when he was two, he bite on his nanny, Then at four, his parents had adopted some baby Growlithes as part of a welcome gift from the hospital of Pokemon in his home city. The boy was playing with them one day, and when one of them bit him, the boy soon went into a crazed state and broke their backs. Satoshi winches as he remembers the snapping sound, sound of his own deranged laughter, and the dead Growlithes. He would constantly mock and be cruel to his instructors and tutors. He remembered that his fencing teacher had to retire after the boy learned most of the sword skills because he would attack the man time and again. Trying to make him as broken as possible. At age 12 he pushed Delia down the steps outside of his house when she refused to sleighing with him and being his Christmas honey, but she wanted to instead of to play with her doll. About how he always was jealous of boys who liked Delia. Then another memory of him breaking several of his father's vase in rebellion of his father. He remembered the wiping afterward. He remembered every single time he felt his inner demon come out, however the only times it didn't was at school. He soon remembered the nightmares after all the incidents. His father said that he was being attacked by the monster that was him. This soon made his story feel more real since these incidents made him like the monster the other boys and girls called him as being.

Satoshi gets shocked back into reality. He looks at Pikachu. "Th-thanks Pikachu. I...I was stuck in my memories. I...I realized that even before I became a vampire I've been doing so much terrible things. M-maybe I am insane. But...but that won't matter anymore, I'll become perfect once my formula and my theory is complete. I will lose the evil inside of me and will cure this diseased world and make people like my father disappear. Make the bad people disappear." Satoshi soon laughs maniacally at this thought, the monstrous look was in his eyes again. Pikachu hides under the bed. Satoshi soon looks at the clock. It was nearing 12 o'clock. Satoshi smiled. "Well, I'll have to go back to my shift. You know...I should talk to Barry or Trip about the Angles and Demons. I never did get to know what the whole deal about them is. All I know about religion about is the vague notes from my friends, and the Pokelantis religion." Satoshi said. His eyes gleamed in delight. Soon, he grabbed two little bottles and puts them in his pockets. "You know Pikachu, I think my emotion turmoil deserves two bottles to drain the pain away. I can't wait to get to taste wine, Opium, and other kinds of drugs. It'll make more of my pain to go away." Satoshi said, smiling. Pikachu didn't like that. Satoshi leaves the room, after a while he sees Barry on his way. Satoshi looked at Barry in delight, now was the time to talk to his friend. "Hey Barry!" Satoshi shouted at his friend. Barry looks his way. "Oh, hey Satoshi. On break?" Barry asked. The vampire nodded. "Yep, I've been on break for quite a while. I'm sorry that I missed Breakfast, I had a lot to think about, and I got quite a bit of mail. Anyways, I want to learn more about the Angles and Demons and what the whole 'religion' is called. After all, I only learned about it about time ago and I only know the vary basics." Satoshi confessed. The idea was eating at his mind. "Oh. The angles stuff. Okay, especially since Trip didn't tell you anything deep about it when he talked about vampires." Barry said. Satoshi smiled. "Unfortunately we'll have to go back to work soon, so I'll met you in my room after dinner." Barry said. Satoshi nods. Soon the two left for lunch.

After lunch, Jekyll went back to work, pushing all of his anger and his pain into his work, and used the fire Pokemon of the other workers to make the ship faster, and hurt them when ever they stopped. He push them further than what the others wanted. In fact, one boy got so fed up with Satoshi's bulling that he soon called him out. "What!? I'm not a bully!" Satoshi yelled at the boy. The boy had short black smooth hair, wore a thick white shirt, and black pants and shoes. Satoshi growled. "No, you're just denying it. Look at these Pokemon, do they look like their having fun, do they look that happy? I heard that you cared about Pokemon and wouldn't want them to be harm, but look at you. Forcing them to make this ship faster. IS THAT FAR!? And what's the rush, what do you want to get away from?" The boy asked. Satoshi felt his body aching in pain as he refused his body from transforming into his bat form. He clutches his right arm. "I'm not afraid. I'm not a coward. I'm NOT A MONSTER!" He yells. The others step back. Satoshi soon noticed this and the scared Pokemon. 'nononononononono. No again. I'm hurting Pokemon again. I'm being the monster again. I...I have to get away this place.' He soon hyperventilate. "Hey, are you okay?" Another boy asked. "No...G-get away from me. I...I'm not well." Satoshi said. Soon he ran off. After a while of climbing, he reached his room and lies on his bed. He breaths heavily as the pain begin to go away. 'I'm not well. I'm a monster. I...I can't live in this kind of world again. I...I...I need to make this world perfect. I need to make myself perfect. I have to make my dream come true. I will make sure this dream will stay it's coarse and won't let ANYONE get in my way! I HAVE to make this separation! I have to become pure good. It's the only way for me to make these sins go away.' He said to himself. He's body soon ached in pain. He groans in pain. He had to get some sleep. His mind was in too much pain to make himself well while awake. He looked at his ceiling as his body forces himself up to the ceiling where he falls asleep.

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Satoshi walked into the room and sees Barry and another man with him. The man was your generic sailor man with brown hair and blue eyes. Barry soon notices the vampire. "Oh, Satoshi's here. Satoshi this is Jonah, he's my room mate I told about earlier." Barry said. The man waved. Satoshi smiled and waved. "He's going to go back on deck soon as night watch. Security has doubled ever since the murders." Barry said. Satoshi sighed. "I know. I know. You don't have to remind me." The vampire said. Soon the man left. Satoshi sits on Jonah's bed. "Satoshi, before we talk about the angles and demons stuff. I wanted to talk to you about your story you told a week ago. I didn't want to mention this stuff while you were talking, since I was so entranced by your story, but now I've noticed a few ...'errors' that contradicts things you said earlier." Barry said. Satoshi tilted his head. "Huh? How so?" The vampire asked. "Well...back when we first met, you said that Ashy-boy was an annoying nickname Gary gave you, but while you were telling your story, you said that the other kids started the saying and Gary picked it up. Plus both meanings of what you said was the reason you hated that name seemed off. Although it's kind of my fault for forgetting the reason you told me earlier." Barry said holding his head. Satoshi eyes widen. "Really? Huh." Satoshi said as he held his chin. This was weird. "Well, what was my original hatred?" Satoshi asked, a bit confused. Barry titled his head. "You said you hated the name because it wasn't yours and because you didn't want be acknowledged as a boy. But your story was because you acted like a monster...Satoshi are you okay? This weird disconnect is scarring me. Plus in your story you said you attacked two boys, but a month or so ago, you said you never would attack anyone, even if you hated them. Satoshi, are you sure that story wasn't just build up rage?" Barry asked. Satoshi held his chin. His mind soon thought back to the letters that he had received. However, he wasn't sure of what to make of it.

'What if Barry is right and I'm not fully well, it could ruin everything that I've been working for...and... what if...those two boys were *gulp* actually innocent. I was very angry at them when I left, and this anger. This rage I've been holding back for so long ever since I locked away since I was 14 was actually blasted at them and my mind made up their betrayal so I wouldn't have to feel any more guilt.' Satoshi felt his stomach churned at the thought of it. He didn't know what to do. Was Barry right, or was the story right. After all, the vampire did such horrible things like that when he was really young, so it would be no wonder these terrible feelings would still be around. "Satoshi. Please tell me what really happened to those two vampires you met up with?" Barry said. Satoshi's eyes shrank. "Trip and I both know that you were the one to last see them and we know you turned into that strange bat creature for some reason. Not to mention you killed those girls at the villages. Trip even said that it was very strange for you to get a full transformation in at this early of the transitioning stage. So what happened to cause all of this. I know it can't because Trip said that you were still in the middle of the transitioning stage." Barry said. Satoshi felt his heart beat rapidly as panic began to engulf him as he remembers these exposition that were given during his night time practices. "Satoshi...please...tell me the truth." Barry said. "T-the truth." Satoshi said, scared. He didn't know what to say. What should he say anyways? 'N-no, Barry is my friend, he'll...he'll keep my secret. He always does.' The vampire said to try and calm himself. "The truth is..I...I killed those other boys and molested Averian. I...I drank their blood and at their brains to get stronger. I ...I was so tired of being weak, of being controlled by my father, that I just wanted to be stronger in the fastest way possible. Ignoring all the warnings and the laws. I just want to hurt him so much." Satoshi said, ashamed of himself. "I...I'm sorry Barry for not telling you, but you have to promise not to tell Trip. If he finds out, I'm a goner. I...I don't want that to happen." Satoshi said. "But didn't you once said that you should be dead." Barry said. Satoshi steps back.

"Y-yes, but... but I was just very sad, I'm...I'm much better now." Satoshi said, his eyes twitched for a couple of seconds as he holds his right arm. "Satoshi, I'm sorry. But..." Barry said. Satoshi felt his heart drop as Barry speaks. "I can't let a monster like you live on like this. Your a danger to everyone around you, even more than usual." Satoshi felt his body stiffen up as his mind felt it breaking. The words of his mother's letter was rushing back to him. 'It's too late for you now.' A sentence repeated in his mind. Suddenly Trip comes up with Serperior. The magical creature soon vine wipes the boy and hangs him upside down. "No. NO! I...I...I've changed. I'm a good boy. I...I won't do it again." Satoshi said as he struggles from his prison, tears in his eyes. "Satoshi, I warned you that this would happen if you killed another person, it doesn't matter that they were vampires, you still did it, and now it's time to punish you. Your time is up and you will die." Trip said as he pulls out a knife. Satoshi clutches in pain as his body ached. He closes his eyes. 'Nononononononononononono.' The words drowned into the boy's head. The vampire's eyes suddenly shot up open with them being reptilian red. He roars in anger as his body grows and brakes the vines. Green blood like things burst out of the broken limbs as the boy turns into the bat creature. It grabs the Serperior and throws it into the wall. Trip pulls out a rope out of now where and trows haft of it to Barry. They wrap it around the monster. However, before it was trapped again, the monster broke free by biting on it. It launches towards Trip and bites his hands off, a crunch sound made by the bones breaking off. Trip tires to kick it off, but the monster is uneffected by it. It soon claws at the boy until the boy was nothing but guts and blood. Barry looks in horror. "You...YOU BEAST!" Barry yelled, he soon pulls out a steam punk Pokeball. Soon it opens, and a white light comes out. The bat monster covers it's eyes, the light was so bright. "EMPOLEON, WATER PULSE!" Barry yelled. Before the monster could look at the Pokemon and get away, a large pillar of water gushed towards him and pushes him out of into the halls.

Satoshi growled and gets up, his right arm soon lights up a sick purple look as the strange symbol of 6 pitchforks surrounded by fire from earlier glowed. The monster imminently grew bigger, and bigger as his body soon became more bird like. It's head hits the top of the the ceiling as it stops growing. It had a bird's beak, two black horns, large bird wings with the strange symbol on it's right arm, a large tail that looks like it's wings, and bird legs. It roars, it's screech was a large high pitched sound that was monstrous. It soon shots purple fire out of it's mouth, which hits Empoleon. The fire oddly covered the penguin and began to burn it up. "Empoleon! USE AQUA JET TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES!" Barry yells. The bird did so and soon it's body was covered in water, but the fire wasn't going out. The penguin launches towards the strange bird monster, and hits it in the guts. It soon howls in pain.

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"Aarroooooo!" Satoshi yells in agony. He soon wakes up, panting in fear and cold sweat. He closed his eyes and holds his arm in fear. His body trembled as the fear of the nightmares rewashed over him. He cries in pain. He wanted to call for his mother and father, he wanted the pain to go away. But he knew they wouldn't come, not only because they weren't there but because they didn't love him anymore in his eyes. He clutches his body as he tries to calm himself. After while of crying, the boy was able to regain his senses, but all that does was make him realize how much of a monster he was. 'S-something is defiantly very off with me. That nightmare was terrifying. I thought the last of them had gone away for a long, long time. I...I'm scared if it could really happen? And now that I think of it, that dream Barry was right, my reason from when I first met him and the story I told him and Trip are totally different and contradict each other. It concerns me about my sanity. Did my story really happened the way I explained it? I know the event happened with the boys and the party, and I did feel eminence rage towards them, but what about the rest? It's been quite some time since that time, plus my head is still a bit hazy from the lack of blood so I can't really remember.' He clutches his head. His heart pumped fast. 'I...I have to keep calm. I have to stay in control. I...I don't want the dream to come true. I...I don't want to die. I don't want to die.' He thought to himself, but soon the nagging feeling in the back of his mind came to him. 'But...why? After all I did want to kill myself yesterday.' Satoshi holds his head in pain. What was going on with him? He looks at the clock and sees that it was ten passed 8 o'clock. He had missed dinner. He looked at his body, thankfully he wasn't feeling hungry right now. Satoshi soon remembered that he had to met Barry about demons and Angles. His heart soon shocked, what if is dream came true, not only would he be caught for his crimes, but he would also lose his friends again. He shocked his head, his friends would understand, and they would help him if it ever happened. Walks down to the ground. He soon gets Pikachu and walks out of the room. He walks down to Barry's room and knocks.

"B-barry it's me." Satoshi said, still feeling uneasy from his dream. The Sinnoh boy opens the door, and smiles. "Hey Satoshi, nice for you to come, I was worried when you didn't come to dinner," Barry said. Satoshi nodded. "Y-yeah, I was fast asleep and had a nightmare. It...It was about our meeting and how I've been acting weird ever since I discovered I was a vampire. Then Trip learned about how I killed those people back at the Canal and tried to hunt me down," Satoshi said. "Really? Well, Trip would act that way and you have been acting strange, that's for sure. But I'm sure Trip wouldn't hunt you. He's our friend, and he promised to help you out," Barry said. This doesn't help the boy's nerves. He holds his right arm. "Um, Satoshi, your holding your right arm, is that a nervous habit?" Barry asked. Satoshi soon snaps back to reality. "Y-yes. When I'm very nervous, I hold my right arm. It holds a birthmark of a symbol of my family. My dad told me that holding my mark is a good luck charm to calm myself and that he has a similar mark on his back." Satoshi said. Barry raised an eyebrow. "A family mark? Satoshi, why didn't you tell me and show me it earlier?" Barry asked. Satoshi looked away. "W-well, because it's a bodily part of me. I think it's just so weird to tell someone about it. That's why I don't like talking about my allergies." Satoshi admitted. "Can you at least show me it?" Barry asked. Satoshi smiles. "S-sure." The vampire said as he rolls up his sleeve on his right arm. On the upper arm on the side of it was a strange black symbol. It was of 6 pitchforks with slightly different number of spikes and one with two spikes on the side of one of the pitchforks designed like a snowflake. Around it was a fire ball like design. Barry 'oohed' at this. "That's actually a pretty cool design. I kind of wished I had it." Barry said. Satoshi blushed, at least this was easing his nerves and made him feel human again. "Th-thanks. Although my dad also told me to not show it to anyone since he said that it looks kind of evil and dealing with religious people would be a pain." Satoshi said. Barry nodded. "Yeah, I can see that. It does look evil. Thankfully, I'm not one of those people," Barry said. "But you do know about the angles and stuff. Now tell me all about them," Satoshi said in excitement. His energy was now renominated as he remembered the cool monsters. "Okay, okay." Barry said, a bit weirded out by the boy's mood shift. He soon coughed.

"So let's talk about the angels, neutral gods, and demons. First off, there are many kinds of religions that are based of these entities, how exactly they behave, and whither or not they actually are good or not. There are even some religions that I heard of from my friends back home that either don't believe the legendaries are gods and that their just pawns of some even bigger god, or that the legendaries are just very powerful Pokemon and they are not gods. But your not here to talk about that. The religion that I've been told about and is the main religion of Japan is the Arceusism religion, where Arceus is worshiped." Barry said. Satoshi nodded. "You know, I've actually read in the scrolls of my family, that the Ancient Pokelantians believed that Giratina is the true lord of the world and that he should be obeyed, and that Arceus is a bad god. It was called Giratinism." Satoshi added. Barry was impressed. "I always wondered where that religion came from. Now it's used by people called gypsies who are travelers who go around towns doing tricks and use Pokemon to do those tricks. I heard a few people are fallowing the gypsies like acts and use them to do other things with it, but don't believe in their religion. I think their called Magicians." Barry said. He soon shocked his head. "Now isn't the time to talk about that. We're here to talk about angles and demons. Anyways, a long, long, long time ago Arceus created the world. Some people have speculated if it was Arceus or Mew who did that, but I'm digressing. In the Arceusism, it's believed that it was Arceus who did it. He created the world and created 6 entities to aid him. Mespirit, Uxie, Azelf, Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, which were the first angels. Giratina was his top angel and his 'left' hand, while the gods Palkia and Dialga were his 'right' hand. He supposedly creates Mew, the world, and a few more angels to aid him create the world. According to legend, most of these angles were actually the neutral gods and I think one or two of them became real angles after a war that I will explain later, but anyways, Arceus and the previous angles kept them in line. Mew grew and soon the world had tons of Mews. To make sure the world doesn't get over populated, he created Xerious and Yveltal as the essence of life and death.

"After a ton of more angels were formed to help obverse and help the world, the mews began changing into different Pokemon by evolving. No one really know what they turned into or what caused the evolution other than the fact that the world was changing. Anyways, some time after that, the time not being cleared to us, humans began to roam the earth, and the angels Yvetal and Giratina grew distrustful of the people and jealous of how Arceus seemed to like them more than his creations. Arceus tried to calm them down by picking a random human to show that he did not favor the humans over them and that humans have strong wills that make him interested in them. The human was named Job, and he was given everything he wanted. The gods decided that they had to take away everything and hurt the man to break his will and show god that he was mistaken about humans. They took away all the items and destroyed most of the guy's food, but the guy stayed loyal. However, Arceus was not pleased at the two angles, and warned them to not do again. The two promised, but they didn't fallow up on it. Giratina soon used the Pokemon of the era to hunt the humans even more than usual, and Yvetal helped Giratina by planning all of his attacks and secret raids to the villages. Soon Arceus learned of these horrible acts and stopped the bad angels. Giratina then shows that all of his anger and betrayal was so he could become an even powerful god and wanted Arceus' power. Arceus soon used his magic to turn the beautiful Giratina into the monster he is now, drain the intelligence of Yveltal, and cast the two from the Hall of Origin, the place some people call heaven where good souls go two, to earth to end their troubling since he didn't have the heart to kill his friends. However 13 angels then fallowed them causing Arceus to banish them as well. But this rift between the angels and god soon weaken the power around the neutral gods which caused them to be released into our world and stay in here for all of eternity. Not a lot of people know why the neutral gods can't go back into the hall through. Giratina and Yveltal soon swear revenge against the god, and regain what Arceus had stolen from them. The humans call the fallen angels demons because they're now fully monsters. And that's about that. It is said that Giratina and Yveltal will end the world with fire and ice but that's just a rumor." Barry said. Satoshi was intrigued. "So~...what do these demons look like?" Satoshi asked. Barry surged. "Don't know, no one has ever fully seen a demon. And if they did, what they look like and which one of them it was always changes from person to person. I bet the Pokelantians know since they believed in Giratina, but since you know that religion and still don't know what Giratina looks like, I doubt we'll know for sure unless we talk to another vampire." Barry said. Satoshi gulped. "Well, let's not talk about it for now. Is there anything that I need to know?" Satoshi asked. Barry held his head, but shocked no. "No, not really. The only thing I can think of is that the general look of what Giratina looks now is a serpent with six wavy tentacle like wings, a masks that hides it's ugliness, black eyes, and spikes on it's tail." Barry said.

Satoshi took a step back. 'Th-that sounds like Mr. Crime...my...my old toy I used to play with... What does it mean? Does it mean that my family has been secretly worshiping Giratinism all this time.' The vampire thought. Maybe that was the reason he was so screwed up in the head, because of his stupid Vampire heritage. He growls. "It's all their fault! I knew they believed in something. How could they not! With the world having so many wonderful monsters covering it. It's this religion that created these monsters, I'm sure of it. And it's the reason why I'm so messed up in the head. Yes. Yes. It all makes sense." Satoshi said as his eyes looked monstrous again. Barry grabs the vampire by the shoulders. "SATOSHI, GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!" Barry yelled. This snaps the boy back to reality. "Wh-what just happened?" The Sinnoh boy asked as Satoshi held his head. "I-I;m sorry Barry. I didn't mean to say that...I...I've been in a vicious cycle for a little bit. My brain has been in a loop as it tries to correct itself. I've been so unsure of everything that I feel like I'm falling into madness." The vampire confessed, feeling his body aching some more. Barry wasn't happy. "Satoshi, you can make it through all of this. Just forget about your parents and your roots, and focus on everything else. You can't keep on dwelling on these things." Barry said. Satoshi nodded. "Y-your right. You know what, we should have another tour of the ship again and meet Chef Bellrock again. It's been so long since we last saw him." Satoshi said. Barry smiled. "Sure! That's the Satoshi I know." Barry said. Satoshi smiled back. 'Barry's right, I have been focusing too hard on my fears and such. I need to relax and have some more fun.' The boy thought. "Well, I'd better get back to my room." The boy said. Barry nodded. Soon the vampire left.

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