Unlike his siblings', Uxie was a bit calmer due to his lessened use of his emotions; but that doesn't mean he isn't concerned.
Why am I like this? Was it because of that dream? Was that dream just a sequence to help ease the pain, although... it didn't exactly help.
He got up and walked over to one of the puddles in his cave, he knows he's human due to the fact he was appendages that he did not have before but taking a gander at what he really looks like is a concern.
Uxie looked into the puddle to stare back a young, teenage face with square frame-less spectacles over his eyes.
Why would I need glasses? Is it because I never open my eyes?
He took the glasses off to see a glaring change from perfect sight to a blurry mess.
So... as a human I have what appears to astigmatism. Interesting...
He put the glasses on and looked around, eying the entrance to the cave not to far behind him.
I have the best chance at fixing this within civilization, primarily with that professor. He can fix this hopefully... if not then... maybe Arceus?
He exited the cave to see the lake he calls home, Lake Acuity, and the nearby expressway, S2, that connects Snowpoint to the rest of Sinnoh.
Maybe I can get a bus ride over to Sandgem? It is a magical thing that the Sinnohian government decided to add a highway system like Unova had to decrease travel time between cities and towns. It's even better because they offer bus rides to every town as long as you've been there, but I think that's for trainers only... First off though is getting off this island... I still have my powers' so there's that.
Uxie concentrated on the natural energy flowing through him, though significantly less now, and created a rock bridge to shore, albeit the fact that the rocks are barely big enough for him to walk over.
It seems my powers' have been muted quite significantly, I'll have to focus more to get more out of it.
Once he made it onto firma-terra, the rock bridge fell back into the water without so much as a splash. He kept walking towards Snowpoint City; which thankfully is not full of snow in the summer.
As he was walking he saw a small round object, white on the bottom and blue with two red pinstripes on the top. A Great Ball.
This could prove to be useful. I could become a trainer using this... but should I?
He thought for a bit but decided to ultimately take the ball and try and get a partner who will help him in his current situation.
As he gathered up the lone pokeball, nearby a young Pokemon watched him in the shadow, waiting to strike.
And it found one. The second Uxie was putting it in his pocket, he was tackled by a blur of dark hue of blue with red blurs added in. It then got up and looked down at him.
A Sneasel.
Why now of all times does this have to happen?
He looked up to see it just staring at him, with wide curious eyes that show innocence and youth. He could see into it's memories to see it was a young girl, no less than two weeks old but without parents to guide it into adulthood.
It then spoke to him, possibly not knowing that humans can't understand Pokemon. But he could as he was a Pokemon.
"What are you? You don't look like a thing I've seen before! Are you a monster?"
The innocence of youth can yield so many imaginative prospects. He chuckled a bit, which made the young Sneasel all the more curious.
"What are you doing? …You look funny when you do that! Have you seen my mom?"
"I'm laughing. Answering you're earlier question, I'm not a monster but a mere human. And I am sorry but I have not seen your mother." Uxie answered in his usual plain toneless voice.
"Oh... I don't know where my mom or dad are. I want to see them but I can't find them..." She looked off into the forest she burst out from obviously concerned, "Can you help me find them, I think they're playing hide and seek?"
This struck him very harshly. The prospect of finding her parents are low as they're possibly dead or in a different part of the continent.
"I'm afraid that I cannot help you... but I do know what we could do..." He said as a thought struck him.
"I could take care of you instead." He beat down to see her eye to eye, "Would you like that?"
Despite the fact that he knew that he cannot take care of her that long as fixing his body is a primary thing and once changed he has to let her go, there was a grey area where his body will possibly never be restored, scientifically or with Arceus' help. A companion like her would help in times like this and a young mind where he can teach the world to her is something he's always wanted to do.
The young Sneasel had a look on her face full of confusion, a choice between go with a stranger could take care of her was nice but finding her birth mother is something that she should do.
'I want to find my mom... but those scary monsters' living around here don't want me around but play a weird game were they bite and eat other monsters'. I don't want them to do it to me... Maybe staying with this human is best...'
While she was thinking it all over, Uxie was concerned on their surroundings and felt- no feels like something was watching...
Somethings around, waiting to strike, I know it... it feels strong... could I take it on? This young Sneasel would be no match for any of the local predators'...
He got his answer when one of the many strong predatory Pokemon, an Abomasnow, burst out of a nearby patch of trees', charging straight towards the two of them with a Ice Punch ready for the two of them.
He quickly grabbed the young Sneasel and jumped out of the way, plopping onto the dirt trail. The Abomasnow kept going until it slammed into a tree, now furious that its meal had gotten out of the way. He turned towards them and shot an Ice Beam, only for it to absorbed by the young Sneasel with nothing but a mere tickle due to her elemental typing being half Ice.
"Hey you big meanie! Leave us alone!" This obviously did nothing to deter the raging Pokemon as it then rushed forwards for a charging Ice Punch, once more dodged by the swift actions of Uxie; who once again grabbed the Sneasel and jumped out the way. This time, the Abomasnow was able to stop, though with a bit of a stumble.
This caught Uxie attention, and he quickly formulated a way to defeat it.
It's a pretty unbalanced Pokemon from the way it moves. Even when it made that Ice Beam it had a bit of a wobble- The duo jump out of the way of another charge attempt and then dodging a couple Ice Shards. Maybe if I use its lack of balance to get it to knock itself out or get a chance to strike.
He then had his chance to do just this, positioning himself and the Sneasel between the Abomasnow and a rock, it charged as usual with an Ice Punch.
The duo wordlessly jumped out of the way and as expected it tried to stop but stumbled and slammed into the rock, momentarily stunning it. Uxie used this chance to use whatever power he available in him and used the strongest Psychic he could muster; lifting up the Abomasnow and sending it flying back into the bowels of the nearby forest, but far enough that it won't come back for awhile. It was impressive given his current state but it was extremely impressive to the young Pokemon he fought to defend.
"Your so cool! Can other humans do that! I want to go with you if you can win games like that!" He might have to teach some things about these 'games' but not now.
"If you want to come with me, I first have to put you in one-" He pulled out the Great Ball, "-of these. It will only take a second if you do not resist." He finished with his dull, flat voice. The second he did she nodded and he tapped the all onto her head, turning her into a mass of energy and pulling it into the poke-ball. In his palm it shook only three times with the flashing red light before it stopped and red light on the lone button on the ball flashed once more then vanished.
The young Sneasel was his to take full care of.
He released her, with a radiant, bright white light that compiled into the bodily form of the female Sneasel that he is now the surrogate parent of; from ear feather to tail feathers.
She had a very dizzy looking face, very likely from the new experience of getting captured. Uxie decided to wait until she got her bearings, which she did quickly, and then talk to her.
"Now that I'm taking care of you," She nuzzled into right arm, which was dangling like a lifeless puppets arm, "we will have to agree on a name for you. Do you wish to name yourself or shall I do it?"
From his arm she looked up with a very interested look, wanting to choose her name possibly.
Uxie saw the look, but knew her naive mind would pick out the first thing possible and that list of names isn't very big.
"On second thought," Pulling the young Sneasel's attention back to him, "why don't we just name you Lo? A simple name for you is all you'll need."
"I like it! Lo. Llloooo. Llllllloooooo. Hahaha!"
Simple mind, simple pleasures was all he could think of in this situation.
"You can fondle over your new name later, currently we are going to Snowpoint City. It's about an hour walk from here. Do you wish to walk?" He asked her as calmly as possible.
"I wanna see whatever a city is! I'd love to walk!" Lo blurted out, very enthused about seeing something new.
"Well, keep up then." And once he said that, he started to walk towards Snowpoint something he used to do all the time to get new books as a small pixie, which used to take one-sixth of the time it is to walk there.
Right behind was Lo, who was as curious as a young child will be, constantly fluttering between things, touching them, smelling them, looking at them. This almost caused some trouble with the local Pokemon but with a couple of Psychic's, they weren't much to take care of.
By the time he reached Snowpoint it was around five PM and the city was underneath a beautiful warmly colored sky.
This spectacle caught the attention of Lo, who was bewildered and entranced by the sunset sky that was behind them, with the view of most of the cit underneath it in their position at the cities Pokemon Center.
Inside, Uxie was registering as a trainer to try and get some benefits, naming himself Yux in the process to give himself a human alias.
It was pretty hard to explain to the Center's Nurse Joy why he had no records of the sort but a bit... mental prodding helped. Uxie maybe a legendary but he is no way the most noble of them all, especially in situation like the one he's in.
"And here's your Pokedex. It has your trainer information and can scan any Pokemon you meet and tell you basic details like a small summary, type and level." This was the end of the long process of becoming a trainer but Uxie/Yux is patient enough to withstand the time it took. He grabbed the Pokedex and said a small thank you to Nurse Joy as he went to Lo; who was still watching the sunset, although being pestered by passerby pedestrians and some trainers'.
I leave her for half an' hour and- well actually thirty minutes is a good amount of time to get in serious trouble.
He ran to her and before one of the many trainers' Pokemon could get at her, he lifted her up onto his shoulder and gave them a menacing glare. Oblivious to this though was the trainers', around ten of them, who really need a new Pokemon apparently.
"Hey! I was going to catch that Sneasel!"
"No I was!"
"You boys don't deserve a Sneasel! I should have it!"
At this point it turned into a shouting match which drew even more attention to the duo. Lo looked about ready to cry from the frightening ordeal when Yux decided to intervene.
"Hey you lot." They stopped and looked at Yux, interested in why he picked up Lo.
"This Sneasel is under my care. I will have no discussion about this, good day to you all."
Just as he was leaving the large circle, one of the trainers' ran up to him, asking for a trade instead but Yux shooed him off with a multiple no's.
After they got to a safe spot, a small park, he put Lo down on one of the park benches. She looked up at him, wondering what he was going to do.
"Look, if those people were bothering you, why didn't you come to me?" He questioned Lo.
"Because I thought those humans wanted to play a game... I'm sorry..."
"It's okay. It could've been worse but that's all over now. Right now, we're going to have to find out how much a bus ticket is to get to Sandgem." He started to walk to the bus station, Lo directly behind.
He suddenly thought of something, "I wonder how my sisters' are doing?"
Another chapter down. Sorry for the delay, I had a vacation in Baltimore and then I got hooked onto ACI. Don't worry though, I hope to make the next chapter quicker then this one took
- Cyanide the Sneasel
