Ch. 12 Back to Normal

{Rui's Point of View}

-September 6th, 2004-

It took some time but things went back to normal, sort of. Aura fulfilled her promise and freed everyone from the mind control. As for me, I was pretty much left alone. Aura didn't bother me and I did the same in response. We would exchange greetings and goodbyes but not much else. Even though Aura has a much greater intelligence than I can imagine, she seems to believe in intangible things like fate. Maybe it was our similar lifestyles and early engagement that intertwined our paths. Sadly, it made neither of us happy but she said it's better to suffer along side someone than to do it alone. I had to agree with that ideology since I was stuck with her but I had my friend back. Gojiro, along with everyone else, returned to normal like nothing ever happened. Gojiro and I worked in our office, solving trivial cases and I never felt happier to be back to work. With all the shit that happened, I'm happy with finding missing pets or person. Darkrai sent me an email on Tulip but I responded without reading it. I told him what happened in vague details, including the sacrifice I made to free everyone. He respected the choice but still felt bad that I'm now stuck in a loveless life with Aura. GLMD got a new Gardevoir to sing with them but it wasn't the same. Their popularity began to plummet due to Tulip's ineffective leadership. I went to Aura's office to drop off a printed report.

I opened the door and came in, "Hey, I got the report."

Aura was reading a newspaper before grabbing the report from me, "Thank you." she replied before placing the report on a pile.

I saw the front cover and notice it spoke about GLMD's fall, "Do you miss GLMD?" I asked curiously.

"Yeah." Aura replied honestly.

I tilted my head asking, "Why not go back to it? You don't have to be here if you don't want to."

"If I did that then you'll take the opportunity to date someone." Aura answered simply.

I hung my head, "I don't get why you're bothering with this traditional Gardevoir mating if it doesn't make you happier."

Aura shrugged, closing the newspaper, "I was never happy to begin with." Then she shook her head and said, "It does make me happier knowing I'm stuck with someone who's on the same boat, so to speak."

"Maybe so but you were and could have been happy if you stayed with GLMD."

"The happiness began to fade when Tulip started taking my mates. I was never going to be truly happy but now... I think choosing to stay or be there leads to the same ending. Like a folding story where you think your decisions matter when it doesn't." Aura looked aside sadly.

"What does it mean when you think about 'us' persay." I replied.

"60 years of unhappiness." Aura replied honestly.

"Yeah... unless we change that. I will always unhold my word, especially since you kept yours and freed everyone. If you want to be happy, you know I won't stop you." I replied.

Aura looked like she was thinking about it before shaking her head no, "That may be but then comes the matter of fairness and my conscious would catch up to me. There's no point in us fighting anymore since I made you immune to Attract and cute charm."

"You made me immune? How?" I asked.

Aura tapped her fingers, "Well, you see. Human minds are open to rewrite when exposed to extreme mental trauma. Your insanity made you vulnerable to rewrite once you calmed down. Once you agreed, I gave you a little present to help you stay the way you are."

"Wouldn't you want to change me?" I asked.

"I lived long enough to realize that being happy means nothing in this world. Everything is susceptible to change when they want to. Artificial change has no real impact compared to natural change. Plus, I kind of like it when you're racist. You're different, distinct, and pretty interesting when you're bullying someone else. Also, I got you an apartment nearby if you want to sleep there. You'll have the only key." Aura held out her hand, showing the key.

I took it, "What about you?" I asked.

"I have plenty of money. Don't worry about me." Aura replied.

I gave her a small smile before crossing my arms, "What if I start seducing my female neighbors?"

Aura smiled a bit, "You're a good guy when you want to be but if you're asking..."

I raised a brow, "Whoa there, what am I asking?"

"I think you want me to live with you." Aura smiled.

I looked aside, "Well... more like, sleep on my couch while I have a comfy bed. Like a friend who just never goes home."

"You sure I'll be on the couch? I can levitate silently." Aura chuckled.

"Okay, now you're trying to flirt with me. I'm out. Thanks for the apartment." I replied, shaking my head as I left.

Aura did the same but sat at her desk, "That freaking guy, man..."

I walked back into my office and saw Gojiro reading a report, "So, who lost their pet today? Rui and Gojiro, professional pet finders! Are you in good hands?" I joked.

Gojiro sat back in his chair, "You know... every since Aura became our new boss, you've been different."

I tilted my head in confusion, "What do you mean by different?"

Gojiro crossed his arms, "You're not as angry or hateful like you used to be. You act like you're happier now that Aura is our boss."

I smiled at him, "Aura help me realize something important and also allows me to work her with you as my friend and coworker. Currently, me and her are even, which is overall a huge plus in my life. After the recent stuff that happened, I needed calm relaxing files to work on."

Gojiro shrugged, "Alright bro, if you say so but you still haven't told me why your legs were crushed so badly Aura had to heal you herself."

I laughed nervously, "Well... I ended up pissing off the wrong pokemon and paid the price. Luckily, the stupid inbred bitch was a GLMD fan and backed off when Aura ordered it. So, she helped me when I needed it and that always matters to me."

"Right..." I could tell Gojiro was not buying it, "Well... if that's the case then okay."

Someone knocked on our door and I looked to see Aura holding a folder, "Hey, I have a special case for you two to complete." Aura closed the door, "Its contents are confidential."

"Confidential? What does it involve?" I asked.

Aura sat on my desk, "Well, after becoming the Police Chief, I used my access to delve into the recent and non recent files kept in the police database. This folder contains addition information on another case, the triple homocide case you two worked on. The Roserades were a part of the local gang before splitting into their own group. Read for more additional details."

Gojiro looked at the report before putting it down, "Aura, I have a question."

Aura smiled but I could tell she was ready, "You're going to ask why Rui and I aren't trying to kill each other." she smiled.

Gojiro was taken aback, "Well... yeah? How did you know?"

Aura smiled at him sweetly, "I know a lot of things. As for why, we just talked things out like adults. Even if he acts like a little kid, Rui can be a big boy when he wants to be."

I rolled my eyes, "Thanks for making me feel like a toddler. It definitely helps with my self esteem."

Aura pat my head before leaving, "Don't get mad. Good luck you two."

"..." Gojiro looked at me, "You think she'll betray us?"

I thought about it but couldn't honestly say yes, "Well... it's difficult for me to say but I don't think she'll betray us this time. She seems to be taking her new job seriously and I'm impressed by her work."

Gojiro gave me a weird look, "Who the fuck are you?"

I laughed, "What's that response for?"

Gojiro faked a horrified face, "I don't think you're Rui and, if you are, I don't think I like this Rui. I'm so used to you butting heads with pokemon that this weirds me out. To make it creepier, I think Aura genuinely likes you... I think I'm stuck in a nightmare."

I shook my head, "Shut up you dumbass." I spotted a file underneath a pile of papers.

When I picked it up, Gojiro asked, "What's that?"

I read the file in my head before answering, "It's the file for a case we completed three days ago. I forgot to give this to Aura, I'll do it now. You read up on our current case."

Gojiro saluted me, "You got it sir."

I gave him a thumbs up, "Good man. I'll be right back."

[4:00 p.m.]

I started walking through the halls until I bumped into Justin. He looked angry until he saw it was me.

"You okay?" I asked.

"Tulip called me a prick and threw me aside. I'm so done with that stupid fucking band. I'm going back to my faithful lady, Justice."

I pat his back, "Whatever you say man. Be the dumbass you want to me."

Justin shook his head, "You're such an asshole."

I watched him walk down the hallway before yelling, "Don't worry Princess! I hear Justice comes fast and hard!"

Justin threw me a middle finger, "I hope you get raped!"

"Love you too bae! He's so salty..." I muttered before heading towards Aura's office.

Once I got close, I heard Tulip's voice, "After talking to Flare and Echo, we decided to take you back into the group as our leader."

I looked in to see Aura and Tulip's back, "No." Aura replied, reading reports.

Tulip slammed her hands on the desk, "Why not!? Bisharp is getting aggravated by your lazy responses and..." Tulip looked at me, "Oh, it's you. The kid who gave us a month's worth of shit press."

I leaned against the door frame, "So, I take it we never actually met." I smiled.

Tulip looked different from the Zoroark illusions, "Why the fuck would I waste my valuable time on a fucking scrub like you?"

She wore a black sleeveless shirt that has a shallow V cut to tightly cover her D cup bust, "I wonder if you're a slut like the Zoroark one is." I shrugged.

She pulled out a combat knife, "How about I cut you up bitch?" she asked.

I took a step back, "Whoa!"

"Leave him alone Tulip." Aura replied.

Tulip looked at her, "Like, what the fuck bitch? I thought you were into pokemon exclusively. Not shrimp dick humans."

"Did you just call me shrimp dick?" I asked.

Tulip flipped me off, "Why waste your time here instead of getting some real males?"

Aura shook her head, "I don't want to sing anymore... I'm... I'm washed up. I don't need one night stands. I'm an adult and want to live a calm mediocre life."

Tulip pointed at me, "With him!? Some shrimp dick nobody!? There's no way in hell that racist cock sucker can make you happier than booze and rough double teams!"

"It's not about being happy." Aura replied calmly.

Tulip clenched her hands into fists, "Then why are you doing it!? I swallowed my pride to come here and get you back to being our leader! The people here are a bunch of ugly shitheads! He's the worst human we ever met!"

"Aura, I know you're not happy here and they need you. Why not just go with them?" I asked.

Tulip looked at me, "You're on my side?"

Aura ignored her, "I already told you my stance on this Rui."

I rubbed my arm, "It's okay for you to go. No one wants to date a racist ugly human like me anyways." I replied honestly.

Aura shrugged, slumping back, "I don't want to. That's final."

Tulip looked at me angrily, "This is your fault! What did you do to her!?" Tulip demanded.

"Me!? She's the one that gah!" Tulip grabbed me.

"You're the reason our fucking group is going to die out!" Tulip screamed.

"I didn't do anything!" I complained.

"Tulip, put him down!" Aura yelled.

Tulip threw me onto the floor and flipped her off, "Fuck you. Bisharp wants this kid dead and since you're so interested in him... I think I'll find out what the big deal is."

"Don't bother Tulip. You're not attractive to him." Aura told her with an annoyed look.

Tulip groped herself, "Men love my body, human or not. Arceus gave me breasts to attract human males with ease."

Aura sighed, "Don't bother and please don't try in my office. I have work to do and so does he."

I looked at Aura, "Jeez, thanks Aura. I'm glad to know you're willing to let me get raped by a giant tittied Lopunny."

Aura shrugged, "We're even, not on good terms remember?"

Tulip sighed and got up, "Eh, he's not worth giving the chance to feel my golden body on his. Is there any way I can get you to come back as our leader? I'm desperate at this point and I'm willing to do anything."

Aura frowned and hung her head sadly, "I'm sorry but my voice isn't able to sing anymore. I can't be in our band if I'm unable to sing. If I could, I would Tulip. I'm sorry but... GLMD is done for."

I looked at both of them before Tulip stomped on the floor, "This fucking sucks. I can't believe I wasted my time coming here. Fuck you both."

Tulip left the room angrily, "You okay Rui?" Aura asked.

I got up, "I'm still alive, that's a plus right?" I asked.

Aura smiled, "Yeah, I guess it is. Sorry I didn't try to stop her but I knew Tulip wouldn't try to seduce you. She hates humans more than I hated you."

"Why does she hate humans?" I asked.

"No one human ever satisfied her and there was a time she lived in an all human area. The fact that it took an entire group of humans to satisfy her, dwelled in her mind when everyone called her a slut. Then she met me and we agreed to starting GLMD. After that, pokemon fucked her regularly and changed her entire personality into a true slut. With GLMD failing, less pokemon will become interested in her. I think that's what she cares about the most." Aura noticed the file.

I gave it to her, "I know that's late but it doesn't matter. So, why didn't Tulip become a porn star?" I asked.

"Age. You have to be 18 if you're going to be a porn star. If not, it's illegal. Technically, it's illegal for Tulip to have sex with you due to you being underage. She's actually 21." Aura answered.

"What about you?" I asked curiously.

Aura raised a brow, "We have a two year difference, so no. Why ask?"

I smiled, "No reason."

Aura got up, "I think this is enough chit chat. You should get back to work with Gojiro. Remember, that case is hush hush so no spilling the details to anyone." Aura reminded.

I nodded, "Alright Aura. Bye." I waved.

Aura waved back as I left the room. I went back to my office and found Tulip waiting for me.

Tulip didn't hesitate to say, "I want you to get her to come back."

"I tried but it didn't matter. Did she hurt her voice?" I asked.

"Three weeks ago she sung at a 4 hour long concert and ended up blowing her voice. After that, she didn't make a real appearance on the stage for some time. Then, randomly, she comes here and becomes the chief. If you get her to join as our leader, I will thank you with my body for days."

I gave her a weird look, "As generous as that sounds, I think I'll pass. I'll try my best but you..." Tulip grabbed my shirt.

Tulip got dark, "You listen to me, I'm not letting GLMD fall without a fight. I'm willing to get pregnant at this point and you'll be the donor Mr. Racist. Do you want to end up paying Child support for 5 Buneary and get Aura to hate you for having sex with me. If not, I suggest you make a move real quick or I'm snapping your hard dick in half. You get me?"

I nodded quickly, "Yes ma'am."

Tulip grabbed my cheeks, "Good boy. Hopefully I won't have to see your ugly ass again. Goodbye Gojiro." Tulip waved as she pushed me aside and left.

Gojiro watched her leave before looking at me, "What the fuck was that about? Why does she think you'll change Aura's mind?"

"I don't know. Maybe she thinks it's my fault because Aura hated me and came here to be the chief for that reason." I lied.

Gojiro scratched his chin, "Be real... do you like Aura? I must sound like a broken record but you know it's okay to like her right?"

I shuffled nervously, "I bullied her when I was little. The fact that me and her are on equal terms, means a bit."

Gojiro crossed his arms, "Rui, I'm half Gardevoir! I know what their mating laws entitle for the females. Just give it to me straight, do you like her? Are you her mate in any way?" Gojiro questioned.

I bit my lip before answering, "Yes and no. I don't hate her but I'm not in love with her. She made us mates because neither of us will be happy through it. So, we'll be mates forever in unhappy bliss I guess..."

"Why would you agree in the first place?" Gojiro asked.

I rubbed my arm, looking aside, "I had to save everyone. She had you all under mind control. You don't remember but she did so I... sacrificed myself. Honestly, I thought she would abuse me but Aura's been really nice."

"There has to be more to this. What else did she do to change your mind?" Gojiro looked confused.

"She... got me an apartment..." I blushed.

Gojiro's face went from confused to smiling, "A little love nest? How cute."

"Fuck you! It's not like that! I'm living alone!" I yelled stubbornly.

Gojiro put his hands up, "Okay dude. Your mood has been bouncing for quite some time, maybe you should go to the Medical wing."

I scratched my forehead, "Yeah... you're right. We'll do our new case tomorrow, I really need to see what's wrong with my head." I replied.

-Medical Wing-

[5:00 p.m.]

I came to the medical wing of the Police station at around 4:20 but didn't get to see a doctor until about 4:30. The doctor is an Audino with an angry scowl. I think he's always angry because his wife left him and took the kids. While he worked with me, he didn't frown but he didn't smile either. He took some blood and urine samples to test on for a half hour before coming back.

He told me, "Well, I think I've figured out why your emotions are so sporadic."

I asked, "What's causing it?"

He flipped through pages of results, "High testosterone. Normally at your age, it's supposed to be high but this is three times that level. Do you masturbate or are you sexually active?"

I blushed, "No. why would that matter?"

"Simple, your body builds up testosterone naturally and periodically needs to be released in order to keep itself in check. If you're serious and never masturbated then you must have several years of build up. Do you have access to the internet?" He asked.

"Doctor, I'm not going to look a porn to masturbate. 99% of it is pokemon porn and I hate pokemon. I have to pay in order to watch two humans do it." I complained.

"Well, racists usually resort to Gardevoir/human porn because of the female Gardevoir's similarity to humans. You could try that." he suggested.

I went blank before saying, "I think not doing anything is the best option, if not I'll think of something."

Audino shrugged, "Alright. The pent up testosterone will only make your emotions flare up in anger most of the time but it shouldn't have adverse side effects. One person ended up commiting rape on his sister because he was so pent up."

"...Okay, I'm going to leave now because this has gotten weird. Goodbye Audino." I replied.

Audino waved as I left, "Good luck and try what I suggested! You may like it!"

"...I think I hate that guy..." I muttered as I left.

[6:00 p.m.]

I got hungry and went to eat in the Lunchroom when Aura came in to talk to me, "Hey Rui. Want me to show you the way home?" she asked.

I looked at her and smiled, "Sure. Thank you."

She looked shocked, "I didn't think you would say thank you. Are you sure you're okay? I heard you went to the medical wing."

I shrugged, "Just... some stuff is pent up so I'll figure something out. Either way, I would love to know where I live now." I replied.

"Alright, follow me. The building is within walking distance and you don't have to worry about your neighbors. They're nice people." Aura smiled.

"I could probably turn it into a man cave for me and Gojiro to hang out. Just lead the way and I'll follow you." I smiled back.