Ancient Society: Ascension

Chapter 7: Inner flame

A/N: I finally came back to this story! XD! I'd like to apologize to any fans who were anticipating an update for a real long time. Today is the anniversary of the day that the original Ancient Society was published by TurtlesandMonkeys. (11-13-07) happy anniversary! MEE-YAA! (Coincidently it's also the week of the anniversary when the last chapter of the original Transformation was published.)

11-13-08

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, Nintendo does. I also do not own the Ancient society or the transformation virus established by TurtlesandMonkeys, they belong to her and I'm borrowing it with permission. Felix and Ebony belong to Felix the Eeveetrainer. Ryoko belongs to me.

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The following morning, Demetrie was walking by himself at a hill that overlooked the village. He stood solemnly in the direction the sun rose. The early glitters of light began to touch the village.

"Elder Demetrie?" He turned and saw Ryoko who was once again blushing. "The provisions are prepared. We're ready when ever you are."

Demetrie only stared with a stern face. "Thank you…Ryoko." He began to move forward and walked past Ryoko.

"We depart now."

Ryoko looked to the sunrise then back to Demetrie before starting to walk with him.

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The younglings where gathered where Demetrie, Ryoko, and Felix were at. Ebony was right by Felix's side while he had a sack with provisions tied to his back. The young ones were cheering. Demetrie raised an arm. "Young ones! I will begin on a quest that starts today, a quest to fulfill the words of our lord. I will travel to the village of Origin to present my self a worthy successor to Elder Karu, who now resides in paradise with our ancestors. One day, we will too!" The young ones began to cheer and the pokemon howled. Felix leaned close to Ryoko. "Village of Origin?" Ryoko looked to him. "The village in the letter had a clue stating to 'start at the village of origin.' I think it means his village of birth or maybe that's the name of the village itself." Felix gave her a blank stare. She sweat dropped. Ebony only sighed.

"While I'm on my journey, I trust you to our ancestors, to live at peace and wait for my return. It will not be a long journey." He turned toward the road and began to walk.

"Farewell and Yasuo's grace be with you." Ryoko and Felix began to follow.

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Demetrie was walking fast down the road with Ryoko and Felix trailing along, Ebony staying close to Felix's side. It was mid-day and they hadn't stopped once, not even for a break. Felix was soon panting after so much time walking in the bearing sun. Ryoko took a small gourd of water from a pouch she was carrying and gave it to him. Ebony glared at Ryoko, but then realized Felix needed the drink. Felix gratefully gulped some water down then closed the lid and gave it back to her. "Thanks." Ryoko smiled. "It's no trouble."

After awhile of walking in silence Felix decided to "So Ryoko, what ever happened to your mother? Did she ever go looking for you and your sister?"

Ryoko looked down. "Actually, I had never heard from her after the accident. It was like we vanished off the face of the earth and only the village would accept us. She probably did search for us, but we never met again." She looked down. "One time me and Hiroko went looking for her, but that life was gone and we could never go back…" She looked up. "This is our life. My fate is bound to the village, just as my sister's was…"

Felix turned his head to the sky. "Do you ever wonder if she wanted something else?"

Ryoko looked to him. "I never thought about it."

"She was dutiful to the village and to our lord, what else would she want?" Demetrie said from the front. Felix looked to him. "I don't know, maybe to see her family again?"

Demetrie turned to him. "We were her family. She had Ryoko."

Felix looked like he was about to shoot something off when a look from Ebony told him to drop it. He sighed and continued walking. Ryoko looked like she was thinking about something real hard. Demetrie kept his eye on the two.

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"Man, how far away is this village?" Felix asked. It felt like they were walking for hours with no sign of their goal. "It's not very far, we're almost there." Ryoko reassured him. "How do you know? You never were from there." He saw the hur look on her face. "Oops, sorry. It's just…I…it's the stress talking." Ebony had a frustrated look on her Espeon features. "Espeon esp esp." (Sure it is….)

"Are there any other dreams you have, prophecy bearer?" Demetrie said while continuing to look at the road ahead. Felix looked to him. "Uh, what sort of dreams?"

"Visions concerning our tribe or words of the prophecy." Demetrie said. Felix looked like he was really digging into his head. "Uh, well….there's been one about a giant Jigglypuff facing a giant Alakazam and a Gengar…" Demetrie gave him a questioning look. "Oh, something about your society…can't think of any."

Demetrie thought hard. "Maybe your Espeon is the source of your foresight abilities." Felix looked to Ebony. "Ebony? Well, that does make sense, considering she's a psychic, but…" He scratched the back of his head. "It depends if she wants to share them with me." Ryoko giggled to herself and looked to the Espeon. "He'd be lost with out you, right?" Ebony nodded. "Esp." Both her and Ryoko started to laugh among themselves. Even Felix started to laugh. "Yeah, Ebony's helped me through a bunch of stuff."

Demetrie scratched his chin. "How long have you had Ebony?" Felix looked up. "Well, as long as I can remember, me and Ebony were friends. She was really the only one I could talk to…" He began to look down. "My mother…she died when I was little and my dad, you could never call him a dad of the year anyway, but he never liked me because I wasn't a psychic like the rest of my family. I was such an oddball…" He looked to Ebony. "But she saw past all that and had been friends with me ever since." Ryoko looked to him with a smile. "That's sweet of her." Felix laughed. "Well, sweet isn't what I would call it…" He was suddenly lifted a few feet off of the ground and Ebony had a blue aura around her. She then dropped him and smiled innocently with her eyes. Felix laughed. "That was a good one Ebony." He looked to Ryoko. "See what I mean? But I like it all the same."

Demetrie closed his eyes in understanding. "I see, your bond is strong…" Felix looked to him. "I guess…"

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They continued down the road. Demetrie was as stone faced as ever with Ryoko listening to stories from Felix (and Ebony occasionally with Felix translating) and she would in turn tell a little bit of tales told among the village. "I'm not well versed in them as much as others like Demetrie, but I know a few." Felix closed his eyes in a smile. "Oh really? Humor me."

Ryoko put her hand to her chin. "Let me see, well once there was a girl who was lost in the forest,"

"Oh this is gonna be good."

"Esp!" (Shhh, quiet!)

"The temperature was dropping with the nightfall and she found shelter in a cave. She was still freezing and gathered wood for burning, but she had no way to start the fire."

Ryoko looked up. How did the rest of it go?...Hiroko used to love telling me this story…

"Then a Ninetales came to her mercy and saw that she was freezing. She asked "Oh mother of flame, I chill yet I have no flame to keep warm," Demetrie said with his eyes closed.

"The Ninetales took pity on her. She knew of the many good deeds the child had done for her people and thought it a waste to subject her to the elements. So she said to her, "I will grant you the ability to use flame wherever you go and since you are a loyal daughter, I will make you a kit to continue to learn the ways of life."

Demetrie smiled. "The Ninetales cast her flames on the girl and she began to become lesser then she originally was but had a greater strength building in her. She grew six of the nine tails of wisdom reflecting on her well learned skills, and she would be on all fours but had a greater sense of pride and beauty than she ever knew before and had knowledge that one day she will have the beauty and wisdom of the mother of flame who granted her this gift. She was turned into a Vulpix, made a daughter of flame like the Ninetales and she never had to worry about any lack of flame wherever she went."

Ryoko nodded. "That's right. We believe that all of our Vulpix were descendant from that one girl. It's only a story but one that we-"

"It's true, just like all our other tales. We tell no folk tales of falsehoods, We only speak the truth…" Demetrie said cutting her off. Ryoko flinched a bit. "Sorry elder, I spoke out of turn…" Demetrie stared at her. "It is not of too much worry. You are forgiven."

"Esp, Esp Esp Espeon Espy…" Ebony muttered. "What did she say?" Ryoko asked. Felix looked to her with a worried look. "Wow Ebony, that's something heavy to say. She said that you'd think Demetrie thought he was Yasuo himself. I don't know, I'd say he was proud but not-" He saw Ebony fuming and knew that he had to shut up. Luckily, Demetrie was out of earshot.

"Has he ever talked to you like that before?" Felix asked Ryoko.

"Well, not that way. He's usually duty bound but still had a soft side to him."

"Esp Espy Esp..." (If you could call it soft…)

Ryoko looked to the side, but then Felix walked by and gave her a reassuring hug. "There. That better?" He asked. Ryoko started to blush. "Fe, Felix…"

Demetrie suddenly stopped. Felix stopped and Ryoko bumped into him.

"Well well, what have we here?"

Demetrie furrowed his brow. There were three guys blocking the road. They had bandanas on their heads and had daggers on their belts. The main one was picking his teeth with his dagger. He chuckled. "Look, a bunch of kids."

Ryoko gasped. Thieves?

Demetrie stepped forward. "Stand aside,"

"You hear that? He wants us to stand aside?"

They other guys started to laugh.

"Is your mommy around?" the main one asked in a mocking tone. Demetrie seemed to be seething. "That's an interesting Espeon…Hand it and any thing else of value over."

One snickered. "I don't know chief, looks like the Espeon is the only thing of value they got…cept for maybe the girl…" He had a sly look on his face. Demetrie glared at them. "Stand down, or face the wrath of Yasuo."

"Ooh, tough guy. Well, we're not afraid of your yoo-hoo or whatever anyway." He walked in front of Demetrie and was waving his dagger playfully in front of his face. The other ones started to walk towards Felix and Ryoko. "Weird markings…" One of them noticed. Ebony was in a defensive position. "Esp!" She barked at them. Felix was also ready. "You better stay back." One of them made a rush for Ebony but she deflected him with a psychic push.

The other one grabbed Ryoko. She made a yelp of surprise. "Let me go!" She said while kicking against the guy. Felix was coming forward when the other guy caught a hold of him. Ebony jumped and landed on his head, her tail swaying as she scratched at his face. Their leader pushed Demetrie aside and pulled out a Pokeball. "Charmeleon, toast that Espeon." He said. Before he threw it though, a hand grasped his wrist. "Huh what the-"

There was a terrible cracking sound and the guy was in his knees as Demetrie held his hand in his grip, standing with a stern look in his face, watching indifferently as the guy struggled against his death grip. The guy dropped his ball and was yowling as Demetrie squeezed tighter, his eyes growing more intense as he did. The guy's hand was facing at a backwards angle and hung loosely. "Ahhh! Lemme go! Lemme go!" He cried out. One was coming behind Demetrie but he swung with his staff and slammed the guy across his face with out letting go of their leader. He then turned his full attention to the leader and pushed him down and pushed the cane across the chest with his knees and pulled out a stone knife with ceremonial markings on it from his tunic and held the blade to the man's throat. He looked to his companions. "Unhand them, or I will ensure that his departure from this world is an unhappy one."

They let go of Ryoko and Felix, staring at Demetrie with fear. His brown eyes blazed an unknown rage at them. He then started to make some strange clicking sounds with his mouth. The thieves stared at him with confused looks. Their leader was struggling under Demetrie. "H-Hey, what are you doing?"

"Preying on the weak, you are definitely spineless…"

He smiled wickedly. "But, you will soon have forms that reflect on insects like you…"

They were staring confused at him when suddenly string shot came from the bushes and wrapped up the guys. "Wha-! What's going on?!" One of the thieves asked. Demetrie made a gesture with his head turned away and his palm facing at them. He closed his hand and then a Weedle and a Caterpie jumped out of the bushes. They bit both of the thieves. A Wurmple came to Demetrie and he took the thief's broken hand and offered it to the Wurmple. "Hey, what are you doing?" He asked. He cried out when the Wurmple bit him. Demetrie pushed the broken hand away from him with disgust and began to walk away from the thieves.

"When the moon shines at its highest peak on midnight, you will become the vile insects you really are, but at least your appearance will be more suitable to your inner souls." He said in a threatening yet satisfied tone. The guys began to back away from them and took off running. Felix and Ryoko went up to Demetrie with stunned expressions on their face.

"They're well over the age and they were given fair warning." Demetrie bluntly said.

"Demetrie…" Ryoko began, but she stopped. Felix just rubbed the back of his head.

"Wow…um, you really handled your self back there…"

Demetrie started walking down the path again. Ryoko looked down. I've never seen him act that way before…that look in his eyes when he unleashed those pokemon…when he hurt that man… She shuddered. Felix saw this and began to rub her shoulders. Ebony turned her head to the direction the thieves took off and actually stuck her tongue out in that direction then turned to join the others.

Demetrie was smiling to himself. Justice was served today…

He thought about the euphoria he got from shattering the man's arm, from calling his ancestors fourth to deliver their judgment. He looked to his hand and clenched it again, thinking about how good it felt to have that kind of power.

I am the arbiter, I have the power, I am the liberator…

Yasuo's will be done…

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A/N: And cue in the imperial march…XD!LOL! That's the end for this chap. I noticed that Demetrie was not as harsh as he usually was in the later series in earlier chapters so I wanted to show that the power he received was starting to get to him. In a way, his ascension is also a transformation in itself, turning him from the boy that Ryoko knew him to be to the leader that Missy and the others began to hate and fear. I also wanted to reference TurtlesandMonkeys constant mention of his death grip in the original series and the way he unleashed the pokemon on the thieves should be…familiar…XD! He's starting to show signs of the old man he's going to become in this chapter, and this is just the beginning! I also liked the little folk tale that was being told in the middle to show that these people had a lore that they followed and taught each other. It's also a little glimpse into Felix's past, which will be explored in later chapters. Well, please review. JonseyCat out, and Happy anniversary, Ancient Society! MEE-YAA!