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Lucario of a Different Color

Eclipse POV

"Blaze, use Dragon Rage!" I shouted, bracing for the impact and ducking underneath the desk as the room was blown apart. Through the smoke, I saw Draco's figure fall to the ground. A part of me wanted to teach him a lesson, but seeing the guards turn their weapons on Blaze made my blood boil. I had to get him out of here. Climbing onto his back, I patted his neck. "Time to blow this stand."

Blaze roared, causing any glass in this part of the base to shatter, and with a giant pump of his wings, we rocketed through the five stories above us and into the night sky. The cool breeze tickled my face as I turned to take one last look at the base. "So long, Draco." I felt something stab me in the thigh and I fell into darkness.

...

Something wasn't right...I was colder than usual and there was a strange sound...it was a rumbling clanking sound...as if I was in a vehicle... Opening an eye slightly, I spotted Blaze ensnared in a wired net with a muzzle over his mouth. My arm protested as the floor bounced, confirming that we were in a vehicle, and felt my heart drop. My arm was covered in fur and there was a tuft of fur tickling my neck. Blaze noticed my movement and began to fight his bindings. "Hey, buddy, calm down, okay?" I smiled, sighing in relief. At least I could use telepathy and not have to make incoherent sounds like a regular Lucario. Speaking of which, how the hell DID this happen? I felt a growl rise in my chest as the vehicle slid to a stop and the trunk door opened.

The growl died as a Blaziken darted past and freed Blaze with a swift Focus Punch. It faced me, eyes narrowed and poised to deliver another Focus Punch. It didn't speak, but it's eyes were more verbal than any I have ever seen. They portrayed the desire to help me, but there was caution in their depths.

I narrowed my eyes. "I'm really in no position to make demands, but I would appreciate any and all assistance."

The Blaziken nodded, landing its Focus Punch, and gesturing for us to follow it into the night. I sniffed, attempting to pick up its scent, but all I caught was the scent of the coming rain. We ran through a grove of trees, cleanly dodging any obstacle that happened to pop up and slid to a stop near the bank of a lake. The fiery Pokemon turned to us, it's eyes tight and narrow, asking what we were doing in this region.

Starting from the beginning, I told him everything that had happened. When I got to the part of waking up in this condition, it kept forward, it's fist ablaze. I quickly made a bone club and blocked it, the red fire casting our faces into dancing shadows. "What's your deal?!"

A loud tenor voice entered my head as it leapt away and landed in a nearby tree, it's eyes glaring at us from between the branches. "So you're not a real Pokemon."

"So you know telepathy even though Blaziken isn't known to accomplish that level of communication," I growled, keeping my aura gathered into the bone club so I could make out his outline. "Looks like I'm not the only one here who's not who they appear to be."

Silence fell for a few seconds, Blaze and I standing together while Blaziken remained in the tree. I raised an eyebrow as it became enshrouded by a blue light. The Lucario genes seemed to go crazy as a new scent hit my nose, one that I haven't smelled before. It was almost sweet as vanilla with an undertone of berries, flooding my senses with different colors as the subtle hint of a human followed suit. We're we being followed? I scanned the area, but only saw the auras of other Pokemon.

"You won't be able to find me."

Growling in frustration, I turned my attention back to Blaziken.

It smirked as the voice chuckled. "Don't try and pursue Blaziken while you're looking like that."

A tick mark appeared on my forehead. "You saying I don't have a chance of finding you because I'm stuck like this, a Lucario?" Blaze wrapped it's tail around my waist as I made to jump and launch an aura sphere at it.

"You are quite entertaining," the voice chuckled, the light disappearing to reveal that Blaziken was gone as well. "I hope we meet again."

I cursed, slipping out of Blaze's hold and marching to punch a nearby boulder. "Who does he think he is, treating me like that?" Huffing, I plopped down into a cross legged position as Blaze rolled his eyes and got comfortable next to another boulder. "Still...smelled awfully nice for a human, let alone a Pokemon..."

...

I woke to the sound of raining and was surprised to find myself waking up in a cave rather than near the lake. The sound of wings drew my attention to the cave entrance in time to see Blaze coming at me. Unable to stop his advance, I braced myself but was blown backward into the cave wall. "Hey, there, bud." I greeted, reaching up to scratch the back of my head but paused, my eyes locked on the sight before me: my hand was still a paw.

Blaze came up and nuzzled my chest as I punched the floor. Breathing deeply, I calmed my anger and my aura gradually faded from crimson red to a subtle teal. "Guess I shouldn't complain, huh?" I rubbed his muzzle, smiling. "I could be a Magikarp or even a Trubbish."

He blew softly in my face, growling softly while placing some fruit in my lap. As we enjoyed our "fruitful" meal, I studied my appearance and found something alarming. Not only were my hands paws, but so were my feet; my entire body was covered in fur, which had become dirty from last night's adventure but what should have been blue was colored Crimson instead. I had truly become a Lucario, but it should have worn off by now. Why weren't the cells being replaced by my human ones? Was there something wrong with the cells or was I the problem?

"I think it has something to do with all those fire-type cells," I pondered, cupping my hands. Gathering my aura into a bone club, I noticed that the ends had balls of red flames surrounding them. Shrinking it, I created an aura sphere, not surprised that it too was red. "Is it possible that I'm a fire-type+fighting-type+steel-type hybrid?"

"You're on the right track." I leapt up as Blaziken approached the fire, shaking the rain from itself and holding a up a claw. "Don't go getting your tail in a knot, newbie."

"I have a tail?" I perked, twisting around and smiling. "I have a tail!"

Blaziken POV

I sweat dropped as the strange Lucario twisted in circles. Hasn't he ever seen his tail before? A giggle filled my mind, proving that I wasn't the only one slightly entertained about this scene. Are you sure we should waste our time on this one? I asked, earning a soft nudge. Sighing, I grabbed the Lucario by his chest and lifted him into the air. "Are you done yet?"