[Here's part two, sorry it takes so long to write these nowadays… life has a way of filling your schedule…]
There is a subtle yet obvious truth, that many do not truly understand, the truth is that the closer we are to someone, the more likely we are to do anything for them… even falling in love with them~
= The Runaway and Oddity [Pt 2] =
= Human (Allister) / Pokemon Type: Null/Silvally (Nelly/Sally) =
*Narrator*
[It's been three years since Allister and Nelly, ran away from their home to Poni Island, and began their new lives together. Since then they've faced new hardships, trying to make a living on the least populated island in all the Alola.]
[Allister found work at a floating restaurant, weighing tables and serving noodles alongside his Pokemon partner Nelly. Nelly, the 'weird' Pokemon, tried her best to help Allister, but her presence at the restaurant did very little to bring customers in.]
[Her best efforts though, rewarded her in her friendship with Allister, because nothing he did was ever without her being there alongside him. She did not trust humans as much as other Pokemon she met, but the one she did she was always closest to. Allister worked for long hours some days, working to make a living for the two of them, for even though the pay was minimum, the rewards the two would soon have, were worth all the investments.]
(Allister's PoV)
"Two orders of Zoomongus Z-Noodles!" The cashier yelled.
"Coming right up!" He said, stirring the pot and adding other ingredients along with the huge batch of noodles.
Inwardly he groaned, Zoomongus Z-Noodles were their biggest item and patrons almost never finished them quickly, it took them almost half an hour just to devour one bowl. It also took the longest out of their entire menu just to make the bowl. Because of this, he would have to work later than normal because he was the one who had to make the noodles.
He reached over and grabbed some spices and began to add the spices to the noodles, before stirring again, trying to ignore the bitterness in his mind at having to work overtime.
Looking over at the lobby, he saw Nelly walking with a wet mop strapped to her left side, and a drying mob on her right side, both thanks to a special harness she wore so she could work there.
Nelly was there working as well, doing the only job they could find for her, mopping and sweeping the floor. The only way she could physically clean the floor was by walking around and dragging the mops, broom and dustpan with her.
"Hey Allister, we got another order, two orders of Normal Z-Noodles, on the fry!"
"On it!" He yelled, still stirring the Zoomongus Z-Noodles order before muttering, "Great… guess I won't be going home till late again tonight…"
He sighed and grabbed another pot, started up the fryer and grabbed another batch of noodles with one hand, while still stirring and keeping an eye on the Zoomongus Z-Noodles. Today had been a long day, as well as tiring day for him, but he worried more about Nelly his Type: Null friend.
He knew that she was a powerful Pokemon, a Nurse Joy who worked at the Pokemon Center on Poni Island kept in contact with the Nurse Joy on Akala Island. She told him that Type: Null, while 'created', seemed to possess a great power, one that rivaled even the Alpha Pokemon's power. Yet because of circumstances and other reasons, Type: Null could not control that power at all, and used the helmet it wore to control that power and restrain its strength.
He also learned that there were 'three' Type: Nulls created, but of the three only two managed to be freed from their confinements. One was freed by 'Aether', the scientist the Akala Island Nurse Joy was in contact with. The second, was freed by a young man who stole it before running away from the Aether Foundation.
As for the third and final Type: Null, after several events occurred, the third one was given to the Champion of the Alola Region, as a gift, in the hopes that they could unlock the Type: Null's potential.
Yet, while they had managed to unlock the power of their Type: Nulls, he had no reason or desire to find out how to unlock Nelly's power. They weren't training to become Alola's next champion, they weren't preparing for some great battle or tournament, they didn't even fight any of the wild Pokemon that roamed Poni Island.
All they were doing was trying to survive each day.
He shook his head and began working on the Normal Z-Noodles, just as the Zoomongus Z-Noodles were reaching their peak of readiness.
As he finished the first order he emptied the contents and prepared the bowls for the order, sighing as he tiredly readied them for the customers.
"Order Up!" He said, expertly sliding the bowls to the cashier, who promptly took them and up to the table upstairs in the VIP room.
As he worked on the next bowls of Normal Z-Noodles, he heard Nelly walk into the kitchen with her mops, cleaning the floor of the grease for him.
"Grawr?" She growled from within her helmet, looking up at him.
"Still working yea, looks like we're going late." He whispered sadly.
"Grwrear…." She said back, nodding and walking out again, going to clean the floors out in the main dining areas again.
He sighed once more, wishing they had a better life than this.
They both continued working long into their extended shift, as additional customers arrived and ordered late night meals, forcing him and Nelly to work longer than they should have been. By the time they closed the shop and 'finally' could leave for home, it was almost two in the morning.
(Nelly's PoV)
"I could sleep forever girl…" He mumbled tiredly.
"So could I…" She said back, even if her voice was muffled.
This was how they had lived for the past three years, one day at a time, working that crummy job at the Noodle Diner, him taking extra hours so he could afford to take care of her. She looked up to see a big full moon in the night sky, the sight of no clouds and a bright full moon made her feel happy.
"At least it's a nice night!" She said, trying to say something to get his spirits up.
He looked at her to see what she was staring at, and looked up to see her staring at the moon. "It is a beautiful moon isn't it…" He said. "I am guessing you were saying it's a nice night?"
"Yes I was…" She said warmly.
"Yea, Lunala sure knows how to make a night lovely." He said happily.
She had been taught much about Lunala, the emissary of the moon, and each night she always pictured Lunala calling to the moon to make each night special for them and them alone. She knew deep down that if anyone deserved to be happy, it was them. Her friend alone made this otherwise horrible life bearable and warm.
They weren't rich, their house, which was just a small cottage on the edge of the nearby beach, was the only thing they could afford. They couldn't afford anything expensive, and they had to share the same bed.
Speaking of their house, they began reaching the cottage among all the other cottages outside of Seafolk Village, it wasn't the smallest or the largest, but it was after all 'home' to them. She wouldn't have it any other way either, their small home was all theirs, no parents yelling and arguing about her and him, no 'father' planning to sell her.
It was all theirs, and they could be and do whatever they wanted in it.
"Home sweet home…" He whispered, opening the door for them and walking in with her behind.
She walked on with him and toward their small bed in their bedroom, kitchen, and living room.
Their cottage was also a two-room place, a single large room which was their bedroom, kitchen and living room all in one place, and a small bathroom being the second room. It was all they could afford on his salary and work hours.
"At least I have tomorrow off…" He commented, taking his shoes and shirt off.
"Good… I'm too tired to stay up tonight…" She moaned to him.
They both plopped down on the bed and soon fell asleep,
As she slept though, her dreams took hold and soon she found herself in her fantasies, where everything was perfect.
The world she and her human lived in had no problems, there were no bad people trying to be mean to her, there was nothing cruel and each day was bright and filled with smiles and laughter. Each day they woke up, she and Allister would explore their world and together see the wonders it held.
But more importantly, especially recently, she found them doing more than what she used to dream of them doing.
Though her helmet was still on in her dreams, earlier in their life when they had come to Poni Island, they simply enjoyed friendly moments together. They enjoyed picnics together, they visited parks and played games together, or even simply relaxed and lazed about on the sand at the beach.
Yet more recently, as with this night, she found herself cuddling with Allister her friend… in bed with him. They were snuggling very close together, much closer than they normally did or 'would'… and he was whispering things to her as she closed her eyes.
What these things he whispered to her were she didn't know, but tonight, he was whispering those things into her ears as before. They were cute things, sweet things, gentle things… hushed things, things that made her heart tingling, made her more wanting, more desiring… of what she wasn't sure.
All she knew, was that the longer she listened, the warmer she felt, the happier she became, and the more willing she was to roll onto her side…
Lift one of her rear legs…
Coo as he leaned forward toward her, with her eyes closed…
And feel his…
-Cliiiiiiiiiiiiing-
*I… hate… that… clock!* She thought furiously, annoyed that their alarm clock had woken her from her happy dream.
She groggily got up and watched Allister tiredly and angrily slam the alarm clock off, before pulling their blanket back over them and promptly going back to sleep. She too tried going back to sleep, but that wonderful dream she could hardly remember now was not coming back to her.
Frustrated, she simply laid there next to her human friend and continued to rest her eyes.
It had to have been a really good dream she figured, if she could wake up feeling warm and happy, even if she was super frustrated with being unable to return to that dream again.
Hours later when they were more awake and willing to get up, she and he had finished eating breakfast, when one of their neighbors decided to pay a visit.
(Allister's PoV)
"Howdy neighbor!" Nate, an Ex Pokemon League Champion of the Unova Region said as he walked in.
"Nate, how many times do I tell you, knock before you enter?" He asked.
Nate, in response, knocked on the already open door with a smirk. "There, I knocked." He said smugly. "So how's it going?"
"It was alright until you decided to barge in." He said. "So how are you and your Pokemon doing?"
"Oh my Pokemon, they're all right…" He said warmly. "You know how young Pokemon are, they can bouncy and loud sometimes, but Safia and Leala are keeping them in check. Taking care of two sets of twins as well as their parents can be quite a handful."
"Yea, I was hearing some strange noises from your cottage last night." He said, remembering hearing the noise on the way to his home. "Are they doing all right?"
It sounded like his Pokemon were moaning loudly, though why his Zoroark and Lucario would be moaning at two am was beyond him. They looked to be quite healthy and in very good spirits.
"Those two, oh yea they're doing fine, just up doing some late-night stretching, they can be very loud sometimes…" He said, awkwardly smiling.
"You champion types sure do train hard… Cynthia and her two partner Pokemon that she spends all her time with were also training." He said.
He remembered seeing Cynthia the legend taking a light night stroll one time with her Lucario and Garchomp. Both Pokemon looked to be tired, though he noticed her and her Garchomp had very content smiles on their faces. When he asked what they were doing so late at night, she simply shrugged and said, "Late night training, a champion can never relax if they intend to stay at the top…" before moving on.
He was curious though, because what training could possibly require her to be in a two-piece bikini, and a large suit case after midnight. But, then he remembered that her normal attire was very heavy for Alolan weather, so a Bikini at night when she was training should have been expected.
Though the one time he saw her very early in the morning one time, he had seen her wearing a Lucario costume, and walking with her Lucario.
Her excuse then was, "The best way to connect to one's Pokemon, is to not only 'think' like them but 'move and look' like them… then you understand even more about them."
It didn't make much sense then, but he just assumed that it must be true else she wouldn't be a great and well-respected Trainer.
"She and I are a tag team, we like to try and one up each other…" He said with a chuckle.
"Yea, didn't you have another Pokemon as well Nate?" He asked.
"My Reshiram… yea Reshiram prefers to stay in her Masterball, but I don't use Reshiram for battles unless I must…" He said sheepishly. "Champions don't like to win easy battles, it's just not our style… we prefer to fight even fights."
"Alright… so why you here Nate, don't you need to train?" He asked now.
"I was wondering, since you and Nelly don't actually do much battling, or even exercising, would you like to join me, William, Safia and Leala for a bit of morning stretching?" Nate said with a grin. "Cynthia's promised to look after the little ones for now, and my three Pokemon could use the exercise before we head over to the Battle Tree on the other side to work for the next few days."
He looked over to Nelly who was watching the conversation with interest. "What do you think Nelly, feel like spending our free evening exercising?" He asked.
"Growar!" She said happily, wagging her fin in excitement.
"Man you have one of the coolest Pokemon Allister, not a lot of people have one like you!" He said with a chuckle.
"Well, let me put my shoes on and…" He began saying before his phone rang.
Answering it quickly, he looked and saw that it was the Noodle restaurant manager.
"Yea boss, what is it?" He asked, listening to what his boss said. "But… today's my… alright fine I'll cover for her."
He sighed and hung up before looking at Nate. "So much for my evening off, my boss just called and said someone called in sick, and asked me to fill for them today."
"Ouch, too bad man…" He said.
"Yea, listen, Nelly doesn't need to come today, do you think you could take Nelly and let her exercise with your Pokemon? No need for her to be stuck here."
"Yea sure, it'll be awesome to see her running!" He answered.
Allister looked over to Nelly and saw her eyes through her helmet looked somewhat sad. "Oh it's alright Nelly, you'll have fun even if I'm not there, besides you'll be able to really stretch instead of walking around that boring place dragging a mop and broom around." He said softly.
"Grwarwa…" She replied sadly.
He knew she wanted him to join her, but he also knew she needed the exercise a lot more than he did.
"Take care of her, I'll be back around six or seven!" He said as Nate got up with him.
"You bet man!"
Minutes later he donned his uniform and headed off toward the restaurant, turning to watch as Nelly slowly followed Nate, watching him leaving with a sad expression. He shook his head slightly, before moving on toward Seafolk Village.
He hated his job, it took away from spending time with Nelly, but as he thought about Nelly, he remembered why he slaved away at that stupid fryer, mopped the floor when he filled in, and endured all the complaints from the customers when they burned their tongues and blamed 'him' for making it too hot.
He was doing it for her, because he wanted to take care of her… because he deeply cared for the Pokemon that had no choice in how she was created or how she came into the world, looking as she did.
She was his friend after all, and so much more to him. He loved her… as a friend… and even more than that.
(Nelly's PoV)
Nelly followed behind Nate, hating the noodle manager for making Allister work on his day off, and wishing he was with her.
They reached Nate's cottage though in no time, and the moment he opened the door she watched two Riolu and two Zoruas run at him.
"Mom, Nate's home!"
"Nate's home!"
"Alright, alright you four calm down!" Nate said with a laugh, picking up the baby Pokemon and managing to hold all four of them lovingly. "Safia, Leala, William, are you guys ready?"
"Coming!" Safia yelled in human speech.
The one thing that amazed her was that both of Nate's Pokemon spoke perfect human, unlike her and most other Pokemon who, though could 'eventually' learn to understand it, lacked the capacity to speak it verbally. Yet all of Nate's Pokemon could, from his Serperior William to Leala and Safia his Lucario and Zoroark.
Speaking of them, first to walk out was the bipedal Illusion Fox Pokemon 'Safia', next came the bipedal Aura Pokemon 'Leala', and finally the serpentine Regal Pokemon 'William'. Upon seeing her, William regarded her with a 'superior' attitude, as if she were unworthy to look at him,
She had to admit, seeing the Serperior, even though he was smaller than her, his far greater training and much greater power was very intimidating.
She was lucky she didn't have to fight him ever, she wasn't a fighter, she was what most humans called a 'pet' or 'companion' Pokemon. She simply accompanied and lived with her human over fighting and competing.
"Joining us tonight?" He asked sarcastically in Pokespeech. "Well, stay out of our way, I must maintain my skills and I cannot afford to have a 'rookie' be in my way!"
"Oh be nice William!" Safia said with a roll of her eyes. "She's joining us to exercise, don't make me tell Nate what you 'really' are saying."
William nodded and followed with them behind Allister who was heading toward Cynthia's cottage. While he spoke to Cynthia about how long he was going to be, she overheard Leala and Safia gossiping behind her.
"He was so rough last night…" Safia whispered warmly. "It's so nice being here and away from Unova and Kalos… we could never be as loud away from Dragonspiral Tower as we can be here…"
"I know… my legs were still numb this morning." Leala giggled. "What do you think, do we have another 'batch' in the making?"
"Oh I hope not… if he filled us any more last night, we'll have a 'lot' of explaining to do…" Safia said quickly, before slyly whispering, "But, just in case… I made sure to slip that 'enhancement' pill into our meals… juuust to make sure his 'seeds' find 'root'…"
Leala giggled back, which only confused her because what they were saying was rather confusing. They didn't sound like they were really 'training', based on the conversation she heard earlier between Nate and Allister.
She figured it was just Champion Pokemon talk, they always used words that didn't make much sense, like 'effort values' and 'individual values', as well as 'STAB' and 'Strikers and Walls'.
"Alright guys, let's go!" Nate said, as Cynthia walked back into her cottage with the two Riolu and two Zorua pups.
They left and headed for Poni Plains, where there was space for them to practice and run around freely.
Nate started off their training with several stretches, Leala and Safia copying him as they went into their motions, while William mimicked by contorting his serpentine body into various shapes.
"Alright… that's a good warm up… now let's start training!" He yelled thirty minutes later. "Safia, illusion time… show me the Pokemon I call out!" He said.
"You got it chief!" Safia said proudly.
"Ninetales!" He shouted.
Seconds later Safia's body shapeshifted and became a yellow fox Pokemon with nine elegant tails.
"Rotom Fan!"
She shapeshifted again and became an electrified floating fan with a grin.
"Decidueye!"
She transformed into a tall owl with leaf-like wings and a mysterious presence.
"Snorlax!"
"You sure you want me to become your mother?" She asked sarcastically.
"Very funny Safia…" He snorted.
Leala giggled as she became a huge fat Pokemon nearly five times what she was normally. "Those two can be so silly some days." She whispered.
"At least they know when to take things seriously… unlike 'you'." William said as he sat curled up, waiting for his turn.
"Do all champion Pokemon talk like you guys?" She asked through her helmet.
"Uh… yes I suppose." Leala said quietly. "I mean… I 'think' we all do… but I don't know."
"Leala, you're up next!" Nate said as Safia resumed her normal form.
Leala instantly got up and timidly walked forward, standing next to Nate as he pulled out several discs. "Alright… concentrate…" He said comfortingly. "Now, Aura Sphere…
Nelly watched as she nodded and closed her eyes, blushing all the while, and prepared an Aura Sphere in the palm of her two pawed hands. Seconds later Nate flung the discs high into the air, and Leala, launched her Aura Sphere and sent it smashing into each of the three discs, without missing a single one.
"Nicely done girl…" He cheered, and Leala bowed and walked back over to Safia and William. "William, you're up next buddy."
William moved forward proudly, and stood at the ready. Watching the Serperior amazed Nelly, she had never seen such 'professionalism' by any Pokemon. Without being told what he was going to do, the Serperior was ready to perform anything without hesitation.
"Leaf Tornado!" Nate said, before flinging a disc into the air, making it spin in a way so that it floated slowly back down.
William nodded and suddenly used his powers to create a whirlwind of leaves before him, catching the disc and keeping it in the air for several minutes. Only when the whirlwind of leaves began to waver, did Nate nod and say to stop, did William cease the attack, allowing the disc to finally land on the ground.
"Nicely done William, you beat your time by seven seconds!" Nate said.
"Naturally." William said smugly.
"Which only leaves Nelly…" He said warmly. "So here's what we're going to…"
At that exact moment though, two large canine-like Pokemon, each over seven feet tall, burst through a nearby row of bushes. Each of the Pokemon looked similar, but much to Nelly's surprise, they looked 'exactly' like she did, with clawed feet, a fin-tail, and half furred and scale skin. But unlike her, they were not wearing helmets and had extensions fraying out behind their heads, one being blue and the other light blue.
"I've got you this time!" One yelled, shoving the second one further away.
"As if, try again!" The second one countered, before charging back and swinging a claw heavily onto the first one.
They both rammed into each other, butting heads and swiping their claws heavily against each other, completely ignoring her and Nate's Pokemon as they fought each other.
Then one managed the shove their head under the other's belly from the side, and proceeded to flip them over their backs, before kicking them off with their rear legs.
"Hah ha!"
Yet the one that was flipped, landed easily on their feet, dug into the ground, and charged heavily again with their body wrapped in electricity.
"Hyaah!"
Caught off guard the second Pokemon could not get away, and was heavily hit by the electric attack, before collapsing to the ground groaning in pain.
"Oh, come on…" A voice called out. "We lost again… I thought we had you that time."
"You almost had me that time Gladion…" A second voice said, just as both Pokemon were starting to get up.
Seconds later two humans walked into their small field, a young man with jeans and a cut shirt, the other a girl with a smiley face t-shirt and blouse as well as wearing sunglasses.
"I think next time you'll actually dethrone me Gladion!" The girl said.
"Perhaps, but you still somehow seem to win each time 'Sun'." The boy named Gladion said.
"Sun, Gladion, nice to see ya!" Nate said, walking over with his Pokemon to say hi, but she was more interested in the two other Pokemon.
"No way… you two!" She said, her words still muffled by her helmet. "Zero Two, Zero One!"
Both turned to her and looked surprised at her appearance. "Zero Three… what are you doing here?" Zero One said.
"Why are you still 'restrained'?" Zero Two asked. "Aren't you freed from Aether?"
"Yes but… how did you break your helmets… and why aren't you going berserk like before when we didn't have our helmets?"
At that they both smiled and nodded toward their respected humans. "Because we found a way to control our power… we can use our RKS Systems without going berserk!" Zero One said.
"And we're not Zero One and Two anymore… we're 'Silvally'." Zero Two said. "We aren't 'Type: Null' anymore, we've broken free of our restraining helmets, and don't need to worry about hurting anyone we don't have to in a fight!"
At that she was amazed, she had not been able to break free of her helmet, because she didn't know how to. It was also the only thing keeping her from entering her 'berserk' state which required the helmet to stop her from using her RKS System.
"But how… how?" She asked. "How do you remove the helmet; how do you control your RKS Systems?"
"I'm surprised you're asking 'us' that… you've been with a human for years correct?" Zero Two asked. "Your good friends with him right… surely you've felt the urge to protect and fight for him, as we have."
"I care for my trainer; I'm willing to fight to protect her." Zero One said. "It's how I have the strength to channel and control my RKS System. Without the desire to protect the Trainer I trust and care for… I could not control myself any more than I could 'before' we had those helmets attached to us."
"But… I can't fight…" She said sadly. "Allister and I… we just barely have enough to 'live'…"
"You're trainer doesn't fight? What kind of trainer is he?" Zero Two asked.
"He's not a trainer obviously…" Zero One sighed. "Not all humans battle and compete… some just… live normal 'everyday' lives like he does correct?"
She nodded back, wishing it were different. She knew she had great power, she had so much potential, but battling meant he had to compete and 'win' competitions, something he couldn't do without giving up the life they had. They were barely making end's meat just working at that dingy Noodle Shop, but battling meant hours of training, purchasing potions, working on obtaining a Trainer's License…
There was absolutely no way she and Allister could live that wonderful dream.
That and, he didn't want to become a Trainer to begin with…
But she wanted to be free of that helmet, to finally look at him with her eyes and not through the small slit the helmet gave her. To smile at him without having to growl and wag her tail simply to get the message across to him that she was happy.
To lick his face like she'd seen other Pokemon do with their humans, to show how happy she was being with him.
As she watched 'Sun' called her Sivally, and he walked over with a proud expression, and she congratulated him on a hard-won victory over their rival Silvally, and he promptly began nibbling playfully on her ear.
The sight of her fellow Aether Captive being happy, and in control of his RKS System made her long… long to be like that with her human.
Her Allister.
(Allister's PoV, at that exact moment)
Allister finished sweeping the floor while his boss handled the fryer and the cash register. He had been filling in for a guy who called in sick, and had just finished the six-hour shift he had been asked to do. He wiped his forehead and grabbed the broom, dustpan, as well as the mop and bucket.
"Hey boss, I'm taking off now!" He said as he placed his cleaning equipment in a nearby closet.
"Thanks man, sorry I called you on your day off." His boss said. "By the way, where's Nelly, figured she'd be here as well?"
"I let her get some much-needed exercise with a neighbor." He answered back.
"Alright, reason why I asked is cause a couple people earlier were asking about her!" He said, sounding very unsure of what he was saying. "Seemed real interested in her… not sure why though."
Something about the way he said it, put Allister on edge, but he shrugged it off and left the restaurant. As he walked past all the floating houses in Seafolk Village, the first thing he began thinking about was what he and Nelly were going to eat later.
But then, just as he rounded the last building, the Pokemon Center, he felt a huge blow to the back of his head.
Then everything went dark.
=Hours Later=
(Nelly's PoV)
Nelly sat there on the bed waiting for Allister to come home from the Noodle Restaurant.
After Sun and Gladion said goodbye to Nate, they parted ways and she did a small training run to see how fit she was. She was surprisingly strong despite never once using her strength actively. Yet now she was waiting for Allister to come back, and wondering what was taking him so long.
*His shift must have ended hours ago…* She thought worriedly.
She continued to sit and wait, waiting for her human to come home.
Her human… when did she start seeing him as 'her' human? That was a question that she only just started thinking about that day.
Before she always saw him as her human friend, the human who always took care of her since he was a child. He wasn't some great trainer like Nate, or 'White' as his trainer name was. He wasn't a champion like Cynthia, or even the new Alola Champion like 'Sun'… he wasn't even an everyday trainer like that boy Gladion. He was just an ordinary person… just trying to provide a life for him and her, fulfilling a promise that he made to her years ago.
Thinking about their life thus far, she had to accept, that she had made the correct choice to stay with him… even if the alternative was running away from Aether forever. He had offered her a home, a place to live, where he would take care of her, and even though the home wasn't the best he could give…
It was still home.
Now he could give her a better home, but he had to work so hard and put up with so much, to give so little for them both.
"Allister…" She sighed, wishing she could help him somehow.
Looking at her clawed limb made her resentful, mopping and sweeping was all she could manage with her accursed body. She was made from 'pieces' of Pokemon, she had the DNA of 'every' Pokemon, she was both everything and yet nothing. And all she could do for him, was nothing… nothing besides following behind him and helping with what menial tasks people allowed her to perform.
Sighing in frustration, she looked around their home. It wasn't much of a home, but it was 'home', and she did everything she could to keep it their little 'paradise' in Alola. The floor was clean, their bed wasn't nearly as ruffled, and there were no traces of stray Raticates and Ratattas breaking in to steal their food.
It was her way of showing gratitude to her friend…
Her friend, her human… her Allister.
"My Allister…" She said out loud, before looking outside to see the moon high in the sky. "It is a nice night out… maybe Allister is on his way now?"
She decided to check by walking outside the front door and see if he was walking along the beach toward home. As she managed to pry the door open, she saw a small folded piece of paper right outside, held down by a rock.
Curious, she picked the rock up and unfolded the paper, but it was written in human language and she couldn't read it. Forgetting about Allister for a moment, she dragged the paper over to Nate's cottage and yelled for one of the Pokemon he had.
"Safia… William… Leala!" She yelled, her voice muffled.
Seconds later Safia leaned out of the window with a tired and annoyed expression on her face. "I know my species is nocturnal by nature, but it's almost two in the morning… all of us are sleeping! So, what do you want?"
"I found this outside my human's door, but I can't read it!" She said.
Safia rolled her eyes and leapt out of the window, before picking up the paper in her claws. "Alright let's see… 'To whoever is watching the Type: Null… you have seven hours to deliver the Pokemon to Vast Poni Canyon. Or else the Pokemon's 'owner' will become a meal…" Safia looked up shocked. "Tell me Allister is home and this is just some sick prank."
She shook her head in fear. "He never came home… I just assumed he was running late."
"This is bad… I better wake up Nate and the others and we'll form a plan to…" Safia began saying.
"There's no time, who knows when that was delivered, I have to save Allister now!" She yelled, before running off in the direction of Vast Poni Canyon, well beyond the Poni Plains.
"Nelly, wait, we can't rush into this, it might be a trap!"
She ran as fast as she could, leaving the clutter of cottages behind as she entered the grassy fields she was training in before. The thought that her human, her Allister, was in trouble, just drove her to run and save him.
It didn't matter if this was a trap, or why whoever had taken Allister wanted 'her' specifically, all she knew was that she needed Allister safe. He was the only reason her life had any purpose, and she would not let them take that away from her.
(Allister's PoV)
"Time's almost up buddy, any last words?" The man in tourist clothes asked smugly.
"Why do you want Nelly?" He asked wearily, unable to break free of the ropes binding him.
He was laying outside of the Vast Poni Canyon, directly outside of the canyon, where those who wished to take the Grand Trial of Poni Island went. Yet he had been taken there to act as bait so they could take Nelly his friend. He had woken up with his legs and arms tied up, and with a few bruises on his face, as well as blindfolded.
Only now that it was past midnight did they remove it to show him where he was.
"Why, because we got a tip from a 'friend' that your little 'nothing', has an interesting potential inside of her." He said. "We did a little research before we pulled this stunt, of the three Type: Nulls Aether Branch Chief Faba created, yours is the only one still not evolved."
He leaned forward with a grin and whispered, "A Pokemon like yours would fetch a pretty price on the Pokeblack Market. So, my boss sent me and the boys out here to 'fetch' it for him."
"You want to just… sell her?" He asked tiredly.
"That's only half of it, you see our 'friend' found something else about your little Type: Null… something that would make us a fortune if we…"
"GRAARWR!" An angry growl sounded.
They all looked over and saw Nelly the Type: Null staring down at them with a glare through her helmet.
"Well, look who decided to show up at last." The kidnapper said sarcastically. "I figured someone would show up just to 'trade', but the Type: Null decided to come to us instead."
"Nelly, get out of here!" He yelled, but was gagged just as he did by a second kidnapper.
"Shut up… now why don't you come on over here little thing." The first kidnapper said, pretending to sound sweet. "The sooner you leave with us, the sooner we can alllll go home…"
Nelly however, merely glared back.
"Not budging huh, well we can sit here all night…" He chuckled, pulling out a Pokeball. "But I don't think your 'friend' can stay, after all, me and my pal can protect ourselves with 'our' Pokemon. And I don't think the wild Pokemon here… take kindly to strangers."
"Grawrawra!" Nelly roared angrily, before charging forward.
"Weavile, go!" He yelled, before releasing his Pokemon.
"Weavile!" The released Pokemon cried, before blocking Nelly's charge with a claw with a grin.
Nelly grunted as she tried to shove the Pokemon back, before managing to overpower the Weavile and forcing her way forward. The Weavile nimbly jumped up and slashed at Nelly with both its claws, but Nelly's helmet protected her easily from the attack.
"Grwaaarw!" Nelly yelled angrily, her voice still muffled, trying to strike back with her own clawed feet, but her helmet's weight made her unable to catch the nimble Weavile.
Then, just as she tried to charge again at the Weavile, a huge shadow was cast down on them all, and he managed to look up and see several reptilian Pokemon standing high on the nearby ridge, the moonlight obscuring them only briefly.
*Hakamo-o* He thought fearfully, recognizing them now.
Hakamo-o were exceptionally strong Pokemon on Poni Island, always itching for strong opponents to battle.
"Hakaaaa~" One of them yelled, before all three began jingling their loose scales.
"Crap… we gatta go chief!" His captor yelled.
"Dangit… Weavile return!" The second one yelled, recalling his Pokemon. "Leave the guy, he'll slow us down!"
"What about the Type: Null!" The first one asked as he shoved Allister away.
"Forget about it, it aint worth getting my skull cracked open!"
Both captors ran as the Hakamo-o began charging toward them, claws extended and ready for battle.
He tried to wiggle free but there was no way he could run still bound by the rope. Just as the trio of Hakamo-o were about to reach him, Nelly roared from her helmet, and before his very eyes, leapt in front of him faster than she ever managed before.
Her helmet began cracking, colors began appearing, and her axe-like blade atop her head broke the helmet, and extended three blades out. The rest of the helmet broke apart, revealing a canine head, a beak like muzzle, and angry determined eyes. Above her eyebrows was a strange 'biomechanical' piece that was a part of her body, and it was the source of the vibrant glowing colors.
The Hakamo-o charged her instead of him, seeing her as a more powerful opponent, and she in turn charged 'them'. Just before she reached them though, the blades atop her head changed to a pink color, as did her fin-tail. She raised her claw and it glowed a bright pink, just before she slammed it into the first Hakamo-o.
The first Hakamo-o fainted right after being hit, collapsing to the ground, and the other two, seeing how strong Nelly was, turned tail instantly and ran.
She roared at them as they fled, her blades and tail changing colors rapidly before settling on white.
Then she turned to him and walked over, glaring angrily at him, and swiping at him with one claw… freeing him of his ropes.
"Nelly?" He asked. "How did you?"
Nelly however did something that he had never once seen before, she smiled, awkwardly with her beak mouth, but she leaned forward and licked his cheek.
(I must admit… I have been wanting to do that… for years now.) He heard a feminine voice whisper in his mind.
"N… Nelly?" He asked incredulously. "Did you just…"
(Speak… not really… I believe it's called 'telepathy'.) She said with a smile. (My RKS System is working perfectly… I have gained the power and typing… of 'every' Pokemon imaginable… from insects… to psychics. Which is how I can talk to you like this.)
"RKS System?" He asked.
(Not now… we can talk… when we're home… 'my' Allister.) She said, turning around and looking at him. (Come on… its late…)
*Narrator*
[Allister and Nelly returned home, under the light of the full moon. Along the way they met Nate and Cynthia, who had been looking for them with their Pokemon, and after briefly explaining the situation, both champions set out to find the captors before they could get too far.]
[As they made their way home, Nelly explained her newfound powers, and more importantly, how she had been able to finally free herself of her helmet. But as she entered the home with Allister, she learned there was another reason that she had neglected to tell him. Yet, just before they would sleep, she determined that this night was the best night to finally admit her feelings.]
(Nelly's and Allister's PoV)
"So Nelly, what was it you wanted to talk to me about?" He asked as he and she lay in bed.
She had asked to talk to him about something that was on her mind the entire time they were walking home. All the time they walked had given her time to think about some things, specifically her Allister, and how things have changed for them over the years.
At first he had been simply a human who took care of her, giving her a place to live as a child. It was either him or a Pokeball, or a lab. Then, he had spent years working whatever job he could get to feed and take care of her, because his good for nothing father didn't care about her at all!
Now, he was working so hard for her, and above all, the fact that all he did was for her sake… touched her deeply. He cared so much about her, for her, that it touched her heart.
It touched her so much, that when he was being held captive, and then threatened by the Hakamo-os, she found in her the burning desire to save him, protect him… 'change' for him. She wasn't the Type: Null she was before… instead, she was a Silvally.
A Silvally that had a growing desire, a growing unsurpassable urge… an urge to have a 'mate'.
She had her mate in her eyes, Allister, 'her' Allister, her human that she loved, had come to love after all this time. Now she wanted to change one last time… but for another reason entirely.
(Listen… Allister… I have something I want to say… but… I don't know how to say it… so please… let me show it and… don't be upset or angry… just listen. Please?) She asked quietly, hoping she was making the right choices.
"Uhm, alright Nelly." He said, very confused.
Nelly took a deep breath, looked into his eyes, and tried her best to 'kiss' Allister's mouth, but it was hard because her mouth was more 'beak' than 'lips'. She had once seen couples kissing when Allister was on break, and learned they did so out of affection, and only with those they loved.
Allister was caught off guard by her awkward kiss, as he was not expecting it. Yet, as she slowly kissed him, trying her best not to make it awkward, he realized what she was trying to tell him.
She was trying to tell him that she loved him, and he wasn't angry at him.
He deeply cared for Nelly, sure there were times he wished life was better, but he was doing everything for her sake.
Deep down, he loved her as well, as a kid he just wanted to take care of her because she had a horrible life and wanted to give her a better one. But now, he was taking care of her because he too loved her.
If she was willing to admit she loved him 'more' than just a friend, then he too was willing to admit that he loved her as well, as 'more' than just a friend.
Their mouths separated and they were both smiling at each other now. (I guess… you don't mind?) She asked hopefully.
"Why wouldn't I Nelly?" He asked.
(Please… not Nelly… Nelly was the name you gave me when I was… 'nothing'.) She said warmly. (Call me… 'Sally'… I'm something now… I'm more now… I want to be something 'more' than I was before, with you. You've done so much for me and… I love you so much because of it… I want to be with you Allister, as more than just your 'Pokemon friend'.)
He was taken aback, but smiled in understanding. "All right then… Sally… 'my' Sally." He said.
'Sally' smiled and proceeded to lick his face, showing her affection and love. He in turn showed his affection by kissing her cheeks as well, rubbing her feathery fur and scaly skin with his hands. Her skin was very unlike his, it was both soft and fluffy, feathery yet hard, it was nothing like leather or skin that he was used to.
But as she felt him caressing her, she felt herself cooing warmly to him, enjoying his touch across her body. She wanted to feel him more, and those same instincts from before that urged her to have a mate, now urged her to gently push Allister onto his back on the bed, and continue licking and kissing him.
(Allister…) She whispered to him, kissing his mouth even as he kissed her.
A moment later they found their mouths open, and Sally slipped her massive tongue into his mouth. It was very easy to fill his mouth with her slippery, muscular tongue, and felt his tongue against hers. Even though it was half the size of hers, it still felt amazing enveloping it with her tongue, tasting every inch of it and enjoying how wonderful it was.
Allister was also enjoying making out with Sally, her tongue was slippery and slimy, yet also strong and hard. It was like every part of her body had traces of different types of Pokemon, from the softness of a water type, to the hard-leathery scales of a dragon. Not a single part of her body was just 'one' type, but comprised of two or three.
Sally closed her eyes and simply lay on top of him, enjoying her human's warmth and moans of pleasure as she continued to make love to him.
But those instincts from before were now going into overdrive, her space between her rear legs was growing 'extremely' hot. An itch was driving her crazy, it was an itch that was so hot and so painful that it demanded 'something' cool it down. The itch was so powerful, so strong that she began whimpering in pain the longer it went without something to cool her off.
(Allister… my legs… a space between my legs… it burns so much!) She moaned painfully. (Please… please…)
Allister helped Sally get up, and saw that the small slit which was her pussy, had become swollen and puffed. It was even spreading on its own to reveal the soft pink flesh that made up her passage. It was also becoming wetter with each second.
"Alright Sally… lie down on your side…" He whispered softly.
She nodded and rolled onto her side as he said, before he undid his shorts and revealed his very erect, six-inch dick. She eyed it only for a moment, before more instincts began attacking her mind, confusing and confounding her. Something told her that his dick was to go inside of that place between her legs, and it told her that she had to keep it inside of her to do 'something'.
What that was she didn't know, but she wanted to fulfill that desire… something told her that she would be happy if it went inside of her.
And she wanted to be happy with Allister.
"I'm putting it in Sally…" He said quietly.
(A… alright…) She said nervously, watching as he sidled up next to her, lined up his dick…
And began pushing into her pussy's lips.
For a moment, he felt a slight resistance, and pushed harder to break her barrier. But instead of breaking one barrier, he felt the thin fleshy wall break and found another one behind 'it'. Yet his momentum had carried him through that barrier, and the one after that, and the one after 'that' one.
Before he finally hilted, he had shocked himself when he had somehow broken through 'seven' barriers inside of her wall, before 'finally' hilting inside of her womb.
"Groaaaaawar!" Sally moaned painfully, but through telepathy she screamed, (IT HUUUUUURTS!)
"Sally?" He asked afraid, starting to pull out before her walls tightened on him, preventing him from leaving. "Sally, what's wro…"
She began weeping sadly, crying into the bed as she felt so much pain from her body. (Why… why can't I have something 'nice' happen to me…) She asked painfully, both ignoring the huge lines of red leaving her sex. (Why does… everything… 'painful' happen to me…)
She has been electrocuted, poked and prodded, had needles stuck inside of her, experimented on and everything else imaginable while she was stuck in Aether's labs. Then she had to endure abuse from Allister's parents because they didn't want her or didn't care about her. Now, when she was feeling happy, she gets this intense round of pain, from an act her instincts told her was 'good'.
(I just… want… to feel happy… why can't I have that… why must everything be painful…) She moaned to him.
Thinking quickly, he leaned forward and held her head, before leaning forward and kissing her on her mouth, slowly letting her walls get used to him being inside of her. It was the only thing he could do to make her feel better. As she felt her lover kissing her, she began to relax and forget about the pain, it wasn't his fault, she asked him to do it. Even now, the pain was rapidly starting to decay, and soon she felt only pleasure as she felt him inside of her.
She thanked him through telepathy, and told him to continue… and soon he was thrusting into her passage at a slow but steady rate.
(Ah~… oh~… it… feels so good~) She whispered softly, enjoying how gentle he was with her.
Each time his dick pushed in, her walls tightened and shaped themselves to perfectly fit his dick. Her space inside where his dick had hilted, massaged and caressed his member each time it touched the back of wherever it was pumping into. It was as if her passage wanted to shape itself perfectly for him, as if it was designed specifically to be perfectly suited just for him.
With each thrust she felt more waves of pleasure, causing her to moan and gasp happily. His dick massaged her walls so much that she could tell each time he pulled out slightly or pushed in hard. It was so wonderful for her that all the pain she felt before was now a distant and bitter memory, easily forgotten as she was claimed by her beloved human.
"Sally… you're so tight." He moaned.
(You… ah… feel so good!) She moaned back, feeling him thrust harder.
For several moments, he thrusted in and out of her pussy, the lines of red now being washed away with their juices as she began pushing into him now.
She rolled onto her back, dragging him with her so that now he was thrusting 'down' into her, and shoving her legs uselessly into the air. This position was awkward for them, but somehow it allowed just a little more of his dick to reach into her passage, filling her even more and making her feel even more pleasure.
(Right there~ ooooh~) She gasped, before suddenly feeling his dick get 'slightly' bigger. (Ah… you just… got bigger!)
"Sally, I'm… about to…" He whispered before he shoved into her one last time.
Then as he hilted, his dick began releasing strings of hot cum into her womb, filling her up as she groaned and moaned happily. For a full minute, they sat there, waiting for him to finish, until finally she rolled them back onto their sides where they gasped for breath.
They stared into each other's tired eyes… before chuckling, sharing one last kiss, and Allister pulled the blanket over them so they could sleep.
Sally's dreams that night, were strange, she couldn't remember a single one of them as she slept through the night.
But inside of her womb, where Allister's sperm was deposited, something else was happening, which was the whole cause of her strange dreams.
=Seven days later=
"Thank you for coming, I'm sorry I can't stay but I have to go to work!" Allister said as a masked individual from the Aether Foundation walked in with medical equipment.
"It's understandable sir, don't worry, I'll make sure Sally is fine." The man said behind his mask.
"Alright… Sally take care of yourself, do what the doctor says!" He said warmly.
Sally nodded as he walked out, trying to ignore the pains inside her stomach.
The doctor walked over and pulled out some medical equipment, something to listen to her heart, another to check her blood, another to check her eye…
"So… how are you doing 'Sally'?" He asked, his voice muffled behind his mask.
(Very good doctor…) She said back.
"Telepathy, impressive…" He said, before pulling out a notebook and jotting things down. "Zero one and two didn't display that power even after breaking their helmets. They could only do that… with Psychic Memory cores."
At two and one's names, she looked at him in surprise. (How do you know about…)
"I know everything, I was there the day you each were… 'created'… I guess is the proper term." He said simply. "You woke up ninety-two minutes and sixteen after Type: Full number 02, who woke up fifty-six minutes and eight seconds after 01. You were also the… abnormality… the only one who had a defined gender."
He looked up and stared at her behind his mask, and for a moment she could almost see past it… she saw the scars, the bags, the tired and damaged eyes.
(You… 'you're' the human that saved me… that… rescued me!) She whispered, and he nodded saying she was right. (But… why… why didn't you keep me?)
In response, he extended his arm and gripped it, the sleeve became thin, barely over half the width of what Allister's arm was. "I'm a pencil pushing scientist, the only physical activity I get is walking around." He answered. "As such, while I can do a lot of scientific analysis easily, running is… beyond me. I couldn't run very far with you, but Allister gave me a chance to save you. For punishment, I was used in an experiment with Ultra Beasts… and this… happened to me."
He pointed at the helmet and sighed sadly.
"This helmet is the only thing keeping me alive, if I don't breathe in oxygen through a purifier filter in this helmet… I risk contaminating my lungs."
He finished taking his notes after fifteen minutes and began putting away his stuff. (So what is wrong with me?) She asked.
She'd been feeling pains in her stomach and lower rear, and she's been puking a few times, she was worried she was deathly ill or very sick.
"Well, you're in good health…" He said with a chuckle. "In fact, you're doing better than I ever imagined… you're pregnant!"
That word caught her off guard. (P… pregnant?)
He nodded and pulled out his notebook. "You see… your body was the abnormality between the three of you Type: Nulls." He started saying. "When I was experimenting on your DNA, I discovered that somewhere along the line, yours got altered 'slightly'… just enough to make you a 'defined gender'. Unlike the other two, you had all the sexual organs a female would need to reproduce."
"So I got to thinking, how could you reproduce, what species could do it… but each time I tried to find a compatible group… it came out negative. No species type I tried worked… they all came out negative with a capital 'N' until… I took the craziest gamble… and tried 'human' DNA."
He turned over the notebook and showed her an image with several strange words, but the one that made sense, was a number 9 next to another 9, and a '%' symbol.
"Positive, your body rejected everything else but human DNA, it had a 99% compatibility… so it got me thinking… perhaps your body could only reproduce with human DNA… and this proves my theory. In fact, your body accepted human DNA so easily, that by my estimation, you should give birth in as little as… four days to a healthy Silvally. But, if what I'm reading is right… your pup will not be like you and the other two. It won't have an RKS System."
"I think the only reason your body accepts human DNA, and rejects all other strands of Pokemon DNA, is because you have every possible type of Pokemon cell in you, that your body will reject anything that isn't a different strand than what you have. But that's just my theory…"
(What does that mean?) She asked.
He shrugged his shoulders and got up. "I don't know… but I do know this… I'm happy for you." He said, patting her head. "All I wanted, was for you three to be free, to find happy lives… I'm glad you three are happy. You 'are' happy, right?"
She nodded happily and smiled. (I am… so what does this mean for me… I'm going to be what?"
"You're going to be a mother, that's what we call the female parent of a baby, and Allister is going to be the father."
(Mother… I'm a mother…) She said to herself, thinking about her dreams.
In her dreams, she was being kissed by Allister, and around them… hundreds of little Silvally were running around and playing atop a hill.
Around that hill were 'thousands' more, all playing around and happy.
The thought of being a mother… made her happy, 'very' happy.