Deep in the mountains of the Hisui region lives a man out of his Time
His name is Ingo Nobori better known as warden Ingo: warden to the lady of the highlands
It had been six years since he arrived in hisui and nearly a month since Akari closed the rift and went home
he often wondered would he ever return to his home
"no time to dwell on the past." Ingo said as he got ready to do his warden duties "let us get to work lady sneasler."
"Snea!" Lady sneasler said as she grabbed her basket
just then a portal opened under the warden
"lady sneasler!" Ingo yelled as he fell through
the lady of the highlands tried to grab her warden but missed
after the portal closed all that was left was his warden bracelet
When ingo came to, he was in a dark void
"ingo." A voice said
ingo looked around and saw a Pokemon surrounded by a golden light
"i am arceus." Arceus said "thou was misplaced by giratina so i shall send thou back with thou memory."
before Ingo could respond he was sent flying through a portal
"uhhh father?" Palkia said
"...that was the wrong portal wasn't it?" Arceus asked
"...yeah." Palkia said
"Shiteth." Arceus said
Lady sneasler was staring at the spot ingo was confused as to where he went before it clicked
"my disciple." Arceus's voice said in her head
"Snea?" Lady sneasler said
"yes it's me."
"Snea!"
"yes I know that i took your warden-"
"SNEA SNEA!!"
"I know i know but I messed up and sent him somewhere else."
"Snea! Snea snea snea snea!"
"Fine what do you want?"
"Snea snea snea!"
"Really?"
"SNEA!"
"Fine I'll have palkia let the clan leader know."
"Snea! Snea!"
"and I'll let them know they'll need a new warden bracelet."
"Snea!"
"and a new basket."
lady Sneasler nodded before grabbing her things
then a new portal opened
lady sneasler took a deep breath took a look at her successor and waved goodbye before walking though the portal
When ingo woke up again he was on a roof of a building
and then the memories came flooding back to him
of emmet, of elesa, of skyla, of draden and iris, of the battle subway, of his pokemon all of it returned to him
"Emmet..." Ingo said "I've probably worried you a lot."
he looked down from the building and saw a bunch of different people but some were... off
some had odd characteristics like strange eyes, extra limbs or unique forms
"where am i?" Ingo asked himself before hearing a thud behind him
he turned around and on the ground was lady sneasler laying there
"Lady sneasler! Are you alright?" Ingo asked
lady sneasler got up and nodded
"well then could you get us down from here?" Ingo asked
lady sneasler picked him up before climbing down the wall
"thank you lady sneasler." Ingo said "now let us get a look of our surroundings."
"Snea!" Lady Sneasler said
they walked around and lady sneasler got some weird looks but she ignored them
(i wonder how emmet is doing.) Ingo thought to himself before getting bumped into
he looked down and saw a tiny child with a horn
"Little one are you all right?" Ingo asked taking a knee
he then saw something out of the corner of his eye
a man with a bird mask fighting a green haired teen and a blonde haired teen both of which he had cornered
"ah i see. Allow me." Ingo said as he got up "lady sneasler keep an eye on her."
"snea!" Lady sneasler said doing a salute
"ALL ABOARD!!!" Ingo yelled jumping into the battle
"what-" the bird masked man said before getting punched in the face
ingo landed a five piece combo (he's also pretty sure he broke his nose through the mask)
the man tried to grab him but he snapped his arm before throwing him against the wall to continue the combo
left right left right kick and repeat
(thank goodness zisu help me with combat training) Ingo thought to himself as he kicked the man back into the wall
"does he have a strength enhancing quirk?" The green haired teen muttered
"Die!" The bird masked man yelled lunging at ingo
*SHINK*
lady Sneasler stabbed her claws through the man's shoulder
"Urk!" The man said as lady sneasler dug her claws deeper
"Sneasler." Lady sneasler said as she began to inject an extremely potent posion into him
"Die you stupid cat!" The man yelled as he touched lady sneasler's face
...but nothing happened
"What!? My quirk-urk!" The man said before vomiting up blood
his skin was starting to turn purple
lady Sneasler grinned before injecting more poison into him
"I-I can't move!" The man said as one of his eyes fell out
the green haired teen and the blonde teen looked both horrified and like they were about to vomit
ingo was unfazed by this
(he stopped being fazed after the 5th poucher she did this to)
soon she pulled her claws out and the man fell to the ground
"E-Eri..." the man said " G-Give her back!"
"Snea snea snea." Lady Sneasler said before stomping on his head with a sicking "squelch"
"W-What just happened?" The green haired teen asked
"Lady Sneasler injected him with her poison which has different levels of potency she saves the highest level for people who try to steal her eggs or kits." Ingo explained "as her warden I have gained an immuity to this posion due to taking care of her kits when she's not around."
"So she's a wild animal?" The green haired teenasked
"please don't use that term around her she may not speak our language but she can understand us." Ingo said
"well unfortunately we will have to arrest you for vigilantism." The blonde teen said as he threw a punch
ingo did a back flip out of the way
this immediately activated ingo's fight or flight response
...and he didn't want to fight
"Magnezone! All aboard!!" Ingo yelled as he sent out the pokemon
"Magnezzooonnee!" The electric/steel type said upon entering the battlefield
"What the?!" The blonde teen said
ingo and lady Sneasler jumped on to magnezone and flew off
"dang it they're getting away!" The blonde teen said
"mirio it's fine. What matters is eri's safety." The green haired teen said
he looked to where eri was and realized she was gone
"AHHHH SHE'S GONE!!" The green haired teen yelled
Inside lady sneasler's basket
Eri was too scared to move
that big Kitty cat with the long nails put her in here with these eggs and she was scared to move in case she broke them
"where am I going?" Eri asked only to get no response "please don't take me back!"
still no response
"Please..." Eri said
just then one of the eggs began to move
eri was scared
(will it hurt me? Tear me apart like him?) Eri thought to herself
soon the egg cracked open and a purple cat came out of it
"Snea!" The sneasel said before noticing eri
"please don't hurt me!" Eri said
"Snea!" The sneasel said before crawling towards eri and beginning to cuddle her
"Huh?" Eri said as the sneasel began to purr
"sneawa!" The sneasel said
"So soft..." eri said patting the sneasel
the sneasel the noticed Eri's hair was dirty
that can't be happening!
so the sneasel began to clean eri's hair
it's tongue was rough but it didn't hurt her in fact it tickled a bit
but she couldn't bring herself to laugh or smile
Soon ingo got off magnezone in a different alleyway
"all right lady sneasler do you have supplies?" Ingo asked
"snea!" Lady sneasler said as she took off her basket
Ingo opened it up and saw a peculiar sight
"lady sneasler...why is there a child in here?" Ingo asked
"Hello..." eri said
ingo recognized her this was the child he bumped into
"hello little passenger are you alright?" Ingo asked
"I-I'm fine...are you going to hurt me?" Eri asked
"goodness no!" Ingo said "I wouldn't have the right to call myself a subway boss if i did that!"
"subway...boss?" Eri asked
"ah where my manners?" Ingo said " i am subway boss ingo of the unova region!"
"i... don't know what a subway is..." eri said
ingo took a deep breath
an hour of info dumping later
at the end of the hour eri was amazed
"oh right! I almost forgot. What is your name?" Ingo asked
"my name is eri." Eri said
"well then miss Eri could you tell me what station i am at?" Ingo asked
thanks to Ingo's info dump eri knew what he meant
"we're in japan i think I haven't been outside much." Eri said
"i see." Ingo said "i am unfamiliar with this station."
"snea!" The sneasel in the basket said
"lady sneasler... did you take your kits with you?" Ingo asked
"snea!" Lady sneasler said while nodding
"you brought them because you're going back with them right?" Ingo asked
lady sneasler shook her head
"are you asking to accompany me on my way home?" Ingo asked
"snea!" Lady Sneasler said while nodding
"lady sneasler you do know that this a one way destination? no other stops will be made." Ingo said
lady sneasler nodded
"very well!" Ingo said "we need to find a shelter to stay at!"
he the took a knee to meet eri at eye level
"young eri do you wish to accompany us? Judging by your fear at your previous station i understand it wasn't a good place." Ingo said
"N-no overhaul...hurt me he hurt me so much!" Eri said on the verge of tears
"very well then you may accompany us!" Ingo said "all aboard!"
he pulled out his celestica flute and played a "Choo choo" like sound
the group went off to find shelter
I know this is my 5th eri fic but my submas hyperfixation won out with the mental image of emmet and elesa walking into ingo's and emmet's apartment and asking "whatcha you got there?"
and then ingo holding eri and a smoothie with lady sneasler next to him responding with: "a smoothie"
also the idea of eri in a little subway boss outfit and going "Choo choo" melted my fucking heart
curse my inability to draw anything but stick figures!
anyway that's it for now
