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« on: December 20, 2012, 01:52:41 PM »
RPM City 5 years ago
The city was bustling many crowds of people of different sorts. From rouges to royalty you wouldn't find a city with a wider variety of cultures and people anywhere. Among them however was probably one of the more innocent sorts.
She was a very young girl who looked not yet to be an adult. Her eyes were a vibrant emerald and her hair was a rich chestnut brown that reached her hips. She looked like an ordinary girl, however her attire suggested otherwise. She wore the unusual ensemble of leafs that covered her chest, stomach, and lower area with vines wrapped around her arms and legs leaving her hands and feet bare. In her hair was a white Gardenia flower that gave off a pleasant scent. She also carried with her a sort of ruck sack so that she may carry things such as food and other small things. Inside were seeds to plant berries so that when she found a home she could plant them to grow berry trees. Other than that she had some nuts and Pecha berries as they were her favorite along with some Wiki Berries and Chesto berries for another reason.
The girl wasn't alone, she was accompanied by a young Lucario.
"So these are those things call building Fenri?" The girl questioned.
"Yes I believe so Sakura." The Lucario identified as Fenri respond.
"Wow they're so big, they must be bigger than the trees in the forest!" The girl known as Sakura said in wonder.
"I believe you may be right." Fenri laughed
"This is amazing, they're so many of them!" Sakura said as she kept looking up at them.
"Be careful now, don't get too distracted." Fenri reprimanded.
If any of the people we paying attention to what they were saying they would have realized that the girl had never once set foot in a city in her life. She was a resident of a nearby forest one that many people never wander in due to the rumors that they would get lost. People were curious but they were scared of the of never returning. Sakura knew a little of the outside world because some of the lost ones would usually leave something behind, most of the time there we a few books. However as a human, she needed to learn more of her own kind. Her "parents" who were Fenri's parents wanted her to be able to live as a normal human so they allowed her to experience human society.
Fenri, worried for his "sister", decided to go with her to protect her. It wasn't that he distrusted humans but rather he never met humans and was very cautious, especially since they had very little knowledge of humans other than that they can be dangerous. But Fenri knew that this was for Sakura's benefit that she was exposed to the way of the humans. Sakura was a very kind person, but of course she was very naive and Fenri didn't want her to be hurt.
As Sakura admired the buildings someone crashed into her when she wasn't looking. The person was a man but Sakura didn't get a good look at him and he got up and went away very quickly. When she recovered she noticed that there was something on the ground that wasn't there before. It was a light beige bag with a strap. She picked it up and inspected it.
"Oh dear I think that man dropped this when he bumped into me, we should find him and give it back to him." Sakura said with concern.
"I don't think that's necessary Sakura." said Fenri.
"Huh, why's that?" Sakura asked confused.
"Because I don't think it actually belongs to him." Fenri said sure of himself.
"Really, are you sure?" Sakura said surprised.
"I believe so. That item doesn't have his scent and the scent of this item is very different." Fenri explained.
"So...he stole it from someone?" Sakura said shocked.
"It seems likely, judging from the fact that he didn't even tried to acknowledge your presence." said Fenri
"I see, can we find the person who lost this then? It must be important if someone went to those lengths to take it from them." Sakura said as she looked at the item again.
"I think that would be a good idea. Otherwise they might think you took it." Fenri worried.
"All right let's do it!" Sakura said ready to help.
With Fenri's sense of smell he was able to follow the scent to find the owner. Eventually they came across a woman who was dressed like someone of the Aristocratic society of one of the books Sakura read. She was with some men in Blue uniforms and talking them nervously.
"Oh please please find that man who stole my purse, I don't want to think of what would happen if I lose all my money!" The woman cried.
"We'll try the best we can ma'am, though it may take a while since we don't have any evidence nor do we know he looks based on what you told us." One of the officers told her.
"I'm sorry but his face was covered and I couldn't get a good look of him, it happened so fast." The woman said regretfully.
"Um excuse me?" Sakura asked suddenly after listening to their conversation.
"How rude, can't you see that I'm discussing something important you little urchin?" The woman said suddenly irritated.
"I'm sorry but you said you lost something right?" Sakura said unfazed for some reason. "I found this after a person bumped into me, is it yours?" She asked as she showed her the item.
"Oh my, it is my purse!" The woman exclaimed excitingly as she "Oh I'm sorry, thank you so much for finding it how can I ever repay you?"
"I don't need anything I'm just glad that you're happy." Sakura said innocently.
"Oh nonsense, you should at least get something." The woman said as she rummaged through her purse and took out what appeared to be a bunch of paper. "Here you must not have a lot of money, use it however you want."
"Are you sure?" Sakura said remembering the woman was worried about losing her money.
"Take it I have plenty of it, you look like you really need it." The woman said sympathetically.
"If you say so." Sakura said reluctantly as she took the money and put it in her sac "Thank you very much." she bowed.
"It's no trouble it's the least I could do." The woman said satisfied.
"That was a very good thing you did Miss. Do you happen to remember the man who took the stolen item?" One of the officers questioned.
"I'm very sorry I didn't get a good look at him." Sakura said regretfully "Though I think he was heading that way" she said pointing at the direction she remember seeing him go.
"That should be good enough for now, thank you for the help." The other officer said as he and his partner headed to the direction she pointed at.
"Well thank you for everything you did little girl, be safe." The woman said as she left as well.
"These humans seem to only care about themselves and their goals." Fenri observed a bit irked by their behavior.
"I'm just glad to help." Sakura said not really bothered "I'm not exactly sure why they acted very weird but I don't think we should worry about it."
"If you say so." Fenri sighed.
"Hey come back here you!" Sakura and Fenri suddenly heard. They turned around and saw a Absol that just collapsed. It seems that a few people were chasing it with a Magmar, Magneton, and a Beedrill.
"We have you now, finish it off guys!" One of the men yelled as the attacking Pokemon edged closer at it.
"Stop!" Sakura yelled as she got in between the Absol and the menacing Pokemon.
"Get out of the way girl, that Absol has caused us nothing but trouble!" A man shouted.
"What has this Pokemon done to you?" Sakura said standing her ground.
"That Pokemon is a spy! It would appear in front of our shops one day and the next we would be robbed!" Another man shouted.
"And that's reason enough to attack this Absol!?" Sakura cried
"Yes if it wasn't for that Absol we wouldn't be in this mess. I have a family to feed and now we're suffering all because of that stupid thing!" The 3rd man said with anger.
"Have any of you actually see the Absol involved in these incidents?" Sakura questioned.
"No, but our shops have been robbed by the same guy. It has to be working for him." One of the men reasoned
"Will you stop call her a 'it' and 'thing', she's a living thing and deserves to be treated as such!" Sakura said getting tired of the coldness of the men "Did she even attack any of your Pokemon when you found her?"
"No we snuck up on it and attacked it before it could defend itself." Another man explained ignoring what Sakura said "Now get out of the way, we have to finish punishing it!"
"I will not let you hurt her anymore!" Sakura said as she spread her arms "How dare you attack this Pokemon when you don't have any proof that she did anything wrong!"
"Absol's are known for causing disasters you idiot girl! That's all the proof we need!" One of the men roared.
"No you're wrong!" Sakura cried "Absol live very secluded in the mountains and rarely come in contact with humans. They are able to sense disasters and only come down to warn people that something is going to happen!"
"But our shops were robbed by the same man, that Absol must have a connection to him!" The 3rd man shouted.
"If she was his Pokemon would she be wandering around the same place alone without her Trainer?" Sakura reasoned.
"You're starting to get annoying girl." One of the men threaten "I'll ask you one last time, get out of the way or we won't responsible for what happens to you!"
"I'm not going to sit by here and let her suffer any more. You'll have to go through me first!" Sakura said preparing for the worse.
"We're sorry girlie, but we ain't going to stand by and let that thing cause anymore trouble, Beedrill use Poison Jab on-" One of the men ordered.
Before he finished Fenri ran up to it and used Force Palm. The Beedrill was paralyzed and unable to move.
"You cowards, how dare you not only attack a Pokemon with no justifiable reason, but attacking one of your own kind simply for defending her!" Fenri said coldly "You are some of the lowest humans I've ever met, now return your Pokemon or I'll fight everyone of you here!"
"Tch, you sure are annoying. Fine we'll do what you want, we aren't strong enough to beat you after that battle. Let's leave them alone." And after that the men left.
"Phew that was close." Sakura sighed as she relaxed. "I'm sorry Fenri you must have been worried, I didn't expect those people to be so hostile."
"That was a very dangerous thing you did, but I don't blame you." Fenri sighed as well. "I never expected humans to be so irrational with hate, I don't know what would have happen to this Absol if we weren't there. You did the right thing, but be careful next time alright?"
"I will." Sakura said smiling.
"Ab-sol" a voice said weakly. They turned around and saw that the Absol was awake, and struggling to get up.
"Oh no, you poor thing you must be suffering so much from what happened, please let me help you!" Sakura cried as she knelled down and stretched out her hand to pet the wounded Absol. The Absol felt threatened and, with whatever strength she had, bit her hand hard.
"Ergh." Sakura grunted.
"Sakura!" Fenri cried.
"It's okay Fenri, it doesn't hurt that bad." Sakura winched as her hand started to bleed. She didn't move her hand out of the Absol's mouth and used her other hand to pet her. The Absol was shocked by this and loosened her hold on her hand a little.
"I'm so sorry for what happened, I understand you must not trust me after what happened. Please let me help you, I don't want to hurt you." Sakura said understanding the Absol.
The Absol surprisingly calmed down and let go of her hand. She didn't try to lash out at her but instead collapsed again and breathed heavily.
"She must have been poisoned by that Beedrill." Fenri said recognizing the symptom "We should give it a Pecha berry to cure the poison and and Wiki berry to help it recover."
"Right." Sakura said as she removed her sack. She got out the appropriate berries and showed it the Pecha berry first. "Here this will make you feel better."
The Absol sniffed it and then slowly ate it. When she was finished her breathing was better, but she still felt very weak.
"Good now eat this." Sakura said as she held the Wiki Berry. The Absol tried to eat the berry, but then she spit it out coughing.
"This isn't good, it seems she can't eat Wiki berries!" Fenri said shocked.
"We have to go back to the forest to find some others then." Sakura said as she picked up the Absol in her arms.
"All right, we should hurry!" Fenri said as they ran in the direction of the forest.
In the forest hidden in the bushes was a Snorlax that was heavily camouflaged. If one managed to see the Snorlax one would have noticed that a man was sleeping on it and next to him slept a Cyndaquil.
The man had Red spiky hair and his eyes were covered in sun glasses. He was wearing a coat, pants, and a small backpack, that were jet black and around his neck was a yellow scarf. The man suddenly heard some voices.
"Let's stop over there!" He heard.
"*yawn* What's going on?" He said as he woke up and sat up in his Snorlax. Then he saw a young girl covered in leaves carrying a wounded Absol and a Lucario followed right behind her. The girl laid the Absol down and then started looking over her. "Hmm haven't I've seen that Absol before?" he thought.
"Fenri go find some Berries to feed her, I'll stay here and make her comfortable." Sakura ordered.
"Very well, I will be back as soon as possible!" Fenri said obeying her commands. Fenri was about to run when he noticed they were being watched. He looked in the direction the man who was on the Snolax was and sensed the Aura of a living person. The man didn't move, curious to what the Lucario was going to do.
"Fenri is something wrong?" Sakura asked as she was looking for some plants.
"No, nothing is wrong." Fenri concluded. The Aura he sensed didn't seem hostile. He was wary but knew he had to be as quick as possible. With a little doubt he ran deep into the forest. The man continued to watch, he wanted to know what was going on in front of him.
Sakura then went around the immediate area and gathered some plants. She then piled them up to make a make shift bed and laid the Absol on it.
"There that should make you comfortable." Sakura sighed as she sat down.
"Absol Ab." The Absol asked weakly. She asked who Sakura was.
"My name is Sakura, and may I ask your name?" She asked back.
"Ab." The Absol replied.
"It's Yin? That's a very nice name." Sakura smiled.
"Absol Ab Absol." Yin questioned.
"Why did I help you?" Sakura said confused. "I didn't see a reason not to. You didn't do anything wrong."
"Absol sol." Yin said. Sakura understood that as Yin saying she was strange for a Human.
"I guess I am, I see that you don't really trust humans that much." Sakura said sadly.
"Absol Absol sol." Yin replied.
"Yeah I guess that wasn't the first time you were treated like that. I'm so sorry about that, I don't think all humans are like that though I don't blame you for not trusting us. I was so shocked when I saw what happened, I just couldn't let it go on." Sakura said holding her hand.
"Absol Ab?" Yin asked looking at her hand.
"It doesn't hurt that bad, I'm okay." Sakura said trying to tough it out through the pain.
"Absol." Yin said, she wanted to see her hand.
Sakura showed Yin her hand. Since it wasn't wrapped, it was still bleeding. Yin felt guilty and proceeded to lift her head and lick Sakura's hand to make it feel better.
"Hey that tickles." Sakura said giggling as Yin cleaned it. When Yin finished she rested her head again. "Thank you, you're so nice."
"Absol." Yin replied 'You're welcome.'
"I hope Fenri comes back soon, the berries are pretty deep in the forest. You must be in a lot of pain right now, I wish I could make you feel better." Sakura said as she wrapped her arms around her knees. She felt powerless and began to cry a little.
The man watching was shocked at what he saw and heard. He indeed recognized the Absol, he always saw her being attacked by some angry misinformed group of people and beaten to near death. He tried many times to help the Absol when he saw it, but she would always get scared of him and run away before he had the chance to help her. He was surprised that, not only the Absol trusted the girl, but that the girl was able to understand the Pokemon. He was certainly amazed at what he was witnessing, but seeing the girl cry left him wanting to do something.
The man reach out for his back pack and began looking around for something she could use. He got out a Hyper Potion, and thought that it would be enough to help. Not wanting to alert the girl or the Absol of his presence he got off of his Snorlax and laid down on the ground. Both of his Pokemon woke up but he motioned for them to be quiet, he didn't want to scare them. The man then carefully rolled the Hyper Potion to the girl. The item manage to make it far enough so that it touched the girl. Sakura looked down noticing the potion and looked in the direction of where the man was. Due to the high bushes she didn't see anything and didn't know the man or his Pokemon were watching her. She looked at the potion again not exactly sure what it was.
"Hyper Potion?" Sakura read slowly. "That seems familiar, I should find out what it is." She then reached for her sack and got out a book, it was a Trainer Handbook that was found in the woods one day. The man was shocked that she didn't use the potion immediately.
"That's weird, has she never seen a Potion before?" The man wondered. "Then again judging from that conversation she had with that Absol, she must not really know a lot about humans or how we live in the first place. That explains why she doesn't have Pokeballs or used the Pokemon Center."
"Ah here it is." Sakura said out loud. "Potions are basic items used by trainers to heal the wounds of their Pokemon. They come in Normal, Super, and Hyper strength. This must be what the Humans use on their Pokemon."
"Well at least she can read." The man sighed inwardly
"I think I can use this to help you Yin." Sakura concluded "Hold still."
Sakura used the Hyper Potion on Yin. Yin let out a cry as it made her wounds sting a little.
"Oh no, I'm sorry. Is it not working?" Sakura worried.
"Absol Ab." Yin said that the Potion did sting but it was helping her.
"Okay if you say so, please bare with it." Sakura said as she used it again.
Eventually she used the entire thing and Yin was healed of most of her wounds.
"I think that's the last of it how are you feel-" Sakura was interrupted as Yin proceed to jump on her and lick her face. "Hah hah hah stop it, it tickles!" Yin eventually stopped and looked Sakura in the eyes. Yin was very grateful to her.
"I'm so glad you're alright, you must want to go back home now right?" Sakura asked.
"Ab." Yin said shaking her head. She walked over to Sakura again and began to nuzzle her with her head.
"I guess I should take that as you want to stay with me huh?" Sakura replied.
"Ab." Yin said nodding this time.
"Well okay I'm glad to be able to have you as a friend." Sakura said petting her new friend,
"Absol Ab." Yin replied saying me too.
"Thank you, I promise I'll protect you." Sakura said sounding sleepy and laying down to sleep. Yin decided to curl up next to her new master and sleep with her keeping her warm.
"I guess that's resolved." The man thought relieved that the girl and the Absol were alright. He then turned to his Pokemon. "Hey you guys want some berries for dinner?"
The Pokemon responded quietly with a affirmative.
"Cool, I want you guys to stay here and keep a eye to make sure that nothing happens to those two. I'll go get those berries sound good?" The man asked.
The Pokemon replied with a nod.
"Thanks, you guys are awesome. I'll be right back." The man then quietly went in the direction Fenri went.
Fenri was heading back to where Sakura was with all the berries he collected. Suddenly in the distance he saw the man he saw earlier walking towards him. Fenri got into a defensive position ready to attack. The man noticed this and raised his hands in the air.
"Whoa relax I'm not here to hurt you, I just want to get some berries for my Pokemon." The man said trying not to set Fenri off.
"You're that man who was watching us." Fenri responded.
"Yup." The man confirmed "I guess you really did see me, what made you not attack me on site?"
Fenri relaxed a little seeing that the man was indeed not a threat "You were on top of a Snorlax's belly. A Snolax normally would never let a human do that unless they trusted them." Fenri explained.
"You got that right, Wiilax is awesome like that." The man nodded. "Anyway that girl is waiting for you, you shouldn't keep her waiting."
"I see, well I should be going." Fenri said letting the man pass. The man only walked a short distance away when Fenri spoke again "Why are you in the woods, I thought you humans were afraid of going in with the fear of being lost forever?"
The man stopped in his tracks when he heard the question and smiled. "I happen to be someone who knows my way around." He replied.
"Very well." Fenri smiled "Take care."
"Same to you." The man said as they went their separate ways.
Fenri returned to see Sakura and Yin sleeping together. Fenri noticed the potion on the ground and shook his head and that man's Pokemon was still watching them.
"I guess not all humans are as bad as I thought." Fenri thought shaking his head and smiling. He put the pile of berries down went to a tree and leaned on it. He then closed his eyes to go to sleep.
(And so begins the flashback. I really got to stop finishing these so late at night. I know Snolax aren't really like that but honestly I got nothing else. As for Fenri using scents instead of Aura for the purse I figured that inanimate objects didn't have Auras so scents would make more sense. I can't wait to write the next few parts but right now I need sleep. I'll fix Asch's name tomorrow, good night.)