//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 // Story: Poke Fans in Equestria // by Xinrick //------------------------------// Winter was getting worse. The heavy snowfall made walking a pain in the ass so I was forced to sit inside the majority of the time. Up to a week at a time, with the tribe in the tree keeping warm. Looks like even I have my limits on cold resistance. I tried to sleep when this happened but it was hard. One I wanted to just… do something and wanted to be ready should something attack. Second I often found myself the center of attention from groups of the girls at a time, or Gnite trying to channel his inner dragon and hoard me to himself. It wouldn't be so bad… had I not foolishly put it to a vote, explained what voting was, and had them all decide that the tribe den was a… no clothes zone. Now, I'm not an idiot. I know they did that as a means to tempt me. And fucking hell if it hasn't been working. Flare especially seems to enjoy practically using me as a body pilly. “If some of you don’t become bloated with how pent up I am I will be surprised…” I muttered to myself bitterly, really hating how all the teasing is going, and all the times I have to keep myself in check because of it. I really didn't want to… partake of their advances but they don't make it easy. I even checked with all of them based on what Gnite told me. They want me to breed them, and they using the cold hard snow of winter to get me to. I'm Just grateful that the rules also say that so long as the alpha denies your advances you have to respect them… for like, half an hour before you try again. Had Roxy been here too I know she'd have gotten me to knock them all up several times already. Made a schedule even! I sighed. I know it's gonna be no time lost when I get back but it's almost been a year here…  “I miss you Roxy…” I muttered sadly, really wishing I could just…talk to her at least…or have something to remind me of her. Speaking of reminding me… Suddenly my pillow became very… squishy. Turning I saw Enga has phased up, and was now letting me use her rather huge short stack breasts as pillows… She's uniquely creative in her attempts… damn ghost abilities. “Really Enga?” I deadpanned. "I've been in your head. I know you enjoy this." She replied. Crap… she's not wrong. “I mean…you're not wrong but still…” I sighed. "You do know at some point you are gonna have to start breeding us right?" She stated. I didn't like that word… breeding. Sounded so… hollow… “It…sounds hollow…” I sighed. “Like…it’s just that and nothing else…” "How so?" “Like…the way you say it…it feels like it’s just ‘fuck and that’s it’...” I sighed. “No…emotion to it…” Enga hummed. "Can't say I fully understand. For us, Breeding means continuation. Hope." She said. "We're at the bottom of the food chain. Most of us might be the last of our species of Pokemon. For us, Breeding means new life, hope for a future, and it means we did something while we were alive. That's all we could hope for in this world. You're changing all that but some things for us, it's all we know. Maybe it sounds hollow but for us, it's not. It would be the best thing for us to accomplish." I frowned. She had a point. Until recently they were just… well, basically animals. Despite the info dumps they're all still fairly simple minded… all of them have seen so much death and… carnage. If not the Flesh Wearers, then some other monster… Wonder if this is how the early humans felt back before more modern ideals came into play with the rise of civilizations. “Well…where I’m from…there’s emotional attachment to it all…I mean, casual sex and also the breeding thing but…most of the time I’ve had sex was with someone I loved dearly…” "Do you not love us?" “I mean, I do…” I said carefully. “Ugh…this is all just so complicated…” "Why does it have to be complicated?" She asked, actually petting my head now. “Because love is weird…and also the fact that a lot of things that are common to me aren’t for you…” "Is that so bad?" “I don’t know…” I groaned. "I won't pretend I understand all your weird and complex emotions. What I can tell you though is that there are ten female Pokemon here, eight males including yourself. They are all waiting for their Alpha to make the call for when we can finally begin to grow our tribe. After all, winter is the time to lay and nest eggs so come spring they hatch and the new hope comes to the world." “I…thought Spring would be a good time since half of you are all hibernating.” I said. “Or at least, should be instead of being uber horny.” "Well if our Alpha wasn't so wound up we would be, eggs in arms and wouldn't wake until spring." Enga laughed lightly. I huffed. “I’m not wound up, I have a lot of thing’s to do and think about.’ "Wound up." Enga said again. She leaned down and gave me a kiss on my forehead. Something I wasn't expecting. "Your call Alpha." I huffed. “You want to see wound up?” I frowned. "Is that an offer?" “How many are still awake?” I called out to all my people. "Yes Alpha?" They all replied. Save the kids. Thank God. They had a little space for themselves. “Alright people…” I sighed. “Kinda wanted to save this till later…who wants to breed?” That was… beyond… words… I wasn't expecting a full on… orgy, but I think everyone bred with… everyone. Several times. I learned Pokemon in this world lay eggs very fast. Like, in a few minutes fast… and they can go again right after… Now, had I fantasized something like this before and… it was what I imagined… plus more. I honestly don't even know how many eggs I fathered during all that but I do know that Gnite is a bottom. Enga is super bouncy. Flare feels as amazing as I was imagining… and was literally and sexually as hot as I was expecting. Seriously we left full body scotch marks on the wood. By the time the snow let up enough after everyone went into blissful hibernation around the… actual mountain of new eggs, I felt like I needed a shower… and to high five someone. I exited the tree den, making sure they were all in fact fast asleep after all that and claimed down. I was covered in scratch and bite marks… and despite the soreness I felt great. “More stamina and ‘output’ than a dragon and a goddamn whale…best ego boost ever.” I chuckled. “But…this felt great…though I have to wonder if I might have…no, not ‘might’, I am most assuredly plowing the next group I pick up…” I'll admit I still don't fully understand it, but they were all the happiest I've seen them since this tribe was formed and they all have smiles still surrounding the eggs. Yeesh. Definitely gonna expand the farm come spring. I made sure to put my grass skirt on and decided to check on Sasha. “Sasha?” I asked, poking my head into her area. I spotted her little shack at the foot of the tree. It wasn't much but it was shelter. I opened the door to see her reading. "Sup stud." She said. “I…hope we weren’t too loud…” I said sheepishly. "I could hear ya down here but it wasn't loud enough to go far out. So, finally embraced the whole Alpha thing?" “Well…” I sighed. “Kinda? I’m glad they're all happy and…all the kids…but hey, got an ego boost out of it.’ "Oh really? Well, good for you. So, not gonna hibernate?" “I don’t think I can, and I’d rather not…just not do things…” I sighed. “Cause there’s more people to save, and the Legendaries are still probably being hunted.” "Fair. For the most part there isn't much to be done other than in Winter. Well, save maybe attacking Flesh Wearer hunting parties." “Yeah, I’d rather make sure we don’t get attacked.” I nodded. "Plus, they could have some gems on them. Granted they're corrupted but I can still make a use for them." “That would be good.” I nodded. “But…what would happen if I were try and use a corrupted gem?” "Well assuming it didn't kill you outright it would Infect your mind, make you violent, hateful, wrathful and eventually you'd lose more and more of your conscious mind and become a rage filled beast that will eventually either die do to the poisoning and decay the corruption will have on your soul." “Oh…okay.” I said nervously. "Plus side, they make really good explosives." “I can imagine.” I said honestly. "Also, here." She said, putting her boom down to toss me a bundle. It was kinda heavy. "Proper clothes. Don't thank me, they're technically just clothes from the dead back in my village but they're in good shape and there's a few weapons there too." “Cool.” I nodded, moving outside a bit to give myself some privacy as I got dressed. “So, do you know where any of the still living Legendaries might be? Cause Virizion doesn’t know.” "Not a clue. My people were more concerned with fighting the Flesh Wearers over whatever was going on with the Pokemon." “Yeah…that’s fair.” I sighed. “Just wish I got something to go off of…I’d rather not scour the entire world to find them all cause that would take forever…” "Whatever the case you'll be searching regardless." Sasha said. Putting the final touches of the clothes on I looked myself over. They were some kind of weather. Thick but also rather flexible. The whole thing was essentially a leather suit. A cloak/jacket shirt that had metal buttons I closed up. Leather pants that fit pretty well. A leather hat. And lastly leather boots. The whole outfit had built in weapon holsters. An arm mounted crossbow, several pockets for the bolts  a revolver and also several pockets full of ammo. Two knives that slipped nicely into the sides of the boots. Two daggers strapped firmly on my back in their own back mounted holsters. And more empty pockets, sleeves and such a long the cloak, I side the jacket, along the pants and even in the hat. “Well…I do look good in this.” I said with a smile. “Though…I’m getting a lotta ‘Witcher’ vibes from this…’ "What's a Witcher." Sasha asked. "Nevermind. Anyway, that one is made from Demons Hyde. It's completely immune to fire so it's perfect for you, and despite the flexibility is as protective as a full suit of steel armor." “Awesome…also where the hell did you find a Demon?” "They wander around but mostly stick to hell pitt caves." She said with a shrug. “Fair enough.” I nodded. “Hopefully I can do something during the winter months…” "Well, aside from hunting Flesh Wearers, the only other major thing would be to mine for metals." “Know any…safe mining spots?” I inquired, knowing that there’s probably a lot of mines that the Flesh Wearer’s are using. "You can just start digging and make one here. The planets crust is rich in all kinds of metal deposits. The deeper the mine the better and more unique the metal." “Huh…that’s interesting.” I hummed. “So…best get to digging then.” She handed me a combination shovel/pickaxe and I found a spot not occupied by farmland or anything and started to dig. I wasn't expecting to find much so soon but to my surprise I was already finding traces of iron in the soil. By the time I had a fair sized hole made I had a pile of large rocks mixed with iron and hot something I wasn't expecting… a, a literal deposit of already metal iron in some hard stone. "Cool. Struck a vein." Sasha said. “Wow, didn’t expect to strike a vein that fast.” I said in surprise. "Well this is an All Maker made planet. So it's not uncommon to find this randomly while digging." “Neat.” I nodded. “I wonder what else we’ll be finding down here?” "At this deep mostly just iron, copper, bronze and coal. Once we reach five hundred feet though we'll start finding steel, aluminum, gold, silver, platinum. Even gems and geodes. At a thousand feet we'll find the really good stuff." “Well…if we keep up a good pace, I’m pretty sure we’ll be finding some good things by the end of winter.” I shrugged. "Hopefully." My days were spend digging, hauling the chunks of ore and dirt up and out of the forming mine, fetching logs to chop to form frames to not get caved in, and going back to mining. It. Was. A workout. By the time spring was starting to come around I dug just about to the five hundred foot mark and had built up some bulk. I mean, I was toned and nice before but now… shit, being a Blaziken with muscles like this is… kinda neat. “Can’t wait to see how shocked everyone else is gonna be to see all of me.” I chuckled, flexing a bit and enjoying how buff I actually looked. "Knowing how you sent them all to hibernate they'll probably wanna jump you again." Sasha said. I blushed but shook it off. With all the ore I've dug up she's spent all winter smelting them into ingots or making weapons, armor. I also made trips to her old village, moving more of the stuff here as possible. Mostly it was more of the leather clothing's/armor and some useful items I had to make a cart to bring. Textile Mills. Spindles. A boiler. We even made up some blueprints to expand the walls and farms. She even made from non-lethal traps so once spring is here we can catch wild animals to domesticate. Turkeys. Chickens. Goats. Wild cows and bison. Even some of the more unusual types like small creatures I didn't know the names of and even small Dino's. It amazed me she could smith and design all that with one arm. "Ya know, I'm still surprised how well your doing with one arm." I brought up. "Well, I won't be conjuring a replacement. I mean, I can but I won't be." "Why won't you?" I inquired. "Something with the injury or…?" "No. I just… it's an honor thing, alright? When a Shadow Hunter fails and it costs a kin their life, we honor the lost by having a piece of ourselves sent with them and can't replace it with a prosthetic as it will be dishonorable to the lost. Woke up after that slaughter one arm so, I never pulled out a prosthetic to honor the loss of my people, and our Elder Tree." "I…I understand." I nodded. "This still sucks…" I sighed. "That's life." She shrugged. "So, come Spring most of those eggs will be hatching in the first weeks." She said. "Might wanna consider getting more meat or something." "Yeah, I'm gonna have to do…a lot of things…I really wish I would have had father experience before this…" I grumbled. "So the three Eevees and Riolu weren't enough?" "This is different…the birth of all these kids is…different from being an adoptive father." "If you say so." She shrugged. "I'm serious about the food thing though. I'd recommend making a B-line for the ocean. Lot of the more fatty beasts that hunt in winter swim in the water to look for food." "I will." I nodded. "Gonna be a bitch to haul it all back but it's a necessity…" With that I hopped the wall and ran towards the coast. Already I spotted tracks in the sand. Whatever is here definitely is big. I walked along the beach and kept an eye and eat out. I spotted something start to surface in the waters further out. When it did I was genuinely shocked. Turtles. Giant, semi-truck sized turtles were swimming around out there. Hmm… well, meat wise we'd be set for a long time, plus with a shell that big… Sasha could definitely use it for something. "Welp, time to go turtle hunting." I cracked my knuckles readying myself for this. I stepped in the water… and jumped back, grabbing my foot in pain as it began swelling! Shit! Forgot, Fire Type! And cold water to me feels like frostbite! Well… crap… "Still don't know how this works…" I grumbled. "Damn it…" I muttered, grabbing a rock and cucking it really hard at the turtle. It almost made it but it splashed just shy of the hulking thing and- The turtle was suddenly impaled, a tendril shooting up several miles shot through it… then rapidly dragged it down under the waves… What the FUCK?!?!?! "Uh…" I muttered, blinking lightly as I threw another rock out to see if I wasn't hallucinating. Another tentacle shot up, or maybe the same as it tossed a now empty giant turtle shell with a hole through it onto the beach…  I looked inside the shell… it… it's picked clean! No blood or membrane or flesh anywhere… just the shell… with a hole through it… "Uh…alright…" I muttered. "Okay! You uh…you made your point mister Kraken!" I took the shell back to the camp and once it was there I rushed back out to the beach to look for something. When I returned I could hear something. It kinda sounded like… I rolled, barely dodging a hydro pump attack as the attacker appeared. Shit! Kyogre?! The Pokemon of the sea was heavily scarred and wounded but those eyes… it was possessed. "Oh come the fuck on…" I groaned. "But…good thing it's salt water and I can do this!" I snapped, raising my fist high as I used Thunder Punch, punching straight into the cold water as the electricity arced straight towards Kyogre. The pain was agony, the cold making my hand bloated but the already weak Kyogre was finished off with that shock. As I tended to my sore hand the ghost of Kyogre, like before with the other legendary, flowed out of the corpse and into me. My hand didn't hurt so much now… huh… I knelt down, touching the cold ocean water… it felt… well, it stung, kind of like… like lemon on a cut. It stung yeah but… this is way more manageable. "Okay…that's cool." I said with a smile. "Okay…so now I have two of you in my head…" I half expected a response but none came. With a shrug I began looking over Kyogre's corpse. The Fuck could have done that to them? “Okay…so maybe it was the Kraken from before?” I frowned…also, I noticed something…it wasn’t raining when I fought them. “Okay that’s a lot worse, what the fuck is going on?” I asked, lightly panicking at the fact that, when Kyogre showed up, even if it was possessed, it didn’t cause a Maelstrom of Rain and Wind’s to show up out of nowhere. “Uh…hello?” I called out, wondering if there was someone out here that I didn’t know. I waited for a while and still, nothing… I shook my head. Maybe I'm losing it. I turned around… and froze. I wasn't expecting what I saw. Before me, floating just off the ground was… Celibi! Their eyes showed me they weren't possessed. Thank God. But I really wasn't expecting their body… now, normally Celibi is a small fairy looking onion… this was a Fey with a body about as long as mine… curves, in all the right places… a near perfect ratio on that, and wings that were actually twice my height each. Well… that's new… like, newer than I expected… “Uh…hi there.” I said carefully to the legendary time traveling fairy girl. She looked at me for a time then… spoke. Thought her mouth didn't move. "So, you are the anomaly?" She stated more than asked but the question was still there. She floated around me. "Strange. You are a Pokemon, but not one native to this world or timeline." “Well…” I said. “I was teleported here by the All Makers to help you all.” "Ah. Then this is a good ripple I detected. Tell me, have you already found a mate?" I nearly fell over… either she's asking cause future knowledge or she's very forward…. “Well…I’m an Alpha of a tribe…and the more the merrier I suppose.” I said sheepishly. "Oh wonderful! I sensed you had the potential and now I think I know for certain!" She said, tackling me and pinning me on the ground… holy shit… she feels like silk… her skin! Her skin feels like silk I mean! "If we find Mew and Kyurem then Pokemon as a species will be saved." I'm lost… and holy hell is she quite… squishy… “Do you know where they are? Also I thought Jirachi and Victini were also…still alive?” I inquired. "They are, but I mean Pokemon will be saved in terms of population." She said simply, pressing her… body, closer against mine… "You see, we Legendaries have a unique means of breeding. We don't, normally, breed with others. But when we do, we don't lay an egg that hatches into a young version of us. Not normally. Rather, the egg hatches into a random Pokemon species of our or our mates types. For example, our eggs could hatch into a Bulbasaur. Or a Psyduck. Or a Machop. So long as they have at least one of the types there's a chance for them to be born. But, Mew is genetically identical to all Pokemon species, meaning despite her being a Psychic type, she could rebirth all the species with the right stud, and with Jerachi, we can wish for each egg we birth to be the missing Pokemon species~" Holy hell she plans on having me screw them all into repopulating all of them?! “My poor hips…” I whined. “So uh…while we’re on the topic of…this,” I decided to be a bit bold and reach around and giving her…very squishy and sizable rear a grope. “Mind telling me a bit about the whole…me absorbing legendary souls thing works?” "Legendaries are powerful, but we also are mortal. Many consider us Gods but the truth is we can die just the same, albeit not easily. Any who can slay a Legendary has the right to inherit the mantle and power and abilities of the one they slew. As far as I or you are concerned, my unique Blaziken, you are a Legendary Pokemon." “Oh…that’s…that’s pretty cool.” I said in honest surprise. “So…that also explains why I wasn’t as hurt by water as I was before…because I’m now technically a water type after killing Kyogre.” "Precisely~" She said, leaning in and kissing me. As I threw out the remaining part of me that was against becoming essentially a breeding whore, but it left me with a small bit of info that now that Celibi has explained things to me will probably surprise everyone back at the tribe. I absorbed a Legendary Pokemon soul well before I had the orgy. Meaning odds are all my kids will be of different species and same or similar types compared to their parents… Well… that won't be confusing as hell… I won't go into the events at the beach all you need to know is that Celibi now has three eggs she is keeping on her person, wrapped in a swaddle she made by growing leaves around herself. She has also been a big help in terms of… food. Her speed is on par with Gnite and got lots of winter growing plants that are edible. And in terms of meat… well, turns out Psychic beats size… and gravity breaks bones… By the time the tribe woke up she had already used her grass type abilities to rapidly grow the farm into harvest ready food. “Happy spring everyone, I’m a Legendary, Celebi’s here, and boy are we going to be confused when half of the eggs hatch.” I said to all the very groggy and tired pokemon. As they woke up I managed to explain everything. Needless to say, all the girls are already making plans for more eggs after these ones hatch. Gnite really wishes they were female now to give me some eggs…  Celibi told him Jerachi can actually grant that and now I almost want to put off finding the star headed wish maker… the look Gnite's been giving me honestly scares me… That aside, she has been helping everyone she can master the move types. So Psychic, Grass, Fire, and Fighting. Well, now also Water. Barely a week into spring and the eggs began hatching. Turns out, normally two Pokemon mating will have an offspring as either mother or father Pokemon's race. That was nice to know. Then my kids hatched. How did I know they were mine? Well. Flare, one of her eggs hatched into a Cyndaquil. A fluffy, brown furred Cyndaquil that when Celibi checked, was a Fire and Normal type… Apparently my abnormal Pokemon genetics mixed with the Legendary Pokemon unique breeding abilities creates… hybrid… mixed Pokemon… She's a girl, her name is Cindy and I love her to death! “I have only had Cindy for two minutes, but if anything were to harm them I will genocide them off the planet.” I said, having been hugging the fluffy fire echidna. My other kids were all in the same boat. Being a random species of Pokemon one or both types of my or their mothers while also being physically similar to us as well. A good example of this was my and Enga's kid. The little Shuppit was pitch blackish purple like Enga, but floated over a small ball of fire that was constantly under it. His name is Denise, and he's adorable. Then there was mine and Mil's. The little Torchic looked almost normal… save the pink and black colors, hooves over talon feet, tiny adorable horns, and the tiny udders on her belly. Her name is Sandy. I have no idea how she'll look as she grows… or evolves… but my money is on something akin to her mother but… bigger… “I still can’t believe I’m breeding hybrids here…” I muttered. "Not what I was expecting, but I'm not disappointed." Celibi said, still carrying her three eggs. "Life finds a way. Even if they aren't what I was expecting. This will probably be the best hope for Pokemon as a species." “True.” I nodded. “Got a whole lotta kids to take care of…and got more legendaries to hunt down to either murder or save…” "I can help you find the ones who are still uninfected but the rest you will have to ask Jerachi. She is the only one who can know. Just remember, the more wishes, or the harder the wish the more tired she will get." “That’s fair.” I nodded. “But…I’d try to ask ‘let’s start the search’...but…” I frowned, not feeling a single ounce of shame as I was currently cuddling up to all my children because they were adorable and I love them oh so dearly. "They will be fine." She assured. "My abilities do have their limits but I can tell you everything will be fine while we are gone. Oh and we better take Gnite. Promised them that Wish from Jerachi." I was afraid she'd mention Gnite but damn she's right. Currently he is the fastest flier. Period. “I mean…yes, having Gnight would be good…but I like my hips and that dragon looks like they want to ride me till they can’t walk…for numerous reasons…” "Oh don't worry. Kyurem will have you calling back to Gnite begging for mercy." I felt a chill go down my spine. Pun not intended… “But…but I like my hips…” I whined. “And…being able to physically move…” I said, fearing what sort of dommy milf energy that ice dragon has to offer. "Just be glad you're a fire type. The last mate she had about four days in was frozen solid." FOUR DAYS?! "Took Moltres and Groudon to melt the poor guy out." “Oh no…” I muttered, trying my absolute damndest not to get a fear boner over this. “So…where do I…start the search?” "Well if you value your genitals probably best to start with either Jerachi, Victini, or Mew." “Well, let’s start with Mew cause…let’s save Jirachi for later…even though Gnight is probably very desperate to breed with me…” I said, even though I did plow the dragon’s big ass and it was great, I could still tell they wanted it to be…like all the females. "Good call. She loves being a mamma. Has had the most mates out of all of us and her shape shifting abilities will make it interesting every time." I… completely forgot Mew can shape shift. “Yeah…that would lead to interesting things…” I nodded. "Oh and when you meet Jirachi, she may look like she's young but she isn't. She's about as old as Mew and puts on that whole youthful, childish thing to be cute." Oh God, Jirachi is a Loli… a legal one but still… “Good to know…” I shuddered. “So where’s Mew?” "On an island far out to sea. Almost a day's flight even by Gnite's speed. It's nice enough. Fresh water spring. Lots of berry and fruit trees. I was there before I felt the timelines alter. That being you." “Cool.” I nodded. “And you’re sure that everything’s going to be fine while me and Gnight head out?” "Yes. I can't tell all the events that will happen but I promise you we will all be fine by the time you return." “Awesome.” I sighed, hugging Celebi real quick. “Gnight! Got another Legendary to find and I need your help.” "Coming!" They said readily. Once Celibi pointed us in the right direction we were off. “Don’t worry, after this we’ll try to find Jirachi…cause I’d like my pelvis in one piece before we meet them, and Celebi says that Kyurem will ruin it…” "Okay." Gnite said with a nod. I hopped on their back and once Celibi pointed us in the right direction we were off.  It was a very long flight, already night time by the time we found the island and once landing Gnite just laid down on the beach to catch their breath and almost falling asleep. “Get your sleep, I’ll keep watch.” I said to Gnight carefully. Gnite just nodded, falling asleep quickly and I laid against them. So, Mew is here… wonder what she's like? The sound of the waves and the air blowing was really relaxing. “”If you're here Mew, I’m a friend.” I called out carefully, hoping they could hear me if they were around so I didn’t have to hunt them down. No response. Maybe they're deeper in? Or asleep? I sighed. For the most part Mew is always shown to be playful and overall harmless so, if she's watching she'll show herself sooner or later. “Just gotta look for them in the morning…” I muttered, keeping watch over my sleeping Dragonite buddy. I fell asleep, it was a dreamless sleep that was restful enough. I woke up with a yawn, feeling some extra weight on me. At first I thought Gnite had an arm on me or something… then once I opened my eyes I spotted… a female Blaziken, resting on top of me and… well… “Uh…hi there…” I said, hating how my body was reacting both to having a sexy lady on top of me…and also morning wood. She woke up with a yawn. She looked at me with a… beautiful smile. "Morning~" She said happily… shit she is so hot! And I don't mean just in terms of fire type stuff… "Did you sleep well, traveler?" “Yes, I did.” I nodded. “So…are you Mew or are you someone else?” I asked carefully. "Oh? So you did come from wherever Celibi came from." She said, her smile never leaving as she pulled herself up on me more. "Good. Do you like this form? I thought you'd find it most desirable ~" I blushed. Her female Blaziken form was… incredibly sexy… “I mean…you’re Blaziken form is incredibly sexy, but I’d like to see the cute girl behind the transformation.” I said honestly. She smirked. "Into multiple forms? Or perhaps not picky? Very well, if you insist." Mew said. Their body transforming in a glow of light and soon a form I recognized more as Mew appeared. They looked very human, save the Mew features… almost like a pink cat person. Her skin covered in a thin, soft lime of her. Her tail ending in small fine feathers. She almost could pass for a variant of Mew Two, only slimmer and pink. Then again that makes sense, Mew Two was made from Mew DNA. "How do I look?" She asked. Her body was less curved and busty that her Blaziken form. In fact she was actually small in those departments, but she was still beautiful. Her slender form gave her a dainty, delicate figure that looked equal parts elegant and youthful. “Beautiful.” I answered with a warm smile. She giggled, nuzzling me in my neck. "So tell me, are you here to keep me company or is there a reason other than breeding as to why you came all the way to my remote sanctuary?" “Well, there are many reasons.” I said. “One was to make sure you’re doing alright, two to see if you could…come back to our place, and three because I need your help searching for the other still alive legendaries…and also to track down the Flesh Wearers.” "Why would I want to track down those monsters?" “Cause I’ve killed two so far.” I said, bringing up my arm to show the symbols of both Virizion and Kyogre. “But uh…one question I have, what the hell beat the crap out of Kyogre?” "There are many creatures we share this world with. Even we Legendaries tend to steer clear of some of the more territorial residents." "So it was probably that Kraken that I saw." I said carefully. "I wouldn't know." Mew said with a sigh as she wrapped her arms behind my back. "Before we do leave, would you mind entertaining me first? It's been a while~" "Sure." I nodded. "Let's have some fun." "Is your friend going to join in or?" “I don’t know…” I said, looking over to Gnight. “Going to join in or is she all for myself?” Gnite responded with a snore. Poor guy must still be out front flying all night. Mew and I had a few rounds in the sand. She had four eggs and when Gnite finally woke up I ended up… rewarding him, then we all ate, drank and thankfully Mew knows Teleport. So in a flash we were back home after I let her read my mind for the memory. "That's much easier than flying back." Gnite sighed. “Yep.” I nodded. “Teleporting is gonna help a whole lot for certain things.” "I'll look after those then." Celibi said, walking up and gently taking Mew's eggs. "Thank you Celibi. I suppose next we should bring Victini." Mew said. "Then Jirachi?" Gnite asked. Mew chuckled. "Yes, then Jirachi." In a flash we were suddenly in some ruins. They were old stone, carvings so faded I couldn't tell what was on them. “Alright…” I sighed. “Time to meet Victini…” "Where are we?" Gnite asked. "The Ruins of Man." Mew said. I immediately turned to her. “Excuse me what?” I asked quickly. “The hell do you mean ‘Ruins of Man’?” "Long ago, thousands of years ago, this place was home to a species called Man, or Humans. Like many they too appeared with the world when the All Makers formed it. At first, they were simple. Hunter-Gatherers like the rest of us, but they began to create. Tools. Weapons. Breaking and molding stone into walls and mud into homes. Despite having no abilities or special features, they were smart and used that to survive and thrive. Unfortunately, they began to fall in, first a few dozen, then by the hundreds, then by the thousands. Now this place is the only proof they ever existed." I swallowed, looking around… being… human, prior, this feels… like, hollowed ground. “Man…this..this feels trippy for me…” I muttered, shaking my head. "Why does he live here?" Gnite asked. "They worshiped him. Victini passively gives luck to those around him or makes things like rain more often in the dry seasons, calmer winters. He blames himself for their deaths." "He's the Spirit of Victory…so yeah I can see why he's probably depressed." I nodded. "Alright, let's go cheer him up." "He is most likely at the Graveyard." Mew said, floating a bit off the ground and moving forward. We followed her outside and… dear God… The stones were old, moss covered or worn by time but they were all well kept, no overgrow… and they went as far as I could see… countless graves all marked by a pile of stones as the head stones and gravel marking the size of the graves… as far as I can see, in all directions… “Oh…my god…” I muttered in absolute horror. “This…this is horrible.” "What sickness could do this?" Gnite asked. "I don't know. It started with a cough, followed by a rash, then their skin would burst open with blood. Their stomachs refused food, and their bodies were as hot as fire. If that wasn't bad enough their blood would flow unendingly from their eyes, nose and ears in the late stages. Then, death came shortly after the bleeding started." Mew explained. "Whatever it was, it didn't affect Pokemon, or most beasts. Mostly them." “Oh…” I muttered. “That’s…jesus…” I shook my head. “I need to find Victini…” Mew lead us along through the pathways between the graves until we reached a good distance from the initial building. Here, partly carved into the side of a hill was a stone throne. The stone throne seemed to be the only unkept. It was covered in overgrows, moss and was worn down greatly. And sitting upon it, was Victini. He didn't look like I expected. I meant he looked like Victini, but he was… taller. Didn't really look like a happy go lucky child, more like a teenager, younger than me. He sat upon the ruined throne, weeds, moss and all. He was a bit shorter than me, and honestly, his eyes… they were so… lifeless. "Hello?" I asked Victini cautiously. Their hollow eyes looked up at me. "So, others are still alive?" He said. "Hello Victini." Mew said. "Mew. What brings you here?" "He wants to talk with you." Mew said, motioning to me. "Hi there." I nodded. "So…it's rather…sobering to see my…previous race…like this…" I motioned to all of this, which peaked Victini's attention. "Former human? You must be one of the All Makers toys." Victini said flatly. Despite the tone, I senses venom when he spoke of the All Makers. "Why did you seek me?" "Because we need your help." I answered. "So far, I've been growing a tribe to help stop the Flesh Hunters." "Not interested." Victini dismissed. "And you're not interested because of this?" I motioned to the ruins. "Or is it something else?" "I couldn't care for them or save them in life. The least I can do is take care of them in death." Victini said. "They wouldn't want you to be a depressed Gravekeeper." I frowned. "I've made my peace with my choices. The burden is mine to carry." "Then let others help bear the burden." I frowned. "Cause you being here, by yourself, tending to a giant graveyard does nothing for you or anyone else." I explained. "It gives the dead peace, and that is enough." I sighed. "You are the symbol of victory, and I know that this…hurts, but it's not your fault." I frowned. “I vowed to protect them. I vowed to bring them prosperity and fortune. I failed in those vows. This shall be my penance until time has completely erased their footprints from the world.” "And how long have you been at this?" I asked. “Thirty two thousand seasons.” Victini stated. "Eight thousand years is enough." I frowned. "You can't claim to have failed when there was some randomly and stupidly hyper specific disease running rampant." “When you can watch thousands die before you, knowing all your power, all your effort was meaningless as all you could do was hold the last one of them til the end, burying every single one. When you experience that, and can just move on, then speak to me about when I have had enough years.” “Well…I almost lost my world when they corrupted her after torturing her and treating her like a piece of meat to do tests on.” “And yet, you saved her. I was unable to save even one.” “Tell me about these humans.” I started. “At least let me know the difference between their civilization and mine.” “How would I know anything about the world you come from?” Victini said flatly. “But, they were unique. Despite everything this world holds that tried to kill them, they fought back, and kept fighting til they won. I admired that, but it seems their fire wasn’t able to survive the merciless nature of the world. And now, here I sit, the only one who remembers they even existed. And now, the Pokemon race faces the extinction at the hands of the Flesh Wearers. The All Makers put us all here, yet not a prayer answered and not a mercy or miracle given. All we have is you, an outsider in skin that was not even your own before and making a mockery of what it means to be a Legendary. I can sense the two marks from my fallen Kin on you, their power you might have but you’re a child playing with a tool you could never understand. Let alone understand the danger you put your own self in keeping two within yourself.” “Well I believe I know what the All Makers wanted of me…” I started. “For I am on the road to be a God of War, an Eldritch God that must be a monster to face a monster. And my current goal to achieve such a feat is to Genocide the Flesh Wearer’s and make them watch as I burn their Elder Tree to the ground.” I growled. "Do you even know how to slay an Elder Tree?" Victini asked me with a chuckle. "Elder Trees give life, the first generation is born from them and in the case of the flesh wearers, unable to reproduce, it always breeds more for them. To burn a tree that endlessly gives life, it takes the fire of a life." “And would you look at that? It spawns all the Kindling I need.” I stated. "Flesh Wearers don't have souls." Mew informed me. "And prey tell, who will you sacrifice to burn their tree?" Victini asked me. “Then how the hell did they burn down the Shadow Hunter tree?” I asked. "Arceus. He is a high level God. Even possessed, his body is able to produce soul energy." Mew said. “Cause of course…” I grumbled. "So tell me, 'hero', who's going to die for your cause?" Victini asked. “I mean…no one at that point?” I asked, getting a look from both legendaries. “I mean, just kill Arceus and absorb his powers? Like I’ve done twice before?” I said carefully. “Sounds like a pretty simple plan that Virizion was glad to tell me.” I explained. ”And now that I know Arceus can just, produce Soul Energy like a tree does oxygen, than I can easily see there being no ‘sacrifice’ to it.” "And how do you expect to kill the strongest of us?!" Victini asked in an almost manic laugh. "Do you really put faith in this fool Mew?" "Among other things~" Mew said. "While I will admit, killing Arceus will be… challenging, it can be accomplished if he manages to obtain the powers from the other possessed legendaries." Mew said. "We both know that will not be enough. He would need ALL of our powers. And I won't lend it to a fool who speaks as if killing the God of Gods is a simple task." “I mean, considering I was literally told to become an Eldritch God of War to murder the physical personification of Gluttony, when Arceus himself was the one to plead to me and my girlfriend for help…yeah, I can see myself murdering the fence post horse after dealing with all the other possessed Legendaries.” I said simply. "If you speak that confidently, on matters you know nothing of, then I want no part of this farce." “I wouldn’t be stuck here for 10 years by an All Maker’s kid if I wasn’t being serious.” I frowned. “But no, while I’m actually trying to make things better, you can just sit there and wallow in self pity.” "Then leave, and don't bother coming back." Victini shrugged. "Makes no difference to me." "No, cause I'm not abandoning someone that needs help." I answered bluntly. "And before you argue, yes, you fucking do need help." I said, motioning to the entire area as I'd to prove his point. "And I don't want it. Now go." “And I’m not leaving until we get your help.” I answered bluntly. “Cause hidy fucking ho, sooner or later Flesh Hunter’s might come here and destroy everything here just to get to you! Is that what you fucking want?” "Heh. They can try." “I will literally drag you out of here you sore goddamn loser.” I growled. "Try me." He dared. “Alright, you asked for it.” I said, cracking my knuckles, and even though I knew I was pretty much screwed given that all the moves I knew so far were either resistant or normal against him, given I was trying to figure out how the hell rock moves worked, it was gonna be a bitch and a half unless I somehow pull a water move out of my ass. “Mew, mind making sure this doesn’t get to the Graveyard?” I asked her carefully. "Don't worry. It won't." Victini said. He stood up and before I could react I was thrown by Psychic force for miles. My flight ended as I crashed through four massive trees. Bones cracked and my skin split and swelled from extreme bruising. I stood up to see Victini walking towards me. "Still feel confident?" “I didn’t feel a thing.” I said, using Aerial Ace to try and hit the bastard. “But your gonna feel this asshole!” He side stepped my attack, landing a hard punch on my ribs as I felt the cracks shatter. Before I could retaliate he threw several more punches followed by a knee to my side that sent a sharp stabbing pain through me followed by an aching throb as I hit the ground. "Feel that?" He asked, kicking me across my head. I shakily got back up and spat blood at the psychic fire legendary, raising my fists up in a fighting pose. “I can do this all day…” "Only a day?" He asked, raising his hand up and I began floating up. "I can do this forever." He grinned as his psychic powers yanked my limbs in the opposite directions. I felt my joints popping and near dislocating. Right as I felt them about to be pulled out, Victini suddenly dropped me. I looked up, and saw… a crossbow bolt sticking out his neck. Looking behind him, I saw Sasha, crossbow in hand. Wait… crap I forgot I had weapons! “Oh…yeah…” I muttered, using Bulk Up to, very painfully, put my bones and joints back into place as I fired from my wrist mounted crossbow into his chest, which was easy due to being at point blank range, as I rushed forward and pulled out the dagger from my back and stabbed the angsty prick in the head.. "Good thing Mew teleported back and grabbed me." Sasha said as she handed me a glass bottle. "Drink that." I did, and dear God it took all my remaining strength to not hack it back up. Once the fowl drink was down my injuries felt much better and the pain dulled to a faint throb. "Herbal restorative. Tastes like crap but it will fix your bones and other injuries up quicker." “God this is fucking fowl…” I coughed. “Ugh…alright…so Victini is…most likely dead…” I took a deep breath. “Fucking…damn it..” "He didn't really give you any choice." Sasha said. Almost on cue the soul of Victini floated up from the corpse as the others did. He looked… tired. "I still don't believe you can win… but at least now, I can see them all again." He said, some energy flowing from them and into me as a new mark appeared. "Don't waste these powers. Would suck if the power of Victory had two owners who failed horribly." With that his soul faded away. Well… that was different. “That…was very different.” I said. “Ugh…note to self…fighting Psychic’s suck…” I groaned, still in a great amount of pain. "You'll have to anyway later on. Come on, let's bury this body and go home." To be continued...