Little Tsu: I'm tellin' everyone this right now. This one will be very slow goin' most likely. NOT cause of the type of story this is gonna be, but because there are a number of OTHERS that I really need ta focus on & finish up as well. The reason I'm even postin' this is cause I really wanted ta do a nuzlocke for my Omega Ruby version in fanfic form since I'm not good with comic style drawin' & I'm terrible in plenty things; many positions, battles, backgrounds, ect. Also, this nuzlocke is like how plenty others do. This is my own version of it with a number of personal touches, changes, twists.

Each chap will be a good length & they will end at certain events that were within the game. Hope you enjoy.

Scattered Memories

Ch: 1

The morning sun's rays shined upon the tiny town of Littleroot as well as through the bedroom window of one certain house. The occupant of this room slowly opened their eyes and sighed softly as their bright and pale amethyst colored eyes gazed up towards the ceiling tiredly. A scar fell down over the pale left eye, which saw nothing but faint shadows and light. No overall images were seen within it. Eyes closing gently for a moment, a yell from downstairs roused them to finally sit up just as the one calling out to them entered the room.

"Aya, wake up dear. I know that you've only been back for a few days, but you really shouldn't keep yourself cooped up you know. Why don't you go out and make some friends?" The young woman smiled gently at her daughter before turning back around and heading back downstairs.

Watching her leave, Aya sighed once more before shaking her head; her choppy, just passed shoulder length dark sapphire hair shifting slightly in the process along with the constant cowlick at the top. She might as well step outside and do a bit of walking around if it'd at least please her mother somewhat. Slipping out of the bed, the teen got around to getting dressed. Once done, she opened up her bedroom door and made her way down. Her attire consisted of black and dark green baggy cargo jeans that halted down over her dark and emerald green pilot boots, black pilot gloves with brown fluff around the opening, a black middrift sleeveless shirt under a black pilot's jacket, an emerald green scarf, and finally dark green rimmed goggles resting around her forehead with strands of her bangs resting both under and over the straps and nose piece. It was easy to see that her favorite color were shades of green, but also that she had a liking for the whole pilot look for the most part.

Arriving downstairs after she had snatched up her PokeNav, the teen lifted a gloved hand in a motionless wave towards her mom before stepping outside. It wasn't that she was rude or anything. It was just that she barely spoke much. It had been like that for as long as she could remember...Though that wasn't really saying much. To be honest, she didn't really remember much period...Not since the accident she was in seven years ago when she was only ten. She couldn't remember what happened that day nor anything before it. She only remembered that after she came to a week later, she found herself in a hospital bed with no sight in her left eye and that scar over it...

The moment Aya stepped outside, she flinched faintly and slipped down her goggles over her eyes as the lenses were tinted in a special way. This allowed protection over the heightened sensitivity of her sightless eye, yet one could still see the expressions within her eyes well enough. Sighing softly as she walked around the tiny town, she seemed to halt at the sound of panicked screams just on the outskirts. Getting slightly curious, the teen jogged over towards the only exit of the town and halted on the outskirts. The sight she saw honestly caused her to blink slightly in surprise and finally sweatdrop. A man in a white open lab coat was up in a tree with his arms and legs wrapped around a semi thick branch; upside down at that. Below him was a rabid Poochyena that was clawing at the bark of the tree and leaping up, trying to snap at the man that was hanging from it.

"H-Hey you! Miss! P-Please help me out here! Get this pokemon away from me!" Glancing down at the girl, the older man was still panicking as he cried out to her, but when she didn't say anything, he thought maybe she was deaf or ignoring him...That is till he noticed the skeptical, almost smartass look on her features while a hand rested on her hip. "My bag! My bag! Inside, there are three pokeballs. Choose one and release what's inside! Battle it for crying out loud!"

Blinking slightly towards the instructions, Aya finally closed her eyes from behind her goggles as she shrugged and shook her head before walking over to the bag and knelt down. Grabbing onto a random pokeball, she suddenly tensed up as if she had just been shocked before glancing down at the ball in her grasp in slight surprise. Quickly snapping out of it, she released the pokemon inside, revealing it to be a male Torchic. Staring at the pokemon in surprise, she parted her lips to say something, but nothing came out. Closing her mouth again, she sighed softly as her head tilted down slightly and her eyes softened almost sadly.

At the silence, the Torchic glanced behind himself and up at the girl that brought him out, staring at her in confusion for a moment before blinking slightly in slight surprise at the voice that actually entered his mind, telling him what to do; a female's voice at that. Shaking his head to rid himself of his confusion, he quickly dashed forward before leaping up and whipped around in a 360 spin as he lashed out with his talons, using Scratch on the Poochyena. He then finished it off with a thrust, causing his talons to bury themselves right into the pokemon's stomach; effectively killing the rabid pooch. 'Hmphing' at how easy his opponent was defeated, he glanced off to the side stubbornly.

Sighing softly in relief, the strange man carefully clambered down out of the tree before walking over to Aya; grabbing her hands into his own, which took the teen by surprise. "Thank you so much young lady. I thought I was a goner for a second there; you honestly saved me. I'm - hm?" It was then that he halted his words and stared down at the small teen's face; actually lowering his head to get a better look since she was a bit on the short side for her age. This had caused her to jolt her head back a bit in uneasyness, which he didn't really seem to take any notice of.

Torchic, who was still out of his pokeball, had though and narrowed his eyes as he quickly ran over to the two humans before leaping up to find himself now perched onto Aya's shoulder. Flapping his tiny wings aggitatedly, he let out a series of angry, threatening cries at the man that had possessed his pokeball earlier and attempted to claw at him, but the older man seemed to pull back and away in time. ~Hey! Get away from my trainer ya old coot!~ He saw the look of surprise and shock on his face though so he was sure that he had made his threats clear even though he knew that not many humans understood pokespeak. Torchic decided it was best that he remain on the human girl's shoulder for now so that he could lash out at anyone else who made her uncomfortable again. He couldn't explain it, but he was already immediately protective over the girl; already claiming to have her as his trainer no matter what.

The man stared on at this for a moment longer before snapping out of his surprise and speaking once again. "I apologize miss. Allow me to introduce myself while we head to the lab please." With that said, he walked over to his bag and picked it up before walking off; motioning for the girl to follow. When she did despite giving a hesitant look towards the Torchic on her shoulder, he made his way back to the lab. "My name is Professor Birch. I'm a pokemon researcher here in the Hoenn Region." After they arrived back to his lab, Birch stepped inside, allowing Aya to follow. "I apologize once again for earlier. It's just that, I was very shocked to see you again after all this time." Setting his bag down, the professor turned to face the teen, only to notice a confused look on her features. Staring back in confusion for a moment as he didn't understand why she was giving him that look, his eyes soon widened in surprise. So it had been true after all. The girl's mother had told him about the accident seven years ago and that she had lost all her memories, but he hadn't realized that she still didn't remember. When he saw her still giving him a confused look, he panicked slightly. "Oh um...f-forgive me. I was just rambling. Anyways, about the Torchic...He seems to have gotten extremely protective and territorial over you so...I think it would be best if I let you keep him. What would you like to name him?"

Aya still held a look of honest confusion towards everything that was happening, but then glanced to the Torchic on her right shoulder for a moment. It was almost like they were having a silent conversation with each other. After a moment, the girl finally parted her lips and spoke almost softly. "...Vash..."

(Torchic/Vash Gender: Male Nature/Characteristic: Impish/Proud of its power)

~I like it. Sounds tough; like me.~

As she finally said something the professor sighed softly in relief. So the girl could at least talk. She seemed to speak very rarely and little at a time though from the looks of things, but the way the Torchic, Vash as he was now called, acted was strange. It was as if he understood what she wanted him to do in that battle earlier and also that she was feeling uneasy. Seems this was worth looking further into. Perhaps her father, Norman knew anything...Snapping out of his thoughts once more, he smiled lightly and nodded his head. "Alright then, Vash it is. Now, I'd like you to do me a favor and go meet my son. He's out on Route 103 just passed Oldale Town. He's been helping me out with my research lately."

The teen remained silent once again, but then exchanged a glance with Vash as he remained perched upon her right shoulder. Shrugging his wings, Vash chirped lazily. ~Might as well.~ Nodding lightly she glanced back to the professor as she nodded once more in compliance. "...'Kay..." It was then that she turned around and made her way to leave; Vash's pokeball now attached to the front of her opened jacket on the left side.

Seeing her beginning to leave, despite already knowing who she was, he called out to her. "H-Hey wait! I never got your name miss!"

The girl halted at the opened doorway for a moment with her head tilted down slightly and to the side a bit. "...Aya..." With that, she was gone.

Watching her disappear outside with the door closing behind her, Birch sighed softly to himself and glanced out the window as he saw her figure getting smaller the further distance she got away from the lab. "...It's been a long time since she's been back here in Hoenn. She doesn't remember anything about her life here, but then again, after an accident like that, I don't really blame her for still not remembering. The trauma from it would cause that for possibly anyone. The fact that she barely talks seems to also stem from it...I wonder how Brendan will handle this. He used to be so close to Aya; he'll be probably crushed to find out she has no memory of him...Ah...And...I just sent her off to see him..." At realizing his mistake only just now, Birch facepalmed and groaned softly under his breath. This probably wouldn't end well at all.

Meanwhile, Aya was just now arriving into Oldale as she glanced around herself curiously towards what the small town had to offer as was Vash. After making a pitstop at the Pokemon Center to heal Vash up despite his insistance that he was just fine from their training before entering the town, they continued on their way into Route 103. This was the place that the professor had told her that his son was so...where could he be? Hopefully, he was the only one out here besides herself cause he had failed to give her any description at all towards what he looked like. As they searched though, both failed to notice that they were silently being watched by a pair of crimson eyes within the shadows of some bushes.

A good hour had passed since their arrival onto the route and still no sign of this mysterious son. Right as Aya was about to give in, she heard rustling up ahead in the tall grass, only to jolt slightly when someone rose up onto their feet from it with their back to them. Blinking slightly in surprise from behind her goggles, she parted her lips to speak out, but then sighed softly as she gave up and started to walk towards them to see if this was the professor's son. When she took a few steps towards him though, it seemed that she didn't need to go any further as the boy apparently heard her footsteps in the grass cause he glanced behind himself from over his shoulder curiously. The sight of his eyes caused her to freeze up suddenly as she stared in slight shock, but also awe. His eyes were very sharp in style - much sharper than her own and were such a deep ruby red that stood out against his black hair that laid mostly hidden under his white hat with the dark red rim, which matched the rest of his black and red attire.

Staring at his apparent visitor curiously for a few seconds, he began to notice a few things. The obvious Torchic on her shoulder was one, which indicated that she came from his dad's lab and that she was most likely a new trainer now. The second though was something that seemed very familier to him; her dark sapphire hair and her teal eyes, which he could still make out despite the slight tint to her goggles' lenses. Thinking for a moment on this, his eyes suddenly narrowed as he turned around to face her completely and close the distance. She was shorter than him, that was for sure; only coming up to about his mid chest in height, but she looked to be about his age though, possibly a tiny bit younger. The longer he studied her though, which was making her faintly uneasy as a blush began to appear on her cheeks, the more it began to dawn on him. "...Aya...? No, it can't be..."

Aya had indeed started to blush a bit at the sudden close proximity that the male had taken towards her and the fact that he was rather attractive didn't really help matters any. Her Vash also wasn't seeming to like this either as his feathers began to ruffle up in irritation and his eyes narrow. However, what caused her to suddenly snap out of it was what the boy said. Her breath hitched in her throat and she quickly jerked her wide eyed gaze up at him in shock. How had this teen known her name? Did the professor call ahead to let him know she was coming? No, that couldn't be right cause then what he said after her name and even how he said her name wouldn't have seemed right. Did...this Brendan person somehow know her...?

The sight of her shocked gaze had been all he needed to realize that the one before him really was Aya. Before he even realized what he was doing, Brendan suddenly threw his arms around her shoulders, causing Vash to chirp in irritation and surprise as he was knocked off his perch. Holding the startled girl closely while bent over a bit to make up for the height difference, he barely held back the tears that threatened to appear in the corners of his closed eyes. "It is you...Aya...I can't believe that you're really back...I've missed you so much; you have no idea." As he held her, Brendan felt her tense up under his embrace and finally pulled back as he rested his hands onto her shoulders; a look of utter confusion upon his features as he gazed down at the younger teen. "...Aya?"

Aya's brows furrowed slightly in confusion as her faintly narrowed eyes had a matching expression from behind her tinted goggles. Cocking her head faintly to the side in confusion still as to just what is going on, she finally sighed softly to herself and shook her head. She didn't understand how this boy knew her name. His dad hadn't called ahead; she already figured that out before he had thrown her for a loop by holding her. So then...how did this boy know her? As she tried to remember, she flinched faintly as she lifted a hand up and delicately rested it against the side of her head, near the scar that was over her blind eye. "Who...?"

As she said that single word and the slight action that it had followed, Brendan's ruby eyes seemed to widen slightly in realization. Taking a step back, he seemed slightly shocked, but there was something else as well that he felt within himself...Hurt...? He wasn't sure. "You don't...I see...Anyways, sorry about that. My name's Brendan Birch. I'm a trainer too, but I also help out my dad with his research out on the field. He was the professor that you had gotten that Torchic from earlier...Which, by the way,...can you make him stop with the evil eye? It's a little unsettling."

Spying the hurt tone in the boy's voice at the very start, she decided to leave it alone for now when she took note that he forced the hurt back as he spoke on, only to finally mention about her Torchic at the end. Blinking slightly in confusion, she glanced down at Vash, only to see that he was indeed giving Brendan the evil eye. Apparently, her new friend didn't like how friendly he had been towards her a moment ago. Bending down, Aya picked Vash up into her arms and petted him gently to calm him back down, which seemed to actually work. Vash instantly settled down and relaxed into her arms as he nestled his head against her chest.

~Stupid, weird hatted trainer. MY human, not your's. Hmph.~

Chuckling softly at how easily the fire type calmed back down, Brendan finally relaxed once more and drifted his gaze onto Aya's face. Her eyes remained tinted behind the lenses of her goggles, but the accessory still failed to completely hide the scar that was down over her left eye. He hadn't been told much about the incident, but from what he was explained to about it, the girl before him must had been traumatized so much by the incident that she lost practically all of her memories...And from the looks of things, she barely spoke anymore either. Shaking his head slightly at the thoughts, he decided to liven things up between them. "Hey Aya, I've got an idea. Why don't we have a friendly battle between us? To commemorate on you becoming a trainer. It'll be fun so how about it?"

Cocking her head slightly at the suggestion that Brendan suddenly threw at her, she finally nodded her head & Vash eagerly chirped in agreement; wanting to battle. ~Bring it on! I'll win, no problem!~ When they agreed, Brendan smiled at them both & narrowed his eyes as he released the pokemon within his own pokeball, causing a Mudkip to appear in a flash of light.

At seeing the Mudkip come out into play, Vash was instantly out of his trainer's arms. In fact, before either trainers nor the water type could react, the fire chick pokemon lashed out with his talons right across the mud fish pokemon's face, causing him to cry out in both startlement and pain. Watching as his opponent shook his head, slinging a bit of blood in the process, he was soon caught by surprise a bit when Mudkip suddenly charged in and smashed right into his chest in retaliation with Tackle. Vash chirped a cry as he was hit before shooting a glare towards the Mudkip. ~You'll pay for that one ya stupid guppy!~

~I'd like to see you try you mini chicken!~

Aya flinched slightly at both witnessing and hearing this before lifting her gaze towards Brendan in a questioning manner.

"Uhh...I kinda maybe forgot to mention that these two have a bit of a grudge against each other...Actually, I kinda forgot about it myself till I saw how Torchic lashed out and aimed right for Sinbad's face along with the insults." Brendan lifted a hand as he rubbed the back of his head nervously towards this before suddenly flinching faintly like Aya had just moments ago at seeing his pokemon go down for the count from one last nasty Scratch attack. Sweatdropping slightly, he returned his pokemon back to his pokeball before glancing to Vash, who had ruffled up his feathers in an aggitated manner to make himself look bigger and more intimidating. "Man, you chose one heck of a pokemon to start your journey with Aya." Glancing to the girl, he noticed the sudden confused look she was giving him and realized it was towards his previous statement. "Oh uh...I-I mean, I only assumed that...Norman's your dad so I thought that maybe you'd...start your own journey finally and become a powerful trainer like him..."

Cocking her head slightly to the side in thought on this, she brought her gaze back down to her starter as he jogged back over to her side and leaped up to once again be perched on her shoulder. Turning her head slightly to glance at Vash, she felt him hunker down on his self proclaimed perch and nuzzled the side of her head with a happy little chirp. Understanding what it was that he wanted, Aya drifted her gaze back to Brendan before nodding her head lightly in compliance. "...I will try..."

At hearing her finally agree, Brendan couldn't help but mentally fist pump at this. He knew his childhood best friend would do great in the league challenge and on top of that, with his own travels around Hoenn to help with his father's research, he'd get the chance to cross paths with her sometimes along the way. Maybe it'd help her to slowly begin to remember him. Well,...he could only hope that is... "That's the spirit Aya. Why don't we head back to the lab now? I'm sure my dad and then your mom would like to hear about this."

With a slight nod of her head in compliance, both teens made their way back...

To be continued.

Little Tsu: Ok, so now ya know Aya & her very first partner, Vash. A slight insight on who Aya is personally has been given, but will be further revealed as the story goes on. As a side note: Somehow, I feel like Vash is gonna be a popular one amongst readers. lol