Warning: If you don't like Pokemon X Human pairings leave now. If you don't like Pokemon morphing into human form leave now. If you don't like first person stories, please leave now. If your cool with all that by all means stay and enjoy.

This is my first Pokemon fanfiction but not my first fanfiction, it has a partner story done by Kitsune Of The Night Sky. I recommend that if you enjoy this one to read it as it offers a slightly different point of view. KitsuneOfTheNightSky's version is entitled Blame the ranger's story.

This is rated M for good reasons, while criticism is appreciated ranting flames are not, thank you.

ps. also posted on Deviant Art, and soon on a third site.

Blame: Absol's Story

Chapter 1

The Pokémon world is vast. More of these great creatures are discovered every day, along with new abilities and ways they can help to make the lives of both humans and Pokémon better. The origins of these noble beings are as mysterious as they are themselves. Many have tried to find the beginnings of Pokémon but none have succeeded.

I am the black Absol, alien to my own kind, foreign to the land below me, displaced by human's fear of me. My coat is inky instead of pearly, dark instead of light. My blade and claws and tail are deeper than the blackest night. The jewel on my forehead is paler then the blue of a sunrise sky. My territory is larger than most of my kind since I'm the only one in this area. It covers many leagues and many other Pokémon inhabit it. I am their guardian. That was the condition given to me by the keepers of this region when I asked for a home after being chased from mine.

I stand upon the highest point of my territory, the peak of a mountain the humans have deemed cursed because of my presence, cursed for them yes. I tolerate no humans within my range. They are the cause of more disasters then the earth under my paws, they fear what they do not know and that is much. To think that Pokémon and humans used to be of the same spirit, disgusting.
I howl into the night's warm air, pushing off the rock with my hind legs and soar through the air, landing silently on another out cropping of rock and continue until I'm running through the forest. I love this feeling of freedom, the earth yielding to my paws, the trees just blurs as I fly past.

I finally rest. The moon hangs brightly overhead, reflected off the lake below me. It's calm, for once. Celebi seems to have found something or someone to keep it entertained for the moment so I get a chance at peace. The others are elsewhere, sleeping I think. I can hear the calls of the Hoothoot from a few miles off, their chatter simple background noise at this point fading into the wind. Everything else is quiet.

I myself begin to drift off, lulled to sleep by the gentle breeze. It is rare for me to be this still as there is always some disaster rising up and disturbing the calm or Celebi wanting someone to play with. I close my eyes to the lake glinting below me as soft sapphires and sleep.

Like always my sleep is empty, there are no rich dreams to fill the dark hours of sleep, but I don't mind. I like the darkness. I'm comfortable here.
Somewhere in the blankness there is a brief flash or pulse of gold, a shimmer of white and movement of the blackness. It seems to move around me in a sort of running motion. Just as I get a focus on what it might be the gold and white give way to a cityscape in dark grays. It is not very clear but it seems as if a chase is happening. There was a Lucario glowing an intense blue against the gray, leaping over buildings following a smaller Pokémon, one I have never seen before. The Pokémon continued to change its form giving the Lucario a fair fight in keeping track of it. Following those two was a human as gray as the background but different somehow. Bile rose in my throat when it became apparent that the human was giving orders to the Lucario. I try to shut my eyes to the sight only to find them already closed. The scene disappeared as soon as I snapped my eyes open to find the nights forest before me. It was as calm and silent as it had been. Nothing seemed disturbed. Yet my heart raced in my chest and my blade ached softly with a dull throb.
I won't call what just happened a dream, for it was too much like a vision of a disaster to be such a ridiculous thing. I scanned the area with my red eyes, before closing them again. The need for sleep over powering my caution.

There is a flash of green in the corner of the darkness behind my eyes, an itch in my blade. Celebi is back but I don't stir, it's been a while since I've slept and he knows that. I'll probably wake to find him curled up at my side sleeping, peaceful, still, the only way I can truly tolerant him. Though knowing he is back I fall into a deep slumber, no disasters to disturb me.

There's a scent to the air I don't like. I think that's what woke me. As I predicted, Celebi is curled up next to me, snoring slightly. I bring the dew saturated morning air through my nose and snort in an attempt to get the smell from my nostrils. The winds changed and it's now coming up from the town at the roots of the mountain. The smell of humans makes me sick. Celebi stretches and yawns, his wide, tired eyes looking toward me.
"Humans aren't that bad you know." He said rising up a little from the ground to let me up. He twisted and turned in the air as I stood and stretched, shaking my fur out. I tilted my head toward him, making as he once said, an almost human looking gesture in making one of my eyes slightly wider, as if I had an eye brow.

"Ok soooo most of them aren't that bad. There are a few mean ones, but I've had plenty of fun with some of them. Like the young one who's friends with the Pikachu."

"You've told me all about him and one human does not make up for the rest of them."

"Awww come on Tyth" Celebi exclaimed doing a summersault in the air, "your doom and gloom attitude about humans is getting a bit old isn't it?" he asked hanging in front of my face. I huffed at him through my nose and narrowed my eyes at him.

"My attitude I owe to the humans, if you have issues with it go bug Suicune, he's probably missing your company by now." I spat, not that I meant to in all honesty but the psychics belief in humans irritated me beyond anything else Celebi did. The psychics naive personality was amusing and all but sometimes it was an annoyance, mainly because he couldn't learn that humans weren't to be trusted.

Before he could respond a shiver went through my blade bringing with it a black and white vision of a Dusknoir smashing through the trees, a human and a Steelix not far behind it. The fur along my back rose and bristled. I barely felt my paws connect with ground before I had trees wiping by me. The human would pay dearly this time; I had enough of him invading my territory.

Another thing I don't like about humans is that they don't learn. Take this human as an example. For years he has been attempting to get to the mountain, and for years he has failed, whether through me stopping him or the other pokemon in the forest stopping him. As retaliation he attacks the wild pokemon in the town or other humans. He is not alone among the humans down there and they all can't seem to learn. They can't seem to learn that this mountain is now mine and it's flourishing because they are no longer allowed with in its boarders.
I slow when I can hear the human and his two pokemon moving, destroying as much as they possibly could. I can tell they haven't met any opposition yet by his boasting and his pokemon's arrogant agreements. They come into view just as I slip into the shadows of the denser trees. The human was close to the size of his Dusknoir but his face reminded me of a sick Garbodor trying to look happy and his stench was just as bad. A silent snarl escapes from my muzzle as the human shouts "Shadow ball now Dusknoir!"

At first I think that the human had spotted me until the Dusknoir launches his attack toward the trees in front of it, then I see it, a single Burmy trembling in pure terror and unable to get away. Instincts and rage take over as I bolt from my spot among the trees to just in front of the tree housing the Burmy. Before my paws are even firm on the ground I strike at the incoming shadow ball with a night slash that glides smoothly from my blade cutting the orb clean in half. This causes two small explosions to either side of the Dusknoir. Behind me a Mothim collects the Burmy, who has passed out, from fright or relief, I can't tell. In front of me the human claps and begins walking forward an amused and gleeful look on his awful face.

"You are as predictable as the day is, demon. One just has to attack one of the more pathetic excuses for a pokemon in this forest and you come running," he boasted acting as though he were the one in charge. A snarl ripped its way from my lips. Arrogant human. "Steelix, Dusknoir. " The large steel type moved forward as the Dusknoir moved back. And he said I was too predictable.

"Iron Tail!" The Steelix lunged forward bringing its massive tail down toward me. I leaped out of the way running up the steel types body the moment its tail hit the ground in a spray of dirt and rocks which obscured my movement. The human called out the attack again, possibly thinking the first had connected but the Steelix didn't have a chance to follow the humans order. When I reached the steel types head I leaped off twisting in the air so I was upside down and facing the large metal body, a water pulse forming just in front of my muzzle. When I'm again level with its head, I let my attack go which slams in the Steelix's face just as it is about to perform another iron tail. I twist again to land upright, my claws gouging out grooves in the earth to stop me from skidding. The ball of water sends the steel type staggering back, then the pulse hits and it lifts off the ground ever so slightly landing behind his trainer.

"How dare you!" The human yells at me waving his fist in anger. I hardened my glare and prepared for his next move which I assumed is going to be a brash and un-thought out command.

"Dusknoir Nightshade!" Oh look I was right. The ghost pokemon obeyed immediately. I simply side step the attack and use night slash again.
My attack hits sending the Dusknoir sliding back, but it gets back up and looks pissed off. I can see that it wishes to say something to me but is interrupted by its trainer yelling "Will-o-wisp!" I charge toward the ghost pokemon as it launches the attack, which I easily dodge and sink my teeth into its arm using crunch.

The Dusknoir reacts violently to my bite, wildly swinging its arm around in an attempt to get me off. My teeth just sink in deeper. I use my momentum to slam the ghost type into its trainer and then into the Steelix as it vainly struggled to get up. I let go in the middle of another swing of its arm, throwing it off balance, which opened the mouth on its stomach. Taking the opportunity I charged a dark pulse and sent it flying.

An incredible screech filled the air as my attack hit the Dusknoir's opened stomach and was briefly engulfed by the dark aura. I stood, regained my breath and watched as the humans face filled with pure horror. The dark aura dissipated leaving the Dusknoir unconscious on the ground. Just to prove to the human my point, I use dream eater on the downed pokemon, causing it to give another screech before falling completely immobile.

I then turned my attention to the human. I snarl while I advance toward him. The strong pungent smell of urine fills the air as the human backs up recalling his pokemon. I leap and land on his back just as he turns to run. I press my claws into his back, hard enough to cause pain but not to draw blood. Truthfully I want to rid the forest of him forever and as he whimpers pathetically under me the thought to do so flashes through my mind, but I don't have permission to kill, so I just growl and snarl and dig my claws into the flesh under the material that covers his body until he passes out.
As I step off his back two Ursarings, mates by the look of it, walk up from out of the trees.

"Are you injured Guardian?" The slightly smaller of the two asked in a low voice looking from me to the knocked out human.

"I am well. Thank you for your concern." I replied with a slight bow of my head.

"We will get this one out of here for you Guardian" The other said rubbing its paws together, "Least we could do, that Burmy is a good friend." I nod again in thanks and take my leave confident that the two would see that task got done and whatever happened to the human after I left was none of my concern. It is my opinion that everyone is entitled to a bit of revenge when wronged.

I follow the path of damage, checking to make sure no pokemon were harmed in the humans stupid rampage. When I only find damaged saplings and elder trees swarming with grass pokemon I head off on my daily run about the mountain, getting many "morning Guardian" and "greetings Guardian" on my way past those healing what the human had done.

The mountain was alive this morning. New growth on the plants unfurling for the first time to meet the sun and the sense of youth in the air made my dark mood past quickly as I checked the boarders of my land. Late spring was one of the best times on the mountain for me. The melting snow brought life to the land below the peak of the mountain and life flourished. This was one of the rare times of the year that disasters were minimum. The threat of the blizzards and avalanches of winter was no longer prominent and the floods and fires of summer were long in coming, spring had only rock slides and most of those were stopped or controlled by the rock and steel pokemon that lived in the tunnels that hollowed the majestic mountain.

I greeted the pokemon I saw with a nod, stopping a few times to be introduced to new additions to the forest. I personally can't see myself having pups of my own but the young that are born each year in my territory are another reason I enjoy this season. Everything is as it should be when I complete my circle arriving back to where the human had cut through the trees. Except for the faint stench the human left behind everything was calm and healed.
Feeling better and confident that things were in there place I make my way back to the lake, surprised the hyper psychic hadn't joined me on my run, that is until I get back to the clearing to find Celebi giggling with a strange pokemon. Neither of them notice as I silently make my way up to them. I stop just out of Celebi's range, listening to what the strange pokemon was saying, which had the psychic laughing so hard he was hanging upside down holding his sides.

"…Then I morph into a Pidgey and hide in a small nest of other Pidgey. At first they didn't seem to want me there but I told them I was playing hide and seek with my daddy and they let me stay." The small pokemon paused to draw in a deep breath before continuing in the same excitedly rushed tone it had been going on. " Then the human appears over the side of the roof top and I move to the back of the nest hoping he doesn't see me. He again takes out this weird looking metal thing and points it at the nest. I have no clue what it does but I think it is like the balls people are always putting us in. Anyway just as he says "cawper" the Pidgey's mommy and daddy come flying in and attack him." Another breath, "It was so much fun when they picked up the nest and flew away. I thought I lost the human for good, but I didn't, he followed on the big flying pokemon that worked with him. That's were you came in with the Wailord. You know the rest." the pokemon finished wagging his black and red fluffy tail.

I snort to let them both know I was there before walking the few feet up to where they were by the water. The strange pokemon jumps out of fright while Celebi jumps me in a surprise hug around the neck.

"Your back, and just in time too." The little guy said pulling away and flying over to the stranger and pushing him forward. "Tyth, this is Zorua, Zorua this is Tyth the Absol who is Guardian of this forest." I appraise the smaller pokemon before me. He is shaking though whether out of fright or excitement I cannot tell, his scent too clouded with human to be accurate. He bows and as he does so the fur on top of his head touches the ground at my feet.

"It's… a …pleasure to meet you … Guardian." His voice was soft and unsure like that of a shy child's, which I was pretty sure he was. Though the tone still held the excitement and hyperness that his voice had as he had been talking with Celebi.

"I'm sure." I bow as well out of habit. My eyes however look to the Psychic for an explanation as I was getting the distinct feeling that this pokemon was going to cause more problems then any other person I had ever met.

Celebi just shrugged cutely and smiled. I hated that smile. For any body else it would have been cute and happy, but I had known the legendary too long, far too long. That smile was mischief incarnate and when I added that smile to the fact I knew this new pokemon was going to be a pain in my tail I had to groan. Things weren't going to end well for me.

"So what brings you here, Zorua?" I asked sitting down in an attempt to get comfortable and humor Celebi. It took the fox pokemon a few minutes to decide were to begin and he began at the beginning.

The small pokemon's tale ended a little while later and reaffirmed my thoughts about humans. He had been hurt by the people who gave him a home and then chased by another relentlessly for weeks. The reason this human followed him he didn't know but the human and the human's pokemon scared him.

"And then Celebi here brought me to this forest and said I would be safe." The Zorua finished, scratching at something blue tied around his neck, grinning.

"And so you will be, your welcome to stay. Granted you don't cause to many problems." I said as I nudged at him with my nose, knowing that with Celebi's help he was going to be a pain in my tail. After I welcomed him into the forest, Celebi tackle hugged him and the two were off running and playing around the lake. At least the psychic wasn't going to be up in my fur for a while at least.

I stood and stretched, shaking out my dark fur. I watched Celebi and Zorua for a few minutes before walking off, my stomach speaking loudly to me, angry that I had fought without eating.

I passed by many berry bushes whose fruit was just coming to bear and a few that hung heavily with the burden of their berries yet I continued on. Truth be told I don't like many of the berries that the other pokemon eat, and will only touch them if I need the energy or strength boost. It is just another part of my curse that I hate living with, like my coloring or the fact I know pokemon and humans were once the same. I shake my head. It is no use thinking of things that can't be changed.

A scent catches my attention, making my mouth water and stomach growl at me even louder. I follow the scent until I arrive at a decayed human building. The forest had long since taken over but I was still wary as I skirted along the side of it until I was at the back of the house. And there was my prize hanging from vines that climbed the back side of the dead building. Humans call them kiwis I think; they are little fur covered fruits and sadly one of my favorite foods.
I cut a few off the vines with a swipe of my paw and put them in a small pile. I then glare at the fur covering the fruit, debating on whether I wanted to hassle with trying to get the stuff off or just eat them as is. My hunger won out. I bit into the first one, sighing as the taste exploded in my mouth, the bittersweet juice running down my chin, which I promptly licked off.

I nudged the third and last one, when a painful shiver passed through my blade, bringing with it a vision that caused my head to ache. Colored black and white was a human entering the forest. I could see in the cloth he wore over some other cloth, five poke-balls and on his wrist a metal object that reminded me of what the Zorua had described about the human who was chasing him. Another memory resurfaced as I looked harder at the human. I had seen him before, though he wasn't from the town, he was from another vision I was sure of it. The vision morphed and the forest was being consumed by a white fire. I could just make out the human running, and it appeared he had pokemon in his arms. I growled, the last fruit forgotten, as the vision passed.

I took off toward the mountain, easily scaling the rocky outcroppings as I got closer to the cliff I needed. Once my claws tapped against the solid stone of my cliff I stopped and called out a warning over and over using echoed voice to alert the forest that a threat was coming. A few sort minutes later I could hear the cacophony of replies back and some relief came. I didn't call on the other pokemon in the forest to help me often but when I did, they all did their best. It was their home after all. I added, after the other calls died down, that there maybe a fire later that day. Again replies filled the air. Satisfied things would be handled I took off, leaping down the mountain. I headed to the area the human had entered the forest in the vision.

About an hour later I caught the whiff of a human, one that was foreign to my memory. I followed it to a group of arguing grass types. The scent was stronger here then it had been. As I approached the group went silent until an older Vilplume, who had a very young Oddish on her head bowed a little toward me and spoke.

"There was a human male here Guardian. We are sorry we could not keep him here, but…" she paused a moment and the Oddish on her head spoke up.

"He got me down from the tree the mean Spearrows put me in and put me right on the ground, yep, yep, right on the ground and nothing else. I asked them not to hurt him. Sorry if that was wrong Guardian." the Oddish's leave drooped a little and the other grass types looked at each other nervously, but I smile and nudge the Oddish with my nose, careful not to get my blade near her.

"It is ok little one, I can see why you didn't want him hurt. Just remember not all humans will try and help you ok?" I feel the others give sighs of relief and I watched the young one nod. And I spoke the truth to the Oddish, it was ok because the safety of the ones living in this forest was a greater priority then my hatred of humans. " Which way did he go?" two Bellossom pointed off to the right. I jump over the Vileplume and Oddish after bowing to them and continue the search. The human couldn't be too far.

I felt the first streak of lightening before it crossed the sky and felt burdened by the building storm as the sky darkened. I had to find the human. Once the rains started I would lose the trail. My nose regrettably is not as strong as an Arcanines' or Houndooms'.

Another scent mixed with the humans which caused me to halt, the Zoruas'. I cursed just as the ground and sky trembled with the crashing sound of lightening striking the earth. My paws barely met the ground as I dashed through the trees following the scent trail. I could tell the Zorua was running from the human as his scent would get strong and then fade along the human's path. I hoped that I would catch up to them before the human had a chance to harm the newest pokemon to the forest.

I heard a shout ahead of me and slowed as I came up from behind the human. I could see the Zorua had stopped and was looking toward the man. I crouched in preparation of attacking the human but then he spoke and I held my action.

"When I started this little chase I thought you were doing it for kicks…now, I don't think so… mind telling me what's…huh?" the human looked down to see a small group of Pichu run by him. More pokemon fled from what I had already known about and what the human was just now realizing. A fire.

"Arceus be damned!" the human cursed pulling out the metal object and putting it an his wrist. I growled thinking he was going to attack the Zorua and got ready to pounce him again when he screamed, "GO! Get out of here!" before he ran in the direction of the fire.

The Zorua wasn't the only one confused as the human ran off. I was as well. Humans have a poor survival instinct, but I've never seen one just run into a forest fire with the exception of when one of there own was in danger. I however couldn't dwell on the fact as the thick choking smell of smoke was on the wind.

I dash and grab the small pokemon by the back of his neck tossing him onto my back. His claws dig in to my fur do to my speed but I ignore the slight pain.

"We need to get you some place safe, Zorua." I comment running parallel to where the fire was raging.

"No I can help, you gave me a home I want to help defend it." the words shocked me but also gave me a curtain joy, the same joy I felt when I was tasked with keeping this forest safe.

"Ok but you stay on my back or close to me at all times and listen to my directions got it?" I asked in a tone stern. I hear a "yeah" as I change direction and head toward the fire.

For once I was glade my fur was black because it was easier to hide the thick layer of soot that covered my coat from Celebi as I took the injured to him. It had been several hours since the fire had started, by a lightening strike as I had been informed by a Noctowl that was assisting Celebi in healing the pokemon, and not by the human, which is what my original assumption was. I had yet to set eyes on the human but several of the pokemon, the Zorua and myself had picked up, spoke of him rescuing pokemon and using his own to help fight the fire. I just wanted him out of the forest.

I could feel the clouds above me strain against the water within their hands as I made another round in the fire after soaking Zorua and myself with a water pulse. Soon the flames would be doused and work would begin on healing the damage.

I'm just about to head back sure that there are no others within the hungry flames when the Zorua shouts out causing me to halt.

"What was it?" I asked scanning the area as I hear trees falling around us.

"The human I just seen him, he looks really banged up and I think he had pokemon in his arms." come the reply. I growled and set off in the direction that the fox pointed me in.

A shiver when through my blade and I saw the human being crushed by a tree consumed in white fire after throwing the pokemon he had in his arms away from him. I ground my teeth together and raced forward, I hated helping humans.

The humans form appeared black in the flames and I could see him narrowly missing trees in his escape from the fire, when I caught up to him. He stumbled and I shot forward, the crest of my head hitting him in the side knocking him out of the way. I quickly change direction, getting slight burns to the pads of my paws and singeing my fur in the process. The human jerked around and started at me for several moments before letting the pokemon in his arms go when he realized we were out of the fire. I glared at him, letting him know of my displeasure at him being there. He was covered in burns and scrapes and other injuries and clearly was on the verge of collapse. He uttered, "go get out of here" to the pokemon he let go as he stood back up. I continued to glare.

"Thank you, I don't know what would of happened to them if you hadn't pushed us out of the way." the human said with a short stiff bow and wince of pain. I snorted under my breath. They would have been fine but you would have been dead, I thought to myself. The human then started back toward the fire. He couldn't be serious. I jumped in front of him, raising my lip in a silent snarl. He jumped a bit before lifting his hands in a gesture of peace. He tried to move around me again and again I jumped in front of him. This happened a few more times until I got fed up with his stupidity and frankly his stench was making me sick, I bared my teeth in a snarl that quickly became a growl. He finally halted.

"Please, I just want to continue what I was doing. Which is getting the pokemon to safety and this fire contained." he looked up to the sky, then back at me,"If this is your territory I'll leave when this is done. Though I still need to talk to you." the last part was directed at the Zorua on my back. This human was so stupid, couldn't he feel the rise in humidity, the clouds were at their maximum and would burst in the next few minutes. That and there was no way he was getting any closer to the pokemon on my back then he was at that moment.

I crouch falling it to my fighting stance glaring at the human, half tempted to just tell him to leave, but human speech was hard to control in this form and there was no way I was going to let this human know I could speak to him. That was a can of worms I did not need.

The human fell into his own battle stance pointing his arm at me, and a thus a metal contraption that sat on his wrist. Zorua on my back tensed and I readied myself, but this was a battle not to be. The moment he had started to move a shiver went through my blade. My head snapped to the side as I watched a mudslide consume several nests just outside the burn zone. I left the human behind looking confused.

The rains that freed themselves from the clouds, not to long after I left the human, quenched the fire and covered the mountain is a veil of stream. It was early for a fire this large on the mountain but I didn't complain, having the fire now reduced the damage later fires would do. The only problem now would be mudslides and cave-in's of the tunnels that the humans ran through the mountain.

After making sure the nests were out of the danger zone I wander my way back to where I left the human after dropping Zorua with Celebi, enjoying the rain through my fur, washing out the soot. On the way I was making sure no one coming back into the forest needed my help. When I got back to the humans location, he was surrounded by several pokemon same of which were shielding him from the rain and others that were cleaning his wounds. I moved forward and noticed that the human was unconscious on the ground. As I moved closer several pokemon looked up and acknowledged my presence before going back to what they were doing. I sat and watched for a few minutes. The Leavanny that was weaving a cloth to cover the human with made her way over to me and gave a curt bow.

"Guardian" she started looking toward the human before back at me, " we are not going to let you take him out of the forest until he can leave on his own. We respect your rules, but.."

"He saved you, I know." I interrupted, my gaze moving from the Leavanny to the others and finally to the human, "Because of that he may stay only as long as it takes him to recover enough to leave, no longer." The Leavanny nodded as the others gave a cheer. As the Leavanny was turning to go back to the human, the cloth to cover him nearly finished, an Eevee ran up and nuzzled my foreleg saying "thank you" over and over again. I recognized him as one of the pokemon the human had had in his arms when I pushed him out of the way of the tree. I just nod and pat him on the head with my other paw.
I left soon after, checking on the rest of the burn area before the rains let up. I felt uneasy about leaving the human in the forest, but I did not command the pokemon of the mountain only protected them. The rest of the area was peaceful. Pokemon were moving back into the area to see what needed to be fixed and healed, though it would be a while, a few years at least before this area was back to normal.

When I got back to the lake the rains had subsided and Celebi and Zorua where curled around each other sleeping soundly on the rock over looking the water. I joined them curling around them and settling down to sleep, exhausted from the long day.

It took three days for the human to wake up. Three days of the pokemon taking care of him. Three days of me trying not to drag his unconscious ass out of the forest. This task was made no better by Celebi who, being the friendly sort he was, decided to help out the pokemon caring for the human by bringing them berries and water, joking with them and making sure I didn't leave for more then a few hours. How this helped the grass, bug and normal types I will never know, as to me my presence just made all of them really jumpy. The Zorua came and went but seemed to enjoy exploring the forest more then sitting around doing nothing, which is basically what Celebi had me doing.

About mid afternoon on the third day he stirred which caused everyone to pause and hold their breath. As he started to open his eyes one of the Bellosom fetched a leaf full of water and the others stepped in closer. I snorted watching the scene; they were all acting like they were watching an egg hatch. A human was nothing special. They were as common as Ratattata, if not more so outside the forest. Though I couldn't get mad at those tending to him. They were young and hadn't seen this mountain when humans controlled it. I leaped off the branch I had perched on when the human started to get up, and blended in to the trees. He had seen me once and that was all I was going to allow him, unless of course he didn't leave.

The only thing I was thankful for at that moment was that Celebi had the intelligence enough to leave before the human started to awake up. Though I think he was planning something because it looked like he had taken something from the human.

I looped around as the human rolled up the blanket the Leavanny had weaved for him catching the last bit of his monolog.

"Anyways I'm Enishi nice to meet all of you." He looked around a bit at the answering calls before continuing. "Hey guys I just wanted to say that I don't know exactly why all the pokemon here are so aggressive, but I will not harm this forest nor those in it. I'll take the aggression as you guys defending yourselves. However, I am still a ranger and if I hear of any attacks outside the forest I will have to came back and stop you. Understand?" he explained to and asked the pokemon standing around him. A chorus of "yeah's" and "yes's" followed. I snorted again. Was he really serious, a ranger? The town had asked several rangers to the mountain when I first showed up and they didn't change a thing.

After he said his thanks and goodbyes to the pokemon he set off again back into the forest. I followed keeping him in sight but out of his range. He wasn't leaving so I had every right to force him out, but for some reason I found myself content on trailing him through the forest.

A little while later the human rejoined his pokemon who were all sickeningly happy to see him. A Furret, a Flygon, and an Aron tackled him to the ground when they set eyes on him. The lucario, and Croagunk stood back and watched the pile up. When the pokemon released the human I snickered with some satisfaction as it appeared that the Aron had broken at least one of the mans ribs. He returned all but the Furret and Lucario to their poke balls. I shivered watching that. How could someone willing let themselves be cooped up in one of those things. It is beyond my understanding.

When I focused on the human again he was being viciously scolded by the Furret for his actions. To bad humans don't understand our speech, that conversation would have been interesting to watch. Several minutes of this pass ending with the human apologizing to the chastising Furret. Seeming content with that the normal type wrapped itself round his neck, which caused me to pause a moment. A normal Furret was easily as tall as a human male and weighed about the same, yet this human could support the Furret like it was no problem even with his injuries. This human was starting to puzzle me.
The winds changed and I caught Zorua's scent coming from the direction we were heading in. I fought the urge to take the human out right there. I however wasn't in the mood to deal with two fighting types. So I followed, readying myself to defend the little guy if the situation came to blows.

I took to the trees as we entered the oldest part of the forest as the branches could carry my weight with out much noise. I knew that the Lucario had sensed me, though what reason he had for not telling his human I could not grasp. He did however alert the Furret who then kept a close watch as they walked. When they reached Zorua, who was curled up sleeping, both pokemon tensed for a battle. The human however held up a hand and called for them to stand down. When he received confused looks he explained.

"I gave my word to the pokemon that helped me recover that I wouldn't do harm to anything here." both his partners nodded.
The humans voice had woken Zorua who was up and backing up scared, prepared to run. When the human noticed this his face softened. I moved closer wondering if I was faster then the two with the human.

"Peace little one, I just want to finish want we started before the fire." Zorua backed up several steps but the human remained were he was hands raised in an attempt to say he meant no harm as he sat down. What a joke. "I just want to know why you so desperately tried to escape from me." his voice was soft, very non-threatening. I tensed waiting for the human to move in a way I thought was threatening, anyway at all.

The Zorua's eyes glowed for a second before images appeared between him and the human, relaying the story he had already shared with me. The humans eyes clouded over with something that I could not recognize.

"I'll be damned, so that's why." he faintly said in utter surprise. The images faded and the Zorua gazed at the human with fear.
The human slowly stood, moving forward and the small pokemon backed up. I bared my teeth preparing to jump. It was a human trick to act kind to get close to a pokemon, only to turn around and hurt it.

"Trust me, please" the human begged kneeling down as the Zorua back himself against a tree. I was right above them, so tense I made no movement.
The humans hands wrapped around the small pokemon's neck. I moved to jump and barely caught myself when the human pulled back a light blue rope in his hand. The Zorua looked between it and the human bewildered. I mimicked the movement from my branch. The human stepped back and fiddled with the device on his wrist.

"Command come in." he paused. I looked at him confused.

"Command here. Did you find the target." Come the crackled sound of another's voice from the device, I stared.

"Yes I did," he looked at the Zorua who shook in fear, "but he has moved on."

"What?" came the voice again.

"The target is dead, he perished in a forest fire in the area I'm in now." the human responded gripping the collar. My jaw almost hit the branch I was perched on. The Zorua just stared in shock.

"Do you have proof?"

"I have the little guys collar."

"And the body?"

"I just finished burying it

"I see, mission complete, go home you deserve the rest. I'll inform the family about this." the device clicked and he lowered his arm.

"Glad that is done" he said after putting the collar into a pocket of the other cloth he wore. He turned to the Zorua, "Your free, take care now." the human said in a soft tone before turning and walking away. The Zorua stared after them confused.
I jumped down sitting next to the small pokemon. The Lucario stopped and turned back for a brief moment. I shot him a glare that said 'get your human out of my forest'; it quickly caught up to the human.

"Tyth, what just happened?" the Zorua asked gazing up at me.

"The human for whatever reason decided to stop hunting you and made it so no one else would come looking for you." I simple stated, not understanding the whole thing myself.

That night I watched Celebi and Zorua sleep. I should have been at ease now that the human was no longer in the forest. I had watched the Flygon fly over the peaks with the human on his back, but I just couldn't shake him. He was like an itch in my blade that never gave me a vision and it was starting to annoy me. Why had he helped during the fire? Why had he let Zorau be? Going as far as lying to his device to make sure no one else followed the small pokemon. Why? Whys filled my head, whys I could not answer. So gazing one last time at the two sleeping pains in my tail, I leap on to the rock over hanging the lake then head off into the trees hoping to ran these stupid whys out of my head.

Chapter End

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