This Story was originally featured on my main account :gray3diabos However, After much thinking I decided to make this alt where I could make dedicated content towards this series and ... Persona. Made a few grammar fixes and changed some important details. [Stock image stolen from Google]

Enjoy...

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It was a Cold winter night...

In a forest clearing stands a rather un-intimidating log cabin. It was in fairly good condition despite it's age and bubbling and boiling is heard from the inside, then out of the blue a boom erupts from inside and rumbles through the nighttime atmosphere scaring away several sleeping bird Pokémon from their nests causing them to fly up into the sky in a confused fright. Smoke rises up from the chimney as the door was swiftly flung open by a taller than average Luxio in a lab coat, blue pants and glasses, he wore an evolite around his neck and his body was almost covered in black soot from the explosion. He coughed up smoke and dusted himself off.

"Guess I need to work on it a tad bit more"
He says and wipes off his glasses with a white handkerchief from his coat pocket. A snowflake drops to his nose gently causing him to shiver. After a moment to catch his breath, he turns around and faces the blackened interior.

"Hopefully nothing dangerous or expensive got ignited" he says and inspects the area.

"You really need to be more careful with your ... Experiments. If I arrived a second earlier I would've been as black as an Umbreon" A voice says and a Gengar floats out of the floor with a coy smile on his face.

"As you can see, I'm already dark enough"

The Luxio rolls his eyes and proceeds to walk over to his soot covered lab table and climbs up on the lab chair. He blows the soot and ashes off the table, nothing seemed to have broken except for a slightly cracked glass beaker.

"Would you please pass me that beaker over there" he asks the spectre politely while pointing his star - tipped tail to a glass object on the floor.

"Sure thing Ron." The Gengar says and levitates over to a glass beaker on the floor and floats over to the Luxio.

"Thank you" the Luxio says and replaces the broken one with the one in his paw.

"But seriously though, what have you been working on all these weeks?" The Gengar asks, his wide smile fades into more of a concerned and inquisitive expression.

"You'll see it when its done Roy"

"That could take eternity and you know I hate waiting"

"You'll just have to bear with me then, atleast for the time being"

"Could you at least take a break then, you've been working all night! "

Ron puts a paw to his chin and thinks briefly, The Gengar crosses his stubby fingers in anticipation, the Luxio takes a quick glance at him before letting out a defeated sigh.

"I guess you're right then"

"I am...?"

The Gengar says, seemingly taken aback before his specie's iconic grin crosses his face again.

"So what would I do during this 'break' "

"We could go for a walk outside"
He replies coyly.

"While its snowing? "
Ron half-asked

"Don't go all pussy on me, you can handle a bit of cold can't ya? " he says and floats towards the door.

Ron rolls his eyes and grabs a leather pouch from the lab table, he follows the Gengar out the door. The snow seemed to have been coming down a bit lightly now.

"You know I was thinking we could get a snack while we're out" Roy remarks his grin widening.

"You know I'm not interested in your 'snacks' "

He says with air quotes on 'snacks'

"I still don't understand how a carnivore is a vegetarian"

"Hey at least I actually COOK my food first"

Ron shot back making Roy chuckle a little.

"Cooking 'em is no fun... kinda cruel actually, and besides I know how much you like to see me eat them"

" Sh-shut up! " Ron says as his face flushed red.

"You're so easy to tease, you know that? "

The Luxio gave no response and they began walking down the snowy path into the forest. The Gengar levitates up to him and begins walking alongside him.

"How's your work been going? " Ron asks while turning to look at his companion.

"Good, we recently got bumped up to the Silver rank recently" Roy says proudly while puffing up his chest.

"You know we could really need another sci- "

"Forget about it, I'm not interested, and besides all you guys do is eat criminals and loot mystery dungeons. " Ron says catching the Gengar off guard

"Hey! You're saying that like we don't release them too. "

"And I'm supposed to believe YOU would spare your preys life"

Ron says and raises an eyebrow up.

"They're not wild Pokémon you know, they're civilized like us"

"What exactly makes a Pokémon civilized then?"

"Well they can talk , And can read and other stuff and live in towns"

" ~I~ don't live in a town and you can't read , does that make us wild Pokémon"

"Well, not exactly but ..."

Ron sighs and plucks a berry from a bush they were passing by. He stops to inspect it before picking up more and depositing them in his pouch.

"Yeah, I forgot you eat only berries ...."

"Yep and unfortunately they're particularly hard to find in winter, lucky I found this bush "

"Won't that give you like a protein deficiency or something? "

"I'd rather be malnourished than to eat another Pokémon and nothing you say is gonna make me, period. "

Roy let's out an exasperated sigh and plants a palm on his face.

"That's not the point, the point is that you eat nothing other than berries. If you came to town they have tons of stuff not made of meat! "

"Is that why you visited and made me go on a break, to advertise your 'amazing' town to me?"

The Gengar's face changed to more of a puzzled expression.

"Why would you think that?"

"This was a bad idea..."

Ron says and turns around abruptly much to the Gengar's dismay.

"I'm going back ho-"

He is interrupted by an even louder explosion that echoes through the forest from the direction of his log cabin!

"My House! "


Upon making their way to the cabin, they meet it in flames and seemingly about to collapse. Without a word, Ron dashes into the burning building by slamming the door in. A small Vulpix is seen in the middle of the fire with a cheeky grin on his face.

"Did you do this?! "

Ron says with a look of disgust on his face.

"Yep, and I enjoyed it too. Its a shame you're out of a home, but its a rather small price to pay for some fun if you ask me."

"You think it's fun to step on people's dreams?! Huh!?? "

Ron's claws unsheathe as he begins panting in rage through gritted teeth, sparks began to fly across his body as he dashes forward with lightning speed for a devastating spark attack ... Only for the Vulpix to sidestep at the last second sending him crashing into the lab table.

"Haha , you're funny. We should hang out sometime, the names Zephyr by the way. Cool nickname eh, a friend gave it to me "

"Shut up! "

Ron says and wobbly gets back on his bearings, the heat of the fire starting to affect him.

"Ron! Are you out of your mind! We gotta get out of here! "

Roy says while phasing from a wall. He quickly drags the feline towards the door, much to his dismay.

"But we'll let him get away! "

Ron whined as the Vulpix slipped out through the back window, a nefarious grin on his face.

"Forget about him! Your life is more important! "

The Gengar manages to escape with Ron in the nick of time before the cabin came crashing down, finally collapsing on itself. Roy let go of Ron on the soft cushioning of the snowy floor, he lets out a sigh and buries his face in the snow.

"Ron, are you okay?"

"Gone, its all gone. Weeks of work gone, all in one big swoop."

"Aw come on, I'm sure its not THAT bad"

Ron raises his head up to face the Gengar, he looked pale and tired. His expression was one of despair.

"Yes it is, that was my only hope. My only hope of ever seeing them again."

"Seeing who again ?"

"My family,"

Roy bit his lip, the Luxio went on.

"They were all killed by a vicious monster, eaten one by one Until there were none left, apart from me however. My life was a curse, it was all my fault. There was only one way to bring them back, an elixr. Crafted from only rainbow essense itself, the final ingredient, extremely rare and expensive and flammable too. It seems jealous fate struck again, at the eve of success. Now allow me to wallow in self pity." He says and promptly plants his face back in the snow.

"Stop that, you'll catch a cold"

"Good. Then I'll die sooner"

"Hey, don't say that"Roy says with a voice crack.

"Well, it's the middle of winter and I have no shelter. What do you expect me to do?"

"Its not as black and white as you think Ron, I may be able to help you."

The Luxio raises an ear up slightly.

"I'm listening"

"I can take you back to town with me"

"Only if its my dead carcass"

"Aw come on. Why do you gotta be so stubborn at times"

"I'm not stubborn. I'm just principled"

"WHATS SO PRINCIPLED ABOU-"

Roy took a deep breath.

"Okay fine let's make a deal. A battle, if I win you have to come with me, if YOU win ... I'll let you die in peace"

"Must everything involve violence" he perked up,

The Luxio says and gets up on his paws. He stretches almost cat like and unsheathes his claws again.

"Just so you know, I won't go easy on you."

Roy says making Ron let out a sneer before charging electricity.

"Ha. I may not be fully evolved but it doesn't mean I'm under levelled"

The Gengar took a glance at the jewel around the feline's neck.

Ron releases a pulse of electricity in a massive discharge attack. Roy is struck by the electric current but bears through, manifesting a shadow ball in his hands.

"Take this!"

He hurls it at him, Ron nimbly dodges as the spectre berates him with a barrage of dark blobs. He manages dodge each projectile and get behind the spectre using his quick attack and his sharp teeth spark with electricity.

"Thunder fang! "

He says and bites the Spectre on the arm, paralyzing him.

" I think I've won this battle, Unfortunately my last "

The Luxio dusts himself off and turns around, not noticing the chewing motions as Roy ate a lum berry. He is caught unawares as he is suddenly bound by shadowy Chains from the ground, he is unable to move.

"What... Is... This..."

"Mean look, you can't escape now"

"No that's not fair"

Ron says with an exasperated gasp and begins discharging electricity, All seemingly nullified by the chains. He eventually runs out of energy and falls to the floor, burnt out.

"That didn't go as planned "

"I win"

"I'm not going, you hear me!. You can't make me!"

"If you say so"

The Gengar grins widely and picks up the tired feline by the scruff. He was about half his size and he could down him in a few gulps. He licks his fur with a large cold tongue, causing him to shiver.

"What are you-"

Ron is caught off guard when he is slurped into the massive mouth of the ghost type. He is squelched and smooshed in the slimy interior as the Gengar tastes him all around, his cheeks bulging comically and his large fleshy tongue properly lathering him with saliva. One would wonder why a ghost could eat someone but why bother.

"EW... Gross. Wait don't tell me you're gonna"

*GULP* and he was sent through a slimy and short tunnel and into the rumbling innards of the ghost. No acid, he struggled to no avail, he was bound by the fleshy prison.

"Ha. I knew you would taste great!"

Roy is answered by even more violent attempts making his stomach rumble.

" Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuurp... Hehe. Scuse me"

The struggling goes fainter until the Gengar swallows back more air leaving the poor feline gasping for breath.

"Keep it down in there, were going on a long trip"

Meanwhile the Luxio curses under his breath as the Pokémon encasing him repeatedly slaps his slightly destended stomach.

"Next stop, Azaela village"



The Gengar levitated eastward over the forest for a few hours, his passenger slowly dozing off until he began sleeping soundly. The cushioning and body sounds rocking him into a deep lullaby. Eventually after a few hours he approaches another clearing with thatch huts and tree houses, Some log cabins and even cement buildings, he stops at a large log building. Far more sturdy than Ron's previous living, 'Feraligatr's guild' was written on it with a sign. He tries to phase through but a psychic aura erupts around the house

"Fuck, I'm already past curfew"

He opens a portal in the door giving him a view of the inside , revealing a large lobby with some couches and a notice board.

'Phew... Everyone's asleep' he thought to himself and slowly levitates through the portal into the building.

'He should probably look into that loop hole' he says and slowly Levitates over to a hallway with several rooms, he passes by a kitchen, a dojo and what seemed to be a board room until he reached the Guild quarters area. Many rooms lined across the hall way on each side, he slowly crept forward hearing various snoring noises until he came up to a door labelled ' Roy and Dylan's Room' with a stamp. He levitates through and looks around,a bookshelf and a window, and in the middle two large unarranged beds, the light flickers on as someone turns on the switch, a large male Snorlax in a big yellow T-shirt rubbing his eyes.

"Oh, you're back early. I wasn't expecting you till tomorrow"

"Oh he was busy"

Roy says as sweat drips off his face. The hulking normal type gave a glance at the lump in the ghosts midsection, a grin crosses his face gently.

"I see you had a late night snack eh...?"

"Yeah, I had a small snack on the way back"

"Small you say... , but whoever you ate... Seems to be waking up"

"Huh"

The Gengar looks down at his now wriggling stomach, muffled noises could be heard from inside like 'Are we there yet' 'how long now?'

"You didn't digest them it seems? Are they a fugitive or did you come with a guest" He said casually like this wasn't the first time.

"Uhhhh.... I uhhhh"

'The jig is up, I gotta let him in on it'

"Ugh ... Fine, it's Aaron in here"

"What? You ate him, isn't he like your friend or something?"

"I mean, it was a long trip and he wasn't very cooperative"

"So you took him here against his will"

"It's a long story, I'll fill you in on it later"

"Are you gonna let him out now. No ones awake, well other than us"

"Oh yeah, almost forgot 'bout that"

He slowly regurgitates the feline onto the Wooden floor, a soft splurch is heard and he shudders wildly.

"Eeeeeeeeeew grooooooosssss , Why would you do that?"

Ron says while shaking himself off.

"We can talk in the morning, oh and the big guy is Dylan, the friend I always talk about."

"Sup"

He says and casually gestures at the feline.

"Nice to meet you.... I guess, Ugh my lab coat and pants are drenched, they were expensive too"

"No worries, we can dry those off tomorrow. Take them off and put them in the little basket over there" Dylan says and points over to a beautifully woven basket in the corner. Ron observed the room, fairly large, good ventilation, needs some sprucing up still.

"I usually wear clothes to sleep..."

"You're a Pokémon Ron" Gengar adds.

"Fine."

He says and does as told. His face flushes red as he takes off his trousers. He wore green tight fit boxers.

"You even wear under garments, real weirdo you are"

"What did you think was gonna be there? "

"Nothing"

Dylan slaps Roy in the back of the head causing him to grunt loudly.

"Hey, what was that for"

Dylan shook his head and walks over to the large straw bed, he collapses onto the straw with a creaking sound as it shifts under his weight. He falls asleep soon after leaving the two in an awkward silence... Until loud snores began to echo throughout the room.

"So where are we?"

"In my Room, in the guild"

"Oh, so I'm in Azaela town then..."

"Yep"

The Gengar levitates over to the straw bed and lays on the soft cushioning.

"I'm turning in, I have a lot to explain to the guild master tomorrow"

"Where do I sleep then?"

"On the ground! , you're a cat"

"There's a difference!"

The Gengar chuckles quietly while Ron makes himself comfortable laying on his chest and resting his head on his paws. Roy yawns,

"Good night."

Ron sighs and closes his eyes, sleep slowly eases all the emotions running through his head as he is entranced into a deep slumber.

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