Chapter 55: Beginning of the Search

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I didn't understand what was going on....How did I come back to life after death,why do I look like this....what happened to Syl?...unknowns that would be solved with the appearance of this woman.

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I heard a noise on the balcony, there was a young girl, what stood out the most about her was her long purple hair and her clothes that had the same style as Syl. I stared at her confused.

『Eh....con that a Lucario』

I was shocked when she said that, I wasn't hallucinating, I'm a Lucario now, I thought it was just me, but if others see me like that, then it's true.

『A...Lucario?』-I looked at my hands again, I was touching my spikes-『I meant that....』(.・ε・.).

I felt annoyed that she stole the words I wanted to say.

『Then....is confirmed.....』-The visitor, in a low and pained voice was-『My sister....mied....』

『....Sister?....』-She passed her pain to me, I was confused-『(Do you mean Syl?)』

"The proof is you!』-She pointed her finger at me-『That way, you becoming a Pokémon is the proof』.

"Huh? What are you talking about? I'm the proof? I wanted to understand what she wanted to make me understand?

『When I felt her life was getting weaker and weaker』-She stepped down from the balcony bars-『It could be that she was being attacked, but that's impossible, Syl is the strongest of us all, so it was only one thing, she was giving her life for yours』-She was walking towards me-

Her anger and spite, along with sadness was bathed in her words.

『Realizing that, I rushed to her and stopped her, but I was too late.....』

Without realizing it I began to levitate.

『I couldn't feel her anymore....』

As if by psychic power, I started to approach her.

"My sister saved you, you brat!

I had her face to face, at the same height as her, she started to let a few tears fall.

『Syl...saved me』-I had finally understood-.

I stopped levitating and fell to the ground, I wasn't alert so I had no balance , I fell on my butt.

『Syl gave me her life so I could remake it.....Tonta.....I told you you were already free. You kept clinging to me.....I'm sorry Syl』-I was looking downcast-.

The person I cherish so much, went so far as to give me his life, I felt betrayed.My last request I entrusted to you, you didn't fulfill it, please....for ever care about yourself.

『It was already done, it can't be remedied, her decision was hers』-She turned to look at the moon-.

『Hey. You.....ah...』-I was trying to have a talk with her-.

『Uhm . My name is Maya』-She sat on the end of the couch-.

『Ah....Maya.....-can you tell me exactly what Syl did and why I have this shape?』-Me sat on the other end of the couch-『(She has the same name as my sister.....)』

『My explanation left you with loose ends, now I'll tell you in more detail』-She looked at me sideways and lowered her head-『Syl is the only one who can use the Jinsei no Henka, it's a technique that as its name says, it's a life change, you got hers, and she got yours, by doing that, you got her eternal essence』.

The word "eternal essence" caught my attention.

『The "eternal essence" gives you eternal youth in other words, the ones who possess them are us 8...well, now 7, and 2 more besides us....』By saying "2 more" she looked concerned-.

『Eternal youth? Now I'm not going to age as the years go by.(That's why Syl was just as I knew her)』-A doubt was resolved that I had decades ago-.

『And you becoming a Pokémon was because Syl originally was a Pokémon』-Maya started playing with her hands-『You now have all of Syl's abilities, healing, spiritual separation, her whips, mind reading, among other things』.

『(With what healing. That time I was stabbed and woke up without any wounds. It was due to because of the healing Syl has)(I also happened to be reminded of a Pokémon....)』-The puzzle was put together-.

『But....I already understand what happened, but who are you? Syl, you.... and the other 6....』-I wanted somehow to know the beginning of the story-.

『¿?』

Maya turned to look at me in confusion.

『Didn't my sister tell you about it?』-Her calmness turned to a curious-

『Well, she told me a story that she was an orphan, her parents left her abandoned in a religious orphanage, mysteriously she has powers, years passed and she got along well with everyone, but a nun who has long hated her we could say, one night attacked her, Syl defended herself by cutting her hands, Syl escaped, cutting the columns and walls of the orphanage, the children on the other floors fell, when she realized this, Syl wanted to help, but the other nuns rejected her, and labeled her as a monster. She went to the forest and the next morning she came back and saw that there was no one in the place anymore, only the old burned wood. The little girl went to the city and was adopted by a head of organizations that help the needy, he saw that the girl was an angel, and so she grew up to become big and meet me and explain everything that happened to me』.

I told her the story Syl told me.

Maya was at a loss for words, like she was confused, not understanding, dumbfounded.

"What did you just say? Did she really tell you that? The last part is true, but the beginning is totally false』.

She undoubtedly disproved Syl's story. I was shocked and confused, the intrigue became bigger who was Syl?

『The only thing I liked was that name, you named her right? "Syl" fits her perfectly』-Of all that lie I just told, she liked me just one word-『I guess she made that up to cover up her origin』-『She had no choice, she should have never met you』.

That last sentence, I was annoyed to hear that, and puzzled.

『Never met me?』-I turned to look at her.

『You shouldn't have looked for her in the beginning, you shouldn't have realized the truth』-Her eyes shone and imposed mystery- 『But I'll tell you that in the end, I'm uneasy that you don't know our origins, so first I'm going to tell you, our past』.

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150 years ago.

Far away, in the middle of a forest, some scientists were doing their research work in their laboratory.

『Those bastards..... didn't approve our research..... what's immoral? inhuman? deranged? Please! This could be the beginning of the new era, my superiors are going to see it...』-A guy who was abandoned by his masters, his anger was slowly turning into madness.

『I agree with you, let's show them, they are wrong』.

His companion, intellectual and philosophical, takes things calmly both mentally and spiritually.

"And with you my little seeds of life』-The guy was approaching a room that looked terrifying-『We will give the beginning of the sprout of eternal youth』-『Kukukuku, just wait, mankind』.

In some capsule-shaped containers, there were 8 different creatures, which had similarities with each other. Flareon, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Umbreon, Espeon , Leafeon , Glaceon and Sylveon.

『With you my little ones, you are the ones chosen to change the whole world』.

『We also have to move forward on our other project』. -His companion quietly raises his voice to her.

『Right, this machine will also put a spin on every living thing』.

Days passed and the 2 scientists who were rejected by their idols, step by step they were getting closer to their goal, they made experiments with the evolutionary lines of Eevee, they took blood from them, syringed them, cut them, cut them, modified DNA between themselves, electric shocks, drowned them , injected them strong diseases in their bodies, burned them, poisoned them, put them in containers filled with ice and others among many more.

They wanted them to gain resistance against all kinds of evil, not to be severely affected by all kinds of pain. In the end, they reached the top of them, they took their blood from each one of them and fused it with a liquid that they called "Eternal" The fusion of these gave as a result what they were looking for, it is said that to obtain the "Eternal" was much worse the method of what they did to them. They already obtained it, it was like a kind of bright light that sparkles every second, "Eternal Essence" was already made, it was only a small portion, they had it in a very small container, the dose they took out was small. So much effort and sweat for a miserable portion of the goal. But they did not care, they managed to create what they were denied from the beginning.

Months later they returned to experiment with the Pokémons, these were already skeletal, dehydrated, the most pitiful that a being can be, they took their last drops of blood, they gathered a great quantity of their blood with a great quantity of the "Eternal", they obtained enough as they wanted. They injected the "eternal essence" in their bodies, they had in themselves the power of eternal youth, they no longer had to worry about aging, but in addition to this, they tried that with the "eternal essence" they could also obtain the abilities of the eeveelutions, but it was not possible, they were only satisfied with the eternal youth. They were going to sell the "eternal essence" to the whole world for a large amount, after all, this was a reason to sell themselves in a big way. But.... the reason why they obtained this goal, they were going to die, the eeveelutions were in a rotten and inhuman state, they were the reason why they achieved this, if they die, they would lose everything. So they also injected them with the "eternal essence". Here, if the power of this could be seen, their bodies recovered and became healthy again, well treated, as if nothing had happened to them. So they could continue working without fear that their source of creation would die, but it was difficult for them to get more "Eternal" they were in trouble, but they noticed that the pokémons obtained improvements in their powers and in their whole being, just by joining their blood without the need of the "Eternal" they obtained the "eternal essence". This made it easier for them, it was as if life smiled on both of them.

But at this time, they not only worked to obtain the "eternal essence" but also on a machine that we still didn't know what its function was.

『We already have 4 people who want the "eternal essence" We are going to sell it for 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 yen each, it was expected that only millionaire tycoons will buy it, and with the money we get, we will make more projects』-The intellectual fellow was checking his computer-.

*BOOMMM* an explosion was heard in the distance.

The partner ran worriedly to the place of the explosion. When he arrived he found his partner not knowing what to do, the partner was worried.

『AAAHHH! Damn it, something is wrong with this』-The guy was getting upset.

But what have you done!"』-The intellectual asked his friend.

"I just wanted to test it, to see if it's ready, damn it!

"I just can't leave you alone for a moment, you're so rash!

They 2 tried to somehow repair the machine that was losing control, lightning was seen in the place, it was like a storm with waves overflowing from that.

A few minutes passed and they managed to stop the machine, they came back stable. It seemed that everything was fine.

『Uffffff, that was close, good thing I came------』

*BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*

The machine exploded in their faces, a green colored, ring-shaped wave came from that explosion that swept across a large amount of the planet. Their laboratory exploded completely, leaving the whole place completely destroyed, it seemed that everything came to an end for these scientists.

In the morning, the eeveelutions rose from the rubble, they survived the explosion, it is not known if the scientists survived, but being so close to the explosion, I doubt it.

The Pokémons got up bewildered, looking at the sun bathing them with its rays, they felt a strong heartbeat in their whole being, pain flooded them, their bodies began to change into human ones, they got arms and legs, all human characteristics. They watched the sunrise completely naked, not knowing what happened and what they were going to do now. The ring wave swept through much of the world, the Pokémons that were hit by it, also mutated and became human, while....the humans that were hit, were mutated into Pokémons.

『And the eeveelutions are us』-Maya said in a calm and serene tone-『I am the Espeon of the story, one of those who experienced』.

『....This was what Syl didn't want to tell me....』-I was shocked by the true origin-『That explains why I am now a Lucario』.

『Now, I'll tell you, what Syl hid from you all these years and suffered a lot from』-Maya still doesn't finish the story-』.

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Years passed and we adapted to this new life, where everything was reversed, thanks to Syl having the power to read minds ,thoughts and memories, we knew everything that happened, we told it to the superiors of those doctors and they gave the news to the world, since on such an almost worldwide scale and with this strange phenomenon it could not be hidden with a lie. They helped us and we adapted to civilization.

One day, as almost always, Syl was going to the forest for a walk, she liked to feel the open air and nature, on her walk, she found a child passed out in the grass. She was the owner of a needy organization, she could not ignore someone in need of help, it would be strange if she did not care about someone, she saw the boy and carried him on her back, while she was carrying him to the city, she tried to wake him up, but he did not open his eyes. Syl didn't know what to do, it was getting dark, where was his home, who were his parents to help him get back? She didn't have to look at his memories to help him. She saw his whole past, from when he was a baby, his elementary life, his days with his 2 childhood friends. His entrance to high school. And also since he went to other worlds, the boy wanted from his heart to return to his world, this was starting to grow an agony in his chest, which would slowly explode and change the boy like an explosion.If he found out it was not his world, the boy would go into an irremediable rage because of holding back his grief. Syl wanted to help him, she didn't want him to end up like that, she contacted her sister Maya who was in the same city, Syl asked her to modify the boy's mind, to believe that he arrived in his home world, that he was reunited with his family and friends, and that he would have his life back, even if it was an illusion and a lie. It was the first time Syl felt this way, it didn't really help him, it simply showed him a happy reality that was false. Maya hesitated for a few moments, but seeing that her sister was begging her, she just did as she asked.

Syl gave him her apartment, the boy was to believe that this was his home where he lived with his family. In his eyes, he was going to see all his relatives and acquaintances, but in reality, he is alone in this world. Maya's mind modification didn't fully merge, the boy did believe that he was in his world, but that his family and friends and his whole life was a lie that never existed. He believed that he lived alone and that all those memories were just a defense measure of his mind. He realized that someone was helping him with food and receipts, so he decided to look for him, as he was the only being that mattered to the boy. The day the boy saved Syl, she was speechless, confused, she did not understand what was happening, the second time the boy saved her, she realized that the effect of her sister did not work at all, so she made the decision to be together with him.

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『*sniff*』

Tears were falling from my eyes, I was shocked and at the same time crying unblinkingly.

『That would be the real story of it all kid』-『If I'm honest with you.... I didn't like the idea of Syl, your whole life was going to be a lie in a completely different reality from yours』

『That's Syl....isn't it? She wanted to help me in my outpouring of anger and grief....Ja.....』-『I don't blame her, I don't hate her, I don't hate her for making that decision』-『Because I know she did it....for my sake』

I looked at Maya as the tears wouldn't stop, with a faint smile.

『What you told me, gave me hope in something』-Join my fists-『That means that if I have a mom,a dad, a sister, and my 2 friends, that all those memories I have if true and that I'm not alone....Thank you for telling me the truth, Maya』.

I thanked her from the bottom of my heart. Maya stared at me, she was apparently moved, and changed the subject quickly.

『There is a rumor.....』-She suddenly said-『In the far away , in the West, passing a great journey and remote places, you can meet a "God"』.

I was struck by what she was saying for no reason.

『The rumors say that if you find the "God" he will grant you any wish, no matter what wish it was, he will fulfill it,but in return you must give something, they are just rumors and it is not really proven----』-Her words are interrupted-.

『I don't care that they are rumors! There's a chance, I don't care what I have to give, I'm going to bring Syl back with me』-I stood up from the armchair and cheerfully said- 『No doubt!

『You didn't hesitate to say that....Hahaha.....I don't know why I'm not surprised』-She also changed to a motivated state-『I just wanted to give you another hope』.

A new story, adventure is about to start, the truth came to light at last, M rejoiced at such revelations instead of depressed in sadness, with encouragement, tomorrow start going for Lucario's Wish.

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Syl's room.

『Is it necessary to sleep the 2 of us together?』-Maya was lying on the bed-.

『Chi (￣ω￣) it's been years since I've slept without someone, it affected me that Daddy, Ron and Syl sleep with me, I feel like I can't sleep if it's not with someone』.

I hug Maya and lay my face on her back.

『*red* *nervous* (Just this once I'll let it go....)』-Maya for the first time feels this nervous and embarrassed-.

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