Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

C71: The Curse of Advance Ability

Kai felt as though he was a ship in a thunderstorm with no hand on deck to lower the sails.

The surge of pure emotions, ecstasy, anticipations, and joy that he was feeling, was drowning him, pulling him inch by inch towards the deeper depths of an unknown terrible sea, breaking his keel. Soon his mast would give away, and he would be left to roam the dark currents which only archaic ghost ships roamed underwater, from one sea to another, unseen and unheard. Unknown.

From his port came the wave of unimaginable Power, carrying magical creatures, which he could devour, and yet dared not.

From his starboard the water gave way, destroying the balance. He must spread despair, and destruction to stay afloat.

Kai clutched his chest, his hazel eyes trembling to go in and out of focus.

The blurriest hint of a black hood appeared and vanished across his face, his hands walking into the realm of the dead, and then back to life. The Thing in his chest was screaming, desiring the blood and flesh of so many magical creatures that have seemingly no end.

For the first time, Kai doubted if he should have ever come to this place, this World, or not.

Kai gritted his teeth, eyes bloodshot, fingers digging deep into his flesh. Step by step he walked through the crowd of young Pokemon Trainers and their Pokemon, through the jolly atmosphere, not hinting at the horror that was trying to burst out of him.

It was then Kai realized that getting the Advance Ability directly wasn't a blessing, but the vilest curse one could have cast upon him. The Emotions Manipulation Ability was going out of his hand, forcing him to bring out Dementor's Blood Essence and kill all the happiness. Never had he imagined that bypassing the Elementary Proficiency phase of an Ability could be this devastating.

"Hey! Are you alright?" a boy asked Kai, trying to peer at his contorted face. There was a blue Pokemon walking with him, reaching his knees. It had round ears and a zig-zag tail with a blue ball at its tip.

Kai ignored him or at least tried to ignore him.

"Marill..." the Pokemon cried, sensing Kai's distress. "Marill... Marill..."

"Huh? What is it, Marill?" the boy asked as Kai walked by him.

Since the very first step he had taken inside the Pokemon Center, it had become a cruel journey for him.

From the data of Thunder Faction, Kai knew a few perfunctory things about the Pokemon world. The concept of trainers, Pokemon types, battles and duels, research labs, and the Pokemon Center, having the letter P in front of the building.

Why had the map guided him to a place for Pokemon healing? Kai did not know.

The inside of this place was packed, with many computers lying against the walls. The map on the leaflet in Kai's hand had turned to words again after entering the building. Not merely words, but a name.

"Nurse Joy?" Kai asked the girl standing behind the reception desk. She had blue eyes and light pink hair. A big pinkish Pokemon, wearing a clinical hat, was walking behind her, taking medicine out of drawers and putting them back.

"Oh, hello!" Nurse Joy merrily said, not noticing Kai's agony as plainly as the Pokemon behind her. "How may I help you? Are you here to heal your Pokemon? May I see your ID?"

Kai had no answers to any of her questions. He looked down at the leaflet. The words must have changed when he was looking at her, for they said to pass the leaflet to her now.

Kai, in no mood to talk, passed the leaflet to Nurse Joy. The pink-dressed girl took the leaflet, looking confused, and in the next second, Kai noticed her stiffening as if she didn't have any life.