Chapter 4: Chapter 3
In the pokemon center of Pewter city. There was a young boy with his eyes closed. He was in a room laying inside a tube like structure that was making various clanking noises. In another room there were two women overseeing the tubes operation and monitoring the young boy's condition. One of the women gave the following instruction:"Dylan the scan is almost done be sure to hold still."
While the in the tube like machine, Dylan was thinking the following:' So this machine has the ability determine the extent of a person or pokemons injuries. The advancement of technology has sure come a long way in this world'.
'That woman said this 'machine' can see the full skeletal structure of a human body and can also identify diseases as well. The path of treatment and medicine of this world seems to focus more on the science aspect rather than our world where mages use healing magic. While healing magic can repair common injuries and broken bones, it is ineffective against treating diseases. In fact, our knowledge in regard to diseases is superficial at best'.
' I have so much to learn and I'm still unsure of what my goals are but there is one thing I know for sure. I want to travel and explore what this world has to offer. I spent most of time in the clan except when they sent me out to train or on a mission. I do not want to be restricted ever again!
Clank clank clank… The sound of the machine was starting to die down. The machine came to a complete stop and one of the women in next room said: The scan is complete. You can go in the next room and rest for a bit. With that, dylan stepped out of the machine and exited the room.
Meanwhile, one of the women who was in a nurses outfit was going over the results of the body scan. Her expression while looking over the results were that of astonishment but soon changed to that of sadness and pity. Noticing the nurses expression, the other women couldn't help but ask: Nurse Joy, will Dylan be alright?
Nurse Joy turned around and said: Roxi, What on earth did this boy go through? While his injuries from the pidgeotto are serious, they are not life threatening. I am more concerned with his old injuries.
Roxi: his old injuries?
Nurse Joy: it seems the boy didn't tell you or he probably doesn't realize the extent of his injuries. He has multiple fractures to various bones in his body. He is severely dehydrated as well. These injuries were left months ago according to the scan and haven't healed completely. From what I can gather, this boy was tortured on a regular basis; there is no other explanation for it. Has he said anything to you Roxi?
Roxi: ….. No, when I found him, he said the only thing he could remember was his name. Who could do such a thing to a child. Nurse joy, is there any chance for him to regain those lost memories.
Nurse joy: The scan didn't reveal any abnormalities in his brain. It is most likely he is suppressing those memories subconsciously so it hard to say. He could get them back in a few weeks or could be years. Roxi I think you should tell Officer jenny about the boy so she can start looking for his family.
Roxi: I'm not sure if that is wise. You said those old injuries a few months old right? If the boy was kidnapped or missing, everyone in the city would know about it. The police station in town typically receives flyers of missing people from other cities in the kanto region but there hasn't been reported cases of missing children in years. That could only mean…
Nurse joy thought for a moment before realizing what what Roxi was saying. " You can't possibly mean his family inflicted those horrendous injuries on him?! Nurse joy couldn't help but stare at Roxi with a frown. In all her 10 years as a pokemon nurse, she has seen the brutalities pokemon have suffered in the hands of humans who mistreat their pokemon but she couldn't understand the mindset of people so cruel to hurt others especially a child.
After thinking for a moment, she shook her head: "Regardless, what do you plan on doing with him? Officer Jenny is on her way down here as we speak and we both know she is going place him in the orphanage if she can't locate his family". After hearing nurse joy's question, Roxi was was about to reply but stopped herself. She just looked down on the floor and remained silent.
In the other room, Dylan was enjoying a glass of milk with a tray full of sandwiches and chips. No matter how much he stuffed his face, it didn't seem to be enough. It is understandable considering his body had consumed no food or water for the past day and to top it off he used most of his energy fighting off that pokemon. Needless to say, he was starving.
He soon finished all the food on his tray and gulped down the last bit of milk left in his glass. 'Food never tasted so good. Well that solved the issue of my hunger for now. Next, I have to heal these so called "old injuries" that nurse was discussing with that Roxi woman.' While Dylan was consuming his meal, he had also diverted his attention to a room where nurse Joy and Roxi were going over the results of his scan
Dylan was stunned that the machine was able to detect even the tiniest of fractures on his bones that even he couldn't spot. Thinking back to when he first arrived in this world, he suddenly realized the reason. Dylan had only performed a rudimentary check on the condition his new body aside of course from looking for the original owners soul.
What surprised him even more that he was able to use spirit sense with a body that has yet to begin cultivation. Dylan has deduced it was due to his soul somehow retaining the ability to use that technique when he crossed over. While delighted with this surprise, that feeling soon turned to dread when he realized he could only send out his spirit sense 3 meters at most. 'With my old body, I was able to send out my spirit sense up to 100 meters but I suppose I can't be greedy. I have plenty of time to regain my former strength and possibly go beyond my previous limits. Oh I better stop using my spirit sense.'
Dylan quickly retracted his spirit sense because his body was beginning to feel the strain of using this technique. 'I probably shouldn't use my spirit sense again until I've been cultivating for at least a year. It's only been 10 minutes and I am beginning to feel the strain already. Even without my injuries, the most I can maintain my spirit sense for another 5 minutes. I also need to change the way I have trained myself in the past.
While waiting for Roxi to come out, Dylan got up and walked toward a window the size of a door. He looked out toward the distance and began going over the events from the beginning of his life to the moments when his clan was destroyed. Dylan blamed the Forlon kingdom for the demise of his clan but he couldn't accept that it fell so easily.
However he soon came upon a conclusion that didn't sit well with him. The Dragonic clan over the years had become over reliant on using their dragon abilities. Whenever a clan member reached the required cultivation level( The 5th level of the mortal realm) to practice the dragonic transformation skill, They would consume the blood of a dragon. Most of the clan members were satisfied with that level of strength and did not strive to improve their strength. Barely 10 percent of the clan members reach the second stage and only a handful of experts aside from the three elders and myself could transform into dragons.
Even Dylan himself had become complacent over the years. he had reached the peak of the core forming realm (5th level) and had been stuck in that realm for 5 years.The reason for this had nothing to do with talent. It all stemmed from the harsh requirement every dragonic clansmen had to deal with to increase their strength.
While regular cultivators in other countries used Qi to form the essence core in their dantian,The members of the draconic clan had to circulate Qi and the essence in dragon blood in order to form their essence core otherwise they would be unable to continue with dragonic transformation skill. If Dylan wanted to breakthrough the next stage which was the Omega realm, he had to consume the blood of a gold dragon.
However there was only one problem; they were extinct! There was a time that dragons of various races roamed the lands. black , silver, golden, and crimson dragons ruled the lands. Unfortunately, the majority of them were exterminated when humans learned to harness Qi and the number of cultivators soon outnumbered the number of dragons.
By the time the dragonic clan was formed, there were only black dragons and very few silver dragons remaining. The founding elders of the clan realized the problem of few dragons remaining so they formed an alliance with the dragons promising to protect them. In exchange, every year, the dragons would hand over their blood so the elders and their disciples could gain their powers and abilities.
Unknown to Dylan, Roxi had finished her conversation with nurse Joy and noticed him looking out the window. Roxi was about to call out to him but stopped when she saw Dylan's expression in the mirror. She couldn't help but feel a sense of heartache when she saw the sadness in Dylan's eyes.
Before she could muster up the words to comfort him, she was interrupted when a woman called out to her "Hey Roxi!". Dylan turned around and saw Roxi standing a couple of feet behind but soon turned his attention to the source of the voice. The woman in question looked fairly young, had curly blue hair and brown round eyes. Although not as beautiful as Roxi, she had her own unique charm.
Roxi: Ahh Hi Jenny. You made it here pretty quickly.
Officer Jenny: IT'S Officer Jenny when I'm on duty Roxi. Anyway, Nurse Joy filled me in on what happened. Is it true that he has no memories?
Roxi: Thats right. Aside from his own name, he can't seem to remember anything else.
Officer Jenny: … I see. Well it is unfortunate for a child to suffer such an experience.
Roxi, aside from getting his side of the story, I'm going to drop him off and have him registered with the orphanage.
Roxi: That won't be necessary.
Officer Jenny: What do you mean not necessary? Wait you don't plan on…
At that moment, Roxi walked up next to Dylan and patted his little head. With a smile, she said: "That's right, I am going to be his guardian". When officer Jenny heard this, she could only shake her head and sigh "Roxi do you know what you're getting into? Raising a child by yourself is no picnic".
Roxi then said without hesitation "I have already made up my mind". She then turned to attention to Dylan's surprised look 'leaving him in that orphanage will only make things worse for this child. He knows essentially nothing about the world around him and needs someone with patience to show him the way.
Roxi recalled the scene where Dylan was facing that pidgeotto. Before she interrupted that battle, she was stunned with his courage and conviction when he bet everything on that last clash. It looked as though Dylan fought in many battles. 'Aside from that maybe this child has the potential to be a great trainer…'
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