Call of the Wind

Dislaimer: I do not own Pokémon. I\'m just having a little fun with it, that\'s all.


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Call of the Wind


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Red.

His vision was clouded by red.

Fury, the kind of which he\'d never felt before, built in his chest every second he stood and watched what had transpired in the room.

The bastard would die.

Suicune forced his anger down, to try and collect his thoughts, thinking back on the events leading to what lay before him.

The disturbance he\'d sensed earlier had ended up being poachers, hunting the rare Pokémon in Ilex Forest. There\'d been many before, all looking for the fabled \"Protector of the Forest\", Celebi.

They\'d been punished, of course. Celebi had used its powers effectively to banish them from the forest. Suicune, who\'d helped in such matters before, hadn\'t needed to intervene.

So, he\'d continued on his way to Naiya\'s home, eager to be with her again.

As he\'d neared her house, though, his senses had picked up distress, Naiya\'s distress, and the presence of another human in the room with her.

A man.

Curious, and suddenly wary, he\'d flown faster, coming to a quick halt just outside her open window. What he\'d seen had sent his senses reeling, causing violent instincts to surge to life within him.

A man was laying atop Naiya, *his* Naiya, pinning her hands to the bed, putting his hands upon her flesh as he prepared to take her body for his own. Even from where he was, Suicune could see the human male preparing himself to forcefully enter the crying female, ignoring her tears and screams of protests.

The first thing he\'d felt was shock. Why would this man do such a thing?

Then, he\'d felt nothing but rage.

In his mind, he called the man every vile he could think of, drawing sources from every dialect of every Pokémon species he knew.

The bastard dared to touch what was *his*!

He didn\'t know much about human behavior, but he didn\'t need Naiya\'s cries to tell that this vile male was not the type to be merciful or kind.

Neither would he.

He\'d sent a wailing wind into the room, trying to knock the bastard off before he could hurt Naiya further. The second wind blew the man straight off the bed, meaning to jolt him harshly onto the floor. When he\'d tried to get back on, Suicune growled, making sure he knew who he\'d have to face for his actions.

Though he\'d wanted nothing more than to rip the bastard\'s throat open, Suicune couldn\'t risk hurting Naiya, since she was so close. But, it proved difficult, curbing the instinct to bite down on the man\'s head and snap it off his trecherous neck.

Ignoring the man for a second, but not forgetting him, Suicune turned to the bed and looked over at his precious human girl. What he saw had him growling even louder, his anger flaring wildly.

Naiya\'s face was marred by bruises, her full lower lip cut and bleeding. Tear stains trailed down her cheeks, evidence of the fear she\'d felt under the bastard\'s wrath. She sat up, having freed her other hand from the tie. Pulling a blanket up to cover her nakedness, she called out to him.

\"Suicune,\" she whimpered, relief lending her voice an achingly frail quaver.

He let his eyes convey his emotions to her, knowing she would understand all that he kept under tight rein at the moment. Most of all, he was glad he had made it in time to save her, if not... He didn\'t even want to think of what could have happened.

Suicune turned back to the man on the floor, who\'d been too shocked and afraid to move while he\'d had the chance. That was the last mistake he\'d ever make...

{{ Naiya, }} Suicune murmured, comforting her mind with his voice. {{ Turn away and don\'t look back. }}

Naiya clutched the sheet to her chest, confused by his words. She almost asked what he meant, but the barely shielded anger in his eyes stopped her. Then, she understood.

He didn\'t want her to see what would happen next.

Nodding hesitantly, Naiya pulled the sheet tighter around herself, turning to face the wall near her bed, away from the impending violence.

After she settled, Suicune focused all his attention on the still dumbstruck man. All the anger he\'d been keeping at bay surged forward, his powers lending his form an unholy light, eyes burning bright red with fury.

That was the last thing Dredger saw, before the beast snarled and leapt at him.

The room echoed with the man\'s dying screams...


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Naiya tried desperately to block out the terrifying sounds behind her. Moving her hands up, she covered her ears, mingled sorrow and relief clenching in her heart.

For the past several minutes, she\'d heard nothing but Dredger\'s screaming and Suicune\'s snarling growls.

It was frightening, him being like that.

She\'d only ever known him to be kind and gentle with her. For him to be so violent was unnatural to her. But, she could not fault him.

Dredger was going to die.

She did not mourn for the lawyer; he deserved his fate. But, she regretted being the reason for Suicune\'s distress, having seen his fear for her in his eyes earlier.

To think, had he been even a minute late, Dredger would have...

Naiya shivered, disgust and the memory of the man\'s hands on her racing through her mind. She felt so dirty...

\'Oh, Suicune...\' she thought sadly, tears of regret seeping from her eyes.


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The man lay lifeless, blood from countless wounds trickling onto the already red-stained floor. His flesh had been torn repeatedly, by fangs and claws that were sharp and merciless. Ragged cuts streaked across his face, chest, and arms; his legs long since rendered immobile by heavy slashing paws.

He was no longer human; merely a mass of damaged tissue, blood, and bones.

The beast stood above the figure, triumphant and deadly.

His eyes burned red with lingering hate, his fangs dripping with the blood of his fallen enemy. It anointed his fur, the blue and white pelt matted with it.

With a final roar of outrage, he slashed downward between the dead human\'s legs, destroying the very thing that had made him a man...

And still, he could not rid himself of his hatred.

Growling in disgust, he called forth a violent wind and threw the man\'s body against the door of the room, the force great enough to break through the simple wooden shield and land him in the hall.

Whatever hadn\'t been broken earlier certainly was now.

It took several minutes for Suicune to calm his raging blood, his instinct to kill stronger than anything he\'d ever known. But, he did not enjoy the feeling, for it left him hollow afterwards.

Turning towards the bed, he saw Naiya trembling in the sheets. She was quiet, desperately trying to muffle her crying, but he could smell her tears.

He took a step forward to comfort her, before he remembered his gruesome state. Looking down at himself, he was appalled by the amount of blood on his fur. He could not face her looking like this...

Moving towards the window, Suicune called forth heavy clouds from the storm that had formed as a result of his earlier anger.

A heavy shower blew in through the window, drenching him completely and washing away the drying blood. He let the rain cleanse him, taking away the last vestiges of his wrath.

After a while, he was refreshed. Willing the storm away, he shook himself briskly, sprays of water flying from his coat. Then, he turned back to the bed.

Naiya could hear him moving around, listening intently as he padded across the room, coming towards the bed. She relaxed then, their bond allowing her to sense that he had finally calmed down.

When his nose lightly touched her cheek, she turned, offering him a small smile, though her eyes were still blurry with tears. She reached a hand out to stroke his jaw, the fur damp but clean.

{{ Are you all right? }} he asked, his eyes their usual ruby red color.

She nodded, avoiding looking anywhere but at him. \"I\'m fine,\" she whispered. \"Now that you\'re here.\"

{{ He hurt you, }} Suicune grumbled, looking at the bruises on her face.

Naiya shook her head, crawling closer to hide her face in the fur of his neck. \"It\'s nothing...he...he didn\'t get to-\"

{{ He\'s gone, }} he answered, knowing her fear of the man was still fresh. {{ I made sure of it. }}

More tears ran down her cheeks. \"I\'m sorry.\"

Suicune comforted her with a tender lick to her face. {{ It was not your fault. I did it to protect you. }}

She was silent a moment, before turning her head to drop a kiss onto his neck.

\"Thank you.\"

He purred reassuringly, lending her his strength as she recovered.

Their tender moment was interrupted by a noisy plodding from the hall. The two turned as a scream rent the air, the stillness of the room shattering in its wake.

\"What the hell happened here?!\" a voice bellowed from the hall.

Naiya trembled, burrowing closer to Suicune\'s warmth.

It was her mother.

Seconds later, the older woman burst in through the broken door, eyes blazing with drunken anger, her hair flying wildly around her. In her hand was an open bottle of vodka, already half empty.

\"What did you do now, you stupid girl?!\" she yelled, her words slurring as her eyes focused blearily on her daughter. \"The lawyer\'s out in the hall, bloody fuckin\' dead!\"

Naiya didn\'t respond, clinging tighter to the fur in her hands. She couldn\'t face her, not now. Not after all that had happened...

\"And what the hell is that thing?\" her mother continued, finally taking note of the creature her daughter held on to. \"You\'ve got a damned Pokémon in here?!\"

At this point, Suicune growled a low warning. Mother or not, the woman was upsetting Naiya, who was still in a fragile state.

\"Get that thing out of here, you little bitch!\" Her mother stepped forward threateningly. \"If you know what\'s good for you.\" She raised a fist.

Suicune moved forward, careful not to disturb Naiya, and his growl intensified, stopping the older woman in her tracks. She could not harm the girl, not with him there.

\"I see,\" she slurred, smirking as she took a sloppy drink from her bottle. \"So, you got y\'self a pet. No matter, nothin\' a little repel potion can\'t get rid off.\"

Seemingly bolstered by the drink, the woman chatted on, ignoring the protective glare Suicune sent her way. On the bed, Naiya cried, knowing her mother would only hurt her more with her cruel words.

\"I plan on makin\' a lot of money off you,\" she commented. \"That lawyer had a pretty good idea, saying you\'d make a good whore. Imagine all the rich men who\'d come to have a go at you.\" She cackled wildly, sneering at the crying girl. \"Don\'t know why I didn\'t think of it myself. All these years I could\'ve been rich!\"

Suicune could not believe his ears. Had this woman actually been a part of that bastard\'s plan? She\'d have let him ruin her daughter?

Looking back at the bed, he saw Naiya curled up on her side, her face buried into the sheets. She wasn\'t crying anymore, but her whole being radiated misery.

His eyes blazing, Suicune turned back to the mother, his anger once again riled. How could she have done that to her own child?

Not waiting for an answer, he summoned a strong draft into the room. The wind rushed at the older woman, sending her shrieking into the hallway to slam against the wall, her head hitting the wood with mind-numbing force. She slumped downward, her bottle rolling to spill heedlessly onto the floor.

Not even waiting to see if she was still alive, Suicune turned to Naiya, softly instructing her to climb onto his back.

He was taking her away, away from the bitter memories. Never to return.

Naiya dropped the bedsheet, kneeling up briefly to manuever onto his back. Clinging to him, she did not look back as they lifted off, leaving the past behind them.

In the deserted room, the spilled drink slowly crept across the floor, mingling with the drying puddles of blood, inching towards the smoldering remains of a dead man\'s cigarette...





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Hmm, that was actually pretty short...but angsty and gory enough, I guess. *hehe*

As you can see, Dredger did get his comeuppance (though I probably could\'ve worked a few more torturous scenes in there). It was actually fun writing his death... *kukuku* >=}

Aw...something about mixing a bloodbath with a tender moment just makes me feel all gushy. ^_^ More sweet Suicune & Naiya moments on the way!

Please read & review!


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(P.S. This is ~still~ not the end! *wink* You lucky people!)


[[ Reviewers... (3000+ hits! Thank you all!)

... Siryn - Well, Dredger didn\'t get any, but Suicune did get to kill the bastard. *hehe* Yes, Suicune does rock! Hopefully there\'ll be more stories with him in the future. I\'ll continue \'til the very end. =} Thanks for the review!

... Anon - Yup, Suicune did get wind of it and he was ~beyond~ pissed. Ho-oh won\'t make an appearance \'til later...that\'s all I\'m saying. *zips lips* (Are you psychic?) =}

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... Tsornin - A fellow writer! Welcome! =} Thanks for the info; I\'ve been wanting to know how they represented Suicune in the game. I actually fashioned his gender after all the folklore I know about the \"North Wind\" being a male spirit/entity/god/etc. I guess it doesn\'t matter now. *giggle* Yes, Dredger was a real bastard and got what he deserved, though my punishment for him was a ~bit~ harsher than yours. *wink* Glad you like the story! I\'ll update whenever I can!

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