#laventon helps spy on him bc he does NOT take the rescue of Irida well and it helps to have eyes and ears on him

[ghostypetrainer]

just making dinner, minding my own business when suddenly my brain is like ‘hahaha AU of an AU’.

anyways zoroark possession AU where all the same background still applies BUT it’s also a modern AU where all the Hisui characters live in modern day and all the members of the Pearl Clan are also Zoroark (or Zorua, in Lian’s case). They were all cast out of their human families for one reason another, and decided to bond together to survive. They left Sinnoh for the safety of Nimbasa years ago and so of course Ingo becomes deeply connected to them, eventually embraced as a member in his own right. Akari/Dawn is also a Zorua in this AU, though her mother embraced her daughter anyways and decided to move to Unova to make a fresh start after a close call. She frequents the Battle Subway as a challenger.

On the other side of things, Kamado is Rowan’s much younger brother who has always been overshadowed by him, and strives to surpass him someday. This leads to him researching the legend around the ancient Hisuian Zoroark- namely the folklore that they’ve continued to survive in secret by taking human hosts. And then he happens to stumble across rumors of the Pearl Clan...

One day, Irida doesn’t make it back after going out to run some routine errands. They all search for her, and eventually they make contact with a very nervous Rei, who tells them the professor that he works for works for a man (Kamado) who had captured Irida, but he doesn’t think what Kamado is doing is right, so he basically sells out the location of the lab to the Pearl Clan even though he can’t do much more beyond that (other than try and be a decent human being to the trying to hold it together but still scared Irida. she appreciates it).

Unfortunately, they don’t get to her before Kamado makes his discovery public, which makes the Pearl Clan rescuing Irida- with Ingo spearheading the rescue effort- even more of a news sensation. Of course, they all hide their identities behind Zoroark masks and concealing clothing, but now that the news is out there, they can’t take it back...

Meanwhile, Emmet and Elesa can’t help but wonder where Ingo disappears to every now and then.