Well it has been a while. I am protectorofkingdomhearts, but I preffer to be known as KHP. My last attempt at writing fanfiction was about, oh 2 or 3 years ago. Well I am back and I hope I do a better job than before, now on with the show!
Running, it felt like he was always running, this small Pikachu was running through a forest with black shadows chasing him. His heart was pounding his legs were weak but he couldn't stop or the shadows would get him.
Light! He could see a small patch of light at the end of this dark abyss. 'So close, so tired, I must run must get out!' the Pikachu thought to himself. So close so close and then. THUD!
The Pikachu jumped up looking around trying to figure out where he was. It was light out, he could here Crickitunes in the background. A flock of Pidgi flew over head. 'Just another dream, I swear it gets worst every time,' the Pikachu shook it off and went to forage for food.
The Pikachu had gathered several berries and was just about to sit down and enjoy them, when a small Vulpix jumped into the clearing, teeth barred claws at the ready. "Well well, a Vulpix, and a cub by the looks of it," the Pikachu said.
"Shut up, prey, I have to bring you home to mother," the Vulpix growled.
"Ah is that so, and tell me what makes you thing that I will be your prey today?" the Pikachu asked as he stood up, slightly disappointed that he wouldn't be eating for a little while.
"Because my mother has caught several little mice like you before, now I must prove that I can hunt! Fire Fang!" The Vulpix leapt at the small mouse, fangs alight like hot embers.
When the Vulpix was right on top of the Pikachu, the little mouse vanished. Confused the Vulpix landed flat on its face. He quickly recovered and looked around to see where his prey went. He caught the scent again and saw that it was up in a tree eating an Oran berry.
"Well I must say, not a bad first attempt, but next time try to be quicker."
The Vulpix was stunned, he couldn't understand how it had escaped, he didn't dwell on this for long and leapt at the tree ready to climb. "Come down you! Come down and act like prey should, and face the predator!"
The Pikachu smirked, "I don't know what you were raised to believe, but in the real world the prey will do anything to get away from his predator," the Pikachu watched as the small fox tried to climb the tree, to no avail.
Soon the Vulpix stopped trying and used a different tactic. "If you won't come down I will force you down. Flamethrower!" and a jet of flame escaped from its mouth.
As before, a second before the attack reached the electric mouse, he vanished from sight. As before the Vulpix was mystified, and began looking for where his prey had fled to. This time, instead of being out of reach the Pikachu was right behind him.
"Well if it is a battle that you want it is a battle that you shall receive, thunderbolt!" the Vulpix readied itself for a shock that would pulse through his body. A few seconds passed and yet all the Pikachu had done was touch one of his front paws to the ground.
Then out of nowhere roots came and started to wrap around the Vulpix. This startled the fire fox and it began to claw and struggle against the roots, but they continued to rise from the ground. Soon bigger roots wrapped around more and more of the creature, and the Pikachu just stood his ground.
"H-how could a m-mouse do this! Only those of grass can do this!" the Vulpix shouted as he continued to struggle against the ever large roots that wrap themselves around his body.
"It's a human concept, we electric types use a small particle that creates barriers around a larger particle that makes up everything that we see. I have learned to manipulate that small particle and can use them to manipulate the larger particle." By now the roots were as thick as one of Vulpix's tails, and bound him to the ground, but they had stopped moving.
The Pikachu then went back to his berries and ate them in full view of the Vulpix. The fox continued to struggle while the mouse took a nap in the shade. In about an hour the Pikachu woke up and, walked over to the Vulpix.
"You know, I understand how you feel, just trying to find your place in the world," the Vulpix just lay bound, staring at his captor with rage in its eyes. "I was once a captured Pokémon, or whatever term you use for us. I used to travel with my human everywhere. He even gave me a name, Chu. Then one day he just said 'I can't help you anymore, go and find yourself', and he let me go."
The Vulpix continued to stare at the mouse. "I'm looking for someone, anyone really, who will put up a challenge. Someone who will push me to my limit, someone who could beat me." Then the vines that held the Vulpix started to go back into the ground. "I hope you have learned a lesson, hunting is not all about you, it is also about your prey. If the prey is to strong then you run away, and look for weaker prey," by the end the roots were back under the ground.
The Vulpix ran from there back into the woods, presumably back to his mother. Chu watched him run for a little then started on his way out of the forest.