Basic concept and premise was inspired by the South African CGI animated series Jungle Beat by Sunrise Productions. Please give them your support.

Poké Beat

Persim Prison

In a clearing within a lush, green forest, a Bone Rush was being expertly twirled and swung around. It was flung into the air in a mighty toss, and then caught by its owner, a lone Lucario. Still twirling the Bone Rush like a staff, Lucario passed it from paw to paw, jumping over it and flipping, spinning himself around, and maintaining complete control over the twirling Bone Rush.

Lucario deftly caught it as he stopped in perfect balance on one foot, and was still. He stood in silence, with his eyes closed in meditation.

Lucario then opened his eyes, and he spotted something a few yards away from him. He leaned forward to peer at the object, and his eyes discerned it to be a Persim Berry.

Gasping in joy, Lucario let his Bone Rush go and briskly walked towards it. He licked his lips as his eyes focused on the Persim Berry on the ground several feet away from. He reached out his paw towards it, leaning forward slightly to bend over and grab it, smiling eagerly as he did so. His extended arm approached the Persim Berry, and was stopped just as a loud clang ran out through the forest.

Lucario's arm, and the rest of his body fell down flat as he landed on his stomach. He stared at his arm, which was extended out through the bars of the cubical cage that had sprung up around him, complete with a top. Lucario gave a sad sigh as he stared up his arm, then at the Persim Berry, then up at the cage. The cage was a perfect cube, and about 1 and 1/2 times as tall as he was.

Lucario pulled his arm back in and opened his closed his paw a few times, staring at it. Then, his somber appearance change to one of frustration as he let out a growl and repeatedly swung a Bone Rush at the bars.

He roared as he hacked wildly at the bars with his Metal Claws, flailing his arms like crazy.

He stood with a steady, stable stance as he formed an Aura Sphere in his paws. He grunted as he hurled the Aura Sphere at the bars in front of him. It almost seemed to just stick to the bars for the briefest a moments, then it bounced off back towards Lucario. He quickly leaned to one side to avoid it, and it bounced off of the other side and came back at an angle towards him. Lucario quickly reacted by hitting the ground and lying flat as the Aura Sphere bounced wildly around the cage.

Lucario hugged the ground, breathing out to calm himself as he lay as still as he could on the grass. Then the Aura Sphere ricocheted up towards the top of the cage, and then straight down into Lucario's back.

The force of the hit caused Lucario's mouth and eyes to open wide as he now lay spread-eagled on the ground, with his tail stiff and standing up from strength of the blow.

As Lucario lay there with his wide eyes, he was able to see the Persim Berry lying on the ground just a few feet away.

Lucario stared at it, the narrowed his eyes and frowned as he gave a quick determined nod and grunted. He tried to crawl forward, but found himself to be stuck. He took a deep breath and pushed off of the ground with paws and feet, and his chest spike popped out of the ground. He took a moment to stand up, brush the dirt off of his chest spike, and then gently smooth his tail back into its natural position.

He then laid himself on the ground and crawled towards the side of the cage that faced the Persim Berry. He reached his arm out through the bars and tried to close the distance between his paw and the Persim Berry. He clenched and teeth and growled as he saw it was only a few inches away. Lucario crawled further, pushing the side of his face into the bars as he stretched his arm as far as it could go. His middle digit came with a few centimeters of the Persim Berry, but it was as far as his arm could stretch.

Lucario growled as he scratched and punched at the ground in frustration.

Lucario's leg slid towards the Persim Berry as he lay on his back within the cage and edged towards the bars, bushing his body along with his arms. He wedge his blue fur through the bars as he brought his foot closer to the Persim Berry. He raised his leg a bit, and then brought it down at the Persim Berry. His toes brushed the side of it, and Lucario stretched his leg hard until his foot closed tightly around the Persim Berry.

Lucario laughed triumphantly, and he quickly crawled backwards, smiling as his foot brought the Persim Berry closer and closer to the cage.

When he pulled his foot through the bars, the Persim Berry caught on the bars and popped out of Lucario's grasp. Lucario's back was against the opposite side of the cage when he noticed, and he quickly stood up and, in his excitement, unconsciously triggered Extreme Speed as he ran towards the other side of the cage. He didn't see the hole in the ground his chest spike has made earlier, and his foot got caught in it, causing him to trip forward. When combined with his Extreme Speed, it practically swung him forward with such force that his entire head was jammed right through a gap in between two bars. In addition, his long snout hit the Persim Berry and knocked far off and into the forest.

Lucario lay in that position in shocked silence. Then his eye twitched as he let out a furious roar and gripped the two bars his neck was caught between. He shook the bars as he repeatedly tried to pull his head back in, but then suddenly stopped as an idea struck him.

He stood up slowly, still holding onto the bars as he raised his head up along with the rest of his body. He then turned his head sideways and slipped his arms through the shame gap his head had been forced through. Then, with his arms on the outside, he gripped the two bars he was caught between and pushed, slowly threading his torso through the gap, which had actually been widened a bit by the force of the Extreme Speed.

He turned his body, and fell onto his side, his upper half now outside of the cage. He then slowly crawled backwards and pulled his lower body out through the gap in the bars. Now free from the cage, Lucario lay flat on his back and breathed in and out slowly.

He lay like this for a moment, then sat up fast and looked around quickly. He then stood up and walked off quickly into the forest. He peered through the foliage, and he smiled brightly when he spotted the Persim Berry on the ground. He reached down to grab it, but stopped short to look around nervously, giving his surroundings a suspicious eye. Once he was satisfied, he quickly snatched the Persim Berry up, brought it to his open mouth, and bit into it.

Lucario was still for a second, then he quickly knocked the berry out of his mouth and let his tongue hang out as he looked down with disgust and disappointment. But then he turned around and saw the cage he had escaped from, and a look of smiling satisfaction grew on Lucario's face.