Chapter 2: The Tale of a Raichu
Kenja and Bōken walked among the Grasslands. After the startle Bōken had with his Mother, he and the Slowking kept silent as they head for wherever there destination is. The Wild Pikachu had to slow down his jogging to stay beside Kenja, his only companion at the time. Bōken went up to The Old Man, "So, where are we going?" "Aw, thought you'd never ask!" Kenja said, not answering the question. "Were you just waiting till I said something" Bōken chuckled. "Indeed" The Slowking answered, "It would be rude to come out and say it out loud" "Don't worry" Bōken waved his hand in front Kenja, "anything you gotta say, say it to the great Lightning!" "Lightning is your real name, correct?" "Not really" The Pikachu chuckled, "It's actually Bōken" "Indeed. Does that mean Adventurer?" "Yep. Good job figuring that out gramps" Bōken said chuckling. "That's a good name" Kenja started, "Certainly good for the place we are heading" "You still haven't answered that. Where are we going?" "First off let me introduce myself to you" Bōken let out an uninterested growl, "It's not good to travel with someone you don't know" "I know, make it quick" The Pikachu said. "That is if you can be quick, King of Slowness" Bōken thought, not saying it out loud. "I am Son of Chie, a PokeMaster who is part of a group that runs the world of Pokeland, sort of like an Oligarchy" "I don't know what that is..." Bōken explained, which only made the Slowking laugh. "Chie has sent me for a one year trip across the lands in search for soldiers like yourself. I am sure I have gotten at least a one-hundred man to join, and it seems you will be my last, that is if we encounter anyone in the Dark Forest" "Dark Forest?" Bōken looked confused. "Yes, the Dark Forest. That is our destination, and its up ahead" Kenja pointed in front of them. Bōken realized that their were a wall of trees far up ahead that seemed to have no end in sight, "There is no way around it, we must go through it, for I have three more days until my one year time limit is gone! On the other side of the Forest is the great town of Sentoraru, where is where all the army man and PokeMasters live. But getting through the Forest will not be an easy task, for evil lurks at every corner. Indeed the only way I got out is with the help of a noble Roserade, but that is another story for later. Although I got through once doesn't mean I can get through once more. Theirs no doubt we will encounter evil on the way through" "Don't worry about it" Bōken interrupted, "you have a God before you man. Will get through it and say Hi to your daddy again, ok?" "Quite an anxious fellow" Kenja thought, but then said out loud, "You seem to have a good family" "I do have a good family" Bōken answered with his hands on his hips and his head held high. "I'm not trying to be rude or such, but what is this Father business?" Bōken paused for a second. The Slowking was about to doubt his words until the Pikachu said, "He...He left the cave during the winter and never came back" "What was his name?" Kenja asked. "Uhhh I think it was Senshi" Bōken stuttered as he was still quite young at remembering his Fathers name. "I don't believe I've met a Raichu named Senshi before on my journey. Tell me, was he a true Warrior?" "You bet you're pocket watch he was" Bōken told the Old Slowking, "He would always tell me and Thunder some ol' stories from when he was part of a Thief gang" "A Thief Gang? As in, steal Food and Money, correct?" Kenja looked surprised. "Yesurie" The Pikachu went on, "He was the best, I remember one story from the back of my head, but it's a little long" "Please, do tell. The Forest is far off, we have time to spare" "Alrighty then. It all started one night, when a group of thieves were at large" Bōken started. He continued his story to the Slowking, it went something like this:
It was a decade ago when four robbing experts were having a meeting inside an ally way in a town that glowed bright in the night. One of the thieves codename was Chompers. She was the only female of the group, but she was the most experienced. Her technique was using her flytrap-like hair to grab the money and using her athletic body to escape, as she was a Mawile. She was the leader of the gang as she was not only a good thief, but a good boss, as she ordered the group to do things if they like it or not. They knew she was well experienced, so they always listened to her robbing plans, and they usually end in success. The only flaw to her is that her Flytrap-like hair eats most of the food is has in its mouth, so she does mostly money business. Another one of the thieves is codenamed Tusk, who was the muscle of the group. He was not only powerful, but he was fast in speed with his ability to roll around at will, for he was a Donphan. He has gotten through many heist before using his imaginable strength and fast speed. He one time ran over a full team of Probopass like a Bowling Ball hitting Pins. Since he had no fruit-eating hair, he spent his time collecting both Money and Berries. The Craziest thief of all is codenamed Cheesy. If that's not enough description, then here is this: He always tells horrible jokes and he loves cheese. Even for his fat plump size, he was very sneaky and steals cheese without no one noticing until the next day. He became so well-known for only stealing cheese, he became one of the greatest thieves of this time, and still half of the people he stole from has no idea. If you have not figured out the Pokémon, it is a Raticate. You might be wondering why these Pokémon have codenames instead of names with Backstories, like the Raichu family has like I have told you last chapter. Well, the thing is, when you become a Thief, you only tell your real now to the people you trust, and even though they were a team, they still did not trust each other. Heck, Tusk got mad at Cheesy because his cheese was missing, but Cheesy doubted he was the culprit. But, like I told before, their was four thieves, not the three. You might know who the last robber is, but his codename was Shocker. He was the rebel of the group, always going in first and coming out last. He got his nickname, Shocker, for electrocuting all the Probopass guards in his first heist with the Robbers. You might know who this is, so I might as well tell you it was Senshi, a Raichu who will soon be a Dad to one of the greatest soldiers ever to be in Pokeland. But we will get to that part of the story later. With Chomper's flexibility, Tusk's strength, Cheesy's sneakiness, and Shocker's force, they became one of the greatest robbing gangs Pokeland has ever seen! And they were just now planning on another heist. But it was not one at the bank for market. It was in a cave where a wealthy Slaking lay. "Ok, so, let's begin the plan" Chompers ordered with her hands on her hips walking back and forth the ally. "That old Slayking lives in the mountain above with all that money of his. It makes me sick! The thing is though, we cannot all go, because one of us will have to leave town to get to the Mountain. If anyone recognizes us, were done for!" Cheesy then held up his tiny clawed hand, "Yes Cheesy?" The Mawile asked. "Will their be CHEESE in the cave?" Cheesy said, emphasizing the word cheese. "Nope, just gold and silver" Chomper answered. "Then I'm out" The Raticate said before he suddenly shot up, "Cheese? Cheese?! I smell Cheese!" "You ALWAYS smell cheese" Tusk told the Rat, who was now sneaking around the ally with his nose on the floor sniffing away. "But this time it's real!" Cheesy said as he walked away sniffing the concrete floor. "I certainly can't go, I'm to well-known, so one of you boys gotta do it" Chompers said, pointing at the Donphan and Raichu. "My poster is on the walls, and plus with this scar on my eye, they can tell me from a Pokeball in the grass!" Tusk said. He did indeed have a scar on his face from one fight he had with another Pokémon. "I can do it! Their is all sorts of Raichus walking around here, I'll fit in perfectly!" Shocker told the group. "Good idea, Shocks" Chompers usually called him Shocks instead of Shocker, "You'll be the lucky one taking the heist today" Suddenly, Chompers whipped out a blue piece of paper and laid it out on the floor. "Ok, I'm going to show you step-by-step Shocks on your mission"
"So first off" Chompers began, "You will blend in with the crowd in town. Do not talk to anyone and do not get out in the open!" She ordered as she drew a bunch of stick figures with Raichu ears. "Then you need to take the City Bus, still do not consult with anyone or anything! After that you will stop at the tip of the Mountain and begin the climb to the cave" She drew a Bus(that looked like a shoe) and pointed an arrow at the Mountain, which had the cave horribly colored in. "After you get to cave, Slayking will probably be asleep, and while the old gooner is sleeping, you take some of the money and run out undetected by him" She drew a fat stick figure with Zs coming out of its head, and circles around its belly to represent the Gold. She then drew a stick figure with Raichu ears running away with a Money Bag in his hand, "you then climb back down, come back here, and we celebrate with a party! Easy as that!" Chompers turned around with her eyes closed and with her hands on her hips. She didn't realize her hair just ate part of the Blueprint. "Seriously?" Tusk said, "That is a horrible drawing of my muscles! And why is Raticate standing on my head!" "I'm not trying to be an artist here big stuff!" Chompers answered. "So, drive to the Mountain, steal the money, and come back. Got it" The Raichu said. "And remember!" Chompers ordered, "do NOT talk to anybody! Now begin!" And like that the Raichu was off onto the sidewalk, casually walking beside a group of Pokémon.
The first part of the heist is to blend in with the other Pokémon, which was easy, since Raichus were common in the city at the time. Sadly though, Shocker had to walk beside a Pikachu, who had a camera waisted around its neck, twiddling with the camera. "Gahh! This is hopeless!" The Pikachu yelled. Shocker tried to pay no attention with the constant bragging about the camera. That was until finally the Pikachu saw Shocker, "Hey sir" it began. It was a girl, "Can you help me with this please? Dang camera won't turn on!" She began slapping the device, "Do you know how to fix it?" she held the camera up like she was expecting the Raichu to grab it and help. But Shocker remembered that he must not consult with anyone, for that was his orders. The Pikachu waved the camera around until she finally brought it back to her, "Well, don't have to be grumpy about it" The first part of the mission was almost over. Up ahead was the Bus stop. Most of the people Shocker walked with stopped at the Bench, awaiting the Bus. Sadly, The Pikachu also stopped. "Oh, you're going to the Mountain too?" She asked Shocker, "I'm going to go take pictures. That is if this dang camera worked!" She started slapping the device once more. Suddenly Shocker halted, "Wait, most people drive to the Mountain just to get to the other side of town" He thought, "but if she goes onto the Mountain the same time I do, then it can mess up everything! I gotta do something!" Shocker was actually thinking of just going back to the ally and waiting for the next time to do it, but it was too late, as the Bus rolled to the stop. The Pikachu rushed onto the Bus first, cutting everyone. Shocker was last to get on. The driver was a Delibird, "Welcome to the Delibird Express!" The Pokémon said, "Please take your seats!" Raichu got onto the Bus and the door closed behind him. He realised their was no more seats left on the automobile. That was until he heard a voice in the middle of the bus. "Yahoo! Raichu Guy! Over Here!" It was the Pikachu, "I saved you a seat! Come on!" Shocker grunted and sat beside the Pikachu. Instead of red cheeks, she had Pink cheeks, which were shooting tiny sparks out as she got angered by the Camera, "Ugh, this thing will never work!" She said out loud, and she threw the camera beside her. She sighed and turned to Shocker as the Bus began driving away, "Well looks like were stuck with each other until we get to the Mountain" She said. The Pikachu then held out her hand, "I'm Yasashī, nice to meet you!"
Yasashī waited for the handshake but Shocker did not give her one, for he didn't want to be with the annoying Pikachu at the moment, even though he would soon see her everyday. "Come on!" Yasashī said as she nudged the Raichu with her elbow, "we can't talk if I don't know your name!" She didn't get any response. She put her arm down and looked at the ground sadly as the Bus drove on. Yasashī started moving her feet back and forth as she watched the ground shake a little with the road bumps. The Raichu looked at her for a split second and saw how she was acting. He sighed, "Shocker" The Raichu said. "What?" The Pikachu sprung back up. "Call me Shocker" He held out his hand and Yasashī shook it gladly. He went back on Chompers word, but how bad can it be? "So, are you going to the Mountain or just to Town?" "I'm heading up the Mountain" Shocker replied. "How wonderful! We can be hiking buddies!" The Pikachu said cheerfully as she nudged him with her elbow again. "Don't count on it" Shocker thought. Yasashī pulled out her camera once more. "I'm a photographer" She said, "and my goal is to get to the top of the Mountain to take a picture of this wonderful city! Its been my dream to visit everywhere and take the best pictures, and then I'll have them forever! But my old camera got eaten by a Gyarados. Did you know they were attracted by silver light?" "No, and I don't care!" Shocker thought in his mind. Yasashī continued on. "I had to buy this really cheap camera and now it won't turn on! Can you please help me?" Shocker looked at the camera for a split second and sighed, "Alright" He said, "Let me see it" Yasashī smiled as she gave the Raichu the camera. He looked at it and thought of the simplest problem, "Is it out of batteries?" Yasashī slapped herself in the face, "Of course! How did I not think of that!? I don't have any batteries with me though..." Before she could finish, Raichu let out a tiny screech and yellow sparks jumped out of his cheeks, popping into the Camera, which then turned on with full battery. He hand it back to Yasashī "There you go" Shocker said. "Oh my gosh! Thank you so much!" Yasashī said as she looked at the camera screen looking at her old pictures.
It has been 45 minutes since Shocker got onto the bus and he has already dozed off. It was late outside with the stars out glooming as the Bus stopped at the Mountain. Everybody got off except Shocker. Delibird talked on the microphone, "Wake up sleepyheads!" Suddenly Shocker woke up to the surprise. He looked to his left and saw Yasashī sleeping on his shoulder. He shook her up. "Huh?" Yasashī was still half awake, "are we their?" "Come on lovebirds, let's move it!" Delibird said. "lovebirds!" Shocker yelled at the driver as he walked off. "It's just a Bird joke" The Driver said as The Pikachu followed behind Shocker. They got off the Bus as Yasashī was rubbing her eyes. "Welp" Yasashī said, "Were here. We better start moving" "We?" Shocker asked, "I'm not going to the top" "Then where?" "Uhhh" The Raichu tried to think of an excuse. "Oh just follow me until you know where your going" Yasashī told Shocker. They began to climb the Mountain.
I don't want to bore you, so I'll just summarize what happened. For most of the walk Yasashī talked and talked about her photography, as she says she got the idea from her mother, Rō, for she had a picture of the valley they lived in. The young Pichu at the time loved the picture so much she wished they had more. So when she became a Pikachu, she travelled off and took many photos of different valleys. She rambled on and on about all the places she has been to as she and Shocker climbed the mountain Shocker basically agreed to everything she was saying, even though he only remembered half of it. He was thinking of the task at hand: stealing from Slaykings cave. He has already broken Chompers rules of not consulting with anyone, as he was now stuck with a Pikachu that he thought never learned how to keep her mouth closed. Soon Shocker and Yasashī were nearly at the top when The Raichu finally spotted the cave. Yasashī was still rambling on about her journeys when Shocker said, "I need to get going now" Yasashī looked surprised, "Oh...ok" She said. She was having so much fun with the Raichu on there way up the Mountain. "I'll meet you back down?" she asked. "Maybe" The Raichu said. What he actually wanted to say was, "No chance in PokeHeaven!" for he would have the Money and would need to escape back down to the others. The Pikachu kept on climbing as the Raichu swiftly guided himself to the Cave. He jumped on a ledge from the Mountain and it broke by the weight of Shocker, making him have a little scream until he grabbed the ledge of the cliff. He looked over the ledge to see if it awoke Slayking. He didn't wake up, but Shocker couldn't take his eyes from him, for his was laying down on a pile of shiny gold, sparkling off of the moon. He muttered the word 'wow' in his mouth without giving out any noise. He walked into the cave slowly as he saw piles and piles of gold everywhere. He was amazed by the shine that he just stood there for a few minutes until the rustling of the sleeping Slayking brought him back down to reality. He pulled out his Money Bag and quietly gathered up coins into the Bag. He had just enough gold as he can carry and he began to walk out of the cave, "This will be the best heist ever!" he thought. That was until Yasashī saw him coming out of the cave. "HEY SHOCKER!" Yasashī yelled. Suddenly, the Raichu stood still in shock as The Pikachu slid down the roof of the cave and met face to face to Shocker. "Check out this neat pic I got from up their! Say, whats with the bag?" just then a low growl was heard. Both Shocker and Yasashī looked behind them to see Slayking getting his ginormous body up from his slumber. He shaked to get gold coins off his back as he turned around to see what the noise was. Yasashī looked at Slaykings expression change from sleepy to mad and then she looked at the Bag Shocker was holding. She realized what was going on. Shocker chuckled in fear. As Slayking slowly marched to them. Both of them stepped back a bit as he growled at the two. Suddenly, Shocker jumped off the ledge and made his way down. "SHOCKER!" Yasashī yelled. Slayking growled at her as she screamed. She couldn't move as the Gorilla-sized Sloth prepared to grab her. Shocker stopped and looked back up. The Thieves never went back any soul, but something was different about Yasashī. He didn't know what, but he didn't want her to pay for what he did. Slayking almost grabbed Yasashī before something swooped under him and grabbed her away. The Fastness of the Raichu caused the Sloth to miss his target. The Slayking let out a terrifying yell and punched his chest rapidly until he started chasing after them. Yasashī was in Shockers arms as she put her arm around him to hold on. The Raichu pounced and ran down the Mountain, and right behind him was the monster himself, knocking everything out of the way. Shocker ran as fast as he could, until he could see sight of the bus. Shocker ran into the bus where Delibird was humming a familiar Pokémon tune. "Start the Bus!" Shocker yelled. Delibird closed the door and started the engine. The Slayking jumped on the roof of the bus as it drove off. The Driver let out a screech when the Monster jumped right above him on the roof, causing the Bus to spin out of control. Slayking stayed on though. Yasashī was still in Shockers arms, now with her face in chest in fear as the Monster started punching the roof. Delibird drove back to town in a flash until they got to a road that went uphill. They fled into the air as Delibird floored it, sending The Raichu and Pikachu to the end of the bus. Shocker put Yasashī in the corner of the bus and laid down the Money bag, "Don't Move" he told her. Shocker went out the emergency backdoor and headed for the roof. Slayking looked at Shocker straight in the eyes of hatred. They stared at each other until Slayking started running at Shocker. He tried to punch the Raichu, but missed. Shocker ran behind him and hit him with Tail Whip. A slash could be seen on the Monsters back as he gave a holler and fell off the roof, but hung at the end. Yasashī opened one eye as she saw Slayking trying to pry himself up back onto the roof. The Sloth start beating his chest once more before charging at the Raichu. Suddenly, Raichu started running until he turned silver as he preformed the move Quick Attack. They both ran at each other and met with Shocker flinging himself at the gut of Slayking, sending both of them into the air. The Bus ran under them as The Raichu did another Quick Attack, but straight down on Slayking, shooting straight down, cracking the concrete on the city floor. All the citizens huddled around to see what the commotion was about. A huge puff of smoke was made when The Monster hit the ground, but after it faded away, Slayking was shown with whirls around his eyes. Pokémon looked in amazement. Shocker got up from the ground, barely able to stand on his feet from the sudden fall. That was until Yasashī once again caused trouble. The Bus made a complete stop and the Pikachu ran out the backdoor with the bag of money. "What is this?!" She yelled as she pointed at the Bag. The body of Slayking smelt the bag, bringing the Monster back to life. He got up from the ground and saw the Bag, He charged after it straight at Yasashī. "Get out of the way!" Shocker yelled, but Yasashī just stood their. The wealthy sloth pounced into the air to try to grab her, but as he got to the ground, Yasashī swung the bag in his face. BAM! It slung the Slayking backwards where Shocker was waiting to use a Tail Whip, making the Slayking spend out of control and into a city wall. After the huge puff of smoke, Slayking could be shown, once again, to be in complete knockout. Yasashī walked over to the unconscious sloth. She laid down the bag in his knocked out hand and went back to Shocker, who was looking in amazement. "She just put the money back!" Shocker thought, but was interrupted with Yasashī pulling on his ear. "Now, were going to my apartment" Yasashī started, "so you can explain to me what the heck was that!" She pulled on the Raichus ear as they went in the apartment building.
Back with Kenja and Bōken, the 'God' was just finishing up his story. "Then Dad told everything to her in the apartment" Bōken told the Slowking, "and after that I guess they hit it off, got married, and had me and Thunder" "Odd way to find true love" Kenja started, "but it can work in many ways. Say, whatever happen to his friends?" "Well, he quite Thieving after he met my Mom. I've actually met Tusk before at a Festival we had here a while back, and during when Dad and Mom were first married, I believe he met up with Chompers because she was actually stealing from the apartment!" "What about the Cheesy fellow?" The Slowking asked. "I don't think we ever saw him again. I wonder what happened to him" Bōken said. "We don't have time to worry, my young companion. We finally arrived to our destination!" Bōken didn't realize that in front of them was, in fact, the Dark Forest. The story the young Pikachu told took up most of the walk their. "Are you ready to begin your adventure, O' ?" "My adventure already began when I was born!" Bōken replied, as he and the Slowking started their walk across the Forest.
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