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Chapter 2: The Eye that is Lost in the Tunnel
Meanwhile at the same time Aero attempt to kill Octillery…
Kingdra and Crawdaunt both separate from Blastoise, who is returning to his hideout in Mt. Scorch.
Kingdra always feel uneasy being with Crawdaunt alone. It is true that he is weaker than him. No, much weaker than him but there are other reasons as well. Crawdaunt never reveals his own name except to the boss of Water Nation. Crawdaunt's origins are enigmatic to say at the very least. No one really knows much about him except the boss recruited him first. Kingdra wonders why the boss recruited him, even if he is the strongest beside the boss, he is still a psychopath in Kingdra eyes.
"Crawdaunt, may I ask you something?" Kingdra carefully asks. Kingdra is very submissive in front of Crawdaunt. Perhaps, it is because Kingdra witnesses many brutal murders Crawdaunt commit to the point where he has nightmares over it.
"Ask quickly Juan, before I run out of my patience." Crawdaunt says quite aggressively.
"Why did you cover the fact that Octillery's son is killed by Aero parents in their attempt to hunt food. You never did this; neither did you ever spare anyone." Juan asks. "In addition, the boss did say that our main goal is to protect water type Pokemon that has been abuse over many years."
"You are such a simple creature, is that all you truly desire? To protect water type Pokemon? If they are weak then they deserve death. I have no respect for Pokemon that can't defend themselves." Crawdaunt states.
"Why did you save Aero then?" Juan tries to point out the contradiction in his statement.
"What do you think is the worst kind of death?" Juan is confused at Crawdaunt question.
"Is it when you die, fighting alongside your family? Or is it when you die, suffering from penitence and endless remorse as you kill many innocent Pokemon in the Water Nation that merely tries to protect themselves. Aero is probably the weakest Vibrava I have seen in decades. Not only is he physically inadequate to the point where he relies on a Smeargle of all Pokemon to protect himself, he is also very emotionally fragile. My assumption is correct when he tries to attack me with Dragon Breath. His eyes also reveal that he is metaphorically blind, he only sees things that he wants to see. Aero is not the type that will be persuaded that Water Nation exist for a good cause. Aero will only focus on things that advocate his ideas. What an ignorant fool. I have seen many more sympathetic and magnanimous dragons that I think deserve a quick, swift death. Aero is just a toy that I torture for fun. Prepare yourself Juan, sooner or later, you will be his next target."
Juan is stunned by Crawdaunt long and rambling speech but this doesn't mean he agrees with him.
"Why would you risk the innocent Water Nation Pokemon for this weird experiment? I can report this to the boss right now." Juan manages to threaten Crawdaunt for once.
"I already told you Juan that I have no sympathy for weak Pokemon that get killed by Aero. Also, did you think I won't be able to find out where your precious Garchomp daughter lives?" Crawdaunt threaten back at Juan.
Of course, the biggest reason why Juan feel uncomfortable around Crawdaunt is the fact that he can make the worst kind of threats that you can imagine.
"How did you know that my daughter is a Garchomp?" Juan is shocked by Crawdaunt knowledge. "Are you the one that spread the rumor that my mate is a Garchomp?"
"Obviously, I am the one who spread the rumor. You must have lost a lot of respect from the Water Nation." Crawdaunt reveals then proceed to use his pincers to grab Juan face. "If you dare disobey me, you won't lose only your respect but your daughter as well."
Juan is petrified.
"Wait until I make the next move Juan"
As the rain stops, I am having a great feast over the dead Octillery body. I crunch down the meat relentlessly, sometimes even sucking the blood out of Octillery corpse. This is the disrespectful demeanor which I mimic from that odious Crawdaunt.
I will admit that I am spoiled a little, I never hunt on my own even if I think I am capable of it. This greatly boost my confidence. One down, many more to go.
I observe the scenery of Seaside Town; it is quite small yet it looks peaceful. Many buildings are made out of wood. Perhaps, it is their local tradition. This town has nature abundance as there are multitudinous trees randomly placed. This town is also located next to an ocean. Hence, the name Seaside Town. I must admit that I hate water, both due to the incident yesterday and I can't swim as well. Although, there is one thing that catch my eye, a male Tirtouga sitting on the beach. Is he a part of the Water Nation? I try to be cautious so I use Dig to get underground and travel to get directly beneath him. I detect no movements so he must be completely still or sleeping. As I get up from the underground, he seems surprised.
"Who are you? Are you trying to eat me?" Tirtouga said apprehensively as well as using Withdraw to boost his Defense.
"Are you part of the Water Nation?" I ask abruptly.
"Me, no way, I am too weak. Water Nation help! This Vibrava is going to kill me." Tirtouga screams.
"Be quiet" I say as I cover his mouth with my wings.
"Hmph" Tirtouga try to speak.
"I don't care that you think Water Nation exist for your protection but I need information because they freaking kill my parents. I need you to cooperate or else I will treat you as an accomplice to the Water Nation and kill you." I threaten him. I never really threaten anyone before. This is kind of new. When your parents and mentor die, I guess you change a lot. I remove my wings from his mouth and let him inhale some fresh air before speaking.
"Really, I never know the Water Nation did that but this is all the information I got. Apparently, Water Nation has a base in Herbicul Town. It is the place where they recruit new members. The interviewer is a Cloyster named Mr. Clyde and he is really tough. My advice is that you should train under the strongest dragon in all of Artern. He is a Salamence that lives in Seaside Town, somewhere around here. It is rumored that he nearly defeats a legendary Pokemon. Tirtouga spills out everything he knows.
"Really?" I ask with excitement, if I can really find the strongest dragon in Artern, I can easily obliterate Water Nation.
"Kind of" Tirtouga drop a sweat at my excitement. I give him a serious look and he immediately responds.
"That Salamence is formerly the strongest dragon in the Artern due to his old age. He is like 64 by now." Tirtouga explains.
"Thanks for the information. Therefore, I will spare you." I give mercy to this poor Pokemon, he seems very harmless. Tirtouga face is lighted and he immediately jump into the ocean and swim away.
Now, all I need is to find that Salamence. I check the first house, it is abandoned. All I see is a plushie of a Clamperl, which I throw away. The interior looks damage and old as everything is dusty. I leave to check the house beside this one. It is also abandoned, nothing is of importance here. Abandoned. Abandoned. Abandoned. This is puzzling, why would everyone leave this place, I know it is far from civilization even more so than Mahi Mahi Desert. However, it is unlikely that a mass evacuation would occur. I should have asked that Tirtouga more about the history of this town before he flees.
If that Octillery lives here, he must be very scared of civilization. It is not like I care, Octillery is dead anyways. Why would a powerful Salamence lives here though?
Something catch my eye, a house bigger than others at the farthest north-east corner of the town. The door is big enough for a Salamence to fit through. Simple logic, Aero! I should have check the size of the doors.
As I fly over and knock the door, there is only silence. I knock again and again.
"Annoying sales Pokemon get out of here already, I won't buy anything." The mysterious voice seems to think that I am a sales Pokemon. I doubt that any sales Pokemon would be here anyways.
"I am not a sales Pokemon, I am a Vibrava that wants to train under you." I explain and knock on the door again.
"A new pupil, never see one in ages. Although, you must past my test first." A test, doesn't seem to hard.
"What is the test?" I ask.
First, fetch me 10 litres of water from the well. Second, clean my room. Third, hunt for me. Fourth, tell me the reason you want to be my pupil.
It is weird that he orders me to do chores but I comply with his demands anyway.
The first task is the hardest. I wish I could have evolved into a Flygon already so I could have strong arms. I need to improvise by using my teeth to grab a bucket and collect water from the well in the middle of the town. It is gruesome and I can only fetch a litre at a time so it will be ten trips. To motivate myself, I imagine this being progress towards my revenge. Each bucket will be another Water Nation Pokemon that I defeat.
The first bucket will be Mr. Clyde
The second bucket will be that Blastoise
The third bucket will be a random Water Nation Pokemon, same with the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh.
The eighth bucket will be that Kingdra
The ninth bucket will be a mysterious general that I haven't encounter yet.
The tenth bucket will be Crawdaunt.
As I finally finish my first task, I am about to actually see the Salamence face. Is he really domineering and aggressive like my parents once told. Salamance are usually stronger than a Flygon after all.
The door opens and a Salamence walks out. Despite his age, he still looks quite young. His legs seem capable of crushing a mountain, his wings are sharp and wide. Still, there is still something a little bit off. His face is worn out. It is as if he no longer has the motivation or energy inside like a Pokemon that constantly ask for retirement.
"Come in" Salamence says as he moves away from the door.
"Eww" Salamence room looks like a Raticate hole. It is littered with leftovers, spilled berry juice and dusty in general. I cough as I wonder how it is possible for a Pokemon to live here.
"Stop complaining and clean this mess already." Salamence complains.
"Do you ever clean?" I ask.
"I am a fighter, not a cleaner. I don't know how to clean. Just pick up the leftovers and splash water that you fetch over the room. Then, use something to wipe the water off." Salamence instructs and dodge the question.
I doubt that that is a good or efficient way of cleaning. From my experience with seeing my mother cleaning sessions, she told me that water will make wood floors blister and obviously with simple logic, it will make you slip.
I start to work right away, collecting all the half-eaten berries and spilled berries juice. There are also bones of dead Pokemon that I throw away to the bin. I doubt this is a good idea but I obey him nonetheless. The after effects of splashing the entire room with water will only affect him anyway.
I grab the bucket and gently swing at first to gain momentum. After a couple of swings, I splash it so it would cover the majority of the room. After around five buckets, I think it is enough.
"Quickly do it, I don't have time all day" Salamence complains.
I am a bit annoyed but I guess you are starting to be impatient when you are older. I use a towel to wipe all of the water off. It is a very mundane labor. I am exhausted after I finish.
"Hunt now" Salamence complains again.
"Let me have a short break" I pleads after I collapse on the ground.
"Your physical condition is so inadequate; how could you be my pupil if you collapse after a few chores."
"Fine, I will hunt" I moan.
This is my first official hunting session. I start off by scouting the areas for weak Pokemon to prey on. The area that catch my eye the most is the ocean, I despise water Pokemon to be honest. As I fly above, I see a Pelipper hunting for prey as well. There might be some fierce competition.
"Get out of here newcomer, this place is not for losers like you." Pelipper rudely insults me. He will suffer once he realizes that he is a water Pokemon as well.
"Are you part of the Water Nation?" I ask, trying to be polite so he would be fooled.
"Not yet but I am going to join them someday, that will be so awesome." Pelipper drools. "Losers like you will be hunted down by me" Pelipper then proceeds to brag.
This is it. This Pelipper is insufferable, I will finish him off.
I blast a Dragon Breath at him while he is still bragging about how 'awesome' and 'attractive' he will be.
"Hey, this is not fair. I didn't prepare myself yet." Pelipper whines.
"First strike is a battle strategy. If you don't know that, you are the loser." I taunt him.
Pelipper face is red enough to the point where you could mistake him for a Charizard.
"Water Gun" Pelipper announces.
Water Gun is generally a weak move, he must be very weak to still have that. I fly higher into the air not only to dodge but also to get a clear view of his movements. He tries to follow me but I have an idea. I normally don't use this move because I am usually in Mahi Mahi Desert. Therefore, I might be out of practice. Still, it wouldn't hurt to try to use this move.
"Sandstorm" I flap my wings as fast as I could possibly can to generate a sandstorm that blinds him.
"Sand got into my eyes, not fair loser." Pelipper whines again, did he expect all battles to be clean? I learn that when Octillery use Octozooka on my parents.
It is like watching a circus show to see Pelipper blindly use Wing Attack and Water Gun to hit thin air, while being buffeted by the sandstorm. Did he expect to hit me while using his move randomly like that? I am tired of Pelipper and his insolence. I fly right into him, use Dragon Breath multiple times until he falls from the sky. As I descend down to grab his body, he opens his eyes and use Water Gun to squirt water which deal minimal damage to me. I must admit, he is quite bulky but not strong.
"This is what you get for using dirty tactics. I call this the 'Pelipper Majestic Faking Dea-'." I blast another Dragon Breath into him why he is still talking. This time, blood oozes out of his body. I fly down to inspect his body that fall on the surface of the ocean. His body seems to be a bit stiff, I check his pulse and it is negative, Pelipper is dead. I am very close to being the pupil of the greatest dragon (formerly) in Artern.
As I bring back the body, Salamence seems pleased.
"That is one fat looking Pelipper." I am glad that Salamence insults Pelipper. "Let me have a bite of him." Salamence crunch Pelipper and swallow his body whole. There is nothing left for me to eat.
"Hey, leave me some." I complain to the inconsiderate Salamence.
"You hunt for me, not for yourself." Salamence states.
"At least, you could be a bit selfless and leave me some" I say but give up after he seems annoyed.
It doesn't matter. All I need to do is convey my plight to him then he will train me to be the strongest dragon of Artern. Then, I can obliterate the Water Nation.
"Let me introduce myself I am Aero, a Vibrava that got his parents killed by the Water-" I stop my speech to see that Salamence doesn't pay any attention.
"Hey, you should listen when others are speaking, it is a common decency." I scold at him.
"Sorry Aero, I am just a very old Salamence now, I have retired. I can't afford to train others anymore." Salamence admits that he isn't going to train me no matter what. Is this a joke? I hunt for him, clean for him.
"Are you serious?"
Salamence nods with an apologetic look.
"I do your chores like you ask, I pass your test! I am a fool to think you are the strongest dragon in Artern. You can't even clean your own room. Screw this! I will do it on my own, I don't need help from a faker like you." I release my rage at him. Salamence seems to feel guilty for tricking me but I don't care. "You know what? I have a Smeargle as a mentor and he throw his own life to protect me. You are not a bigger man than him." I chide him and fly away. It is time for me to go fight Mr. Clyde in Herbicul Town.
Salamence looks out of his room at Aero and looks back. There seems to be something troubling him.
"Should I follow him?"
Mr. Clyde is sitting in his room, crying at a very touching story of a Remoraid.
"My brother Octorok is killed by mean Flygon, so my dad Octoriley tries to teach them a lesson but big scary Vibrava kill my father too. I hate it when evil dragons like them can pick on water types like us. Therefore, I want to join the Water Nation, I want to protect water types all around the world so they won't suffer from the same fate as us." Remoraid tells her tragedy.
Remoraid's Mother also support her daughter decision. "This world is cruel. I am afraid that my child will be in great danger if she couldn't learn to protect herself. As a result, I give her permission to join your organization."
"Even if I seem small and only 10 years old, I will work hard, I will learn never stop working." Remoraid said with determination.
"Young one, you don't need to tell anymore, you can join us." Mr. Clyde stops her before he might cry longer.
"What is your name? We need it for registration only. Don't worry if you are scared of your private information leaking." Mr. Clyde asks politely.
"Octoinkia"
"Thank you very much, I think you should be stationed at Mt. Scorch. There is a Blastoise named Booster that will train new recruits." Mr. Clyde suggests.
The door suddenly opens and Crawdaunt enters. "Mr. Clyde, a Vibrava that has thirst for revenge is about to come here. You must prepare yourself." Crawdaunt warns. Surprisingly, Crawdaunt and Mr. Clyde has a positive relationship. They would always help each other but it is unknown if Crawdaunt did it to manipulate Mr. Clyde.
"That must be the same Vibrava that kill my father. Mr. Clyde, can I stay here and fight alongside you?" Octoinkia asks.
"Sorry, but it is too dangerous. If I fail, you will get the chance eventually." Mr. Clyde tries to keep her safe.
"Promise me you will be alright." Octoinkia expresses her concern.
"I am an ice-type after all" Mr. Clyde reassures.
The Octillery family leaves as only Crawdaunt and Mr. Clyde is left in the room.
"Mr. Clyde, if you manage to capture that Vibrava, send him to me. If you fail, which I hope you will not…" Crawdaunt sugarcoats his words but there is a genuine sense to it. Before Crawdaunt could finish, Mr. Clyde makes a response.
"In case I fail, I will leave a note, telling the boss that the successor of this base is you."
Perfect! It is a win-win situation for Crawdaunt.
I am getting closer to Herbicul City. You can travel to it by following the edges of the ocean. However, it is getting dark. I am about to fall asleep. I notice a dark tunnel and decide to take a rest there. My mind is so numb from all the events the during the day that I have no energy left to think. As I lay on the rocky floor, it feels rough but I can't complain. I need all of my energy for tomorrow. Good night, myself.
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