Mirror of Nightmare
Chapter 02: Rucas
Link draws his Glided Sword from the scabbard on his back, prepares his shield and rushes up to the group of those strange human.
"What?!" The strange human that seems like the leader of group says.
"Hey! Look! Listen! You are so coward to fight a creature with all of you!" Navi says.
"Hm! You are just a light orb, don't dare to tell us what to do!" Another strange human says.
"Hey! Link! Listen! Teach them the lesson!" Navi says. Link wastes no time and starts fighting with a group of strange human.
Not only that, after knowing that Link is on his side, the strange human that was surrounded by a group of strange human also starts to fight with those group too.
Both Link and strange human are strong. And finally, Link and that strange human are able to defeat the group of strange human.
"ARRRR! Remember this!" A group of strange human roars before they run aways.
Knowing that they win, the strange human that Link helped puts away his weapon and turns his attention to Link.
"Thank you so much for helping me, human." Said the strange human. He is a human with blue and black fur, wolf-like ears, short tail and his hands and feet looks like paws of wolf.
"Who are they?!" Navi asks.
"They are just a group of bandit who tried to mug me. Anyway, my name is Rucas the Lucario, nice to meet you.." The wolf-like human says.
"Lucario? What is it?" Navi says. Her question makes the wolf-like human looks at her with a strange look.
"Hm? You have never met the specie of mine before?" The wolf-like human named Rucas says.
"Hey! I remember now! Mister Rucas! Can you tell me about the strange human that appears in this village?" Navi asks. Her question makes Rucas very angry.
"Strange human?! How dare you!" Rucas roars.
"What?!" Navi says.
"I am not a strange human! I am a Pokemon!" Rucas says.
"Pokemon? What is it?" Navi says.
"Hm? You have never heard about Pokemon before?" Said Rucas.
"Yes." Navi says. Then a smile appears on Rucas's face.
"That explains…. Okay, so this must be the first time that you come to this land, right? This land is now inhabited by two creatures. One is a human like your friend in the green tunic…" Rucas says and looks at Link "… and another is Pokemon. Pokemon is a creature that looks like what-you-call animal, but they are stronger and smarter. Normally, Pokemon will live in their world, the world that isn't inhabitant by human. But this world, the world where human lives along with Pokemon, so most Pokemon turn themselves into their human form, like me." Rucas says.
"So, this isn't your true form, right?" Navi says.
"Yes. My true form is a wolf-like Pokemon named Lucario." Rucas says.
"Oh! I am so sorry for calling you strange human." Navi says.
"It's fine. You weren't wrong because you don't know." Rucas says.
"Hey! I haven't introduced myself yet! My name is Navi the fairy, and this man…" Navi says and flies around Link. "… is my partner named Link. He is mute so it is useless to talk to him. But don't judge by that! Link is an awesome warrior!" Navi says.
"I was observing your fighting skill and I must say that you have a talent." Rucas says.
"But mister, why Pokemon are inhabited the Hyrule? I haven't known that Pokemon are living in Hyrule before…" Navi says.
"Well… I heard that first, Hyrule is the land that exclusive to human, but time passes, and then they discover the land around Hyrule. They are the land that inhabited by Pokemon, so now, human and Pokemon share their land to live together." Rucas says.
"Wait… You said that there are lands beyond Hyrule?" Navi says.
"Yes. Now Hyrule is the region in the land called "Irtha". Irtha is the land that consists of many regions, and Hyrule region is the biggest one." Rucas says.
"Amazing! Hyrule has changed too much while we were absent!" Navi says. Her words remind Rucas of something.
"Wait, you were living in Hyrule before?" Rucas asks.
"Yes! My friend, Link, is the Hero of Time that saved Hyrule 17 years ago!" Navi says. Her words makes Rucas laughs.
"HAhahahahahahaha! Don't be so ridiculous!" Rucas says.
"What?!" Navi says.
"The legend of Hero of Time is 3000 years ago! Not 17 years!" Rucas says. His word frightens Link and Navi so much.
"What?! That's impossible!" Navi says. Link looks at Rucas with an unbelievable face.
"But it's true. If you don't believe me, go to Hyrule Castle and ask Princess Zelda about this." Rucas says.
"That's good! Link! Let's go!" Navi says and about to flies away with Link when Rucas calls them back.
"Hold on!"
"What's wrong?" Asked Navi.
"If you want to go to Hyrule, let me go with you." Rucas says.
"What?" Navi says.
"I am going to Hyrule Castle too, plus I think that you may need someone to teach you about Pokemon more, so let's go together!" Rucas says.
Navi looks at Link. When she realizes that Link agrees with Rucas, she gives a permission to a young Lucario.
"Thank you." Rucas says.
"Let's go!" Navi says, but Rucas shakes his head no.
"Hold on! Link and I were just finished fighting! Let's rest in this Amanda Village for a night." Rucas says.
Link agrees with Rucas, because he is tired of sleeping in the field too.
Link, Rucas and Navi go to the nearby inn to rent a room for a night. After that, they walk out of the inn to the bar for a dinner.
Although Rucas is based on wolf, but his food is no more than just berries and flower.
"So, Rucas, if you are Pokemon, then why don't you turn into your Pokemon form and fight with those bandit?" Navi asks.
"This world is not like Pokemon World. If we stay in Pokemon form too long, we will become very exhausting." Rucas says while eating the Oran Berry.
"Then, how do you fight?" Navi asks.
"I turn into my Pokemon form and use my moves. I also fight with my weapon too regardless of my form." Rucas says. His weapon is a knuckle.
"What is moves?" Navi asks.
"Move is kind of… power that Pokemon can use to attack, defend, heal, raise stat, lower stat or cause a status ailment…" Rucas says.
"Interesting!" Navi says.
After finishing their dinner, Link, Navi and Rucas go back to the inn and quickly fall into a deep sleep after a long day.
To Be Continue…
LD: This chapter is boring.
Pokedragon: Shut up, LD. I need to write the set up for my story first.
LD: When will a fun thing begins?
Pokedragon: Later, LD. Now we have two main characters, Link the human and Rucas the Lucario.
LD: So the number of the left main characters is…
Pokedragon: Shut up, LD!
LD: Fine.
