Author's note: I'm not going to write during weekends so dont expect any update during these days, but i will seek to check out the best ideas i can to make this story better!
His training had changed slightly; he no longer trained to increase his physical strength, but instead trained enough for it to stay at that level, focusing more on his combat abilities and a way to control his newfound power.
He travelled through the woods every day in order to find a way to activate his new ability, but this time he always had Lucario as a companion right next to him.
They were chatting at the woods, with the man training in shadow boxing, while Lucario rested on a tree studying how his aura reacted to each movement.
"You haven't found a solution yet haven't you?" the man said while fighting the air; his voice failed slightly with the panting of his arms movements, which were fast and he was quick on his feet, maintaining a steady rhythm. "You've been analyzing me for days…" he stroke a jab, a hook and then stopped, with the hook sending a weak gust of wind thorough the environment. "I feel like you can't just explain something to me, and then have me try it."
Lucario looked surprised by the force of that hook, his body wasn't stronger, but his fists had extra power behind them.
"Yes. It's more complicated than you think," he said, then walked in front of the man. "It's like explaining a person how to love. It's not theoretical, it has to come up naturally," Lucario said and then stopped in front of his trainer.
"What exactly are you implying I should do then?" the man said while he stood up in a normal stance.
"You have to fight something in hand to hand combat, stronger than anyone you've fought before," Lucario happily, "And you know what I'm talking about," Lucario said.
The man laughed by that phrase's irony.
"You were always worried I would go out there and fight a wild pokémon barehanded, and now you are telling me to fight one?"- He asked while still smiling
"I didn't say wild," Lucario said, correcting him.
"We already fought before," the man turned, faced his back to the Pokémon.
"In sparring matches," Lucario said, smiling. "I want to fight you with everything I have."
The man stopped and stood there, while Lucario looked at him silently.
"Now, do you want me to believe you are doing this to unlock my power?" he laughed. "You just want to test me don't you?" the man looked above his shoulder, directly into the Pokémon's eyes.
Lucario chuckled.
"We'll test eachother right here, maybe something happens, and you want this too," Lucario happily said, "I'll say it's a win-win," Lucario said as he took his stance.
The man smiled and faced Lucario with his own stance, with his left hand closed at his nose's level, and the other above his forehead, with his heel above the ground and his knee slightly flexed.
Both were anxious and curious, they knew eachother's fighting style and always held back; they didn't know what would happen during that fight.
"Until one of us get knocked out," Lucario added.
It was still early morning, the sun had barely come out, the ambient had a dark blue tone and they were in the middle of the woods, ready to fight each other with everything they have.
They admired the situation, and then the Pokémon made the first move.
Rushing towards the man without hesitating, already with his paw full of energy; the man only prepared himself.
The creature put his left paw in his own right elbow, blasting the stored energy with a small spreaded explosion; but the human had dodged it with a quick sidestep while already turning his torso to his right.
Some damage had been induced in his external oblique, but it wasn't of much influence.
The man quickly leaped towards his opponent using the full strength of his heels and oblique, turning his torso to the left side while flexing his right bicep. A devastating blow aiming towards the head.
Lucario couldn't dodge that attack; all he could do was absorb most of the impact with his right paw; the impact made and extremely high noise, and was strong enough to drag him across the grass, slightly stunned.
Uncertain if that punch was intended to kill or not, he quickly recovered his composition, only to find his opponent leaping in his direction, readying the next blow.
Instead of dodging, the Pokémon ran directly towards the human, who tried to stop himself but got hit by Lucario's elbow, breaking his nose.
The man's attack missed with his fist nearly hitting the creature's upper back.
With a quick reflex, the man grabbed the pokémon's forearm, preventing its escape.
Lucario opened his paw towards the man's face, releasing an aura blast, but at the same time got hit by the man's fist directly into his stomach.
That punch was so strong it got buried in Lucario's flesh, who spat thanks to the power behind the impact.
After receiving the blast to the face, the man released the grip on the creature's forearm, which got sent flying until it hit a trunk, gasping in pain.
The man groaned. Even with his endurance, an aura blast directly towards the face at close range, even if not fully charged, was still a powerful attack.
Both stood kneeling for a moment, trying to regain their composure, with Lucario holding his stomach with one paw and the other trying to him get up, and the man was stunned, panting and groaning, checking the blood dripping from an open cut above his left eyebrow.
Lucario was almost completely recovered until he heard loud, strong footsteps in his direction; the man had already recomposed, and was running like a complete monster towards him.
Something was extremely wrong in him: his eyes had no iris, nor pupils. He looked like a complete beast.
Lucario responded to that thing's leap instantly, rolling to his right and shortly after, heard the sound of the trunk exploding.
Upon regaining his stance, Lucario checked the source of the sound, and realized that a single punch from whatever his master had turned into, destroyed half of the trees trunk, destabilizing it and eventually collapsing.
That "man" had leaped with so much strength he was still trying to stop himself from the impulse, his feet burying under the earth, lifting a big trail of dust.
Eventually he stopped, leaving a moment of silence with him kneeling down on the distance between these two.
Lucario could sense his aura, now blazing around the human, as agitated and big as a great furnace; however, it was becoming exhausted.
He stared at that immense influence, worried with what it might try next.
The silence got broken by a sudden explosion. The man was gone.
He activated his senses completely, looking around, trying to sense everything in front of him, desperate and afraid of receiving another punch; who could guarantee he would survive an impact of that level? His master was having difficulties controlling his power, maybe he didn't know his own limits, and might end up killing his own Pokémon.
Lucario managed to find the man, who was falling down at high speed, right above him.
He tried to dodge as fast as he could, but it was too late. All he could feel was an sudden impact and his face hitting the ground beneath him almost instantly before blacking out.
Lucario woke up resting on a tree, with his master sitting on a nearby rock.
Upon feeling the warm touch of sunlight right above him, he realized it was midday.
"Wh-"
"Don't ask me," His master quickly interrupted, "I don't know what happened. We were fighting normally, and all of the sudden I felt like I had unlimited power."
"Then you almost killed me," Lucario said with an arrogant voice.
"Yes," His master said with regret. "Did you find out why?"
"I broke your nose," the pokemon claimed, "At that point you had an insane amount of strength," Lucario said with a calm voice, "We can deduct your body reacts extremely aggressively to harm."
"That's great news," the man said in a sarcastic tone. "Besides, my entire body hurts," the trainer commented.
"Your aura was getting exhausted during the last moments of the fight," Lucario said looking at the ground, "Don't get me wrong, it was still powerful, but it started to leak out, as if it wasn't stable."
"So I have a limited amount of these attacks," the man claimed.
"Until you learn how to control it properly," Lucario added, "Your aura is your lifeforce. If you are consuming big amounts of your lifeforce in each attack, your body will suffer drastic consequences," he explained.
Both stood there, staring at the distinct green of grass on the ground.
The man noticed Lucario's exhausted expression.
"Mmh?"
Lucario chuckled and said, "Nothing, it's just..." the pokémon put his paw at the back of his neck. "My neck hurts really bad."
Both laughed.
"I'm sorry," the human said, smiling.
"Shouldn't we be back already?" Lucario asked.
"Yes," the man said, then got up, "I was waiting for your wake."
Both returned, excited about the first progress in a long time, already planning what they would do when they fight side by side.
