Another timely update! Bet I can't keep this up, lol.
The two pokemon led the human away and I found myself alone with one of the most powerful creatures to exist. "I thank you for the help, although it is a shame that lives were lost."
So Suicune was sad because some humans were killed? "They tried to capture and enslave you, they deserved to die."
The legendary sighed, "Not all humans are bad, but there are some that make the entire race look bad. The humans that did this are part of a growing group that call themselves Team Purity... They have been tracking me for months and it looks like they finally caught up to me."
"Sounds like the usual selfish humans to me." Seriously, how was this any different?
Suicune ignored me though and continued talking. "They are most notable for hunting down pokemon in large numbers, usually by a brutal means and then selling them to make money."
That caught my attention. "So this group is responsible for what happened to my home..."
"Most likely. Anyways, they are using this money to fund their plans. I'm not sure what exactly they are trying to do, but they seem to be persistent on catching me and some of the other powerful pokemon."
"How can I help?" I still needed some revenge for what they did to my home, and I was not about to let the opportunity be wasted.
"You would have to travel with a human. Despite what you believe, the majority of humans are actually kindhearted." I could swear I saw Suicune smile when it said this.
"And why would I have to travel with a human?" I stressed the word as distastefully as I could.
"To get stronger and gain allies." Before I could speak up the legendary cut me off, "Traveling with a pokemon trainer is the quickest way to get stronger; it also helps to have someone make suggestions on how you can fight more effectively."
Like hell I would listen to a human telling me how to protect myself! I'm more than capable of holding my own! "Because a human would know how to fight more effective than I would." Sarcasm might as well have been leaking from my voice.
"It helps to have an extra set of eyes that can spot something you yourself didn't catch. Having constant partners to spar with who are relatively the same strength as you is also very effective."
"So assuming I believe you that it would be in my best interest to become a slave to a human, that doesn't get around the fact that all humans are selfish and are only out for themselves."
"Which is why the trainer Zack, whom I believe still has the pokeball that's in your name, came to help even at the risk that he might be injured."
"Any human would come running at the sight of a legendary pokemon." Seriously, I could not think of a single human that I had ever met who would not come running at the sight of one of the most powerful creatures in existence.
"Yet he did not attempt to catch me, even though I was weakened." I guess that made sense... Wait, why did it seem like Suicune's injuries were almost gone?
The legendary must have caught my look, "I heal faster when I'm in contact with the water. Anyways, I do believe you have a trainer to get accustomed to; I will take my leave now, but I can promise you that we will see each other again." Suicune turned around and started running off downstream, but I could swear I heard a voice say "have fun". Damn powerful creatures who enjoyed your misery.
If I was going to be traveling with a human, then it would be under my own rules. Only a few moments passed before the two fire pokemon from earlier came bounding up along with the human.
"That was so cool! I wish I could meet a legendary pokemon like that!" Of course the canine wouldn't know how much I wanted to strangle Suicune right now.
"What did it say?"
"None of your damn business, fox."
"Hey! I happen to be a vulpix, thank you very much." Great, so now I knew what species she was.
"Hey, there wouldn't be the slight possibility that you would like to come with us, would there?" Cue human trying to enslave more pokemon to get more powerful.
"Yeah! It'll be fun, this guy is much nicer than my previous master!" So the canine had volunteered to come with him, didn't see that one coming...
"Fine." I swear, if this human made any move to control me, I was out regardless of what Suicune told me.
"Wait really?"
"Awesome!" That canine thought so highly of me, even after I bashed in the skull of what was probably his brother... That just proves how being with a human would mess you up. But I needed to listen to Suicune, I certainly didn't want to make a legendary pokemon mad, nor did I want to waste an opportunity to get back at the people who destroyed my home.
The human decided by how excited the other two pokemon were that I was willing. "Great, so I don't have to remove you from my team... I hate messing with technology." I took technology to mean the red rectangular box he fished out. "Alright, we need names for the two of you." I had my own name, but what did humans care? They liked to personalize everything. "Alright, a houndour..." That must have been the canine. "How does Vulcan sound? I think it's a God of fire for one of the ancient civilizations."
"Cool! I get to be someone important sounding!" The idea that there was people more powerful than the legendary pokemon was absurd.
"Alright, let's see here..." The human pushed some things in on the box he was holding before banging it on the ground which apparently caused it to start working. "Now you..." He said as he turned to me, "Hmm... How does Flare sound? It's not really anything special, but I think it fits your personality... quite well." He almost laughed at that
'Flare' It was simple sounding and it did suit me well enough, it was also much easier to pronounce than my real name. I growled my approval, before wincing as the pain in my foot came back to me.
"Alright, Flare... Oh! Right, that whole encounter with Suicune made me forget you were injured, let's get you to the pokemon center and have that looked at." He fished out the prisonball that was according to Suicune, imprinted on me and tried to call me back into it. I knocked it out of his hand before he could. Injured or not, I was not going back into a prisonball so long as I could help it.
"Fine, don't rest. But you really should stay off of that."
"Yeah, quit being so stubborn and go in the pokeball."
"Leave her alone Hyperion, if she doesn't want to we won't force her. We're lucky she's even coming with us." The vulpix growled something but followed the human as he got up and started walking away.
So I had to put up with an annoying vulpix, an immature houndour, and a human who enslaved pokemon; what a fun adventure this would be. "Come on Flare, I wanna go see this town! If your foots bothering you too much, you can lean on me for support."
"I'm good" I growled, I would make it on my own.
I ended up being half carried by Vulcan when the pain in my foot began to become unbearable for me. The human waited for us and started talking, acting like we actually cared. The stuff he was talking about was mostly the same stuff as what he had explained to me before. From what I made of it, the people who stole from his family were the Team Purity group that Suicune had told me about. As much as I didn't want to admit it, we were similar in that regard, both of us had been harmed in some way by the group. He stopped talking to us when we got within the 'city limits', apparently from what he had heard the city didn't appreciate pokemon very much. All of the facilities that were even remotely pro-pokemon were in the far west of the city, including the 'pokemon center'.
When we arrived at the pokemon center there was some idiot human threatening the person in charge about taking care of his pokemon before everyone else. Typical human behavior to me, selfish humans trying to get what they wanted at the cost of everyone else. If I were being harassed like that I would have taken the guy's head off, but the nurse just smiled and took the next person's pokemon. When we finally got to the counter, the human who was threatening the nurse had been dragged off by the police. I kept alert as I was lead into the back, if they could help me then I would tolerate; if they tried anything else then I would rip them apart.
