Chapter 4: To kill or be Killed
They illuminating rays of the dawning sun shined down from to horizon onto the faces of the sleeping couple laying in peace. Rai slowly opened his eyes from the confliction of the sunlight being in his face while Sayuri stirred around, rocking her body side to side. He just looked at her contently and rubbed her fur. He then gently pushed her off him and let her continue to sleep in peace. He looked at her one more time before heading towards the lake to go wash up.
His smile faded as he stared at his scar in the reflection in the lake. "… if only you were still here big brother…" He then began to shake his head from the painful memories then jumped into the lake. The cool water made his spine shudder at first, but he eventually got used to the cold temperature and continued to bathe in solitude. After minutes of washing up, he shook his body dry then went on his way back to his burrow.
As he returned, Sayuri was still laying peacefully in her sleep. He decided to let her sleep for a little longer and ran out into the forest for some food.
He searched for some Oran berries first since they were located near a river by his home. Next, he tried finding some Cheri, Aspear, and Aguav berries around other regions further on the forest. He seemed to struggle getting from place to place since he was holding so many various berries in his small paws, almost regretting not waking up Sayuri to get her to help him with this. He stopped and placed the berries into a hole inside a tree for now, so that he can come back for them later. Minutes later, he had a bundle of Aspear berries in his paws and returned to the tree with the previously collected berries inside it.
As he approached the tree, a Zangoose was digging into the hole eating the berries Rai slaved over to get. "What the hell! It took me forever to get those berries!" The Zangoose turned around with a smug grin on his juice-covered face. "Heheh, well they certainly tasted great. I bet those Aspear berries will taste even better," he said eye-balling what Rai was holding. "Like I'll just hand them over to you. Thunderbolt!" The Zangoose easily escaped the attack without much trouble. "Pfft. You're a predictable little critter, don't you know that?" Rai began to tense up in anger and threw random thunderbolts at him, which all missed. "You really are a stubborn brat! I might as well kill you here and now. Shadow Claw!" Rai stood in fear as his paw was being enveloped in a shroud of Darkness which took the form of his claw. The Zangoose charged at him with full speed, as if he wasn't holding anything back. He slashed Rai in the stomach, which sent him flying towards a tree, making him collapse hard onto the floor. "Damnit that hurt!" he said while trying to get back on his feet. Just as he regained his balance, he got knocked back down with a powerful Slash. "C'mon kid! I've fought tougher Pokémon than you. Just hurry up and die already!" Rai strained himself to lift his head to stare at his enemy standing in front of him. His vision began to fade as he finally fainted.