I don't keep to my word, do I? Well, like with my Thanksgiving fic, all my motivation has been on this story, I can't get it out of my mind and I barely have motivation for my Christmas fic. Plus, reading the recent chapter of Light's commentary got me in the mood to work on this fic again.
So, I'm just going to get back to working on this again for the hell of it!
Hey guys, I'm back with a new chapter! Enjoy!
Chapter 19: Ocarina Search pt 1
Last chapter, our heroes and some of the smashers fled from the Ancient Ruins after having it collapse during a battle with Red's pokemon and Jigglypuff. Luckily, everyone got out alive. The shock and fear had snapped Red, Charizard, Ivysaur, Squirtle, and Jigglypuff out of their brainwash. The trainer had flown away on the fire pokemon and the pink pokemon had followed him, both deciding to leave the mission to the rest of the group and return to the Smash Mansion.
Back with the group, some were still shaken by the temple experience, though Fox, Falco, and Ike were confused about it, but neither of them dared to ask about it. Pikachu had scolded Pichu for walking off and starting the entire episode. Warrior Kitty is retained from walking, due to her leg injury getting worse.
Then, they all were happy (especially Sonic) to have found the legendary item from the Ancient Ruins, which turned out to be the Chaos Emeralds. Mario contacted Master Hand and told him they found the item and restored Red and the pokemon. The floating hand was thrilled to hear the news and congratulated them.
Now, the group rode their motorcycles to the Forest, where Link and Yoshi had their part in the Subspace Emissary.
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The group slowed their motorcycles and then came to a stop. They looked up at the mass of tall trees that loomed in front of them. The Forest. The sounds of many animals and even pokemon could be heard coming from it. Also, with the sun starting to descend in the sky caused some darkness to show through the trees, making it look all more intimidating.
"Well, I guess I should prepare to endure this again." Yoshi finally spoke.
"Okay." Mario turned to face the group. "We have to get serious on searching this time. We have Link and Yoshi, so they will serve as good help. And we are staying together." The plumber shot a warning glare at Pichu, who nervously looked away.
"Plus, since we're entering a forest, there could be wild animals or pokemon, along with the addition of it getting dark, so we need to be extra careful." Pikachu added.
Suddenly, the sound of a surprised yelp sounded and everyone looked around in confusion. "What was that?" Falco asked.
"It sounded like it came from over here." Mighty said and began to cautiously walk into the trees with the others following behind. They looked around until they finally found the source of the yelp. Frost dangled in a net trap that hung in a tree. She looked at everyone, who looked back at her with 'seriously?' expressions. The gabite only smiled sheepishly.
"Reckless as always, aren't you Frost?" Lauren said with a sigh.
"What can I say? I'm impatient." Frost muttered to her defense.
"Yeah, but look where that gets ya." Falco said and cut her out of the net with his poket knife. "Think before you act."
Mario sighed. "Right when I specify that we need to stay together. I feel like I'm the only who listens while everyone else ignores me."
"I'm sorry, you say something?" Link said to him, earning a glare from the plumber.
"Well, this group mostly consists of teens, kids, a blunt mercenary, an arrogant hedgehog, and a bird who doesn't know how to socialize." Warrior Kitty said matter-of-factly. "Of course you're gonna have obedience problems."
Ike, Falco, and Sonic then shot glared at the sylveon. "Hey! You have no right to dis us like that!" Ike snapped.
"It's the truth, don't deny it." Light responded.
"You stay out of this." Sonic said to her. "Plus, I'm not arrogant!"
Mario scoffed. "Really now?" He asked sarcastically.
Before anyone else could hop into the argument, a sudden rustling sounded from the bushes beside them. The group turned around and faced it in surprise and alarm. Everyone went still when the rustling stopped. A silence passed for a few moments and the rustling didn't sound again.
"Huh." Fox said. "I guess it was nothing." Just then, a skarmory flew out of the bushes and straight at the group, screeching loudly. Link and Ike drew their swords, but the pokemon pushed them out of the way. It then used Gust and blew away Mario, Fox, Pikachu, Kirby, and the girls, leaving Yoshi and Warrior Kitty (who was sitting on the dinosaur's back) standing alone.
The skarmory narrowed it's yellow eyes and screeched again, swooping and sacking the dinosaur away with it's wing and causing the sylveon to fall off his back and on the ground.
It swooped down again and opened it's talons, preparing to snatch her up.
"Warrior Kitty!" Mighty shouted. Warrior Kitty tried to run, but pain stabbed through her leg and she fell with a grunt. She looked back at the gaining Skarmory with wide, scared eyes. But before the pokemon could grab her, Mighty intercepted it by smashing it away with Flame Charge.
The skarmory screeched in rage at swatted the vulpix away, only to see Lauren helping Warrior Kitty get away. It flew towards them, aiming for the sylveon, but Lauren tried to Thunder Bolt it. The skarmory dodged the attacks but was met with Dark Pulse, Dragon Rage, arrows, fireballs, and blaster bullets.
Fox, Falco, Light, Mario, Link, and Frost were attacking it to defend their friends.
The skarmory screeched once more and blew them all away again with a powerful Gust. It aimed to get Warrior Kitty again and gripped her by her hoodie. With a flap of it's wings, it began to ascend into the sky with it's prey.
"Warrior Kitty! No!" Frost shouted in horror. Then, Light did a powerful jump and gripped the skarmory by it's feet and went with it.
"Light!" Mighty then shouted.
"Sonic! You're the fastest! Get them!" Mario ordered. Sonic nodded and ran forward and jumped off a rock and grabbed onto Light. Everyone else watched in terror and anticipation as the metal pokemon tried to shake the hedgehog and the mega absol off.
The skarmory screeched and flew wildly, but Light and Sonic held their grip. "We're weighing it down!" Warrior Kitty said. "We're all gonna fall if we keep onto it!"
"Which is why you're going." Sonic said with determination.
"Wha?" Before she could question, he unzipped her hoodie and caused her to slip out and fall towards the ground. Link ran forward and quickly caught her in his arms before she hit the ground.
Everyone stood in a stunned silence as the metal pokemon carried the two away, out of their sights. A moment of this carried out.
"What...the...fuck...just happened?" Ike finally sputtered out.
"Light...Sonic..." Warrior Kitty whispered, tears brimming her eyes. She turned her head to face the others. "We have to go after that skarmory and get them back!"
"We can't now." Mario said. "It already flew off, plus it's getting dark. We won't be able to see, we could get lost of attacked by something else."
"But...but-"
"I'm afraid he's right Warrior Kitty." Lauren responded. "With you already injured as is, we can't risk it."
"But they could be in danger!" Warrior Kitty argued.
"It's alright." Mighty responded. "Sonic always manages to get out of situations unscathed and you know how Light is. They can take on a skarmory. They'll be fine for now."
"We'll search for them in the morning." Mario said. "Let's get some rest." Warrior Kitty didn't argue back. She just closed her eyes tight and curled up in Link's arms.
The adults had gathered some sticks and wood and used Mighty to make a fire. Pikachu took out some sleeping bags that they had brought with them. There was only four, so they let the kids share them. After Link had set her on a sleeping bag, Warrior Kitty curled into a tight ball, but didn't sleep.
The event that happened moments ago lingered in her mind and kept her awake. Light and Sonic were carried away by a skarmory. She said to herself. And that's because of me. With my injured leg, I couldn't fight back, I was vulnerable. That's why it went for me. They had to defend me and were carried away for it. It was because of me that the skarmory showed up in the first place. She covered her eyes with her ribbons and began to fall into an unsettled sleep.
I never felt so useless in my life.
Well this is a pretty tense predicament, now is it? How will this end? So, for the next chapter and beyond, I have decided to add something into the story. As we endure on our journey, Me, Light, Frost, and Mighty will start to develop bonds with our favorite characters. Thought it'd be a little nice thing to add.
So, thank you all for reading! The next chapter will be up soon! See ya!