A Traveller's Journey

by

Taro MD

Chapter 7 The Deeper Forest

Alright guys today's episode is going to include more Sci-Fi stuff than Pokemon stuff so there's a slight warning there for those that don't want to see animals getting trapped in balls... yes that did sound worse than what I thought of but the analogy is there.

The forest of Viridian is a fascinating dungeon mostly because of the music and of the aesthetic with general creepiness that is entails within the woods of a simple forest... yeah I know there's more to it than that and I will hope to expand into things.

Let's begin.

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Mid-day was high in the sky as Harudo was being led on by Caterpie and Weedle as the group which included a Pikachu as well that seemingly evolved all of a sudden from his Pichu friends which surprised the trainer considering that a Johto Pokemon was seemingly undiscovered in Viridian Forest of all things but now it was resting on Harudo's shoulder which is why he was trying to muster all the willpower that he had from not just grabbing the yellow rat and punting it far away.

'Stupid electricity fear.'

Eventually they arrived at what seemed to be a normal corner bush that looked not suspicious but Caterpie and Weedle stopped immediately.

'We're here... this is what we use to get into this forest.'

'The Deep Area is behind this bush, human. Have to warn you in advanced though... it's a lot different than you would normally seen.'

"Alright... lead the way you two."

Caterpie and Weedle nod their heads before going through the bush just as Pikachu looked apprehensive before jumping off Harudo's shoulder and ran through the bush just as the trainer blinked at how quick he made the decision.

"Well then... time to see the Deep Area of Viridian Forest."

Stepping through the bush was no problem for Harudo, when he did get through... he noticed a lot of things beyond the normal means of a forest which included a lot of silk adjourning the trees, luckily he noticed Caterpie, Weedle and Pikachu seemingly waiting for him.

'As you may of noticed there's a lot of silk around our territory... hopefully you have something that can cut through it.'

"I do but these silk strands are deeply embeded into the trees so if I do cut it then it might regrow... that won't do."

'Fire might work.'

"That's what I figured... alright Charmander your up."

Charmander was released from it's Pokeball as he looked at the silk strands and then back at Harudo.

'You want me to burn these for you Harudo?'

"Yeah aim your Ember at the base of those silk strands."

Charmander nooded as he then opened his mouth wide and blastered fireballs at the base of the silk strands as the area combusted into flames... before turning black at the roots, exactly what the trainer was hoping it would happen.

'How was that?'

"Nice work Charmander... now then, time to cut our way through."

Harudo then tok out his sword and aimed right at the blackened roots as it literally sliced away like butter.

'Wait how did you know that would work Harudo?'

"I was a quick learner when I was in school, plus if you concentrate enough heat at a certain spot then eventually it will break down... right then there's a lot more silk to burn, you ready for a workout Charmander?"

"Let me at them!"

"That's the spirit! Charmander keep using Ember on any silk root that you see."

Throughout the next 15-20 minutes, Charmander used Ember on the root of any silk thread that easily turned black allowing Harudo to cut through the strand... effectively creating a path of sorts that eventually took them to a large group of trees that were occupied by a various amounts of bug types... plenty of Caterpie and Weedle and what Harudo can easily see on those trees were Metapod and Kakuna, the mid evolved forms of said bug pokemon.

"That's a lot of bug pokemon... a heck of a lot of bug pokemon."

'We're home!'

'Thank goodness... now we can tell the elders.'

Looks like Harudo found another secret village of Pokemon... especially he became the focus of nearly several hundred eyes.

The Caterpie, Weedle, Metapod and Kakuna looked at the visitor with a mixture of emotions that they never had the chance to think before... a human that seemed to have found their way to their village which has never happened before... but then they saw the Caterpie and Weedle that was in front of the human.

'Everyone! This human can understand us."

'Wait how... no mere human can understand our language.'

'He has a sword and everything and...'

'Make way for the elders!'

Harudo then saw a line then part ways as then floating in the air towards them were fully evolved forms of Caterpie and Weedle that one doesn't normally see as a wild Pokemon but rather these are forms that trainers get rewarded with they raise the bug pokemon so well but here... this is totally different.

'It seems that you can understand us outsider, if what the stories are true...'

"Yes I can understand you."

'Goodness! How is it that you can understand our language?'

"I encountered a being named Mew when i was 6 years old... seemingly it gave me the ability to understand Pokemon."

'You encountered the Firstborn?!'

'It seems my dear... the time is upon us.'

'Yes it would seem so, this must be related to what's been happening in the forest as of late.'

"What has been happening?"

'Dark beasts that we didn't think any of our kind would see again began to come out of a ruin that is about a few miles from our location... we used to have a strong army of brave souls that used to protect us but most of them were slaughtered horribly in the battle.'

'Even now we barely recovered from that awful event and sometime later, you came to us... we are going to need your help.'

"Sure I can do that... wielding this sword and shield isn't just for photographs, I'm assuming that these beasts came from that ruin?"

'They did... we managed to stop one of them but the other 3 were let loose in the forest.'

"Wait 3 of those beasts are in the forest?!"

'As it stands yes. The beasts can go back and forth between the deeper forest and the regular forest...'

"Lovely... just what I needed to hear on top of everything else that's going on."

'You must of travelled long and hard to get into the forest through the silk walls... use our village as a way to rest human, it must of been exhausting.'

"Thank you for the hospitality elder Butterfree, elder Beedrill."

Harudo then was able to rest for a good full two hours and he was treated like a very important guest but eventually he would have to find the ruin that these dark beasts came out of.

Some time had passed and with Harudo fully rested, Caterpie and Weedle were leading him down a path of sorts that was not trodden by humans for a very long time and he can literally feel every uneasy stone in every step, which really affected his feet...

'Ow, ow, ow... OW! My feet are going to hate me after this...'

He thought as he remembered how much he hated going on for long walks whilst he was in the academy but realising that he can think about that later especially the two bug types stopped in their tracks.

"Hey why you two stopped?"

'We're nearly there...'

'Just a few minutes over that hill and we'll be at the site.'

Harudo nodded his head as he remembered to look at Pikachu who was just observing things, not realising that it was being stared at and so turned around when it did notice.

'Is anything wrong?'

"Nothing's wrong, I just wanted to check if you was ok... you didn't say anything when we were in the village?"

'I didn't want to anger that Beedrill... I've encountered enough Beedrill to know not to anger one of them.'

Harudo nodded his head before he walked the next few minutes and true to their word, the human did get a look at another ruin that was lost to the passage of time but this one looked different again to the one in the Route 1 Grotto and definetly looked different than the settlement he found in Viridian City.

The ruin was much larger and did contain several buildings but on another glance, he noticed three large black spheres on top of a few buildings and wondered what they were for...

"What are these spheres? They look black in design and aged too... a mystery I have to ponder about."

'What mystery is that?'

"The world is a strange place Pikachu, it's always has a mystery or two to solve... even here."

'Do you intend to go inside?'

"Of course, I've been inside two of these places before... I have no idea what's inside this place though."

'I don't know... it looks scary...'

"You don't have to be scared you know, mostly because I'm going to go in there alone."

'Alone? But what happens if something tries to attack?'

"I has a sword and a shield I should be alright... I want you to keep an eye out of the surrounding area, I have no idea what's in here and quite frankly Deimos might be around."

'Deimos? You mean those Dark Beasts?'

"Deimos... Dark Beast or whatever. You won't be alone though..."

Harudo then manages to get all the Pokemon out of their balls as they all looked up at their master and friend.

"Alright everyone, I want you guys to keep an eye out here... just in case if there is any trouble."

'Be careful Harudo.'

"Don't worry I will be fine... hopefully."

Harudo then turned around and made his way to the ruin, looking for a way in of some kind... whilst at the same time, he came close to one of the black spheres that was mounted on the wall and at the same time he noticed one difference he forgot to see at first glance.

'There's a bloody crack in it... and a decently big one too, if this sphere was a prison of some kind... do I want to know what being held?'

He thought before finally finding an entryway of some kind and going in, like the previous two places... he was literally walking down a stone corridor that going in several ways but he felt that he was being drawn to one location... sort of like a beacon of some kind, he didn't know where it was taking him that was the thing.

'How long do I keep walking? My feet are literally barking.'

Eventually the path lead him to what seemed to be the central chamber and inside was much larger than the previous two as in the middle was another pedestal... but around the walls of the chamber was interesting, there were three different panels that told a story or at least explain what was happening.

The first panel detailed of a glowing light which then shifted to different creatures that was given to what seemed to be multiple figures but Harudo figured these would be trainers... a gift from the gods as one of the hooded guardians mentioned

"These are the first humans to become trainers..."

The second panel then sees the trainers and their creatures fighting against the dark figures or Deimos and whilst there would be victories... on one hand he saw the large pile of what seemed to be defeated creatures and dead trainers indicated from the skulls in the panel.

"The earliest battles against the Deimos were proved to be deadly with just as much success as well as deaths..."

On the third panel was when a figure that seemed to be influencing it's very being into every creature that it can see... as another part of the panel saw one creature changing size and thus it was able to defeat the Deimos that previously others have failed, Harudo realised that the figure was Mew and according to the panel, the ability to evolve came from it's own DNA.

"So that's why those Pokemon refered to Mew as the Firstborn..."

NOT QUITE YOUNG ONE.

Harudo realised that the new voice came from the pedestal as another similar hooded figure was watching.

"Ah I figured I would be seeing you."

YOU HAVE DONE WELL TO GROW AS A WARRIOR, YOUNG ONE. I FEEL YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERED A DEIMOS ALREADY.

"I did back in Route 25 near Viridian... where it possessed a Spearow and somehow forced it to evolve into a Fearow."

IT SEEMS THE BEASTS ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO BREAK THEIR SEALS... DEIMOS HAVE THE ABILITY TO FORCE EVOLVE A CREATURE OF THE GODS ON THEIR OWN, USUALLY FOR COMBAT.

"So that's why..."

CORRECT. NOW ON THIS PEDESTAL IS SOMETHING THAT WILL ASSIST YOU IN YOUR QUEST.

Harudo then noticed what seemed to be a special amulet of some kind... that had 16 dull coloured spheres on it, he immediately thought it was some kind of jewellry to which he wasn't too fussed on... now if this was some sort of bracelet then he would be ok with it.

"What's with this thing?"

YOU WILL SOON BE ENTERING THE DOMAIN OF THE FIRST GREAT TEMPLE, INSIDE THIS TEMPLE LIES A POWERFUL RELIC THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST THE BEASTS... THE GODS GAVE 16 OF THESE TO SAFEGUARD THIS REGION AGAINST THE THREATS.

"Wait 16 of these but there's only 8 cities in Kanto!?"

THIS LAND WAS ONCE MUCH LARGER THAN IT LOOKED BUT AT THE TIME OF THE GREAT CALAMITY... TWO CONTINENTS WERE CREATED FROM THE FALL OF THE OLD CAPITAL, THIS LAND YOU CALL KANTO WAS ONCE JOINED WITH WHAT YOU CALL JOHTO.

Harudo was floored, he learnt all he could on the differences of culture of Kanto and Johto from Trainer School but even he was floored from that revelation.

'So Kanto and Johto were once a large continent... I wonder what this great calamity did to even split the continent into two?'

YOU WILL LEARN WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OLD CAPITAL IN DUE COURSE YOUNG ONE, IT IS YOUR JOURNEY AFTER ALL TO LEARN OF THESE THINGS... AND TO PREPARE FOR THE EVENTUAL COMING OF THE BEASTS AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GODS.

"I get that so I have to take this gowdy jewelry then?"

INDEED YOU MUST.

Harudo then took hold of the amulet and put it away carefully as he then remembered what he wanted to ask the figure.

"May I ask a quick question before you decide to leave?"

SURE YOU MAY.

"There were black spheres attached to this ruin, I was wondering what they were?"

THEY ARE ANCIENT PRISONS, DESIGNED TO HOLD A CAPTURED DEIMOS AFTER IT WAS DEFEATED IN BATTLE.

"Ah that might be why... but they appeared to be cracked."

CRACKED YOU SAY? HMMM THIS IS BAD.

"How bad are we talking?"

THIS WOULD BE A DEIMOS FIGURE THAT WAS HELD INSIDE THAT SPHERE FOR COUNTLESS GENERATIONS AND NOW IT SEEMS THAT THEY BROKE OUT AND SEEMED TO BE CAUSING...

A large crash was then heard which interrupted the figure's speech as Harudo immediately then heard what seemed to be a demonic roar that came from outside... as he realised something else as well that he might of made a mistake on.

'OH CRAP THE POKEMON ARE OUTSIDE!'

He thought as outside of the ruin, 8 Pokemon were immediately greeted with the sight of something that shouldn't of even exist and yet here it was ready to strike after eons trapped in the black sphere.

A fully alive and pissed off Deimos.

To be continued...

(Taro) Ahhh cliffhanger! The Deimos is free and it seemed to have Harudo's Pokemon... will our hero get to his friends in time or will a demon literally destroy the 8 Pokemon that are on their own. As we are on I think the 2nd part of the 3 parter, it should be a good ending to this mini saga next time.

Sorry for the delay, hope you like this chapter.