Some things you may need to know.
"Stuff." People talking.
Things. People thoughts.
G'day. Legendary Pokémon or Celestial beings talking.
"Morning." Pokémon talking being understood when near people.
"Fire!" Attack or Pokémon's moves names.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or any other things that I may reference to.
Now on to the story.
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C-Cosmo?" June said, wondering why he was stuttering.
Cosmo nodded. There is no need to be afraid, my champion.
Afraid? June thought before feeling his body shaking and shuddering uncontrollably. Sweat rolled down his head as he felt the air getting caught in his throat. Is my body unconsciously feeling fear? Looking at the supposed celestial being, he didn't know why but it felt like his body just wanna get away from it. He shook his head, steadying his heartbeat as he took several deep breaths.
Cosmo gave him a smile, to which it resembled a crescent moon.That's creepy.
Now that you have calmed down, I am here to give you some answers to your current, what did you call it? 'sticky' situation. Ah yes, such a funny term.
June looked at Cosmo, his mind having slowly recovered enough for him to speak, "What?"
Hmm... Oh right, you still have no idea what I'm talking. Cosmo held up his hand again, pointing it at him. This might hurt a little but don't worry, this will answer any questions concerning me. A white beam of light appeared from his hand as it made its way towards June.
June, however had only saw a white light before pain like never before, stuck him although it seemed to be mostly centered on his head. The surroundings were distorted but only slightly, only a focus-minded being could see it.
Information rushed into his brain in slow bursts, careful as to not damage his mind, Cosmo let the beam fade as he felt that it would be enough.
June took in more deep breaths, his hands clutching his head as his mind sorted out his newly-gained knowledge. He glared at Cosmo. "You said that it would only hurt a bit. That felt like my head was crushed by an anvil." The fear from before quickly disappeared as anger replaced it. "Just who the hell do you think you are? A celestial being? Just what does that even mean?" June screamed in anger.
Cosmo didn't respond to him as he waited for June to vent out his frustrations at him. Then after a minute or two, he realised the reason how Crude had been formed. Calm down, June. I think what you said is enough.
"Enough? Are you bloody kiddin' me, mate? Here I am, just a normal, average human being who has a crappy life filled with many misunderstandings due to languages, is now sent to an entire different universe due to your 'evil brother'. How cliché is that!" He shouted." And another thing-"
Calm down! Cosmo flared his power at him, causing him to immediately shut up. I know this is a lot to take in and I know that you mortals are always going on about your short lives but can you please calm down so I could answer your questions concerning about your presence here.
June nodded, a little embarrassed at his behavior. He may have been controlling his anger better than when he was younger but there were still times where he'd snapped. "Sorry about that."
It is nothing to worry about, I've had several previous champions raging on me before.
"Previous champions?"
That is a story for another time.
Alright then? "Where am I?"
You are at the Pokémon-verse. Strange, I've thought you'd already established that?
"No. No, I meant as in where am I, in this specific place as in this forest."
That is simple, my champion. This forest, as you and the residents called it, is a result of what my brother has done for entertainment. The side effects had created an entirely different dimension. This forest is but only one of several others, humans of this world cannot venture deep into the dimensions as it would look like just an ordinary forest.
"Okay? Then how about the Pokémon living here?"
The creatures who had inhabited the forest before had already accustomed to this dimension, thus allowing them to safely evolve and live as they shall. Of course, only Pokémon and aura users are able to find and enter this dimension.
"How many are there?"
As many as the 'routes' you can find in this world.
"So about fifty?"
Precisely. I had thought about removing them but seeing as the Pokémon had made it their home, I just couldn't. And no, it doesn't cause any harm to this universe, other versions of the Pokémon-verse has some of these dimensions although lesser than this.
"So what's this about this 'champion stuff'?" June asked, knowing to ask the important ones first.
My brother and I have been battling for eons throughout the multiverse, his methods although having lessen, are now more aggressive as he takes the hidden power of creatures in the multiverse and molds them into his minions. You are the latest one who's hidden power has been taken but luckily I was quick enough to cut him off and he was only able to carry your rage persona away from you which is ironic, considering it is the most powerful one of your six personas.
"Personas? What do you mean by that?" June asked although he had a faint idea of what he was talking. "You mean those five guys I've heard earlier?"
Yes. Those five were the rest of your personas, I'm sure you may have notice this but your emotions and feelings are very mixed and extreme, when I had brought you and your brothers upon this universe, some of my energy had mixed in with you three, causing some changes to your bodies. The most notable one would be the ability to use any energy abilities in the multiverse. The rest are more side effects than anything, a change in your personalities, moral sense and just general improvements in your bodies.
"Energy? As in Ki? Chakra? Mana? All those things?"
Yes. Every universe has their own unique energies, though that explanation could be saved for later.
"So what are my personas?
Cosmo didn't reply. Anywho, my time for today has ran out as it seems like you are waking up. The world around them twisted and became distorted.
"Wait, I still have more questions." A bright flash of light enveloped them.
"Wait!" He called out, sitting up, his orange claw held up in front of him in a grabbing motion. He looked around, noticing that he was in a grassy building. He frowned, realising that what he saw could've been a dream. A very stupid dream.
"Heh, dreaming up a celestial being and emotions coming alive. How strange can my brain get," he said before seeing something in the corner of his eye.
In the darkness which was slowly lighting up, was a type of bag. He walked to it, wondering who would leave something like this in a forest.
The bag-or-backpack was dark, nearly as dark as the night sky, the patterns on it were similar to the ones he had saw in his 'dream' and the strangest part about the patterns were that they were moving as if it was the actual night sky.
"Okay, I don't know if I'm imagining it or if the bag have actual moving stars on it." He tried to ignore it and looked onwards, squinting his eyes as he pointed his tail at the bag.
Although his flaming tail had brighten his surroundings, the bag however wasn't reflecting its light instead it looked like it was absorbing the light. He briefly wondered if the bag was even there or if it was just his imagination playing tricks on him again.
He placed his claw on it, causing what looked like a small ripple on its patterns. It felt like a type of liquid and yet was solid at the same time.
Kinda like jelly. He noted. Wait a second, a bag shouldn't feel like jelly.
A small note pad materialised in front of him. Not expecting that, he jumped and the notepad fell onto the ground. "What the fudge?" He said, confused.
He picked up the notepad as words materialised on it. English words which were strange enough seeing as he'd only seen Japanese words since he got here.
"My champion." He read out the words on the notepad. "I bestow upon you the 'Bag of Champions'. This bag contains a pocket dimension that allows you to store anything from a shoe to a tank. This bag already has some of the items from previous champions. Sincerely, Cosmo." He rose an eyebrow at that.
Cosmo? Why does that name sound so familiar? Then it dawned on him, he had heard it from his 'dream'!
He stared at the notepad in his claws. His eyes fixated on the name, then he narrowed his eyes at it. "Just who are you?" His thoughts were interrupted by a sudden growl.
He ignored it, knowing that it was just his stomach. "Guess I'm hungry." He sighed before looking at the bag. "Wonder if there's food in there." He thought out loud.
"... Nah." Thinking that anything edible in there would've been spoiled by now. He slipped his arm under the bag, weighing it.
To his surprise, it weighed almost like nothing. His arm now touching its bottom which was much more solid than what was above.
He slid his arms through the straps and adjusted the backpack into a more comfortable position. "I could get use to this." If he hadn't known better, he would've thought that the backpack was able to transform itself into any shape and size.
He snorted. As if that could happen.
June looked back at the sleeping fox, wondering if he should wake her up. But he thought against it, knowing that some animals require more sleep than a human... firey lizard? Fire-type Pokémon? Eh, you get the idea.
His stomach grumbled, once again calling out for food. "Guess it's time to go look for food," he said. "Now where is that apple tree again?"
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Evie awoke with a yawn. The sunlight shining down on her brown coat through a hole in the roof.
She stood up and stretched, the resulting sounds of popping were music to her ears." Time to get up, Zeal," She chirped.
No response.
"Zeal?" She turned her head to the nest beside her before remembering the events of yesterday. "Dammit, sis. Just what have you gotten yourself into," she said before going out of the shack.
She looked at the grassy shack, remembering when she'd found it. Shaking her head to get rid of the memories. "No. It won't happen again, not when I can prevent it."
Her ears twitched, hearing the sounds of footsteps. A biped, She noted.
She took on a stance, her muscles tensing up as she was ready to run or fight the unknown.
A familiar clothed-Charmander appeared, "Oh it's just you," she said, relaxing though only slightly.
"Of course it's me. What did you think? A giant turtle with tank cannons on its back?" He spoke, sarcastically.
She rolled her eyes at him. "You're lucky that I'm taking pity on you."
"Pity?" June said.
"Yes. Pity," she said. "You've said it yourself that you're a human that doesn't even know the basics of surviving and you're from a universe where Pokémon do not exist. How else would you survive on your own?"
"Jeez, you don't have to be like that." His voice taking on a depressed tone, a black raining cloud appeared above his head.
Evie was bewildered as she looked curiously at the rain cloud, trying to figure out how he was able to create it.
June then stood up, the rain cloud vanished in an instant. "Well then. Pity or not. Let's go find our siblings."
Evie was unable to react at his sudden mood swing in time and just gave out a confused "What?"
"Come, I think I've got a clue on where they are," he said, thankful that Cosmo had at least told him where his brothers were via the notepad.
"And what lead you to that assumption?"
June hesitated, wondering if he should tell her. "Just a hunch."
"A hunch?" Is he seriously basing his thoughts on a hunch? Evie thought, not sure if she heard him correctly.
"Yes. A hunch," he said with a smirk.
"Okay... How about we go get some food first before coming up with a plan."
"No need. I'd went out earlier and got some of those apples last night," he said, pulling out two large apples.
Evie was confused at seeing him seemingly pulled out two apples from nowhere.
In truth, those two apples he had were from the backpack. He found out that he could grab items by just putting his claws through the bag and think of what he had put in it.
He gave the apples to Evie, having already ate some earlier. He was glad that he was able to remember where the apple tree was.
After a few minutes, Evie had finished and tried to take lead again but June had stopped her.
"How about I take lead this time?"
Evie rose an eyebrow at him. "Why? Is it because of your hunch?"
"Yes."
"Are you seriously trying to say that you should lead just because of a feeling that you're getting instead of letting me, the one that actually knows where we're going?"
"Well when you said it like that-"
"Exactly, it sounds bad," she said. "You may have earned my trust but I will not allow our rescue mission to become a failure all because of a silly little hunch."
June realised that maybe calling Cosmo's helpful advice a hunch was a bad idea.
His mind ran through multiple ideas before scrapping them all. Not knowing what to do, he submitted to her... For now.
"Fine, we'll do things your way," he said.
Evie smiled, happy that he was finally giving in. She was getting tired of him being stubborn. "Now let's go."
June followed her, unsure whether he had chosen the right choice.
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Waking up and stretching his body, the resulting cracks were music to his ears. "Ah~ much better." Dreamless sleeps were always his favourite.
"Time to wake up, Quil." He looked to his right, expecting to see his little brother but instead seeing a green dinosaur-like being.
The events of yesterday ran through his head as he sighed. "Right. We're in the Pokémon-verse." he said, looking down at the grass. "Brother."
His tiny paws clenched in anger. "I will end that bird."
His ears twitched again, something had triggered his sensitive ears again. While he was grateful for the improved hearing, he was starting to get annoyed when they kept twitching. "Who's there?" His voice almost came out like a hiss as he looked around, searching for the noise.
He caught a glimpse of something moving at the corner of his eye. He moved his head quickly to what he saw but he only saw trees and grass. Then he caught another glimpse of the moving object but when he turned to where it was, there was nothing.
Then something tapped him on his right shoulder. He turned around but saw nothing.
Already fueled by his earlier anger, he gave out a frustrated growl. "Who's there?" he said with a snarl.
A low chuckle answered him as he whipped his head around, seeing a large bipedal fox that was over three times the size of him.
He gulped at the sheer size of it as it bared its canines at him. "Glad to see you awake again, Ane."
Ane recognised that voice. "June?"
The fox chuckled. "No. That would be my creator. I'm Crude."
"Crude?" That name sounded familiar as if he had heard it before. Then it clicked. "You're that weird eye teeth thing from last night!"
Crude raised an eyebrow at that before grinning. "Good to see that you've remembered me. Now tell me what's your brother's been up to."
Seeing no reason not to trust him, Ane let out a sigh. "I'm sorry to tell you this but my brother..." It was difficult for him to say. "He's dead." he said not knowing how to feel about it.
Crude raised his eyebrow again. "Are you sure about that?"
"Look man, I just don't wanna talk about it, okay?"
Crude frowned, not sure why Ane would think June is dead. He knew this would get complicated if he just let it be. "Heh heh heh, actually Ane. Your brother, he's ain't dead. He survived."
"Yeah right," Ane said, not believing him.
"Look pal, you're in the Pokémon-verse, more specifically the anime Pokémon-verse. This multiverse's laws of physics and science are different from yours. For example, any living being in this world would have to take considerably amount of damage to even get hurt, much less burns, cuts or any moderate damage."
"Huh..." He trailed off. "Wait, does that mean June is alive?"
A barely see-able eye twitch appeared on Crude. "Yes."
Hope and happiness replaced the grief and hidden fear. "Quil! Wake up! Our brother's still alive!"
The human-turned-Pokémon awoke with a "Huh?"
"Our brother's still alive!"
Quil's eyes widened in shock. "He is?"
"Yes!"
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Quil couldn't believe what he was hearing. Yesterday, he had seen his brother blown away and into a cliff, and now he was hearing that he was alive!
But wait, he thought. "Who told you that?"
"Crude, of course." His older brother said, pointing at the giant fox beside them.
"Crude?"
"Sup." Crude gave him a grin.
Quil frowned, having a strange feeling that he shouldn't trust him but seeing as his brother trusted him, he didn't give much thought to it.
"Now, Quil, Ane. There is something I would like to speak to you two."
"What is it?" asked Ane.
"It's-"
"Crude! The Zorua had escaped!" A Pidgey ran in front of them with its wings spread apart.
Crude gave off a surprised look. "What?" His surprise quickly transformed into anger. "Where is it?"
"We don't know. She'd somehow escaped and knocked out most of us, " Pidgey said with a panicked look.
"Imbeciles!" he shouted. Looking at the two brothers. "You two stay here! And you, Pidgey. Keep an eye on them. I'll handle this myself."
"G-got it." Pidgey saluted with its right wing before walking nervously towards the two brothers.
Crude disappeared in a bright flash, leaving the two brothers alone with the nervous Pidgey.
The Pidgey let out a sigh of relief. "Can't believe that actually worked." Then something strange happened. Pidgey's body began warping, distorting and twisting into a red blob before transforming into a familiar black fox.
Ane and Quil blinked in surprise. "Zeal?"
"Come on. He won't be distracted for long." The, usually energetic and childish, fox said in a more serious tone.
"What?" Ane asked, confused.
"We don't have time for explanations. We gotta get outta here."
"Why?" asked Quil.
Zeal groaned in annoyance. "We don't have time for this!" Taking both of them by force, she lifted both of them and placed them on her back, shocking both of them with her strength.
She closed her eyes, searching for the psychic energy in her. She felt it, slow and weak. She unleashed it through out her body. Her body felt lighter as the energy coursed through her body. "Hang on tight, guys."
"Wha-" And with that, she took off twice as fast as before.
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"Where are we?" June asked.
"At Perry's territory," she whispered. She glanced around the tree that she was hiding behind. She furrowed her eyebrows, confusion written over her face. "That's strange."
"What is?"
"This place is empty."
"Isn't that a good thing?"
Evie looked unsure. "Maybe. But he doesn't usually leave this place alone."
"And that's bad because?"
"Never mind. It's probably a lucky break for us since he's gone." She walked into the open although her guard was still up. June quickly followed behind, observing the surroundings.
It was mostly barren grass, a large cave nearly identical to the one from yesterday. His tail illuminated the dark as he walked behind the fox.
He saw some nests around them, the nests were mostly empty and looked worn out as if someone had used them for a long time. He looked at the rocky walls of the cave and saw they went up so high that he couldn't even see the top.
"It's bigger on the inside." He chuckled to himself.
"Be quiet. We don't know if there's a Pidgey hidden around here."
"Got it." Knowing that she might be correct. He sighed. I hope this doesn't lead to a dead end. Kinda wishing that he hadn't just given up during their argument earlier.
After some time wandering around, June began to wonder if they were walking in circles or something as everything looked exactly the same.
"Just how big is this thing?" he asked. "It feels like we've been walking for hours.""This place can feel like that if you're unfamiliar with it, " Evie said.
"Wait. Does that mean you've been here before?"
"Only a few times. Usually because Zeal had gotten herself into some trouble, " She sighed. "Come on, let's go with your hunch. It doesn't look like Zeal's here." She walked past him.
"Wait, you're serious?"
"Yes," she answered simply. "Now hurry up, we don't have much time."
June was still shocked but complied. He couldn't believe that she would just change to his 'hunch' just like that.
They gotten out of the cave without any problem. "How long were we in there?" June asked, seeing the sun only raising above the trees slightly.
"Judging by the sun, I'm saying about an hour." Her face scrunched up in anger. Damn it. An hour has gone by and we still have nothing. She didn't care about what June's hunch was, she'd never did. She had only agreed to it because there were no other choices.
"Erm... Should we get going?" June said, breaking the uncomfortable silence that had appeared all of the sudden.
"Yes." She sighed. "Lead the way."
"Okay. Let's go-"
"Well. Well. Well. Look who we have here."
Evie and June looked surprised although Evie quickly recovered and got into a stance.
"You're that Fearow that was with Perry!" June stated.
"Yes. It is I, Rower. Perry's most trusted friend and the strongest of them all-"
"Can it, Rower." Perry said, slowly descending to the level of Rower.
"Aw c'mon, Perry. You ruined my villain monologue."
"We are not villains."
"Of course we are. We're both working for an evil mastermind."
"Let me make this clear, Rower. We are NOT working for him."
"Didn't he threaten to kill you if you fail to capture these two?"
Perry didn't respond as the two looked at each other in silence.
"Shut it, Rower." Perry said, giving him a stern look. Avoiding the eyes of his friend, he gave off an annoyed eye roll.
"Hey, where did they go?"
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Zeal ran through the forest, dodging and jumping over broken tree trunks, bushes and other stationary items.
The two brothers, each holding onto the speeding fox for dear life.
Then she stopped suddenly. The two brothers were sent flying from her back and into a tree. "Ow," Ane said, holding his nose. "That hurts like hell."
"Ah..." Quil looked dazed, he stumbled around before falling on his belly.
"Hey, Quil. Are you alright?" Ane asked.
Quil took a moment to reply. "I'm fine. I think."
"Sorry... About... That," Zeal panted. Sweat coated her head as she took some deep breaths to calm her racing heart. "Just... How heavy are you two?"
"Um... I'm not sure. I was around seventy kg back when I was a human and Quil was around... Thirty. I guess?"
"What?"
"Oh, you didn't hear what I said?"
"I meant the human part."
"Oh um..." Ane scratched his cheek. "Well... I'm not sure how I should explain this... "
(One explanation later)"... And that's all that has happen since we've arrived here." Ane concluded.
A moment of silence passed through them.
"Are you serious?" Zeal said, her eyebrow raised as if doubting him.
"Yes..." Ane trailed off, feeling a bit uncomfortable when the fox looked at him. Did she get bigger?
Zeal sighed before shaking her head. "Never mind. We don't have time for this."
Ane's ears twitched suddenly, the sounds of footsteps entered his new ears. "We got company!" Man, I've always wanted to say that.
"What?" Quil said as Zeal took on a battle stance.
The footsteps grew closer and were fast-paced.
Ane instinctively got on all fours, the fur on his back stood up.
Then the footsteps slowly died down as two figures emerged from the forest.
Ane stood up, his stance showing looks of shock.
"Brother?"
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June and Evie ran as fast as they could, trying to gain some distance away the two birds.
June looked over his shoulder, checking to see if they were chasing them. Luckily, they seemed to have lost them.
"Hey, Evie. I think we've lost them," June said before seeing that she had stopped. "Evie?"
He saw that she was looking at something, he turned towards the direction where she was looking and froze.
"Brother?" He heard Ane said.
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To say he was shocked was an understatement, he didn't knew if what Crude told him was true or not but seeing his brother in the flesh!
He knew now that everything Crude had said was true. Even if he didn't understand what he had said.
"Sup." And just as usual, his brother replied with a simple word.
"You had us worried, thinking that you've died."
"Well, what can I say. Nothing can kill me." His brother said, again in one of his cocky moods.
"You fuc-"
"Ah. Ah. Ah. No curse words." His brother said, wagging his finger at him.
He always hated how June never let's him curse, so instead he settled on a low growl.
"Brother, is that really you?" Quil asked.
"You can bet your dinosaur bulb, it's me."
While the brothers reunited, the sisters had a much different reaction towards each other.
"So this is where you'd been?" Evie said.
"Well sis, I was actually captured and been kept captive by Pidgeys and Spearows. It was awesome how I was able to trick them all with my disguise."
"Drop the act, Zeal."
The smile on Zeal's face strained a bit. "Are you sure, sis?"
"Yes. Those three aren't much of a threat and I don't think they would do anything to us."
"If you say so," Zeal said.
"Oh and by the way, Zeal."
"Hmm?"
"Your illusion's size is wrong again."
"Oh sorry," Her body glowed red before shrinking in size. "And by the way, there is this one weird looking Delphox looking for me."
"A Delphox?" A Delphox was uncommon to find in this forest, usually because most of them were loners and like to isolate themselves from the wild. So it was very strange to hear a Delphox in the wild, much less chasing her little sister. "Did they hurt you?"
"No. At least I don't think so."
Evie let out a sigh of relief. "Good."
"What do we do with them now?"
"Well. We can't leave them here. Perry and Rower are searching for them and me."
"So we're stuck with them?"
"Pretty much."
"Well at least it's not someone we hate."
Suddenly, laughter could be heard around them, cutting through their conservation and shutting it down. "Well, ain't this a nice little predicament I'm in."
Evie and Zeal took on a defensive posture. "Who's there?" Evie said.
A miss-colored Delphox appeared through the trees, its body coated in a blue aura. Its feet hovering a few inches above the ground. "It is me, Crude."
"Crude?" June asked.
"Yes," Crude chuckled. "Although, June. You may know me as something else."
"How do you know my name?" June said, feeling uncomfortable that a complete stranger knew about him.
"It's simple. You've created me."
"I-What?"
"During our arrival into this universe, the laws of this universe plus the energy required for multiverse travel infused themselves into you three, causing us to awaken some of our energies. The Celestial Being responsible for our arrival didn't take account of how much energy our body would absorb.
"Every living thing has at least two-four kinds of personalities, the most basic minded ones would only have one or two. When our body absorbed the energy, it caused six embodiments of emotions to become sentient. I am one of these, the personification of your rage."
Crude observed the others' reaction, seeing June's, Evie's and Zeal's were mostly shocked and the other two were confusion.
"However during the trip here, I was taken by something and was sent here two months before your arrival," Crude turned to the two brothers. "I was hoping to gain some information from you two but it seemed like playing nice didn't work."
He snapped his fingers and a bright flash happened. When the light died down, the figures of Perry and Rower hovering next to him while covered in the same aura as him. "And you two. Hmm... I feel a bit merciful to you two so I'll let you live. However when I call for you two again, heh heh. Be ready for whatever I prepare." And with another snap, they disappeared.
So this is who'd been after my sister. Evie thought. He's strong *Gulp* way stronger than Perry and Rower combined. She turned her attention at the other fire-type. And what does he mean by his personification?
Crude turned towards the two foxes. "Oh and don't worry about your sister, Evie. I've already done what I needed."
Evie's expression quickly turned to anger when those words left his mouth. "You bastard! What did you do to her!"
"Oh, what fun would it be to tell you," Crude said with a smirk similar to June's.
In blind rage, she charged towards the hovering biped but was stopped in mid-air as she hovered above the ground.
"Now. Now. I've never wanted to have anything to do with your sister. That was all my new master's idea." Crude taunted her by wagging his finger at her.
Evie growled dangerously at him as she dangled in the air.
"Now, June. I have a proposition for you."
"What is it?" he asked, hoping it'd be something easy since he wasn't sure if they could escape from him.
"In exchange for you and your brother's freedom, I want you to battle me."
"B-battle you?"
"Although regardless of your choice, I will still battle you."
June sweated a bit, his heart beating quickly at the prospect of fighting something stronger than him. "F-fine. I'll battle you." He gulped. "B-but on one condition."
"Go ahead."
June took a deep breath to calm his nerves. "I want you to leave those two alone."
Crude gave a toothy grin at him. "Alright then."
June blinked in surprised. "Really?"
"Yup. Besides I have no use for them anyways although... Yes that could work."
June didn't like the look on his face, that sinister and mischievous grin that he had always imagined himself in.
He gulped, knowing that look was when he came up with a cruel idea.
Crude stared deep into Evie's eyes, his eyes glowed a crimson red before reverting his eyes to Zeal.
Evie shuddered a bit, it felt as if he had stared right into her soul and took a piece of it.
Crude teleported behind June, startling the heck outta him and sticking his claw into the backpack. He took out two pokéballs and disappeared in a flash.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" June cried out.
Crude's eyes glowed crimson again as he muttered in an unknown language. The pokéballs glowed for a moment before dimming down.
"H-hey, w-what do you think you're doing?" Evie stuttered out as Crude loomed over her, a gleam in his eye as he slowly approached with the pokéball.
"Boop," He tapped the front of her nose with the pokéball. Her body transformed into red energy before getting sucked into the open ball.
The pokéball wiggled one time. Two times. Threes times. And a *Ding* noise was the result as it stopped wiggling.
"One down, one to go..."
X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X
A/N: Sorry this took so long. I was, to put it simply, distracted. YouTube, internet problems and laziness being the main reasons.Anyways, like it? Hate it? See you next chapter. Ciao for now.