Chapter 4: Farewells
Kevin left the house with a grim expression on his face. Officer Jenny was the first to notice. "Was the kidnapper in there?" she asked.
Kevin shook his head. "No," he growled. "And neither was Jelza."
The crowd suddenly began braking into conversation. The officers who 'covered' Kevin's back came out, as well. "Kevin searched the whole house, from one corner to the next," One of them said. "He has confirmed that there has been no secret entrances from the house."
"But that's impossible!" Officer Jenny exclaimed. "How could the kidnapper gotten out when there were no other entrances from the human eye?"
"I will investigate on the matter," Kevin said, not even attempting to answer the question. "As for now, the house will have no owner. Officer Jenny, I want the police to watch over the house to keep safe from robbers until Jelza is returned or found dead. If that becomes so, I will then confiscate the items within for safekeeping."
"Yes, sir," Officer Jenny complied. She turned to the crowd. "All right, this is now in the hands of the police and Kevin. Everyone, go back to your homes!"
As the arrangements for the house were begun, Kevin took off towards his home. All the while, the thought of leaving Cevan at the forest depressed him. Out of all the times I had Cevan, I have never traveled without him, Kevin thought. This will be the first adventure without him…
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Kevin got to the entrance of his forest and walked in. From the outside, it always seemed smaller and a little unnatural; the trees grew so close together that it could make a wooden wall. Even the tops of the trees were impossible to pass, and anyone who even attempted to do so would most likely get impaled. Kevin had no fear of people who attempted to cut the trees down, as his Pokémon were the guardians of this forest and would stop any attempt to destroy the trees. As for the path to his actual home, it was a maze, crafted by his grass Pokémon, to confuse anyone who entered it. Kevin had caught several Sudowoodo from Johto, which Kevin trained to not only imitate the trees, but also almost be detected as a tree by Pokémon and humans. Kevin had these stand guard from the main entrance to the field within the forest, throwing anyone off.
It took Kevin a moment to figure out that the maze was changed recently. Kevin was still amazed that so much wood could be shifted around and still look natural. "Spiepin!" he shouted into the woods.
A minute later, a Beedrill came buzzing down from the leaves. It amazed Kevin that his Beedrill could work through all that foliage, but it made sense as to how he could know the layout of the forest. {You called for me?} Spiepin asked.
"Yes, I did," Kevin said. "Guide me to the Sudowoodo."
The Beedrill buzzed down one path, Kevin following from behind. Even though sometimes he turned two corners and lost Kevin at a fork, Kevin never lost his pace. Finally, they stopped at what appeared to be a corner.
"Good job, Sudowoodo," Kevin complimented, looking to the wall. "Nearly fooled me there." Kevin then had them move and he passed by them to the heart of the woods.
Kevin finally came to the clearing. From the inside, it seemed impossible that a condense forest such as his could hold such a clearing. Small lakes, which were provided water by falling rain, as well as rocky patches, flower beds, mist fields, and the like were sprinkled about the house. It seemed as if there were terrains for all types.
Finally, Kevin let Cevan and all the remainder of his Pokémon out of their Pokéballs from his belt. Cevan was the first to react when Kevin began approaching the house and took off his beltbox.
"Scyther Scy?" Cevan called out.
"Nothing's wrong, Cevan," Kevin replied as Cevan flew up baside him. He then stopped at the front of his home and turned toward the Three. "Suicune, Entei, and Raikou, I need your counsel."
The Three turned to look at Kevin, then among themselves before walking towards him. "What knowledge do you seek?" Raikou asked.
"Tell me… can portals to different universes or worlds exist?" Kevin asked.
"If Celebi can create portals to transport you to your past, then it is possible such a portal can exist," Suicune replied.
"How can such a portal be made, though?" Kevin then inquired.
"As far as we know, it is possible that a portal can be formed through a rift," Entei explained. "To be precise, two openings must exist side-by-side at one point for it to appear. However, there can be exceptions. If the pursuit of humans or those of equivalence to 'human' knowledge goes for the experimentation of travel between parallel universes and can obtain such technology, they can form a bridge between the two worlds, no matter how large the gap."
Kevin gave a blank look. "Uhh, could you simplify that for me?" he said, confused.
"If your friend Warles somehow could research and obtain the knowledge to build a portal harness, he could build a rift from anywhere in this world to another, regardless of what race or habitat exists," Suicune clarified.
"I see…" Kevin said, letting it sink in. "So basically, someone could build a bridge from one location to anywhere in this world?"
"Precisely."
"Then I have to go stop them," Kevin growled.
"Scyther!" Cevan shouted.
"Sorry, Cevan, but I have
to do this alone," Kevin said, going into his home and dropping off his beltbox
on the table inside. "I don't want to risk losing you."
"Scy-Scyther?" Cevan asked. "Scyther-Scyther-Scy?"
"Kevin apparently knows something about these new worlds, Cevan," Raikou said to Kevin's Scyther. "They may have technology to unlock his beltbox. That means we cannot come along, either."
"Well, I'd like to see their technology fight these skills," Kevin said, grinning.
"That is something I should explain to you before you go," Suicune began. "When you travel between worlds not natural to your origin, you lose anything not natural to what you are. To be exact, a Pokémon may be able to use normal-type attacks such as Hyper Beam and Slash, but if it were in the same situation as you, a fire-type would not be able to use Karate Chop."
"Do you mean to say that I'll only be able to use Normal, Bug, and Flying-type attacks?" Kevin asked.
"That, and the psychic skills you use to speak telepathy to your other mind."
"Hmm…" Kevin said, his face twisting into a 'deep-thought' look. "This is going to be a lot harder than I thought."
"However, we do have a way of allowing you to use Fire, Water, and Electric attacks in any world," Suicune suddenly said.
Raikou and Entei suddenly looked over to Suicune. "You would not dare!!" Entei growled. "We have never done this before!"
Kevin's curiosity was suddenly sparked. "Are you up to one of your crazy 'leader' ideas again, Suicune?" he asked. "Why don't you first talk among yourselves before you do something else the other of your group disagree with?"
"I agree wholly with Kevin," Raikou spoke. "Though you have leadership from Lugia's own words, you should consult with us before we give him something else."
"Very well then, Kevin, I shall explain to the others my reason and see how they react," Suicune said, nodding. She and the others then turned to form a meeting, while Kevin closed the door to his home to keep the conversation private.
"Scyther-Scy Scyther?" Cevan asked Kevin, who was also in the home.
"I don't know, exactly, Cevan," Kevin said. "I'm wondering myself what Suicune wants to give me." Kevin chuckled. "Maybe she wants me to bring Lugia along, except I don't know how that will help…"
Outside of the home, the meeting continued. "I will not give Kevin the Essence!" Entei growled in a low voice. "It is bad enough we have to be his Pokémon, but to give him a part of the very thing that allows us to control the elements is too much!"
"I agree that we have never given this to anyone else," Suicune said, nodding. "However, that does not change anything that have been occurring since of late. Kevin has to go to their world to stop their kidnappings of our kind, and the bug attacks that he knows of are not strong enough to deal a powerful blow in one strike."
"Indeed, I also do not wish to give Kevin the essence, but Suicune is right," Raikou agreed. "A Bug-type is not nearly as powerful as a Water-type."
"But he is flying!" Entei argued. "He can use Aeroblast through his metronome, which is even more powerful than a good portion of his other attacks!"
"He cannot," Suicune retorted. "Aeroblast is a restricted move, and can only be used with a part of Lugia's Essence. He does have Sky Attack, but it takes a moment for that to charge!"
The Three of Kevin; Raikou, Entei, and Suicune, can you hear me? A message suddenly said to them.
"We can hear you," they said. Though the illusion of Lugia was not there, they knew it was still he contacting them.
We, the Lugia, are in a state of peril, Lugia said. A portal appeared in the safety of our cavern, and men with technology greater than that of this world captured a single Lesser.
The Three's blood nearly froze. "Monsters of the universe! Have they no sense of creatures sacred to their origin?!?" They growled.
We are apparently under contact of another who will not reveal himself, either, Lugia continued. It seems the same men have the intention of turning him into a hybrid. A human combined with a Legend cannot take place!
"Kevin is aware of the same men," Entei stated. "However, he is not aware of your situation. He learned of a permanent portal located on Cinnabar Island and is intending to move into their world to retrieve a student of his, as well as attempt to stop their ways."
Their intrusion will not go unpunished if they create this hybrid, Lugia demanded. You, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune, are to grant Kevin a part of the Essence. If the electric Essence cannot allow him to overload their technology, then it will at least grant you a way to contact Kevin through telepathy.
"What will we tell him of this?" Entei asked. "We have never done this before."
You will tell Kevin that this will allow him to use your elements in their world, Lugia explained. Tell him of its function. Though he will want to test his newfound power, explain to him that the Greater Lugia has decreed they are trespassing and he must use it against them. He must recover any creatures that he can from their presence that belong originally to our world, hybrid form or not, but do not tell him of the Lugia. And, once he is in their world, if the Lesser has been turned into a hybrid… tell him to destroy the trespassers. They will feel our wrath.
The Psychic connection ended at that statement. The Three looked at each other before Suicune spoke. "Indeed, we have no other choice," she said. "They must be punished. Lugia is indeed furious."
Suicune tapped at the door, and Kevin opened it. "Are you finished? Do the others agree?" he asked almost immediately. He then noticed their solemn expressions, and he suspected something. "What's wrong?"
"Lugia has contacted us," Suicune said. "He has decreed that these people from the new 'world' are trespassing and must be stopped. In addition, we must place something upon you."
"Whoa there, Suicune—" Kevin began, but found himself pushed in the middle of the Three before he could react. He was frozen in place as the Three began to glow in an order, first from Suicune to Raikou and then to Entei. This continued for several seconds before a flash of blue, yellow, and red flew from the Three, circling Kevin and coming closer together until Kevin could nearly touch them with his immobilized hand. They then stopped and shot into Kevin, cooling, heating, and filling him with energy at the same time.
The process immediately stopped, and the Three nearly slumped to the ground. Kevin looked at all of them. "Are you alright?" he asked.
"Yes," Entei said. "We have never done this before, and so it seemed draining to us."
"Indeed," Raikou agreed. "Never in the history of this world has such a task been done."
"Really?" Kevin asked. He then became confused. "Umm… what exactly did you do?"
"We gave you a part of the Essence," Suicune explained. "It grants us the ability to perform tasks with the specified elements. For example, I can create a barrier of water to stop a good portion of attacks."
"Whoa," Kevin said, thinking out loud. "I wonder what I can do with them combined?"
"I know you wish to learn all of this," Suicune began as Kevin suddenly created a blade of all three elements, "But you must move soon. Lugia is furious with them at their invasion, and he wants you to completely stop them."
"What must I do?" Kevin asked as he made the sword disappear.
"You must retrieve all the Pokémon they've taken," Suicune said. "Retrieve them whether they are hybrids or not. If both they and the hybrids exist, gather them all. The Essences we granted you should help, as it will allow you to use your fire, water, and electric-type attacks from metronome, as well as new skills."
"Anything that you should tell me before I head out?" Kevin wondered.
"We can inform you later through telepathy," Suicune answered. "The Essence can allow us to do so directly to you. For now, you must go."