The Dezen Discovery Old Version Chapter 9, a pokémon fanfic

The Dezen Discovery

By LoneGrowlithe

Chapter Nine

I wandered through the long grass of the plains confidently, with Wolf perched on my shoulder. I was outside of Fleet city, in the surrounding plains that were aptly named the Ailras plains. I didn't know where Larana was, but that was mainly because we had split up to search the large plains for more Pokemon to catch.

The day before had been spent staying in the city, which we had used in its entirety to both relax and battle our Pokemon with other trainers. Although we had planned to leave today however, we had decided this morning that we would postpone leaving until the afternoon, giving us both a chance to hopefully get some new additions to our teams before we left.

"See anything Wolf," I asked my Pokemon lightly, as he had better eyes than I did.

Wolf shook his head, but took flight and sailed over me, keeping his sharp eyes to the ground, searching for any sign of Pokemon. I myself looked around just as eagerly, we had been searching for the better part of the morning, and despite a few glances of Pokemon scurrying about in the overgrown plains, I had yet to catch any.

As Wolf flew around my mind wandered to Larana as I wondered if she had caught any Pokemon. During my contemplations however, Wolf appeared to have spotted something, and gained my attention by alerting me with a loud screech, right before he swooped down to tackle whatever he had found.

I rushed over as my Pokemon disappeared below the grass and away from sight, but I heard the sounds of a scuffle, and I saw movement of grass as other Pokemon dashed deftly away from harm. Reaching the spot where Wolf had disappeared from sight, I found him towering over a frightened Fersies, its fluffy tail held deftly in his talons as he tried not to let it escape with its comrades.

"Awesome Wolf," I congratulated him on keeping the rabbit Pokemon from escaping, "Now, we'll let Jakura handle this one."

Wolf scowled slightly, but relented and released the Fersies tail and jumped into the air, circling low, so he would easily be able to capture it if it made to escape.

Grinning at the prospect of a new Pokemon to add to my team, I tore Jakura's pokeball from my belt and lobbed it to the battle field. My wormy bug Pokemon appeared, his mingled blue and green hues catching the sun. Jakura, upon seeing his opponent, hissed and arched his back, ready to fight.

"Alright Jakura, start this off with string shot," I commanded.

Jakura complied quickly, quickly spitting a glob of sticky thread from his mouth, which the Fersies tried vainly to avoid but it tangled about its legs, causing the rabbit Pokemon to fall forwards onto its face. It scrambled to its entangled feet as best it could and quickly chewed through the sticky thread, before aiming to make a quick escape.

The escape attempt was thwarted however, as Wolf dropped down in front of the fleeing Pokemon and gave a flap of his wings as he flicked up dirt with his talons, causing a small dust storm to pick up and stop the Fersies in its tracks. Jakura then came waddling up behind and tackled the unsuspecting opponent.

Squeaking in alarm, the Fersies tackled Jakura back and made to run again, only to be stopped once more by Wolf and his sand-attack.

"Wolf, your doing great, you are too Jakura, lets try to beat it down a bit more, Tackle," I praised my Pokemon before ordering my next attack.

Jakura, with a nod of his spiked head, charged for Fersies again, only to miss as the rabbit ducked to the side before curling into a defensive ball, just before Jakura tackled it again.

Jakura continued to tackle the tightly curled ball cream and brown fur, but it was a fruitless attempt.

"Jakura, enough, it won't work," I called out to him, stopping his vain attempts to do damage to his opponent, "Scare it out with screech."

Jakura quickly emitted a loud screeching sound from his mouth, so loud I had to clamp my hands over my ears as the Fersies was shocked out of its protective ball and slammed in the stomach by Jakura's next tackle attack. Fersies stumbled back a bit, and once more made to escape; only to be tangled up in the Stringshot Jakura had fired at its legs.

"Awesome work Jakura," I congratulated as he tied up the Fersies some more.

I pulled an empty pokeball from my belt and Jakura cut off his attack as I lobbed it at the struggling Fersies. The ball struck the Fersies deftly on the head and it was then absorbed into the ball. Once the Pokemon was secured inside the capture device, it began to rock wildly, and bounced around a little too. I waited anxiously, as did Wolf and Jakura, the three of us watching the rocking pokeball in suspense.

I let out a loud victorious whoop when the pokeball stilled and emitted its common chime when a Pokemon had been successfully captured. Catching Wolf and Jakura up in my arms, I gave the both of them a crushing hug.

"You did great guys, you especially Jakura," I praised them as I put them down on the ground.

Wolf trilled happily at my praises and lifting into the air, done a little dance which made me laugh as I went over to collect the now full pokeball. Jakura however, didn't act happy at all, instead, he just lay down on the ground and didn't move. Concerned I walked over to him, absentmindedly clipping Fersies pokeball to my belt.

"Hey Jakura," I asked softly, "Something wrong buddy."

He didn't answer, a just continued to lie there, and then as I gave him a pat, a couple of his spikes broke off as my hand passed them. My heart leapt into my throat as I held the now broken off spikes in my hand, but my panic then died when Jakura was enveloped by a vibrant hue of white energy and I realized that he was evolving to his next stage.

When the glow died down, where had once been a vibrantly colored caterpillar, was now a dull colored cocoon. His shape was almost entirely different to when he had been an Elervae. Jakura lay on the stomach of his hard shell. Almost all of his spikes had broken off, leaving only a single pair on the top of his head. He wasn't as long as his previous form, most of it compacted into the shell, but was much larger in size, his round head had become pointed at the nose and his tail spike was now nothing more than a nub.

Pulling out my pokedex, I pointed it at Jakura's new form, to find out what exactly he had become.

"Ecorae the cocoon Pokemon

The hard shelled evolution of Elervae, the Pokemon resides inside whilst changing into its final form. It remains highly immobile until it finishes growing inside the shell and evolves into its final form Dreiraen. The evolution process can take up to two to three weeks.

Current attacks: Tackle, String Shot, Screech, Harden," The pokedex finished and I looked at Jakura while slotting the pokedex back in my pocket.

"Looks like you won't be battling for quite a while little buddy," I commented as I lifted Jakura, much heavier now than when he had been an Elervae, into my arms, "or moving for that matter. Guess I should put you back in your pokeball then."

"Rae," Jakura rasped in a now husky voice compared to the harsh shrieks he had before.

Pulling the appropriate pokeball from my belt I returned him to his pokeball and relieved my arms of his weight, and returned it to my belt before collecting Fersies pokeball and sending out the new addition to my team.

Materializing in front of me, I found that it was still tangled in Jakura's Stringshot. Rolling my eyes with a smile on my face, I bent down to it and helped untangle it from the sticky thread. Once untangled however, the Pokemon was still wary and jumped away from me. Sighing I began to speak to it.

"Hey don't be afraid," I spoke in a soft and soothing tone, "I'm your trainer now, there's no need to be scared of me, or Wolf."

Wolf chirped his agreement and Fersies cautiously walked forwards to sniff my outstretched hand. As it did so, I pulled my pokedex from my pocket and pointed it a Fersies to get a list of its stats so I could appropriately name it.

"Fersies the young rabbit Pokemon

Fersies are highly common Pokemon vastly populating the plains areas of Dezen. They are more inclined to flee from battle rather than fight.

Pokemon gender: Female

Pokemon size: 1'04"

Pokemon type: Normal

Attacks learnt: Tackle, defense curl, growl."

"Oooh, a girl, looks like you'll be the first one caught into this little team," I smiled, "And you'll need a name, just like Wolf and Jakura."

Fersies looked up at me innocently as I scratched her behind the ears. I racked my brain for a name, before deciding on one that she may like.

"How do you like the name Araina," I asked her politely.

The cream and brown spotted Pokemon looked at me a moment, pondering my choice of name for her, before giving an accepting nod.

"Awesome," I smiled and picked her up into my arms, "Welcome to the team Araina."

Araina squeaked softly and cuddle up in my arms, content and happy. Smiling, I let her be and looked up to Wolf who was winging rapid circles above me.

"You're going to make yourself dizzy doing that," I smirked up at him.

Wolf just chirped and stopped his continuous circles, only to falter in the air and nearly crash into the ground, then landing in a rather undignified manner before staggering around dizzily.

"Looks like I told you too late," I commented as Wolf fell backwards onto his back and Araina let lose a flurry of chattering giggles, "Come on silly, let's go see if we can find Larana wherever she is."

Wolf chirped, shaking off his dizziness as best he could, before making it into the air again and then landing on my shoulder.

"Sure, hitch a ride," I joked at him before I started walking in the general direction of Fleet city, which sat just across the river, my main goal however was to find Larana.

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I crouched low in the grass near the small expanse of trees, in which several species of lively looking bird Pokemon chattered in apparent distaste for one another. There was a large array of them, and it seemed to be over some dispute over the trees. There were Pidgey and Spearow, more than a few attacking each other voraciously, and a couple of Taillow in the mix.

There was also a minimal flock of small bird Pokemon colored, their feather a shade of intermingling bright and dark blues. Three fairly long ribbon like tails made up their tails, beginning in color with a light blue, before darkening into a deeper shade at the tips. A spiky crest of feathers crowned its head, shaded similarly to the tail feathers, the wings were shaded the same, while the rest of its body was a bright blue. Stout legs and a curved beak were shaded a catching yellow, yet while eye colors varied, violet seemed to be commonplace.

Kida crouched silently by my side, her usual loud and noisy countenance had changed to make her a silent and stealthy hunter. I was eying those blue birds, but as of yet didn't know what they were. I brushed a stray wisp of black hair from my face before reaching into my pocket and pulling out my creamy colored pokedex. Setting it down on a low enough sound setting so it wouldn't alert the bird Pokemon to my presence, I pointed it at each bird Pokemon in turn.

"Pidgey the small pigeon Pokemon

Commonplace to most regions, Pidgey are highly adaptable Pokemon, although preferring to stay in fielded areas

Pokemon type: Normal/Flying."

"Spearow the tiny bird Pokemon

Voracious birds, they are hardy fighters and seldom give up battles, preferring to fight until the end. Are known to sometimes bullying weaker bird Pokemon into submission.

Pokemon Type: Normal/Flying."

"Taillow the tiny swallow Pokemon

Bug Pokemon, such as Caterpie, Wurmple, Elervae and Weedle, among other bug Pokemon, are main supplements of a wild Taillows diet, trained Taillows however seldom eat bug Pokemon.

Pokemon Type: Normal/flying."

"Coraket the chatter bird Pokemon

First discovered in the Dezen region, Coraket are highly social Pokemon, and are commonly referred to as the copycat Pokemon because over time they begin to copy words they have heard humans say regularly. Well trained Coraket are known to carry on a conversation.

Pokemon Type: Normal/flying."

"How does that sound Kida," I whispered to her, "Should we add a bird Pokemon to our team?"

"Tana," Kida nodded her head, her ears bobbing along with her movements.

"Alright then," I smiled at her, "You choose, then go and nab it before they notice us and fly away."

Kida smiled in her cattish way before slinking off into the grass, the ruffs of cream fur about her paws making her move silently, and barely a rustle of the grass could be heard as she moved through it. I watched the bird Pokemon again, wondering which one was her target, and waited patiently for her to make her move.

A sudden rush of movement entered my vision as Kida, in an amazing feat, leapt into the air, and slammed into one of the many violet eyed Coraket, knocking it off the branch, and wrapping her paws around it, held onto it tightly as the two of them crashed down to earth.

Jumping to my feet, I ran over to the area of trees, as the rest of the bird Pokemon, spooked by Kida's sudden appearance, flew away, leaving a single Coraket behind. Kida held it pinned to the ground, growling at it, but didn't attack, merely waited for my further instruction.

"Awesome work Kida, this can be your fight," I told her, "Scratch it into submission."

Kida complied, and lifting a single paw from a wing she kept pinned to the ground, she scratched its chest several times successfully. But the Coraket would have none of this, and in one swift movement, it had knocked Kida across the head with its free wing, causing her to jump backwards with a yowl. Now free, it soared into the air, and cawed defiantly before relaxing into what I believed to be a taunting tone.

Kida scowled up at taunting Coraket, and without command, leapt up at it earnestly, snapping her teeth down on one of its tail feathers as it tried to swerve out of the way. Pulling the flailing Coraket down and she landed deftly on her feet, she began to shake her head voraciously, until the force of her attack caused the single feather to become dislodged, leaving the Coraket with only two tail feathers left.

Coraket sprung freely into the air with a tumble as its feather came free, and when it noticed what had happened, it was less than happy. With a screeching battle cry, it launched itself at an unsuspecting Kida, the feather still secure in her mouth, and crashed into her side with a shattering quick attack which sent her sprawling.

Staggering to her feet, Kida spat out the feather and with a battle cry of her own and slammed into the Coraket with her tackle attack. After that it became a flurry of quick attacks and tackles, each Pokemon trying to best the other.

"Kida, grab it and pin it again." I called out to her.

She surprised Coraket by grabbing one of its wings in her mouth just before it would have collided with her. It tried to counter this attack with Leer, but Kida wisely shut her eyes before the attack could take effect. Taking this turn of events to my advantage, I pulled out a spare pokeball and threw it at the trapped Coraket.

Striking Coraket on his flailing wing, the pokeball entombed the Coraket in its depths and shook with vigorous abandon. I waited, and nearly let out a whoop as the pokeball still, but my jubilant yell fell short as the two halves of the ball split apart and the Coraket escaped the capture device, then the pokeball closed again and Kida leapt away with a yowl of fright.

Before Kida or myself could react though, Coraket, seizing its chance, flew high into the sky, and away from sight. My face fell and a sad and defeated expression came across my face at the failed attempt and then the escape of the Pokemon I had tried to capture.

Sighing, I walked over to the pokeball and picking it up, slipped it back onto my belt to use another time, and as an after though, collected the feather Kida had torn from the Corakets tail as a souvenir from the battle.

"It was a nice try," I voice suddenly spoke up behind me.

I yelled in sudden fright and turned around to find my cobalt haired companion behind me, her dyed dark blue bangs hanging in her eyes. Wolf, her ever present bird of fire, was seated on her shoulder, looking at me in what seemed to be amusement. In her arms, she held a Fersies, much like my own, Polka.

"I see you caught a Pokemon though," I regained my composure and spoke to Sayunae.

"Yep, A Fersies like you have," Sayunae smiled at me, her violet eyes flashing with victory, "Her name's Araina."

"Nice," I commented as I walked over to where a dejected Kida was sitting, "Cheer up Kida, we'll catch the next Pokemon, I'm sure."

Kida looked up at me, and cheering up smiled in her cattish way, before she jumped deftly onto my shoulders and made herself comfortable, draping over both of them like a shawl.

"Did you actually catch any Pokemon?" questioned Sayunae curiously.

"Not in the least."

"Hmmm, Well, I caught Araina, and Jakura is different too."

This piqued my interest and I looked at her, "Jakura's different, How so?"

"He evolved," Sayunae smiled triumphantly and pulling a pokeball off her belt, she released said Pokemon.

Upon seeing the new Jakura, I concluded that while it was interesting how much different he looked to when he had been an Elervae, he was now going to be quite boring.

"What is he now?" I asked monotonously.

"An Ecorae," Sayunae answered, and then added a bit more information to my relief, "The pokedex said he should Evolve again in two to three weeks."

"Interesting. What does he evolve into?"

"A Dreiraen," was Sayunae's short reply.

"Do you even know what a Dreiraen is?"

"Not a clue."

I groaned at her, "Did you even think to check it up in your pokedex."

"Nope, I want it to be a surprise," Sayunae grinned at me, looking suddenly maniacal.

"Typical," I scoffed and with that I walked away.

Sayunae stood for a moment as I walked away, "HEY!" she yelled after me, and I heard her returning Jakura and Araina to their pokeballs before following me at a jog.

"Just what is that supposed to mean," she demanded once she had caught up.

"You know what it means," I replied, before continuing, "You never check things up, you always want things to be a surprise. If I'm correct, you haven't even checked up what Wolf will evolve into either."

"I like being surprised," Sayunae countered me, "So of course I haven't, but I bet you haven't either."

"Okay, so you have me there," I sighed at her, "But if I do want Kida to evolve, I will have to check up what she evolves into, seeing as how she could evolve into a number of different Pokemon."

"Guess so," Sayunae looked up at the sky for a bit before looking at me, "Kinda ruins the fun though, doesn't it."

I looked at her with a confused look at her odd logic, before understanding came to me and I smiled, "I guess it does."

'Why don't we head back to town, we've been out all morning, lets start heading for the next city."

"Might as well," I smiled at her and changing course, we headed for town.

TBC

Another chapter finished, after having writers block on it for a while. Now with a bit of a twist, the Journey from Larana's point of view, Sayunae was technically the main character, but gotta have Larana in there more me thinks.