Chapter 9: Trio Trials Part 3
Hola amigos! Time for the trio trials of Akala to come to an end. Man, they were boring. Let's see how Bronze will get through this trial.
Bronze and BIGJAW heard the crunching of grass as they walked into the trial site. They immediately detected a floral and fruity scent as they walked in. The two admired the lush, green vegetation growing all throughout the tunnel. BIGJAW detected a sweet scent and saw a berry bush. The croc licked his lips as he picked up the sweet scent. The croc salivated over his favorite flavor.
Bronze walked to a bush full of flowers and smelled them. The scent took over and suddenly started to feel his worries melt away. Bronze thought to himself, "I wonder if these work out Tauros?"
"Those particular flowers can't calm down a pokemon, like a Taurus. But another breed of flower has a much stronger scent that can calm down a Gyarados." a feminine voice said, answering Bronze's question without him asking. Bronze jumped and turned around. He had his stick in a bo-staff style stance. Mallow jumped back as she thought Bronze was about to whack her. Bronze sighed as he lowered his makeshift weapon.
"For the love of Lugia, don't sneak up on people like that." Bronze said in an annoyed tone. "I'll also take a dozen of those flowers. Do you take cash?"
"Yes but I believe you're not here to purchase flowers." Mallow said. Ahem "Any ways. Thanks for stopping by! Welcome to Lush Jungle, the trial grounds for me, Mallow! I knew it the first time I saw you and your team... You've chosen only the finest ingredients! That's why I'm gonna make you help me—er, no! I mean, that's why you should try my trial! You are the one who got a Sparkling Stone straight from Tapu Koko, aren't you? You're so totally ready for this! Ah, the breath of the jungle... I can tell just what today's special should be..."
"Wait, special? I came for my trial, not to eat." Bronze said. He's had a bit too much Tauruscrap on this island with the whole Team Edge run in's and those bootleg stormtroopers.
"Well, he sure came to grab a bite." Mallow said as she pointed to BIGJAW, who had his head in a bush of berries chomping away. "He sure has a sweet tooth." Mallow joked.
"Sorry about that." Bronze said, a bit embarrassed that his pokemon was destroying the bush. "BIGJAW, aqui (here)." Bronze said in a not so amused tone, accompanied by tapping his stick against the ground. BIGJAW heard Bronze and swallow all the berries and possibly a Caterpie. He was really hoping it wasn't a Caterpie. BIGJAW ran to Bronze's side with an embarrassed look on his face. Mallow giggled and continued with her introduction.
"Today we're gonna be making my specialty: the Mallow Special!" (#creativity). I'm gonna need you to find four ingredients for me! I'll need a Mago Berry, a Tiny Mushroom, a Revival Herb, and a Miracle Seed! Here you go! I brought you a Forage Bag to hold all the ingredients gathered for your trial." Mallow said as she handed Bronze the DIY style bag. Bronze took it and looked at bag.
"You're making me do your groceries aren't ya?" Bronze said.
Mallow puffed her cheeks and said, "Do you want to complete the Island Challenge?"
"yes…" Bronze sighed. The two then chose a path to lead to their first ingredient.
"We need you, White Fang." Bronze said as he pulled out the net ball and unleashed the puppy. White Fang turned around to Bronze and barked happily. His tail wagged as he waited for orders. "We need your sense of smell to help us find a Mago Berry." Bronze said. White Fang nodded and put his head to ground to sniff. Similar to how a bloodhound would be trying to sniff for lost items. Bronze and BIGJAW followed the pup as it tried to sniff out the berry they sought after.
One episode of Frasier later…
White Fang barked and wagged his tail to alert Bronze he found something. Bronze pushed a branch out of his way to get to his Rockruff, with BIGJAW right behind him. He had a leaf in his mouth in a similar fashion to how Cowboys put a piece of wheat straw in their mouths. Bronze saw that a bush full of pink, banana-like berries was close by. He had a satisfied expression on his face and said ,"Good boy." Bronze petted White Fang on the head and the pup enjoyed it.
Bronze held his stick like a bo-staff as he walked to the bush. He wasn't about to get jumped by a wild Pokemon. BIGJAW and White Fang followed him to the bush which was holding their Berry. Bronze made it and sniffed the berry. "These are fresh." Bronze said as he dug into his bag to pull out their groce- I mean 'foraging bag'. He then grabbed a few Mago Berries and shoved them into the bag. "Better have have more than less." Bronze said. He pulled a list out of his pocket, which was just a napkin with Sharpie on it. He then crossed that off the list. He translated his bad handwriting into English and said, "Now let's go get the….. Tiny Mushroom."
White Fang put his face to the ground as he sniffed out the scent. He was in bloodhound position as he led the group to the 'shroom. Grass crunched repeatedly and the group jumped up. Bronze had his stick in bo-staff position, BIGJAW have off a low hiss and White gave off a low growl. The three braced themselves. First they fight Fishzilla and a Charizard. They aren't gonna get jumped by another Pokemon.
A nearby bush shaked and what jumped out was a Fomantis… Getting all worked up over nothing. It shaked it's leaf arms angrily as it looked at Bronze. "What's it looking at me for?" Bronze asked BIGJAW and White Fang, as if they were gonna say something. BIGJAW just shrugged. The Fomantis was jumping angirly, going a little red in the face. "Que paso (What's wrong?)" Bronze asked in a more angry than confused tone. The little grass-type sighed and pulled out a Mago Berry. "Oh, your mad that I took the berries." Bronze said in realization. "I had to get these for your 'forest princess' so she could make a stew or something for my trial." Bronze said. This was oddly enough one of the more normal things he said in his lifetime. When you have a ranch full of super powered bulls that can use elemental moves you just say the darndest things.
The Fomantis' arms glowed green and unleashed a wave of leaves at the three. BIGJAW quickly reacted with a burst of boiling water. The water hit the leaves with such force that it knocked them out of the air, leaving them to float to the ground. The scalding water hit the grass-type hard. While it was a water move the heat of it wasn't feeling to nice. Fomantis then ran away, knowing this wasn't a fight it could win.
Bronze patted BIGJAW on the head and said, "Andale pues." White Fang went back to tracking down the Tiny Mushroom. BIGJAW glared in the direction Fomantis went, having an odd feeling this wasn't their last encounter. "You coming?" Bronze said. BIGJAW snapped out do his train of thought and went to catch up with the cowboy and wolf pup.
Another episode of Frasier later…
White Fang was in the tall grass sniffing out a Tiny Mushroom. Bronze was having a hard time tracking the pup since the tallgrass was up to his waist. He had to follow the grass that shook and the occasional bark. BIGJAW could barely see since the only thing the grass didn't cover was his Mohawk style head spike. He held Bronzes hand so he at least knew what direction to go.
White Fang smelled that the ingredient they were after was nearby. He barked to alert Bronze and ran after the scent. Bronze didn't have time to waste so he picked up BIGJAW and ran after the pup. BIGJAW was riding Bronze, piggyback as they tried to keep track of where the hell White Fang was going.
White Fang stopped in his tracks as he saw a mushroom close to the ground. He sniffed the mushroom to make sure it was the one they were looking for. He gave off an adorable sneeze after he sniffed it. Bronze picked up White Fang and saw he had snot running down his nose. "I'm 15 and yet I feel like a dad." Bronze sighed as he reach into his bag for a tissue. "Blow." Bronze said as he put the tissue to the pups nose. White Fang blew his nose into the tissue. Bronze was used to gross things since he's worked with Taurus all his life. The snot was like hand sanitizer to him at this point. Bronze discarded the tissue and wiped his hand off with a wipe.
Bronze bent down and picked up the Tiny Mushroom. He felt the urge and he barely took a whiff of it. Bronze quickly pulled out a tissue and sneezed into it. "Jeez." Bronze said as he put the mushroom into the foraging bag. The grass started to shake and the three got ready for a battle. They made out the shapes and saw that they were a bunch of Amoonguss. They didn't look too happy about them stealing a mushroom. "I know your mad but I need this for my trial!" Bronze said. The Amoonguss didn't seem to care as they began to shake their caps and let out various powder attacks.
"Use Scald!" Bronze said. BIGJAW let out the steaming water to wash away the powder attacks. The three noped the fuck out of their. Unfortunately for them, the Amoonguss were following them. Bronze would of battled but they're were too many of them and he wasn't even sure if Night Wing would feel like fighting. The Mexican tripped and fell face first into the dirt. A bunch of seeds flew up into the air when Bronze impacted onto the ground. He quickly got up and wiped the dirt off his face. He looked back to see the Amoonguss were catching up. He began to run again, leaving an imprint of himself in the dirt, followed by his boot prints.
Bronze saw his two companions still hoofing it. Bronze would of felt a bit relieved to see his Pokemon were alright if he wasn't worrying about something else, that he wasn't a runner. While Bronze is not obese, his build (or in this case lack of build) prevents him from running fast for long periods of time. He felt his legs start to hurt and he was starting to run out of breath. He started breathing heavily as he ran. Sweat dripped down his face and the felt in the interior of his hat was starting to get soaked with sweat. The straw part of it was at least protected.
BIGJAW looked behind him to see Bronze was slowing down. He was sensing that Bronze was about to stop and try to fight them off. BIGJAW stopped running and ran towards Bronze. "B-BIGJAW…. what are you d-doing?!" Bronze exhaustively said in anger. The croc took fighting position and was ready to throw down. Bronze stopped running and looked back to BIGJAW. He smiled at the sight do his loyalty. Bronze ran back to BIGJAW and said, "You have my back and I'll have yours." The two the stood fighting position and waited for the Amoonguss but with no avail. It seemed they had given up or got lost. The two sighed in relief and walked I to the direction where White Fang went.
30 minutes of Frasier later (Okay, I'll stop now)
Bronze and BIGJAW were searching for White Fang for a while now. They don't remember how many branches they got thwacked by, what questionable substances they stepped in, and how many damn leaves Bronze has chewed through. Bronze was, once again, holding a leaf in his mouth in the same fashion as cowboys do with wheat straw.
"Where in Lugia's name did that Rockruff run off to?" Bronze said to the sky in an annoyed tone. BIGJAW was feeling just as annoyed with this shit. He was starting to think he wasn't gonna get any action at all.
The croc had thought the whole situation over and realized that he may not get any action. The Pokemon here are Grass-Types so a water type Pokemon wouldn't be the first choice. Bronze would probably just throw out that Charizard he caught and try to make quick work of the grass types. But this is just BIGJAW being pessimistic and slightly jealous of the newest addition to the team.
Bronze was looking down at BIGJAW, sensing that he was mad. He grabbed BIGJAW by his side and lifted him up. He then out the croc ok his back. "Why don't you take a break from all this walking." Bronze said. BIGJAW's negative thoughts faded away a bit after remembering that he's adventuring with the one person who has shown him the most compassion throughout his life. The croc decided to rest while Bronze gave him a piggyback ride.
Bronze felt his spirits rise as the two trekked through the green forest. Bronze took off his hat an fanned himself off. He was sweating, thirsty, and a bit tired. But this wasn't the time to complain, he had a trial to finish. The grass crunched under his feet as he followed the path to the middle of the forest.
He made it back to the middle of the forest. He saw Mallow setting up for some sort of picnic and was starting a fire. Next to her was Rockruff, who was sniffing at the cloth. Bronze went wide eyed and ran over to the two. Mallow jumped and Rockruff immediately got up. He was then scooped up by Bronze who hugged him tightly. "Never run off like that again!" Bronze said angrily. Rockruff's ears went down and he put a sad expression. Bronze hugged the pup and said, "I'm so glad you're safe." White Fang had very mixed emotions after Bronze both scolded and cradled him.
"And yet I heard stories about you roping Tauros and scaring offTeam Skull." Mallow said.
Bronze looked at her unamused and set down White Fang. "Is it battling or doing the groceries." Bronze said.
"Can't it just be both." Mallow said in a trollish way. Bronze left without a word as BIGJAW and White Fang followed him.
Bronze was shaking himself off. He was feeling things in his clothing. He reached into the back of his shirt and pulled out a Miracle Seed. "Well, I guess we can check that off the list." Bronze said as he shoved it into the Foraging Bag. Bronze pulled out the napkin he was writing on and looked at the last ingredient. He then sighed and said, "One last thing." He was referring to the revival herb. "Let's get to it." Bronze said walking off into another direction.
"The Revival Herb is that way." Mallow said as she pointed to a completely opposite direction.
"Oh…. gracias." Bronze said. He then walked off into the direction with BIGJAW and White fang following behind. The group saw this part of the jungle was noticeably more shaded.
Bronze appreciated the extra shade since he's been in the heat for so long. BIGJAW wasn't as fond of this part do the forest. He knew about the multiple big types that could jump them. Beedrill and Ariados aren't exactly the most desirable Pokemon to run into to. Rockruff wasn't concerned about anything right now. He was on the hunt for a Revival Herb and wanted to get petted afterwards.
Bronze and BIGJAW grew weary as they walked deeper and deeper into the forest. "Stay on your toes guys." Bronze warned as he held his stick like a bo-staff. BIGJAW stood close to Bronze, so incase if they got jumped they could fight together.
White Fang had his face to the ground as he sniffed. He then got a strong her scent of the herb. He barked and walked faster as he sniffed out the scent. Bronze was losing his patience before but he nearly jumped out of us boots trying to catch up with the pup. BIGJAW followed his ft rinds to the scent. His heart racing with a passion for battle as he knew they were close.
White Fang ran to the scent, not looking at what was in front of him. He bumped his head into a boulder but since the pup is a Rock-Type he wasn't harmed. Bronze and BIGJAW made it to the boulder and Bronze asked, "Okay, where is it?" The pup pointed to the Boulder like a cartoon bloodhound. BIGJAW face palmed since he thought that White Fang thought the boulder was the herb. Bronze had a confused look in his face and said, "This is a rock." White Fang shook his head and pointed to the Boulder again. Bronze and BIGJAW still weren't getting what White Fang was trying to say.
The pup grabbed a leaf with its mouth and placed t in the ground. He then used Rock Tomb to create a rock and put it on top of the leaf. The pup then pointed to it again and lifted up the rock to show the leaf. Bronze finally understood and said, "This is unfortunate." Bronze took out the heavy ball in his belt and said, "Come on, Bruho." The donkey was materialized back into existence and looked at Bronze. This wasn't a look for commands though, it was more of a 'Why the hell did you wake me up' look. "I need you to break that boulder." he said. Bruho looked at the boulder and turned around. The donkey then stood on his front legs and kicked with both his hind legs. He made a loud banging sound as he kicked the boulder. The boulder then cracked and broke into a lot of tiny rock shards. "Good job." Bronze said as he returned Bruho to his ball. Bronze knelt down and searched through the rock shards. He then found what they were looking for. He picked up the dusty, green herb and put it in the foraging bag.
"Alright, guys. Let's go finish this trial." Bronze said. The three followed the path to the middle of the forest. The three saw Mallow, who looked pleased when Bronze pulled out the foraging bag.
"We're almost ready." Mallow said as she took the bag and started to clean off the ingredients. Bronze heard the sounds of grass crunching and directed his attention to the entrance to Lush Jungle. To his delight, it was only the other two captains he's conquered. "Ah, here's the company." Mallow said as she went over to her friends, who were holding gifts or something.
"My apologies for keeping you waiting." Kiawe said. He then unwrapped two bones he carried here. "I've brought a Thick Club and a Rare Bone. Here you are." Kiawe said as he handed over the two items.
"And I brought the usual Rocky Helmet and some Fresh Water." Lana said with a smile. "Here you are."
"Thanks, Lana! Thanks, Kiawe! Now we've got everything we need! You're up next, cowboy! We're going to cook up a storm and lure out the Totem Pokémon of Lush Jungle!" Mallow said with enthusiasm.
Bronze smirked and said, "You guys ready to serve up a knuckle sandwich." Bronze said to his two companions as he cracked his knuckles. BIGJAW looked unamused. "Oh shut it, you." Bronze said in a affectionate tone as he rubbed the croc's head. White Fang then rubbed up against Bronze's leg since he wasn't getting as much attention. "Here you go, too." Bronze said as he scratched behind the pups ear. White Fang's ears twitched and he ran up, then he started to growl. BIGJAW bared his fangs and Bronze put a tight grip on his stick. They then changed positions as they heard more rustling of leaves. The two rock, paper, scissor captains were wondering what was happening in this current situation. Mallow was the only one who kept her cool, as she knew what to expect.
Fomantis leaped from the bushes, with a few others. Angry Amoonguss showed up and we're still itching to bust some heads. Bronze saw the small army of grass type Pokemon head towards them so he grabbed the last three pokeballs he had. "Luna, Bruho, Night Wing! Help us fight!" Bronze yelled. Luna materizaled next to Rockruff and went into attacking stance. White Fang stopped growling and started panting with hearts in his eyes. Luna rolled her eyes and annoyingly growled. White Fang was then knocked out of his trance and got back to standing his ground. Bruho stood in front and exhaled like a angry horse does. Bruho wasn't in the spotlight too long as the huge dragon landed in front of him, shaking the round as he landed. Night Wing let out a roar and looked like he was just itching for a fight.
"Oh wow, is that the Charizard you told us about?" Lana said. Obviously having knowledge of what the dragon's appearance was like.
"That is correct. This Charizard is extremely aggressive and outlandish when it fights, but it's trainer was able to command it in battle." Kiawe said.
"A Charizard….. oh joy." Mallow said. She wasn't too excited about a Charizard being in the highly flammable environment. She originally wanted to get a ban on fire types in the sole purpose of preserving the forest but it wasn't greenlit.
Night Wing was looking around to see what he was going to be up against. Night Wing turned his head and grunted. BIGJAW hissed at him and Night Wing looked below. He then saw the cute little grass monsters and mushrooms that were his opponents. Night Wing then started to break out in laughter.
"Not this again." Bronze sighed. Kiawe now looking confused at how Night Wing was acting. He was so serious back at Wela Volcano but now he acted so immature and cocky. "I gotta make it work." Bronze thought to himself. "You guys fend off the forest critters while I complete the trial." Bronze said. Everyone got into fighting stance and were ready to throwdown. "BIGJAW, I'm counting on ya." Bronze said, referring to the whole unreliable Charizard situation. Night Wing overheard and had a shocked expression that was quickly followed with a teed off one.
Bronze turned around and ran up to the trial captain. "Okay, tell me how to make this dish!" Bronze said.
"You got it." Mallow said. She then took the rocky helmet, put it over the fire, and poured fresh water into it. Mallow grabbed Bronze's ingredients he scavenged and dumped them into the helmet. A Foongus then hastily tried to swim to the surface and breathes heavily. It then nervously looked at its surroundings.
Mallow then took the Rare Bone and Thick Club and threw it to Bronze. He dropped his stick and caught the Rare Bone but failed to catch the Thick Club. He bent down and picked up the club and looked at Mallow in haste. "Use those things you got there to pound it into a pulp." Mallow said with enthusiasm. The Foongus from earlier then nervously gulped.
Now, onto the battling. BIGJAW was using both pairs of Metal Claws to fend off Fomantis in melee combat. BIGJAW was much faster and tougher though so he bid fairly well against them.
Luna was quick and agile as she moved across the battlefield. She dodged the projectile attacks and hit them hard with sudden quick attacks.
Bruho was one of the least helpful here thanks to his ground typing, but that didn't stop him from trying to stomp on Amoonguss. He jumped up from a rock and used his sheer weight and pin down a Amoonguss who's been trying to hit him with sleep powder. Unfortunately he then took a energy ball to the face, which hurt him pretty bad.
White Fang was a small target so he could dodged any of the big Amoonguss and hit them with Tackle, Rock Tomb, and Bite. White Fang saw that Bruho was surrounded by Amoonguss and they were getting ready to use Energy Ball.
Bruho saw the green light form around their mouths as they took aim. He looked up in the air and saw rocks coming towards them. The rocks then came crashing down and nailed one of the Amoonguss on the head, leaving a bulge. The other Amoonguss scattered in fear as multiple rocks pierced into the ground. Bruho then looked up to see White Fang wagging his tail and saw a happy look on his face. Bruho may not be too fond of him but he respected his loyalty. The donkey got up and was about to get ready to battle. But before he went, he playfully bumped the pup. White Fang bared and ran to fight more Amoonguss.
Night Wing wasn't exactly useful. His attacks could of wiped out their assailants in seconds but he was holding back but not in the 'I don't want hurt you' way, more of the 'You're not worth my time' way. He did give out the occasional tail thwip and wing flap when the pests got to him. Night Wing then looked to his teammates and saw how they were having a little trouble. BIGJAW was shockingly the only one who wa holding his own even with his typing. Night Wing didn't notice that a bunch of Fomantis decided to gang up on him. They saw he was distracted and started to strategize. White Fang saw the Fomantis getting ready to attack so he dropped what he was doing and ran to Night Wing's aid. The Fomantis jumped in the air, some used Razor Lead while the others charged. Night Wing heard White Fang barking and had a confused looked on his face. Night Wing turned around to see the Fomantis charging and attacking. He wasn't impressed. Though what got him to react was a bunch of rocks being flung at the grass type midgets. They all crashed to the ground. The ones who used Razor Leaf booked it, in the hopes of not being turned into fuel for the next Mallow Special.
Night Wing turned to White Fang and grunted angrily. White Fang was confused. He seemed to be be angry over getting assistance. He barked to Night Wing. The dragon then turned around to walk away and hit White Fang with hsi fiery tail. The pup was sent flying and hit Luna. The fox wondered what she got hit by and saw it was White Fang. Umbreon put her head down and started to nuzzle White Fang with her nose. She then saw Night Wing walking around and hitting Fomantis with his tail. She had a look of anger in her eyes and ran to the dragon. She then angrily dished out a quick series of barks. Night Wing angrily growled and charged up a Flame Burst. Luna stood her ground to show that she wasn't scared of him. White Fang woke up and saw the orange light coming from Night Wing's mouth. He then completely shifted from hsi happy, go lucky demeanor into Rottweiler mode.
Luna could feel the heat coming from the dragon's jaws. He finished charging up the attack. He didn't need to but he wanted to make sure it would dish out some extra pain. He then realized the fire ball from his flame flinging thoat. Luna closed her eyes and braced herself for the attack. She felt the heat grow hotter and hotter. White Fang jumped in front of Luna. The Umbreon would of been shocked if not in a split second the pup was knocked into her. The two canines were knocked back and hit the ground. Luna felt the best coming off of White Fang, who blacked out from the attack.
Night Wing scoffed at his teammates and walked off. He then felt a sharp pain in his side as he was knocked back into a bush. The dragon quickly got up a growled in anger. He then saw that his attacker was the passed off donkey he was teammates with. The dragon roared and Bruho neighed. It charged at the dragon and tried to roundhouse kick him but Night Wing used Dragon Tail and two attacks collided. The two heavy hitters locked eyes as they tried to overpower each other. Night Wing broke the tussle by flapping his wings back. Night Wing floated in the air and whipped his tail at Bruho. The donkey dodged the attack and tried to stomp on the dragon. Night Wing moved out of the way and let the donkey stomp his Hogg into the ground. He struck with so much force that he broke through the dirt and got his leg stuck deep into the ground.
Night Wing took his chance and charge duo a Flame Burst. Bruho then looked at the fireball charging up in Wing's mouth and gulped.
During this whole ordeal, the trial captains were in shock on how Bronze's Pokemon were fighting each other. It made him look like a total amateur. Kiawe especially was disappointed at the Charizard though. The stick wielding trial captain could really sense the arrogance radiating off of the black dragon.
Bronze was still trying to follow Mallow's orders on how to prepare the dish. He was careful to be extremely precise and try to combine the flavors to form a delightful morsel for the Totem Pokemon to consume… NOT. Bronze jumped into the fight about 5 minutes ago when he saw that his pokemon were getting outnumbered pretty quickly. Knowing him he'd probably would of hogtied Night Wing and force him back into the pokeball. But, he was fighting side by side with BIGJAW against the grass type Pokemon. Thanks to Night Wing's betraying the whole team, the enemy Pokemon were really overwhelming BIGJAW so, naturally, Bronze would be helping him out first.
Mallow was hastily preparing her Mallow Special. It was nearly all dropped on the ground hf it wasn't for her quick reflexes. She had gotten used to catching things since cooking with Pokemon can be a chaotic. She was currently incorporating the mixture that was pounded to a pulp with the Fresh Water. She pulled out a cheese grater and starting grinding off extremely small shards of bone and club that would add the essence of their flavors. Like lemon zest or something….
Bronze swung his stick and whacked a Amoonguss hard, knocking it out cold. BIGJAW was holding his own by using Metal Claw to make sure claws would do some extra damage. BIGJAW saw that Night Wing was attacking Bruho. He's a tough and stubborn donk but he was chewing off way more than he could chew. BIGJAW was lost in thought over helping Bruho or Bronze. While he was thinking he heard a whack and saw a Fomantis dropping on the ground. Bronze then stood in front of BIGJAW and spun his stick to keep the wild grass types back. "Go help the others, BIGJAW. You know I can handle myself." Bronze said as he punched a Amoonguss in the face. The sentient mushroom stumbled in pain and held its face. "ANDELE!" Bronze yelled as he swung his stick and knocked down the Amoonguss he previously punched.
The croc ran to aid his friend but not before looking back one last time. He saw Bronze was fighting off the wild Pokemon and couldn't help but feel guilty. He's the Pokemon. The trainers not supposed to fight for him. Bronze isn't the average trainer, as he's shown time and time again but it's just all kinda unnatural for BIGJAW. He then snapped out do his trance and saw Bruho struggle to fight back against the dragon. Night Wing was trying to lay down punches on the donkey, who just took it like a champ since he wasn't fast enough to land any hits of his own. His Stamina ability allowed him to take a lot of physical attacks, so the constant assault do punches wasn't damaging him too bad. Although there was visible damage such as claw marks and bruises. Night Wing noticed this and a light bulb turned on in his head.
He grabbed Bruho and flew in the air. The dragon then started flying in circles to disorient the donkey.
Bruno's vision started to go blurry and he felt like he was about to throw up. His attempts at trying to break free were not enough to get out of the black dragons grasp. He eventually stopped struggling out of exhaustion and just let Night Wing do his thing.
BIGJAW was in awe watching the two fight. He snapped out of his trance and tried to think of something. He couldn't just use Scald because he'd hurt Bruho too, so he needed to be crafty.
BIGJAW had an idea pop into his head. He backed up and sprinted forward. He then ducked his head and shot out a burst of hot water. The water propelled him in the air just enough to reach his two teammates who were fighting. BIGJAW waited for an opening.
Night Wing stopped his spinning and finally was about to slam the donkey into the ground. Night Wing was so in focus of taking down his teammate. He was not expecting to get a burst of scalding water to the face. He roared in pain and let go of the donkey.
BIGJAW and Bruho were now in free fall. BIGJAW saw his barely conscience friend and tried to air swim towards him. He grabbed on tight to Bruho and was attempting to break his fall. BIGJAW saw they were closing in on the ground and braced himself for impact. Then a snap was heard and the croc felt something be wrapped around him that he never thought he'd be happy to feel.
Bronze used all his might to pull the donkey and croc towards him. Bronze broke a sweat trying to guide them away from the branches. He let go of the rope and put his arms out wide. "I got ya!" Bronze yelled as he managed to catch the donkey and croc. The combined weight of the two heavier Pokemon were too much for him and he had to set them down.
BIGJAW immediately got into fighting stance so he'd be ready to take on Night Wing. Bronze saw the Bruho was having trouble breathing. "Stay with me now." Bronze said in a shaken tone as he pulled out medical supplies from his bag.
BIGJAW looked into the sky and hissed at Night Wing. The dragon looked shocked at the, what we can most likely guess was a, insult the croc spewed. Night Wing felt his blood boil and he zipped down from the sky. In a flash of black, the dragon grabbed BIGJAW and flew up into the air. He then threw the croc to the ground. The croc impacted the ground, starting up a dust cloud and ruining the grassy terrain.
BIGJAW was hurting after the makeshift seismic toss he was treated too. He got up and pulled his face out of the ground. He spat out a huge chunk of dirt and grass and turned around. He then saw the faux dragon was standing right infront, towering over BIGJAW and putting him in his shadow.
The croc showed no fear as he looked up at the dragon and shot a glare. The dragon shot his own piercing glare back. Night Wing charged up a fireball in the back of his throat. BIGJAW wasn't scared though so he had steam emitting from his mouth as he charged up his hot water based attack. The two locked eyes as they charged up their attacks.
BIGJAW had a noticeable bulge appeared in his throat as he was about to release it. The crocs mouth was emitting with steam.
Night Wing on the other hand had black smoke emit from his mouth. His throat also bulged and the orange ball of fire he was charging up became more present. Night Wing took one final breath to make sure the fire would be super hot.
Bronze was trying to patch up Bruho during all the fighting. He was wrapping up various claw marks, bruises, and just trying to comfort his Mudbray. Bronze pulled out some water and forced Bruho to drink it. "Take a good rest." Bronze said as he returned it to its ball.
Bronze then turned around and saw that Luna was limping towards where the trainers were. She was holding a knocked out White Fang in her mouth like how some dogs do to grab their young manually. Bronze immediately ran towards his pokemon and took a knee. Luna dropped White Fang and looked like she was about to fall over in exhaustion. Bronze caught the fox and cradled her. He then gently set her down and went to grab some more medical supplies. "Bronze!" Kiawe yelled. Bronze turned and saw the two trial captains come up to him. "We'll take care of your Umbreon and Rockruff. Go stop Charizard from causing more damage." Kiawe said hastily.
Bronze turned his head and saw Night Wing and BIGJAW were duking it out with their most powerful elemental attacks. Night Wing was shooting of Flame Burst after Flame Burst while BIGJAW was shooting out streams of Scald. Their battling area was starting to get extremely foggy with steam.
Night Wing flew up in the air to break the ground level fighting. BIGJAW shot out another Scald attack. Night Wing flew into the streams of water and spun himself like a cyclone. He bursted the stream of hot water, spiraling into BIGJAW and pinning him to the ground. BIGJAW struggled to get loose from the faux dragon's iron grip. While Night Wing's arms looked small and stick like, he was very strong. Bronze learned that the hard way when he challenged him to a boxing match back at Wela Volcano.
Night Wing charged up a fire ball in its mouth. BIGJAW felt the intense heat hit his scales. BIGJAW glared at the dragon as the fire type move was being focused on doing one thing, harm. BIGJAW started to build up hot water in his throat so he could fight back.
Even though he was staring 3rd degree burns in the face, he was scared. BIGJAW may love the heat of battle but he knew no matter how hard he tried, he wouldn't be able to beat the faux dragon. He didn't have the size, speed, and strength to take Night Wing head on. He's either need to pull a Goku or rely on his charm and charisma to weasel his way out of this situation.
The dragon finished up charging up his move and orange light shines from his mouth. BIGJAW felt the heat getting hotter and braced himself. Night Wing then expelled the move from his mouth but before he could actually fire it, Bronze ran in and punched him in the face. The dragon then fell to the ground, unconscious. "Thank Lugia I got him in the right spot." Bronze thought in relief. But he wanted to give off a sense that he knew what he was doing so he said, "That's for Wela Volcano." BIGJAW rolled his eyes and got up from the ground. He then was hugged by Bronze, who held him in a vice grip. "I'm so glad you're safe." Bronze said with a shaken voice.
BIGJAW hugged his trainer back and nuzzled up against him as thanks. Bronze chuckled a bit and said, "No problem." The pair then turned their heads and faced the trial captains who weren't so happy.
Mallow especially looked furious at Bronze. "I can't believe you. Y-YOU NEARLY BURNED THE FOREST DOWN WITH THAT CHARIZARD and I even had to create the Mallow Special for you just so you can go Wild West on the trial Pokemon!" Mallow yelled furiously with her face going red.
"That is not even at the top of my list." Kiawe said. "Bronze, you seemed so promising. I saw the way that Charizard looked at you and realized that you had something special. So what happened in that battle?" Kiawe said in a more angry tone.
"I-I uh…" Bronze uttered, he didn't even know what to say. All he could do was stand there. He didn't even have a clue as to what happened. Everything was going fine until Night Wing starting turning on the others. He knew one thing for sure, Charizard was as strong as he was an arrogant sack of scales. BIGJAW let out an angry hiss at the trial captains. Bronze then out his stick in front of the croc and said, "No, this isn't your problem." BIGJAW stopped hissing at the trial captains and crossed his arms.
Bronze was about to say something when he realized he had nothing to say. He had no clue what got into his Charizard. Should he have let it battle before this? Possibly try to give it a little more love? He had no clue. Maybe the faux dragon felt insulted when he was out up against little baby Pokemon.
This is more of the realistic scenario of fairly new trainers getting Pokemon that already are a super high level.
Bronze then took a moment to think of what to do. This whole the captains are standing there confused. "Did we break him?" Lana asked.
"Oh he better be!" Mallow said, still clearly pissed off.
Bronze started going into a flashback.
"I can't!" a much younger Bronze said as he sat in a chair, his hat covering his eyes.
"Oh come on, mijo. What wrong with it?" Bronze dad asked as he was trying to get a small Tauros to come with him.
"I don't want to embarrass myself in front of the professors. What if the Tauros runs away or starts a fight?" young Bronze said.
"Mida, mida, mida, mida." Bronze's dads sighed. He needed to take a Tauros to get tested but he also needed to watch a ranch full of elemental bulls that could bust through rocks like a tower of cards. And Bronze was the only one in his house who knew how to wrangle Tauros. He then looked at his son and had a idea. The elder cowboy say next to his son and said, "You know what I did when I was nervous?" Bronze looked up and nodded, still having his hat covering his eyes. "I let out my loudest grito." Bronze looked up to his dad and had a confused expression in his face.
"I'll show you outside. You're mama doesn't like it when I do it in the house." Bronze's dad said. He got up and walked to the back door. Bronze quickly followed. The two went outside to a large landscape full of Tauros and Miltank. It wasn't Alola though. This was a time where they still lived in Johto. It was midday and the weather was warm with a soothing breeze unlike the almost blinding sunlight and bright vegetation of Alola.
"Ok, so what's this grito you're talking about?" Bronze asked. His padre then let out a cry of joy and excitement. It sounded like a mariachi's signature laugh, minus the music. If your dad listened to Ranchera music when he dropped you off to school too, then you'd know what I mean.
Bronze's dad looked to the young vaquero who had an expression of confusion on his face. "Was I off tone?" the elder rancher asked.
"No… but what was that?" Bronze asked his father.
"That's was just a grito. I normally don't have to use a grito but I thought you needed it." Bronze dad said, giving off a sense that he had a lot of stress lifted off his shoulders.
"Okay… so how do I just yell?" Bronze asked as he scratched his head.
"Si, mijo." Bronze dad said. "Just yell and then it will feel like a huge weight has been taken off."
Bronze then tried to mimic his dad's grito but ended up with a sound that mimicked a suffocating bird trying to squak. His dad cringed at the sound and sad, "Ay!" Bronzes dad then got up and grabbed a bottle of water from a cooler he had next to the back door. He then twisted open the lid and gave it to his son, who chugged it down since his throat started to hurt after his failed grito. "Now, dig deep!" Bronze's dad said. He then performed his grito once more, making Xowii howl.
Bronze took a deep breath and let out a cry that was higher pitched than Bronze's dad's but was similar. Bronze then took a breath and saw his dad with a satisfied expression on his face. "Eso mijo!" Bronze's said. The two then shared one final grito.
Reality
Bronze had finally came back from dream land. He took a deep breath and let out a grito with a deeper pitch than when he was younger but recognized it as if it was an old friend. The trial captains stood back in 'what the fuck that was'. "Okay… I think he's lost it." Lana said in a scared tone. They obviously never heard Ranchera before. Rotom Dex had quickly snapped a picture of Bronze in mid grito for the memories.
"That's a keeper!" Rotom Dex said in his normal upbeat tone as he flew back into Bronze's bag.
BIGJAW didn't know what happened but he could sense Bronze's spirits were raised. Bronze opened his mouth to finally say something but a sounds of rustling grass caught everyone's attention. BIGJAW tensed up and hissed as he glared his eyes. Then the swift rustling was heard again. The two Johtonians looked around and heard another swift rustling through the grass. Mallow then looked up and her eyes went wide. Kiawe and Lana both and similar expressions to Mallow. Bronze looked at them and had a confused expression. The two then heard the noise of a Pokemon and turned around to see a huge, pink, insect plant hybrid Pokemon. It let out its cry in anger. Probably doesn't like Spanish music.
Bronze and BIGJAW jumped back. Bronze held up his stick and BIGJAW bared his fangs. "Shoot, BIGJAW's never had to fight a totem pokemon with type advantage." Bronze thought to himself. The croc hasn't fought many grass types and a grass type on steroids is not a great fight to have early on. "BIGJAW, I think we should let the captain handle it." Bronze said. It really killed him inside to retreat from battle but most of his team is down. This came a shock to Kiawe as Bronze had tangoed with Night Wing back at Wela Volcano and then had the balls to come back and try again.
BIGJAW then bit Bronze on the leg, making him let out a comedic grito. "You're so lucky I love you!" Bronze said through gritted teeth. BIGJAW then angrily hissed at him. "You're real stubborn, you know that!" Bronze said. The two then began to bicker over running away from a battle.
Kiawe, Lana, and Mallow felt awkward in the current situation… and through this whole ordeal. A guy in a cowboy hat with a crocodile came to a giant ass forest and went on a scavenger hunt for ingredients for a meal for a sacred pocket monster. During said scavenger hunt, the cowboy used his army of animals to fight off plant monsters and then fought their own hot head teammate. So, yeah…
The beast then let out a angry cry and got into fighting position. Bronze gave the beast a western glare from behind hos shade. BIGJAW hissed and bared his fangs. "Fine, let's play hard ball." Bronze said as he was thinking of the first attack to use. Before Bronze could say a word though, the totem pokemon moved at blinding speeds, throwing the duo off guard.
BIGJAW glared as he looked around the grassy battlefield. The croc was playing it cool because the last thing you want in a situation like this is to be attacking wildly in confusion. Actin hung grass was heard and in a blink of an eye, the totem Pokemon appeared. BIGJAW jumped back in mid startle but then unleashed his metal claw and slashed at Lurantis. The Pokemon swiftly dodged the attacks. With every slash it seemed like the Lurantis was just one step ahead.
Bronze saw BIGJAW strugglers fight the grass type. He wanted to jump him just to deny BIGJAW of the pain he was about to endure. "BIGJAW, use your head!" Bronze said. BIGJAW was in mid slash when he heard the command and realized what the cowboy meant. He aimed down and used scald to propel himself into the air. He then turned and used salad again to propel himself into the trial Pokemon. The was ready to slash the Lurantis in its link face but it dodged the crocs claws the second BIGJAW was a inch away from impact. The croc hit the ground hard. BIGJAW then spat out some dirt as it glared at the totem Pokemon. At this point it seemed like it was only trolling him.
Bronze realized BIGJAW wasn't gonna land any bites or slashes and then a lightbulb went off in his head. "Scary Face!" Bronze said. He used this move so little that he forgot it even existed. BIGJAW then put on a face that scare the crap out of a Haunter. The Lurantis got nervous at the face and broke a sweat.
"This is the trainer I remember." Kiawe said with confidence. The trainer that could think quick on his feet and was so in sync with his Pokemon that a nod could tell his Pokemon what to do next.
"That Croconaw is lasting longer than I expected against a grass type." Lana said, though it's not like she didn't enjoy it. Water is her favorite type after all.
"I just hope those two don't wreck the rest of my jungle." Mallow sighed as she had a fire extinguisher at the ready. During Mallows rant, the Foongus that was caught in the mixing process earlier was crawling back into the great, covered in a green slime that was the broth of the Mallow Special.
BIGJAW dodged a swing from the creature and slashed back with Metal Claw. The creature then quickly moved as if it teleporter. BIGJAW then looked around for the speedy grass monster. Bronze knew this thing new this thing was quick and that fighting it on ground level was suicide. "Scald!" Bronze yelled. BIGJAW turned his head and then used Scald to launch himself into the air. "Spin and use Scald!" Bronze said. BIGJAW was confused on command but Bronze is the trainer. The croc then spun around and unleashed a rain of scalding hot water.
The totem Pokemon then started to feel pain as the scalding rain came down. BIGJAW then launched himself at the Lurantis with his metal claws ready to slash. The totem Pokemon speeded out of the way, BIGJAW left deep claw marks in the ground. The croc got up and saw the Lurantis on three other side of the battle grounds.
"Keep your distance!" Bronze said. BIGJAW heard the words and knew he was referring to his only long range attack. BIGJAW let loose torrents of scalding water from his mouth. He was like the most OP water gun on existence. Like when your friend grabs the hose and puts it in the nozzle, then turns into a water turret.
The Lurantis was fast though so it moved out of the way of the streams of water with ease. Lurantis then charged to BIGJAW. The croc started letting loose more water but Lurantis jumped in the air. BIGJAW tried to shoot up but fell over in the process.
The croc fell on his back but rolled around and got up on his feet. The croc sighed in relief as he saw the creature left but then felt a sharp pain on his back. The croc was knocked back but then Lurantis began to deliver quick X-Scissors.
BIGJAW tried to slash with Metal Claw but he just couldn't. He was being bombarded by the bug attack. Every spout second it seemed he felt another sharp pain after sharp pain. The Lurantis then stopped as it saw BIGJAW was getting swirly in the eyes. It then put its arms into a glowing green X and delivered a final slash. The Croconaw groaned in pain as it hit the grass.
"BIGJAW!" Bronze yelled. He then saw Lurantis by his buddy. Bronze could be seen giving the Lurantis a good ole' western glare. Anger was building up inside of him. Bronze had a grip so tight on his makeshift staff that it looked like it would give out and break under the pressure of Bronze's grip. He then bolted to BIGJAW and threw his staff. The stick spun like a helicopter blade in the air. The totem Pokemon then quickly dodged the attack. Bronze ran up to BIGJAW and got on his knees. "Come on, come on." Bronze said as he held his Croconaw up. He put his ear against his chest and felt his lungs balloon up with air and release. "Oh thank Lugia, he's still breathing." Bronze sighed.
The trial captains would of been in shock if it wasn't for the cowboy knocking out Night Wing earlier.
Mallow thought it was kinda sweet how Bronze dropped 40 brain cells and risked his well being when he saw his Pokemon in peril. She was still pissed at him for utterly fucking up during the trial but that's just details…
Lana honestly thought this dude was mental or something. She wouldn't be completely wrong but the guy just cares for his Pokemon and lives by the code of "don't take shit from nobody". She did respect his immediate responses to his Pokemon being badly injured. Bonus points for having a water type.
Kiawe admired Bronze's passion for battle. He had this fire in him whenever he was in a Pokemon battle that he never saw in most trainers. Though he was still extremely disappointed in his failure to control that Charizard.
Bronze currently didn't give a shit about what the captains were thinking, that he lost a battle, or that the totem Pokemon was charging up a Solar Blade. The cowboy's only concern was his hurt Croconaw. He carried BIGJAW like a baby and was about to walk him to a Pokemon center when he saw noticed green light shining. The totem pokemon had it's forearms shining bright green. Bronze saw the beast was about to strike and he had his back turned in an attempt to shield BIGJAW. Bronze shut his eyes and braced himself for the attack.
Bronze stood for 5 seconds, sweating bullets. He was thinking why he didn't have a blade or spike or giant ball of F you in him. He then opened his eyes, realizing BIGJAW slipped out of his grasp. Bronze turned around and pulled out his staff only to see BIGJAW straining his arms to block the Lurantis' Solar Blade. The Croc's metal claws clashed against the blades of energy. Sparks flew as the two tried to force the other down.
Bronze was about to thwack the Totem Pokemon with his staff but BIGJAW grunted at Bronze. He shook his head as he was pushed back but he used all his strength to push against Lurantis and stand up tall. Bronze then lowered his makeshift weapon. He had an epiphany. It was weird for him. He could almost read BIGJAW just from looking at him. That one grunt was enough to say 1,000 words (which is how long the chapters I used to write were lol). He felt that BIGJAW wanted to do this alone. He wanted to do it together but without Bronze rushing in like Rambo.
Bronze restrained himself and allowed BIGJAW to physically fight ok his own.
The croc though, was starting to wear out though. Bronze noticed this but took a deep breath and said, "Don't push yourself too hard!" BIGJAW heard this and had the same reaction we all had when our moms and/or dads told us that.
BIGJAW finally gave out. He was pushed back by Lurantis breaking the clash. BIGJAW was then hit full force by the sole powered blade. The attack was super effective…
BIGJAW was launched from where he was hit. He flew through the air like a blue blur. A thump was heard as the croc hit a tree. The wood cracked on impact. BIGJAW was hurting all over and Bronze was about to blow a fuse.
Bronze looked to the totem Pokemon who stared at him. "You won, what else you want?" Bronze said. There was anger in his voice but not the whole Gordon Ramsay blow up moment. The Pokemon then moved as if it teleported.
A breeze was then felt by the trial captains. Their hair were even flowing with the sudden swift movement. Before they knew it, the Mallow Special was devoured in an instant. "Oh dear!" Lana said as she Bronze run into one direction.
"We should go make sure he's alright." Kiawe said. He pick up his own staff and ran after Bronze. Lana dig into her bag to get some fresh water ready.
Mallow went over to the cooking utensils and began to clean them up. She then sighed as she looked at the messed up vegetation that was produced from the team cowboy vs team forest princess.
Now, back to the main character. Bronze snapped a branch off of a tree to vent out his anger. He was marching in the general direction of where BIGJAW was launched. He did all while heckling himself over letting BIGJAW do this. "Estupido, estupido, estupido! Why did I let him battle a dang grass type, totem Pokemon? Is should of just ran in and tried to be ever living Muk out of that pink dung heap." Bronze said out loud. He had a leaf in his mouth and was using his staff as a walking stick for the style points.
He then heard growing of his croc and started running. He heard the groaning getting louder and came across a tree. He heard the groaning still and was but in this nails in stress. "BIGJAW, if you're around here then give me a sign!" Bronze said. Bronze then felt something wet fall on him. "Oh joy, rain!" Bronze said in a sarcastic tone. He then held his hand out and saw a weak stream of water fell on it. He then looked up and saw BIGJAW lodged into a tree. His back spike had hit him stuck in the tree and judging by the weak stream of water he was making, he was in pain.
"Don't worry, buddy! I'll get you down." Bronze said. He pulled out his lasso and started to spin it in the air. He looked up and took aim as he launched the heavy duty Tauros wrangler. The rope then got around BIGJAW. "Okay, I'm gonna pull now." Bronze notified BIGJAW as he began to pull. BIGJAW though was pretty stuck in this tree. He started grunting in pain as the rough rope was scratching his skin. It was made to stand up to Tauros so it's extremely rigid and heavy. Bronze saw he was only causing BIGJAW more pain. Bronze let go of his lasso. "Guess I'm gonna have to do this the hard way." Bronze said as he spun his staff and stuck it into the ground. The cowboy sighed and looked are puns for a way to get to his buddy. He saw that there were a bunch of branches in the tree. He was gonna have to climb up there. That ain't exactly easy for Bronze since he's not exactly fit for that kind of activity. His strong points are more suited to lifting heavy objects and roping Tauros. But he got BIGJAW into this mess and his physical limitations weren't gonna stop him.
Bronze went up to a branch but found a dilemma. He wasn't gonna be able to raise his leg enough to step on it. He was going to have to find another way to scale the tree. So he put both hands on it and tried to pull himself up but to no avail. He was straining his arm muscles trying to pull himself but he was just too heavy for himself to handle. He just hung there with his legs off the ground. "Well… that's gonna be a problem." Bronze said as he heard a crack. He quickly let go of the branch before if broke and landed on the ground. He brain stormed and remembered that one place he was at during his errand run were rocks.
*Que Sponge Bob 'a few moments later'
Bronze was carrying two big rocks to the tree where BIGJAW was currently stuck in. He placed them down and began to stack them. The branch he tried to climb wasn't too tall so the rocks would be enough to allow him to climb up the branch like a stair. He had to be quick though, then branch would break under his weight and the branch already was cracking. He quickly out one foot up and cringed as the wood creaked. He the put his weight on that foot and climbed up. The wood stated to crack so Bronze had to think quickly.
Bronze saw another branch that was close and got one leg on it. He was about to get his other foot on it when the branch gave out and snapped clean off the tree. Bronze was quick to grab the trunk of the tree before he fell on his back. He then hoisted himself up. He looked up and saw BIGJAW was still a way to go.
Bronze then looked around and saw there weren't many branches nearby he could grab on. He face palmed and heard a crack shortly after. "Oh f-..." Bronze almost said as he the branch snapped off and he fell down with it. He hit the ground and landed on his back. He's a big boy though so he took it like a man. "Aww nuts!" He then took off his hat and threw it to the ground.
The cowboy then turned his head as he heard the crunching if grass. He picked up his hat and cracked his knuckles, getting ready for whatever was gonna come at him. Bronze felt sweat dripping from his face as he heard the noise get closer. He saw what had been causing the noise and sighed. It was only the trial captains. "Are you in need of assistance?" Kiawe asked.
"Si." Bronze sighed . "BIGJAW's stuck in the tree." Bronze said.
"I don't have any flying types or any Pokemon that are extremely large." Kiawe said.
"Me neither." Lana said. "Why about that Charizard you have." Lana said to Bronze.
"I don't know….. I'm afraid he's gonna try to hurt BIGJAW." Bronze said. He really now knew why his mother was how she was.
"We could go into town ask for some help." Kiawe suggested.
"No, that's going to take too long and BIGJAW suffering right now." Bronze said. Bronze sighed and pulled out a dusk ball. "Night Wing, I need your help." Bronze said as he threw the pokeball. The dragon's body materialized out of the donkey, purple energy. Night Wing was rubbing his face in the spot Bronze punched him in order to knock him out.
"Jeez, I got you pretty bad." Bronze said in a joking manner. Night Wing's red eyes where practically glowing and easy to notice around his charcoal black skin. He had a face that showed Bronze that the comment he just made was not in anyway funny. Night Wing then let out a grunt that, judging by its tone, was a insult or way of saying 'shut it'. "Well next time you better remember that when you mess with Tauros you get the Horn Attack." Bronze said. The two then glare at each other. Night Wing's angry, red eyes vs Bronze's western squint was straight out of cowboy film. The trial captains were just standing here awkwardly as this tense staring contest between a dragon and cowboy was in progress.
Night Wing exhaled sulfur from his nostrils and flew up into the air with a powerful wind being bought with it. Bronze held onto his hat or else it would of went flying completely upwards.
Kiawe said to Bronze, "He may seem arrogant and stubborn but his action has spoken for himself."
"How so?" Bronze asked. "Was it the action of when he attacked White Fang for trying to help him or when he tried to make fried BIGJAW?" Bronze said in a annoyed/sarcastic tone.
"He knew your command before you could even say it." Kiawe said. "When Pokemon has a special feeling for its trainer, it can read them and pull off moves before the trainer has even said a word."
"No manches? (really?)" He's probably just trying to blow off some steam." Bronze said. He's only known Night Wing for a short time but he does know one thing for sure, that he's a show off.
"Why don't you have a look for yourself." Kiawe said with a smirk. Bronze looked up and was in shock that instead of laughing at BIGJAW's misfortune, he was trying to unlodge him from the tree.
BIGJAW groaned in pain as Night Wing flapped his wings in a manner that would propel him backwards. Night Wing responded with a grunt that was probably telling BIGJAW to man up. Night Wing then unleashed a powerful flap to fling himself backwards. A crack was heard as the Croconaw was pried out. Night Wing was holding his teammate by his tail and flew down. The dragon then dropped the croc aimlessly. Bronze lasso was falling down quickly thanks to it being extremely heavy. You know, because Tauros be crazy.
Bronze saw this and bolted to the croc. Before BIGJAW could hit the ground, Bronze dived to the ground. Bronze then felt pain on his back with extra pressure to accompany it. He looked up and saw BIGJAW, asleep, on his back. He sighed in relief as he got up, while being very gentle with BIGJAW. He picked up his lasso and looked to Night Wing. He just looked at the faux dragon, nothing of anger or gratitude, just a plain look and then walked off. Night Wing didn't know why Bronze didn't yell at him but he wasn't complaining.
"Do we need to go through medical procedures right now?" Lana said as she had Fresh Waters at the ready.
"Just give him some Fresh Water and I'll take him to the Pokemon center." Bronze said. Lana opened up the bottle of crystal clear water. A hiss was heard as this was the first time the bottle had been opened. Bronze held open his Croconaw's jaw with the utmost of care. Lana then poured some water in his mouth. "Swallow it, por favor." Bronze said as he helped his croc swallow the crystal clear healing water.
"Gracias for the help." Bronze said as he rushed o the nearest exit of the forest. "Vamanos, Night Wing." Bronze said. Night Wing sighed and followed Bronze. "And grab my stick!" Bronze said. Night Wing groaned and went to go pick it up.
"Unbelievable. Nearly taking down the forest with their own fighting." Mallow said in an annoyed. "When I get my hands on that cowboy he's going to be sorry!" she said in a much more aggressive tone. She heard rustling and got up. She then saw Bronze in the distance and said, "You better…". However, she didn't finish her threat as she saw Bronze carrying a knocked out BIGJAW.
Bronze walked up to her and said, "Sorry for causing you so much trouble." He then walked off. Mallow may have turned off her rage for Bronze but that didn't stop her from shooting a nasty glare at Night Wing. The dragon turned his head around and exhaled sulfur from his nostrils in Mallows face.
Pokemon Center
Bronze was sitting on one of the benches in the Pokemon center. His hat in his hand with his sunglasses in the other. His head was down with his body slumped. He was worried sick about his Pokemon. Well… all except for one. Bronze's lasso holding attachment on his belt was lacking the lasso. Bronze wasn't in the mood to put up with Night Wings hotheaded bullshit so he did what any sensible trainer would do. He put him outside.
The tunnel outside route 8
Gladion had his hands in his pockets as he walked. He did not make eye contact with anyone, no matter how many dirty looks he got. Gladion had the same emo look he always had. "I still need to get stronger." Gladion thought to himself. "My last performance was too sloppy and I almost lost control of Null." the emo teen thought to himself as he pulled Null's pokeball out of his red fanny pack. He looked at the black and yellow cap of the Null's ball. He scoffed at how dirty he was. He needed to better manage his pokeballs better than he did his torn clothing. He used his sleeve to clean it and looked at his reflection in the cap of the Ultra ball. He took a good look at himself and sighed. He put the ball back into his bag and kept walking.
He walked down the path that was out if the tunnel in Route 8. He looked around to see happy faces of trainers and a bunch of trailers. He didn't stop and talk to anyone ashe didn't come off as the social type. Most also thought he was part of team skull because of his appearance and that he only exchanges conversations with skull grunts. Those who've contested him also got utterly rekt by Null. So long story short, stay the fuck away from Gladion.
Gladion looked around and went wide eyed at what he saw. It was those two bootleg stormtroopers that a certain cowboy ran into already. They seemed as if they were looking for something. Gladion looked distressed over seeing two. He put on his hood to cover his face and started running. Zossie shot her head up and said, "What was that?"
"What was what?" Dulse asked.
"I saw something bolt across the streets." Zossie said.
Dulse then thought on this for a second. "Let's follow it. It could be useful for our mission." Dulse said as he walked to the direction where Gladion bolted in.
The edgy boy hid behind a tree to catch is breath. Sprinting in a black jacket in Alolan heat is not exactly comfortable, especially when you know something dangerous is near. He has sweat dripping down his face as the Alolan heat was soaked up by his dark colored hoodie. He tensed up again as he heard the voices of the two members of the Ultra Recon Squad.
The two Ultra Recon Squad members did their robotic Alola gesture at some random stranger. "Greetings, did you happen to see a very fast moving object run across these streets." asked Dulse.
"I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary today." the stranger said. He was debating whether to run away or call the police station since these two seemed so out of place.
"Well, have you seen a trainer and their Pokemon come through here." Zossie asked.
"That's a lot of people, like everywhere. What does the look like. What is the Pokemon they're with. Is the trainer wearing anything specific?" the stranger asked.
"Well, the trainer is tall and overweight, has a stick and a lasso, and is wearing a cowboy hat. He had a bigger than average Croconaw walking with him and a floating pokedex." Zossie said.
"Well… I did see someone like that come into town but I have no clue if he's here or not…" the guy said awkwardly.
"Alright then, Zossie. We shall go ask the other inhabitants here to see if they have seen our targets." Dulse said. He was about to thank the guy for helping them but they saw he was gone. No big surprise there. It's not like seeing two bootleg stormtroopers coming up to you and asking for specific people is a normal thing.
This didn't ease Gladion. He caused unwanted attention from the Ultra Recon Squad and somehow Bronze got roped into this. He had to warn him. Sure, the two weren't exactly buddies but he knew what the Ultra Recon Squad was capable off and didn't wish that upon anyone.
Gladion saw a nearby Pokemon center and ran to it. He sighed in relief to find a place to gels his Pokemon and rest. Though he was confused about why a shunt Charizard was tied a post and holding a sign saying "I tried to fry my teammates".
He walked inside and went up to the desk. "Welcome to the Pokemon center. Would you like me to heal them for you?" Nurse just said.
"Yes." Gladion said plains and simple as he pulled out his pokeballs and placed them on the desk.
"Currently we are operating on some Pokemon who got hurt very badly. Please excuse us if it takes a little while for us to get to your Pokemon." the nurse said.
Gladion scoffed in annoyance and said, "that's fine."
"Please have a seat as you wait." Nurse joy said with the utmost if positivity.
Gladion found looked around for a seat and saw Bronze. He could tell Bronze was not in the highest of spirits currently but he had to warn the guy. He sat down next to him but before he could say something, Bronze said something. "Look, can you leave me alone right now. I'm not in the mood to talk." Bronze said, sounding mopey. Gladion noticed that he had tear stains and his posture did not give off happy vibes.
"I need ting its you about something." Gladion said.
Bronze shot his head off and wiped his face. "Look here numskull, I'm not in the mood right now. I suggest you scra before I take my anger out on your sorry…" Bronze was about to say when Gladion stopped him.
"I'm not here to bother you. You're in danger." Gladion said.
"Yeah, I'm in danger because team edgelord has beef with me." Bronze said. "I can scare then away with a glare but I'm not sure how long that's gonna last."
"Trust me. The Poole who are after you and much worse than skull." Gladion said.
"Alright, I'm listening. But if I find out you're tell me Tauros (bull as in bullshit but in Pokemon terms) then you're gonna get a black eye with the teeth I'll knock out." Bronze said, trying to act tough. He's currently extremely worried about his Pokemon and the last thing he needed was team skull trying to nab them. He was hoping that if Gladion was about feed him garbage then he could make him scram.
"Have you seen two people in fittest if space suit sound hear. One a tall man while the others is a very short woman." Gladion asked.
Bronze went wide eyed and faced Gladion. He grabbed the boy by his hoodie and asked, "Have you been spying on me?"
"No, I haven't. But if you keep threatening to harm me then this conversation will be of little use to either of us." Gladion said. This comment made Bronze take his grip off the boys hoodie. Gladion then fixed his clothing. "They are called the Ultra Recon Squad." Gladion said. "They are after a specific Pokemon." Gladion then stopped talking
The two the sat in silence for a good few minutes. "And?" Bronze said, thinking there was more to the story.
"That's currently all I know." Gladion said. "But for some reason they are looking for you."
"Any idea why?" Bronze asked.
"They believe that you came in contact with the Pokemon they are after." Gladion said. "Wait, did you?" Gladion asked, going wide eyed.
"I might have. I've also came into contact with Tapu Koko, if that helps." Bronze said.
"Do you knew where it is?!" Gladion said, getting a little more excited.
"I'm not sure feel comfortable with showing you where it is." Bronze said.
"You don't understand. This could be catastrophic!" Gladion said.
Bronze groaned and out his head in frustration. "First skull, then BIGJAW getting badly hurt, and now these guys." "I don't even know if he's going to okay, not to mention my other Pokemon and I don't even want to think about how I'm going to get my Charizard to listen to me."
Gladion heard all these things. He had thoughts like these when he first started out. He had Nauts tooken a extremely powerful, genetically engineered Pokemon and only had the clothes on his back with a bag full of cash.
He had to use the money Isley so he used a lot of it to by a room at a motel where he could rest in and used the rest of the money to get a few pokeballs and try to feed himself and his Pokemon. He actually felt sorry for Bronze. No wonder he was extremely agro.
"Look, I've been in this game for a while. I know what you're feeling. I've been in this situation." Gladion said.
"No manches, don't you have a crew of skull thugs to back you up." Bronze said with sarcasm in his voice.
"They are not exactly reliable nor are they compassionate." Gladion said. "I've been in the situation of ha I a Pokemon too powerful for you handle. He was out of control and barley listened to me." Gladion said. Bronze was shocked over having something in common with the edgy kid and that he was actually trying to help him.
"Yeah, Night Wing is really cocky and he tries to attack his teammates." Bronze said.
"I was the same too." Gladion said, having a bit more of a surprised tone. "Null would try and attack any Pokemon it saw. It even ripped up my clothes." Gladion said.
"Tears or no tears you're still an edgelord through and through." Bronze said with a little laugh to accompany it.
"Very funny." Gladion said sarcastically. Brian rout his arm around him like a annoying big brother would.
"Come on, I'm just yanking your chain." Bronze said. He then took his arm off him. He was looking a little more happy than before. He put on his hat and sunglasses.
"Bronze." Nurse Joy said. "You're Pokemon are all restored." Bronzes head shot up as he saw Luna, White Fang, and Bruho's pokeballs on a tray. BIGJAW the jump up okay he counter and looked pretty happy. He waved to Bronze like a young child seeing their friend.
Bronze bolted up their, shocking Gladion with his random burst of speed. Bronze put BIGJAW in a bones crushing hug. "Oh thank the Tapu and Lugia you're okay!" Bronze exclaimed as he hugged BIGJAW really hard. Since Bronze was pretty strong, he was kinda hurting BIGJAW. The croc hissed and Bronze put him down. "Sorry, I'm just so, so happy you're okay. I'm just so stupid sometimes." Bronze said. BIGJAW out his hand on Bronze's shoulder and hissed happily. He then nuzzled against Bronze, affectionately.
Gladion looked over to them and remembered that he was the same way.
Flashback
A spray can be heard which was followed by a groan of pain that sounded like a few Pokemon combined.
"I'm sorry, Null." a young Gladion said. He was much shorter, his clothes weren't torn, and he looked a lot less emo. He didn't have his emo haircut and didn't have the gaze he normally had. He had just sprayed Null with a potion and since it's like alcohol, it burns when it's rubbed on cuts and shit. "I'm such a terrible trainer. I'm so sorry." Gladion said with a whimper as he began to cry. He had just lost a battle pretty badly and ended up getting Null hurt. It was one of the only times he was able to keep Null under control and not go completely ape shit.
Null saw its trainer was distressed and felt weird. All it knew was pain and rage it's whole life. It was only used for the sole purpose of battling but not a normal pokemon battle, a battle to the death. Gladion though, actually cared. The small part of Null that had something other than rage was in affect. It normally did not feel feelings… so it was odd for the frankenstein pokemon. It made a grunt and started affectionately licking Gladion like a dog. "Ahahaa! Null, stop it. That tickles." Gladion laughed as he felt his sorrows melting away.
Reality
Gladion remembered those times, back when he could be like that. But as he got older, he had to get tougher. Thus the edge lord was born and with some fashionable holes thanks to Null being a little aggressive at times.
"You're pokemon are fully healed." Nurse joy said, sapping Gladion out of his transe. He grabbed his pokeballs and looked at Null's ball once more. He felt a little happy when he saw the reflection of him this time in the cap. He put the balls into his red pack and went to walk out the door.
"Hey." Bronze said. Gladion turned back. He looked at Bronze and BIGJAw together. He could see the happiness radiating off of BIGJAW when he was near Bronze. He remembered this happiness when he battled the two. Bronze put his hand and Gladion's shoulder and said, "Gracias." Bronze even cracked a smile to the edgy teen.
"You know, we aren't friends." Gladion said.
"Oh yeah, I still hate your guts." Bronze said casually.
The two walked outside. They said their goodbyes. All looked well but Gladion saw something that made him freeze. It was Dulse and Zossie, talking to people. They were probably looking for Bronze. "We need to get out of here!" Gladion exclaimed. Bronze turned around as he was untying Night Wing and making sure BIGJAW didn't start a fight. He was not about to break up another fight. "They're here." Gladion said. Bronze went wide eyed and finished untying Night Wing.
"Can you carry three passengers on your back?" Bronze asked. Night Wing scoffed at Bronze. "Okay, okay. I'm sorry I punched you in the face and made you hold the sign of shame." Bronze said, just trying to get his Charizard to fly them out of route 8. Night Wing looked at him with a smug look and shook his head 'yes'. "Alright." Bronze said as he tried to fingale his way onto Night Wing's back. "Get on!" Bronze said to his companions. BIGJAW jumped up and held onto Bronze. Gladion climbed aboard of Night wing but the weight made the fau dragon stumble. Bronze was heavy enough but now he had to carry more weight on his back. This was going to be a bumpy ride. Night Wing got his balance and flew up with a powerful upwind following.
Zossie looked up when she heard the sudden flap and exclaimed "What was that?!" Dulse looked up and saw a sign. He went over to it and inspected the sign. He scanned it and saw it had some of Bronze's readings with it.
"We should keep looking, Zossie. Something tells me our targets aren't here though." Dulse said.
Heheah City
Screaming was heard and a loud thud followed it. That flight wasn't exactly smooth. Night Wing had his tail on his snout, BIGJAW landed upside down, Gladion landed on his stomach, and Bronze landed on his back. "Ehole (oh man), that was awful." Bronze said as he cracked his back.
"That was not very pleasant but you got us away from the Ultra Recon Squad, at least for the time being." Gladion said. "Thank you for the help and stay safe." Gladion said as he walked off.
"Adios." Bronze said as he helped BIGJAW up. The was a little disoriented so he shook his head so he could get everything back in order. Night Wing got up himself. He groaned in pain as he tried to flap his wing. Bronze's parent instincts kicked in and he pulled out a berry. NIght Wing looked confused as he saw the fruit was shoved in his face. "Here, it'll make you feel better." Bronze said, genuinely sounding like he cared for the faux dragon. The dragon took the berry, trying to act tough in the process. He sniffed the berry and took a bite. Oddly enough, he felt some of the pain in his wing go away. Night Wing finished the berry and then felt a whole lot better.
"All better." Bronze said. BIGJAW tugged on Bronze's jeans to get his attention. Bronze looked down at the croc who gave him a hiss. "We're meeting someone here." Bronze said. "Vamanos, and try not to kill each other while we walk." Night Wing and BIGJAW glared at each other as they followed Bronze into Heheah City.
People got comfortable as they saw the notorious Wela Volcano Charizard roaming the streets. People also got weary over seeing it so agro with BIGJAW. The two looked like they were about to throwdown. "Alright, I'm going to get you two to get along. You're both plenty powerful on your own but together, you two could really wreck house." Bronze said, oblivious to Night Wing and BIGJAW growling and hissing at each other. Bronze turned around and saw the two were standing and making noises. He sighed as he took out his lasso, "Those two never learn."
The two reptilian pokemon were just staring at each other. Night Wing's red eyes nearly glowed in comparison to his charcoal black skin while BIGJAW bared his fangs, showing he faux dragon that he didn't scare him. The two then stopped glaring at each other as they felt a rough rope around their bodies and around their arms. Bronze then pulled the lasso back, tightening the hold on the two. He then proceeded to drag them and said, "Can't leave you two alone for a second." BIGJAW and Night Wing growl at each other as they were dragged in humiliation by the cowboy. "Next stop, Tide Song Hotel."
Tide Song Hotel
Lillie was sitting on one of the benches as she held Nebb's bag closely to her. She was reading an impressively thick book that looks like it could weigh as much as a cinder block. She did look up every once in a while to check on Nebby. It was nice to have a little piece and quiet from Mr. Alola and The Sheriff. She liked being friends with Hau and Bronze but with they tend to drain her.
The doors of the hotel flew open and Bronze walked inside. He had untied his two Pokemon because he wanted to see if he could trust them. The two ended up just growling but other than that, smooth sailing. at, it was smooth sailing. Bronze was looking around the hotel but couldn't help but whistle, "This place is really fancy."
The cowboy got looks of awe and fear as he praised inside with the notorious Wela Volcano Charizard. Lillie looked up to check on Nebby but went wide eyed as she saw the giant black dragon accompanying Bronze and BIGJAW. "Oh dear…" Lillie said in fear as they came up to her.
"How's it going?" Bronze said as he tipped his hat.
"I'm doing fine just sitting here, reading a book." she said awkwardly, trying not to look scared because of the newest member of Bronze's team.
"Can I ask you for a favor?" Bronze said with a pleading look in his eyes.
"Of course you can. You're always happy to help me after all." Lillie said with a smile.
"That's a relief." Bronze sighed. "Would you mind watching my Pokemon for me?" he asked awkwardly. Bronze could of brought home to the daycare but his Pokemon were still young and he didn't want to come back seeing Luna with a bunch of little Eevee's around her. Even though that sounds adorable.
Lillie froze a second. Bronze comes from a family of ranchers that have a rancher win Alola, knows the professor personally , is friends with the Kahuna's grandson and yet he chooses her to watch his Pokemon. She felt kinda honored that he trusts her with watching his Pokemon that are like a trainers children. "I'd be happy to watch them for you." Lillie said with enthusiasm.
"You're a lifesaver." Bronze said. He undid the second belt he was wearing which held Luna, White Fang, Bruho, and Night Wing's pokeballs. He wore it in similar fashion to how gunslingers put extra revolver rounds in them like in westerns. He handed her the belt and Lillie took it and placed them gently in her bag. This was accompanied by Nebby giving off its signature happy noise. "I owe you one." Bronze said.
"Don't worry, Bronze. I'll care for them as if they were my own children." Lillie said.
"Vamanos." Bronze said as he walked off. Night Wing and BIGJAW followed. Though, BIGJAW wasn't trying to growl at the faux dragon. He was thinking about what Lillie said. It seemed of, like he's heard it before. It gave him an unnerving feeling as he walked away.
Night Wing noticed this and grunted at him with a smug look on his face. BIGJAW then hissed angrily and the rivalry was fueled again. Bronze heard the noises of the two and sighed, "This is gonna be a long day of training."
Well, here ya go. Do you ever have those times to here you think of something good to write, sit down to write it, and then get up a little bit later for no rhyme or reason. No, well I'm just crazy. But that's kinda how I write. I write in short bursts and can only sometimes write for long periods of time. I like writing my stories but it's hard for me to stay in one place unless it's like video games or something. Well enough of my excuses and rambling, let's talk about the story. So first of SOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for taking SOOOOOOOOOOO damn long to update. I'm little (very) lazy when it comes to writing. Well anyways I think this chapter was about if a mess (but then again, I normally do). I'm just glad next chowder I have a plot set out and shit. I'll also be adding more filler chapters and chapters that focus on characters other than Bronze. I'm also hoping that making Bronze loose will change things up a bit. I'll be adding more losses to him in the future. It's all a process into main Thun stronger and some of the reasons are honestly reasons id make as a trainer. I'm not going to list them here because you know, it's still a story. I want to keep some things hidden even though they could be predicted easily. Well, that's all I have for now. See ya next time, adios.
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Also, I think I'm going to ask questions for you guys each chapter for now on. Starting with this question: Who is your favorite character. When I mean character I mean any character. It could be that Tauros who shitstomped Bronze and his team or even the douchebag from the Pokemon school's Alolan Grimer.
Okay now for real this time, adios.
