I feel really proud of this chapter. This was my first big fight scene, and I think I id well. So for now, enjoy :3
Saga of the Five Regions
Ch.3: A D. Struct-ive Decision!
It seemed like days. Dante and Hyp had been waiting for about two hours in the lobby of a Pokémon center, hoping that a Teddiursa they befriended and saved from a vicious pack of Houndour would be okay. All Dante did was stare at the syringe-shaped light above the door, hoping that their new friend was okay. Hyp had fallen asleep again after about 10 minutes, and reluctantly Dante returned him to his ball. It was getting late as the sun was going down, and Dante knew he'd have to rest for the night here. He would not however, leave this seat until that light went off and he heard from nurse Joy. 'Please,' Dante thought, 'Please be okay…' After another five minutes, his eyes began to droop… but then he was shaken awake by a Chansey, who pulled him out of the seat and into the room. Seeing the light off lifted Dante's spirits, but at the same time became worried that the little cub didn't make it. However, when he reached Nrse Joy, he did not expect this outcome.
Nurse Joy's hair was out in every direction, her clothes tattered and her skin covered in scratch marks and bruises. "That little beast almost killed me!" Joy yelled.
"Wait, what happened? Is he okay?"
"Well, he has made basically a full recovery, but he jumped back and bared his claws, I thought I gained his trust, but then he went berserk after I called him a little cutie."
"Well," Dante explained, "I found him fighting a pack of Houndour, and by the looks of it, he'd been fighting for a while. I'm just wondering where its mother is? I mean, he looks very young, and with stuff like Rock Throw and some sort of rainbow colored punch, it seems that he has purposefully taught himself these techniques to specifically defend itself against these Houndour."
"Well, in any case, its certainly a different kind of Teddiursa. Aside from the cracks in its moon, you said something about a rainbow-colored punch? That was a Dynamicpunch, a move that Teddiursa shouldn't know how to learn. He also seems to have somewhat of a fear of humans. All this aside, I think you should be the one to see it, seeing as you saved it and all."
Dante nodded his head, knowing nurse Joy was right. He let Hyp out of his Pokéball and woke him up, saying that Teddiursa was okay, and that they could see him. The little Totodile jumped up and down and ran into the room, meeting a Scratch attack from the Teddiursa. Seeing it was Hyp and Dante, it apologizes to Hyp and moved to the other side of the room.
"It's okay buddy," Dante said, going down to the Teddiursa's level, "I'm not gonna hurt you. I wanted to thank you for helping me with those damn Houndour. Little Hyp and I would be done for without you." The Teddiursa looked at him, then went closer and held its paw out to Hyp. Instead of shaking it, Hyp jumped forward and hugged him. Teddiursa just stood there for a minute, long after Hyp released his happy hug, and gave a small smile.
"There's that smile," Dante said, "Now… where's your mother, little guy? She's probably worried sick about you."
Dante regretted saying that the moment it escaped his mouth. At the mention of the "m" word, the Teddiursa showed its true colors by sitting down, looking at Dante with tears in his eyes, and crying as loud as possible. "Awww, don't cry little buddy!" He boy said, picking up the Teddiursa in his arms. "Come on, just calm down…." Then he remembered what his mother did to calm him down as a baby. He swung Teddiursa side to side and sang quietly, "I try to picture the girl, through a looking glass, and see her as a carbon atom,"
Teddiursa began to stop crying, turning to sniffling with tears ready to return. "See her eyes and stare back at them, see that girl, as her own new world, though her home is on the surface she is still a universe." Dante noticed that Teddiursa was calmed down, but when he tried to stop, both Hyp and the Teddiursa were tearing up, as if an ultimatum: keep singing or we wake everyone up.
'Well if I have an audience, I might as well sing..' "Glory god oh god is peekin through the blinds, are we all here standing naked, takin guesses, at the actual date and time. Oh my, justifiyin reasons why, its an absolutely insane resolution to live by; live high, live mighty, ohhh live righteously, takin' it easy; live hiiiigh, live miiighty, oh live righteously…"
Dante was about to start the next verse when he realized the little Pokémon were fast asleep. 'as adorable as this is, I better head to the room I rented.' As he went into his room, which had a desk, two bunk beds, and a bathroom, he placed Hyp and Teddiursa on the bottom bunk of one of the beds, as he slept on the top bunk. This was something Dante always did with bunk beds, as he liked the idea of sleeping a couple feet higher then his normal bed. As his eyes began to droop, he was wondering what to do with this strange Teddiursa, after helping him with any problem of course.
The next day he was awoken with the air knocked from his stomach. As he opened his eyes, he sees Hyp bouncing on his stomach and Teddiursa sitting on the bunk below him. "Alright, Hyp, I'm up, I'm up. Mornin' Teddiursa." The Little bear nodded its head curtly with a small smile. "Hey, Teddiursa, can I ask you something?" Dante asked, as it looked up and nodded its head. Dante jumped down with Hyp on his back, and said, "You mind if I give you a name? I mean, you're so unique already, I might as well make a unique name." The little Pokémon thought for a second, then looked at Dante with a determined look in its eyes and nodded his head. "Well alright! Now… let's think… Cubby?" A tick mark appeared on its head. "naw.. Lunar?" A shake of the head. "Umm… oh oh, how about Ursus?" The Little bear perked up and childishly laughed and nodded at that. "So it's settled then," said Dante, "Your new name is Ursus!
The newly named Ursus jumped for Joy and hugged his new friends. "Well Ursus, as fun as this is, its time we got serious… Now don't cry when I say this, but I need you to take me to your mother all right, I want to make sure that she is okay, and I know that you do." Ursus began to tear up, but then shook the tears from his eyes and put on a determined look, nodding his head as he climbed onto Dante's shoulders, Hyp walking along side. " Alright then, it seems we got ourselves a Mama hunt."
After leaving the Pokémon center, Dante, with Hyp and his new companion Ursus, went on a search for Ursus's mother who is apparently MIA. As Ursus was directing Dante where to go based on smell, he was lead deep into the woods, and into a strange patch of the woods with fewer yet larger trees. Ursus stopped them, and then hid in a bush. Dante was about to ask why, but Ursus put a paw over his mouth and pointed into a small clearing. What he saw disturbed him to his very core.
An Ursaring, which could only be Ursus' mother, was in a small cage, barely allowing it to stand. Whenever it tried to break free; a collar around its neck shocked it. The Ursaring, like Ursus, was unique as well. Its claws, instead of a normal white, were black as coal, as was the ring on her abdomen. Looking back at Ursus, he noticed the little bear's claws were slightly gray, but the next thing that happened was even more shocking. The Houndour from earlier walked into the clearing, the larger one picking up the rear, or so he thought. Then he noticed it…
It was a Houndoom. Taller and leaner then a Houndour, with two curved horns, a strange skull shaped emblem on its chest, and a pointed tail. It barked loudly, giving orders to the other Houndour to, what it looked like, guard the Ursaring. Dante took out his Pokédex and looked up Houndoom. Knowing he would be caught, he turned voice mode off and read it in his head. 'Houndoom: the Dark Pokémon. The fire it breathes from its mouth is caused by dangerous toxins burning within its body. Wounds from this flame will burn forever. Note to self, do not get burned.' Ursus was prepared to jump out and go for his mother, but Dante held him back, whispering "Ursus, not yet. Someone's pulling the strings using that Houndoom, we need to have a plan first."
It didn't take Dante very long to find out who was the puppetmaster. A man in his late twenties walked into clearing, petting the Houndoom on the head. He was about 6'6", dwarfing dante by a good 9 inches. He had slightly tanned skin and short crew cut blonde hair. He was decked out in a black shirt and a Dark red military jacket, the sleeves ripped off to show his somewhat bulging muscles. He had blood red and black pants; with black combat boots that appeared to be steel toed. His face had menacing features, but what surprised Dante were his eyes. They were a dark red, cold and unfeeling. Then he realized he'd been spotted.
"I know you're there," the man said in a heavy Australian accent, "And if you don't come out willinly, ol' Brimstone here'll flush ya out." Gesturing to the Houndoom, it started building up a flame. Dante told Ursus to sneak around and free his mom, and he and Hyp walked out of the bush. "What? Just a snot-nosed little brat? Huh, not worth my time."
As he said that, one of the Houndour growled menacingly at Dante, who looked at its ear and smirked. "I'm sorry, weren't you the one I threw into a tree yesterday? Oh my god, you are! Now what should I call you… Oh, how about barky, cause you'll never forget how that tree felt will you?" The Houndour was almost foaming at the mouth with rage, and jumped at Dante, readying a powerful Fire Fang. Again, Dante grabbed it by the throat, spun 360 and threw it into the crowd of others defending the Ursaring cage. As Brimstone was about ready to set fire to the forest, he was hit in the head with a large rock. As he turned, he noticed Ursus with another one ready to throw.
The man turned to Ursus and recognized him immediately, "There's my quarry. I've been lookin' for you ya little pain in the arse. Boss expressed great interest in such rare specimens as you." he smirked, "He only needed one, but hey I'm certain ta get a bonus for the complete set, don'tcha think?"
"Back off Aussie boy! I'm not letting you take Ursus or his mother!" Dante said, "Hyp, Water Gun, full power!" Hyp breathed in deep and shot another gigantic stream of water at the man, but It was blocked by a powerful Flamethrower from the man's Houndoom. This collision created a dense mist that clouded the vision of everyone there. Dante took the initiative to move towards the cage with Ursaring in it, using the bear's yelling to locate her. Before getting there however, he was tackled to the ground by a group of Houndour, while the poacher yelled, "Brimstone, use Defog, I can't see a damn thing!" As Brimstone spun his devil-like tail like a propeller, the mist lifted and when Dante could see clearly again, he knocked the Houndour off him and vaulted up to his feet. To his surprise, he found Ursus knocked unconscious in a smaller version of his mother's cage, and Hyp being held in the mouth of Barky.
"You don't know who you're dealin' with do ya ya little blighter? The name's Damian Struction, however you, for as long as I'm letting you live, can call me D Struct."
"I don't care if your name is Jackoff McJackass, You're not taking them away! Hyp, Tail whip!" The little Pokémon smacked Barky in the snout with its tail, making it wine in surprise and release him. "Now Water Gun!" In Midair, Hyp fired another Giant blast of water, blasting barky and the other Houndour far off through the clearing. glared at dante and charged him, dante passing to the side and tripping him. Dante managed to run to Ursus' cage while Struct was trying to get up.
Dante just managed to get Ursus out and wake him when he was hit in the back by an ember attack by brimstone. He could feel the horrible burning sensation through the back of his shirt as it set his skin aflame. "Agh!" with that yelp of pain, Ursus growled and busted his mother's cage open with a powerful Dynamicpunch. Mama Ursaring then ripped the collar off and blasted Brimstone with a Hyper Beam.
was beside himself. One of his best catches, and a stupid teenager and his little lizard ruined the whole thing. As he returned Brimstone to his Pokéball, he yelled, "Damnit! I won't forget this you little shit! I'll get you for this!" He then threw a smoke grenade at the ground and made his escape.
"Get back here!" Dante yelled, but he could not take the pain of the burn and passed out, the last thing he saw was Mama Ursaring over him.
"Ugh… my head…" When Dante came too, he was in what seemed like the room he rented. He went to get up and hit his head, finding out he was on the bottom bunk. Falling back he cried "owwwwwwwowowowoooow," which alerted a certain little water Pokémon to his presence. Hyp jumped up and into Dante's arms. "Hyp! You're okay!" Dante said, snuggling his only Pokémon.
"You were out for a while young man." This came from Nurse Joy, who came into the room to check on him. "When you were brought in with such bad burns on your back, not to mention brought in by a mother Ursaring and cub no less, I was surprised to say the least. Now, your back is basically healed, but you'll ache there for a long time after today. Though how you got hit in the by a Houndoom's fire is beyond me."
"Its… a really long story." Nurse Joy understood from that single sentence. Suddenly, Dante realized something. "Wait, Nurse Joy, you said something about an Ursaring and her cub? Where are they?"
"Actually, I think that they are still sleeping right outside. They stayed after you got checked in."
At this, Dante jumped up and ran outside, not caring that his back still ached slightly. As soon as he got out the door his new friend Ursus tackled him to the ground. "Hey little buddy," he said as he spun Ursus around in the air, "You miss me?" Suddenly he felt a familiar set of teeth on his head, only lighter then last time. "Hi to you too Hyp. Good to see you as well my friend." Hyp jumped off and then he and Ursus ran off to play together. Hearing the happiness from her cub, Mama Ursaring woke up and plodded over to dante on all fours, before standing up on its hind legs and examining Dante closely. "Well Mama Ursaring, if you don't mind me calling you that, this was an interesting time. I stopped a poacher, learned some of my Pokémon's moves, and hit in the back with a flamethrower, all within the first couple days of my journey. Though there is something I would like to ask you."
Understanding, she nodded her head and was ready to hear him out. "Ursus and I seem to work well together, and just look at how much fun he's having with Hyp," he said, motioning towards the two playing together, "That is why, with your permission, I'd like to take Ursus with me on my journey. I promise to come back and visit. Though I ask your permission, it seems to me it's more Ursus' choice then anyone else's." Mama Ursaring looked angry for a second, then calmed down and walked over to Ursus. After what Dante could see as explaining the situation to Ursus, he looked torn between his mother and his new friend.
Dante walked up to the little bear and said, "Well Ursus, your choice. I understand if you wanna stay with your mother, it's fine by m-" Dante never got the chance to finish his sentence as Ursus jumped up and hugged him. "Well, I guess that's a yes for me. Now Ursus, I'm gonna have to catch you, is that okay?" Dante said, pulling out a Pokéball. Ursus nodded happily and Dante tapped it against his head, pulling him inside. It shook a couple times, then beeped and became prone.
"Capture succeeded, come on out Ursus!" As Dante let Ursus out, it ran over and hugged its mother. "Don't worry buddy, we'll come back and see your mother, but we have to go." Ursus with small tears in his eyes leaves his mother behind to start a new journey with Hyp and Dante. As his mother waved goodbye, Dante, Hyp, and their new companion Ursus start on their way to Cherrygrove city, the next stop on the way to Violet City and the first Pokémon Gym.
AN: Well, there we go. The back thing will be mentioned again, don't worry bout that. As for , I owe help with the idea from my ex Sarah and my Bro Generic Zero. Check him out people, his latest masterpiece is an Infinite Stratos Fic called Inevitability. You must read, I tell you this. Until next time, this is the S Meister. Later!
