And here is chapter three, uploaded right alongside chapter two. R&R!
"Okay!" Yvette excitedly exclaimed. "Let's find those Sentret!"
"Wait." Yvette and Xavier turned around to see Zachary looking at them. "Shouldn't we first stock up on apples? I mean, if we get hungry then we're…dead."
"Yeah, Zachary's right," Xavier added, finding his courage to finally speak up. "So are there any shops nearby to buy some stuff?"
Yvette rolled her eyes. "Duh! Come on, let's get a move."
They had absolutely no trouble climbing down the stairs. Xavier almost grimaced at the thought of climbing up those countless stairs once again when they returned.
They finally reached Gem town. Yvette was full of excitement, and she directed them to the Kecleon Shop to buy everything they needed. The shop wasn't large, but quite big. A huge crate of apples were in sight of them, and glowing orbs with white aura spiraling inside them were placed in another. Xavier narrowed his eyes at the sight of circular discs the size of his head stuck to bands. They seemed to have a different color to each of them and each emanated a different feeling. The closest disc to him gave him spooky chills and unnerved him.
"Oh, fascinated at my stock of TMs, eh, boy?" a rough voice said.
At the sound of TMs, Xavier whipped towards the source of the sound and saw a purple Kecleon grinning at him. He found it weird that there were TMs in this world too.
"Yep." The Kecleon folded his arms and gave him a wink. "I alternate my stock every week, but now I've got Calm Mind, Protect, Shadow Ball and Substitute."
"Uh, I don't think we have enough money to buy any TMs," the Croagunk nervously said, "but do you have any food items?"
"Sure! Here we have apples, Aspear berries and a load of Sitrus berries." The other Kecleon, who was green, pulled out a crate of sweet smelling berries from underneath.
"I think we should buy Sitrus berries. They'll help a lot if we're ambushed by other pokémon," Xavier voiced his opinion.
"Yeah, Xavier," Zachary said with a smile. He then turned to the two Kecleon. "So we'll take…six? Yes, six Sitrus berries…and a few apples, in case we get hungry." The Kecleon handed him a pouch of Sitrus berries and a bunch of apples and Zachary paid him around eighty P.
"We hope to see you again!" the two Kecleon said in unison as the group set off.
"Oi, walk faster!" Xavier gasped as Yvette dragged the two southwest, gaining speed as every second passed. They passed through small water bodies, strips of dry grass and grassy patches of land until they reached their destination in no less than an hour.
"Phew!" Xavier wiped the sweat off his forehead as Zachary sighed in relief. "That was quicker than I expected. I thought that we would take another half an hour to get here, since it's pretty far from the guild," Zachary said.
"We're here, aren't we?" Yvette smirked. "Let's go!"
They then started to stroll deeper into the forest. It was dense, with lush trees and foliage present in the forest. Every leaf, bush, tree or any kind of foliage was a shade of pink, earning its name rightfully as Razzmatazz Forest. Several berries hung on trees, but they were too high for anyone from the group to pluck. They had to manage with the berries they had now.
"Whoever come in our way, they're gonna get burned by my Ember!" Yvette exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah," Zachary dismissed. "That's the only powerful move you have right now."
Yvette whipped around and smirked at Zachary. "You just wait till I learn Flamethrower. I'll roast you, and then let's talk!"
"Whatever." Zachary then turned towards Xavier. "So, Xavier…What moves do you have?"
"Huh?" His eyes widened. "M-Moves…?"
"Yeah, for instance, I've got Ember, Quick Attack, Growl and Low Kick," Yvette said.
"And I've got Astonish, Mud Slap, Cross Chop and Poison Sting! My dad was a Machamp, so I inherited his Cross Chop specialty," the Croagunk added. "So, what moves do you have?"
"Uh…" Xavier looked at the ground. "I don't…know…"
"…This can't be good," Yvette annoyingly muttered.
"Well, we can always help you figure them out!" Zachary smilingly remarked. "Now, let's go and rescue those Sentret."
Xavier embarrassedly nodded. How could he figure out his moves? He wasn't getting accustomed to this world. He simply wanted to go back to his world!
"Yeah!" Yvette jumped in the air, her pink bow still pinned to the right portion of her forehead. "Let's go and—Whoa!"
The Torchic hopped back as a Paras landed on the ground, rhythmically snapping his claws. He winced at the sight of three pokémon in front of him and immediately gave out a cry before saying, "Alert! Our territory has been invaded! My friends, strike them!"
"What—no! We haven't invaded your territory! We were just walking down—" but Xavier's explanations were cut off.
"Xavier, these are wild pokémon. They won't listen to us," Zachary said as he grew a serious expression on his face and took a battle stance.
At the sound of the Paras' cries, three more pokémon came down: two Butterfree and a Pidgeotto. They all had a wild expression on their faces and growled madly at the trio.
"Attack!" Yvette announced. She immediately jumped in the air and spewed a blanket of flames at a Butterfree, knocking her down to the ground and charring her fur. The bug element got up and flew at Yvette, biting her wing and the Torchic shrieked in pain. A final Ember then made the Butterfree unconscious and left only three wild pokémon to beat.
"Take this, you fiends!" Xavier saw Zachary scoop mud from the ground and forcefully throw it at the other Butterfree, slamming into his face and sending him a few feet back as he struggled to dust the remaining mud from his compound eyes. Zachary's fingers then grew a tad bit longer, glowed purple and turned pointier than before. He then stabbed the unaware Butterfree with his fingers and knocked him out too.
"Gaaah!" Xavier flew back as a powerful wind knocked into him. He groaned as he continued to feel the pain, and his eyes widened in fear as the wild Pidgeotto rammed into Xavier and pushed him back even further.
"Bwahahaha! That should teach you not to mess with us!" the Pidgeotto remarked. "Don't you dare enter our territory AG—Gaaah!"
Xavier crawled back in fear as crackling embers struck the avian pokémon's left wing, sending him screeching in pain. He then saw Zachary performing another Poison Sting before Yvette finally spewed another Ember at him, sending him out of his consciousness.
"Xavier! Are you crazy?" Yvette questioned with a glare. "Don't you know that we were in trouble? You could've at least performed an attack!"
"Now, Yvette. Don't be so harsh on him. He probably hasn't even been in a proper battle yet," Zachary calmed.
"Uh…What do we do to that dumb Paras over there?"
Xavier turned and saw the Paras trembling in fear at the previous massacre, according to him. He flinched as all three of them took a step towards him. "I-I didn't know! You can enter our territory whenever you want!" And he scurried away at that note.
"So much for being friends," Yvette sarcastically said. They decided to shrug it off and walked ahead after Yvette weakly kicked the fallen Pidgeotto.
Half an hour passed since they last defeated a pokémon. Xavier had finally discovered two of his moves, Quick Attack and Leer, and the latter was only possible because his enemy was a timid Joltik and he had no problem leering at her. Her companions, a Flabébé and a Rattata, we no match for the group and were knocked out easily. Xavier wiped the sweat off his head as he munched into another apple.
He finally realized that he hadn't eaten anything since morning. Zachary was happy to give his share of apples to him and Yvette reluctantly gave it to him, but out of sheer force by the Croagunk. There were now only two apples left, and despite how hungry Xavier would get later he would leave it for his other two companions.
"I can see something…" Yvette narrowed her eyes. "I think it's the Sentret!" They walked closer and the slight fog cleared out. Yvette chirped at that. "Yep, it's the Sentret!"
The three Sentret were as they would normally look, but were significantly thinner than normal Sentret. Their faces were pale and they were covered with dust and dirt, while a scar was seen on the belly of the center Sentret. They looked like they were about to pass out, and they immediately smiled at the sight of the trio as if they had just seen an oasis in a desert.
Their smile soon turned into frowns and then expressions of fear, and they gasped as they soon came a bit closer. "No! Don't come near us!"
Xavier furrowed his brow. "Why, what's wrong? We're here to save you!"
"N-No!" the one on the right shouted. "You'll get caught like the others!"
"What do you mean, 'caught'?" Xavier asked. He started to feel suspicious. And then his question was answered.
Suddenly, he felt himself being lifted in the air, and he turned and gasped to see the same thing happen to their friends. They were all covered in a pink aura, and were then brought together until they were caught in a psi net.
"Heeheehee!" a voice cackled. Xavier managed to turn and see a group of three walking towards them. One of them was surrounded by a similar aura like him, and they finally stepped out of the darkness to reveal themselves – a Kirlia, a Snover and a Kadabra. They all had a funny expression on their faces and looked like they were about to rip the innards out of the Sentret.
"Well done, Bajula!" the Kirlia said in a sadistic tone. "We've got another treat coming!"
"Shh…" the Kadabra replied, and Xavier understood that the compliment was headed to him. "Don't distract me from my conversation. Don't want me to lose us of our treat, don't you, Elsa?"
The Snover shuddered at a thought. He then grinned evilly and looked at his two friends. "Are you two ready to feast, my friends?"
"Of course!" the Kirlia exclaimed. She then laughed. "I can't believe that that people are coming to find those buffoons! We'll get a never-ending supply of food like this!"
"Eww!" Yvette remarked in a disgusted tone. "How can you idiots do this?! That's disgusting!"
"Hey! When you gotta eat, you gotta eat," the Snover reasoned.
It then struck Xavier. What the fuck?! These pokémon are cannibals!
"Think it's disgusting, don't ya?" the Snover asked upon seeing Xavier's disgusted expression. "But when you've hit rock bottom and don't have money or food with ya, you gotta give into this lifestyle."
"Keep quiet, Samson," Bajula, the Kadabra, shushed. "I'm going to kill them with Shock Wave now."
"Yeah, that's the way, Bajula!" Samson exclaimed in excitement. "You're the boss!"
"Say 'Goodbye World', kids," Bajula said, and he let out a burst of electricity that headed their way as he smiled sadistically.
So here's the thing - pokemon are not going to eat other pokemon. It's going to be like the games. They'll be eating apples, or berries, but NOT pokemon. That's in Xavier's world.
So, I took the name Bajula from Duel Masters, which was basically my favourite card game when I was a kid. I used to play it forever, I'm telling you! I still have loads of those cards left over, but I don't play with them any more.
Goodbye childhood, hello exams!
As always, tell me what you guys think about this chapter. I'm probably going to upload the next chapter by...Tuesday! Yes, Tuesday is the day.
Kay bye guys!