We all ran over the bridge and past the bases, including our own. As we kept on going, I began to think about my attitude. I would have never gotten that aggressive before in my life before I heard Jirachi in my head and met my brothers for the first time. But after that, it seemed my patience was starting to shorten. Was this because I met them and crossed over into another dimension? Or was this a certain Pokémon trait that causes me to get aggressive?
However, I kind of got the idea that although I demanding that somebody should go save this baby, I was a bit clueless on where these woods were. But thanks to the alibi of success, I decided to use that, so Batsu wouldn't think I was stupid or something.
"Hey, I don't remember this area all too well, so can you tell me where the Tiny Woods are?" I asked.
"Tiny Woods is actually right past the West Rescue bases as you leave Pokémon Square," Sasuke said as we continued to run.
"It's not known for having the strongest Pokémon live there, so rescuing Caterpie shouldn't be a problem," Batsu said, "Yet, we still should try to remain calm and expect anything."
I didn't know how I was going to help, considering I didn't have any training. However, some people learn by experience. Maybe if I tried to fight and got used to it, I could learn.
"Okay, so we're looking for this so-called fissure that Caterpie had fallen into," Naruto said.
We continued until we got into the woods. We kept hurrying to search for this place. Sasuke then turned his head to Batsu.
"Batsu, try to see if you can use your aura to find anything near that fissure," he told him.
Immediately, Batsu closed his eyes and started to focus his aura into finding the location. As we ran through the grass, dodging tree branches, and carefully watching for roots to not trip over them, he kept searching for it. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked at Sasuke.
"There's a large energy pressure coming over from the right! Follow me!" he said as he started to run towards the right.
Thus, my brothers and I followed Batsu through the forest. Although he had some weird attitude, he was an amazing sensor-using and talented fighting Pokémon. I had to admit; he was really good. Suddenly, I realized that there was a clearing out in front of us. Suddenly, my eyes widened to the huge gaping hole in the forest floor. We stopped right at it, as it was examined everybody but me. Batsu used his aura to scan the area for any other Pokémon. Sasuke picked up several dirt clouds and rocks, while Naruto started to try to pick up a scent.
Naruto sniffed the area and said while doing it, "This wasn't any kind of attack, Sasuke; there are no scents of any type of Pokémon techniques here."
Batsu knelt down and examined the hole while saying, "It must be from a simple natural disaster."
Sasuke nodded and looked down the hole. He examined the height and depth of the fissure, before standing up and addressing us. We watched patiently as he calmly looked at us and cleared his throat.
"All right," he said, "Here's what we're going to do. We're going to go down there immediately and go after Caterpie. Now here's the details. You are all to stay close. Do not go wandering off by yourself. Despite these Pokémon are not as strong as us, you can't be too careful on this."
He then showed up a brown bag and continued, "Some of the Pokémon in this area are Poison-types. Therefore, in this bag we have several Pecha berries that will cure of if you get poisoned. If you at all become weak, your vision gets blurry, or anything feels wrong, grab a berry and eat it. The Oran berries are only if you get tired or hurt. If we run out of berries, then let Batsu take care of you."
"Huh? Why?" I asked.
"He has the ability to use aura so it can heal others," Naruto said, "That allows any health to be recovered or for any status ailments you receive to be immediately erased."
Wow…. So not only is this Batsu a great fighter and possess good sensor abilities, but now he's a medical expert? I was starting to get more and more impressed of him. He kept his cool. He had a good attitude. He was… scanning the area behind us? I turned to see him slowly motion Sasuke over to him.
"There's somebody in this area close by with us," he told my brother.
Sasuke immediately nodded over to Naruto. The puppy soon ran over and then got in front of me for my protection. I blinked in shock; was this going to be my first fight ever? I started to feel sick as I got extremely excited. Batsu then slowly started to scan the area around until he finally stopped. He then pointed with his paw to a certain bush.
"In that bush!" he yelled.
With that, Sasuke, out of nowhere, fired a huge Water Pulse attack at the bush. As it drew closer, I heard a scream and then a figure jumped out of the bush and landed near it. As the bush got soaked, we noticed that King was panting and breathing on the ground, staring at his hiding space!
"W-Wha? King!" Naruto yelled.
As King looked over at us, Sasuke said, "What in the world are you doing, King? You almost got serious hurt!"
King tried to act tough as he smirked, brushed himself off after standing, and said, "Heh, I'm coming along with you, whether you like it or not. This mission wouldn't succeed without me."
Batsu folded his arms and said, "You are not allowed to accompany us. You were not assigned to the mission, and therefore can get into serious trouble if you try to follow us."
"Oh, come on!" King said in an unbelieving tone of voice, "You honestly are not gonna let me come on a mission to save a child? I mean, that Pikachu can't even fight!"
My eyes showed a look of being unimpressed. Oh my word, was he still on my case on trying to fight me? This guy really was a bully. I blinked and rolled my eyes.
"Listen, although it's not really alright to let him join without the Elder's authority," Sasuke said, ignoring the insult about me, "fire attacks will be really good against the poison Pokémon we meet. Alright, King, you can join."
The Charmeleon smirked and grinned as he advanced nearer to the hole. He glanced over at me with a grin as he nodded. I was feeling a bit nervous with King now being on the team; I mean, he was the one who threw and smashed a rock on my head. He tried to run me out of town and then even pick a fight with me behind the backs of my brothers. I was a bit cautious even being close to me. But hey; if Sasuke decides to have him, then okay.
"Hey, keep an eye on me. I'll teach a few things about fighting, pipsqueak," King teased me and grinned more.
As I let out a sigh of discomfort, Naruto gave a bit of a growl, which King did as well. Considering I didn't want them to fight at all, I slowly petted the back of my brother. I suddenly saw his tail wag and him back off as he backed up and snuggled into my side. I giggled as he smiled and nuzzled into my waist. While that happened, Sasuke approached King and retold the rules. After we and Batsu waited for a while, finally Sasuke turned to us.
"Alright, remember to stay close at all times," Sasuke instructed, "We are called a TEAM for a reason, so although you're not used to each other, you gotta work together."
There was a slight hesitation from King, but all of us eventually nodded. With that, Sasuke smiled and turned to the hole.
"All right; let's get down there," he said as he grabbed the bag and jumped into the hole.
I was kind of got nervous as I looked at that hole. It was pretty huge and I was a bit fearful of getting hurt going down the hole and landing. However, it was apparent that King had seen my face with nervousness written all over it. He chuckled as he spoke.
"Hey, listen," he said to me, "If you can't even go down a hole, you should stay up here. You'll get scared and pee yourself if we get into a fight."
With that, he jumped into the hole after Sasuke. After he was out of the range of hearing, I did the baby-version of his sentence, where you go "Nyah", "Nyee," and "Blah." I made Naruto giggle at me for being silly. But considering we had a job to do, he placed one of his paws on me to tell me to go. With Batsu closing his eyes at me and jumping in, I followed with Naruto behind me. I felt a little scared, falling into the dark where I couldn't see. But as I landed, it was okay, being able to see the three that went before us.
As we all landed together, Sasuke looked around. He began to look worried as he looked around and began to fear.
"Uh-oh," he said, still looking around, "Caterpie isn't here…"
I widened my eyes and joined everyone in looking around. But to no avail. There was no Caterpie whatsoever around us. We then looked to Sasuke.
"Well," he said to Batsu, "can you find him?"
Batsu then quickly closed his eyes and scanned the area. We waited as he started to feel a bit uncomforting. He looked at Sasuke and talked.
"His aura isn't around here anywhere," Batsu said, "but he is alive. I can tell by the traces of the aura left behind he wasn't hurt."
"Remember what Butterfree said?" Naruto reminded, "When she tried to get Caterpie, the wild Pokémon attacked, preventing her entrance."
"Which means the little child got scared," King said annoyed and looked down the only dark pathway, "and thought the smartest idea would be to run into the more stronger and scarier-infested Pokémon areas…"
Sasuke sighed and said to King, "Give him a break, King; he's a baby and was completely scared by this assault. Then again, you're right. He's trapped and needs our help. So, everybody… get everything out of the way and focus on rescuing that Caterpie!"
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