And alas, my urge of writing a new story has gotten the best of me yet again! I know, I have a lot of stories already as it is, even with the ones who only have one chapter, but I can't help to make another one, with Venom Ga Kill and Tales of the Investigation Team on the way.
And if you're wondering what's this is, this is a crossover story between Pokémon and The Rising of Shield Hero called "The Dragon of the Shield".
Now it's very unusual to see such a combination, but I believe it'll work out just fine.
With that said, Let's get start it!
The Dragon of the Shield
by BlueRaptor629
Chapter 1: Arrival
It was a sunny and beautiful day in the Kalos Region, one of the many regions in the Pokémon World. There were three borders that make up the region. They are Central Kalos, Coastal Kalos, and Mountain Kalos. And like many regions in this world, living inside said borders were creatures known as Pokémon, who have existed since ancient times. And people there have learnt to coexist with these wonderful yet bizarre creatures. And as such, peace was established between people and Pokémon.
Three months ago, however, A crisis occurred there by a criminal organization called Team Flare. They only had one purpose: A mass genocide on those who are not affiliated with them, using an ancient weapon, for the sake of "reverting the world back to its beautiful state". Fortunately, their attempt has been thwarted and peace has been restored to the region.
Inside of a fashion boutique, in Lumiose City, a young man is currently living in the store. He is a tall, lean young man with dark brown hair with a yellow streak in asymmetrical cut hairstyles. He wears a black shirt with blue stripes and red shorts. This is Tyler Bryant, a promising young man who was responsible for stopping Team Flare. He will play a role that will be placed to him in the future. Though… It appeared that Tyler was sleeping at the moment.
Unfortunately, that will come to an end as a Pokémon manages to get inside his room before it lands on top of his bed. It is a parakeet-like Pokémon with a black head that is shaped like an eighth note and a matching tail that resembles a metronome. The Pokémon is brightly colored with blue wings, a yellow chest and feet, a green stomach, a set of black eyes, and a pink, hooked beak and eyelids it also has ruff of white feathers around its neck. This is a Chatot, a Pokémon who is able to imitate human speech as well as other Pokémon's cries.
"Gawk! Wakey-wakey, Stupid Tyler. Gawk!" The bird Pokémon said as the sleeping Tyler response by ignoring the by turning to the left. This made the Music Note Pokémon a bit irritated as it marched through and stop near his face. "Stupid Tyler! Gawk! Get up already!" Chatot said again but louder.
"Go away, you stinkin' chatterbox." Tyler said but with eyes closed as he went back to sleep.
Unfortunately, a vein appeared on Chatot's head as the Pokémon's beak glowed white before doing the worst wake up call possible… a Peck to the face.
"OWWWW!" The young man said as he felt the pain from the move, causing him to jump off the bed and fall on his backside while opening his cyan eyes. "Damn it, you damn chatterbox… it's always a Peck to the face with you."
"You won't wake up. Gawk!" Chatot said before puffing its chest proudly. "You should be thanking me, stupid Tyler."
"Would you shut up already!" Tyler said angrily before he lunged towards the Music Note Pokémon, but it dodges as Tyler hits the ground instead.
"Gawk! Too slow, too slow. Gawk!" Chatot said as it flew out of the room through the door.
"Damn bird…" Tyler muttered as he stood up.
"Tyler! Are you awake?" A voice belonging to a woman can be heard in Tyler's room.
"Yeah yeah. I'm up, Mom." Tyler said while scratching the back of his hair. He then switches his sleepwear with everyday clothes. black motorcycle jacket with red shirt underneath it, a Mega Ring on his right wrist, dark blue trousers, and black combat boots. Then, he left his room before going downstairs.
It doesn't take him long to enter the dining room. Tyler sees a woman with the same eye color as him setting the food on the table. She has long, blonde hair that she tied into a side updo hairstyle. She wears a black blazer over a white, formal long-sleeved shirt with the blazer unbuttoned. She wears black trousers and matching high heels. Chatot descended from above as it perched on her right shoulder, followed by another Pokémon appearing besides her. It is a slender, purple feline Pokémon speckled with yellow rosettes. It has a pink "mask" marking over its eyes, a pink nose, and small yellow markings over its green eyes. It has two pairs of long yellow whiskers, and a tufted yellow underside. Its lower legs are yellow and have a long, curving tail with a sickle-like shape toward the tip. This is Liepard. Much like Chatot, she's one of Meilani's Pokémon.
"Mom, can you NOT ask Chatot to wake me up every goddamn time?" Tyler said to his mother.
"If you woke up sooner, then I wouldn't." She replied. This is Meilani Bryant. She runs the fashion boutique which is also their home. In the past, she was once the Kalos Queen, a title from a female exclusive competition called "Pokémon Showcase".
"You do know that I'm not a morning person, right?" Tyler asked.
"I'm fully aware of that, dear." Meilani said. "But you need to learn to wake up early. You know what they say, "The early Pidgey catches the Caterpie"."
"I guess you're right about that one…" Tyler replied as he sat on one of the chairs. He then starts to eat the breakfast that lasts for several minutes.
Just as he was about to finish, Meilani spoke up.
"Tyler, when will you get yourself another girl?" Meilani said as the two last words made Tyler froze up as he dropped the spoon he was holding to the table.
The young man then sighed.
"This again?" Tyler said. "I thought we're done talking about this. So why did you bring this up again?"
"It's just that… you look a little lonely even after saving Kalos." Tyler said. "I thought I could help you in some way."
Tyler contemplated his mother's words before talking again.
"It's okay, Mom. I'm fine." Tyler answered. "And I'm not lonely either. I still have my Pokémon with me."
"There's no denying that, Tyler." Meilani said. "But you might need someone to look after you."
"But what if-"
"You won't know until you try, Tyler!" Meilani interrupted, causing the young man to stop. "What happened that day wasn't your fault. So please…" She then leaned closer towards her son. "Try. If you keep running away from this, then when? You only get to live once."
Tyler could only sigh in defeat.
"I get it, Mom." Tyler said. "I guess I'll give it a go… but only for this one time."
"That's all I need to hear." Meilani said with a sweet smile as they finished their meal.
Then after breakfast, Tyler packed his things into his backpack before leaving… though he's only in the front door.
"Mom, I'm going out now!"
"Be careful out there, dear! Call me once in a while when you're at the Pokémon Center." Meilani said.
"I will. Bye!" Tyler said before he left the boutique/home.
After that, Tyler walks through North Boulevard as he is currently looking for a certain store.
"Now where's that new bookstore I heard about?" Tyler said as he looked around the area. Luckily, it didn't take him long to find it. "Welp, there it is." He said as he began to make his way towards it.
Once he entered the store, he was surprised that the store was bigger on the inside. Luckily, he's the first person who entered it, so there aren't a lot of people in the book store.
"Now from what I've heard from Trevor, there should be a book that should cure my problem." He said as he started walking further inside while looking around the store.
(30 minutes later)
"Damn it! I can't find it!" Tyler complained impatiently. It's understandable because he has been searching high and low for the book that he needed for a half of an hour. And so far, no like on his end.
"Where is it? Where's that damn book?" Tyler asked himself as he was slightly frustrated. "Trevor specifically told me that it's right here." He said as he scratched the back of his head in frustration as before sighing once more.
"I know they're trying to help and all but this is so... goddamn hard!" Tyler said as he put his hand down. "Well, this is a waste of time. I should look for it on Anistar… City." Tyler said before he laid his eyes on a particular book, one that is different from the rest. "Hello, what do we have here?" He muttered as he reached out for the book before taking a closer look. The book has a picture of four weapons. They are a sword, a spear, a bow, and a shield. Each has a gem attached to it.
""The Four Cardinal Heroes"." Tyler said as he read the title aloud. "Huh. An interesting title for a novel. And with the title alone, I'm guessing it's a fiction one." He said as he was just about to open it, a portal suddenly opened up above him.
"That's not a good sign." Tyler commented before he found himself getting stuck to the portal. "Damnit! Me and big mouuuuuuuuth!" Once he was sucked to the portal, it disappeared as if nothing happened.
The question is... where did the portal take him?
(Somewhere, ?)
Tyler groaned as he slowly regained consciousness.
"The hell happened...?" He muttered as he rubbed his head. Just as his eyes opened, he found himself staring at a rocky roof. "Where the eff is this?"
He then stood up and looked around him that appeared to be a part of a cavern. Or to be more precise, a mining cave.
"How did I end up here?" Tyler asked himself. "Did that crazy ass book do this-" He said before stopping himself. Why? Because what's on his hand isn't the book, it is a revovler with a gem that acts as it core or sort.
"Since when did I have this?" He asked himself before looking towards the environment around him.
He stopped as he heard a growl in the distance. "Alright, who's there?" Tyler said cautiously as he aimed the gun forward. Sure enough, what comes out of the shadow is a pack of unusual wolves with jet black fur, blue eyes, and it has chains floating around it. "Oh shit. Something tells me that you're no Pokémon."
Even more surprising was that he sees a health bar with the word "Enemy" on top of it and level 20 besides the aforementioned word. It's as if he's playing an RPG game only it's as if it's... real.
"Where the hell did I end up? An RPG game or something?" Tyler as he looks at the health bar. He then looked towards his own health bar and saw his own level. "Level 7? Wow, that's kinda dumb."
His attention shifted to the savage wolves as they growled at the Pokémon Trainer, preparing to attack. However, Tyler is the type to fight back, no matter the situation.
"You bastards wanna have a fight, eh?" Tyler said as he pulled out a Poké Ball from his jacket. "Well, you're on. Let's go, Hydreigon!" He said as he throws the said pokeball, releasing a blue energy that makes the wolves move backwards. As the energy disappeared, a menacing looking Pokémon stood... well, flew in its place. It is a three-headed, draconic Pokémon with six thin, black wings that each end in two points on its back. It has a fuchsia-colored collar on its neck which surrounds its head. The main head is dark blue and has black eyes with fuchsia pupils. Its two hands are also black and each one harbors a head; these are similarly blue with black eyes with small fuchsia collars on the inside. Its abdomen has two fuchsia stripes and its feet appear atrophied, having no claws or defined soles and two or three small toes. Its tail also sports a fuchsia stripe and ends with a black tuft. This is Hydreigon, who despite his terrifying exterior, is actually pretty laid back.
"Let's go bash some heads, bud!" Tyler said to his Pokémon.
"Yeah! Let's do that!" Hydreigon (the main head since the two heads on its arms have no brains) said, shocking Tyler.
"Holy shit! You can talk!?" Tyler asked the Brutal Pokémon. To him, the only few species of Pokémon who could talk like humans were Chatot and Slowking. Seeing another Pokémon do the same is surprising and almost unheard of.
"Well, this is new." Hydreigon commented as one of the wolves jumped on Tyler.
"Oh no you don't!" Tyler said as he shot the wolf down as it landed on the ground. It's just about to get up, but Tyler knew better to let these new kinds of enemies let up..
"Not done yet!" Tyler shouted as he shot the downed wolf several times, killing it in the process.
This, of course, made the savage wolf pack growled furiously.
"Oh. You mad now? Well, guess what? So am I!" Tyler said as he shot several wolves with the revolver but they aren't dead yet. One wolf manages to bite him in the leg.
"Gack! That hurts all right! But..." Tyler said as he punched the wolf before shooting it in the forehead once the former let go of the leg. "It's not enough!" He said before dodging and shooting another savage wolf.
"Save some for me! Hyper Voice!" Hydreigon said as all three heads screamed, creating a blue wave of energy that blew up the wolves' eardrums to the point that blood spurted from their ears. Tyler took advantage of this by aiming his gun at the stunned non-Pokemon.
"Boom! You're dead! Boom! You're dead!" Tyler said as he killed two savage wolves with headshots. He then saw a wolf trying to pounce, but Hydreigon killed it with a Dark Pulse. Just then more savage wolves appeared as reinforcements.
"Two can play that game." Tyler said as he dodged one of the wolves before pulling it another Poké Ball. "Come on out, Vivillon!" He said as another Pokémon came out from its Poké Ball. It is a butterfly-like Pokémon with dark purple and pink wings that have orange and red pixelated patterns on the forewings. Its thorax is an elliptical shape divided into three segments, each with a different shade of gray. Its legs are also elliptical which are black on the lower half and gray on the upper half. It has two black, circular hands and no visible arms. It has a round, grayish head with large, black, pixelated eyes and a pair of skinny antennae. This is Vivillon. It may look weak but never judge a Pokémon by appearance.
"Now use Hurricane!" Tyler commanded.
"One Hurricane coming right up!" Vivillon said as her wings glowed light blue before she flaps them, releasing a powerful gust of wind at the wolves that sent the wolves crashing towards the wall. While some managed to survive that, the others aren't so lucky.
Seeing this makes the wolves even more furious.
"These bastards just don't know when to give up." Tyler commented as he has grown tired of this.
"We should wrap this up, you guys." Vivillon whined. "We need to find out where we are, right?"
"Relax, Vivillon. We'll beat them all right." Hydreigon added before he turns to Tyler. "Right, Tyler?"
"Yeah." Tyler said as he, Hydreigon, and Vivillon charged towards the remaining savage wolf pack. Tyler headshots a wolf several times before dodging an attack from another which Hydreigon counters by firing three differently colored beams from his three heads. The beams then combine into a giant multi-colored energy dragon which chomps the opponent with its jaws, causing a large explosion. Just as another wolf landed in front of the Brutal Pokémon, Vivillon saves him by firing a streaky pink beam from its antenna at the savage wolf pack as multiple shapes appear around the beam, killing the wolf in the process.
"Well, that was a close one." Hydreigon said after he turned to Vivillon.
"You're welcome." Vivillon replied as they went back to assisting their Trainer in defeating the savage wolves.
(In a village not far from the cave)
A young man with a green cape has just arrived in a village. He has messy black hair and dark green eyes. Underneath his green cloak is a brown leather tunic over a black sleeve shirt. His scowls aside, he has a shield with a gem on the center of the shield. This was none other than Naofumi Iwatani, an otherworlder who holds the title of "Shield Hero", who was involved with an incident not too long ago.
He's not alone as with him was a little girl with animal features such as the dog-like ears on top of her head and a fluffy raccoon-like tail. She has light brown hair with pink eyes with ears and tail that matched her hair color. She wore a black and red tunic over a gray sleeved shirt that had lines on it and wore a pair of boots. She also had a pair of metal bracelets on her wrists and a metal collar on her neck. And she's also carrying a backpack. This is Raphtalia, a young demihuman girl who just became Naofumi's slave.
The demihuman is a race of people with animal features. In the case of Raphtalia, she is a raccoon dog demihuman. And people tended to catch them and were sold to slavery, something that was legal in the kingdom where they currently stay. Because no one was willing to join his party after the incident, Naofumi resorted to buy a slave, which is Raphtalia, from a local slave merchant in order to fight for him since thanks to his shield, he has low offensive powers.
And currently, the young man is currently standing in front of a merchant.
"How much?" The young man asked the merchant, who was holding the skin of a rabbit. It may look cruel but the rabbit is just as hostile as the wolves.
"I'd say... about 2 silvers. Give or take a copper." The man said.
"Really?" Naofumi said. Feeling the need to earn more money, he turned to the merchant again. "Hey, do you know a spot where we can earn more money?"
"Well now that you mentioned it..." The merchant said before pointing him towards a mine, not really far from where they are. "The ore coming out from that mine over there should fetch you a decent price. But..."
"But what? Is there some kind of catch?" The young man asked.
"Since the first Wave, it has become a home for dangerous monsters." The merchant answered. "Because of that, no one dared to go near the place, let alone get inside of it now."
"Monsters, huh?" The young man asked as he turned to the mine.
"Yeah. I don't know what our Summoned Heroes are doing. But if you ask me, it isn't much." The merchant added as the young man started to make his way toward the mine with the Demi-Human girl accompanying him.
After several minutes of walking, they managed to arrive at the entrance. But before that, they stop by an empty shack of sorts as the young man wants to try something. Whatever it was, he was trying to do something as he had the shield absorb a rope.
(With Tyler)
"Whew. That's all of them." Tyler said as he and his Pokémon just finished defeating all of the wolves.
"We sure showed them." Hydreigon said.
"They were really resilient. But I'm glad that's over." Vivillon added as Tyler sees his levels rising from Level 5 to Level 11 because of the battle. He then sees his Pokémon's level too with Hydreigon being Level 69 and Vivillon being Level 67.
"Yeah." Tyler said as he pulls out Vivillon's Poke Ball. "Now you go have a rest. Me and Hydreigon can handle ourselves just fine."
"Stay safe, Tyler." Vivillon said as Tyler returned her to her pokeball before putting it away. But suddenly, the gem on his gun suddenly glowed. This did not go unnoticed.
"Okay. This is-" Tyler doesn't get to finish as the glow becomes brighter as it absorbs a corpse of the savage wolves before the glow ends. After that, a skill tree, like the ones from RPG games, suddenly appeared in front of him to notify the Pokémon Trainer of a new weapon icon that is named "Savage Wolf Shotgun".
"This is weird and interesting at the same time." He said as he read the info regarding the new weapon. Tyler finds it interesting that the effects are video game-like. He then turned towards his starter. "Well, Hydreigon. Shall we get going?" Tyler asked.
"Yeah. Sitting around won't find the exit after all." Hydreigon replied as he and his Trainer decided to venture through the mine they were currently in. While doing so, they have taken out some monsters along the way. Like bats and other cave dwelling monsters, with Tyler and Hydreigon getting some EXP as well. Though some weaker monsters were intimidated by Hydreigon's menacing look, causing them to run away instead of fighting.
Fifteen minutes passed and they still hadn't found the exit. It's as if they were walking in circles or in a maze.
"Damn it. This cave's like a labyrinth or something? 'Cause I don't see the exit anywhere." Tyler complained.
"Things could be worse, Tyler." Hydreigon replied. "I mean we could be attacked by a stronger monster here at any moment now."
"You got that right." The Pokémon Trainer said. "Probably the best if we don't encounter them. We still don't know about this world and why we were summoned here. And also..." He said as he pulled out the gun. "This isn't your run-of-the-mill gun. The fact it absorbed a dead wolf monster really gave it away."
"So, it seems." Hydreigon said before he changes to a subject that Tyler is familiar with. "So, hey... I kinda heard the conversation with your mom some time ago from inside the pokeball."
"This isn't the time to talk about that." Tyler said as he looked down. "In case you've forgotten, healing the wound on the heart is not as easy as healing the wound on the body."
"I'm aware of that." Hydreigon said. "But you should really do what your mom says to you. I mean, after all, I've been with you ever since you're 15."
"I know I know." Tyler said. "I guess you have a point."
"That's what best friends are for." Hydreigon said as the middle head smiled. "And it goes without saying, but I think there's a reason you're here."
"Like what?" Tyler asked. "Maybe some kind of Mythical Pokémon with spatial powers played a prank on me.
"I don't think that was the work of a Pokémon, Tyler. " Hydreigon replied. "Needless to say, we'll just have to keep going."
"Geez, what a pain. I hope there's someone friendly here." Tyler said as he and his partner continued to venture into the cave, hoping to find an exit or an ally.
The young man and the demihuman girl are fighting against two headed dog monster. Said monster seems to remind her of something terrifying. the monster has just got stabbed by the girl while one of its two heads is biting the young man in the right shoulder. Unfortunately, this made it turn its attention to her as they growl just like those savage wolves, ready to attack.
"Air Strike Shield!" The young man shouted as a green shield shape barrier appeared in front of her, preventing the monster from attacking her. "Now, Raphtalia!"
The demihuman girl named Raphtalia lets out a cry as she stabs the monster in the chest, causing the blood to spurt from it as it falls to the ground dead. She then catches her breath while sitting on the ground.
"Nice job, kid..." The young man said as he held his right shoulder which was wounded by the two-headed dog monster.
"Master... Naofumi!" Raphtalia said the young man's name with tears in her eyes as she rushed and then hugged him.
"Hey, careful! Even with the shield's power, this wound still hurts like hell." The young man named Naofumi said as Raphtalia cried while hugging the former.
"Promise me you won't ever die!" Raphtalia said while crying. "Don't leave me alone, Master Naofumi. Please..."
'She chose my name, huh?' Naofumi thought as he patted Raphtalia on the head. "You attack and I defend. That way, none of us will have to worry about dying."
"All right..." Raphtalia said, still hugging Naofumi.
"We'll get out of here once I feed that monster to my shield." Naofumi told her.
"Okay, Master Naofumi." Raphtalia said.
"Come on, get up." Naofumi ordered.
"A little longer." Raphtalia replied as Naofumi sighed.
"Nice job taking care of that monster, Shield Hero." An unfamiliar voice said as Naofumi turns to the source... who are a band of bandits. "With that two headed mutt out of the way, we can have this ore mine for ourselves!"
"Well, you can have this mine since I'm done with-"
"Oh, we're not done... not yet." The bandit said as he signals his underlings to surround him, so that he won't get away. He then points his fingers towards Raphtalia. "Hand over that slave, and we'll... let you go."
"Not going to happen." Naofumi said before he winced at his wounded shoulder.
"Oh? What're you going to do about it?" The bandit leader asked arrogantly as all of them ready their weapons. "There's seven of us and two of you. And let's face it, the only thing you're good at is defending."
Raphtalia responds by standing in front of him, holding her little sword at the bandit.
"Look, boss. She's trying to protect her master. How cute." One of the bandits said.
"Yeah. She's a great catch." The bandit leader said. "We're going to have some fun with her once we take care of this-" He said before he felt something... or someone shot him in the leg, causing him to kneel down.
"Boss!" His underlings cried.
"What the-!?" Naofumi said as he and Raphtalia were surprised.
"Who... Who the hell did that!?" The bandit leader said while holding his knee.
"I did." Everyone including Naofumi and Raphtalia turns to see Tyler, who is holding the gun. Naofumi sees the outfit he is wearing.
'He's not from this world too?" Naofumi pondered.
"And it isn't really nice trying to gang up on them while they're done." Tyler said with a serious expression.
"Who the hell are you supposed to be?" The bandit leader asked as he managed to stand up but barely.
"Who am I is none of your business." Tyler retorted. "You better leave these two alone or else."
"Or else what, you little punk?" The bandit leader asked. "You and what army?"
"I'm glad you asked." Tyler said as he whistled, causing a multicolored beam in the shape of a dragon to appear from where the Pokémon Trainer comes in and attack the bandits.
"What was-Aaaaaaah!" One of the bandits said before he yelled in fear at Hydreigon, who came out from his hiding place.
"How is it possible!?"
"A three headed dragon!? I've never seen anything like that!" One bandit said as Raphtalia widen her eyes at Hydreigon, which reminded of the time when a certain monster killed her parents. The two-headed dog also reminded her of that tragic event. Instead of trembling in fear, she instantly charged towards Hydreigon with her little sword in her hands with extreme prejudice.
"Wait, Raphtalia!" Naofumi told Raphtalia after he noticed that there's no "Enemy" word on Hydreigon as Tyler noticed the demihuman girl charging at his partner.
"Oh crap!" Tyler said as he steps in front of Hydreigon, causing him to get stabbed in the arm.
"Tyler!" Hydreigon cried.
"It can talk!?" The bandits said in shock and so was Naofumi.
"Raphtalia, snap out of it!" Naofumi called out to her as she noticed who she was stabbing. Then, she pulls out her weapon from Tyler as he is bleeding.
"I'm sorry. I was just-"
"You're mine now, demihuman!" A bandit said as he was about to grab Raphtalia by her collar.
"Air-" Just before Naofumi take action, Hydreigon has his central head bite the bandit in the arm hard, surprising Raphtalia that a creature who look like the monster who killed her parents saved her.
"You better keep your hands off of her too!" Hydreigon said as he throws the man aside.
"Why? Even after what I did?" Raphtalia asked as she was slightly confused.
"No special reason. Just because I want to." Hydreigon said.
Even Naofumi is surprised at the sight. Not only that the dragon talks but it was also conscious enough to save someone.
"That dragon's look tough..." The bandit leader said before smirking as he had come to a decision. "Change of plans, boys. We'll snag that dragon instead of that demihuman brat!"
Tyler could only narrow his eyes as he gave the thieves a death glare. "You really think you had a chance against Hydreigon?" He spoke. "If you want to run away, now's a good time."
"Cocky, aren't you?" The bandit leader said with a ticked off expression. "Do you have any idea who we are!?"
"Don't know, don't care." Tyler replied. "All I know is that you're all just a bunch of cowards who think they can get away by trying to take what isn't yours."
This seems to be the last straw as the bandit leader is extremely furious.
"Then we'll just shut you up good." The bandit leader said as he points his weapon forward. "Boys! Let's kill this arrogant punk!"
"Hey, you're going to get yourself killed. Get out of there!" Naofumi said.
"Don't worry about me. This will only take a second." Tyler assured him before he turned towards his partner. "Hydreigon, finish this one really quick with Draco Meteor." Tyler said as Hyreigon formed an orange sphere inside the mouth of his middle head.
"I don't see anything special about that." The bandit leader commented, clearly dumbfounded.
"Try saying that after this." Hydreigon said as he fires the sphere to the sky where it explodes and releases several spheres of energy that rain down towards the bandits like a meteor shower. The sight of it causes the bandits to run away while the leader just freezes in place. Raphtalia, of course, manages to retreat safely towards Naofumi.
"Oh shit..." The leader said as one of the spheres hit him, causing an explosion. As the smoke dies down, the leader lies down on a small crater along with some of his subordinates.
"No way... only just one attack..." Naofumi said as he was left speechless from the display he just saw. He then turns to see Tyler. 'He's definitely not from my world, that's for sure. Who is he?' He thought.
"There's more where that came from. So, what will it be?" Tyler said calmly as he walked to the bandit leader and before he kneeled down. "Do you want another round or leave? Your choice..."
"We'll... We'll leave..." The bandit leader said with spiral eyes.
The next thing they knew, the bandits then dragged their unconscious comrades and leader as they immediately hightail out of the cave.
"And don't come back!" Tyler said before he winced at his wounded shoulder.
"Hey, you shouldn't push yourself too hard!" Naofumi advised.
"It's fine, I can take it." Tyler replied as he saw Raphtalia approach him.
"Mister... I'm sorry I stabbed you." Raphtalia said as she apologized. "When I saw that three headed dragon, I lost control of myself and... ended up stabbing you."
"It's okay..." Tyler said as he pats the demihuman girl in the head. "I'm still here and that's all it matters."
"Okay..." Raphtalia said as Naofumi stepped forwards with his usual scowl.
"I want some answers. Who are you really? And what's with the three headed dragon?" Naofumi asked.
"You should answer my questions first, dude." Tyler said. "Tell me, do you know where Lumiose City is?"
"Never heard of it." Naofumi said, shocking Tyler but not too surprised.
"How about Kalos?" Tyler asked again, to which Naofumi shook his head. "Unova? Sinnoh? Hoenn? Alola? Johto? Kanto?" He said the name of the regions from his world, but Naofumi shook his head or said no when the names were mentioned. Although he knew of Kanto, the Shield Hero felt that that was not the Kanto that this newcomer was referring to.
'So, I was right. I'm in another world where Pokémon don't exist.' Tyler thought as she sees Raphtalia with curiosity especially her dog-like ears.
"Now it's my turn to get answers." Naofumi demanded.
"Oh yeah. I forgot." Tyler said as he cleared his throat. "The name's Tyler Bryant and I'm a Pokémon Trainer." He then turns to his partner and best friend. "And the three headed dragon you're referring to is my partner, Hydreigon."
"Yo." Hydreigon greeted.
"Is he-" Naofumi said before he was interrupted.
"Dangerous, yes." Tyler answered. "But don't let his terrifying appearance fool you, Hydreigon's pretty friendly."
"It's true." Hydreigon said. "We kinda grow up together so we're practically like brothers."
"I see." Naofumi said with his usual expression.
"I said my name, so why don't you introduce yourself?" Tyler said.
"My name is Naofumi Iwatani and I'm from another world, just like you." Naofumi said, surprising Tyler.
"You don't say. I thought you were from around here, judging from your clothing." Tyler asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No. I was summoned here." Naofumi answered before asking another question. "How did you get into this world?"
"I'd love to tell you, but this isn't the place." Tyler said. "Why don't we go someplace safe? I don't want some random monster to suddenly appear and attack us."
"Sounds fair." Naofumi said as they left the mine.
Next: Chapter 2: The Wave of Catastrophe
And that concludes the first chapter!
Now I'm about to continue Tales of Phantom Thieves since I felt good about the reveal of Persona 5 Rotal along with the new female character, Kasumi Yoshizawa . She looks great but I still feel that Ann will always be my best girl in the game. Nevertheless, I would like to see what her Arcana and her Persona.
And of course, I'll continue writing my other stories too.
Reviews and comments are appreciated :)