Chapter 2
Musashi's fear was rising rapidly as her mind couldn't decipher a single reason why Kojiro wanted them to retreat. It's a ten year old kid for Arceus sake, you expect her to evade a potential victory like this,
"Looks like I have to deal with Public Twerp #1 myself."
Musashi striking her hand out forward bellowed out a command,
"Yanmega, use Silver Wind on the twerp!" Yanmega took a deep breath and blew a wind of silver energy crescents at Satoshi. They hit their target but Satoshi was completely unfazed by it. The effort this woman was putting in was hilarious that he began to cackle unaware to Musashi of it having barely if not any effect on him,
"Using your breath as a way to try to turn me into minced meat. How cute." His smile stretched wide at such a pointless effort,
"I hate to do this but you leave me with no choice…"
Within a volume that makes it seems quiet, one word emitted from his mouth,
"Dismantle."
An invisible yet lethal slice of air cut clean through Musashi's Yanmega splitting it in half much to her dismay. Did…did that twerp do the unthinkable. Jessie couldn't even process what she just saw,
"M-M-My beautiful Yanmega…g-g-gone in a flash." Leaving her no time to mourn Satoshi speed blitzes right in front of Musashi. Now getting a better look at him up close she can now see why Kojiro earlier called for a retreat. He was right. This twerp is no longer human. She silently cursed herself for being so arrogant,
"The sunlight's illumination really shows how pathetic you really are…" He clutched onto her neck with inhuman strength that it choked her as he raised her up like a construction crane with the other free hand in a finger gun position targeted straight at her naval area,
"P-Please twer-no…Satoshi…don't do this…we'll never bother you or your friends again. I ju-"
"It doesn't matter to me how much you beg or grovel on your knees, I'll crumble anyone who stands in my way. But since your life is now forfeit…I'll give one answer to any question you ask." Only one thing came to mind,
"W-who are you." He responded accordingly,
"In the last thousand years I've been called many names, The King Of Curses, The Fallen…but one has stuck with me ever since…" He placed his open palm around Musashi's upper naval area before giving her one final sadistic grin,
"Sukuna…" Within a blink of an eye, Musashi was cube cut individually in a mere second. One second there, and the next wiped completely off the face of the earth. What was left of Musashi was a huge blood splatter on the ground. Kojiro barely awake due to the immense recoil of having his body be thrown at such velocity watched this all unfold. His teammate he was recruited with when they all first joined. Gone,
"Musashi…"
Sukuna now finished dealing with her made his way over to Kojiro and stared him down,
"Now I see why I didn't kill you the first second I incarnated into the brat's body, his memories tell me everything." Kojiro thought he was bluffing but that theory was shut down as soon he threw him for a loop,
"You despise the upper class hierarchy all because you wanted to avoid a marriage." Embarrassed, Kojiro in absolute shame sunk as Sukuna laughed a hearty laugh,
"You've had it rough…but you will pay with your life for trying to put your filthy hands on that Pikachu." If Kojiro wasn't regretting his life choices earlier, he will now with his next move. Unaware, Kojiro called to his Carnivine in an effort to sneak Sukuna from the back,
"Carnivine, use Bullet Seed!"
Sukuna turned around…unfazed and unamused,
"Jeez, this is the shit I'm talking about." Sukuna with no effort dismantled Carnivine into a crimson pile of weeds and grass clippings,
"Carnivine…no…" Sukuna faced away from where Kojiro stood as if he were an animation still,
"You think I'd fall for a tactic so plain and dull?"
It was over. Nothing is worth staying around anymore just to be inevitably killed by this demon. It's now fight or flight response and Kojiro chose the latter. He ran as fast as his two feet could manage and faded away into the forest's endless veil of trees.
"How insulting…"
Sukuna rotated his hands, churning up a lil ball of heat that was carefully condensed and scaled into a pocket size supernova. He then stretched it back further away from it as he used the index, middle, and left thumb on his left while holding two on his right transforming it into an arrow of enraging hellfire. To make a long story short, Kojiro was burnt to a crisp. Sukuna wiped off his hands satisfied in the trash he's taken out,
"All that's left is that talking feline…"
Meowth during this all was unconscious after his Fury Swipes mishap from earlier. He groaned in pain rubbing his head as he started to take in surroundings,
"Man it feels like an Onyx just slammed me into a wall. Better quickly regroup with Musashi and Kojiro to fight off those twerps. They'll pay for humiliating me like-" It took Meowth a second to realize the yanking sensation on his tail. It was abnormally strong as he was raised into the air,
"And how do you think you'll manage to do such a feat with your teammates no longer alive to help you in a meaningless endeavor?" He was hauled to face the one who spoke to him. It was…the twerp grinning like a madman. Wait…did he say something about Musashi and Kojiro being killed. He let go of his tail causing Meowth to hit the ground,
"You look like the Twerp but you aren't, who are you?" Sukuna scoffed,
"You aren't speaking to that brat now, you are talking to a King."
"A King eh? What twerp believes he's a King for no reason?" Sukuna chuckled knowing the trauma he's about to inflict on him. He clawed Meowth's head like a basketball and forced Meowth to look at a sight he never expected to ever lay eyes on. His teammates and best friends…dead ,
"Can this be more of a reason why I'm on top of the food chain? Feast your eyes on the glorious scenery. " Meowth's breathing became heavy, his throat formed a big lump, tears building up at this carnage as rage quickly ran over his sadness,
"Why…why did you do it?! Why do something so drastic just to win?!" These were the only words Meowth can make. Sukuna raised an eyebrow at this then closed his eyes in thought then gazed up to the sky,
"Simply put, they were insects. And to the brat, a thorn that couldn't be removed until I stepped into the picture. It's ironic since I accidentally did him a favor by getting rid of them."
Meowth amidst his whole world crashing down him still was smart enough to know that the twerp wasn't the twerp he knew. But his paws were balled into a fist hearing him of all people speak about Musashi and Kojiro in that manner,
"They weren't insects…they were my friends. We had our own reasons to join Team Rocket. We just wanted to impress the boss and have him tell us a job well done. Your the one who's the bad guy around here…Why can't you just live without causing suffering" Sukuna just laughed,
"I kill who I wish, all that matters in this world is possible with strength and strength alone. A hierarchy that is based on anything besides strength is worthless. The real question is why are you so weak? You can't even aim your little catscratch attack properly and it's heavily unrefined like a used toothpick. Spoken like a true loser."
Meowth was borderline in shambles fuming this guy was making him look like a fool. He lost his friends to this monster and he was going to die trying to avenge them. He bared his fangs in a vain attempt to intimidate Sukuna but he was not in the slightest entertained at the performance,
"Spare me, I'm not in a listening or fighting mood anymore. But perhaps we can make a deal." Meowth was curious,
"What do you mean by that?" He directed his attention over towards Pikachu not far away,
"If you can knock out that brat's Pikachu in a one on one battle, I'll join your little organization for the time being to make up for collateral damage. If not, you'll work under me and abide by my rules." Meowth considering the fact he had nothing to lose begrudgingly accepted,
"You better keep to your word…"
BACK WITH THE OTHERS
Megumi started to show signs of gaining consciousness after the big battle with Team Rocket. It took a little effort to get on his two legs again but he could manage. Brushing off the dust and dirt off his uniform, he looked around only to see Takeshi and Hikari and all of their other Pokémon unconscious. He gritted his teeth in anger,
"Damn it. To think they resorted to using dirty tactics to win a Pokémon battle. Unfortunately right now I can't be much help here in healing them or myself, I have to find Mightyena and Pikachu and figure out everything fast,
He focused himself to see where Mightyena was and sure enough spotted him with ease but noticed how fragile he looked. Noting the state Mightyena was in, he immediately rushed over.,
"Mightyena, I'm right here. Are you okay?" Mightyena turned around to see Megumi up and kicking. He gave a proud sly grin,
"I assume that means you don't need any help. Now where's Satoshi's Pikachu?" Mightyena tilted his head behind him to show where Pikachu is. It had covered its eyes with its tail facing towards Megumi. He walked over and picked him up to Pikachu's surprise,
"Piiiii…"
Scanning him down to make sure he was still in somewhat of fighting shape and no lethal injuries were inflicted, he breathed a sigh of relief and released him from his arms,
"Seems like the others aren't awake yet, Pikachu Mightyena are okay for the time being. They only show exhaustion and minimal to moderate battle damage. But Satoshi is nowhere to be found…"
Soon Mightyena interrupted Megumi's trait of thought bowed its head and whined as if it were trying to ask him for forgiveness,
"Mightyena…do you know what happened to Satoshi?" It trotted over to the empty box on the ground where the finger was once wrapped in and pointed to it. Pikachu's Megumi's fear and heart beat was starting to rise rapidly,
"No…don't tell me you had Pikachu feed that finger to-" A mysterious person without warning crept behind up Megumi,
"As a matter of fact, he did…" Megumi not wanting to look behind him, stood still, not moving a mere inch. Any sort of movement he felt he'd make wound result in sudden death. He slowly walked out of hiding behind Megumi,
"Pikapi?!"
"I'm sorry…but he's not coming back for now" Sukuna said in a very content tone,
"This is the worst case scenario…the one in a million chance. The special grade cursed object has incarnated…" He put a shoulder over Megumi as if they were best friends to Megumi's discomfort he continued to speak,
"You see I'm on limited time before I'm forced to switch back with the brat so I made a deal with that circus act's tiny cat." Megumi looked down to see Meowth not moving or talking. He just stood there was an emotionless expression on his face,
"I told him if he can knock out that brat's Pikachu in a one on one battle, I'll join his little organization for the time being to make up for collateral damage I did to his extinct colleagues. If not, he'll work under me and abide by my rules. By default that also means the brat."
Sukuna then performed a front flip over Megumi and distanced himself a bit away on the other side abd start to divulge into the rules,
"First, it'll be a one on one battle. Second, I won't be petty as to use any of my cursed techniques. No strings attached. And three, you'll be using him instead. Don't think I noticed your Mightyena's cursed energy signature." Megumi was appalled by the last one,
"Is Sukuna really about to gamble the life of a Pokémon over a battle? I understand Meowth not necessarily good but he's not even aware of cursed energy or can even use it. Is he insane?"
"As for me?" Sukuna pretended to look like he couldn't decided till his eyes landed on the option that was so obvious from the start. He began to maniacally laugh. Pikachu looked at Sukuna with the most distraught look plastered on his face. No way he's actually gonna battle Meowth in the emotional state he's in. He can't. He just couldn't. Battling is the last thing on his priorities right now. All he wants was Satoshi back to normal. To make things worse, what this imposter said next sent a cold shudder through his spine hearing it say an all too familiar phrase he's accustomed to,
"Pikachu…I choose you…"