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What is going to happen? Who are the heroes going to meet on there journey? All up for you Reader to find out.\n\nBeen a Long time since i worked on my last text. I started a new Project and am sick of waiting and Looking for beta Readers, sooooo here we go! Chapter one of a new Story im working on. If i didnt get this out, i would have never gotten myself to continue! \nI gladly take kriticism. A mentioned, i didnt have beta Readers. I am Aware there are a lot of Things i can improve upon, so feel free to Point out some Things that might bother you.\n\nNOTE: this Story may have adult Content in the future. Not as the Focus, but it may exist.","description_bbcode_parsed":"A new Adventure in the mystery dungeon world. What is going to happen? Who are the heroes going to meet on there journey? All up for you Reader to find out.
Been a Long time since i worked on my last text. I started a new Project and am sick of waiting and Looking for beta Readers, sooooo here we go! Chapter one of a new Story im working on. If i didnt get this out, i would have never gotten myself to continue!
I gladly take kriticism. A mentioned, i didnt have beta Readers. I am Aware there are a lot of Things i can improve upon, so feel free to Point out some Things that might bother you.
NOTE: this Story may have adult Content in the future. Not as the Focus, but it may exist.","writing":"Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Dawn of a new Moon\nChapter 1: Adventure team Dusk.\n\nEarthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes. Storms capable of lifting mid-weight Pokemon and throw over trees. Truly, the Pokemon world was facing the wrath of one or more of its most fierce creatures, yet no one found nor heard of any of them causing said catastrophes. The citizens could not help but try and continue there everyday life, hoping the situation would better itself over time. However, Pokemon were not the only kind, pulled into this chaos...\n\nOne evening, just after one of the recent storms calmed down and left the local town and area surrounding it in a mess, a little Rockruff went outside, taking a stroll by himself to see in what state his home was after such a event. On his way through the streets, he could see the damage in the other townsfolk?s buildings, unable to not feel bad for them. However, he was not very known for ... actually helping out, for the Rockruff was very clumsy and this was also very well known to the locals. To avoid any embarrassment, he headed for his favorite spot to clear his mind of all his worries. A small forest nearby.\n\nOn the path to said forest, the Rockruff couldn?t help but notice the view on the now cloud free sky and the already visible moon.\n\nThis was a sight that calmed the canine quite a bit. However, he was already nearing his destination. ``Such a calm evening out here. I wish I could have brought Troy along, but he cares only for training.'' the rock type spoke to himself and sighed.\n\nTo his disappointment, the forest did not feel any mercy from the storm. The path inside already was blocked by a fallen tree. Worried by this, the Rockruff hurried and jumped over the tree, discovering a disheartening view. Even the lake was full of and surrounded by sticks, branches and all sorts of plant matter. ``Oh no! This is horrible!'' exclaimed the canine in shock, running around, his ears flattening in sadness as he saw more and more of this once beautiful place in ruin.\n\nDisheartened by the view, he was ready to leave again, until suddenly, he heard a nearby groan. At first he was startled, checking every direction in shock. ``W-who?s there!? S-show yourself!'' he called out with a shaky sound to his voice. However, there was no responds. Only after a minute of silence, another groan echoed from the direction of the lake.\n\nAt first the doglike Pokemon considered fleeing, but soon after this thought arose, he became disgusted of himself. How could he be such a wimp? What if someone needed help? This thought in mind, he approached the area he suspected the noise to originate from. To the canines surprise, there was indeed something. A red Pokemon was stuck under a trees branches and leafs. He didn?t need any motivation to get working to try and free said Pokemon, pushing the branches aside to his best efforts. ``You there! Hey, can you hear me?'' he spoke to the unconscious Pokemon, ``A-a Vulpix? \n\nB-But that?s a red one! How does one of those get here?''\n\nAfter some time, the Rockruff managed to free the fire type, dragging her out of the fallen trees and into the grass. A quick check for bruises showed that, somehow, the fox-like Pokemon was completely unharmed. And sure enough, it even started to open its eyes, groaning in a feminine sound, revealing it was a female.\n\n``Mh... w-what happened?'' she asked, slowly regaining consciousness and sitting up on her rear, rubbing her eyes. \n\nThe dog wasn?t sure what to do, but clearly someone needed some help right here. After clearing his throat, he was eager to lift the fox?s confusion a little: ``I dont know what happened, but I found you buried under a tree! I got you out of there!'' He was very proud of himself after saying it like that. ``My name is Siddian, but you can call me Siddy. ... Please...'' clearly someone didn?t like his own name very much.\n\nFinally the Vulpix got back to her senses, looking around until her eyes spotted Siddy just a few steps away from her, jumping up in shock: ``A-a talking Pokemon!?''\n\nTaken off guard, the canine just tilted his head, replying: ``Uhm ... yes? Like any with a decent amount of brains? I mean, you are one yourself after all.''\n\nHearing this, the vulpine?s eyes whiden as she quickly ran over to the lake to view her reflection, gasping at what she discovered. She really was just a Vulpix herself. Why, was this anything unusual?\n\n``O-oh my... WHAT THE FUCK?! T-this is not right! Where am I?! I am a human, where is the next human civilization?!'' She asked in panic, starring at the dog. Siddy didn?t really know what to think of this. Was she crazy? But no, he did hear of something like a human before. ``Human? I don?t know what that is, but I heard about that in history lessons back in school I think? No idea, I never really kept up with school~'' he said, giggling a little.\n\nTo the fox was clear, something about this couldn?t be right. No humans? Pokemon in school? There was no way she was still home. However, apart from her human origin, there wasn?t much she remembered. All the Vulpix could do was calm herself, trying not to cause even more issues than she was in. Being alone would probably be even worse in this situation, thus she decided to make use of the only thing she remembered: ``I-i ... see. ... ok ok, I ... my name is Netsu. ... But you have to believe me, im a human, not a Pokemon. Even if I am stuck like this how it seams...''\n\nSiddy was not quite sure still, but where was the harm in believing her? It wasn?t like she could gain a advantage or anything out of that, right? ``Hm ... well, if you insist on that, I guess I just have to believe you, dont I? Heads up, we Pokemon aren?t all that bad, you will see! Why not come with me? It is late and maybe we find a place for you to stay.\n\nHowever, before Netsu could reply, suddenly a strong gust of wind blew the two Pokemon nearly off of there paws. Taken by surprise, the Canine actually did fall. However, a blue object also seemed to be flung past the two, carried by the wind deep into the forest. The only thing Netsu and Siddy heard before it vanished, was a scared ``Help!''.\n\n``W-was that ... a Pokemon?'' Netsu asked, confused. Siddy on the other hand, wasn?t all that dumb himself: ``Blue body, blown away by the wind? That could have been Jumpluff! That?s a denizen of the town im living in from nearby! That forest is not all that save and with such wind, a lot could happen to her!'' Not wasting any time, the canine rushed to the entrance of the actual forest, stopping in front of it and looking back at Netsu with a worried expression: ``Would you mind helping me? I ... should be strong enough to get through here, but ... there are lots of grass types in here. And the disasters recently made them all very aggressive.'' The fox was rather surprised at first, but quickly she realized: she was a fire type, wasn?t she? Of cause she would be a help to the rock type. Taking a deep breath, she just nodded and followed after Siddy, leaving him to take the lead.\n\nSiddy gladly took the lead for now as the adrenaline was still pumping. Though after it became darker and darker, thanks to the foliage, he became more and more insecure. Suddenly Netsu stepped on a stick, causing the canine to jump in fear and swiftly hide behind the fox. The Vulpix raised a brow at that, with a ``are you serious?'' expression. ``Uhm, you ok? That was just a stick.'' she asked a little concerned. Siddy stopped quivering as soon as she said that, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. ``... oh... w-would you mind leading the way instead? You seam like ... you know, less of a wimp...''\n\nNetsu couldn?t help but giggle a little at that, but she did as he asked her to, smiling back at him encouragingly: ``Fine, silly. Lets see where this path leads.''\n\nThe two might not know each-other very well yet, but this small adventure, seemed to bring them more and more into a solid companionship rather quickly.\n\nNetsu was still rather absent while searching through the woods. It was a very calm forest, thus there wasn?t much keeping her attention on what she was doing. How did she get there? Where did she come from? And why was she a Pokemon? She was absolutely sure she was a human before. All those question wouldn?t leave the fox?s mind. Though this was a dungeon. And no matter the dungeon, there were enemies. Meanwhile, Siddy was just following right after her. Eventually a Caterpie jumped out of a tree. It spotted the two trespasser pretty quick and swiftly sent some strings at the fire type. Netsu was taken completely off-guard and was soon covered in strings. She cried out in surprise: ``Ah! W-what is this?! H-help me!'' Her gaze went wide towards Siddy. He on the other hand raised a brow this time, similar to how she would earlier. This was not that big of a deal to him. Only then he remembered, that the Vulpix said she was a human until now.\n\n``Try to burn the strings with fire! Your kind can do that rather easily.'' he mentioned, unable to really do much about it himself as well as unable to really take this harmless situation all too serious.\n\nThe vulpine calmed very much instantly when she was reminded she could do such things now. But how? Netsu tried to focus. Did she have to hold her paws out? Blow on the strings? A bit insecure, the Vulpix closed her eyes, took a deep breath and relaxed. After a good few seconds, a hot, burning sensation grew stronger and stronger in her chest. It was however not unpleasant at all and like it was part of her instincts, she suddenly knew what to do. Netsu then blew as hard as she could. To both her own, as well as the wild Caterpie?s and Siddy?s surprise, a HUGE flame bursts from her maw. A much more intense version of ember than the rock type had ever seen. Rather shocked herself, Netsu gone wide eyed and after a few seconds, she stopped. The Caterpie fled as soon as the fire reached it, but the size of the flame was enough to set some bushes on fire.\n\nTo prevent a forest fire, Siddy immediately reacted with a rock throw, suffocating the still small flames under a bunch of rubble. Relieved, he sighted: ``W-what was THAT?''\n\nClearly she surprised the dog, but not only him, but herself too. How did she do this? No matter what, only more questions came up. It might as well be pointless to think about them for now. \n\n``S-sorry, I was distracted... I shouldn?t have gotten into that situation to begin with.'' The fox apologized. Siddy However was just baffled by her demonstration: ``Are you kidding?! That was amazing! T-that might have made Troy some concurrence!''\n\n``Troy?'' she asked, tilting her head.\n\n``Ah, yea, my only friend... I will have to introduce you to him later!''\n\n``O-oh, uhm ... s-sure. I would like that.'' she sounded convincing enough to not give Siddy a reason to worry. Clearly the Fox was rather unsure.\n\nThe ... rather harmless encounter behind, Siddy and Netsu moved on. To there luck, they did not encounter more aggressive individuals and after a while of searching, finally a Voice echoed from above the two Pokemon: ``H-hey! You two! P-please help me, I beg you!''\n\nThe Adventurers goal appeared to be right above them, but when they saw the Jumpluff, the two noticed another problem. How were they going to free it? Both of them had trouble coming up with ideas. Netsu couldn?t use fire. She could cause a forest fire and the Grass type would be in just as much danger itself. Eventually Siddy was sick of it. They got all the way here and now they couldn?t even help? Frustrated at himself, he just tackled the tree the Jumpluff was stuck on. He immediately huffed and slumped down on the ground, pouting. What the dog didn?t notice however, was how his strength made the tree shake quite a bit. He might not be very strong, but somehow he still gathered enough strength to cause the tree to shake and the branches to shift around. It wasn?t much, but the grass type was able to wiggle itself free, gliding softly towards the ground. Siddy didn?t realize he was the cause for this until the Jumpluff hugged him gratefully. ``Oh, thank you two! You must be a Exploration Team? Rescue Team?''\n\nNetsu was confused however, but didn?t say anything so her new friend could handle it. Siddy giggled, knowing he wasn?t officially part of either, but he played along anyway: ``Hehe, i-i guess, no need to thank us! Now, we should get back to town. Don?t you two think so too?''\n\nThe Jumpluff bounced up and down, smiling and practically glowing in joy: ``Yes! Lets go, this place is scary.''\n\nThe group was ready to leave and so they did. The Rockruff lead the way back out of the woods. Netsu was last in the line, lost in her endless questions that none of the two fellow Pokemon would be able to answer.\n\nThe night ended soon however. Even before the group made it back to town, the sun was already raising over the mountains at the horizon. The cold breeze running through Netsus fur, a feeling she still wasn?t used to.\n\nFinally back in Town, they said there goodbyes to Jumpluff, after which Siddy moved on to lead his new friend to his very own ``base'' as he referred to it as. Arriving there soon after. It was a rather primitive hut, made of wood and rock. It seamed to be robust enough and its location between the hills of the town protected it from the strong winds that tortured the land.\n\nSiddy proudly opened the door, letting the Vulpix step inside: ``Tada! I built this all by myself!What do you think?'' he asked rather hopeful. Netsu looked around, taking in the interior. There were three beds, made of hay and ... a training dummy? She couldn?t tell, there was something blocking her view. ... Someone rather. It was a Luxio, who would soon after turn around, facing the two with a pretty bored expression. ``... Who?s that now, Siddy?'' the lynx said in a manner that was equally as bored as his expression. Siddy seemed surprised and dashed into the center of the room. ``Oh! Troy! I didn?t know you?d be here this early today.'' the Canine replied rather nervously.\n\n``Does it matter? Am I ... interrupting any plans you had with that girl? Who?s that?'' Troy clearly implied something much different there for a moment, giving off a pretty intimidating attitude.\n\nSiddy was turning red pretty much instantly, stuttering his reply: ``N-no! S-shut it you dick! T-this is Netsu, I saved her when she was stuck under a tree and passed out.''\n\nThe fire type nodded to the Feline: ``Yes, that is true. Hello, my name is Netsu, I am ... well...''\n\nShe didnt feel comfortable explaining herself, and this was rather visible. However, she wasn?t at all intimidated from the Luxio, which he seamed to like, judging by his slightly more relaxed posture. Siddy stepped in, taking over where his friend stopped: ``Netsu is a human, she got turned into a Pokemon. She has no idea how it happened and neither does she remember anything other than her name and origin. There, I said it...''\n\nFor a moment there was absolute Silence. Troy was starring at the two friends for a good few seconds, before then chuckling to himself. ``Silly, you dont need a dramatic backstory to be part of a Adventure team.''\n\n``Y-you don?t believe us?'' Netsu replied.\n\n``Not like I have any reason to.'' Troy answered, shrugging returning to face the training dummy and taking on a combat position, practicing a few shocks.\n\n``Wait, ... Adventure team? I heard that before and what does that have to do with me?'' The Vulpix turned her attention to the dog, who was blushing once more, nervous and shy. ``W-well, Troy knows me too well... I ... thought, maybe you want to join us? We are planing on becoming a Official Adventure team. But I couldn?t offer enough support to Troy on my own, so we couldn?t really get started. I saw your abilities though, Netsu, you would be more than enough! O-of cause I understand if you don?t want to.''\n\nNetsu shook her head: ``No no, you didn?t properly explain what a Adventure team really is.''\n\n``O-Oh? Well, thats simple, it...'' Siddy was cut off by Troy, who didn?t bother to turn towards the two first stage evolutions to take over: ``A adventure team is a very uncommon, but official kind of group, often consisting of 2 or 3 Pokemon each. As there name explains, they go on adventures in either dungeons or even just outside of those. Often a dungeon is still the goal of a adventure. They do that to either help Pokemon in need or to find treasure and new locations. The official registration is all you need to be considered a Adventure team. However, you do not gain support from anyone else than perhaps other teams if you are in trouble.''\n\nSiddy nods, agreeing with his friend: ``Yes, exactly. And both of us have a goal! Mine is help people all over the world as part of a world class Adventure team!''\n\nNetsu was quite impressed. She didn?t expect a grumpy looking guy like Troy to try and follow such a noble job. ``Both of you? So ... what is your dream, Troy?'' the Fox asked curiously.\n\n``My goal is to become a reliable member of the order of the so called guardians.'' the feline explained, sitting down and fixing up the Training dummy with his paws.\n\n``... Guardians? That doesn?t sound very creative...'' Netsu replied.\n\nSiddy remembered Troy telling him about them: ``Oh, right. I heard of them. They are a elite group of warriors. They say a single member of them is worth 3 average adventure teams in efficiency. Apparently they work based on honor rather than money. No idea how they keep themselves fed...''\n\nHearing all that, Netsu went quiet. She had no idea where she was, why she was here and what happened to cause all of this. She wasnt sure either if she should join the two Pokemon she literally just met. Everything was going a little too fast for her and with a sigh, she walked out of her new friend?s base. ``Sorry Siddy, Troy. Your goals are nice and all, but I have a lot to sort out, so I will try to find a place to stay for a bit and have time to think. Give me some time and maybe I will join you two. Until then, thanks, and have a nice day.'' with those words, the Vulpix left and headed for the Town. All Siddy could do was look after her, worrying for his new friend?s well being: ``Netsu...''\n\nSuddenly he felt a sting in his rear end as Troy walked up from behind with a rough smack to the dogs butt, making the Canine squeak in surprise and pain: ``H-hey!''\n\n``Ya sure you aren?t into her? Never seen you look after someone like that.''\n\nThe Dog grumbled: ``I told you what happened to her, I am just worried!''\n\n``Huh, well, stick with yer story, its not my business. What IS my business, is that you do your training. I can hardly Keep you save all day if we get into a fight~''\n\n``Fiiiiine... But I swear, I use you as training dummy if you slap me again!''\n\nTroy chuckled a little to himself, a slight smirk as he knew he was stronger than his friend: ``Id like to see you try.''\n\nAnd so the two friends continued there training in there base while Netsu headed off to sort out her thoughts and get used to her new body.\n\nThe name of the Town turned out to be ``Trinket Village'', as Netsu would soon find out. Her search for a roof over her head, lead her to the local Tavern. The owner was a kind individual and offered the Fire type a Room, in return for her Services as a waitress and generally helping out some. A good half of her free-time went into her ``job'', despite the fact she only had to help for 3 hours. She thought doing something with her new body would more easily make her used to it.\n\nIn her actual free-time, Netsu was walking around in Trinket Village. She tried to get used to more than just her body. Pokemon everywhere in a completely unknown world to her? She clearly needed any bit of time to get used to it that she could get.\n\nOver the first week in this new place, she heard all sorts of stories while on her job or on the marketplace. But sadly, not many were the happy kind. The recent disasters destroyed things here and there, got pokemon into trouble all over the world apparently. Hearing that, the Vulpix felt more and more helpless. She wanted to help the people, but how should she do that? Sure, maybe her abilities were exceptional, but what could one Pokemon do alone in a world like this? \n\nAfter hearing enough of the negative things happening all over the world, Netsu finally decided. If she wants to help, she cant do it alone. And she knew two goodhearted Pokemon who want to do just the same. She suddenly understood where they took there motivation from and was able to relate to there determination.\n\nMeanwhile...\n\nAfter Netsu left, Siddy was engaging in a harsh training that Troy made up just for him. Determined to become stronger, the dog followed this training for the coming week, even when Troy was not around to keep him at it.\n\nOne day, Troy arrived at there base and found the Canine exhausted on the ground. The feline always had this grumpy attitude on him, however seeing his friend try so hard, did in fact draw the more caring part of him out as he grabbed a drink and placed it in front of Siddy.\n\n``Hey, you really take it serious, huh?'' Troy asked, sitting next to his friend.\n\nSiddy was still panting in exhaustion, gladly taking the drink and sipping from it. He then sighed a little, replying: ``Hm... what can I say? I cant have a HUMAN of all things, be better at being a Pokemon than I am myself.''\n\nTroy chuckled. He might not be convinced, but heard the human part often enough to ignore it at this point. ``Well, I saw her out in town. It seems like she found her place as a waitress instead I?m afraid.''\n\nSiddy went wide eyed for a moment. ``What? ... I ... don?t really believe that. Give her time, im sure she will come around. I just ... have such a feeling, you know?''\n\nThe lynx shrugged and took a drink himself. ``Whatever you think, budd. ... When ya are done with your break, I wanna see if you improved.'' Troy said in a somewhat cold, yet motivational fashion and once again his paw went for a rough slap on the dogs behind, who again just yelped from the pain of that slap, grumbling. ``Grr... stop that! Fine, give me a minute...''\n\nThe two kept up there training for the rest of the first week after Netsu left them. But one day, just when Siddy was about to be tested by Troy once more, someone suddenly knocked on the door. And sure enough, it was no one other than the Vulpix with a determined expression. ``I decided to join you two, if you still want me to.'' she just said, plenty of determination in her voice. No greeting, no nothing.\n\nThere was no question, Troy and Siddy gladly accepted Netsu as part of there team. Siddy was excited like a newborn, letting her inside there base again while Troy just looked relatively surprised.\n\nAfter the Vulpix explained herself, Siddy hugged her happily. He was visibly moved to see his friend feel like that about the world she just got ripped into. However, even before the two were done celebrating, Troy interrupted them with a wave of his paw. ``Well, in that case, our team is ready for registration. But before we do that... `` He started, looking through a bag he had next to himself, ``i conveniently picked up this request from the Quest board.'' Troy put down a paper on the floor for his partners to see.\n\nSiddy quickly picked it up and read through it, but went wide eyed and stuttering in reaction: ``W-what?! You picked a bounty mission for our first job?! That?s a joke right? Not to mention this is a Poliwirl. Water is a threat to both, me and Netsu!''\n\n``Are you sure that is a good start?'' Netsu questioned with a raised brow.\n\nTroy chuckled: ``You dont remember the guy, huh? Back when we were young, that?s the asshole that bullied everyone he could get a hand on. ... Well, if he had any. You know what I mean, he was a Poliwag still at the time. The guy is not too strong compared to me and you two are with me. Together there is no danger. Hes wanted for a view violent acts on weaker individuals. Come on, if I have to, I can take the guy out myself even, no reason to be afraid.''\n\nSiddy thought for a moment, but Netsu felt ... something when listening to Troy. She didn?t know why, but she fully trusted the feline. It felt like nothing he said wasn?t exactly what he meant and ... she also felt a very warm and comforting aura from him.\n\n``Alright, if you say so, I am ready.'' She replied with a confident and trusting smile.\n\n``Am I ignored?!'' Siddy replied, acting more in fear than anything.\n\n``No, but outnumbered~ Look, Siddy, we will go up against a plethora of pokemon who will have the advantage over us in typing. You cant be afraid of that or we will be in a lot of trouble as a team.'' Troy explained in a lecturing fashion.\n\nSiddy just pouted: ``Fiiiine... But if we fail, I blame you!''\n\nTroy was already heading through the door with a chuckle in responds to Siddy: ``Fine by me. I gonna make sure we wont... Now lets go, no time to waste.''\n\nReluctantly the Canine followed behind with a sigh and Netsu shortly after him, heading out for the Location mentioned on the paper. It might have been a sudden start for the team, but there was no reason to delay it.\n\nThe not yet adventure team headed for a nearby lake. There destination wasn?t the peaceful lake however, but a stalactite cave, which was located right next to said lake. Arriving at said cave, the three friends took a look on the wanted poster once more.\n\nTroy reviewed the mission: ``Poliwirl, said to be in this cave, bla bla, whatever he did doesn?t matter. We gonna take him down either way. Be careful, he might be a typical bully gone criminal, but he is not the dumbest individual.''\n\n``We should have beaten him up back when we were young already...'' Siddy added, having overcome his doubts for the moment.\n\n``Let us not forget we are not here for revenge. This is a job we do for the people to be just a little bit saver.'' Netsu replied calmly, ready to start whenever Troy decided to lead ahead. And lead ahead he did as they entered the cave.\n\nAt first, it was a easy dungeon to traverse. Only a occasional attack from some weak water types that felt threatened, but were also easily scared away by the group of friends. Once a Graveler fell right onto the path leading ahead, but luckily for the team, it just ignored them, seemingly disinterested and thus there decent into the dungeon was smooth and easy. As they reached the half way point however, things were meant to change. The anticipation for a fight against the guy that made Troy?s, Siddy?s and there friends life a pain when they were children, caused anger to boil up in the Lynx. His patience was paper thin. Just then, the path split up and it was too dark to see where each of them would lead. A Corsola was having a nap right at the splitting point. It woke up when the adventurers arrived, smiling in a friendly fashion, greeting the three friends: ``Hello, travelers! What leads you to this place of relaxation?''\n\nApparently this water type was of a friendly nature. Siddy sensed a chance to make himself useful! He approached the Corsola, acting as excited as a puppy: ``Hey! We are a adventure team! You probably know your way around this cave, dont you? We are looking for a criminal! A bad guy! He is a Polywirl and supposed to be somewhere around here. If you know where, mind telling us the direction?''\n\nThe Corsola was frowning as soon as she heard about the ``bad guy'', responding in a much less happy fashion: ``That meanie!? He is making our life here much less relaxing! So many of us are afraid of anyone who walks past, just because he?s such a bully to everyone! Hes right down that way!'' The water type nudged herself into the direction of the left path, indicating that was the right way.\n\nWithout a second thought, Troy rushed down that path. He had no patience for formalities and just left his friends shocked at his impulsive reaction. Netsu on the other hand, felt uneasy. She had a bad feeling about everything. Every word and emotion the coral Pokemon said and expressed. She wasn?t the only one worried however as Siddy seamed to have no issues with the water type.\n\n``Damn it, Troy! Sorry and thanks a lot, miss Corsola! Come on Netsu, lets follow him!''\n\nJust when the Canine wanted to run after his friend, it hit Netsu like a truck. This was a trap! She was convinced she could feel the malice in the Corsolas intentions. She quickly grabbed Siddy by the tail, stopping him: ``Wait!''\n\nJust when she said that, the left corridor started to crumble and a rock slide blocked off the entrance. If they followed behind, they would have been in the same trap as Troy fell into.\n\n``Woah! What the!? Corsola!?'' Siddy replied to the rock slide, angry and disappointing, but the water type was already ``running'' down the right path. She giggled while vanishing into the dark.\n\nSiddy and Netsu waited a moment, recovering from the shock. The dog noticed however how his friend managed to perfectly tell that this was a trap. ``Netsu? How did you know that was a trap? Thank you again, but ... how?''\n\nShe thought for a moment. How did she do it? She didn?t know herself. Yet she tried to give her friend as much of a answer as she could: ``I ... don?t know honestly... I just ... felt it. I felt the bad intentions Corsola had. Right from the moment you mentioned we are after Polywirl, there was such a dark, malicious feel to her every word. At first I thought it was anger towards Polywirl, but no, it wasn?t anger. It were lies, just so she could lure us into her trap.''\n\nSiddy gasped, putting one and one together: ``Shes with Poliwirl! Netsu, we have to hurry! Perhaps they keep Troy captive!''\n\n``You are right, lets go!'' Netsu agreed with a nod and together they followed Corsolas trail.\n\nThe second half of the dungeon turned out to be much more dangerous. Corsola intentionally aggravated ALL of the inhabitants she came across. Worried about there friend and teammate, Netsu and Siddy fought back any attack or just avoided as many as they could possible manage to. Of course, a Pokemon without legs could only be that fast. The two friends caught up to Corsola and with a precise rock throw, Siddy managed to hit the Water type with quite some force, making her fall and forcing her to fight.\n\n``How dare you! Throwing a rock at a rock type!? I will bury you under a rock slide!'' she yelled, angry, yet nervous as she indeed caused a small rock slide by shooting the ceiling with a jet of water. Siddy and Netsu however were ready and dodged the move with relative ease, retaliating with a tackle from both adventurers at once and the combined power was enough to fling the Corsola against the nearest wall.\n\nBeaten, she panted and laid there, fainting just a moment later. Having no business with the beaten enemy, Netsu looked around and spotted another path. ``Look Siddy! Maybe we find Troy that way.'' she suggested, trying to be positive, despite the low likelihood of actually finding there missing team-member.\n\nSiddy agreed and together they stepped even deeper into the cave. This time however, they didn?t find another path, they found a room. A big, hollow area, illuminated by glowing rocks all over the walls. The back half of the room was filled with water and right at the shore, there was standing a Pokemon. A polywirl. The friends froze as they realized who they just found. Polywirl looked back at his ``guests'', expecting Corsola perhaps, but instead he found the two adventurers and his expression shifted to a much more annoyed demeanor. ``Well, if that isn?t that dumb dog from back in the day. Why are you here? And what do I see? Found some bitch to hang out with ya? Poor soul. But hey, at least ya ditched the asshole cat in return. Its a upgrade I guess.''\n\nNetsu felt how nervous her friend became. He was in fear and she knew it. But something in him was fighting the fear and soon enough, Siddy built up enough courage to reply: ``Her name is Netsu, she is NOT a bitch! Wait, ditched him? You are the one who trapped Troy!''\n\n``I did what? Please, why would I bother with such a silly electric type? At this point I am to strong for even a type disadvantage like him~ You all are no match for me, silly kids.'' Polywirl was confident in his strength. But he had to lie, right? Surprisingly to Netsu, no. She felt that he was telling the truth. ``He isn?t lying, Siddy.'' she quickly whispered to her nervous companion, surprising the canine quite visibly.\n\nPolywirl was amused by the adventurers reactions. But soon he had the same bored expression as before once again and he turned towards the shore. ``Alright, I have no time for ants like you two. Guys!? Take care of em and don?t waste too much time! I will NOT come back for any of you who don?t make it.'' he called out to ... someone? Indeed he was as moments later, six Polywag jumped out from the lake, quickly surrounding the two friends who soon stood back to back to \n\neach-other, ready to fight.\n\n``So you are just gonna leave us? Not even tough enough to fight, as you call us, weaklings?'' Netsu replied, calm, but tense as the battle could start any moment.\n\n``Pff, I wont get my hands dirty on you people. Thats what henchmen are there for. Have fun!~'' right after he said that, Polywirl vanished into the lake and the Polywag slowly approached there targets.\n\nSure enough, six against two was intimidating and Netsu felt her partner get more and more scared. Understandably so as both of them were in the disadvantage against even just one of them. They got closer and closer, but just when they breathed in to use there bubble attack, a ton of normal bubbles audibly surfaced on the lake, taking the attention of all the present individuals. But then, just after the bubbles appeared, bright jolts of electricity shot out from the water and following was a Polywag, catapulted out from the lake and roughly hitting the ground. He landed right in the middle of the room and seconds later, no one other than Troy was emerging from the lake. Soaked in water, but seemingly perfectly fine, he stepped closer and closer to the grounded enemy, his gaze locked onto its target. Polywirl seemed to pant from both, the attack, as well as fear. ``What the! How the FUCK did you get down there!'' he screamed, trying to get up, but Troy simply tackled him over, keeping the water type down. Meanwhile, the Polywag were scared and backed off.\n\n``How? Ask that stupid Corsola of yours! No matter, I waited too long for this~'' right after Troy said this, Polywirl shot his bubble beam at the feline, but he just dodged and replied with a spark attack, hitting his target with full force and shocking it once more. The criminal was exhausted after that hit. Troy was everything but weak and such a direct hit was a lot to handle. Seeing this, it was clear the Polywirl was more talk than anything. When seeing there leader beat up like this, the Polywag fled into the water from whence they came. Polywirl was shocked at being beaten that easily: ``H-how did this happen?! Y-you weaklings ... turned me into the weakling?!''\n\nNot paying any more attention on the beaten foe, Troy looked over to his partners, smiling as he was glad to see them in one piece. He stepped past the Polywirl and walked over to them right away. ``Are you two alright? Im so glad to see you again. I was afraid I would have broken my promise...'' the lynx said with lowered ears.\n\nA smile soon returned to both Netsu and Siddy as they were just glad to see there friend without injuries. ``Fuck, im so glad you are alright, man! You saved us, Troy, you kept your promises perfectly~'' Siddy replied, upbeat and happy to see his friend again.\n\n``Indeed, even if you had to defy all odds and just randomly show up in the water to do so.'' Netsu commented with a cute giggle.\n\n``You see, there is a underwater passage in there and...'' troy was explaining himself, but Netsu spotted something behind the feline in the middle of his sentence. It was obvious what it was and reacting just in time, the Vulpix jumped aside to get her friends out of line of fire before shooting a Huge flame towards the Polywag. While Troy was explaining himself, the water type recovered just enough to do a sneaky surprise bubble beam. But to HIS surprise, Netsus fire just ate up the beam of bubbles despite the type disadvantage and engulfed the Criminal in flames, causing him to scream in pain and simply fall over right after the fire types attacked extinguished again.\n\nBoth, Siddy and Troy were dumbstruck by the Vulpix?s display. This was the evidence Troy needed. ``Netsu? You still say you are a human? If you stay with that story ... I will believe you. No normal Vulpix can pull off something like THAT~'' he said, impressed by his friends attack.\n\n``Right! And Netsu also seems to be able to sense the intentions of a person when they speak. Like, if its true what they say or a lie. Thats how she kept me from joining you into that trap.'' the dog explained.\n\nTroy chuckled: ``Is that so? Guess she already saved both of us each.''\n\nNetsu was blushing from all the praise she got, giggling a little. But there duty was not quite over yet and Troy took the lead again: ``Ok, either way. We got the guy, now we bring him out and let Magnezone do the rest. Lets go, first mission was a success!''\n\nSiddy and Netsu celebrated at that and together, the team left the cave and handed over the criminal to Magnezone and Magnemite, receiving the corresponding package with the rewards. After the Criminal was taken away by the guards, the adventure team headed back home, satisfied with there first mission.\n\nNetsu, Siddy and Troy all arrived in there base shortly before sunset and settled down, exhausted from the hunt for Polywirl. Siddy flopped down onto one of the 3 makeshift hay-beds, sprawling out across it to relax. Troy just stretched like a cat and set down nearby. Netsu kept the reward with her and when she set down next to her friends, they could hardly wait to see what they get. And sure enough, they got plenty for there standards. 1000 poke reward money, a oran berry for each and a ... scarf? Troy recognized it. It was a scarf supposedly meant to increase ranged attacks and defense against such. But only one scarf...\n\n``Uhm ... who gets this scarf?'' Netsu asked, holding it up in the air.\n\n``Oh, I don?t know...'' Siddy replied, a bit confused about how the Scarf worked anyway.\n\n``Simple: you get it, Netsu. You are the only one of us who uses a lot of ranged moves. Throwing rocks is not considered ranged and I focus on direct attacks.'' Troy explained.\n\n``Ah, I see. Ok, if you say so! You are our leader after all.'' the vulpix replied with a smile while putting on said scarf.\n\nTroy chuckled, smiling a little himself: ``You know, I was going to note you as the leader. I only really pay respect for the truly strong people. Sure, I value my friends even if they are weaker, but there is a difference still. You earned my respect, I gladly consider you the leader. A human~''\n\nThe fire type blushed a little, which turned out to be orange through her red fur. Siddy noticed right away and giggled: ``Cute~''\n\nFor the following hour, the three friends celebrated and entertained themselves, laughing and teasing each other. To Netsus surprise, Troy indeed seemed a lot more open now that she showed her abilities to him. Either way, she found a place to be. For however long she had to, eventually Netsu was going to find out what was going on! She just knew it. And until then, the Fox was going to enjoy her time with her new friends.\n\nIn the late evening, Netsu and Troy headed out from there base to take care of some business each. The fox had to tell the owner of the tavern that she doesn?t need the room anymore. As a send off, she gave the kind Pokemon 100 poke from her share of the reward.\n\nTroy headed for the Pelipper mail service. He officially marked the team and in the next morning, they should be officially registered as a adventure team.\n\nSiddy stayed at the base and cleaned up for his friends. He managed to make the place look a LOT more comfortable too. With time, he might be able to really make something out of the place.\n\nSure enough, the group got back together after sunset and after such a eventful day, they used all the time they could get to rest.\n\nThe next morning, a package arrived for the team. Siddy was the one accepting it and bringing it inside. The canine was still half asleep and opened it, eyes opening wide when he saw the adventure team badges and the basic starter equipment. A item bag, filled with a few apples for food and two scarfs. One a pecha-scarf, preventing poisoning. The other a defense scarf, improving defense capabilities. Siddy blatantly overlooked the note at the bottom.\n\n``Guys! The package is here already! We are now officially a adventure team!''\n\nNetsu woke up from her friends excitement, looking into the package and noticed said note. Taking the piece of paper, she read what was written on it: ``... Team ... Dusk?''\n\nTroy was wide awake at this point, blushing a little. ``Oh, you see, I came up with that name when I was registering us. We ... can always change it...'' the feline explained, showing his more nervous side for once.\n\nNetsu and Siddy looked at each-other, giggling, before the dog replied: ``Thats a nice name, I like it!''\n\n``I do too! Simple, but nothing wrong with it.'' the fox added with a positive demeanor.\n\nTroy was visibly relieved and seeing his friends agree with the name, he proudly put on his badge, just like the other two.\n\nThis is how the Adventure Team Dusk came to be. They established there worth with there first mission and were soon to be going on more and more objectives. Exploring, rescuing, researching and of cause, adventuring. What they didn?t know, is that they might get involved in more and more serious matters, that will challenge them to there limits...\n\n...\n\nOne night, in a far away City made of huge buildings, another individual followed its duties. In a dark side-alley, there were three Pokemon. One, a bulky, male Machoke. Another, a angry looking, female Medicham. The last, a scared, yet beautiful looking, female Glaceon. On closer inspection, the Medicham was yelling at said Glaceon. The Psychic type had a very aggressive and intimidating sound to her as she kept screaming at the ice type: ``... and thats why you have to fucking shut up and do your damn job! Got it?! There is the guest, now make it worth his money, bitch!''\n\nThe Machoke seamed a little uncomfortable to have gotten into this argument and tried to speak up: ``Uhm, I don?t think I...'' he wasn?t able to find the right words however.\n\nScared and shivering, the Glaceon nodded, slowly approaching the male. But before anything could happen, the ice type whined as she was about to cry at this point. This was enough to get Medicham boiling in anger once again. She grabbed Glaceon by the tail and yanked her closer, pushing her own face against her assumed ``employee'': ``You little... How fucking hard can it be to get a guy off!? Im done, you need some discipline!''\n\nApparently the Medicham was running some sort of prostitution service, but seeing the Glaceon like that, just made her angry. Medicham lifted her arm, ready to punish the ice type who was already cowering, knowing what was going to happen.\n\nJust when the psychic type was about to hit, a attention provoking cough interrupted them and just entering the alley, was a cloaked, bipedal individual. It looked mostly humanoid with the cloak covering nearly the entire body of said person as it approached the scene. Its feet seamed like claws, its hands were yellow paws, but nothing more was to be seen of the stranger.\n\n``Hey! You! Didn?t my men tell you to stay out?! Only one at the time, moron!'' the Medicham replied with anger, turning to face the newcomer. \n\nA calm, male voice echoed from the stranger: ``I do not need your permission, miss. Now, I will give you two options. Leave the Glaceon be and follow me in piece, or I will forcefully put you to justice.''\n\nAs if she got told a joke, Medicham laughed out loud in amusement, not at all taking the hooded individual serious. ``You?! You and what army?! Buddy, I think you missed some information on the wanted poster~'' the criminal replied, whistling for a whole group of Sxrafty to show up on the nearby roofs, out of the buildings themselves and from the entrance to the alley. Surrounded by a good dozen of capable fighters and Medicham herself, the stranger didn?t even seem to be nervous. Seeing this, the Machoke just fled the scene.\n\n``Perhaps ... put more training into yourself than thugs you command around like puppets.'' the presumed male replied, just as calm as before.\n\n``Yea, sure. Whatever. Listen guys, whoever beats the guy up, gets this bitch after im done beating the shit out of her~'' she said, grabbing the Glaceon by the tail and just pulling her after herself, heading for the door of a nearby building. Meanwhile the group of thugs jumped the stranger, attacking him from all sides.\n\nMedicham was sure of her victory already, but just when she was about to enter the door, the shier noise of electricity, followed by agonizing screams of her underlings made her turn around. All she saw however, was a feline paw, already grabbing her by the head, covering her face as she got lifted off the ground and was forced to release her slave. Mumbling, she grabbed and punched at the unknown individuals paw, but to no avail. ``Honestly, the like of you, are why prisons are not always satisfying. You deserve just worse. But I am not a judge.'' the hooded Pokemon said before shocking the criminal with electricity, knocking them out instantly for safe transport as he just chucked the Medicham over his shoulder.\n\nBefore he left, he leaned down, offering a paw to the scared Glaceon, who realized only now that she was saved. His voice even more calm and even comforting towards her: ``Come, it would be an honor to escort you to the nearest Medical center. Be assured, Medicham wont hurt you anymore!''\n\nGlaceon hardly believed her luck, but after a moment of hesitation, she accepted the help. Still shy and scared, she gave a happy smile and nod in agreement. Together, the two left the alley and sure enough, the stranger kept his promises, before bowing respectfully as he parted ways with the ice type to bring the criminal into custody. Fulfilling his duty, whatever that might be...\n\nto be continued\n\n","writing_bbcode_parsed":"Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Dawn of a new Moon
Chapter 1: Adventure team Dusk.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes. Storms capable of lifting mid-weight Pokemon and throw over trees. Truly, the Pokemon world was facing the wrath of one or more of its most fierce creatures, yet no one found nor heard of any of them causing said catastrophes. The citizens could not help but try and continue there everyday life, hoping the situation would better itself over time. However, Pokemon were not the only kind, pulled into this chaos...
One evening, just after one of the recent storms calmed down and left the local town and area surrounding it in a mess, a little Rockruff went outside, taking a stroll by himself to see in what state his home was after such a event. On his way through the streets, he could see the damage in the other townsfolk?s buildings, unable to not feel bad for them. However, he was not very known for ... actually helping out, for the Rockruff was very clumsy and this was also very well known to the locals. To avoid any embarrassment, he headed for his favorite spot to clear his mind of all his worries. A small forest nearby.
On the path to said forest, the Rockruff couldn?t help but notice the view on the now cloud free sky and the already visible moon.
This was a sight that calmed the canine quite a bit. However, he was already nearing his destination. ``Such a calm evening out here. I wish I could have brought Troy along, but he cares only for training.'' the rock type spoke to himself and sighed.
To his disappointment, the forest did not feel any mercy from the storm. The path inside already was blocked by a fallen tree. Worried by this, the Rockruff hurried and jumped over the tree, discovering a disheartening view. Even the lake was full of and surrounded by sticks, branches and all sorts of plant matter. ``Oh no! This is horrible!'' exclaimed the canine in shock, running around, his ears flattening in sadness as he saw more and more of this once beautiful place in ruin.
Disheartened by the view, he was ready to leave again, until suddenly, he heard a nearby groan. At first he was startled, checking every direction in shock. ``W-who?s there!? S-show yourself!'' he called out with a shaky sound to his voice. However, there was no responds. Only after a minute of silence, another groan echoed from the direction of the lake.
At first the doglike Pokemon considered fleeing, but soon after this thought arose, he became disgusted of himself. How could he be such a wimp? What if someone needed help? This thought in mind, he approached the area he suspected the noise to originate from. To the canines surprise, there was indeed something. A red Pokemon was stuck under a trees branches and leafs. He didn?t need any motivation to get working to try and free said Pokemon, pushing the branches aside to his best efforts. ``You there! Hey, can you hear me?'' he spoke to the unconscious Pokemon, ``A-a Vulpix?
B-But that?s a red one! How does one of those get here?''
After some time, the Rockruff managed to free the fire type, dragging her out of the fallen trees and into the grass. A quick check for bruises showed that, somehow, the fox-like Pokemon was completely unharmed. And sure enough, it even started to open its eyes, groaning in a feminine sound, revealing it was a female.
``Mh... w-what happened?'' she asked, slowly regaining consciousness and sitting up on her rear, rubbing her eyes.
The dog wasn?t sure what to do, but clearly someone needed some help right here. After clearing his throat, he was eager to lift the fox?s confusion a little: ``I dont know what happened, but I found you buried under a tree! I got you out of there!'' He was very proud of himself after saying it like that. ``My name is Siddian, but you can call me Siddy. ... Please...'' clearly someone didn?t like his own name very much.
Finally the Vulpix got back to her senses, looking around until her eyes spotted Siddy just a few steps away from her, jumping up in shock: ``A-a talking Pokemon!?''
Taken off guard, the canine just tilted his head, replying: ``Uhm ... yes? Like any with a decent amount of brains? I mean, you are one yourself after all.''
Hearing this, the vulpine?s eyes whiden as she quickly ran over to the lake to view her reflection, gasping at what she discovered. She really was just a Vulpix herself. Why, was this anything unusual?
``O-oh my... WHAT THE FUCK?! T-this is not right! Where am I?! I am a human, where is the next human civilization?!'' She asked in panic, starring at the dog. Siddy didn?t really know what to think of this. Was she crazy? But no, he did hear of something like a human before. ``Human? I don?t know what that is, but I heard about that in history lessons back in school I think? No idea, I never really kept up with school~'' he said, giggling a little.
To the fox was clear, something about this couldn?t be right. No humans? Pokemon in school? There was no way she was still home. However, apart from her human origin, there wasn?t much she remembered. All the Vulpix could do was calm herself, trying not to cause even more issues than she was in. Being alone would probably be even worse in this situation, thus she decided to make use of the only thing she remembered: ``I-i ... see. ... ok ok, I ... my name is Netsu. ... But you have to believe me, im a human, not a Pokemon. Even if I am stuck like this how it seams...''
Siddy was not quite sure still, but where was the harm in believing her? It wasn?t like she could gain a advantage or anything out of that, right? ``Hm ... well, if you insist on that, I guess I just have to believe you, dont I? Heads up, we Pokemon aren?t all that bad, you will see! Why not come with me? It is late and maybe we find a place for you to stay.
However, before Netsu could reply, suddenly a strong gust of wind blew the two Pokemon nearly off of there paws. Taken by surprise, the Canine actually did fall. However, a blue object also seemed to be flung past the two, carried by the wind deep into the forest. The only thing Netsu and Siddy heard before it vanished, was a scared ``Help!''.
``W-was that ... a Pokemon?'' Netsu asked, confused. Siddy on the other hand, wasn?t all that dumb himself: ``Blue body, blown away by the wind? That could have been Jumpluff! That?s a denizen of the town im living in from nearby! That forest is not all that save and with such wind, a lot could happen to her!'' Not wasting any time, the canine rushed to the entrance of the actual forest, stopping in front of it and looking back at Netsu with a worried expression: ``Would you mind helping me? I ... should be strong enough to get through here, but ... there are lots of grass types in here. And the disasters recently made them all very aggressive.'' The fox was rather surprised at first, but quickly she realized: she was a fire type, wasn?t she? Of cause she would be a help to the rock type. Taking a deep breath, she just nodded and followed after Siddy, leaving him to take the lead.
Siddy gladly took the lead for now as the adrenaline was still pumping. Though after it became darker and darker, thanks to the foliage, he became more and more insecure. Suddenly Netsu stepped on a stick, causing the canine to jump in fear and swiftly hide behind the fox. The Vulpix raised a brow at that, with a ``are you serious?'' expression. ``Uhm, you ok? That was just a stick.'' she asked a little concerned. Siddy stopped quivering as soon as she said that, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. ``... oh... w-would you mind leading the way instead? You seam like ... you know, less of a wimp...''
Netsu couldn?t help but giggle a little at that, but she did as he asked her to, smiling back at him encouragingly: ``Fine, silly. Lets see where this path leads.''
The two might not know each-other very well yet, but this small adventure, seemed to bring them more and more into a solid companionship rather quickly.
Netsu was still rather absent while searching through the woods. It was a very calm forest, thus there wasn?t much keeping her attention on what she was doing. How did she get there? Where did she come from? And why was she a Pokemon? She was absolutely sure she was a human before. All those question wouldn?t leave the fox?s mind. Though this was a dungeon. And no matter the dungeon, there were enemies. Meanwhile, Siddy was just following right after her. Eventually a Caterpie jumped out of a tree. It spotted the two trespasser pretty quick and swiftly sent some strings at the fire type. Netsu was taken completely off-guard and was soon covered in strings. She cried out in surprise: ``Ah! W-what is this?! H-help me!'' Her gaze went wide towards Siddy. He on the other hand raised a brow this time, similar to how she would earlier. This was not that big of a deal to him. Only then he remembered, that the Vulpix said she was a human until now.
``Try to burn the strings with fire! Your kind can do that rather easily.'' he mentioned, unable to really do much about it himself as well as unable to really take this harmless situation all too serious.
The vulpine calmed very much instantly when she was reminded she could do such things now. But how? Netsu tried to focus. Did she have to hold her paws out? Blow on the strings? A bit insecure, the Vulpix closed her eyes, took a deep breath and relaxed. After a good few seconds, a hot, burning sensation grew stronger and stronger in her chest. It was however not unpleasant at all and like it was part of her instincts, she suddenly knew what to do. Netsu then blew as hard as she could. To both her own, as well as the wild Caterpie?s and Siddy?s surprise, a HUGE flame bursts from her maw. A much more intense version of ember than the rock type had ever seen. Rather shocked herself, Netsu gone wide eyed and after a few seconds, she stopped. The Caterpie fled as soon as the fire reached it, but the size of the flame was enough to set some bushes on fire.
To prevent a forest fire, Siddy immediately reacted with a rock throw, suffocating the still small flames under a bunch of rubble. Relieved, he sighted: ``W-what was THAT?''
Clearly she surprised the dog, but not only him, but herself too. How did she do this? No matter what, only more questions came up. It might as well be pointless to think about them for now.
``S-sorry, I was distracted... I shouldn?t have gotten into that situation to begin with.'' The fox apologized. Siddy However was just baffled by her demonstration: ``Are you kidding?! That was amazing! T-that might have made Troy some concurrence!''
``Troy?'' she asked, tilting her head.
``Ah, yea, my only friend... I will have to introduce you to him later!''
``O-oh, uhm ... s-sure. I would like that.'' she sounded convincing enough to not give Siddy a reason to worry. Clearly the Fox was rather unsure.
The ... rather harmless encounter behind, Siddy and Netsu moved on. To there luck, they did not encounter more aggressive individuals and after a while of searching, finally a Voice echoed from above the two Pokemon: ``H-hey! You two! P-please help me, I beg you!''
The Adventurers goal appeared to be right above them, but when they saw the Jumpluff, the two noticed another problem. How were they going to free it? Both of them had trouble coming up with ideas. Netsu couldn?t use fire. She could cause a forest fire and the Grass type would be in just as much danger itself. Eventually Siddy was sick of it. They got all the way here and now they couldn?t even help? Frustrated at himself, he just tackled the tree the Jumpluff was stuck on. He immediately huffed and slumped down on the ground, pouting. What the dog didn?t notice however, was how his strength made the tree shake quite a bit. He might not be very strong, but somehow he still gathered enough strength to cause the tree to shake and the branches to shift around. It wasn?t much, but the grass type was able to wiggle itself free, gliding softly towards the ground. Siddy didn?t realize he was the cause for this until the Jumpluff hugged him gratefully. ``Oh, thank you two! You must be a Exploration Team? Rescue Team?''
Netsu was confused however, but didn?t say anything so her new friend could handle it. Siddy giggled, knowing he wasn?t officially part of either, but he played along anyway: ``Hehe, i-i guess, no need to thank us! Now, we should get back to town. Don?t you two think so too?''
The Jumpluff bounced up and down, smiling and practically glowing in joy: ``Yes! Lets go, this place is scary.''
The group was ready to leave and so they did. The Rockruff lead the way back out of the woods. Netsu was last in the line, lost in her endless questions that none of the two fellow Pokemon would be able to answer.
The night ended soon however. Even before the group made it back to town, the sun was already raising over the mountains at the horizon. The cold breeze running through Netsus fur, a feeling she still wasn?t used to.
Finally back in Town, they said there goodbyes to Jumpluff, after which Siddy moved on to lead his new friend to his very own ``base'' as he referred to it as. Arriving there soon after. It was a rather primitive hut, made of wood and rock. It seamed to be robust enough and its location between the hills of the town protected it from the strong winds that tortured the land.
Siddy proudly opened the door, letting the Vulpix step inside: ``Tada! I built this all by myself!What do you think?'' he asked rather hopeful. Netsu looked around, taking in the interior. There were three beds, made of hay and ... a training dummy? She couldn?t tell, there was something blocking her view. ... Someone rather. It was a Luxio, who would soon after turn around, facing the two with a pretty bored expression. ``... Who?s that now, Siddy?'' the lynx said in a manner that was equally as bored as his expression. Siddy seemed surprised and dashed into the center of the room. ``Oh! Troy! I didn?t know you?d be here this early today.'' the Canine replied rather nervously.
``Does it matter? Am I ... interrupting any plans you had with that girl? Who?s that?'' Troy clearly implied something much different there for a moment, giving off a pretty intimidating attitude.
Siddy was turning red pretty much instantly, stuttering his reply: ``N-no! S-shut it you dick! T-this is Netsu, I saved her when she was stuck under a tree and passed out.''
The fire type nodded to the Feline: ``Yes, that is true. Hello, my name is Netsu, I am ... well...''
She didnt feel comfortable explaining herself, and this was rather visible. However, she wasn?t at all intimidated from the Luxio, which he seamed to like, judging by his slightly more relaxed posture. Siddy stepped in, taking over where his friend stopped: ``Netsu is a human, she got turned into a Pokemon. She has no idea how it happened and neither does she remember anything other than her name and origin. There, I said it...''
For a moment there was absolute Silence. Troy was starring at the two friends for a good few seconds, before then chuckling to himself. ``Silly, you dont need a dramatic backstory to be part of a Adventure team.''
``Y-you don?t believe us?'' Netsu replied.
``Not like I have any reason to.'' Troy answered, shrugging returning to face the training dummy and taking on a combat position, practicing a few shocks.
``Wait, ... Adventure team? I heard that before and what does that have to do with me?'' The Vulpix turned her attention to the dog, who was blushing once more, nervous and shy. ``W-well, Troy knows me too well... I ... thought, maybe you want to join us? We are planing on becoming a Official Adventure team. But I couldn?t offer enough support to Troy on my own, so we couldn?t really get started. I saw your abilities though, Netsu, you would be more than enough! O-of cause I understand if you don?t want to.''
Netsu shook her head: ``No no, you didn?t properly explain what a Adventure team really is.''
``O-Oh? Well, thats simple, it...'' Siddy was cut off by Troy, who didn?t bother to turn towards the two first stage evolutions to take over: ``A adventure team is a very uncommon, but official kind of group, often consisting of 2 or 3 Pokemon each. As there name explains, they go on adventures in either dungeons or even just outside of those. Often a dungeon is still the goal of a adventure. They do that to either help Pokemon in need or to find treasure and new locations. The official registration is all you need to be considered a Adventure team. However, you do not gain support from anyone else than perhaps other teams if you are in trouble.''
Siddy nods, agreeing with his friend: ``Yes, exactly. And both of us have a goal! Mine is help people all over the world as part of a world class Adventure team!''
Netsu was quite impressed. She didn?t expect a grumpy looking guy like Troy to try and follow such a noble job. ``Both of you? So ... what is your dream, Troy?'' the Fox asked curiously.
``My goal is to become a reliable member of the order of the so called guardians.'' the feline explained, sitting down and fixing up the Training dummy with his paws.
``... Guardians? That doesn?t sound very creative...'' Netsu replied.
Siddy remembered Troy telling him about them: ``Oh, right. I heard of them. They are a elite group of warriors. They say a single member of them is worth 3 average adventure teams in efficiency. Apparently they work based on honor rather than money. No idea how they keep themselves fed...''
Hearing all that, Netsu went quiet. She had no idea where she was, why she was here and what happened to cause all of this. She wasnt sure either if she should join the two Pokemon she literally just met. Everything was going a little too fast for her and with a sigh, she walked out of her new friend?s base. ``Sorry Siddy, Troy. Your goals are nice and all, but I have a lot to sort out, so I will try to find a place to stay for a bit and have time to think. Give me some time and maybe I will join you two. Until then, thanks, and have a nice day.'' with those words, the Vulpix left and headed for the Town. All Siddy could do was look after her, worrying for his new friend?s well being: ``Netsu...''
Suddenly he felt a sting in his rear end as Troy walked up from behind with a rough smack to the dogs butt, making the Canine squeak in surprise and pain: ``H-hey!''
``Ya sure you aren?t into her? Never seen you look after someone like that.''
The Dog grumbled: ``I told you what happened to her, I am just worried!''
``Huh, well, stick with yer story, its not my business. What IS my business, is that you do your training. I can hardly Keep you save all day if we get into a fight~''
``Fiiiiine... But I swear, I use you as training dummy if you slap me again!''
Troy chuckled a little to himself, a slight smirk as he knew he was stronger than his friend: ``Id like to see you try.''
And so the two friends continued there training in there base while Netsu headed off to sort out her thoughts and get used to her new body.
The name of the Town turned out to be ``Trinket Village'', as Netsu would soon find out. Her search for a roof over her head, lead her to the local Tavern. The owner was a kind individual and offered the Fire type a Room, in return for her Services as a waitress and generally helping out some. A good half of her free-time went into her ``job'', despite the fact she only had to help for 3 hours. She thought doing something with her new body would more easily make her used to it.
In her actual free-time, Netsu was walking around in Trinket Village. She tried to get used to more than just her body. Pokemon everywhere in a completely unknown world to her? She clearly needed any bit of time to get used to it that she could get.
Over the first week in this new place, she heard all sorts of stories while on her job or on the marketplace. But sadly, not many were the happy kind. The recent disasters destroyed things here and there, got pokemon into trouble all over the world apparently. Hearing that, the Vulpix felt more and more helpless. She wanted to help the people, but how should she do that? Sure, maybe her abilities were exceptional, but what could one Pokemon do alone in a world like this?
After hearing enough of the negative things happening all over the world, Netsu finally decided. If she wants to help, she cant do it alone. And she knew two goodhearted Pokemon who want to do just the same. She suddenly understood where they took there motivation from and was able to relate to there determination.
Meanwhile...
After Netsu left, Siddy was engaging in a harsh training that Troy made up just for him. Determined to become stronger, the dog followed this training for the coming week, even when Troy was not around to keep him at it.
One day, Troy arrived at there base and found the Canine exhausted on the ground. The feline always had this grumpy attitude on him, however seeing his friend try so hard, did in fact draw the more caring part of him out as he grabbed a drink and placed it in front of Siddy.
``Hey, you really take it serious, huh?'' Troy asked, sitting next to his friend.
Siddy was still panting in exhaustion, gladly taking the drink and sipping from it. He then sighed a little, replying: ``Hm... what can I say? I cant have a HUMAN of all things, be better at being a Pokemon than I am myself.''
Troy chuckled. He might not be convinced, but heard the human part often enough to ignore it at this point. ``Well, I saw her out in town. It seems like she found her place as a waitress instead I?m afraid.''
Siddy went wide eyed for a moment. ``What? ... I ... don?t really believe that. Give her time, im sure she will come around. I just ... have such a feeling, you know?''
The lynx shrugged and took a drink himself. ``Whatever you think, budd. ... When ya are done with your break, I wanna see if you improved.'' Troy said in a somewhat cold, yet motivational fashion and once again his paw went for a rough slap on the dogs behind, who again just yelped from the pain of that slap, grumbling. ``Grr... stop that! Fine, give me a minute...''
The two kept up there training for the rest of the first week after Netsu left them. But one day, just when Siddy was about to be tested by Troy once more, someone suddenly knocked on the door. And sure enough, it was no one other than the Vulpix with a determined expression. ``I decided to join you two, if you still want me to.'' she just said, plenty of determination in her voice. No greeting, no nothing.
There was no question, Troy and Siddy gladly accepted Netsu as part of there team. Siddy was excited like a newborn, letting her inside there base again while Troy just looked relatively surprised.
After the Vulpix explained herself, Siddy hugged her happily. He was visibly moved to see his friend feel like that about the world she just got ripped into. However, even before the two were done celebrating, Troy interrupted them with a wave of his paw. ``Well, in that case, our team is ready for registration. But before we do that... `` He started, looking through a bag he had next to himself, ``i conveniently picked up this request from the Quest board.'' Troy put down a paper on the floor for his partners to see.
Siddy quickly picked it up and read through it, but went wide eyed and stuttering in reaction: ``W-what?! You picked a bounty mission for our first job?! That?s a joke right? Not to mention this is a Poliwirl. Water is a threat to both, me and Netsu!''
``Are you sure that is a good start?'' Netsu questioned with a raised brow.
Troy chuckled: ``You dont remember the guy, huh? Back when we were young, that?s the asshole that bullied everyone he could get a hand on. ... Well, if he had any. You know what I mean, he was a Poliwag still at the time. The guy is not too strong compared to me and you two are with me. Together there is no danger. Hes wanted for a view violent acts on weaker individuals. Come on, if I have to, I can take the guy out myself even, no reason to be afraid.''
Siddy thought for a moment, but Netsu felt ... something when listening to Troy. She didn?t know why, but she fully trusted the feline. It felt like nothing he said wasn?t exactly what he meant and ... she also felt a very warm and comforting aura from him.
``Alright, if you say so, I am ready.'' She replied with a confident and trusting smile.
``Am I ignored?!'' Siddy replied, acting more in fear than anything.
``No, but outnumbered~ Look, Siddy, we will go up against a plethora of pokemon who will have the advantage over us in typing. You cant be afraid of that or we will be in a lot of trouble as a team.'' Troy explained in a lecturing fashion.
Siddy just pouted: ``Fiiiine... But if we fail, I blame you!''
Troy was already heading through the door with a chuckle in responds to Siddy: ``Fine by me. I gonna make sure we wont... Now lets go, no time to waste.''
Reluctantly the Canine followed behind with a sigh and Netsu shortly after him, heading out for the Location mentioned on the paper. It might have been a sudden start for the team, but there was no reason to delay it.
The not yet adventure team headed for a nearby lake. There destination wasn?t the peaceful lake however, but a stalactite cave, which was located right next to said lake. Arriving at said cave, the three friends took a look on the wanted poster once more.
Troy reviewed the mission: ``Poliwirl, said to be in this cave, bla bla, whatever he did doesn?t matter. We gonna take him down either way. Be careful, he might be a typical bully gone criminal, but he is not the dumbest individual.''
``We should have beaten him up back when we were young already...'' Siddy added, having overcome his doubts for the moment.
``Let us not forget we are not here for revenge. This is a job we do for the people to be just a little bit saver.'' Netsu replied calmly, ready to start whenever Troy decided to lead ahead. And lead ahead he did as they entered the cave.
At first, it was a easy dungeon to traverse. Only a occasional attack from some weak water types that felt threatened, but were also easily scared away by the group of friends. Once a Graveler fell right onto the path leading ahead, but luckily for the team, it just ignored them, seemingly disinterested and thus there decent into the dungeon was smooth and easy. As they reached the half way point however, things were meant to change. The anticipation for a fight against the guy that made Troy?s, Siddy?s and there friends life a pain when they were children, caused anger to boil up in the Lynx. His patience was paper thin. Just then, the path split up and it was too dark to see where each of them would lead. A Corsola was having a nap right at the splitting point. It woke up when the adventurers arrived, smiling in a friendly fashion, greeting the three friends: ``Hello, travelers! What leads you to this place of relaxation?''
Apparently this water type was of a friendly nature. Siddy sensed a chance to make himself useful! He approached the Corsola, acting as excited as a puppy: ``Hey! We are a adventure team! You probably know your way around this cave, dont you? We are looking for a criminal! A bad guy! He is a Polywirl and supposed to be somewhere around here. If you know where, mind telling us the direction?''
The Corsola was frowning as soon as she heard about the ``bad guy'', responding in a much less happy fashion: ``That meanie!? He is making our life here much less relaxing! So many of us are afraid of anyone who walks past, just because he?s such a bully to everyone! Hes right down that way!'' The water type nudged herself into the direction of the left path, indicating that was the right way.
Without a second thought, Troy rushed down that path. He had no patience for formalities and just left his friends shocked at his impulsive reaction. Netsu on the other hand, felt uneasy. She had a bad feeling about everything. Every word and emotion the coral Pokemon said and expressed. She wasn?t the only one worried however as Siddy seamed to have no issues with the water type.
``Damn it, Troy! Sorry and thanks a lot, miss Corsola! Come on Netsu, lets follow him!''
Just when the Canine wanted to run after his friend, it hit Netsu like a truck. This was a trap! She was convinced she could feel the malice in the Corsolas intentions. She quickly grabbed Siddy by the tail, stopping him: ``Wait!''
Just when she said that, the left corridor started to crumble and a rock slide blocked off the entrance. If they followed behind, they would have been in the same trap as Troy fell into.
``Woah! What the!? Corsola!?'' Siddy replied to the rock slide, angry and disappointing, but the water type was already ``running'' down the right path. She giggled while vanishing into the dark.
Siddy and Netsu waited a moment, recovering from the shock. The dog noticed however how his friend managed to perfectly tell that this was a trap. ``Netsu? How did you know that was a trap? Thank you again, but ... how?''
She thought for a moment. How did she do it? She didn?t know herself. Yet she tried to give her friend as much of a answer as she could: ``I ... don?t know honestly... I just ... felt it. I felt the bad intentions Corsola had. Right from the moment you mentioned we are after Polywirl, there was such a dark, malicious feel to her every word. At first I thought it was anger towards Polywirl, but no, it wasn?t anger. It were lies, just so she could lure us into her trap.''
Siddy gasped, putting one and one together: ``Shes with Poliwirl! Netsu, we have to hurry! Perhaps they keep Troy captive!''
``You are right, lets go!'' Netsu agreed with a nod and together they followed Corsolas trail.
The second half of the dungeon turned out to be much more dangerous. Corsola intentionally aggravated ALL of the inhabitants she came across. Worried about there friend and teammate, Netsu and Siddy fought back any attack or just avoided as many as they could possible manage to. Of course, a Pokemon without legs could only be that fast. The two friends caught up to Corsola and with a precise rock throw, Siddy managed to hit the Water type with quite some force, making her fall and forcing her to fight.
``How dare you! Throwing a rock at a rock type!? I will bury you under a rock slide!'' she yelled, angry, yet nervous as she indeed caused a small rock slide by shooting the ceiling with a jet of water. Siddy and Netsu however were ready and dodged the move with relative ease, retaliating with a tackle from both adventurers at once and the combined power was enough to fling the Corsola against the nearest wall.
Beaten, she panted and laid there, fainting just a moment later. Having no business with the beaten enemy, Netsu looked around and spotted another path. ``Look Siddy! Maybe we find Troy that way.'' she suggested, trying to be positive, despite the low likelihood of actually finding there missing team-member.
Siddy agreed and together they stepped even deeper into the cave. This time however, they didn?t find another path, they found a room. A big, hollow area, illuminated by glowing rocks all over the walls. The back half of the room was filled with water and right at the shore, there was standing a Pokemon. A polywirl. The friends froze as they realized who they just found. Polywirl looked back at his ``guests'', expecting Corsola perhaps, but instead he found the two adventurers and his expression shifted to a much more annoyed demeanor. ``Well, if that isn?t that dumb dog from back in the day. Why are you here? And what do I see? Found some bitch to hang out with ya? Poor soul. But hey, at least ya ditched the asshole cat in return. Its a upgrade I guess.''
Netsu felt how nervous her friend became. He was in fear and she knew it. But something in him was fighting the fear and soon enough, Siddy built up enough courage to reply: ``Her name is Netsu, she is NOT a bitch! Wait, ditched him? You are the one who trapped Troy!''
``I did what? Please, why would I bother with such a silly electric type? At this point I am to strong for even a type disadvantage like him~ You all are no match for me, silly kids.'' Polywirl was confident in his strength. But he had to lie, right? Surprisingly to Netsu, no. She felt that he was telling the truth. ``He isn?t lying, Siddy.'' she quickly whispered to her nervous companion, surprising the canine quite visibly.
Polywirl was amused by the adventurers reactions. But soon he had the same bored expression as before once again and he turned towards the shore. ``Alright, I have no time for ants like you two. Guys!? Take care of em and don?t waste too much time! I will NOT come back for any of you who don?t make it.'' he called out to ... someone? Indeed he was as moments later, six Polywag jumped out from the lake, quickly surrounding the two friends who soon stood back to back to
each-other, ready to fight.
``So you are just gonna leave us? Not even tough enough to fight, as you call us, weaklings?'' Netsu replied, calm, but tense as the battle could start any moment.
``Pff, I wont get my hands dirty on you people. Thats what henchmen are there for. Have fun!~'' right after he said that, Polywirl vanished into the lake and the Polywag slowly approached there targets.
Sure enough, six against two was intimidating and Netsu felt her partner get more and more scared. Understandably so as both of them were in the disadvantage against even just one of them. They got closer and closer, but just when they breathed in to use there bubble attack, a ton of normal bubbles audibly surfaced on the lake, taking the attention of all the present individuals. But then, just after the bubbles appeared, bright jolts of electricity shot out from the water and following was a Polywag, catapulted out from the lake and roughly hitting the ground. He landed right in the middle of the room and seconds later, no one other than Troy was emerging from the lake. Soaked in water, but seemingly perfectly fine, he stepped closer and closer to the grounded enemy, his gaze locked onto its target. Polywirl seemed to pant from both, the attack, as well as fear. ``What the! How the FUCK did you get down there!'' he screamed, trying to get up, but Troy simply tackled him over, keeping the water type down. Meanwhile, the Polywag were scared and backed off.
``How? Ask that stupid Corsola of yours! No matter, I waited too long for this~'' right after Troy said this, Polywirl shot his bubble beam at the feline, but he just dodged and replied with a spark attack, hitting his target with full force and shocking it once more. The criminal was exhausted after that hit. Troy was everything but weak and such a direct hit was a lot to handle. Seeing this, it was clear the Polywirl was more talk than anything. When seeing there leader beat up like this, the Polywag fled into the water from whence they came. Polywirl was shocked at being beaten that easily: ``H-how did this happen?! Y-you weaklings ... turned me into the weakling?!''
Not paying any more attention on the beaten foe, Troy looked over to his partners, smiling as he was glad to see them in one piece. He stepped past the Polywirl and walked over to them right away. ``Are you two alright? Im so glad to see you again. I was afraid I would have broken my promise...'' the lynx said with lowered ears.
A smile soon returned to both Netsu and Siddy as they were just glad to see there friend without injuries. ``Fuck, im so glad you are alright, man! You saved us, Troy, you kept your promises perfectly~'' Siddy replied, upbeat and happy to see his friend again.
``Indeed, even if you had to defy all odds and just randomly show up in the water to do so.'' Netsu commented with a cute giggle.
``You see, there is a underwater passage in there and...'' troy was explaining himself, but Netsu spotted something behind the feline in the middle of his sentence. It was obvious what it was and reacting just in time, the Vulpix jumped aside to get her friends out of line of fire before shooting a Huge flame towards the Polywag. While Troy was explaining himself, the water type recovered just enough to do a sneaky surprise bubble beam. But to HIS surprise, Netsus fire just ate up the beam of bubbles despite the type disadvantage and engulfed the Criminal in flames, causing him to scream in pain and simply fall over right after the fire types attacked extinguished again.
Both, Siddy and Troy were dumbstruck by the Vulpix?s display. This was the evidence Troy needed. ``Netsu? You still say you are a human? If you stay with that story ... I will believe you. No normal Vulpix can pull off something like THAT~'' he said, impressed by his friends attack.
``Right! And Netsu also seems to be able to sense the intentions of a person when they speak. Like, if its true what they say or a lie. Thats how she kept me from joining you into that trap.'' the dog explained.
Troy chuckled: ``Is that so? Guess she already saved both of us each.''
Netsu was blushing from all the praise she got, giggling a little. But there duty was not quite over yet and Troy took the lead again: ``Ok, either way. We got the guy, now we bring him out and let Magnezone do the rest. Lets go, first mission was a success!''
Siddy and Netsu celebrated at that and together, the team left the cave and handed over the criminal to Magnezone and Magnemite, receiving the corresponding package with the rewards. After the Criminal was taken away by the guards, the adventure team headed back home, satisfied with there first mission.
Netsu, Siddy and Troy all arrived in there base shortly before sunset and settled down, exhausted from the hunt for Polywirl. Siddy flopped down onto one of the 3 makeshift hay-beds, sprawling out across it to relax. Troy just stretched like a cat and set down nearby. Netsu kept the reward with her and when she set down next to her friends, they could hardly wait to see what they get. And sure enough, they got plenty for there standards. 1000 poke reward money, a oran berry for each and a ... scarf? Troy recognized it. It was a scarf supposedly meant to increase ranged attacks and defense against such. But only one scarf...
``Uhm ... who gets this scarf?'' Netsu asked, holding it up in the air.
``Oh, I don?t know...'' Siddy replied, a bit confused about how the Scarf worked anyway.
``Simple: you get it, Netsu. You are the only one of us who uses a lot of ranged moves. Throwing rocks is not considered ranged and I focus on direct attacks.'' Troy explained.
``Ah, I see. Ok, if you say so! You are our leader after all.'' the vulpix replied with a smile while putting on said scarf.
Troy chuckled, smiling a little himself: ``You know, I was going to note you as the leader. I only really pay respect for the truly strong people. Sure, I value my friends even if they are weaker, but there is a difference still. You earned my respect, I gladly consider you the leader. A human~''
The fire type blushed a little, which turned out to be orange through her red fur. Siddy noticed right away and giggled: ``Cute~''
For the following hour, the three friends celebrated and entertained themselves, laughing and teasing each other. To Netsus surprise, Troy indeed seemed a lot more open now that she showed her abilities to him. Either way, she found a place to be. For however long she had to, eventually Netsu was going to find out what was going on! She just knew it. And until then, the Fox was going to enjoy her time with her new friends.
In the late evening, Netsu and Troy headed out from there base to take care of some business each. The fox had to tell the owner of the tavern that she doesn?t need the room anymore. As a send off, she gave the kind Pokemon 100 poke from her share of the reward.
Troy headed for the Pelipper mail service. He officially marked the team and in the next morning, they should be officially registered as a adventure team.
Siddy stayed at the base and cleaned up for his friends. He managed to make the place look a LOT more comfortable too. With time, he might be able to really make something out of the place.
Sure enough, the group got back together after sunset and after such a eventful day, they used all the time they could get to rest.
The next morning, a package arrived for the team. Siddy was the one accepting it and bringing it inside. The canine was still half asleep and opened it, eyes opening wide when he saw the adventure team badges and the basic starter equipment. A item bag, filled with a few apples for food and two scarfs. One a pecha-scarf, preventing poisoning. The other a defense scarf, improving defense capabilities. Siddy blatantly overlooked the note at the bottom.
``Guys! The package is here already! We are now officially a adventure team!''
Netsu woke up from her friends excitement, looking into the package and noticed said note. Taking the piece of paper, she read what was written on it: ``... Team ... Dusk?''
Troy was wide awake at this point, blushing a little. ``Oh, you see, I came up with that name when I was registering us. We ... can always change it...'' the feline explained, showing his more nervous side for once.
Netsu and Siddy looked at each-other, giggling, before the dog replied: ``Thats a nice name, I like it!''
``I do too! Simple, but nothing wrong with it.'' the fox added with a positive demeanor.
Troy was visibly relieved and seeing his friends agree with the name, he proudly put on his badge, just like the other two.
This is how the Adventure Team Dusk came to be. They established there worth with there first mission and were soon to be going on more and more objectives. Exploring, rescuing, researching and of cause, adventuring. What they didn?t know, is that they might get involved in more and more serious matters, that will challenge them to there limits...
...
One night, in a far away City made of huge buildings, another individual followed its duties. In a dark side-alley, there were three Pokemon. One, a bulky, male Machoke. Another, a angry looking, female Medicham. The last, a scared, yet beautiful looking, female Glaceon. On closer inspection, the Medicham was yelling at said Glaceon. The Psychic type had a very aggressive and intimidating sound to her as she kept screaming at the ice type: ``... and thats why you have to fucking shut up and do your damn job! Got it?! There is the guest, now make it worth his money, bitch!''
The Machoke seamed a little uncomfortable to have gotten into this argument and tried to speak up: ``Uhm, I don?t think I...'' he wasn?t able to find the right words however.
Scared and shivering, the Glaceon nodded, slowly approaching the male. But before anything could happen, the ice type whined as she was about to cry at this point. This was enough to get Medicham boiling in anger once again. She grabbed Glaceon by the tail and yanked her closer, pushing her own face against her assumed ``employee'': ``You little... How fucking hard can it be to get a guy off!? Im done, you need some discipline!''
Apparently the Medicham was running some sort of prostitution service, but seeing the Glaceon like that, just made her angry. Medicham lifted her arm, ready to punish the ice type who was already cowering, knowing what was going to happen.
Just when the psychic type was about to hit, a attention provoking cough interrupted them and just entering the alley, was a cloaked, bipedal individual. It looked mostly humanoid with the cloak covering nearly the entire body of said person as it approached the scene. Its feet seamed like claws, its hands were yellow paws, but nothing more was to be seen of the stranger.
``Hey! You! Didn?t my men tell you to stay out?! Only one at the time, moron!'' the Medicham replied with anger, turning to face the newcomer.
A calm, male voice echoed from the stranger: ``I do not need your permission, miss. Now, I will give you two options. Leave the Glaceon be and follow me in piece, or I will forcefully put you to justice.''
As if she got told a joke, Medicham laughed out loud in amusement, not at all taking the hooded individual serious. ``You?! You and what army?! Buddy, I think you missed some information on the wanted poster~'' the criminal replied, whistling for a whole group of Sxrafty to show up on the nearby roofs, out of the buildings themselves and from the entrance to the alley. Surrounded by a good dozen of capable fighters and Medicham herself, the stranger didn?t even seem to be nervous. Seeing this, the Machoke just fled the scene.
``Perhaps ... put more training into yourself than thugs you command around like puppets.'' the presumed male replied, just as calm as before.
``Yea, sure. Whatever. Listen guys, whoever beats the guy up, gets this bitch after im done beating the shit out of her~'' she said, grabbing the Glaceon by the tail and just pulling her after herself, heading for the door of a nearby building. Meanwhile the group of thugs jumped the stranger, attacking him from all sides.
Medicham was sure of her victory already, but just when she was about to enter the door, the shier noise of electricity, followed by agonizing screams of her underlings made her turn around. All she saw however, was a feline paw, already grabbing her by the head, covering her face as she got lifted off the ground and was forced to release her slave. Mumbling, she grabbed and punched at the unknown individuals paw, but to no avail. ``Honestly, the like of you, are why prisons are not always satisfying. You deserve just worse. But I am not a judge.'' the hooded Pokemon said before shocking the criminal with electricity, knocking them out instantly for safe transport as he just chucked the Medicham over his shoulder.
Before he left, he leaned down, offering a paw to the scared Glaceon, who realized only now that she was saved. His voice even more calm and even comforting towards her: ``Come, it would be an honor to escort you to the nearest Medical center. Be assured, Medicham wont hurt you anymore!''
Glaceon hardly believed her luck, but after a moment of hesitation, she accepted the help. Still shy and scared, she gave a happy smile and nod in agreement. Together, the two left the alley and sure enough, the stranger kept his promises, before bowing respectfully as he parted ways with the ice type to bring the criminal into custody. Fulfilling his duty, whatever that might be...
to be continued
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