NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1 – Battle in the forest
In the midst of darkness in the forest.
Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng!
Boom! Bang!
Tweet, tweet, sheesh, roar, howl
Many unknown creatures in the forest fled away from the explosion made by these people.
"Catch him!"
"He's holding that beast!"
Four people holding heavy-arm rifles and grenade launchers chasing a young man who's running in front.
On the young man's sides, there is a small, bipedal creature with a pale brown-greenish body color pointed tusks protruding from the sides of its mouth, and a purple collar around its neck resembling a reptilian creature. Meanwhile, a cute, small seahorse-like blue creature is perched on his head, and a serpentine beast with a sleek, primarily color blue body is in his arms. The serpentine creature is crying and attempting to break free from the young man's grasp, but he is too strong, and it cannot escape.
These three beast creatures were Axew, Horsea, and Dratini.
"Traitor, come back here!"
"Surrender yourself if you don't want to die!"
"Return that beast, and we will kill it."
Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng!
Boom! Boom!
The young man quickly moved to the right, taking cover near a tree, and used his extraordinary power to leap high into the air, avoiding the explosion.
"Cough! Cough!"
"Horsea~" The Horsea on his head slowly opened her eyes, murmured softly, and then closed them again, seemingly unfazed.
"Axew... Axew?" Axew, panting as he followed closely, gazed at him with a hint of concern in his eyes.
"Cough, cough. Don't worry about me; I'm fine."
"Ehehew~" The little Dratini on his hand was struggling.
"Shut up!" He didn't bother to talk with this little guy right now.
Peng! Peng! Peng!
"Tsk, it's so annoying" The young man pursed his lips with annoyance as he avoided the bullet coming to him.
He ran to a nearby blind spot covered by the tree and jumped again to avoid being seen by the people who were chasing him from behind.
After landing, he noticed other creatures, such as many Beedrill, running as if they were scared by the earlier explosion. There were also Oddish, Rattata, and various other Pokémon, including Ekans, hiding among the leaves.
"Axew, use Dig, but remember, do not kill," the young man commanded.
"Axew!" Axew nodded to the young man and quickly dug himself into the ground.
"Little guy, wake up," he said as he gently tapped the Horsea on the head while running.
"Hors~" She briefly opened her eyes but closed them again.
"He's here! Chase him!"
"Ehehew~ Ehehew~" Meanwhile, Dratini continued to struggle in an attempt to break free from his grasp.
"Could you please be quiet? Horsea, if you don't wake up, you won't be able to enjoy your favorite food later," the young man scolded the restless Dratini and issued a warning to Horsea.
Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng!
Suddenly, more bullets were fired, and he quickly dodged them.
"Horsea~" In response to his call, Horsea immediately opened her eyes, her head adorned with a questioning expression.
"Follow my order, use Smokescreen!" the young man commanded, immediately using his Dragon power to avoid an upcoming bullet. He then rushed towards the person on the right.
"Horsea~" A dense black smoke enveloped the small area where the four people were.
"That guy, kill him!"
"Ah! This smoke!"
"I can't see!"
"Come out here a bit!"
The young man swiftly subdued the person on the right.
Pug!
"Ah! Cough~ Help!" The individual who was holding the rifle urgently called for assistance from his comrades.
"You traitor!" The person in the middle was about to aim his rifle when...
"Axew, come out!" the young man yelled.
"Axew!" Axew emerged and launched an attack on the person in the middle.
"Ah, darn!"
"First Impression to the left! Horsea, use Water Gun on the guy behind!"
"Axew!"
"Horsea!"
The two quickly nodded and executed their moves.
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
The entire sequence unfolded rapidly, catching the four individuals who were caught off guard.
"Cough~ Cough~ You traitor, do you even know what you're doing? Cough,"
"You're aligning yourself with these creatures. What about our families, our friends, our children, our home? Cough, cough,"
"They've killed our country, OUR PEOPLE! You are an ungrateful traitor!" The man beneath the young man glared at him with red eyes and a crazed expression as he shouted.
"That's because you didn't bother to understand them, to communicate with them…" The young man didn't continue his sentence when he heard the other guy laugh.
"Pu, hahahahaha, wha-wha-what?"
"This is the funniest thing I've ever heard, coughed, hahahaha"
"They destroyed everything, yeah, EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING WAS GONE! And you want us to understand them? Hahahaha, you're a crazy maniac traitor. I want to kill you!" the other guy, who was bleeding from Horsea's earlier attack, was about to use his Grenade launcher when Axew used Scratch against him.
"Ah! Cough, pu." The guy stepped back a bit and vomited blood.
"Dan! You shit!" The man in the middle was about to rush toward the young man but was sent flying by the young man's kick.
"Cough~" His back slammed into the trunk of the tree.
"Young man, you will regret this. Our humanity will become extinct, and you will regret it! You will regret it! You will regret it, you will~" The man beneath him cried out with intense hatred towards the young man.
"I don't care anymore! Ahh!" The man in the middle also rushed towards the young man, but just like the previous guy, he was sent flying.
"Cough~ Pu!"
"Not only will humanity not become extinct, but we will thrive alongside these creatures that you call 'beasts.' They will coexist with us and usher in a new era. They are called Pokémon, not beasts! Remember that." The young man spoke, but he received no response from the man beneath him. He then tilted the man's head and saw blood in his mouth. The man had committed suicide.
And then suddenly he heard a huge explosion.
BOOOOOOOOOM!
"What's that?" The young man's breath quivered as he looked in the direction of the explosion.
"Hahahaha, that beast should have perished, cough~ hahahaha. That's our hidden weapon, hahahaha. That beast should have died, cough, all… all of the beasts should die, they deserved it, cough hahaha. Serves it right, cough, hahahaha, this is the revenge for HUMANITY!" The other man, who had been sent flying into a tree, laughed manically like a madman.
"You…" Rage blazed in the young man's eyes as he tightly clenched his fist.
"Hehehe, kid, this is for humanity. We will stand our ground until our dying breath, until the ashes of our bodies leave this world. This is a world for humans, not for these monsters."
ROAR!
A tremendous roar suddenly echoed through the surroundings.
"What, how...? Ho-how could it be? Cough, cough. It's impossible. Tha-that creature... was still alive?" A hint of fear flickered in the man's eyes, and anxiety enveloped him as he gazed in the direction from which the roar emanated.
Then, suddenly, a powerful surge of energy shot into the sky, breaking into pieces and transforming into small meteorites.
Dragon Move: Draco Meteor!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
ROAR
Another surge of energy going toward the sky.
Another Dragon Move: Draco Meteor
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
ROAR
ROAR
"Dragonite!" The young man's vision blurred filled with tears and pain gripped his chest as he looked at this scene.
"Axew!"
"Horsea!"
The two little Pokémon's eyes also filled with tears as they looked in that direction.
"How could it be... Impossible, everyone, you must survive! Cough… boss, you must survive, for- cough, for humanity!"
"You damn!" Rage fueled him as he kicked the guy with full force. He didn't even check if his body was fine. He looked around, feeling that something was missing.
He looked at Axew, then at Horsea, and then... eh?
Where's Dratini?
"Axew, Horsea, where is that little guy?"
"Axew?"
"Horsea?"
"Dratini, where is Dratini?" The young man scanned his surroundings again, but he found nothing.
Could it be?
"That bastard, follow him!" There's only one direction where this little guy can go, what else besides his mother?