Back to Grassveil! A Three Days Long Journey!?

Akuroma walked up to the mouth of Serene Cave. He and Enzu had passed through here when journeying to Rainfront, but they were lucky enough to have been able to join a trading caravan between Rainfront and Grassveil. Sadly they weren't so lucky this time, and would have to traverse the cave on foot. Akuroma didn't mind much, it would be good training, seeing as how they had no plans on staying in Grassveil for long until going to Black Mist Mountain.

The only problem Akuroma had right now was Enzu. He was late, and had made a bit of a habit of it. Akuroma wondered what the Pawniard could possibly be doing that made him lose track of time.

(7/27 energy)

Enzu walked over towards the entrance of the cave, and saw Akuroma waiting. Since this was Enzu's last chance to see the ocean for awhile, he decided to take a walk along the beach and had ended up loosing track of time. Luckily he wasn't too late, and it wouldn't effect how long the journey back to Grassveil was. "Sorry I'm late," Enzu said to Akuroma, "I was walking on the beach." Once Enzu reached Akuroma he came to a stop.

(Enzu's Energy: 7/27)

Akuroma looked back at the Pawniard as he approached, "If you wanted to go sight seeing before leaving, you could've told me. I could've been relaxing at the hotel as I waited for you to finish up your vacation," he said with a bit of a smirk. He then turned towards the cave and began to walk inside.

"But no matter, let's just get through this cave and back to Grassveil. I'm beginning to feel homesick," he said as he walked. He didn't really feel homesick. He was just tired of all the muck and grime that seemed to surround Rainfront and it's dungeons. Especially Cattail Marsh. Akuroma promised himself he would never return there without a good reason. And by good, he meant running for his life.

"Alright," Enzu said. He began to follow Akuroma into the cave to begin their journey back to Grassveil. Admittedly Enzu did want to return to Grassveil himself, he was considering getting the Joy Ribbon he found yesterday into a cloak at the story that Akuroma mentioned. "So when we get back to Grassveil, how long do you want to rest before we attempt to climb Black Mist Mountain again?" he asked. Enzu personally preferred to rest and collect the supplies necessary, but he would only insert his own opinion once he heard Akuroma's.

Akuroma shrugged, "Not sure. We've definitely grown in strength over the past week or so here in Rainfront. However, we're still a bit lacking in items. When we return I might make a few trips into Pecha and Shadowhue Forest to collect berries and seeds for us to use on our journey," he said as he brought out a torch he had in his bag and lit it.

As he began to walk into the cave, it wasn't very long until his torch was the only source of light. The light from the entrance seemed to have disappeared what felt like an eternity ago.

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Enzu was glad that the Akuroma said they would take time to get some supplies, that meant Enzu would have some time to do some personal training and prepare himself. Once Akuroma's torch became the only source of light for the two pokemon, Enzu stepped up his guard. He wanted to make sure that they weren't caught off guard in the darkness, even though that could easily happen here or Black Mist Mountain.

As they walked Enzu noticed out of the corner of his eye a sleeping Dugtrio, "Let's be careful not to wake those guys up," Enzu whispered to Akuroma. Then suddenly there was a large screeching sound that was resonating throughout the entire cave. Enzu then covered his ears and tried to find out if he could spot the source of the noise.

((Noibat's Move Set: Bite, Gust, Leech Life, Screech))

Akuroma nodded before his ears were assaulted by the loud noise. He was only able to cover one ear, since his other hand was having to hold the torch. He swung the fire around a bit to find the source of the sound, and a Noibat came into view, flapping it's wings furiously in front of them. Deciding the assault on his ears was enough, Akuroma used Confusion to shut the Noibat up. He glanced over to the Dugtrio, which surprisingly slept through the Screech attack.

"Agh," Enzu said as he saw the Noibat as Akuroma waved the torch around. Once Enzu realized that the Noibat was no longer screeching at him and Akuroma, he quickly charged up a Psycho Cut and launched it at the Noibat, "How about you cover me and make sure the torch stays lit," Enzu said to Akuroma. If Akuroma stayed on the back lines and focused on sensing more pokemon, they wouldn't have to worry about any surprise attacks.

Akuroma nodded, stepping bat but keeping the Noibat in his psychic hold. The worst thing that could happen is the small bat dragon decides to let loose another screech that does wake up the Dugtrio. He sat down and watched, keeping the torch raised up as he waited for Enzu to defeat the Noibat.

Since the Noibat was being held in place by Akuroma, Enzu was able to easily target at the bat pokemon. With a fully charged pair of Psycho Cut's ready to go, Enzu launched them at the Noibat. The two blades flew and both landed direct hits on the Noibat causing it to fly out of Akuroma's hold and it then fell to the ground unconscious. Enzu then turned to Akruoma, "Well luckily that went relatively smoothly" he said.

Akuroma nodded, "Yeah, let's hurry up and get out of this cave. Holding that Noibat was harder than it looked," he said as he stood up and began to walk. In truth it was a lot harder to hold the Noibat. The Pokemon struggled so much that Aku had begun to sweat as if he had been exercising non stop for the past hour or so. Enzu was just able to time his attack at the same time Aku was letting go because he was no longer able to hold the Noibat.

"Well even if we hurry," Enzu began to say as he followed Akuroma, "We still have a long journey, it's still going to take us a few days." Even though Enzu said this he did want to get out of the cave sooner than later. They could not see that well in this darkness and it would be difficult to take turns keeping watch. Plus the sooner Enzu got back, the sooner he could rest at the dojo and prepare for their next journey to Black Mist Mountain.

Akuroma nodded a bit. He would have spoke, but he was a bit tired from his mental battle with the Noibat. He decided he'd be little use if he didn't heal himself, so he fumbled around in his bag before pulling out and popping a Reviver Seed into his mouth. Almost instantly after swallowing the seed, he felt like he hadn't even walked to the dungeon, let alone hold that pesky Noibat.

(28/28 energy)

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As Enzu and Akuroma continued to walk around, Enzu did his best to try and be prepared for any possible oncoming attacks. In the darkness it was easy for a surprise attack to occur, so he needed to be on guard as much as possible. However all the sudden there was another large screech that was echoing through the entire cave and Enzu had to cover his ears. "I don't think that the Noibat was finished yet," he shouted.

Akuroma groaned as yet another screech pierced the cave walls. Getting fed up with the annoying Noibat, Akuroma shoved his torch into a crack on the floor and proceeded to disappear into the darkness. After a few seconds the Noibat's screech stopped, followed by the sounds of rocks hitting something along with a few colorful words from Akuroma. A moment of silence followed before Akuroma reappeared out of the darkness, picked up the torch and growled out a "Let's go," quickly before heading in deeper.

(24/28 energy)