Bug Bonding

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A young Caterpie was making his way towards Pecha Forest again. He still remembered the last time he had been there. The bug met a Totodile there and ended up getting poisoned. It was horrible. The Caterpie was not able to fight and even fainted. The Totodile had to take him back to Grassveil to recover. Pokkoji was annoyed that he had to rely on his help. This time everything would go better. Or so he hoped.

Pokkoji soon arrived at the entrance of the forest. He hoped to find Pecha berries here. That would really help a lot in case he would end up getting poisoned again. The Caterpie looked up at the trees before following the path into the forest.

The Burmy was overjoyed to learn the name of the odd berry so quickly. A Watmel berry. He wondered if perhaps it had some sort of effect on the consumer like an Oran berry or Pecha berry... Or perhaps it was just meant to be eaten or used in cooking like Razz berries. Some of them were certainly large enough to serve as a decent source of food...

Russell had turned to Pokkoji to thank the Caterpie for the information when a loud cry had sounded from above them.
"Eep!" Cried Russell as he leaped out of the way of the Murkrow's swoop. Pokkoji seemed to also have avoided the bird's claws, but now that the duo were separated the Murkrow's attention turned to the only one still holding one of it's precious berries and it promptly moved to attack the Burmy.

The Murkrow was definitely fast, and before Russell could say anything, the Murkrow charged him once again, forcing the Burmy to use Protect in order to prevent himself from taking damage.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to steal from you!" Russell called out as the bird retreated backwards to regain its bearings after flying straight into the protective barrier.
"I only wanted to study the berry because I'd never seen it before! If I knew it belonged to someone I wouldn't have taken it!" The Burmy protested, trying to smooth things over with the irate Pokemon.

Pokkoji looked around and saw that the Murkrow was now attacking Russel, who was still holding the berry. Then Pokkoji understood. They took a berry from this Murkrow without permission. Of course it would be angry. The Caterpie noticed Russel tried to talk it out with the Murkrow. He decided to try to help. "We didn't know these were your berries. We would never steal anything."

The murkrow however, didn't listen. It was too angry to listen to reason. Maybe Pokemon just kept taking its berries? That seemed the best reason.

The Murkrow swept down again, planning to hit Russel again. Pokkoji however, decided to help him. The caterpillar spit out silk at the Murkrow using Sting Shot. The Murkrow had been focusing too much on the thief with one of its berries to notice. The string shot hit its wings and made the bird lose its ability to fly. The Murkrow plummeted to the ground in front of Russel.

Angry, it got up and turned to the Caterpie who hit it with the sticky webbing. How dare he interfere? The Murkrow stepped to Pokkoji in a threatening way. A bug like that might be a nice meal.

Even though both he and Pokkoji has tried to reason with the territorial bird, the Murkrow seemed to be unwilling to listen to their excuses. Russell supposed he could understand why, if it was in fact true that others before them had sought to steal from the same bush. Nevertheless, the Burmy didn't particularly want to end up as the bird's next meal.

He was a little relived when Pokkoji took the opportunity to use string shot, preventing the Murkrow from completing another air dive. His protective shield gone, Russell would have no doubt been especially harmed by an incoming Peck move.

It was when the bird turned it's sights to the Caterpie that Russell knew he would have to take action. He didn't have many useful moves in his move pool, and so he'd have to make do with the little he had, but he didn't have much time to think of a way to utilise them. As much as Russell personally did not want to become a meal for the Murkrow, he didn't want Pokkoji to become one either.

Dropping the Watmel berry so as to not further infuriate the bird by keeping it, Russell concentrated his energy on levitating odd bits of debris that could be found on the forest floor. Sharp branches and blunt pebbles were then launched at the Murkrow's back using the psychic Hidden Power that the Burmy possessed, Russell being especially careful not to let the debris stray and harm his new Caterpie friend.

"I don't think it's going to listen to us!" the Burmy called out to Pokkoji.

Russel was right. The Murkrow was too angry to listen to them. The Caterpie looked at the bird with not a single bit of fear. Did that mean he wasn't scared? No, the caterpillar was terrified, but showing fear was not something he could do. It would only make him seem like a coward and he didn't want that.

Pokkoji noticed a various amount of things were suddenly sent against the angry Murkrow. Was it some sort of weird power? Who was doing this? Was it Russel? Pokkoji didn't know. He didn't stop to think about it though. He had to do something about this bird.

As the Murkrow turned around to go after Russel again, Pokkoji tackled the bird. In itself he didn't do that much damage but he caused the bird to fall down. The could defeat it if they worked together for sure.

Russell had to admire the Caterpie's bravery as he Tackled the Murkrow head on. Even if he had known the move Tackle, the Burmy wasn't sure if he'd have had the courage to get in as close as Pokkoji had as quickly as he had. Knowing that he still had to do his part, Russ continued to locate small rocks or pointy things that he could direct towards their opponent in a barrage of sorts. The Burmy hoped that by keeping this up, it might discourage the bird from attacking again and perhaps even calm it down. At the very least, he hoped it might retreat, deigning it too much hassle to deal with the both of them, stolen berry or not.

The odd assortment of debris pummelled the Murkrow's back after Pokkoji knocked it to the floor, each piece dropping in turn to find it's target until the bird seemed to have had quite enough of being barraged by floating objects.

The Murkrow got up and yelled: "Enough! Take your berry and leave." It didn't seem happy but decided to let them go this time. The bird hopped away while trying to remove the silk from its wing. Being beated down by bugs, what humiliation.

Pokkoji watched the Murkrow hop away. He was really relieved. Pokkoji hadn't noticed his body was glowing until a strange feeling came over him. The Caterpie looked confused at himself. "Huh? Wh-What is happening to me?" His body was glowing vrighter and brighter and it felt really weird. He was a bit afraid of this. When the light dissapeared, he somehow felt different. He didn't understand. Pokkoji looked over at Russel. He was still confused by all that. "What happened...?"

As soon as the Murkrow had yelled 'Enough!', Russell had halted the debris he was using as his makeshift weapons in mid air, preventing any further pieces from impacting the bird and injuring it more. He didn't want to harm the Pokemon more than necessary after all, as their intention had only really been self defence. As quick as it had appeared, the Murkrow hopped off into the forest, tearing string from its wings as it went.

Russell had continued to watch the Murkrow's retreat, until he was rather distracted by the bright light that had begun emitting from something behind him. Turning around to see what the source was, the Burmy gasped before grinning widely as the Caterpie's long caterpillar body altered within the light to become something more like a cocoon.

He was so engaged with watching the first evolution that he'd ever seen that he missed Pokkoji's initial question, only snapping out of his stupor at the second.
"I'm pretty sure.... You just evolved," the Burmy explained, his expression retaining that large smile as he revealed what had happened.

Pokkoji stared at Russel. He evolved? Was that really true? Pokkoji looked at himself. It seemed to be true. The Caterpie really had evolved in a Metapod. "Wow, I really did evolve. That's great. If I evolve again I will be a Butterfree." The Metapod bounced up and down in happiness. He completely forgot his surroundings for a minute.

Once he calmed down, Pokkoji looked around. The Watmel berry was still laying were Russel had dropped it. "Hey, lets explore some more. The bird said you can have the berry so take it." Pokkoji had to get used to his new body. It was a bit difficult to move in. He hoped he wouldn't be a Metapod for long.

The Burmy couldn't keep the grin off his face as he watched the brightness dissipate and reveal the green cocoon body that Metapod possessed.
"Soon you'll be able to fly too!" Russell beamed. Knowing just how much the idea of flying excited him, he wondered how the Caterpie liked the idea of flight. He didn't ask though, instead moving to collect the Watmel berry with a nod of thanks to Pokkoji for reminding him.

"I guess I ought to take it after all the trouble we went through to get it," he nodded, placing a the berry in his bag before heading over to stand next to the Metapod.

"Are you alright to move forwards or do you need some time to get used to moving as a Metapod?" he asked cautiously. It must be hard living as a simple cocoon when you didn't have any legs, but Russell would do his best to help Pokkoji if it was within his power.

Pokkoji hadn't really thought about it before but Russel was right. He would be able to fly once he evolved. The idea excited him. Pokkoji wondered how it would be like to fly. The Metapod tried to imagine flying over the area and looking at the scenery beneath him.

Pokkoji got brought back to reality by Russel. His companion asked if he needed some time to get used to his new body. "Nah, I'm fine. Lets go further into the forest." As Pokkoji said that, he started moving further along the path. Moving wasn't that easy but he managed somehow.

The Burmy nodded to the newly evolved Metapod's assertion that he was fine and watched as he began hopping somewhat ungracefully down the path they had chosen. Russell supposed that it must feel kind of awkward to be moving in such a way when you had previously had legs to carry you, but Pokkoji would likely get used to it with time, and even then, this stage of evolution was never destined to last very long.

Though Russell had slowed his pace to accommodate for Pokkoji as he got used to his lack of legs, he found himself a pace or so in front of the Metapod when they passed underneath an overhanging tree. Despite being a rather light pokemon himself, the Burmy paused as he felt the ground depress beneath him, only to be surprised as a small bang and a brief flash of light followed.

"What in Arceus's name was that!" he cried out in surprise, having nearly jumped out of his skin at the sudden occurrence. Russell looked up into the tree's branches to try and see where the flash had originated. As sudden as the flash had come previously, something seemed to drop from the tree, hitting Russell square on the forehead.

Pokkoji was slowly getting used to his new body. It was maybe a bit unpractical but he jad evolved. That in itself made him happy. Russel was walking behind him. He knew because the cloak of the burmy made a rustling sound. He didn't worry that the burmy would get left behind.

Suddenly, the metapod heard a weird sound behind him and turned around. It sounded like a bang. There was a flash of light appearing from somewhere but it was gone before the Metapod could get a good look at it. He was just as confused as Russel was. "I-I don't know." Pokkoji answered.

The Metapod looked around. Then he saw someone fall out of the tree right against Russel's forehead. Pokkoji wondered were it came from. Had Russel triggered some sort of trap? Pokkoji moved closer to the burmy. He was wondering how his friend was doing. "Hey Russel, are you ok?"

"Ouch!" exclaimed Russell as something collided with his head. The Burmy only just dodged a second object dropping from the high branches, frowning as he looked back up. There didn't seem to be anyone up there to actually throw something down at them.

Perhaps it was a trap of some kind? he thought, unwittingly coming to the same conclusion as Pokkoji had.

Russell turned to the newly evolved Metapod as he enquired about his welfare. Nodding, the Burmy replied promptly, "I'm fine. I think it was just some sort of prank..." he trailed off as he turned his attention to the items that had dropped from the tree. Picking up the nearest one, he identified it as a Pink Gummi. Completely harmless.

The second item was not so much harmless, as it was lucky that it hadn't burst as may have actually been intended. Looking from the seed on the ground to the branches of the tree above them, he came to a conclusion of what had happened.

"I think someone planted blast seeds up in that tree that were somehow triggered to burst and explode when I pressed down on this bit of ground..." the Burmy explained, hopping up and down on the area that he had depressed with his body. It didn't activate a second time, likely because the seeds in the tree had already been used up. Russell hm-ed with a small shrug and looked to Pokkoji.
"I don't think it was created with the intention of being dangerous, it looks too high up."

Pokkoji followed his gaze up the tree. "A trap with blast seeds? That seems weird. A gummi also fell out the tree." Pokkoji looked around. There didn't seem to be anyone around. Russel indeed had triggered something. That was for certain. There were a few things Pokkoji was wondering about. "Who made this trap? Why did they make this trap? The metapod looked at Russel.

Pokkoji didn't think about the possibility that this trap could have attracted some feral pokemon. There had been a bang and a bright light for a short while. Some Pokemon might have noticed it.

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If Burmy possessed something resembling shoulders, Russell would have shrugged to indicate his lack of information as to the culprit. However, he did not, and so he replied, "I'm not really sure who could have done it... or why. But I suppose we might as well keep the gummi since no one appears to be around here to reclaim it," he chuckled, slipping the gummi into his bag. He likely wouldn't use it himself, but perhaps someone else who was a part of the Windrose Scouts may have a use for it.

"Anyway... perhaps we should get moving, just in case the trap setter does come back," the Burmy reasoned.

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