That’s just unlucky

It's been about 5 minutes since I started to climb this tree, my claws have been making constant scratching sounds and the wood itself creaked aswell, it is a wonder that after all that scratching and creaking the weedle didn't wake up. I finally reach the branch I was lookin for. It took long the last time but I had to climb even higher this time.

The weedle turns in it's sleep, snoozing peacefully, which still astonishes me after all that noise I made, I really am not a great „stealth" assassin.

[I hope I get better at this, long normal fights are a drag and all that pain that goes with it really isn't my cup of tea.]

I jump downwards but my aim is off this time. Rather than for it's.... well neck if you can call it that, I fall more towards it's head. Which would be nice as well if weedles didn't have a poisonous horn there.

I somehow manage to land full force on it's head.

[Holy sh*t. That's one brutal bodycheck. I would want to catch one of these myself.

You ok weedle?]

I look down between my paws. Weedle was not ok. I stoped moving. I now it slept before but now it completely stopped moving. And it doesn't snooze and neither snores anymore.

Victory is mine after this short fight if you even can call it that. When I look up again I notice that one of my paws landed on the horn of the weedle. And I mean crash lamded on the horn. My small claws managed to crush the horn, but in the process my paw took some stabbing-cutting damage, one of the two, important part is, ... my paw is bleeding and the opened up paw is in contact with the poisonous horn.

[F*ck my life! Why? I meant to use the berry for this but after the weedle didn't even fight it's such a waste to use now....]

I don't feel weaker at all? Does the poison kick in later? That wouldn't make any sense since it is used in combat aswell... I lift my paw right and hurt paw to scratch my chin in thought.

[oh. Oopsie. My human habits seems to seep through.

Anyhow I don't feel weaker, I won't use the berry if I'am not poisoned. Guess I can still keep it for later in case I need it.]

Curiosity overcomes me. How does this weedle taste? I'am not hungry but after the caterpie and the spearow were so delicious I really want to know how this thing taste.

I decide to take a big bite out of it's stomach.

[Holy f*ck!]

[Oh my god!]

[It's disgusting! Ewhh...]

I spit out the bite I took faster than some director could ruin Star Wars.

*cough* *cough*

[Ewww... what the hell. I was not prepared for this! Why wasn't this tasty like the others?!

Ewwwf...]

I try to scrape the taste of my tongue by sliding my tongue against my teeth over and over.

In case you .... I'am still talking to the people in my head.... I surely went crazy by now. Well if my life is already like one of those Isekai characters I can act like one as well right? This way I don't feel that alone so I guess it's ok.

Well in case you wonder how this tasted. Try the bacon from before only mixed with toothpaste and orange juice. That bacon is disgusting no matter what you do.

I won't why it tasted so different. The meat shouldn't be that different from the caterpie.

I suddenly feel weaker. I lose the grip in my paws and fall of the branch. I climbed a lot and the ground is far enough away for this fall to really hurt.

[Sh*t! F*ck! Oh oh oh...

I try to think of what to do now, trying to roll after I hit the ground is my first thought. And my last. I reach the Ground]

I try to minimize the damage by rolling after reaching the ground to change the energy of the fall into the one I need to roll. But mever having done this before neither here nor in my previous life, I would give my rolling a solid 5/10.

[Ouch!]

I gasp for air.

[That hurt more than I wanted! Oof... my legs took most of that impact...]

I lay down to catch my breath I feel weak. The weedle still lays motionless on the branch. I can't explain how I didn't pull it down with me.

What in the world just happend? My breathing is still not as good as I want it to be but about a minute pasted so I should have recovered from the fall. I take deep breaths but get barely get enough air to keep myself awake.

*cough* cough*

[Urgh.]

*cough*

[This can't be from the fall.]

Slowly the gears in my head start turning again and it hits me.

[Poison! This must be the poison of the weedle! It's not from the horn it's from the meat! That's why it was so disgusting!]

It all makes sense now.

[Now where is my berry? Shhhh*t where is it?]

I start panicking.

[I must have lost the berry when I landed I can't find it!]

I look around in fear, I don't want to die because I ate something bad, at let my die looking somewhat decent or cool!

Then I spot it, a few meters away.

I start crawling towards it.

[urgh.]

*cough*

[Please just let me get it. If a Pokémon snatches it away now I'am dead...]

I'am halfway there when the bush on my right a few meters a away rustles.

[Oh hell no! F*ck me. I watch the bush in fear as I haven't reached the berry yet nor am I able to fight what comes out of that bush]

The bush stops moving and between the bottom leafs a pair of eyes that glow as the sun shines inside them become visible.

[oh please don't. Not my berry!]

The pair of eyes stop so I can't tell what is lurking in that bush. The eyepair tilts to it's side as if it's thinking about the situation it sees. My panic begins to get greater as the Pokémon seems to have enough brain to realize my situation.

*cough* *cough* *cough*

My breathing gets worse I start losing the strength to even keep my head in the air.

I stop watching the bush and let my head drop to the ground, looking towards my berry.

My vision get blurry.

*cough*

[I'am an idiot. Why didn't I just continue to crawl towards the berry when I still had the power to do so... Worrying about that Pokémon when I had better things to do...]

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The pair of eyes notices that they are not payed attention to anymore. And try to follow the look of the clearly weakend Pokémon.

They find the berry. The head tilts upward again and the Pokémon steps out of the bush.

It's a Growlithe. Only that Karl can't see that anymore. He is to busy with trying not to die because of food poisoning.

The Growlithe steps towards the berry and looks compassionately over towards the other dog-like-Pokémon it has never seen before.

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I barely see something stepping infront of me about where the berry is.

I try to talk to it. [Pleas...e don't eat that.... tha...t *cough* mine... I need t....that...]

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The dog-like-Pokemon whines powerlessly...

The Growlithe tilts it's head again and decides to help it's comrade and beginns rolling the berry towards the weird white dog-like-Pokemon.

***********Karl's Perspective*************

One Eye already closed I try to figure out what is happening. The red blurr is coming closer.

[God. Oh sh*t please don't eat me!]

About to sh*t into my not existent pants the red blurr stops moving.

[The f*ck? What now?]

~Grooowlithe!~

[Oh shit it's a Growlithe?! Maybe I'am not in danger?]

I try to see what it wants from me but my eyes are useless now. I try sniffing and i notice the smell of my berry has gotten a lot stronger.

"You brought me my Berry? Thank you!" - [Atleast thats what I try to say I have no idea if it understand my weakend barking]

[Oh my god! In dog's we trust. Angels that roam earth.]

~GROW~ ~Growlithe!~

I don't understand what it's saying but it doesn't sound angry. I decide to reach for where I smell the berry.

[oof! Finally got it.]

Relieved i eat the berry.

[Thank god I had the Idea to get this thing before bug hunting. Thank that Growlithe for not eating me alive.]

And that's the last thing I can think before passing out after eating my berry.

***********Growlithe's Perspective ***********

I look down onto the other dog after it weakly and happily barked back.

~GROW~ ~Growlithe!~

"~No Problem~ ~Glad I can help you!~"

[Atleast I think it sounded glad I helped it. I couldn't really understand a word he said.]

I look down and watch how he eats the berry before falling asleep.

~Growlithe Growlithe~ Growliiiithe~

[~I wonder when Lizzy finds us~ I wonder if he is one of the smarter Pokémon!~]

To be continued...