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 from the explosion caused by these people.

"Catch him!"

"He's holding that beast!"

Four people, armed with heavy rifles and grenade launchers, were chasing a young man running ahead of them.

Beside the young man, a small bipedal creature with a pale brown-green body, pointed tusks protruding from its mouth, and a purple collar resembling a reptilian creature scurried along. Meanwhile, a cute, small seahorse-like blue creature perched on his head, and he cradled a serpentine beast with a sleek, primarily blue body in his arms. The serpentine creature was crying and trying to break free from the young man's grasp, but he was too strong, and it couldn't escape.

These three beastly 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. He 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, looked at him with a hint of concern.

"Cough, cough. Don't worry about me; I'm fine."

"Ehehew~" The little Dratini in his hand struggled.

"Shut up!" He didn't bother talking to the little creature at that moment.

Peng! Peng! Peng!

"Tsk, it's so annoying," the young man muttered, his lips pursed with annoyance as he dodged the bullets.

He ran to a nearby blind spot covered by the trees and jumped again to avoid being seen by his pursuers.

After landing, he noticed other creatures, like many Beedrill, running as if 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 burrowed into the ground.

"Little guy, wake up," he said, gently tapping Horsea on the head while running.

"Hors~" She briefly opened her eyes but soon closed them again.

"He's here! Chase him!"

"Ehehew~ Ehehew~" Meanwhile, Dratini continued to struggle, trying 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 warned 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, looking up with a questioning expression.

"Follow my order, use Smokescreen!" the young man commanded, quickly using his Dragon power to evade an incoming 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!"

The young man swiftly subdued the person on the right.

Pug!

"Ah! Cough~ Help!" The individual 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 sequence unfolded rapidly, catching the four individuals off guard.

"Cough~ Cough~ You traitor, do you even know what you're doing? Cough,"

"You're siding 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, shouting.

"That's because you didn't bother to understand them, to communicate with them…" The young man paused his sentence when he heard the other guy laugh.

"Pu, hahahahaha, wha-wha-what?"

"This is the funniest thing I've ever heard, cough, 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 and vomited blood.

"Dan! You bastard!" 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 against the trunk of a 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, intense hatred in his voice directed at the young man.

"I don't care anymore! Ahh!" The man in the middle also rushed towards the young man, but like the previous guy, he was sent flying.

"Cough~ Pu!"

"Not only will humanity not become extinct, but we will also thrive alongside these creatures 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.

Suddenly, he heard a huge explosion.

BOOOOOOOOOM!

"What's that?" The young man's breath quivered as he looked towards 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 deserve it, cough hahaha. Serves them right, cough, hahahaha, this is revenge for HUMANITY!" The other man, who had been sent flying into a tree, laughed maniacally.

"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 of the roar.

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 with tears, and pain gripped his chest as he watched 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?