shiningboxofjustice | PSL Post - Athrun Zala and Yukari Takeba

... Yeah. I guess we should.

[ She recalls her Bulbasaur this time, looking over at its ball for a moment before shaking her head. If it was something with the ball, that meant that Bulbasaur was...

It probably wasn't something that they should be thinking about. Not while they were stuck here. ]

[After another battle or two, they reach the entrance to Viridian Forest. They walk through the guard station and emerge into the forest proper.]

...Have you ever seen a forest this thick?

I've lived in Japan all my life, I can pretty much count the number of times I've seen a forest on one hand.

[ Might just be a little bit of an exaggeration, but not by much. ]

But yeah, the last time I've been anywhere like this, it didn't seem to be as dense as this.

...Good point. Well, this'll be interesting, then. Good thing we brought the camping equipment, too. We'll have to set up camp earlier in these woods, since it'll get too dark to see sooner.

At least, that's how it seems to me.

Yeah. I'm not really feeling the 'suicidally moving around the unfamiliar forest during the night' thing all that much.

[ Sure's sure Akihiko would just considering it 'training' if given the option, but thankfully he wasn't here right now. ]

... They said that we'd only be in here for a couple of days at most though, right?

That's what they said. Eager to get back to civilization already, are we?

[He's teasing.]

[ That gets a laugh from her. ]

Yeah. I am. I'm a city girl through and through. Or at the very least I prefer my forests or jungles to have a resort nearby.

Yeah, I'm more familiar with the city myself. Growing up in a colony and living on a tropical island tends to do that to you.

Still, it's not my first time living off the land, so to speak. I'm confident enough.

Well... at least that makes one of us.

[ There's a rustling sound nearby, and Yukari turns towards it, staring for a few moments. But nothing seems to come out of wherever it came from, so she just sighs and turns back to Athrun. ]

Still think I'm going to be a lot more comfortable once we're out of this forest though.

All the more reason to keep moving.

[No sooner does he finish saying that then they're immediately challenged by two wild Pokémon -- a Caterpie and a Weedle.]

But it looks like we'll have to deal with this first. Go!

[Athrun sends his newly-caught Pidgey out to fight this time.]

[ Yukari doesn't even have time to react to what he said before the bugs were upon them again. Since unlike Athrun she didn't have any other options, she sent out Bulbasaur. ]

I think I remember them saying that the yellowish one is poisonous. Let me handle that one!

[ Bulbasaur was supposedly immune to being poisoned, which would possibly make it a lot easier for her than Atrhun's Pidgey. At least if it ended up being a long fight, anyway. ]

Better yet, let's focus it down before it can poison either of our Pokémon. The fewer Antidotes we have to use, the better.

[Immediately, Athrun orders Pidgey to attack the Weedle.]

That's... not really necessary. Bulbasaur's immune to poison.

[ Still, she's going to have him attack the Weedle to, just because at this point getting rid of it seemed like it'd be the better option. ]

True, but neither of my Pokémon have the same benefit. It might try to ignore Bulbasaur.

[The combined effort is enough to bring down the Weedle, though the Caterpie has an opening to attack Bulbasaur's flank.]

[ Yukari shakes her head, before realizing what the Caterpie is trying to do. ]

Bulbasaur! Look out!

[ The warning is a bit too late though, as the Caterpie slams into Bulbasaur. And manages to just make it stagger back a little before turning it's attention towards it again and charging forth some more. ]

Pidgey, take care of that!

[Pidgey immediately dive bombs the Caterpie, knocking it off its feet and away from Bulbasaur.]

Now's our chance!

Thanks! Bulbasaur, tackle it again.

[ And with that command, Bulbasaur tackles the Caterpie back into the ground before it could attack again. But there was one more thing that they could do, right?

Yukari grabs a pokeball, throwing it the Caterpie. Like Athrun's attempt to capture the Pidgey, it isn't long before the pokemon is caught. ]

[Athrun watches as Yukari catches the Caterpie. He can't help but grin a little bit.]

I see you're not one of those women who's terrified of bugs. Good to know.

[ Yukari smiles right back at him, moving to pick up the pokeball of her newly caught pokemon. She's still not completely sure about this, but... it's something that they had to do here, right? It wasn't like Bulbasaur could handle everything himself. ]

Honestly, it really depends on the bug. Even if I were afraid of some of them, this one's just a little bit too cute to get that reaction.

I think that's the first time I've ever seen a girl call a bug cute.

[Still teasing, though he seems to be pleased.]

Might there be some anticipation for when it reaches maturity?

It'll probably turn into a butterfly or something.

[ That would logically make sense. Not that it necessarily was what was going to be true. ]

But yeah, it's really a lot more adorable than it should be. And a lot bigger. Oddly enough I think that might help with the whole it being cute thing.

That's what I'm thinking.

Yet another thing I never thought to hear.

[He starts walking, and urges her on.]

I think I'd like to try to catch one of the poisonous ones. Could come in handy.

Honestly... it's not really something I'd ever thought I'd say.

[ Sure, she wasn't afraid of bugs, but they could still seem disgusting. But it just seemed like the pokemon was different somehow. ]

... Well, I guess they could. I mean, I haven't really seen Bulbasaur use any poison moves yet, so I don't know how well it'd actually work out.

To be fair, Charmander hasn't used any fire moves, either. Hopefully it will come in time.

Yeah, I guess they just haven't... figured all of that out yet.

[ Though now she had to wonder just how pokemon really learned moves anyway. It might be natural, but... somehow it didn't seem to be just that simple. ]

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