"Come out! My most beloved partner!"
Komatsu kissed the Poké Ball in his hand and then threw it forcefully. In a flash of white light, a Butterfree appeared in the forest.
"Squirtle..."
Seeing this, Squirtle knew that the moment to fulfill its mission had arrived!
To fight for its Trainer!
"Squirtle, do you want to fight?" Fuyuki asked.
"Squirtle Squirtle!" Squirtle nodded vigorously. After eating that meal of seafood rice, it felt its body brimming with power!
"Good, then I'll leave it to you!" Fuyuki said. He could take this opportunity to test the improvement the Sacred Ash rice had given Squirtle.
"Then I'll take the first move!" A confident smile appeared on Komatsu's face. "Butterfree, first strike! Use Sleep Powder!"
The command was given, and Butterfree's wings suddenly accelerated, sending a sky full of pure white shimmering scales drifting toward Squirtle.
Its speed was slow, but the coverage was very wide.
"Sleep Powder?" Fuyuki said softly. "Squirtle, Withdraw!"
Squirtle's blue figure instantly curled into a round shield. The powder hit the shell and slid off in clumps, without a single bit penetrating.
"It was countered?" Komatsu was quite surprised. "However, you can't attack while using Withdraw! Butterfree, use Confusion!"
Taking advantage of the moment Butterfree was concentrating its mental power, Fuyuki suddenly swung his arm: "Now, Bubble Beam!"
As the words fell, Squirtle suddenly popped out from its shell. Its mouth formed an 'O' shape, and dense blue bubbles shot toward the Butterfree in the air like machine-gun bullets.
But in the next second, a pale blue halo appeared around Butterfree. The Confusion was successfully gathered, and Squirtle's cluster of bubbles actually came to a bizarre halt in mid-air before being hurled back at Squirtle.
"Squirtle?!"
Squirtle's face showed disbelief; Bubble Beam was clearly its own move!
"Don't back down, Squirtle! Use Water Gun with all your might!"
The Trainer's voice came through, and Squirtle quickly snapped back to attention. Its muscles tensed, its mouth formed an 'O', and a fierce stream of water rapidly condensed and blasted toward the Bubble Beam in mid-air.
Butterfree used Confusion to control the Bubble Beam, colliding with Squirtle's Water Gun in the air.
"Hmph hmph." Komatsu let out a smile of certain victory. He knew the move Water Gun; its power among Water-type moves was not very strong.
With Butterfree's Confusion added to the Bubble Beam, breaking through Water Gun's defense would be simple.
However, in the next second, an unexpected scene occurred.
Squirtle's Water Gun actually blasted through those bubbles in an incredibly arrogant and violent manner, broke through the Confusion, and aimed straight for Butterfree!
Seeing this, a flash of panic crossed Butterfree's eyes, and its body was directly knocked to the ground by that strange Water Gun.
"How can this be?!" Komatsu was greatly shocked.
Fuyuki smiled slightly. Squirtle had eaten a whole portion of Sacred Ash rice at noon; until now, that excess energy in its body hadn't been vented yet!
"Butterfree, Silver Wind!" Komatsu quickly adjusted his strategy. Butterfree staggered into the air, its wings whipping up a silver storm that swirled the remaining Sleep Powder into a vortex, sweeping toward Squirtle.
"Water Gun!" Fuyuki followed up immediately with an order.
Squirtle instantly sprayed a high-pressure water column, and the two distinct energies collided in mid-air.
Under the impact of Squirtle's incredibly arrogant Water Gun, the Silver Wind instantly dissipated, and the Water Gun aimed straight for Butterfree's abdomen!
Having taken two consecutive hits from the Sacred Ash-enhanced Water Gun, even though Butterfree's level was higher than Squirtle's, it still lost its balance and fell to the ground.
"Aaaaah! Dammit, I lost again!" Komatsu was somewhat exasperated.
Fuyuki thought to himself: It's a good thing Komatsu didn't defeat Squirtle, otherwise what would have been waiting for him next was a max-level Entei.
However, he also had to thank Komatsu for helping Squirtle relieve some of that terrifying energy in its body.
"Alright, it's getting late, we need to continue our journey," Fuyuki said.
"My training must still be insufficient. No, I must continue to catch even rarer Bug Pokémon!" Komatsu clenched his fist. "The next time we meet, I won't lose to you so easily!"
Fuyuki: "...You should still be careful of the Beedrill nearby! Goodbye!"
Fuyuki picked up Squirtle and Gastly, mounted Entei, and turned to leave.
"How do you feel? Squirtle?" Fuyuki asked.
"Squirtle Squirtle!"
Squirtle rubbed its little belly; it didn't feel so bloated anymore!
However, there was one thing that left it very puzzled.
"Squirtle?" Was that Water Gun just now really its own power? How did it not know it possessed such a powerful move?
"It will be soon," Fuyuki said with a smile.
The Sacred Ash would slowly change Squirtle's constitution and strengthen its vitality. Raising the power of Water Gun to that level would just be a matter of time for them.
"Squirtle~"
Squirtle hugged Fuyuki's arm; it liked its Trainer even more now!
Gastly leaned into Fuyuki's embrace and started to yawn.
Daytime was not the active period for Ghost-type Pokémon; only when night fell was it their time to come out.
Seeing this, Fuyuki returned Gastly to its Poké Ball to let it rest.
And just then, Entei suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Entei looked around, its majestic eyes filled with memories.
"This is where I picked you up."
Fuyuki was slightly stunned, then turned to look around.
But at that time he was too young, and plus ten years had passed since then, so Fuyuki could no longer remember the environment here clearly.
He asked with great interest: "Why did Dad bring me back to Mount Tensei back then?"
Entei continued forward, leaving all that behind.
"At first, I just thought you were a bit pitiful. If I had left you here alone, you would likely have died. So, I originally intended to send you back to the human world."
It hadn't expected that, in the end, it would be the one reluctant to leave this child.
As expected... it was just as he had guessed back then.
In this world, most Pokémon are kind-hearted and simple by nature, and even Entei, a Legendary Pokémon, was no exception.
Fuyuki sighed with emotion. He was just about to say something when he suddenly saw three sneaky figures in the grass ahead.
They were a man, a woman, and a Meowth.
Fuyuki was slightly stunned. Was that... the Team Rockets trio?
Meowth, Jessie, and James?
At this moment, they were sitting in a circle on an open space, discussing something with "evil" faces.
Without even listening, Fuyuki could guess that they must be talking about what method to use to capture Ash's Pikachu.
Seeing this, Fuyuki suddenly became interested.
Riding on Entei, he coughed loudly twice.
"Ahem!"
Hearing the sound, the Team Rockets trio was shocked and quickly turned to look.
"Who are you?!" Jessie asked warily.
Fuyuki: "Since you asked so sincerely."
Team Rockets trio: "?"
James immediately clenched his fist: "Hey! That seems to be our line!"
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