Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: My Rescue Academia

Chapter 2: Rescue in Tiny Woods

Hitoshi's mirth and Izuku's embarassment were short lived when another Pokémon suddenly appeared in the clearing while shouting. ''Somebody! Please! Help me!''

A pink cat-like Pokémon appeared in front of them. From her expression and her frantic shouting it was cleared she was distressed about something. ''Haven't I seen you somewhere before?'' Hitoshi asked with a pensive look.

The Pokémon that Izuku's mind helpfully labelled as a 'Espeon' shook her head frantically. ''That doesn't matter right now! My nephew Kota, he fell into a cavern! If something happen to him I'll never forgive myself!''

''He fell into a cavern?'' Izuku asked with a look of worry.

''A huge fissure opened in the ground and my poor little Kota fell inside! He's still too young to have the agility Glameow are known for to get out of there! When I went to get my nephew Pokémon suddenly attacked me!''

''You were attacked?! But usually even ferals are smart enough not to attack a civilian Pokémon!'' Hitoshi said worriedly.

At that the Espeon seemed to wilt and looked down with shame. ''Well even tought I don't have my scarf right now I am part of a Rescue Team. I tought not having my identification with me would make the ferals behave. But the earthquake must have shook them up so much that they will attack anyone who trespass into their territory. I'm ashamed to admit it but even tough I'm part of a Rescue Team I'm usually never in the frontline of combat, I'm the navigator and items manager of the team. So I couldn't deal with all these Pokémon trying to assault me!''

''Then can't you ask your team to help you save your nephew?'' Hitoshi asked with a clear look that said he would rather not have to deal with this.

The Espeon shook her head. ''My team have accepted a job to act as subtitute teachers for the Wigglytuff Guild on the Grass continent. But Lapras can't carry more than three Pokémon, so I agreed to stay here since I'm the one that take care of Kota. Please I really need your help, my team won't be back until tomorrow. I can't leave Kota all alone until then!''

''We'll do it.'' Izuku said with a determined look in his eyes. Hitoshi gawked at him in disbelief but Izuku doesn't notice.

''Oh thank you! I knew you looked like the dependable type! I might not have much but I promise to find something to give you after you save my poor little Glameow.''

Hitoshi sighed realising he wasn't getting out of this. He grabbed Izuku by the ear and the brown fox protested as he was forcefully dragged toward the entrance of the Mystery Dungeon.

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''Here we are, I can't believe you dragged me into this.'' Hitoshi complained but he couldn't deny that a part of him was excited about this.

''We couldn't leave Kota alone can we?'' Izuku replied clearly not regretting his decision one bit.

''I don't know how it work in your weird human world. But here in the Air Continent we're not supposed to accept Rescue requests without an official Rescue License. If the Pokémon Rescue Organization find out about this we'll be in deep shit.''

''Oh.'' 'So it's kind of like the laws of vigilantism back home.' Izuku tought to himself.

''Anyway it would be a dick move not to save the Glameow after we promised to do it. So let's do this. Do you know how to navigate Mystery Dungeons?'' Hitoshi asked and Izuku looked at him blankly.

''Um, what's a Mystery Dungeon?'' Hitoshi facepalm (facepaw?) himself.

''So you don't have Mystery Dungeons in your weird human world either, lucky you. Well Mystery Dungeons as the name imply are kind of mysterious. No matter how many times you come back the layout will never be the same and random objects pop up constantly and a lot of them like the orbs and staffs are clearly things that ferals could never create on their own. If you get knocked unconscious inside a dungeon it will spit you back out and you will be free to leave. However the dungeons always take a price in exchance. You will lose half of your money and you could lose every single one of your items if you're not careful. So try to no faint unless you want to lose weeks of hard work.''