Worthless Necessity: Project Pokemon [HitoZuku]

Chapter 5 - Electric Sparks

"So..." Iida looked around the forest, "I don't see any Pokemon here."

"Manual is a water type gym leader, right?" Shinsou asked, and Uraraka nodded, "Yeah! Grass types and electric types are super effective against them, so you might want to try those typings. Water and grass types also resist damage... dragon too, but I doubt that we'd find any dragon type Pokemon here..."

The four trainers searched around for several hours, to no avail. Suddenly, there was a rustle from one of the bushes, and a small brown head poked out, looking at the kids curiously, before stepping out of the bushes, shaking the leaves off of their fur coat.

"A Zigzagoon!" Iida pointed at the cream and brown coloured Pokemon, who was just running in zigzags, almost like it was trying to get their attention. Upon seeing Iida pointing them out, the Zigzagoon's face lit up, before they ran over to Iida, sniffing his shoes curiously.

Plasma scanned the Pokemon, as a picture of a a cream and blown Zigzagoon popped up, as well as a black and white one, "Zigzagoon, the Tiny Raccoon Pokemon. Zigzagoon restlessly wanders everywhere at all times because it is very curious. They become interested in anything that they happen to see, and are very good at finding items in the grass, and even in the ground."

"Why are there two?" Shinsou asked, and Plasma beeped, "The one you see right now is the regular variant found in most places, while the the black and white one is Galarian variant. Their restlessness have them constantly running around. If they see another Pokemon, they will purposely run into them in order to start a fight."

"I see..." Iida nodded in understanding.

"Well, that's the first person we've seen all day." Shinsou scratched his head, looking around the forest, "I thought there should be a lot of bug Pokemon, at the very least... it is a forest, after all..."

Koda shuddered at the mention of bug Pokemon, but Yuwai just nuzzled him gently from her position on his shoulder.

Suddenly, the Zigzagoon looked up and raced back into the forest.

"It's running away! Follow it!" Uraraka yelled, and the four kids just raced into deeper into the forest, trying their best to chase after the nimble pokemon.

"Vee!" Shinsou nodded at his Eevee, and the Evolution Pokemon leapt off his shoulder, before chasing after the Zigzagoon. It wasn't long before the Zigzagoon stopped, dodging to the side as Vee almost crashed into them, before looking upwards, letting their tongue out like an excited puppy.

Iida just blinked at the Zigzagoon, confused by their behavior, before the four kids looked upwards, shifting their gaze to try and see what the Zigzagoon was looking at, before they all froze as a dark aura blasted out.

Standing high up on a tree, stood a hooded figure, wearing a black hoodie, black fingerless gloves, as well as some dark sweatpants and matching combat boots. They couldn't make out any features of the figure's face, but bright, emerald eyes, gleaming in the darkness, as a sense of familiarity settled over them.

"Wait..." Koda stammered out, "Aren't you... the same guy from the cave?"

The figure didn't respond to Koda's question, instead, just training their gaze on the Zigzagoon that was yipping excitedly, running around in zigzags.

Shinsou just gazed at the boy. He hadn't been too sure when they were in the cave, but now... he was pretty sure that he knew who exactly was under the hood.

A blast of wind rushed through the forest, and the four kids tried their best to brace themselves.

The wind finally died down, and Iida turned his head back to the tree, trying to find the figure clad in black, only to notice that the figure had completely disappeared with absolutely no trace. All that was left was a couple of Oran Berries that were at the base of the tree that the figure was standing on.