Chapter 3: 3.In the Forest
"Who among you two little f*ckers can tell me where the hell I am?"
Dean came out the shadow releasing his killing intent as he indifferently asked while inspecting the little boy on the ground, he could tell that the boy couldn't get up and would lose his consciousness any minute now.
'2 broken ribs, broken nose, cut lip, Bruises all over the body but concentrated more on his face. Looks like they did a number on him, why the hell is the symbol 'R' on their shirt looks oddly familiar'
Dean: "I don't have a lot of patience at this moment since I have many unanswered questions so you better tell me what I want to know or else".
Dean intimidated them releasing more killing intent which frightened the fatty as he blacked out while pissing, he simply walked around slowly as he came in-between the grunts and the little boy with his back facing the boy, he looked at the conscious and unconscious duo and said.
Dean: "Pathetic. Now you scarface, Tell me."
Team Rocket grunt began to shake more violently, he knew he would be killed if he didn't tell him so opened his mouth and struggled to answer as his throat was dry due to fear. He couldn't even lift his head due to invisible pressure targeting his body so he could only see his legs. He didn't or rather he couldn't retaliate because of fear which came from deep down his body and there was a voice going off like an alarm in his head continuously saying 'Don't do anything stupid'.
Scarface: "W-we are in V-viridian forest".
Dean: 'Viridian forest...Isn't that the same forest in the pokemon TV show? Am I in the pokemon world? I thought I was hallucinating earlier. Is this kid playing tricks on me?'
He looked at trembling teen in front asked in a serious tone.
Dean: "Are you playing with me?"
Scarface: "N-no Sir, I-it's the truth"
Dean wasn't sure what to feel about his circumstance anymore as he could tell he was telling the truth, he ignored the kneeling grunt as he has a more pressing matter to think about. He knew about the pokemon as web novels and anime was the sole entertainment he had in between training and jobs(mercenary jobs). He and his master who taught him about mercenary and fighting lived together. His master was a huge fan of pokemon and he also got him hooked into it. At first, he didn't understand the appeal but as he continued to watch, he more or less understood why his master was so into it. He gradually came to love the idea of battling using the pokemon, he always thought Ash wasted too much of his potential. The thought of catching, raising, training and finally battling with these fantastic creatures called Pokemon got him pretty excited like a child who got his new toy.
Scarface: "C-can you let m-me go?" he asked with the newfound courage with a little hopeful expression as he lifted his head with great difficulty to see the black-haired handsome young man. Dean simply stared and said
"NO"
He kicked his chin with adequate force to make him faint. He glanced at the fatty who passed out in his piss puddle, the stink assaulted his nose, he was displeased but didn't do anything. He turned to examine the unconscious boy while slowly lifting the boy and started to walk in a certain direction without even glancing or giving much thought about the 2 'sleepy' grunts.
Dean: 'How can I be in my 20-year-old self? Did I meet some sort of higher being or God and wish to be transmigrated with memories in the pokemon world with his 20-year-old body'. Dean sighed and shook his head as there could be 'N' number of possibilities of what could have happened.
He thought about what happened an hour ago
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He woke up feeling dizzy and he felt his body ache all over. He sat up immediately surprised after seeing the young body he was in, after careful examination of his body, he made a shocking discovery that it was his own body from younger days. he took off his shirt and saw the two scars one big vertical scar on his left chest and another small scar near his abdomen which confirmed his suspicion about his body. He knew he was 6feet one inch tall with a neck length black hair tucked behind ears, pale yellow eyes and a handsome face. He was wearing a plain white t-shirt which hugged his torso which highlighted the well-toned body, he wore a black cargo pant. He was somewhat shocked to see himself in an undamaged 20-year-old body.
The dizziness subsided, the aching of his body became bearable and he was bit dazed as he couldn't remember how he came here or how he was in his younger body. He was in the middle of the day with the sun over his head, he looked around to see dense trees and bushes but he didn't have time to admire the beauty of the forest filled with tall green trees as his trained mind was telling him to search the surrounding. He got up and carefully searched for any immediate threat, he slightly relaxed as he didn't find anything.
Dean: 'Is this dream?' he pinched his cheeks, he felt pain but he didn't show it on his face.
Dean: 'So it isn't a dream. Is this Hell or Heaven, if it is then its lot different than I imagined' thought looking around. He slowly walked watchfully in the unknown environment without making much of a sound.
Dean: 'What sort of trees are these? I haven't even seen or heard of these. How stra-' his thoughts were cut short as he saw something move so he stealthily moved towards the bushes towards his right. He hid behind the tree 5 meters away from the shrubs, he waited for some time and slowly approached, he was extra cautious as he didn't have any sort of weapon with him. he slowly peeked behind the bushes. He was shocked to see a 30cm long green caterpillar munching on a berry slowly but that was not the reason for his shock, he was shocked because he recognized that caterpillar.
Dean: 'Caterpie!! from pokemon'. Caterpie sensed something, it turned around and saw his face. It immediately ran away in fear, Dean stood there shocked.
'I must have watched too many episodes of pokemon before the mission, I must be hallucinating the caterpie. Even though I am a pokemon fan, I think its too much to even hallucinate about it after death. It would have been cool if it was real though' Dean shook his head as he wandered around, he was hoping to find any sort of water source to come in contact with living being but he was out of luck despite searching for some time just when he was frowning, he suddenly heard faint whimpering so he perked up his ears and followed the sound. He hid behind the tree in shades and observed the two teenagers, one short fat and another medium height medium build both were wearing black shirt and pants and caps. The fat one was kicking a little boy who was crying, protecting his head, he was beaten pretty bad. He scouted his surroundings for other people. He watched for 15 minutes and when he thought it was enough as he didn't find anyone rescuing the kid, he came out of shadows asking a question as he deemed them as untrained teenagers.
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My current body is twenty years old not trained to the peak. Its the same body when I was twenty back on earth but my mind is the same as when I died with all the memories. I just have to retrain my body with all the knowledge and experience, I can even test a few theories I have in my mind. He looked at the kid
Dean: "Why didn't this kid retaliate?" he sighed " One must at least know how to protect himself as in this world not only people but also from pokemon in wild. Bullying is common anywhere in this universe as long as negative emotions exist bullying will continue in one form or another, one must have strength or courage to face it or the means to escape it"
When he saw them bullying, he had to do something so he intervened, he also felt kind of guilty as he watched him getting bullied for 15 minutes. He stepped after scouting the surrounding, his interrogation of the duo was short-lived because he heard the distinct sound which he thought he recognized that's the reason he kicked the last grunt to sleep.
Right now Dean was carrying the boy with both arms as he walked towards the direction where he heard the slight barking sound, he is now confident that it is the Growlithe barking. He carefully placed the boy in the tree's shade, climbed a distant tree which gave a perfect view of the spot and he waited.
"Ruff" "Ruff" "Ruff"
After two minutes a red coloured dog like pokemon having unique black stripes with a bushy tail came running through the bushes and started to bark continuously circling the passed out boy. Dean watched the fire pokemon curiously and smiled for the first time coming to the pokemon world. He was fascinated by the pokemon and wanted nothing more than to climb down the tree and closely examine and touch the pokemon, he knew he couldn't do that as Officer jenny would be around and he didn't want to answer any troublesome questions regarding the kid. A few seconds later a light blue-haired beautiful lady wearing a dark blue coloured pokemon police uniform came running and she was little out of breath
Officer Jenny: "Can't you slow down a little Growlithe. Did you find the anyth-?" she halted her steps and hurried over to look at the boy while checking his pulse and was little relieved afterwards. She surveyed the surroundings didn't find anything. She didn't order her to search the surroundings as the boy was in immediate need of medical attention so she picked him and ran towards her vehicle parked some distance away led by her loyal growlithe. 'Thank god I found him, how could this have happened to him?' taking a closer look she was surprised 'He appears to match the description of a kid given by passerby who saw him being chased by two guys earlier' she paled as she imagined what would have happened if she arrived late'.Her intuition told her, it might be related to the recent increase in team rocket activity in the city.
Dean watched in the direction where she ran and watched until he couldn't even see her silhouette and sighed 'Someone must have notified her about the kid. Now she will take him to the pokemon centre'.
Dean decided to put this incident to the back of his mind. He also thought about his(Dean) situation and finally decided to let it go.
Dean: "It doesn't matter how I got here, the only thing I care about is that he(Dean) is alive in the pokemon world and that's enough. Man I couldn't wait to catch my first pokemon" he was getting excited "I can even feel goosebumps thinking of all the possibilities but first I have to search those sleepy rocket grunts for anything useful" he jumped from the tree and dashed towards the direction he came from, along the way even with all the enthusiasm he couldn't forget one thing he saw earlier
"What the hell is that Green coloured aura emitted from Growlithe?!"
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