{"sf1_id":643416,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Defenders of Evodusai Part 2","author":"Mizucharoshi","words":1140,"posted_at":"2014-01-05T06:40:00.000Z","tags":["Litleo","Zangoose","charmander","pokemon","totodile"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/643416-defenders-of-evodusai-part-2","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/643416","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=643416\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":" Running through the forest\nclearing upon all fours was just...exhilarating. The scent of freshly\ncrushed grass upon my paws while taking in the rush of air blowing\nacross my face all felt so natural. Eyes dilating, I knew that my\nsenses were much sharper due to my body's new instincts. Reaching the\nbush where Truce and Liru disappeared into, I dove over the tangled\nmess of leaves and branches before landing on top of something soft\nand warm. A cry of shock escaped from underneath me. \"What the- GET\nOFF!\" they screamed while landing a painful blow onto my chest.\n Winded from the attack, I\nclutched the area that was hit and rolled off of them with a grunt.\nLooking up I saw a feisty feline with black and brown fur standing\nclose by, brushing the dust off of himself and giving me a\nthreatening glare. Staggering onto my feet, the lion-like pokemon\ntensed up and jumped back, giving off a growl that was flat out\nadorable. Moving my arms up, I tried my best to look non-threatening.\n\"Woah, wait a minute,\" I cried out defensively. \"I'm sorry, I\ndidn't mean to fall on top of you. I heard a scream coming from the\narea and thought somebody might need some help.\" My words seemed to\nwork since his muscles started to relax a little. He looked me up and\ndown, gave me a nod, and grumbled, \"Alright, you don't look like\nyou're with them. Come with me.\" Before I could ask who he was\nreferring to, a primal roar blasted out from behind us. \"Hurry,\nbefore they catch up to us,\" he whispered before taking off. Following closely behind, I\nnoticed him taking multiple glances behind him. \"What are we\nrunning from,\" I huffed, out of breath. He gave me a puzzling look\nand stopped for me to catch my breath. \"Don't you know where we\nare?\" he asked. When I shook my head, he groaned and placed a paw\non his face. \"This is Genko Forest, one of many mystery dungeons\nspread across the land.\" Upon seeing my clueless face, the lion cub\nsighed and muttered something under his breath before continuing.\n\"Mystery dungeons are dangerous because these areas are always\nchanging. The pokemon who live in these areas are negatively affected\nby this, becoming hostile at every trespasser intruding upon their\nterritory. I was just running away from some of these feral beings\nuntil you came along and tackled me from out of nowhere.\" \"Well if you already knew it\nwas dangerous here,\" I stated with my arms crossed, \"Why'd you\ncome here in the first place? From the way you were talking, it's\nobvious that you're not from around these parts.\" Before I could\nget an answer from him, a large bull broke through the bushes and\ncharged at us. I almost got hit trying to jump out of its way. \"Dang\nit, I can't believe that tauros managed to find me,\" the lion\nshouted. \"Hey char girl, how good can you fight?\" Dodging another\ncharge from the frenzied bull, I couldn't give an answer. Adrenaline\nwas pumping through my veins as my pupils dilated again. This\nsituation became a fight for a survival when that bull prepared to\ncharge at me yet again. Something clicked inside my head, telling me\nthat I can beat this. A small ball of flame coming from the lion\npelted the side of the bull's hide, distracting him away from my own\ncounter-attack. Digging down deep into my gut, I could feel the raw\npotential just waiting to well up and explode.\n The tauros shook the blow off\nand turned towards the source of the flame, making a face that could\nscare even ghost pokemon away. The once confident lion was now\nphysically frozen in fear from seeing such a horrific face. Nose\nflaring into a couple of snorts, the bull roared with rage and\ncharged, only this time there was a dangerous glint coming from its\nhorns. I ran at the frozen feline and pushed him out of the way.\nTurning to face the out of control bull, I released everything I had\nwithin me and felt a huge funnel of flame erupt from my maw. Seeing\nand feeling such an intense bout of flame was both amazing and\nfrightening at the same time. When the fire started to die down, I\nwas left shaking a bit with a couple tears flowing down my cheeks.\nFalling onto my knees, I looked over to find the tauros knocked out\nagainst a tree with scorch marks all over their body\n\n \"Jeez, that was a nice shot,\"\nthe lion gasped. Padding over to me, he placed a paw on my shoulder\nand gave me a few victory pats. Some rustling of the leaves behind us startled\nus and we jumped back to prepare for more enemies. The sight of a\nzangoose slashing through the brush was pure relief. Seeing him\nshifting his eyes between me and the tauros made me a bit nervous,\nbut that soon dissolved when he gave a toothy grin. \"Liru, guess\nwhat I just found,\" Truce turned and shouted. Emerging from the\nsliced up wilderness came the blue gator followed by a shinx. \"That\nlitleo... Isn't that the prince?\" gasped Liru. \"We've been\nlooking everywhere for you. Don't you know that your parents have\nbeen worried sick over your disappearance?\" When that shinx appeared, the\nfire in the litleo's eyes burned out. A tiny whimper escaped his\nthroat and his gaze was aimed towards the ground. The shinx trotted\nslowly to the depressed lion, giving him a couple of friendly licks\nacross his red mohawk. \"I'm sorry for dragging you through all\nthis, Lilly,\" he apologized. \"I was consumed with revenge over\nwhat they did to you that I sort of lost track of everything.\"\nTruce stepped up and coughed to get the litleo's attention. \"One of\nour other teams already apprehended the outlaws that you seek. Let's\nget the both of you home first before talking any further.\"\nClutching something in his right paw, he held it up into the sky. A\nbeam of blinding light flashed for a couple seconds before\ndissipating. Where the shinx and litleo once stood was nothing but\nair. \"Now what should we do about\nyou?\" Truce pondered with a smile on his face. \"Not only did you\nsave us the trouble of searching for the prince but you've also taken\nout Rampaging Rydro, a D-ranked outlaw who was only one crime away\nfrom becoming a C-ranked criminal.\" Judging from the tone of his\nvoice, I shuffled back a bit in defense but was instantly grabbed by\nthe quick moving pokemon. Moving in close to my face, I could smell\nhis putrid breath as he whispered, \"Don't you know who we are?\"","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/641519-defenders-of-evodusai-part-1.json"}