As Alan sitting on a tree and eating his food which he bring with him in his space pouch and looking at the unbelievable beautiful night sky. And besides him zorua who silently recovering from his injuries.
Today was a very rough day for both of them. Its only their first day in wilderness and today, they fought many life and death battle but the the also gain some things from every battle .
Last five years they only did training but today they fought real fight and gain experience of bloody battles .
Alan thought today's fight and he feels that he overlooking something. After giving much thought he suddenly asked, "hey, did you sense something and why did that Arbok attak us suddenly ? "
" huh ?"
Alan: " "
"Errr.. I mean when arbok appeard infront us it suddenly attack us without warning and its mood looked quite bad too like it chasing something ."
Alan knows that pokemons were quite violent but they were not type that attack every body without reason. And if you intrude their territory they will first give you slightly warning and then attack.
But the arbok furiously attack them without reason. No wait, There's something wrong here. As alan thought before came down with zorua in his hand using rope which he used to climb the tree. After coming down from the tree he put the rope into his space pouch before walking toward the arboks' corpse.
As he appeared before the corpse , he saw a white pokemon standing not far from them. But its aura weak as its strength Elemental-tier early-stage.
It's a Nincada ! With those black white eyes the white pokemon looking at them. Its ok if the time was day time but as it night time this pokemon giving a creepy feeling.
But Alan unmoved as his gaze didn't away from Nincada. This pokemon lured Arbok towards them. And it proved that this pokemon quite clever .
Humans are clever, but they didn't have Supernatural powers like pokemons. But if a pokemon both intelligent and powerful. Then that pokemon quite terrifying .
As Alan quite interested in this pokemon. Nincada's eyes shone strange white light .
Bang
Zorua on Alan's hand burst his energy . Covering Alan's body . 'it's using 'mind reader'!'"
"You luraked Arbok to us and now you were waiting for us .looks like you were very confident that we will come here after realizing .tell me why are you waiting for us. ? "Alan said calmly.
Nincada slowly walked toward them. But Zorua didn't attack but the energy barrier didn't move from him for a moment. As Nincada Standing two meter away from Alan it make some strange sound.
'What's it saying ? 'Alan didn't understand as he asked zorua. Maybe he could understand afterall they both are pokemon.
" It's saying that it want to form soul contract and become your pokemon and want to leave this forest , maybe something like that right ? "Zorua asked in confused expression he doesn't understand . Nincada first used them now it want to alan's pokemon what logic is that .
'maybe wild pokemons are cleaver then me, or am i very dumb. will alan doesn't want me if i not smart enough. 'Zorua's body tremble s little as he thought. As alan and zorua lived together few years he doesn't want leave alan. Maybe i should start acting smart from today, hehehe 'as zorua lost his thoughts..
But he doesn't know that alan would never abandon him. After all they together with each other for many years that's why they share strong bond and after soul contract they become even closer.
On the top that if a trainer and pokemon either of cancel soul contract they both receive soul blackish and trainers' blackish would extremely serve because human soul very sensitive to soul related except . and the blackish cause several month coma for trainer if soul not strong enough for receive blackish.
Alan looking at the white pokemon and lost in thought. Smart pokemons very rare and every ambitious trainer want them because they're easy to train and very understanding .
But there are some disadvantage too. If they were not satisfied with their trainers they would start rabelion against their trainer or serve soul contract.
And Alan realize that he urgently need one more pokemon with him. Because whem alan and zorua battling arbok and alan was completely defenceless. Even a rattata with Elemental-tier strength could kill him at that time.
But alan immediately didn't agree to form soul contract. As Alan's soul power still quite weak and didn't recover after contract with zorua.
"Fine we will form contract but not now and we'll see that your performance first" even though this pokemon quite claver but claver doesn't mean it had good intention .if everything okay then they form contract Tomorrow .
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When Alan and zorua first entered gloomy forest, Nincada was sleeping in its hole .
Boom
A loud sound could be heard in one kilometer area. As zorua blast a Beedrill. And their battle cause some pokemon flee with fear like catipeler and widdel ans so on weak pokemons.
After battle alan went toward the dead Beedrill and took out his pocket knife and use to dug out the pokemon core from Beedrill and zorua standing gured Against any sneak attack from pokemon.
Looking at them from far way Nincada as its eyes shone strange white light .But it didn't attack them as it only steard at them.
After dug out pokemon core alan put it inside his space pouch .After that two walked toward inside the forest.
But they didn't notice a pokemon following them from distance. There were many pokemon hiding here and there and if Alan notice it wouldn't' metter even a pokemon secretly peeping on them.
As Alan walking further away Nincada stop and went towerd different directions. It has it's own idea .as Nincada appeared outside of a hole and made some provocation sound.
Boom
Suddenly the hole bust open and purple Arbok appeared and it furiously looked at Nincada. It sill this pokemon came here in the past for steal his pokemon cores which arbok gathered for his breakthrough. But this pokemon repeatedly come and demands from it some bug type core. Even though those were usless to him but how could it bother with this tiny and weak pokemon. If nincada didn't use 'dig' to escape every time arbok would killed nincada few times already.
After Arbok appeared infront nincada immediately used 'mud slap' and then 'dig' and vanished from arboks sight .Seeing thet arbok felt quite humiliation and enraged at same time.
Boom
Arbok immediately used its tail to 'slam' ground where nincada vanished. And after dust settledown arbok could see a tunnel and it indicates which direction nincada gone. After that arbok furiously rushed toward that directions .
After that a human appeared its sight and arbok thought that nincada mightbe this human' pokemon and immediately attack alan and zorua.
After Arbok rushed out its hole nincada appeared and hurriedly walked in it didn't know how long that human and pokemon hold on ground against arbok better hurry.
After that nincada used 'dig ' and throw all pokemon cores into tunnel and disappeared with cores.
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After alan follow nincada and they arrived near a big tree and nincada enter inside tree trunk then throw pokemon cores one by one outside the tree trunk. Looking at those pokemon cores Alans Alan's heart skip a little there were houndeds of them.
After that nincada came outside ,even though those cores were stolen from arborb but doesn't had time to absorb them.
"Looks like it bribe you for accepting it , hehe" zorua said.
Alan looked at piles of core he could sence that their are poison, bug, grass and some normal type core here. He immediately put them inside pouch. As he looked nincada he said "tomorrow my soul will recover then we'll form contract "
After three of them get up on a big tree and start resting .And alan focus on soul recovery.
Next day, after Alan's soul two third recoverd he immediately put his hand on Nincada's head and focus on his soul and imprint a mark on Nincada's soul.
Suddenly his mind went blank and he feels like the world inside soul went black.