To the northwest of Pewter City, beside an unnad volcano.
Since leaving the Green Forest, Natsui had been wandering around this enormous volcano for two entire days.
At first, he had planned to go directly to challenge the Pewter City Gym, but after hearing that there were Charmander in the area, he changed his mind and made it his main goal to capture one.
The reason for his urgency wasn't just because the final form of Charmander, Charizard, is very strong, but mainly because its design is incredible, sothing that Natsui had loved since his previous life.
But unfortunately, aside from so Diglett, Zubat, Geodude, and Cubone, he road more than half of the volcano without finding any trace of Charmander.
As the sky began to darken and night was about to cover the land, just as Natsui was putting down his backpack to prepare to camp, Eevee, who had gone to explore the path, suddenly rushed back.
Seeing Natsui, Eevee ran toward him and called out anxiously several tis.
Although Natsui didn't understand the aning of his calls, rembering the task he had assigned to Eevee, he imdiately felt encouraged.
"Did you find a Charmander?!"
Eevee nodded and turned around, signaling for Natsui to follow.
Without ti to think, Natsui grabbed his backpack and followed Eevee. They circled a wide area of gravel and finally, in a crack in the mountain, they discovered dozens of glowing lights.
These lights were especially visible at that mont. As they got closer, Natsui could clearly see that it was a clan made up of Charmander and Charleon. In fact, when Natsui looked up, he could vaguely distinguish several Charizard flying through the skies between the clouds.
And those lights were the flas of life that burned constantly on their tails.
After so many difficulties, Charmander, I've finally found you!
But, how could he capture it without alerting the Charleon and Charizard?
It must be noted that the temperant of Charmander is relatively gentle within its family, but Charleon and Charizard would obviously not allow Natsui to waltz in and capture a Charmander.
Lying among the dense trees, Natsui looked around and, as he unintentionally lowered his gaze, saw his backpack next to him. His eyes lit up, and a good idea ca to him.
He opened the backpack, took out a flashlight, ripped off a few pieces of tape, and stuck them on the front of the flashlight, leaving only a small circular hole.
Then he took out a can of food, opened it, and placed it behind a large enough rock to hide.
Having done this, he made a hand gesture and signaled for his Pokémon to hide around the area.
"We don't have much ti this ti, so we won't follow the rules of battle. When we lure the Charmander here, we'll attack together to finish the battle before the Charizard notice, understood?"
"Squirtle, Squirtle!"
Seeing that his Pokémon agreed, Natsui, alone, returned to the tree where he had hidden and observed closely.
The appearance of Charmander resembles that of a carnivorous dinosaur. It is orange, with a cream-colored belly and the underside of its tail. Its most distinctive feature is the fla at the tip of its tail.
That fla reflects its health and mood: it burns brightly when full of energy, weakens when lacking spirit, flickers and moves when happy, and burns violently when angry.
It is said that when the fla on its tail goes out, Charmander's life also ends. However, as long as it is healthy, the fla on its tail will continue to burn brightly, even if it is completely soaked.
At that mont, those Charmander were still playing calmly, unaware of Natsui's arrival. After observing for a while, Natsui finally set his gaze on a sowhat special Charmander.
Although this Charmander also played and joked with its companions, perhaps because it was a bit careless, sotis it used too much force without knowing how to control itself, which always made its companions angry, who would shout and scold it.
Seeing its sowhat clumsy appearance, Natsui made his decision: "Alright, I choose you!"
He took out the flashlight, turned it on, and pointed it at him.
A thin beam of light from the flashlight, with several flashes, illuminated the face of that Charmander. But since the light didn't spread out, it didn't attract the attention of the others.
At first, the Charmander didn't pay much attention to the dazzling light; it just blinked and turned its head to avoid it. But when the light followed the movent of its head and shone on its face again, it finally caught its attention.
??
A big question mark appeared over its head. The Charmander looked around curiously and walked toward Natsui's hiding spot.
Seeing that the target had taken the bait, Natsui slowly backed up and hid behind the large rock.
When the Charmander, guided by the light of the flashlight, reached the spot, it suddenly discovered that the light had disappeared and, instead, there was a strange food that emitted a delicious aroma, placed in the middle of the clearing.
It sniffed forcefully with its nose, and just when it had taken two steps forward, it heard an attack command. Suddenly, several figures appeared from four directions at once. Before it could react, in the blink of an eye, it was hit by a Water Gun, a Confusion attack, a Vine Whip, and a Tackle. It fell to the ground instantly, everything turned black, and it completely lost consciousness.
"Aweso!"
Seeing the Charmander on the ground, Natsui erged from his hiding spot, quickly took out a Poké Ball, and threw it.
A red flash, and the Charmander was absorbed by the ball, which didn't even wobble before the capture was successful.
As he looked at the Poké Ball, Squirtle was a bit stunned. An uncomfortable mory ca to mind, feeling that this capture scene seed... vaguely familiar?
"What are you waiting for?!" Natsui tapped it on the head, and his smile, even in the dark night, seed dazzling to Squirtle. "Capture successful! Let's get out of here before the big ones notice!"
Late at night, at the Pewter City Pokémon Center.
In the empty dining room, Natsui was reclining in a chair, legs crossed, drinking vegetable juice, with a completely relaxed expression.
Today, he had finally achieved a feat: he had gathered all three starting Pokémon from the Kanto region!
And beside him, of his five Pokémon, four were eating. Only the recently captured Charmander was sitting, stunned, staring at the unfamiliar surroundings.
Its mories were fragnted. It was as if it had taken a nap, and upon waking up, discovered that the world had completely changed.
It didn't even know why it was there.
Also, how had this human suddenly beco its trainer?
And these Pokémon, how had they suddenly beco its companions?
Seeing the Charmander sitting there, dazed, Natsui brought the food closer with a concerned expression.
"Eat a little more. What? Are you still a bit confused? Don't worry, after today, I think you'll get used to it very soon!"
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