The squad was walking through the forest, with Lime taking the lead, looking behind every twig to see if there were any dangerous Pokémon.

  Cyan – Why are you so worried? You said this is like layer one, so shouldn't the Pokémon around here be pretty weak?

  Lime – Well, yeah, but don't underestimate them! We don't even know the strength of our own Pokémon! Don't forget they also came from layer one!

  They kept walking quietly, with Lime trying to see ahead and Cyan playing around with Weedle.

  Lime – Oh no!

  Cyan – What's up?

  Lime – I think that's a 4000 rank Pokémon!

  Cyan – A what a what?

  Lime – Do you know anything? Ranks are a scale to show the strength of a Pokémon. It's basically a measuring system.

  Cyan – Then Weedle surely is a one Million rank Pokémon, right? I mean just look at his strength!

  Lime – Definitely not.

  Cyan – Anyways with what Pokémon are we dealing here?

  Lime – It's a Sableye...

  The Sableye noticed them and launched at them, using Shadow Claw.

  Lime – WATCH OUT!

  Both of them jumped out of the way and the Sableye hit a tree instead. It left visible marks on the tree bark.

  Cyan – Looks like there's not much to mess with, with this Sableye! Weedle use... Something!

  Lime – Something!?!

  Cyan – Something!

  Weedle jumped at the Sableye, using Poison sting but completely missed the Sableye, who got another attack ready, aiming it at Weedle. But before it could attack, Weedle used string shot.

  Cyan – Should Rookidee also join the fight?

  Lime – I don't think it's healthy enough for a battle. If only we had actual gear and potions!

  Sableye was slightly annoyed and tried to get the strings off, meanwhile Weedle used this moment to successfully use poison sting on the Sableye. The Sableye coughed it off and went a few steps back, being caught off guard by the whole situation.

  Cyan – My wormy worm isn't even doing too badly! I think I was right about it being a rank one Million!

  Lime – It sure isn't. However, I was wrong with the Sableye, judging by the scratch markings, it isn't even close to being over Rank 1000. If we two got together, we'd have a decent chance of beating it up ourselves, without dying.

  Sableye got herself together again and used Fury swipes on Weedle. Weedle was almost defeated, just by that one hit.

  Lime – give him a berry!

  Cyan – Oh right!

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  Cyan threw a Figy berry at Weedle who ate it and regained some health, while not getting confused by it. But Sableye already got ready for another fury swipes and this time, Weedle got hit even stronger. But it seemed Weedle easily withstood the hit. It then closed its eyes and started shining. Sableye touched Weedle, trying to figure out what the heck was going on. She then backed away from Weedle, wanting to observe the situation from a distance. The light that Weedle was emitting kept getting brighter and brighter.

  Cyan – It's evolving! Now it'll surely have one Million rank, right?

  Lime – It sure won't, but as a Kakuna it can hopefully withstand the fury swipes easier!

  Weedle finished the evolution and used harden immediately. Sableye then got back into battle mode and used fury swipes once more, but Kakuna jumped out of the way and used harden again. Sableye continued trying to hit Kakuna but always missed and Kakuna continued using harden.

  Lime – You're Kakuna is extremely quick, for a Kakuna! But why is it using harden so often?

  Cyan – I'm sure it has its plans!

  Suddenly, instead of jumping out of the way, Kakuna took the hits and waddled towards Sableye and headbutted it. Sableye was confused and no longer had any idea of what was going on.

  Cyan – Of course! It can't defeat Sableye, so just make it confused for a bit so we can escape!

  Lime – Did it just HEADBUTT THE SABLEYE?!?!?! That's not even an attack that it should have... And then also the attack did the wrong status condition...

  Cyan – Who cares, let's leave while we can!

  The both of them ran as fast as they could.

  Cyan – That was an exciting thrill, wasn't it. Also, great job, cocoony cocoon! So proud of you buddy! Here, have another berry as a reward!

  Lime – Dude, that was SCARY.

  Cyan – Oh, yeah, it was also that.

  The two continued running for a while. After several minutes of intense running, they calmed down and continued walking again.

  Lime – I think it stopped following us. We have about 20 minutes left to go... Let's hope some of the shops in Jojuji town are still open at this time... WAIT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY!

  Cyan – Oh right, that might turn out as a problem...

  ??? – Someone help! Please!

  Lime – Hello? Who was that?

  A little girl is stuck on a tree and it looked like she was too scared to get back down.

  Cyan – Up there! A little girl!

  Little Girl – Get me down from here, please!

  Cyan – Do you think Rookidee can fly up there and get her down?

  Lime – What? No! He's definitely not strong enough for that. I'll climb up and get her down.

  Lime did as he promised and got the little girl down safely.

  Lime – What were you doing up there?

  Cyan – And what's your name?

  Jiyu – My name is Jiyu! I was trying to find a Natu and got lost in the forest! Then I climbed up the tree to see if I could see Jojuji town from up there, but then I got scared cause it was so tall. And that's how I ended up there. Could you maybe help me find back to Jojuji-town?

  Lime – Of course we will!

  Cyan – Get on my back! You look a bit tired so you can just rest on my shoulders with Kakuna!

  Cyan picked up Jiyu and held her on his shoulders. Jiyu petted Kakuna and slowly fell asleep. A few minutes later, they finally arrived in Jojuji town

  Cyan – I'm gonna wake her up.

  Lime – I don't know about that, she's sleeping so peacefully... Maybe we should let her sleep?

  Cyan – We need to know where she lives tho.

  Lime – That's actually a good point. Let's wake her up.

  Cyan – Wake up little girl! We arrived!

  Lime – Has no one been looking for you?

  Jiyu – My sister should still be working, so she didn't even know I was gone. She has to work all day long!

  Lime – What about your parents?

  Jiyu – ...

  Lime – I messed up, didn't I?

  Cyan – Maybe.

  Jiyu – I grew up as an orphan. That's also why my sister isn't my biological sister.

  Lime – I see.

  Jiyu – My house is over there! We can wait there until my sister is back!

  With Kakuna in her other hand, she pointed at an old run down apartment building.

  Cyan – Then we shall get going!

  The three started walking to the shack. Once they arrived Lime and Jiyu went inside and Cyan sat down on a rusty bench on the porch of the apartment.

  Cyan – Ima wait out here!

  Lime – What, why?

  Cyan – I want to take a nap! I'm really tired after that long walk after all!

  Lime – Why did I even ask...

  Cyan found an old and dirty pillow under the bench and threw it on the ground in front of him, for Kakuna. He then closed his eyes and fell asleep. Kakuna made himself comfortable on the pillow and also fell asleep.

  Meanwhile, inside the apartment, Lime was making himself comfortable on the couch.

  Lime – So when exactly will your sister be back?

  Jiyu looked at the clock, that was hanging above the entrance door.

  Jiyu – In 15 minutes, probably.

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  I hope you enjoyed the second chapter! I'll try to uploading one chapter every monday.