At the secret base on Mount Tensei, Fuyuki squatted in front of the storage cabinet, beginning to pack his travel essentials.
First was the high-tech spatial backpack, a must-have for every trainer.
While it looked like an ordinary backpack on the outside, it had a surprisingly large interior, capable of holding a large amount of supplies, even tables and chairs.
In the anime, Brock often took these items out of his backpack to camp with Ash and the others.
Next were various kinds of food, drinking water, and medicine.
After packing some food into the backpack, Fuyuki stopped.
Actually, there wasn't much to bring; they could exchange any necessary items for Shock Points in the system shop.
While Fuyuki packed, Entei stood guard nearby.
Suddenly, Entei seemed to sense something and turned to look outside.
Its expression suddenly turned serious.
"What's wrong?" Entei's change caught Fuyuki's attention.
"Lord Ho-Oh has returned," Entei said in a deep voice.
"Huh?" Fuyuki was taken aback. Hadn't Ho-Oh just left? Why was it suddenly back?
Before they could figure it out, Ho-Oh flew in from outside and landed in front of Fuyuki.
Seeing this, Entei's heart tightened.
Could it be… that Lord Ho-Oh was returning to take Little One on a trip?
"Ho-Oh? Why are you back?" Fuyuki couldn't help but ask.
"I just suddenly remembered something," Ho-Oh said softly.
As it spoke, it gathered its power, and a dazzling rainbow light flashed, and suddenly, rainbow-colored feathers appeared before Ho-Oh.
These feathers, imbued with immense life force, slowly drifted down, eventually piling up on the floor into a super eye-catching "feather mountain"!
Fuyuki was quite surprised: "W-This is?!"
Ho-Oh's voice was melodious, containing a hint of gentleness:
"From my observations over the years, human trainers carry various medicines with them when traveling to treat the injuries of their Pokémon. I am not by your side for the time being, so I cannot use Regenerator to heal your Pokémon." "
These rainbow feathers contain my power. If you are accidentally injured while traveling, or if your Pokémon is injured in battle, you can use these rainbow feathers to treat it."
"As for how to use these feathers..." Ho-Oh looked at Entei: "Entei has inherited my Sacred Flame. When needed, Entei can use the Sacred Flame to burn, and you will obtain Sacred Ash—that's what humans call my power."
Hearing Ho-Oh's words, Fuyuki felt a warmth in his heart and was deeply moved: "Ho-Oh..."
He jumped into the fluffy fur on Ho-Oh's chest and gave it a big hug.
A hint of a smile played in Ho-Oh's eyes as it continued, "If that's not enough, you can call upon me through your Rainbow Feathers. I will then come to replenish them for you. Go, my child!"
Fuyuki was almost moved to tears. What did Pokémon matter?
Not only Entei, but even Ho-Oh and the others treated him like their own child.
Entei was like a dignified father, always silently protecting him. Although it rarely spoke, Entei would never refuse him whatever he played with.
Raikou, though it said humans couldn't be trusted, secretly remembered his fondness for MooMoo Milk and would bring some back with it every time it returned from outside.
Although Marshadoww rarely appeared before him, Fuyuki knew perfectly well that it was always protecting him in its shadow.
Even Suicune was nurturing his growth in its own way.
It created a "Clean Lake" with automatic water purification in its home for him to play in, and would use Rain Dance to gently care for the trees and berries he planted.
"Everyone...it's so wonderful to have met these Pokémon!"
Looking at Ho-Oh before him, Fuyuki wiped away his moist eyes and nodded emphatically, "Yes, I'll remember!"
Ho-Oh nodded slightly, then turned and left Mt. Azure again.
Only then did Entei breathe a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness, Lord Ho-Oh wasn't here to take Little One away from it.
...No, how could it possibly think of Lord Ho-Oh like that? Entei silently reflected on itself.
Looking at the pile of rainbow feathers before him, Fuyuki couldn't help but think of his mother from his previous life.
Every time he left home, his mother, fearing he wouldn't have enough to eat or wear, would always prepare plenty of food from home for him.
And now, what was Ho-Oh doing any different from what a mother would do?
Fuyuki slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, then squatted down and packed the pile of rainbow feathers, brimming with immense life force, into his travel backpack.
After finishing all this, he slowly stood up and said to Entei beside him,
"Dad, we can set off now!"
"Mm," Entei nodded slightly.
However, after taking a couple of steps, Fuyuki suddenly remembered something and quickly stopped.
"I haven't told everyone in the forest yet!"
They probably wouldn't be returning to Mount Tensei for a while, and if the Pokémon from the mountains came to visit him, they might not be able to find him.
To prevent any misunderstandings, Fuyuki felt it was necessary to tell everyone.
Entei naturally had no objection to this.
"Then let's go into the forest and tell everyone!" Fuyuki said. "Marshadow, are you there?"
A moment later, Marshadow emerged faintly from the shadows.
"Marshadow?"
Fuyuki smiled at it. "Marshadow, my father and I are going on a trip. We probably won't be back for a long time. If you miss me, you can contact me using the video phone at home!"
"Marshadow..."
"But don't worry, when it snows heavily during the New Year, my father, the others, and I will come back to Tianqing Mountain for the New Year!" Fuyuki grinned.
"Marshadow." Marshadow nodded gently.
"Then, let's go!" Fuyuki mounted Entei and waved goodbye to Marshadow.
Entei glanced at Marshadow, then ran down the mountain.
Marshadow gazed intently at their retreating figures. After a moment, it slipped into the shadows, quickly arriving in the shadows beneath Fuyuki's feet through the shadow world.
Fuyuki, of course, knew nothing of all this.
He rode on Entei's back, traversing the forest.
Fuyuki shouted to the surroundings, "Everyone, come out! I have something to tell you!"
The wild Pokémon living in this forest, hearing his voice, peeked out one by one, then gathered around with curious expressions.
Nidoking and Nidoqueen's family, Electivire, Magmar, Oddish, Butterfree…
Once most of the Pokémon had gathered, Fuyuki spoke to them:
"My dad and I are going on a trip. While we're gone, if you get hungry, you can go to the berry orchard in the mountains and pick some berries to eat!"
"Huh?!" The Pokémon were very surprised by the news of Fuyuki's departure.
Especially Butterfree; Cubone was already gone, and now even Fuyuki was leaving? Who would play with it then?
Butterfree's eyes filled with tears, and seeing that it was about to cry, Fuyuki quickly comforted it,
"Don't worry, we're not leaving. We're just going out for a while. We'll come back when we've had our fun!"
Hearing this, Butterfree breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fuee~!" That's good!
"Well then, everyone, we should set off!" Fuyuki looked around at the group of Pokémon before him, his childhood playmates.
"Woo~!"
The Pokémon all cried out to see them off.
With the Pokémon watching them go, Fuyuki rode Entei and left the Tensei Mountain where he had lived for ten years, embarking on his own journey.
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