Chapter no.249 The Dratini Duo

Austin and the others were just about to head back when they heard a strange noise coming from the lake. There was a small spot on it that seemed to harbor a strange glow to it. It definitely was out of the ordinary.
"What do you suppose that is?" Yellow asked as she went to get a closer look.
The small ripples in the lake continued for a few more seconds until they suddenly stopped. The group gave an inquisitive glance at the lake for a few more moments. They thought nothing was going to happen until a figure popped its head out of the water. It was light blue in color with a white underbelly. It looked like a long snake with fin like ears and a circular snout. It was a Dratini, and it was looking straight at the group.
"Is that what I think it is?" Austin gasped not expecting to accidentally met Dratini as Yellow pulled out her pokedex.
" Dratini, the dragon Pokemon. This Pokemon is full of life energy. It continually sheds its skin to gradually grow larger," said the pokedex.
As the group took a closer look at the dragon Pokemon, it didn't look timid. If anything, if Pokemon could be considered bad, that is exactly how they would classify this Dratini judging by its expression.
"This little one looks a little rough compared to the ones I've seen," Lucario said.
"I think I might be able to lure it closer with some bait," Yellow stated as she pulled some out that was given to her by the Safari Zone staff. She then held it out in her hand and asked, "Would you like some food Dratini?"
The Dratini gave a quick sniff before it began to swim closer to the shoreline, still not letting up on its unfriendly disposition. To the group's great surprise, another Dratini poked its head out of the water, as well. Unlike the one that was swimming towards Yellow, this Dratini had a very nervous and scared look about it.
" Would you like some bait, too?" Austin curiously asked the newcomer Dratini while he wondered if a Dragonair lived in the Safari Zone like in the anime.
If that was the case, then he would try to catch it.
Upon hearing Austin's voice, the other Dratini immediately looked alarmed and swam back several feet with a scared expression on its face. The Dratini that came out first saw what took place and glared at the other Dratini before continuing to swim to Austin. Once it came out of the water. It slid a little closer to Austin and stared at the food in his hand for a little bit.
" Go on. Have some," Austin encouraged in an inviting manner despite the Dratini's angry look.
Dratini stared at the bait for a moment before slapping Austin's hand quite hard with its long tail.
"Ouch!" Ash yelped as he threw the food a short distance away. The Dratini chased the food over and began to munch greedily on it and gave an arrogant smirk at Austin, who was massaging his stinging hand.
" Pika !" Pikachu's cheeks sparked in anger.
"Hey, that's mean," Yellow said.
"That was uncalled for."
The Dratini gave an uncaring look at Yellow before continuing its meal.
The group then cast a look at the Dratini that was still in the water. It barely had its head poked out of the water and was watching the group with a fearful expression. It was apparently acting how the group would expect with a Dratini. They are said to be very cautious of humans. The group thought they were having incredible luck by seeing two wild ones on the same day. They figured that this particular lake must have a few living underwater.
"Maybe I can get this one to come out of the water, as well," Austin figured as he took some more bait out of his backpack to coax it to him. He then gave it a warm smile. "Come get some food, Dratini."
The timid Dratini poked its head out of the water a little higher and cast wary glance at the group. Then, ever so slowly, it began to make its way to Austin
"That's it. Come on," Austin said gently as it came a little closer.
"It's so cute," Yellow commented as she watched it come forward.
The Dratini slid onto shore and slowly made its way to Austin's hand. It sniffed the food and gave a questioning look at Austin as if to ask that it was okay to take.
"Go on. I promise I won't hurt you," Austin smiled.
"Pika Pika," Pikachu encouraged.
Dratini then leaned over to begin to eat the food, but it was suddenly knocked out of the way by the other Dratini. It was knocked several feet away before getting up with watery eyes. It almost looked ready to cry.
"Hey! What did you do that for?!" Yellow asked the aggressive Dratini.
The Dratini said nothing before slapping Austin's hand once more and snatching the food away.
"Pika Pika Pikachu!" the yellow rodent yelled at the Dratini.
The Dratini gave an angry look at Pikachu before tackling it to the ground. Pikachu got up and was preparing to Thunderbolt it, but Luacrio stopped him by head chopping it.
" Did you forget rat, battles aren't allowed in this place or you could get everyone n a lot of trouble!" Lucario warned but he smirked with satisfaction when he saw Pikachu realize what he had been called by Lucario.
" Pika, Pi." Pikachu glared at Lucario for calling him a rat.
Yellow frowned when she saw dratini smirking in triumph before eating at the food it had just snatched from Austin's hands.
"That just stinks! It's not even ashamed of itself. It's the complete opposite of how I would expect a Dratini to act. I thought they were supposed to be gentle Pokemon," Yellow said.
Austin glared at the mean-spirited Dratini before going over to the other Dratini.
Upon seeing Austin coming towards it, its eyes grew wide, and it darted behind a rock. The rogue Dratini got a dark glint in its eye and chased the timid Dratini behind the rock and stood over it in a dominating fashion. The other Dratini cowered in fear as it was loomed over by the other one.
To everyone's surprise, a Safari Ball flew from seemingly nowhere and struck the rogue Dratini right in the center. The Pokemon turned in surprise for just a split second before it was sucked inside the Safari Ball. It then began shaking a few times before it 'dinged' to show it had been caught.
The group turned to see the other person who had just caught the rogue Dratini and discovered it was none other than Paul.
Paul said nothing in reply as he walked up to the Safari Ball containing the rogue Dratini and picked it up, but not before giving a scornful look at the cowering Dratini that was still on the ground. Paul then pulled out his pokedex and ran it over the Safari Ball to check Dratini's stats. He appeared to be deep in thought as he looked over the Safari Ball.
Everyone continued to watch with a frown as Paul scanned the Safari Ball with an unreadable expression. After about ten seconds, he finally put it away and nodded his head.
"Okay. This one seems to have good stats," he decided.
Paul paused when saw Lucario by Austin's side.
Paul gave a rough smile before turning around. "Well, looks like your luck turned around. But maybe not that much, why don't you catch that pathetic pokemon, I got what I came for so I'm out of here," he muttered as he walked off.
" Pika Pikachu," Pikachu said angrily but Austin remained unfazed.
After all the shit that had happened to him, it would a miracle for him to be emotional over some taunt.
"Leave it, he isn't worth it," Austin said before turning back to the remaining Dratini.
The dragon Pokemon still had a fearful look on its face as it was trembling before Austin. It's large black eyes show with such shyness yet a strange gentleness, also. Austin believed that this Dratini didn't have a single mean bone in its body.
He knelt down to be more eye-level with the Dratini and smiled at it. "Don't listen to what Paul said Dratini. You aren't pathetic at all. There is no shame in refusing to attack something for no reason. You are definitely the better Dratini. Remember that."
Dratini made a soft cooing noise as it looked up at Austin curiously.
" Hey, Yellow. Do you have any extra bait? That other Dratini took all of mine," Austin said to her.
"Of course," Yellow smiled as she reached into her own backpack and brought it over to Austin.
"Thank you," Austin replied as he took the bait. He then held it out in front of the Dratini and gave it an inviting smile. "Go on. Help yourself."
The Dratini gave an extremely wary glance at the bait. It looked as if it were trying to decide if it was safe to do so this time. Austin couldn't exactly blame since it was either stolen from or attacked the previous times.
"I promise I won't hurt you. Nothing bad will happen this time," Austin reassured it.
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𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱 (𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼) 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻, 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲, 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗸, 𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗮, 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝘄; 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗮, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗯 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁. 𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗹𝗱.