Time flies, and childhood always passes quickly.
The sun and moon revolved endlessly on Mount Tensei, spring flowers bloomed across the fields, and summer cicadas chirped throughout the forest.
In the blink of an eye, autumn arrived.
In this season when leaves began to turn yellow and fruits began to ripen, Fuyuki was about to turn two years old.
Inside the cave, Entei closed his eyes, seemingly resting.
Suddenly, a childish shout came from outside.
"Entei, the fruits on the tree have grown!" Entei slowly opened his tiger eyes and saw Fuyuki running excitedly towards him.
Seeing him, a hint of tenderness appeared in Entei's usually stern and majestic expression.
He licked Fuyuki's cheek and then said, "I already know."
"Let's go see!" Fuyuki couldn't wait to share this joyous news with Entei.
They had put in a lot of effort.
Every morning, he and Entei would take the Squirtle watering can to the river in the River Forest, fill it with clear water, and bring it back to irrigate the land.
After months of hard work, their efforts finally bore fruit.
Entei couldn't refuse Fuyuki, so he stood up and went with him to the orchard outside.
The tree fruit seeds that Fuyuki and Raikou had buried in the soil had now completely sprouted and grown into strong, upright fruit trees.
The branches of the trees were laden with fruits of various colors. These fruits seemed to have been favored by the creator god; each one was so plump and juicy, so tempting.
Cherry-like cherries, strawberry-like berries, pear-like pomelos…
"This way, we won't have to go out to find fruit anymore!" Fuyuki exclaimed excitedly.
Entei stood beside him, nodding slightly.
Fuyuki, however, was thinking of something else. For the past few months, he had been performing magic tricks in front of the wild Pokémon below the mountain, or speaking to them in Pokémon language.
Through this method, Fuyuki earned quite a few Shock Points.
Although later, the Pokémon, having seen several magic shows and gradually accepting the fact that a human could speak Pokémon language, were no longer so shocked.
Even so, he had made friends with many wild Pokémon, establishing friendships.
Thinking of this, Fuyuki said to Entei, "We can't eat all these berries. Let's share them with everyone in the forest when it snows!"
"Okay." Entei was quite pleased that Fuyuki was willing to help other Pokémon.
Because the more he did this, the easier it would be for him to gain Ho-Oh's approval.
"Boom! Crash!" A muffled rumble of thunder suddenly echoed in the sky.
Immediately afterward, a light drizzle fell from the dark clouds.
It's raining! Seeing this, Entei quickly led Fuyuki back to the cave to prevent him from getting wet.
Looking at the continuous autumn rain outside, Fuyuki asked expectantly, "Is Raikou back?"
"No, just an ordinary autumn rain." Entei looked up at the sky and shook his head.
Sometimes, Entei hoped Raikou would return a little later, because as soon as that guy came back, he would definitely come and compete with it for Fuyuki.
The three Holy Beasts could vaguely sense each other's locations.
Raikou was currently in the neighboring Johto region, while Suicune seemed to have already embarked on its return journey from a distant place, heading towards Mount Azumi.
"Alright then." Seeing that it wasn't Raikou returning, Fuyuki sighed helplessly like a little adult.
Seeing this, Entei frowned slightly, immediately becoming wary: "You really like Raikou?"
"Raikou said that when it comes back next time, it will bring me a present!" Fuyuki's tone was full of anticipation.
Far from the human world, Mount Tensei, though accompanied by Entei and many wild Pokémon, still occasionally bore Fuyuki.
Entei had returned from a trip with a Clefairy plush toy. What gift would Raikou bring back?
Hearing this, Entei breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, the little one was only looking forward to Raikou's gift.
Gifts… Speaking of gifts, Entei turned to look at the Clefairy plush toy.
That Clefairy plush toy had become the little one's favorite toy; he slept with it every night.
"Next time I go out, I'll bring back a few more plush toys," Entei decided silently.
As the little one's favorite father, it couldn't let Raikou outdo it in gifts.
Fuyuki didn't think much of Entei's thoughts.
It was raining outside, but the cave was dry and warm.
Fuyuki rode Entei and opened his system shop.
For the past few months, with the help of Marshadow and Entei, he had practically traversed the entire Mount Tensei range, performing magic shows for wild Pokémon.
Today, he had accumulated a full 6000 Shock Points.
For him now, this was a considerable sum.
However, if he used it to buy Rare Candies to level up Entei, it wouldn't even buy one level's worth of experience.
Based on his observations and experiments over this period, Fuyuki discovered something.
The Rare Candies in the system shop required 2000 Shock Points to level up from level 1 to 2, and 3000 Shock Points to level up from level 2 to 3.
And so on. To raise a Pokémon from birth to level 100 would require several million Shock Points!
Fuyuki didn't even dare to think about it; that number would probably only be earned by performing some world-changing feat in front of all the humans in the region…
Forget it, he should improve his living conditions first!
Fuyuki's gaze fell upon an item he had long coveted in the shop.
[Secret Power: A magical power that can be used to dig through mountains and tree trunks to create a secret base. Exchange Requirement: 5000 Shock Points.]
Secret Power is a move that some Pokémon can master in the game; it's unique to the Hoenn and Sinnoh regions.
In the game, players can find various large trees, grassy nests, and walls with small holes throughout the Hoenn region.
Using Secret Power, these secret spots can be dug up to create a secret base, where players can decorate in various ways.
For example, placing tables, chairs, plants, decorations, dolls, blankets, posters, cushions, etc.
"5000 Shock Points…"
Fuyuki's eyes flickered: "I hope it won't disappoint me!" Fuyuki initially wanted to tell Entei first, to prevent it from being startled by the changes in the cave, but then he thought that if Entei and the secretly observing Marshadow were shocked, it might provide him with some Shock Points to heal him.
Entei, who was constantly watching Little One: "?"
It seemed to have just seen a "wicked" smile on Little One's face, as if it was about to play some kind of prank.
"Exchange!" Fuyuki's heart stirred.
With the deduction of 5000 Shock Points, the next second, under Entei's wary gaze, the entire cave erupted with a dense white light.
Within the white light, Fuyuki only felt Entei quickly shield him behind him.
But this light only lasted for a few breaths before slowly dissipating.
When the light completely disappeared, Entei saw its Little One looking at it with a grin.
Entei instantly realized that Little One had used his special ability again!
"Don't be afraid, Entei!" Fuyuki hugged Entei's forelegs.
"..." Entei sighed helplessly and affectionately.
It turned its head and saw that the once ordinary cave had undergone a complete transformation.
The uneven rock walls had been transformed into smooth, flat stone walls, making the entire cave square, like a house built by humans.
The floor was still covered with the familiar wooden floor, and it and Little One were still standing on that soft carpet.
Entei was stunned.
"Little One, this is...?"
"This is our home!" Fuyuki replied.
The room transformed from the cave was much larger than before!
Fuyuki looked at its masterpiece with satisfaction; the 5000 Shock Points were well spent!
Next, he'd buy some wallpaper, tables, chairs, sofas, and other furniture to decorate, and the cave would feel more like home!
This was his and Entei's home.
No, this was his home with Entei, Marshadow, and Raikou!
* Meanwhile, thousands of miles away.
A Pokémon with a blue body and white, patchy markings on its skin was running along a stream, carried by the north wind.
It had a blue jewel-like headdress, and two white, ribbon-like tails swayed gracefully, looking so elegant and mysterious.
This Pokémon was the last member of Ho-Oh's guard, the Aurora Pokémon, the embodiment of the north wind, Suicune.
Suicune had recently sensed that the actions of the other two members of Ho-Oh's guard were quite strange.
Since last autumn, Entei had returned to Mt. Tensei, and after only leaving for a few days, had remained there.
Not long after, Raikou went to Mount Tensei again and stayed there for several days before leaving.
Suicune had a vague feeling that his two companions were hiding something from him.
To find out what exactly happened at Mount Tensei,
it decided to return there to see why Entei had stayed there for so long.
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