Capítulo 20: Sword Wielder Rogue

While Dawn continued to rest in the Pokemon Center, Rogue brought Honedge with him and re-entered the Myrtle Forest.

He had already made up his mind to get stronger, so he didn't want to waste any time.

Once he entered the forest, he went off-trail and summoned Honedge from its Pokeball.

"Honedge!!" A sword and its sheath appeared and began to float on thin air. It greeted its new master with a sword shimmer.

At this moment, Rogue took out his Pokedex and checked the sword. He wasn't too familiar with Honedge, so he needed some assistance.

{ Honedge, the Sword Pokémon. It is said that Honedge is actually a spirit living inside a sword. Legend says that whoever holds its hilt will have their lifeforce slowly sucked away. }

Rogue thought about using the Pokeman serum on Honedge, but that's impossible. Honedge's whole body is a sword, and its metallic body definitely wouldn't accept the serum.

So instead of giving the serum to the sword, Rogue decided that he'll become a daredevil and try out the sword. The Pokedex did say that the sword will suck away his life force, but he simply didn't give a fuck.

Hence, he opened his mouth and called out to Honedge.

"Honedge?" The sword waved its blue cloth in confusion.

"You're a sword, right?" Rogue said as he reached out his hand to hold onto the handle of Honedge.

Honedge moved back and forth, nodding in confirmation.

"Swords are meant to be wield by people." With a slight pull, Rogue completely unsheathe the sword.

"Honedge!!" The sword chimed and the eye on its hilt widened in surprise.

As the blade of Honedge came out, its blue cloth reached forward and grabbed the sheath before wrapping around Rogue's arm. The cloth did its magic and began sucking the lifeforce of its new trainer.

Right when the cloth finished wrapping around Rogue's arm, he felt a slight tingling sensation.

Surprisingly, a system notification popped up to show him what's happening.

[ Caution! A Honedge had begun to devour your HP through its cloth. The rate of HP devouring is at 0.5% per hour. The devoured HP will can be regained through resting or medical items. ]

"So it takes five days of continuous usage for someone to die while using Honedge?" Rogue smiled after doing some quick math.

Five days is a long time, but he could see how it is dangerous for others to use it.

After all, they do not have the Pokemon Eating System that can spew out HP regeneration items. If one just relies on their natural rate of HP restoration, they might accidentally slip and succumb to death.

"Honedge!!" The sword felt invigorated with the lifeforce that it was sucking. It vibrated and hummed, wanting to go into battle this instant.

"You look excited." Rogue swung the sword down and smirked. He then looked up towards the unending forest, and began to walk forward as quietly as he could.

The sun shone down from above, cascading through the leaves and casting shadows on the mossy ground beneath Rogue's feet. The sharp scent of fresh leaves filled the air, mingling with the sweet fragrance of wildflowers.

If Rogue hadn't had a near death experience within this forest, the place would've become a beautiful memory in the back of his mind.

As he ran through the forest, Rogue kept a constant eye out for Pokemons to slaughter. He had a sword now, and he wanted to use it to kill a Pokemon.

And as fate would have it, a cute little Pokemon appeared in his vision.

It sat on the tree and took in the sunlight. It danced back and forth, wagging the leaf on its head while singing: "Cherubi~ Cherubi~"

Rogue decided to once again take out his Pokedex and check out the information of the Pokemon.

{ Cherubi, the Cherry Pokémon. All of the nutrients needed for evolution are contained in its small ball. Cherubi becomes redder as it is exposed to sunlight, and is almost ready to evolve once the smaller ball buds. It's redness determines its sweetness – The darker it is, the sweeter. }

"Interesting." Rogue salivated when he saw the red berry Pokemon. It's extremely red, so it must be near its evolution stage.

That said, it might be ripe for eating too since it's so red and beautiful.

Hence, Rogue crouched onto the ground and picked up a rock before throwing it at the unsuspecting Cherubi.

"Cherubi~!!!" The red berry Pokemon screamed in pain as it fell onto the ground. It cried out in pain because getting hit with a rock really hurts.

"Die!" With his swift feet, Rogue had run up to the Cherubi right as it fell. He then tried to kill it by cutting it in half with Honedge.

But before Rogue's sword could even reach the Cherubi, someone's voice suddenly appeared from nearby: "Koffing, use smog!"

Xsuuu~~~

An acrid smell of burning plastic and rubber filled Rogue's nose, and the air became so thick that it's hard to breathe.

Rogue felt like he was being smothered as his naval cavities were being stuffed up by the smog by the Koffing that attacked him.

As his Honedge finished swinging down, he could feel that his attack on Cherubi had missed. He couldn't even hear the little red shit berry anymore.

So, Rogue jumped back to escape the smog while yelling out: "Who the fuck did that?!"

Thud dum!!!

"It's funny you should ask, because you should prepare for trouble!" A woman stepped out from the bushes from a few meters away and began talking. She had long red hair and some white clothes that had a red R logo in the front.

"And make that double!" A man with purple split purple hair also came out and stood next to the woman. He had a similar outfit as the woman, and he's even holding a rose.

"What the… fuck? Team Rocket?" Rogue's mouth dropped when he saw these two. They're Jessie and James respectively… who would've thought that these grunts would appear at this moment.

"Keeh~~!!" Both Jessie and James choked when their catch phrases were interrupted. The boy already knew who they were!

"Hey! Do you know about us?!" A talking Meowth came forward and asked as it held the Cherubi in between its paws.

"I'm going to catch you, Meowth!" Rogue ignored the question, pointed Honedge outwards, and exclaimed when he saw Meowth. He had already made up his mind that he's going to capture this Meowth. After all, it's not owned by anyone, and it's capable of human speech.

In his dictionary, this Meowth is definitely a rare specimen. He's even considering eating the Meowth because he might receive an amazing reward from the System.

"HEY! How dare you say that about our buddy!" Jessie angrily said as she brought out her Pokeball.

"That's right, how dare you!" James chipped in and commanded Koffing to come protect Meowth.

"..." Rogue halted for a bit and considered the repercussions of his actions. He did indeed want the Meowth, but going against both Jessie and James might not be a good idea at the moment.

His trainer battling skills definitely still in its infancy, and he didn't want to underestimate both of them.

"Well, I can let the Meowth off for now… but what's the big deal? Why did you guys stop me from slaughtering the Cherubi?" Rogue asked with a frown. If anything, Team Rocket should be the bad guys. Why does it seem like he is the bad person in this situation?

"You should know why we stopped you since you know about Team Rocket, twerp!" James came forward and said with his hands on his hip.

"I don't. I just heard that there were clowns going around and calling themselves Team Rocket." Rogue shrugged, indicating that he doesn't have a clue what they're after. If their goals is the same as the anime, he would know... but he reckoned that it's not that simple.

"I'll tell you! We from Team Rocket work towards justice for all Pokemon… and our goal is to save all Pokemons from people like you who treat Pokemon as nothing but food and toys. Eventually, we want all Pokemon to be treated as equals and friends to people!" Jessie expanded her Pokeball and explained with an angry temper. She then summoned her small Ekans onto the battlefield.

"THAT'S RIGHT! And you trying to kill this Cherubi is against our ideals! If you battled Cherubi fairly and made it your friend, we wouldn't have any beef with you. However, we think that you're simply not fit to be a trainer!" Meowth placed the Cherubi down and patted its head as it yelled at Rogue. It also showed its menacing claws.

"So when we meet people like you, we will steal your Pokemon and make sure that you rethink your life!" James once again chipped in on the conversation.

"Fuck! You guys are supposed to be the bad people! How am I the bad one!? If you really got beef with me then let's battle! But instead of you stealing my Pokemon, I'm going to steal yours! Better yet, I'm going to catch that Meowth and fuck that redhead girl!" Rogue's eyes twitched as he pulled out Lopunny's Pokeball.

He was considering not to fight Team Rocket, but it didn't mean that he wouldn't. Considering that they're only using the basic combos of Koffing and Ekans, they should've just started their Team Rocket journey.

In summary, they shouldn't be that strong.

"What did you say!?" James, Jessie, and Meowth all fumed when they heard Rogue say such words.