[ Too much innocence can strike down even the most strongest of fighters.
It's why it takes Charizard so long to move, though he watches between the two as they speak (with only his trainer's emotions to lead him through the conversation), though he sees the weapon move, though he sees it coming --
There may have been no stopping it had it been allowed to hit, him rested on his belly and the weapon more ready than he, but it doesn't matter, just as it doesn't that it didn't even graze Red. Hanbei's words get near drowned out by the thunderous sound that pushes out deep from Charizard's lungs right after them, passing by the full set of teeth and fangs bared. He's up in the same instant, the flame on his tail roaring with a new angry energy, the tail bashing hard into the ground once to leave a deep dent.
Charizard's head snaps back down and there's a monstrous look on his face beyond his natural features directed right at Hanbei, claws out like they're surely for the strategist -- before they lower close around the young boy protectively, down as well his wings to shield him, and it's only by then that his roar has decreased to a snarl still vicious, vibrating against the roof of his mouth.
And where Charizard burns, Red's frozen like stone, staring wide-eyed and blank.
But he's not still, and he's not blank, because his heart is going as fast as it had out there in the burning forest with the wails of the also burning neraki, and he's aware of Charizard's scream filling in his ears again and senses the heat above him when the next roar comes with the flames that he means to use to obliterate that weapon--
But only slivers of fire from the build up in his mouth comes out, licking the air above, as he feels the yank of one of his arms from both of Red's, the sound of his trainer's voice under his: ] Charizard, don't!
[ The giant lizard's head and neck waves, struggling between obedience and fear for his trainer's life, and when the flames eventually do die down, Charizard's cries don't. He wails loudly towards the skies until looking back down to Hanbei once more, his jaws making a snapping motion that sends out a harsh bark his way but not snapping down fully in hostility.
It takes a while for the pokémon to quiet down. It takes a while until the beast stops kicking his feet and struggling, until he's only huffing from his snout and whining from inside a shut jaw, and until Red can be heard through it, repeating the pokémon's name
more sorry for emotional little boys
It's why it takes Charizard so long to move, though he watches between the two as they speak (with only his trainer's emotions to lead him through the conversation), though he sees the weapon move, though he sees it coming --
There may have been no stopping it had it been allowed to hit, him rested on his belly and the weapon more ready than he, but it doesn't matter, just as it doesn't that it didn't even graze Red. Hanbei's words get near drowned out by the thunderous sound that pushes out deep from Charizard's lungs right after them, passing by the full set of teeth and fangs bared. He's up in the same instant, the flame on his tail roaring with a new angry energy, the tail bashing hard into the ground once to leave a deep dent.
Charizard's head snaps back down and there's a monstrous look on his face beyond his natural features directed right at Hanbei, claws out like they're surely for the strategist -- before they lower close around the young boy protectively, down as well his wings to shield him, and it's only by then that his roar has decreased to a snarl still vicious, vibrating against the roof of his mouth.
And where Charizard burns, Red's frozen like stone, staring wide-eyed and blank.
But he's not still, and he's not blank, because his heart is going as fast as it had out there in the burning forest with the wails of the also burning neraki, and he's aware of Charizard's scream filling in his ears again and senses the heat above him when the next roar comes with the flames that he means to use to obliterate that weapon--
But only slivers of fire from the build up in his mouth comes out, licking the air above, as he feels the yank of one of his arms from both of Red's, the sound of his trainer's voice under his: ] Charizard, don't!
[ The giant lizard's head and neck waves, struggling between obedience and fear for his trainer's life, and when the flames eventually do die down, Charizard's cries don't. He wails loudly towards the skies until looking back down to Hanbei once more, his jaws making a snapping motion that sends out a harsh bark his way but not snapping down fully in hostility.
It takes a while for the pokémon to quiet down. It takes a while until the beast stops kicking his feet and struggling, until he's only huffing from his snout and whining from inside a shut jaw, and until Red can be heard through it, repeating the pokémon's name
over, and over. ]