My Name of the Spirit Lucario

Leo felt like he was floating in a river.

Floating up and down, ups and downs, or sinking into some unknown substance, and then as if suddenly abandoned, falling again.

The strong impact caused Leo's consciousness to fall into a deep sleep, but for some reason, there was always a trace of sensation that transmitted his perception of the outside world to the depths of Leo's soul.

Finally, after a violent swing, he lost consciousness.

……

"!"

Leo woke up suddenly.

He sat up and took a defensive posture before he had time to look around.

In the memories that can still be remembered, "Nothing" was about to release dark energy that corroded the soul, attempting to release Leo's dark side again. Although Leo remembered that he jumped into the vortex of time and space to escape and to rescue Asuka Teru, he didn't know whether "Nothing", who controlled the power of time and space, had chased him.

Fortunately, there was no strange figure except the extremely lush grass.

"Phew, that's ok." Leo breathed a sigh of relief, but then tensed up again. "Where is this?"

He looked around:

There are green trees and patches of grass, creating a very pristine natural environment.

It is this nature that is extremely different from the nature that Leo knows.

Look at the swaying grass, each blade of grass is almost as tall as Leo. Not to mention the trees, with countless layers of bark piled on the trunks, branches thicker than waists, leaves bigger than faces, and roots protruding from the ground and extending to the feet are even more terrifyingly thick.

Leo had a feeling that he had accidentally entered the land of giants. Everything he saw was so primitive and rough.

"Boom", a muffled sound suddenly came into Leo's ears.

Looking up, from the barely unobstructed gap, you can see that the sky is getting gloomy at a very fast speed.

It is going to rain!

Without taking the time to leisurely observe his surroundings, Leo immediately stood up from the ground and moved quickly in a certain direction.

Before we had walked far, we heard thunder rumbling more frequently. At the same time, raindrops as big as beans began to fall from the sky. Soon, the drops of rain formed a curtain of rain, making a symphony of rain in the woods.

But this "symphony" is quite unfriendly to Leo.

He moved quickly through the woods, trying to find a place to shelter from the rain.

However, the rain was getting heavier and heavier. He could have taken a rest for a while under the shade of the tree with an umbrella, but the heavy rain penetrated the branches and leaves seamlessly and fell to the ground. In addition, the soil on the ground became very wet after meeting water, making it impossible for Leo to stand or hide.

"What the hell is this place?!"

A huge resentment was lingering in Leo's heart. No one would be happy if they were drenched by heavy rain in such a strange place right after waking up.

Suddenly, Leo shuddered.

It was not because of the cold, nor because he was wet, but at that moment, he felt as if he was swept by something.

Then, a thin voice sounded from behind Leo.

"Hey, here."

A claw covered with black hair stretched out and waved towards Leo.

In such an embarrassing situation, Leo didn't bother to stay alert. He dodged and hid at the place where the claw was greeting him.

It was a hole in the trunk of a large tree that was several times wider than Leo. The space inside was quite spacious and could accommodate at least two elves.

Leo hurriedly hid in the tree hole and thanked the elf who had kindly invited him in - after all, it had a hairy paw and could not be a human being.

"Thank you, brother... um???"

With the occasional flash of lightning, Leo saw the face of the other elf clearly.

But this sight made his words of gratitude choke in his throat and he couldn't continue.

It has pointed ears that stand upright, and its face is like a black mask. There are four black stick-like objects hanging naturally behind its head. Its body is slender and agile, and there is a short but sharp spike on its chest and the back of its hands. At this time, its blue tail is slightly brushing the ground, showing the leisurely mentality of its owner.

Needless to say, it was as if it was copied from a mirror, and Leo could recognize it at a glance.

This is Lucario.

It is not an imitation of Ditto, but the real thing.

Lucario.

But the problem is, Leo is the only Lucario left in the world, so how could he find a place to meet another Lucario?

Unless, he traveled to another time and space, where Lucario had not suffered extinction and was still distributed all over the world.

This is not impossible. After all, Leo does not know which time and space the space-time vortex created by "nothingness" will lead to.

However, Leo had an even more outrageous guess.

That is……

"what's wrong?"

The other Lucario seemed to sense Leo's gaze, and asked the latter in a low voice with a little embarrassment and confusion.

"..."

Leo opened his mouth, wanting to ask something, but didn't know where to start, and fell silent for a moment.

"strange……"

The other Lucario scratched its head and muttered something quietly, then didn't say anything else. It just lay on the edge of the tree hole and looked out, as if observing when the rainstorm would stop.

"Clatter, clatter."

The sound of heavy rain lasted for a while and then gradually faded away.

The special smell of soil after the rain, mixed with the smell of various plants, entered the tree hole. The heavy water vapor in the air gradually disappeared, and Leo knew that the rain had stopped.

"Let's go."

Suddenly, Leo's arm was pulled, and another Lucario pulled him and jumped out of the tree hole.

Leo did not resist, but was led away passively.

The two elves walked in the woods for a long time, and finally the other elf couldn't help but start a conversation.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"Leo."

"Ah, so you are not mute."

Leo glared at the guy, and it was unclear whether it was intentional or not.

"What about you?"

Leo decided to take the initiative.

"Me? My name isn't as nice as yours." The other Lucario said with a shy expression. "My name is Ye Zi."

Although I don’t know if my name is considered nice among the Lucario family, but from the envy in the words of the Lucario in front of me named "Leo", I know that the name Leo should be considered a kind of name that sounds impressive without knowing the difference.

Lucario Leaf continued to mutter about various things.

Things like “This rain has been falling for two and a half Kun years”, “The struggles among the elves have become increasingly fierce recently”, “The king and queen have just given birth to the heir to the kingdom”, and so on, the list goes on.

Leo listened with great interest for a while, and suddenly discovered something.

It was what Lucario Leaf was speaking. It was not the modern Elvish language he was familiar with or any other language. It had some mysterious rhythm, like a very ancient discourse.

Miraculously, Leo could understand it completely.

"Could it be?"

A strange guess emerged in Leo's mind.

"By the way, Leo, what are you doing here?"

Ye Zi asked the question suddenly, catching Leo off guard.

But soon, Leo found an excuse.

"Um, there are some nice fruits here, would you like to try some?"

Leo quietly took out a few special fruits of the Crescent Forest from his backpack and handed them to Leaf, asking her to taste them - by the way, Leaf was an extremely rare female Lucario, which was clearly shown in Leo's light curtain.

"Oh, thank you, that's very kind of you."

Ye Zi happily took the fruit and started to eat it with a crunching sound.

"Speaking of which, where are we going now?"

Thinking that the time had come, Leo asked casually.

"This road only leads back to the kingdom, and it doesn't lead to anywhere else."

Ye Zi didn't doubt anything and said casually while eating the fruit.

really.

Leo confirmed his guess in his heart.

Combining the words Lucario and Kingdom, it is not difficult to guess.

The place where they are now is the once prosperous Lucario Kingdom mentioned by the Lucario King and the Lucario Queen.

This kingdom was located in the ancient times, countless years before the present.

This is Leo's real hometown.

A hometown I've never been to.