Making a Run

Arisu felt she might never forget the absurd scene before her.

Before her, a petite red-ponytailed girl brandished a greatsword menacingly at a Golden Demon Wolf, a Fantasy creature. Rather than fighting her to the death, the Golden Demon Wolf tucked its tail between its legs and desperately tried to squeeze itself into a tiny ball smaller than its head...

Bang!

A flash of light appeared, and the Golden Demon Wolf vanished. The little ball fell to the ground, wobbling left and right.

Bang!

Then the Golden Demon Wolf came back out.

"...Keep trying! Inhale! Hold your breath! Push! Curl your body into a ball!"

Fang Zheng waved the greatsword in her hand and glared viciously at the Golden Demon Wolf. How could this poor little wolf pup, barely weaned, possibly stand up to an adult Time Dragon? Trembling, it continued trying, and then...

Bang!

"Failed again? Are you fucking refusing to go in? If you don't want to go in, just say so! I've already got the hotpot seasoning ready!"

"Awoo! Awoo!!"

The Golden Demon Wolf desperately shook its head with its tail tucked, then rammed its head into the Poké Ball again with all its strength. Then... it failed again.

"What the hell is going on? Why won't it work?"

Fang Zheng frowned at the trembling Golden Demon Wolf and the Poké Ball before her. This made no sense. Unless this husky had a death wish, there was no way it would dare defy her. Hmm... wait. If she remembered correctly, there was only one circumstance in Pokemon where a capture could fail...

"Do you already have an owner?"

"Awoo, awoo!!"

Upon hearing Fang Zheng's question, the Golden Demon Wolf hurriedly nodded. Come to think of it, in the Pokemon world, it did seem impossible to capture someone