Underground Cave Melee, Entei Awakens (One-Hour Revision)

The underground cave was dim.

Entei's stone statue stood at the center, looking immensely imposing.

"If this Entei sealed itself away, then it's really been a very long time."

Tetsuya looked at it curiously.

He could sense that there was another sealed-off space behind the statue.

Whatever was inside was likely the reason Entei had sealed itself here.

Tetsuya had no intention of forcing his way in.

He had no idea whether that reason was good or bad.

What if there was a powerful Pokemon with a long history of evil inside, one that even Entei had needed to seal itself away to suppress?

Wouldn't barging in be the same as delivering himself right to its doorstep?

"Whoosh—"

A sudden, inexplicable wind swept through the cave.

The cavern, once so dark that one could not see their hand before their face, suddenly lit up.

One flame, then two.

Four tiny yet brilliant flames slowly rose around Entei's stone statue.

Tetsuya's eyes flickered. "Have they finished already? They're pretty efficient."

He did not know what the flames represented, but considering what the four people had gone to do, it was not hard to connect the two.

Within his senses,

as the flames burned, the vitality emanating from Entei's stone statue became increasingly obvious.

Tetsuya took his two Pokemon and hid in a blind spot.

He silently waited for the mastermind to arrive.

Before long,

soft footsteps reached his ears.

Two people were talking as well.

"Third Brother, father and eldest brother still haven't arrived. Is it really alright for us to go in first?"

A girl's voice rang out.

Without question, this was Weilai, the only girl and youngest sister among the five.

The Third Brother she mentioned was Yoji, who owned a Slaking.

His clothes were somewhat disheveled, but his