After some tracking Vivian managed to discover where the Snivy had wound up. Apparently the little guy had escaped captivity and fled into a cave to avoid re-capture. However Vivian, knowing the caves around the mountain area fairly well, was pretty sure that this particular cave only had one exit, namely the entrance. That meant the Snivy was trapped in there. Generally speaking, the caves themselves were not all that dangerous. Sometimes some zubat attempted to hide in them and occasionally you would find a geodude chilling out. Yet, it was very tame compared to some places outside the tribe.
Vivian made her way to the mouth of the cave, stopping and peering inside for a moment before heading inside. Her sight immediately became somewhat limited. She made an attempt to see beyond her eyes by trying to feel the aura of anything in the area. She didn't want to miss the snivy in the dark. Yet... all she could feel was herself. She hesitated a moment. To be brutally honest, she wasn't very confident in her ability to detect aura. Despite the fact that she had a Lucario for a father, as a species she simply wasn't very good at it. Was there nothing there, or was she just failing to detect things altogether? Detecting herself was absurdly easy. That was something untrained people could practically do on accident.
She got the answer to her question when she heard the screeching of a small swarm of zubat. It startled her, as she had been too deep in thought to have been on her guard. She shielded herself with her ear, not wanting some clumsy zubat to fly into her face or something like that. Abruptly though, she felt a piercing sensation on her upper arm. It hurt pretty bad, but it wasn't enough to deter her natural reflex, namely grabbing the zubat that had decided her blood was food and pulling it off in a not so gentle manner. It had attacked her with leech life. She couldn't say why. Perhaps it had been starving. Perhaps it had mistaken her for your 'average' lopunny who was more likely to try running away before fighting. One thing was for sure though. She... didn't really care. Gripping the zubat in her hand, she brought it near he face, being careful not to give it the flexibility to bite her again.
Zubat: "Ow..! Ow! L-Let go!"
Vivian just sort of ignored the pleas. Yes, her grip was very uncomfortable for the small pokemon, but had he attacked some of the... less reasonable members of the tribe there was a good chance he would've gotten a lot worse. Given, chances were he probably didn't expect a Lopunny to be so aggressive and that that had been a major factor in him biting in the first place.
Vivian (Lopunny): "...You've had your fill. Be grateful I do not desire mine in return."
Vivian narrowed her eyes in warning. The threat was pretty clear. Though, in truth the threat was also empty. She was simply trying to teach the smaller pokemon a lesson. The zubat promptly began to screech fearfully however, prompting Vivian to irritably turn and toss him towards the front of the cave. The zubat promptly flew away, hopefully knowing better than to try such a thing again. It was... for his own good, or at least she hoped so.
Meanwhile, Vivian flexed the arm that had been bitten and made sure she was alright before continuing on into the cave. Her arm was slightly sore, but she was fine as far as she was concerned. She made her way down through the cave, deeper into the mountains, not finding the snivy. She was beginning to suspect that she might have accidentally missed him. Suddenly, she stumbled over a rather large boulder and nearly fell, managing to catch herself with a grace that only those unfamiliar with the lopunny species would be surprised by. From behind her came an agitated groan. She looked over her shoulder to find the 'boulder' moving. Huh. She had stumbled over a sleeping Geodude.
Geodude: "Ugh..."
The Geodude then turned and saw Vivian.
Geodude: "...Vivian? What's going on?"
Vivian (Lopunny): "I'm sorry. I didn't notice you there. Have you seen..?-"
Geodude: "Whatever. Y'wanna... train?"
Vivian (Lopunny): "I'm sort of looking for a lost pokemon..."
Geodude: "They're not going anywhere... Cmon! Don't let me wake up for nothin'!"
Vivian sighed. A part of her didn't want to deal with this, but she supposed she could humor him. She didn't really know why he wanted to fight her though. It seemed like he was setting himself up for embarrassment. She was pretty sure she could handle a geodude.
Vivian (Lopunny): "Alright..."
She turned to the geodude and took a more fighting worthy stance. The geodude raised into the air and beat his fists together twice before flexing his hands. Vivian made a feint towards the geodude, getting little to no reaction, before abruptly coming at the geodude with an ice punch. The geodude tried to dodge, but he never really had a chance. Her punch was so fast that it left no reasonable time to dodge. The geodude was struck from underneath and abruptly froze solid in a chunk of ice, crashing to the floor. Vivian leaned over the geodude, surveying him silently. Well... that ended fast. She supposed she should free him before she moved on. She readied a fire punch and yet... as she tried, she realized she... couldn't quite remember how. Huh. Well, she supposed she would need to free him the harder way. Prepping a thunder punch, she took aim and slammed her fist down on the ice, shattering it into many pieces. Now, contrary to popular belief, if one is encased in ice and the ice is shattered by a powerful blow, the pokemon encased will not shatter with the ice. Physics simply did not work that way. Geodude fell to the ground and grabbed his head almost immediately.
Geodude: "...Oow..! Geez!"
Vivian shook her hand a bit, which was slightly sore from having punched such hard surfaces.
Vivian (Lopunny): "Satisfied? I've gotta run."
The geodude grumbled an affirmative whilst rubbing his head, and Vivian left him be. She was pretty sure she was nearing the end of the cave by now, and thus she was becoming anxious. All of a sudden, she heard someone utter what sounded like a battle cry. She turned her head to the source. It was the snivy! And... he was totally coming at her with a leaf blade. At first she was startled, but as he approached it occurred to her just by watching that he was not an experienced fighter, and that he was far from a match for her. She waited until he got close before leaning down and reaching out for him. She was promptly struck with the leaf blade, and yet it only did minor damage. She proceeded to reach out and grab ahold of the snivy, pulling him up off the ground. She proceeded to press him against her abdomen, wrapping her arms around him to restrain him. It... totally looked a lot like a hug. She really didn't want to hurt the child. There was no honor to be gained there, and it would only potentially cause problems when she tried to bring him back to his parents. The snivy made a noise of frustration in response before speaking up.
Snivy: "Let go of me..!!"
(Will continue later)