I do not own Pokemon.
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#003 Venusaur, The Seed Pokemon.
As the Bulbasaur Evolution advances it becomes ever clearer that they are an unlucky type of creature, first they cause destruction so as not to starve-, in return they are hunted to near extinction, when they evolve they are pursued by not just poachers, but the many pokemon wanting to evolve-, as their bulbs allow normal plant feeding, it also allows the massive amounts of a special chemical which instantly evolves pokemon-, and in smaller doses brings them closer to it, to be released, the toxin is used in a illegal drug for pokemon, Rare Candy, causing poachers the world over to search for Ivysaur.
However it gets worse still for the final evolution, not only does the Toxin become so potent that it doesn't just evolve the pokemon, but poison it in the process, since Venusaur constantly produce this and are reusable, they often get imprisoned and drugged. But even that is minature in comparison to the special effect the RC toxin inflicts on humans, cancer, researchers have proved it over and over, yet trainers never abandon their Venusaur.
In the years that it takes for a Venusaur to be trained to full power it is impossible for a friendship not to be born, in the same way a Rilou requires happyness to evolve, so too does a Ivysaur require friendship to evolve. The truth behind this is horrible, the RC toxin in someway or form will always come into contact with the trainer before evolution may occur, the trainer will become addicted to Ivysaur toxin, which creates a kind of symbiotic link, the trainer is weakened and the Ivysaur is strengthened, there is a reason Ivysaur are never seen in the wild, it is because they are dependant ona human to evolve-, and subsequently survive, many a Venusaur have taken their own life after the death of their trainer, and many a trainer after the death of their Venusaur.
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Kinda dark, but I'm on a roll!