Author's Note: Hey everyone, I'm back for the 10th time, and now introducing you to chapter 10! Wow, I've been writing at the speed of light, I just now realized that as I'm writing this… anyways, I hope you enjoyed the last chapter, I'm not real sure if I'm really good at battle scenes, so if you have any advice to enhance my description, please don't be afraid to mention it in the comments. R&R please and here is Chapter 10!
Mitsumi took a deep breath in the open grassy field. It had once again been a year sense the events of the Gyarados and the Snowpoint City incident, and after that Cyrus has been drilling her hard in her training to make sure she never nearly got killed again.
She was still wearing the same outfit, a skin tight suit that was pure white with black gloves and black boots. Physical changes have majorly changed girl wise. Her body had developed small notice of curves like a woman, and her chest was beginning to extend as well. She had also become much stronger; muscles bulged out of her arms that were very noticeable through the suit that constricted her skin.
Her mental health had improved as well, she could compare to an 8th grader despite she was only 10, and today she was brushing up on her Pokémon training with Duskull. She had become an impressive trainer after a while; Cyrus had been teaching her every strategy he knew that would allow her to succeed even the toughest battles.
It was late summer, in the August, so it was a little hot, but not as hot as it as earlier today. It was about dusk, so the sun was beginning to go down, toning the heat down as well.
Duskull had just finished battling another Wurmple, he cried in victory as he span around and then rushed up to Mitsumi's shoulder like it always did, and waited for more commands. Wurmple had begun popping up everywhere lately, Mitsumi had noticed this. Had Wurmple migrated to another area or something?
"Mitsumi, you've done well today. Battle one more Pokémon then we can go back to the HQ and eat." Cyrus grumbled as he watched Mitsumi look around and then turn her head up to him. Cyrus had changed too, his body had become more masculine like a mans, Mitsumi had suspected that he was not only training her, but himself as well. Along with that, and his chin had begun growing hair, he feared he'd have to begin shaving it, he wasn't too thrilled about that.
Mitsumi quickly obeyed her boss and rushed to the tall grass to find one last wild Pokémon, Duskull had not changed at all, worth me mentioning. He remained the same optimistic Duskull he was before. While searching in the grass, Mitsumi noticed something; recently, Cyrus had been a bit grumpier, maybe she'd ask why.
"Boss Cyrus," the girl began to say as Duskull began to mess around with her emerald zigzag hair that was still in a pony tail the way the Pokémon liked it.
Cyrus looked up and walked towards here, his hands were behind his back and his mouth was still in a deep frown like it always was.
"Make your question quick, the sun is about to set." He murmured as he looked at her in the eye.
Mitsumi cleared her throat. "Boss Cyrus you've been acting awfully grumpy lately, how come?" she asked looking back at him the same way as he. Cyrus let out a deep sigh and then closed his eyes and tucked his chin into his chest.
"There has been rumors that the 8 gym leaders and Maxwell plan to ambush our HQ in a year or so, I have been training you harder sense it heard about it last. You need to help your Commanders and your comrades defend our building or Team Galactic will fall." He grumbled as he watched Duskull play around with Mitsumi's hair while singing to himself.
Mitsumi closed her eyes and showed him an enthusiastic smile.
"Don't worry, boss Cyrus, I promise I won't let you or Mars, Jupiter and Saturn down! I swear that I'll stay dedicated to Team Galactic for the rest of my life and I'll do anything to protect it, eve if it cost my existence!" she assured as she preformed a salute full of honor and pride.
Cyrus smirked at her dedication to her family, and then took a deep breath of the sunset air. "You better get going unless you want to train in the dark." He added as he watched the girl jump in realization and rush to go find more Pokémon.
It wasn't too long for Mitsumi to find another Wurmple in the tall grass, so she sent Duskull out to fight. Duskull had become much more powerful sense the last time he was in a serious battle, the battle against Candice to the exact.
"Alright, Duskull! Use Hex!" she shouted, followed by the Duskull yelling its name then forming a glob of purple energy and then pounding it on the Wurmple, followed by it like the rest, falling to the ground defeated.
Duskull was beginning to become too strong for the Pokémon around Veilstone City, Cyrus was hesitating if he should give her another Pokémon or just take Mitsumi to another place to train.
Maybe he'd just think about it in the morning; suddenly his thoughts were interrupted by Mitsumi's yell.
"Boss Cyrus! I think something is happening to Duskull!" she called, followed by Cyrus looking up to see a blinding light that came around the Pokémon. Cyrus covered his eyes and then answered back.
"Shield your eyes and don't worry, Mitsumi," he murmured in a calmer manner than Mitsumi was in. "Remember the thing about Pokémon I explained to you as they grow?" he added.
Mitsumi brought her palm to her eyes, and then responded. "You mean evolution? When the Pokémon grows to another form as it gets stronger?"
"Exactly," Cyrus mumbled, "That's what's occurring to Duskull. He is evolving into Dusclops, the Beckon Pokémon." Once he finished that sentence, the light had stopped, and once Mitsumi unshielded her eyes she became face to face with one big red eye.
"Ack!" she screamed, followed by her stumbling back to the ground. Seeing this made Cyrus grit his teeth and roll his eyes. Though Mitsumi wasn't afraid of anything, when she was unexpectedly snuck up on by someone, she would probably die of heart burn for all he knew.
"Dusclops!" the Pokémon cheered as it began to spin around.
Mitsumi was in awe by how much Duskull- erm, Dusclops had changed, he was no longer floating, but on two legs. It had one big eye with a large red pupil, it still had no mouth like he always did; his hands were grey that floated in front of his body and his entire body looked as if he was covered in casts like a mummy.
Mitsumi's mouth had opened a slight amount and her eyes stared in wonder. She slowly stood up and studied the Pokémon; it was now even taller than her.
"Dusclops!" he shouted as he raised his hands up in pride as he showed off his new look. Mitsumi continued to stare as the Pokémon began to run around in pride.
"He's certainly changed quite a bit." The trainer commented as she turned to look at Cyrus, who was watching the creature as it began to try out its new body.
"Your Pokémon is acting like an idiot. Calm him down." He ordered as he took a deep breath. "In fact, just recall him into his Pokeball; I believe our training today is done." He added, followed by him calling out his Charizard.
"Yes sir!" she obeyed, followed by her pulling out Dusclops' Pokeball and forced him to retreat, then ran over to Cyrus dragon and climbed up like her Boss did. Within minutes, Cyrus had commanded him to take off, towards their HQ in Veilstone City.
Dinner was good in Mitsumi opinion; they had chicken fried steak tonight. Chicken fried steak had become Mitsumi's favorite meal after a few years; so she was more then obliged to eat it. The girl was walking down the hallway to the Commander's room with the Commanders themselves, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, all three of them were mature 16 year olds; well they seemed mature at first glance, but if you ever spoke to them, you'd call them baboons after a 5 minute conversion.
"So Mitsumi," Mars began as they strode down the empty white hallway. "Boss Cyrus told me that your little duck what-cha-ma-call-it evolved this evening, is that true?"
Saturn turned to look at Mitsumi.
"He evolved? He evolved into a Dusclops! Awesome! Let me see him!" he yelled with excitement as he dashed over to her side as he watched in anticipation.
Mitsumi sighed and turned to look at the commander with purple hair who was walking as well; she noticed that Jupiter was the bossy one of the trio. "As long as Jupiter doesn't start screaming at the top of her lungs and then threaten to kill me if I didn't get it out of her face fast enough." She commented as Jupiter immediately glared at her when her name was mentioned.
"Well your Pokémon is freakishly scary no matter what you put on it! Don't try to make me change my mind, and I'm sure that even you know that he's scary." The girl commented as she crossed her arms.
Over the past 3 years Mars and Saturn had become a bit nicer to Mitsumi, but the only stump was Jupiter, she thought high of herself and refused to show kindness to her. Oh well, that was just Jupiter.
"Don't listen to her!" Saturn said, making Mitsumi turn back to him. "Just show us the Dusclops! I've always wanted to see one!" he encouraged as he waited for her to show him.
Mars didn't seem to care whichever way, she watched too as Mitsumi pulled the Pokeball from her pocket and unleash the Pokémon.
"Dusclops!" The Pokémon chanted as it raised it hands in the air and began to cheer its name over and over like he always did.
"Sweet!" Saturn commented as he began to run up to the Pokémon and admired his new complexion "This guy is awesome! I'm jealous, Mitsumi!"
Mars looked in awe as the creature began to mess around with Saturn. "He's impressive." She commented as she continued to walk down the empty hall.
"He's ugly." Jupiter added as she crossed her arms and puckered out her lips. Mitsumi let out a sigh; there goes Jupiter being a jerk again. When they soon reached the door that lead to the commander's room, Mitsumi recalled Dusclops back into its Pokeball and replaced it in her pocket as Mars opened the door to allow everyone inside.
As soon as she was in, Jupiter was the first to rush to the bathroom and slam the door. Saturn sighed and drooped his shoulders; he turned around to face the 2 girls behind him.
"Well, it appears Jupiter has beat us to the bathroom." He said, pointing out the obvious in a rather sarcastic tone.
"Again." Mars added in a small whisper as Mitsumi walked up to the couch and lay down. She still slept on the couch like she has in the past 3 years, she wondered if she'd ever get to one day sleep in a bed.
"Hey, Mitsumi are you already going to sleep? I'm surprised that you don't want to clean yourself up any." Saturn called to the girl as she closed her eyes.
"I don't know why, but I'm really tired today Saturn." Mitsumi replied, she sounded as if she was already falling asleep. Saturn shrugged and then sat down on the opposite sofa.
"Oh well, less waiting time for me." He commented as he grabbed the remote and turned on the TV; he knew that it would be a while before Jupiter came out of the shower, might as well he start watching something.
Mars sat in the recliner this time, she was tired too for some reason, she wasn't too sure exactly why.
"Hey, Mitsumi." The red head began as she turned to look at the girl who was busy trying to sleep. "Are you feeling alright? You look as if you don't feel well." She asked as she continued to look at the girl.
That was true, Mitsumi started to feel bad while they ate dinner; maybe her allergies were acting up on her again.
"I'm fine Mars," she murmured, half asleep. Mars shrugged and turned to the TV; if Mitsumi said she was okay, then she wasn't going to take her word for granted. And with that, Mitsumi had fallen asleep into a deep abyss of slumber.
Mitsumi had a groggy expression as she walked down the hallway this morning; it was difficult for her to sleep because Jupiter and Mars were having another argument about who was the better boy in their new favorite show; Jhotolicious, another fake drama like Kanto Shore.
Boss Cyrus had told her last night after dinner too report to him in the morning at the battle arena where the Team Galactic trainers battled each other to become stronger. It was the same place where she first received Duskull, who was now Dusclops at least.
She took a deep breath as she was walking down the long hall way that led to the arena; she was awfully tired this morning, at least Mars, Jupiter and Saturn didn't have to get up early with the sun like she had to, or else it would all lead to a hissy fit.
Mitsumi set her hand on the door and closed her eyes for a minute; Boss Cyrus would be upset by how tired she was, maybe he'd understand. With that though, she turned the knob and walked in, followed by her being face to face with Cyrus' stomach, which was how tall she was when she was in front of him.
Slowly, she looked up to find a grim expression on the man's face as he looked down to her.
"What took you so long, Mitsumi? I was about to come and get you myself." He grumbled as he let her inside the huge room that was pure white. Mitsumi put her hands behind her back and looked around, trying to find words to tell him without making it a lie.
"Well, I accidentally slept in this morning because Mars and Jupiter gave me a hard time last night when I was trying to sleep." She muttered as she looked up to him again. His face was bleak and angry again; he must be grumpy this morning too.
"What were they doing?" he asked as he set his hands behind his back as he looked into her green eyes, making Mitsumi nervous.
"Well, they were arguing about a TV show." She answered followed by the man sighing and shaking his head.
"Enough about that, I'll talk to them about it later. Now, I've decided that you're going to take a step up in your Pokémon training, here." This was followed by him handing her another Pokeball.
Mitsumi blinked a couple of times.
"Do you want me to give back Dusclops?" she asked as she looked up to him from the Pokeball.
Cyrus shook his head and signaled for her to take it, followed by her doing as he told. "You keep Dusclops; you will keep him for the rest of your life. A strong trainer always has as many Pokémon as they can handle, so you are to have 2 Pokémon now, and as you grow, I will give you more." He murmured, followed by him setting his hands behind his back once more. "I chose this for you because I knew that you would find more fondness towards it. Just because you will like it doesn't mean you may neglect Dusclops." He grumbled as he signaled for her to press the button in the middle.
Mitsumi took a deep breath; when she woke up this morning she wasn't expecting to get another Pokémon from Cyrus. With that, she pressed the button and the top began to open with a bright flash, and once it calmed down, the figure left behind was what looked like a little fox.
It had big brown eyes with a thick brown coat of fur; its tail was as bushy as a forest, it had a moist black nose and on its face was a big happy smile.
"Vee! Eevee!" the little fox shouted as it quickly darted to Mitsumi as it began to play with her legs. Mitsumi was not expecting this at all from Cyrus, the man who always frowned.
"Aw!" Mitsumi cooed as she bent down to pick it up and hold in her arms. "It's so cute, Boss Cyrus! Are you sure this thing is meant for battle?" she asked as she looked up to him; he had the same bleak expression as he always did, and not to mention he looked angry.
"This is Eevee, the Evolution Pokémon; I gave it to you as a reward for training Dusclops so well. I want you to know that you will not neglect Dusclops and only train Eevee. If they both become very powerful, then you can become a very dangerous opponent." He grumbled followed by him signaling for her to put the Pokémon back on the ground.
Mitsumi set the little fox on the floor as she stood back up and looked up to him.
"One thing that is very unique about Eevee is that only some Pokémon can only evolve into one form. For example, Duskull evolves into Dusclops, and if it holds an item called a Reaper Cloth, then it will evolve into Dusknoir, the Gripper Pokémon." Cyrus added as he watched Mitsumi pay close attention. "Or another example, Growlithe can evolve into Arcanine (My most favorite Pokémon!) If it is to hold a Firestone, then it can't evolve no farther. However, Eevee gives the choice to its trainer to evolve into 7 different types of Pokémon, which will soon be your pick. Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon and Glaceon." The man explained as he looked down to the Pokémon playing at Mitsumi's feet.
"It doesn't usually take too long for Eevee to evolve, so I will show you a chart of what evolution you would like, then we will set off to train it." He added, followed by him heading towards the door that lead to the room where the look out was.
Mitsumi quickly rushed after him, followed by the little Eevee who ran around in glee as it chased its new trainer. When Cyrus opened the door, he began to walk in and then shut it behind Eevee.
The room was painted a deep red and had a brown carpet, a wooden glazed table was in the middle with 8 chairs, and to the east was a flight of stairs that led up to the room where you could watch the arena from a good angle and height.
While Mitsumi was busy observing the room, Cyrus dug in a drawer she seemed to have not noticed and brought out a poster that was folded up into small squares.
"This was a chart that explains the evolutions of Eevee; you can pick a form you would like yours to become." Cyrus mumbled as he began to unfold the paper and spread it out on the glazed table.
Eevee jumped into a chair and then climbed onto the table and then began to lick Mitsumi's neck as she watched her boss open out the article. While the little fox was licking her, she began to pat its head and then stroke it from head to tail.
"Vee!" the Pokémon cried as it enjoyed the caress of Mitsumi's palm. As a matter of fact, the Pokémon was beginning to act a while lot like a cat.
"Mitsumi," Cyrus called, "Pay attention." He grumbled followed by the girl gently pushing the Pokémon to the right and began to look at the chart. On it was what looked like Eevee in the middle of it and surrounded by 7 different Pokémon that looked the same size.
One was pink color with black eyes, its tail split into 2 and its ears looked like it was an alien. The next was one that was pitch black with golden ring patterns on it forehead and legs, and its eyes were blood red. The next was on that looked like it was on fire; the other was light blue with fins and gills like a fish. The other was yellow with a patch of white fur, its fur patterns seemed to have resembled lightning, the other one was a tan color with leaves coming out of its feet, tail, and ears, and the last one was a bright blue color with white patterns with ice streaming from its ears.
Mitsumi looked at it for a solid 5 minutes, that's when Cyrus suddenly asked;
"Mitsumi, we don't have all day, make your decision." He grumbled, followed by her quickly pointing to the one with the leaves from its tail, feet and ears.
"I think I like that one." She told him as she turned to look and see if he approved. Cyrus looked at it and then nodded.
"I see you like Leafeon, the Grass type Verdant Pokémon. It is known not to fight much, but it is an excellent healer. That would be a good addition to your party; it can heal your other Pokémon when they are low on HP. Is this the one you want?" he reassured as he looked at her one more time.
Mitsumi nodded her head and then looked once more; she liked most of them, but Leafeon seemed to have caught her eye. "I'm sure I like that one, Boss Cyrus." She answered as she watched the man begin to fold the paper back up and then replace it into the drawer.
"Vee!" the Eevee called to grab Mitsumi attention. When the girl turned to look, the fox jumped entrusting for Mitsumi to catch her, making the girl freak out as she rushed to hold her arms out to prevent the Pokémon from being harmed.
"Come on, Mitsumi." Cyrus called to her. "I plan for that Eevee to evolve by the end of today; if we want to do that, then we have to pick up our pace." He added, followed by Mitsumi rushing after him with Eevee in her arms.
Mitsumi and Cyrus soon arrived at Eterna Forest on Charizard's back later that day. Cyrus had explained to her that in order for Eevee to evolve into Leafeon they would have to undergo a very specific process of training her by a very mossy rock in the forest next to Eterna City.
Mitsumi had ever been to Eterna Forest before, so she was excited to train both Eevee and Dusclops here. After the 2 got off of Charizard, Mitsumi stared in awe at the entrance in front of her; it was like a huge black hole being surrounded by trees.
"Keep in mind that the best thing about this forest is that Pokémon appear in duos, so you'll be fighting 2 Pokémon with Dusclops and Eevee, that would make training Eevee much easier when Dusclops is fighting for it while it takes cover. Always remember, Mitsumi, never put out a Pokémon that will overpower your opponent. You are to send out your weakest Pokémon and push it hard to endure and train harder like I did you." He added as he set his hands behind his back like he did for the past few years.
"Yes, Boss Cyrus!" Mitsumi acknowledged as she formed her hands into a salute and then pulled put her 2 Pokeballs and unleashed Eevee and Dusclops.
"Vee!" Eevee cried as it ran straight up to Dusclops and began to play around its legs. Dusclops stared at the little fox as it began to weave in-between his struts. Dusclops couldn't help but play along by engaging a game of tag with it.
"Dusclops!" The Beckon Pokémon shouted as it chased he little fox around the opening. Mitsumi and Cyrus were both watching to 2 play with each other. Cyrus frowned and then eyed Mitsumi.
"Command them to stop, Mitsumi, they must be on their best behavior in order for us to successfully train them and evolve Eevee." He grumbled, followed by the girl quickly obeying and commanding for them to halt their game.
Dusclops, with Eevee on his shoulder, soon returned to Mitsumi's side as he raised his hands and pointed to the little fox with joy that it had made a new friend.
"Vee!" Eevee cried as it began to bounce up and down on the Ghost Type's shoulder.
Cyrus grumbled and then began to walk into the forest. "Come on, let's get going." He muttered, followed by Mitsumi and Dusclops running after him. As they entered the deep clearing, Mitsumi had to notice that tall dark grass grew everywhere, which must mean a lot of creatures enjoyed hanging out here.
"Boss Cyrus, how come we never came here before, it would have been a better place to train?" the girl with jade hair asked as she walked along his side.
The way they all looked was almost kinda cute; Mitsumi was walking beside Cyrus while looking to him like he was her idol and Dusclops was walking beside her with Eevee resting on his shoulder.
"Because," Cyrus began "The Pokémon here would have been too strong for Dusclops to handle when he was a Duskull, so I waited until he was strong enough to come here." He explained as he walked past a tree, and then stopped in front of a large rock covered in moss. "Here we are." He added.
Mitsumi looked at the fairly large rock, it was about medium size and like I said was covered in green slimy moss that had many ants and mites on it.
"This is the rock we have to train Eevee by and then she'll evolve into a Leafeon?" the girl double checked as she looked back up to the man again.
Cyrus nodded and then stood aside.
"I'll wait here until you've trained Eevee enough to become a Leafeon, but don't go too far from here, understood?" he explained as he watched his student nod and run off with her Pokémon.
Cyrus sighed now that he was alone.
In a year or so Maxwell was planning to attack their HQ with all 8 gym leaders and the Elite 4; this scared him, he wasn't sure if Mitsumi was prepared for a battle against Maxwell and the other Pokémon League members, he knew that Saturn, Mars and Jupiter certainly weren't sense they didn't have the time to train their Pokémon lately, he's been under so much stress lately, all he knew was that almost all of Team Galactic had to rely on he and Mitsumi.
"Alright, Dusclops, one more time, Hex!" Mitsumi shouted as the Pokémon brought down the last Wurmple that was around. She had just finished another battle after several she had won. Eevee was indeed becoming stronger; she almost looked as if she was going to evolve anytime now.
"Ok you 2, I'm really excited for Eevee to evolve, so let's do one more battle, and then hopefully you're ready." Mitsumi told them as she turned to look at the little fox who smiled with glee as she eyed her.
"Vee!" the Pokémon cheered as it began to hop up and down and brush up against her legs then Dusclops'. Mitsumi couldn't help but show a small smile as she watched Eevee play with Dusclops.
Unexpectedly, she snapped her fingers, making the Pokémon stop what they were doing and quickly look up her.
"Come on, one more battle, then you 2 can play all you want." She told them as she signaled for them to search for a wild Pokémon duo in the tall grass.
Dusclops rushed to one direction while Eevee dashed in another, and Mitsumi began to search in another area. Not too long later she heard Dusclops cry out its name to grab her attention. Mitsumi shot her head up from the grass to find the Pokémon in a fight with a Wurmple and another Pokémon that looked similar to a rabbit.
Eevee was the one to beat Mitsumi to the battle as they both darted through the grass to the combat, which was good because she didn't want to make the wild Pokémon wait to get smacked upside the face.
"Okay, Duskull, use Hex on Wurmple, Eevee, tackle on that strange bunny thingy! I don't know what it's called!" the young trainer with green hair yelled from a distance while running towards them in the tall grass.
Dusclops did his move upon the Wurmple who fell after the hit, and Eevee dashed up to the bunny Pokémon and then preformed a jump and landed on top of the rabbit, knocking it down. But the rabbit wasn't done, after it got up, it then dashed up to Dusclops and preformed a Tackle itself, however, like the same thing that happened to Bidoof 3 years ago, it seemed to go straight through the Ghost type, and fell face first on the ground.
"Don't worry about that, Dusclops, Hex! Eevee, Tack- oof!" Mitsumi was interrupted by suddenly tripping over something. While getting up, to Mitsumi's shock, 2 Wurmple were standing next to each other, both crying out their names as they watched her get up.
'Great, just what I needed, not only did Dusclops and Eevee get in a battle, but I did too!'Mitsumi thought to herself as she jumped to her feet and then eyed the 2 Wurmple with her back facing Eevee and Dusclops.
"Alright, as I was saying, Eevee, use tackle while Dusclops uses Hex!" she shouted and then ran up to one of the Wurmple and then kicking it across the opening, making it fly into a tree.
The other Wurmple, the mate probably, looked enraged as it looked back to the other Pokémon who struggled to get back up from hitting the tree and then falling to the ground.
"Vee!" a noise shouted from Eevee, it was of pain and suffering; this might not be good. Mitsumi quickly turned around and then saw to her horror; Eevee was lying on the ground about to faint.
'What?' Mitsumi thought in panic 'How did that rabbit not faint from Dusclops' attack? Dusclops is way more powerful than all of the Pokémon in this forest! Wait a second-' then her thoughts were horribly interrupted by the Wurmple springing onto her back and then drilled its teeth into her flesh.
"Stupid, annoying Wurmple!" Mitsumi cursed as she jumped up and landed on her back, making the Pokémon to cry out in pain from not only landing on the ground, but landing on the ground with Mitsumi's weight on top of it.
The worm immediately let go of her back and then the girl straight away stood back up and grabbed its round body and then hurled it towards the rabbit Pokémon about to strike Eevee as it avoided Dusclops' protection.
The Wurmple flew through the air and smacked the bunny right in the face, followed by Mitsumi dashing up to it and punching it in the head, making the bunny cry out in harm as it lay on the ground in defeat.
Mitsumi took a deep breath then turned to Eevee, she was lying on the ground on the verge of fainting; it breathed weakly as it tried to recuperate. The trainer bent over and slowly picked the fox up, carrying it like a baby.
"Vee…." It cried in a feeble manner as it lay in Mitsumi's arms. The girl hushed it and allowed it to close its eyes and rest. Afterwards, she turned to Dusclops, who was looking down in shame that his new best friend was nearly killed and he couldn't do a thing about it.
"Don't worry, Dusclops," Mitsumi assured him. "You did what you could." She told him, followed by her giving him a forgiving smile.
Dusclops let out a depressed chant of his name and hung his head, but it was suddenly interrupted by a sudden bright light that was emitted by the little fox in her hands.
The two stared in awe as the light became brighter, only too bright for them to handle, so they both had to close or shield their eyes to prevent them from becoming blind.
While the light was raging on, Mitsumi could almost swear she felt the Eevee growing, she slowly stood up on her feet and stood proud, and thus the light died down, only to reveal in Mitsumi's hands was-
"Leafeon!" the Pokémon cried as it bounced to Dusclops' shoulder and began to dance around. Leafeon looked way cuter than the poster Leafeon did, she too was tan, but her leaves were longer and greener, that meant she was happy and healthy.
Dusclops shouted its name in delight as the 2 began to happily prance around the opening and then run up to their trainer and then show off Eevee's new form in pride.
"Dusclops!" the Pokémon shouted in glee as he pointed to his friend on his shoulder as she began to hop from shoulder to shoulder.
Mitsumi smiled and laughed a bit and then pat Leafeon's head. "Way to go, Leafeon, you finally evolved! I guess that means we can go back to Boss Cyrus now, doesn't it!" she said as she walked towards a path that they came from. "Let's get going then and show him!"
As Cyrus stood in the forest clearing where he told Mitsumi where he was going to stay, his thoughts were interrupted by a familiar calling,
"Boss Cyrus!" it yelled from a distance. "Eevee evolved!" It notified, Cyrus turned around to find his soon to be Ultimate Fighting Machine running towards him with Dusclops with a new figure with leaves coming from its body parts rushing to him with glee.
Cyrus looked at her with a frown and then approached her. "Good work, Mitsumi, your growing stronger. I am proud of you." The man muttered as he studied the Pokémon on the Dusclops' shoulder. It looked healthy and lush; it must be in good condition.
"Thank you, Boss Cyrus!" Mitsumi replied to his complement as she saluted like all of the other Team Galactic members did. Cyrus continued to show his bleak expression while looking at her face of joy. Mitsumi noticed this; something was bothering him.
"Boss Cyrus," she began "Are- are you okay?" she asked as she looked up him, face to face.
The man sighed and closed his eyes; his head turned to the green ground below him.
"I'm not." He murmured as he felt a small zephyr blow by, making his hair ruffle a tad. "Mitsumi, you must realize the danger of Maxwell." He told her as he sat on the grassy land and signaled for her to do the same.
Mitsumi knew an important conversation was about to commence, whenever he told her to sit on the ground meant that he wanted to have an imperative talk with her that would usually last for an hour or more.
"Despite the fact that Maxwell was being a jerk the day you first met him, he is very dangerous when it comes to you personally." Cyrus explained to him as Mitsumi as on the ground after recalling Leafeon and Dusclops. "It is rumored he wants to kill you to prevent you from becoming too strong until it turns to the point where you are unstoppable." He explained as he looked at her in the eye. "I know that you killed a Gyarados with only a Weavel claw and your bare hands, but Maxwell is much more powerful than a raging Gyarados, Mitsumi." His eyes became stern and hard; he was beyond serious about this.
He sighed and closed his eyes again.
"I've also heard that he is training non-stop, focused on making sure that your dead by next year; in fact, he wants the entire team of Team Galactic destroyed as soon as possible." He added, watching Mitsumi pay attention with watchful eyes.
"Boss Cyrus, why does everyone hate Team Galactic when you say that we are doing well for the world?" she asked as she looked into his icy blue eyes like it was frozen tundra.
Cyrus took a deep breath and then looked back at her; she really had grown so much over the past few years, he was proud of what she was becoming. "Mitsumi, this is so complicated for me to explain; you see, in order to create a perfect world, then we would have to demolish he original one, and recreate a new one with the power of Dialga, the legendary Pokémon that has the almighty power to control time itself. You are going to help me find Dialga, and use his powers for good. However, many think that we will use Dialga's power to rule and dominate the world into slavery. I don't want that, I want a world of piece and wellbeing where hate and anger cease to exist." He explained.
"But, Boss Cyrus, you taught me that the only emotions that I should have inside of me are hate and anger, how do you destroy it when it's all you think?" Mitsumi asked immediately afterwards.
Cyrus sighed and closed his eyes again, then reopened them. "It's very difficult for a child your age to understand, you'll recognize it when your older and more mature, then I'll be happy to tell you." He responded, followed by him getting back up. "And sense Maxwell plans to attack us, then your training is going to step to the next level, you will be working harder than you ever have before. I will push you to your true limit." He added as Mitsumi got up like her boss.
"Yes, Boss Cyrus!" Mitsumi replied as she saluted again and then quickly darted behind her boss.
And so, the 2 walked off, off towards the exit of Eterna Forest, just in time to see the sun beginning to set behind Mount Coronet.
Author's Note: Ugh! What a boring chapter this was! I absolutely promise the next chapter is going to be really interesting, in fact it'll be so interesting that your going to be paying for the whole seat, but your only gonna use the edge of it!
P.S. Once I'm done with this Fanfic, I was planning to do a short story about Hareta and Mitsumi when they go to a certain little town east of Kanto…. And if I mention the word "Scary" to you and you've played the original Pokémon Red, Green or Blue when you were a wee child or to this very day, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about; yep, you guessed it, Lavender Town! :O! Lavender Town is beyond the most horrifying place you can go to on a Pokémon game, or pretty much a video game itself! If you haven't heard of the horrors of Lavender Town, I dare you to look it up and see how truly demonic it is (But if it's between 8:00 P.M and 7:00 A.M, DON'T) , and whatever you do, don't listen to the soundtrack from the original Japanese version, it'll give you insomnia and nightmares for weeks. ASK ME HOW I KNOW… -_-
Anyways, I thought I should write a short funny and scary story about when Hareta and Mitsumi when they go there and have a quick adventure, tell me what you think about that idea whether if I should write it or not in the comments, thanks again for reading, and I'll update sooooooooon! XD