"Mega-Ventures of Remnant"
Chapter 11: Present Day 06: Joy of Fatherhood
Last time, Ruby met a tall man named Yatsuhashi Daichi, in which he claims that he wasn't the gym leader. Ruby was ashamed of his reply, but another one she met is Velvet Scarlatina, an official Gym Leader of Marrón City Gym. Ruby battled against Velvet and lost, in which led her to a defeat thus leading to the lack of adaptation of status moves, and remained victorious in second round as rematch, receiving Velvet's Lagos Badge and TMs Toxic and Grass Knot. Ruby and Velvet parted their ways as Ruby came alongside Jaune for journeying their next destination.
Marrón City to Route 4 and its "Main Forest Entrance," 8:58am
"Camping Up"
Ruby and Jaune were camping in a forest on their way to New Vale City. Ruby had decided to camp out for the day and train her Pokémon, while also searching for potentially strong Pokémon to add to her team. Jaune was staying by the campsite, looking over the egg given to him by Yatsuhashi. Jaune recently decided he was going to become a Pokémon breeder like Velvet and Yatsuhashi, so Yatsuhashi gave him a Pokémon egg for him to hatch and raise. He took the egg out of his backpack, which he could have sworn had somehow gotten heavier than it originally did, and placed it by the campfire.
"I hope you're about to hatch any minute now little Pokémon inside," said Jaune. "I've already written out a plan of what to do, and the sooner you hatch, the sooner I can raise you and become a Pokémon breeder."
A yellow spark from the fire popped up and landed on the grass near the egg, causing a small fire. Jaune panicked and quickly ran over to stomp the fire out, then checked the egg frantically to make sure there wasn't any damage to the egg. "But before that, let's get you away from anything that might kill you."
Jaune decided to put the egg back in his backpack. A few moments later, Ruby and Eevee returned from their latest Pokémon search.
"Catch any new Pokémon?" asked Jaune.
"Zilch," said Ruby. "I've only got two Poké Balls left, and I want to save them on a Pokémon that's really worth capturing. On the bright side, my team got some good training in."
"[Right!]" said Eevee, holding out one of her front legs as if trying to flex her muscles.
"How long do you think we'll stay here?" asked Jaune.
"New Vale City is still a pretty long distance from here," said Ruby. "We'll definitely have to sleep here for nine hours. Let's move up now so we don't have to walk so far tomorrow."
The two of them put out the fire and packed up to leave. Jaune grabbed his backpack and just started to walk when suddenly he felt something pull him from behind. Jaune turned around to see what was grabbing him, but nothing was behind him. He turned around to start walking again when some kind of force was pulling him around. Jaune realized this force was coming from his backpack. Ruby stopped walking when she noticed Jaune moving in all sorts of directions.
"Are you okay Jaune?"
"I think something's moving in my backpack!"
Jaune took off his backpack and tried to open it. The moment he did, he noticed the egg shaking around a lot. Jaune put down his backpack and pulled the egg out; the egg suddenly jumped out of Jaune's hands and landed on the ground, continuing to shake wildly.
"Oh no!" yelled Jaune, worried about what was happening. "I think I did something wrong!"
"Actually Jaune, I think that egg is going to hatch!"
Sure enough, the first crack of the egg started to appear on top. Ruby and Jaune watched with bated breath as the cracks slowly got bigger, then small specks of the egg began to fall off, and then the entire egg suddenly burst apart, caused by the small glowing force that came from within. Ruby and Jaune were mesmerized at witnessing the birth of a new baby Pokémon. The glow soon took the form of a small, teal colored feline standing on its two legs.
"Munchlax hatched from the egg!"
"MUNCHLAAAAAX!" shouted the newborn Pokémon.
"Whoa!" said Jaune. "That thing's pretty big for a baby!"
Ruby took out her Pokédex to learn more about Jaune's new Pokémon.
Munchlax
Big Eater Pokémon
It conceals food under the long fur on its body. It carts around this food stash and swallows it without chewing.
Abilities: Pickup, Thick Fat, Gluttony (Hidden)
Height: 2'00" (0.6 m)
Weight: 231.5 lbs. (105.0 kg)
"Hey there Munchlax," said Jaune, bending down to greet Munchlax. "I'm Jaune; you're going to help me become a Pokémon breeder!"
Munchlax turned to face Jaune and looked up at him. Jaune held out his hand for Munchlax to shake; Munchlax looked at Jaune's hand and frowned.
"[I'm Munchlax!]" he shouted.
"What's wrong?" asked Jaune.
"[Over there!]" he shouted, pointing to his mouth. Jaune was confused as to what Munchlax wanted.
"Yes, you're Munchlax. I'm Jaune."
"Jaune," said Ruby, "I think Munchlax wants food."
"Oh, you're hungry?"
"[I'M HUNGRY!]" shouted the newborn Munchlax. Ruby and Jaune nearly got a headache from how loud Munchlax was shouting for food.
"AAAH!" painfully shouted Ruby and Jaune as they covered their ears from Munchlax's shouting that impaired their hearing.
"Okay okay, take it easy!" said Jaune. "I've got plenty of food in my backpack."
Jaune dove into his backpack and pulled out all of the snacks he saved for himself, and then rummaged around for the berries he fed to his Pokémon. Unbeknownst to Jaune, Munchlax looked at all the human food and started to drool.
"Okay Munchlax, I've got some nice juicy Leppa Berries for you. Open up and say-"
"[AH!]" shouted Munchlax, immediately grabbing Jaune's food and eating it at a rapid pace.
"Munchlax no!" shouted Jaune, trying to grab a bag of cookies away from Munchlax, one of the last human snacks Jaune had on him. "That isn't for Pokémon!"
After an intense tug of war, Jaune finally nabbed the cookies away from Munchlax. Munchlax tried to jump up and get the cookies back, but Jaune already put it back in his bag. Being denied of his cookies, Munchlax started to bawl up.
"Now now Munchlax, I already have snacks just for you. Here you go." Jaune dropped the Leppa Berries next to Munchlax. Rather than start eating the berries, Munchlax kicked the berries away and started crying.
"[I'M HUNGRYYYYYY!]" screamed Munchlax loudly. Munchlax was crying so loudly the whole forest could hear him with their ears impaired from his screams produced by white soundwaves. Jaune was starting to panic about what to do.
"Ruby, help me out here!" panicked Jaune.
"What do you expect me to do?" complained Ruby. "He's your responsibility!"
"[Just tell him to stop screaming!]" complied Eevee, not enjoying having to hear Munchlax's screaming.
"All right, I'll just put him in a Poké Ball," said Jaune. "That should calm him down."
Jaune took out a spare Poké Ball he had and tried to put Munchlax in it. Munchlax swatted the ball away and kept crying.
"What gives?" asked Jaune. Ruby's Pokédex suddenly began to beep in response.
"If a Pokémon is too emotionally distressed, it may refuse to go back into its trainer's ball," explained Penny.
"So how long until Munchlax stops crying?" asked Jaune.
"A baby Pokémon can continue crying for several hours at a time."
"Several hours?" said Ruby. "We have to hear this thing wail on for hours?"
"Maybe I can calm it down by cuddling it," said Jaune. "That usually calms a baby down, doesn't it?" Jaune went over to pick up Munchlax. As Ruby was looking up more info on Munchlax, she realized that was going to be a bad idea.
"Wait Jaune, I wouldn't-"
Jaune tried to pick up Munchlax and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his spine. He fell to the ground as he can feel major spasms in his back.
"This Munchlax weighs like a million tons!" moaned Jaune.
"Correction," said Penny. "A newborn Munchlax weighs approximately 231 pounds."
"NOW you tell me!" said Jaune, starting to form tears of his own from the back pain. Now Ruby had both a crying Munchlax and a crying Jaune to deal with as she rolled her eyes indifferently.
"Something tells me we're going to be in this forest for a while longer," sighed Ruby. "This is going to be a pain in the neck."
"[You're right,]" sighed Eevee. "[I couldn't agree more or less.]"
Three hours later in "Route 4: Main Forest..." Now on 11:58am.
"Jaune's Remedying Problem: Deal with a Crybaby"
After three hours of non-stop crying and back spasms, Munchlax and Jaune had finally calmed down; or rather, Munchlax had gotten hungry again and ate everything left in Jaune's backpack, but it did stop him from crying for now. Ruby and Eevee were walking in the forest with Jaune and Munchlax following behind them. Munchlax was a slow walker, and Jaune had to walk slowly due to his back pain, so Ruby and Eevee had to slow down their pace in order for them to catch up. It wasn't exactly the pace Ruby wanted to walk at, but at least they'd be closer to reaching New Vale City.
"So I'm thinking of spending a couple days in New Vale City to check out all the shops they have," said Ruby. "They have a mall that literally carries everything a trainer could want." Ruby was expecting Jaune to reply back, but Jaune hadn't said a word. "Jaune? You okay?"
Ruby turned around and saw that Jaune and Munchlax had stopped in front of a tree. Munchlax was looking up and was salivating at the berries hanging from the tree.
"Sorry Ruby," said Jaune. "Munchlax saw some berries and stopped to look at them."
"Well can't you tell him we need to get a move on?"
"And hear him cry for another three hours? No thanks!"
Before Ruby can complain about Jaune's lack of obedience, they suddenly began to hear a loud buzz nearby. The buzz sounded like an insect's wings flapping rapidly.
"[Look!]" yelled Eevee, pointing them at the direction of the noise. The two of them turned and saw a giant green mantis Pokémon flying in their direction.
Route 4: Main Forest beside Applewood Forest, 12:04pm
"Ruby's Second Encounter: Scyther"
"Oh man, a Scyther!" said Jaune. "We gotta hide!"
Jaune grabbed Ruby's arm, and both hid themselves behind a tree. Eevee hid alongside with them, while Munchlax was too busy looking at berries to even notice. The Scyther stopped in the area close to where they were standing. The Scyther went up to another tree containing berries and used its scythe arms to cut down all the branches quickly, then picked them up to feast on the berries attached to them. Upon looking at the Scyther herself, Ruby can feel her heart beating rapidly and her arms shaking.
"Jaune, you see what I'm seeing?" asked Ruby.
"I sure do Ruby," said Jaune. "Thankfully I don't think it saw us."
Rather than sound relieved or scared, Ruby suddenly smiled widely and was laughing ecstatically.
"A Scyther!" screamed Ruby excitedly. "A very genuine, honest-to-goodness Scyther I've ever wanted!"
Ruby was so excited at just seeing the Scyther, she started doing a little dance. Jaune was confused by Ruby reacting like she had won the lottery. "Um, Ruby, why do you sound...so happy?"
Ruby calmed herself down to explain why she was overjoyed to be in the presence of a Scyther. "When I was little, Scyther was my absolute number one super favorite Pokémon! Those bladed pincers along with that gorgeous green coat and it evolves into the even cooler Scizor! For years I kept promising myself that when I became a trainer, the first thing I was going to do was catch a Scyther!"
Upon hearing that Ruby was dead set on fighting that Scyther, Eevee shook her head and was slowly backing away, not interested in picking a fight with that scythe-wielding insect.
"Don't worry Eevee, you won't have to fight that Scyther," said Ruby. Eevee breathed a sigh of relief. "You and Jaune can stay back; I can handle this!"
Route 4: Applewood Forest, 12:07pm
"Fletchinder vs. Scyther: Second Battle"
"Wild Scyther appeared!"
Ruby jumped out from behind the tree, causing the Scyther to turn around and face her. Now that she had the Scyther's attention, Ruby called out her Fletchinder.
"Fletchinder, Agility!" said Ruby. As Fletchinder increased its speed with its body surrounded in crimsoned orange aura, the Scyther immediately charged in and tried to attack with Fury Cutter with its scythe glowing green; Fletchinder narrowly dodged Scyther's attack.
"That thing is fast! Good thing my Fletchinder is faster! Fletchinder, Peck attack!"
Fletchinder swooped in and Pecked at Scyther's forehead, dealing some modest damage. Before it can fly back, Scyther swung its right arm and Slashed at Fletchinder, dealing the same amount of damage. Fletchinder took to the air and fired shelled orange fireballs of Ember at Scyther, thus Scyther dodged them with ease. Once it stopped dodging Fletchinder's attack, Scyther began to slowly move its arms around as its body began to start glowing bright blue, surrounding its body with blue swords spinning together.
"What is it doing?" wondered Ruby, taking out her Pokédex to find out.
"Scyther is using Swords Dance," said Penny. "This move greatly increases the power of Scyther's physical attacks."
Swords Dance
Power: -
Accuracy: -
A frenetic dance to uplift the user's fighting spirit. This sharply raises its Attack stat.
Contest Stat:
Beautiful – Gets the user pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too. (Normal & Challenge Modes)
Beautiful – Earn double the score the next turn. (Super Contest)
"So one good hit and we can be done for. Fletchinder, Quick Attack!"
Fletchinder charged at Scyther with lightning speed and lightly hit Scyther with its wings. Scyther tried to Slash at Fletchinder, but the bird was too fast for Scyther to land a hit on. Fletchinder kept using Quick Attack, in which left a silver streak from behind, in order to damage Scyther and quickly escape. Scyther decided to use Swords Dance again, surrounding itself with blue swords spinning together, powering up its Attack stat even further. If Scyther could land just one attack on Fletchinder, it would likely result in an instant knockout.
"Okay Fletchinder, hold your position," commanded Ruby. Fletchinder remained where it was flying, waiting for Scyther to attack. Thinking of it now was another chance of timing as Scyther went for another Slash attack.
"Ruby's Capture Attempt – Scyther," 12:10pm
"Now Fletchinder, use Ember!" Fletchinder fired shots of shelled orange fireballs from its Ember at Scyther, nailing the bug in the torso, dealing critical damage. When Scyther fell to its knees, Ruby smiled. This was the chance she was waiting for. "All right, Poké Ball, go!"
"Ruby threw out one Poké Ball!"
Ruby threw her ball at Scyther. Scyther was warped into the ball as it fell to the ground. Ruby was excited at the thought she had captured Scyther, but suddenly the ball broke apart as Scyther escaped.
"Ruby's Capture Attempt Failed – Scyther," 12:12pm
"Shoot! It was so close, too!"
"[Ha! Missed me!]" shouted Scyther, escaping the clutches from Ruby's Poké Ball and standing back up and ready to keep fighting.
"Darn it! That Scyther is more powerful than I thought. Fletchinder, Ember attack!"
Jaune and Eevee watched Ruby continue to fight Scyther. Munchlax walked up to Jaune and tugged at his shirt for attention.
"[Look! Look!]"
"What is it Munchlax?" asked Jaune. "Are you hungry again? Please don't tell me you're hungry again." Munchlax shook its head and kept pulling on Jaune's shirt. "What? You want to show me something?" Munchlax nodded its head. "Okay, what is it?"
Munchlax distanced himself a bit from Jaune and held up one finger on each hand. Munchlax then waved his hands glowing white left and right as if he were doing a dance.
"Oh, I've seen this before. You're doing Metronome. Very good Munchlax!"
Munchlax stopped his Metronome dance by pointing directly into the sky; Jaune wondered what attack Munchlax was going to perform. Munchlax then shot some kind of misty ball into the air from its mouth. The misty ball went high into the clouds. Jaune didn't know what Munchlax just did, but he clapped for him anyway.
"Good boy Munchlax! That was impressive!" Jaune suddenly felt a drop of water land on his head. He looked up and saw rain clouds suddenly appear out of nowhere.
"Hard Rain," 12:15pm
"It started to rain!"
Meanwhile, Ruby was nearing the end of her fight against Scyther. Ruby didn't notice, but those black rain clouds were starting to gather above her as well.
"We've got this Fletchinder! Use Ember!" Fletchinder fired another shelled orange fireball at Scyther. Before the fire can reach Scyther, a downpour of rainwater suddenly appeared and put out the flame. Ruby, Fletchinder, and Scyther all looked up to see the suddenly changed forecast. Raindrops caused a shelled orange fireball from Ruby's Fletchinder's Ember attack started to fizzle into steam and nothingness of the flames being extinguished by them.
"The Fire-type attack fizzled in the heavy rain!"
"Where did this rain come from?" yelled Ruby. The rain was starting to come down pretty hard. Neither Pokémon appreciated suddenly being drenched in the middle of battle. Fletchinder flew into a tree to take cover, while the Scyther turned around and started flying away.
"The wild Scyther fled!"
"NO!" screamed Ruby. "I was so close to catching a Scyther! Why did it suddenly have to start raining?"
"It appears the rain appeared due to a Pokémon using the move Rain Dance," explained Penny.
"But neither Fletchinder nor Scyther knows how to do that attack!"
"Correction, Scyther is learnable by this move." Ruby sighed.
"Um, Ruby?" said Jaune. "I think I know what happened. See, Munchlax was showing me his Metronome, and he just happened to..."
Munchlax started clapping for itself, proud of pulling off that attack. Frustrated beyond belief, Ruby walked up to the Munchlax and stood over the newborn Pokémon.
"I hope you're really proud of yourself Munchlax," yelled Ruby, "because you just cost me my chance to catch the one Pokémon I've always wanted, you stupid baby!"
"Ruby!" said Jaune. "Munchlax didn't mean to do that!"
Hearing Ruby yell at him so angrily, Munchlax started to form tears. Jaune knew what was coming and tried to calm Munchlax down.
"Munchlax, Ruby didn't mean what she said! She's just a little upset! Don't listen to what she said! Please don't cry, please don't cry, please don't-"
"MUNCHLAAAAX!" cried Munchlax. Munchlax was crying louder than ever, which was causing Jaune to cry, which was causing Ruby to get angrier, while the Rain Dance kept going and caused everyone to get wetter.
9 hours later on Route 4: Applewood Forest… now on 9:15pm.
Post-Scene of "Hard Rain" + "Nighttime Camp"
"The rain stopped."
Ruby's Dream Sequence 2: "Ruby and Eevee vs. Weiss and Deino – Dawned Injustice"
As the rain was stopped for at least nine hours, Ruby and Jaune made their new campsite for the night and tried to get some sleep. Ruby was dreaming of fighting Weiss in an epic battle. The two of them were standing in a grassy field, lightning striking in the background as they were down to their final Pokémon each, Eevee and Deino.
"It's time I finished you off once and for all Ruby!" said Weiss.
"Not this time!" said Ruby. "This time I will be victorious!"
Eevee and Deino charged at each other; the more powerful one would be the one left standing.
"C'mon Eevee, give it all you got!" shouted Ruby.
"LAAAX!" shouted something from afar, interrupting Ruby's dream.
"Huh? What?" said Ruby, blinking a couple times and suddenly finding herself back in the forest. Her dream was shattered into fragments as she woke up permanently.
"End of Ruby's Dream Sequence 2"
"LAAAX!"
Ruby looked over and realized that the noise that woke her up from her great dream was from the Munchlax snoring incredibly loud. Ruby tried to turn on her side and ignore Munchlax, but his snoring made it impossible. Even Eevee woke up from the loud snoring and crawled over to Ruby.
"I know Eevee," said Ruby. "I'll talk to Jaune."
Ruby got up and walked over to Jaune, who looked to be sleeping like a baby.
"Jaune, wake up," said Ruby, nudging Jaune with her foot. "You need to mute that Munchlax of yours."
"Just pay him no mind," said Jaune. "I'm sure he'll stop eventually."
"You seriously think that Munchlax can be ignored?" yelled Ruby. "How can you sleep through all that?"
"Whoever said I was sleeping?" said Jaune, rolling over to face Ruby. Jaune's eyes were wide open and turning red. He had just as much trouble trying to get to sleep.
"So you're just going to let him keep snoring all night?"
"If I wake him up, he's just going to cry, and we'll still not get any sleep. At least this way he won't be upset at me all night."
"For the love of...fine. I'm packing up my things before sleeping elsewhere tonight. See you in the morning."
Ruby packed up her sleeping bag and moved into the forest, with Eevee following suit. Jaune continued to try ignoring Munchlax, hoping his snoring would soon come to an end. About an hour later, Jaune was feeling very tired and still couldn't sleep. He decided to finally take action.
"Maybe since Munchlax is asleep, I can finally put it a Poké Ball."Jaune reached into his backpack and pulled out one of his empty Poké Balls. Jaune walked over to the sleeping Munchlax with ball in hand, but being really exhausted from the lack of sleep, Jaune started to drift off and wasn't paying attention to where he was walking. He suddenly tripped over a stick and fell to the ground, jolting him awake.
"OW!" yelled Jaune, holding up his cheek that got cut on the ground. Jaune's scream of pain suddenly woke up the Munchlax, who didn't like being woken up so suddenly. Before Jaune can say a word, the Munchlax started crying again. Jaune just laid flat on the ground, helpless to do anything to stop Munchlax.
10 hours later at Route 4 Applewood Forest, 7:15am
"Wake-Up before next Destination"
Ruby and Eevee woke up from the morning sun hitting their eyes. As soon as they got away from Munchlax, both were able to enjoy a good night's sleep. While still having some peace and quiet away from Munchlax, Ruby decided to eat breakfast and get dressed before going back to Jaune. When Ruby and Eevee visited Jaune, Ruby was surprised to see the Munchlax sound asleep.
"What do you know, he somehow got him to stop snoring," said Ruby. Ruby went over to wake up Jaune, and noticed that Jaune's eyes were wide open and staring up into the sky. "Oh, you're already awake."
"I was always awake," said Jaune. "First he snored, then he cried, then he snored again, and he only finally stopped about...five minutes ago?"
"You couldn't even get one second of sleep?"
"Nope. So if you don't mind, I'm just going to try sleeping for the rest of the day. Good night."
Route 4: Main Forest Forest, 7:20am
"Claiming What's Due"
Jaune turned to his side and closed his eyes, causing Ruby to groan. If Jaune tried sleeping now, it would waste hours of Ruby's time and they'd have to spend another night in the forest. Ruby had enough.
"That's it Jaune," said Ruby. "We're putting an end to the Munchlax experiment."
"Huh?" yawned Jaune. "What experiment?"
"Jaune, the moment we get to New Vale City, you need to give up Munchlax."
"What?" said Jaune, sitting up in reaction to Ruby's suggestion. "Give up Munchlax? But I need to raise him to be a breeder!"
"At what cost Jaune? Look at you! Your eyes look like they were hit by Poison Powder!"
"A minor..." Jaune had to stop talking to yawn. "Setback."
"Jaune, you're in way over your head. All that Munchlax does is eat all your food, cry, and is slowing us down terribly. I don't think you have what it takes to be a breeder."
"You know, you're being a pretty big hypocrite right now Ruby!" said Jaune, agitated at Ruby having no faith in his breeding abilities.
"How am I a hypocrite?"
"I have a problem with Munchlax and you suggest I just give him away; yet when you had your problems with Eevee, you didn't just give her away!"
"Because Eevee wasn't the problem! The problem here is you can't contain that Munchlax at all!"
"This is because of that Scyther incident, isn't it!"
"If it was just about the Scyther, I would be over it, but Jaune, you can't even calm Munchlax down enough to get him inside a Poké Ball! That thing needs a trainer who knows what they're doing!"
"You're wrong!" said Jaune, starting to form tears from how upset he was at Ruby. "I know what I'm doing! I know I can raise Munchlax into a strong Pokémon! As a Pokémon breeder, it is my responsibility to stick with Munchlax no matter what! I'll give up sleep for the next week if that's what it takes to realize my calling!"
Ruby sighed. She would usually admire someone who had the spirit to never give up, but in Jaune's case he was being too stubborn to admit that he couldn't handle raising Munchlax and was just going to exhaust himself even further.
"Look," said Ruby. "At this rate we're never going to reach New Vale City. I'm going to go on ahead. When or if you decide to arrive, you give me a call. Let's go Eevee." Ruby turned around and started walking away with Eevee following behind.
"Fine!" yelled Jaune. "I'll see you at New Vale City, and when you see how great I've raised Munchlax, we can call off our stupid bet!"
Route 4: Applewood Forest, 7:29am
"To do something on his Own"
Jaune buried his head in his hands. He was tired, hungry, and in pain, but he couldn't give up now. He needed to do this so he can finally feel like a worthy trainer.
"Get it together Jaune!" said Jaune to himself. "The first day is always the hardest! I'm going to raise that Munchlax without Ruby's help and prove I can be a great Pokémon breeder! I can do this!" As Jaune was trying to motivate himself, he suddenly wondered where Munchlax was right now. He turned to where he last saw Munchlax sleeping and found nothing.
"Oh no, he's missing! He must have heard what Ruby was saying about him and ran away! Oh jeez, there's no way I can find him in a forest this big! I'm the worst breeder-"
"[I'm back!]" shouted Munchlax. Jaune turned to see Munchlax standing behind him.
Route 4: Berried Forest, 7:32am
"Jaune and Munchlax's Berried Tree Hunting"
"Jeez Munchlax, you almost gave me a heart attack! You can run off on your own like that."
"[Tree's over there!]" said Munchlax, pointing up to the berries growing on top of the tree.
"You want the berries huh? Those are pretty high up Munchlax. I'm not going to be able to get them down."
As soon as he saw Munchlax starting to tear up, Jaune suddenly changed his tone and begged. "Wait! I'll get them down! Just please don't start crying again!"
Jaune rolled up his sleeves and wrapped his arms around the tree, then slowly began to climb up. His body was not in the best condition to be doing this, but as long as it kept Munchlax from crying, Jaune was going to bear whatever pain his body was going through to get those berries. He climbed up on the branch and sat on top of the tree to catch his breath. His Munchlax looked up, starting clapping for him. For the first time in the past several hours, Jaune smiled.
"Hey Munchlax, look what I got!" said Jaune, plucking a berry and holding it up high. Munchlax jumped up and down, begging Jaune to throw him the berry. "All right Munchlax, catch!" Jaune dropped the berry over Munchlax. Munchlax opened wide and ate the berry in one swallow, then begged for another one. "Okay, go long!"
Jaune threw the berry several feet away from where Munchlax was standing. Munchlax ran over and still caught the berry with its mouth. Jaune kept throwing down berries as Munchlax was starting to enjoy this game they were playing.
"Having fun down there?" asked Jaune.
"[Yep!]" shouted Munchlax, smiling widely at Jaune. Jaune went over to pick another berry but noticed the tree was fresh out.
"Uh oh, this one's out of berries," said Jaune. Munchlax was starting to look worried that they were going to stop so suddenly. Jaune jumped down and patted Munchlax on the head. "Still hungry little guy?"
"[Right!]" confirmed Munchlax.
"Let's go find another berry tree then. This forest is full of them!"
"[Yay!]"
Jaune headed to a different part of the forest, with Munchlax marching behind him. Jaune still wasn't feeling good, but as long as Munchlax was happy, it's all he cared about it.
"[I found something!]" said Munchlax, stopping to sniff the air.
"What is it Munchlax?" asked Jaune. "Did you find something?"
"[Over here!]" confirmed Munchlax, suddenly sprinting to where he was smelling the berries he wanted.
"Slow down Munchlax!" said Jaune, too exhausted to be running alongside Munchlax.
Route 4: Berried Forest, 7:35am
"Operation Supply the Payapa Berries"
"Torchwick, this is your another mission," said the boss. "It's "Operation Supply the Payapa Berries." Put them onto the supply bags as many as you can and deliver them for me. I will demote your position if you screwed this mission up again since "Operation Capture the Honey." I don't want you to have anyone involved this. Understood?"
"Yes, boss," said Torchwick, hanging up his scroll and seeing if his grunts tired out well during rest. "Boys, get back to work!"
"Yes sir," said the grunt. "We're doing it as soon as we can."
The grunts did as soon as they can to pick the Payapa Berries in the forest as mission by Roman Torchwick. Torchwick took out their supply bags to put Payapa Berries onto them before delivering right to their boss.
"Time is money, gentlemen!" said Torchwick. "Boss wants the Payapa berries delivered ASAP!"
"We're going as fast as we can sir," said one of the White Fang grunts.
After finally escaping A-M Cave, Torchwick was assigned to gathering berries with a couple of grunts. The mission wasn't exactly something a right-hand man like Torchwick needed to be doing, but after finding out about Torchwick's past failures, the boss of the White Fang wasn't happy with Torchwick and didn't trust him to get the more important assignments completed, thus giving him a demotion of his rank. Torchwick hated to do these assignments, but figured if he got them done quickly, he can get back into his boss' good graces.
As the grunts were picking the berries, one of them fell from the tree and hit the ground. Torchwick went over to pick it up when a Pokémon suddenly came from the bushes and snatched the berry.
"Munchlax!" said the Pokémon, opening up and swallowing the berry quickly.
"Hey, these are our berries!" said Torchwick. "Back off you little snatcher!"
Munchlax ignored Torchwick and headed to the trees where the grunts were picking berries, hoping to get more berries from them. Meanwhile, Jaune finally caught up to where Munchlax was and noticed he was bothering some trainers.
"Munchlax, leave those trainers alone!" said Jaune, running up to grab Munchlax's hand. "I'm sorry if my Munchlax caused you any..."
Jaune stopped when he realized who he was talking to. Torchwick and Jaune instantly recognized each other the moment they made eye contact.
"Jaune meets Torchwick," 7:38am
"So we meet again scrawny blonde!" said Torchwick.
"I remember you! You're that guy that tried to capture Tyrogue!"
"Congratulations kid, you're not as stupid as you look."
"What are you up to now? Kidnapping more Pokémon? Trying to set this forest on fire?"
"How rude! I'm just out here collecting berries. Is that suddenly a crime?"
"It has to be when you're involved!"
"Kid, do you ever think before you speak? Actually, don't answer that, I'm pretty sure you don't. But you could answer this one: Where's that little red friend of yours?"
"Like I would ever tell you! Munchlax, run!"
Jaune turned around to run when he was suddenly blocked off by the two White Fang grunts. Munchlax ran off to gather berries on the ground and wasn't paying attention to what was going on.
"You're not going anywhere scrawny blonde. Not until you answer my questions."
"I'll never answer to scum like you!"
"Oh I beg to differ," said Torchwick, taking out his Poké Ball.
Route 4 Main Forest Exit to New Vale City, 7:56am
"A Call for Help"
Ruby was walking out of the forest as quickly as she could. Eevee was following behind, constantly looking back to see if Jaune was going to catch up. After about ten minutes of Jaune not appearing, Eevee started to whimper.
"Something wrong Eevee?" asked Ruby. Ruby turned to see Eevee had stopped to look back. "It's about Jaune isn't it?"
Eevee turned to Ruby and gave her a sad look. Eevee didn't like having to leave Jaune behind, even if the Munchlax was causing so many problems.
"I know I seem cruel leaving Jaune behind, but he's not going to learn anything if I have to bail him out like this. Either he learns how to raise Munchlax properly or admit he's over his head and gives up this breeding nonsense."
"[Please! Don't leave him behind! We have to bail him first!]" cried Eevee. She really wanted to go back and help Jaune, and despite Ruby trying to act otherwise, she wanted to help Jaune as well.
"Fine, we'll bail him out just this once. But don't come crying to me when that Munchlax gets on your nerves."
Ruby turned around and started running back to where they last left Jaune.
Back to "Route 4: Berried Forest," 7:57am
"Interrogation Assault"
Despite having a two on one advantage, Jaune's Pokémon fell quickly to Torchwick's Krookodile. With nothing left to defend himself with, the two grunts grabbed Jaune by his arms and held him in place. Torchwick went up to Jaune and looked him in the eyes.
"I'm supposed to be the boss' right-hand man, and yet because of you and that pest, I'm stuck having to do grunt work for the time being." Torchwick pressed the end of his cane on Jaune's throat. "Do you know how frustrating it is to be perceived as a useless grunt because some punk kids decided to mess up your big plans?" Even if Jaune wanted to answer, he couldn't respond from Torchwick choking him out with his cane. Torchwick loosened his grip, causing Jaune to cough and gasp for air.
"Make this easier on yourself. Just tell me where the girl went and I won't harm you and your Pokémon."
"I'll never tell you!" responded Jaune.
"Suit yourself," said Torchwick, backing away from Jaune. Krookodile went up to Jaune and slammed his Iron Tail into Jaune's gut; Jaune felt like his stomach was about to explode.
"I'll ask you again. Where is that little red friend of yours?"
"I told you...I'm never going to answer!"
"Krookodile, you know what to do."
Krookodile slammed his tail glowing silver from Iron Tail into Jaune's stomach again. The grunts let go of Jaune as he fell to the ground, his body in serious pain from Krookodile's beatings. Torchwick placed his foot on the back of Jaune's neck.
"You're lucky I'm the merciful type scrawny blonde. Had you come across any other commander in the White Fang, you'd be sleeping with the Magikarps by now. I'm going to give you one final chance to tell me what I want to know before I show you how the White Fang really deals with pests like you."
While Jaune was being tortured by Torchwick, Munchlax was eating and gathering berries. After he was done with his berry hunt, he came back to see Jaune in trouble.
"[NO!]" shouted Munchlax, running up to check on Jaune.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about you," said Torchwick, turning to Munchlax. "Run back to where you came from little baby."
"[Get away from him]!" yelled Munchlax, walking up to Torchwick and trying to smack him in the leg. Rather than get mad, Torchwick started to chuckle at the little Pokémon trying to fight back.
"Isn't that cute guys? This little fellow wants to fight!"
"Munchlax," said Jaune, "get out of here. Run and get help."
"[Back off!]" yelled Munchlax, trying to push Torchwick off Jaune.
"If the little guy wants to fight, so be it. I don't discriminate. Krookodile, Iron Tail attack!"
Krookodile ran up to the Munchlax and swatted it away with his tail glowing silver from its Iron Tail attack. With Munchlax having no fighting experience, it took serious damage from that one attack.
"Leave Munchlax alone!" shouted Jaune.
"It's either him or you, and quite frankly you're boring me. Krookodile, Iron Tail again!" Munchlax was trying to get up when Krookodile attacked it again, this time sending the baby flying into a tree.
"MUNCHLAX!" shouted Jaune. Munchlax laid unconscious against the tree, taking too much damage from Krookodile to get back up. Jaune tried to get up when he was grabbed by the grunts and couldn't break free.
"That's enough Krookodile," said Torchwick. "I'm sure that Munchlax learned its lesson by now."
The Krookodile turned to Torchwick and shook its head. Torchwick pretended to act shocked by Krookodile's response.
"Really Krookodile? You think that Munchlax still needs to learn its place?" The Krookodile nodded. "If you say so. I think one more Iron Tail will suffice."
Krookodile powered up its tail glowing metallic silver and went in for the finishing blow. Jaune could only look in horror as Munchlax still laid unconscious against the tree, helpless to defend itself as the Krookodile went for the final attack. Suddenly, another Pokémon appeared out the bushes.
"[Back off!]" shouted Tyrogue, punching Krookodile right with his fist glowing silver from Mach Punch in the jaw and stopping his attack. Beedrill, Fletchinder, and Eevee then appeared as well, with their trainer showing up right behind them.
"The Rescue," 8:02am
"Why don't you pick on Pokémon who can fight back?" yelled Ruby.
"Well if it isn't little red!" said Torchwick. "I was just asking your scrawny blonde friend where you were, and you actually showed up!"
"Ruby?" said Jaune. "How did you find us?"
"Your Munchlax has a bat habit of leaving crumbs and discarded berries wherever it walks," said Ruby. "Speaking of bad habits, it's time we take out a bad habit named Torchwick!"
"I've been waiting to get my hands on you little red," said Torchwick. "When I'm done here, neither of you will be leaving this forest alive!"
"Teach this jerk a lesson Ruby!" shouted Jaune.
"Boys, if you don't mind?"
"As you wish," said one of the grunts appreciatively, punching Jaune hard in the stomach to keep him quiet. "Shush!"
"Thank you!"
Munchlax was starting to regain consciousness when it saw the grunt attacking Jaune. With Jaune losing the strength to stand, the grunts decided to drop him to the ground. The sight of seeing Jaune hurt and in need of help caused something to stir in Munchlax. He couldn't stand to see his trainer in this much pain. Munchlax suddenly felt the energy to get back up and approach Torchwick; the only thing on that Munchlax's mind now was to save Jaune. Ruby was about to send her Pokémon to fight Krookodile when she noticed Munchlax walking by.
"Stand back Munchlax!" said Ruby.
"[I'll handle this!]" responded Munchlax, ignoring Ruby and walking towards Krookodile. Torchwick couldn't help but laugh at Munchlax being dumb enough to keep fighting.
"I don't know whether to laugh or cry!" said Torchwick, laughing in tears at Munchlax. Munchlax was starting to form tears of his own, but this time the tears weren't out of sadness, but out of rage.
"MUNCHLAAAAAX!" shouted Munchlax before suddenly being engulfed in a bright white light. Torchwick stopped laughing when he saw Munchlax glowing.
"What's Munchlax doing?" asked Jaune.
"No way," muttered Ruby. "Can Munchlax be...?"
Where the little cat once stood, and it now stood a giant behemoth that towered nearly seven feet tall.
"SNORLAAAX!" bellowed the new Pokémon.
"Enter Jaune's Snorlax," 8:05am
"Did...did my Munchlax just evolve?" asked Jaune. Ruby took out her Pokédex to confirm what everyone was thinking.
Snorlax
Sleeping Pokémon
The evolved form of Munchlax; Its stomach can digest any kind of food, even if it happens to be moldy or rotten.
Abilities: Thick Fat, Immunity, Gluttony (Hidden)
Height: 6'11" (2.1 m)
Weight: 1014.1 lbs. (460.0 kg.)
"Heh," snorted Torchwick. "So you went from a little baby weakling to a giant baby weakling. Krookodile, take out this giant eyesore!"
Krookodile charged at Snorlax with its Iron Tail, nailing it in the gut; Snorlax growled and punched Krookodile so hard he went flying back several feet. Ruby checked her Pokédex to see what Snorlax was doing.
"Snorlax used Counter," said Penny, "a move that inflicts double the damage inflicted by a physical attack."
"All right Snorlax!" said Jaune. "Go get him boy!"
Snorlax ran after Krookodile to Tackle him; Krookodile grabbed Snorlax by his palms and countered Snorlax's strength with Foul Play, tossing him overhead. Torchwick had to run away before he got squashed by the massive Pokémon.
"Watch where you're throwing him around you croc!" said Torchwick.
"Sorry!" said Krookodile apologetically.
Snorlax stood back up and tried to Tackle Krookodile again. Krookodile slammed his foot down and caused an Earthquake, producing white shockwaves that caused Snorlax to fall back down. With Snorlax down on its stomach, Krookodile ran up to Crunch down on his head.
"Snorlax, fight back!" said Jaune. Instead of getting up, Snorlax started to take a deep breath.
"LAAAAX!" yawned Snorlax loudly. Jaune and Ruby were in disbelief that Snorlax decided now was the best time to take a nap.
"The bigger they are, the faster they lose," said Torchwick. "Finish it off Krookodile!" Krookodile opened its jaws and was about to use Crunch, but suddenly stopped to yawn as well. "Krookodile, stop stalling and Crunch him!" Krookodile shook its head and tried to Crunch again, but stopped to yawn once more. Suddenly the Krookodile took a few steps back and fell down, falling asleep.
"What are you doing?" yelled Torchwick. "Wake up you stupid croc!"
"How did that happen?" asked Ruby. Her Pokédex was beeping in response.
"Snorlax used the Yawn attack," said Penny. "Yawn causes surrounding Pokémon to feel tired and eventually fall asleep."
With Krookodile asleep, Snorlax reached into its thick fur and pulled out a bunch of berries it had picked earlier. He quickly ate them all up and stood back on his feet, ready to fight back.
"Way to go Snorlax!" said Jaune.
"Boys, some help here!" said Torchwick. The two grunts called out their Houndours and stood by Krookodile. Ruby's Pokémon ran up to Snorlax to fight alongside him.
"[I can take these two!]" said Snorlax, taking a few steps forward and signaling the others to stand back. Snorlax raised his hands in the air and started moving them back and forth, performing Metronome.
"Snorlax, now is not the time to be using that," said Jaune, remembering what happened the last time Snorlax pulled off that move.
"What are you waiting for?" asked Torchwick. "After him!"
The two Houndours ran at Snorlax and jumped up to Bite him at the same time. As Snorlax completed his Metronome, the Houndours each bit down onto one of Snorlax's hands. Rather than yell in pain, Snorlax suddenly started giving off a crimsoned red aura and growled menacingly. He threw his arms down and detached the Houndours from himself. He then charged at one Houndour and punched him, sending it flying high into another part of the forest. He then turned to the other Houndour and punched him out as well. Ruby checked her Pokédex to see how Snorlax was doing this.
"By Metronome, Snorlax is using Superpower, an extremely powerful Fighting type move," explained Penny. "It can also lower its Attack and Defense stats automatically after use."
Superpower
Power: 120
Accuracy: 100
The user attacks the target with great power. However, this lowers the user's Attack and Defense stats.
Contest Condition:
Tough – After using this move, the user is more easily startled. (Normal & Challenge Modes)
Tough – Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.
Snorlax then turned to the sleeping Krookodile and charged full speed ahead.
"Wake up you dumb croc!" yelled Torchwick. "WAKE UP!"
Krookodile finally woke up, only for the last thing to see was Snorlax using Superpower to grab him, slamming into the ground and sending him flying through several of the berry trees in the forest with great force. Suffice to say, it wasn't going to be up to any more fighting. Torchwick's jaw was agape at seeing this giant baby trump the entire team with one lucky attack. After this, a blue aura surrounding around Snorlax's body, in which produced steam, causes his Attack and Defense stats to fall at one stage each.
"Snorlax's Attack and Defense fell!"
"What do we do now sir?" asked one of the grunts.
"What do you think we do?" said Torchwick. "We run away before that thing comes after us!"
The White Fang quickly ran to where they saw their Pokémon go flying. Snorlax smiled and clapped his hands, feeling proud that he defeated the White Fang.
"An Evitable Victory," 8:10am
"You did it Snorlax!" said Jaune. "You saved me and my Pokémon!"
Snorlax walked over to Jaune to pick him up, and then squeezed him in a hug with Strength that was doing more harm than good.
"Snorlax...let...go..."
Snorlax let go of Jaune as he dropped to the floor in even worse pain. Ruby went over and lifted Jaune onto her shoulder.
"[Oops,]" said Snorlax apologetically. "[Sorry 'bout that. I used Strength.]"
"Well Jaune," said Ruby. "I guess this proves you have what it takes to become a Pokémon breeder after all. More than this, I like the way your Snorlax learns some goodly new moves like that, especially Retaliate."
Snorlax shook his head from Ruby's response.
"Actually Ruby, I've been thinking," said Jaune. "I'm not cut out for Pokémon breeding. If I can barely handle Snorlax, I don't think I can handle the dozens or hundreds that someone like Velvet does. Perhaps I can go back to being a gym leader instead."
"I see you've come into your senses. Going back to your gym leader status?"
"Only if I have improved my battling skills for the future, including the use of status moves mentioned by Velvet before." Jaune let out a deep sigh.
"Feeling disappointed?"
"Actually, coming to terms with my limitations feels pretty good." Jaune tried to laugh but only caused pain when he did. "My stomach on the other hand..."
"Don't worry. We'll get help at New Vale City as soon as we arrive."
The two were about to make their way out of the forest when Snorlax was sniffing the air looking for something. Once he smelled what he was looking for, he nudged Ruby's shoulder.
"What now?" asked Ruby. Snorlax was jolting his head to where he wanted Ruby to go. "This had better be important Snorlax."
Ruby and Jaune followed Snorlax to where he was leading them. About a minute later, Snorlax led them into a clearing.
"[A Scyther, look! Over there!]" shouted Snorlax, pointing to what he found. Ruby looked over and saw a Scyther sharpening its scythe arms on a tree trunk. Ruby was getting ecstatic again.
"Yes! A second chance! This time I will capture you Scyther!"
Route 4: Applewood Forest, 8:15am
"Fletchinder vs. Scyther – Rematch"
"Wild Scyther appeared!"
Ruby carefully put Jaune down as she grabbed her Poké Ball and ran after Scyther. Scyther heard Ruby and turned to face her again as she called out Fletchinder. "All right Fletchinder, you know what to do!"
Fletchinder did a series of Quick Attacks to hit Scyther and get away before it would land one of its own attacks. This time however the Scyther was using a different tactic, using Wing Attack, with its wing glowing white, to counter Fletchinder's speed. Fletchinder started shooting shelled orange fireballs from Ember to deal major damage to Scyther, making sure to keep its distance. The Ember caused Scyther to suffer burns, lowering its attack power.
"Keep it up Fletchinder!" shouted Ruby. With Scyther getting weaker, Fletchinder flew in and Pecked at Scyther, causing Scyther to fall onto its back. "I've only got one chance at this. Please let this be enough!"
"Ruby's Catch Attempt – Scyther (Rematch)," 8:17am
"Ruby threw one Poké Ball!"
Ruby threw her final free Poké Ball at Scyther. The Scyther was transported into the ball and tried to fight out of it. The more the ball kept shaking, the more nervous Ruby got. After what felt like an eternity, the ball finally stopped shaking and confirmed a successful capture. Ruby's face lit up like it was Christmas morning as she picked up her new Pokémon.
"Congratulations! Scyther was caught!"
"Ruby's Catch Attempt Successful – Scyther," 8:18am
"I did it! I caught Scyther! I caught Scyther!" Ruby started dancing in joy. Snorlax walked up and started dancing a bit too. Ruby was so overjoyed she went up to hug Snorlax. "Thanks for helping me find the Scyther, Snorlax."
"[You're welcome!" said Snorlax, hugging Ruby back and nearly crushing her ribs from his Strength.
"Snorlax, let go of Ruby!" shouted Jaune.
"[Oops,] said Snorlax, letting go of Ruby before her body from his Strength would be as limp as Jaune's.
"Are you okay Ruby?"
"I'm great," said Ruby, picking Jaune back up. "I got my favorite Pokémon and I have Snorlax to thank."
"[Welcome]," yawned Snorlax before laying down and falling asleep.
"I think it's time you went into the ball," said Jaune, pulling out a ball and throwing it at Snorlax. This time Snorlax went into the ball without a problem. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get to New Vale City!"
With no more distractions getting in their way, Ruby and Jaune headed to their next destination.
Ending: With Jaune's newly-bred Munchlax evolving into Snorlax while fending off of Torchwick and his White Fang grunts from stealing berries, Ruby caught a Scyther second time after a first failed attempt as the two continued to make their way to New Vale City.