Pokemon Legacy

Note: Yes, people, the Unova Core is completely made-up. Hey, it's my story. I can do what I want.

Seeing Toby's slight confidence gave Nathan a bit of confidence too. Perhaps he could win this battle. However, before he could think about this further, Jack shouted a command, Zorua leaping at the Tympole, one of her paws raised as a small claw pointed out of it.

However, Nathan was fully confident in himself as he grinned and shouted, "Tobias, counter with Bubble Beam!" Toby's cheeks puffing up as Zorua froze, fear in her eyes while Jack spat, "AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO DODGE!"

But it was too late as Toby released a set of bubbles. However, this wasn't quite what Nathan had in mind as rather than unleashing a stream of spiralling bubble, he instead released a small set of bubbles that floated toward Zorua's face, popping upon impact. The fox had taken in some slight pain, sure, but not nearly as much as she feared.

"Toby, I told you to use Bubble Beam, not Bubble..." Nathan said, Toby blinking in confusion before attempting it again only to release another Bubble Attack, Zorua using her previous prepared Scratch attack to pop them.

"Oh, I see what you did there," Jack said with a grin, "You tricked us into thinking that Tympole was going to use Bubble Beam so Zorua would drop her guard." However, seeing Nathan's look of shock immediately changed the boy's tune as he broke out into hysterics shouting, "Oh my god, you really believed that thing was going to use Bubble Beam! You must have just caught him if you thought he was experienced enough to know such a powerful move!"

But Nathan had seen Toby use a Bubble Beam without his consent during the battle with Conkeldurr. What was wrong? Once a Pokemon used an attack, it was only natural said Pokemon would use it again. Nathan wasn't the kind who normally made such a mistake.

"I don't get it," Jason said, scratching his head, "You saw Toby use Bubble Beam, right?" Dana shaking her head and replying, "I was too caught up in my own battle at that time, but if you saw it, then clearly he must know the attack. Why didn't he use it?"

"Alright, forget Bubble Beam," Nathan said, "Use something else, like Growl!"

Toby nodded and growled at Zorua. Unfortunately, this growl was so weak and pathetic that it had absolutely no effect on the fox, Zorua becoming bored as Jack nodded, the fox Zorua raising her claw out and scratching the Tympole hard in the face, Toby crying out in pain as his forehead came open, a bit of blood coming out.

Nathan had no idea what to do, then shouted another command, Toby sending a sound wave from his mouth at Zorua. Luckily, unlike Conkeldurr, Zorua had very sensitive hearing. As such, the Supersonic actually effected her as her eyes started swirling, Jack's eyes wide with fear as Zorua proceeded to smack herself hard in the face then started running around before biting her own tail. And unlike when canines bit their own tails, this actually hurt.

At that moment, Tympole started to look more confident as his cheeks puffed up, the tadpole unleashing Bubble Beam as Zorua skidded backwards from the impact, snapping out of her confusion. Seeing this, Jack gulped and exclaimed, "It does know Bubble Beam!"

However, Zorua easily recovered and charged at Toby, the Tympole trying again. Unfortunately, he ended up failing to use the attack a second time as Zorua dodged the Bubble attack and sent a series of Fury Swipes to the tadpole's face. Seeing this, Nathan whipped out his Pokeballs, Zorua starting up her Pursuit attack as the beam from the ball hit Toby.

Just as Toby was about to return to his Pokeball, Zorua rammed hard into him, knocking him out as he finally returned, Nathan's eyes wide with shock. He stared at the ball then at Zorua then at Jack then to his friends who shrugged in response to this.

"Wait, the beam from the ball hit Toby," Nathan said, Jack nodding and asking, "Yeah, I saw that. Your point?" Nathan pausing for a few seconds and asking, "Shouldn't he have returned right away to save himself from being knocked out?"

Jack let out a wicked laugh and replied, "That's the beauty of Pursuit. See, if you so much as attempt to have your Pokemon exit a battle while the attack is being performed, the Target Pokemon still gets hit by it no matter what. If anything, you'd have been better off keeping him the battle so he at least had an attempt to counter Zorua's attack, not that it would have made any difference, mind you."

Dana looked with worry as Nathan made his current fear quite obvious. But could one really blame him right now? After all, his best Pokemon wasn't listening to him, Hanzo and Tympole were down for the count and Zelda, who knew the least attacks of anyone in his team was the only one left while Jack still had three Pokemon who were able to fight. Still, he had to be confident as he took a deep breath and pulled out Zelda's Pokeball.

"Alright, Zelda, let's make this count," the boy said as he sent the Snivy into the battle, Jack noticing the blue gem on her forehead and asked, "What's with the accessory?" Dana folding her arms and grumbling, "I think it's pretty," Jason nodding and saying, "It is quite suiting, I must say."

"Does how I accessorize my Pokemon really matter?" Nathan quipped as Jack blinked and nodded his head saying, "You're right, it doesn't. Anyway, Zorua, make quick work of this one!"

But as Zorua charged toward the snake, Nathan shouted a command as Zelda leaped to the side, releasing a set of vines from her armpits and wrapping them around the fox, squeezing tightly. Zorua's eyes went wide until she eventually passed out from the pressure, Jack staring with fear.

"Well, you're lucky she took in quite a bit of damage beforehand," he grumbled, returning the fox and pulling out another ball only for Oshawott to pull on the boy's pant leg, Jack staring.

Seeing the look on the otter's face and how he was pointing at the Snivy, Jack blinked and asked, "Are you serious?" Oshawott putting on a serious look and nodding, clearly wanting revenge on the snake for their previous battle as Jack let out a sigh, saying, "Actually, that may not be such a bad idea. You can weaken her for Axew."

With that, Oshawott entered the battle and puffed up her cheeks, Jack retorting, "WAIT FOR MY COMMAND THIS TIME, OKAY!" Oshawott holding still, swallowing the water building up inside of him and burping before covering his mouth with one hand, Jack slapping his forehead and groaning, "Please, God, make this work out."

However, he couldn't wait any longer as Nathan immediately had Zelda use Vine Whip, the snake releasing more vines and spinning her body around like a twister, smacking Oshawott in the face repeatedly with them. However, after five smacks from the whips, Oshawott grabbed onto them and pulled hard on them, fury in his eyes. His anger was more than enough to allow the otter to overpower the snake, pulling her inward.

Seeing this, Jack shouted, "WHEN SHE CLOSES IN, HIT HER WITH FURY CUTTER!" Dana, Jason and Nathan's eyes wide with terror, the Snivy closing in as Oshawott proceeded to strike her repeatedly with his microscopic claws, Zelda's vines retracting.

Fury Cutter was a bug type move, which meant Zelda was weak against it and took in twice the damage. However, the snake was not going to stand for this as she did her best to ignore the pain, lifting up one arm and letting out one Vine Whip, punching Oshawott in the face with it and ending the attack, the otter rubbing his face and spitting up a bit of blood.

But the assault didn't end there as Oshawott, willing to do anything to impress his master, pried the seashell off of his chest and pointed it toward Zelda. He then propped it open as a series of razor sharp seashells flew out, hitting the Snivy hard. This was an attack known as Razor Shell, and while it was a water type attack, it was still effective and even managed to lower Zelda's defense, which was evident by the blue aura that briefly surrounded her.

Seeing this, Nathan breathed heavily and gulped before saying, "It's okay, Zelda... this is just a minor setback..." Zelda bleeding from the shells as Jack whistled, rather impressed before saying, "Hey, you might actually win this fight, Oshawott."

But as luck would have it, Zelda slowly started to recover, breathing heavily but still going as she let out a fierce battle cry, spinning her body around as a twister covered her body, leaves soon shooting from her armpits and blowing in the tornado. With that, she then stopped spinning as the tornado of leaves moved toward Oshawott, the otter's eyes going wide with terror as the attack hit him hard, sending him flying back a bit as he tumbled across the ground, soon stopping on his back, slowly getting up but feeling weak.

Nathan's eyes sparkled as he said, "Well, look at that. My Snivy just learned Leaf Tornado," Dana and Jason cheering as Dana squealed, "Nathan's gonna win now, right!"

But Jason's look of confidence turned to one of doubt as he pointed at Oshawott saying, "Don't look now, but I think you may be wrong on this matter," Dana blinking and staring, seeing what Jason meant, Nathan and Jack also staring in confusion.

Oshawott's fur had suddenly turned completely blue a bit of fur sticking up like a spike on the back of his head. His ears then became brown and slightly bigger, two snow white whiskers sprouting from each side of his face. He also looked as if he was wearing an ocean blue skirt of some kind with a seashell on each of his hips, the otter becoming much taller.

Dana blinked before pulling out her Pokedex, saying, "It seems Oshawott has just evolved into Dewott," a grin forming on Jack's face, Zelda trembling with fear as Nathan gulped, saying, "It's not a big deal, right Zelda? After all, you still have the upper hand."

Zelda nodded, shaking off her fear as she unleashed another Leaf Tornado only for Dewott's cheeks to puff up, the otter unleashing a big ball of water. Despite being made of water, it was enough to stop the twister, the leaves separating from each other in various directions before falling to the ground. This was known as Water Pulse, and had this hit Zelda, there would have been a chance of it confusing her.

However, Nathan pretended not to be intimidated by this as he said, "Try using Vine Whip," Zelda sending her vines forward only for Dewott to grab them, lifting the vines up, thus lifting the snake into the air. He then grinned and wiggled the vines until Zelda's back was facing the ground, lowing the vines as the Snivy soon hit the pavement fast and hard.

However, Zelda soon saw an opportunity as she focused on making the vines longer, actually succeeding as they made their way over to Dewott's neck, wrapping themselves around it and pulling tightly, the otter grunting in pain. But as Jack was about to suggest a way out of this, Dewott managed to get just enough open space in his neck to release a water gun into Zelda's face, the snake releasing the blow and passing out. Despite this being Dewott's weakest water type attack, Zelda had taken in so much damage prior to this that she couldn't handle anymore.

Nathan stood there silent, staring in absolute horror at the results that had just ensued. His heart started to race as he realized it was over, slowly holding up his Pokeball and returning Zelda. Dana clasped her hands over her mouth as Jason bit his lip, gulping.

But Nathan wasn't willing to accept this as he pulled out Sammy's Pokeball and hurling it into the area, the Excadrill taking form and looking at the Dewott, blinking. However, Jack wasn't the least bit intimidated now as Nathan shouted, "Alright, Sammy, hit him with Metal Claw!"

But Sammy merely scratched her rear end, ignoring this as Nathan asked, "How about Fury Swipes?" the mole yawning and sitting down, folding her arms.

"Why won't she listen?" Dana asked as Jason sighed, "I don't get it either. Hanzo may not listen either, but at least he's willing to fight."

Nathan then let down a slight tear and said, "Sammy, it's me, you know, Nathan. We're best friends, remember?"

Upon hearing this, Sammy got up, Nathan smiling lightly as the mole turned to him, walking over as Nathan sighed, "I knew you wouldn't forget." But he was soon eating his words when Sammy reached a claw into his pocket, scooping up her Pokeball and placing it in Nathan's hand, hitting the button as the beam shot out, returning her, Nathan standing there with his eyes wide and his jaw dropped, absolutely speechless now.

Jack then returned his Dewott as Nathan breathed heavily asking, "I guess this means I have to return to Team Shadow, right?" Dana pleading, "Nathan, don't go through with that!" Nathan sighing, "Sorry, but when I owe people something in return for an act of any kind, I never go against those wishes."

But just as the boy was about to accept his fate, Jack rolled his eyes and spat, "No! I don't want you coming back yet!" everyone else staring with confusion as the boy added, "I can't even enjoy this loss! That was too pathetic! I'll face you again when you've got your act together! Only then will I accept my reward for wiping the ground with your face, but for now, consider yourself lucky!" the boy headed off to the center to heal his Pokemon for the gym battle he knew he'd soon be having.

Nathan fell down on his knees, still breathing heavily as Dana walked over to him, placing a hand on his shoulder but saying nothing. She could tell talking was the last thing he wanted to do right now.

Seeing as it was getting late, the trio decided to spend the night at the Pokemon center as there was a guest room for trainers. However, Nathan couldn't sleep as he walked to a screen phone, dialling a few numbers as a ringing voice came out stating that his call was going through.

After a few seconds, Professor Yae's face appeared on the screen as she yawned and moaned, "Hello, do you know what time it..." noticing Nathan and putting on a sheepish smile saying, "Oh, hi Nathan. Enjoying the life of a trainer?"

"Well, for the most part," Nathan replied with a sigh, Yae blinking and saying, "You seem upset. What's wrong?"

Nathan then proceeded to explain the whole situation involving Sammy and her sudden change in moods, Yae nodding and stating, "Well, that's certainly interesting," Nathan asking, "What's wrong with her? She's always been so happy and friendly. Is she sick?" Yae shaking her head and explaining, "She's just growing."

"That makes no sense whatsoever," Nathan remarked as the professor sighed, "Look, it's like when humans grow up, their personalities start to change a bit. It's the same deal with Pokemon. When they evolve, they change a bit on the inside as well as the outside. It's part of life," Nathan's eyes going wide as he groaned, "So this is permanent..." Yae shaking her head and replying, "Absolutely not. See, also like when humans grow up, there are traces of their old personalities, or nostalgia as some call it, within them. She still remembers you as her friend. She just has to take time to realize it. Until then, try to encourage the change, but not too much, alright?"

Nathan took a deep breath and nodded, a light smile forming on his face as he quickly thanked the professor, hanging up and deciding to call it a night. At least now he knew things with Sammy weren't completely hopeless. As such, he could rest with ease now.

Meanwhile, at the Team Shadow headquarters, Sabrina was just about to get some sleep when the professor from earlier entered her room, Sabrina groaning, taking her blindfold off of her eyes and asking, "What do you want, Johnson?" the professor saying, "You might want to see this."

With that, the man led Sabrina to the area where Victini was being kept, pointing at the creature as it was actually out of its casing, melted plastic on the ground as Johnson sighed, "I told you we should have gone with glass," Victini shooting a blast of fire at the window to the room it was kept in, having no effect on that as Johnson added, "See? It can't melt glass!"

"But it can't shatter plastic," Sabrina remarked before sighing, "What do you expect me to do about this?"

Johnson pushed up his glasses and replied, "You did receive a big shipment of extract from the Unova Core, right?" Sabrina nodding and replying, "Yes, but I'm saving that for when we find get the legendary dragons to come to us," Johnson pinching his forehead and remarking, "Right now, that is the only way to tame Victini. You will need to create something out of it. I'm sure there will be more than enough leftover for the dragons."

Sabrina let out yet another sigh and figured she had no other choice in the matter. With that, she went to the vault where it was kept and upon touching it, just the mere fact that she was thinking of making a big capsule out of it was enough for get a small fraction of the stuff to form into that very shape. Sabrina and Johnson looked at each other with a smile, Sabrina seeing so many possibilities with this.