Author's note: Sorry for taking so long to write, long story short I got a stage fright and every time I try to write anything I end up keep erasing it.
Thanks for the and support reviews I'm glad people seem to enjoy it, don't worry I read them all and one of them seriously open my eyes and I hope to improve because of it.
Though at the same time it kind of scared me, I clearly don't know what I'm doing, and even with the review pointing all my mistakes, I really don't know how to fix them, I try to rewrite some chapters, or plan ahead but, everything I wrote just felt off. I always plan to write Hilda and Ivy as an Antithesis to each other, I think it will be fun to make them able to fill each other's flaws.
Though I accidentally make Hilda a bit too reckless and Mary Sue ish because of it. I'm trying to find a good balance but, it's been kind of hard. I'm still planning her eventual break down since her luck is going to run out sooner or later. I assure you she will have consequences for her recklessness, it's always been the plan for the start.
It's infuriating, to say the least, though I know it won't be a perfect story in any means, I just want it to be readable, or at least a story that you could just turn off your brain and enjoy the ride.
I know it's fanfic so I know I shouldn't take it too seriously, but you guys deserve really better than anything I can make.
Updates still going to be slow since I can stop overthinking things, but I hope you guys can enjoy it when it comes out.
And hopefully, by extending my writing time it will improve the quality of it as well.
It's a quiet night, with only flickering lights, a relaxing sound of a water fountain, and distance of sound of bug Pokémon accompanying me. I'm sitting alone below a tree gasping for air, on a nearby park metaphorically licking my own wounds from the fight a few hours ago.
"Man... It's been a while since I feel this pathetic." I mumble to myself.
My memory is kind of hazy on what happened exactly, but the trouble started from that Fennel lady telling us to find some dream mist in exchanged for an HM, easy enough it seems just find some Munna ask her/him politely for it and that's about it...
Oh boy, I really like to jinx myself aren't?
So, yeah anyway, after Bianca come out of nowhere and tag along we arrived at the dream yard. Nothing fancy just rubbles everywhere, despite the odds we immediately found a Munna. YES! Let's get out of this creepy place...though my happiness doesn't last long.
Team plasma... Ugh grunt fights, great... I know it's inevitable but, does have to be right after a gym battle? I'm still exhausted but, a few direct attacks should able to end the fight rather quickly.
Well, it shouldn't be too hard right? It's just some nobody grunt not like, Mr. prince N or any essential characters. I found out from our brief journey, most of the NPC characters that challenge us isn't well educated at all, like giving them useless instruction to their Pokémon, or telling them some impossible commands. Though I really shouldn't severely underestimate those grunts...
Both of them sent out a Pattrat and a Purrloin, and Hilda sent me out and Bianca sent out Oshawott, we battle it out. It hurts me to say this but, I didn't last long...
For some reason my attacks never hit its target, light attacks, heavy attacks, melee, projectiles, nope they easily dodge it, and they looked like they aren't even trying. Are they just that high leveled? No, that's not the case, Oshawott still able to damage them just fine... Though I'm afraid that's not the only problem I'm having.
After a few minutes or attacking and dodging I'm severely out of breath, something feels really off. What's going on? I thought to myself, I should be able to do this much easily, hell I lasted like one and half hours in a literal bloody oven a few hours ago?! Exhaustion shouldn't be that much of an issue, since I train myself to be able to at least a decent fight even when I'm exhausted.
Okay think...excluding my exhaustion what's the difference with me between a few hours ago and now?...
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Oh crap, is it because I evo..
Before I finished my thoughts I was tackled hard by the grunt's Pattrat and was sent tumbling backward and hitting the wall hard.
My mind is a mess I can't think straight, my vision grows hazy, I tried standing up a few times but, I failed, I heard voices but, I'm too much in pain to pay any attention to it, and that's all I could only remember. Although think I managed to attack something in my desperate attempt to help out but, I'm not sure.
After that I woke up in a Pokémon center after, another round of healing, we have an awkward dinner, and we called it a day and went to our bunk room, I was filled in on what happened, it seems after I fainted the rest of them beat team plasma just fine, with the help of Musharna creating an illusion of their leader to shoo them away. I guess we got lucky...
I sigh in relief, well that's a first.
If Musharna didn't help us what would happen? Is this supposed to happen according to the plot or is it just a Deus ex Machina or maybe plot armor? Are they going to take /free Hilda's and Bianca's Pokémon if we lost? What happens to the plot of the protagonist actually loses? Those thoughts kept lingering in my mind.
While I was brainstorming by myself, I can feel the stares of my companions behind my back, I feel like they want to say something but, seem like they're holding themselves back. Especially Hilda since her smile kind of feels somewhat off and she acts as nothing happened.
But, like most of my problems I ignored their stares and try to sleep my tiredness away.
It's 12 am and I'm wide awake, I guess I'm not as exhausted as I thought.
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I need to test something.
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I need to get tired enough so I could sleep anyway.
With those though in my mind I slowly sneak to the window, open it, and just like that I was out the building. I wander aimlessly to find a nice quiet spot to think by myself and I arrived at the nearby park.
It's a well-maintained park, with trees, bushes, a fountain all kinds of decorative pieces, it's probably considered a tourist attraction. Well, this place isn't that far from the Pokémon center so, it should be good enough.
I plan to do my old regular training routine like back when I was still in the lab I should able to do this easily especially since I'm going use my very first personal best after weeks of jumping around like a maniac as a reference. Let's see if I remembered it correctly it should be around continuously 50 side steps, 50 back steps, and followed 20 jumps.
At that point I still haven't added attacking to the routine since I still don't know any attack moves months ago, but, I do improve my stamina a lot, and managed to achieve 100 each without difficulty a few days ago.
So I did just that but, you might realize that it didn't go too well...
You finally caught up to the story so far, so yeah It's just me a few trees I'm sitting under it trying to catching my breath...
"Not even close huh?" I looked at the cloudless night sky.
I wonder what in the seven hell is wrong with this body. I might know the problem and I really don't want to admit it but, it's because I evolved isn't it?
"Ughhh... Really? It's supposed to be evolution, not devolution, why the hell I'm weaker after I evolved it doesn't make any bloody SENSE!!!"
I hit the tree with my vine in frustration...
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It barely did any damage even with the Wrecking ball vine equip... I really feel like puking right now...
"The results of months of training gone just like that, why do I even try in the first place?" I wrap my vines around my head in frustration while trying not to panic.
"It's going to get even harder from now on and yet... " I close my eyes and grit my teeth in frustrations.
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Alright... Deep breathes... Everything is going to be just fine, everything is going to be fine, everything... Is fine... It's fine... Fine... fine...fine.
I took another deep breath and exhale.
Right, as always panicking never solved anything.
Let's figured out what exactly is happening, and figured what I can currently do to fix it, I'm sure I can to salvage the situation...hopefully.
Let's logically analyze the problem.
There are a few possibilities that I could think of.
So, first, there is a chance that I'm exhausted beyond belief and it affects my stamina and attacks... It's the Occam's razor of the problem, but, with my bad luck, it's probably not the case.
Second I'm affected by some kind of illness and it makes me weaker. It's pretty unlikely since Patty and Panny didn't seem to be infected, furthermore, the only illness I know is Pokérus and it makes you stronger, not weaker.
Third I botched up my evolution, again highly unlikely I don't think anyone can just simply failed to evolve properly, there is the red Gyarados but, it got experimented on, and last time I checked nobody experimented on me. I probably should keep an open mind just in case.
Fourth, it's the side effect of evolution that may or may not affect all Pokémon who evolved. It doesn't happen in the show or games since it's pretty much a buff not a debuff.
This is the most likely it seems which also explains some of my discomforts when I moved. More precisely I don't know how to move my body as efficiently as my old ones. It took me months to get used to a Snivy's body after all. This body is also heavier and less flexible so, it makes sense it take more energy to move around.
Huh? Is it me or are my vines got a bit thicker? Hmm... After moving it around I feel like my dexterity would be an issue but, hopefully, it can be fixed with enough practice. With thicker vines I potentially able to dish out more powerful attacks, and able to lift things heavier than medium size objects... But again it's just depending if I can use this body correctly.
What a pain...
But, from the looks of it, it seems fixable to a certain degree.
I took another deep breath and exhale slowly to calm my nerves.
Evolution is such a pain in the neck if I know it will be like this I wouldn't even evolve at all. Well, it's too late now this isn't Digi* I can't just turn back to my first form, and It's not like I get to evolve the first time around so, how should I know what will happen.
What?
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"The... first time around?!"
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Why... did I?
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Am I in a time loop or something?
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Ughh... I can feel like another headache coming...
Now enough of that, even if I did it won't help my current situation, I don't remember if I did any of this in the first place so, it's maybe it's just a brain fart?
Though I can help but feel like I'm forgetting something... Something really important...
Well, nothing I could do about it so, let's just accept that theory for now and gather some information in the meantime. Now on a more practical side of things.
I stood up, and I close my eyes and concentrate. I metaphorically clenching my fist which results in green aura manifest around my body. After doing so, I quickly spin my body and release the energy, a gust of wind and leaves appeared, surrounds me, and disperse after a few seconds.
"Tsk, that took way too long to be useful." click my tongue in frustration.
I'm modifying the [leaf tornado] move to be more defensive by making a projectile shield around my body with wind and leaves, it didn't take too much energy to do and it's a better solution than sacrificing my limited amount of vines every time anyone chucks a fireball at me. But, unlike the original it needs more time to charge, I really need more practice.
"Alright, how about this one."
I gather the energy once more but, instead of releasing it, I absorbed it which result in a second move that I learned in my not so majestic Gym battle.
(Growth), I used it instinctively during my last attack to the Pansear according to Hilda that is. I don't think I literally grew, but instead, my body feels denser than before.
Well, let's try out, I punch the same tree from earlier and it chipped the wood somewhat.
Hmm not much, but any kind good news is welcome. So, let's see how much can stack the effects, I apply a second coat of Growth and strike the same tree once more. It makes a satisfying cracking sound. Oh man, this great, with this I might able to compensate my lack of practice, I wonder how much could I stack the buffs?
So I proceed to keep using growth and punching the tree again and again. After doing so I realize something peculiar, it takes me longer and longer for me to apply the buff the longer I kept going and one other problem... After the 6th coat, it felt like I wore a wrong size shirt and pants, I barely could move.
Yeah, I guess 6 is the limit, and it also sacrifices time, and my maneuverability in exchange for power. In my rigid state, I forcefully try to move my body and try my best to punch a tree to see the effect of the buff...
I slam my Wrecking ball vine to the tree and it makes a huge cracking noise...
"Damn... That's quite a hard-hit...Uh-oh." The tree had enough of my crap, and finally retaliate and use body slam on me.
After a not so manly shriek... Ummm... I mean it was a very normal shriek.
I use my vine boosted jump to get away from the falling tree. It grazes me a little and I'm rolling on the ground feeling like a plastic bag blown by the wind, and after a few seconds, I finally stopped rolling.
"I really should think that through." I groan and stand up. I looked around and I saw a fallen tree with a ton leaves, and a few wooden debris scattered about.
Crap I don't think I can pay for the damages, the last time it's a TV and now a tree how many debts will I have at the end of the plot...
"Hahaha... I'm... It's... it's a thunderstorm, yeah it's not me, there's suddenly a huge lightning strike come down all of sudden." I continue to try my best to convince a nonexistence police officer.
"You see the sky is pretty cloudy for hours now, so it makes sense if it's going to strike some unsuspecting tree." I pointed my vine to the clear night sky.
"You see it clearly looks like it's going to rain so, it not me I'm here just a... Jogging... Yeah, jogging at 3 am... In the middle of the night...alone near lightning.. struck... tree... "
I'm not sure why I can feel the judgemental eyes of the nonexistence police officer peering down my very soul.
"Great, I'm talking to myself, well I guess I have to check mental Illness on the bingo book of my ongoing problems." I give myself a well-deserved facepalm/vine.
Well, on the bright side there's a huge potential by using [growth] with some downside, it's not like the enemy would let me buff myself in the middle of a battle all willy nilly. It's useful if it's a double battle at least, with enough coordination it potentially could be quite a boon.
Now on a more pressing matter, how should a get rid of the body...? I mean tree...
I could just chuck it down the pond but, it's going to float up and draw attention to it. I couldn't just bury it since I don't see any shovel, the freshly dug soil is a dead give away, and it will take hours to dig a hole to fit.
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I guess I can only use that plan, my last desperate plan.
I'm saving this for last, but seems like I have to use my ultimate technique. Indeed it's the *star family secret technique.
I started gathering strength to my legs... And
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Started running away as fast as I can in the opposite direction...
I'm really sorry Ms/Mr tree, if I'm a working member of society I would pay up and confess but, I really don't want to make a 10-year-old girl pay for legal fees.
Tree law is HELLA expensive, I don't know if there's such thing as tree law here but, I bloody don't want to find out.
With a single tear rolling down my cheek I kept on running while mumbling to myself. "I'm sorry but, someday when this all over I promise to pay your back." I got all the time I need by myself when the plot is over after all.
"l should try to find a job..."
And thus that's the end of my prompted training session.