I couldn't feel my body when I woke up again. 'I must be in my Pokéball. Maybe in the Pokémoncenter?' It was the first time I fainted in a battle. I felt kinda bad for Jess. I just hope she isn't disapointed of me. 'Ah, what am I thinking? She wouldn't be disapointed because of that. Why am I even worrying? It looks like I'm still too weak to face an opponent with type advantage, though. I'll have to train harder. Why am I even thinking like this? Have I been a Pokémon for too long now? I'm not a human any more, but it looks like turning into a Pokémon didn't just change me physically, but also mentally. When I was a human, I never had the wish of becoming stronger, but now it's all I can think of. But why do I even want to become stronger? Do I want to surpass Travis? No. Do I just want to fight other Pokémon? No. Maybe I got the wrong question...The question shouldn't be "why do I fight?" but "what is it worth fighting for?". Family, friends...I want to protect them. I guess that's worth fighting for...Jess and Travis are kind of a family to me. So I want to become stronger to protect them. Maybe I'm only thinking like that because I'm a Pokémon now, but I don't care anymore. Being a Pokémon is what I want. I wouldn't even know what to do if I got turned back into a human now. As a Pokémon I have a purpose in my life. Even though I'd still like to know why and how I got turned into a Pokémon...
My thoughts were interrupted when I felt my Pokéball being moved around. Nurse Joy handed my Pokéball over to Jess, who let me out of it right after she got it. My wounds were completely healed. That technology is really amazing.
Nurse Joy was still talking to Jess. "Your Oshawott is something special, I checked his brain activity while I healed him and it's far over normal values."
"Really?"
"Yes, I've never seen this before. He must be really clever."
"I've never noticed, but well, I can't understand what he sais, so I wouldn't know"
"You should consider teaching him how to write. I'm sure he's capable of that."
"I don't know, he's doing so great in battles, I think I'd waste his talent if I tought him something like that. I've heard of a Pokémon that learned how to talk, but therefore it couldn't fight well any more. But thanks for telling me."
I stood there and overheard their conversation about me. Writing would be a possibility to communicate with humans, but I didn't really want anyone to know about my true identity. If Jess would find out, she wouldn't treat me like a normal Pokémon ever again, and I just wanted to live like a normal Pokémon now. 'I just hope she doesn't want me to learn how to write.'
We went upstairs to our room. It looked the same as the room in the Cherrygrove City Pokémoncenter. I guess they all look the same. Travis was waiting in there, happy to see me fit again. That reminds me...
How did the battle end?
After you fainted I fought that Pikachu. It was close but I won. Man those Thundershocks hurt a lot.
Jess gave us some Pokéfood and went to the bathroom. "I'm going to have a bath again, you wanna join in again Nick?"
I looked up from my food and just nodded.
No complaining about seeing her naked again? Travis asked
No, I'm already over this. I'm a Pokémon now, so I don't care about that any more.
When I finished eating, I went to the bathroom, where Jess already waited for the bathtub to fill.
When the bath was ready, she undressed herself and we both climbed in.
"Nurse Joy told me, that you're really clever for a Pokémon, is that right?"
I didn't know how to react to this, if I just nodded, I'd just give her a reason to not treat me normally. So I just gave her a confused look.
"I see, you overheard our conversation anyway, so you don't have to learn writing if you don't want to."
I gave her a happy look when she said that.
"I thought so. You're such a talented fighter and it'd be a waste to teach you something like that. Even though, I'd sometimes like to understand what you and Travis are talking about." She paused a little before she continued. "Tomorrow we'll visit the Sprout Tower. I've heard it's a really good place for trainers to gather more experience in training Pokémon. And after that I'll challenge the gym leader of Violet City. I heard he's specialized in Flying-types. That means neither of us has a type-advantage."
'She's really a good trainer. She already knows what kind of Pokémon the gym leader uses and already analyzed the matchups. She's far more experienced than a new trainer should be.'