Chapter-1

Well that was extremely embarrassing, wetting myself like that but like I said before babies have horrible bladder control, no, on second thought control of any sort goes out the window when you're a baby. Anyways I've come a long way since then, it is now a week after I was born in this world well I'm not potty trained or anything but I have my ways.

Enough of that, my new name in this world is Sage Peirce, male (one of the first things I checked- gender swap on rebirth is no joke), son of Mason Peirce the wood cutter/ charcoal maker of Azalea Town and (you'll get a kick out of this one) Professor Philena Ivy (how my idiot Dad managed to get together with my genius Mom is a mystery to me, on a side note; why Brock collapses at the very mention of the name of "Philena Ivy" is no longer a mystery). Frankly I am more excited by that fact that I have such loving parents than my being in the world of Pokémon, granted that Dad can sometimes act like a real doof and Mom can get easily distracted with her work occasionally but its never to the point of endangering or completely ignoring me.

As I said before I can somewhat communicate with my parents and let them know what exactly I want by crying in different tones, for example "Whaaaa..!" is for hunger, "huh...huh..*sniff*" is for when I need to go number 1, "Uwaa...uwaaa.." is for number 2 and so on and so forth, it also served as good exercise for my vocal chords as well. Mom being as smart as she was figured it out in just a couple of days, Dad on the other hand... he was just amazed by the different kinds of sounds babies made(really makes me question how he tied the knot with someone like Mom... hope he teaches me the secret later on). Well that's one side of the communication channel that's been made clear, so now you might all be wondering how I can understand my parents and everything else in this foreign world when it is so very different compared to my previous one, the credit for all that should go to my Innate Unique Skill [Insight].

I was quite surprised to find out that in addition to the existence of Pokémon in this world there were many other phenomena that I can only classify as "Game elements". My Innate Unique Skill [Insight] is but one such example, just like Pokémon abilities people seem to be born with their own Innate Skills that grant various abilities and/or effects to their owner. My skill [Insight] for example has the following effects-

Higher cognitive capacity-meaning I can understand and learn new things faster.

Improved reflexes and better co-ordination (higher dexterity).

Prying eye (this one feels really broken even to me)-sort of like an appraisal ability that lets me know the data of any item as well People and Pokémon including things like their Stats, Abilities (Move sets) and Skills.

A person's skill while giving them various benefits also seem to have other unique effects that activate when the person battles with his/her Pokémon, again taking my skill as an example its effects during a Pokémon battle are-

15% increase to Accuracy/Success of move, Evasion and Critical hit rate.

10% improved resistance to attacks that affect Pokémon's psyche (moves like Hypnosis, Attract, confusion causing moves, etc. have a slightly lower chance of taking effect and the effects also wear off quickly if already affected).

This is really exciting, when I can move about by myself I must look into these matters more, in fact I just can't wait to see what other amazing things are in store for me. But for now I need to learn as much as possible just from my parent's conversation, just the other day I learnt a bit more about a human's innate skill. Dad was wondering aloud what my innate skill would be while also hoping that it would be a unique skill like my Mom's, it turns out that innate skills are classified as ordinary or unique with the latter only having only a 1 in 1000 chance of manifesting and it sort of seems hereditary i.e. skills are either inherited from a single parent or becomes a combination of both parent's skill, then again there are always exceptions and little is known about this field. Also a person's innate skill is a sort of really personal secret, one wouldn't easily share their skill info with another so without the other party honestly telling you about their skill others wouldn't know, only when there is a significant amount of trust between two individuals would they confide in each other about their respective skills. This was the main reason why I felt that my skill was really broken because I could easily find out the skills of others and their effects with the help of Prying Eye. I could easily make out my parent's innate skill- My Dad's skill was an ordinary class one called [Stoic]

Grants him great strength and endurance

Improved reflexes

Effect in Pokémon battle

5% increase to strength, defence and endurance of Pokémon

Granting 50% immunity to stat reductions during the course of battle.

My Mom's skill was a unique skill called [Analyst]

Grants high cognitive capacity

Higher agility

A unique ability called Empathylink which promotes friendship/relations between people and Pokémon by understanding their emotional states

Effect in Pokémon battle

10% increase to accuracy and evasion

If Pokémon and Trainer have a significantly strong bond there is a 10% chance of your Pokémon being able to read the opponent's next move and counter with a K.O. attack (I know so OP).

From what I see unique skills are truly amazing or should I say broken, they are definitely better than ordinary skills no wonder Dad hoped I inherited a unique skill from Mom. Well I definitely have a unique skill so it seem Dad's prayers were answered but I just don't know how I am going to explain it to them, especially the ability Prying eye. I've got to find a way to tell them about it without alarming them.

Well enough explanations about skills for now (I'm also not going into detail about my other day to day experiences as a baby, its way too embarrassing so don't ask). For the most part I observe my surroundings and let my skill do its thing absorbing any and all information as I possibly could; I especially found the glances at Mom's research papers on Pokémon biology, diversity and distribution very insightful. I also observed my Dad do the chores around the house to learn the basics at least, I was also no stranger to chores myself as we were given quite a few back at St. Michael's, I know what you might be thinking I thought the same way too before but I slowly came to realize that doing chores also has its plus points (I don't know about other guys but I feel that a man should have some ability in domestic affairs- it builds character, teaches you discipline and survivability and most important of all increases your chances with the ladies or so I've heard).

So that's how the days of my infanthood passed in my new life in the world of Pokémon.