No Vision Like PokéVision

"And what's that place over there?" I asked eagerly through my telepathy.

"That's Coiffure Clips," Jayron answered, "It's a place where people get their hair styled. I've been there a couple of times."

I shook my head and said, "You look fine just the way you are."

Jayron seemed nonchalant about that and replied, "Oh, I know. I just go there to sort of regain control of my hair when it gets too long."

The entire day had been pretty much like this. I had never seen a large human city before, and Lumiose City was very impressive. It showed me what humans could do when they put their mind to it. The buildings were massive and tall, and there seemed to be a building for every possible need, or luxurious want. Maybe it also showed how overly complicated humans can make their lives.

Nevertheless, I enjoyed touring the city with Jayron at my side. I had plenty of questions about everything, and Jayron was glad to answer them. It helped that we both just loved the experience of being able to talk with each other.

I turned to look around again, and my eyes fell upon a large purple building and seemed to be quite a big deal. It clearly stuck out among the other buildings, and on either side of the door, there was a silhouette of a person against a purple sheet with what looked like lights and stars around it.

"What's that place?" I asked intently, feeling extra curious about that building.

Jayron turned, and a knowing smile spread across his face. "Oh yeah, the PR Video Studio. It's a place where Trainers and their Pokemon can film their own PokéVision videos."

"What are PokéVision videos?" I asked.

Jayron nodded his head and looked around. He appeared unsure of what to say. "Hmmm, how do I explain this?" he mused. He was relatively quiet for a while, making me wonder how complicated these PokéVision videos could be. Then he looked down at me and said, "They're basically pictures of a Trainer and a Pokemon that sort of. . . move by themselves. They also make sounds. It's like. . ." Jayron's voice trailed off, and I could only imagined the look of complete and utter cluelessness that I was wearing right then. But it was so very confusion. A picture that moves and makes sounds. . . what would that even look like?

I hadn't been using telepathy, but Jayron seemed to answer my question by pointing and saying, "Like that!"

I followed his finger, and saw a what can be described as a large moving picture. I was amazed that I hadn't seen it early, and was equally amazed at how colorful it was and how real everyone in the picture looked. It showed a human girl in a kitchen with a Pikachu and a Fenekin, both dressed in aprons, and they were all making Pokepuffs together, at least, that's what I figured that they were doing. Why else would a Pokemon help a human in the kitchen? It then showed the girl dancing in a very large pink dress that looked ugly to me, but never-mind that. I was actually more impressed that something like that existed.

"Are they all that big?" I asked as I stared up at the video.

I heard Jayron laugh a bit, and he said, "No, they can be any size at all. The point of a PokéVision video is for a Trainer to show who they are, who their Pokemon are, and what their connection is."

I turned to look at Jayron, and he smiled thoughtfully at the video, then at the PR Video Studio. "I used to think about being in one of those. . ."

I licked my lips nervously, but then my nervousness gave way to excitement as my tail began to swing."Oh, really?" I asked, trying not to sound too eager.

Jayron nodded silently, then shrugged, "Yeah, but I guess it's kinda silly. Let's go, Krystal."

My tail fell and hung limply as my excitement fizzled. I was actually a bit surprised. This PokéVision video sounded like just the thing friends would want to do together, and it sounded like he had always wanted to try it. So why wasn't he jumping at the chance to do it now that he had me?

I suddenly felt very strange. I wasn't really sad. I actually felt disappointed in myself. Was I just not good enough for this human invention? Maybe only small, cute Pokemon like that Fenekin and Pikachu could be in them. Perhaps someone like me just didn't belong.

"Krystal? What's wrong?" Jayron asked in concern, most likely from seeing how sad I must have looked. I knew wouldn't be able to hide anything from him, just as he couldn't possibly hide anything from me.

I sighed, figuring that I might as well get right to it, and I answered, "You. . . don't want to make a PokéVision video with me." It wasn't a question, just a sad statement.

I felt awful inside when I saw the look of guilt Jayron had on his face after hearing what I said. "What?! No, that's not true at all. What would make you think that?"

I looked up at him, confused over the whole situation, and said, "Well, here we are, at the place. You said you wanted to before, but now. . ."

My voice trailed off miserably. Why was he making me do this? If I'm not right for this, I'll accept it.

Jayron quickly came close to me and bent down so that we were both at eye level. "Krystal, I just wanted you to ask me first," he said.

I stared at him, unsure of what he meant.

He smiled gently and said, "Krystal, of course I'd want us to make a video together. See, I thought you were going to say 'let's make one!' and then I'd say 'great idea' and, well, like that." Jayron's looked at me with sympathy in his eyes and asked, "You're my best friend in the world, Krystal. Why would you ever think that I didn't want you?"

When he said it like that, I did feel a bit stupid. However, I still felt that the conclusions I jumped to were valid. Still face to face with my best friend, I explained to him, "It's not like that. It's just that, am I really good enough for something like that? The Pokemon up there are all small and cute. I really don't think I'd belong, and I figured that you felt the same."

Jayron looked at me with love in his eyes, and in his heart. To my surprise, he lifted his hands and held my cheeks gently in his palms. "No Pokemon isn't good enough to stand beside their Trainer and show the world how great they are," he said confidently. He then gave a nervous smile and said, "And you listen to me, Krystal. You are so much more than just a cute Pokemon, although you are cute to me."

I smiled, and then chuckled as Jayron rubbed under my chin.

Jayron stood up straight and said without hesitation, "You're gorgeous, you're majestic, and you're amazing. Don't you ever think you aren't good enough for anything."

Then, he held out his hands to me, palms up. I knew what this meant, so I stepped towards him, sat on my haunches, and reached out with my front paws and grabbed hold of Jayron's hands. Jayron pulled me in close, and we hugged.

It felt so good; not just hugging with my best friend, but hearing him say all those nice things about me. I was never vain, and I never will be, but those moments where I thought that Jayron felt that he couldn't share something with me because of how I looked or what I was hurt me quite a bit. But now, being reminded of how highly Jayron thinks of me, and how proud he is of who I am, made me feel more confident than ever. The human world can't intimidate me anymore. With Jayron at my side, I'm ready to take it on.

We broke off from our hug, and Jayron said, "Whew! Hey, that gave me some inspiration for our video! Let's go, Krystal. It'll be amazing!"

My excitement had returned, this time twice as strong. With my tail swinging energetically, I got up and walked beside Jayron, and into the studio.


I sat beside Jayron, both of us eagerly awaiting the video to play. Things had gotten really technical, with Jayron and the other humans talking about things such as green screens and effects and other things that seemed a little too abstract to me. Eventually, after moving, posing, and looking into that camera device, we were apparently done. I'm wasn't sure how it all comes together, but I still felt excited about what I was about to see.

The screen lit up and the video began.

Jayron was walking through Lumiose City.

"Two things I've always wanted were an amazing Pokemon and a best friend."

Jayron took out a Mocha Poke Puff and held it high.

The video switched to me running down the sidewalk, my fur flowing in a breeze.

Then it showed Jayron tossing the Poke Puff high.

I jumped up and caught it in my mouth, performing a flip as I did so.

I stuck a perfect landing and quickly ate up the Poke Puff.

Jayron walked over to me and held out his palms.

I smiled and sat on my haunches, reached out to hold his hands, and we pulled each other into a loving hug.

"Lucky for me, I got both at once."