So, I think I'm going to start adding actual author's note from now on. I don't really have anything to say right now so yeah.
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Northstar Pokeshipper : Thanks. and considering the title of this story then you'll have the answer in this chapter.
"So Alola is made out of four island". Ash said to himself as he walked out of the Pokemon Centre. It didn't take long for Ash to get to Viridian City, but he decided to spend one or two days at the Pokemon Centre to decide where he's going. Fortunately, with the rotom phone he could easily look for information about the other regions. He's already looked up information about Galar but it was too much like the other regions he's been to. He wanted something new and it seemed like Alola is the place that could offer that. There is one problem. Alola doesn't have a pokemon league. He wanted to prove himself but he can't do that without a pokemon league. There was the Torren region but apparently there were a lot of cultist there.
Ash sighed as he decided to take a walk around Viridian to clear his mind. He knew that Galar would be the obvious choice with how popular Pokemon Battling is there, but it didn't felt right. Maybe its just his imagination or maybe its something else, but he felt a strange pull towards Alola. It felt as if he was supposed to be there. Like he could find the solution to all of his problem by going there. This confused him. But a voice interrupted him before he could think about it furhter.
"YOU'RE USELESS!" The voice shouted. Ash turned his head and saw a green haired boy who seemed to be a 13 year old yelling at an Eevee who looked scared. "First you refused to evolve! and then you couldn't even get stronger! and now you cost me my gym battle!". The boy shouted he was about to kick Eevee but Ash interrupted him.
"HEY!". Ash shouted as he ran towards them. He stopped in between the boy and Eevee. "What your problem!?" Ash asked the boy who was now galring at him angrily.
"That Eeevee is WEAK! He's the reason I lost my gym battle and I'm just punishing him accordingly". The green haired boy shouted.
Ash narrowed his eyes at the boy. "If you lost than it's no one's but your fault". Ash said. Ash absolutely despised people like him. This isn't the first time he's had experience with this. Paul was the same but he changed after he lost to Ash in the Lily of the Valley Conference.
"My fault?". The boy asked. "How is it my fault when that Eevee is the one who's weak! He even refused to evolve!". The boy said.
"It's your job as a trainer to train your Pokemon. They rely on you as much as you rely on them". Ash said through gritted teeth. The boy was starting to get on his nerves.
The boy just laugh at what he said. "Heh. Whatever. If you think like that then you're just aa weak as that worthless Eevee". He said before taking out a Pokeball. He dropped the pokeball to the ground before crushing it with his feet. "I don't need a weak Pokemon". He said before turning around to walk away.
"HEY!". Ash yelled. He was really pissed off. How dare the boy just do that as if it was nothing. "If you really think Eevee is weak than prove it. Me and Eevee against you and your strongest pokemon". I said without thinking.
The boy turned around and looked at me with an amused expression. "Fine. If you want to be embarrassed that badly than who am I to stop you. The public arena at the Pokemon Centre tomorrow at 3 pm". He said before walking away. He suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at Ash. "My name is Vir(A/N : I'm not good with names) by the way, just remember that that's the name of the person who's going to crush you". He laughed before walking away.
"Why you.." Ash said. He was about to go after him and punch him in the face but a hand on his shoulder stopped him.
"I know you're mad but there's more important thing to do". Ash turned around and saw the owner of the voice. It was a boy with bluish dark hair and green eyes. He was a little bit taller than him and it seems like he's about 2 or 3 years older. He then gestured to the ground behind Ash and then Ash remembered. Eevee was still hurt from the boy's gym battle.
"Eevee!" Ash said as he quickly picked him up. "Eevee are you alright?" Ash asked as he held Eevee in his arm.
"We need to get him to a Pokemon Centre". The boy said. "Come on!". The boy then started running towards the Pokemon Centre. Ash followed swiftly behind him while still holding Eevee in his arm.
"Thank you Nurse Joy". Ash said as he picked up Eevee who was standing on the tray. "Eevee!" Eevee said happily as he climbed up Ash's hand and sat on his right shoulder. It shouldn't have felt right, not after what Pikachu did. But for whatever reason he knew that he could trust this Eevee with everything in his life. He didn't know why, but he just knew.
"Just doing my job". Nurse Joy said as she left to help other pokemons.
"Thank you for your help". Ash said to the boy that helped him before. "I'm Ash Ketchum". "Vee eevee!". Eevee said from my shoulder.
"No problem". The boy said. "I hate seeing Pokemons suffer. I heard everything that happened and I just had to help. My name is Rekka by the way, Rekka Valor. Byt my friends call me Rex".
"Still, I'm grateful for your help. Though it seems that I have other problems now". Ash said as he looked towards Eevee. "Eevee?". Eevee said curiously.
"Your battle right?" Rex asked knowingly. Ash nodded as he looked down. in a fit of anger he had promised to battle with Eevee against Vir. "Well, you've promised him so you have to battle". Rex said.
"I know". Ash said. "I'm sorry Eevee, I wasn't thinking". Ash said as he looked down in guilt. He then felt something nudged his face. He turned his head and saw Eevee looking at him with a smile on his face. His eyes were burning with determination. "Vee Vee!" He said.
"You... want to battle... with me?". Ash asked in disbelief. "Eevee!". Eevee said.
"It seems that Eevee wants to prove himself, and he trust you to help him do that". Rex said with a smile.
"Really Eevee?". Ash asked. "Vee!". Eevee said happily. "Alright then Eevee, we'll show him just how strong you really are!". Ash said. "Ee-Vee!". Eevee said.
"Can I help?". Rex asked them. Ash and Eevee both turned to him. "Of course!". "Ee-Eevee!". They said. "But just out of curiosity, how are you going to help us exactly?". Ash asked.
"That boy, Vir,". Both Eevee and Ash growled at hearing Vir's name but Rex ignored them. "He said that Eevee refused to evolve right?". Ash and Eevee both nodded. "Well, pokemons that hasn't evolved are naturally weaker than evolved pokemons". He then noticed the angry look on Ash's and Eevee's face. "Before you get angry hear me out first. As I said, pre-evolved pokemons are naturally weaker but, if train correctly they could easily surpass their evolved form". Rex said, calming down Ash and Eevee's anger. "That's why I'm going to help you train Eevee to be able to match the abilities of its evolutions". Rex finished.
"Alright then let's get started!". Ash said excitedly. He was going to prove Vir wrong no matter what.
"Eevee use Quick Attack again". Ash said. Eevee yelled a battle cry before charging towards a tree. Ash and the others were curretly in the Viridian Forest. Ash and Rex had been training Eevee for an hour. According to Ash's pokedex, Eevee knows Swift, Quick Attack and Bite. They had Eevee use the same move multiple times to increase its power but they soon realized that it takes a lot of time to train Eevee this way. Time that they don't have. "That's enough Eevee. Don't push yourself too hard". Ash said. Eevee stopped his attack and ran back up to Ash's right shoulder.
"This is not going to work". Ash sighed. Rex didn't reply, instead he looked to be deep in thought. "Rex? Hey Rex, are you okay?".
"I'm fine and you're right. This is not going to work, there's simply not enough time". Said Rex, still deep in thought. "There might be another way, but...". Rex hesitated. He knew this way might work but if it fails... He shivered. He definitely don't want that to happen.
"What?". Ash asked. "What is it?". "Eevee?". Ash was determined to help Eevee and if there was another way than he's more than willing to take it.
Rex sighed. He knew that there's no going back. He's already mentioned it and he knew both Ash and Eevee would not let it go. Now that he thought about it, the similarities between Ash Eevee is kind of creepy. They've only met a couple of hours ago yet they act like they've known each other their whole life. It is as if-
"Hey Rex, you okay?". Ash said while shaking his hand in front of his face with Eevee doing the same thing. "Yeah I'm fine, just thinking about somethings". Rex said truthfully.
"So, you said there is another way. What is it?". Ash asked with a curious look on his face. "Vee?". Eevee said while wearing the same expression as Ash.
'The similarities between these two really is creepy'. Rex thought to himself. He gave a long sigh before talking. "Eevees are known for their many different possible evolutions". He started. "However, what many people overlooked is how this is possible. Eevees have genetically unstable DNA, which is what allows it to evolve into the many different eeveelutions. But my research shows that by learning to control and harness the power of the unstable DNA Eevees would be able to become much stronger than they normally would".
"Research?" Ash asked.
"Oh, haven't I told you yet? I'm a Pokemon Researcher" Rex said with a smile.
"Really? Wait, how old are you?" Ash asked in disbelief. Sure it wasn't impossible to become a researcher at a young age, but it is extremely rare. Gary only managed it because his grandfather is Professor Oak, a world renown professor. He practically grew up learning about Pokemons.
This caused Rex's smile to grew. "I'm eighteen. and before you asked I managed to become a researcher because I've always wanted to be one"
As Ash nodded in understanding, he remembered about their previous topic of conversation. "So, how do we do this? How do we teach Eevee to harness his power?" Ash asked while barely containing his excitements. "Vee!" Eevee said.
"Well..." Rex sighed. "That's the thing. Normally, Eevee would be able to this by staying and training in places with harsh climate"
"But wouldn't that take even longer than just training Eevee normally" Ash asked. "Ee-eevee!" Eevee voiced his agreement from Ash's shoulder.
"Yeah, it would" Rex said. "That's why I said 'normally'. There is another faster way but it is way too risky"
"Vee?" Eevee asked while tilting his head. "Yeah, what is this way and what is the risk?" Ash asked, somehow understanding Eevee.
"The other way is to literally force it out of Eevee" Rex said with a frown. "We do this by using one of my tool to expose Eevee to extreme temperature change at a rapid pace"
"Uhh, can you repeat that in english?" Ash asked. "Eevee" Eevee said.
Rex sighed again. "What I'm saying is that we use one of my tool to heat up and freeze down Eevee multiple times. It could work but..."
"Oh" Ash said as he realized what he means. If it works then Eevee would be stronger, but if it fail, it might put Eevee's life in danger. "I think we should just stick to the normal train-" "Vee!"
Ash and Rex both looked towards Eevee whos was still sitting on Ash's shoulder. He was looking at Ash with a determined expression. "Vee-Eevee!" He said before jumping off of Ash's shoulder. Eevee then stood in front of Ash, looking at him. "Vee-Ee-Vee!" He said.
"You... want to... try this out?" Ash asked. "Vee" Eevee nodded his agreement. Ash studied Eevee for a few seconds before he started thinking about it. "Alright" Ash said after a while. "If that's what you really want then we'll do it" Eevee let out a cry of joy before climbing back up to Ash's shoulder.
"Ash are you sure this is a good idea?" Rex asked is a wary tone.
"Honestly, I didn't want to do this. But I understand why Eevee wants to do it. He wants to prove that he's not weak and I fully understand that" Ash said. Rex wanted to ask what he meant by that but decided to do it later. "Rex, can you please do this? For Eevee?" "Vee!"
Rex wanted so badly to protest but he could see the determination in both Ash's and Eevee's eyes. He was probably going to regret this later but he's made his decision. "Give me 10 minutes to prepare everything"
True to his words, Rex only needed 10 minutes to run back to the Pokemon Centre to retrieve his tools/machines and set it all up. Now in front of them was a cuboid glass case with all sorts of machines connected to it.
"Alright Ash. Last chance, are you sure you want to do this" Ash glanced at Rex who was standing a couple of feet away in front of a laptop, operating everything. Ash then glanced at Eevee and that was all it took for Ash to make his decision. "Yes, We're sure" The Evolution Pokemon had a determined look in his eyes. A look that Ash regconized. It was the same look that Ash had when he was going to challenge a gym or fight an important battle.
"Alright, then put him in the chamber" Ash complied as he took Eevee of his shoulder and placed him inside the glass container before closing it. Rex saw this and asked. "Ready Ash? Eevee?"
Ash nodded while Eevee cried out its name in determination. Rex nodded at them and went back to his laptop. "Alright, in 3," Ash's body tensed up. "2," Eevee closed his eyes and prepared for what is to come. "1!" Rex then pressed a button on his laptop and the machine started. Ash watched worriedly as the chamber was cooled down and heated up multiple times. He could see Eevee standing inside with his eyes closed. Eevee seemed to be in pain but was holding it. This went on for what felt like forever and Ash kept on wondering if it would end.
On Eevee's side it wasn't much better. Being constantly cooled down and heated up is not fun and he had to focus entirely on staying conscious. However as time passed it became harder and harder to stay awake and he was starting to lose consciousness.
Ash and Rex noticed this and both had worried look on their face. "Ash, maybe we should stop" Rex said. But apparently Eevee heard him as he opened his eyes and looked at Ash. Ash understood immediately. "No" Ash said. "I believe in Eevee and I know he can do this" Ash then locked eyes with Eevee and Eevee could see that Ash believed in him. This gave him a surge of strength. This human, Ash, had believed in him. He even went as far as to help him train to become stronger. He can't give up now.
Ash and Rex watched amazed as Eevee's body started glowing, but not in the evolution kind of way. No, this glow had a rainbow color and instead of covering his entire body, this glow appears to be an outline. Ash and Rex could see Eevee standing in the chamber, but it seems that he's no longer bothered by the constantly changing temperature.
"EEVEE!" Eevee yelled as he released a surge of energy which completely destroyed the chamber and the machines around it. The energy surge also knocked Ash and Rex off their feet. After collecting themselves from the ground, Ash and Rex could see that their surrounding seemed to have been... well destroyed isn't actually right, more like... altered. One patch of grass was completely scorched while another one was completely frozen. There was one where it seemed to have been struck by lightning and one that seemed to have grown exponentially. There were patches with water puddles in them and patches covered in flower. There were also some weird patches where it's either covered in darkness or the patch of grass was floating while being covered in purple energy. In the middle of it all stood Eevee who seemed to have not neem affected at all.
"What?" Ash asked as he recovered from shock. "What happened?" Ash asked as Eevee spotted him and ran to him before climbing up to his right shoulder.
Rex looked around and saw his surrounding before looking at Ash while grinning. "What happened?" He asked in a cheerful tone. "I'll tell you what happened. It worked. It actually worked!"
Ash was currently standing in the middle of the arena at the Pokemon Centre with Eevee on his shoulder. Rex was standing next to him and the three of them were waiting for Vir to show up.
After successfully unlocking Eevee's potential yesterday, they have continued on their training and it seemed that it had really worked. Eevee is now way faster and and much stronger, which was proven by how how he chopped down a tree with a Quick Attack. Eevee has also learned a new move, which was Double Edge. After a little bit of training they were sure that Eevee was ready.
After waiting for a couple more minutes, Vir finally showed up. "Heh, so you came after all. I thought you were going to run away like the weakling you are" He said arrogantly.
"Enough talk. Let's battle" Ash said while gritting his teeth. This boy definitely knows how to get on his nerves.
"Heh, sure. Just be prepared to lose" Vir said as he walked towards his trainer box.
Ash didn't say anything. He just walked towards the other trainer box and nodded at Rex who was going to referee this match.
"This is an unofficial battle between Ash Ketchum and Vir Nuiti. Both trainers are allowed one Pokemon each. Are both trainers ready?" Ash and Vir nodded. "Alrigth, trainers please send out your Pokemon"
"Alright Eevee, I choose you!" Ash yelled as he extended his hand. Eevee ran down his extended arm and jumped on to the battle field.
"This is going to be easy. Beedrill, Crush Them!" Vir said as he threw a Pokeball. The Pokeball opened up to reveal the Poison Bee Pokémon. It let out a cry as it appeared. It tried to intimidate Eevee but Eevee wasn't intimidated in the least.
"Alright. Battle Begin!" Rex said.
"We'll end this quickly, Beedrill use Twineedle" Vir said.
"Dodge it" Ash said calmly. Eevee jumped out of the way just as Beedrill jabbed it's spike into the place Eevee was standing. The same thing happened when Beedrill went in for the second jab.
"Now use Quick Attack!" Eevee let out a cry as he was envelope in white energy. He then dashed towards Beedrill with incredible speed. Beedrill was thrown back as Eevee slammed into him, dealing damage to it.
"Arghh! Beedrill use Fury Attack" Vir shouted. Beedrill shook his head to recover from the attack before charging at Eevee.
"Use Quick Attack to dodge!" Ash said. Eevee complied as he ran around the battle field in a zig zag pattern making Beedrill miss all of it's attack.
"Now use Swift" Eevee stopped running around jumped up as he created little stars before throwing it at Beedrill. Beedrill cried out in pain as the attack hit it.
By now, Vir was getting very frustrated. That Eevee was supposed to be weak, yet here he was, getting defeated by Eevee. "Beedrill use Rage" He shouted.
Beedrill was then covered in a red aura before charging at Eevee. Eevee didn't have time to react and was hit by the attack. "Eevee! Are you ok?" Eevee quickly got back on his feet and shouted his name as a reply.
"Alright, let's end this quickly. Use Quick Attack to confuse it" Ash said. Eevee was once again covered in a white glow as he ran around the field in a zig zag pattern, confusing Beedrill.
"Beedrill, hit it with another Rage" Vir shouted. Beedrill was once again covered in a red aura as he tried to hit Eevee. However it only worked to Ash and Eevee's favour as Beedrill couldn't land a hit and was starting to get tired.
"Now Eevee, use your momentum and end this with Doube Edge" Ash said. Eevee changed direction and charged at Beedrill with the Double Edge. Beedrill was to tired to dodge and got hit by Eevee. It was thrown into a wall and it fell down, unconscious.
"Beedrill is unable to battle. The winner is Eevee. This means that the winner of this match is Ash Ketchum" Rex said with a smile.
"Alright Eevee we did it" Ash said as he embraced Eevee. "Vee-Vee-Eevee!" Eevee said as he sat on Ash's shoulder.
"But- How- What?" Vir said in disbelief. "How could I lose?" He asked in rage.
"You lost because you were overly confident and arrogant. You released Eevee because you thought it was weak when in truth it was your job as a trainer to help him grow. If you don't understand that then you've already failed as a trainer" Rex said.
This made Vir stop and think. Maybe they were right, maybe it was his fault. He recalled Beedrill and left without saying anything, still deep in thought.
"So, Ash. What are you going to do with Eevee now?" Rex asked. This made Ash and Eevee stop their celebration and look at him questioningly. "What I'm asking is are you going to release him or are you going to catch him?" Rex sighed.
Ash now has a blank expression on his face. "Well," he gulped. "It's all up to Eevee. It's his choice after all" he then turned to Eevee with a small smile. "So, what are you going to do Eevee?" Eevee's answer was to go into Ash's backpack. After a couple of seconds, Eevee came out holding a Pokéball. He gave the Pokéball to Ash who held it in his palm with a bright smile on his face. Eevee then jumped and did a somersault as he hit the Pokéball with his tail. A red glow then surrounded Eevee as he got sucked into the Pokéball. The Pokéball didn't even shook once before a ding was heard, signaling a successful capture.
"Alright! I just caught an Eevee!" Ash said excitedly. Eevee's Pokéball burst open and Eevee appeared on Ash's shoulder with a cry of his name.
"Well, I can already tell that you two are perfect with each other and you're going to have an awesome adventure" Rex said while grinning. "But first, let's get Eevee checked up at the Pokémon Centre"
"That's horrible!" Rex exclaimed. After Eevee's check up they had decided to share a room in the Pokémon Centre. They had been talking for awhile when Rex asked why he wants to go to a region that's different from other regions. After a little bit of consideration, Ash had decided to tell him about what hapened at Pallet Town. "I know, but you don't have to overreact. It's not like they tried to murder me or anything" Ash said with a small chuckle.
"I guess your right. They haven't done any real crime aside from moral ones" Rex said. "So, you want to go to a new region to prove them wrong" Ash nodded. "But you don't want to go to a region where it's basically just a gym challenge all over again" Ash nodded again. "Well how about Alola?" Rex suggested.
"That's what I was thinking too but" "It doesn't have a league?" Rex interrupted him. "Well you're in luck" Rex exclaimed. "I just happened to be from Alola and my mentor/teacher told me that he's planning to build a league this year" Rex said while grinning.
"Wait, you're serious?" "Vee?" Ash and Eevee asked.
"Of course I am" Rex said. "And tell you what. Why don't we go there together seeing as I've already collected enough data for my research and I just so happen to have an extra ticket"
"That would be great Rex, Thank You!" Ash said. "Vee- Eevee"
"No problem Ash, Eevee. But now we should probably get some sleep if we want to catch the plane tomorrow mornig" Rex said.
"Wait, we're leaving tomorrow?!""Vee?!" Ash and Eevee exclaimed in shock.
"Yeah, so you should get some sleep quickly because we leave first thing in the morning" Rex smirked at Ash before going to his room.
After the door to Rex's room closes, Ash looked at Eevee with Eevee doing the same. "Ready to go on an adventure Eevee?" Ash asked.
"Vee- Eevee!" Eevee said cheerfully.
"Alright! Together we'll become the strongest. I promise you that" Ash said.
"Ee-Vee!"
"But first. Let's get some sleep. Tomorrow is a new day for both of us"
That's it for this chapter. I hope you like it and please review.