Chapter 12: Not Just a Human Anymore

"You ready to put that training of yours to the test?" asked Weavile confidently, "Because after all, we've been learning quite a bit ourselves."

"Well if I win I guess that makes me a better Pokemon than you guys," I laughed, "And yeah I have no doubt you guys have been doing some training. It's not like you to sit around and do nothing all day."

Weavile chuckled and got into stance, "Yeah, that used to be your thing."

"Mewtwo, you're one hundred percent certain we're safe to fight here?" Staraptor asked, assuring ourselves of everything.

"Absolutely… Strangely I don't see a member of Team Plasma within many miles of you."

Weavile stared coldly into my eyes, in which I responded with a nod.

"No holding back alright?" I stated, "I might be your friend but I don't you going easy on me."

Without a word Weavile charged me with an extended claw and swung his arm at me, in which I responded by moving my paw out and pushing his arm to the side and pressing my other paw into his chest.

He flinched and hopped away from my intended force palm, in which I let out an audible "hmph". With a grin I stood upright and took my turn at charging him. My arm cocked back, prepared to strike him with a well executed punch, only for me to change my strategy as I planted my paw on the ground as I became within a mere foot of him, and swept my foot under his causing him to lose balance.

I followed up my maneuver as Weavile lied on his back staring up in complete awe, with an attempt to punch him while he was down only to fail the attempt as he rolls out of the way of my punch and quickly gets back to his feet.

"That Sir Greninja taught you some moves, no doubt."

I chuckled, "Yeah, but that's just a taste of what I've learned so far. I think I'll show you a move I learned in training."

I huffed and got back into stance, as did Weavile. With a grunt I charged Weavile yet again only this time using my extremespeed maneuver. And in my head, I knew it would have been impossible for him to react in time. And I was right. With little effort I managed to pull off the two final blows needed to continue onto my next opponent.

The attack managed to knock Weavile off his feet with two incredibly dissolute kicks. And as I stood over him, I couldn't help but let out a victorious chuckle as I offered a paw out to help him up. Weavile chuckled with me as he accepted the gesture before stating, "Man, didn't think you would have gotten that good. Maybe we'd stand a better chance all rushing you at once."

I let out a hearty laugh, "Yeah… No. I can take one at a time, but not all of you."

"Weavile, you've got a ways to go before you catch up with me or Staraptor," Ampharos sneered.

Weavile scoffed, "Yeah, yeah… Whatever, it's your turn to get your ass handed to you."

We all shared a laugh before Weavile stepped on the sidelines with Staraptor and Ampharos approached within four feet of me.

"I'll admit, I haven't done much training as of recently. But ya know, I know a thing or two."

I smirked, and without another word Ampharos and I began our battle. I lunged at Ampharos, my fire punch ready to unleash its power upon my electric type Pokemon, only to find myself be thrown back by a shockwave of mysterious energy. I could feel a tingling sensation all over my body and my fur began to stick up all over. I brushed myself and examined Ampharos' aura to assure myself if the attack fatigued him at all.

I then decided against another rush, for his aura showed little to no fatigue which meant he would have been able to pull off that move no matter what I did. Before I knew it a lightning bolt came my direction. With a gasp and keen timing I let my whole body drop to the ground, allowed the bolt to fly over my head, then with all of my strength pressed my paws into the ground to lunge myself upwards and launch an aura sphere at Ampharos.

My attack didn't go as well as planned as he somehow smacked the blast away with his tail. I watched the blast smack into a tree and disappear from thin air, giving me an idea. Without hesitating I fired an aura sphere into the sky, only hoping to Arceus I don't screw myself on my own attack. I then charge Ampharos head first, jump over him then kick him in the back pushing him into the spot I want him in.

Ampharos gasped as he looked up to see several large branches falling from the sky. While distracted I took advantage of the time I had to finish the battle. Without a moment to spare I fired an aura sphere in his direction, and I managed to pull off the attack successfully.

"One more…" I muttered.

I lunged yet again towards him as the branches continued to fall, only to be completely surprised as Ampharos managed to catch a large branch in his arms and swing it at me. I threw my arms up to block the attack then hopped back to avoid a follow up strike. As the last stick fell, Ampharos threw his thick branch weapon on the ground in front of him and smiled.

"I have to say, you've gotten way better. I'm surprised you can even keep up with me, I mean honestly… I already know you're going to beat me, but I didn't realize until just now. But I kind of want to see your full potential because you're obviously holding back on us. I want you to think of that guy who brought down Sir Greninja and I want you to attack me like you would him. I mean it, don't hold back."

I gritted my teeth together Ampharos' words. Thinking about him again, it brought back that empty feeling in my chest. That damned feeling that made me not who I really was.

"Fine," I stated calmly, "But you asked for it."

I closed my eyes and began to think of Sir Greninja… Of Blaziken… Of everyone's lives I'd be saving if I can stop Team Plasma and Team Alpha or Mewtwo or whoever the enemy is in my situation. I could feel a strange power beginning to take over. An alien sensation flow throughout my body, like a flow of energy. And the more I thought about the negative occurrences since my transformation as a Pokemon, the faster and more wholesome I felt the energy flowing.

With an animalistic growl I opened my eyes and looked down at my paws to find that the energy I was feeling… It was visible! My aura was so powerful it could be seen with the naked eye, and not just my aura vision. The power kind of amazed me. It was something I'd never experience before.

Looking down at my paws in complete shock I asked aloud, "Did I… Evolve?"

Staraptor was the first to reply, "Not really… But this was the power we felt when Gallade trained you in the coliseum."

It was that moment when I could hear MewTwo's voice appear in my head, "Incredible. I mean this is outstanding and it definitely opens my eyes to your transformation as well as the other human children that were turned into Pokemon as well."

I looked up at the sky, "What? Whaddya mean?"

"I saw this same ability in the boy, Josh, during the attack on the Team Plasma base. I'll enlighten you all. That power you feel, it's the not just some power you acquire because you are angry. It is the power of a mega evolution. Are you aware of what mega evolution even is before I continue?"

"Umm… yeah, I remember Absol telling me some stuff about that a while back. I mean I've never seen it before, but… So… What you're saying is I'm becoming a Mega Riolu?"

"Not exactly… In fact it's far from that, but I'm going to make a wild assumption here as to what is going on. Team Plasma must have used an odd mixture of Lucarionite and Everstone to make your transformation possible. What I'm trying to say is this… You can't evolve, but within you, Josh, Kate, and all the other human-turned Pokemon is a power unlike any other. Now what this power means, I have no clue. But I do know that with control of it, there won't be much stopping you. And as of right now I've come to a conclusion… I'm ready."

A pursed my lips, "Ready?"

"I'm finally ready for you to meet me. In five minutes I will relay, I suppose what you could call, the general direction of my home through your mind. Just follow it and you should find me within less than a month's time."

"A month!? Jeez, that's gonna be quite the walk. But why did you just change your mind? Why wait so long to finally bring me to you?"

"Because someone else is going to know about this power of yours and they are going to want it for themselves. And with the right technology a human can turn you into just another Pokemon. Team Plasma might have kept your human conscience but there's a possibility to turn you into a Pokemon entirely. Meaning that your mind and memories will be completely wiped clean. You'll forget everyone. That's why I was so anxious to get you out of Team Alpha's base. Because I was afraid they would try to use your power to access me, but we were lucky they didn't learn of the power yet. So I suggest you all drop everything and get a move on now, because a month is near the approximate time depending on your pace."

Before I knew it the energy was gone and I just stared down at my paws in complete shock, that I might have the power of a legendary Pokemon at my disposal. And the fact that I might someday get to use it could mean I wouldn't have much stopping me. It made a flame start in my chest, a flame of what I assumed was passion.

"You heard the guy, let's get going," Weavile snapped.

I shook my head vigorously, bringing myself back to the real world and I replied, "Yeah, if we start moving now we can find a good spot to set up camp."

And thus began the next step to our journey.