This is What I Want
Chapter 6: Gardevoirite? What is that?
Jessica's POV:
A few hours later, Red and I reach Pewter City. Along the way, I trained up Spearow and Caterpie, who evolved into a Metapod. I'm getting closer to having myself a beautiful Butterfree! I'm scared about the first gym though. The only one that I can actually count on is Bulbasaur, but I'm not sure how strong he is. Maybe I should try to evolve him first? Is Vine Whip strong enough to beat the gym?
"Jessica, are you there?" Red snaps me out of my strategizing. "You've been staring at Nurse Joy for nearly five minutes now."
"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking about how to defeat the gym in this place." I tell him. "Nurse Joy, can you please heal my Pokemon?"
Nurse Joy laughs. "You already asked that earlier. Yes, they should be in good condition now."
"Thanks!" I smile at her. "Red, I'm going to go back to Route 2 and train. What do you plan on doing?"
"I'm going to go train too. Meet you back here at the Pokemon Center in about three or four hours for a battle?" he offers.
"Sure, but I promise you that I'll do better than last time. Talk to you later!" I run back to Route 2, and start training.
One hour later, I get three levels on Bulbasaur according to the Pokedex, when I see a Pokemon that I've never seen before. I see a small, kind of purple Pokemon with what looks like blue hair and two orange horns. I quickly grab my Pokedex, to see what Pokemon it is. 'Ralts, the Feeling Pokemon. It can sense the emotions of people using the horns on its head. This Pokemon rarely appears before people. But when it does, it draws closer if it senses that the person has a positive disposition. This Pokemon is a Psychic-type and a Fairy-type. It is native to the Hoenn Region, although it is fairly rare. It is currently level 11, and it knows the moves Growl, Confusion, Double Team, and Confuse Ray. Its gender is female. This Ralts is different because it is a shiny Pokemon.' Since when did Fairy-type Pokemon exist? It's also a shiny? Awesome!
"Hi, buddy. Why are you here?" I ask her, not wanting to scare her off by throwing a Poke Ball at her.
'You seem nice.' the Feeling Pokemon replied.
"Thanks for the compliment!" I reply to her, smiling. I then realized something. "Wait, how did you talk to me? Am I imagining things again?"
'I'm using telepathy so you can understand me.'
That makes a lot of sense, now that I think about it. Psychic-types can do stuff like that. "The Pokedex says that you're from the Hoenn Region. Why are you here in Kanto?"
'I don't know.' she replies. I then think of a good idea.
"Ralts, would you like to join my team?"
'Sure! I might actually become a Gardevoir with your help! Most of the trainers I've seen don't give me a second chance because they think I'm weak.' she happily exclaims. 'However, can I please stay outside the ball?'
"Of course, but I have to put you inside if you're hurt. Is that fine with you?" She nods, and I give her the Poke Ball. She presses the button, and the distinct click that you get when you catch a Pokemon can be heard. I immediately let her out of the ball, and I notice the stone that she's holding. "What's that stone that you're holding?"
'I don't know. I think it's supposed to help me when I evolve, but you can keep it for me.' She hands me the strange stone.
I call Professor Oak's number, which Green gave me a while back. I don't know how I even have a phone, but I might as well use it. He answers. "Hello, who is this?"
"Professor Oak, I'm Jessica, if you can still remember me." He chuckles.
"Of course, how could I forget? You ran into me while screaming because of a Rattata." I turn red at this statement, suddenly remembering the embarrassing way we met. "What can I do for you?"
"Well, I caught this Ralts, and she was holding this strange stone. It's perfectly round, is kind of white, and it has green, pink, and red in the middle. What is this stone?" I describe the peculiar stone to him. I hear mumbling coming from him, but I can sort of understand it as 'Sycamore is going to be interested in this'.
"That is a Gardevoirite, Jessica." I don't reply, since I'm still clueless about this. Gardevoirite? What is that? "There have been rumors that certain Pokemon that were thought to be unable to evolve any further can actually do something that they call Mega Evolution."
"Are you saying that Pokemon like Charizard can evolve into something else?" I didn't know that was even possible! What would a Charizard evolve into?
"Yes, but Mega Evolution is different from a normal evolution because it is only temporary." he explains even further. That's really interesting. "The Mega Evolution Guru in Shalour City, which is in the faraway region named Kalos, says that you need a Mega Stone for the Pokemon, which you already have, and a Mega Ring, which has a mysterious stone set in it, for the trainer."
"Where can I get one of those rings? I want one!" I practically scream at the phone, excited with this new information.
"I'll have to ask the Mega Evolution Guru about getting one sent here for you. For now, you should continue with your travels! Hopefully Green is not being his usual self. He's extremely arrogant, but he's a good person." Wow. Professor Oak actually believes that Green's a nice person, which kind of contrasts against what he said in the games when Red beats him.
"Yeah, about that…. I kind of left him to travel with Red." I blurt out.
"What did he do that made you leave him?" he asks.
"He told me that I shouldn't bother getting a Caterpie and a Spearow because they're weak, and I got offended." I explain.
"Well, he does make a point. They're pretty frail, especially against Rock-types." Wait, he's siding with Green on this one? "However, if you work hard enough, they will eventually have little to no problem in dealing with their weaknesses." There's the logical and Pokemon-loving Professor Oak that I'm used to. "You both make fair points, and both of you are right and wrong in this one. I don't want to force any decisions on you, but could you please be friends with him? He could use one, since he always spent his time alone in his room ever since he and Red stopped being friends." That doesn't seem like something Green would do.
"That doesn't seem like Green at all." I repeat my thoughts.
"Don't tell Green that I told you this, but I honestly think that Green's jealous of Red." he whispers.
I couldn't hold out my laughter. "Professor Oak, do you even know your grandson? You're describing an entirely different person!"
"Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Old age makes me forget some things." he jokes. "Honestly though, Red and Green stopped becoming friends a few months after I taught them about Pokemon. Red was always the better student, getting everything right and all the Pokemon I have here liking him, while Green always struggled, and the Pokemon weren't that fond of him." I stop my laughter. That actually makes a lot of sense. "I do think that I played a part in that, though. I always praised Red, while I lost my patience with Green when he repeatedly made the same mistakes." he admits.
I take in this new information, and decide to leave my argument with Green behind. I don't think Red will approve of me asking Green to travel with us, but I'll talk to him about that later. "I'll try, Professor. I'm pretty sure I have Green's number registered here, so I'll call him and apologize. Red won't be happy, though."
"Thanks for doing this for me, Jessica. Hopefully you can repair their friendship. Goodbye, Jessica." he hangs up the call.
I immediately find Green on my contact list, which contains an outstanding three people. I have him, Professor Oak, and Red registered. I don't want to be a socialite, but having only three numbers is kind of sad in my opinion. I call his number.
"Who's calling me this early?" I hear Green's annoyed voice. It's ten in the morning, I expected him to be awake already.
"Green, it's Jessica." I reply.
"It's good to hear from you, but I thought you hated me?" His tone suddenly changed into a more humble one, which is pretty surprising.
"That's what I wanted to talk about. I'm sorry, Green. I overreacted about what you said and didn't think logically. I respect your opinion, but I think I'll take the risk of having Caterpie and Spearow." I sincerely apologize to him, and it came out better than I thought it would. I expected to say something like 'I'm sorry that my choice of Pokemon offends you, although you lost to me on our first battle'
"I want to say sorry too. I didn't think about your feelings, and I risked our acquaintanceship because of that." He doesn't think of us as friends? It's probably because of the whole Red thing.
"Apology accepted. Green, don't you dare call me an acquaintance ever again. We're friends, remember?" I playfully threaten him.
"Friends it is, then. Now that we're on good terms again, do you want to travel with me again?" he offers.
"I'd love to, but only on one condition." I reply.
"And what will that condition be?" he asks.
A smile forms on my lips. "You have to let Red travel with us."
"No, that is not going to happen."
"Come on, Green! We could all travel together and become the best of friends!" I try to persuade him with my childish voice.
"Red's not my friend! He's my rival! Travelling with him is impossible!" he retorts.
"Please, do it for me? At least try to travel with him for a week. If you still don't want to travel with him by the end of that week, I'll have to switch between the two of you every city or something." I offer.
"Fine, I'll try." he sighs. "Why do you want Red and I to travel together, anyways?"
"You guys are both my friends! I'd feel bad if one of you travels alone." I explain.
"Whatever. Let's talk about something else. How's your training going?" he asks.
"Well, I'm training my Bulbasaur up to become an Ivysaur, and he should be pretty close. According to the Pokedex, he's currently level fifteen." I tell him. "I haven't worked on training Spearow yet, since he's weak to Brock's gym. I'm trying to get my Metapod to evolve into a Butterfree, and then I can work on my backup Pokemon against Brock's gym."
"What's your backup? I'm intrigued."
"Don't worry. You'll meet her eventually. How about you, how's your training?" I change the topic, not wanting to let him know yet that I have a shiny Ralts.
"I'm near Mount Moon, resting at the Pokemon Center here. I can come back to watch your gym battle, if you want. Now that I know how to navigate Route 3, it's easier to go back there." he tells me.
"That would be awesome, Green! I'm actually supposed to battle Red in about an hour or two, and I need my newest member prepared. His Charmander knocked out Bulbasaur in one shot, and that scares me." I explain. "I have to go now. Hopefully you'll show up to watch my battle with Red?"
"I'll try. Good luck on your battle!"
"Thanks." I hang up the call, and continue training.
I head back to the Pokemon Center, knowing that Red is probably waiting for me. During my training, Bulbasaur evolved into an Ivysaur, and I finally got myself a Butterfree. Ralts also gained some levels, since I didn't want her to be frail against Red and Brock. If Ivysaur faints against Brock's Pokemon, I have no one else to rely on but her. I go inside the red building, and get my Pokemon healed.
"Are you ready to face me?" I hear from behind me. I turn around and see Red there, ready for battle.
"Yeah, I'm ready. Let's take this outside." I reply, with a hint of arrogance on my voice. I don't know why, but that felt right. I shouldn't be arrogant though since he did beat me last time.
We go outside to a flat area with no people nearby, and Red sends out his first Pokemon, his Charmeleon. "Cool, your starter evolved. Mine did that too! I'll show you. Iv-" I get stopped by Ralts poking at me.
'I want to battle him.' she tells me.
"Are you sure?" I ask. She nods. "I suppose it wouldn't hurt. Ralts, tower over them with your power!" I mentally scold myself. That's the worst phrase ever, why did I even say that? I need a better rhyming phrase when I send out a Pokemon. I come closer to it, and hope that Red doesn't hear what I'm going to whisper to her. "Ralts, I need you to use telepathy to read my thoughts, so Red doesn't know what I'm about to do. Can you do that?" She nods. I try to talk to her through my thoughts. 'The telepathy will really help us in the long run.'
'Yeah, it will.' 'It's working? That's good.' She turns to me and smiles, before paying attention to Charmeleon again.
"Charmeleon, use Ember." he commands.
'Dodge and use Double Team!' I instruct her. She barely avoids the small fires, and makes multiple copies of herself.
"Well, two people can do that. Charmeleon, use Smokescreen." he calmly orders, as if he's not worried. A thick smoke suddenly makes it harder to see.
'Ralts, pay attention to the smoke for any type of movements, and use Confuse Ray on the Charmeleon.' She looks around for a moment, and she does her attack. I'm not sure if it hit him or not, but I'm hoping that it did.
"Charmeleon, use Dragon Rage." I'm pretty sure Ralts will faint from this one hit, and I wait for the inevitable. Nothing happens. It must have hit itself!
'Good, your attack worked! Just to be safe, let's use Double Team again.' She makes more copies of herself, and there must be at least two dozens of Ralts on the field.
"Charmeleon, use Dragon Rage again." I see Charmeleon attacking Ralts, but it was a duplicate one. Double Team is way too strong.
'Our plan's working! You're doing amazing!' I compliment her. 'Let's celebrate later. Try using Confusion.' The attack hits Red's Pokemon directly, but it seemed like it barely affected it.
"Charmeleon, use Scratch." Why would he go for Scratch? Dragon Rage is a lot more powerful than it! Charmeleon hits Ralts, but she seems to be fine.
'Ralts, use Confuse Ray again.' She successfully hits it again, but I'm perfectly sure now that Ralts will faint from one Dragon Rage, due to the Scratch damage.
"Charmeleon, use Dragon Rage." Speak of the devil. I panic when he actually approaches the real one this time, but nothing happens. How is that possible? I think I have to make a call to Professor Oak again. Even Red seems surprised. "Was that the real one this time, Jessica?" I nod. It's probably cheating, but I use this time to attack.
'Ralts, use Confusion, quick!'
"Why did nothing happen then?" This time, he's paying no attention to the battle and just facing me, demanding an answer.
'Ralts, do Confusion repeatedly while Red is distracted, stop immediately when he's unconscious.' I mentally tell her, while I answer Red. "I honestly have no idea!" I truly do have no idea why Dragon Rage did nothing.
'Charmeleon's down!' Ralts tells me. 'I feel tired now, do you mind if I just watch the rest of the battle?'
'You did amazing against an evolved Pokemon! I would probably be tired too if I did that myself. You deserve to rest.' Ralts starts approaching me again, and Red finally notices his fainted Charmeleon.
"Hey! You cheated!" he whines.
"You're the one who demanded answers from me and looked away from the battle!" I retort.
He opens his mouth to say something, but quickly closes it again. "You won that one by luck. Beedrill, I choose you!" An intimidating yellow and black Pokemon comes out, and I know that it's Weedle's final evolution. I send out Spearow.
"Beedrill, Poison Sting." "Spearow, Peck!" We both say our moves at the same time. Beedrill attacks first, but it did nothing to Spearow. Spearow surprisingly took Beedrill out in one hit, which I wasn't expecting.
He throws out his last Pokemon, a Mankey. I withdraw Spearow and show off my Butterfree.
"Butterfree, Sleep Powder!" She sends out a cloud of dust, which makes Mankey fall asleep immediately. "Now, use Confusion!" The super-effective move looks like it hurt Mankey a lot, but it didn't do enough to make it faint. "Do it one more time!" She repeats the telekinetic force, and the sleeping Mankey wakes up, only to fall to the ground unconscious again.
I return my Pokemon, and then I hear clapping noises. I look around to see Green, smiling at me. "That was impressive. You knocked out all of Red's Pokemon without losing any of yours. You're really skilled." Wow, he complimented my abilities.
"Thanks, Green. You don't know how much that means to me." I reply, happy with what he said.
He smirks. "Of course, you were fighting Red. We both know that he's not the strongest trainer ever."
"I'm still here, you know!" said a very angry Red, glaring at Green. He then turns to me. "Why are you guys suddenly on good terms now? The last time that we saw him, you dragged me out of the Pokemon Center just to get away from him!"
Before I could answer, Green started talking. "You actually made Red talk? You're really something else, Jessica."
I reply to both of them. "Green, yes. Red is now talking a bit more. Red, Green apologized to me and we're on good terms now."
"Have you told him yet?" Green asked me.
"Nope, I'm going to tell him now, I guess." I answer back.
"Tell me what?" Please don't be mad at what I'm going to say, Red.
"After you and I get our gym badges, since I'm pretty sure Green has his already, the three of us will be travelling together." I spill the information out.
"Why? You know that I hate his guts!" Red pointed at Green.
"Don't worry, the hate is mutual." Green reassures Red.
"You guys are both my friends, and I don't want you guys to travel alone, so we're going to travel together!" I happily tell them. Red and Green just glared at each other, and I'll take that as my time to leave. "I have to quickly talk to Professor Oak, so I'll be right back." I temporarily return Ralts to my Poke Ball, and give her ball along with my other Pokemon. "Can you heal them for me, please? Don't worry, I won't leave the city."
I run a decent distance away from them, and quickly call Professor Oak. "Jessica, why are you calling me again?"
"Red and I were battling earlier, and Charmeleon's Dragon Rage didn't do anything to my Ralts. Why is that?" I ask him.
"That's because of Ralts' Fairy typing. Dragon-type moves actually do nothing to Ralts, since all Fairy-types are immune to them. Also, Fairy-type moves are super-effective against Dark-types, Fighting-types, and the aforementioned Dragon-types. However, they are weak to Steel-types and Poison-types." he explains.
"Thanks, Professor. By the way, I managed to convince Green to travel with Red and I. Red probably needs some more persuasion, though."
"That's great! I have to do some work now, so I'll talk to you soon." He hangs up the call, and I make my way back to the Pokemon Center, when I run into two purple-headed teens.
"Sorry, I wasn't looking at where I was going." I apologize to them.
"It's my fault too. My name's Paul, and that," he points to the slightly taller teen next to him, "is my big brother, Reggie. He's going to challenge the Battle Pyramid tomorrow, and he brought me here from Sinnoh just to watch his battle!"
"I'm Jessica, and I'm going to try and be the Kanto Champion." I introduce myself to Paul and Reggie.
"I'm so excited to watch Reggie get his last Battle Frontier Symbol! He's the best trainer in the world! He has all the badges in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh, too!" Paul proudly boasts.
"Calm down, Paul. You're probably scaring her away." Reggie tells his brother. "He's not lying, though. If you want, you can watch my battle tomorrow with Paul."
"I'd like to watch an experienced trainer battle, it might help me out in the future." I accept his offer.
"Jessica, do you mind if we share numbers? We can be friends and talk everyday even if I'm in Sinnoh and you're in Kanto!" Paul asks me.
"Sure!" He takes my phone and registers himself in. I do the same on his. He then takes Reggie's phone and registers me. I have no idea why, but it's fine with me. "By the way, aren't you a Trainer yet, Paul? I actually just started my journey a few days ago, and I'm only eleven."
"I'm eleven too! I actually have my Sinnoh starter with me, but I wanted to watch Reggie battle first." Paul explains.
"That's nice." I tell him. "Hey, do you want to see the Pokemon I have with me? They should be at the Pokemon Center, being healed up."
Paul shakes his head. "I don't want to see them, I want to battle them!" He looks at his big brother. "Reggie, can I battle Jessica?"
"Sure, but how many Pokemon do you have?" Reggie looks at me, waiting for a response.
"I have four." I reply.
"I could give Paul one of my Pokemon so you guys could have a two-on-two battle, is that fine with you?" Reggie asks us.
"Yes!" We reply at the same time.
Reggie chuckles. "Alright, let's go to the Pokemon Center and get ready."
Once we arrive at the Pokemon Center, Red and Green immediately run towards me in worry.
"Where have you been? I was worried!" they both say at the same time.
"Guys, don't worry. I just met two new friends." I point to the two purple-haired teens. "That's Paul, and that's Reggie."
"Hi! Are you trainers too?" Paul asks the two rivals.
"Yeah, and I'm better than him." they say at the same time, again.
"Where are my Pokemon?" I ask the two. They hand me the four Poke Balls. "Thanks for healing them up for me, guys. I really appreciate it. Paul, you wanted a battle, right?"
"Yeah, and Reggie just gave me the other Pokemon I'm going to use. Let's head outside for this battle?" I nod. Paul, Reggie and I go outside for our battle. Red and Green decided to stay behind.
Reggie decided to become the referee for our match.
"Elekid, stand by for battle!" Paul sends out a round Pokemon with what looks like prongs on its head.
"Let's go, Ivysaur, tower over them with your power!" Why did I say that again? I have to think of a better phrase.
"Elekid, use Leer!" "Ivysaur, use Leech Seed!" We said our commands at the same time, just like with Red and his Beedrill. While we didn't do any direct damage yet, Ivysaur's Leech Seed is slowly taking off Elekid's health, which is good.
"Elekid, use Leer again!" This is scaring me. He's just slowly lowering Ivysaur's defense until a Tackle could faint it in one hit. I have to stop this.
"Ivysaur, use Sleep Powder!" The same cloud of dust that Butterfree made earlier was recreated by Ivysaur, and Elekid is asleep again. "Wonderful! Now, Take Down!" Ivysaur charges at the helpless, sleeping Elekid, and hits it hard. It's still standing, though.
"Elekid, wake up!" Elekid suddenly woke up from its sleep, ready to battle again. "Good! Use your Quick Attack now!" Elekid gets ready to move, but suddenly collapses unconscious. "What happened?" Paul asked his brother. However, I answered it for him.
"I set up the Leech Seed on you, which slowly drains your Elekid's energy. You probably forgot about it, because it was barely noticeable." I explain.
"She's right, Paul. You should pay attention to stuff like this more if you want to be a good trainer. Obviously, she's already good, although she just started." Reggie continues for me.
"Okay, I guess Turtwig has to win for me. Turtwig, stand by for battle!" He sends out a light green Pokemon with a plant growing on its head.
"Ivysaur, you've done well, and you need to take a rest." I send him back inside his Poke Ball. "Let's go, Ralts, tower over them with your power!" My shiny Ralts comes out of the ball. 'We're in a battle, but I promise that you can stay out of your ball out of this one.' She nods, and gets ready. I see Paul and Reggie's shocked reactions.
"Whoa, is that a Ralts? Those are really rare!" Paul asks Reggie.
"Yes, they're really rare, but this one is a shiny Ralts!" Reggie exclaims.
"Although it's a shiny Pokemon, it doesn't mean that it's powerful! Turtwig, use Tackle!"
'Avoid it and use Confuse Ray.' She sends a sinister ray to the Turtwig, making it confused. 'Now, use Confusion!' The attack hits the Turtwig, knocking it out in one shot. Paul was just standing there, dumbfounded.
"Jessica didn't even do anything!" Paul complains to Reggie. He shakes his head.
"Ralts is a Psychic-type, and most Psychic-types can do telepathy, and their trainer can command them through their thoughts. Sabrina, the gym leader in Saffron City, takes advantage of this." Reggie explains to his brother.
"Now I understand why she was just staring at Turtwig." He approaches me. "Thank you for that battle, Jessica. You are a good trainer. Now I have someone else to look up to other than Reggie!"
I laugh at this. "Promise me that we'll still talk at least once a week when you go back to Sinnoh."
"I promise. Reggie will probably force me to go through with the promise, anyways." Paul chuckles at his joke, and goes inside the Pokemon Center.
"It will be good for him to actually have a friend other than his brother." Reggie tells me.
"How can someone like Paul not have any friends? He's nice, and he has a really skilled brother with him." I reply back.
"That's the main problem. They don't like how he has a really strong brother, and it doesn't help that he always wants to tell people about his accomplished brother." he explains.
"That explains it then. If Paul ever wants to become a trainer after Sinnoh, I could go with him." I offer.
"You just gave me a great idea!" What idea is he talking about? "Paul should travel with you after my battle with Brandon!"
Author's Note: I don't know how the story suddenly become a mixture of the games and the anime, but I just went with it. The chapter was originally going to be only about Red and Jessica's battle and the whole shiny Ralts encounter, but it went way farther than that. Not complaining though, it kinda works. If you haven't noticed yet via the title or the chapter, there will be mega evolutions in this story, and maybe even some Kalos Pokemon. I probably could cut this into two chapters, but since I feel nice, here's an extra long chapter!
Just so people don't get confused, here's Jessica's current team and their movesets (either gen 6 or gen 5):
Ivysaur, Level 17 Male
Take Down, Leech Seed, Sleep Powder, Vine Whip
Spearow, Level 12 Male
Peck, Growl, Leer, Fury Attack
Butterfree, Level 13 Female
Tackle, String Shot, Confusion, Sleep Powder
Ralts (shiny), Level 15 Female
Confusion, Double Team, Confuse Ray (egg move), Teleport
Here's Red's team: (Didn't give them genders, but maybe in the future)
Charmeleon, Level 18
Scratch, Ember, Smokescreen, Dragon Rage
Beedrill, Level 12
Poison Sting, String Shot, Harden, Fury Attack
Mankey, Level 14
Covet, Leer, Focus Energy, Fury Swipes, Karate Chop
And here's Paul's 'team':
Elekid, Level 10 (Given by Reggie)
Quick Attack, Leer, Thundershock, Low Kick
Turtwig, Level 10
Tackle, Withdraw, Absorb