The show! Will! Go! On!
Keldeo reared up on his hind legs, his expression serious and his Secret Sword raised and glowing brightly.
Keldeo the Critic
Season 4 Episode 1: Kevin and Buizel REWRITE by SukottoDeragon
"Okay, so it's the next morning, and neither Kevin nor his Pokemon have been found."
"Oh Kevin, you note-head, you gotta come back, you just gotta..." George was making promises to himself in his mind, that he would not bother him again if he returned. That he will give him a grand deal in music, simply anything for him to return.
George put the book away, put on his bed robe and headed towards the kitchen. He also had to wake up Cedric as he stayed at his home in case the Pokémon came back to the house. The doctor had crashed in George's couch, his snores were as loud as a truck, if he wanted to blame his own sleepless night, it could probably be him. Cedric's Lucario was sitting in a chair petting on her trainer's head while humming.
"OH COME ON!" Keldeo exclaimed, more angry than disgusted now, "Even Korrina and her Lucario if they saw this would be like:"
Korrina: "*sigh* Yeah, this is weird."
Korrina's Lucario: "(Yes. Yes it is.)"
"Darn, does this Pokémon of yours never sleep Cedric?" George said aloud, hoping to wake up Cedric. "Rise and shine doc! Stop dating with that Lucario and get up." George said jokingly. A huge thump was heard from the living room, Cedric fell from the couch slammed his face on the ground. "Good! You are up now!"
Cedric walked into the kitchen and sat down; he rubbed his own head in pain. "You don't have to yell to wake me up, and I'm not dating."
"Calm down Ced, Let's have some coffee." George left the coffee pot on and started assorting cups for him and Cedric. "Hey Cedric, can your girlfriend drink coffee?"
"She is not my girlfriend! And yes, Kyla likes coffee!" Cedric was starting to get pissed off.
"Well if you gave your Lucario a few moral lessons you wouldn't have this problem!"
"Well, anyway, our main characters get a phone call saying Kevin's Pokemon have been found. . . already?"
George quickly ran towards it and picked it up with the hopes of some information on the Pokémon to finally come.
"Hello, this is George." As George picked up the phone he saw the image of a young trainer with black short hair and blue eyes.
"You are Kevin's manager correct?" The trainer at the other side asked calmly.
"Yes! I'm his manager!"
"I found Kevin's Pokémon and I want to go over there right now!" He said as he showed the pokemon gathered up, Buizel and Pikachu were playing around while Lucario was carrying the guitar bag.
Slappy Squirrel: "That was pointless."
"Well anyway, we suddenly learn that all the Pokemon are oddly happy even though Kevin is still missing."
George smiled as he saw the Pokémon and was excited. "Nice! What about Kevin?" George asked hoping Kevin was with them.
"Oh no, he is still missing?" The trainer asked sadly, he was disappointed. "I was hoping for Kevin to have already appeared, I really need to talk to him."
"No... there are still no clues of him." George was dissapointed, but at least the Pokémon were safe.
"It's strange because the Pokémon here are looking very happy with me right now... anyways, I'm going down there to give you all the Pokémon, could I have the address?"
George gave him the address and thanked the trainer for his time, now it's just a matter of waiting. George sat with Cedric again; they were both slightly happier, but still worried about Kevin. They couldn't believe that there was no information about him yet. "This is not a good situation..." George pondered to himself, although Cedric was doubtful.
"I don't know... why would Kevin's Pokémon be happy?"
"Because they got rescued from being lost of course!"
"No, the only reason I would think of his Pokémon being happy, is that they saw Kevin or talked to Kevin. So why isn't he with his Pokémon again?" Cedric did make a point, but he wasn't done, "another thing that I wanted to mention, was that my Lucario was calm despite everything." Cedric's Lucario looked at him quickly and then approached to hug and snuggle him. "Kyla, why were you so calm, did the Pokémon know where Kevin was?" Kyla thought for a few second and then nodded, she smiled at her trainer. "That's great! So they went to talk to him?" Kyla nodded one more time. "That's great, but why didn't you mention anything at the start?" Kyla didn't know how to respond to this one, to what she only resorted to hug her trainer again.
Cedric stood up and walked towards the couch, he invited his Pokémon to sit with him. "I guess you forgot, Kyla?" His Lucario was flustered, she had completely forgotten. She resorted to then hug his trainer, to which Cedric for one snuggled back. "That's fine my poor Kyla, we all forget things." Cedric continued to pat her head gently. "We all make mistakes."
"So when's the kiss?"
"Shut-up, George. You sick enabler," Keldeo said emotionlessly.
Kyla's ears perked up quickly and she smiled, to which before Cedric was able to even spout a word towards George, she kissed her trainer in the cheek again and continued hugging. "George, please no, she is already very affectionate towards me, please don't make matters worse."
"Or make matters better is seems. If you don't want her around as much, just store her inside your poke ball." George asked, if he really doesn't want Kyla around he should just send her to his poke ball.
"Redundant much, redundant?" Keldeo asked with a grin.
"I can't! I lost the poke ball." Cedric said as he held his Lucario.
"How do you just lose a poke ball, and is it not possible to recapture her inside another poke ball?" George wondered.
"I can't, I lost my poke ball last month. It's fine, I'm okay with all this hugging, it is really nice, but not with all this kissing on the cheek thing." Cedric said as he continued to comfort his Lucario until he realized she had fallen asleep at his arms, she was snug in his arms. "Wow, This is the first time I've seen her asleep from so close." Cedric didn't want to admit it, not to his new friend, but he enjoyed being near his Lucario dearly.
Keldeo was hoofing in resignation. Then he sighed and said, "Okay, now this is getting scary. Skyla obviously has a sick obsession that's probably not very healthy . . . for her and Cedric by the look at this."
George chuckled from afar; it was a very cute scene. "She really does love you."
"I guess she really does, I really care a lot for my Lucario."
George chuckled and thought of a way to mock his new friend again, "if you never have a girlfriend you at least have Lucario to marry!"
"And yet you continue mocking me..."
"You're asking for it!"
"Anyway, before we get another Mon on Man make out session, the trainer who found Kevin's Pokemon finally arrives."
The door knocked,
"Did Starfire from the Team Titans edit this?"
George quickly got up from the table near the kitchen to open, and Kyla didn't wake up from the loud knocking. As soon as he opened the door Kevin's Pokémon busted in and sat near the couches. From the door, the trainer was standing. "Young trainer, thank you so much for your help." The trainer stood there and smiled, he was taller and a bit older than Kevin by the likes of it.
"It is my pleasure George!" The trainer shook hands with George, he had the feeling that he knew who this trainer was, but his attitude didn't quite stick this familiar person.
"How do you know my name? Do I know you?" George was trying to recall people.
"You don't remember me? I caused a huge incident years ago. It's me, Adam!" George's eyes widened, he had grown so much and seemed so polite. Cedric looked at him from afar.
"That's Adam?!" Kyla woke at the scream, she stood up and got defensive towards the trainer, posing to get ready to attack, Kevin's Pokémon urged Kyla otherwise. After that, Kyla went back snuggling with his trainer. "Wasn't he the bad trainer who almost basically stole Kevin's friend?" Adam stepped in and talked to Cedric.
"I've changed in the years, I was completely wrong in the past, and I regret it deeply." Adam noticed that Cedric and Lucario were very close. "Sometimes I wish I had such a connection with my Pokémon, I don't know how Kevin and his Buizel are so connected. You and your Lucario seem very close, I wish I was able to be close with mine at all." Adam said as he sat down the table, he was disappointed. "If I never talk to him, I fear that I might never know how to treat Pokémon better." Adam looked at George, he just stared at him.
"Wow, I'm really liking this new take on Adam. He knows that how he acted was wrong, he regrets his actions, and he wants to become a better person."
"You don't mind if I stay and talk for a while, do you?"
George prepared a coffee for Adam. "I hope you like coffee" George said as he sat down in front of him. "So how did you find the Pokémon?"
"They just ran towards me, they basically found me. It was honestly odd; I thought Kevin's Pokémon would be scared of me."
Cedric was also interested what Adam had to say in person, he wanted to stand and sit at the kitchen table, but Kyla had fallen to sleep yet again, he patted her head and spoke from where he was. "After the incident and that poor Pikachu? Anyone would be scared of you."
Adam looked at Cedric with confusion, "to Pikachu? If you are talking about the cuts, it's because I rescued him from kids that didn't really know what they were doing. I tried raising him myself, but he was always so frightened, that's why I gave the Pokémon to Kevin, because I knew he could make Pikachu happy again." Adam said as he looked at George, "I was glad to see my Pikachu again; it gave me certainty that I made the right choice."
"Whoa! So he's not even guilty of that crime?" Keldeo said in surprise, "That's incredible! And the idea that he tried raising a Pikachu but just couldn't do it just sounds so heartbreaking."
"Well, anyway, Adam is allowed to read Kevin's diary."
Cedric, not getting up from his embrace from Lucario, still had the need to protest, "are you sure he should read it George?" George however trusted Adam now, his first impression of him showed how much he had changed throughout time.
"Adam is different, I mean the Pokémon trust him." George figured that if Adam was still a bad person, they would've run away. "If he really needs to know about something he was going to ask him, he might find it in the journal." George looked at Adam and smiled at him, "I'll trust anyone who is able to find Kevin's best friend and bring him home safely."
Adam didn't really imagine that such praise was coming his way, he was always thankful of such things, but coming from a friend of Kevin's was big for him. "Thank you so much, in which case, do you want me to read these pages aloud for you?" Adam asked George.
"We already read the other pages; you can read these on your very own, a certain chapter reminds me of the beauty and the beast over here." Cedric protested, but not aloud to not disturb his sleeping pokemon.
"Kyla is no beast."
"Nah man, you are the beast." George said as he got up from the table and picked up Adam's empty cup. "Adam, you can go to my bedroom and read there, chapters start getting very poetic." George pointed towards his room; Adam picked up Kevin's backpack and kept moving. "Oh before you go, I need an opinion on something." The manager looked at both Cedric and Lucario. "Vanilla or chocolate for their wedding cake?"
"SHUT-UP! SHUT-UP! PLEASE JUST SHUT-UP WITH THE STUPID BESTIALITY!" Keldeo exploded, turning into his Resolute Form and extending his Secret Sword. "Don't they see how messed up this all is? Shouldn't Kyla be offended by all this?"
"We are not a couple and we are not getting married!" Cedric said, Kyla didn't do anything or appeared to be mad, she just smiled alongside him.
"We should ask Kyla then," George asked the recently awoken Pokémon, "how would you like a wedding cake with Cedric?" Kyla was fulll of joy and hugged her trainer.
Keldeo's jaw almost hit the ground.
"Darn it George! We are not getting married! It's not even a thing that can happen!"
"I don't think your pokemon agrees."
Keldeo stared in disbelief for a long moment, then he sighed and said, "Okay, SukottoDeragon, I wanna be serious for a moment, and I just wanna ask in all honesty, nothing ironic, no jokes, just straight up and plainly . . . what did you think was gonna happen here? What was the mindset? Did . . . you really think that years later, people would appreciate the brilliance of a Pokemon bestiality couple? I mean, what, did you think people would be like, 'Skyla and Cedric: Ungodly genius. So many various levels, in which it works. We should hold it up to the great love stories that come before us!' Martin and Rose, Spyro and Cynder, Shining Armor and Cadence . . . man and dog. . . Of course, naturally. I mean, I believe I actually saw that on Spike the Snob when he was analyzing the Greatest Love Stories of Any Generation . . ."
Spike the Snob sat in his chair as he stroked the top of his walking stick. He smiled and said, "Well it's not so much that it goes against all the laws of nature, but the fact that it tarnishes the pure and innocent relationship shown between Kevin and Buizel later on."
The little dragon sat back and continued to smile for a moment, but then suddenly frowned angrily and growled out, "You know what? No. Just no. Forget this garbage. I can't lie with a straight-face. This is just too gross."
"EYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Keldeo screamed as he sliced the scene in half with his Secret Sword. He then immediately calmed down and returned to his normal form.
"So . . ." Keldeo said, slightly out of breath, "Adam finally gets to read the darn book, and of course we have the scene that was oh so important in the original story, the bonding scene."
He was attempting to sleep at the other side of the sleeping bag, but he was shaking and could not sleep at all. He was scared of
thunders just like I was.
Lightning fell and struck the ground very near us, that impact also made Buizel so scared that I could actually see him crying with his
eyes closed shut tight, that thunder had scared me out as well. Buizel was gripping the edge of the sleeping bag tightly, almost ripping it
with his paws, his fear was evident.
I had wanted to make him feel safe, so I told him that everything was alright, I had given him pats on the head of my friend, and I had
assumed he was able to be calm now, but he was still a bit scared.
Buizel started to approach me; I could sense his fear, and also the need of someone to keep him safe. He reminded me a lot of myself
when I had sleepless nights, those moments of my childhood in where I was in fear of the might of nature and sky, but my mother and father
were always there to protect me, I might as well follow their example, and protect my friend.
I made a simple offer, for us to hug to sleep. These things had helped me when I was alongside my family and I always had felt safe,
Buizel immediately hugged me. It took me by surprise. It felt kind of, comfortable actually. We slept like that for a couple of hours but
Buizel moved a bit and woke me up, it was still raining and the thunders would never stop, the world was playing its symphony of nature and
wanted its audience to be awake on such moments.
Buizel then turned towards me almost on top of my chest hugging me with his both arms, he simply Buiied, obviously I couldn't
understand but, the tone he gave away was very soft.
His fur was feeling warmer overtime and his embrace grew ever so tighter, I then realized much of a friend I was to him as well, ever
since I saved him near the shore he had always tried to be near me no matter what. Ever since I told him that I wanted to be his friend
he has always been around, I understood why he didn't want to go inside the poke ball when asked at times, he loved and cared for me
deeply. I had never imagined such a thing to happen, but this is what forming a bond was like.
I couldn't help to follow my heart and hug him with my both arms as well, a very tight hug to make him know that I actually loved and
cared for him too.
Personally, I have never thought that I would go as far as loving a Pokémon as a really good friend, but then again, Buizel is the one
greatest friend I have, the only family I got at the moment, the first one who cherished my melodies, he has been there for me all this
time. Calm grew inside me as I hugged, despite rain and thunder, everything was fine.
I had closed my eyes while still embracing him in my attempts to finally sleep. My friend however had licked me, it had caught me by
surprise, and it felt strange. It was if I understood some things about him now, but it opened up even more questions on various other
things. I felt true happiness emerge from within, I didn't really feel alone lately, but I did feel as if I was never going to be alone ever
again, then I realized that Buizel was my very best friend of all, and that he would never leave my side. I simply patted him in the head
and told him how silly he was.
Then, a very ridiculous idea crossed my mind, I really wanted him to feel exactly what I felt right there, and there is one way only to
make such a powerful whirlpool of emotions, I decided to give a tiny lick at Buizels cheek as well. A second later, a couple of tears ran
through his face, his smile was uncontrollable, and his hug grew somewhat tighter, and so tighter that I might as well suffocate and
never realize about it. He snuggled against my body way more than before. His fur felt incredibly cuddly and warm. But what I enjoyed the most
of this embrace, was the fact that I had Buizel beside me, to feel my friend so close to me. The feeling of having him in pure contact with me
opened an inner happiness that was locked away in my soul; I just loved him to be near me. Countless songs where crafted in my head but
certainly none described this powerful and intense feeling of love that we shared together, the only song that I thought that did was the one
composed by both of us.
I just wanted that embrace to last forever, never to separate, to feel him near my body was simply so enjoyable that I could stay
forever like this.
It was right there where I understood what my mom meant about "Bonding is something each trainer must experiment." It's
something personal when being with your Pokémon, I have to admit to myself yet again that I enjoyed it; this was a connectivity that I
felt with Buizel. Now, I can't imagine what It could feel losing him; we would just cry non-stop if we got separated. I couldn't imagine
such a fate for us.
Well, in short, we have bonded together. There was absolutely no way for us to talk to each other yet, but in our embrace it was if we
could talk to each other. But there is something that is bothering me however, I feel as if there was something that Buizel has been
trying to tell me, that there is something important that he has to let me know.
I really felt that this experience was something that not many trainers really shared, but this was such a normal feeling, of friendship
and companionship. Buizel and I are best friends forever.
Wouldn't have you imagined that your best friend could be your own Pokémon? Why not? There is nothing wrong to it. Some trainers
say that they are just buddies; some say that they really don't feel anything for us trainers. But it shouldn't really matter what they
would think, because I knew with absolute certainty that Pokémon can feel as much as we do.
"Yeah, I know the text is a little wonky, but that's because it's supposed to be a journal entry. Anyway, I can feel all of you accusing me of being unfair because I think Kevin and Buizel's relationship is okay but Cedric and Kyla isn't. Well you listen to me, Kevin and Buizel are clearly in a platonic state. Ya know, like brothers. When Buizel licked Kevin, it was a Pokemon's way of saying, 'you're my family. I care about you. I'll never leave your side.' Kevin was able to understand it, and figured, 'hey! I feel the same way, so why not say in the Pokemon way!' Kevin was just returning the innocent gesture."
"Now Kyla, on the other hoof, is constantly giving Cedric all these gross sloppy wet kisses and has her paws all over him- uggh! It's disgusting! Kevin makes it perfectly clear that there's nothing wrong with having a Pokemon as your best friend. NOT YOUR ROMANTIC PARTNER!"
Keldeo groaned and said, "It's like this story was written using Cards Against Humanity! It's like he drew cards that said Fanboy Doctor, Lucario, Bestiliaty!"
Keldeo sprayed himself in the face with water from his left forehoof and sighed, "Oh boy. I need to calm down. I mean, it's not like SukottoDeragon would really use cards to write a fanfic-."
Kevin the Buizel
Fate is uncertain, or so they say. Mathias, a magician is willing to make a reading of Kevin, a former human who became a pokemon. Kevin will have to adapt and completely rid of his humanity while others are searching for him to discover the secrets of his transformation A sequel of Kevin and Buizel -The story's direction is randomized by using Tarot cards to define their fate - Published: Jan 6
Keldeo promptly walked off the rock platform and off to one side. There was the sound of violent splashing, thrashing, and slicing from off screen. Then, Keldeo ran back in, his hair messed up badly and his eyes blazing with anger.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! No, seriously, WHAT IN THE NAME OF BURNT BISCUITS ARE YOU DOING?! I don't get it! I really don't! It's like you're trying to tick off the people that loved the original story so much! Why? No, really, why are you trying to tick us off? I mean, it's bad enough I have to review this rewrite, but now I have a sequel based off of gypsy fortune telling to worry about! Am I having some kind of nightmare?!"
"Well, how about we forget all that, and put our focus back on the plot. This is the part where we flash back to the day Kevin disappeared and see things from his perspective."
The doors of the Cafe opened as I noticed the bell ring from the top of the door, I saw a trainer with short straight black hair maybe a
couple of years older than me, I knew he was a trainer because of the Charizard outside that he quickly made go back into his poke ball.
I was worried because he was glaring at me, he sat down at the same table that I was, so I greeted him.
"Hey! Do I know you?" He did look very familiar, but why does it bother me so much? The trainer took his jacket off and hung it by the
chair, he then smiled at me.
"Don't you remember me?" I realized that he wasn't smiling very enthusiastically, he was indeed happy, but I also sensed concern within
him.
"You do seem familiar! But I don't know where I have seen you..." I was recalling people from the past to no avail, I didn't recall this
person.
"It was a very long time ago," he was at edge in nervousness, what was it that he was so scared about? "I'm Adam." I was not pleased with his visit in the least.
"Ah, so it is you," I wasn't very gentle with this response, but I didn't want to show him that I didn't mind what happened in the past. He did seem concerned at my answer. I closed my journal and put it away.
"I just need to say that I am sorry for what I did in the past! I had a lot of anger issues and problems, but that all changed I swear!" Adam was now desperate, pleading for forgiveness. I can't give him that as easy as he wants it. "I just want to talk to you, about Pokémon," why would this guy want to talk about Pokémon with me?
"You almost stole my friend, and you want to talk about Pokémon?" I was starting to think that I was probably being rude, I saw Adam and decided to listen to him, if he was really sorry I wanted to hear what he had to say.
"I was full of anger issues and depression, I got bullied at school and when I became a trainer I felt strong like those bullies. I thought I would do anything, but I realized later that I wasn't using my powers, but the strength of my Pokémon."
"EX - PO - SI - TION! EX - PO -SI -TION! Rush it out AS - AP!" Keldeo and Munna sang.
I remembered my favourite show was here today! "I honestly can't wait to see the show myself! I can't wait for the greatest magic act on all Kalos to be here in Sunnyshore!"
"What kind of magic? Is it some sort of playing card tricks?" He laughed as he drank some coffee.
"The great Mathias and Braixen! Illusion, tricks and miraculous events." I explained their many illusions and tricks, many of them were of levitation, mind magic but most of all, their grand final act which was simply a miracle. "Mathias in the final act enters by himself inside a box as his Braixen leaves the scenario. He slowly descends inside the box, and then smoke comes from the inside!"
Keldeo shook his head and laughed, "Really? His name is Mathias? What's next? A pastor named Jak Stor? An undertaker named Mr. Grol?"
"So after that odd mention of a character, we finally get to see how that scene between Kevin and Team Rocket played out in which Kevin tries to hire Meowth as a Pokemon translator."
"Sorry music boy. I'm not interested." He shook his head and turned around.
"Well then, would you accept money? I have a lot of money, just name a price" I wasn't sure what else to offer aside from money, I was hoping they would accept.
"Like we need money, we have money all the time." Meowth said, "This twerp clearly doesn't know who we are."
"I thought you three were always broke?" Keldeo said in confussion, "Or am I being a genwunner?"
"Well um, what do you want then? Just name it." Hopefully I had anything they wanted.
"We only care about your Pokeymon right now!" Meowth said as he stood above the table and stretched his arm towards me. I looked around and noticed that there wasn't anyone nearby to watch our conversation.
"I'm sure it is because you want Buizel to use hyperbeam. Ha! He wouldn't do such a thing for your evil plans, tell'em buddy." Buizel jumped on top of the table and spoke to the Meowth, actually it would've seemed like he was yelling at him.
"Hey calm down! You don't have to be so mean." Meowth looked at Jessie and James, "he is right, that Pokémon would rather be gone than to be away from his trainer, he also absolutely refuses to use hyperbeam, no matter what." I was proud of Buizel, what a good friend he was, I was happy to be able to understand just a bit of what he said, it was exciting to me.
I needed to insist, the opportunity of communication was painfully close that I felt like snatching Meowth immediately, but I had to be calm about this, I definitely didn't want to lose the chance. I slid the diamond collar once more; it is worth a ton of money after all.
"But really now, the collar is very expensive, I'm sure this is at least enough for a few minutes of your time." It was a diamond collar with a single gem in its center. It had a circular shape to it, and the chain that held the gem was made of pure gold, my hopes on their interest just rose as the thief with the purple hair grabbed a hold of it to look closely. The woman looked at me and smirked.
"Okay twerp I'll give it to you, this collar is pretty okay but we want to see what else you have!" Jessie said.
"But, it's a necklace of diamond and gold," what else could I offer these guys? They are already ripping me off as it is, "I have like what, soda caps and paper clips... you are already gaining more than you should with the necklace." I noticed the guy with the blue hair stare in awe at the soda caps.
"Is that?! The special edition soda pop cap?!" He asked as he pointed at them dramatically, he was very surprised with them for whatever reason.
"Uh, I think so?" I had no idea what was going on, but before I knew it, the guy grabbed Meowth and spoke to him.
"Close the deal! CLOSE THE DEAL NOW!" He said while shaking Meowth's entire body back and forth.
Keldeo chuckled, "Okay, that joke will always be funny."
"Okay twerp, you can let Meowth do… whatever it is that he does for two minutes" The woman with anti-gravity hair said, but I wanted more than just a few minutes.
"Fifteen minutes!" I insisted
"Five minutes!"
"Twelve minutes!"
Pinkie Pie: "One bit!"
Shopkeeper: "Two bits!"
Pinkie Pie: "Two bits!"
Daffy: "Duck season, FIRE!"
BOOM!
"Ten minutes or no deal!"
Ten minutes would suffice for me; it will be enough to talk of many things
"It's a deal"
"Okay, so in the original, the deal gets interrupted by Adam who's trying to steal Buizel again. But since Adam is good in this, I'm curious to see how this is gonna play out-."
As I turned back around I noticed Team Rocket running away with Buizel! I couldn't believe it!
"OH, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!" Keldeo exclaimed, "This is like when Team Galactic captured Riley and Aaron in Breaking the Chains because they fainted from Maylene taking too long to order ice cream! Yeah, I went there! I'm still bitter about that scene. And it also shows how dumb Kevin was to try and make a deal with a terrorist organization!"
Hiro-san: "Stupid! You're so stupid!"
"And I know, Team Rocket really aren't that dangerous, but they sure aren't trustworthy!"
"Hey! Come back here you thieves!" Without thinking twice I grabbed both my pokeballs and released Pikachu and Riolu. The light from the pokeball revealed both my Pokémon. "Riolu, Pikachu! Chase down those criminals!" My Pokémon quickly dashed towards them; unfortunately Team Rocket was already close to their hot air balloon already.
The woman with the pink hair turned around and threw a strange device to both of them. It was a net that flew right above my Pokémon falling on top of them; the ends of the net struck the ground and kept both of my Pokémon held tight. My Pikachu attempted to use electric attacks but the net absorbed the energy from it and damaged them instead.
The woman laughed maniacally. "Good thing we are used to the other twerp's Pikachu at this point, right James?"
Their whole team got up aboard the hot air balloon, James was crying however. "But Jessie I wanted those bottle caps! They are so rare!"
"Quit whining James, this Pokémon is far more valuable than your stupid caps." The hot air balloon ignited the flame and they began to rise. "Now that we have this Pokémon, we will use him to capture the other twerp's Pokémon! See you never!"
"My bottle caps!"
Keldeo chuckled, "That joke is still funny."
I ran towards the net and tried freeing Riolu and Pikachu myself, but the net itself was too hard to get out. This was horrifying, my best friend was being stolen by these clowns and I'm fearing that I may never see him again and I don't know what I can do. I just watched helplessly how they were flying away. I feel ashamed; I made my friend go through an unnecessary danger...
A very loud flapping noise caught my attention behind me, before I could turn a huge Pokémon flew right above me, it was Adam's Charizard! I felt more relieved!
"Oh no you don't! Do you clowns think you can just run away with my friend's Pokémon with such ease?" Adam yelled at them as he approached them at a steady pace.
It was hard to see from the distance, but I noticed Charizard closing in. Then an audible scream from Team Rocket caught my attention, I paid attention to everything that happened, I noticed Charizard throwing an attack towards the balloon, the transport exploded and I noticed the three of them fly off at the distance.
The reaction of Adam was simply amazing; he noticed what Team Rocket did before I even noticed despite their skills on stealing. He rode the Charizard quickly towards the balloon and attacked Team Rocket. There was definitely amazing trainer attributes within him.
Keldeo clapped his fore hooves and smiled, "Congratulations, Adam, you have officially redeemed yourself."
"After the rescue, we get a genuinely touching scene between Adam and Kevin and really shows how much they've grown. The scene shows that things really are cool between them, and how true this new friendship between them is. It also shows us how resolute Kevin is about his desire to understand Pokemon, and how that desire has also touched Adam as well."
Adam flew back towards me, I managed to free Riolu and Pikachu from the net, but the electric attacks had both of them fainted. Buizel was scared and shivering as he was in Adam's arms; as soon as he handed him back to me he smiled and hugged me. "Buizel I'm so sorry!" I was completely disappointed in myself for putting my friend to such dangers, "I was so worried about you, and I promise that I won't do something so dangerous again!" I hugged my Buizel and held him close to me; I patted him and assured him that everything was going to be alright now. Adam was proud of helping me, he really did impress me.
"Thank you so much Adam, I don't know how I can repay you." If there were any doubts that he had changed, they were all gone by this point, I was still crying just a bit, Buizel did hug me tightly and being with him indeed calmed me down. I'm just happy that he is safe now.
"After all I did to you in the past and for your kindness this is the least I could do for you!" Adam seemed calm, but I could feel that he was very proud of what he had just done for me.
"Really now?"
"Well, not the least I could do, but I'm glad I helped you after what I did."
"That is all forgiven," I grabbed his shoulder and smiled at him, "All forgiven indeed my friend. Although I don't really understand, how is it that while being such a fantastic trainer you are still not being able to keep your Pokémon close?" I did want to know; even if he didn't know the answer himself maybe I could aid him.
"Well, I'm not sure why that is, but my Pokémon train every day very hard!" Adam said proudly, but I noticed the Charizard a bit sad by this.
"Maybe your Pokémon don't like to train the whole time? I mean there is more to it than just training you know." I advised him.
"You think so?"
"Indeed, Charizard doesn't seem to like the fact that you train almost all the time. Is this true?" I asked his Charizard, to which she quickly nodded. Adam saw this nod and was amazed.
"Wow, how is it that you know this stuff?"
"I got to understand Pokémon in a special way. I'm sure you will do one day as well!"
"Well tell me! What is it?"
"It's something that you must figure out in time." I sighed, despite my understanding of Pokémon there I honestly wished for, "regardless of this though, I still can't understand what my best friend says."
"I'm sure it is not necessary." I was saddened, the communication factor was indeed important for me and my friend, not many understood.
"There has been something very important that my Buizel has wanted to tell me, but I can never understand what that may be."
"Maybe... maybe you are just thinking he does have something to say..."
"He does though, look." I held my dear Buizel at eyesight and asked him, "Is there something super important you wanna tell me?" Buizel nodded and said yes, "does it have to do with our friendship?" Another nod.
"Wow, have you like," Adam thought for a bit, "Maybe tried to ask him as you are guessing?"
"I have tried, but I can never guess!" I sat down at the grass patch beside the road and held all of my Pokémon near me, Pokémon were always the ones I loved being around with when I was feeling sad, I just wished all my friends were not fainted. "Do you know what a very deep wish of mine is?" I asked Adam, he didn't respond nor did I expect him too, I just wanted to vent now.
"I've always wished that I could talk to Pokémon, ever since the happiest day of my life, the day me and Buizel became the bestest of friends."
"Why do you want to talk to Pokémon?" Adam asked, "well you know, aside from talking to your best friend."
"I feel that I need to at times. At other times I feel like I want to understand Pokémon better than I can, sometimes I also feel that there is something," what's the word now... "mystical about the Pokémon world." I wondered on the things that could be beyond my imagination, it was interesting to think about. "I'd give anything to learn how to speak to Pokémon; I'll still look for the way, so I have been doing ever since I left Kalos."
"Well if you had gone to Unova instead of Kalos, you might have been able to get some pointers for N," Keldeo said, and he sighed, "Just goes to show, Unova is better than Kalos. Hopefully GameFreak will wake up and make Pokemon Alpha Black and Omega White 1 and 2. Seriously, I'm waiting!"
Our conversation was cut as Team Rocket reappeared,
"WHAT!? But you were just blasted- NEVERMIND!"
Adam pointed them out and so did Charizard. Team Rocket ran from him. Adam stood up and got agitated. "Kevin! You have to put Buizel in the pokeball!" It was not something I honestly wanted to do, and it was not something Buizel wanted to do either. 'You must keep your friend safe from them, just for a little bit!" Buizel didn't seem to like the idea; I looked around my bag for the pokeball.
"I'll try to convince my friend to do so," I saw Adam chase after Team Rocket; I was left alone with my Pokémon until he came back. "Buizel we gotta get you in the pokeball. Just for a bit." Buizel didn't look too happy about it but he agreed later on. "It'll just be a few seconds buddy."
I was sitting right alongside Buizel with my pokeball; it's strange to think that I have never put Buizel in my pokeball ever since he got captured by Adam. It was a dire situation this time; I pointed Buizel with the pokeball and triggered it. The laser of the pokeball caught Buizel and as I saw him he started to glow red...
Wait, something is off, the whole place was going red right before my eyes, I looked around the sky and the ground and everything was tinted red for me, I looked at Buizel once again, he was completely petrified and before I knew it.
Darkness.
"That's right! Kevin gets sucked into the Pokeball too. But what makes this better than the original was that before, Kevin got sucked in because he was . . . hugging Buizel tightly? Okay . . . But in this version, it turns out that the Pokeball was damaged during the struggle with Adam a while back, and the damages made it malfunction this time. Sure, it sounds random, but it least now we have a more tangible reason than 'love' or 'fate' or 'accident'."
"Well, anyway, Kevin's physical form gets deleted during the repair process and he's finally released, meaning we can finally see what this:"
He leapt about in the room and seemed as jolly as ever and sang a song in his own language. He skipped from one side to the other and danced.
"-was all about."
Could it really be? I'm looking at myself but, I can't believe this at all! Right now I could speak with Buizel because I was a Pokémon! I can't believe it, I'm a Pokémon! I touched my face closely now, I definitely had the head structure of a Buizel, the floatation sac was around my neck, it was hard to look down but as I felt my body awaking from being numb I was able to feel the feet, the body, my arms and I can even feel the tail behind me now, my attempts to move it succeeded as my tail wagged back and forth, I could also move the tips of the tail independently. What would be about my human life? I'd never be able to have the benefits of being a human, but that doesn't bother me very much if it's a price to pay to be able to talk to my best friend.
The feeling of having a different body is oddly exciting; the fact that I am different alone is amazing. I keep staring at my hands, or rather paws right now, they are mine, these Buizel paws are a part of me now. The feeling of the fur all around my body was amazing, I didn't have any clothes but I didn't feel cold. I held my chest; I could feel myself breathe with this body, in and out, as I did so I felt my heart beating beneath all this foreign fur, this body functions and lives along with me.
I hopped in excitement jumping back and forth; I even made a little dance. This confirmed it even more, I am now a Pokémon, and this body was moving as I wanted like I have always been living as a Buizel. This was beyond anything I could ever imagine, I've had a few dreams of becoming a Pokémon, but the real sensation beats it by a long run. Now I just needed to find Buizel and finally be able to talk to my lifelong friend!
The doctor was walking towards me, I felt him approaching me with his hands. The hands which are now big were able to surround me, he then picked me up, it felt strange being lifted so high and to be handled by this doctor, being treated like just a regular Pokémon that can be easily picked up to look at. Now I can really understand why some Pokémon would hate this, it does feel slightly annoying, especially if you fear that the trainer will drop you I suppose.
"You seem very happy Buizel, although we have some terrible news for you." The doctor said while holding me, what kind of terrible news? Did something happen? "Your trainer Kevin is missing." Kevin missing, I laughed at how ridiculous that sounds, I am right here! How can't they notice, as I was laughing at the situation, memory crept back in and I recalled the situation I am currently in. What do they mean that I'm missing?
I recalled being outside with Buizel before everything went black, I had used the pokeball. The only logical fact is that I got sucked inside the pokeball as well, but where is Buizel then? The doctor had put me back on the table and I got back to thinking on everything. I was scared I was not going to be able to see my friend again, but he was missing and I didn't know where he had gone, I tried looking behind every counter with my eyes, every corner to see if he was somewhere around this room but he wasn't! But what if Buizel was captured by that Team Rocket, Adam chased them off however, but what if Adam was the one that took Buizel away and betrayed me! No, it doesn't make sense; he wasn't around when this happened. What if when I got captured inside with my friend I took over his body...?
"THANK YOU!" Keldeo exclaimed, "It took you forever to figure that out in the original version!"
But where is my friend? I began to cry, but I couldn't control my fear and sorrow, I was sobbing nonstop, I cried out loud, my friend was probably gone and there was absolutely nothing I could do about it. I looked at the doctor as I cried.
They need to know I'm Kevin! They must look for my Buizel instead; I have to let them know! I quickly leapt towards the doctor and held on to him; I stared at him while yelling and begging for them to look for my friend.
"You gotta look for my friend! I'm Kevin! I'm right here! Buizel is out there and I don't want him to get lost! He must be worried sick for me!" The doctor simply put me back on the table; he was probably scared at the way I reacted.
"Calm down Buizel! We are going to find Kevin!" And then it hit me, how hard must've been for Buizel to try to speak to me when he couldn't understand me. The words I said were only Buizel noises, but I could feel the words being spoken in my head as I yelled at the doctor, as I reheard myself, I could interpret everything I had said, I really did have the Pokémon language incorporated within me. I suddenly felt something jump on top of the table, it was definitely Ash's Pikachu, I wonder what he wanted.
"Hi Buizel! How are you feeling?" Pikachu was speaking to me, this was very weird for me still, I mean I can hear Pikachu only speaking in his own language but I understand every single word, I was able to make out the language back and forth with no difficulty at all. I constantly get reminded that I am now a Pokémon and that I can speak to other Pokémon, I can probably use Pokémon moves, I can even evolve into Floatzel if I wanted too, can I breathe underwater? What about hyper beam? What will I eat? How do I inflate my floatation sac? The surge of information was overwhelming; I felt reality dissipate once more and fainted.
Keldeo shrugged, "Okay, so it wasn't really a Pikachu Punch that knocked him out, but I had to get that joke in there somehow!"
"So Kevin wakes up a little later, stuffs his face with Pokemon food, and then we get the scene that inspired the first commercial of season four."
George had prepared several sheets of paper and set them on the ground, he brought up a red paint. I placed my paw on the paint and then on the paper, I realized then, that if I couldn't tell him that I'm Kevin, I could write it down! Yes! I can still communicate!
"Perfect! Go ahead and paint at your heart's desire. I'll leave this room on for you, but sleep soon." George had gone to his bedroom, I attempted to write with my paw, but it was a bit complicated to do so, the paint gets messy and it goes all over the paper. It took me a few attempts to be able to get letters written down on paper making the letter I was easy. The letter N was a bit harder to do than the rest, but I was capable of writing it down. The problem is that I quickly ran out of paper and I needed more, my journal has at least half of the pages in blank, I could use those to easily write down my message.
"Ya know, sometimes I wonder is this is all just a really clunky homage to The Shaggy Dog."
I slowly climbed to the table and snatched the journal with my arms. My journal was where I put the most important things of my life, especially how me and my best friend met in the first place. My Buizel and I are the greatest of friends and I wanted nothing more than to be able to talk to him, if I let George know that I am indeed Kevin, they will search for Buizel instead!
I heard someone coming inside the room so I attempted to run on two legs as I carried my journal but I soon realized that I was incapable of doing so. Something that was as natural as walking on two legs as a human was no a huge task with my new anatomy. I tumbled with my own feet and fell from the table. As I fell a light was pointed towards me and I tried to run away. I'm pretty sure that it's George who is looking for me, I tried to paint arrows on the wall with my paws to point towards me hoping that I could make the point come across, I didn't want Buizel to still be missing, I need to let George know that I am Kevin. I need my friend back with me!
The flashlight was pointed towards me, and George looked at me horrified, I'm not sure that I managed to make my point clear.
"NO SHIP, SHERLOCK!" the Intoxiquer said.
"Buizel, I understand that you really miss Kevin, but... I..." George sighed, I saw him go towards the counter and pick up the phone, who was he going to call?
"Well, what you did was so creepy I wouldn't blame him if he called the Ghostbusters!"
George released my Pokémon and I saw Riolu and Pikachu appear before me. I smiled just for a bit at them, I waved and got closer to them, I huddled around so that we could speak. Pikachu was worried as he saw me.
"Aw Buizel, they will find Kevin! I'm sure they will!" My Pikachu said to me, I haven't told my Pokémon about the situation yet. But I needed to tell someone about it.
"Well Pikachu, it's just that..." I said but Pikachu looked surprised.
"Huh? Do you not remember my name, Buizel?" The Pikachu asked, I had no clue that my Pokémon had names other than their Pokémon name. I saw Riolu approaching me; he was completely shocked as he saw me. He placed his paw in front of me and closed his eyes, he took a while as he did this, when his eyes opened he looked back at me alarmed.
"It can't be! You are not Buizel! You are Kevin!" As soon as Riolu shouted out his discovery, he began to glow; the bright figure began morphing and growing. I can't believe what I was witnessing, my Riolu was finally evolving! The figure morphed as I saw in awe. Riolu had stopped glowing and he had become Lucario!
"Like I said before, Riolu's evolve through friendship!" Keldeo declared gleefully.
"Also, in the original, we get a thing about all Pokemon having unique names. That got me angry because Kevin had this whole conversation with Ash's Pikachu, but he never said his name. However, since Pikachu left the story a while ago, that doesn't mess anything up. It's still kind of a cop out, but it works out better this was."
"What is your name then?" I asked the Lucario, but Pikachu sprinted right in front of him.
"Me first, me first! I'm Marcus and I'm a very cool Pikachu. I'm glad to finally be able to talk to you master! Your music is so cool and everything and it's very amazing to be able to finally talk to you" Marcus shifted from one place to the other as the very impatient Pikachu he has always been.
"Just a quick bit of info, in the original, he was named Alex by Adam, so Kevin renamed him Marcus."
"Please don't call me master you guys, I'm just your friend." Lucario nodded.
"I shall remember this; I just tell the other Pokémon that mentioning you as master shows our respect for you as our trainer. I call myself Cain, it is a pleasure to be able to communicate with you and to reveal my name." Cain, always calm and collected as the meditating Riolu I knew.
"Wait a minute, what happened to their tragic backstories!?" Keldeo complained, "Marcus got caught when he was a Pichu! Cain's parents were captured by trainers when he was a Riolu! You can't just remove those stories from them, that destroys nearly all of their depth! And the scene where Kevin renames Alex Marcus was one of the most touching scenes of the whole story! Come on, Sukotto, you can't just cut out important stuff like that."
"Oh! I want to know, what is my Buizel's name?" As I mentioned this, Cain and Marcus looked at each other, Cain shook his head.
"Unfortunately, Buizel never said his name to any of us." Cain said, Pikachu then spoke as he jumped in front of Cain.
"Yeah! He said that it's something private! He wants you to be the first one to know what his true name is." Marcus said, hearing this piece of information was very important to me. I mattered that much to Buizel that he would tell me his name first rather than any of my other Pokémon.
"True name? What, is this the Inheritance Cycle. Does this make Kevin Eragon?"
"Well, anyway, Cain uses his Aura powers to see how Buizel and Kevin got mixed up. Here's how he explains it."
"Buizel is with you right now." I had no idea what that meant, in heart? Of course he is with me in heart. "Not in the sense of emotion, Buizel's soul lies dormant within you. Your souls are completely mixed up."
"What?!" I couldn't believe it, "does it mean that Buizel is already with me, but in my spirit or something of that fashion? How can I speak with him?"
"He is with you; he is actually very calm and content. Although the unfortunate situation is that since the both of you live in the same body, you might not be able to interact again."
Keldeo shrugged, "It actually makes sense in a weird and vague kind of way."
Cain noticed that I started to sob, so he picked up my Buizel plush toy and showed it to George. George stared at it but he then gave it to me, I hugged it dearly.
"There is always a solution for everything Kevin, we will solve this." Cain said.
"But I can't be with him ever again!" I yelled as I cried.
"No! We will solve this, because there is something very important that Buizel has always wanted to tell you." Marcus said. Was it possible that Cain and Marcus knew what he wanted to tell me? I had almost completely forgotten on what Buizel wants to tell me. "Especially now that you are a Buizel, you must hear what he has to say." Whatever Buizel needed to tell me was so important that my own Pokémon implored me to be able to listen.
Keldeo smiled, looking quite touched. "Aw, look at how loyal Cain and Marcus are. They're determined to help both Kevin and Buizel out and figure out a way to-"
The doctor had arrived with a Lucario by the name of Kyla;
Keldeo's facial expression changed to horror. "NOOOOOOO! No! No, go away!"
she approached us at one point but not before being very affectionate towards the doctor. Cain introduced himself first.
"Glad to meet another Lucario, some call me Cain." Ok, Cain was being a bit too formal.
"I'm Kyla; I take good care of my master Cedric. Who are you two?" She asked while looking at us, watching me being sad made her a bit sad too. "What's wrong Buizel? You seem awfully depressed. I'm sure Kevin will show around soon!" I looked at her; she seemed to be more carefree than Cain.
"My name is Kevin, and I became my Pokémon..." I stated blandly while looking down at my paws. I couldn't see Kyla's expression, but she stuttered and ran towards Cedric.
"Cedric! Master! Kevin is there! We found him, he is there!" Kyla said to his trainer as she pointed at me. The struggle Pokémon feel with conversation is indeed infuriating.
"Yes Kyla, Buizel lost his trainer." As Cedric said this, Kyla shook her head and pointed at me once again. "Is he sad? Its fine, we will find Kevin soon enough, we just need to stay calm." Kyla gave up and returned to us.
"I just wished my master understood me, I just want to keep taking care of him and tell him everything important is all." Kyla looked back at me. "So how did this happen?" Kyla sat down.
"I was holding Buizel in my arms and I used the pokeball, we were both captured at the same time." I explained, Marcus interrupted while jumping all around speaking rapidly.
"Yeah yeah! You see, Kevin and Buizel got their souls all mixed up and they are using the same body and stuff." Marcus stopped leaping; Cain tried his best to calm him down.
"Buizel is fine, but we must find a way to revert these effects, Kevin really needs to contact his friend." Cain said as he explained to Kyla, she was surprised about the whole situation.
"Wow, it's almost magical." She stated, and then a glimmer of hope shined my way.
"That's it! Magic! We need magic to solve this issue." Only a miracle could get us out of this mess, and I knew just the guy to do so. "Cain, Marcus! How about we see Mathias the magician?" Cain was dumbfounded as he heard me.
"Okay, wait-wait-wait-wait," Keldeo said as he held a hoof up to stop. "First of all, when they mentioned this character earlier, I thought it was a joke. Second of all, you're seriously going to ask a magician, a performer, to help you move soul and bodies around? Wouldn't it make more sense to ask, oh, I don't know, the Lake Trio! You're in the Sinnoh region, you should know about Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf!"
"Kevin, that's just tricks and deceit! There is no way Mathias can help you!"
"See! Even the story knows how silly this idea sounds!"
"I know, but what else could I do?"
"Not waste your time, for one thing."
After a huge discussion on what we were going to do I managed to convince Cain to help me reach Mathias before he went back to Kalos, we took everything that belonged to me and decided to sneak out. Kyla would tell us as soon as it was safe to be able to head outside, she offered herself to come along but I didn't want the doctor to get worried over her.
"Kevin, are you sure you want to sneak away from George's house at night? It could be dangerous." I knew what Cain meant.
"I need to find Mathias, I need a miracle..."
"This is like asking Trixie to defeat an Ursa Major. . ." Keldeo groaned.
"So our heroes sneak out and go to where Mathias is, only to find . . . Braixen ministering to a crowd of Pokemon like an Apostle?"
As we all approached the tent we saw that many Pokémon stood around inside the tent, I had never known that Mathias had many Pokémon with him, although I was able to count more than six there, are they really his? We got near and we could clearly see all the Pokémon were sitting around a Braixen which I assumed was Mathias' Pokémon, the Braixen spoke to all of the Pokémon and they all paid close attention.
"Mathias right now is practicing his final act as something almost went wrong, you can tell me what you would all like to get or would need help with in the meantime. Mathias is very powerful but I, his grand assistant is powerful as well!" The Braixen smiled at the Pokémon which were three Eevees and a Dewott, some of the other Pokémon had left before we got there. The Braixen noticed us as we approached and waved. "Ah! I see more of you want help from us!" Help was exactly what I needed right now, hearing this from someone filled me with relief, but how could he help me? "Gather around my friends, whatever concern you have can be solved with a bit of mystic charm!" I was very impressed, Braixen spoke as if he was performing, was this Braixen's personal tent to give his own show to Pokémon? That does sound exciting!
We sat at the side and listened to what these Pokémon wanted, I only wanted to see Mathias honestly, I was nervous and impatient to see him but I kept my excitement bottled up and decided to watch the show. The Eevees raised their paws and Braixen took notice. "I see we have some impatient ones, how can we help you guys?"
The oldest Eevee spoke first, "I want to evolve into a great Vaporeon!" The Braixen laughed.
"This is easy then," Braixen grabbed a water stone and gave it to him, "once you are prepared, this stone will help you on your grand wish." The Braixen then turned to the youngest Eevee. "How about you little one?" The Braixen asked.
"I want to evolve into something related to nature! I love the grass and trees! I don't really know what evolution it could be." The younger Eevee said, Braixen smiled once again.
"In your case, there are moss rocks around Sinnoh, feeling nature through these rocks will help you evolve to Leafeon, you will have bright leaves that will leave you content." After Braixen gave his advice, the last Eevee hopped and asked his question.
"I want to be a Sylveon! Just like the one Mathias is friends with! How do you evolve into a Sylveon? Huh? Huh?" Eevee was excited as he asked, Braixen thought well on his answer.
"Normally, Sylveons evolve by the love and care a trainer gives to their Pokémon throughout their journeys." Eevee was a bit sad by hearing this, "Don't fret, you can also evolve as a Sylveon by the friendship you share with your brothers, keep this in mind and before you know it, you will evolve into the graceful fairy Pokémon!" The Braixen said as he smiled at Eevee.
"I broke one of my shells and I really want to repair it." The Dewott picked up the pieces of his shell and handed them to the Braixen, I honestly couldn't see how Braixen would be able to fix such a heavily damaged shell, it had been completely devastated. The Braixen smirked and held his wooden stick upright.
"That was not nice of you, I was talking to this Buizel. However this is finally a challenging request so I will take it full heartedly!" Braixen twirled the stick in his hand and pointed it towards the shell, I saw no real purpose to it, that is until I saw the shell shards levitate in his hand. I stood impressed, this was actually magic in front of my very eyes! The pieces reassembled and the shell was back as if it never got broken. "It is now complete my young Dewott." Braixen handed the shell back to the Pokémon.
"Well, the Pokemon world does have a lot of good magical power in it."
"Can you use magic to help us if our souls are in trouble?" I asked and hoped, I prayed to Arceus that they could.
"That is no real problem my dear friend! Although Mathias is the one who knows of how to manage spirits, just wait for me here and I'll go look for him. The request should be made directly to him." Braixen quickly wandered off in search for his trainer.
Keldeo got settled down and said, "Okay, this I gotta see. This better not be some Deus Ex Machina."
"This Buizel says that there is an issue with his soul Mathias!" Braixen said as he spoke to Mathias as naturally as if he were responding to any Pokémon. Mathias nodded.
"I see, this sounds like a serious issue." He was able to understand what Braixen said entirely, or that is what it appeared to be. It caught me by surprise. I had thought that no one could understand Pokémon, although he clearly is someone who knows true magic.
I stuttered but asked, "How is he able to understand Pokémon language? Did he learn how to speak with Pokémon?" Kaiser was ready to reply but Mathias interrupted.
"It's not that I learned to speak with Pokémon young Buizel," Mathias smiled as he looked down on me. I couldn't believe it, all this time the answer of my much required communication issue with my best friend were here, in this presentation. I was going to meet up with Mathias in the end anyway, I could've possibly have been talking to my friend by now if I hadn't taken such a huge risk with Team Rocket! Mathias waved his wand around him, the wand glowed. "I guess all of you are new here? Well, I didn't learn how to speak to Pokémon." Mathias quickly flickered his wand around him and a cloud of smoke rose from nowhere, as the cloud slowly dissipated I saw Braixen appear where he was standing, or rather, I saw another Braixen stand along Kaiser.
"The truth is," The new Braixen spoke, "That I the great Mathias am indeed a Braixen."
Keldeo stared with a blank expression on his face.
"What."
"I see you are impressed, but many Pokémon that visit us already know that me and Kaiser roam around helping every Pokémon we can." Mathias said, "The only issue is that we really can't let humans know about this." Mathias said as he sat down with all of us, Kaiser followed and sat right beside him.
"You see, me and Mathias are in fact brothers, Mathias learned how to transform into a human to help us both, and we did not want to get captured after all." The two magic brothers, at first I thought it was only a trainer and it's Pokémon, but this changed everything for me.
"WHAT!?" Keldeo exclaimed, "So this Pokemon, who's not a Zoroark, not only learned human language, but also turned himself into a human? This has to be the dumbest twist I've ever seen in my-!"
POOF!
Suddenly, a woman with pink hair a a brown cloak and hat appeared in a puff of smoke, coughing a bit as we waved her hands to clear the smoke she appeared in.
"AH!" Keldeo said in surprise, "Who are you?"
The woman took a few deep breaths and smiled, "I am Lily! A magician from the Johto region, character of the day of Episode 241- Hocus Pokemon!"
Keldeo nodded awkwardly, "Okay . . . so why are you here?"
"Why, to to give credibility to Mathias being a Pokemon of course!" Lily replied.
"How?" Keldeo asked.
"In my episode, I created a spell that turned Ash into a Pikachu!"
Keldeo eyes widened with realization, "Of course! Ashachu!"
"Indeed!" Lily said, "And surely you know all about how that Meowth learned how to talk."
"Yeah . . ." Keldeo said slowly, then he nodded and said, "You know, maybe a Braixen learning to speak and then transforming into a human isn't as far fetched as I thought."
"Aha. So, have you learned your lesson?" Lily said in her cockney accent.
Keldeo nodded and gave her a small grin, "Yes I have. Thank you Lily."
"No problem! Farewell!" Lily said.
POOF!
When the smoke faded, a female Keldeo stood where Lily once was. Her eyes widened. "Uh-oh."
Keldeo gave her a look of pity. "Oh, wow. Just wow. *sigh* I'll be right back after I help the Great and Powerful Lily sort this out."
Keldeo the Critic
We'll be right back!