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
"So our heroes tell Mathais about their weird situation."
"Sorry to interrupt, I'm Cain, my friend here is actually my former trainer and Buizel's soul is inside this one body, my trainer doesn't know how to arrange himself to separate their souls, this is the big problem he has. We want to know how we can separate them from this fate." Cain explained, Mathias' expression shifted from a calm first impression to a more concerned gaze.
"Oh I see, it's another one of you trainers." Mathias quickly stood upright and turned his back on us. "I've had many other trainers that got caught inside their Pokémon's pokeball, some of them wanted to be human again, while some of them were Pokémon trying to get their trainers back."
"WHAT?! This has happened before? Well, okay, I guess Pokeballs can get broken if you're not careful with them," Keldeo looked nervous, "That's actually quite unsettling when you think about it. Any Pokemon could be a human!" Keldeo shuddered, "Ugh. Creepy."
Mathias' tone was also growing dire, he really didn't seem to get along with trainers that had become Pokémon at all. "I then find out that the great majority of these trainers are nothing but disrespectful people, they mistreat their Pokémon which causes them to struggle about and get caught in the beam whenever the trainer wants to put the Pokémon away." Mathias turned around and pointed at me with his magic wand, "so what did you do to your Pokémon? Did you torture him? Did you forget to treat him as they really should? Or have you come to disclose our secrets to humanity?"
Rainbow Dash: "Are you a spy?!"
Cain stood in front of me and Mathias, Marcus also jumped in front.
"That is enough! My master Kevin is none of the sort, he and Buizel are best friends ever since I have met them!" Cain growled at him, both Mathias and Kaiser then grew surprised. Kaiser rushed towards the guitar bag Cain was carrying.
"It must be the Kevin! The one that went missing brother! Look, this Lucario is carrying a guitar bag around with him!" Kaiser said as he inspected my guitar bag. Mathias lowered his wand and sat down once more, he approached me and kneeled.
"My most sincere apologies Kevin, that was disrespectful of me, as a magician I should know better than to assume the worst out of you. I have just been flooded at times with humans that had become Pokémon wanting to transform back, in the end I always help them because of the Pokémon. But those trainers are awful and I just," Mathias sighed. "Please, I'm so very sorry. I know you very well and the friendship you carry along with your Buizel." I was relieved, for a moment I thought that he was going to do something to me. "I've heard that a great musician was going to be at Sunnyshore's presentation today but he never showed up, I guess this is what really happened then." Mathias held his chin and pondered to himself." I won't ask how this came about, but this is a very troubling issue. Both of you very kind souls should not be stuck in such a fate."
"You know it makes sense that Mathias would react like this, seeing as Kevin is a very well known musical celebratory who travels around with Buizel. So, of course the magician agree to help set things right for Kevin and Buizel."
Kaiser then snapped his fingers and sat down, "gather around my Pokémon friends, I'll tell you the tales of old and why I think Pokémon and human are pretty much the same." Kaiser quickly kindled a fire in front of him. "Now sit around, I'll tell you all a good story to occupy our time while my brother looks for ingredients."
Keldeo shrugged, "Okay, story time . . ."
We were warm around this magically created campfire and everything was calm, Kaiser had turned off the candles that were inside the tent with the motions of his magic wand. Kaiser extended his hands and related his tale.
"Once upon a time, in the land we now walk on, Pokémon and human were very much alike. Human and Pokémon lived together and were normally friends with each other, it was actually hard to distinguish who were Pokémon and who were human, as it is said, human were in fact Pokémon and Pokémon were human, we were all but one species." Human were Pokémon, that was normally unheard of, I only heard of such things in Pokémon tales and fiction.
Keldeo moaned and face hoofed. "Oh, biscuits. The Sinnoh Pokemon myth. *sigh* I hate this story. Well, considering what's gonna happen later on in this story, I should have been expecting this." Keldeo looked up and said, "Look, this all depends on how you interpret this myth. I interpret this story along the lines of, 'Pokemon and humans lived in harmony, and they were all living creatures, so they were on even footing.' I actually prefer to consider it just a myth that's only half true, but who am I to tell you what to believe."
"Is this an actual story told by Pokémon around the world?" I asked Kaiser.
"This is a tale known and shared by many Pokémon, if there is something that I learned about stories is that there are always a bit of truth within them." Kaiser flickered his wand and continued his tale, "in any case, Pokémon and human lived together as if they were the same and they even spoke to each other of their lives. Eventually humanity had grown bored of sharing with Pokémon for whatever reason, thus humanity had become more secluded from what we know today as the Pokémon world. This explains why humans don't really live within our world." Cain immediately raised his paw to catch Kaiser's attention, Kaiser glared and Cain spoke.
"If humans grew so astray from us, how are we still friends with them?" Cain did make a point, I couldn't help but feel myself be absorbed within this short tale Kaiser was telling us. There was definitely something more magical than what the Braixen brothers performed, the mystic world of Pokémon had more magic within it than magic itself.
"An excellent question fellow Lucario, you see, humanity had grown very lonely without Pokémon and thus there was one human being that looked to be friends with them again. However, whenever the poor human approached any Pokémon, they would attack him with their abilities, humanity had grown apart from Pokémon so much that we didn't recognize them as equals anymore. There was however one Pokémon that curiously approached the human, the Pokémon flew closer towards the human and watched how he learned from the different Pokémon, he found there was true potential that abilities couldn't match. This human had the mindset of a true leader, but this Pokémon noticed how sad he was of being alone." Marcus lifted and waved his hand impatiently.
"Who was this Pokémon?" Marcus asked, "is he a Pikachu like me? Or is it one of those really amazing legendary Pokémon?" Marcus was so excited from the story that he had trouble sitting still.
Kaiser flicked the wand and poked Marcus' head with it. "I'm getting to that young Pikachu, you must be patient." Kaiser then resumed, "where was I? Ah yes, the Pokémon approached the human and wanted to be friends with him. This Pokémon is known as the legendary and pure hearted Mew."
"FORESHADOWING!" Munna said as she flew in.
Braixen had given an extended explanation on who Mew was and why this particular Pokémon was always happy and proud of helping what Kaiser called, the first trainer. To be brief, Mew was unhappy that humanity had grown astray from the world he beloved, and Mew attempted countless times to make him come back to the world it was from. "Mew knew in its heart that he couldn't leave humans secluded from the world they shared, Mew revealed the nature and knowledge of all Pokémon in an attempt for the human to talk with them. This is why humans are as we know as trainers, many of them share partial information that was given, the knowledge that Mew gave to this human was what we know today as the first Pokémon trainer. With this information, humanity also grew to love Pokémon just like it was before." The tale was very interesting and insightful, I realized how much more Pokémon know as well. I had heard that there were many tales within humanity that we shared, but this got to me thinking just how many more were the tales that Pokémon shared within each other. It was a whole new world and a grand one. I had never heard of such a tale in my life, I might have no read many books, but these are things they should probably tell at school to inspire children. I lifted my paw to ask a question, Braixen looked at me waiting for me to speak.
"Is this all true? Did Mew really impart this wisdom to humanity?"
"All stories have truth in them, what we know for certain is that humans are quite like Pokémon, they possess abilities that help them. Not special abilities like most of us have, but more strategic than anything else. In my opinion, we are all the same at the end and we all live on the same world, we just can't communicate these days."
Keldeo smiled, "That little story and philosophical section adds so much value to the fanfic as a whole."
"So Kevin eventually falls asleep and experiences one of Buizel's memories."
The thunder raged once more and a giant silhouette appeared before me, my fear and uncertainty kept me in place, I wanted to run but I couldn't find it within myself to do so. The dark figure then revealed in its hands what appeared to be a pokeball. Then I knew for certain that it was a trainer that wanted to capture me, I ran as quickly as I could towards the nearest shore to swim away, the thunder and the sky raged and rumbled the earth but also struck my courage, in my desperate running I had tripped countless times before managing to reach the shore.
As soon as I dived within the water I swan underneath it using my tails to propel myself away and as deep towards the ocean as I could, then I went back to the surface. I had seen that not only thunder was striking but now the rain was pouring relentlessly almost as if the rain was filling up the ocean until the land would vanish.
The waves kicked in and I was thrown in all directions, I was having a hard time staying afloat and the waves were pushing me against some large rock formations. It was then too much for me and everything had gone black...
I awoke on what seemed to be an unknown shore, but as I lay on top of the rocks from the seashore, I noticed that this was the place I met Buizel for the first time. The sense and taste of nostalgia invaded me entirely, although I did recall this place my mind did not, it was a strange feeling. I tried to get up, but I cried in agony as my leg burned with pain, I cried because I felt that no one would save me, especially since there were no other Buizels around this area. But how did I know that?
I suddenly felt something pick me up, and I looked on who it was I had seen myself as a child...
I woke up sweating and confused, but my mind was regaining sense, I calmed down and thought on the dream. It must've been my best friend's perspective on how we met, Buizel despite fearing trainers and humans managed to trust me, was he trying to tell me that he trusted me at the very start since we met? It must've been this way.
Keldeo smiled and nodded, "What do ya know, the flashback is actually explained much better this time around!"
I saw that Mathias was the one that had woke me up by poking me with his wand, he looked tired but had most of the setup for everything he wanted to do, he yawned as he spoke.
"Sorry I had taken so long Kevin, some Pokémon are very hard to convince to get some of their own fangs or tears or whatever it is I need." Mathias and Kaiser had a very intricate setup that I couldn't understand, before I had asked him what anything did, Mathias plucked some fur out from my head. "This is the last ingredient!" I rubbed my head.
"You could've asked you know!"
I had stood in the center of the circle that was drawn on the ground, it had strange symbols that I had never seen before,
"AHHHH! The Seal of Orichalcos!" Keldeo exclaimed.
Mathias looked straight at me and pointed his wand. "Just wish for the best Kevin! The worst that could happen is that I split your soul ten ways!" That disconcerted me.
"You got to be joking, right?"
Mathias laughed to himself, "no, not really. That could actually happen."
Marty McFly: "He's an-"
"Nooo! This show has standards," Keldeo said quickly with a nervous smile.
Dr. Facilier: "Are you ready?"
"Better."
And before I had any chance of even objecting, a very bright beam came my way and struck me. There was strangely no peculiar feeling when I got struck, the only thing I felt was if someone pulled a chunk of hair from my head, but I had this feeling within my body. As if removing a large and very sticky band-aid from me.
The light faded and I could see the world around me, I was still able to see the two Braixens ahead, I had wondered if it worked. I looked at my paws and this time saw my hands instead! I was back being a human. I quickly looked for Buizel around me, as I looked down I saw him curled up on the ground. I quickly picked him up and hugged him as tightly as I could, I had my friend back with me and he appeared to be fine! I patted him, kissed his forehead and cried. "I'll never make such a stupid mistake again Buizel, I won't lose you again I promise to you. I'll not put you in that kind of risk never again." I sobbed as I held my best friend close to me, I felt him hugging me back. I also saw him crying.
Wait, I can talk to Pokémon now because I understand their language! How could I possibly forget?
"Hey buddy! I can understand Pokémon now, ask me anything please! I really want to talk to you!" I said excitedly, anxious to listen to understand what he says.
"Bui bui?" Buizel spoke, but I couldn't understand anything of what he said, I was thinking that my mind was still dizzy form the spell, so I asked again... Nothing.
WAH-WAH-WAH-WAAAAAAAAHHHH
Keldeo smiled and shrugged.
I felt someone place their hand over my shoulder, as I turned around I saw Mathias in his human form smiling a bit.
"Sorry friend that was the bad news, bringing your form back from your spirit had made you lose your ability to speak to Pokémon. But your friend is back!" It was true, I was very happy that my friend was back, but slightly disappointed that I couldn't understand him. "Don't fret my friend! Remember that I know how to talk with Pokémon. I'll gladly be your translator!" That made me quite happy, I wanted nothing more than to understand my friend, but I felt that I was taking too much from him.
"You've helped me already so much Mathias, I can't thank you enough."
"Nonsense! I want to keep helping, especially if it means bringing a human as great as yourself and a Pokémon closer together!" Mathias said, he poked me with his wand, "besides, I have literally nothing to do right now and I want something fun to do!" It made me happy that Mathias was so interested in helping me understand my Pokémon. "And, you can teach me how to make coffee! I've always wanted to learn that secret from humanity.
I looked at him and imitated his way of presentation. "It is but a magic brew that only few humans dare learn, but its magical attributes will maintain you sharper and more awake than ever." We both laughed as we headed out towards the house they gave to him.
Keldeo deadpanned. "Really? I mean, really? Are you serious? You can somehow learn human language, you can turn yourself into a human and make it so that no one can tell the difference between you and a real human, you can defy all the laws of physics with your magic, you can move souls around and create living bodies out of nothing, but you can't do something as simple as brewing a cup of coffee? Can't you just buy a Keurig? I hate it when writers create implausible plot points just to tell a joke that's not even that funny. Donkey from Shrek liking waffles was funnier than this!"
Donkey: "I'm making waffles!"
"THAT was funny because you can't make waffles with hooves. It's irony! Comedy works either through suffering or irony. Failing at going through the steps of making waffles with hooves would drive Donkey crazy and look really stupid, so it's funny. It's humor at his expense. But there's no reason why an ultra powerful magician can't make a cup of coffee. There's no no difficulty, no struggle, and no suffering. All he has to do is read a book or something. So, how is it funny? Huh? HUH?"
"So Mathias acts as a translator between Kevin and Buizel, but of course having someone between you repeating everything you're saying gets annoying, which also helps Kevin to realize something."
"when I spoke with Pokémon it was like hearing regular people, family and friends that I spoke with my whole life, I was able to understand tone differences and how the sound of every Pokémon related to a different personality they had, especially while listening to Cain and Kyla. Cain had a greater and calmer sounding voice while Kyla's was more carefree and soothing. People would not be able to tell the difference but I could! I could not understand Pokémon when they spoke; I felt it deep within that I understood who they were. And every single Pokémon is so different!" Mathias paid close attention to every word I said. "I really felt their personality, like when you can tell someone is very dedicated with what they do, or when you can still someone is rather sophisticated. There are such small differences but it made me feel like I could really understand Pokémon, finally after all this time." I stopped, realizing all I had said, I saw Kaiser poking at me with his wand and sticking his tongue out at me, I somehow knew what he meant with that. Mathias looked very closely at me, slightly worried.
"What do you really want then?" His tone was a bit more concerning that I had grasped it to be.
"I need to be able to understand Pokémon just like I did when I became a Buizel." Mathias placed his hands on his face, I suppose that he was yet exhausted from being out all day looking to just help me get my friend back. "I know I might be a huge bother, but I want to be able to communicate with Pokémon myself." Mathias interrupted me, and he shook his finger at me.
"That is one thing I can't do Kevin. I'm very sorry." Hearing this made me sad and also infuriated; I didn't feel like continuing translation until I was able to understand Buizel as I did when I was a Pokémon. "If I could grant that to every human, I would, but the spell doesn't exist at all, believe me, I've tried."
"But there must be a way Mathias, you are the greatest magician there is!"
"I might be the great Braxier you know, but even I have my limits." Mathias pondered to himself slightly while tapping the table with his wooden wand. "There actually have been many people who have attempted to speak directly to their Pokémon. Soon after some time, an old enchantment was found that got many people interested in the past." Mathias took a sip of coffee.
"What kind of magic was this?" I asked curiously.
"Well, there have been many witches
"Like me!" Lily said as she peered out from the side, still in the form of a female Keldeo.
"That still hasn't worn off yet?" Keldeo said.
Lily shrugged, and then left.
who have tried the old recipe to make you think like a Pokémon and to be able to understand them, it had severe backfires." I wonder what sort of issues had happened. "People were not expecting the fact that the spell transformed you entirely into the Pokémon you chose." Mathias said as he finished his cup. "You make really good coffee." Mathias yawned.
"So wait, you are saying that there is a spell that can transform you into a Pokémon?" I asked, curiously.
"Indeed, there have been witches that claim to have been able to decipher a way to speak to your Pokémon with the spell by adding different ingredients. This also doesn't always work well. So the best logical thing I did was remove the spell extension for it to last a few hours." Mathias said as he yawned once more."
"So you destroyed the spell?"
"Just the duration of it, there are few people who remember this well. But this piece changes the spell from being a couple of hours, to entirely permanent. The benefit of it being permanent is that you eventually learn to speak to Pokémon." Mathias said as he looked down at his cup.
Hearing this gave me a glimmer of hope to want I really wanted, sure, I couldn't understand Buizel, but I would if I was a Pokémon again! And then I started thinking for what probably got me wondering for hours in my head, there was a transformation spell that I could probably use for my own benefit, but the huge issue was, that Mathias' transformation spell would be permanent. Was I ready to give away such a thing as my human life? Wait, was I really thinking on this? It would mean I would surrender to my humanity entirely!
"Mathias! What if we use that transformation spell on me?" Mathias looked at me in shock; he couldn't believe what he was hearing and in all honesty, neither did I.
"But Kevin, we just got you back! And the transformation is permanent! You will never be able to be human ever again!" Mathias said shocked to what I had asked.
"But it's okay! You know transformation magic so you can change me back!" As soon as I said this, Mathias sighed, he was tapping with his wand nervously.
"No Kevin, I can't..." I didn't understand, wasn't he a great magician after all? I guess there were limits in magic just like there were in music; there are certain sounds one is able to make. "I can easily transform you into a Pokémon, but I can't transform you back into a human. The only reason I could bring you back this first time was solely because it was your soul that was locked inside a body, you didn't really transform." I was quite disappointed.
"But why isn't it possible?"
"Well, it's easy to create a new body type; it's excruciatingly hard to redo an already existing one." I think I understood. "There are landmarks; there are specifics of a body all that sort of stuff. I took about fifteen or so years to finally get down my human and Pokémon appearance." After Mathias has explained the dilemma, I felt quite sad. But why didn't it really matter to me?
"What if Buizel became a human instead?" I asked Mathias, he shook his head.
"I can definitely assure you that the human language is a thousand times harder than the Pokémon language." Then why didn't humans learn to speak to Pokémon? "It takes a Pokémon heart to learn the Pokémon language correctly, but it takes a human brain to learn the human language." That made sense to me, Buizel thought like a Pokémon and that can't change. Having a Pokémon heart is something that some people could change, and didn't Kaiser also say that he saw me more like a Pokémon?
"What if you transformed me for a couple of days? Would that work?" I asked.
Mathias shook his head, "no, the spell that allows you to be a Pokémon temporally has never been able to let you speak like a Pokémon. I don't know why, I mean, I have had people ask me for this as well. There have been a few people that have desired to be a Pokémon; none of them would do it permanently. But all of them were never able to speak to their Pokémon, even the guy that was a Pokémon for a whole month." Mathias thought for a bit. "The permanent version of this spell is actually able to make you learn the Pokémon language fairly quickly." Mathias poked at me with his wand, "you know though, becoming a Pokémon isn't that bad of an idea. I just wish I could do it without giving your human form away" Mathias smiled at me.
Keldeo became very much alert and stood up straight and tall and said with an excited smile, "Alright, so here's the most vital point of this story. In the original, Kevin and Buizel are freed because Cain makes a wish on Jirachi, which also pretty much flies in the face of the canon, where Jirachi is supposed to be asleep for 1000 years."
Cain shook his head, "Got something wrong Kevin! Although Jirachi does sleep for long periods of time, he occasionally wakes up to make one wish come true every time you want, but he only wakes up to grant wishes from the bottom of your heart. The thousand year thing is merely a distraction for those stupid hu…" Cain stopped short and he looked at me nervously, but I didn't care. Many humans where in fact stupid.
Keldeo frowned, "Yeah, I really didn't like that scene. Anyway, then Buizel makes another wish that ends up turning Kevin into a Buizel."
-Buizel in the other hand, has a really good wish, but he really wants to know if you want this wish to be fulfilled, Kevin. – Jirachi said.
I wondered, why Buizel wanted me to decide if his wish wanted to be fulfilled? That is an obvious yes, he has the right to make his wish without asking me, I don't own him or anything…
-What he wished for is that…- jirachi was saying when I interrupted.
-Of course! Why not? Buizel, anything that you wish I shall accept it, it's your wish, don't let me decide for you. - I said to him.
-Actually, this wish involves you Kevin. - Jirachi said.
If it Involved me, Better yet!
-It doesn't matter! He must've wished for something good. I know him. - I said with a smile, maybe he wished to talk to me.
-Alright, this might hurt a little in time Kevin, but I hope you can resist all the painful parts of the process. Wish granted. - Jirachi said as the flash made Jirachi vanish.
"As you can tell, Kevin didn't allow himself to have a choice in the matter. Sure, he liked being a Buizel again and he wanted to stay as a Buizel . . ."
this would be a wish I would have made myself If I had really wished for it, maybe it was a wish I had in my heart as well, but I never did realize it… to be honest with myself, I kind of enjoyed it.
". . . but he still didn't get to make the choice for himself. It's like a certain quote from The Matrix: Reloaded."
The Oracle: "You didn't come here to make a choice. You already made it. You're here to figure out why you made it."
"That's Kevin's transformation in the original story in a nutshell. And to be honest, that . . .wasn't very good." Keldeo nodded resolutely and said, "It was a Dues Ex Machina, it was contrived, and it cheapened the story by taking away Kevin's power to chose. It would've meant so much more if Kevin had been able to chose to be a Buizel, especially when you realize the implications of such a choice, as follows:"
I would never be a human ever again, this was a big risk that I was not sure I could handle, and even if I did choose to become a Pokémon, what would I tell my parents? What should I tell my friends? Where would I go from there? Would I just live in the wild? All these were very big concerns to me.
Was I being jealous? Or was I being greedy? Was I really greedy to not let my humanity go for my best friend, but it is a big thing to give away. This is giving away your possible future, but what was my future? It was to be with my best friend and playing music. Was I really giving my future away, or was I reassuring it? Was this just a thing I wanted for a bit? As I thought on it, I wanted to be a Buizel right beside Buizel himself. Was that what I desired all along?
Keldeo nodded, "This is some serious stuff here. It makes you realize how reckless Buizel was to make that wish in the original version. Sure, Jirachi tried to fix things up by saying that Kevin's parents somehow . . . merged with Buizel's parents when the wish was made . . ." Keldeo looked very weirded out. He shook the confusion out of his head and continued, "And what if Kevin hadn't wanted to become a Buizel! That would've been a very bad ending!"
Keldeo focused and said, "So, armed with critical thinking and the power of choice, Kevin makes his choice. A choice that not only shows understanding of all consequences, but the true nature and desire of his heart." Keldeo smiled and winked, "Pretty amazing, isn't it?"
I looked at Buizel for a moment and it got me thinking, was my entire human life worth listening to my best friend? I stared idly at the everstone that my Pokémon had around his neck, I was reminded of the past we shared, of all the grand moments we played music and the days we shared together, and most specially the night where I really started to understand my best friend better. We were both always very happy; I would give anything for my friend. So it's not my Buizel that has to change. It is I who has to change something.
Yes, this is what I have to do. I was absolutely certain of this.
"Mathias," I said as he walked back and sat down, "Let's do this; I want to be a Buizel." I said confidently, I was sure of my decision, everyone was surprised by my decision, I noticed Buizel's eyes widen with surprise. Mathias was stunned as he looked at me.
"You are joking... right?"
"You said that it was a good idea."
"It is if I could keep your human form as well, not for you to surrender to it! Think of everything you are losing, I mean... think of the coffee!"
Voice of Reason: "It's not funny!"
I simply scoffed at his last comment.
"That is completely fine, I thought of it very well, and I am certain that I want to become a Buizel, even if it means not being a human ever again." As I said this, Buizel ran towards me, he then quickly smiled and came close to hug me, he talked to me very quickly but I couldn't understand a thing, it didn't matter now because I will soon will talk to him myself.
"Buizel said that he couldn't believe it, he asked if you were sure, and that it would be so cool to have his best friend be a Buizel too" Mathias shook his head and stared at me directly. "But Kevin, you will not be able to be human ever again." Mathias said. I was aware of that.
"I have to think about a few things first, but I must do this, I must make this huge change for my friend." I hugged Buizel, "I'd do anything for my best friend." I saw Kaiser giggling; he spoke something to Mathias that I couldn't understand.
"Kaiser says that he always knew that you wouldn't be able resist not being a Pokémon." Mathias said seriously as he stared at me. "Are you sure of what you will do Kevin?"
"Absolutely sure, but there are things I have to do before I transform." I felt like losing the human life didn't matter that much, but it did make me uneasy as I thought about it. Was I really going to waive away my human life just to talk to my friend? "First of all I must tell my parents what I will do." Was I never going to talk to my family again? What about George? No, there is no way I could tell George, he would mock me forever. "I also don't want to get captured by another trainer; I got to figure that out first..." This I didn't know how to resolve.
Mathias yet concerned warned me, "that actually is a big deal. You could all always stay around with me, but I would have to pay more money for food and all that silly stuff." Mathias wondered for himself a bit. "Why can't you humans just give the food anyway like we do?" Mathias wondered, at times I always seem to forget that he is actually a Pokémon.
"It's not how things work for humans."
"Well, in any case, the safest way to be with your friend and not get captured by anyone is to go along with a human." And as soon as Mathias said it, the idea popped. And the plan was absolutely perfect, and the best part of all, is that I would also be able to keep a promise.
"I got a splendid idea for that! Although, you might have to help me find someone later on when I transform Mathias."
"Alright, place your bets, place your bets! Which human is Kevin and the gang gonna go with?" Keldeo announced.
Cedric: (A)
Adam: (B)
Ash: (C)
Nurse Joy: (D)
"Um, of course, how could I help later on?" Mathias asked, I looked at the phone behind me and got up from the table.
"I'll let you know, I need to contact my parents." I was walking towards the phone, but Mathias grabbed my shoulder.
"Kevin, are you sure you want to do this? You got really lucky to be separated from Buizel, but now you want to become one. You should think this a bit more." Mathias said to me, but I had thought about it already, I felt almost as if I wanted this. Kaiser said it, he sees me more of a Pokémon, so perhaps there is some truth to that. I would do anything for my friend, if I transform I really wouldn't have many issues, my fans might wonder but I could always tell my parents to invent something to cover for me.
"I've thought about it already and my decision stands." I said as I walked towards the phone.
Never would I think to make such a decision in the past, but as I've recalled many times before. There is something really special about the Pokémon world that I really want to be a part of, and it was clearly present when I had taken over the body of my friend. This is absolutely what I need; I have to become a Pokémon.
I called my parents and I saw both of them there, the smiles on their faces as they greeted me really got to me, I had the feeling that I would never see them again for some reason. But I had a plan to not be at all disconnected from my parents at least. I was very nervous, how would my parents even react to what I wanted to do? Would they approve of such notion?
"Whoa. He's literally gonna tell his parents, 'Hiya mom and dad! I'm gonna turn into a Pokemon!' This I gotta see," Keldeo said intently.
"Mother, Father... there is something really important that I'm going to do, and I'm not sure if you are going to like it." Both of my parents were a bit shocked, they looked at me as they waited for what I had to say. "It was a very hard decision for me, but... "It was hard to say, I didn't want to disappoint my parents.
"There are a whole lot of jokes I could make here, but if I made them, I'd never live it down," Keldeo said with a straight face.
My mother was an impatient one at times, "come son, tell us. There is nothing you could possibly say that may surprise us."
"I'm going to become a Pokémon."
My father almost choked on his drink, my mother gasped at what I had said. My mom just couldn't believe it.
"But son, that's ridiculous! And even if it were possible, what will you do as a Pokémon?" My mother asked, my father was recovering from coughing and he also had something to say.
"Karen, this isn't even something we should discuss with him! There is no way Kevin can be a Pokémon anyway." My father exclaimed, I had to make them understand somehow.
"I know it sounds absurd, but there is definitely a way to transform me into a Pokémon, the problem is that I just can't be a human again." I realized late that I probably shouldn't have said that. My mother's jaw opened wide and my father had a hard time regaining his composure, "look I know how much this news affects you, but..." I was going to say until my father coughed loudly."
Kevin, there is no way we are going to allow you be a Pokémon! Just listen to yourself, it's preposterous to even think of such things! There is no way we are going to give you permission to simply become a Pokémon and let your whole music career fade away." My father said all of this as calm as he could, but his anger was evident.
Keldeo sighed, "Well, what was Kevin possibly expecting? So, I guess Kevin is going to figure out some way to convince his parents to let him do this-"
"No dad, I'm not asking you for permission. I'm just letting you know of what I'm going to do, this is why I'm calling." My decision had already been made, no matter how this conversation turns out, I need to change, and I need to do this for my friend. My mother then stood up quickly and left, it made me sad to just see her abandon this phone call like that, I didn't want to see my mother like this, not before I transformed.
My father was looking away as well, I thought at first that he was waiting for me to hang up on then, but my father was looking at where my mother went
Keldeo's jaw dropped, "Did he just tell his parents how it's gonna be? WOW! Kevin isn't even trying work things out with his parents! He's gonna do it no matter what they say, and that's . . ." Keldeo gave a small smile, ". . .actually a clever moral. Sure, parents want the best for their kids, they want them to be safe and make smart choices, and its important to obey them. But, sometimes you'll want to seek out a different path for your life that your parents might not agree with. When that happens, you have to think long and hard about it, preferably while in prayer, and decide if this path is truly something that you have to do. And if it is something you have to do, then you're going to have to explain things to your parents in a kind respectful way and pressure your own goals even if they disagree. This is a very mature message that it is really hard to get across. The only other fanfic I know that was able to pull this moral off was Fear and Trembling by shortskirtsandexplosions."
Keldeo thought for a moment and said, "Huh. Maybe I oughta review that story some day. . . well, anyway, back to this story, where Kevin has to deal with hte highly negative reactions of his parents-"
I could clearly hear my mother's footsteps running back towards the call. She had a book with her and a pen. "Son! If you are going to go out there and be a nosey Pokémon, you have to tell me all of what you see!" My mother said as she smiled, she opened the book and readied her pen. "You must tell me every detail. This is going to be invaluable information for the future!"
"Mom, but how will I speak? I won't speak like a normal human being again!" I explained, my mother chuckled.
"But you know how to write! Do you not?" My mother said to me as she was writing something down. "If you are going to become a Pokémon, I'll demand a letter a week with everything you get to learn from the Pokémon world!" My father looked at her a bit surprised.
"Karen! Are you saying that he should just become a Pokémon and leave?" My father said to her, my mother scoffed at him.
"Honey please, he is already a grown man and he has all the right to do what he pleases with his life, it is his body, not ours." My mother kept writing down something on her book. "Besides, this will be a grand experience for him, a clear sign of growing up as well!"
I gave my deepest goodbyes and thanks to my father. He told me yet to follow my dreams, he didn't really agree to my decision to become a Pokémon, but he respected my dreams, and that made me very happy inside.
Keldeo looked shocked at first, but then he smiled and pointed with his forehoof. "THERE! See, that's the moral at work. They saw how serious Kevin was about all this, and they realized that if they truly love him, then they'd support his decisions as long as they're not immoral. What an excellent story point!"
"Mom, what are you writing?" I asked as I pointed at her book.
"Oh! I'm just getting started on my grand new book! I call it "My son the Pokémon", it's just a working title. It's hard to get inspiration these days." I was quite humbled that my own mother would write down a book based on my Pokémon experiences, I understood then why she wanted to know so much.
"Mom, that's very cool of you..."
"Now tell me what has happened so far, I need a back story to this!" I had never seen my mother so excited about something. "Every bit of detail, please!"
Keldeo looked shocked again. "Wait, are you gonna publish that book?" Keldeo looked around awkwardly, "Ummmmm. . ."
Keldeo had a fantasy of the outside of an Insane Asylum. The voice of Kevin's mother could be heard shouting, "Honest, my son is a Pokemon! AHHHHHH!" Light flashed from a window as shock therapy was used on her.
Keldeo shuddered a bit, but then shook the image out of his head and continued, "Okay, so Kevin tells his parents the whole story, and we get one final encouraging message from Kevin's mom."
"Kevin, you are not changing who you are, you might change your outside appearance, but you are always going to be the son I know. A son that has a heart of gold and that he would do anything for his best friend. By changing, you are strengthening who you really are, this is a grand step for the lives of anyone."
"Well, that sure seals the deal, doesn't it? Now it's time for the transformation scene."
"Alright, this might hurt a little Kevin, but I hope you can resist all the painful parts of this process." Mathias said as he was reciting some words.
"Painful parts? Why pain?" I hoped that Mathias was just joking around.
"Because my transformation spell is instant mostly because I've done this so many times back and forth. In your case, the transformation will be slower, therefore you will definitely feel certain changes as they happen." I thought on possibly what these could be, "don't worry Kevin, I'll make this as fast as I possibly can, just prepare yourself mentally because this will and is going to hurt" Mathias reassured, I trusted in Mathias' ability to transform me. I looked at myself one last time, and awaited the transformation.
Mathias waved his wand and said some words I could not understand. I had thought there was more to it, but it all suddenly stopped. "Mathias, what is the matter?" After I said that my head started to hurt a little bit, but then it passed quickly, I shook my head to awaken up a little.
"Whoa, that was strange." I said as I saw Mathias had his magic wand lifted with his eyes closed. "Uh is everything okay Mathias?" Buizel spoke loudly, but he wasn't staring at me now, he pointed directly at my hair. I noticed then that I had the same hair coloration than a Buizel's fur, it was starting. I noticed Buizel was excited and his eyes were open wide watching me.
I was about to say something to Buizel, but I felt a chill around my whole body, it threw me to the floor of how strong it was, I quickly got tired and it was impossible to stand upright.
Dr. Facilier: "You're changing, you're changing, you're changing alright. I hope you're-"
Keldeo used his Secret Sword to knock Dr. Facilier out of the picture and said, "We already did one Princes and the Frog reference, we don't need another! Especially from someone like you!"
"So as you can probably gather, Kevin goes through all the pain and choking from the original story, only this time he knows what it's for right from the start."
"I ca-!" I tried to yell, "I ca-" I tried once again. I did my best to speak this time. "I- Bui... Bui! Bui bui!"
I tried to say that I couldn't stand the pain, but it was evident, I started to lose my human language. My tongue was changing as well, my neck was still burning and as I spoke it burned way more, I assumed my vocal chords were changing.
"Bui bui!" As I spoke in my new Pokémon tongue I couldn't avoid but to feel happy, with this, I felt that the transformation was completely over. Buizel ran towards me and hugged me. What was so interesting was that this time I could hug Buizel properly, we were the same size now after all. Mathias looked down on me, with a smile on his face.
"And it is done Kevin. You are now a Buizel." I looked up at Mathias and smiled.
"Bui!" I realized something very important. I couldn't understand myself when I spoke. I was instantly concerned, was my transformation all for nothing? As Buizel spoke to me I really didn't understand a thing he said, that made me worried.
"You are now Buizel, you are not taking over Buizel's body, you will learn the Pokémon language soon, but you have to let the spell have some time." I asked if I was going to be able to speak soon. "Impressively, your communication skills match the ones of a Pokémon perfectly, at least I was able to get that around. Somewhere around 2 hours or a day you'll be able to speak to Pokémon properly." That was very relieving to me. It meant that I was going to be able to talk to Buizel in about an hour...
"So after another quick check in with his mom, and getting a custom made Buizel-sized guitar from Mathias, Kevin the Buizel now has to make plans to get a trustworthy trainer. Have any of you figured out who it will be yet?" Keldeo asked.
Cedric: (19908)
Adam: (126)
Ash: (18929802)
Nurse Joy: (0)
Mathias had everything ready for us, the guitar bag was packed with all my stuff and the small guitar as well. "So the plan is to meet up with Adam, correct?" Mathias asked me,
DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!
"That's right! It's Adam! Boy is this story hammering in the fact that Adam's a good guy now!"
"There is one thing to remember though, he can't know that there are two Buizel's, it would be suspicious." He was right, I asked Mathias what we could do in that case, Mathias wondered for a bit and then snapped his fingers. "I know!" Mathias quickly picked me up and put me inside the guitar bag. "You can hide in the guitar bag!"
"So Mathias, as a human of course, gives Adam Kevin's Pokemon - er, Kevin's fellow Pokemon friends, as Kevin has an interesting dream."
I saw myself on the shore sitting right beside my best friend in the same spot we always spend time together. This was indeed an old memory of mine.
"Do you want to be my friend too?" I asked as I sat right beside my friend. I remember Buizel was very happy when hearing this, he leapt to my arms and hugged me with such joy.
"Yes! I want to be your best friend too! You are family to me!" Buizel had said, I had only heard him as a Pokémon speak, but I somehow knew exactly every single thing he said.
Then I had just played music, but the music I played somehow spoke to me as well. "Where am I, where is my mind?" The guitar played but I felt that it was Buizel who was speaking to me instead, I turned around as the entirety of the world faded to black and it was only me and my Buizel, both as a Pokémon. "There is something I've always wanted to ask you Kevin," I listened carefully but I realized it was my own voice, I responded regardless. "Why have you given so much to Buizel?"
"Well it's obvious, he is my best friend." I spoke to myself back and forth and the voices just surrounded my head, my form vanished and everything was obscured by my thoughts.
"I think it's because he is family, not because he is a friend."
"Family?"
"Of course! Aren't we both Buizels now?"
"FORESHADOWING!" Munna shouted.
"Don't make me ban hammer you!" Keldeo warned.
"So we finally get back to Adam, Cedric, George, and . . . ugh . . . Kyla . . . Aw, forget her, let's focus on Adam."
I grabbed a loose sheet of paper that dropped from the journal, I also quickly picked up the pen without Adam noticing.
As Adam read on, I attempted to write as clearly as I could, I really needed Adam to realize I'm Kevin, its all part of the plan. Now that I think about it, this struggle that I feel for not being able to communicate with Adam reminds me of Buizel wanting to talk to me. As I imagined the situation, I felt like my own Buizel for a moment, how could I possibly let my trainer know what I want to tell him? And then an even brighter idea snapped, I knew exactly what to write.
Adam stopped reading and spoke to himself. "Grace has always been with me, no matter what." He smiled, I'm sure he learned a lot from reading my journal. "I just have to listen to my Pokémon, to know what they want." Ironic, as I've always wanted to listen to my Buizel, but yet I always felt like I understood him. Adam looked at me, I had been paying close attention to what section he was reading at, it was about time to let him know the truth.
Adam patted me, just like one would do a Pokémon. "Don't you miss your trainer little Buizel?" I looked for the first page to show him, the more important one. Adam was completely taken by surprise. "Since when did you know how to write?" I was excited, his reaction would be priceless, but I'm more excited to what the second page has to say to him, I thought of songs and melodies anew. I'm at least glad that my music never left me when I transformed. "Buizel stop shaking your leg, it bothers me. Lemme read this." I didn't notice that my old habits were also present with me.
Adam read what I had written "I am Kevin", his eyes widened and he looked at me straight in the eye. "This is impossible!" he exclaimed as he stood up, I shook my head at him, old habits die hard so I shook my leg thinking about music once more, I mimicked myself playing guitar in my arms as well. This will obviously make him realize who I really am.
Adam kept staring at me, for a moment I had thought that time stopped, but that was just how shocked this was for him. He picked me up and looked at me horrified. "Kevin... it really is you." he couldn't remain standing on his feet and fell on his knees while still holding me. "B-but, I..." He couldn't make coherent words, I pointed back at the papers I had written down on, he quickly picked them up and read them to himself but silently.
"Hi Adam, I guess this is what destiny brings me. And hey, I love it! It's a long story so I'll keep it short, this was a decision I made. I made sure my mother and father solved everything, and my mother is really happy with my choice too!."
"Wait, now you can write complete paragraphs? Well, fine, I guess it would be hard to write in thick messy paint."
Adam chuckled, but continued reading. "I needed to speak to Buizel so desperately that I wanted to become a Pokémon. I know it sounds very weird, but this is what I wanted all along. I hadn't realized until now, and boy am I glad I was able to make this a reality." Adam flipped the page, he relaxed just a bit. "The only issue is, that I had no one to travel with. So I wanted you to take me back home to the shore where I met my friend. But then an idea sparked, don't read the next page PLEASE. This is something I want to see if you learned correctly, I'll tell you what you must do before I make the biggest decision I'll ever make." Adam was still confused at everything, but he read out my request. "Show me that you understand Pokémon, and make George understand why Lucario loves his trainer so much. Then I'll tell you what I want you to do for me."
"So Kevin gives Adam a test to see if he's really changed enough and truly wants to understand Pokemon. and how exactly does this test work?"
Adam was still speechless, but by how much he was saying that he felt like doing something for me, I knew he couldn't ignore this request, as soon as he opened the door George was cheering.
"Adam! Great news! Kevin's mother called, she says that Kevin contacted her and that he is doing fine." I hid behind the door to hear everything, I wanted him to solve the issue.
"Apparently she also said that Kevin wants you to take his Pokémon with you," Cedric was saying, "He says that he'll let you know where to take them. I still can't believe Kevin trusts you so much..."
Adam was still uneasy. "I was thinking and... You've been bothering Cedric way too much George."
"I haven't been bothering him that much, I'm just joking..." Joking a bit too much honestly.
"The only problem is that you don't understand why Lucario loves her trainer so much, it's not romantic or anything I'm sure." Adam explained.
"It's true," Said Cedric, "Kyla is just very worried of me." I already knew the reason why Kyla hugged Cedric so much, I just wanted to see if Adam noticed, then I could make a very important choice.
"Then why is it that she hugs you and even kisses you the whole time?" George asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" Adam asked, "She is overprotective." As Adam said this, George seemed to understand a bit.
"True as well, when I just recently had Kyla as a Pokémon, I had a terrible accident and went to the hospital. I don't remember much on my days at the hospital, but my mom visited me every day. The one that stood there the whole time was my Lucario, every time my mother visited me she gave me a hug and a kiss." Cedric was explaining.
"I think I get it now," Adam said. "When Kyla saw your mother caring in such a way for you, Kyla wanted to do the same, I'm certain she didn't want you to feel alone and then that affection stuck to her to this day." He was quick at noticing, and I was glad, he really started to understand Pokémon.
Keldeo had his head hung low, and he was running his forehooves through his thick red mane. He let out a long sigh and said, "Okay, let me go into great detail why this scene doesn't fix anything. You see, for the entire story, all we see is Kyla kissing Cedric like a Lucario version of Amy Rose. If Kyla had been licking or nuzzling or anything but kissing him, this would've worked. Kissing implies romance. And I know what you're all thinking: 'You're an idiot, Keldeo! Kyla saw Cedric's mom kissing him, so she had to show affection in the exact same way.' Okay, yeah, I get that, but if those kisses were purely out of overprotectiveness and caring, then how do you explain this scene?:"
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.
"Darn it George! We are not getting married! It's not even a thing that can happen!"
"I don't think your pokemon agrees."
"Kyla clearly heard them say wedding and marriage, and yet clearly seems to actually want that. I'm not leaving anything out or taking things out of context, this is what the story is telling us."
Keldeo became thoughtful and said, "So, I suppose there are three possible explanations here. 1: Kyla wants to marry a human. Gross. 2: Kyla was just playing a sick joke on Cedric. Or 3: Kyla doesn't know what a wedding or marriage is cause she's just a Pokemon." Keldeo shrugged, "I guess that Sukotto was going for number 3 here, which actually does fit with the rest of the story. But the problem is that most people who read this fanfic will condemn Kyla of being sick immediately and hold onto that feeling until they get to this part, at which they'll feel like jerks. Sure, this was a clever way of showing Adam's understanding and helping him to prove himself to Kevin, but there was a lot of collateral damage here."
"SHUT-UP! SHUT-UP! PLEASE JUST SHUT-UP WITH THE STUPID BESTIALITY!" Keldeo exploded, turning into his Resolute Form and extending his Secret Sword.
Keldeo's cheeks grew read. "Uhh, heh-heh-heh. . . oops. . ."
"So, after passing the test, Kevin convinces Adam to capture him."
"This is not the same Kevin! I'm not going to capture a human being!" Adam refused to use the pokeball to capture me. I decided to tap the pokeball until it opened to capture me, I wasn't successful, I sat down at the pokeball quite sad. I had even tried to pick it up and throw it on top of me, but I couldn't manage that either.
"You really want this to happen, huh." Adam said as he thought to himself but then snapped again, "I can't have you as my Pokémon Kevin." I wrote one last thing on the paper that he had crumbled. Adam picked it up.
"You wanted to do a favor for me, this is a favor I need. Let me be your Pokémon, I don't want to get captured by some random trainer by accident." As Adam read this he sighed, "I can't believe I'm even considering this..." Adam picked up the pokeball and looked at me, "this is so weird. Are you positive you want this?" I nodded quickly, I was getting ready to have the pokeball thrown at me. I closed my eyes in excitement.
I felt the pokeball tap my head, I saw it open up and my vision went red, just like when I got trapped in the pokeball with Buizel the first time.
Darkness surrounded me, but I felt really calm, almost as if this darkness was very soothing to me. I could see a bright light. I guess this is what Pokémon see when they are captured, I could run to the light but what if that made me resist the capturing process of the pokeball? I stayed in the darkness, I saw the light quickly fade away, getting ever so weaker. As the light faded I accepted the fact that I was now a Pokémon even more than I did before.
The light was now gone, now Adam was my trainer and I was his Pokémon. I saw the light grow and shine very brightly throughout the darkness. As soon as the light enveloped the blackness I was greeted back into the room with Adam looking at me, he was unsure of the entire situation. "So I guess you are my Pokémon now, huh?" I nodded at him, Adam picked me from the ground and looked at me. "Geez, this is SO weird."
The door was opened by George, he saw the both of us. "Oh hey Adam! I didn't know you owned a Buizel too!" Adam was shocked, "I remember you wanted a Buizel as well, I guess you finally got one huh."
"Uh, I guess I do!" As Adam said this I saw Buizel looking at me from across the room, I leapt down and hugged him.
"Wow! Kevin's Buizel and your go along very well!" George said as he saw us hugging. "Did your Buizel and Kevin's meet at the cafe when you spoke to him?"
"Uhhh, of course they did! They are like best friends too!"
"So with that loose end tied, the only one that remains for Kevin is being able to talk with Buizel."
Buizel was speaking to me; he asked me questions and spoke happily. I unfortunately didn't understand a word yet; I shook my head and gave him a pat on the back.
"Hey Buizel, don't worry, I'm going to understand you soon. I can't wait to speak to you; there is so much we gotta talk about!"
Adam served Pokémon food for everyone; I was honestly hungry after a long walk although Adam gave me a sandwich. I didn't realize that I was honestly expecting Pokémon food to be served to me instead of what I used to eat.
I pointed towards the Pokémon food the rest had and then I pointed in my mouth.
"But Kevin, that food is for Pokémon!"
"NO SHIP, SHERLOCK!" the Intoxiquer said.
"If I get an angry message from DragonNiro for having you on my show, you're gonna a Secret Sword to the head!" Keldeo warned him.
I looked at him, at myself and then back towards him. "W-well, you are not originally a Pokémon though so-" Adam stopped speaking, he sighed and gave me a plate with Pokémon food. "I'm just not used to this at all Kevin, I knew you as a human being." Adam looked at all of us, we were all staring at him paying attention, and Adam realized this. "I guess that I got to learn to understand you as a Pokémon too, not just pay attention to Pokémon." Hearing this made me relieved, I ate my Pokémon food happily, to think that I didn't want to eat this in the past; I guess my taste buds must've changed as well.
"It's honestly amazing how much Kevin has change and willing he is to accept the way of life as a trainer's Pokemon. Case in point, he gives all the Kalos badges he won to Adam!"
"Oh dear, Kevin no! These are your badges! I can't take these!" I looked at Adam as I was thinking of a proper response, I wrote something down on the journal and made Adam read it again. "Well, I did win these medals, you are right. But I'm your Pokémon that helped you win these medals. These are yours."
"Stop calling them medals! They're badges!" Keldeo complained.
Adam looked confused, but then he smiled. "Heh-heh, this is so weird Kevin. But okay, I'll take'em." I smiled at him; he picked me up and looked at me. "Something tells me you want me to treat you more like a Pokémon and less the old Kevin I met." As I heard this, I shook my head up and down without a second thought. Adam sighed to himself. "This is still odd."
"So we see Adam be a good trainer, giving Cain a Power-Up Punch TM, stuff like that."
"I'd like to see you use hyperbeam, I wanna see how it looks like." Buizel nodded at him, I was just a bit concerned as hyperbeam takes a toll on Buizel at times. "Kevin told me that hyperbeam was a bit dangerous for you, I'll help you train hyperbeam so that you don't get tired right away after using it." I smiled as I reminded myself that Adam is there for us now and that he really cares.
Keldeo cocked his head, "How are you gonna teach Buizel to perform a dangerous move he's not even supposed to be able to use without putting him in danger? If using it nearly knocks him out, how are you gonna practice it? Come on Adam, show us how you plan to do this."
As Adam and Buizel practiced I went towards the edge of the lake we were at, it was already dark so we had set up a tent nearby. Grace was already sleeping, Cain and Marcus were talking with each other, in the meantime I just wanted to relax and look at the scenery. The lake was beautiful and the water was clear, I looked down at the water and saw myself, looking at my reflection reminded me of what I was now, but I hadn't seen myself as closely as I thought. I touched my cheeks with my paws, I smiled at myself, and I made all sorts of expressions.
Keldeo blinked. "Uh, I'm pretty sure we can watch Kevin make funny faces later. I'm more interested in seeing how Hyper Beam training works."
I closed my left eye, then my right one. I tilted my head as I kept staring at myself, all these things I did just to remind myself what I was now. I loved to see myself as a Pokémon now, the blue eyes I had since I was born were still with me.
Keldeo threw up his forehooves and said, "Alright, fine! We're just gonna ignore it! Fine with me."
I could hear the sounds of many Pokémon at night speaking I could feel as if I was starting to understand certain words, although what I wanted to pay attention to was the beating of my heart once more. I closed my eyes and I felt the beats of my heart once I placed my paws on my chest and felt my blood flow within me, you might find it strange but I must explain, feeling my heart beat within the body of a Buizel, my body, was relaxing and also reassuring of the remembrance that I am now a Pokémon. I breathed deeply and let my lungs fill with air, I felt my chest lift and then breathed out.
Keldeo sighed and smiled, "Okay, to be honest, this is some really good poetic writing. I really do love it. But still, when is Kevin gonna learn Pokemon speech? How long is this gonna take. If only there were some faster way that could Kevin talking and understanding right now-."
When I opened my eyes, I saw a bright ball of light approaching me,
"Mew!" The Pokémon greeted me, I simply smiled back. It was an honor to meet a legendary Pokémon.
"M-Mew! What are you doing here?"
Munna floated in and said with a serious expression, "Well, I sure hope somebody picks up that phone."
"You what?" Keldeo asked.
"Because I totally called it!" Munna declared triumphantly before flying off again.
Mew came closer to me and it touched my head once. As Mew did this, I was suddenly confronted with the thousand of Pokémon talking rules. It was so simple to me now, the timing of what one says combined with the intention of the voice and using only four to five types of sounds allowed you to express yourself in endless ways. The eyes were also involved in communication, looking away while saying "hi" meant something completely different if you looked at the Pokémon or if you said this slightly slower or with another sound.
Keldeo nodded sagely. "It's true. It's very true."
"I'm sure you get it now!" Mew spun around playfully while giggling.
"Yes! I can understand it now!"
"And you can speak with us too!" Mew cheered to itself happily, he held my paws as we both levitated and twirled about. "It makes me so happy! Finally a human joins us all!" Mew and I landed on the ground again, Mew floated upwards and smiled. "Are you enjoying it? Isn't this so much fun?" It was hard not to smile at Mew, as it spoke on the voice turned out to resemble a feminine one, I'm not sure if legendary Pokémon had genders or not, but defining her as a she was almost unavoidable for me.
"It's fun! I love being a Pokémon!"
Cain and Marcus approached us as Mew was speaking to me. Cain's eyes widened as Marcus's smile could not be hidden. Cain approached quickly.
"Mew! It's so nice to see you!" Cain said impressed. "I have so many questions!" Marcus hopped on Cain's shoulder and smiled at Mew.
"Woow, I've never seen you before Mew! You are such a cool Pokémon and everything!" Marcus said as he then jumped down from Cain's shoulder. Mew smiled at us all. "So watcha doin here Mew?" Marcus asked.
"I came to celebrate!" Mew said as she stretched her arms upwards and later spun around in circles. "It makes me so happy! This is the first human that chose to voluntarily become a Pokémon."
"Now, when Jirachi came out of nowhere in the original, I went along with it, but I kinda felt it was a Dues Ex Machina. How does Mew compare?" Keldeo smiled and went on, "Well, Mew was mentioned during the Sinnoh Myth scene. And it would make sense that Mew, arguably one of the very first Pokemon ever, would become aware of a human willingly becoming a Pokemon and embracing that way of life so he could truly understand his Pokemon friend. Speaking of which, I'd say it's finally about that time at last."
At the distance I saw Buizel, he looked very hopeful, I'm sure he wondered if I was able to understand other Pokémon now, when I saw him I couldn't contain my happiness. Finally after all these years I was going to be able to speak to Buizel myself. When Mew stopped hugging me I ran as quickly as I could towards Buizel, he of course did the same.
The both of us hugged very tightly with each other, "Buizel, I can understand Pokémon now!" Buizel smiled back at me.
"Kevin, finally!" I was lost for a bit as I heard his voice for the first time, it was one of those voices that you would hear in TV shows, confident and proud.
Keldeo blinked. "So, he sounds like Elijah Wood?" He asked innocently.
"Is it true what you said? Do you consider yourself completely as a Pokémon now!?" Buizel looked at me with a smile.
'We are both Pokémon, are we not?" I asked him, as soon as I responded he hugged me again.
"You didn't have to do this you know, I would've been fine with you just understanding me." Buizel said as he looked at me again, I could notice his excitement, he really wanted me to talk to him as much as I did. "You didn't need to become a Pokémon just for me!"
"It's fine, that way I can talk to you directly. And besides, I absolutely love being a Pokémon, once I was trapped in your body I realized how amazing it was." I explained, "In a way, you showed me how great the Pokémon world really is. And I can also hear it clearly now." I looked around, reminding myself of the voices in the forest.
"I'm very happy! So happy that we can finally talk!" I could almost feel him cry out of sheer joy, he looked at me and then smiled. "My name is Corwyn!"
Keldeo worked his laptop with the tips of his hooves. "Hmmm, let's see," he said to himself, "Corwyn. . . Corwyn . . . aha! It means . . ." Keldeo's eyes widened, and he gave a slow smile. "'Friend of the heart . . . People with this name have a deep inner desire for a stable, loving family or community, and a need to work with others and to be appreciated. . ."
Audience: Awwwwwwwww!
"Corwyn!" I finally knew his name, my happiness was easily noticeable. "That name is cool! Kevin and Corwyn, best friends forever! It has a cool ring to it!"
Corwyn looked at me and smiled, "Kevin, you have always been my only family." I smiled when he said that, I felt that he was family for me as well. "You are very important for me, and I need to ask you something very important now." Corwyn said, he looked a bit nervous. Cain and Marcus were both listening to the conversation just from a bit afar. It was strange, Marcus was now completely still paying close attention to all we said while Cain seemed excited as he anticipated the event unfold. It showed me how important this must be.
"Bui- I mean Corwyn. What is so important," I really wanted to know, "What have you been trying to tell me all these years?" As I asked, Corwyn grabbed a hold of me and looked at me.
"Kevin, I want us to be brothers!" I was completely taken away by this, Brothers... I never even thought of such a possibility. "Kevin I've always considered you to be my brother, whether you were a human or not, especially now that we are both Buizels we can definitely be great brothers together!" It's however strange, I never thought of this possibility, but why was it that I was actually expecting this?
Buizel being my brother... When I was little I was normally alone and didn't have many friends to play with, I talked to George but we didn't go along as well as I did with Corwyn. He was always there for me at every instance, even in the bad moments he was. And in that night when we slept together in the sleeping bag, I really did feel that Corwyn was a part of my family. Does it really matter that we are not blood related? Of course it doesn't, Corwyn and I have always behaved like brothers, and I just didn't realize it until now.
"Its like- We've always been brothers, I just didn't know that we were until you said so." I said slowly as I awoke from my epiphany.
"Does that mean," Corwyn's eyes widened, and he was full of joy. "Does that mean that you'll be my brother?" I licked his forehead and then gave him a hug.
"Corwyn, I've always been your brother, but now I am one hundred percent certain!"
Cain and Marcus were happy, they cheered that they finally knew my response on the matter. It must've been hard to keep this a secret from me when I could understand them, and then I saw Mew, she was happy to have witnessed this moment, she came closer to us and smiled.
"This is the most joyful moment I've ever seen in my long life! Kevin renounced being a human to become Corwyn's little brother! This is truthfully a day of rejoice!"
I looked back at Mew, "wait, little brother?" I asked Mew, she smiled at me while giggling.
"Well yes! Corwyn is clearly older than you are!" Mew reaffirmed.
"Wow, I really didn't know that!" I said to myself, Corwyn hugged me.
"Yay! Little brother!" And here I was thinking I was going to be the big brother, I didn't mind.
Keldeo twitched in slight surprise. "Wha- Oh, well, that caught me off guard. Actually, this actually might be a good choice. Buizel-er, Corwyn has been Kevin's Pokemon for so long. Kevin rescued him and has been taking care of him. But now, with Kevin as a Pokemon, and younger than Corwyn, it's up to Corwyn as the big brother to guide Kevin in his new life as a Pokemon. Corwyn is now just as much of a capable character as Kevin. Pretty cool, huh?"
When Mew had left, Corwyn and I spoke all night, we talked about what he had said in the past too me when I couldn't understand him, we also talked about my music and how Buizel had inspired me. We talked of more mundane things like food, the world, other Pokémon. We spoke for hours and didn't realize how late it was.
It was almost time to go to sleep, everyone was tired from today. Adam had set down sleeping bags for himself and me, he had put Cain and Marcus away at their pokeballs, but he let me and Corwyn out.
"I'm not putting you two in pokeballs, mostly because I couldn't do that to Kevin, goodnight!" Adam said as he was sleeping. Corwyn and I had dragged the sleeping bag outside and out of the tent, the night was nice and the moon shone as brightly as it could. Corwyn was already inside the sleeping bag. We always went to sleeping hugging each other every night.
I got inside with Corwyn and we hugged each other as we did every night.
"I love you my dear brother" Corwyn said to me softly, I smiled and closed my eyes.
"I love you too big brother."
"And so, in the safety and warmth of each other's embrace, the two brothers descend into a peaceful slumber with a wonderful future before them. Thus, the story ends on a warm, feel good, open ended, final note."
I had no idea what tomorrow was going to await for me, but it was exciting to wonder. Tomorrow I begin anew, I will renew my life!
The journey might be only a bit more complicated now that I am not a human, learning to fully become a Pokémon might be a challenge, but with my older brother Corwyn by my side, I'm sure he will be able to guide me into really being a Pokémon in no time.
My journey to understanding Corwyn was not the end, this has only begun!
To be continued...
"And that was the rewrite of Kevin and Buizel. Now, the question is, was it better than the original?" Keldeo said.
Keldeo laughed and performed a happy back-flip.
"Of course it was better! It was AWESOME!"
"Sure, the subplot with Kyla got on my nerves, but at the same time, I could kinda tell what SukkotoDeragon was going with it, and it did have a pay off at the end. It didn't totally make up for the cringe worthy scenes throughout the story, but it didn't ruin the story either. New additions like Cedric, George, Mathias, the Sinnoh Myth, Lily's transformation spell from Johto, and Mew added much to the story's depth. Changes like Adam becoming a good guy, someone a little closer to Kevin being the one to read his private journal, Kevin's parents playing a major role in the story, and Kevin actually being able to make the choice to become a Buizel improved this story's plot a hundred times over."
"No story is perfect, but I feel that this fanfic came pretty close. It's a feel good story that shows how strong true friendship and brotherhood can be, and how it can cross boundaries due to the undeniable power of love."
Keldeo nodded and said, "I'm Keldeo the Critic. I review it so you don't have to."
THE END
Credits
Dragon Ball Z Abridged
Phoenix Wright
Nostalgia Critic- Jaws 4: The Revenge
The Matrix: Reloaded
Shrek by Dreamworks
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 by Scott Games
Putting Your Hoof Down- MLP:FiM- Hasbro- DHX- The Hub Network
Duck Season, Rabbit Season- Looney Tunes- Warner Brothers
Dramatic Pokemon Deerling (Dramatic Gopher Spoof) by ThePikaWu
UHF by Weird Al Yankovic
Cards Against Humanity
Special Thanks
DragonNiro- creator of The Angry Bug Show
thatdragonwiththetophat- creator of Spike the Snob
The Voice of Reason- Brony Analyst
Epic Rap Battle Parodies
Mandopony