Chapter 1

-? POV-

The sound of a hard object being slammed on a hard, robust surface could be heard.

"Another day, another job to do."A young man in his twenties spoke inside a dark cave as his pickaxe slammed into the thick layer of the cave's wall. His broad, tall figure is drenched in sweat, including his blond hair which is now tied in a small ponytail. Currently wearing a plain white t-shirt, he'd left his thick leather jacket aside on a nearby rock to keep it clean. Little good that did when the dust and dirt kicked up, but he tried. On his head, he was wearing a yellow safety helmet, a great piece of protective gear considering he'd already felt fist-sized rocks smack the back of his head twice today.

And it had been a long day.

"Hax!"

"Nothing again?" replied the blond man at the source of the voice, as the owner quickly replied with a loud 'Haxo!' to him. "Bloody hell, man. It's been like five hours and we got nothing? I swear this is gonna be a repeat of our last dig on Mistralton Cave."

A taller figure then approached the blond man while placing an even larger pickaxe on his shoulder. It was also wearing a safety helmet, though it had a different color, which was completely pitch-black per the wearer's preference.

"Hax!" the figure said while pointing his pickaxe on a deeper part of the cave.

"Adam… Bro," I said while looking at him with an incredulous expression. "Are you telling me to go deeper? Again?"

"Haxo!" Adam nodded in confirmation, while swinging the pickaxe on his shoulder with a confident look.

"Well, a little information for 'ya, mate. We've been digging in this place for what? Like almost five hours, and yet there's no result at all, man!" I told him nonchalantly while giving him a flat look.

"Haxo!" Adam replied to me with a reassuring tone, as if trying to persuade me to keep going despite the fact we'd found nothing so far.

And we kept repeating this process several times already! Jesus, loving Christ, Adam.

"Sometimes I really envy your sense of optimism, mate. 'Cuz I am really hitting the stop button and just call it for a day now." I said, eyes blinked for a moment because of sweat entering my eyelid, shit.

Unfortunately, Adam didn't take my words about stopping, as he just shrugged like usual while attempting to enter the deeper part of the cave.

Keyword, tried.

Because I immediately grabbed his shoulders, then just proceeded to dragged him away from the inner part of the cave, ignoring his cries of protest.

"Adam, sometimes I know that hard work has always been rewarded nicely. But on this part, I would spit on those norms and just call it a day." I replied, while dodging random swings from his tails as an act of protest, nearly hitting my head.

Arceus knew what would happen if that long, thick, and majestic appendage of a whip actually smacked me. At least it wouldn't kill me for sure, but it was gonna leave a decent mark. And maybe rattle my brain a bit.

But I knew that Adam wouldn't do anything to cause permanent harm. Been together for years; it's normal if both of us often bicker even about meager things.

Failed mining expeditions were often at the top of that list.

"Haxoo!" My starter continued to struggle while trying to persuade me, as its tail swung wildly to express his refusal, hitting several parts on the cave in the process.

I stopped to look at my starter, who was much larger and taller than me, even though I could easily drag him away. "Look buddy, mi amigo, we've been in this place for nearly five fucking hours now. Usually, I am fine with slogging through it all, but today, I didn't bring anything to fill my stomach. I'm hungry, desperately so. That's why let's stop for a day? Please?"

"Hax! Hax! Rus!" In response, my best buddy unleashed a series of tirades, speaking in a way I unfortunately understood. At some point, he even did another tail session, which unfortunately had to hit a decently sized stalagmite, splitting it two in the process.

"Man, you know you're my closest partner and my starter, but do you even need to throw a tantrum about this job like this, you big baby!?"

"Haxo! Hax!"

"Why care? At most I would lose some money and get a complaint, but digging for nearly six hours on an empty stomach is bullshit, man—"

—Any words that I was about to speak were completely gone when I noticed a tiny sparkle from the remains of stalagmite which Adam previously slapped with his tail. Letting go of my Pokémon, while ignoring a confused cry from Adam, I swiftly approach the ruined stalagmite in wonder of what could be emitting such vibrant light.

And I was not disappointed at all. Upon a closer inspection, it revealed to be the thing which I have been looking for nearly quarter of today and probably a week in full in this freaking damned place

"Adam," I called him, which he responded quickly, taking a semi-leap to quickly cut the distance, as his eyes bore at the thing inside the stalagmite, where it quickly widened as a huge smile appeared on his face.

"Hax!"

I joined him in celebration, quickly scooped the precious stone and kept it safe inside my pouch. "I believe it's time for us to return back to Vermillion City to finish our job here."

"Haxo! Hax!"

My Haxorus couldn't agree even more, as he quickly dashed inside to gather our tools. Frantically, if I may add. He was like a child when we got finds because, like a child, he knew we could sell it. And when we sold it high, he'd get treats.

Simplistic thought process, yeah, but it had me chuckling happily alongside him on the way back.

-Chloe Cerise POV-

"That stupid, insufferable, jerk!"

I sighed, kicking several pebbles while trying to vent my annoyance as I walked along the streets in Vermillion City after my last day in Pokémon Academy.

My mind was a mess. There was so much going on around me right now I wasn't sure what to think.

Today was supposed to be a day to celebrate since it was the day of my graduation after studying in Pokémon academy since I was nine.

Unfortunately, my mood had nothing but completely plummeting thanks to a certain idiotic childhood friend of mine.

"Mr. Know-It-All… Thinks he's soooo smart... Why I oughta kick his butt and shove an Electrode up his—GRRRR!" I growled as I imagined the myriad of ways I could get back at the snobby brat.

That damn Goh, talking like he was going to be a hotshot and such.

Ever since he started obsessing over Mew as a kid and wanting for the legendary to be his starter Pokémon, and pulled further and further away from people due to no one taking him seriously. Maybe the lack of meaningful attention from his busy parents played a part. They worked overseas after all.

But still, his outrageous dream and his irritating insistence that it'll happen soon being completely devoid of any hint of common sense while he was being, dare I think it, an ass, was becoming quite insufferable.

And to think we're used to being childhood friends, sigh.

'All this time, I helped him take care of all his stupid homework, making sure he reviews for every single test that he would forget about until a day before, even helping him to pass his final friggin exam! ALL that time was spent on him! It even cost me MY first chance to take the test, and he dared to gloat that it was all HIS own hard work!? Fine, have it your way, you stupid, idiot—' She huffed and puffed before blowing off steam by kicking a pebble straight into a wall. "Gah! I quit! You can go eat dirt from now on for all I care!"

Unfortunately, my anger had been getting over me a little bit, causing me to instinctively yell at the public, which drew looks from people around me, which I promptly reacted by bowing my head and apologized for causing ruckus.

'Sigh, me and my stupid mouth,' I lamented, while also thinking about what I would do next after I graduated. 'But then again, I didn't have much interest in Pokémon battles…'

If I was being honest, I could say that I hadn't found any real interest that I wanted to pursue in life. At some point, I was considering being a Pokémon trainer, even applied to the Pokémon Academy due to my father's encouragement, despite having little to no interest in it.

Fast forward, and here I am now. A graduate from the Pokémon Academy in Kanto but with little to no plans after the fact… Yay…

I returned to Vermillion City for a quick trip to meet my family to informing them about my graduation, since my mom asked me before. She'd likely throw a party, but with my sour mood…

Guess I'll have to suck it up for their sakes. They did support me after all, unlike that one idiot.

I still needed to go back to get my starter later. Given the academy system, I should have returned before dusk, lest I'll get a pick of the leftovers… if there were any. Since the starters were limited and I had to wait for the next batch if they ran out, I was essentially halting my journey until the next delivery just because of being late.

As I walked on the alley which I usually took for a shortcut, I began to think about what kind of starters that I could get.

Realistically I could get Pokémon like Rattata, Pidgey, Spearow which was mostly what a lot of graduates got. While most people thought it was disheartening to receive common Pokémon which you could easily find in the wild, I thought it was okay, since Pokémon were expensive to get.

And even more expensive to raise.

True, you could buy a Pokémon from official online websites or from a licensed breeder approved by the Pokémon League in order to get any possible Pokémon which you could get whether they were in stock or not.

But you usually want a strong and rare Pokémon because investments in those had far bigger returns. What with them having more job demand in the market, or so dad and the teachers told her. It was a costly business.

Common Pokémon usually can be bought for around several hundreds Pokédollar to a few thousands. And it was only common Pokémon with decent experience, since the value came from the result of its training.

Rarer Pokémon could be somewhere around a few thousands to reaching a crazy amount of tens of thousands.

Meanwhile, Regional starters were a hot sale among all of the available Pokémon and can be bought even when they're still untrained. Heck, you could pay someone to catch it fresh from the wilds, but their price could range somewhere around tens of thousands of pokédollars to a whopping several hundred thousands.

I even heard that our regional starters were considered among the top picks for regional starters, hence their towering price if compared with other regional starters, which mainly due to the fact that our regional starters were famously known to have access on both Mega Evolution and from what I heard, a distinct form from faraway Galar which could made them being transformed into a titanic size with a completely new appearance.

I kind of forgot about that, Dynamax, isn't it?

Another thing is that I wouldn't get any access to Pokédex soon, given how expensive it was. At most I probably could get the normal version unlike what the people with mentorship could have. A Pokédex was the best tool for training your Pokémon after all, since you basically just scanned your Pokémon in order to get their basic information such as abilities, typings, and move sets.

And I don't think I would get something like that soon, even if my father is a Pokémon Professor. He had an ethical code to obey, and giving myself a regional starter, let alone a Pokédex out of all things, for free was a sign of nepotism. It'd be considered as an abuse of authority which could lead to his license getting suspended, or worse, straight up being terminated.

That's definitely something that I must avoid at all costs. Even with how much my father loved me, he's already squeezed what we had dry for the sake of getting me through the academy.

I still wanted him working on his dream, not sacrificing it for a meager wish of giving her eldest child a nepotistic start.

And I wasn't a bitch that'd take credit for work I didn't do. Unlike some people!

I'd have to work hard, get a decent job, make it big and move on to better pastures. Or so the saying goes, I don't know. Anything to get away from that jerk, Goh! This, I swear! I will make it bigger than he'd ever hope to be so I can make him eat dirt the next time we meet! I'll show him!

I was pumped, so pumped and absorbed in my thoughts that I didn't realize that I walked past the alley and entered the darker, seedier part of town, far away from the main street when I bumped into someone.

"Ah, sorry! I wasn't paying atten—"

My breath hitched as I finally got a good look at someone who just bumped with me.

"Hey boys. Lookie what we got here. Need help gettin' around, little lady?"

"Little? She doesn't look a little to me, eh, Brad?"

Brad slurps lips, eyes not meeting mine but looking straight down my chest. "Mmm... We eatin well tonight!"

I crossed my arms defensively. That's when I realized, I found myself at a different alley, one that my parents often warned me about heading through. Standing in front of me were a bunch of shady, hunky, and creepy people with black clothes, mostly males. Almost everyone had a tattoo on their faces, and I even spotted a modified bike stationed not far away from the place where I stood.

I'm screwed, totally screwed.

'I need to get out of here now!' I panickedly thoughts, quickly turning my body away and about to get away from here. But much to my dread, there was an ugly and fat person with piercings and tattoos everywhere on his body blocking me from my path.

"S-Stop! Stay away from me!" I screamed while trying to get as far as I could from this creepy bald man. But I yelped when someone pushed me from behind, which caused me to collide with the fat guy, to which he took it with pleasure as he grabbed my arm with his larger hand.

"Oh, not so fast girl! Where do you think you're going~?" He spoke with a singsong tone, which creeped me out so much.

"Please stop—!" I said, trying to kick him in the nuggets. Dad said that's where bad people's weak spots were, right? But he managed to grab my ankle, and painfully yanked it up. He lifted me into an indecent pose which was clearly suggestive enough about his intent.

"N-no! Please!" I looked to the others, but my plea was drowned by the seas of laughter. Even the women of the bunch just watched as if my suffering was a show as their friends started approaching me with creepy expressions.

Tears welled up as I feared the worst possible things that could have happened to me.

I even haven't told my parents and my little brother that I managed to graduate—!

—Please someone!

"H-help…" Too weak, I had to scream louder. So I sucked in my breath and let out a desperate cry. "H-HELP ME!"

I screamed with all of my might, while closing my eyes in fright and resignation. Nothing. It was just them laughing at me. I was alone. I was done for. Until—

"Wow, a bunch of guys are trying to molest a girl in a dark alley, not my cup of tea."

—until I heard someone, another voice which brought my eyelid opened up when I saw the figure who had spoken—

"—Gah!"

And watching in amazement of how the oversized creepy guy somehow got thrown backward with an incredible force, caused him to not only let go of my arm, but crash into his fellows like a bouncy bowling ball. Releasing me made me lose my balance though, and as I was about to fall into the hard concrete—

"Woah, there, kiddo."

—I found myself wrapped in a pair of sturdy arms who then lifted me up in a bridal style.

My eyes quickly wandered to the sight of my savior.

He's a man, probably in his early twenties with towering height which probably dwarfed the creepy oversized man with tattoos earlier. Upkeep blond hair, and emerald green eyes that shone with confidence, wearing a simple black t-shirt, alongside navy jeans and brown leather shoes.

"Hey there, darling. Need some help?"

My cheek flashed crimson not only because of our current state, but of how mesmerizing he was to look at—wait! What am I saying?!

"Ahah…" Even his abrupt chuckle had her mouth agape. "I'll take silence as a yes."

'Oh my god, he's so gorgeous! Look at that face, that cheek, those sharp eyes! It's so different compared to my adolescent classmates! I can't—I can't—IIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE! Girl, stop drooling!'

"Hey, you! Get some bitches on your own! That girl is mine!" yelled the creepy guy while quickly standing from where he got thrown away by this man, which completely ruined my mood, but also snapped me from my fantasies.

"Such daring words, only used by a brute man like you, how uncouth." replied the man while shaking his head, before turning at me with a dazzling smile which made my heart skip a beat. "It's unfortunate that you must have met these brutes and suffered because of their uncivilized manners, young lady. Worry not. I'll handle this."

'My god… Could you not—! Please stop~! My heart couldn't take it anymore~!'

The man chuckled as soon as he saw my expression, which made my cheek now completely red, because I knew that he must have seen my expression before! And my drool!

How embarrassing!

But it seemed those creepy guys didn't take his dashing appearance as well as I did, and as soon as this man replied to them with such a sophisticated expression, their eyes were red in rage.

"You dare!? Men! Let the boys out! Let's teach this guy a lesson for now messing around with the Black Skull Gang!"

"Hell yeah! All of this guy's behavior pissed me off!"

"Death to all of these handsome bastards!"

"They ruined my chance of getting myself a bitch of my own!"

'… If I could've said something, no wonder you guys stayed single with those behaviors of yours.' I inwardly said, sweatdropped.

But now was not the right time, as those guys quickly grabbed their Pokéballs and unleashed the entire horde at once. My heart sank when I saw this amount of Pokémon, ranging from common Rattata and its evolution Raticate, to Houndoor and Poochyenas, a few Koffing and Ekans lurking on the back as well. Heck, several Beedrill were hovering around in the air at the ready.

All of their Pokémon were hissing and growling, seemingly attempting to threaten us with their numbers as the fat guy and his goons were laughing boisterously. "How's that! Not much of a hotshot aren't you, now that you're facing the might of Black Skull Gang!"

Their numbers were probably somewhere around fifties. None of them daring to fight fairly with just one. A couple had called upon four at a time… And there's only two of us, where I didn't have any single Pokémon with me at all!

"W-what should we do!? I don't have any Pokémon yet, and you couldn't possibly face all of these Pokémon by yourself-!"

"Not really," The blond man replied with a relaxed tone, as he then put me down on the ground, before his hands went into his back, grabbing three shrunk Pokéballs from his belt, before enlarging all of them at once. "These guys are hardly a threat at all."

"... Eh?"

He quickly threw those Pokéballs into the sky, unleashing the Pokémon stored inside of it.

Which caused me, along with those biker goons and their leader, to collectively drop our jaws. Eyes widened in surprise when his Pokémon fully unveiled their visage. Their draconic visage.

The first was a floating purplish sea dragon with an impressive height of around two meters tall, with two horns on its head and two pairs of flippers on each side with a yellow underbelly with her tail tightly curled up. There were thin spines with a single branch atop her head, with thin white fins under its cheeks, alongside two-pronged fins extending past her cheeks. It looked boorish upon seeing the groups of Pokémon in front of her.

The second one was a bipedal green reptilian who stood at an impressive height that exceeded the first. It had thick limbs and muscular legs, and a rounded belly with a horizontal, pale red stripe extending across him. He also had a long dark green, fern-like tail resembling a tree, and a cluster of small round yellow seeds growing on his back. His slitted pupils with yellow scleras were glancing boredly at his surroundings, as he used his sharp claw with bladed leaves on its wrist to scratch his cheek, unbothered by the opposing numbers.

But if these two were already impressive specimens for a Pokémon, the last one stood even beyond that.

It's a daunting, bipedal and dragonian beast. Standing at a towering three meters, he was the tallest among the trio. His scales were completely black, with an even darker leather hide protected by the pitch-dark armor. The only different colors on this Pokémon were his large tusks located on his upper jaw which had red edges on it, his small, circular arms with pointed red claws, and finally on his thick, formidable legs which had three-toed red talons.

"Look at the size of that Kingdra, and it has a different color as well?!"

"What the fuck, this scrub got a rare Pokémon like a damn Sceptile!"

"H-holy shit! T-that Haxorus! It's freakin' huge and look at that pitch-black color!"

Screams of amazement and fear were instantly surrounding the entire biker group, as their morale dropped because of facing unexpectedly strong foes.

"Alright, gang. Here's the sitrep." The man held her in his arms as three pairs of intimidating gazes turned to their master. "This innocent girl was being harassed by those assholes." He pointed down the street to the awestruck goons and all eyes from the three followed. "I want their asses kicked. Best one who scores the most takedowns gets something special for dinner!"

If there was one thing about today that made my spine chill more than the attempted assault on my person, it was the vicious smiles all three of my savior's Pokémon made upon hearing their orders.

That was just simple glares.

But the effects were just indescribable, it was something else. Because with just the glint in their gazes, a couple of the bigger ones had started backing off. One beedrill, earlier menacing, had hidden behind its trainer and pushed the shivering woman forward like a shield.

Forget lowering their foes' guard, these giant things were just making the gang that assaulted her piss themselves.

Then, all hell broke loose.

Kingdra was the first to dive in. Or rather, it squawked which akin to a roar, causing the nearest Rattata to unceremoniously drop out cold before she spewed a blast of concentrated bubbles.

It was a simple Bubble beam.

What was supposed to be a simple move turned dark when they not only popped on impact, knocking back the targets, but also it packed much more power than normal, as the explosiveness of the bubbles sent multiple Pokémon scattering.

Everyone was now in a frenzy. The weakest-willed of the horde scattered as the ones who stood their ground hesitated to charge in.

"G-go! P–P-Poochyena! A-attack that overgrown lizard with a quick attack!"

""Bark—BAWK—!""

The gang members tried to commence an attack in desperation as they ordered their Pokémon to attack, only for their Pokémon to be instantly crushed by the swift of dark-colored tail. One Poocheyena was quickly knocked into a wall, falling silent with a whimper as its trainer cried out. Several also quickly fell before the might of the black dragonian, as Haxorus, whose tail did the deed, looked at his surroundings with a low growl as though he wanted to sigh, disappointed that his foes was downed by a mere stretch of its rear appendage.

As for Sceptile, it just stood there. His demeanor stayed in standby, even though his eyelids were half-lidded, boredom quickly filled his mood as he just stood there watching his comrades tearing apart those groups of Pokémon as if they were just a nuisance.

"Incredible…" I watched in amazement at the scene before me.

This was probably the thing that I used to watch when Goh often dragged me to watch it. The same thing that I watched before in a match between trainers of the highest pedigree.

The might of a true Pokémon trainer.

"O-oy! What do we do?!"

One of the earlier grunts looked to their leader who, since the start of this debacle, was staring the Sceptile dead in the eye. It stared back, almost as if daring him to move first. It even raised its forearm and beckoned towards itself, challenging them all while it swished its leafy tail side to side.

Teeth grit, the lead gangster had one thing to say. "What are you all doing?! There's one of him and tens of us! Get them!"

The goons collectively took one look at their leader and then at each other. With a nod, they pointed. Not at the three Pokémon sending their own packing with just their breath, but at the trainer who called them. "Attack that bastard! Now!"

That was a mistake, or so I assumed it to be. The moment all the Pokémon that weren't fleeing turned their attention to my savior, the big three tensed up.

That was a bad sign.

As one, Sceptile and Haxorus leapt head-on and swiped away the small fry with just a sweep of their tail. The ones that flew, those were intercepted by Kingdra who dropped the Bubble Beam and just full on hosed down the swarm of Beedrills and Koffings with incredible accuracy using Hydro Pump.

It was like a video game, except all the poor Pokémon following their dumb trainers' orders were actually paying the price for their stupidity.

Not for long. Sceptile immediately dealt with one side of the alley before jumping right into the back, right into the gangsters!

"Wha—GAH!"

"No, wait! That's not fair—HYAAAAAGH!"

"Why us—URGH!"

Sceptile didn't hesitate to attack them like any trained Pokémon would. It just swung its tail, grabbed a couple of them by the collars, and swung them too. Like a whirlwind of green, it sent bladed grass and human bodies flying into each other until most of the big trainers were down for the count.

"Drasil, don't go as hard as usual!" said my savior as he just nonchalantly watched the whole mayhem. "Gina and Adam, just clean the rest, they're just not worth it!"

Drasil the Sceptile, snorted in a brief moment, before he continued his assault. The remaining of biker's Pokémon were swiftly dealt by Gina the Kingdra and Adam the Haxorus, as the series of Hydro Pump from the sea dragon mostly blew away those poor Pokémon, while the rest was being cleaned up by a swift, razor greenish aura formed in Haxorus' claws.

It didn't take long before the remaining one was the creepy, oversized guy itself.

But despite facing overwhelming odds against him, he still had that confident look on his face.

"Hmph! I commend your Pokémon to be able to do this much damage over my gang! But don't you think this is the only Pokémon I have since I still have my own ace to deal with you all!" declared the oversized guy as it caused the trio to instantly on edge, eyes looking sharper than before as if they were anticipating it.

It also made me get concerned, wondering about what kind of Pokémon that could triumph over these monster trio that my savior had, as he also looked far more serious than before.

"Come on out! My Strongest and bestest buddy!" screamed the oversized guy as he threw a Great Ball into the air, which revealed to be a large, insectoid, oval-shaped Pokémon with a pale brown body, a segmented abdomen and a large pair of white, spiked pincer-like horns on the top of its head. It has a wide mouth with long, flat teeth aligned in a vertical manner.

It was a Pinsir.

Though, It was kind of smaller than the usual Pinsir that the Academy had before.

"Heh, and to make it go even further! Pinsir, Mega Evolution!"

My eyes widened in shock as the myriad of lights encasing Pinsir's whole body, causing it to undergo a massive change.

The pincers on its head are now longer with larger spikes and its eyes are now yellow. Additionally, it gained a large pair of yellow wings with an area of orange venation near the base and also a set of brown elytra, with orange blades sprouting through the elytra. Its arms became much longer with spikes on each forearm.

"I-I did not expect for someone like him to be capable of performing a mega evolution-!"

In order to be able to perform a Mega Evolution, one had to have two specific items. A keystone, and a specific stone for the Pokémon itself. And usually, those items are insanely pricey, with a keystone alone could even reached a staggering amount of a couple of millions Pokédollars. Not even including the stone for the specific Pokémon, which while not as extravagant as keystone, were also not far behind in terms of their prices.

And to think someone like this creepy guy could have something like that—!

"W-what should we do, Mr!? This creepy guy is actually having a—!"

I stopped myself midway, as I got a better look on my savior.

His eyes looked—bored, disappointed even. As if he was seeing something that isn't worthy of his time.

And not just him, even his powerful trio of dragons were quickly looking back at him, eyes looking at their trainer, before looking at the Pinsir who also looked confused at their behavior, before finally looking at their boss again with expressions that I barely perceived as disbelief.

It's as if they were in the same opinion as their trainer.

And to add it even further, my savior only shrugged while instructing them, half-heartedly. "Well, it's up to you guys. Who's gonna take the bug in front of you?"

Immediately, those three are looking at each other, while forming a circle around themselves while completely ignoring the confused oversized guy with his Mega Pinsir doing the same, as they were then doing something that I never expected—.

—They were playing rock, paper, scissors, with the Kingdra specifically using her tail to perform that!

In the end, it was Adam, the Black Haxorus who lost the minigame. Adam then released a few cries, voicing his protest over the result. Unfortunately for him, Gina, the Kingdra were having none of his attempted reason, and squeaked, likely telling him to take his part, which caused Drasil, the Sceptile, to playfully poking at him. This in turn caused Adam to get annoyed and tried to retaliate by swinging his tail, which Drasil easily dodged.

Before both of them are being slapped by Gina on their head, squawking with a low tone which caused Adam to sulk, while Drasil just rubbed his head while smiling in satisfaction as both then stepped back to stand near their trainer, leaving Adam standing alone against Mega Pinsir.

"... I-Is this normal?" I asked, unsure about the whole event, to my savior, who just shrugged in response.

"It's normal for them."

I just titled my head in confusion, before I quickly turned my attention back to the creepy guy, who was looking fed up due to my savior's Pokémon antics.

"What the fuck are you shitheads doing!? Doing rock, paper, scissors to decide which one gonna face my prized Pinsir!? You're really underestimating me, you blond shit!" Screamed the oversized guy in outrage.

His Mega Pinsir was the same with him, buzzing and eyes shone in anger of being treated like this.

In response, my savior just shrugged, before his eyes caught on something, which I turned my head on where he was looking, as my eyes landed on the figure of Adam, who apparently looked at his trainer, as if requesting for something.

"... Seriously, for a mere small fry like this?"

"Haxo."

"Mi amigo, for once I repeat myself. Are you sure about this?"

"Haxo!"

"Man, you and your principle of fighting fairly," spoke my savior while shrugging, as he took out something from his pocket, which revealed to be a ring.

Where in the middle of it, was embedded a familiar stone which caused me to gobsmacked upon seeing it.

"W-wait, You also had it? B-but there's no such thing as a Mega Haxo—!"

"Adam, Transcend."

My mouth went agape, which was a similar reaction from the head goons, along with his Mega Pinsir as all of us are watching something that shouldn't be possible when Adam's whole body was now completely encased with the same myriad light that covered Pinsir before.

"... A new Mega Evolution…" I whispered in barely concealed disbelief.

As the light subsided, I was faced with Adam who had undergone an immense change.

His already impressive scales developed even further, gaining a bulkier and wider scales which resembled an armored dragon. He also gained additional blades. One on his head, and a pair protruding on his arms. Not only that, but he also gained a significant increase in height, bringing it even further, reaching roughly around three and half meters.

And his aura—

—It was so domineering that it almost caused me to be unceremoniously dropped on the ground had my savior not immediately caught my prone body.

"Whoa there-! I guess you weren't ready for facing the blast of his draconian aura alone, sorry about that." said my savior while winking his eyes.

I smiled back at him, cheek blushed in response.

But if it was bad for me, then it couldn't be said the same for both Mega Pinsir, as he received a full blast of Adam's immense aura.

To make it even worse, Adam's new height was now completely twice of the poor bug's size, who was completely shaken in fear as Mega Pinsir just stood there, petrified in fear.

A veritable black dragon looking down on a measly bug.

And Mega Evolved or not, there was a clear difference between those two.

And the bug reacted quickly as there was but one option. Retreat.

"O-oy! What are you doing Pinser-!" The gang leader couldn't finish before his own Pokémon snatched its Pokéball and recalled itself back into the device's safe space. "Useless little-!"

"Grrrrrrrrrrrr…"

A bellow interrupted the gang leader's tirade as the towering black dragon now eyed him specifically. He spluttered in shock, taking a step backward in response which caused him to accidentally stepped on one of his goons, and it made him fall backwards where his head collided in the hard concrete floor, immediately losing his consciousness.

It was an anti-climatic ending, which caused both Gina and Drasil to laugh uproariously at Adam, who just sulked as if he was already expecting this.

But I am glad that this finally over—

"—Freeze! You are under arrest!"

My heart skipped a beat when Officer Jenny and a bunch of Growlithe, led by a rather huge Arcanine, suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"You have the right to remain silent! Do not try to—Huh!?"

And immediately after their unexpected arrival, they were quickly petrified in their spot. Those Growlithe took it even worse, as I could see raw, primal fear being plastered over their expression. The leader Arcanine took it much better, though he looked wary and tense as well, with slight fear briefly crossing his feral expression.

All of them are having the same reaction on the same figure.

Adam, the Mega Haxorus who just stared back at them with silence.

"—Ah, shit. The police are here. Gina, Smokescreen! Drasil, Leaf Storm, cover our track! Adam, we're leaving!"

I yelped when suddenly my savior quickly scooped me in bridal style, as Kingdra quickly unleashed a thick, black smoke from her snout, followed by Sceptile who responded by releasing a barrage of green leaves surrounded in a green aura around his tail. The leaves then stretch out and surround the unsuspected Officer Jenny with her Pokémon, effectively trapping them.

"Sorry about this, but I didn't want to get anything in anything with them." spoke my savior as he just winked at me, while both of us were currently riding the black Mega Haxorus as we quickly escaped from Officer Jenny, who screamed incoherently beneath the smoke and tornado of leaves.

This surely was not the thing I expected when I returned home.

But part of me kind of enjoyed the moment when my savior was taking me in bridal style, as both of us crossed the dark alley while riding his Mega Haxorus, alongside his Pokémon.

It was truly a mesmerizing experience.

"Oh yeah," I spoke while in trance. "I haven't asked for your name, Mr. Savior."

My savior just smirked. As he replied directly to my ears, which caused me to shiver in response.

"Call me Sieg."

-To Be Continued-

Beta Readers:?

Author Note

Another story, another Snippet down.
Partially inspired by Iceless' 'Ever Play Competitive?', which probably also counts Hard Enough and New Normal as well. Though I took a completely different perspective with how MC is taking his job as a Treasure Hunter.
And also adding something which I added over from the vanilla game, Mega Evolution for Haxorus.
Let's be honest, this guy deserved it, damnit.
Anyway, that's all and I'll see you guys in other updates.
Hope you enjoyed this and leave lots of comments since I liked it.

Sieg's Pokémon:
- Adam/Haxorus - Male [Shiny]
- Gina/Kingdra - Female [Shiny]
- Drasil/Sceptile - Male

Note: All of the pokemon gender, shiny, etc are determined by dice beforehands.