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Kapitel 43: C043 - Being stupid and lucky

The fight was a tie for the longest time as Pete watched with bated breath. Nidoking had a few bite marks and slashes. One of his arms lay limply from the surprising reveal that his enemy knew the move Thunder Fang, leaving the arm paralyzed for the moment.

Ariados had a few cracks and a nasty, bleeding dent on the exoskeleton of its torso from a point-black Rock Throw and a burn, rendering one of its legs unusable from a Fire Punch.

Pete looked with an anxious expression as the two brawled. If Nidoking didn't find a good chance to use Hyper Beam and land the hit squarely, he was sure the old Ariados had better stamina and would win a phyrric victory.

Pete still didn't leave and go back to his initial position among his team. Only Golurk covered for him as a sort of guardian. So far, he had not seen any duplicitous acts among pokemon, so he felt safe.

But that feeling quickly evaporated as Ariados with its back turned toward him jumped backward in his direction and shot spider webs at him with a noxious purple hue on it: Ariados signature move, Toxic Thread.

In its hasty execution, the thread was aimed at his arm and not his face, thankfully. It hit him regardless because Pete was just a regular human who could barely follow his pokemons' moves from a good distance away and it poisoned him upon contact.

The pain was instant and so was the discoloration. However, that was the least of his worries as the rest of the Ariados started attacking once more.

Golurk immediately sprang into action as it shoved Pete back with ground type energy. Once Pete was far away enough, both Nidoking, and the golem started Sandstorm once more as Golurk used Sand Tomb on the leading Ariados, who still had its back turned toward Pete and Golurk.

Caught off guard, the usually quick Ariados was hit by the move and was unable to move away. Nidoking ran over, used one arm to hold Ariados' head in place, and powered up a Hyper Beam right in its face with a very angry expression.

Ariados retaliated with Venom Drench, but Nidoking was undeterred for the moment.

The other Ariados were almost upon the Vileplume's and Pete's team when the earth suddenly rumbled and split open. Just as Nidoking was powering up Hyper Beam to take out the insidious leader, Golurk used up most of his remaining ground type energy by using the move Fissure.

The split-open earth behaved like hungering maws for a short moment as the splits closed and opened all over the place, effectively crushing over forty of the attacking foes to death in a short moment and crushing a limb or two for the rest.

Pete ran back to his pokemon with gritted teeth as he tried to get out an Antidote and a Pecha berry from his bag but he failed trying to do it with one arm. Solosis had used Heal Pulse on him in worry as Rapidash got a powerup from her son and Growlithe to unleash another devastating Inferno in anger.

When he reached his pokemon, the Minccino quickly went over to help get out the items from the bag. They were smart like that. Pete managed to eat the Pecha Berry and inhale the Antidote as well as apply it to his arm, but even with Heal Pulse, the recovery from his poisoned status was not instant.

Pete tried combating it with moving ground type energy through his body as that should be resistant to the poison type energy, but even with that, the pain and poison made his consciousness go blurry.

In all his anger, Nidoking's first ever use of Hyper Beam in real battle was devastatingly powerful. The caught Ariados leader stood no chance and was dead almost immediately so that Nidoking could aim the remaining Hyper Beam at the charging enemies.

After having unleashed a giant Inferno, Rapidash too started gathering energy for a Hyper Beam, but at that point, barely any Ariados were still alive after the Sandstorm and Fissure comboed with her initial Inferno. It still felt good to her, so she took out a good half of the remaining pokemon.

'People in this world have survived worse.'

That was what Pete's first thought was when he woke up once more. That didn't lessen the headache he was feeling or the terrible taste in his mouth, but it did reassure him that he would live through getting his arm poisoned since he used an Antidote almost immediately.

Solosis laid right next to his head in deep slumber as Pete slowly recognized his surroundings as his tent. The tent flap was open, and all his pokemon were close to him sleeping.

There was only one pokemon wide awake, Golurk. The giant golem slowly turned its head to look toward him. A feeling of gladness that Pete woke up was felt through their bond.

Pete's body ached over, but especially his right arm that was hit with the Toxic Thread was numb but at the same time burning up. When Pete looked at the arm, he noticed he was barely able to lift it. It was still a little purple, so Pete used his good arm to reach out to his bag, and he fumbled to get another Pecha Berry out of the special berry module, one of his first purchases in this world in New Bark Town.

Usually, Pete was stealthy enough in the mornings that all his pokemon stayed asleep except for maybe Rapidash, but this time, his rummaging woke up almost everyone.

Solosis, exhausted as she was, used Heal Pulse on him, Golurk and Nidoking a bunch more times and immediately fell asleep once more after Pete made her eat half an Oran and half a Leppa Berry to fight her exhaustion.

All his pokemon showed genuine concern for Pete's wellbeing, especially the old Miltank and Rapidash. Miltank first made the shiny Miltank fill up a glass of Moomoo Milk for their trainer before urging the other cow pokemon to help out in making a late breakfast.

Pete didn't shy away from letting his pokemon do all the work this morning, so he simply reclined on a chair in the shade of the hill and waited for food to be ready. The Miltank didn't have Pete's proficiency in cooking, so most of his pokemon were content with store-bought food that Pete had gotten in Goldenrod City.

What Pete got was a porridge with milk and berry mush, an easy recipe since it could be done without knives, and Rapidash had gladly helped cooking the food quickly.

"Why does this place look like a wake? And why are you all sleeping?"

A familiar voice roused Pete from the nap in his camping chair in the shade after breakfast.

"*Yawn* Sorry, what?"

"What happened to your arm?" Luna asked in worry as she got a good look at Pete's tired form

"I was mental enough to stay close to a fight between Nidoking and an Ariados tribe leader. It attacked me during a one-on-one fight for the rights to the meadow with Nidoking. They never wanted to agree in the first place," Pete tiredly explained without opening his eyes.

"Huh, that was pretty stupid. Do you have everything to cure that, or do you want to get a doctor? Maybe you should ask the Exeggutor to get you to the Goldenrod Hospital?"

Luna looked at Pete with furrowed brows, tapping her finger against her chin.

"I have Antidote and Pecha berries. Solosis used Heal Pulse a bunch of times. It's going to be okay. The Ariados was just very old, and it will take some time to get it out of my system," Pete explained in a soft voice. He was glad for the concern Luna showed, but it was nothing to worry about... in Pete's mind anyway.

They talked a little about what that meant for his farm, but Pete assured them that the Vileplume had the day shift security covered as the Ariados would never willingly walk into a hundred third-stage evolution grass pokemon using Solar Beam.

What it meant for Pete in the long run? He didn't know yet, but he was sure the giant car-sized Ariados was not the only leader in the large spider pokemon tribe. He would either have to try his luck with the next leader or fight as long as necessary to cull their numbers enough to be a non-threat to his farm.

The day went on and was very quiet for Pete. All his pokemon eventually got up from their sleep and aided with the construction. The only one truly chilling with Pete was Sunkern, but even the admittedly weakest of his pokemon was busy training his control over grass typing energy relentlessly.

A small fire was lit in his pokemon last night as they all used this day at the construction site to train their typing energies. Nidoking with the special project of creating a mushroom cave even decided to make the cave twice as big and intricate as previously decided just to get more training done.

After lunch, Pete decided to once more take a bath in the lake. The Marill family decided to follow immediately, and Solosis, Zorua, the two Minccino, and Growlithe followed along to protect Pete as well.

"Oh hey, the Feebas are back," Pete mumbled as he was busy enjoying the warm lake water with his pokemon.

"Solosis, can you float over my bag? I feel like sharing some berries with those four," Pete asked loudly instead of thinking his request so that the Feebas would hear it.

Berries floated on water, so instead of getting too close to the fish pokemon, Pete gently pushed four Oran Berries closer to the Feebas.

"Enjoy those berries and grow even more handsome and strong," Pete gently spoke with a warm smile. Making a Feebas feel pretty and appreciated so that it can evolve was definitely hard work.

Three of the Feebas immediately left like shy maiden who had seen a bare-chested for the first time, but one of them stayed behind, the smallest of the bunch.

"You want another berry so you can grow up to be big, beautiful, and strong like your friends?"

The Feebas cautiously swam closer with a nod, and Pete pushed over another Leppa Berry. When he did, Pete noticed that there were some scales missing and showing raw flesh on the Feebas' head. He remembered the evolution condition from the games and thought back to his loot from containers. There were a few scales that were likely a little too big to replace the missing ones, and he didn't have any 'scale glue', but could it hurt to try gifting one of them?

"You know, Feebas, I found this really pretty scale in my travels. I can give it to you if you promise you will protect this side of the lake in the future together with my pokemon," Pete offered as he finished going through all the miscellaneous things in his bag and pulled out a scale shining in many different colors in the early evening sun.


Kapitel 44: C044 - Jasmine's triumphant return

Pete's dreams were shattered as he walked back to his home to train his ground type energy some more.

The Feebas had looked at the scale with sparkling eyes, but when Pete tried to place it on the spot of a missing scale it fell off immediately, dropped in the water and was swallowed by Feebas shortly. She looked dumbly at Pete as if asking why that thing wasn't as delicious as the berries and Pete could only shoo the fish pokemon away with a sad sigh.

Held items really weren't a thing in this world, and how could a fish with no arms or hands even hold anything? Would he need actual glue to stick the pretty scale to the pokemon? Were words enough, and he'd just need to try a few more times?

Pete shook his head and sat down next to his outdoor kitchen to look at the construction crew going on about their day.

But that blissful rest didn't last long when he heard the ringtone of his tablet. A video-call from Vivian was on the screen. He had pretty much forgotten his promise from yesterday.

"*Oh no, what happened? You look awful, Pete!*"

"A nice day to you as well. You look as lovely as ever," Pete greeted back with a self-mocking grin.

"*Don't be coy with me, tell me before I get over to pamper you to full health against your will!*"

Vivian looked unimpressed with Pete's try to derail the conversation.

"Let's just say I learned the hard way why nobody lives here. We were prepared, but...uh... let's say I was a little reckless and definitely too trusting," Pete sheepishly answered under Vivian's serious glare.

"*You got it covered?*"

"Yeah, I had Pecha Berries and Antidotes prepared for my pokemon. And Solosis learned Heal Pulse, as you know. I'll be right as rain in a day or two, I'm guessing. And the thing that happened was just a... setback. Next time, I won't be caught off-guard," Pete explained without actually telling Vivian that he was poisoned by a tribe leader level Ariados the size of a car. That was just unwise.

"*Good. Please let us know if there's complications and always remember you could just move back to New Bark for your project. If it turns out to be impossible, there's no shame in trying something else,*" Vivian advised as her glare slowly turned into a soft smile filled with warmth.

"Sure, I'll keep that in mind. So you wanted a tour?"

"*Yes! The pictures won't do it justice, I had thought, and our visit is still a few weeks aw-*" Vivian interrupted herself by pressing her hand against her forehead.

"Alright, got it, Vivian. Surprise visit in two or three weeks," Pete said with a chuckle.

"*Ugh, me and my loose tongue. In any case, the tour is just an excuse to get you to talk with me for a while,*" Vivian brushed off with a sweet smile.

"Alright, let's get to it then. Maybe I'll get Rapidash to bring me around on her back to show you the surroundings a little without it taking us until midnight," Pete suggested with a laugh and turned the camera front facing.

Pete spent half an hour introducing Luna and Carl to Vivian as well as showing her around the foundations of the house. Both basement rooms were now more or less finished, and the outer walls and ceiling for the part of the house below the hill were almost done. What was missing were still the walls separating the rooms as well as the cabling and the plumbing to the second bathroom at the back.

With that done, Rapidash did indeed bring Pete around on her back, and Vivian was immediately smitten with the waterfall, despite the fact that Nidoking was punching from inside a cliff cave he had created. It sounded a bit intimidating, and Pete wondered why the surrounding pokemon simply left Nidoking to do this for a whole day.

When Pete came back and hung up after a heartfelt goodbye, he noticed that Solosis and Zorua in his illusion form were back. Instead of looking like a younger Pete, which would defeat the purpose of all the subterfuge, Zorua looked like a random young boy they had seen in New Bark Town.

Yet, the two did not come back alone. Sophie and Jasmine were sitting around Pete's make-shift kitchen counter with boxes of food on it and five new pokemon around them that Pete hadn't seen before.

"You look very tired. Long night?" Sophie asked as Pete approached the twins on Rapidash.

He had by now covered his arms with a long-sleeved zip-up hoodie, and his complexion had turned a little better in the last two hours talking with Vivian.

"Tired, yes. But you two bring a fresh wind on this sunny day," Pete smoothly responded as he walked over after getting down from Rapidash's back and scratching behind her ears for a short moment as thanks.

"Huh, when did you get so good at deflecting questions?" Sophie asked with narrowed eyes.

"Apparently not good enough. So I see that your eggs both hatched? And it looks like Numel decided to join? What about the other two?"

"Jasmine, don't give in! I want to kno-"

"Mom found out that a friend from her time in Sinnoh, a renowned breeder of the 'Sinnoh grass starter line', was in Kanto for an auction. She, uh... she bought them to beat dad," Jasmine shily answered as she leaned down to pet the two grass turtles.

Sinnoh's grass starter Turtwig, which would eventually evolve into Torterra with a grass/ground typing, was certainly an amazing addition to a ground type gym-leader's team.

"They look very healthy and strong. And their final evolution is a truly powerful pokemon," Pete praised with a warm smile as he knelt down to the five new additions to Jasmine's lineup in greeting.

The Numel recoiled and hid behind Jasmine cautiously, but both newborn Rhyhorn the size of a grown husky but wider walked over to eat the Oran Berries he had taken from his ever-present bag. The two Turtwig quickly followed once they saw there were free berries to gain.

"Why are you only using the one arm?" Sophie asked suspiciously.

"I hurt myself a little last night, no big deal," Pete finally admitted with a shrug. There were only so many times that he could skirt around a subject after all.

"Let me take a look if it's no big deal then," Sophie ordered as she narrowed her eyes even more.

So it was that Pete retold the story from the fight last night as both twins looked at his still slightly purple arm in worry. It took so long that the food they brought was only luke-warm when they finally ate, but neither of them really cared.

After dinner, Luna and Carl laid down some more of the wiring for the finishing touches so that tomorrow they could finish with the walls and get to start with windows and roofing.

As it turned to night, Luna, Carl, and Sophie left for Goldenrod City once more while Jasmine stayed behind. There was a chance for retaliation by the Ariados, so the two of them followed by their pokemon were making their way to the top of the cliff and the forest's edge.

This time around, Pete's pokemon formed a defensive line around their trainer, which included Jasmine and Numel, who was clearly not yet comfortable with battle. Seeing as even with two naps during the day he was still exhausted, Pete took out two camping chairs as his pokemon began to relax a little.

"Steelix and Gligar look really eager for battle," Pete said to start a conversation between them.

"Oh, yeah. Steelix, in particular, really liked the last fight with Nidoking at the front. And I think we might have found Gligar's favorite fighting style with our strategy last time when we told him to look for opportunities from up top," Jasmine responded with a warm smile toward Gligar, who had a ferocious grin on her face.

"Well, if last night was anything to go by, they might come here in even bigger numbers than last time, so I'm really glad for your arrival. Golurk, Nidoking, and Rapidash were super effective in this open battlefield against huge numbers, but it can't hurt to have a few more heavy-hitters," Pete praised.

"Oh, yeah... say Pete. Sophie interrupted earlier, but..."

"Hmm? Out with it," Pete eventually spoke with a raised eyebrow.

"The Turtwigs... I was wondering if you wanted to train one of them?" Jasmine mumbled in a whisper that Pete barely caught.

"Why would you offer that, though? Didn't your mom pull a few favors and a lot of resources to get them for you?"

Jasmine took a few minutes to decide how to best speak her mind about it. She had already asked one of the Turtwigs if it would rather stay here than fight battles constantly and it agreed since Jasmine also promised to come over often with the other Turtwig who was his bond to 'home'.

"Uhm, one of them was very fired up when I described my future plans, but the other one was a little reluctant... and I was thinking that maybe he would like living on a farm more and you could probably use a few more grass pokemon, I thought," Jasmine shyly spoke with rosy cheeks that Pete couldn't see since it was rather dark already.

"And you know... I could always come here and meet him, no?"


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