Bab 110: C110 - Back at the farm
Two weeks later, Pete was dressed in his winter gear as two white-furred Vulpix were nestled in his coat's hood. A big Mamoswine listened to his instructions as Pete pointed out where it was supposed to move the earth away in the cave. To the side, psychic/ice typing Mega Reuniclus was busy moving ice crystals around, planting them in the ceiling.
Never-Melt-Ice.
Never-Melt-Ice that looked like stars with the ceiling Pete had installed prior to turning this part of the cave system into a fridge. A ceiling that showed the movements of the moon outside and but kept the sunlight out to always offer a relatively dark and relaxing atmosphere for everyone who wanted to sleep in this this freezing cavern.
Like his new ice pokemon Alolan Vulpix and one of the Eevee his Espeon and Sylveon gave birth to over the years, as well as Courtney's Mamoswine.
"Alright, anybody got any objections?" Pete asked when Mamoswine finished making its own bed.
Glaceon brushed up against his leg as it appeared out of nowhere and gave a low purr. The little evolved Eevee had been the reason for his sudden decision to make this ice cave deep inside the hill where the other habitats of the more... 'normal' pokemon were. Many of them had made their discontent known after Glaceon started sleeping next to the two Alolan Vulpix down in the deepest part of the original sleeping arrangements.
Even the newly evolved Leafeon, Glaceon's sister, was giving Glaceon angry looks each morning because he didn't control the cold around him while in his dreams. At more than one point did one of the 'fur leaves' on Leafeon's body broke off in the morning, completely frozen through.
"Alright. I'll keep the Ice Stones for you two to evolve, Vulpix, and you guys tell me if we overdid it with the cold. I don't want you guys to get ill or shiver through the night just because we didn't consider putting the Never-Melt-Ice a little deeper in the cave," Pete argued with a smile as he took the two ice fox pokemon out of his hood and regarded them fondly.
Getting a few happy 'yips' in return, Pete placed the two down beside Glaceon and said, "I'm getting the photograph of your Drampa guardian tomorrow. The printshop in Goldenrod City said it'll be done by then."
Both Vulpix gave him some more happy noises in return, and Pete made his way out of the cave. The way up was lit up in a soft light, and for human company, it even had railings on both sides so nobody would slip on the potentially icy flooring.
Just before exiting the cave, Pete saw someone don a thick jacket to take a look down in the cave. No jacket was needed outside in the permanent spring-summer weather of the Evergreen Meadow.
"Hey, Willow! Are you going to rate my ice cavern setup?" Pete jokingly asked when he saw the white-haired professor get ready for a snow hike.
Professor Willow invited himself to Pete's farm and Ilex Forest. Elm's stories during the meeting made him eager to find out more about the reigning Vileplume tribe and their coexistence with Pete.
It had happened before, but the newest professor's operation was on a scale that was previously undocumented, according to both Birch and Willow, who both studied pokemon habitats.
Without prompting, Professor Willow even offered to provide a substantial shipment of metal for the construction of Pete's future research base as payment for living at Pete's farm. The man was one of the richest professors among the group, Pete learned as they made their way toward Johto after they spent some time as a big group in Alola - Willow had discovered or rather rediscovered the mythical Melmetal pokemon line.
The pokemon was a sort of metallic Ditto, and it amassed chunks of refined ore just by existing, especially if out hiking near a mountain that contained raw ore. And, Professor Willow did both.
On the other hand, Magnolia invited herself onto his farm before anyone had made any plans to do so. She and Pete spent a couple of days in Alola together and mostly stayed at Kukui's to help the two with their baby.
And then there was Professor Sycamore, who was busy doing absolutely nothing except for chatting with the Miltank in Pete's kitchen or bar-hopping in Goldenrod City... just like he did in Alola already.
Not that he needed to, but Sycamore did 'buy' his way in as he stayed at Pete's farm. After a quick call with Jasmine, the Kalosian professor learned that Pete originally came to Alola in the hopes of finding an Alolan Raichu. And the man did just that... by sheer luck after he made out with a woman who was nursing a hurt wild pikachu back to full health at her home.
With the promise of an idyllic home and the enticement of a 'free' evolution with a thunderstone Sycamore provided, the Pikachu agreed to staying at Pete's farm in the future since it was close to the water and nothing was expected of the electric pokemon.
It did, however, come with five additional wild Pikachu... not that Pete minded in the slightest. He could even test if the pokemon truly needed to be in Alola to evolve into their electric/psychic variant of if getting birthed and raised there did the trick to decide the variant.
"A tropical farm with its own ice pokemon habitat," Willow quipped as he looked past Pete down the wide hallway leading down into the mountain. "And people call me the eccentric and rich professor."
"I mean, they call me the recipe professor, and I don't even own my own kitchen anymore," Pete countered with a laugh before he pointed behind himself. "Want me to show you around?"
"No, I'm good. Your lovely wife told me to fetch you anyway," Willow waved away with a smile. "Something about 'getting grounded'? I'm sorry, I didn't pry further to give you a better explanation."
"Ah, that's all I needed. It's time to make good on my word," Pete cryptically answered and had his Mega Reuniclus teleport him back to the entrance of his house despite it being a relatively short walk.
"Jas! I'm here!" The newly-minted professor shouted into his home and got a jump-scare when his wife called for him from just behind him. She had been sitting in the shade of the heart tree outside as she waited for him and was hidden behind its trunk before.
Using his ground typing energy to find people and pokemon around him was something Pete did by instinct at this point, but Jasmine had ground typing energy herself and constantly trained it just like Pete. Hiding herself from his senses had become a small game between the two as they tried to surprise each other by sneaking in for a small kiss without the other one finding out first.
"Take off the jacket," Jasmine ordered with an exasperated sigh as she brushed Pete's long hair behind his ear lovingly. "You're gonna start sweating it through real soon."
"You're right," Pete agreed and quickly dumped his jacket into his bag without care which earned him a small glare until he took it back out and hung it in the closet next to the house's main door in an orderly fashion. He meekly added, "Sorry."
Jasmine flicked his forehead and asked, "You got the gem?"
"I do! Did you talk to our pokemon to see if they have a definitive preference?"
"They do, it's where the two Torterra sleep, just like you originally suspected," Jasmine answered with a sweet smile and hooked her arm into her husband's to drag him over to where they would 'plant' the Ground Gem Pete brought back from Alola.
Through the psychic link with his Espeon, Pete called it over together with the Espeon's first Eevee offspring - the one that he had been pumping full of ground type energy before and after its birth. It was time to see if doing so had a pay-off or not. If this Eevee didn't evolve even sleeping right next to such a powerful ground typing energy artifact, then at this point, Pete could only concede that the eeveelution didn't exist.
"Did you know that Preston has a Rock Gem?" Jasmine idly asked as she enjoyed walking around Pete in the sunny orchard.
"Oh? I mean, he did run the Olivine City rock gym for quite a while. I shouldn't really be surprised, but I still kind of am," Pete pondered as he looked around to judge the status of his berry trees.
"Yeah, that's exactly what I thought. Kind of made me wonder though how much we don't know about the true powerhouses of the league. I wouldn't have something like a Ground Gem for my pokemon for quite some time because I didn't even realise just how much influence such a rare item could have... and how much influence or luck I would need to get it in the first place," Jasmine softly argued as her grip on Pete's arm tightened for a moment. She was feeling even more lucky than she originally thought she was on days like these. Having Pete by her side felt like a cheat at times.
"Eh? Without me here, you'd have hundreds of suitors lined up in front of your gym lavishing you with gifts to gain your attention. Eventually, one of them would have realised your true worth and buried you in Ground Gems. I was just lucky that I got your affection without the need for such tricks," Pete countered with a loving smile and earned himself a shy slap on the shoulder as Jasmine mumbled 'stop it' and gained a blush.
"Ryan reached out again yesterday, by the way. Or, well, I stalked him a little," Jasmine eventually revealed a stone throw away from the waiting Torterra.
"Oh? Where did you interest in him come from?" Pete curiously inquired.
"It's you who paid him the attention originally," Jasmine countered with a pout. "I just like seeing their progress. It's really humbling to think about where they would be without your helping hand..."
"Now you're making me blush," Pete joked with a big grin before he asked, "So what did Ryan do?"
"Not him, but his girlfriend! She caught a shiny Staryu!"
Pete stopped dead in his tracks and looked at his wife before he asked in disbelief, "Say that again?"
"She caught a shiny Staryu? Why are you looking like that?"
'Of course I'm looking like that! My MC didn't get a love interest in my story until after the Kanto arc was over!!' Pete shouted in his mind as he shook his head and inquired, "Who's is his girlfriend?"
"The youngest sister of the four Cerulean City gym sisters. You know, Violet, Daisy, Lily, who share the title of gym leader and their youngester sister Misty who's fresh out of school... I think?" Jasmine unsure revealed. The three sisters taking over for the mysteriously missing father of the four girls made quite the splash when it became news before Pete even entered the world. But there wasn't much known about Misty... yet.
"Ryan and Misty are a thing? Do we know how that came to be?" Pete asked, still not sure how such a thing was even possible.
"Since when were you such a gossip? Ask him yourself if you want. You have his number," Jasmine scoffed as she looked at her husband with an amused smile.
"Maybe I will," Pete mumbled under his breath.
But in the next moment, his head snapped back to the task at hand.
Time to bury a Ground Gem.
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(there'll be a secret second chapter tomorrow or Monday. tell noone)
Bab 111: C111 - A new evolution
"Hey there," Pete gently greeted as Jasmine's Mega Torterra lumbered over to the two trainers. "You found the perfect spot for the gem?"
The giant continent pokemon that by now stood at the height of a three story building with the small mountain on its tortoise shell gave Pete a serene nod and gently placed one foot on the ground, creating a small altar that rose from the dirt.
"An altar? We're not trying to create a religion here," Pete joked as he walked over to the raised earth. The spot the mega pokemon had chosen was a little outside of the center of the orchard, leaning more toward the farm house where Pete lived. It was also a spot that was somewhat protected from rain by the crown of one of the tallest berry trees in the area.
He used his own, by now vastly trained, ground typing energy and made some changes to the structure. Instead of making it look like anything even remotely worth of worship, Pete stylized the raised ground into looking like a pile of oversized earthen-brown berries.
"Is that alright with you?" Pete asked he looked back to Jasmine, who was gently patting her Torterra's head.
"It's your farm and your gem," Jasmine countered with a shrug but lost her nonchalance when she saw Pete frown. She unsurely asked, "What? Did I say something wrong?"
"Uh, yeah... all of this is as much yours as it is mine. We're married. It should be ours, not mine," Pete sighed and asked again, "So? Objections?"
"Well, robbers will likely think this is just some little art project since we're in an orchard. Definitely better hidden than an ornate altar..." Jasmine pondered out loud after gaining a sweet smile.
"That was my thinking," Pete agreed with a small nod before he held up his hand to reveal the fist-sized, sandy-brown crystal in his hand. "Do you wanna put in the gem?"
Jasmine walked over, and the two placed the gem inside the top-most berry-sculpture together. Flexing his ground energy one last time, Pete closed up the hole and let the gem sink in a little deeper into the sculpture, but still above the surface level compared to the ground they were walking on.
"This will be your new sleeping ground," Pete instructed as he called over the small Eevee he was hopeful could evolve into a ground eeveelution soon.
"Eee~" the little pokemon acknowledged with a determined nod, sniffed around the pile of earthen berries, and hopped on top of it.
"Uhhh, I mean, you can just sleep next to it, no need to balance on top of a round berry," Pete commented in embarrassment. Once more using his influence on the ground, Pete created a small shallow bowl that looked like a seemless addition compared to the rest of the water-melon sized berries. Pointing to it, he suggested to the Eevee, "Try this one if you need to sleep on top of the pile. Just don't come to me for complaints when it rains, and this thing turns into a bird bath."
With a small jump, Eevee landed on the basin, did a few small-stepped turns, and nestled into the bowl. It was a perfect fit for the Eevee. Letting out a content growl, the pokemon led Pete to know that he had done a good job.
"You're sad it didn't immediately evolve, aren't you?" Jasmine whispered into his ear as Pete watched the Eevee fall into a content and deep sleep.
With a sigh, the professor turned around and gave his wife a kiss on top of her head. He cooed, "You know me so well~!"
Jasmine slapped his wandering hands away quickly and admonished in a quiet shout, "We have guests! Behave yourself and wait until we're in the bedroom!"
"Hehe, no take-backs," Pete said as he pumped his eyebrows and took out a small camera.
He went to mount the surveillance gear with a battery that would need to be recharged once a day on the tree with the help of his psychic and grass affinities under the watchful eyes of the pokemon and Jasmine.
Suddenly, Jasmine gasped and pointed at her husband, "You tricked me!"
"Did I?" Pete countered with a sly grin. "Kind of feels like I made sure we're going to have a good time~"
With a huff, Jasmine turned around, pretending to be annoyed. But Pete chased after her, which quickly turned into a small chase among the berry trees, which in turn quickly escalated into a small make-out session under a tree that was only interrupted when Valerie and Courtney were roaming around the orcharc and stumbled upon them.
Valerie, who would have eventually become a fairy type gym leader in Kalos, was making small headway into convincing Pryce into letting her take over his gym in Mahogany town.
Once - by accident - the old grumpart revealed that he would be fine with her not being an ice-type specialist because all he really cared about is getting one over on the 'insufferable muscleheads' over at the neighboring Blackthorn City. That was, of course, where Clair was gym leader of the dragon-type gym and a city with a storied history of dragon pokemon culture.
And since the fairy typing Valerie specialised in was just as effective against dragon as ice, Pryce didn't technically object to her taking the gym from the aging geezer. Of course, he wouldn't be Pryce if was still a pain in the ass about the entire process, but Valerie's dedication so that she could stay in Johto and still pursue her dream - which originally was taking over the Olivine City gym that Jasmine had taken over.
To impress Pryce, Valerie had also bolstered her roster a little and now trained more than her original three pokemon: Sylveon, Mawile, and a Spritzee, which of course evolved with Pete's help before he went to Alola, and was now an Aromatisse.
Now, from among the pokemon living on Pete's farm, she managed to convince a Togepi - which already evolved to become Togetic, a Ralts, a Marill, a Flabébé, a Dedenne, and a Cutiefly into joining her. Already, her fairy affinity was blooming through and helped these pokemon show tremendous training results - and it didn't stop there as the model managed to unlock her electric, flying, and psychic affinity after bonding to the pokemon.
Truly, the girl was meant to be a protagonist with four affinities just like Jasmine and Courtney.
"Hey, Pete~!" Valerie greeted as if she didn't just stumble upon the married couple in an embarrassing situation. "I was wondering if we could use the big pokeball arena for a small fashion show?"
With a sigh, Pete helped Jasmine 'hide the evidence' of their little enjoyment as he smoothed out her clothing and turned to Valerie and Courtney.
"Why are you asking me? I gave the two Conkeldurr the metaphorical keys. They decide what happens there," Pete asked as he held Jasmine's hand and walked over.
"Told you," Courtney mumbled as she decidedly looked away from the couple.
"Yeah, but Sophie and I want to have a few photographers there and your two cuties looked at me like I grew a second head when I asked if the photographers are okay to visit," Valerie argued with a serene smile as Pete looked at her weirdly.
Conkeldurr? Cutie? Did he hear that right?
"Have the guys at Sophie's agency vetted the photographers?" Pete asked and received a nod in return, "Then I have no qualms with them coming to the farm. If Miltank is okay with it, I don't mind if you offer food and drinks either."
Sophie's parents bought out a logistics company specializing in fabrics in Olivine City so that the two sisters could be close to one another around the time Jasmine took over the gym. Over time, Sophie managed to hire a few like-minded girls and roped in Valerie, too.
The twins, Courtney, and Valerie were taking the fashion scene by storm as they regularly posed in outfits created by Sophie and Valerie. All four girls were featured in many magazines, some like Valerie even in TV shows and ads.
While Sophie was more concentrated on 'every day' wear, Valerie created what Pete affectionately called 'outlandish costumes'. But her dresses actually sold at quite the high prices, so none of Pete's quips had any impact on the fairy-type trainer. It was originally supposed to be Sophie's company, but Valerie was starting to work her way to an equal standing in it, even if 'just' for deciding the direction of future products.
Just as Pete wanted to move back to his house and joke around with his friends some more, he felt something tug on his mind. One of his bonds to his pokemon was deepening rapidly.
Someone was evolving.
Looking in the direction of the bond that gave him the feeling, Pete saw a faint white light through the many trees.
Wordlessly, Pete let go of Jasmine's hand and started sprinting toward his evolving pokemon as he dodged past the curious pokemon and towering trees in his way until he stood in front of the berry sculpture he had only just created to house the Ground Gem.
As the light slowly receded, the young professor saw an earthen cocoon lie in the bowl he had created for Eevee. It slowly started to crack, and Pete's breath hitched as he looked up at the camera to see if it was recording this event - but just as quickly, he looked back down.
Tan, thick fur that hung over his pokemon's head like a shaggy blanket. Brown fur covering its body that it made hard to see where it ended and the ground started because it looked like it was made of dirt. Pointy ears and a long, pointy tail that looked like a tan, bent-out-shape-sword were curiously flicking around as the evolved Eevee suddenly looked at Pete... or so he'd like to believe because the pokemon's eyes were mere slits in its fur, and the professor could no longer make out the eyes of the pokemon.
"Eevee?" Pete asked quietly. "How do you feel?"
"Terrr~?"
"Oh? Uhhh, what's your name now?" Pete asked with a small blush as the pokemon looked around curiously.
It jumped off of the berry sculpture, and Pete swore it looked like the ground made way for the pokemon as it landed softly and absolutely soundlessly.
"Terr~!"
"That's... that's not an answer," Pete mumbled with a defeated sigh, though the sparkle never left his eyes.
A new pokemon nobody had ever heard of, nothing could make this day better.
"Is it Terreon? Terraeon? I need an answer... Terrance?"
Eventually, the ground type Eevee had enough and answered him with a resounding 'Terreon' just as the girls managed to catch up to Pete.
They would have been faster, but Courtney wore highheels to train walking in the newly created pair for later... and they were on a farm with uneven terrain.
Jasmine, upon seeing the unfamiliar pokemon, quickly recognized what happened and jumped onto her husband's back.
Elated for his discovery and already making plans to bond to an Eevee to repeat this miracle herself, Jasmine showered Pete in kisses in congratulation.
The unprecented evolution quickly gained the attention of Pete's other pokemon. Espeon, Terreon's father, and the Sylveon that birthed his egg were fussing over their offspring while Mega Reuniclus was translating for Pete.
Instead of merely celebrating the discovery with his wife and friends, Pete was already in research mode. Just by looks alone, Pete ventured that the pokemon might have Sandstorm-related abilities like Sand Veil, boosting evasion, Sand Rush, boosting speed, or Sand Force, boosting the power of Ground, Rock, and Steel type moves.
Terreon acknowledged the possibility but wasn't quite sure. They would test it later while on the beach instead of ruining the space around the berry trees, and Pete couldn't wait.
Literally.
He ordered Reuniclus and Espeon to teleport them to the beach.
Setting up a few machines that Metagross teleported over that tested move power for the MPLR, short for Move Power Leaderboard Ranking.
Terreon himself started the Sandstorm with his newfound mastery over the ground type energy that was massively buffed by his bond to Pete and his enormous ground type affinity.
In no time, they learned that Terreon definitely had Sand Rush ability, but it still had a lot of room for improvement. However, the pokemon didn't have any other Sandstorm related abilities as far as they were aware by the end of the tests.
With a last pondering look, Pete looked at the Terreon and asked, "You know Swift, right? Wanna see if you have the ground-equivalent of Aerilate, Galvanize, Pixilate, and Refrigerate and turn normal type energy into ground type energy?"
The pokemon did as instructed and started using the move in the direction of the lake.
Pete's eyes were shining like stars, and it wasn't because of the move he was seeing. The usually white stars show by Swift had earthen-brown edges!
With a boisterous laugh, Pete looked at his pokemon with a giant grin.
"What do you want to call this new ability that nobody has ever seen before? Terrarize in your honor? Soilate? Dirtification?"
Suddenly, Pete heard three people behind him slap their foreheads.
"Really, Pete?" He heard his wife ask with a sigh. Courtney joined her as she complained, "How can someone so smart have such a naming sense... Please tell me you're naming your kids Jas, not him..."
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