章 75: Gains (2)

Austin, Jacob and Phillip were currently in the training field.

"Ok last round! Rock.... Paper..... Scissors.... Shoot!.. dam! how can I be so unlucky." Jacob sulked.

"I told you this was dum. You wanted to decide who goes first, yet in that time frame we could have all evolved our Pokemon." Said Austin shaking his head. Yet if his friends looked closely, they would see his disappointment all over.

"Haha I won loser. Come out Nuzleaf. Ok everyone back up. Nuzleaf I got you a leaf stone, let's get stronger together." Phillip said with excitment.

Feeling Philips excitement, Nuzleaf roared happily and touched the stone. It began to shine with blinding white light. Slowly it's shape began to enlarge until it reached a height of 1.5 meters.

The light faded after some time and a bipedal, portly Pokémon that appears to be made of wood appeared. It had a shaggy white mane covering most of its face and trails down its back. Long pointed ears poked out the top of its mane. It had a long, pointed nose and a large mouth with bared teeth. Its eyes are yellow with black sclerae.

Three broad leaves with brown spokes form each of its hands. Yes, it was a Shiftry. Right after it appeared it swiftly appeared next to Philip and tackled him down. This cause the group to laugh. Austin and Jacob as well as the others all had Pokemon who were about to evolve out. They hoped this can be a stimulation for them.

Austin didn't feel like going another round of rock, papers scissors and told Jacob he can go next. Just like Philip Jacob had growlith touched the fire stone. It became to glow like Shiftry did.

It grew in size and stopped at around 2 meters tall while on all four legs. The light on its body suddenly became red and let out a flash before fading.

Austin was surprised by how talented Jacobs arcanine was. It awakened and innate ability known as fire flash. This makes it immune to fire type energy based moves.

Arcanine stood straight with its head held high and glared at Jacob. Jacob knew it was testing him to see if he can remain the head of the pack. It released an intimidating aura. On the outside Jacob kept calm and glared right back not changing his expression. On the inside his heart was beating fast.

Before arcanine could continue probing, Austin appeared in front of it and began feeling its muscular frame. Arcanine was annoyed by his action and glared at him wanting to roar. Before it could do that he grabbed hold of its teeth and examined the inside of its mouth.

Austin's voice was heard in the midst of the silence. " excellent frame, healthy breath, it jaw line is strong. I must say Jacob you really took good care of Arcanine."

"..... um.... thanks." Jacob was stunned by Austin's actions and subconsciously replied.

"Who is a good boy? Yes you are. Here have this delicious berry.... good here is another one. I'll give you a taster one if you lay on your back. Good boy! Now go back to your trainer it's my turn to evolve my togetic." Austin played with arcanine, who eventually fell pray to Austin's berry bribe, then went back to Jacob side without giving any fuss.

Hugo walked by Jacob and just shook his head, " only this guy can do something like this. We can't compare to this Pokemon freak." Jacob calmed down and nodded at Hugo's statement. Even their Pokemon were nodding agreeing that Austin is a freak of nature.

Austin called togetic out. He told both his Noibat and Combusken to keep watching. Austin took out the highest quality shiny stone and handed it to togetic. Togetic felt a huge amount of positive energy and was very happy to touch the stone.

Once contact was made it began to glow with a bright golden light. The golden light got brighter and began to grow. It grew until it reached the size of 1.5 meters. Then the light disappeared.

Austin also felt a strange aura invade his body. It didn't seem like it harmed him and was warm. It was a type of warm a baby felt when it was held by its mother. After a few seconds, the warm feeling faded.

Austin stared at his beautiful togekiss. It was fully gold with silver markings on its belly. On its head it had three feathers protruding outward like a crown. The one in the middle was gold, while the right and left were silver in color.

Austin was very excited as the group came over congratulating him. They decided to check their Pokemon with their Pokédex.(will place it at the end of chap.)

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It's been two weeks since their Pokemon evolved. Austin was training Combusken to its peak condition for the mock battle against jacob's arcanine. Austin believed that his Pokemon will evolve with this powerful opponent.

Past,

Muliere also came that day and was excited that the group had gotten much stronger. He felt that it was truly amazing how far Austin and his peers come within a year.

Austin began to brag about his overpowered Sylveon and how he will have a Blazeken soon. Ginnette got annoy and called her Pokemon showing off. Her ralts evolved into a kirla, her first Pokemon skiploom finally evolved into a jumpluff. This excited Muliere as Ginnette was also talented. Her butterfree, Skiploom, and soon to evolve wooper will be a strong force. When her kirla evolves she will be a strong addition to Asadia's league.

Hugo didn't want to lose out. He had been training hard and decided to show off. He showed his high rank marrowak and magniton. Then he showed off his middle class rufflet, middle class lairon, and middle class breloom.

Lastly he showed everyone his new Pokemon from Austin. It was easy to tame due to its gentle nature and the fact it was a psychic type. Muliere was ecstatic at the future prospects of this generation.

Austin didn't feel like showing off. Philip wanted to show off in front of Tobi. (not gay way but the way a younger bro wants to impress the older) His strong Persian near the peak of the high class was called out. Everyone already saw Shiftry. Philip called out the rest of his Pokemon. A mid-class chatot, high class Alolan graveler, and a mid-class herracross.

When Ginnette saw a bug type she screeched like an onix and ran behind Hugo. This made Hugo give a thumbs up to Phillip. Jacob didn't catch a sixth, but managed to get three Pokemon to the peak of the high-class rank Arcanine, pidgeotto, Mightyena.

Back to the present,

Austin met Jacob in the underground gym arena. Austin called Combusken and Jacob called his arcanine. From its energy Austin could tell that it broke through to the elite rank. His Combusken was near the peak of the high rank, as this was due to its mutation.

The battle began and it was a tough one. At first Combusken surprised arcanine with its speed. Being a fast Pokemon itself arcanine began to take control and pressue Combusken. None of Combusken's flame moves worked. Arcanine on the other hand damaged it with many fire attacks and prevented Combusken from getting close.

Austin and Jacob were both skillfully commanding their Pokemon. Austin was going easy on Jacobs as he wanted his Pokemon to face the strongest pressure. He saw how bad it wanted to win. It could not land a hit and the damage on its body accumulated.

Suddenly From the frustration it roared loudly and began to glow. A white light shown and it began to grow to a very tall height. Once it finished, the light fade and an unseen before blazeken appeared before everyone.

It's height was 4 meters tall, twice the size of a normal blaziken. It still had a metal like mouth with two holes but the color was deep red. It had a v shape on its face that was the same color as its mouth. It's hair reached to its back and was white in color. There was a triangle mark on its chest also white. On its feet from the knees down was also white in color.

Its previous black claws became three sharp nails on its three fingers. In between each finger was a black sharp bone(think wolverine except they stay out) the hands and feet were dark red in color.

Austin was happy and quickly commanded blaziken to stop fighting. His blazeken broke through to the elite class. It's stats were definitely well over 160. Jacob calmed down after seeing Austin stop that monster from attacking his arcanine. This event made him want to train harder.

Austin and Jacob were walking home when Austin told Jacob to try and participate in the Pokemon games. This can keep both him and hit Pokemon motivated. A goal can make Pokemon and the trainer work harder. This excited Jacob and he thanked Austin for the advice.

Austin got home and went back to improving his tech.

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Pokedex entery,

Pokemon: Togekiss (shiny)

Species: Jubilee Pokemon

Type: Fairy, Flying

Height: 1.4 meters(a bit smaller than average)

Weight: 40kg (heavier than normal)

Gender: Female

Stat level: str. Mid high class, def. peak high class, sp. atk peak high class, sp.def low elite class, speed elite class(compensated due to smaller size.)

Abilities: hustle(unlocked): increases the ability-bearer's Attack by 50%, however, it also reduces the Accuracy of all Physical moves by 20%.

Serene grace(unlock): doubles the chance of moves' secondary effects occurring - specifically stat changes, status ailments, or flinching. Ex. Shadow Ball normally has a 20% chance of lowering Special Defense; with Serene Grace it is boosted to a 40% chance.

Super Luck (Hidden)(unlocked): raises the ability-bearer's critical-hit ratio by one stage (for most moves this increases from a 1⁄16 chance to 1⁄8).

Age: 12 months.

Nature: Bashful

Description: It will never appear where there is strife. It shares many blessings with people who respect one another's rights and avoid needless strife. Known as a bringer of blessings, it's been depicted on good-luck charms since ancient times.

Arcanine( same as pokemondb.net)

Height: 2m bigger than usual. (Due to care and training regimen from trainer)

Ability: Fire Flash(awaken): immune against fire based moves. Will still be damaged if the move is physical like flame charge but damage is decreased do to immunity to fire type energy.

Intimidate: lower's the Attack of all opponents by one stage when the ability-bearer switches in (including the start of a battle).

Pokemon: Shiftry( same as Pokemondb.net)

Height: 1.5 meters

Weight: 80kg

Pokemon: Blazeken (mutant)

Species: blaze pokemon

Height: 4 meter

Weight: 104 kg

Abilities: Blaze (unlocked): ups fire moves in a pinch.

Speed boost (unlocked): Gradual boost in speed stat.

Tough Claws(unlocked)(gained due to mutation): increases the power of moves that make contact. Most Physical-category moves are contact moves.

Sex: Male (Fast growth rate)

Description: In battle, Blaziken blows out intense flames from its wrists and attacks foes courageously. The stronger the foe, the more intensely this Pokémon's wrists burn. It can clear a 30-story building in a leap. Its fiery punches scorch its foes.