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Capítulo 10: C010 - Using the TM for the first time

AN: Reminding you of the 3 pokeballs from the metal case again. If you have suggestions, name them now! You only have 0 chapters left before they are revealed. Remember they should be Gen V ideally, because the Solosis egg suggests the metal case comes from Unova same as the shipment - though that doesn't mean they can't be pokemon from the earlier regions.

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"So, Solosis. The professor and I found a psychic move TM called Reflect. It's an amazing defensive move that I would like for you to learn. Are you okay with that?"

Pete made himself comfortable on a cushioned office chair at the desk next to the bed while his three pokemon were looking around the room.

Solosis nodded immediately, eager to get stronger.

"Great! It'll be the first time we use this, so let's browse the manual together. Hey, Minccino sisters. I'm not sure if you can learn the move with the TM, but do you want to try anyway? Worst case scenario, we waste some electricity, I think," Pete offered as he pulled out a machine from the bag next to him with its manual.

The manual was only six pages, and that's because the booklet was only as big as his hand. There wasn't really a lot information, safe for a few disclaimers, so they were done reading it rather quickly.

"Okay, interrupt me if I'm wrong, Solosis. I turn on the machine, put you in your pokeball, slot in the TM, put your ball into that receptacle, with its button facing outward. Then I activate the TM by pressing the power button again for two seconds or until the button on the pokeball lights up and when the whole process is done, the button goes back to its normal non-shining state. The process depends on the pokemon and takes somewhere between a minute and ten minutes with stronger pokemon taking less time. Also, a pokemon shouldn't learn too many TMs at once. So we'll have to pace it a little before we try to have you learn Solar Beam or get a feeling for grass energy before that?"

Solosis listened intently and nodded at the end, giving him confirmation through their psychic link.

"Alright then. Are you ready?"

Pete powered on the machine upon getting another confirmation, and this machine too surprised him by spitting out a TM-CD. Excitedly pulling out, Pete read the inscription, "TM38 Fire Blast. Huh, another amazing move and yet another typing energy among my TMs. So far, I have psychic with Reflect, fire with Fire Blast, rock with Sand Storm, and grass with Solar Beam. Remind me to check the other machines after we're done, girls."

The Minccinos were by now sitting on the desk looking at the whole process with rapt attention.

Pete slotted in the TM-CD for Reflect and balled Solosis. He then took out the tablet-PC the professor gave him and opened up its timer function to see how long it will take. Once finished setting up, Pete slotted Solosis' ball into the TM with a perfect fit and pressed the button of the machine.

The pokeballs button immediately lit up in red, and the three remaining people and pokemon in the room looked on for a few moments before noticing nothing is going to happen.

"Huh, that's a little boring. Want to do a little Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament with each match being a best of three, you two?" Pete asked his two Minccino to play the game he taught them, and they eagerly agreed.

Roughly nine minutes later, with a resounding one win and fourteen losses, Pete declared himself bronze medallist and told his two Minccino that he was proud to even reach the top 3 in such a competitive environment. The two little ladies snickered and played a last match on their own.

When the tomboy-ish Minccino had just won the first set, Pete excitedly reached out to get Solosis out of the TM because the button on the pokeball had stopped glowing.

He released the pokemon a few moments later to ask, "how did it go? How did it feel? Are you alright?"

Solosis looked a little tired but still expressed her amusement at the rapid-fire interrogation. She expressed that it was very draining on the mind, that now that she knew what happens, it would be better the next time. The whole process felt like she was in the body of a different pokemon, likely the one who recorded the move, and was made to feel what it felt for the pokemon to use the move over and over.

It was in line with Pete's description of the process, so he was rest assured. This design is also what allowed pokemon to learn how to use a new typing energy possibly.

"That's pretty cool. Can you explain that to your pals, too, so that they know what to expect? Afterward, you can just chill on the bed. We'll likely join you soon," Pete suggested with a calm smile.

As the three pokemon had a mental conversation, Pete got to work looking at the other TMs to see if they had any TM-CDs inside like the rest.

"I didn't know what to expect, but it wasn't this..." Pete looked a little overwhelmed. The other two intact TMs had 'TM15 Hyper Beam' and 'TM17 Safeguard' inside.

Safeguard was an underrated move that could shield a pokemon from certain status effect like confusion to sleep, and even poison from certain moves. Certainly it could be wielded better and was more valuable in a more realistic setting and without a four move limit.

Hyper Beam was self-explanatory. A century-old, powerful Gyarados or Dragonite using the move could level a mountain. The attack was one of the most powerful normal type moves - scratch that, it was one of the most powerful moves, period. It's why the TM should be highly regulated.

He wasn't quite sure if he should teach it to his freshly hatched pokemon just yet because he was afraid using it would drain them too much - something to ask Professor Elm tomorrow. Though maybe he'll teach it to Rapidash first. Who knew, maybe, despite all the things the professor let slide so far, this would be a little over the top, even for the professor.

Lastly, he still had the TM-CD of the broken and dented machine that didn't quite survive the shipwreck. Sadly, the slot for the CD didn't work properly, so he couldn't get it out. All he knew was there was a CD inside. He could have probably gotten it out with a little more force, but he already promised the professor they would dismantle the machine together tomorrow.

"Okay, which one of you two wants to start?"

"Miiii~"

If Pete didn't know any better, it almost sounded like the tomboy-ish Minccino just said 'me'. With a chuckle, he balled the pokemon and started the process of teaching the pokemon Reflect.

The calmer of the two Minccino stared at the ball a little anxiously, so Pete picked her up and calmly began to pet the pokemon.

"Are you worried about your sister?"

"Miiin..." The pokemon drooped her head down and shook it.

"Oh, are you afraid she will learn it, and you won't? Is this about her knowing the egg move?"

Minccino turned her head away and nodded. Pete immediately picked her up and stroked the side of her face with a warm smile.

"No worries, little girl. Even if your sister learns all the moves in the world and becomes the most powerful Cinccino in the world, I'll still like you both the same," Pete said to reassure the pokemon. Minccino perked up a little but still looked down.

"And if that's not enough, I'll figure out a perfect training method for you so that you can catch up to your sister. How does that sound?"

At that, Minccino fully perked up and nodded heavily with tears in her eyes and a determined glint.

"Ugh, you're just too cute," Pete gushed as he pressed Minccino against his cheek to the protest of the little girl. It almost looked like she was embarrassed by his show of affection. Like a girl being embarrassed by her father when they are seen together at the mall with her friends from school nearby.

"Ah, don't grow up too fast," Pete sadly muttered as he made that connection in his mind.

Their little play was eventually interrupted ten minutes after Pete had activated the TM for the other Minccino.

"Hey, are you feeling okay, Minccino?"

Pete was a little concerned. Minccino looked even more tired than Solosis, almost falling asleep while up on her feet. With her eyes almost closed, Pete saw her nod and almost fall over.

He gently picked her up and looked to Solosis.

'Sorry girl, I promised you can relax. But can you check if she's alright?' Pete thought through their mental connection. Solosis agreed immediately as her eyes zeroed in on the exhausted Minccino.

A few moments later, Solosis made Pete picture a bed and a feeling of... good health? Sometimes, these images were hard to interpret.

"So she's okay, just sleepy?" Solosis confirmed his question with his a nod.

"Huh, that's good. You sure you want to go through that, too, Minccino?"

Pete asked the last pokemon in the room, who hadn't learned a TM yet.

"We could always wait until you're a little older," Pete offered with a worried half-smile.

"Mincciii," Minccino shook her had and pointed toward her pokeball.

"Haaa, if you say so. Just remember, I'll leave out a bowl of water and another bowl of Oran and Leppa berries for you guys if you feel peckish in the night," Pete advised as he reached out for her ball and repeated the process a third time.

The second Minccino was overwhelmed just like her sister before her, but Solosis gave Pete the allclear.

So he tucked in his pokemon and went to the bathroom on this floor. Vivian had left him a towel, some soap, and a toothbrush there. After a nice shower and good brush of his teeth, Pete finally felt human again. Apparently, Pecha berries were very beneficial for dental health, so none of Professor Elm's family members complained about his bad breath, but he still felt much better with brushed teeth.

He promised himself to go shopping tomorrow and buy at least a full fistful of backup toothbrushes for his journey.

Oh, and new underwear. Vivian hadn't left anything out for him because Pete was too afraid to ask, so he washed his shirt and underpants with soap in the sink and went back to his room with just a towel on. Back in his room, he pulled out a firestone again and placed his wet clothes near it over a lounge chair in the room that the incubators were close to. He also placed the remaining eggs that weren't in an incubator on the chair so they'd benefit from the stone's warmth.

Watching his three baby pokemon sleeping near the pillow of his bed, Pete was very much itching to join them. But first, he wanted to write down what he learned today from the professor and all the favors Pete now owed him and his wife.

He motivated himself by thinking that journaling should be a positive habit he should cultivate now that he had become an assistant professor.

A real assistant pokemon professor in the actual world of pokemon. What an exciting thought that was. Today was truly a good day.


Capítulo 11: C011 - 3 Mystery Pokemon revealed

It was early morning, and Pete woke up with warm, soft fur spread all over his face. After his miserable last night in the wild with constant Noctowl hoots keeping him awake, this night felt particularly invigorating.

With tired eyes, Pete softly reached up and gently tilted his head to place the two Minccino that had curled up on his forehead and laid spread over his nose respectively on the pillow next to him.

Even if he wanted to, he couldn't get mad at them for using his face as a bed. They simply looked too cute doing it. And despite them growing at a record pace in the last two days, almost growing by half of their weight at birth Pete reckoned, they were still light as a feather, really.

Instead of getting up like he usually would, Pete wanted to stay in this bliss a little longer. A safe home, a quiet night for the very first time in the pokemon world - that was what it was all about for Pete. This was what he wanted to achieve here in this world.

Several minutes later, the sunshine became more and more obvious in the room, so Pete eventually peeled himself out of the bed. With a silent prayer for the well-being of his brother and his family, Pete finally stood up.

Pete first picked up his clothes from the chair he had hung over to dry and got dressed for the day.

With quiet steps, Pete left the room after checking on the eggs and tucking in his three pokemon that were still in very deep sleep. The bowl of berries had one whole fruit missing and a few pieces of a Leppa berry left, so at the very least one of his pokemon got up in the night and ate something. That was a good sign.

Pete had left his bag for food items near the kitchen and immediately busied himself with preparing a nice breakfast for everyone.

There was no Rapidash and no Quilava in the kitchen like before, so he had to heat a giant pot of water for the potatoes the 'old-fashioned' way on the stove.

By the time he was done washing and dicing a small moutain of potatoes, the water had just started simmering.

That done, Pete got a giant pan out, spread some oil on it, and started cutting up some veggies, a handful of Yoseban fruit the professor had in his huge fridge and a few Bocan mushrooms from his own bag. Mindful that a small boy was eating together with them, Pete only added four of the smaller ones for flavor in the giant portion he was cooking.

He wasn't all too sure all with these new veggies and their cooking time, but he went by how hard they were raw and threw the ingredients into the pan one after the other. Eventually, he fished out the cooked potato pieces and threw them into the pan too to complete his stir-fry for breakfast.

He kept the potato water on simmer because he noticed this world's potato didn't bleed out as much starch as his old world's potatoes did. So he threw in all his cut up left-over veggie pieces, some fresh greens and a handfull of regular vegetables he only 'opened' but didn't cut into pieces, and tried out if these ingredients would allow him to make a useable veggie broth.

It would take a good two to three hours minium, so he kept the pot on low to medium heat and allowed it to stew.

"Wow, that once again smells amazing, Pete," a voice interrupted Pete's musing.

"Hey, good morning, Vivian! I was really hungry for some stir-fry, so I got ahead of myself. I hope you don't mind. It's a rather light meal despite the potatoes, so I think it's a great breakfast food. Also, I really wanted to make something with Yoseban fruit," Pete explained with an enthusiastic smile.

"Heyhey, slow down, cowboy. I didn't need to cook this morning, I'm already sold," Vivian answered with a smirk.

"What's that in the pot? It looks like you suddenly got lazy," Vivian quipped after stepping closer to inspect his food.

"Hmm? That's vegetable broth. You can keep it refrigerated for a while and use it to start soups and sauces. Great way to get extra taste, and you don't waste food you normally would with all the leftovers from cutting veggies. It's something my grandma taught me. Have you really never heard of it?"

"No, never. Explain everything," Vivian ordered with an excited glint.

During the explanation, the other residents of the house slowly woke up. Professor Elm brought down a still very much sleeping Benny still dressed in his pikachu onesie pajama. Before he was ready to eat, Pete brought out a portion of the stir fry and a bucket of vitamin infused water for Rapidash and Ponyta. Rapidash immediately turned to him and softly neighed in greeting but stayed laid down next to her foal.

"Hey, did you sleep well? Nobody bothering you?"

Rapidash gently shook her head with an amused neigh.

"That's nice. I brought you some breakfast and a drink. I would also like to ask if you want to learn the move Hyper Beam? Because I uh, I found a TM, you know that machine, right? It can teach the move to you. We could use it for you, I thought. Are you interested?"

Rapidash thought for a while and agreed. He balled the mother and left Ponyta alone for a while after Rapidash gave her okay. He woke up because it was a little cold. He was very confused that his mother was gone, but the yummy water and some interesting new food was placed before him so he was properly distracted.

The process of teaching the TM Hyper Beam to Rapidash took four minutes. However, she would still need to train it. The learning wasn't instant. Once done, the two arrived back in the pasture to see Ponyta happily eating the food Pete had prepared. With that out of the way, Pete got back inside, and the family of the professor was waiting for him at the table.

"Sorry guys, got a little carried away. You didn't need to wait for me," Pete excused his long absence with a chuckle.

"Nonesense. We've been here barely a minute, and it wouldn't do to eat without the chef. Come sit with us," Vivian countered with a warm smile, so Pete quickly sat down.

"Mmh, delicious yet again. Thanks, Pete," Elm praised as he ate a few mouthfuls. This morning, it was Vivian's turn to make sure Benny properly ate, but it wasn't a fight like last time's dinner. Maybe Benny picked up on the fact that Pete was an alright cook.

"Anything you want to do today, Pete?" Elm eventually asked and broke the companiable silence of the breakfast.

"Oh, yeah. I know it's a little embarrassing, but could I get some money for essentials and some clothes? I could trade you some luxury balls?" Pete awkwardly scratched his head.

He already felt like a beggar before, but as much as possible he didn't want to spread his possessions too thin and let all kinds of people know what he owned and what he had enough of to sell. Team Rocket lookouts were everywhere.

"What are you saying? You already have your first month's salary on your trainer ID together with a little signing bonus. All your classifications on 'egg groups' yesterday catapulted my research directly into the next phase. Once I confirm all your observations, I can finally move on to another topic!"

"You.. thanks, professor!"

"No worries, you deserve that much. So grocery shopping - Vivian could probably show you around town? It's only a few shops anyway, but I'm sure she wouldn't mind? What else?"

Vivian happily nodded along, her warm smile told Pete that she would indeed love accompanying him to town.

"I would - no, wait! There's something I wanted to do for a whole while, but I always either forgot, or it simply wasn't safe. I have three pokeballs with me that are clearly in use but were just left there during the storm, no trainer anywhere near us. I wanted to open them to release the pokemon and possibly convince them to stay. But I uh, I was afraid they were hostile and Rapidash wouldn't be enough to save me. Do you think you could help with that, professor?"

"Intriguing, what other mysteries are you hiding?" Professor Elm asked with a laugh, but Pete stiffened a little. The more he got to know the man, the less Pete liked lying to him.

"Uh.. I know about dusk stone evolutions that to my knowledge aren't known in Johto?"

"You do!? No, wait, you're hired already. Your knowledge doesn't simply vanish. One thing at a time Let's concentrate on your pokeballs. How long have you had them?"

"Almost a week, I think. Roughly at the first day of the storm," Pete mumbled.

"Oh, those poor pokemon. They must be bored out of their minds and hungry!"

"Yeah, actually, that's why I increased the portion by so much this morning," Pete admitted with a chuckle.

"Alright, let's solve this mystery! You get the balls. I prepare some of your food, drinks, and safety measures outside next to the pasture. I'm sure you'd feel better with Rapidash around," Professor Elm ordered and stood up to run out. His plate still had some food on it, and Vivian could only roll her eyes.

"See? What a stinky poke nerd. Go, I know you want to stand up, too. I'll save you your plate for later," Vivian told Pete with a cute snort. Benny tried to imitate her snort but couldn't, so he started pouting.

"Alright, thank you so much, Vivian!"

Pete ran to his room to grab the pokeballs. His two Minccino were still sleeping, but Solosis was up.

'Hey girl, good morning. Want to come with me to find out who your three mystery roommates were from the metal case I found you in?' Pete thought when Solosis floated over, emitting happy thoughts in their mental link.

'Solosis!' She happily agreed and grabbed another Oran berry with her psychic powers for breakfast.

'I got some cooked food for you, too. I made an extra large serving so that maybe we can keep those three new pokemon with us. What do you think?'

As Pete grabbed some extra luxury balls, treats, and a supplement - anything he could use to bribe a pokemon, really, Solosis showed that she was unsure about it. And how could she know? She didn't know what pokemon were inside those balls and what they have been through.

"Ah, Pete, over here. Meet my oldest friends. Meganium and Feraligatr. They have been with me since before I met my mentor, Professor Steyox. You two, meet my newest assistant, Pete," Professor Elm waved Pete over to the pasture while standing next to a giant blue bipedal crocodile with spiky red ridges running along his back and a grass-green, long-necked dinosaur with a flower around its neck and two yellow antenna between its eyes. The professor had also called Rapidash over.

"Hey, nice to meet you, Meganium and Feraligatr! I'm Pete. Thanks for helping out. Well, since you two look so strong, I'm guessing the professor asked you over for our protection?" Pete asked, having learned some sweet talking from the professor the day before when he inspected Solosis.

Both pokemon looked very pleased and nodded to him.

"Haha, great, you guys hit it off. Both of them have a little nest in the forest near the lab's pasture for their offspring, so they don't always hang around. But we got lucky, and they decided to pay us a visit, a lucky coincidence," Professor Elm explained why Pete didn't see them before.

"Alright, one by one or all together?"

"You found them all together, right?"

"Yeah, I did. Why does that matter?"

"Well, if they belonged to the same trainer, they might feel more safe if they are among pokemon they know. So it would be better if we released them together. They've been starved inside those balls for so long, I really doubt they could harm anyone with my two friends and Rapidash here," Professor Elm explained.

"Alright, makes sense. I'll release them together then," Pete agreed and threw out all three pokeball in quick succession.

Once the release-light as Pete coined it finished forming the pokemon, he was greeted by three clearly very young pokemon.

A black and white unicorn-zebra with a white horn that looked like a lightning bolt that Rapidash immediately had the urge to run and fuss over. This was a Blitzle, an electric pokemon that under Pete's laws of the world was pretty powerful. With the abilities Lightningrod and Motor Drive it would draw all electric type attacks to it and at the same time get faster and faster the more electric attacks it was hit by.

Next to it was a charcoal-grey furred fox with a red-tipped tuft on its head, red-tipped fur boots, red-furred mean-looking eyebrows and a black fur scarf. Looking at it, it felt like it going in and out of your vision by just standing there. Clearly its ability Illusion was trying its hardest to hide its true appearance but this Zorua was clearly too weak.

And again next to it was a pokemon that was probably a researcher's wet dream. Its pokedex entry in the game reads that it was created by an ancient civilization who had created these pokemon through unknown means and that it runs on an energy that nobody knew what it was. Since then there were new pokemon, but they all came from the first of their kind.

Pete knew it was a ghost/ground pokemon and that they were fierce protectors of whoever they considered as their master. An acquaintance of his MC had a Golurk, its evolved form. But sadly, Pete did not write about how he could go about becoming its master.

Golett; a round, turquoise and black body with short, turquoise legs and a noxious-looking green lighting up certain parts like his eyes and the rectangular turquoise tablet strapped to its chest in a swirl with right angles.

It was just staring ahead, right into Pete's eyes by chance. Different from the mental link he had with Solosis, something else clicked in Pete's mind at that moment.


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Nuclide Nuclide

Ugh, I could have done a cliffhanger because I exceeded the word count I wanted to keep my chapters at, but I did announce that I would reveal it in this chapter.

Thanks for the suggestions, I actually ended up changing 2 pokemon from my initial plan. One because it made so much sense, the other because I totally forgot Blitzle existed! Such a wholesome idea with Ponyta already on the team!

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