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50% Pokemon: A life worth living / Chapter 54: C054 - The first date

Capítulo 54: C054 - The first date

AN: Would you read a OnePiece fanfic about an isekaid dude who ate the Nobi Nobi no mi (growth-growth fruit) and got caught on false charges at Water7 after selling one too many Adam Wood logs? Who awakened his fruit by dumb luck and could induce physical growth in others at the expense of his own? (he could quickly regain his original strength with good food and moderate exercise) Who starts a mini harem of 3 people: Robin, Perona (50:50 really, not sure yet) and [undecided, likely one of the women from Dressrosa arc], after getting recruited by Luffy after the buster call?

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Despite Vivian's and Sophie's best efforts, Jasmine and Pete didn't really spend a lot of time as just the two of them this past week.

That changed two days after Dragonite evolved and left to enact his revenge on the Kingdra, who apparently live near an island just outside the bay area of the lake. This past week, Pete decided to be extra creative and call the lake Evergreen Lake and the bay area Evergreen Bay.

He earned a few unamused stares, but nobody could convince him otherwise with their naming ideas. He did, however, like Vivian's idea calling the waterfall Ilex Falls, it rolled off the tongue much better than Evergreen Waterfall.

And that was where Jasmine and Pete finally decided to spend some time just the two of them. Well, the two and round about ten pokemon, but who counted between two trainers with over thirty pokemon between them?

"Are you sure you'll gift me this Dragonair fang? Sophie would probably push you to make a cool necklace out of it," Jasmine shyly rebuked when she held the precious gift in her hand.

Apparently, dragons usually gift a scale at best to people that they accept and respect. Dragonair, instead, had allowed Pete to keep one of his fangs when the young assistant professor helped him pull it out a few days ago before the evolution to Dragonite.

"No worries, the two cute Dratini gifted me a fang each like their dad. They'll serve me well enough for any fashion related endeavor," Pete brushed off when Jasmine wanted to give the tooth back.

"I've told you about Gligar's evolution condition, right? I think this fang would probably be sharp enough for it to work," Pete added with a warm smile.

The two of them were sitting on a blanket on the beach, enjoying the warm but fresh air near the waterfall. For a young girl trying to make it in the world as a gym leader, this was certainly the perfect gift.

Jasmine struggled to lean in for a kiss as thanks but chickened out in the hand and only laid her hand on top of Pete's as he rested it close to her on the blanket.

Pete wasn't quite as shy, so when he saw Jasmine looking away with a bright red face, he decided to be the one to break the ice.

"Jasmine?" He asked, and the future gym leader turned her head to Pete.

He didn't say anything else and simply leaned forward for a kiss. Jasmine stiffened, and her mind blanked as her eyes shot open.

The young assistant professor didn't do anything wild for the girl's first kiss and simply held up his free hand to brush her cheek. No french kiss, no intimate touching, no 'shady business' as Herbert had put so eloquently.

'Is it even a 'french' kiss in this world? Would a kiss like that be named after a region? Maybe a pokemon? Oh Arceus, please tell me it isn't named after Lickitung,' Pete idly thought mid kiss.

Inwardly shaking his head, he got back to enjoying his first kiss... well, in this world.

"Tastes like Rawst Berry," Pete whispered as he released Jasmine and leaned back a little. It was hard, but Jasmine's face turned even more red at that comment, but she didn't do anything else. Her mind was still a little too blank from her sudden first kiss.

"I quite enjoyed that, say nothing if you want to repeat that," Pete quipped when Jasmine stayed quiet even a few seconds later.

The girl gently bit her lower lip and looked at him, undecided on whether she should take the first step for the second kiss or glare at Pete for his teasing. She didn't have to decide because Pete leaned forward once more with a warm smile.

She closed her eyes in anticipation and felt the warmth of Pete's soft breath getting closer, but the blissful sensation on her lips never arrived.

Jasmine opened her eyes and saw Pete looking at her with the same warm smile as before, though his eyes held a glint of mischief.

Since their lips almost touched already, Jasmine only had to move a tiny bit for the kiss. She knew Pete did that, so she could claim to have had some form of initiative later on. She gave him the benefit of the doubt that was what he was doing and leaned forward by herself to 'initiate' a kiss.

In a moment of little selfcontrol, Jasmine wrapped both arms around Pete's neck and pulled him closer. Pete, in turn, reciprocated by placing a hand at the back of her head and the other on the small of her back.

Sitting on the ground like that next to each other wasn't very comfortable, so the kiss didn't last as long as Jasmine hoped. Steeling herself, she didn't say much as she repositioned to half-sit on his lap and started another kiss all on her own.

A few kisses later, with her arms still around his neck, Jasmine leaned back and stared in Pete's warm eyes. The two didn't say anything because Pete simply enjoyed the comfortable silence, but Jasmine was racking her brain on how to dispel the 'awkward atmosphere' now.

"Uhh, you explained that the fang would help Gligar evolve, but... how? Does she eat it?" Jasmine mumbled in barely a whisper. She immediately felt stupid for talking about pokemon right after THAT.

But Pete didn't mind. In fact, his smile only grew. Having someone to talk about pokemon was exactly what he hoped for in a partner in this world.

"No clue! I was hoping Gligar has some kind of instinct for that. Hopefully, a better one than that Feebas swallowing that pretty scale," Pete non-explained with a wide grin.

Jasmine was at first stumped hearing his reply but soon began to giggle as her head fell on his shoulder. All this exotic knowledge, but he was still trying to make sense of it all.

Combined with his warm smiles and the care he has for his pokemon, that was what got her interest raised like that in the first place.

The two of them stayed like that and talked about everything and nothing between a few more kisses until the sun was about to set.

Around that time, Pete's 'adventure group' came back out of the forest. Zorua, the three Farfetch'd, the shiny Miltank, Snivy, Growlithe, and since two days ago, Vibrava had started to search the forest for 'worthy' opponents and all sorts of loot. Most of the time, Nidoking followed along as a sort of protector, but Pete knew he just wanted a good fight.

"Hey guys and girls! How did your adventure go?" Pete asked with Jasmine sitting in his lap with her back leaning against his chest. They'd been sitting like that for quite a while, enjoying the scenic view.

Growlithe came over and placed a green stone down next to Pete and barked her name a little. She looked like she needed a good grooming before bed with some charred leaves and twigs in her fur.

"Oooh, you found a Leaf Stone? Good one, girl," Pete cooed as he scratched her behind the ears.

The three Farfetch'd were next to 'offer the loot to their boss'. It was quite fun how they made everything a sort of ritual, Pete loved the quirks of these three. Once done, they stepped back in perfect synchrony and saluted with one wing and a loud quack.

"At ease! Now, what have we here... that's a branch from a Leppa Berry tree, a branch from a... uh, sorry, I don't recognize these blue leaves... Is that from a Cheri Berry tree?" The Farfetch'd who brought the branch quacked with a nod.

"Great find, didn't know they grew in Ilex Forest! And what's this last one? Let's see... wow, those are Tamato Berries before they turn ripe! I thought they didn't grow in the wild in Johto! Nice job, Farfetch'd! We really could use a few more Tamato Berry trees and branches. I was thinking of using the entire first harvest for them up to plant new Tamato tree saplings," Pete praised with fervor. All three Farfetch'd puffed out their chests some more and saluted once more.

"I see you've lost your weapons in battle. Let's see if we can't find you a replacement later at home," Pete offered one of the Farfetch'd who didn't have a leek in one of his wings. The Farfetch'd in question almost teared up at the 'generous offer' and 'unquestioned care' from her boss.

The shiny Miltank and Nidoking were next. They both placed eggs in front of Pete.

"Hmm, what are these? I hope you listened and didn't steal them from any living parents," Pete asked with a raised brow as he opened his psychic link with the two pokemon so that they could properly explain.

In the meantime, he inspected the eggs. They were... colorful. Like Easter eggs painted by a grafiti artist. In his heart, Pete hoped he was right about his suspicions.

Nidoking was the most expressive in his thoughts as he showed Pete pictures of a battlefield with two eggs hidden under a fallen tree. The battle looked to have happened a few days before. Which meant they were either hidden away by likely dead parents or abandoned.

"Okay, good job finding these. They were quite hidden, weren't they? You did these two poor pokemon a solid by bringing the eggs over," Pete praised with a warm smile once he got the full picture.

"So Snivy, you've been fidgetting the entire time. What have you found?"

Snivy tentatively stepped forward and eventually held up a golden seed that looked more like a very thick, pointy leaf encased in ember than a seed. But Pete recognised it for what it was.

"Oooh, a Miracle Seed! Good job, buddy! Do you need my help making a necklace out of that for you?" Pete praised before asking with a warm smile. He wasn't sure why, but Pete thought that Snivy likely thought he would take the seed from him.

Snivy immediately confirmed with an overexaggerated nod. Pete reassured the pokemon while patting his head with a warm smile that Jasmine captured in a picture with her phone.

"Can't believe you guys brought such a big haul from a single outting! But I hope you also had some fun. Especially you, Zorua. Don't think I don't see and feel that you've been fighting and took a few hits. We'll have Duosion throw around a few Heal Pulses for you when we're back, okay?"

Zorua dispelled the illusion and showed Pete that he indeed had a deep but short cut just under his eye. Thankfully, the eye was okay, and the wound was no longer bleeding.

"Alright, then let's head back," Pete ordered as he began to pick up all the items his pokemon had brought and all the picnic items he had gotten out for his date with Jasmine.


PENSAMENTOS DOS CRIADORES
Nuclide Nuclide

got the week off, so I'm thinking two chapters a day - that is if the weather stays as terrible as it is today and I don't suddenly find inspiration for another novel or an old one

Capítulo 55: C055 - The Numel Problem

That night, Vivian and Sophie had immediately dragged Jasmine to the twin's room to discuss their afternoon, but the boys were pretty much oblivious to it all and didn't show much reaction.

Pete placed the two multi-colored eggs inside the currently unused incubators that used to house Oddish eggs from the Vileplume tribe but they had hatched earlier this week. As agreed, these Oddish didn't stay exlusively with Pete but returned back to the Vileplume tribe.

Together with Professor Elm, Pete confirmed that he was indeed right about his assumption. They were both Smeargle eggs. Since they were pretty unique pokemon in their own right, the professor was just as excited as Pete was.

Pete obviously went to bed alone today, and it wasn't until just before lunch that he saw Jasmine once more. She didn't sleep in like before, but still woke up only after Pete was already outside grafting the branches his pokemon had brought the night before to existing trees.

Under the teasing smirks of both Sophie and Vivian, Jasmine gave Pete a very short peck on the lips before running away toward her pokemon outside.

"Yesterday wasn't enough? I'm afraid her heart won't take a full week of all this teasing," Pete said as he shot Sophie and Vivian a mirthful grin.

"Heh! Wait until mom and all of our sisters hear of this! I wouldn't hold it against her if mom brought them all over later today just to tease Jas," Sophie gloated.

"'All' of your sisters? I thought you only had two excluding Jasmine," Pete inquired with a raised brow.

"Heh, our oldest brother Lucifern is married. Naturally, his wife Chloe counts as a sister. Rose and Buddy both have girlfriends, too. I bet they would all like to come for this," Sophie added with an 'evil' grin.

"Well, first off: I'm happy to host your family, but I didn't really build enough rooms to house the entire extended family for long out of the blue. And second: are you sure that's what you want to set into motion? Cause that would also happen once you have your first boyfriend, no?"

Sophie paled a little once she properly processed Pete's argument. Her smirk immediately turned to a horrorified mask as she hurriedly grabbed her phone from her pockets and ran back to her room.

"Pff, amateur," Vivian scoffed, gave Pete a thumbs up and turned back to tend to her son.

"Hey, what am I looking at?" Pete asked as he stepped next to Jasmine outside. The girl's blush turned a little more rosy, but she didn't break focus and kept looking at Gligar.

"Gligar is... uh, contemplating sharpness?" Jasmine answered, unsure of what she was actually looking at.

"So she's self-inflicting wounds to get why the fang is sharp? Is that what she came up with for the evolution?"

Pete looked on in concern as Duosion floated behind Gligar and repeatedly used Heal Pulse while the Gligar used one of her pincers to stab and cut herself with the sharp Dragonair fang.

"I did tell you that the evolution likely only happens during the night, right?" Pete asked with a heavy tone.

"Mhm, no worries there. I spoke to Gligar about it. I don't like seeing her like this either, though," Jasmine mumbled with a worried frown.

Pete reached out and brought Jasmine close to him with one arm on her shoulder, and her head leaned against his chest as they both looked on.

Three minutes later, Pete couldn't take it anymore.

"Hey Gligar, I know Jasmine still has a little time before she needs you to be extra strong for the gym leader challenge. How about you take it a little slow and properly recuperate with some Oran Berries? There's a limit to what even Heal Pulse can do in a day," Pete suggested with furrowed brows.

"How about you follow the adventure group after lunch and challenge some Scyther in the forest later. Who knows, maybe you'll even learn the bug move X-Scissor from them if you're just half as smart as I think you are," he added quickly.

He could see the pokemon wanted strength much more than Jasmine's other pokemon, so he offered it a different path instead of doing whatever it was doing right now and not just saying 'no, don't'.

"Have you asked Nidoking to teach you fighting moves yet? I'm sure you could figure out Rock Smash and Counter quite quickly. He's always looking for sparring partners anyway. Maybe Klink could show you some steel type energy, and you learn Metal Claw, Steel Wing, or Iron Tail?" Seeing as Gligar had stopped the self-harm and contemplated his argument instead of outright dismissing it, Pete struck the iron while it was hot.

'Elm brought the TMs for Poison Jab and Hone Claws also, though I think she already learned Bite before, so she has dark type energy,' Pete pondered.

They didn't call each other boyfriend and girlfriend yet, but Pete naturally thought about letting Jasmine in on the secret of his reusable TMs before his Hoenn trip in a little over a week. Even without the kisses the day before, he would have likely offered it soon enough.

"Sorry for speaking so much. I know only husband and wife are supposed to share everything," Pete whispered directly into Jasmine's ear as he watched Gligar fly over to Nidoking.

"N-no. I'm glad you said something. And thanks for all your suggestions. Gligar really craves for power, so you did amazing," Jasmine complimented after getting over her flustered stutter quickly.

"Have you planned anything for Numel? I mean, she could likely use some more rest, but eventually, she might not get any better. Or lose her interest in battles completely if she stays as withdrawn as she is. I know you'd never force her, but I feel like you could make sure she's okay if you say the right things," Pete asked as he turned Jasmine around to look at him and he rested both of his arms on Jasmine's shoulder as she instinctively found held him by his waist.

"Haa, the poor girl barely opened up to me and Phanpy because she's so young. Numel's kinda wary of even Steelix, and he's just a big goof-ball once you get to know him," Jasmine responded with a pout.

Pete leaned in and gave Jasmine a quick kiss, "I could get Rapidash and Growlithe to help out? Rapidash's motherly instinct is kind of cracked for these things, and Growlithe just came out of her own tragic shell. Duosion would likely want to help as well?"

Jasmine was flustered once more, getting that sudden kiss, but she quickly returned Pete's warm smile.

"Yeah, Numel and I would really appreciate that, I think. Rapidash has been trying to get closer to Numel all on her own these past few days, but without the both of us saying anything, Numel avoided her and Rapidash concentrated back on her own charges instead," Jasmine replied with a brilliant smile.

"Let me talk to them, maybe have Numel eat her lunch close to Rapidash later," Pete suggested as he gave Jasmine a warm smooch on her forehead and walked over to where Rapidash was enjoying the warmth of the sun while looking at Ponyta and Blitzle playing catch once more.

He took out one of his grooming kits, sat down next to the lying pokemon, and began to brush her velvety white fur. As Pete explained the situation to Rapidash, Jasmine kept staring at him with rosy cheeks and a big grin.

After the big lunch Pete cooked, Luna finally arrived to install the sliding door for the new underground shelter that Golurk had created inside the hill. Herbert, who had played taxi for the young interior designer with Exeggutor, gave Pete two thumbs up secretly before turning to Sophie to gossip about the situation.

It became quickly apparent that Sophie had taken plenty of pictures of the pairs interactions today, and Herbert wasn't very quiet about it. Jasmine eventually took her pokemon plus Rapidash with her and relaxed at the beach to get away from the teasing.

Pete would have followed, but he was taken into his study by Elm for a scheduled call with the other assistants back in New Bark. So the four of them, two on each side of the video call, discussed Elm's latest discoveries at Pete's farm for a few hours. Fred and Becca were largely uninterested in most things that weren't numbers and data sets, but even they watched the video of the Dragonair evolution with laser focus. Twice, they watched it twice in this call alone.

Before she left, Pete had a short discussion about how to best realise an outdoor bath in a sort of hotspring setting here at the farm, which Luna quickly explained in great detail. The fitness fanatic was a great hotspring enthusiast and wholeheartedly agreed with Pete that this place needed at least a three baths hotspring.

After dinner, when the adventure group had returned from the forest with another haul of berry tree branches, Pete got ready to accompany Jasmine and Gligar to see if they could help out in the evolution.

And despite several protests from Vivian, Professor Elm and Valentino 'intruded' in the late night date of the young couple by trying to witness this extraordinarily rare evolution with them.

Professor Elm ignored every protest of Pete, reminding him that he wasn't quite sure about this evolution and kept hyping Gligar up ever since he got wind about the plan at the dinner table.

Through the Feebas evolution, Pete knew that some pokemon needed to be in the right mindset. So he wasn't quite sure what was ultimately the cause of tonight's outcome. Professor Elm's praise, surety, and overall giddiness at seeing the evolution kind of skewed the process.


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