Arc Of Embodiment (Hiatus) - Chapter 82

-Pokémon-

Jaune and Sylveon is in Viridian Forest. It was not far from Viridian City. They came here to test out if Sylveon can use magic as that will be able to give her an edge against the competition, maybe even reach the level of Legendary Pokémon.

The first thing they tested out is Fairy Magic. It consists of Illusions, Nature Manipulation, Healing, etc… The first thing they tried was Nature Manipulation, as Sylveon already has the hang of using Nature Energy. Jaune instructed Sylveon to try and make the tree extend its branch towards her. It wasn’t tricky for Sylveon to achieve Jaune’s instruction. The trees grew their branches towards Jaune, and Sylveon gave it other commands, such as lifting Jaune in the air, making a hand out of the branches, etc.….

“Well done, Sylveon. You are one step closer to being the strongest Pokémon. Now let’s test out other forms of magic. You can control Nature Magic, which means that you aren’t limited to your typing. Nature is many things. The weather, earthquakes, tsunami, hurricane, snowstorms, and volcanic eruptions. Those are a part of nature, and therefore, theoretically, you should be able to control each of those elements, being Fire, Water, Wind, Ice, Plantation, etc.….” Jaune said.

“Sylveon?” Sylveon asked.

“I’ll explain it all to you later. For now, it is best to see what you are capable of. Come on, show me what you can do. If you can hit me, I’ll reward you with the sweetest cake you’ll ever eat,” Jaune said.

“Sylveon!” Sylveon said.

“Good! Come on.” Jaune said.

Sylveon was sizing Jaune up. Over the week of her training, Jaune taught her how to look for openings with her opponent. That’s what she is currently doing, but she couldn’t find any. Hence, she decided to apply Jaune’s second teaching. If you can’t find an opening, make one.

Sylveon used Swift along with Nature energy. It bombarded Jaune. But it wasn’t enough as Jaune could get away from the explosion without issue, but he couldn’t find Sylveon. That’s because, during the explosion, Sylveon knew that it would be useless, so she used Quick Attack to move quickly and get behind Jaune. She then used Hyper Beam on Jaune, but her aim was slightly off rather than the centre of Jaune’s ċhėst. It went towards his shoulder, which caused it to be easy for Jaune to dodge by swivelling his body to let the Beam miss.

When Sylveon saw this, she didn’t give up. She quickly made a new plan of attack. She saw that Jaune wasn’t attacking. Therefore, she thought maybe she could deliver a Shadow Ball right in his ċhėst if she gets close enough. Unfortunately for Sylveon, that was a wrong move as Jaune karate chopped her in the neck, causing her to faint on the spot.

‘I guess she still has a long way to go, but for a week of training, she not only got strong quickly, but she was able to learn the lesson I gave her with ease and apply them in a spar. Then if that was not enough, she even evolved to a Sylveon,’ Jaune thought with a smile.

Jaune picked a fainted Sylveon up and brought her into the temporary house that he set up. That’s right, Jaune stopped calling it a camp as it was never a camp but a portable house.

When Saphron and Terra saw that Jaune came back with a fainted Sylveon, they worried about the little cutie. They thought that Jaune and Sylveon might have met with a formidable opponent. But Jaune told them that they didn’t, and he was the one that knocked out Sylveon during a spar. Saphron and Terra would’ve reprimanded Jaune, but they remember that the little cutie wanted to achieve her dream of being the strongest Pokémon and is working hard with Jaune to achieve it. Cuddling her was going to do the opposite.

“Jaune? Can I ask? Why does Sylveon want to be the strongest Pokémon in the first place?” Terra asked.

“It has something to do with how I found her. When I first met her, I was roaming a forest looking for a starter Pokémon. Not far from my location, I heard a whimpering. I got curious and went towards it. It turns out the bigger Pokémon was bullying an Eevee. From there, I helped her out. From what she told me, it wasn’t the first time. She was made into their gopher, doing everything the bigger Pokémon told her to do,” Jaune said.

“You asked her if she wanted to get back at the Pokémon, didn’t you?” Terra asked.

“No. I told her if she wanted a chance to prove that small Pokémon such as herself can be just as strong, if not stronger, than the bigger Pokémon that was bullying her. At first, she didn’t agree, so I let her go, but kept watch to keep her safe and drive away the bully. It wasn’t until one of the small Pokémon who happens to be a friend of the Eevee got badly injured that she fought back against the bigger Pokémon,” Jaune said.

“But it was useless, wasn’t it?” Saphron said.

“Yeah. She not only has no training, but she was also not in the best condition as most of the food that she gathers end up with the bigger Pokémon,” Jaune said.

“Did you help her?” Saphron asked.

“I did, but only after I knew that she wouldn’t be able to keep going,” Jaune said.

“Why didn’t you help her right away?!” Terra said in anger.

“Helping her in such a situation would be a mockery of her resolve. If I got in the way, she would never have continued in the path she decided to take. She would have just returned to being pushed around. That’s why I only got involved when the situation got worse. After that fiasco, I brought Eevee and the Pokémon she was protecting to a Pokémon centre to get healed. I stayed there until they woke up. From there, Eevee started following me and asking me to train her. After all, I did offer to train her before,” Jaune said.

When Jaune first met Eevee, he saw the original Jaune Arc in her. Willingness to protect her friends even if she didn’t have the strength to defend herself. That’s why Jaune decided to offer the training to her, but just like the original Jaune, she declined and left. But eventually, after resolving herself to get stronger so that her friends would never be hurt again, she looked for Jaune to help train her.

“Jaune? What type of Pokémon was Eevee protecting?” Terra asked.

“Oh! It was a Pikachu,” Jaune replied.

After that conversation, Jaune headed to the kitchen to cook lunch for everyone. Although Sylveon couldn’t hit Jaune, she fought well.. So, Jaune decided to reward her with a cake.