Arc Of Embodiment (Hiatus) - Chapter 83

-Pokémon-

The following day, Jaune and the girls all headed to Pewter City. From there, Jaune plans to beat his first Pokémon Gym leader, and even Sylveon was pumped up to have a go at a properly trained Pokémon.

“Hey, Jaune? Are you ever planning to give Sylveon a proper name? I mean, Sylveon isn’t a name,” Saphron said.

“Hmm? Why don’t we ask Sylveon herself?” Jaune said, and they all looked at the Pokémon that was walking alongside them.

“Sylveon?” Sylveon said.

“Yeah, a name. We can’t keep calling you Sylveon. How about Mary,” Jaune said.

“Sylveon!” Sylveon hated the name, Mary. It didn’t suit her at all.

“You didn’t like that? Saph, what do you think her name should be?” Jaune asked.

“How about Betty?” Saph said.

“Sylveon!” Sylveon said.

“Didn’t like that either. Terra? Any suggestion?” Jaune said.

“Jessie?” Terra said.

“No! That’s not a good name to have in here,” Jaune said. He was Remembering the three-dumbass Team Rocket.

“What’s wrong with it?” Terra asked.

“That’s because of the group known as Team Rocket. They have this three-dumbass named Jessie, James and Meowth. They are the most incompetent people you will ever meet,” Jaune said.

“Oh! I thought you just hated the name,” Terra said.

“How about Vivian? That sounds like a lovely name,” Saphron said.

“Sylveon! Sylveon!” Sylveon liked the name. It had a nice ring to it.

“Hmm? Is this a coincidence? That name is special when it comes to Avalon,” Jaune said.

“What do you mean?” Terra asked.

“Lady Vivian. That’s the name of the one who created Avalon,” Jaune said.

“I thought that you created Avalon?” Saphron asked.

“Mine is a copy of the original. But ever since I went to a world called Nasuverse, my Avalon synchronised with the original Avalon, and it caused the current changes to my Avalon,” Jaune said.

“So, who is this Lady Vivian?” Terra asked.

“It’s a bit complicated to explain,” Jaune said.

“Then try to explain it as much as possible,” Saphron said.

“Fine. Lady Vivian is the good alternate personality of a person, while a person named Morgan Le Fey is the Evil side….” Jaune continued to explain the complexity of the two people. That’s just a single person.

“Okay! I still don’t understand it properly,” Terra said, confused at the things that Jaune told them.

“I did tell you that it was complicated,” Jaune said.

“That’s not complicated. It’s convoluted,” Terra said.

“Anyway. It’ll just be another ten minutes of walking before we get to Pewter City,” Jaune said.

While walking through the Viridian Forest, Jaune and company saw a particular person with a red and white cap. The person seems to be trying to capture a Caterpie. He was concentrated on his task with a Pokéball in hand. A moment later, he tosses the Pokéball at the Caterpie. The ball hits and takes the Pokémon into the ball and started shaking. Not long after, the boy was seen celebrating at capturing the Pokémon.

“I did it! I got a Caterpie! You did it, Ash! You caught your very first Pokémon! It may be small, but getting it is a major step towards being a Pokémon Master!” Ash shouted and started dancing around a girl while showcasing his Pokéball. He then grabbed her and pulled her into celebrating with him, but is just being dragged instead.

“Wait! Hold it! I’m starting to feel dizzy! Ash! Stop!” Misty shouted. Even the Pikachu was feeling dizzy watching Ash drag Misty in circles.

“Geez! What are you doing?!” Misty shouted after she got away from Ash’s arm.

“Look! Inside this is the first Pokémon that I caught in my life, Misty!” Ash said in glee.

“Okay-okay! You don’t have to be so annoying about it!” Misty said, still recovering from her dizziness. Jaune and company were staring at the dynamic of the duo and Pokémon. They seem to get along just fine.

When Vivian saw the Pikachu with Ash, she got excited. They haven’t seen each other after Jaune decided to take her as his Pokémon. She remembers how Pikachu electrocuted every person that came near him. Hence, Professor Oak had to put him into a Pokéball. She never thought that he would ever get a trainer of his own, as he doesn’t trust people.

“Sylveon! Sylveon!” Vivian shouted.

“Pika! Pika-pika!” Pikachu shouted when he identified the Pokémon that was call him.

‘Hah. So, Ash got the Pikachu that I saved that day. No wonder why it didn’t trust anyone. It had a bad experience from Pokémon bullying, which then reflected into people as well,’ Jaune thought.

Jaune was looking at the two friends. Vivian told Pikachu that her trainer was the best and will help her become the strongest Pokémon in the world. Meanwhile, Pikachu was saying that his trainer was amazing as well. Jaune just laughed at that. But that was interrupted when he heard Misty speak.

“Hey! That’s a cool looking Pokémon. It’s very beautiful,” Misty said.

“She’s right! I’ve never seen a Pokémon like it. Do you mind if I used my Pokédex to check what type it is?” Ash said.

“No problem,” Jaune said. He knew that it wouldn’t register in the Pokédex. He tried. For some reason, it’s not registering Vivian as a Sylveon.

“What the? It’s not registering,” Ash said.

“What kind of Pokémon is it anyway?” Misty asked.

“She’s a Sylveon. One of Eevee’s evolution,” Jaune explained.

“Hah? Isn’t Eevee’s evolution either a Vaporeon, Umbreon, Espeon, Leafeon, Jolteon, Flareon and Glaceon. I’ve never heard of an Eevee evolving into a…what did you call it? Ah! A Sylveon,” Misty said.

“That’s because it isn’t a common thing. Evolving Eevee into a Sylveon requires a tremendous amount of trust between trainer and Pokémon,” Jaune said.

“I see…? Hey! How about a Pokémon battle?! Your Pokémon seems to be acquainted with my Pikachu. What do you say about a little mock battle against the two?” Ash said.

“Are you sure?” Jaune asked.

“Sure! Why not?” Ash said with confidence.

Well, alright,” Jaune said.

Jaune then called Vivian to his side, while Ash called Pikachu to his side. The two Pokémon seems to be ready to have a battle. But Jaune already knew that this fight was one-sided. Ash’s Pikachu seems to have been bȧrėly trained.

“Pikachu! Use quick attack!” Ash shouted.

Pikachu then started running at high speed towards Vivian. But Vivian didn’t react to what she saw, as it wasn’t enough to faze her. All Vivian did was sidestep, and Pikachu’s Quick attack missed.

“Pika!” Pikachu shouted before he hit a tree since he couldn’t stop fast enough.

Vivian saw this and decided to act. She used Iron Tail to smash Pikachu into the ground. Pikachu didn’t even see it coming. Iron Tail would have been enough to knock out Pikachu if Vivian was serious. Still, she knew that she didn’t have to put too much power into her attack to beat her opponent, as she can analyse Pikachu’s current strength and apply an appropriate amount of force to beat him.

“Pikachu!” Ash shouted.

“Pika-Pika,” Pikachu said weakly. He couldn’t stand properly after the hit that he took from Vivian. But Ash couldn’t understand him and instead thought that he wanted to keep going.

“Now, use Thunderbolt!” Ash instructed Pikachu.

When Jaune saw this, he was disappointed that Ash couldn’t see that Pikachu was no longer in shape to fight. But he understood that Ash was still a beginner at being a trainer.

Pikachu used his remaining strength to try and hit Vivian with a Thunderbolt, but it was too late as Vivian was already beside him without him noticing.. Vivian used her version of Quick attack to arrive beside Pikachu and deliver a simple Tackle, knocking Pikachu out.