The wind was blowing in a forest next to Burgroth. It was a sunny day, bird Pokémon were happily tweeting musically as some of them enjoyed their time with their hatchlings. Budew and Sunkern were enjoying time in the sunlight, nothing interrupting their sunray bathing…
Until an orange lizard with a flaming tail ran past them, the wind trailing behind him blowing them into the shadows of the trees.
“I need… to run away…”
The Charmander was panting, running away from something. It wasn’t fair, he had just woken up in a new body, and after adapting to the body of a fire-breathing lizard, some armored dude with swords for hands wanted to kidnap him! So he ran into a town nearby, realized that it was full of monsters, he got scared by some kind of ghost and ran away again, bumping into some fox creature. Now he was here, trying to find a hideout away from all of the monsters of this world. Yet, not a single human was found in this chaotic world. “Where… can I hide in this godforsaken place!?”
“There is nowhere to run, human.”
“N-no…” That voice… he thought he got away from him! What was the sword dude doing here!? “Get away from me, you freak!” The Charmander continued to run, tail swishing behind him. For a moment, he thought he could burn some leaves with his tail to slow the knight, but he quickly dismissed the idea when he remembered that it also has fire powers.
The fire lizard kept running until he came to a stop… a dead end… “No…” The Charmander, with a scared look on his face, turned around trying to find the knight again. “W-where…” Suddenly, from the shadows, the tall menacing violet knight appeared, its sword hands burning with a purplish blue flame.
“There you are…”
The armored menace slowly started walking toward the Charmander. “LEAVE ME ALONE!!!” The lizard shot a fireball at the Ceruledge. However, when the flames hit it, it did nothing as the knight absorbed the flames. The Charmander flinched and started launching more fireballs, although the same result happened until the armored knight sliced one of the fireballs in half with one of their swords.
“I’ll admit, your efforts are admirable. But I’m afraid that this little chase is over.” Suddenly the knight pulled out a sack with some sort of ghostly energy and snatched the screaming Charmander, the screaming gone silent. “This one is a bit weaker than the others… but she’ll know what to do with this human…” The sack disappeared in the shadows with the Ceruledge as well.
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The Joltik’s eyes shimmered while looking at the food on the table. “Oh my… this looks so good!” There were pots of pans for various types of food, rice and beans, some meat and vegetables, and some berries as well. “I… don’t think I’ll be able to eat everything…”
“Don’t worry about that. At least you’ll finally be eating something that isn’t electricity related.” Taro mused as he took his seat, John jumping on the table. “Little Z takes care of the leftovers.”
“Wait, it can eat as well?”
“Incorrect.” The robotic Dellibird responded. “I can take the food that was left on the table and use it as fuel for incineration. With that, I can change the temperature of my water to use a move called Scald.”
John looked dumbfounded but nodded either way. He then moved towards the bowl of vegetables and took a bite of what he assumed was lettuce. All his four eyes sparkled at the flavor of the lettuce with toppings. Salt and olive oil made for a good combination for lettuce back in his world, but this world hit differently. For some reason, the salt and olive oil felt refreshing and energetic. “Woah… this shit hits different…”
“What do you mean?”
“Like, in my world, salads have the same toppings, but here it’s way different… and way better!” John beamed before taking another small bite of the green vegetable. “So good! Oh, how I missed these!”
“Glad you’re enjoying it!” Taro pulled his already-made plate closer. Before he could chomp on the food like all the Togedemaru in the world, Little Z put a fork right in front of his face.
“Remember that all higher class Pokémon should eat with this?” The robot Dellibird reminded.
Taro responded sheepishly. “Thanks, Z…” He grabbed the fork with his paw and started using it to grab the food to eat it. As always, the food that the robot cooked for him was great and made him feel relaxed.
“Um… hey Taro?” John suddenly said, turning the attention to him. The spiky rodent tilted his head. “Your core, it’s electric right?”
“Well, it’s electric and steel, but yes, it is part electric.” Taro replied.
“Well, I’ve been thinking… since my core is also part electric, could you possibly teach me an electric attack?”
“Hm…” Taro made a cute thinking face before nodding back to John. “Sure! After you would need more protection for someone of your size. How about we check Discord after dinner first before we start the training?” Taro suggested.
“Sounds good to me.” John said before waddling over to a piece of meat before a faint memory played in his head about the origins of meat in this world. He shook his head. ‘Never mind…' He then went back to the bowl of veggies.
After the good meal they had, they went back to Taro’s room. Taro sat on his chair while John jumped onto the desk. “Alright, let’s see the other reactions from the pictures.” The Togedemaru said before he moved his mouse, turning the monitor on again. They saw some of the replies to the pictures in the chat.
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“So erm… should we respond to them back with all honesty?” Taro asked looking at John.
“Yes, I think it’s best they learn now rather than get panicked later when more Pokémon use the internet.”
Taro nodded then typed.
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Several people are typing…
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“Is that enough…?” Taro asked looking back at John.
“Hm… yeah, I think that’s enough. We let the chaos in the server calm down a little before responding to questions from a lot of people as possible to not make them wary.” John explained and the Togedemaru nodded. “So… shall we go train?”
“Yes.” Taro picked up John and put him on his head before making his way toward the backyard. The backyard was way bigger than Claire’s backyard, having wider barbed fences, a tree with a swing on it, and some weird beach chairs. The grass on it was perfectly trimmed as well. “Well, here we are. We have a training room back in the house, but I prefer training in the open.”
“Ah, I see.” John jumped off of Taro and looked towards the tree and admired its beauty before Taro walked to it and placed a white and red target on the stump. “Target practice?”
“Welp, that’s after some stuff we’ll sort out now.” Taro said before turning to John. “Firstly, let’s see what you have first. We know about your unique Grappling Silk, do you have anything more?”
“No… I just basically got the idea of grappling with a String Shot, rather than constricting enemies.”
“Alright, I have only seen a bit of it in the dungeon, could you show me again?”
John nodded and looked at the target on the tree. He took a deep breath and focused the energy from his core and shot a mouthful of silk in the middle of the target. Once it latched onto it, he pulled the string and launched itself at the target, landing on it. He then looked back at Taro. “Yeah, that’s the trick.”
“Wow, that looks so cool every time I see it!” The rodent beamed before John jumped back on the ground and Taro cleared his throat, trying to look more professional. “Anyways, since you figured out the bug part of your core, now let’s move on to the electric part!” Taro tapped his cheeks. “You see, every electric type has an electric sac somewhere around their bodies. Mine are on my cheeks like other electric-type rodents.” He rubbed his cheeks and little sparks came out. “If I remember correctly… your electric sac is connected somewhere on your mouth since you have fed on it rather than produce it.”
“Wait, I don’t produce it, I eat it to use it?” The small spider asked.
Taro nodded. “Basically that. And since you haven’t been using it, I suppose… you should be basically overcharged now.”
“Wait… does that mean that I implode if I eat too much without spending some?!” John asked a bit nervous.
“I don’t think so…? I didn’t hear about that happening to any Joltik from what I remember… but hopefully it doesn’t happen. Anyway, let’s put that electricity to use! You know how to draw power from the core already right?” John nodded. “Great! Now try to draw the power from both sides of the core so you can do the move that the Joltik species are known for, Electroweb!”
“Wait, judging from the name, I can electrify my webs?”
The rodent nodded excitedly. “Yep, not only you can trap them, but you can also shock them at the same time! However… that requires a bit more effort… think you can manage it?”
“Well, I need to manage, or else I’ll just be deadweight!” John said. “Anyways… any tips on focusing electric attacks?”
“Well… how I did it first was breathing deeply and a tingly feeling surrounded my body like I was charged in some sort of way, then I kinda expelled the charge by forcing it out of my body. But since your webs come from your mouth… I think you have to focus the charge on your mouth and then spit it out from it.”
“Hm… I’ll try to…” John muttered before looking back at the target. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, pulling the energy from his core again, this time he felt a tingly feeling in his throat along with the usual feel of silk. This was it! He was finally about to tap into his electric counterpart! With that, he launched the silk out of his mouth. Taro saw sparks coiling around the string as it flew directly to the tree thump above the target. The string latched onto the tree, conducting a bit of sparks throughout the thump that dissipated quickly. John opened his eyes and saw the normal spider pattern web letting out a bit of sparks. “Um… is that it?”
“Eh… I think the entire web is made out of electricity but… hey it’s something at least!”
John sighed before nodding, deciding he was okay with the outcome. He looked up, clouds were starting to cover the sky. “So… shall we go back to start answering some questions?”
“Alright then.” The Togedemaru picked the small spider up and put him on his head, starting to head back to his room. “What should we answer them? Should we tell that this is in another world?”
“Yeah, might at least calm them down and make them not look all around Earth for something they’ll never find.” John said.
“Alright then.” Taro said as they headed back to his room.
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“You did well today young Claire, we shall see your skills improved next class, understood?” A Samurott said to the fire Vulpix before bowing as she bowed back.
“Yes master Kofu!” Claire beamed before raising her head and walking over to her bag, checking her phone. “Hm… 3 o’clock… I think there is still time for John to call his friend!” Claire said to herself, putting her phone back in the bag and putting on the small backpack. She then left the Ginikofu dojo and started rushing back to the outskirts of town.
The Ginikofu dojo stayed a bit away from Town, in the local forest. Pokémon could normally walk there with no issue since the path there wasn’t territory for any wild Pokémon. So it was a safe place that even a Caterpie could walk to the guild without help.
Claire’s only thoughts in her head at the moment were about John and his human friend. What would his human friend look like? Would they even recognize John in his new form? She shrugged off her thoughts once she came to a stop as her ears twitched. She felt a presence, lurking somewhere around the trees. The crack of the leaves and snapping of tree branches sounded close. “Who’s there?” Claire looked around, trying to spot someone. “Hello…?”
She looked up, the sky was turning grey. “Dang, it’s going to start raining… I better pick up my pa-”
SNAP!
Claire looked behind her and saw something that made her heart jump, and fill her with a sense of dread. She saw a grey Charmander looking downwards, that looked like it was made out of bones, there was a crack on the top of its head along with some parts of its body. The tail was segmented like the bones from an actual tail, and at the tip of it was a purple flame. What terrified Claire the most however was the gaping hole in its chest, showing the ribcage and purple flame that replaced the heart. “What the…”
The strange Charmander lifted its head and showed its face to Claire. Its mouth had no lips, just showing the entirety of the mouth along with the sharp teeth, the eyes were also hollow holes as well that freaked Claire out by just looking at it. Suddenly, purple dots appeared in the holes of the eyes and they looked exactly towards Claire. It was shaking uncontrollably, almost looking like a horror monster from a movie. “Monster…” It spoke in a ghostly voice. It recognized the fox, and it bumped into the demon, but it fled before they could kill it. “I need to get rid of them all…”
“H-huh? What do you me-”
The skeletal lizard screeched before charging towards the Vulpix. “Die…!”