The bullet tore through the wood and splintered it, a second loud bang came from the tree bark as it snapped from the impact.

More bullets penetrated the tree and it was pretty damn satisfying.

And I didn't have to worry about running out of ammunition because the golden and silver gun had unlimited ammunition.

Okay, not really unlimited, but as long as I charged it with electricity every so often, it shouldn't be a problem. I was not sure how the gun converted energy into bullets since that shouldn't be possible but impossible had become a joke in this world.

The fact that the bullets disappear once they hit a target made it very hard to figure it out.

Not that I really cared right now.

Instead, I was just focusing on how good it felt to fire them into the trees.

My aim was a bit off but shooting with two guns was way harder than portrayed in the movies, the recoil and the blinding flash were not helping either.

Still, it was something to distract me and help me calm down my anger.

Because finding out that the one OP power in this world was not available to me?

That sucks. Guns don't.

And yeah I might not be a John Wick yet but I will be...one day.

The main problem was that Pokémon were mostly unaffected by firearms, still, it was my way of coping with the lack of any real offensive or defensive power.

Guess I just have to make my Pokémon more broken to fill in that spot, since whoever brought me to this world couldn't even give me a basic superpower and instead just shredded my Aura which might as well have killed me in the process.

I kept firing for a solid 10 minutes before deciding that I no longer felt the need to set something on fire and returned to my Pokémon.

Luna was just placing her final piece on the construction and turned to me with a wide grin.

The miniaturized building was now complete with every piece neatly fitting in the right place, it wasn't really impressive until you considered that she did it without touching a single piece and within 2 hours.

Fay had taken it upon herself to meditate and wait until I came back, she lazily opened one eye and asked, "Are you done?"

{Concern?} The green-haired telepath asked.

"Nah, I'm fine," I told Luna, "Don't worry, just blowing off some steam."

She gave me a skeptical look even though I was this time completely honest with her. Shooting a gun is fun and very therapeutic and yes, I do realize that it wasn't a healthy way of dealing with shit.

"You've been gone for an hour," Fay said, annoyed.

I gave her an annoyed look, my best one if you ask me. "Hearing you should be dead is kind of a bummer to hear, you know?"

She shrugged. "Had to break it to you somehow, can we now work on my training?"

"Ralts!" Luna cried out and Fay scowled in return.

"Just saying," Fay nonchalantly said, "he promised to help me."

I ignored the squabble they had and took out my Pokédex, "You know what this is?"

Fay jumped off the rock and took a step closer to study it.

"No."

Luna abandoned her puzzle and walked towards us, probably curious herself.

"It's a Pokédex,” I explained, “it can be used to analyze a Pokémon's move and see what they can do.” It could also be used for a lot of other stuff but the original intended design for a Pokédex was to simply analyze a Pokémon.

"So this device can see what techniques I already know?" Fay wondered with curiosity.

"Not exactly," I admitted, "Broadly, it can, but it doesn't store individual variations on already existing techniques."

Luna's sand attacks were not visible in her profile which kind of makes sense but is still a big limitation, what if a Pokémon invents a new move? How will it ever be recorded into the Pokédex if it only categorizes existing moves?

On the flip side, how would anyone ever know that a move is a new move when it could also be another technique that is applied to an already existing move?

You get the point, there are some glaring flaws in the move system.

"Okay, this might tickle," I announced as I pointed the Pokédex at the blue Riolu.

Fay for her part didn't giggle once, she just kept staring at the Pokédex with a face that was a mix of impatience and annoyance.

"Riolu, the Emanation Pokémon. When sad or scared, Riolu's Aura becomes stronger as a way of signaling its allies," Pokédex Lady shared some of her infinite wisdom with us.

I wanted to debate against that statement and point out that Pokémon are more powerful in general when they feel cornered, but meh.

I went to the move pool page and the mechanical voice began to speak. "This Riolu, currently nicknamed Fay, has the special ability Inner Focus. Currently, the known moves are: Counter, Metal Claw and Quick Attack. This Riolu is female and is very hosti-" I tapped the button and stared at Fay who had a pondering look on her face.

"That's weird," She said out loud, "I only used Metal Claw and that was during the Hunter J raid," she had a dark look on her face and I suspected that she didn't use her claws to polish her nails. "But Counter and Quick Attack? I’ve never used those two."

I shrugged, "Weird shit, something about move potential? Those two attacks should come around whenever it's convenient."

"No!" She said, "I don't have time for that."

Oh yeah, her quest for vengeance, can't forget that my small Riolu has sworn vengeance and wants to become fucking Batman but without a no-killing rule.

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"Well, you could try running and see if Quick Attack comes out," I offered.

I made myself comfortable on the boulder and Luna sat down next to me, intensely staring at Fay with a look I would almost describe as creepy.

"You think that could work?" Fay asked excitedly.

{Doubt} Luna conversed.

Fay scowled, "And what do you know about it?"

"Ralts," Ralts said with a smug smile.

I, again, decided to end this discussion and gave Fay a studying look. "Maybe we should try a blindfold. Train your Aura sight and accuracy."

Fay looked visibly shaken by that. "A-a blindfold?" She muttered. "Are you crazy?!"

"What do you mean?"

"I don't trust either one of you." She said, narrowing her eyes. "So that's a no go."

"Ralt," Luna said, sounding very innocent.

Fay glared at Luna, "What did you say?"

It was clearly a rhetorical question but I had no idea what Luna had just said since she didn't bother to share it telepathically.

"Ralts," Luna repeated. She hopped down from the boulder and took a step towards Riolu.

"Then come and GET IT!!!" Fay roared and she retracted her left arm.

And with that, Poké-hell broke loose.

Like she was the Wolverine, three silver claws, though not as long, appeared on the end of both her paws where normally the nails would be. They were glowing and had a color that was between silver and white.

With a scream, she punched her arm forward as if to punch her.

It was a sloppy move, first because Metal Claw wasn't really a punching move in the first place but more a slash move, second because it was clear that Fay had never actually battled before.

The white telepathic Pokémon made a short hop and screamed down to launch herself a small distance away from Fay.

Fay was outside the range of Disarming Voice but the sound was still very loud and disorienting to someone who has never been exposed to it before.

Fay stumbled back, and she was very vulnerable at that moment, Ralts, however, didn't attack.

Instead she just patiently waited for Fay to regain her senses.

Fay shook her head a few times and focused on Luna again who smiled at her. "RaRalts."

"You watch your mouth!" Fay yelled and she again lunged towards Luna.

As Fay lunged towards Luna, the psychic simply twisted her body out of Fay's path, her fist glowed white as Fay flew past.

The way it happened was almost comical, the punch connected with Fay's side and all her previous momentum was canceled. She was launched towards the ground and bounced 2 times before coming to a stop.

The punch wasn't that hard or strong since Luna didn't even combine it with Disarming Voice but it still managed to put Fay to a stop.

Fay got up with a backwards roll, increasing the distance between herself and Luna.

I thought she was going to try something else but instead, she again activated Metal Claw and charged towards Luna with fury in her eyes.

Luna grinned as Fay stormed towards her, unconcerning and even mocking.

One second before Fay would hit Luna with her claws, Fay managed to surprise me. The Aura Pokémon turned around her axis at the last moment and swiped left of her.

Luna, who had done the same thing at the same time, had a brief look of surprise on her face.

The shining claws met the shining fist and for a second both attacks stopped cold.

But Fate wasn't with the Riolu today, Luna's Mega Punch had priority apparently because she again managed to punch Fay away.

And you might wonder what I was doing?

Well, I was just watching them fight it out.

If I were a better person or Pokémon trainer, I might have interfered but getting between these two right now was not something I wanted to deal with.

Besides cowardice, I had several other good reasons.

Luna wasn't even going all out on Fay and stuck to waiting for Fay to do something. I wasn’t sure what it was, but I trusted Luna to know what she was doing.

I could also make some claims about Fay gaining battle experience this way or her learning to deal with loss.

In the end, I just stuck to watching, though I was making mental notes.

Metal Claw for example, could it work on Fay's foot as well or was it limited to her hands? Did it enhance the strength in her arms as well or only reinforce her nails?

Was it a forcefield or a super-strength power?

It was a pretty standard Brute type move, meaning it relied on melee battle style but it seemed decent enough, especially if she could learn how to properly use two claws instead of using one at a time whenever she attacked.

Fay got back on her feet again, and with a scream, she lunged towards Luna, this time leaping through the air with her claws retracted.

It was a good mix up but Luna was faster yet again.

A purple ray met Fay's path and she lost all her momentum, she fell to the ground with a painful sounding thud.

Fay spit out some saliva and glared at Luna. "Stop mocking me and fight!"

Luna accepted the challenge, she screamed and launched herself up in the air.

It confused the hell out of Fay who had never seen the Meteor Smash.

A fist began to glow as Luna fell down and Fay's eyes widened with shock. Luna screamed as she came down, her eyes were narrowed and for once she genuinely looked upset about something.

It must have been terrifying for Fay, she covered herself with her arms and closed her eyes shut, bracing for the inevitable attack.

However, a moment before the attack would connect, Fay began to glow.

A translucent layer covered her entire body, colors weaved in and out of the forcefield, not that Fay could see it.

She had her eyes shut and awaited the shining meteor.

Luna's fist struck Fay from above but instead of shattering the energy that covered her and hitting Fay she was stopped by it.

Fay's body shone even brighter and with a flash, Luna was flung away from Fay as if hit by an invisible punch, Luna let out a cry while she was launched.

The energy around Fay quickly faded away after that and Fay opened her eyes, confusion written all over her face.

She glanced between her paws, probably wondering what the fuck just happened.

And this was my cue to look like a responsible trainer.

"Well," I said out loud. "It seems that you have learned a new move. Just as I planned."

Luna got up to her feet and brushed off the dirt that had gotten onto her when she had been blasted away. She smiled sheepishly at me, then turned to Fay and gave her a smug smile that screamed: Told you so.

Fay stared aghast at Luna, then at me, and then back to me and then back at Luna.

"You two planned this?" She asked hesitantly.

I didn't plan shit and I wondered if Luna had planned this far ahead.

I had told her about my theory that Pokémon performed better under stress but only once, did she remember that or was she looking for a fight anyway?

Well, time to wing it and pretend I knew what I was doing all along.

"Of course," I said, "It's not my preferred method but I thought this would work."

Fay's eyes shot towards Luna who confirmed my lie with a cheeky nod. {Confident}

Fay turned to face me. This time she didn't look to be annoyed with me, instead, there was something that came dangerously close to respect.

Luna gave me a secret wink from behind her back before walking towards me.

"So, that was Counter I assume?" Fay asked.

I nodded, "Not Quick Attack but still-"

"Every technique counts." Fay finished for me, She bowed her head slightly. "Thank you."

"No problem.”

If Luna is my Pokémon and it was her plan, then we share the credit because of association right?

I was about to say something but I was interrupted again, this time not by my Pokémon.

"The DiScavenger program has found something that might be interesting, sir." Pokédex Lady suddenly announced.

I raised an eyebrow, "What is it?"

"A C level threat in Seawave City, Johto, has escalated into a B level threat."

"Is there a Legendary involved?" I asked.

"No," Oracle answered.

I was about to tell her that I'm not interested but Pokédex lady wasn't done talking yet.

"But a giant Pokémon has been spotted."