Jordinio Version - Chapter 34.1

I tried calling Hilda after I was done talking to Nurse Joy. It was better to get both scoldings out of the way and done with after all.

But, there was no answer.

I probably should have expected that to be honest, seeing as Unova was a whole ten hours behind, what with time differences and all, it was still very early morning for Hilda over there and going by my missed calls, she'd been up into the wee hours of the night trying to get into contact with me.

Not to mention, the whole jet lagg thing and all that. Really, she would probably be sleeping for a few more hours yet by me reckoning.

As it was, after just shy of two hours flying towards Viridian City, I decided to land.

Charizard's fatigue was finally catching up to him I'd noticed, even with his evolution, his flight speed dwindling bit by bit until he was falling way behind Fearow.

So I decided it was as good a time as any too treat my pokemon that were injured and have some food.

Plus, since I was going to be rotating a lot of my team soon in preparation for heading to Kalos, it was a good time to get a final lesson in for the moment that they could then pass on to my other pokemon at the Viridian City Pokemon Centre.

After landing, I quickly made up a make-shift camp to last a couple hours and sent out ten of my current pokemon party of twelve.

Aerodactyl and Kabutops would have to wait a little bit.

As I cooked, Chansey got down to treating both Charizard and Dragonite with Heal Pulse, more Dragonite than Charizard.

While I cooked away, I noticed Dragonite was in a bit of a huff, giving Charizard a stink eye. Though he didn't do anything while he was being treated by Chansey.

He knew better after all.

He'd learned not to try her patience very early after what he saw happened to me when I angered her.

Such was the fate of one who angered the White Mage.

Once I'd prepared their food, I filled their bowls and laid them out in front of them all and together, we began to chow down.

"Alright guys," I spoke up as we ate, gathering their attention, "As you can see, Charmeleon has evolved into Charizard." I stated the obvious.

All eyes were drawn to Charizard, who ducked his hide to the side in a bit of embarrassment. Badass he may be, but he's still that same shy little Charmander who craved my attention on the inside.

"Geot." Pidgeot nodded once in congratulations, and Fearow clapped his wings together, Milotic trilled happily and Dragonite scoffed. Victreebel and Bellossom had already seen him evolve as well.

…But that was about it. Blastoise didn't really care and Gyarados just didn't seem to grasp what was so good about it and just nodded before going back to eating.

Gyarados I'd noticed, was kind of a solitary kinda guy.

About as expected.

I opened my mouth to continue, when something vibrated in my pocket and a familiar ring tone began echoing loudly.

Reaching into my pocket I pulled out my phone and grimaced as I saw the caller ID.

It was Hilda.

"….Right gimme a second guys, I need to get scolded." I sighed, to the amusement of many of my pokemon.

Pidgeot especially gave me a shit eating grin through his beak. It made me want to punch him and give him a repeat of the day we met.

Bastard try hard bird.

Putting him out of mind I answered the phone with a press of a button and the screen lit up to reveal the face of Hilda.

The face of Hilda with a very frizzy and messy bedhead and bloodshot eyes narrowed into a glare. She obviously hadn't showered before bed because I could see smearing in the light amount of make up she generally wore and she hadn't changed out of her usual gear, the white sleeveless top she always wore was heavily rumpled and I could see the straps of her bra hanging loosely at her shoulders.

"Jord….!" she hissed at me.

I resisted the urge to wince.

"You look pretty dear." I greeted her.

"I'm going to kill you." Hilda bit out in return.

"So pretty." I forced a wide, happy grin.

I am truly courting death.

"Do you have any idea how long I was trying to get into contact with you?" her bloodshot eyes narrowed further at my words.

"…Yeah, I mean I have the time stamps logged next to the missed calls." I pointed out.

"Always with the smart mouth, better watch it buddy, I'm not in the mood right now," she clicked her tongue, "Do you have any idea how worried I was when Rosa showed me a viral video of you literally fighting a Gyarados and then a Dragonite! Are you insane!?"

I kept my mouth firmly shut this time, resisting the urge to quip back. It was a near thing. I'd always had a problem with mouthing off.

Right now it won't really earn me any points though. And I do kind of deserve it.

"And you wouldn't answer your damn phone at all!" she continued, "That video cut off without ever showing if you were alright or not, for all I knew you could have been dead!"

A bit dramatic, but….she wasn't exactly wrong I suppose.

"And to make matters even worse, it was literally a few hours after we last spoke when I warned you not to do anything stupid," she groaned, cupping her face and shaking her head, "…I should have dragged you along after all." she moaned in defeat.

"Sorry…though I can come there if you want." I offered with a lame shrug. I was only heading to Kalos to see about getting my hands on Mega Evolution after all and while that was a thing thing for me right now, it can wait and Hilda might be dealing with Team Plasma.

…Plus, I knew where to find either the dark stone or the light stone, or at least one set of them. I could possibly get chosen by Zekrom or Reshiram and keep an eye out for Hilda at the same time in case she really is getting involved with them.

Hilda took a deep breath, before shaking her head "No…it's fine, ignore that, like I said before, you've got your own journey to deal with, I'm just venting at your stupidity," she replied before taking her hand away and looking me in the eye, "So, what have you got to say for yourself?" she raised an eyebrow, even as she cracked a yawn.

"It wasn't as bad as it looked," I shrugged, "Beyond Gyarados taking me by surprise, I wasn't in that much danger."

I left out how I actually injured myself more when I fought back. That would just make her more worried. Besides, it was kind of embarrassing.

"It sure looked like you were," she pointed out, "But…you're okay then?"

"Totally fine babe, no need to worry and all that," I gave her a grin, "Better than fine actually, I've just got my hands on even more rare and powerful pokemon."

"…Of course you did," Hilda rolled her eyes, but I just bore it with my grin widening, "Promise me you'll be more careful though, if that was what you got up to the same night I left you, I can't imagine the crazy shenanigans you'll pull next."

…Well, I definitely won't be telling her I plan on attacking a villain who has an army of forcibly evolved mega pokemon at his beck and call. And a floating castle thing that can fire off energy blasts that could wipe a small village off the map.

Who also if I remember right is a grand advisor to royalty. Of a foreign region of the one I now have citizenship with.

I can't promise that, so I kept my mouth shut.

"…You've got to be kidding me," Hilda gave me a deadpan look, catching on very quickly. She knows me pretty well by this point, huh? "At least tell me it's not as dangerous as fighting a Gyarados and then a Dragonite."

I looked to the side and whistled innocently.

"How do you even know of something this dangerous? What the hell did you get up to before becoming a trainer?" she shook her head in dismay, "I'm not even sure what to say about this."

"I'll be fine," I assured her, turning back to give her a grin, "Trust me, I don't plan on taking on anything I can't handle."

Surge was a wake up call for me in that regard and I won't be taking any chances. As it is, right now, I could probably just return to the gym circuit, sell off a bunch of what I've gained and gain all the money and revenue I want and take things as they come.

To be perfectly honest…I've accomplished what I wanted really. When I think about it objectively, I've got what I need for a ton of cash. I've literally gone viral, which would work as a brilliant stepping stone if I win the Indigo League and get to challenge the Elite Four and Champion.

And…

I looked at the frizzy haired, bedraggled, yet no less beautiful older girl over with an appreciating gaze.

I've got the girl. Almost. More or less. Kind of. I've got my foot in the door and just need to seal the deal really.

That should be it. I should be able to get the 'THE END' card and ride off into the sunset with my happy ending. Only, just because I get my titular ending, doesn't mean the world stops spinning.

The real tribulations approaching, haven't even come close to starting yet. The next few years, will be filled with world ending threats and terrorist organizations popping up all over the place.

Just because I've more or less achieved what I want, doesn't mean I have the power to keep it.

Yet.

"Yeah, I'm not gonna take your word on that considering…" Hilda trailed off and gave me a weird look, "What's with that look?"

"Just thinking how pretty you are." I shrugged.

"…Considering my hair is a total mess, my eyes are killing me and I didn't wash my make up off last night, I'm calling bullshit," Hilda snorted, "How's Snivy, have you used her yet?"

"Not yet, I will soon though once I rotate my team," I replied, glad for the topic change, "What about you, how's Dragonite?"

"A total sweetheart, I honestly wasn't expecting him to listen to me so well," she smiled, "And so powerful too, we battled my pal Cheren to get a feel for each other, we were having a two on two and Dragonite completely creamed both of his pokemon, and they're not weak at all, Cheren made it to the top sixteen in the Unova League just last year!"

Huh…that was actually kind of impressive, "Well, he is a Dragonite, and a mature one at that." I pointed out.

His move pool was utterly insane, and I might have called my Dragonite a runt, but he wasn't weak at all. Far from my strongest right now for sure, but easily on the level of strong gym pokemon despite being a young runt. I'd give him even odds on taking down Surge's Electivire.

"I know, and I still can't believe you literally caught one for me, you really do lack common sense," Hilda shook her head again, but despite her words, "Oh, by the way, you aren't allowed to be alone with my cousin Rosa."

I blinked, that was odd, "How come?" I asked.

"You're just not," she affirmed, "You two will just be too much of a bad influence on each other."

"Is this because I flirted with her?" I cocked my head to the side.

"No," she denied, "It's because I don't want to deal with you two screwing now that she's got it in her head that you'll give her a rare and powerful pokemon like a Dragonite if she sleeps with you."

"Hey, if she's up for it, I won't say no," I grinned at her, I made a show of pulling on my tank top and looking down at my bare chest, "I don't see your name anywhere on me, I'm a free man right now. Though, I wouldn't just give something like a Dragonite to just anyone you know?" I pointed out.

Hilda narrowed her eyes, before smirking at me confidently, it was kind of hot even with her bedraggled state, "I'm going to break your back next time I see you."

I blinked, "…Isn't that my line?"