Pokemon: Jordinio Version - Chapter 25.2

Facing down the powerful twin Hyper Beam attack about to be unleashed upon Fearow's barrier, there was really only one option for me here.

If he just took the attack, it would blow right through his Protect barrier and shatter it like glass after all!

"Astonish!" I roared.

And Fearow copied me.

The huge flying type dropped his barrier at the same time his beak spread wide open, "ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!"

A red energy sound wave erupted from his beak and slammed into and over Scizor at point blank range just before it could unleash its Hyper Beams.

Scizor noticeably grimaced and flinched back.

And at the same time, lost control over the twin spheres of dark energy compressing between its claws.

They both exploded.

Powerfully.

Both Fearow and Scizor were caught up in the attack and carried away in opposite directions.

Each skipping hard across the ground like stones skipping across the surface of a serene lake.

I winced at the loud thumps that echoed each time Fearow's body smashed into the ground, leaving small craters behind with each one.

Thankfully, Fearow was made of tougher stuff than your standard pokemon. He did go through the grind with me after all.

After the fourth ground shaking bounce across the battle field, Fearow's wings glowed metallic silver and he lashed out, stabbing his wings into the ground and stopping himself from going any further.

Fearow thankfully, was a little bit more away from the attack than Scizor and had the time to guard with his wings to blunt the damage.

His body was scuffed up, but he hadn't taken too much damage.

I wish I could say the opposite about Scizor.

But…

When the dust cloud that erupted from the explosion died down to show the other side, it was just in time for me to see Scizor's entire body glowing metallic silver.

'Iron Defence.' I grimaced.

So Quick Attack, Metal Claw, Hyper Beam and Iron Defence. That was quite the powerful move set, especially with Technician.

"Heh, it'll take more than that to bring Scizor down!" Ash called over, a proud grin on his face, "He's my strongest pokemon!" he happily boasted.

"I can see that." I snorted.

I'm honestly still flabbergasted a bit that Ash already has a fully evolved pokemon that isn't a basic fast evolving bug type!

Well whatever, this time I'm taking the fight to him.

"Go for it with Peck!" I ordered my pokemon.

Fearow obeyed, zipping through the air towards Scizor at a blurring speed, beak glowing with power.

"Meet them head on, Quick Attack and Metal Claw again!" Ash repeated his beginning combo.

Once again, light erupted from Scizor and its claws glowed metallic silver and it rocketed forward to meet Fearow.

"Double Team!" I quickly called an instant before they collided, knowing Scizor would win in a straight up physical clash thanks to both its metallic body and Technician.

Fearow shimmered and Scizor tore right through him, literally.

The now copy of Fearow disappeared, while dozens of Fearow surrounded Scizor on all sides, beaks still glowing and as one converged on the dual steel and bug type.

To its credit, Scizor acted incredibly fast, rapidly rotating into a blurring spin and lashing out with his glowing claws.

He tore straight through every single Fearow that converged on him.

"Scizor?" it stopped in place, looking confused.

And then the real Fearow came down from above, driving his Peck attack straight into the top of Scizor's cranium. and slamming it into the ground hard enough to crater it.

Pinning Scizor beneath him in the ground, Fearow didn't let up for even a second and began unleashing a barrage of lightning fast peck attacks on the stunned pokemon.

"Scizor, Iron Defence, tough it out!" Ash countered quickly.

Again to its credit, Scizor despite taking easily a dozen Peck's from Fearow, obeyed, body igniting into a metallic silver.

Not that it stopped Fearow, my bird continued to stab his back against Scizors armour over and over and over, head moving so fast I could barely follow it.

Iron Defence would massively blunt the damage Scizor took, but it wouldn't make it null and void, and Fearow had the bug and steel type pinned beneath him, with no leverage to throw him off.

It would come down to a battle of attrition at this rate.

Not.

Screw that.

"Hyper Beam and jump!" I switched tactics a second later.

If Scizor was Ash's strongest, I expect it'll hold on no matter how many Peck's it gets hit by and find a way to counter somehow.

That was the kind of thing expected of an Ash ace.

Best nip that in the bud.

As Fearow's head came up from another Peck to prepare to stab down again, he instead opened his beak, black energy swirling and compressing into a familiar sphere of power.

And then he beat his wings and jumped up, lunging down with his beak at the same time and unleashing a huge black beam of power a split moment later straight down into the prone Scizor.

Scizor pushed up out of the crater almost immediately, but wasn't quick enough to dodge the huge beam of energy as it slammed into it and dragged it back into the ground.

When the beam died down, it was to reveal Scizor laying prone in a now much larger crater, body a gleaming and beaten crimson red once again, its Iron Defence had faded in the face of Fearow's Hyper Beam.

And gliding in the air, Fearow panted raggedly, utterly exhausted. And I don't blame him.

To my astonishment though.

The rocks and debris that covered Scizor was pushed aside and the dual bug and steel type pushed itself back up despite the massive damage it had taken.

"Scizor!" it pointed one claw up at Fearow and challenged my pokemon.

"That's the way Scizor, yeah!" Ash pumped his fist into the air and roared his encouragement.

And for a moment, just a split moment, my vision seemed to flicker and change and I swear I could see Ash with a raging blue inferno burning over his body like an aura of power.

But it was gone a second later.

The hell?

Am I seeing things?

I shook my head, no matter, "Alright, if you aren't done then, let's finish them Fearow!"

"Don't back down, get up there and Metal Claw!" Ash shouted, no backing down at all.

"Throat Chop, finish it off!" I ordered.

Fearow's wings glowed with an ominous dark colour, while Scizor's claws once again glowed a metallic silver.

As one, they charged each other, Scizor zipping up and Fearow scything down.

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Unknown to either of the boys having a hot blooded battle behind the Pokemon Centre, within the Centre itself, in a locked off room, set securely on a table, a pure blue egg sat within a container.

For years this egg had remained in this state, drifting between pokemon breeders, trainers and pokemon centre alike, all losing hope for the egg ever to hatch.

The blue egg twitched.

And deep within the protective shell of the egg, crimson red eyes snapped open for the first time ever.

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"Man, I can't believe we didn't even manage to take down one of your pokemon," Ash groused, collapsing on the seat opposite me in the main room of the Pokemon Centre, "You really weren't kidding about how strong Fearow is now compared to back on my first day."

"We train multiple times a day, and we mostly fly everywhere, so don't waste as much time on the road," I shrugged, also, I had Chansey, the amazing cinnamon roll who made it so we basically got the efforts of like five or more training sessions out of the one in pure conditioning, "I'm actually surprised you put up as well a fight as you did, besides Surge I've pretty much dominated every battle I've been in."

Scizor lost in that final clash against Fearow, the accumulated damage from its own Hyper Beam attacks blowing up in its face, dozens upon dozens of Fearow's Peck attacks and a point blank Hyper Beam of Fearow's own, wore it down too much for it to overpower Fearow in the end.

Still, Fearow pretty much collapsed himself as soon as he brought down Scizor, so I'd say that one was closer to a draw than a loss. And my try hard bird was now under the tender mercies of Nurse Joy and recovering.

I'll have to wait a few hours before he'll be rejuvenated enough for me to fly on and leave this place behind.

"He's right Ash, you done really well, Jord and Fearow are a tough combo," Brock added from where he sat beside Ash, I was of course next to Misty, "Even back when he fought me they were formidable, but now they're on an entirely different level, even Steelix, evolved now would still lose outright if I battled them I think."

I blinked, "You evolved your Onix?" I asked, surprised.

"Yup," Brock grinned, "Back in Cerulean when we came across a stall selling some Metal Coat's, when Ash bought one for Scizor, I decided to get one for my Onix as well and le him choose if he wanted to evolve or not and he chose yes."

Huh.

Well there was another massive change. Originally, Brock's Onix wouldn't have become a Steelix until he returned from Hoenn.

"Considering Brock got beaten easily by Jord and you lost the first time to Brock even with Scyther, I'd take that as a compliment," Misty pointed out, "Besides, you've been getting a big head from all the other trainers you've been beating lately, you haven't lost since you battled Brock, popping that ever growing ego of yours will be good for you."

"Like you're one to talk," Ash rolled his eyes at her, "Your constantly praising how awesome a trainer you are just because you taught your Starmie thunderbolt, with my Pikachu's help by the way."

"I'm not the one that claimed he could take on every Gym Leader in Kanto at once yesterday!" Misty huffed and fired back. She shook her head and looked to me, a smile spreading across her face, "Thanks for telling me that by the way, and even the stuff you left for Ash has been a big help, I taught Oddish Bullet Seed!" she beamed at him.

"Yeah, really, thanks for that!" Ash nodded in agreement, "Thanks to what you left for me, I taught my Ludicolo Bullet Seed as well, and taught Steel Wing to Pidgeotto and a bunch of others and Iron Tail to Pikachu! I totally wouldn't be as awesome without your help!"

"Don't mind it," I shrugged, "Though that does beg the question, where did you get an Oddish, and why?" I asked Misty, curious.

"Oh, I got this little cutie at this little hidden village we came across on our way here from Cerulean City, there was a bunch of abandoned and weak pokemon there," the beautiful orange haired girl replied, "A bunch of thugs attacked the place while we were there and the lady overseeing the place was scared it would happen again after we left, so she asked us to take the pokemon with us."

Huh…

The more things changed, the more they stayed the same I guess.

"Yep, I caught a really strong Bulbasaur that was the protector of the place!" Ash happily supplied, "Not to mention a seriously cool Staryu that's way better than Misty's."

I blinked.

Huh?

"Like hell it is, you've hardly even trained Staryu!" Misty shot back, but nodded at me, "I also caught a Magikarp that was there."

Okay, now that was massive change-

"I got two while I was there as well, a Weepinbell and a Paras, they're a big help!" Brock happily supplied.

Another change. And what the fuck Brock, if Onix had evolved, that meant he only had one rock type pokemon now. He had more grass types than rock types even now!

This is seriously a lot to take in.

I turned my attention to Misty, "I thought you were afraid of Gyarados?" I asked her.

She'd mentioned such on our date when I brought the topic up.

"…I am," Misty reluctantly nodded, "But I couldn't just leave it there after it was attacked, besides she's a total sweetie."

Well, fair enough I guess. My respect went up for her a bit. Actually training up a Gyarados of her own instead of the one her sisters trained.

That always bugged me in the original series. In Johto, Misty harped on at Ash constantly for using Charizard and his other older pokemon all the time in battles, which, was the in world explanation for most for why Ash constantly started over with new teams in other regions. Only for Misty to do the exact same and only use her Gyarados, except, the Gyarados she used wasn't even trained by her, but by her sisters, making her not only a massive hypocrite, but also someone that relied on others to train her pokemon for her.

Which reminds me, I know where to find a giant Magikarp and a shiny one.

Just then, Nurse Joy approached us all, "Excuse me, Ash," she said, stopping at our table, "May I speak with you for a moment?" she asked, pointedly looking away from me.

Ash blinked, "I guess so." he agreed with a shrug and stood up.

Nurse Joy looked at Brock thoughtfully, "You said you were a breeder correct?" she asked him.

Brock practically pranced out of his seat and took a knee in front of her, "Oh Joy, I'll be whatever you want my love." he proclaimed.

She wrinkled her nose, but nodded, "Can you come as well then? A breeder's perspective here would be welcome." the pink haired nurse said

"Lead the way, I shall follow you to the depths of hell and back!" Brock nodded vigorously.

It was kind of cringe to see this happening in front of me. And this was the second time at that, the second we entered the pokemon centre and dropped off our pokemon, he'd been all over the pink haired nurse.

She bid them to follow her, and as they did, she looked over, glancing briefly at me. I winked.

Her face flushed and she quickly turned back around and quickly walked away, Ash and Brock in tow.

Wonder what she needed those two for?

"What was that about?" Misty asked me, giving me an odd look, "Nurse Joy was doing everything she could not to look at you, and she went all embarrassed there just from meeting your eyes."

"She walked in on me naked," I shrugged, well, not exactly but close enough, "She was very impressed by what she saw." I added shamelessly.

Misty raised an eyebrow, "…You're something else, you know that?" she pointed out.

"I am indeed. I'm just built different." I agreed.

"Built something alright," she rolled her eyes, before giving me a teasing grin, "Should I be jealous? You took me out on a date before and now you're showing yourself off naked to other girls."

"If you want to see me naked, you just have to ask," I fired back, "Though, I'm pretty damn amazing, so you need to pay me in return, I think you getting naked as well should work."

Her cheeks tinged pink just like Nurse Joy's, but she snorted, "I'll pass, thanks," she replied, "Speaking of though, since those two left us behind to go with Nurse Joy, how about I go have a shower and put some fresh clothes on and we can have another one maybe?"

Oh-ho? Misty was coming on to me?

"I'd love to," I replied, before shrugging, "Can't though, not really got the time. I was supposed to leave this place behind ages ago, I've got stuff I want to get done."

If I want to get what I plan for Hilda before her flight lands, I can't really spin my wheels here after all.

"Oh," Misty reared back as if slapped, before nodding, "Well, you are on your own journey and all….and have a travelling companion of your own from what my sisters were gossiping about."

Ugh, lovely.

"We split up to go our separate ways this morning actually," I replied, and a thought came to mind, "There's just a few certain pokemon I want to go for, but how about I make it up to you?"

Misty blinked, perking up, "How so?" she asked.

"How about you give me your number," I said in return, pulling out my phone and wiggling it at her, "We'll keep in contact, and we can plan out a proper fun date for in the future, I definitely wouldn't be passing up a date with you if I wasn't so busy."

"Okay, though that seems to favour you more than me." Misty agreed with a roll of her eyes.

"Well obviously that's not the gift I've got planned to give you," I rolled my eyes back, "This is just so I can contact you when I have it."

"Oh, and what's this gift then?" she raised an eyebrow and leaned forward to look me in the eye, "It'll have to be pretty good to soothe my hurt feelings from you blowing me off, it took a lot of courage to ask you out you know." she gave me a mockingly sad pout.

"How about a Squirtle?" I smirked at her. Soon I'd have dozens of them after all, what was giving one away to endear myself even more to Misty? I was much more tight lipped about them before, but now, I don't need to worry about her going after them before me if I reveal too much, I'll be going after them by tomorrow if my times match up properly.

My destination today for what I wanted, then to Cinnabar and tomorrow, the island full of Squirtle, Wartortle and a Blastoise.

Misty gaped at me.

"Are…are you proposing?" she asked after a moment.

I froze, gaping right back.

Wait…what?

"You remember I told you how much those are worth right? Even at the cheapest I've ever seen one sold, twenty thousand," Misty pointed out and explained, "It's a bit much for a mere apology, not that I'll turn you down, Ash caught a Squirtle annoyingly, and I've wanted to get my hands on one for ages, but it's still…"

She trailed off, her eyes glancing at my neck and her mouth hung low, "Is…is that a love bite?!" she gasped, lashing out and grabbing my collar and dragging me forward so she could look closer at my neck, "It is!"

…Woops. Forgot Hilda marked me up just as much as I did her. Mistakes have been made.

"How'd you get that?" Misty asked me, letting go of my collar and giving me a suspicious look.

"I fucked my travelling companion Hilda all last night before we split ways," I bluntly replied, no point beating around the bush, besides it's not like I owe Misty anything, and I hadn't exactly kept it as secret around here, so may as well let her hear it from my mouth instead of someone else, "Good time, you shoulda been there, bet you would have made it even more fun."

Misty pursed her lips, and fiery as she is, I half expected her to explode in a rage, but instead, she just sighed, "I figured as much," the orange haired girl shook her head, "Didn't want to think you would have, but, knew it was a long shot."

"…You did?" I blinked.

Now I'm the confused one. How and why would she expect that?

"Your common sense is just as skewed as it was at Pewter City," Misty shook her head, "Don't you remember how much I told you even those training methods you told me about would go for?"

"Yeah…?" I answered back, still confused, what did that have to do with anything.

"There's a lot of gold diggers out there, especially ones targeting young successful trainers, I've even had to ward off a few hussies from getting their mitts on Ash," Misty huffed, "You're bound to make big bank with what you know and with how generous you are, and a bit younger or not, they'll still hop into bed with you to seduce you and get their claws in you, heck, I hear my sister already tried it with you."

Oh, it was about that! Huh, if even Misty is bringing it up with me after Hilda, it really must be incredibly common.

"Yeah, your sister Violet practically invited me to her bedroom after I beat Lily." I admitted, "Though I pretty much turned her down, hot as she was, cuz' I figured that'd ruin my chances with you."

And Hilda, since y'know, she was right there at the time and blocked off Violet.

Misty blinked at my admission, "That was why?" she asked, surprised.

"Pretty much," I shrugged, "I figured we'd meet up again at some point and I wanted to continue where we left off, but if I banged one of your sisters, all bets would probably be off."

"Oh…" Misty uttered, then a slight smile spread across her face, and she seemed very pleased with that, "Well, I figured you'd have had sex with this Hilda girl cuz' Violet told me she got 'Cloyster-blocked' by her when she came on to you." she admitted.

Cloyster-blocked? The fuck?

I shrugged, "Well, not quite how it went, but not far off either," I admitted, "I've only got so much self control you know when she was walking around in a pair of shorts around me just as skimpy as yours."

"That so?" Misty's smile turned into a smirk and she stood up, returning her Oddish to its pokeball. Then reached over to grab my hand, "Come with me for a bit."

I blinked, "Okay…?" I agreed, confused once again.

She led me out of the main waiting room of the Pokemon Centre, down towards the training area and into one of the empty rooms.

And an hour later, when I left the Pokemon Centre behind with Fearow now fully recovered and ready to get a move on, my lips were bruised and I had another love bite on the opposite side of my neck where Hilda left her own.

A massive grin on my face.

"I'm the man." I laughed, swaggering on my way.