Incarnated Whisp

Chapter 131.5

This is a short, bonus, alternative POV chapter that's set almost immediately after Chapter 131. Make sure you've read the previous chapter before reading this one.
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Hunter J's hands were bound and locked together as she sat in the back of the armored vehicle traveling southwards. With Lucian's Pokémon so tired, she was instead being transported over land to the facility where she would be tried and held, likely in...

Chapter 131

Thank you for waiting patiently! Please note that if you read the previous chapter within ~7 hours of it coming out, the end of the battle in Chapter 130 was rewritten to have a different outcome.

Enjoy today's chapter!
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Togepi sniffled on her side of the camera. I made sure to give her the most confident smile I could muster.

"Don't worry, Togepi. Everything is going to be alright. Take care of Rapidash...

Notice of Chapter Delay

Unfortunately, I’m going to have to delay the release of the next chapter. That means there will be no chapter on Monday. I’m currently dealing with a minor illness on top of an imminent home tenting, so things are a bit out of whack right now. While this does mean there will be no chapter on Monday, it doesn’t mean I’m completely skipping a day. Expect a double chapter either on Friday or later, or an extra chapter to be posted this weekend.

Th...

Chapter 130

Snowpoint didn’t have a dedicated arena. Instead, one of the public battlefields had been reserved and turned into a proper stage for our fight. Large, temporary bleachers had been assembled around the sides, and bright floodlights were pointed downwards. However, as this battle was taking place in the middle of the day, those lights seemed to be there to serve for heat rather than illumination.

I had a somewhat unusual team with me, as both Gardevoir and Rapidash would be making thei...

Chapter 129

“Protect!” I yelled.

Whimsicott immediately reinforced his body with protective energies as a burst of magma washed over him. He came out lightly seared, but he was otherwise fine.

Heatran’s eyes twitched as it found itself unable to move as the reactions to Whimsicott’s Stun Spore finally came into effect. It had taken ages to finally slip in that status condition without Heatran burning away the spores on its own. As it was stunned from paralysis, Whimsicott finally had ...

Chapter 128

Gardevoir didn't take me back to Eterna. His evolution had brought him a drastic increase to both his power and control, so when we reappeared on a Jubilife street, I only felt somewhat nauseous and only needed to sit for a handful of minutes. Gardevoir, too, stumbled a bit, most likely having to deal with the aftermath of expending so much of his energy at once.

Still, though, such a distance was impressive in its own right. Only minutes after handling that Gastly line trio, we were up...

Chapter 127

As it stood, it was actually early December, and, as my next show battle was scheduled for the third week of January, I had more time to spare than I had initially thought. My current biggest worry was that the routes that lead up to Snowpoint, Route 216 and Route 217, had a higher elevation and were naturally colder as a result. With Snowpoint located so far north, away from the rest of the region, I wasn’t sure my team was ready to make the trip in the middle of winter.

For now, my ...

Chapter 126

The fact that Tobias had started his Gym Challenge hung over my head like a low-lying raincloud. In the anime, it was said he only ever needed to use his Darkrai to beat Sinnoh’s Gyms, but the anime had no concept of Gym Leaders having stronger, more difficult teams. I was unsure if that would still be the case here, but considering how the Eterna City Gym was locked up so quickly afterwards...

I lingered outside the Gym, feeling the need to talk to someone about it. I briefly conside...

Chapter 125

A central chunk of this chapter is a Contest. The first and final portions are mostly unrelated.
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Mount Coronet was a lot easier to get through than Iron Island, and, for that, I was thankful. As promised, I brought Carbink with me to travel through the mountain together. They took the lead while I followed, purposely straying just off the main path to explore. Sure, doing so wouldn't be as safe, but I trusted Carbi...

Chapter 124

Celestic Town was like a strange mix of modern and old. Nestled on top of a lower slope of Mount Coronet, it consisted of a sparse collection of wooden buildings with a small main street down the center.

I passed by many people walking along with their Pokémon, with most of them using their Pokémon as beasts of burden. As we walked, Rapidash would politely acknowledge those we passed, while Togepi would cheerfully wave from his back.

It didn’t take long at all to reach Cynthia...

Chapter 123

Rapidash was fast. Like, almost unbelievably fast at some points. I knew he wasn't going faster than a car or anything like that, but the harsh blow of the wind just made everything seem like we were traveling at an extreme speed.

As Solaceon Town had such a heavy focus on equestrian practices, just like the route to the south, the route to the north was relatively flat. Sure, there was overgrown, tall grass in places, but that proved no issue for Rapidash.

His long legs easily by...

Chapter 122

Notice: There will be no chapter on Monday. The next chapter will come out on Wednesday, 1/25
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An unexpected whoop and some hollers behind us caught my attention. Taking a step off Route 209’s open road, we watched as a cloud of dust slowly grew larger on the horizon. The ground rumbled, and, soon enough, a pair of riders came into view, both of them mounted on Pokémon with big smiles on their fa...

Chapter 121

fI arrived at Hearthome Gym while another challenger was battling Fantina, so I was forced to wait until there was an open time. Since Gym Battles happened roughly every hour or so, I just found myself a chair to sit in and wait.

Of course, Altaria released himself from his Love Ball to nest on my head. I ended up falling asleep due to his warm fluff and waking up only when my name was called.

I had to return Altaria simply because we were going into a battle. Every one of my Pok�...

Chapter 120

Everything before the break is part of a normal chapter. Everything after the break is part of a Contest.
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The best part about having Altaria on the team was that I didn’t even need a disguise. His presence on my head meant that when I walked out to train, all I received were amused looks and a few laughs rather than anyone recognizing me.

Sure, I could push him off, but I owed him this time due to unconscio...

Chapter 119 (Redux)

If you’re reading this chapter after reading the first version, the changes start after Ponyta runs off.
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There’d been a bit of a daily "psychic party" going on along the way to Hearthome.

With me were Ninetales, Florges, Carbink, Whimsicott, Kirlia, Ponyta, and Togepi. That might have just seemed like a usual collection of seven team members, but there was a shared trait between all of them.

They we...

Chapter 118

"Let me give it to you straight: I saw Azumarill's battle against Chance. Her fighting style matches my own almost perfectly. Please leave her here," Crasher Wake said.

I blinked a few times at the unexpected situation and my mouth opened and closed without forming a reply. Basically, after Crasher Wake handed over the Fen Badge, he had asked me to talk to him in private. After following him off the field, he then dropped most of his wrestler persona before directly asking me that quest...

Chapter 117

I have no idea how, but Steven somehow stumbled onto a trio of assistants that he would leave to meet up with each day. They literally came out of nowhere and yet were master diggers perfect for helping him in The Underground. Whenever I tried to get more information about his mysterious new companions, he simply smirked and said “Keeping them close will save people a lot of trouble down the line."

I cursed Phoebe for tutoring Steven to be better at obscuring information.

Due to...

Chapter 116

The Utility Umbrella spun in place as Kirlia twirled it around his body. It glowed with the blue of Psychic Type energy, held firmly in his mental grasp.

With one foot on the ground and the other in the air, he forced the umbrella to shift its position to extend out in front of him like a shield. Motes of fire seared forward, slamming into the umbrella and superheating the air around him. Ponyta, taking the opportunity to move in while Kirlia was blocking his Mystical Fire, charged as f...

Chapter 115

It honestly took a bit for me to get out from under Altaria, especially since he stayed in his Mega Form and kept shifting to prevent me from leaving. The audience seemed to delight in my struggle, with them laughing at such a comedic display of physical affection. Eventually, I was able to escape and return him to his Love Ball, dissipating the Mega Evolution at the same time to stop the drain on my stamina.

Lisia had already left the stage at that point, so all that was left was to ac...

Chapter 114

I found myself holding the Pixie Plate more and more between my matches. There was something that just felt comforting about it despite all of its strange weirdness. Its warmth was familiar in a way I couldn't put my finger on.

The fact that the plate was innately connected to what was effectively this world's god was not lost on me.

I wanted to win. Desperately so. I wasn't sure what about the Wallace Cup had flicked that switch in my mind. Perhaps it was because I knew that vict...

Chapter 113

Contest chapter today. The Wallace Cup continues.
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As hard as I was trying to focus, my mind just wasn’t in the game.

Ninetales was currently sitting back, her eyes glowing as the opposing Munchlax furiously devoured a pile of snow. Her Confuse Ray was tricking it into thinking that the snow was food, and,...

Chapter 112

This and the next few chapters will be Contest chapters. The Wallace Cup is one of the main two Contest events in Sinnoh, so it’s longer than normal.
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I only wished I had shifted gears sooner.

Announcing my new goal of taking the Grand Festival by storm had sent my team into a training fervor I hadn’t seen in a long time. Ninetales practiced swirling her snow around her, Florges perfected the movement of h...

Chapter 111

Make sure you didn't miss Sunday's chapter!
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I technically had two bank accounts under my name. However, I didn't consider one of them mine since it only contained the money earned from selling duplicate Mawilites. That currency was to be spent at Mawile's discretion, and with Kirlia trying to open up a bit more, she decided now was the time to spend more of it.

Despite being a resort, this part of Lake Verity...

Chapter 110

Meat was ripped apart, food noisily consumed, as the trainer in front of me messily tore into his burger.

He wasn't anyone I recognized from the games, nor was he anyone famous. He wasn't even an experienced trainer, just a guy who decided to take a year off before college to see if he could make it as a Pokémon trainer.

On practically any other day, he would have just been a face in a crowd: a person I would walk by without a second thought. However, out of every town in Sinnoh,...

Chapter 109

Cliffhanger warning. There’s a chapter this Sunday so the wait shouldn’t be too bad!
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“I kind of feel weird that we’re stalking a child,” I said to Steven.

Steven turned to look at me on the cliffside we were standing on. Our bird Pokémon lingered in the air above us.

“First off, Alex, doing this was your idea, and second off, Ash is a teenager, not a child. Despite how it may seem ...

Chapter 108

The interview after the battle was much more basic than last time.

“Where have you been these last few months?”

“Training.”

“What are your thoughts on Maylene?”

“She's one of the strongest Fighting Type specialists I’ve met.”

Etcetera. Etcetera.

Maylene was more tired than I was. Somehow, she had expended more of her energy. I guessed it was probably due to the fact her Mega Pokémon actually fainted, whereas mine hadn’t, but I’d notic...

Chapter 107

The day before the show battle, Steven and I found out we were both in Veilstone, and decided to meet up. The only thing I was able to say after he shared his harrowing tale was "I'm sorry."

He gave me a soft smile in response and gazed down into his cup of tea.

"There is... no reason to blame yourself, Alex. As the ex-Champion of Hoenn, I have had my share of difficult battles. While the events in Alamos far surpassed my past experiences with Legendary Pokémon, the outcome was s...

Chapter 106

As it stood, I considered one of the biggest weaknesses of my team to be a lack of coverage.

Sure, we managed to win against Byron’s Steel Type team, but our victory was heavily influenced by our prior knowledge of Byron’s team. Our training on Iron Island let us practice against Steel Types in particular as well, and we were lucky that our plan actually worked. Outside of Azumarill, we won by having each member of the team wear them down with tricks and constant attacks, not throug...

Chapter 105

This is a Contest chapter.
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When it came to the team members interested in competing in a Contest, Dedenne and Whimsicott were super excited to show off to a crowd, whereas Ponyta seemed more interested in the Contest battles than anything else. Altaria acted as if he could go either way, but for Azumarill and Carbink, who were back in the ranch alongside Florges, they weren’t interested in competing at all.

Chapter 104

There was a bit of a mix-up when it came to the pair of chapters posted on Friday, so if you only read Chapter 102, make sure you read Chapter 103 now.
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The Iron Ball spiraled around Kirlia as he commanded it to move with his will. Ponyt...