Pokemon: Jordinio Version - Chapter 28.1 (Patreon)

As I was swinging Victreebel around, supporting his entire body weight in the air with both hands and celebrating our victory, an odd glint caught my eye.

Coming from my newly captured Blastoise's nest.

It was just a brief little sparkle that I would have totally missed if I wasn't spinning around in a circle with Victreebel.

"One sec." I said, placing Victreebel down, the large fly trap pokemon cocking his entire body slightly to the side in curiosity at why I stopped.

With my pokemon's eyes on me, I made my way over and climbed my wya up the rocks Blastoise had been perched upon.

When I got up to the top a few seconds later, I noticed it wasn't so much a nest, as it was a groove torn straight into the huge rocks themselves.

Quite impressive looking actually, since I know for a fact it isn't natural and the groove is both round and large enough for Blastoise's body to comfortably rest in.

Blastoise must have blasted this out using its cannons. Water pressure cutters at their finest.

Looking into the nest, I noted it was quite sparse. There was a leafy bedding to make it soft to rest on, and some berries spread about through the nest.

It took me a second to find what I was looking for, nestled between a few oran berries, there it sat.

It was a small, tiny even spherical opaque stone, with a flaming helix-like symbol held within of various light blues and a dash of brown in the middle.

I blinked.

Then my mouth dropped low and my eyes widened.

Holy shit!

Are you fucking kidding me?

I wasted no time in jumping down into the nest and quickly snatching the small stone up and bringing it up to my face to examine it closely.

Yeah.

There's no mistake.

This is a fucking mega stone.

And not just any mega stone, but a Blastoiseite at that. What the hell is it doing here?

I mean, I'm pretty sure it was already long since disproven that mega stones don't just form from mass gatherings of the type of pokemon they resonate with. If they were, they wouldn't be as hard to find at all.

…But that doesn't explain why this is here.

Granted, I do know that pokemon who can mega evolve have, while not quite a sixth sense, a natural ability to feel a mega stone that is compatible with them if they get within range.

That Manectric in the manga after all found the Manectite like that, and it was just randomly sitting around in a tree.

'Maybe this Blastoise just came across it luckily one day?' I thought.

I continued staring at it for a few moments, before slowly, a massive, massive grin spread across my face and I clenched my fist around the mega stone.

"Well, whatever." I laughed.

How Blastoise came across it doesn't really matter in the end. All that matters is that I have it.

A Blastoisenite.

And a Blastoise.

Now I just need to earn Blastoise's loyalty like the rest of my pokemon and get my hands on a key stone and I'll be able to mega evolve my Blastoise!

Ironic!

So super duper funnily ironic that the pokemon I caught for my main team, the most recent one, would have a mega stone.

If it were Pidgeotite and I had a keystone, I'd be able to mega evolve Pidgeot right here and now!

I couldn't help it, I burst into loud, echoing and victorious laughter.

Yes!

This is where it begins!

It's just one stone, but it's a start. Now, I need Pidgeotite, Charizardite, both in fact so I can try something out, Venusaurite, Gyaradosite, Sceptilite, Metagrossite-

Actually, I just need to get my hands on any and all mega stones I come across!

Which is exactly why I'm heading to Kalos!

…Well first I still have one more spot I need to hit up in Kanto before moving on. And I'll need to fly through the Orange Islands for the quickest route to Kalos and there's a few things there for me to pick up.

But eh, whatever.

I reigned in my laughter and turned towards my four pokemon. Fearow was giving me an odd, eyebrow-like raised look, while Bellossom, Victreebel and Milotic just watched on happily.

Apparently not at all disturbed by my crazy spontaneous laughter.

I hopped down out of Blastoise's former nest, mega stone in hand and approached my pokemon with a massive grin on my face.

"Things turned out even better than I thought they would you guys, great job," I said, praising them again, before raising the mega stone in my hand up into the air to let them see it, "Not only did we catch all those Squirtle, Wartortle and that Blastoise, but I even found this!"

Four pairs of eyes gave the stone in my hand curious looks and my grin just got larger, "Yeah, see this?" I said, waving it back and forth, "This is a real special stone, and to find ones like it is why we're heading to the Kalos Region soon, it's called a Mega Stone!"

"Row?" Fearow hopped over and leaned up, inspecting the small stone with a critical eye, before shrugging his wings and looking distinctly un-impressed.

"Yeah, they don't look all that impressive, huh?" I agreed with a laugh, "But don't let its small size fool you, these things are real special."

And small size was relative. Because this thing was about half the size of my palm, maybe a bit bigger, length wise and about as wide as a typical evolution stone.

Fearow shrugged again, "Well you might not see it, but I'm not joking," I snorted, "This is called a mega stone, specifically this is a Blastoiseite, and with it, and another stone called a key stone, it can let Blastoise evolve again temporarily into Mega Blastoise and getting a massive power boost."

That did it.

Fearow's eyes widened and his eyes darted back to look at the stone on shock. I nodded, "Yeah, that's why we're going to Kalos, because there's a bunch of pokemon that can mega evolve, like Pidgeot, Charizard and Gyarados just to name a few and I want to get my hands mega stones for them."

"Row, row fea!" Fearow eagerly pointed one of his wings at his chest and looked hopeful.

Sorry buddy, but I'm gonna have to burst that shining bubble of hope.

"Sorry mate, Fearow's can't mega evolve." I replied.

Fearow slumped over onto the ground immediately in depression, wings spread wide out in defeat.

He looked almost like a shaggy feather carpet.

"Yeah, so Pidgeot will be able to get even stronger as a Mega Pidgeot, gonna be killer for you to keep up with him now," I crouched down and pat his head, not being gentle about the assessment at all, Fearow buried his face in the ground, beak literally piercing into the ground as if it were butter as he avoided looking at me, "Mega evolution isn't unbeatable or anything mind you, it's just a power boost in the end. And I said it already before didn't I? You have the potential to beat legendaries, you don't need mega evolution to be a badass, you already are, I mean, remember, you kicked the shit out of that absurd Pikachu earlier, that stupidly strong Scizor right after it and then a Dragonite as well."

Not to mention that Wartortle which was decently tough that he took out in one hit.

Fearow's a beast for sure.

Fearow pushed up and hopped to his feet, chest puffed out proudly, "Fearow!" he spread his wings wide and posed cockily as if he was never slumped down in depression a few moments ago.

He sure recovered quick.

I laughed, reaching up to pat his head once more and looked at the other three. Milotic cocked her head and smiled gently at me, while Victreebel and Bellossom seemed totally nonplussed, not really caring.

…Well two of them don't really care for battling and getting stronger anyway. And Miloitic doesn't have a rivalry with Pidgeot to try and become the strongest try hard bird of my team.

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Fearow indeed recovered fast.

Mentally and physically.

And not long later, I was up on his back again, heading for Cinnabar Island once more. And it didn't take long once more for us to land back on the island at the pokemon centre.

…By time I did though, my phone had buzzed no more than six times.

All messages from Nurse Joy.

She wasn't very happy with me right now going by what she wrote to me. Well, I did kind of just dump a bunch of rare pokemon on her.

With to warning whatsoever.

…Again.

Yeah, so I decided just to send her a simple reply message.

'I'll explain later, in a rush. Prepare for more in the next few days.'

I figure it will be easier just to take her scolding all at once. Instead of calling her up, getting scolded and then getting scolded again tomorrow or the next day.

Especially since I plan heading back to Viridian City and the Pokemon Centre where all my pokemon are specifically before I head out to Kalos.

And I'll be heading out there first thing in the morning after training.

…While tonight, I have three specific pokemon to have a look at.

After they get healed up of course.

Though Dragonite and Gyarados are already good to go more or less.

Just need to get Blastoise fixed up.

I left Blastoise with the Nurse Joy of the Cinnabar Island pokemon centre for an hour and a half and just chilled out in my room for a bit with a few of my pokemon.

Specifically, Bellossom and Victreebel.

Bellossom is tiny and likes sitting on my head and playing with my hair while I'm laying down, and not gonna lie it feels good, especially when she's using sweet scent.

Note to self, get a massage from Chansey and Bellossom at some point.

While Victreebel just practically moulded himself to my back. Despite his oddly shaped body, he could contort or compress himself in such weird ways. It took a bit of getting used to, but it's actually really good for my back I'm thinking. Keeping it straight, not slouched even when laying down, yet comfortably so.

My pokemon rock man.

I spent just over an hour like that watching some stuff on the rooms television and chilling with my mons.

I only got up, and reluctantly so when Nurse Joy called up to my room to let me know Blastoise had been rejuvenated.

Bellssom and Victreebel had both fallen asleep, so I eased myself out of their grips and left them sleeping on my bed and headed down to collect Blastoise's pokeball.

Moments later, I left the pokemon centre and made my way to behind it where there was a decently large battlefield that would work for some good open space.

I yawned, stretching my arms out above my head. Chilling out had left my a bit sluggish and I kinda just wanted to crawl back into bed right now.

But, needs must and all that.

I traced my hands over the three new additions to my belt. Dragonite, Gyarados and Blastoise's pokeballs on my belt, in that order.

Hmm…who to start with?

I don't really know to be honest.

I guess a time honoured decision making tactic could be employed, one that had seen many a use over the centuries.

I put my finger on Dragonite's pokeball, "Eanie, meanie," my hand went to Gyarados' pokeball, "Minie, mo," then my finger went to Blastoise's, before back to Dragonite's.

"Catch an Incineroar by the toe, if it squeals, let it go, innie, meanie, minie mo!" as I finished my strategic genius chant, my finger came to a halt atop Gyarados' pokeball.

Big water snake it is then.

I grabbed the pokeball and enlarged it, "Come on out Gyarados." I said, pressing the button in the middle and releasing the huge scaly blue serpent of the deep from within in a burst of bright light.

Gyardos materialised in front of me, shaking his massive head and looking a bit confused.

Before his eyes landed on me and promptly narrowed.

Ah.

I forgot something because of my tired daze.

To send out my other pokemon to work as insurance just in case.

Gyarados roared, rearing back, before his massive head shot down towards me, mouth open wide, fangs longer and thicker than my awesomely muscular arms gleaming in the moonlight.

…Shit!