M4RC

Mewtwo: 21 Lugia: 25 Ho-Oh: 13 Kyogre: 15 Groudon: 20 Rayquaza: 15 Palkia: 10 Dialga: 23 Giratina: 27 Reshiram: 22 Zekrom: 25 Kyurem: 23 Xerneas: 3 Yveltal: 23 Zygarde: 17 Solgaleo: 17 Lunala: 10 Necrozma: 11

Cain: 21 Aya: 13 Florinia: 21 Hardy: 19 Samson: 9 Shade: 15 Shelly: 25 Anna: 27 Laura: 24 ZEL: 20

I wonder - what's your favorite eeveelution and how would you play it? (ideally including moveset & EVs, if you're set in that regard; if not, a general description is obviously alright as well!)

Chapter 5 - Hard feelings and the sinister doctor "You see, there are barely any moments I've ever feared death. At least my own death. I'd say that - right now - I'm not afraid of death at all. That being said, I'm afraid of other people dying. I've already lost people dear to me and I fear the day I'll lose another one of my friends, my family. And I'm especially afraid of losing people to suicide. You see, depression is a ferocious creature that is hard to tame and overcome, and I salute everyone who's fighting day in, day out. Losing loved ones is my biggest fear." And here I was. Corey just took his own life, and I couldn't stop it. Could anyone apart from Corey himself have stopped it? That's not a question that can ever be answered. What's more, my biggest fear now came true. Not for myself, but for the pink-haired girl called Heather. What will this do to her? Just hours ago she discovered her father was working with Team Meteor, and she never even got to know the reason why. They didn't have a talk to settle things. Instead, this was the last time Heather saw her father alive. She's now fully orphaned, she's alone. "I've seen people dying, and it just didn't hit me. That may seem cold to some, disrespectful even - or a mechanism to protect oneself. But when it comes down to people I know, people I adore, respect or love, I can feel my lungs burning, my heart getting colder, my muscles weakening and my mind racing uncontrollable. Sometimes, I've been to broken to even cry." Does any of this apply to Heather as well, I wonder? Dwelling on thoughts, on what-ifs, on possible scenarios the entire day isn't good for one's mental well-being, so I decide to continue my journey. I want to make my way to Lapis Ward, to protect Corey's body from the eyes of others, if necessary. The huge explosion that happened seconds before around the grand stairway had escaped my thoughts at this point, it seemed just so trivial. On the way to Lapis, my mood got better. Especially after my Quilava evolved into Typhlosion, although this brought about another problem: Typhlosion was now above the level where Pokemon listen to me. Apparently it has to do with their instincts getting stronger as well. At first, I didn't even notice since his loyalty was so strong he'd still listen to me. But as he got stronger, his instincts took over. That's why I need to prove that I am worthy of being his trainer. On my way, I see a exotic-haired girl in front of a door, mumbling about her sister and "leaving". I don't pay too much attention, but she caught my eye. Something about her is special. I started the Team Aqua quests here. I'm usually a Magma-guy myself, but for some reason I thought that I'd have to wait a lot longer to get Murkrow if I joined Team Magma like I usually do, so I decided to go with Team Aqua this time. I do whatever quests I can do and get a Murkrow (Perish Song, Prankster - you know what that means); what I forgot to mention: I also got the Growlithe, bred it, gave the egg to the policeman and was never happier to see my game crash, since the message indicated that I'd get a Ghastly - one of the very few Pokemon I actually hoped to get in this run! A quick search in the forum let me fix the issue, and with that I've got myself a Ghastly. I continue until I reach the gym, where people have gathered. Corey's body landed here. Victoria is there too and tries to comfort the gym leader, Shelly, who has to see all of this. She's only 12 after all. What's more, Heather is her friend - she's traumatised... Suddenly, another gym leader, the infamously mysterious Shade. He seems to be some sort of supernatural being, and he makes Corey's body and... everything, that's proof of the incident vanish in an instant. The Reborn leaders really are something. Because of Shelly's state, Victoria proposes I go get a doctor. Apparently, there's one in the building the girl I saw came out. It turns out to be an orphanage, and the doctor seems to be a psychiatrist. As I want to go in, a pink-ish haired girl comes out. She seems relieved. I enter and a young girl greets me. She seems to have thought I was the girl who just left for a moment. The name of the one who's left is Laura. The girl who greeted me is Anna. Anna talks about how I'm "glowing", before she is interrupted by her brother, Noel. I'm not sure why, but at first glance, Anna is probably amongst the most impressive people I've ever met. It seems she can see what others can't see. Of course, we are at an orphanage here, an orphanage led by a psychiatrist, but I just can't not believe every word she says. I'm actually not believing in "auras" or anything like this, altough the concept is appealing. However, I feel like I can sometimes feel the intent of people, I sometimes feel like I can see hints of specific traits they possess, even though the traits can't be seen at that point. But what Anna talks about is on another level. She introduces me to everyone. Noel, the one who interrupted her and doesn't seem to believe everything she says, is her twin brother. She also talks about her Jirachi, "Nostra", and Noel's Cleffa, "Nomos". Noel adds that the two are just dolls. There's another girl there as well. Her hair is quite exotic as well. Was she the one I saw earlier? Surely not. So many new people, so many people who "emit" something. Anna could probably describe better what I'm talking about. Or she could interpret it, at least. The other girl's named Charlotte. Anna mentions her burn scars, but there aren't any visible. I wonder what she's referring to. To me, Charlotte seems like a collected but fierce girl. Charlotte tells me that Laura is her sister, and that she's one of the Elite Four. My heart rate is rising because of the excitement, but I contain myself. Noel interrupts: "If you mention that, you may as well mention how Anna is-" before being interrupted himself by Anna. She tells me that both Noel and Charlotte are gym leaders as well. I would forget the words Noel said here for way too long, even though they are so meaningful. Laura got to leave the orphanage since she's turned 18 today. All the others have to stay there against their will. They tell me that the doctor is scary, and that I must not bring anyone here. They also mention that he's in possession of strong electric-types and uses them in his therapy. They think that his past patients have died, and Anna mentions a voice she can hear around him. I'm trembling now. Not from excitement, but from pure rage. It is as if my senses are heightened and I'm in a state of "bloodlust". You have to know, I'm actually not a very aggressive person. In fact, I despise violence. However, too many things have happened recently, and what I despise even more than violence are violators, whose victims are defenseless. Especially since arriving in Reborn, this seems to awaken a "darker" side in me, if you want. A darker, powerful, more ruthless side. I call it bloodlust, even though I do not intend to kill people. I will use whatever power I have to use in order to protect innocent people, though. And the fact it's a doctor, someone, who's supposed to help people, to cure people, to be a guardian, it just enrages me even more. That being said, I can't give in to this impulse. Not just yet. I'm not sure whether or not I could control the situation and guarantee everyone's safety. At this very moment, the doctor appears. He introduces himself as Dr. Sigmund Connal. "Connal? I've seen that name somewhere." Anna reacts fast and lies to him. She says that I came here because I wanted to battle the gym leaders. Sigmund wants to test me now - I gotta face an orderly, who I beat with ease. He seems impressed, however, I can't battle the others since the arena is being renovated. Anna shoves me out and repeats "You must not bring anyone here. Tell her to look out for the one who's REALLY hurt by this". I understand. She's really impressive, this girl. I return to Shelly's arena, and as she hears that sentence, something about her changes. She seems distracted now, since she's looking out for Heather rather than being in shock anymore. She tells me she's ready to battle now. Victoria tries to stop me, but I win. In the battle against Shelly, the fact that Typhlosion overcame his instincts during the crucial moments was what gave me the edge. During our battle, Shelly revealed to me that her brother is a gym leader in Johto, and that she's never gonna be good enough for him. Poor little Shelly, she doesn't even know how precious she is. She also tells me that I gotta inform Ame about the incident with Corey, since the reserve leader has to be informed. As I arrive at the Grand Hall, Fern's already there as well. He's informed Ame and tells me that the reserve leader lives in the Wasteland. To get there, you need a key, which he possesses. After I beat him in battle, he tells me than Cain has a key as well, and that I can find him at the Beryl Cemetery. That annoying guy is incredibly useful all of a sudden! At this point I looked around several caves. Beryl cave, the one right below Shade's gym and the one below the grand staircase. I got the mining kit, I obtained Corey's Croagunk and Nidorina, I saved Smoochum from the Beartic (which was surprisingly easy - stockpile Sealeo did a great job) and I obtained a Solrock. I also picked up a Shiny Stone which allowed me to finally evolve my Roselia. I reach Beryl Cemetery, where Cain is standing in front of Corey's grave. He talks about how he wants to meet Heather, to help her, to be a friend to her, because she is the one having the hardest of times! He agrees to a battle though, and promises to give me the key if I win. Inevitably, I win. However, at this very moment Heather shows up! Cain tries to talk to her, but she completely blocks it. She's hurt and in shock, but she's also a girl hitting puberty. She closes herself off and doesn't want anyone's help. She says she doesn't need a friend because she already has one - she's referring to Shelly. Cain suggests she meets up with her, and Heather actually flies away to do just that and to get away from us. Cain rushes off because he wants to follow her and talk to her again before she leaves Shelly. Because of that, there's not enough time to give me the key anymore...

Not gonna lie, the Pinsir and the Magnemite look are pretty sick - asking for both would be too greedy I believe, so: Do you still have another Pinsir left? If so, could I have it?

Mewtwo: 21 Lugia: 22 Ho-oh: 14 Kyogre: 15 Groudon: 20 Rayquaza: 17 Palkia: 12 Dialga: 22 Giratina: 26 Reshiram: 21 Zekrom: 24 Kyurem: 22 Xerneas: 7 Yveltal: 23 Zygarde: 18 Solgaleo: 19 Lunala: 12 Necrozma: 15

Cain: 22 Aya: 14 Florinia: 24 Hardy: 22 Samson: 13 Shade: 16 Shelly: 24 Anna: 25 Cal: 5 Laura: 23 ZEL: 24

Chapter 4 - The roots of despair It only took me a split second to comprehend the situation as I entered Jasper ward. Plants. Roots. Trees. It was basically like Obsidia, just with less earthquake damage and more ravaging plants. From now on, I'm probably not gonna mention every grunt (like the one just to the right when you enter Jasper) I fight and every sidequest I complete anymore within the story. I may make expections for very important ones, but I'll only mention most in the green "comments" and probably not mention a few at all. As soon as you set foot on Jasper, you can see the police station. I figure that's probably the best place to visit, just to get told that nearly the entire police force has gone missing. The chief of the police asks me to look out for them, which I was gonna do anyways. With that information, I enter Malchous Forest. Fortunately, the forest isn't that big at all, which means I can make my way through very quickly. I can aready see the Pulse machine I expected to find, guarded by someone who's not wearing your typical Team Meteor uniform. The guy has already seen me which makes trying to sneak there obsolete. He starts talking and reveals himself to be someone called "Taka". Taka explains that the PULSE machines do in fact amplify the power of the Pokemon they're using. "Supercharge" them, so to say. However, the machines do kind of drain the life force of said Pokemon as well since the stress they place on their bodies is enormous and far beyond what the body of a Pokemon would need to endure otherwise. He mentions that he thought about freeing Tangrowth, however he does have orders contrary to that. Within those moments I can't tell if this is someone being serious and questioning the methods of their own organisation or if it's just someone cold, someone who would put the orders of others above their own opinion, their own desire. At this point, it doesn't matter. Our fight begins and doesn't last long thanks to Electrike and Quilava. After having beaten Taka, he vanishes - but not before telling me that there is ANOTHER PULSE in the Beryl Ward - and so does Tangrowth. What stays is a PULSE machine that says "PULSE-05B" and slowly receeding plants. Right as I jump down the ledge in order to leave the forest, a pink haired girl approaches me. She talks about how she's finally got away from her father in order to take down Team Meteor. She seems furious, tells me not to interfere with her, that she's gonna destroy the PULSE in Beryl and flies away on her Salamence. She seems strong, but somehow "wounded". The crisis in Jasper seems to be solved, however, there are still some police officers missing and I Beryl isn't saved yet either. After a quick stop at the Pokecenter, I wander north until I reach Beryl... Obviously saved the police man near the exit as well. Having reached Beryl, I see that the situation isn't exactly different from the other wards. I can already guess where the PULSE is gonna be, so I make my way to Rhodochrine Jungle. Unfortunately, this one isn't as strait forward as Malchous forrest. It's a lot bigger. Just as I believe that I've found the right path, the floor below me gives in and I fall! Is this a trap from Team Meteor? As I regain consciousness, I find myself in a cage surrounded by some Nuzleaf. Clever little bastards. They eventually leave which means now I can work on getting out of this situation. Just as I start looking around for tools that I could possibly use, the absolute worst person to meet under these circumstances shows up. Good old Fern. After his usual pretentious mocking, he says that he's gonna free me if I fall on my knees and beg him. Like hell, I'd rather rot here for eternity than give in to him. Besides that, I figured that if everything goes wrong, I can probably just summon my Onix to destroy the cage. Fern's a little pissed of by that answer as he didn't get his will and leaves. So, the Onix plan. The downsides to that plan are that it's probably gonna alert the Nuzleaf who won't have any trouble taking Onix down and that I might get injured doing this. I'm still contemplating about what to do when I hear a voice and a bird - a Chatot - shows up, says "Release MRC" and pushes the switch in order to open the cage. A Chatot? Could it be...? Ah, well, who knows. I continue through the jungle and find an exit. I reach a big, old mansion with lots of books and a survivor in it, who let's me rest there. My head still hurts after the fall. Once I've recovered, I look around a bit and find a Growlithe looking down a hole. I get closer and see what was probably once his owner. I could go into details, but most people would rather not know exactly that mangled body looked and whether or not you could still call all of the limbs "limbs". So far, every police officer I've found has been alive and well, but this seems to be the unfortunate exception. It seems as if the Growlithe has fulfilled it's duty as it looks at me right afterwards. It realises that I've seen what happened and leaves. As far as I know, Growlithe for the police force are trained to always find the way back to their station autonomously, so no need to worry about that one. The location of the PULSE is still a mystery, though, therefore I enter the jungle again. Eventually, I make my way up north and find another exit. I continue walking and eventually see the PULSE, guarded by Taka, ZEL and another member who I haven't seen yet. As it seems to be a 1v3, a girl lands by us on her Salamence. I've seen this girl before somewhere! Turns out her name is Heather. She takes on the guy I don't know while I handle both Taka and ZEL. A fierce battle is fought, but in the end, I win. Heather seems close to winning as well, however, her opponent tries to escape. And to be honest, he probably would have succeeded if the saved police officers who gathered at the police station hadn't been there to interfere. The mysterious man is demasked by them and it turns out that he is - in fact - both Heather's father and Corey, the gym leader of Beryl Ward, the next I am to face. Heather seems to be in complete shock and in silent rage. She leaves. As for Corey, he seems both devastated and collected at once. He leaves and tells me that he'll wait at his gym. I enter the gym and there seems to be some kind of Puzzle and gas that turned the police officers who were looking for Corey into a state of fear, where they'd battle everyone they saw until they were defeated. Eventually, I figured everything out and found Corey in a secret room. He orders me to follow him to the arena field, and I do. And so our battle starts and ends, as my Onix takes down his Crobat right after my Electrike made the gas explode in order to defeat his second to last Pokemon. In some way, Corey seems different. I can't exactly make it out, but something has changed. He tells me to follow him to Beryl Bridge if I want answers to all of my questions. He's calm. As I arrive, I see him summoning all of his Pokemon and releasing them. He's telling them to go, to leave, even his Crobat. After that, he turns to me and tells me his story. The story of how Corey broke. He was in love, that man. He proposed to a woman, to Heather's mother with what he describes as the most magnificent ruby ring he has ever seen. Soon after their marriage, his woman got pregnant with Heather. However, she didn't survive Heather's birth. Later on, Corey found out that Team Meteor were after the ring. I wonder, were they behind the death of his wife? At this point, this seems to be plausible. Anyhow, Corey decides to join Team Meteor under the condition that he can keep the ring - the last connection, the biggest reminder of the love he'd once found, apart from Heather. Said Heather has now taken the ring. Corey tells me that Team Meteor will try to hunt her down, that they're gonna do everything in order to take the ring from her. His voice is filled with just a slight nuance of despair. He asks me, no, he orders me, he begs me to keep watch over his daughter, to protect her from Team Meteor. As he's saying this, he's walking to the edge of the bridge and before I can react and do anything, he jumps. He throws himself off the bridge and his body is falling down into Lapis Ward as his mind is sliding into the abyss of death... The enraging conversation with Fern obviously happened as well, but I'd rather end on a sad note than on an infuriating one this time.

Mewtwo: 20 Lugia: 21 Ho-oh: 14 Kyogre: 17 Groudon: 20 Rayquaza: 17 Palkia: 16 Dialga: 21 Giratina: 23 Reshiram: 20 Zekrom: 23 Kyurem: 21 Xerneas: 13 Yveltal: 22 Zygarde: 18 Solgaleo: 19 Lunala: 16 Necrozma: 19

Cain: 21 Aya: 14 Florinia: 24 Hardy: 22 Samson: 13 Shade: 17 Shelly: 23 Anna: 26 Cal: 8 Laura: 23 ZEL: 24

Is it really necessary to open a new topic just for this? Why not just use the old one? @Abdiel Please refrain from double-posting and use the "Edit" button instead. Just a heads up for the future

Mewtwo: 20 Lugia: 22 Ho-oh: 18 Kyogre: 17 Groudon: 20 Rayquaza: 20 Palkia: 18 Dialga: 21 Giratina: 21 Reshiram: 20 Zekrom: 21 Kyurem: 21 Xerneas: 16 Yveltal: 21 Zygarde: 18 Solgaleo: 18 Lunala: 18 Necrozma: 21 Easy heal, especially with Mew not being in there.

Cain: 21 Aya: 12 Florinia: 25 Hardy: 23 Samson: 15 Shade: 16 Shelly: 26 Anna: 25 Cal: 13 Laura: 27 ZEL: 23

Chapter 3 - The roots of evil I reach Obsidia and I'm granted access thanks to Florinia. Obsidia, already in ruins because of earthquakes, has now fallen to murderous plants. The people are shivering or speechless, many have lost their loved ones. My first stop is the Pokecenter. After all, my team needs to be fit if I don't want to fall victim to the plants as well. After that, I decide to take a look at the houses next to it. Just in case, because someone might need my help. I enter a house with an elderly couple who greet me. They seem to be the famous daycare couple! Just when I want them to take care of one of my Pokemon, they suddenly say something among the lines of "Aren't you-?" They seem to recognise me from somewhere. They proceed to tell me about how they're actually closed right now and want me to leave. Not gonna lie, I'm slightly enraged at this point and can feel some heat emerging within me. Apparently, this couple recognises me although I've never seen them and they refuse to say anything about it. They're just trying to get rid with me. I keep talking to them - I'm in the mood to argue because of this - when one of them suddenly loses his cool and reveals that they're actually from Team Meteor and have kidnapped the true couple. That's enough for me to burst. I take them out in an instant. Even so, they didn't tell me where to look. Since it seems that they're not in this area I have no choice but to make my way through the Obsidia Slums. I do get stopped by Victoria though who wants to battle me. Really? Now of all times? After beating her, I finally enter the slums. I've heard quite a bit about this place. It's not supposed to be pretty down here. That being said, I'm getting through them very swiftly - I even pick up a mysterious egg - although a gang of Scraggy and Scrafty try to take me out near the end. Eventually, I beat them, exit the slums and decide to walk south. I reach Coral ward. Not much to do here it seems. There are a few warehouses with noises coming from them, but I'm unable to open any of them. At last, I walk to the pier where a see an absolutely astonishing woman looking towards the lighthouse. As I get closer I realise that she's looking to save a Popplio on the other side. We chat a bit. Her name's Amaria and apparently she's one of the strongest gym leaders out there. I can see where she's coming from. I can't help but feel her emit something. Something that reminds me of a certain someone, but I just can't wrap my head around it just now. Either way, she also mentions that water-type Pokemon would get hurt severely if they tried to cross the poisonous lake. Enter Cain. As we're still thinking about how we could help, Cain shows up, which is absolutely perfect. He's sassy as always, summons Grimer and saves Popplio which proceeds to join him. After a battle with me to strengthen their bond even further, Amaria uses her status to allow me to proceed into other parts of Obsidia where we eventually meet up with Florinia, who proceeds to give me "TMX Cut". This means we can now make our way through the park. Florinia and Amaria go first and suddenly get snatched by plants because they weren't on guard yet. I rush after them since it looks like the plants are suffocating them, just to find a member of Team Meteor and a Tangrowth in some kind of machine. The member induces himself/herself/itself/xyrself as Zero, Eve and Lumi - or ZEL. ZEL and I battle - he uses the Tangrowth in the machine. This isn't like anything I've seen before. Right at the beginning of the battle, Tangrowth seems to mutate, with its' strength rising exponentially! I am - however - able to eventually whittle it down and defeat ZEL. Florinia and Amaria are saved and the plants in Obsidia seem to have stopped growing. Not even that, they seem to be shrinking and there are less of them! I instantly make the connection that the machine had to do something with it. That being said, the Obsidia crisis seems to be solved and I can now proceed to Onyx, where Florinia awaits me in her gym. As I'm trying to enter, that little twat troll Fern locks me out. Fortunately, I can get in there via the Onyx school as well. I make my way through just to find Fern trying to block me again. Not today, little boy. His sister poses more of a challenge but eventually has no chance but to admit defeat in front of my Quilava. After all this stress, I deserve a bit of rest. I discover that Onyx does in fact have an Arcade. And incidentially, I picked up a coin case at the Onyx trainer school. I'm not much of a gambler if luck is the only factor, however, they do have games that require you to think. I like that. I keep playing and eventually I've won enough to afford the prize I was looking for - a Nidoran m. Welcome to the party, little fella! Now that everything has been done here, I return to Obsidia. I enter an uninhabited house and actually manage to find a Warehouse key and I suddenly remember! I dash down to Coral Ward and open the warehouses. In one, there's another Team Meteor member. After I beat him, I realise that there's something hiding from him. It seems to be a Happiny, completely in shock. However, it seems to have realised that I'll do no harm to it and decides to accompany me. In the second Warehouse, the Spoink-event takes place In the third house, I find the daycare couple! I'm really glad I managed to find them and they turn out to be the lovely couple everyone has heard about! As I'm looking for someplace to spend the night, the mysterious egg hatches and out comes - a Spheal. A very nice addition to my team, and I nice ending to this stressful day. During this night, I encountered the Electrike-event. I saved Electrike and it turned out to be one with flame burst, which is amazing! Even more so because Manectric is one of my favorites from Gen III. The next morning, I make my way to Jasper ward....

Cain: 24 Aya: 14 Florinia: 25 Hardy: 23 Kiki: 7 Samson: 15 Shade: 19 Shelly: 24 Anna: 28 Cal: 18 Laura: 25 ZEL: 25

Typhlosion on Pokemon Gold <3 Funnily enough, I'm not even sure if this was my first starter, since I started playing the Gen 1 & 2 games around the same time I believe. That being said, the my first two Pokemon to ever reach level 100 were Typhlosion and Machamp.

@xXDelokXx No problem - I'll PM you

Got one I can't use in my run anyways

If you want, I can trade you a Bronzor - I got one from the egg in the Obsidia slums (so it's level 1), but I can't use it because of the restrictions of my playthrough anyways

Wow, I didn't know you could do that! I think they look really good as well (altough I would have probably gone for a darker green on Krookodile)

Chapter 2 - A storming realisation As I'm walking towards Peridot, the Opal Bridge catches my eye. There are a lot of trainers standing on there. I figure I'll test myself against them and engage in fighting every single person on the bridge, when I suddenly see a few kids cornering a Zigzagoon and bullying it. That's not happening - not on my watch! I intervene and beat them to a pulp - or rather, Cyndaquil and Totodile do it. The Zigzagoon seems especially grateful and apparently it decides to come with me. Welcome to the team, "Zagga"! After my little stroll I go to the Grand Hall to heal everyone up. As I exit I realise a massive thunderstorm has formed. It's pitch black, you can't even see what's directly to the side of you, and there's heavy rain that suffocates every other sound - apart from the deafening thunder followed by blinding lightning, of course. In movies, terrible things happen on nights like these. For once, I'm really glad that my partners are in their pokeballs. You see, Cyndaquil doesn't like rain. His flame is strong, even stronger than those of other Cyndaquils - after all, blue flames burn hotter - but he still can't stand rain this heavy. It's just not his element. After a short walk I finally reach Peridot. With the short glimpses you get from the city during the lightning, it seems even more run down. At this point a few events happened to take place, so I completed them (because I can do these according to the rule, I just can't ever use the Pokemon from them) - I obtained a Blitzle, a Mincino, a Tynamo, the Kriketot and a Panpour; I missed one because I ran out of Pokesnax and forgot I could buy them in Peridot - silly me) As I look for shelter - the storm was getting stronger - I end up in a fisherman's house. He is kind enough to grant me access to his pool where I can find water types - or where I could find them if I had a rod. Luck was on my side though, as the fisherman mentioned a friend of his who may have some spares. And he actually had a spare for me! I'll try it out and fish a bit while Totodile is having the time of his life in the pool. I pick up a Goldeen, because there were so many swarming me! Since the storm had gotten slightly weaker, I decide to visit north Peridot. The streets are dilapidated here and there are thugs everywhere! As I teach them manners, my Cyndaquil actually evolves into Quilava. They grow up so fast! In an especially dubious street, I can see hear something by the trashcans. I get closer, but all I can see is a Zangoose sprinting away from me as if it's life depended on it. Well, nothing you can do about that. While looking at a spring, I get attacked by a Surskit and catch it. I feel like speaking to the residents of north Peridot, and I encounter some quite paradox situations. Nearly everyone let's me into their house, but the some people by the run-down streets seem paralysed by fear - one woman in particular was shivering the entire time, even tough she just spoke about her fears to me, a stranger - do I actually look that trustworthy? The astonishing part is that her fears would actually come true. As I was looking around other houses, I managed to overhear two characters planning something and the rushing out of the house with menacing looks on their faces. They called themselves "Team Meteor". I get a nauseous feeling and dash to the woman's house, where I catch those two trying to take her Igglybuff away from her. You can't imagine the amount of rage building up in me in that very moment, waiting to be unleashed - and Quilava felt the same, setting their asses on fire after we'd beaten them. The woman - still in shock - begged me to take care of her beloved Igglybuff. I agreed, and I hope to be able to give it back to her one day, when she doesn't have to fear for its wellbeing anymore. On a real note - I'm supposed to return this Igglybuff much later in the game, aren't I? In that case, it probably shouldn't be a part of my team and evolve - or am I mistaken? (If you have an answer to this, please let me know via PM or by posting in the rules-thread) After those stressfull events I decide to take a nap, still thinking about this so called "Team Meteor". To my surprise, I wake up to an absolutely beautiful day the next morning. As I look at the gate the train's supposed to drive through, something catches my eye - a small green... Budew is running on the wall and jumps into my arms - welcome, little fella! While wandering around I see a green-haired boy standing there. He seems to be annoyed. Trying to talk to him results in a battle. He seems to be a sore loser. Condescending prick. My training, my preparations seem to be done with this one, though. "Maybe it's time to finally challenge the gym" *LOL NOPE* As I want to get into the gym, Julia - that lovely, explosive, upbeat girl - comes out and tells me that our battle will have to wait because she has business at the Mosswater factory. Apparently, the guys who blew up Grandview Station are there and they're planning on doing the same to the power plant. I start to connect the dots now and realise what this threat actually is! Upon arriving at the factory, I meet that prick, Fern, again. Apparently him and his sister are helping out as well. His sister is very interesting - she seems incredibly rational, with a calm mind, although she does seem emotionless, nearly robotic at times as well, which is why Fern calls her "Flobot" at times. Not a very flattering name. I prefer "Rini", as Julia calls her. Or her actual name, Florinia. While still debating how to get into the factory, Julia just goes and blows the gate up, that absolute madwoman! We enter and decide to split up into pairs - I'm with Fern. Florinia tells me to take care. As for Fern, he gets a "Permission for you to be life-endangeringly reckless: Granted". She's a savage, that amazing girl! Soon afterwards, we see the first of the pack. I recognise that clothing. "Team Meteor, huh? As I thought". Those grunts are no challenge for me and Fern though, as we progress outrageously fast and reunite with the others. A closed gate is blocking our path, therefore we get some explosives. As Julia wants to get things going, the gate suddenly opens. We progress to find the man who is behind this and his executives. Fern and me beat the executives, however, all members of Team Meteor flee even though the battle between the other one and Florinia and Julia was still in progress. Either way, we have won. And as we leave the factory, Julia gets her satisfaction in blowing it up! I wouldn't want that girl to be my enemy! That being said, she is gonna be my next major opponent. The other trainers in her gym are no match for me, however, I can't but appreciate the idea of progressing - very Julia-esque by blowing up the closed gates. At last, I finally stand before her. The battle with Julia is a tough one - although I expected this much. After all, I do have three water types in my team at this point. Special thanks to "Zagga" - he broke her field with and managed to land some crucial headbutts! In the end, it came down to both our trump cards. Her Lectrode against my Quilava. And it was my beloved fire-honeybadger who emerged victorious. With this, I finally had it. My first badge! I also completed the event for Teddiursa, got a Grimer, a Pineco and I completed the Onix event - time to change my team around and get the new additions to a decent level. Still in awe of the fight I exit the gym and meet Victoria, who has a very serious look on her face and needs to tell me something important. Apparently, Obsidia is being rampaged by plants and the people won't be able to hold out anymore. Ravaging plants taking down an entire city? I'm not just gonna stand by and do nothing like a wimp! I get my team ready and make my way to Obsidia. I don't exactly know what lies in front of me, but I'm not gonna be bested by grass, that's for sure...

Have you checked out My hero academia? One Punch man is something that always works. I would recommend Attack on Titan, but you don't want too many hard feelings

Alright. The poll has been done, the rules are up. Now the playthrough starts. Thanks to everyone who voted. For now, you are allowed to comment on this, but please be restrictive with it. I'm happy to read elaborate posts or feedback on here, but if it's several "small" comments (like for example: "This is gonna be interesting"/"Good work so far"/"You're shit"), please comment THERE instead. Chapter 1 - Aufbruchstimmung Alright, here I am. Off to a new adventure. I'm close to arriving in this new region. It's called Reborn. I don't know much about it, but I've heard it's quite the challenge. We're already driving through a desert, where I can see an Absol. Feels like it's staring at me. It's kinda unsettling, but I'm nervous anyways, so that's probably it. As I'm thinking about what the future will bring, a young woman comes over and starts talking to me. Something about her is... impressive. I can feel some kind of strength coming from her. As we're talking, she suddenly shouts "Watch out". After that, everything happens in an instant. Both of us make it out of that train, as it explodes in the station. Despite everything, that woman - her name is Ame - seems calm and tells me to go to the Grand Hall. Apparently she's working with the Reborn league and will offer me a Pokemon to start my journey with. This isn't exactly gonna be my first Pokemon though. I know that my beloved Cyndaquil has been transferred to me via PC. I can't wait to see my dear friend again, but for now, it's time to go to the Grand Hall. By the way, my name is MRC, just in case you wondered. I've come here alone to find something. I'm not quite sure what it is yet, but there's this restless feeling in my heart. I may have an idea what I'm looking for, but it's probably too soon to tell. Anyways, I've arrived at the Grand Hall and was greeted by a girl named Victoria. She seems like she has a sense of duty. We enter the great hall and reunite with Ame, who guides us to a room with A LOT of pokeballs. We have to choose one each and I'll be the one to go first. When standing in front of the pokeballs, I'm a bit unsure at first, and for some reason, I can hear a voice in my head that resembles Ame's. It says: "If you can't decide, go for Bulbasaur". I'm inclined to follow that impulse for a short moment, but something stops me. I pause for a moment and go to the blue row, where I look at the second pokeball. "Totodile, huh? I know you from back in Johto." While I'm saying those words to myself, I grab the pokeball. It feels exciting, and my decision has been made. Totodile it is. I go downstairs while Victoria is picking her Pokemon and meet this violet-haired guy, Cain. He seems to be a decent fellow, albeit a bit on the sassy/pervy side of things. Definitely has got an interesting personality. We decide to battle and I emerge victorious. Right afterwards Victoria wants to test her new partner as well, however, her Litten is no challenge to me. After some bureacracy and recieving my gear, I'm finally free to go. First of all, it's time to get my dear partner out of the PC. After that? Who knows. I leave the Grand Hall, and I get a feeling that this is gonna be something special. I don't know what's the future gonna bring, but as I look to the setting sun, I feel exhilaration. I look at Totodile and Cyndaquil and make my way towards Peridot...