Pokémon from Galar

The first battle was something she volunteered to do in order to prove that she could fight. Yu Mian Mian didn't want to leave her future trainer with a bad impression of being disobedient.

So, despite the physical pain, young Mianmian forced herself to begin singing a lullaby.

“nya~nyanya !~”

"Oh no! The porter's assistant, a rockfall!"

"Watch out, little cotton!"

A melody that had no particular meaning but was surprisingly pleasant to listen to came from You Mianmian's mouth, and the energy contained within it gathered and swept towards the disabled porter.

The porter, quickly realizing the situation, knew that at his current speed, he might not be able to catch up with the cotton ball hopping on one leg. So he reached out and scooped up a small rock from the ground.

After a moment of preparation, he threw the small stone before the opponent's energy fluctuations could hit him.

"just--!"

"nya—!"

Young Mianmian was lucky; the stone didn't hit her completely, but grazed the petals on her head before flying off at an angle, hitting the rock wall and breaking off a small piece of pebble.

The fight hasn't actually lasted very long, but neither of the Pokémon is in good condition.

Moreover, strictly speaking, the porter's current condition is even worse. Not only is his body covered with cotton that hinders his movement, but he is also constantly losing strength due to the poison.

So even the miner uncle didn't dare to delay. In the current state, if he delayed any longer, even without that little cottony creature using its flying leaf blade again, the porter probably wouldn't be able to fight anymore.

"One more time! Rockfall!"

"Here too, Flying Leaf Quick Blade!"

bang bang bang-

The blades struck the incoming rocks, creating a series of colliding sounds. Unfortunately, even after the rocks were deflected from their course by the multiple strikes, many emerald green blades still danced in the air.

He slashed at the porter who, despite rolling aside as soon as the falling rocks were thrown, still couldn't dodge them in time.

shhh-

"just……"

The damage from the blade cutting caused the already exhausted porter to finally give in. He rolled two more times in the direction of the fall before collapsing to the ground, unable to stand up.

"nya...? (You won...?)"

Seeing her opponent's reaction, Yu Mianmian was not able to react for a moment. It wasn't until Yuri picked her up and sprayed medicine on her body that she finally believed that she had indeed won the battle.

Mary glanced at Yuri, then took out an antidote from her backpack, walked over to the miner, squatted down, sprayed half of the antidote on the porter, and let him drink the other half.

Thank you.

Seeing that the porter's poisoning symptoms had disappeared, Mary breathed a sigh of relief, then pointed to the way she had come and said:

“There’s a doctor at the entrance to the mine we came from; we can take it there for treatment.”

"Haha~ Thank you, young lady. But our company has a medical center, so I can just go there. Would you like to come along too?"

Looking at the miner's enthusiastic and happy face, Mary shook her head. If her guess was correct, that must be a benefit offered by the company to its employees.

Perhaps following this person would allow her to get free medical care, but Mary didn't really like troubling people like that. The entrance wasn't far from here; it was just a short walk back.

"Thank you, but it's no trouble at all. The entrance isn't far from here; we can just go over there."

"I see. Well then, goodbye, you two girls! Let's have another match sometime!"

"Okay! Let's battle again next time, Uncle!"

"M... Uncle?!"

Upon hearing Yuri's answer, the miner's face stiffened, and then, as if struck by a blow, he turned and left with the large coal cart.

Mary glanced at the desolate figure walking away, then turned to look at Yuri, who was still clueless. She sighed softly, patted I-chan's head, and turned to walk back the way she came.

"Stop spacing out, take Youmianmian outside for some more treatment."

"Oh oh oh—! Hehehe~"

"why are you laughing?"

"It's nothing, I just feel a little happy, right, little Mianmian~"

"nya~ (Mmm!)"

The baby, Mianmian, held in my arms, waved her little arms and called out a few times in response.

It seems the battle went quite well. Mari looked at Yumianmian and Yuri, whose relationship had suddenly become closer, and felt pretty good.

P.S.: Writing about battles is so tiring lol

Moreover, the little porter's attack and defense stats are quite high. Young Cotton Cotton didn't even have a Grass-type special attack move in the early stages. My head was aching while writing this.

The health calculations are roughly based on in-game data. This is my first time writing about Pokémon, so I'm a little hesitant to go all out yet. I'll just use the in-game values ​​as a reference for now (〃'-ω?).

However, when writing about mythical beasts, the level of sophistication will be raised. For example, the idea that you can fight mythical beasts at level 70 in a game is definitely not going to happen.

Chapter Thirty-One: The Mine Is Actually Quite Boring

Although the mine is very large, the route planned by the alliance is not very long. Even if you take a slightly longer route, you won't spend too much time inside.

However, for Mary and her companion, who had returned to the exit direction, it was almost midnight by the time they got out.

Although Mari didn't mind, Yuri didn't seem to want to stay overnight in the mine.

"So, after we leave here, we'll reach Caolu Town, right?"

"Well, that's not quite right. There's still a stretch of road in between. Caolu Town is in the middle of a basin, surrounded by farmland."

Mary took out a map and gestured around. If she were to reach the town of Grass Road and find a hotel to stay in today, she would probably have to dawdle until midnight.

"Ugh... I should have listened to that older sister and stayed outside overnight before coming in."

Yuri reached out and grabbed Mary's arm, letting out a weak sigh. There weren't many Pokémon appearing in the mine, since it was a construction site and too many people passed by, so naturally, fewer Pokémon appeared.

"Are you tired? Would you like to rest for a while?"

"There's no need to rest, let's hurry up and get out of here."

Yuri shook her head, rejecting Mari's suggestion. The Pokémon here weren't very cute; they were hard and heavy.

Even the little Mianmian was listless, lying limply in Yuri's arms. The cave environment wasn't the type of place the little Mianmian liked.

“nya…”

Seeing this, Yuri casually pulled out a healing ball she had bought earlier from her bag and said to the little cotton ball in her arms:

"Why don't you come inside the ball first? It might be more comfortable inside... really more comfortable?"

Yuri, who was starting to doubt herself halfway through her sentence, turned to look at Mary. This startled Mary, who then said:

"How would I know? I've never been taken in. But Ichigo and the others seem to think it's pretty good."

"I was just asking about how Ichigo and the others felt, okay?"

Yuri stared blankly at Mary, then pressed the switch to enlarge the healing ball, placed it in front of Yumianmian, and whispered:

"Would you like to come in?"

"nya... (Yes, thank you.)"

The little girl cried out twice, then reached out and pressed the switch.

"Don't struggle."

As Yuri gave her instructions, the healing ball trembled twice and then made a crisp sound.

Click—

"Take a good rest."

Yuri whispered something to the Poké Ball in her hand, then hung it on the buckle at her waist.

"...Speaking of which, it's not even decided who Yu Mianmian will stay with yet, so is it really appropriate for me to take her away?"

Turning to look at Yuri, whose expression was somewhat uneasy, Mari almost laughed.

"You've already finished doing it, why are you bringing this up?"

"I just saw that she was feeling a bit unwell, and I couldn't just watch her suffer."

"Well, I think Yu Mianmian probably likes you more."

"But isn't Mary-chan more capable? Before, if Mary-chan were in charge, she would definitely do a better job than me."

Yuri's confident expression left Mari wondering what expression to make. In fact, she had only been a trainer for a year longer than Yuri, so why did she trust her so much?

Mary gently shook her head and glanced at the stone ball that was slowly swaying past by the roadside.

“Pokémon and trainers choose each other. It’s not about who’s stronger. A Pokémon’s preference for you and its willingness to be close to you are two different things from your strength. Besides, that battle was a disadvantage for Pokémon. Even if I were in its place, I might not have done as well as you.”

"Hmm... Although Mary-chan is right, I still feel like you're just brushing me off!"

"How is this perfunctory?"

"do not know!"

"..."

"By the way, Mary-chan, have you ever heard of Metagross?"

"Hmm, a quasi-god, I've heard of him. What's up?"

"Do you think there might be some iron dumbbells around here?"

"...You must be dreaming. There has never been a sighting of a wild Iron Dumbbell in the entire Galar, unless you go to other regions to look for it yourself."

"Ugh...why? I really want a pseudo-legendary too..."

Yuri smacked her lips and began to fantasize about traveling the world, wielding a Tyranitar in one hand and a Salamence in the other, and then riding on Metagross to engage in aerial combat.

"Wake up, you're drooling."

Somewhat disgusted, Mary avoided Yuri's shoulder to avoid getting her saliva on it, and then reached out and pushed Yuri's head, trying to wake her up.

"Hehe...slurp, let me just imagine, he's so handsome!"

"Can being handsome put food on the table? Do you even know how much it costs to train a pseudo-god-level character...?"

"But Mary, you're taking care of Pazu and two little dragons at the same time, right? Doesn't that cost a lot of money?"