I'm a Newbie!

"Cowieee~!!!!"

Pidgey hit him directly which made Caterpie scream in pain. But Pidgey also touched Caterpie's antenna, which made him release stinky toxins in the air. This made Pidgey stunned and sneeze.

"Wuuu~!" (Caterpie!)

Clyde never felt rage like this before, since coming into this world, he promised to live such a carefree life and not be bothered by menial things. However, seeing Caterpie hurt right in front of his eyes, just made him helpless and enraged.

Due to him leveling up to 10 today, and Caterpie to level 8, made them both complacent. Due to ignorance and conceit, now one of them was hurt. Clyde felt guilty because he didn't think of this, being a human morphed Pokèmon. He thought that by being both a breeder and a researcher, he would breeze through this mission. This made him realize that he's still not enough. He has a lot more to learn and a lot more things to experience. He realized that he got ahead of himself and overestimated his capabilites, thinking that what he achieved at his age is great. What happened right now served as both an eye opener and a reminder to Clyde. Because of this, he now became more resolved to achieve his goal. Protecting and letting his loved ones and himself, live a carefree life.

"Puu-purrr~!"

Pidgey's sneeze woke Clyde from his trance. It may look like it took a while, but this realization of Clyde only lasted for a few seconds. Realizing the opportunity while Pidgey was distracted, Clyde used Hypnosis.

"Wuuuu~"

Even though Pidgey was distracted by Caterpie's toxin, Pidgey got to evade Clyde's Hypnosis since Pidgey's ability, Tangled Feet, raises his evasion when confused. And right now, Pidgey is in a state of Confusion.

Right after flying higher to dodge, Pidgey used Gust to disperse the toxins released by Caterpie. As Gust, affected both Ralts and Caterpie, Caterpie cannot take it anymore and fainted. However, even though Pidgey tried to disperse the toxins, he already inhaled some, which worsened his Confusion right now. While using Gust, Pidgey also hit himself and he fell down.

"Purrr~!"

Pidgey saw Clyde, right after resisting his Gust, going close to himself in order to attack, but before Clyde got the chance to attack, Pidgey attacked him first. He used Mirror Move and copied Clyde's Hypnosis. Clyde, who didn't expect Pidgey to attack, was immediately hit and felt sleepy.

Being a Psychic Pokèmon, got higher tolerance to Psychic attacks, so he tried to resist the sleepiness. Just after he got rid of it, he was too late as he already saw Pidgey come at him with a Tackle. In order to try to dodge, Clyde immediately used Double Team, but due to time constraints, they were too near together and Pidgey hit his real body.

"Wuuuu~!"

Clyde screamed in pain. He got hit in his belly which caused him to flip once in the air before falling down.

"Thud!"

Pidgey fell down due to exhaustion, he cannot move already and his attack, Tackle, was the last straw. Having two opponents really tired him out to death.

Expecting his Tackle to make his rival faint, Pidgey let down his guard too early. By now, Clyde was trying to stand up, and as soon as he did, he immediately attacked Pidgey who's guard was down.

Again, Clyde used Hypnosis on Pidgey. It worked like a charm and Pidgey immediately fell asleep.

Clyde sat on his butt due to exhaustion, right after resting for a while, he went straight to Caterpie while panting. Checking on Caterpie's injuries, thankfully it wasn't heavy, however it wasn't light either. He got bruises on his head but he mostly fainted due to pain and exhaustion. 'You'll get okay buddy, I promise.' Clyde thought to himself.

Suddenly, Clyde felt energy go into his body, filling up his lost energy due to the battle. After acummulating, the newly acquired energy erupted. Clyde felt that he broke a boundary, then to confirm, Clyde asked Morpheus to scan himself.

> Scan

Name: Ralts (Clyde Evans)

Talent: 7 Stars

Potential: Stellar

Combat Sensitivity: Normal

Gender: Male

Level: 11 (Newbie)

Type: Psychic/Fairy

Ability: Telepathy

Held Item: None

Skills:

(Fairy) Disarming Voice

(Normal) Growl, Double Team

(Psychic) Confusion, Hypnosis

'I'm a Newbie! Just as I thought, turning level 11 feels different than other level up, it's like I'm breaking through a boundary. And my potential also decreased by 1 stage which turned to Stellar. Strength comes with a decrease in Potential I guess? Equal exchange, makes sense. Look, it seems that my combat standards upgraded because my Combat Sensitivity turned to normal.

However, Clyde was still worried about Caterpie. In order to make sure of Caterpie's state, Clyde also let Morpheus scan Caterpie.

"Morpheus, scan Caterpie."

"Initiating branch.... Data displayed."

> Scan

Name: Caterpie (Shiny) (Fainted)

Talent: 7 Stars

Potential: Nebula

Combat Sensitivity: Weak

Gender: Male

Level: 8 (Infant)

Type: Bug

Ability: Run Away

Held Item: None

Skills:

(Bug) String shot

(Normal) Tackle

Clyde felt relieved seeing the reconfirmation of the system towards his readings on Caterpie's condition. Seeing the asleep Pidgey, Clyde did not feel angry anymore. All he felt was guilt and exhaustion. In order to go home, Clyde levitated Caterpie because his body could not carry Caterpie home.

Finally, after 30 minutes of walking fastly, Clyde got to the tree at last. Directly going to the hole in the trunk, Clyde immediately layed Caterpie on the ground and called for Ruler Butterfree.

"Wuuuu~!" (Ruler Butterfree!)

Flapping of wings were heard as the Ruler Butterfree descended.

"Burrieee~?" (What is it?)

But Clyde never got to reply when Butterfree saw her son lying on the ground, fainted and with bruises.

"Burrieee!!!" (My son!!!)

Clyde calmed Butterfree down and explained what happened, he also told Butterfree that he got minor wounds such as bruises, but he would be alright. Fainted only due to exhaustion and pain, but he will be fine after taking a rest. Butterfree then felt relieved, she never saw her son at that state and it made her anxious and pained seeing him like that.

Butterfree wanted to restrict Caterpie's freedom but Clyde countered her with 'By limiting your son's freedom, you also limit his growth and potential.' After hearing that, Butterfree no longer argued about it, but she made a condition that Caterpie won't travel that far again. Thinking about it, Clyde thought it was a reasonable demand since they went too far from the tree, they weren't able to call for help like they planned they could. Clyde agreed, then he told Butterfree a list of herbs and berries that should be applied to Caterpie. He also said foods that would fasten Caterpie's recovery. After that, he went for a stroll in the forest.

While Clyde was walking around the periphery of the territory, he recollected what happened earlier.

'I was too eager for success, that I forgot that I have Caterpie with me. I should've been more careful since I wasn't alone.' Clyde thought.

"You should've, but it already happened. You keep on correcting yourself on what you should've done, instead of saying what you should do next time you encounter it. You know, don't dwell too much on mistakes. Know your mistakes, learn from it, then move on. Don't chain yourself from something you should've done, because no matter what happens, you won't be able to correct it. So just learn and move on from your experiences." Morpheus suddenly interjected in his mind.

Clyde was stunned. Morpheus was correct, he kept on blaming himself instead of finding the solution and applying it next time it happens. Ah, it's really true as they say, "Experience is the best teacher".

"Thanks Morph, you always have my back, Thank you really."

"Of course I should help you, we're stuck together remember? And by the way, who told you to call me Morph?"

"Morph is fine right? Morpheus is too long you know."

"Fine, it's as if I could change what you decided on anyways."

Clyde and Morpheus talked all the way 'till the sun has set. Thanks to Morpheus, Clyde felt better and lighter than his earlier heavy mood. As Clyde notices the night approaching, he returned to the tree. He practiced for around two hours before he got finally tired. He noticed his improvement in both energy manipulation and in endurance, which he was happy for. The more the tolerance, the longer his training time, which means more improvement everyday.

After training, Clyde went directly to the hole in the trunk. He layed right near his buddy Caterpie. All the time they've spent together, Clyde already considered Caterpie as his good friend. He may be originally a human, but now, being a Ralts, broke the boundary between him and Caterpie.

'I'm sorry buddy, I made you suffer today. But next time, I'll make sure to protect you and nobody will get hurt' Clyde thoughtfully said to himself as he looks at Caterpie.

Clyde then straightened his body and looked at the ceiling. Of course, All Clyde saw was Butterfrees, a lot of them. They sleep in a cluster in the hole, but they looked happy, peaceful and content.

As Clyde thought about that, he immediately felt sleepiness attacking his senses. Not wanting to fight sleep, Clyde immediately said good night to Morpheus as he entered dreamland.