CHAPTER 4

Both Pokémon And Human Stared At each other's Eyes. Unsure on what to do Or How to Strike A conversation towards the other.

Muez, On his part, Was Practically Nervous Since this is the very first time that he encounters a Live Pokémon, Much less strike a conversation with one.

Pidgey, On the other hand, Can't really Bring herself to do so. Must be because of her pride or Maybe she was just shy to Start the Conversation between the two first.

The starinf Contest continued on for A few minutes before Muez Broke the Awkward silence Between them.

"H-hi? I Guess?" , Muez Greeted. Right after those words Leaves his lips, Muez Cringed at how Dumb and awkward his Greetings was.

Noticing how Awkward Her partner was, Pidgey Raised her Wing Up before Letting out a Caw In greetings in return.

Muez Sighed In relief when he Saw that Pidgey understood his Intent. Now that the awkward part is Gone, This Is the right Time to Start A proper conversation.

"So, Uhm . . .My name's Muez. Muez McLaren. I'm A human, And Your Partner. . .Since your Given to me by the System. . .", Inroduced Muez Before muttering the last part.

Pidgey Cocked her Head to the right, Obviously Confused by the Last Part of Muez's Introduction.

Muez Noticed Her Actions and found it strange since Pidgey Obviously Came from The System Itself.

"You. . .Don't Know that your from the system?"

Once again, Pidgey Showed A confused Expression on her face. Clearly still not understanding what this "System" Was.

Now that's Weird as Shit.

"The system, You know. The Thing that Allows a Human t- Nevermind. You know what? Can you telk me how You Got captured?", Muez Tried to Explain what a "System" Was to Pidgey but Gave up mid way.

understanding What Her partner Was asking, Pidgey Nodded and flew towards a tree. Muez Watched as Pidgey Struggled to Pull a branch out of the tree Before Making her way back to him after doing so.

When she landed, Pidgey Immediately Started her work. Muez Watched in Fascination as Pidgey draw A bird that resembles her and a Pokéball that seems to come from out. . .Of. . .Nowhere. . .

Pidgey nodded to herself After She was done drawing what happened to her. She looked up And Saw Muez With a Very strange expression In his face.

Muez, On the Other hand, Realized that Pidgey Must have thought that It was him that Threw the pokéball at her and not the system. Cause Obviously, Who would throw a pokéball At her With the intent to capture her Other than Muez?

"I see. . .So that's How it went, Huh?"

Even If Muez Protest On how unfair it must have been for Pidgey, It's Not like he's Going to Make his Only source of protection to fo away. Call him selfish From Doing so, But Muez's Just left with no other choice. Desperate Times Call for desperate Measures.

With that now Being said, Muez Decided That In order to strengthen the bond between him and Pidgey, Both Human And pokémon Must Agree on what nicknames he should Give to her.

"So, Pidgey. Since your going to be my Partber for Life, How about I give you A nickname?", Muez Asked Pidgey with sincerety Present in his eyes.

Pidgey saw the how Sincere and Geniune Muez was and since She couldn't find nay reason to turn his offer down, Pidgey Agreed With Her receiving A nickname from Muez.

"Really? Awesome! Now, Which Nickname Tto give you. . .Hmmmm. . .How about Jessica?"

Pidgey Immediately Shook Her head From Left to right Like a Rattle Drum. She Didn't like the Name.

"Hmmmm. . .What about Veronica, Then?"

A shook Of her head Was his immediate answer.

"Well. . .Uhmm. . .Maria?"

No.

"How about Marie?"

Are you serious?

"Princess?"

At this Point, Pidgey Can Only Deadpan On how Muez's Naming Sense Sucks. Muez Noticed her experession and could only Scratch his Nape in embarassment Before letting out A sigh of Defeat.

"Man, Who would have known That Naming Pokémons was this hard. . ."

Then Suddenly, A memory Re-emerges from the Depths of Muez's Mind. A Very memorable one. Muez Can Remember the time when He and Diana visited a Local Zoo In Mindanao, Philippines. There, Muez And Diana met the Probably most Handsome Bird in the Planet Earth. The Mighty Philippine eagle or Was also know as the Monkey-eating eagle And Great Philippine Eagle.

The Eagle That can only be found in the Philippines was a critically Endangered species of eagle of the family Accipitridae which is endemic to forests in the Philippines.

In the Philippines, The Local Citizens Often Called it the Haribon, Or Haring Ibon Which Translates to King Bird. Just Like Pidgey, The Handsome Bird also Have this Crown Like Feathers On top of it's Head. Making It more Majestic Looking than The other species Of birds.

"What about Haribon? Back in my Country, We have this Bird That Looks so Pretty The locals decided to call it Haribon or Bird King In translation. Is it okay for you?", Muez Carefully Asked pidgey, Waiting For Her Reply towatrds the nickname This time.

Pidgey Remained silent for a while, Contemplating About the Nickname offered to her by Muez Before nodding to him in satisfaction.

[ Beep! Pokémon ( Pidgey ) Status Updated.

Pidgey : Female

Nickname : Haribon

Species : The tiny bird Pokémon

Type (s) : Normal / Flying

Abilities: Keen Eye, Big Pecks ( Hidden Ability ).

Moveset: Tackle, Sand Attack, Growl, Air Cutter. ]

[Beep! Hidden Quest ( Identity For You! ) Congratulations On Giving your Pokémon A Nickname to Improve the Bond Between the two of you. Please do Keep up the good work, Host.

Rewards: Empty Pokéball ( 1 ), Gacha Ticket ( 1) ]

Two Consecutive notification Pannels Popped Up In his Vision at the same time, Signifying the Successful Attemp of Giving Pidgey A nickname.

Muez Saw that the Nickname Status Of Pidgey Changed from ( None ) To ( haribon ) Now. Then there's Also this Hidden Quest called (An Identity For you! ).

"System, What's This thing [ Gacha Ticket ] For? A Lottery ticket For something?", Muez Internally asked the PokéSystem About the Ticket That he'd just received as a reward.

[ Beep! Gacha Ticket. A Ticket That can be used To Activate the PokéGacha For Free once. Acquire More Gacha Tickets in order to Activated the Pokégacha For Free without Spending ONE MILLION POKÉDOLLARS ]

Jesus. . .Did you really have to Emphasize How Expensive it is in order to activate the Gacha For Once. ONCE!

"Man, Reality just Slapped Me With Poverty Again. One million pokédollars. Heck, With that huge amounts of money, I bet That I can even Build Two mansions for Me and Haribon each" , Mused Muez to himself. Completely Ignorant on how the pokédollars in this World works.