(VII) The First Day 2/2

Isaac stared at the unconscious Caterpie as his heart began pounding in his chest. He had never thought about it in this capacity before.

The atrocities he experienced the night before flooded back into his mind as the realization of life and death caused instant nausea in the young man.

He fell to his knees and covered his mouth holding back the intense feelings that flooded through him.

Ava sat impatiently staring at her trainer, her tail wagging rapidly as she couldn't contain herself and constantly shuffled her position slightly.

Isaac breathed heavily through his nostrils, firmly covering his mouth with his hand, rocking back and forth on his knees. After what felt like a lifetime, the strong waves coursing over him slowly began to recede and he removed his hand from his mouth.

He sighed heavily, opening his eyes, and reached out, patting Ava on the top of her head.

"Great job Ava! Use Celebrate!" He softly said with a faint smile.

Instantly the Eevee perked and jumped into the air as a present instantly covered her, falling to the ground.

After a brief moment, the ribbon atop the present came apart and the five sides of the box fell open revealing Ava striking a pose as stars and tiny fireworks appeared around her with a light fanfare ringing out into the quiet forest.

Isaac feigned surprise, making a face and clasping his hands together as Ava came running toward him and began to quickly circle around her trainer.

"Let's go, Ava!" He said and waved his arm turning around and walking away from the unconscious Caterpie.

'It may still survive but I won't be the one to finish it off.' Isaac thought to himself. It wasn't that he didn't want to help the Caterpie, but he only had two potions and didn't want to waste them on wild Pokémon when they were of crucial need at this point.

Isaac ran around the forest, making sure to stay close enough to the group of Nidoran, as he completed his Daily Quests and trained Ava. That was the first quest he completed and received the one PokéFood, placing it in his bag with the rest.

Every 30 minutes he would stop and let Ava rest as he tried to do push-ups and plank for as long as he could. Whenever he came across a wild Pokémon, he would gauge its strength and stats before deciding to engage or retreat.

The duo found wild bird Pokémon and more bug Pokémon, but nothing noteworthy, and Ava was more than capable of taking them down with little ease.

After knocking out the 5th Pokémon, she finally leveled up and reached level 6, 'Considering what she's been fighting, I would have thought she would have leveled faster…' He thought as he contemplated the differences between what he knew and what he was experiencing.

As Isaac was running through the trees a notification appeared that caused him to stop and gasp as a feeling of lightness ran through his body. He felt the air circling around his arms and legs, and he smiled at the message on his visor.

『Run 5km Completed! +1 Speed』

He opened the Quest Screen and stared at the remaining 3 daily quests:

『Complete 100 push-ups [32/100]』

『Plank for 10 minutes [6/10]』

『Beat 10 pokemon [7/10]』

"Nearly done with planking and battling…" Isaac sighed, he looked at the time on his Pokétch and it showed 4:00 P.M.

"Hmmm… I was too casual! Eight hours and I'm still only a third of the way done with the push-ups!!" He lamented.

Isaac quickly dropped to the ground and struggled as he added another eight push-ups to the total and planked another minute.

Now that he didn't need to run through the woods anymore, he walked casually, resting and munching on berries. He and Ava returned to the lake to quench their thirst when they saw the pack of Nidoran standing back as one of the weaker Nidoran was battling a Tediursa.

He stayed low to the ground as the Teddiursa rushed the Nidoran and used [Scratch] as it raised both arms and its tiny claws glowed white before slashing against the purple-pinkish pokémon.

The Nidoran jumped back after taking the damage, creating distance between the two as faint purple energy gathered in its horn.

Teddiursa began charging forward charging another [Scratch] when Nidoran ran forward and rammed its horn against the Teddiursa using [Poison Sting] and knocking it back a few meters.

This didn't dissuade the Teddiursa who charged in once again and scratched the Nidoran, prompting its ability [Poison Point] to trigger and poison the Teddiursa.

Isaac shook his head and watched on as the battle went back and forth, despite the advantage of poisoning its opponent, the Nidoran lost and was knocked unconscious.

The group of Nidoran turned around apathetically and left their fallen comrade. Isaac was shocked at this development. The Teddiursa began to eat the fallen Pokémon as the poison slowly faded from its body.

Isaac was disgusted at the scene but shocked that the poison dissipated on its own, 'Must be more similar to how the longer a poison is in your body the weaker it becomes…' He thought.

Isaac stared at the weakened Teddiursa and sent Ava out to ambush it with a [Tackle] which dealt a critical hit to the unsuspecting small bear pokémon.

The attack was enough to knock it out, bringing his total to 8/10. The duo ignored the deceased Nidoran and left the unconscious Teddiursa and took a well-deserved break and rested by the water's edge.

Isaac took this time to complete the planking quest. After planking for another 2 minutes, the notification rang and he felt an energy course through him.

He felt great, better than ever in fact. His body became slightly more toned and well-defined. He went to try to do the push-ups and found that he wasn't tiring out despite failing 2/3rd of his push-ups.

He was able to tack on an additional 15, bringing his total over the halfway mark, 'I might actually be able to complete it!' He thought to himself as he smiled.

"45 more push-ups and 2 more battles! Let's go, Ava!" He said jumping to his feet as he went in search of more Pokémon to battle.

***

Mew, Celebi, and Jirachi had been running nonstop from Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina. Their powers were evenly matched and the three mythical pokémon couldn't escape, no matter if Mew teleported the group, Celebi brought them through time, or both!

Palkia and Dialga could do the same, with less effort allowing them to catch them time and time again. Nothing they did allow the trio to escape, even creating distractions from other pokémon, no one wanted to approach Giratina.

"I don't know how much longer I can keep this up!" Mew heaved, the normally energetic and playful demeanor gone, and only the sluggish movements of exhaustion remained.

"Me neither!" Celebi cried out, "Jirachi, you need to do something!"

"I'll try another wish! For some reason, they're not happening!" Jirachi shouted in frustration, being carried and kept safe from the other two and doing nothing was unsettling.

Celebi and Mew nodded as they both drew close to Jirachi and both began charging powerful psychic energy within them.

Jirachi closed its eyes and placed both hands in front of its face and began praying for a miracle, for its wish to come true.

Celebi was the first to finish as it created a portal and using its psychic powers, levitated both Mew and Jirachi into the portal with it as their pursuers appeared.

Watching the portal close the Creation Trio unleashed their signature attacks in anger destroying the surrounding area and leaving a gigantic crater that slowly began filling with water from a nearby river.

As soon as they emerged from the other side of the portal, Mew unleashed its culminated energy and rapidly teleported the three away, cycling through a dozen different locations.

Celebi had brought them far into the past and had already begun charging another portal to take them back to the present. As it finished and created the portal Jirachi opened its eyes and smiled, "It's done! I've done it! I successfully made a wish!"

The trio quickly went through the portal and returned to the present.

"What wish did you make?" Mew asked curiously.

Jirachi shook its head, "You should know better than to ask what someone's wish was! It won't come true if you say it!"

Celebi and Jirachi began laughing as Mew joined in.

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