Gym battles are stressful, doubly so when you win by a thread.

  It does not help that I was worried about Fhe eime she battled.

  With her specializing in fire types, a water gym is her plete ter.

  Then again, she also beat Brock which was another plete ter for her.

  Fnnery was able to win but it was a hard battle for her that came down to stalling tactid a mutual take down.

  Seeing her walk into the waiting room, the look on her face says everything she is feeling.

  She looks frustrated at how she won but happy she won as well.

  “Great job babe!” I give her a tight hug which she returns.

  “Awesome fight Fnnery! A win is a win, no matter how you pull it off.” Bea says as she joins upon notig her mood.

  “Thanks.” She replies with a bit of a sigh, “I really wish that I was able to pull off a er win than eeking out with a mutual takedown.”

  “This just means that you o train harder!”

  “I feel you on that babe, I won on luck but ime I might not be so lucky. When we reach our gym, let's take time to train as we still have a lot of time.”

  “I have heard that the third gym is a jump in power from the first two. It wouldn’t hurt to take some precautions first. Plus we each got a new parthat o be trained up.” Bea adds as we walk out of the gym.

  “Even though we used our new partners, Fnnery and I nearly lost. I hope we quickly get them up to snuff. I don’t want to get too far behind my brother and Ash.”

  During our travels, I had talked to the two of them about growing up in Pallet Town.

  I told them about my brother, Ash, Grandpa and my training I took while growing up.

  As both of them are from outside the region, they were ied in what I knew.

  “Don’t worry! The few gyms for us should be a breeze. It won’t be until Saffron Gym that we would run into any issues.” Fnnery replies as we walk into the poketer.

  We quickly drop off our partners so they get healed.

  “I don’t know about you two, but I’m exhausted from my battle.” I speak up as we move away from the desk. “trating on our matches drained me.”

  I see the two of them nod though Bea doesn’t look nearly as tired.

  “How about we celebrate in the m at the waffle pce we came across yesterday?” Fnnery asks while doing an overhead stretch that draws my eyes to get curves and abs.

  “Sounds like a pn to me.”“Works for me.”

  Bea and I smile at each other as we a the same time.

  We head up the stairs to our rooms where we split off separately, muy relief and disappoi.

  I kind of wao snuggle with Fnnery again, but I also want to check my system.

  As the door to my room closes, I toss my bag on the bed and I start tle out of my outfit.

  Even though the battle dress I am wearing is beautiful and fortable, it is too much to wear all the time.

  The boots slide off without much issue, but the dress itself is nearly glued to my skin as the material is simir to tex but much more fortable to wear.

  It takes me a few minutes, but I am eventually standing in the room, letting the lukewarm air caress my bare skin.

  I sigh as I look at the dress with my cheek twitg slightly.

  “I really need another outfit. Having to fight my way out of it, or have someone undress me each time doesn’t really cut it.”

  I grab my discarded outfit and toss it in the wash before hopping into the shower.

  ~Oernity Later~

  I y down on my bed in my room and y eyes a a moment of emptiness wash over me.

  No thoughts, no pns, just the quiet noise of the air ditioner w its heart out to try and cool the room.

  As a sense of calm washes over me I mentally call out to my system to view my status.

  [Status:

  Name: Frost Oak

  Age: 16

  Bloodline: Heavenly Gcial Ice Phoenix (active)

  Aura: Active

  Cultivation: densation

  Harem: 1

  Gacha Spins avaible: 17

  Pokemon: 3]

  I notice the number of spins avaible to me and realize I could get quite a haul if I am lucky.

  I also decide to chey notifications that have been fshing at me since earlier.

  [gratutions host, you have defeated a strong trainer. You have earned one free gacha spin.]

  [gratutions host, you have won a gym battle and earned a badge. You have received four free gacha spins.]

  [gratutions host, information for Foundation level cultivation has been unlocked.]

  The first two messages I expected to see as I received simir when I won against Brobsp;

  It looks like I will always get at least four spins for winning a gym battle.

  What catches me off guard is the message about the cultivation information.

  I dismiss the messages and I suddenly feel a pressure in my head as new information is unlocked.

  After some time, the pressure dissipates and I start to go over the new information.

  I b through the information multiple times before I am sure that I uand everything before sitting up into a lotus position.

  From what I uand, the blue pulse that circutes around the snowfke shape that I have been seeing while I meditate is actually my aura.

  What I o do is guide the pulse into the ter of the snowfke and build a crystal seed.

  I o stantly feed the seed until I create a solid snowfke.

  I adjust my breathing before sinking my focus into my inner self to try the eique.

  I watch the pulse for a few circutions before I try to mentally guide the aura into the ter of the faint snowfke.

  An hour ter, I pull myself out of my meditation while furrowing my brows.

  ‘I guess I o keep trying ter. I was hoping I could breeze through it like I did for the gathering realm.’

  I uny legs and y back down on the bed just as I hear my ph.

  I grab my bag and pull out my phoo see that Grandpa is calling me so I quickly answer in phone mode to avoid any acts.

  “Hey Grandpa! How are you?”

  “Hello Frost, I have been good. gratutions on your win for your sed badge.”

  “Thank you! It was a hard battle and I only woo some st minute luck.”

  “Don’t beat yourself up about it, a win is a win. You will do better ime, I just know you will.”

  “Oh I know I will. My friends and I are pnning to take a week to train up before we challehe Vermilion Gym.”

  “That is a good pn. Surge is aremely tough oppohat stops a lot of trainers each season.”

  “I heard that as well, but I’m sure I will win!”

  “I hope you will, my dear. Now, the reason I am calling is actually about your newly evolved pokemon. Unfortunately, the Jenny has provided myself and a few other professors with a rather intriguing pokeball. As such, I will not be able to check over Zephyr for you.”

  “Oh! I remember telling the Jenny member when I handed over some Team Rocket members I caught in Mount Moon that you would be able to figure out what is the issue with those pokeballs.”

  Grandpa chuckles when he hears why the Jenny members delivered him those odd pokeballs. “So that is the reason. I am happy for your support of my skills. Now since I won’t be able to check over Zephyr, I refer you to a good friend of mihat is a pokemon researcher that loves to see new pokemon.”

  “Who is this person? Have I met them before?”

  “His name is Bill Sonezaki and you have never met him. He lives he lighthouse on the cape north of the city. He is aware that you will be ing and will get you squared away with the League in no time.”

  “Alright, we will go see him tomorrow. I want to make sure that Zephyr is alright as she evolved way too quickly for the Fletg line and I hope she is okay.”

  “She will be fine. Evolution is a good thing for a pokemon and is rarely detrimental. The few known cases of an evolution going wrong has always involved a Ghost type pokemon.”

  “I will have to keep that in mind if I end up catg a Ghost type. Luckily there is only one known Id Ghost type pokemon.”

  “We are always finding new pokemon, you never know what you might find out there. Anyways, that is what I was calling you about, I o get bato researg these pokeballs. Have a good night Frost and safe travels.”

  “Thanks Grandpa. Have a good night and good luck!”

  With those words, we hang up on each other and I just y there on the bed absentmindedly.

  Zephyr’s rapid evolution is a cause for for me.

  It was only a few days ago that she was a Fletder, but now she is a new pokemon all together.

  If there is time during the circuit and Zephyr doesn’t mind, I will see about breeding her.

  A new pokemon, even if it is a divergent species will draw a lot of attention.

  There is always a surge of i when a new region is opened up as there are new pokemon to be found.

  The first wave of traio a newly opened regiohose at the league trainer level.

  This prevents a number of deaths from potentially hostile regions.

  I years, the Paldea region eo all trainers, only a short two years after the initial wave as they found the region to be mostly docile.

  I shake my head slightly to get rid of my idle thoughts as I am nowhere near ready to explore a new region.

  Even if I did go to a new region, I would likely go to Sinnoh as it is much colder than Kanto.

  I y there for a few more minutes before I sit up and decide to roll my gacha spins, you never know I might get something iing.

  When I open the gacha, I see that I ow roll in batches of five instead of individually.

  I raise my eyebrow at the small ge but I just wave it off as I did not notice it previously aally cli the button.

  [gratutions host, you have received an Oil of Sharpness.]

  [gratutions host, you have received a Potion of Flying.]

  [gratutions host, you have received a Queen’s Apple Tart.]

  [gratutions host, you have received Mapo Tofu.]

  [gratutions host, you have received a cat tail butt plug.]

  I read down through the list of items that I got until I saw the one and froze.

  If I recall correctly, I also have a cat-eared hoodie.

  A roguish smile creeps onto my lips as I start to make pns to make use of this new addition.

  I go ahead and accept all the non-food items from notifications and soon I am left with two vials of liquid and a silver butt plug that has a fire red tail attached to it.

  One of the vials has a clear, getinous oil that sparkles with tiny, ultrathin silver shards, while the other vial has a clear liquid that floats at the top of its tainer and has cloudy white impurities drifting in it.

  I’m not sure what I might use the oil for, but the potion of flying sounds like it could be a bst.

  I set the items to the side and theally cli the gacha spin once more.

  Kurotsuki007