She opened her eyes to a soft glow of light, bubbles gurgling from her breath.
“Biii…?” Where was everyone?
Then, her tummy grumbled and tummy grumbles ant hungry.
Erging from the comfy lake, she saw that the cave was empty, save for a few pink derps laying around.
“Bi, celebi, bi?” She approached one of them and asked where she could find food.
“Sloooow…” However, the pink derp just yawned at her. The audacity!
“Biiii… Bi! Bibibi!” Shaking off her own yawn, Celebi asked again; “Bi! Celebi, bi?”
“Sloooow…” Derpface’s eyelids slowly drooped then shuttered. This was hopeless.
“Bi… Bibibi.” With a sigh, the world’s mostest adorablest Pokemon hovered over to another derpface to ask. This ti, one with a shell on its back. Surely they would be smart enough to answer her question?
“Slowbroooo…”
“Cele, celebi!”
“Slowbrooo…”
“Celebi!” She didn’t want to fish! She didn’t even like fish unless it was cooked by a human. Celebi wanted Berries!”
“Slowbro…” With a lazy shrug, the derpface with a shell laid down and started snoring.
“Biiiii!!!” Celebi flailed her arms around. Why was it so hard to get so food around here?!
The pixie sighed. There was no choice, she would have to go look for Nina. But then, a peek into the future saw her being scolded for going to sleep without saying anything and having a juicy ripe Pecha Berry dangled in front of her by the an pink one. “Biii…”
No! Celebi was the world’s mostest adorablest Pokemon. She was not naughty!
Maybe she could go look for purple prank-friend, he was Celebi’s favouritest among Nina’s Pokemon. But that wouldn’t do either, because she could sense that he was hurt and fainted. Who dared to hurt Celebi’s bestest best friend?!
With a squint of her eyes, Celebi concentrated on the Psychic signature in her brain and tugged, vanishing with a flash and reerging in a hoy little sphere; golden sun high above and decadent silver feathers gracing her feet. Celebi had done a lot of work in making this place nice and cosy.
“Bi. Celebi, bi.” Another flick of her mind and the walls of the sphere turned transparent. Except, she couldn’t see anything because it was all dark. “Biiiii!!!”
She kept telling Nina to stop stashing her ball in her backpack but nooo… “Celebi, the GS Ball is a priceless treasure. If anyone finds out I have it on , it’s going to attract a lot of unwanted attention.” The girl’s stupid voice resounded in her head. As if that pink friend-rock on her neck wasn’t enough attention already!
So, with no other recourse, the sneaky-beaky pixie snuck out between the seams of her little sphere, making sure that no light leaked out and Teleported far away onto the audience stand high above.
“Wha!”
“What was that?!”
The sudden ergence of the world’s mostest adorablest Pokemon elicited a chorus of startled cries but Celebi went invisible right away. She didn’t have the ti for pictures and autographs right now, food was more important!
Ohhhh, popcorn!
Settling down on the shoulder of so kid, Celebi reached over and yoinked a buttery, chewy treat from his bucket.
“Moooom… sothing’s stealing my popcorn!”
“Oh shush, Jimothy, it’s about to get exciting.”
And sure enough, looking down, Celebi could see her human friend on one side of the arena, facing off against a loud, orange, fat man and his Pokemon on the other end — orange because that was the color of the Type Energy the loud man had circulating in his tubby belly. Celebi shook her head, that was a good way to go boom-boom.
“Hey!”
Celebi yoinked another kernel from the indignant child and settled down to watch. On one end of the arena, she could see the an pink one struggling to hold back the ga pink one’s Aura. So naturally, Celebi cheered for the ga pink one. “Bi! Celebi! Biiii!!!”
Nina frowned and Celebi could see the an pink one pulling back and concentrating her Aura around her like a sphere, no longer trying to expand her domain. Instead, she summoned a sun high above and switched tactics to harassing the ga pink one by throwing shadow, mud and sand at her.
“Cham.” The ga pink one expressed her frustration and moved in to try and smack the an pink one, prompting Celebi to shake her head in disapproval. Big-brain Pokemon were supposed to use their brain power like Celebi and the an pink one, not keep it close and power their bodies with it to make their slaps and punches and kicks faster.
The ga pink one was also barely poking at the an pink one’s brain with any precision, preferring to just press down on her with sheer brute force instead, like a big dumb blanket.
The two danced all over the arena, sweat dripping down the an pink one’s brow as she desperately dodged and blocked every strike against her while occasionally throwing sand and mud to annoy her opponent. Every ti she was struck, her forehead gem glowed and the bruises healed, the sun high above getting slightly dimr. And should the ga pink one try to Recover, the an pink one threw a brick of Heal Block at her.
Celebi could feel the ga pink one’s frustration leaking through her Aura. She was Poisoned and the an pink one wasn’t giving her the chance to fully Recover.
“Urgh. They’re going so fast, I can barely see anything!” Celebi’s chair whined. But she just ignored the boy and continued chomping on his popcorn. She could follow the fight just fine — too fine, actually. Celebi saw a mirage of possibilities layered atop one another, the two Psychics parsing thousands of considerations in a single mont, their link between their respective humans and the burdens they were helping to share.
“Biiii…” Celebi yawned. This was getting really boring. So she skipped ahead in her mind to see the conclusion; which was either the an pink one being too stubborn to swap and getting trashed, Nina relenting to the an pink one’s request and allowing her to use Curse — a move she really hated because of how icky it made her feel — the an pink one giving up and swapping with the cute flower Ghost, or the an pink one being careless and getting thrashed.
Celebi was secretly rooting for the an pink one being thrashed. More specifically, she was hoping for the final possibility, which was the an pink one overextending, tripping over a Low Sweep and getting smashed by a Giga Impact and Expanding Force combo.
But alas, what happened was Nina yielding to the an pink one’s idea and allowed her to put a Curse on the ga pink one, directly against the ga pink one’s bond with her human to boot — the an pink one really was an. Between purple prank-friend’s Poison and the an pink one’s Curse, the ga pink one was finally worn down enough to beat.
And Celebi could see it happening as well, because the orange swirl in the loud human’s belly was getting wobblier and wobblier, traces of greyish purple Ghost Type Energy consuming his bond with the ga pink one. If he continued to stubbornly maintain that link, he was going to go boom-boom. So he didn’t, and the ga pink one turned back to her regular form and fainted. The loud human may be loud, but he was not a dumb-dumb.
“That wasn’t very nice of you, Aquarium Girl...” The loud man growled angrily.
“Sorry, Espy can get a little too… creative with her ans.” The girl let out an awkward chuckle and expanded her colorful Pokeball. “Alright, Espy. You’ve had your fun. Now return and rest up for a bit.”
The an pink one seed reluctant but still obeyed in the end, swapping out for Azzy, the cute flower Ghost — Celebi still had that flower crown she made her stashed away in her GS Ball.
“Biiii!!! Celebi! Biiii!!!” So naturally, Celebi cheered the hardest for her friend, calling for Azzy to kick so butt and win!
Nina perked up a little and scanned through the audience for a cry she thought she heard. But luckily, Celebi was invisible so she couldn’t spot her.
On the other end, loud-fat-man released an angry monkey. But this angry monkey’s fur was all grey and had grey-purple mixed in with his orange.
Celebi shuddered. She didn’t like the angry monkey, it was dead but too angry to die, clinging onto life by just a singular red thread of rage.
Nina whistled. “You’ll have to tell how you managed to Evolve your Annihilape so day, Master Chuck. They’re one of my faves, y’know?”
“Hohoho! I didn’t expect you to have such good taste, Aquarium Girl!” The loud man grinned. “I’ll be happy to tell ya… but you’ll have to beat it out of first!”
The audience cheered and Celebi cheered with them, all while spitting half-eaten popcorn over the grumpy boy she was sitting on.
Nina made a few funny shapes with her fingers and Azzy started the match by hanging evil looking Will-O-Wisp all over the arena before diving into the shadows. But for the Annihilape, who had half a foot in limbo already, there was nowhere to hide as he pursued with Phantom Force.
The audience jeered. Because the match was now being fought in a realm beyond their perception. Celebi didn’t mind though, because she could easily peek into the folds of reality. In it, she could see her friend struggling against the angry-an-monkey by inflicting a Curse on him and tying their fates together with Destiny Bond.
anwhile, the monkey was covered in painful looking Ghost thorns which he just ignored as he bashed Azzy around with his fists. Until finally, the delicate red thread holding him to life began to steadily fade, forcing him to grab hold of Azzy and exit the shadows lest he be consud by the empty void.
The two Pokemon erged, both looking worse for wear; Azzy’s form wavering and Annihilape panting in exertion as he suffered from soul damage.
“Azzy!” Nina cried, her voice filled with concern — a sentint that Celebi shared as she waved her fist at the angry monkey. How dare he hurt her friend!
“Haunt!” But the Haunter in question was determined to clutch the victory. Celebi watched as she undid her Destiny Bond and bombarded the monkey with her grey flas.
“ANNIHILAAAAAPE!!!” The stupid-dumb monkey roared and charged towards Celebi’s friend with a burning first, only for the punch to whiff as Azzy dove into the shadows once more.
“Bi! Bibibi!” Served him right!
The burning monkey dove in again with Phantom Force, his little red thread looking precariously faint in Celebi’s eyes. But this ti, Azzy was waiting for him, ensnaring her opponent with a web of Cursed Thorns before imdiately ejecting from Limbo. Then, she just hung around as she bombarded her own shadow with Shadow Balls to strike at the struggling Annihilape.
“Biiiii!!! Celebi!” The precocious pixie cheered for her friend’s wiliness.
Azzy could have easily just kept going and buried the angry monkey in Limbo, never to be seen again. But as expected of Celebi’s friend, she was super kind. So just before the red thread snapped, the Haunter hauled the Annihilape out of the shadows and dumped him onto the arena, still alive and well.
“AAAAAPEEE!!!” The big dumb monkey, however, wasn’t grateful and imdiately started raging again, until a bright red light returned him back to the loud man.
The man sighed. “Sorry about that, and thanks for sparing Ares’s life.” He said to Azzy with a respectful nod as he raised his hand to declare his Annihilape’s withdrawal.
The crowd clapped, but Celebi could sense their confusion, likely because they couldn’t see what had happened. No matter, it’s not like it was Celebi’s fault that everyone else wasn’t special. The little pixie reached over for more popcorn, this ti having to dig really deep into the box with how much she had already consud.
“No worries.” Nina smiled. “Azzy has too big of a heart to go that far. Isn’t that right, Azzy?”
“Haunt! Haunter-haunt!”
“HAHAHA!!!” The loud man laughed boisterously. “What a lovely little Haunter! You sure taught a lesson today! No more pitting Ares against spirits from now on.”
Nina giggled and the match resud. The rest of the loud man’s Pokemon were a Breloom and a Conkeldurr, not that it mattered much. Because Celebi’s now-best Ghost friend easily defeated them.
The Breloom was burnt to a crisp while the Conkeldurr couldn’t even hit Azzy within the shadows.
“Biiiii!!! Celebi, biiiiii!!!” Celebi cheered hard for her friend’s victory and gave the grumpy little boy she was sitting on a nice little pat on the head as paynt for the popcorn.
Now then, it was ti to go look for so proper food. She recalled seeing a human walking around with a tray full of cotton candy earlier, maybe she can go and yoink so in the anti.
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Author's Note:
Jimothy, baptised as he was by Celebi's spittle water and blessed by her pat touch, will go on to beco the world's strongest Pokemon Master, defeating conference after conference and champion after champion to beco the Pokemon emperor of the world!
All hail Jimothy!
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