Once they entered the living room, Edward saw that the table had been set already and that Arya was bringing over the food.
Edward set Mikail down in his play area and prepared to change his diapers.
"Ok, little guy.
Let's see how your diapers fared."
Edward told his son.
"Me Dry.
All clean"
Mikail tried to assure his father.
"I believe you.
But I still have to make sure you had no accident.
Your mommy will ask me if I checked."
Edward replied to Mikail while checking his diapers.
After he saw that it was clean and dry, he put his son's clothes back on and said.
"See finished checking already, it's clean just like you said.
Good job, I knew you were saying the truth but I still had to look.
Now your mommy can't complain to daddy."
Mikail, who saw his father trying to shove any kind of fault on his mother, mentally rolled his eyes.
"It ok."
He told his father, who had brought him to the table and sat him on his baby high chair.
They started to eat their dinner together.
More like his parents ate and he was fed by his mother.
He was fed shredded pidgey meat, some oran and mago berry slices, and drank some strawberry-flavored moomoo milk.
His parents talked during dinner but he mostly zoned them out.
He was thinking about how he could get his parents to show him their Pokemon.
He was in a Pokemon world, damn it, and he still hadn't seen a single one.
It may be his first self-aware day but even toddler him hadn't seen one.
Having made up his mind, he focused on his parents, that we're done with their dinner and were just finishing up clearing the table, and said to them.
"Want See Pokemon.
Please."
Him knowing about Pokemon despite never having seen one was not a problem.
He had never seen a living Pokemon, but he had Pokemon toys and his parents had told him stories with Pokemon in them.
He dialed his toddler cuteness to the maximum, hoping that it would help.
Enlarged eyes, upturned lips, and hopeful look.
The full package.
It was super effective on both of them.
He even landed a critical hit on his mother.
Who made a high-pitched noise and proceeded to crush him in a hug while showering him with kisses.
"Of course you can.
Mommy and daddy will show you some of their Pokemon.
Right hubby?"
Arya turned to her husband at the last part.
"That's right.
We can show you some of our smaller and easier-to-handle Pokemon.
We had planned to show them to you after your second birthday anyway, but you can only look and touch them a little.
To be allowed to play with them you still have to wait till after your second birthday."
Edward replied to Arya's question while addressing them both.
'Yeeessssss.
I get to see real Pokemon.
It's so awesome.'
Was Mikail's immediate thought but all he did was laugh and clap happily.
"Let's see, which ones from my Pokemon fit this the best.
Pidgeot came visiting yesterday and should be in the garden if she didn't go hunting.
Growlithe should be alright as well.
Our Butterfrees should be good as well as long as they don't release any of the powder moves.
Your Poliwhirl should be okay too.
That should be enough for now I believe.
What do you think honey?"
Edward started going over which Pokemon he believed would be safe for Mikail to see and come in contact with.
"I agree.
How about you go to the garden and call the chosen Pokemon to the terrace and I will bring Mikail and wait for you there."
Arya responded to her husband, who answered with okay and went out.
She lifted her son from his high chair and walked with him to the terrace.
They had taken a seat on a rocking chair were waiting for Edward and the Pokemon.
It was a few minutes later that the first Pokemon came over.
Pidgeot, it seems, had decided to fly ahead of the others.
She landed on the terrace and all Mikail could do was stare in awe at the sheer awesomeness of a real Pokemon.
"Whoaaaaaa."
Was all he could say.
'I expected most Pokemon to be different from the data of the games, be it their height, length, or weight but still.
Damn.
This Pidgeot looks like it is a bit larger than 2 meters, compared to the 1.5 meters from the data.
It's weight.'
His thoughts were interrupted by Pidgeot abruptly focusing her view on him, her eyes glinting.
'Riiight.
From the way dad talked of her, she should be female.
But Pidgeots are not psychic types.
How did she know that I was thinking about her weight, damn it?
What's this, some kind of trans-racial female instinct?
Where was I?
Not only is she over 2 meters long but her wingspan is nearly 5 meters wide as well.
She looks gorgeous.'
Pidgeot proudly raised her head and puffed out her chest.
'Not supposed to be a psychic type.
I am just going to ignore this and move on.
Seeing a real Pokemon is better than expected.
Now I just have to touch her so I can see what I can observe on her status.'
Mikail stretched his arms towards Pidgeot and said to his mother.
"Mama touch Pidgi."
"Ok, let's ask Pidgeot if she is ok with you touching her."
Turning towards Pidgeot Arya began talking to her.
"Skye you have already been introduced to Edwards and my son.
You heard him.
Would you be alright with him touching you for a bit?
If you don't want to that's okay as well.
I am sure Agni would have no problem with taking your place."
"Pi. Pidge. Pidgeot."
'I knew from the general knowledge in my head that Pokemon normally infuse the sound they release when they want to talk with a smidge of their energy that contains the intent of what they want to convey.
They are all able to interpret that sound and understand what the other party is trying to say.
For sapient ones, it's in sentences.
For non-sapient ones, it's emotions or pure intent.
The sound they release being their species name seems to be instinctive.
The OG Legendaries or the Creation group probably thought might as well do it like that, while shrugging their shoulders.
Humans also seem to add their energy when we talk, which is why Pokemon have no problem understanding us no matter what language we speak, but nearly all of humanity seems to have lost the ability to do interpret the message instinctively.
Most Trainers manage to regain the ability to understand all or nearly all Pokemon.
Even those that don't, learn to understand their partners.
Anyway back to Pidgeot.
Seeing or in this case hearing is believing.
All I heard her say was her name.
But mom seems to have understood what she said.'
"Thank you, Skye.
She said, no need.
He can touch me if he wants to.
So, Mikael take care not to pull her feathers by accident.
You can stroke her feathers or just touch them but be careful.
It's your first time coming in contact with Pokemon and I don't want you to jerk in surprise or anything like that."
My mother said for both my and Skye's sake, before guiding me in front of Skye and lifting me so that I can reach her wings and chest area.
"Thanks Sky."
As soon as Mikail came in contact with Pidgeots wing, he used his observe ability to check her status.
'Species: Pidgeot
Gender: Female
Type: Flying/Air, Normal/Neutral
Potential: Deep Green
Stage: ?
Genetic variation: ?
Abilities: ?
Talents: ?
Affinities: ?'
Mikail looked surprised by what he saw.
'It seems I always get clear results on the first 3 areas.
I can currently check the potential of anyone at or below stage 5.
The stage area will only show clear results when it is within 4 grades of my and my Pokemon's strength.
So if we are stageless, then only those at the (low) bronze stage and below will be shown, otherwise a "?" is shown.
For the rest of the areas, the other Pokemon has to be weaker than us.
Seeing all those "?" was something I expected.
What I did not expect was for my father to have a Pokemon with Deep Green potential, seeing that he only became a Senior-class trainer.
That is extremely lucky of him.'
"Great.
Skye pretty."
That was all he said and all he had to say.
Skye seemed genuinely happy with his comment.
She proudly lifted her head and radiated an aura that said, naturally.
During this time his father came from the garden to the terrace as well.
He was accompanied by his Growlithe, 2 Butterfrees and a Poliwhirl.
Edward started to introduce the Pokemon to Mikail.
Pointing towards Growlithe he said.
"This is Agni.
Agni this is my son, Mikail.
I know you already saw him before but this is his first seeing all of you.
Please make sure to keep an eye on him and no playing until after he is 2 years old."
"Agni hug."
Mikail wanted to see Agni's status and he always loved the Arcanine-line so being able to hug a Growlithe was a dream come true.
As Agni slowly came to Arya's side, she let Mikail down so that he can reach the Growlithe.
Mikail embraced Agni's neck as soon as he came near enough.
'Awesome.
Pure unadulterated joy is all I feel at the moment.
Let me enjoy this.'
After hugging Agni for a minute or two, Mikail remembered to check the Growlithes status.
'Species: Growlithe
Gender: Male
Type: Fire
Potential: Deep Green
Stage: ?
Genetic variation: ?
Abilities: ?
Talents: ?
Affinities: ?'
Mikail was shocked.
Being shocked could be called an understatement.
The deep green potential of Growlithe had a few light blue streaks running through it.
'First a deep green potential Pidgeot and now a deep green potential Growlithe that seems to be about to upgrade it's potential to light blue.
Just how has my father managed to accomplish that, and why is he just a Senior-class trainer?
Is it that hard to rank up, or is there another reason why his class is not higher?
According to the list, I have on rarity by potential (at birth) obtaining Pokemon with potential like that is hard.
The percentage differs from Pokemon species to species, but it aims at the whole species.
All Pokemon of the species living on the 4 continents are considered, the Pokemon outside of them are irrelevant.
Red: 10-70%, 10-70 out of 100.
Orange: 10-50%, 10-50 out of 100.
Yellow: 1-40%, 1-40 out of 100.
Green: 0.001-5%, 1 out of 100.000 - 5 out of 100.
Blue: 0.0001-0.01%, 1 out of 1.000.000 - 1 out of 10.000.
Purple: 0.000001-0.0001%, 1 out of 100.000.000 - 1 out of 1.000.000
Now looking at this green potential may not seem that rare, but that's only because one forgets that the deeper the color the rarer.
One of the examples I have, as part of my knowledge, explaining this list is on the Arcanine-line.
Red: 30%, 30 out of 100.
Orange: 35%, 35 out of 100.
Yellow: 34.8949%, 35 (34.8949) out of 100.
Green: 0.1%, 1 out of 1.000.
Blue: 0.005%, 5 out of 100.000, 1 out of 20.000.
Purple: 0.0001%, 1 out of 1.000.000.
I keep getting sidetracked.
To keep it short, my dad is a lucky guy.
Now let's see how the others look.'
Mikail reluctantly let go of Agni.
Edward and Arya were amused by their son's behavior.
Arya continued the introduction.
"These two are Cyan and Emerald."
While pointing at the Butterfrees.
She took him into her arms so that he can reach the fluttering Pokemon.
"Hello."
Came from Mikail before he proceeded to touch both.
First his father's Butterfree, Cyan, and then his mother's Butterfree, Emerald.
'Species: Butterfree
Gender: Male
Type: Bug, Flying/Air
Potential: Light Yellow
Stage: ?
Genetic variation: ?
Abilities: ?
Talents: ?
Affinities: ?'
Mikail seemed relieved after touching Cyan and seeing his status.
'Thank Celebi, light yellow potential.
For a moment I started to think my father is a hidden plot character-type person.
Not to say that it would not be cool or anything if he was, but it was so out the range of my expectations that it shocked me.
Let's see the status of mothers Butterfree.
Species: Butterfree
Gender: Female
Type: Bug, Flying/Air
Potential: Light Green
Stage: ?
Genetic variation: ?
Abilities: ?
Talents: ?
Affinities: ?'
Mikail was surprised by what he saw but composed himself fairly quickly.
Meanwhile, his parents and their Pokemon we're enjoying the show Mikail, with his reactions and facial expressions, put on.
'Oh, common.
Are you for real?
A light green potential Butterfree.
Do I really have hidden plot character type parents?
Is that Poliwhirl going to have green potential as well?
Those are supposed to be rare.
Let's just check the last status and relax afterwards.'
A short time later, Mikail signaled his mother, by patting her arms and pointing at Poliwhirl, that he wanted to go to there.
"That's Rivers one of my partners."
His mother told him after letting him down and guiding him to Poliwhirl.
Mikail touched Rivers belly, which felt slightly wet, and checked it's status.
'Species: Poliwhirl
Gender: Male
Type: Water
Potential: Deep Green
Stage: ?
Genetic variation: ?
Abilities: ?
Talents: ?
Affinities: ?
Deep Green.
How do my parents not have higher trainer classes?
You know what I give up.
Let's just enjoy being on the terrace surrounded by Pokemon and my parents, before I have to go to sleep.
No matter how great I am, my body is that of a toddler and needs it's sleep.'
Mikail and his parents stayed on the terrace for another hour before they went inside and Arya put him on his bed.
Mikail, whose fatigue caught up, fell asleep right away.
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