Conclusion of the first battle!

In the backyard of Aeron's house,

Aeron and Gallade were standing opposite each other as Gallade's sharp blade-like elbows began to shine in white normal-type energy.

Similarly, Aeron too was emitting a bluish-white aura from his whole body as from his forehead a reddish pink horn began to emerge.

After staring at each other for what felt like hours Aeron took the initiative to attack as his aura molded around his hand like a blade as gallade too followed suit and attacked using the move 'Slash'

"Clang~"

Clashing in the middle of the open ground, Aeron sidestepped past Gallade as he created some distance between them.

Looking at his almost ruined aura sword, Aeron had a good estimate of his opponent's strength.

"Aside from the dangerous edge, the move amplified Gallade's speed and strength to another level."

Deciding to go all out, Aeron focused his aura to protect himself as he stomped the earth and created a dust cloud using earth bending to hide in.

Now Gallade being psychic type naturally has psychic senses which makes the dust cloud ineffective however Aeron cleverly used his dark element bending to cloak himself and utilized the skill of camouflage to deceive Gallades senses.

Sneaking behind him I prepared for using assassination techniques to get a critical hit however somehow gallade was able to sense me as he used teleport to instantly arrive in front of me and used fury cutter to attack multiple times at the same time.

"How?!"

I couldn't even react before my survival instinct took over and the horn on my head let out a dazzling light due to the effect of psy focus skill as I blasted pure psychic force to the ground that took me to the air.

Gallade too wasn't fazed by my outburst as a sign of his experience. he calmly used a psy beam as it sped toward me cutting the air in its path.

Seeing no avenue of escape Aeron's horn turned pitch black from its initial reddish pink color as he fired a beam of dark energy towards the incoming attack.

As psychic type attacks don't affect the dark type, the psy beam parted to create a magnificent light show of reddish pink and black.

Before Aeron could extract his attention from the light show Gallade again teleported near him as he chokehold him and used seismic toss to finish the battle. Aeron was unscathed only because Gardevoir protected him. Still, he lost consciousness because the psychic outburst took a lot out of his mind.

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Opening his eyes after a long nap Aeron took in his surroundings as he realized he was in his bed while Meloetta was sleeping on his right with clear water stains in her eyes. Meanwhile, Ralts was on his left holding his hand in her embrace as she buried her head in his shoulder.

Looking at their state Aeron could feel how worried they were about him. It filled him with guilt as he only now realized how his actions can affect his Pokemons.

The bond between a human and a Pokemon is more than a link that benefits both parties.

Without great compatibility, trust, and affection a bond cannot be formed.

Aeron understood it. However, he didn't comprehend what it meant until now.

"Our mutual feelings make the bond between us. As much as I care about them, they too share similar feelings."

This was stupidity on his part as he didn't consider his pokemons feelings before fighting recklessly. However, this was all new to him as he had no prior experience in emotional matters.

Even his bond with his pokemons is not something natural.

"Now that I think about it, according to the knowledge I got from the dragon trio the bond between trainer and Pokemon is rare even among the top Pokemon trainers. However, the moment Mel came out of her egg we bonded with each other naturally. It must be the dragon trio's doing. Furthermore, my bond with Ralts is too one-sided. Sure I hold affection for her and after interacting with her this past year I can completely trust her however from the start our bond was held up by Ralts alone as she did whatever I told her, she changed herself based on my needs and wants. The advancement in our bond was also all because of her."

Looking at the two Pokemon sleeping on his sides Aeron realized his mistake.

" They are not just my pokemon but also my family in this world. This whole time my thoughts were centered around "me" whereas Mel and Ralts thoughts were centered around "we". Pretty selfish of me now that I think about it. However, I promise to change that and consider my pokemons before making any decision."

While Aeron was deep in thought Meloetta woke up and saw Aeron looking at them too lost in his thoughts to notice her awakening.

"Mel! Meloetta!"

Seeing Aeron was fine and awoke Meloetta loudly cried out as she pounced on Aeron with tears in her eyes.

Hearing the commotion, Ralts too woke up as tears stained her cheeks the moment she saw Aeron awoke.

"Sorry for worrying you girls."

Seeing them cry Aeron hurriedly apologized and hugged them to his chest.

"Meloetta!"

"Ralts!"

In their mess of a state, Aeron couldn't understand their incognizable words and only heard them pokespeaking.

Deciding to let them vent their emotion first Aeron just hugged them as for some time only the cry of the two pokemons could be heard in the room.

Calming down after some time Ralts was the first to separate from Aeron as she said while pounding Aeron's chest,

"Ralts…Ra..Ralts..Ralts!" ( Why do you have to be so reckless?! What if something happened to you?! You could have got fatally injured if not for mama interfering!)

Meloetta too separated from him as she held his arm with tears in her eyes and said,

"Mel! Meloetta!" (please don't ever do that! Mel was scared!)

It hurt Aeron to see them crying like this. It hurt more knowing he was the reason for their tears.

Patting them both on the head he tried his best to placate them apologizing over and over again.

Meanwhile, Gallade and Gardevoir were standing in front of their room listening to them with a smile.

"They are still children. It is good for them to make mistakes and learn from them now rather than later."

Gallade said with a few bruises on his body.

"Shut up!"

Glaring at Gallade, Gardevoir entered the room after they all calmed down.

Seeing Gallade and Gardevoir enter the room Ralts and Meloetta separated from Aeron and sat down.

After coming toward them Gardevoir elbowed Gallade as he came forward.

"I apologize for almost hurting you badly."

"Now let's talk about my evaluation of you. You're incredibly talented in martial arts and fighting in general. I have heard of your training under different pokemons before and honestly, I thought you were wasting your time trying to master different techniques rather than focusing on one. However, you have shown me astonishing mastery of various techniques and almost beat me in martial combat, and your monstrous combat sense fooled me into believing that you are a great combatant. Your aura, psychic and bending talents are monstrous.

Even if you are god blessed, seeing a young child having such powers is ridiculous. Your only flaw is you don't have real combat experience and in danger reacted uncontrollably."

Aeron too agreed with him as he knew of his blunder. Honestly, he doesn't mind his flaw as it only means one more thing to grind, however, it was an important battle to impress Ralts parents, and he wanted to do his best.

" I didn't even use my aura, psychic and bending skills properly before exploding. I wonder if they will deny Ralts from being my Pokemon."

"Not like that will stop me. Ralts is my pokemon and I will not let anyone take her from me even if it's her parents."

While Aeron was feeling nervous Gallade after pausing to let Aeron sort out his thoughts finally smiled and said,

" I'm impressed. Don't let a single mistake discourage you. You are a little monster that I can hand my baby daughter to. However, to compensate for your lack of experience I registered your name for the upcoming war."

"Ralts!"

"Meloetta!"

Hearing they are participating in the war Ralts and Meloetta let out voices of protest as they had heard about the cruelty of war.

"You will soon leave this town to venture into the vast world outside. It is high time all of you grow up and experience the cruel side of the world so that you can guard yourself against them in the future."

This time gardevoir said to them in a strict tone as she doesn't want them to go outside without knowing the dangers of the world.

"Don't worry. Aeron can easily beat anyone from early tier 2 and you will be in the tier 1 zone. This battle will be no danger to you. However, don't let your guard down for a single second because you don't know what can happen on the battlefield."

Gallade added after Gardevoir sees the three of them in a tense state.

Judging it beneficial for them Aeron didn't raise any more protests.

"By the way, how long have I been asleep?"

Hearing his question Gallade smirked as he said,

"Two days. That means you have one day before the war starts."

"What?!!"

Aeron was not mentally prepared to fight a war one day later.