7 Growth

Roy returns to the room with a Ditto in his hands and Riolu and Ralts walking next to him.

Placing Ditto on the bed, he picks up Riolu and Ralts to place next to it. "You guys wait a moment, I'm going to make your food for you."

"Rio rio" "Ditto!" The three begin to celebrate by running around the bed.

Shaking his head, he takes out the three bottles to make the rainbow smoothie. Using the last three rainbow cubes, he hands the bottle to the three little guys.

"Enjoy." Looking at them drink, a smile forms on his face.

Sitting on the bed he looks at his phone and sees that he has a message from Meghan.

-Hey, what pokemon hatched from your egg? I tried going to your house with Charles to show off my adorable Bounsweet and Buneary but I guess you weren't home.

Seeing this he thinks for a moment before responding.

-Sorry, I went out to do some research and prepare for my outing in a few days. My egg hasn't hatched yet, but it should be soon.

After sending the message he prepares to put the phone down as the three little guys have already fallen asleep but a new message comes.

-Ah, that's too bad. Charles's egg hatched into a male Nidoran. Its evolution Nidorino is a pretty good first pokemon, but he's pretty bummed out. I tried to tell him if you can poison a pokemon you can take out Pokemon a lot stronger than it.

"What? Good first pokemon? Nidoking has a racial of 505!" The moment the words leave his mouth, he pauses and looks at the message again. 

"She only mentions Nidorino, has Nidoking not been discovered?"

Switching to the internet he begins searching for info on evolution stones.

A few minutes later he places the phone down on the dresser and lays down next to his sleeping pokemon. From what he saw online, so far only the fire, water, thunder, and leaf stones have been discovered and they are extremely rare.

While it's been found that stones can be used by pokemon to make them evolve like Vulpix and Nuzleaf, that's it. 

Fire-type Pokemon are able to absorb the energy in fire stones to increase their strength, proving his guess to be right.

The downside is no one will use a precious stone that can make their pokemon stronger on a pokemon everyone thinks is weak like Eevee.

"Thirty years isn't enough time to unravel the mysteries of Pokemon. Researchers may be more focused on researching the tech from Secret Realms than the Pokemon themselves. To them, rebuilding society is more important right now. The frontier cities were rushed up in a little more than ten years and the researchers had to play a big part." Tapping his lips with his finger, the corners of his lips begin to curl.

Thinking about the plagiarised research results he can release in the future, his eyes become heavy and the exhaustion sits in. Closing his eyes he falls asleep.

The next morning, he is once again awoken by Ralts poking him in the face. The first thing he notices when he opens his eyes is Ralts has finally grown to her standard size.

"Ralts, have you entered the growth stage from the juvenile period?" Sitting up quickly, he picks up Ralts and feels the increased weight from yesterday.

"Ral?" [Huh?] Ralts tilts her head to the side and thinks for a moment.

At the same time her voice leaves her mouth, a thought is passed directly into his mind. After dealing with the system, he knows Ralts just sent a telepathic message into his head.

Roy can't control his excitement when he notices that she can use her Telepathy ability easier than yesterday. "Hahaha, my little Ralts has grown up!" Hugging Ralts to his chest he laughs out loud and wakes up Riolu and Ditto.

"Rio rio!" "Ditto!" Riolu wakes up shaking his arms and Ditto is confused by the noise.

Placing down Ralts, he looks at his other two pokemon. Riolu has entered the growth period as well but Ditto was born a few hours later and hasn't arrived yet.

Now, Ditto is about half the size of Ralts.

Looking at Riolu and Ralts he can tell they are a little bit bigger than average, especially Riolu due to training his body a little during the juvenile period. Combined with the rainbow blocks they have all the nutrients they need.

Rubbing Riolu's fur and Ralts hair he notices that it feels softer and smoother than before. "It seems like the blocks have succeeded in increasing your strength and outer appearance."

"Ditto!" Ditto slides over and looks at Roy.

Smiling slightly, he pokes Ditto in the stomach and watches it jiggle.

"Let's go to the base to have breakfast in a bit." Getting out of bed he begins changing his clothes.

After fastening the belt with three pokeballs, he opens the rift. Going inside the first thing he notices is the berry trees are fully grown with berries hanging on the branches.

Turning his head and seeing that everyone has arrived, he leads them towards the trees. Holding out his hand a large box appears.

"Riolu, Ditto help me carry the boxes." Handing a box to Riolu, he watches Ditto grow in size and turn into an over two-foot-tall Riolu.

"Rio" Ditto walks forward and holds out its hands.

Taking out another box he gives it to Ditto and begins picking and watering the berry trees.

After spending a few minutes, he has between 22-28 of each berry. Taking ten of each berry into the system backpack, he leaves the two boxes and heads to the kitchen area.

As Roy takes out the Berry Blender, the Pokemon jump onto the table to see what he is doing.

Taking four of each berry, he begins placing them into the blender and making pokeblocks. After a few seconds, the first four are created, to his surprise, one of them came out with rainbow flakes inside the block.

"Did my luck explode and a pokeblock plus come out?" Thinking for a moment, he takes out a bottle and makes a rainbow smoothie with the pokeblock plus. Along with its usual rainbow color, it has sparkling flakes floating inside.

"Ditto you haven't entered the growth phase yet and nutrients are important, drink this." Placing the bottle in front of Ditto his eyes squint happily.

"Rio rio!" Ditto changes out of his Riolu form and begins drinking from the bottle.

Taking two cubes he hands one to Ralts and Riolu. "Try this, you should have no trouble eating solid food now."

Taking the cube from Roy, they look at it curiously for a moment. Riolu takes a nibble first and his eyes light up. "Rio rio rio!" Munching on the cube it soon disappears in his paws.

Seeing Riolu eat it, Ralts decides to try. [Good!] Ralts doesn't speak, but her voice is projected into everyone's mind while she eats.

Seeing Riolu finish, he gives him another cube while he begins making more. After making all of them, he has 34 blocks total in his case. Seeing this, he can't help but glance at his Pokemon.

Riolu ate three before he was full and Ralts ate two. "Raising a Pokemon on pokeblocks is expensive, 34 blocks won't even last two days." Shaking his head he puts away the blender and case before leading his Pokemon to a clearing.

"Riolu, Ralts now is the most important period of your training so no slacking off. We shall start off with a morning run. Ditto, Transform into Riolu and try to keep up" Turning around he begins running.

Seeing this, the three pokemon chase after Him. Due to the pace, all three are able to keep up. After running eight laps, Ralts sits down exhausted.

"Ralts move to the side and begin meditating with Calm Mind." Turning his head he yells towards Ralts who is getting further behind.

Ralts moves to the side and closes her eyes. A blue film noticeable thicker than the day before covers her body.

After four more laps, Ditto can no longer run and collapses off to the side. "Ditto, Transform into Ralts and meditate with Calm Mind as well."

"Ditto!" Ditto takes a few deep breaths in the form of Riolu before a pink glow surrounds it and turns into Ralts. Sitting down, it tries to meditate but takes a moment before a small blue film appears.

With Ditto and Ralts gone, Roy bites his teeth and speeds up.

"Rio!" Seeing Roy moving ahead, he quickly runs faster until he is right next to Roy.

The two move faster and faster until Roy slows down after two more laps. Bending over and gasping for air he looks at Riolu who is only breathing heavily. "Riolu, use Bulk Up and continue running with Quick Attack until you get tired."

"Rio." Nodding his head, he turns around and begins running. Suddenly, his muscles begin to twitch, and his speed increases by half.

"He still can't double his speed, but it's a start." Taking a few deep breaths he walks towards the kitchen area.

While making himself breakfast, he watches Riolu tier out after running three more laps. "Riolu, Ralts, Ditto come drink some water."

Placing three glasses of water on a table he sits down and begins eating. "Ok guys, the second step of training will be different today. I'm going to take Ditto shopping but you two will remain here."

Finishing his food, he walks towards the clearing and begins setting up all the targets in different places. "Ralts I want you to use Calm Mind and practice using Disarming Voice. When you feel tired you can take a break."

"Ral" Ralts nods her head and moves off to the side.

"Riolu, we are going to practice the basics of fighting. Ditto I need your help translating so he can better understand."

"Ralt ral" Ditto nods and follows Roy and Riolu.

"Raaa." Small pink circles fly from Ralts's mouth towards the target but don't get very far before dissipating.

"Riolu, fighting has many different angles of attack. They are punch, palm, chops, elbows, knees, and kicks. Follow me." Turning towards Ditto it translates to Riolu in real-time.

"Rio rio." Nodding his head he moves to the side of Roy.

"First is a straight punch." Planting his feet on the ground he throws out a straight punch while twisting his hips. "It looks simple, but remember when you throw a punch the power comes from your whole body. Set your feet and push the energy up. As your hips twist you transfer the power into your shoulder while your arm is punching out."

Looking down and seeing Riolu copy him he begins pointing out the details. "Fighting isn't about brute force, but the transfer of energy. You have a special aura in your body and this is even more important for you to understand. Using your own power will tier you out, so try to borrow energy from the ground or even your opponent."

Taking a step back with his right leg he throws out a straight punch with his left hand. "Never stay in the same spot while fighting because it will make you a target and throw off your offense." Taking steps forward he alternates throwing out straight punches. "If you step forward while attacking, your opponent can't escape your onslaught. If you stride to the side you have a wider area to attack and prevent your opponent from responding."

Riolu watches and listens to Ditto's translations carefully while trying to imitate Roy's movements.

Roy spends an hour explaining the principles of palm strikes, chops, and kicks he saw on the internet and games in his last life. Seeing that he's learned the basics, he moves over to Ralts with Ditto who is meditating with a blue glow.