Effect: The Next Generation [✔️]

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2 Days Later
Late in the Evening

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It's been two days since we landed on Bilore, and there's no telling when we're going to depart. In that time, it gave DAWN and Pentagon time to reunite with each other.

Apparently, DAWN used to be a member of their group, where he was once known as E'Dawn. But once their fans found out that he and HyunA were dating, things didn't turn out the way that they all hoped.

Their fans became enraged that he kept their relationship a secret, and inevitably lost trust in him. They insisted that he be kicked out of their group, and since DAWN didn't want his team to receive any backlash and lose supporters, he took it upon himself to quit the group.

Even though he didn't want to, he forced himself to go solo. But he wasn't alone. HyunA decided to join him and they became a duo. However, nobody on Aerus wanted anything to do with them.

Eventually, they found themselves here on Bilore, where they worked their way up to becoming the planet's most beloved heroes. They used some of their earnings to build their temple within the planet's enormous crater, and have lived here ever since.

They agreed to let us stay here for a couple days to rest, since they have an insane amount of spare rooms. They're usually used to give the residents of the planet hospitality wherever there's a great amount of trouble. But this time, they were used to give hospitality to our ever growing team. However, it's getting closer to the time of our departure with DAWN and HyunA.

So before we leave, I'm taking this chance to give my dear friend something special. I just know that he's going to love it~.

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"Hey Bambi~!"

"H-Huh?! Oh~. What's up hyung??"

Sungchan was a bit startled, but he seemed happy to see me.

"Follow me really quick. I wanna show you something~"

I held my hand out to him, and he almost immediately took it.

I led him down a few floors into one of the temple's empty dojos, so that I could speak to him in private.

"I've been working hard on something for you Sungchan. I have a present for you~. Well, actually nine presents~"

"Huh??! Nine??! But what for??!"

He exclaimed, shocked that I made so many gifts for him.

"No special reason~. Thank you so much for being my best friend, even after we were transported to Ethora~"

I happily thanked him, and handed him a decorated box.

Sungchan closely examined the box, admiring the design it.

"Come on, open it~"

He silently turned it back around to the front, and slowly cracked it open a bit.

When he got a peak of what was inside, he became shocked, and quickly opened it to be sure that he knew what he was seeing.

Inside of the box were nine Pokéballs, containing nine Pokémon that I built for him.

"Hurry and release them~. I want you to see which ones you got~"

I eagerly persuaded him.

Sungchan quickly took all of the balls out of the box and held them in his hands. He seemed a bit nervous at first, but he then tossed them into the air and all nine Pokémon came out.

The Pokémon that I gifted him were Arcanine, Sceptile, Dusknoir, Volcarona, Scizor, Salamence, Machamp, Mewtwo, and Pikachu.

But they weren't just any random Pokémon that I made for him. These nine are Sungchan's favorite Pokémon~.

"I built each and every one of them from scratch during my free time, after making sure you weren't around of course. I made them special for you, so that we could be Pokémon Partners~"

"Hyung..., I feel kinda bad... I don't know the first thing about being a Pokémon Trainer..."

"And that's ok~! I can help you with that easily since that's my specialty, and we can train together any time we have the chance~"

I could see the sparkles and excitement in his eyes, no matter how hard he tried to stay calm and collected.

"Hyung... I-"

'Listen up everyone! We're about to head out now! Our next destination is the Isolla Strip, which will take about a day to get to! We're leaving at midnight, which is in a few minutes, so please hurry back to the ships!'

Before Sungchan could say anything else, Jisung telepathically informed us about our departure for The Isolla Strip.

Sungchan quietly returned his Pokémon to their balls, and returned the balls to their box.

"I'll craft a belt for you to holster your Pokéballs in. That way it'll be easier to use them in battles~"

I happily informed him.

I proceeded to walk off, but Sungchan stopped me by grabbing my wrist.

"What's wrong Sungchan??"

When I turned around to face him, I could see a small blush on his face despite him holding his head down a bit.

"I... Thank you hyung... I really love them.."

He quietly thanked me, timidly avoiding eye contact.

I smiled and held his hand as I led him back to the ship. He really is fun to be around. I really like him a lot~.

"You're welcome Bambi~"