Reincarnated in a Pokémon world

13. Sylveon

Lyon waited for the pain to come when he caught a glimpse of a flashing pink light through his eyelids. As he was surprised, Lyon raised his head to look at the source. Been standing there in front of Ariados was a quadruped, mammalian Pokémon covered with pale cream-colored fur with pink feet, ears, and tail. It had light blue eyes, long ears with blue interiors and thicker fur, a tiny nose, and two stray tufts of fur on top of its head. There were two bows on its body: one at the base of its left ear and one on its neck. Each bow was pale cream with a pink center and trails a pair of ribbon-like feelers. The feelers were pale cream with light blue tips. Before the tip of each feeler was pink and then a dark blue stripe. It had slender legs with small, three-toed paws and a fluffy, slightly curved tail.

- Sylveon?

Lyon was a bit surprised when Sylveon appeared. From what he knew, it was one of Eevee's final forms, the others being Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon and Glaceon. Lyon could also feel a kind of familiar aura from Sylveon and it suddenly dawned on him. Had Eevee been evolved?

- Is that you, Eevee?

Heard what he said, Sylveon responded with a bark without turning its body around. This much was already enough to confirm his thought. Lyon knew Eevee had been way too strong for a normal Eevee and soon was going to evolve anyway. He had also been pondering which form should Eevee evolve into. He didn't have any kinds of evolutionary stones or specific items for Eevee's evolution so Lyon expected it would evolve into Espeon, Umbreon or Sylveon. They all needed high friendship for their evolutions. Eevee could evolve into Espeon when leveled up during the daytime or with a Sun Shard, into Umbreon during the nighttime or with a Moon Shard or into Sylveon when leveled up with a Fairy-type move.

Now there was no need to think anymore when Lyon saw Sylveon standing in front of his eyes. Yup, Eevee had decided by itself already. Well, it's not a bad choice so normally he wouldn't complain. But in this dire situation, it's the worst choice. Fairy-type moves weren't effective against Ariados while it could use Poison-type moves which were super effective against Sylveon. This put them at a disadvantage.

The long quiet tension came to an end. They both jumped at each other and started throwing different moves. Lyon wanted to instruct Sylveon how to fight but quickly and sadly realized that it's a bit hard for him to follow. It had also been a tough work for him to order those Pokémons earlier. A harsh cold reality poured on his head. He didn't have what it took to participate in this battle. The only thing he could do was looking and praying Sylveon would win the battle.

Ariados used Poison Jab. Its white horn glowed purple while it started charging towards Sylveon. As the danger drew near, Sylveon immediately dodged and counterattacked. Sylveon opened its mouth and released a beam of purple hearts in a loud shrieking voice, hitting the opponent. But Ariados didn't seem to take much damage from Disarming Voice. Realized that Sylveon should change its fighting style, Lyon shouted to Sylveon a brief instruction.

- Ariados is weak to Psychic and Fire-type moves. Fairy-type moves won't work against it. Use Glitzy Glow and Sizzly Slide.

Heard what Lyon was saying, Sylveon immediately used Sizzly Slide, cloaked itself in fire and slammed into the opponent, burned the Spider Web Ariados had released earlier along the way. This time Ariados let out a loud shriek. Lyon had to cover his ears to prevent them from being ruptured.

Mad at being burned, Ariados raised its two front legs above its head and they started to glow purple. Ariados then slashed Sylveon in an X formation. Had already predicted the opponent move, Sylveon jumped to the side which caused Ariados's Cross Poison missed the target and hit a boulder. It exploded and sent shards flying in all directions.

And, yeah, Lyon who's even dumber than a retard was standing near the boulder. Seeing the coming disaster, he was so ready to become a beehive. Then in the nick of time, Lyon was pulled back by someone, barely avoided the explosion. He looked over his shoulder and recognized that it was Zangoose. Ralts was also standing beside it.

Relieved after retreating to a safe distance, Lyon looked at the two beside him and pondered. Now Ralts was still weak but its Psychic-type moves were definitely useful. Ralts could disturb Ariados from a long distance and Zangoose could act as a guardian. Yup, this would work. The important thing was to help Sylveon even just a bit.

Lyon then told them the plan and also warned them to be extra careful. After all, they're still somewhat weak. Both of them instantly agreed, quickly pulled their weapons out from behind and jumped into the battle. Staring at this scene, Lyon couldn't help but stand stupefied.

He did let them learn to use a weapon but normally it's just a wooden stick. Where the hell did those weapons come from? Ralts was holding a stick of leek. Had Ralts stolen it from some Farfetch'd??? And furthermore, what the hell was that? Zangoose unsheathed a silver sword with a light gray hilt. It's like from the medieval times. Embedded in the hilt was a blue gem with a dark center that appeared to be its eye. Attached to the pommel was a long, dark blue cloth with a swirl design in lighter blue at the tip; the tip of the sash split into four tassels. Its sheath was dark brown with curved lines resembling a triquetra across its surface. Near the top of the sheath were white teeth-like markings and rings with white centers that resembled eyes. A third ring extended onto the hilt and encircled its actual eye.

Yup, no matter how long Lyon staring at the sword wouldn't change the fact that it's a Pokémon. A Pokémon. A freaking Pokémon!!! It's a freaking Honedge! "Zangoose, aren't there something we should talk about first? Where did that come from? Why are you treating it like a normal sword, dude? Stop casually unsheathing a Honedge. It's a freaking Pokémon! And why does it act like a normal sword in your hands?" – No matter how loud Lyon was screaming in his head, he could only watch Ralts and Zangoose calmly went into the battle. Well, couldn't help it. Let's leave these questions for later and focus on the battle.