Mossdeep City, Steven's home.
As soon as Steven entered the door, he received a communication from Rustboro City.
He walked into his treasure vault, gazing at the walls filled with rare Stones, as he pressed his communication device.
A kind, middle-aged male voice came from the other end.
"Steven, what have you been busy with lately? How are the Gym challenges going? I heard you've been traveling back and forth between Mossdeep City and Fallarbor Town recently. Did something happen?"
"Everything is going smoothly," Steven paused, then added, "Father, I met a very interesting person."
"Oh?" Hearing this, President Stone on the other end immediately became interested. "Is it a boy or a girl?"
"It's a boy. He's the owner of a Breeding House."
"A Breeding House?" President Stone also became interested.
Steven hummed in affirmation. "I'm in Mossdeep City right now. For a while, I'll be pausing my Gym challenges. There's something I need to take care of."
Upon hearing this, President Stone became even more curious.
What kind of matter was so important that his son would treat it this way?
However, Steven did not say much. After a brief chat, he ended the communication.
He looked at the wall of Stones in front of him and, without hesitation, packed them all up, preparing to take them all to the Breeding House for Kawaki to research.
*
Three hours after Steven left, the Chingling's egg finally reached its hatching time.
Accompanied by a dazzling flash of light, a small-bodied Pokémon, shaped like a bell with red and white ribbons on its head, appeared before Kawaki, Growlithe, and Bewear.
Kawaki focused his attention, and the information about this Chingling appeared before his eyes.
[Pokémon: Chingling]
[Gender: Female]
[Ability: Levitate]
[Moves: Wrap, Growl]
[Status: Healthy]
[Mood: ️ ️ ️ (◦ ˙ ▽ ˙ ◦)]
[Happiness: 50]
[Affection: 50 (Is this my mom?)]
[Introduction: So happy to be born today! —Chingling.]
Just hatched from its egg, Chingling curiously looked at this new world, and at the human who had taken care of its incubation all this time.
Is this its mom?
"Chimecho~!" Hello, Mom!
Kawaki: "..."
Although newly hatched Pokémon often mistake the first creature they see for their mother...
But the problem was, he was a boy!
Kawaki helplessly massaged his forehead.
Chingling, seeing that its mom seemed to dislike it a little, immediately furrowed its tiny brow, looking somewhat at a loss.
Chingling's Happiness began to drop rapidly.
"Woof! Woof!" Growlithe barked a few times at Chingling.
Kawaki sighed helplessly. Never mind, what's there to say to a child?
"Hello, Chingling. I'm Kawaki. Welcome to our home!"
Seeing that its mom didn't dislike it, but instead was welcoming its arrival, Chingling immediately brightened up. It swayed its body, emitting clear and pleasant bell sounds.
"Chimecho!"
[Chingling's Mood increased, Happiness +60, obtained Chingling's gift: "Growl" TM.]
[TM (Growl): A Normal-type move that makes the opponent hear a cute Growl, distracting them and making them careless, thereby lowering the opponent's Attack. Usages: 9999/9999.]
Kawaki: "..."
Growl, huh...
Although the move was somewhat common, on second thought, this was one of only two moves Chingling knew. To it, this was its most important possession.
Upon their first meeting, Chingling had given away its most important possession.
"I understand, Chingling. I'm also very happy to meet you." Kawaki reached out and stroked Chingling's small head.
This made Chingling even happier. Its Happiness directly reached 100, and it gave the other of its two known moves as a gift.
[Chingling's Mood increased, Happiness +30, obtained Chingling's gift: "Wrap" TM.]
[TM (Wrap): A Normal-type move that attacks the opponent by tightly wrapping them with a long body or vines. Usages: 9999/9999.]
"Alright, little cutie, let's go downstairs and take a look around, get to know our home!" Kawaki said.
"Chimecho!"
Chingling floated beside Kawaki's face, finally landing directly on his shoulder, and went downstairs with them.
Kawaki took Chingling on a tour around the Breeding House, introducing it to the general layout of the Breeding House and the Pokémon living there.
All the Pokémon in the Breeding House warmly welcomed Chingling's arrival.
Whether it was Bewear, Oddish, Growlithe, or the Clefairy.
And Chingling was also very happy with everyone's welcome. It swayed its body, emitting clear bell sounds, greeting everyone in this way.
After playing for a while, Chingling seemed to get tired and landed beside Kawaki, falling soundly asleep.
Just by taking Chingling on a tour, its Affection rose from 50 to 100, and it had completely taken Kawaki as its mom.
Looking at the sleeping Chingling, Kawaki suddenly felt that this Pokémon was actually quite cute.
No wonder Kojiro in the anime liked Chimecho so much.
And for the Breeding House, Chingling happened to serve as a decoration.
When it evolved into Chimecho, it could be hung under the eaves of the Breeding House to act as a wind chime.
If guests visited, it could make clear sounds to welcome them to the Breeding House.
That's good!
*
Kawaki had thought Steven would need a few more days to return to the Breeding House from Mossdeep City.
But he didn't expect that by noon the next day, he saw Steven pushing open the Breeding House door with a large backpack on his back.
"You're back so soon?" Kawaki was very surprised.
Steven nodded. To return to the Breeding House as quickly as possible, he had arranged for his family's helicopter, which was why he was able to return so quickly.
He placed the backpack on the counter, then pulled out a colorful Stone about the size of a basketball from inside.
Kawaki looked down, and the next second, the information about this large Stone appeared in his mind.
[Key Stone Ore: A Stone containing unknown power, capable of allowing Pokémon holding a Mega Stone to Mega Evolve. Unpolished, it seems to be the raw material for making Key Stone Bracelets.]
It was it, indeed!
Then, Steven poured out a collection of small, marble-like spherical Stones with strange patterns embedded inside from his backpack.
Those were precisely the Mega Stones that allowed Pokémon to Mega Evolve!
However, what surprised Kawaki was that Steven had unknowingly collected so many of them; there were at least twenty!
Kawaki's gaze quickly swept over them, and the detailed information of each Stone appeared in his mind one after another.
[Gardevoirite], [Gengarite], [Metagrossite], [Aggronite], [Mawilite], [Alakazamite], [Houndoominite]...
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