[Emergence, New Life: Gathered in the forest after the great fire, they chose this moment to emerge from their cocoons. Having witnessed this event firsthand, you have received the gifts they left behind.]
[Gift 1: Extinguish the fire, embrace new life. They have left you a "Fire Stone."]
[Gift 2: The forest, our home. They have left you a "Leaf Stone."]
[Fire Stone: An orange-yellow stone that seems to contain an extremely rich fire energy. It can make certain species of Pokémon evolve.]
[Applicable Pokémon: Vulpix, Growlithe, Eevee, Pansear, Scovillain.]
[Leaf Stone: A stone with a leaf-like pattern that contains an extremely rich grass energy. It can make certain species of Pokémon evolve.]
[Applicable Pokémon: Gloom, Weepinbell, Exeggcute, Eevee, Nuzleaf, Pansage.]
[These are the thoughtful gifts they have given you. They hope you will like them.]
[I will help you all restore this forest to its original state! —Victor]
"Whoa..." Victor gasped internally. Their blessing is this powerful? They're already giving me gifts?
Looking at the two evolution stones in his inventory, he thought, They even gave such precious evolution stones. Does this mean they might give me Mega Stones in the future?
Hiss... terrifyingly awesome.
[...]
[They will give you small gifts filled with their sentiment, within the scope of their abilities.]
Ignoring the text that popped up, Victor led Shana and the others towards the Breeding House.
"Mime~"
Mime Jr. tugged on his pant leg. Victor looked down.
Mime Jr. held its arms open towards him.
Victor laughed, then bent down and lifted it up, letting it sit on his neck. For some reason, it had grown fond of sitting there.
Seeing this, the Vulpix at his feet also began to nudge his pant leg with its small head.
"Yip~"
Victor smiled and picked it up as well. It settled into his arms and began to look curiously at the camera, occasionally batting at it with its paws.
He glanced at the Petilil in Shana's arms and made a funny face at it.
"Lili~" The Petilil made a funny face right back.
"Petilil, you're learning bad habits."
"Lili?"
"You shouldn't always be learning bad habits from Gengar."
Gengar, who was searching for anything that could be brought back and cooked, heard this and turned to look at Victor.
"Gengar?!"
What did I do now?!
The group of people and Pokémon walked towards the Breeding House, laughing and chatting.
Suddenly, Victor's steps faltered.
[Forest and Home: You promised the Pokémon of the forest that you would help them restore it to its original state. Upon completion, there will be a considerable... ?!?!...]
The rest of the text didn't appear. After a moment, the unfinished sentence disappeared, letter by letter, from end to beginning.
"?!"
[Revival and New Life. The hope and rebirth represented by the emergence seems to have attracted a certain traveler of time?]
The text reappeared, but it was a different sentence.
"?!"
And you say you're not updating in real-time!
"But, a traveler of time? Don't tell me it's...?" Victor murmured to himself, then turned and began to search the forest.
"What's wrong, uncle?"
"Gengar?"
...
Shana, Gengar, and the others also stopped and asked him what was wrong.
Victor shook his head. He had looked all around but didn't see anything. He was about to turn and leave.
Just as they turned, a glowing ring appeared behind them.
A small, green sprite emerged from it, looking all around.
"Cele~" an ethereal voice called out.
It looked at the scarred forest and gently closed its eyes. It had heard the cries of anguish as the fire swept through, and it had also heard the cheers of unity after the battle.
"Cele~"
The ethereal voice sounded again. It flew high into the air, paused, and then swooped down towards Victor's group. It then circled around them and began to fly tirelessly through the forest.
It flapped its insect-like wings, and the two small antennae on its forehead twitched rhythmically. Its fingers gently brushed against the burnt trees, and the next second, all the ash in the forest was lifted into the air by the wind and dissipated.
Everywhere it passed, new shoots broke through the earth and grew rapidly. The great trees grew new branches, full of leaves. Flowers, grass, trees—everything began to grow with renewed vitality after it flew by.
Victor and his group watched this scene, completely stunned.
Only after the entire forest had been restored to health did it fly over to Victor, stopping weakly in front of him.
"Cele~" it said, covering its mouth with a small hand to stifle a giggle.
Seeing the adorable Pokémon before him, Victor was stunned for a moment, then broke into a warm smile.
"Hello, Celebi. My name is Victor." (The author notes that both "Celebi" and "Shilabi" are used, but they are using the current Pokédex name.)
[Celebi]
[Type: Psychic, Grass]
[Gender: Genderless]
[Ability: Natural Cure]
[Known Moves: Heal Bell, Magical Leaf, Energy Ball, Ancient Power, Life Dew, Leech Seed, Recover, Future Sight.]
[Mood: Happy]
[Status: Fatigued, Joyful]
[Friendship: 90 (You saved this forest)]
[Introduction: A Pokémon with the power to travel through time. It heard the voice of the forest and came to this time to heal it.]
"Cele~"
Celebi blinked its dark-ringed eyes, its crystal-blue pupils shining brightly as it looked at Victor. It then happily flew a few circles around them.
"Everyone, this is Celebi. It shared its energy with the entire forest and healed it," Victor explained to Shana and the others.
"You're so amazing, Celebi! My name is Shana, and this is my partner, Tinkerbell."
The Chingling on her head swayed its body, letting out a chiming sound.
The sound seemed to restore a bit of Celebi's energy.
"Gengar—"
"Lili~"
"Machoke." x3
...
The Pokémon of the Breeding House also introduced themselves to Celebi.
Seeing Shana, Gengar, and the others introduce themselves, Celebi once again covered its mouth and giggled.
"Cele~"
"Hello, everyone~"
"Celebi, would you like to be a guest at our Breeding House?"
Victor looked at the Celebi. It was tired from sharing its energy with the forest, so he extended an invitation, hoping it would come to the Breeding House to rest.
Celebi looked at Victor for a moment, then nodded.
"Cele~"
"Welcome, Celebi."
"Then let's go back and make a late-night snack to celebrate the beautiful sight we saw tonight, the forest's recovery, and making friends with our adorable Celebi."
"Cele?"
Adorable?
Celebi was a little confused, but then it cried out happily again. It flew straight to Victor's shoulder. Mime Jr., seeing this, moved from his neck to his other shoulder. Celebi covered its mouth and giggled again, then sat on the now-vacant shoulder.
"Mime~"
"Cele~"
"..."
Feeling the heavy weight on his shoulders, Victor took a deep breath.
"Gengar—"
Gengar happily tugged on Victor's sleeve. He turned, and Gengar pointed to a spot. He looked over and saw that a patch of bamboo was standing tall and proud.
"That's wonderful, Gengar."
"Gengar~ (*σ´∀`)σ"
So happy!
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