Paradise Pokeball System

Vol. 2 Chapter 38: Breakfast Distractions

Iono and I appeared outside of Joy's Poke-center-shaped house, but so did Grusha, Nemona, and Lusamine. I looked over at them and then the girls all smiled at me, but this felt almost like a setup.

"So, you got your core now? Did you get your Super Rare Candy yet?" Nemona asked as her body became a galactic background and her clothing burned off to re as if in challenge to Iono still being in her skin.

Iono poked me and said. "Not yet. I just got the skin, so I haven't got to fully test everything out yet. Why? You wanna go?" Iono challenged, and Nemona's eyes burst with purple blue, and red flames.

"You know it! Let's go to my place right now, or Joy will burn our meals for the next month!" Nemona cheered, and I just rolled my eyes as the two vanished.

"How are you feeling?" Lusamine asked after she and Grusha walked over to join me.

"Physically? I am great. Mentally? Exhausted. These last few days have been even a lot, so I am just glad to be able to go out and battle some Pokémon today," I said, but then smiled at both women. "Not that I didn't enjoy my time yesterday."

Lusamine blushed and looked away, but Grusha only smiled and then gestured to Joy's house. "I am sure that you are hungry after everything, right?"

I laughed and the three of us headed inside where Joy was cooking and Dulse sitting at the table on his phone, but he also had a digital tablet that he was sketching on with a stylist. I walked over and kissed Joy's cheek, saying good morning, and then I went over to join Dulse at the table.

"How are things going with your shop? I had been meaning to come see you, but I have been pretty busy," I said, not getting a better look at the drawing on the tablet. It was a rough sketch of Popsicle, my Pawmi, but she was wearing a stylish body suit that had way more detail than Popsicle, so I pointed to it. "Is this a battle outfit idea?"

Dulse jumped slightly and looked up, then sighed. "You startled me. I was too focused. This is just an idea for her. This is my design, but I am not sure about the coloration yet, so I was working on some different styles for her. I was planning on designing suits for all your battling Pokémon, but I was going to wait until I had some designs. Since their more human bodies seem to be your biggest hurdle when having them fight, I am trying to make the suits look more powerful than appealing. Still, you have to admit it is hard with you girls."

I laughed at his last comment but then nodded my head. There was no denying that my girls' curvy bodies and accented features were the main reason I was so worried about having them battle. Even though I thought they were too cute to fight, the girls still wanted to battle, so what Dulse was doing was perfectly in line with what I wanted.

"I agree with you, and I would love it if you could do this for the girls, but I have a request first. I plan on catching four more Pokémon over the next two days and then battle with them after that. If you could work on them as soon as I catch them, that would be great," I explained, and Dulse nodded thoughtfully.

"Normally, if I were still a normal man, and in the normal world, I would have to tell you something like that is impossible. Though, neither is the same in this world, so I think that I will be able to fulfill your request. However, I will have to get you to bring the girls by after you catch them so I can scan their forms. The clothing shop lets me scan my customers so I can perfectly fit them into whatever clothing they would like," Dulse explained with a smirk, pushing aside the curled purple hair that hung down the center of his forehead.

"That would be wonderful, thank you."

I had been so focused on our conversation that I had almost forgotten about Lusamine and Grusha until Grusha cleared her throat and said, "If you don't mind me asking, where did Iono and Nemona run off to?"

I sighed, and said, "They were challenging each other to a Pokémon battle at Nemona's stadium. You can go there as well and practice with your new Ice Queen Skin."

"Ah, I see. Well, then, I might just do that. I had a lot of fun after you left, but it would be nice to practice against others... This is so strange considering I have trained Pokémon for a good portion of my life, and now I am the Pokémon," Grusha chuckled, and I couldn't help but smile.

"I don't know if we can be considered Pokémon, but I guess we share the same abilities now," I laughed, and Lusamine rolled her eyes.

"How can you say we aren't Pokémon? We are in a Poke Ball, we can transform and use abilities like Pokémon, and we don't even poop anymore!" Lusamine complained, but more jokingly than anything, but the last part made Grusha's eyes go big.

"Really? I was wondering why I haven't had to use the bathroom since last night... That's strange," Grusha mused, and Lusamine shrugged.

"We still have to eat. I have to keep protein bars with me when I am training with Nemona. She is even worse than me, and just goes into her fridge to put out a meal big enough for five people, and then eats it all like a snack!" Lusamine complained, and Dulse just shook his head.

"You are all just eating like you should. When you are a Pokémon, your metabolism is much higher than a human, and you require more energy and nutrients to maintain yourself. So, you are eating the right amount of food. Just remember that, like Pokémon, your body uses your energy like a power source for their moves," he explained, and all the girls' eyes went big.

"Wait... so does that mean that we should eat lots every day to keep our energy levels up?!" Joy asked, and Dulse nodded.

"Not if you are not using it for moves. If you are just doing everyday functions like you do, Joy, then you can just eat normally," Dulse explained, and I turned to Joy, just realizing something.

"Joy? You have a core, right? You were my first, so you must have some ability, right?" I asked, and Joy smiled as she brought me over a plate of eggs and bacon, with a large stack of pancakes.

"Of course, I do! Here, eat this, and then you can see it!" Joy said, and the smell of the food distracted me. It was all so good, and I was starving, so I quickly started eating the meal that she had prepared for me.

As I ate, I couldn't help but notice how Grusha's face was turning redder the longer she watched me. After I swallowed the last bite, she let out a loud sigh, and said, "Oh, that was good! Now, what is your power?"

"Since you are never around when anyone returns injured, you have never needed to see it, but I can heal almost any injury. I had wondered why I would always get hungry after, but it all makes sense now," Joy giggled, and Grusha seemed surprised.

"That is an amazing ability. With your skills, you could become a wonderful doctor. I have had many wounds healed by a wonderful nurse, but her ability was limited. Your's doesn't sound like it is," Grusha explained, and Joy bowed.

"Thank you, that is a very nice compliment," Joy said, and then smiled. "But, my home is here, with Landon."

After that, Gursha left, and Lusamine ended up following her, leaving Dulse and Joy. I was about to get up, but Joy's bedroom door opened up, and a yawning Jolene walked out in loose pink shorts and a white spaghetti strap halter top with one of the straps hanging off her shoulder.

"And that is my cue to leave," Dulse said and closed his eyes to vanish with his phone and tablet.

"Oh? I scared him off?" Jolene asked with a sheepish grin as she came over and hugged and kissed me. "It has been so long since I had a sleepover at another woman's house. Tulip would have enjoyed staying up all night with us talking. Make me feel like I was a kid again!"

I returned the kiss and then laughed at her explanation. "I am glad that you girls get along so well. It's nice to see that Lusamine is getting involved with the other girls as well."

"Everything comes with time, and Joy is great. She feels like a sister that I never had, right Joy?" Jolene laughed and leaned over me to smile at Joy.

"Right! I had always wanted a sister. It is a nice family we are creating," Joy said from behind me, and I pushed away from Jolene with a smile.

"I agree, but I have to get out of here or I am never going to get anything done! Okay, you women have a great day! I have some Pokémon to catch!"