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It had been a few weeks since had trained with her dad and with various others in the multiverse, such as Goku, Vegeta, and Beerus.She was exhausted, even after a week long break, she still felt her muscles ache from the strain she put on them. Immortale, ever the kind soul, let her take a break back at her own universe, where she was currently relaxing underneath a tree. It was spring, warm weather, the sounds of other pokemon playing in the tall grass, and the smell of fresh air. She took a deep breath of the fresh air, not wanting to do much of anything as she felt her body melt into the ground below her in a relaxing way. She then heard the sound of a portal opening and her father stepping through, the portal closing behind him.

“So, Gia…” X said after it closed. “I hope you’re feeling a bit better from all that training.”

Gia responds that she is, but wishes her soreness would go away as she gets up and rubs her front left leg where she could still feel a bit of leftover pain. He mentions that it’ll take time to heal and to rest for a bit longer. He mentions that it will help her get stronger.While she rests her sore body, X tells Gia why he is here.

“I have a surprise for you. I’d like to take you on a little adventure, show you some of my friends, does that sound good to you?” asks X.

“Sure…beats doing nothing. Can I say goodbye to my friends first?” asks Gia, getting up on all fours.

“Of course,” X responds happily, knowing how important it is to keep in touch with friends.

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Gia runs off to the usual meeting place, where everyone decides to hang out and play some Pokemon games. Elan looks up from what they’re playing and tackle hugs Gia.

“My father wants me to meet some friends of his,” the female Eevee explained. “So I’m going to be going on a bit of a multiversal road trip for a while. I figured I’d let you guys know ahead of time before I went.”

They all were ok with it, Reme wishing he could go on one someday too while Elan felt like something major was going to happen. The male Eevee made her promise to stay safe with one final hug, and she promised while he hugged back. Water Gun told her “Good luck.” before asking for her to bring back something cool for him.

With the goodbyes said, X picks up Gia and sets her on his shoulder, before focusing his power into a small, rusty ring. The ring expands, becoming larger than X, with a portal opening in the center of the ring. It showed a field of dying grass, with a yellow sky. The scent of blood wafts from the portal, making Gia’s nose scrunch up in disgust. X steps through the ring, and into the strange new world. Once there, the ring closes behind them, and X sets Gia down on the ground. The grass feels rough under Gia, like walking on sandpaper almost. There weren't any sounds of animals to be heard, only the sounds of wind and waves crashing against rocks. It put Gia on edge as she walked through the field, looking up at X, wondering who he was meeting here.

“This place belongs to an old friend of mine, Lord X. He’s a good guy, I think you’ll get along just nicely.”

Gia looks forward again, and spots a strange looking hedgehog, leaning against a tree. She slowly approaches, and the hedgehog turns, facing Gia. They are a bit on the short side, with periwinkle colored fur, black eyes with red X’s for pupils. They smile, their teeth being a dark yellow in color. X waves to them, and they wave back.

“Ah, X, good to see you my friend, what brings you here?” says the hedgehog, whom Gia can only assume is Lord X.

“Good to see you too, I’m taking my daughter Gia on a little adventure. Wanted to introduce her to you first.” says X, motioning to Gia.

Gia waves and introduces herself as the one being talked about. Lord X walks a bit closer, and kneels down to look her in the eyes. He softly laughs, and reaches a gnarled hand out to scratch under Gia’s chin, which she slightly pulls back at.

“No need to worry, I’m just wondering how you’re so…different than your fathers, you mustn’t be born from…normal means, are you?” asks Lord X.

X clears his throat, catching Lord X’s attention.

“Yes, Gia was found as a normal Pokemon egg, which Immortale went and healed. She’s the 2nd oldest child.”

Gia nods to confirm it’s true. Lord X stands up, and stretches a bit.

“So, we’ve been introduced, you need to leave, or do you wish to stay for tea?”

X nods, and looks over into the setting sun.

“That would be nice, you aren’t currently transmitting, are you?”

Lord X shakes his head no.

“Transmitting?” Gia asks mostly to herself aloud. “Transmitting what?”

“No, I’ve gotten a shot, won’t be transmitting any X-12-” Lord X stops, and looks to Gia.

“X-12, a virus that turns people like you, into demons like me.”

“I’ve never heard of it,” She explains.

“Well, both of your fathers have it, lucky son of a gun can’t transmit it, at least not in the normal sense.”

“Is that why I don’t have it?” She asks.

“Your dad said it just a bit ago, you were made from an egg, not through the normal means. So you didn’t get it through genes. I have a kid of my own, made the normal way, and they have it because I have it. Passes down through parents to the kids."

“Oh,” Gia responds, feeling a bit dumb before remembering the tea. “You said something about tea, didn’t you?”

Lord X nods, “That I did…here, I’ll take us there.” Lord X turns away from Gia and X, and begins to walk through the field.

“Come along now, it’s only a few minutes from here on foot.”

X walks behind Lord X, following him through the field, while Gia quickly runs to catch up with them.

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The sun continues to set on the horizon, and it slowly grows darker and darker, with no sight of Lord X’s home anywhere. The sky slowly fades from a dull orange, to a dark red. It’s also getting hard to see, but soon, a large building can be seen in the distance.

“There’s my home, it took a bit longer to get here than I thought…” says Lord X.

“How long does it normally take?” Gia asks curiously.

“It takes about 10, maybe 15 minutes normally for me,” says Lord X. Gia looks at the large building, trying to figure out what it is. It looks like a large mansion, with dark purple bricks. There isn’t a fancy yard, just a simple dirt path that leads up to the front doors. Lord X leads X and Gia up to them.

“Here we are, once inside, feel free to make yourself at home, I’ll have someone make the tea.” Lord X goes up to the door, and goes to open it.

So a bit of background. My name is Gia (19F), and I'm an Eevee. However, I wasn't raised like the others. Yes, I was born from an egg like all the others, but because of how I came out I was given more powers than the average Eevee. One of these plays a key part in the story is that I'm able to produce serotonin and use it to calm others down. However, when under stress, it's harder to control.

The cast: me, C- the child, Karen- the C's mom, and BE- the brave Eevee who stood up for me. Now onto the story.

The day started out like any other, and I was just strolling through the town market and seeing what was being offered and asking Dad later to get stuff if it stuck out. That's when I heard it.

C: "Look Mommy! It's the calming Eevee!"

Karen: *looking up from her Rotom phone and sees where their pointing* "Oh. She's here?" She then calls for me to come over.

It wan't uncommon for trainers to call me that, same with the serotonin Eevee (although I've heard they the ones who call me that are trying to act smarter than they actually are by pointing out what's used in the calming aura I give off), so I go over and expect a selfie or something similar.

Me, walking over: "Did someone call for me?"

I walk over and see a kid who doesn't even look like they're past Kindergarten, maybe even First Grade at the latest, and a lady, who I'm assuming is his mom, that looks like her morning routine is checking off all the boxes to make sure everyone knows she's a Karen.

Karen: "Yes, we did. My child, EC's name, has been wanting to meet you for awhile now."

Me: "Oh, you guys saw the news article didn't you?"

Karen, almost waving it off like anyone could do it: "Yes the one about the Gengar. We know."

Me, confused about what they want: "So are you wanting a selfie with me or are you wanting something else?"

Karen: "Actually, my child has a question for you." She then gives them the go ahead to ask, which I could've never prepared for even if my parents weren't busy and I had control over my powers.

C: "Will you please be my starter Pokemon?"

Everything stopped as everyone turned to look at us. It was sort of well known that I didn't have a trainer, despite my attack power. Karen snapped me out of it, literally, and told me to answer her child's question.

Me: "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to say no. But hopefully one day you will have one."

Karen, somehow shocked: "What?! How dare you turn down my child's request? Don't you know who I am?"

Me: "No, and to be honest, if your child is anything like you, I don't want them as a trainer. Also, if you truly did your research, then you'd know that I've never accepted any request to be anyone's Pokemon, which should've showed you how little of a chance demanding me to be your child's Pokemon compare to if you just left it be after my answer to his question. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be on my way."

I push past her and tried to put the whole thing behind me when I heard a bonk and being shoved. I look behind me to see another Eevee, BE to be exact, be sucked into the Pokeball. Her child was upset, but still glad to get an Eevee and named it Elan (pronouncing it Elle-Ahn). Karen, however, didn't take it as nicely and tried to attack me. Luckily, security was able to remove her from the market and I was able to keep in contact with BE. Part of me honestly thinks that whole thing was planned out by Karen and her child just went with it because they didn't know better.

TLDR: Karen and her child try to make C my new trainer, use a Pokeball as a last resort and end up capturing a different Eevee who I become friends with.

Gia was running around in tall grass, her ears just barely poking out of the top. She heard a portal opening and closing shortly after it opened. As she went to investigate, she heard her name being called by a familiar voice. The Eevee quickly realized who it was and ran over.

"Dad!" She calls out, running into his open arms. As she starts to relax, he picks her up and starts chatting with her.

"Heya kiddo! How have you been?" Immortale asks her. She responds that she's doing good and asks him how he's doing, to which the dragon responds that he's been doing good as well and that he's been keeping himself busy with inventions. He then asks if anyone has been troubling her and she replies with a "not really". He sighs as he sets her down, relieved he doesn't have to beat up anyone. Her dad then explains why else he's there.

"... I'm here to train you!" He told her. She got excited at this and jumps out of his arms. She starts to wonder how her training will go, guessing each way with examples in her head, changing it from bipedal to quad. Immortale continues, saying that it's about time and that he's going to help her with her powers, both ones she knows she has and ones she's unaware of.

They walk out to an empty field and pulls out a portable sheild ring. He then tosses it in the center to create a barrier around them and keep everything safe from what was to come. He then asks her to show him what she's got, "and don't hold back".

She did exactly that. The Eevee hit her dad with a powerful scratch, powerful enough to cut through his hoodie but not his scales. He complimented her strength while giving her a tip, saying that she should try to be "hard to his, and hard to see" followed by him pining her down as an example. He let her free after she told him that she understood.

He then decided to focus on her null energy, something she hadn't used before. He explained that it helps to "focus on something of importance" to her. She thought for a bit and chose to focus the her dad and the time they spend together. Using these memories, she strikes.

It took Immortale by surprise. He hadn't expect this from her, not that he was complaining despite his broken rib. He tells her good job, gives a tip saying that if she focuses more she can deal stronger blows, and sits in the grass to heal himself. She goes over and takes a break with him, and makes sure he isn't too injured. Her dad reassures her that he'll be fine. While he was healing and thinking about how far she's come, Gia starts wondering how much worse it could've been. The only thing that kept her from starting to stress was her dad's presence. They talked for a bit and she explained what made her attack so powerful, which made him feel better about how he is as a parent.

After he healed, they moved on to mental fighting. He gave her three methods to choose from: intimidate, underestimate, or affect their minds. Using this as a chance to practice controlling how much serotonin she releases, she chooses the last one. She gets into a battle stance and starts releasing them in his direction. At first it works, but then she hits what feels like an aura of rage. Immortale encourages his daughter to try harder, and she does. She eventually is able to push past the rage aura and he fully calms down. He asks her to stop, saying she did well, and decides not to do a Quick Attack.

After resting up for a short bit, they move on to physical strength. He grabs some equipment and puts leg straps on her legs, explaining that they'll give her some resistance especially when running and will increase her muscle mass. After putting her's on, he puts on his own and picks a hill off in the distance as the destination and she agrees to it. They start their trek, but not before forgetting to put the shield down.

During their walk, Gia started thinking about what will happen when they get there. "I hope it's some food," she thought, not because she was hungry but because she loves to watch him cook. Her dad breaks her train of thought and asks her how the weights are, to which she says that they're "just the right weight" for her. They eventually get there and, after taking the equipment off and wanting to do zoomies, she asked what he was planning on cooking. She could never choose a favorite meal of his, and she would say that proudly to anyone who asked, so she wasn't fazed when she was told that he was planing on making something with meat while pulling out a piece of pork. Instead, all it did was narrow down what she guessed he was making while she gathered dry bits of grass. While she did that, he got some sticks and waited to start the fire. She eventually came back with the dry bits of grass and gave them to him. He proceeded to use them to help the fire start.

After intently watching him cook, an old habit of her's, and eating with him while spending quality father-daughter time together, they plan on bringing someone in to help her get stronger. As he heads back through another portal, he offers to take her with. Almost immediately, she gets up and is ready to go. They go through and the portal shuts behind them.

It's been a couple of weeks since Gia met her friend Reme, and the four of them once again agreed on a time to meet up as one big friend group as they had met up before but it was always cut short for various reasons. She sat in the agreed upon waiting spot for the others, which happened to be where it all began.

As she reminisced on the past and imaging how things will go, the bushes made a familiar rustling sound. She turned and out popped Water Gun, Elan, and Reme. She smiled widely and excitedly as she gave the three a big hug.

"You guys made it," she exclaimed while hugging.

"Yeah, well, Water Gun's directions didn't help much," Elan responded as they hugged back. Water Gun and Reme also hugged her back before they all let go. Water Gun also grumbled that things look different when you're used to wearing shades all the time.

Before any fighting could start, Gia asked what they should do to hang out. They all thought for a bit before Elan offered to hang out at their place. The other three Pokemon, not able to think of any ideas of their own, agreed. Elan proceeded to lead the way to their place.

After a few minutes of walking, they came across a mansion. With everything that she saw that day, Gia was expecting a McMansion. But nope, they were headed to an actual one that was about a mile off the main road.

Soon enough, they arrived at the gate and jumped up so that the person working security there that day could see them. "Elan and others," they said, although all the guard heard was "Eevee Eve Eevee." Nonetheless, the gate was opened and they were let through.

Once past the gate, Elan started a little mini tour. They stated that Karen's family aren't filthy rich, but are rich enough that she was able to inherit the estate from her parents and that, from what they've overheard, it's been in the family for generations. They also told them that she doesn't like people stepping on the grass and Water Gun immediately got onto the sidewalk while blushing in embarrassment. It continued on until they reached the door.

Elan paws at it, asking to be let in. The door opens and the kid let's them in while picking Elan up, asking them a bunch of questions about the others. Before they could hear any sort of "Eevee"s as a response, marching was heard coming down the stairs. It revealed to be Karen in a face mask.

"What's all this noise for?!" She screeched, causing everyone but Elan and their trainer to jump, and before anyone could get a word in edge wise she started yelling about how she's in the middle of relaxing and how everyone's being too noisy. Gia thought that was ironic coming from her.

While stopping to take a breath and before she could start back up, the kid said, "Elan came home with some friends." This got her to do a complete 180 on how she acted, asking why no one said anything earlier and orders the chefs to get their "finest Pokemon food." They quickly bring it out while the four of them get situated.

They all look around at the chaos, each with a different reaction. Reme looks nervous in a way, Water Gun is almost living the life, Gia feels sorry for the people working under her, and Elan is more or less indifferent. Gia asks them if they ever felt sorry for the workers, and they said they do but that they're also used to it.

Food is served and everyone starts chatting. During various conversation topics, they learned that her name is actually April and that she's been dubbed the local Karen due to obvious entitlement, their trainer is actually a boy named Brian, he's an only child and doesn't seem to be entitled like his mom, and Elan has no idea what gender they are just that it feels like they have more than one and that it fluctuates and as a result are ok with any pronouns. The three of them make a mental note of that.

After everyone is done eating, they all move to the living room to chat. Gia felt something was off, and her gut instinct turned out to be correct. Quickly coming closer to them was a Yamper going "oh my Arceus" over and over again as they run up to them. Elan groaned, appearing to know who it was.

"Oh my Arceus," the Yamper said one last time before starting to say stuff that wasn't just that phrase. "Elan, are these the friends you've been telling me about? I mean I'm guessing they are because rarely anyone is let in unless the one inviting them is close or they have an appointment with someone living here and security hasn't chased them out, so the only assumption left is that these are the friends you talk about." The Yamper rambled on a bit more, not even introducing themself, which made Elan have to interrupt and do it for them. Elan introduced them as Bean, using She/Her pronouns to do so. Bean proceeded to ask if any of them really didn't have any trainers.

"Nope," Gia responded happily, knowing that she probably wasn't able to be caught by a Pokeball. "Elan's the only one of the friend group who is." April overheard and started offering various family members who had kids who wanted Pokemon of their own. The three of them argued, Gia having to translate while arguing, that just because they don't have one doesn't mean they aren't happy.

Gia, stressed and upset that they aren't understanding, accidentally and unknowingly sends serotonin towards everyone. Everyone catches a whiff and they all start calming down, while the Karen looks almost high. This makes her more upset, now know why she wanted her son to catch her.

Elan, now calmed down and able to think clearly, suggest that they hang out elsewhere. The others agree and they head out. Brian and Bean ask to join, which they are allowed reluctantly. They spend the rest of the day in town doing various things before having to head back for dinner.

Gia was strolling through the forest, listening to the sounds of nature. She was hiding from the nearby towns as she wanted to hide her abilities the best she could. However, this did not mean that she wasn't well known by Pokemon as many have come to her already just for her to calm down sibling fights and similar small things.

"I wish someone would, for once, not want to ask for help due to my powers," she wished as a thought. Almost as if Arceus himself commanded it, a rustle in the bushes was heard that snapped her out of her thoughts. The young Eevee whips around and faces the source, asking who it was.

Out popped a Squirtle with sunglasses on, asking if she was "the Calming Eevee", to which she asked, "Who's asking?"

"Woah, woah," he said with his paws up to show no harm is intended. "I just wanted to get to know you." This caught her attention, and he noticed. He slowly lowered them and asked for her name, which she told him.

"Well I'm Water Gun," he said proudly. She smiled at the name and when she asked why that was his name, as she thought it was a bit funny that a different Pokemon's move was his name, he said it's because "it sounds cool".They continue chatting for a few hours until he said he has to head home. They then say their farewells and part ways for the night. They continue to hang out for almost a week.

One morning, closing in on a full week of being friends, Gia waited for her friend in their usual hangout spot. After a bit of waiting he finally arrived and looked panicked. She asked what was going on and he explained.

"So basically, there's this Gengar causing mischief in a nearby town and I was wondering, since we're friends and all, maybe you would mind calming him down with your powers," he explained. Gia asked how long the Gengar had been doing it and he mumbled "close to a week". This made the Eevee mad.

"So what you're saying is that you only wanted to be my friend because you thought it'd be easier to get me to do that stuff since we're friends?" She asked angrily. Water Gun responds with a "Well yes, but-" before being cut off by Gia, who said that after she takes care of the Gengar they're done. Realizing what he's done, he sadly agrees.

It took less than an hour to get there, but the entire time three main things happened: no one talked, Water Gun walked a noticable distance away from Gia, and Gia clearly wished that they could've just skipped to this part. Once they did arrive, Gia started wishing that even more.

The Gengar had caused much more chaos than she thought. People were taking the smallest steps she'd ever seen, making sure not to hit or bump into anyone or anything. Except for one guy, a red head, who kept walking into rakes and grumbling, only to repeat the process a few seconds later in a different direction. Gia actually found that curse to be a bit funny, although she knew he probably didn't deserve it. She continued looking for the Gengar.

"Boo," someone softly said behind her and someone else screamed exclaiming, "IT'S THE GENGAR!" They were about to say run when someone pointed her out, which replaced the fear with confusion.

She turned around to face them and told them that she just wants to get this done and over with, to which they ask why. They go back and forth for a bit, with her starting to get stressed about everything going on. The Gengar and a nearby trainer both caught a whiff and calmed down.

"Fine, I'll stop," they said in what would've been a grumble if it weren't for the serotonin and snapped their fingers, making everything go back to normal. Just as people started to get upset, the trainer that caught a whiff pointed out her powers and directed their attention to her and started bombarding her with questions and requests for her to use her powers on others.

As if Arceus wasn't happy with how stressful things already were for her, someone called up the local news station and told them about her. An 1110 News van pulled up near her and out came a reporter and cameraman.

"This is Katie live at the scene where some are now calling "the Talking Eevee" "the Calming Eevee". Do you care to explain your powers?" Katie asked as she bent down to her level. Gia asked who she was with and Katie explained that she's a part of 1110 News, "a group of 11 reporters who tell the news at 10, mornings and nights". Gia was still confused but decided to answer the question instead, saying that her body releases an aura of serotonin and she's able to control by sending it towards a target. Katie considered this "interesting". Before anymore questions could be asked, Water Gun helped her escape the interview, which Katie, after noticing she was gone, decided to just end it there and said "Back to you Jim."

Gia, after catching her breath, asks what he was doing. The Squirtle, no longer wearing his trademark glasses but rather holding them, explained that he realized he did wrong and wasn't expecting forgiveness but was hoping they could start over. After some thinking, Gia agreed. They reintroduced themselves and chatted about random things as they walked back into the forest.

It's been a few months now since the Gengar Incident, everyone was made aware of her powers, she encountered her first Karen, and made friends with other Pokemon. Gia felt like she could ride this high forever, if it weren't for the fact that sometimes she felt like there were people out there who got her stressed or made her use her serotonin towards them just to get a whiff of it. Those people, she felt, didn't deserve any of it.

The Eevee was lost in thought as a blur of purple sped by her into the nearby alley. Curiosity getting the better of her, she followed it to a Rattata hole in the side of an abandoned warehouse. Determined to find out who it was, she went to find another way in.

Once she was able to, she found a community of Rattatas. Young and old, male and female, everyone with a job or role to help maintain their little piece of society. So when she made a small noise with one of her steps, all of them stopped what they were doing and looked at her in confusion. Eventually, one of them, a female, stepped foward.

"Greetings, I am Rosa," the female Rattata introduced herself. "What's your name?" After Gia introduced herself, they started to recognize her more easily and Rosa had to tell them to go back to what they were doing so as to avoid their "guest" as Rosa called her from getting bombarded with questions and requests. After everyone got busy again, Rosa told her to follow, which Gia did.

"So I noticed everyone has a job," Gia noted while looking around, making sure to not step on any of the Rattatas going about their business. "What's your's?" Rosa answered by saying, "I'm the one in charge. I give them their jobs." Gia then understood why she was the one who started talking to her.

Rosa proceeded to take Gia on a tour of what the Eevee originally thought was a large town or small city, which turned out to be closer to a medium to large city. The Rattata introduced her to the major stores run by the locals and was even offered to try their food. It went on for awhile before they arrived at a living space larger than the others.

"Who lives here?" Gia asked, trying to narrow it down in her head the answer. "You?" Rosa chuckles and confirms that she was, in fact, correct. She then called out for someone named Reme so that they could meet. Gia wondered what a famous Paris Region Rattata was doing living here when he has his own restaurant.

Rather than a stressed out Rattata with a chef's hat looking like he was interrupted from cooking, a young Rattata close to Gia's age, still stressed but it looked like it was over other things and not cooking, came out of the living space.

"Yeah Mom?" The Rattata rubbed his eyes and blinked, looking like he hadn't seen natural light in awhile. Rosa, who Gia assumed was the younger one's mom, started smothering him with love and affection. This irritated the Rattata and caused them to push their mom off.

"Fine, fine, I'll stop for now," she says, ruffling his hair. She then intruces them as her son Reme. Gia was confused, and honestly a bit excited, and asked if he's the famous Rattata from the Paris Region and Rosa almost let out a laugh.

"No, no, that would be amazing, probably even a dream come true if I'm being honest, but no," Rosa explains. "I'm just a fan of his work, so when I found out I was having a boy, I begged my husband to name our son after him and he did." Rosa continued, saying that she was hoping that he'd make more friends and was hoping you two could hang out together. She then shooed them before heading into her living space, forcing them to even more.

Reme was noticably uncomfortable, saying they didn't have to if she didn't want to and that he'd explain to his mom if she did. She responded back that she wanted to get to know him, but also said that she wished it was by choice and not force. He then offered to show her "something cool". After making him promise it wasn't secretly anything bad, she agrees. He start to lead her to an alley in the city and makes sure she's able to catch up as they do parkour.

Eventually, they make it to a high beam and tight rope across. After they fully crossed, she's welcomed into a small den. One that, surprisingly, she could fit inside without taking up too much space.

"Welcome to my little hideaway," Reme says as he plops on a makeshift bean bag chair. Gia looked around for anything that might be similar to what the famous Paris Region Rattata might have and found nothing. She asks him if he's a fan of the Rattata's work and he answers no, but also mentions that his mom wishes he was as he starts venting about how controlling she is with his interest and hobbies. Gia simply sits and let's him let it out, thinking that this is something he needs.

"The worst part," he takes a deep breath as he struggles to continue. "The worst part is that the biggest thing that she pushes on me isn't making friends, or learning how to cook, or anything like that, it's that she wants me to take over the community, and I don't think I can't handle that." He starts rambling about how it isn't fair and that he wants a choice, and if he was allowed one that he'd use his choice to say no and explain that he wanted to live elsewhere. He said he'd explain that he would visit, but that he simply just doesn't want to live there anymore. Gia goes over and comforts him. He softly mentions that "it doesn't help that I'm an only child".

"Shh, it'll be alright," she tells him, reassuring him that everything will be ok. "Hey, why don't we try later today? That sound good to you?" Reme calmed down and nodded in agreement. They then talk about various other topics to pass the time. Before they knew it, it was time for him to head home.

"So once we get to your living space, you're going to ask her right?" Gia asked for confirmation as she jumped back down to the ground level. He confirms that it will happen, and when he asks for confirmation that she'll be there for support, she let's him know that she'll be by his side the entire time. With his confidence levels on the rise, they head back to his living space.

After knocking on a part of the wall next to the doorway, she comes out and asks how they're doing. Gia answers that they're doing well, and that Reme has something to tell her. When she asks what it is, he tells her that he doesn't want to take over being in charge. her loud exclamation of "WHAT?!" made Rattatas turn heads but she growled at them to "get back to work", making them scurry off. She then asks what he meant.

"What I mean, Mom, is that I don't want to be in charge once you retire or something," he restates. "I don't think I'd want to live here. I mean, yeah, I'll visit, but that doesn't mean I'll want to live here." His mom, looking like he'd broken his heart and put it back together only to break it again, asked what he would like to do. He said he didn't know, but mentioned that traveling sounded interesting to him. She was noticeably sad, but wished him well on his travels and asked that he visit as often as possible. He thanked his mom and told her that he'd try to visit often. Rosa then led them to a platform in the middle of the city square.

"Citizens of Rattatatia," she called out. Everyone stopped what they were doing and headed over to hear the announcement. She continues once she sees that everyone has arrived.

"As you all know, 25 years ago my husband and I made this place for Rattatas to live in peace, so that we and humans could live alongside each other the best we could. As you all also know, just over 11 years ago I gave birth to Reme, who is not only my only son but my only child. Today, we shall wish him safe travels as he ventures out of our community and goes off to explore the world. He'll no longer be taking over as I originally hoped, but I will think of something later for how to choose one of you to one day have a new leader when I am no longer able to. In the meantime let's give him a farewell and wish him safe travels on his adventures." As if on cue, as Gia and Reme head off the stage, everyone does as Rosa told them to. After getting through the crowd, they exit the way Gia entered as it was the only entrance she could fit through. Once they exited, they talked about where he'll head first and, after finding out, they part ways until they see each other again.