#tbd tbd

okay, now, I know I said Peak type and type teams in general but I am letting SY live out his beast peak dreams and just collect whatever he likes or thinks is cool (tho I did notice a lot of them are a fairy adjacent actually)

Is he a transmigrator in this? Yes, tho a self-insert of sorts bc related to SJ. He and SQH both got transmigrated into a Pokemon au/fanfic of PIDW

gonna have Charmander as his starter bc well, it's SY, and he gets to end up with a dragon, which I feel like his monster-loving self would love. Also flying pokemon allows him to travel easily all over the place to find other cool pokemon

Rotom - the System self insert! He woke up after getting shocked by a wild Rotom, which turned out to be a Rotom/System fusion (the System tried to bond to SQH the same way, but I fear he simply does not vibe with electric types). It's usually just a normal Rotom that can connect to the System when necessary to give out missions and such

Meganium - grass type partiality bc of his brother is what he tells people, but in reality he simply ran into a Bayleef one day while exploring and it followed him home after he fed it some candies and organic pokefood. In Meganium's mind it is a lapdog and it rivals LBH with how sticky it is

Gardevoir - saved a Ralts from poachers who were doing illegal pokemon trade and nursed it back to health after which it decided to stick with him as well. Was quite shy as a Ralts and Kirlia but grew confidence after evolving into Gardevoir to protect SY during a fight.

Sylveon - got an Eevee from SQH because what else are two pokemon nerds gonna do but get Eevees and see what it evolves into? Sylveon is a spoiled little princess and knows it. It has, to SQH's great dismay, taken after its trainer and helps SY bully SQH about his writing.

Rockruff - his name is Bingpup (yes he named it after og!LBH. yes svsss!LBH is jelly of it). It evolves into Lycanroc after LBH falls into the Abyss. Midday form - thought about the other two forms but I think it staying the same as LBH changes and then wishes he stayed his pre-demon seal self would be a nice narrative choice (System gives him points for that, SY is not amused)

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Shen Jiu (Grass/Dark)

- Serperior (starter) - Leavanny - Roserade - Leafeon - Meowscarada - Absol

Serperior is his starter which was given to him by the previous QJP peak lord as a Snivy. The other Head Disciples (later Peak Lords) did make comments about it with time ("Snake for a snake, figures."), but he never stopped loving the pokemon as the first and most valuable gift his Shizun gave him

Other disciples tried to argue he was too old to get to choose a starter that would grow as he did, as is the QCM tradition, and it was indeed out of the breeding season that disciples usually get pokemon from (after the trials) so the QJPL gave him a pokemon that hatched from their own starter

Leavanny - he found a Sewaddle munching on the bamboo leaves on QJP and wanted to get rid of it, but the little guy was entranced by the bamboo embroidery on SJ's robes and simply would not leave him alone (the Shen curse strikes again). After evolving it helps SJ make his famous embroidery works he is known for as the QJPL. It is very fond of his disciples and is known to sometimes nab a robe or two and put bamboo motives on it like the ones SJ had while he was a disciple himself

Roserade - he got Budew from the Warm Red Pavilion ladies during his times as a disciple. One of the ladies there kept them as a hobby and decided to gift him a Budew before her contract was bought by a man who lived out of town. He decided to keep it at the WRP until it evolved into a Roselia to keep it safe from his sect siblings, who like him weren't too above underhanded tactics to keep in the lead for being Head Disciple.

Leafeon - gifted to him as an Eevee by SQH from the same batch as SY's Eevee. SJ thinks it was SQH's attempt to make himself look less suspicious (not untrue) while presenting it as a thing to help the siblings bond and keep in touch. Its Leaf Blade attack is often used the same way (and at the same time) as SJ's Plucked Leaves Flying Flowers as their signature duo move

Meowscarada - the sheer level of judging you that SJ and Meowscarada give off while looking at you behind twin fans is unmatched. SY gifted him a Floragato he rescued from a mission dealing with poachers. Florgato and SJ did not get along at all at first. Florgatto was too distrustful of humans and SJ saw too much of himself in the little cat hissing at him whenever he got too close to it. It was a long journey of learning to trust one another that led them from barely existing trust to what they have today

Absol - "everywhere an Absol goes, disaster follows" is a saying well-known and spread by the general populace of the PIDW au setting. And has there ever been a bigger disaster in the making than the end of the world fated to happen because of one bitter, bitter man? If getting close with Florgatto was SJ's path to getting honest with himself, bonding with Absol was SJ's path to accepting life can get better despite everything it throws at you.

The sheer negativity surrounding SJ's life has made Absol a silent shadow appearing from time to time ever since SJ was a child. He had come to know that seeing the pokemon means his life is about to get worse. From the Qius to Wu Yanzi to meeting YQY once again, Absol was there to see it all happen. You can guess such a thing hadn't made him all that fond of the pokemon no matter the healing items it tried to bring him, and little warnings it kept trying to signal during night hunts and close fights. Over time (and a lot of SY's influence about Absol simply being a pokemon and not SJ's personal heart demon!) he slowly grew to appreciate her looking out for him and let her stay closer and closer until she became a member of his team

(you can imagine how literally everyone reacted to that. If the pkmn au happend w/o SY and XF being there Absol 100% would have been used as evidence of him being evil during the PIDW trial)