"Siesta! The event is about to start and I need some help" I said while shaking the napping siesta in the living room.
"Huuh?"
"PLEASE! Be the Shopkeeper again. My family actually asked me to be a representative of the event so I have to be there."
"I see… Ok! But you have to promise me that you will treat me to Joichirou Yaiba's cooking in the future!"
"Alright! I promise, as long as I can get his food in the gacha I'll give it to you"
"Okay! See you later!" Siesta jumped around like a kid promised with candy, which all things considered, the thing I promised her is more than that of a candy.
But It's fine as she's basically like a sister of mine already.
"Alright! But before that, I'm gonna have to get myself another Pokemon. Because using Ditto will just be overkill in this competition."
I spent some minutes thinking of the perfect second Pokemon, and whether to get it by buying eggs or to find them using habitat tickets.
In the end I decided to go and raise myself a pseudo legendary dragon… and one of my favorite Pokemon…
And, considering that I only have little of my points left, I decided to take the most cost effective way to obtain one..
The Habitat ticket. Because aside from having a chance to find that particular Pokemon line, there are chances of me finding items that can help raise said Pokemon.
So without further Ado, I bought a Dragon Type Habitat ticket, stored Ditto on his PokeBall and opened the travel tab of the system and tapped the Dragon Habitat.
The time seemed to stop as the world turned gray, and when I blinked, I found myself in a dark and dreary cave.
I hurriedly took out Ditto's PokeBall and released him, much to his confusion as he looked around in this dark place.
"Ditto?"(Where?)
"We are inside a cave, and considering that this is a draconic world, the two of us should be alert just in case. I don't wanna get sent back before we find your new sibling after all. Another thing is, we will also take this chance to train you further, so be prepared!"
"Di~tto!"(Okay!)
"Good!" I nodded and proceeded to walk out of the cave we were in before with Ditto, side by side.
Now, some of you may ask why I didn't take out any light. The answer to that question is none other than… I don't need it.
Because, I had somehow developed a night vision after I repeatedly transformed using the transteam gun so I could adapt and train while transformed.
As for who I used as a training partner… well, that's a story for another time. The point is that I got night vision. Another reason is that, it's really a bad idea to use any light in this cave as it might attract unwanted attention from the Pokemon that might live here.
Afterall, this is a dragon habitat/world so I don't want to piss off any dragon by mistakenly flashing their eyes with a flashlight.
Moving on, after carefully going around the dark caves, I had come to acknowledge, with a relieved sigh, that not a single dragon could be found.
Well…not a single alive dragon at least, as I found a plethora of bones which I presume came from dragon's littered around some of the caves me and Ditto passed along.
I had picked up some things along the way, like scales and fangs. I even found a black scale in the innermost room which I could not appraise because my appraisal level isn't high enough apparently.
So, this scale could come from any dragon type Pokemon….shiny or not…. Hell, it's possible that it came from a legendary Pokemon.
One thing is for certain is that…. I had kept it inside the previously empty crate that I now designate as a miscellaneous box.
….
After exploring the cave and finding nothing else but bones, Ditto and I decided that it was time to get out, so we did. We exited the cave not long after as we traveled as fast as we could since there were no Pokemon in the immediate vicinity.
When we got out, Ditto and I immediately noticed that the cave entrance was at the bottom of a mountain of an unknown height.
We heard roars here and there, but since it came on top of the mountain, we Ignored it for now as we walked away from the cave.
(I'll be ending this adventure for now and will later write a side story chapter featuring Zeke and Ditto's adventure inside)
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"AAAAAHHHHH! Home sweet home!" I stretched my limbs in happiness seeing the familiar room on the second floor of the shop.
"Who would have known that I would spend months inside… well, not that I mind as I had gotten some pretty good gains inside…" I muttered before I opened up my right hand, which a moment later, a magenta colored sphere of light materialized.
"Dragon force… who knew that I would get it in this short trip of mine… No- let's continue this later, for now, it's time to D-D-D-Due-... Wait, wrong franchise… I mean, it's time for Pokemon battles!"
I checked the time, and it turns out only 15 minutes had passed, which was very short compared to the five months or so that I spent inside the habitat.
I took out Ditto's Mimicball and released him. "We're back, so you can rest, let your new junior handle the tournament for now, as it would be overkill to use you"
"Di-Ditto!"(Alright, Good luck!)
Ditto transformed into a cat for the first time in five months before he walked out of my room, his tail flicking left and right each time he took a step.
"Well, he deserves the rest, afterall he did train a lot during those months." I muttered as I gazed at Ditto who closed the door of my room with a proud and understanding nod.
"As for our new family member… Let's shock the world, shall we?" I voiced, and the metallic silver ball in my hand shook as if understanding what I said.
I smiled seeing this before I put the PokeBall down on my bed and started to strip naked. Planning to take a bath as after hanging around the Draconic World, the scent of the different types of draconic beasts had now stuck around my body.
I entered my room's bathroom, stark naked and took a nice and long bubble bath.
I got out thirty minutes later, wore my clothes and shaved my mustache and beard, and tied my now-long hair into a ponytail.
Right now, I wore an outfit similar to that of lance from the let's go game series. White shirt and black trousers, along with a leather jacket which, instead of being red like Lance's it's of Cyan color, the same color as Ditto.
As for my footwear, I changed the Red boots into a Cyan color Sketcher Rubber shoes.
I looked at my reflection in the full body mirror one last time and nodded in satisfaction.
I then took back the Metallic silver PokeBall from the bed along with my tooth necklace made from a tooth that I couldn't appraise which I found in another cave that I entered as a test from the parent of my new partner who was also the monarch of the Kingdom that I wandered in.
Afterwards I purchased a cat mask in the Poke-Mall for 2 S.P, before I teleported near the world tree, which got attention from the people that were standing in each of their groups.
I ignored them of course, and walked to where Ryuuko is.
"I apologize for being late, cousin" I said wryly, scratching my cheek as I did so.
"It's fine, the tournament isn't starting yet. Aside from that, do you have any… you know inside info on what the rewards will be?" She sneakily asked, her eyes wandered around to see if anyone's listening.
"My lips are zipped, the Shopkeeper said it should be a surprise, and that they should be the only one to reveal the prizes." I shook my head before gesturing with a zipper being closed on my mouth.
"*Sigh* I guess we'll wait…"Ryuuko pouted before her eyes wandered on me, from top to bottom and mouthed.
"Nice outfit by the way, did aunt pick that?" She asked, referring to Aunt.Yuuko.
"Nope, Aside from the mask, my clothes and shoes were brought before all of this, but forget about me… Your outfit is even more eye-catching than mine, with the kimono and all"
"Ughhh… It's your fault! You weren't there so everyone said that I should be the one to lead."
"haha…. My bad, I was a bit busy…"I awkwardly laughed, not bothering to say any reason.
"Aside from that, why don't we move on to the coliseum so we can find some nice seats." I advised, and Ryuuko nodded and asked the masked fellow, the third member, to follow along.
The three of us walked towards the coliseum under the eyes of everyone, who started whispering amongst themselves.
But I didn't care, opting to just walk carefree followed by Ryuuko who kept looking at the combee's strutting around the area with Vespiqueen's command.
…
The three of us entered the still empty coliseum. The three of us went straight to the arena and entered one of the private booths in front of the battlefield itself.
Once the three of us settled ourselves, I reached out my hand towards our mysterious third member who has been quiet all this time, and introduced myself.
"Thank you very much for coming along, I'm this tomboy's cousin. Please take care of us."
I was expecting some kind of retort from Ryuuko, but surprisingly, it didn't come so I turned my head at her and noticed that she's looking somewhere else.
I followed her line of sight and found that another group had entered the arena, but I smiled as I was without a doubt, pretty familiar with the five of them.
I took a glance at my Rotom-phone and excused myself for a sec, much to the two 's confusion, but I just smiled and said.
"I'm just gonna invite my friends here" Before I proceeded to go out of the private booth and walked towards the Quintuplets who wore quite the dazzling and gorgeous dresses while also wearing a masquerade mask.
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" It's a pleasure to see five gorgeous women wearing such beautiful dresses" I voiced as I neared the five who noticed me as soon as I stepped on the public viewing area.
"I'm quite troubled seeing the five of you in these magnificent dresses while wearing what I'm currently wearing." I said in pity, and the quintuplets with flushed faces chuckled.
"You're not so bad looking yourself, neighbor." Ichika grinned and said teasingly.
"Yes! You look really good in that outfit!" Supported Yotsuba with her cheery voice.
"Mhm, you look cool" Said Miku in her ever neutral but relaxing voice.
"Your outfit doesn't look that bad though?" Itsuki asked with uncertainties.
I responded with a "thank you" and looked at the last quint, Nino.
"...." But, Nino remained quiet for some reason, so I asked.
"What's wrong Nino? Ah? It's my outfit I guess? Well, let me fix that for now" I snapped my finger and with a flash, my outfit became completely different as it turned into a black three piece tuxedo suit with a bowtie.
My right hand also sported a black glove, while my long hair had changed into a somewhat curly fringe hair. Lastly, my mask changed into a black, masquerade mask.
"What do the five of you think?" I asked them while grinning, which froze as I hurriedly caught Nino who passed out with a red face.
"What the, Is she sick?" I asked the other four worriedly, and they had differing answers.
Ichika, who sported a pink face, shrugged and said "She's normally like this." as she received nino from me.
Yotsuba wryly smiled as she helped Ichika, saying "Well, Ichika is right, she's fine."
"She's fine." Said Miku with her head turned sideways. But I caught the sight of her pouting face.
"Oh well, this doesn't change much" I voiced before kneeling in front of the five of them.
"Will you, five maidens, allow thee to escort you through this event?" I said with a serious face, while not expecting any kind of response except that of laughter, after all, I was just joking around. Well, a part of me is serious but I didn't want to raise any high expectations.
Unfortunately or Fortunately in this case, I didn't get the outcome I was expecting at all, as Instead of seeing and hearing the quintuplets' laughter, as soon as I opened my eyes, I was met with their five lovely hands. And when I looked up, I saw their serious but flushed faces.
At this moment, my thoughts blanked before later going back to normal.
'Ah, well it's too late to back down' I thought, finally realizing- no, finally accepting what's gradually developing between the five of them and myself.
Honestly, I might be mistaken and am just assuming things again just like in my past life, but, it's worth taking a shot, and if this development doesn't bore fruit in the future, then that's fine.
At the end of the day, I have the system and I will be able to travel to the myriad worlds, so finding a lover or two, or more along the way isn't that impossible to think about.
And so I kissed the back of their hands, one by one, starting from Ichika, until Itsuki.
Their flushed faces turned even redder after I kissed their hands but I didn't mind it and instead said.
"Well then, why don't you ladies follow me to the private booth? Both my team members must be waiting." I gestured for them to follow me, and they nodded, so I walked back inside with my five new company.
Once Inside, I was met with Ryuuko looking at the five of us with wide eyes and a confused expression.
While the masked member looked baffled as he turned his head left and right at the quintuplets.
"Ahem, these are my neighbors and friends, the Nakano Sisters. Ichika,Nino,Miku,Yotsuba and finally, Itsuki."
"And these two are my teammates for this event, Ryuuko, my cousin and the other person… Right! I didn't get to know your name…?"
"Just call me Shiba for now." The masked- or rather "Shiba" gruffly said.
I nodded and looked back at the quintuplets and said "This is Shiba, a member of ours in this event"
"It's nice to meet the two of you!" Yotsuba enthusiastically said, reaching out her right hand for a handshake.
""Likewise/Nice meeting you too"" Shiba and Ryuuko replied, smiling as they shook her hand one by one.
"Unn! By the way! I love your Kimono! It's so pretty! Your matching accessories are so cute too!"
"Yotsuba is right, You look amazing Ryuuko." Ichika sported, and the other three quints followed.
Not long after, it turned into a full blown talking session between the ladies, leaving Me and Shiba behind as we look at them with wry faces.