the ivysaur blinks, eyes taking a moment to adjust to the bright lighting. it's apparent that the grass-type hasn't left its pokeball for ages.

"it's been a while, huh?"

danny moves to sit beside ivysaur, sighing as he settles onto the ground. his arm remains draped over its back.

"how've you been?"

the ivysaur meows (?), purring as it leans against danny. that means 'good', apparently.

"good, good."

it feels difficult to say what he wants to say. even after clearing his throat, the words just don't escape.

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sensing danny's obvious hesitance and problems, ivysaur shifts closer, nudging itself into his side in an attempt to help coax it out of him.

"i'm, uh..."

he blinks, sighing.

"things have changed, saur saur. we're with rocket now, which means the battles we'll have to face are going to be much tougher."

more violent. deadly.

"i kinda need you on my team but it's okay if you don't want to. grimster's fought the most but it sucks to see him get hurt all the time, you know?"

at that, ivysaur seems to perk up, shrugging danny off before approaching a wild ferroseed. a tornado of RAZOR LEAVES wrap around the ferroseed, eventually suffocating it enough to faint it.

and then, ivysaur starts glowing.

"..."

and what was once an ivysaur has now become a venusaur. it stomps back over, nudging its head into danny.

"...thanks, bud. i love you."

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