Justin's Gardevoir

Justin's Garevoir is a /-Type Pokemon, the first wild Pokemon Justin captured in the Hoenn Region, and his thirteenth overall.
==Biography==
===Grand Conquest===
Before being captured by Justin, Gardevoir, as a Ralts, belonged to family of other Ralts, Kirlia, and Gardevoir. They lived in a hidden grove, protected by a Misty Terrain. Ralts was the only one among them who did not know Teleport to return home. While searching for food, Ralts wandered away from his home but and could not return, making him aimless, scared, and lonely. Unable to return home, he searched for new friends and new home.
Ralts first appeared in Horn of Hypnosis! as a nervous Pokemon who wanted to make friends but kept putting Pokemon to sleep after finding the courage to communicate with other Pokemon. Ralts later put Connor and his Treecko to sleep when they spotted him.
Justin went looking for Connor when he also came across Ralts. Ralts put Justin and Eevee to sleep when Justin came too close, but Torchic stayed awake as he was not paying attention. Torchic retaliated against Ralts and defeated him once Justin and Eevee awakened. Justin then caught the Feeling Pokemon.
When Justin began preparing for his Rustoboro City gym battle against Roxanne, he enlisted Summer and her Meditite to help Ralts enhance his Confusion. The gym battle took place in Putting the Class on Rocks!. Ralts battled Roxanne's Geodode and put it to sleep early with Hypnosis. Ralts smashed Geodude around the battlefield with Confusion. Geodude soon awakened and struck Ralts several time with Rollout after building speed with Rock Polish. Ralts managed to repel Geodude with Confusion, but Geodude bounced back and defeated Ralts with Mega Punch.
Justin later called on Ralts to help him defeat Zinnia of Team Magma after she kidnapped Mr. Birney's Wingull, Peeko and stole his package.
In Strength Training on the Shores!, Justin wanted to enhance Ralts' psychic abilities further as he needed Ralts to be his ace for his gym battle against Brawley. The battle occurred in Battling to a Knockout!. Despite wanting Ralts to be his ace, Justin sent Ralts into battle first and put Machop to sleep with Hypnosis after overcoming intimidation by Scary Face. Ralts then defeated Machop with Psyshock. Hariyama was Brawly's second Pokemon, who flinched Ralts with Fake Out and landed a super-effective Bullet Punch.
Justin recalled Ralts for Torchic as Hariyama's power was overwhelming. Torchic dealt significant damage to Hariyama, and Ralts returned to battle. Ralts struggled against Hariyama's tactics until Justin allowed Hariyama to execute a Vital Throw. The proximity allowed Ralts to put Hariyama to sleep with Hypnosis without worrying about Bullet Punch. Ralts then bombarded Hariyama with Psyshock to win Justin the battle and the Knuckle Badge.
Despite the victory, Justin had criticisms about Ralts multitasking with his psychic abilities. In Mudkip's Appeal!, Justin had Ralts practice Confusion and Hypnosis at the same time. However, they took a break for Justin's Pokemon to help Rachel's Mudkip with his appeal for the impending Slateport City Contest.
Ralts' intense training resulted in his evolution into Kirlia in Beach Break Battles! after Justin participated in several battles on the Hoenn Route 109. In No Shoes, No Shirt, No Battle, No Service!, Kirlia's growth continued as he knew Disarming Voice during a double battle with Eevee.
In Lavaridge Battle Tent, Justin registered Combusken, Eevee, and Kirlia for the Battle Dome Battle Tent. The trio helped Justin advance to the finals, and Kirlia participated in the first three battles. In the second round, Justin had faced Evyr and called on Kirlia first to battle her Trapinch. Kirlia was defeated without landing a single hit.
In I Feel Pretty, and Skitty, and Bright!, Kirlia's empathy abilities allowed him to sense Justin from a distance being attacked by Eevee under a wild Skitty's Cute Charm attraction. Kirlia battled Eevee in Justin's defense and was quickly defeated.
In A Petalburg Reunion, Kirlia met Justin's Pokemon from Hoenn. He immediately bonded with Mr. Mime as both Pokemon were of the same type.
Kirlia was later Justin's second Pokemon in his gym battle against his father. Kirlia battled Spinda and proved immune to its Teeter Dance. Justin finally realized that Kirlia had the Trace ability and copied Spinda's Own Tempo that prevented confusion.Kirlia proceeded to use her superior psychic abilities to repel Spinda and put it to sleep. He then defeated Spinda with Psyshock. Kirlia was recalled and sent back out to battle Slaking. Kirlia put Slaking to sleep with Hypnosis, but he had copied Slaking's Truant ability, making him briefly unresponsive to Justin's commands. Kirlia finally reacted to deal a little damage, but Slaking awakened to defeat Kirlia with Hyper Beam.
When Justin and Rachel left Petalburg City, Justin aimed to teach Kirlia her Psychic by training with Rachel's Jigglypuff in The Ralts Disappearing Act!. Their training was interrupted when Kirlia was taken by his former family to their hidden grove via Teleport. The Ralts family had been looking for Kirlia and wished for him to return home. However, Kirlia wanted to stay with Justin who began to panic since he truly lost Kirlia and could not find him. The Ralts family allowed Kirlia to stay with Justin once Kirlia used his empathy abilities to find Justin in the Misty Terrain. The Gardevoir of the family then presented Justin a Gardevoirite and disappeared to leave Kirlia with his trainer.
In TV Mauville: Battle of the Rivals!, Justin called on Kirlia as his second Pokemon during his televised rival battle against Connor. Kirlia faced Connor's Shelgon and put it to sleep with Hypnosis. Kirlia then defeated Shelgon with consecutive blows of Disarming Voice before it could awaken. Kirlia then battled Vigoroth, who could not be put to sleep due to its Vital Spirit. Kirlia delivered Confusion and Disarming Voice attacks while Vigoroth built power with Focus Energy. Once Vigoroth built enough power, it tore through Kirlia's Psyshock with Shadow Claw and defeated him with the same move.
When Justin and Rachel fought Teams Aqua and Magma to protect the Eon Duo, Kirlia used her Hypnosis to put the grunts to sleep. After the ordeal, Champion Steven identified Justin's Gardevoirite as a Mega Stone for Kirlia when he evolved into Gardevoir.
In Winona's Sky Dancers!, Kirlia was Justin's second Pokemon in his gym battle against Leader Winona. Kirlia battled Altaria since Kirlia's Fairy-Type would render her immune to Altaria's Dragon attacks. Kirlia landed a Disarming Voice, and Altaria powered itself with Dragon Dance. Kirlia then tried to put Altaria to sleep with Hypnosis, but Altaria uses Earthquake to disrupt Kirlia's focus and knock him down. Kirlia was then defeated by Altaria's boosted Sky Attack.
Justin had a rematch against Winona in Taking the World into Flight! but benched Kirlia to focus on Plusle's paralysis tactics.
In A Portrait of Embrace!, Justin had a friendly battle against Summer, pitting Kirlia and against Loudred to enhance Kirlia's focus when using Hypnosis. Justin's encouragement caused Kirlia to evolve into Gardevoir, and she accidentally knocked out Loudred with a newly learned Moonblast.
Walter, a painter and Lilycove Museum curator, was inspired by Gardevoir's new beauty and power and desired to paint him. However, as the Embrace Pokemon, Gardevoir refused to be separated from Justin and clung to him. Justin helped Gardevoir get his new personality under control and joined him with their Pokemon in the portrait.
Since Gardevoir could Mega Evolve, Justin was eager to do so at the first opportunity. Aboard the S.S. Tidal, Justin exclusively used Gardevoir in trainer battles on the ship to prepare for a battle against Hoenn Elite Four Drake.
The battle took place in Embracing Mega Evolution! where Justin entered the battle with no intention to win but to test Gardevoir. Gardevoir battled Drake's Flygon and reacted to Justin's emotions and intentions by actively holding back. When Gardevoir Mega Evolved, the results proved disastrous as Gardevoir could not control his empathic abilities. Drake had Flygon quickly defeat Gardevoir, who was causing intense headaches to others on the ship.
After Justin's loss, Drake admonished Justin for his cavalier behavior during the battle, which hindered his Pokemon. He advised Justin and Gardevoir be patient, develop their bond, and master Gardevoir's base power before attempting Mega Evolution again.
In Dream Eating Insomnia!, Gardevoir and Justin began meditating together at night to improve their bond. Their meditating allowed both of them to have amazing dreams and they awakened more invigorated than ever. Unbeknownst to either, Gardevoir and Justin were diving into the dreams of people on the ship and siphoning their energy, which made Justin incredibly upbeat and energetic and other lethargic. Rachel's Shuppet who has the Insomnia ability awakened Rachel and forced Justin and Gardevoir awake to make them realize Gardevoir had learned Dream Eater.
In A Solar Attack and Lunar Defense, Gardevoir partnered with Plusle for Justin's gym battle against Leaders Liza and Tate. Gardevoir and Plusle faced their Solrock and Lunatone. Gardevoir and Plusle landed well-timed and strong attacks but they were weakened by Lunatone's Light Screen and Reflect while needing to counter or endure Solrock's Solar Beam and Sunny Day-enhanced Flamethrower. Justin eventually had Gardevoir and Plusle endure a heavy attack until Sunny Day faded. Plusle enhanced Gardevoir's Hypnosis to put Solrock then Lunatone to sleep. Sunny Day, ,Light Screen, and Reflect all faded at the same time. Since Solrock and Lunatone were asleep, the latter could not re-establish the defense. Gardevoir and Plusle proceeded to knock out the Psychic pair before they could fully awaken, thus winning Justin the Mind Badge.
After the gym battle, Justin traveled to Shoal Cave where they encountered Elite Four Glacia and her Glalie in Mega Passion in Icy Cold!. Justin and Glacia shared a Mega Evolution battle between Gardevoir and Glalie, which ended in Gardevoir's loss. Glacia recognized that Gardevoir was holding back, this time to control its own power. Glacia advised Justin to use the intense cold of the cave to have Justin and Gardevoir learn to sense and feel only each other in Gardevoir's Mega Evolved state.
Justin took Glacia's advise and delved into the coldest part of the cavern and meditated with Mega Gardevoir until they could no longer feel the cold but only each other. Once they believed their achieved this goal, Mega Gardevoir battled the cave's Walrein, and Justin effectively commanded Gardevoir with only his thoughts and emotions. The battle was called off by Glacia, who revealed Walrein was hers. She expressed pride in Justin and Gardevoir, further advising them to build on their new connection.
After the final chaos involving Team Aqua and Magma, Justin and Gardevoir continued to practice, hone, and master their Mega Evolution in Whistle in the Moonlight!.
Justin and Gardevoir's symbiosis proved the defining factor during Justin's gym battle against Juan in Eighth and Final Glory!. Gardevoir was Justin's final Pokemon, and he first defeated Juan's Crawdaunt with Moonblast after dodging a Guillotine. Gardevoir then faced Kingdra, who executed a Swift Swim-Double Team tactic under a Rain Dance to make it untouchable while hammering surprise Hydro Pump attacks and distracting with Whirlpool.
Justin had Gardevoir Mega Evolve, and he stopped giving verbal commands. Gardevoir intentionally endured a Whirlpool and Justin gave him psychic commands to ignore the Whirlpool and noise from the spectators and use his empathy to locate Kingdra among the clones. Once Gardevoir found Kingdra, he blasted it with Psyshock. Gardevoir permanently locked onto Kindra's location no matter how often it used Double Team, hid in the water, or distracted Gardevoir with its speed. Gardevoir defeated Kingdra with a Hypnosis-Dream Eater combination, ended by a Moonblast, which won Justin the Rain Badge and earned him a spot in the Ever Grande Conference.
During the Battle Palace Battle Tent, Gardevoir battled for Justin in the first and second rounds. Battling without verbal commands, Justin telepathically commanded Gardevoir to easily win their battles. Justin could have won the tournament with only Gardevoir but decided to use his other entries.
When Justin prepared for the Hoenn League in Tripping at the Speed Boost of Light!, he had Gardevoir battle Mega Blaziken. Gardevoir proved a very challenging opponent for Blaziken, but was finally struck after Blaziken tapped into her new Speed Boost. Later, Mega Blaziken grew outraged when she could not master Speed Boost, and Gardevoir emerged unannounced to defend Justin from any wild attacks. 
When the conference began, Justin registered Blaziken as his Mega Pokemon over Gardevoir, believing he was plenty powerful in his base form. In Opening Round Megas!, Justin elected to use Gardevoir in the opening round but could not when Blaziken interfered without being called. 
Gardevoir instead debuted in the quarterfinals of the conference during Justin's battle against Andrew in A Full Battle of Wills!. Gardevoir battled fourth and defeated Armaldo. Following the intermission, Gardevoir returned to face Mega Absol whose Magic Bounce ability reflected Gardevoir's Hypnosis back onto him. Gardevoir fundamentally put himself to sleep and was easily defeated.
Following Monica and Connor's incredible semifinal, Justin was especially energized. During his own semifinal against Brooke, Justin called on Gardevoir second. Gardevoir sensed and responded to Justin's energy and passion, leading him to fight much harder and with much more vigor. Gardevoir ultimately decimated Brooke's team, defeating five of her six Pokemon en route to Justin's dominant entry into the finals. 
The finals took place between The Cream of the Cream of Hoenn and Coronation into the Hoenn Hall of Fame!, and Justin faced Connor. During the battle, Connor tried to bait Justin into calling out Gardevoir so Aggron could defeat it early. Gardevoir ultimately emerged as Justin's fifth Pokemon as a surprise via Swellow's U-Turn when Connor's Salamence attacked with Dragon Rush. Gardevoir was immune to the Dragon attack and defeated Salamence with Moonblast. 
Gardevoir returned in the second half of the battle to face Slaking. Gardevoir put Slaking to sleep with Hypnosis but could not defeat it in time before Slaking awakened. Slaking forced Gardevoir to keep using Dream Eater with Encore. Gardevoir was forced to keep "using" Dream Eater, which failed while Slaking landed powerful Shadow Claw attacks and healed with Slack Off. Gardevoir eventually overcame Encore and put Slaking to sleep. Gardevoir siphoned energy from Slaking and won with Moonblast. Despite recovering health, Gardevoir was exhausted and quickly defeated by Sceptile.
Following the tournament, Justin began a six-month training regimen to prepare to face the Hoenn Elite Four.
==Personality==
Upon introduction, Gardevoir, as a Kirlia, was a nervous and easily scared Pokemon who would reactively use Hypnosis to put people and Pokemon to sleep. However, Ralts only wanted friends and was very apologetic for his actions. After capture, Ralts slowly grew out of his nervousness upon trusting Justin and his new teammates. He subsequently became a very friendly Pokemon.
When Ralts evolved into Kirlia, he retained his friendly disposition. Kirlia's Trace ability and empathy also spiked and he began copying the mannerisms of people, Pokemon, and even opponents. In this empathy, Kirlia becomes able to trace Justin's location by sensing any of his heightened emotions.
As a Gardevoir and the Embrace Pokemon, he becomes naturally more attached to Justin and jealous of his relationship with not only Eevee but all of his fellow teammates. While Gardevoir gets his new clingy behavior under control, he pops out of his Poke Ball unannounced every time he senses Justin might be in danger. Gardevoir can also trace Justin's location at any moment.
When Gardevoir first Mega Evolved, his empathy abilities spike to such a high degree that it senses the emotions of everyone and cannot focus. Since Gardevoir's psychic abilities are primarily emotional, loss of control rendered people and Pokemon nearby with massive headaches or ultimately unconscious. Mega Gardevoir and Justin had to learn to resonate so Gardevoir would only channel Justin's emotions in order to listen to his commands and battle effectively. Eventually, Gardevoir would be able to listen to Justin's non-verbal commands even outside of Mega Evolution. Justin similarly believes that of all the Pokemon he captured in Hoenn, Gardevoir is his strongest. 
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