How's That For Size?

Machamp TF Request

He knew that he wasn't ready.

Kyle Armstrong looked down at the ground while sitting on a bench just outside of the local Pokémon gym. He had never felt more humiliated in his life. They said that anybody could enter the competition, but just being able to do that was a challenge. It wasn't that you needed to prove yourself in order to get in; it was the other people that made it a very hard time on Kyle.

In Marago Town, they were holding their annual karate competition at the gym. The gym leader, who was an old but very wise man named Koi (who also specialized in Fighting-type Pokémon), was the one who ran the competition. Normally, the gym was meant for battling and training Pokémon. However, they stopped their regular activities for a few days to set up and run the karate competition.

The very best from all around the region come to enter in the competition. It was a grand tradition that was a vital strongpoint for the town's reputation. It may sound like a fun time, but, it was far from that. The competitors that entered the competition were mean, fierce, and have no mercy for their opponent. Everybody in the tournament despised each other greatly, and it was something that would never go away. And that is exactly what put Kyle in the current mood he's in.

Kyle had always been interested in karate ever since he could remember. Although he liked it, he was never able to do it because his body was just too small and weak. Every year, Kyle tried to enter the competition, having hopes just to be a part of it, but the people that were also entering made him feel pathetic. They mocked him on his size and how weak he was. It brought him to tears every time, which made him run back home and not enter the competition. Kyle just watched it on TV.

But, he was still determined. Kyle would train every week until the next competition came. However, every time he tried to enter, the same thing kept happening. And that thing happened to him once again, as he sighed while looking at the ground. He looked up and saw that it was beginning to get dark outside. Kyle knew that he had to head home pretty soon before someone saw him and started teasing him. Pushing himself off the bench, Kyle turned away from the gym and quickly began to walk back home.

He walked down the path that leads to the entrance of the gym. It was a path that he had always walked upon when he tried to enter the competition. Kyle just wanted to be a little stronger so he'd not only be able to enter, but also earn the respect of the others who competed there. He could already see it all roll out in his mind. Winning the competition and earning the respect of hundreds. Kyle simply couldn't wait for that day to come.

Looking ahead of him, Kyle nearly froze on what he saw. Three kids that are around his age were heading towards the gym to enter. Kyle has known these people ever since he was just a young boy. They were the typical bully that you'd be able to find in any school around the world. The main one was Rodger Hillcrest, and his two other friends David Chatt and Mark Ryans. All three of them had VERY powerful Pokémon that they have had for quite a long time. Kyle simply ducked his head down and tried to avoid directing any attention towards him.

However, the exact opposite of what he wanted happened.

"Hey, is that Kyle Armstrong?" Rodger asked, snickering afterwards.

"Fuck..." Kyle said under his breath as he lifted his head back up.

"Did they reject you? Or what, I know what happened. You wussed out! Ha!" Rodger said, making the other two laugh as they stepped in front of Kyle.

"Can't you just leave me alone for once? Every fucking day I have to look at your face and it annoys the crap out of me because you just don't let up. Oh yeah, that's right. Because you have nothing better to do than make my life as miserable as possible. For years it's been like this, and I'm fucking tired of it. Go pick on someone else for once in your fucking life." Kyle said in anger.

"That's it!" Rodger said, kicking Kyle in the shin.

"Ack!" Kyle yelled out as he crippled to the ground.

"What's the matter? Can't take a beating?" David asked, kicking him right in the gut.

Kyle couldn't speak. He simply moaned in pain.

At once, the three boys began to kick Kyle as hard as they could. Kyle curled himself up as much as possible, but it was no use. The pain of the beating was simply too much for him to handle. Kyle simply laid on the ground, completely motionless as he was being kicked. He could feel his bones and muscles being beaten heavily from the feet of the three boys. Tears began to drip down upon the hard and cold concrete that Kyle laid on. He simply wanted to know what he did to deserve this.

"Please! Stop!" Kyle shouted in pain.

"What's that?" Rodger asked, even know he heard what he said.

"Stop! Have mercy!"

"You know what? You're right. Besides, we still have to enter in the competition." Rodger said as the three boys stopped kicking him.

Kyle didn't respond, for he was in huge agony from the beating that he endured. He simply laid limp upon the ground and moaned.

"Later, dweeb!" Rodger said, kicking him one last time before he and the two others walked away.

Too weak to reply, Kyle simply watched through cloudy eyes as the three bullies walked away. Kyle had an atrocious amount of anger towards them that he had built up over the years; he simply wanted to find a way that he could take out that anger on them. Using all of his might, Kyle pushed himself onto his knees and then onto his feet. All over his skin, bruises and cuts were visible, and a rifling pain shot through his left shoulder. He knew that he'd be feeling this for a while.

Looking down the direction that the boys went off to, he saw that they were already gone. Kyle was rather surprised that nobody else was around to have witness what had happened. Rodger and his friends always got away with what they do to Kyle for some reason, and Kyle wanted to put an end to that.

Very slowly, Kyle began to continue walking down the path that lead him back to his home. Every step that he took was rather painful due to the beating. However, he simply ignored the pain to the best of his ability and eventually returned to his house. The house was dark, indicating that his parents weren't home. Kyle assumed that they were out getting groceries or something to that matter.

Kyle quickly went up the steps to the front door. Lifting up the floor mat, he picked up the key and stuck it into the keyhole on the door. He unlocked the door, and put the key back under the mat. Kyle stepped into his house and closed the door, for he was now in the safety of his own home. He yanked his shoes off of his feet and placed them against the wall nearby the door area. Flipping a nearby light switch upon the wall upwards, a bright light flicked on above Kyle.

The house was completely silent, which was typical for Kyle. Normally, Kyle would watch some television and do various other things before heading off to bed, but due to what had happened to him earlier, he simply wasn't in the mood to do any of those. All he wanted to do now is just go to bed and try to forget about what happened. Sighing, Kyle made his way towards and up the staircase to the upper level, making sure to turn off the light downstairs before going down the hallway.

After brushing his teeth and taking care of other business, Kyle was prepared to go to bed. Entering his bedroom, Kyle, now only wearing a pair of gym shorts, closed the door and walked over to the side of his bed. The bright moonlight from outside lit up his room. Before he laid down in it, Kyle walked over to the window nearby his bed and gazed out of it. The starry sky above him greeted his eyes. It was a rather beautiful sight to Kyle; the sight of a thousand twinkling stars that lingered in the heavens above. Only space Pokémon were able to get closer to the stars.

"Oh, if only there was some way that I could beat those bullies somehow." Kyle said to himself while looking at the stars. "I wish that I could be stronger than all of them combined and not only be able to teach them a lesson, but just to enter the competition."

Kyle sighed at what he had said. He had lots of doubts that it would ever happen, and even if it did, he thought that he wouldn't have the confidence to be able to go to the gym. Just as he was going to step away from the window, a star in the sky caught Kyle's attention. Staring at the star, he noticed that it was shining very brightly; much brighter than the stars that surrounded it. However, he simply just shrugged. He just passed it off for a plane or something to that matter.

However, Kyle would never be able to predict what was about to happen.

Outside of Kyle's window, shimmering blue sparkles slowly descended in front of him. It was something he had never before seen. Very quickly, Kyle unlocked and pushed open his window as wide as it would go. The sparkles seemed to shine even brighter now due to the fact that there was nothing between them and Kyle's vision. In curiosity, Kyle stuck his hand out the window and tried to catch the falling sparkles. After a couple piled in his hand, he closed his hand in a fist and brought it back towards him to observe them closer.

However, when Kyle opened his hand back up, he was surprised to find that the sparkles were gone, as if they were never there. Glancing back out the window, he noticed that the falling sparkles were still falling. Kyle was confused and amazed on all that was happening, leading him to stick his hand out the window again. Just as he did so, a strange but sensational feeling from within his body started up.

Bringing his arm back in, Kyle stood completely still from the strange euphoria that was filling up the inside of his body. The feeling began to turn into a type of energy that was slowly being released. His heart began beating a bit faster from the energy releasing. Kyle felt some of the strange energy sink into his legs and feet, making them quiver a bit.

Once the energy totally filled his lower body, it began to seemingly expand. Kyle felt as though it was pushing up against the inside of his skin. However, when he looked down, a highly unexpected sight caught his vision. The skin on his legs and feet was beginning to turn duller and greyer, while also gaining a slight blue tint to it as well. Before he could do anything else, a sudden expanding feeling in his feet caught his attention.

Kyle's feet were growing in size. Inside of them, the bones and muscles were becoming much larger and stronger. As his feet grew, the toes on the end began to deform and fuse into each other. Some of the toes simply shrank back into Kyle's feet while the rest fused into each other each side of his feet, now leaving two toes on each foot and a gap in the middle of them. Kyle was truly shocked and confused on the sight of his expanding feet. The growth of his feet began to slow down a bit, and during that slow down time, his toes grew in length slightly, ending the changes upon his feet.

"What the hell is happening?!" Kyle shouted.

Standing on his new feet felt rather strange, but at the same time, it felt rather good. Kyle felt the same expanding sensation erupt in every part of both his legs. Looking down, his eyes widened at what he was seeing. Both of his legs were bulking up an intensive amount. Muscles grew to beyond their normal size, and the bones became thicker and bigger as well. A strange feeling of strength and power was beginning to circulate through Kyle's legs as they changed.

With Kyle's growing legs, it also began to add a bit of weight onto him. He had already put on about twenty pounds of pure muscle and bone, and that number would continue to increase. While his legs continued to change, Kyle noticed a sudden compressing feeling wrap all around his waist. Looking at the upper part of his legs, he was awed at what he found. Not only were his gym shorts now a black girdle, but a large, yellow studded belt had appeared upon him. On the front side of the belt, a large yellow circle with the letter "P" was very visible. Kyle knew exactly what the belt was from. It was worn by the Pokémon Machamp. Thinking for a bit, Kyle finally realized what was happening.

"I'm becoming a Machamp!" He said to himself.

However, he wasn't fearful by the fact. Rather, Kyle had a large smile upon his face now, for his wish had actually been granted. Although it wasn't exactly what he had in mind, it was more than enough for what he wanted. Still grinning, Kyle felt the power that flowed through his legs was now at full strength. After a few more seconds, Kyle's legs were now completely changed. Enormous muscles could be seen from his now large legs. He felt amazing from it as well. Kyle felt as though he could run a marathon now.

The energy and power quickly began to fill and circulate through his torso and arms. It started off with a line of grey-blue skin rising up the surface of his skin from his girdle. While his skin changed color, the expanding started to kick in. Kyle felt and watched his chest begin to grow massively in size, adding more power and weight upon his body. His ribcage expanded a large amount in order to contain his growing internal organs.

Kyle's chest was already taking up more than half of his torso now, and was continuing to grow. Large muscles bubbled up in size and supported his growing back, giving Kyle a much better stance. While his torso continued to change, Kyle felt a surge of strength being pumping into both of his arms. Holding his now grey-blue arms, Kyle grinned as they started to change.

It began with his shoulders as they grew largely in size. They grew so large in size that they grew over his neck, practically removing it and leaving Kyle's still human head upon a cluster of muscles. Next, Kyle's arms finally started to change. They both thickened and became much wider in all directions from the growing muscles. They went beyond the point of super human size and pushed onto becoming exactly like that of a Machamp.

Once his arms were completely changed, Kyle's hands quickly followed. They grew to a very large size, accommodating to his large wrists to fit the rest of the arm. Even Kyle's fingers formed rather large muscles on the inside, which also made the fingernails to vanish from sight. However, he didn't care for that. After another moment, Kyle's hands were now that of a Machamp's. Curious, Kyle bent his large arms inwards and flexed his muscles. The veins that ran through his arms were pressed against his skin as the muscles were flexed. He was very pleased at the sight.

Out of the blue, Kyle felt as though something was pulling out his shoulder blades from the back side of them. Due to his buffness blocking his vision, Kyle was unable to see the pair of arms that was growing out of his shoulders. As they grew, they added quite a bit of mass to his upper back region, making his still unaffected head look even more awkward. The new set of arms grew rather quickly, as Kyle felt the strength flow through them fully now. He flexed his new upper set of arms inwards, very pleased that he had them now.

Kyle felt that the power that was within was an amazing sensation. He had never had any type of real muscles before and now that he had extreme power, he felt like he could take on the entire Pokémon world. However, he wasn't entirely a Pokémon yet, for his head was still that of a human. But, the base of his head already did conform to his body, making it very wide. Right at that moment, a surge of energy filled up his entire head, as the last part of the transformation went underway.

It began with the skin on his head becoming the same color as the rest of his skin, quickly converting into a grey-blue color. Due to the texture of his new skin, it forced all of the hair on his head to pop out and fall to the ground around his feet. The color of Kyle's lips turned cream, also making them slightly thicker and larger. With his lips now changed, it lead right into his mouth changing.

Kyle's jawbone started to grow in size. While it grew, his lips became slightly bigger and his nose vanish from sight. With his expanding mouth, it made the rest of his head much larger and different as well, making his ears vanish losing any human structure to it in the process. Once his mouth was completely changed, Kyle's teeth popped out and made a slight cling sound as they rained onto the ground.

Three separate pulling feelings tugged on the top side of Kyle's head. Although unable to see it, Kyle felt the three brown ridges forming on his head. The ridges on the sides caused his now red eyes to change slightly, now perfectly fitting to his new skull shape. After another moment, the ridges were fully grown, and Kyle was now a completely a Machamp, one of the physically strongest Pokémon out there.

Kyle felt better than he ever did before. Looking back outside the window, the sparkles had stopped falling and the star had stopped shining. Whatever did this to him was certainly looking after him. Suddenly, Kyle realized that his parents would see him in the morning like this. The Machamp began to panic a bit, as he began to break out in a slight sweat. He had no idea what to do now.

Walking over to his bed, Kyle sat upon it. As he put his weight down, a chorus of squeaks rang out from the springs within the mattress. He had forgotten that he was much heavier than he was before. Suddenly, an idea came to mind. Since he knew he couldn't speak human English anymore, he could write them a message stating what happened. A large smile appeared back upon his face as he got back up and walked over to the light switch.

He flipped it up as gently as he could, being wary of his strength. Once the lights turned on, Kyle made his way over to the desk near his closet where a notebook and a pen were already prepared for him. Being very careful, Kyle took out a piece of paper and grabbed the pen. He treated the pen like it was a small animal and slowly wrote out his message. Even though Kyle was being very delicate, he could feel a large amount of pressure going onto the paper, making large ink spots here and there.

Eventually, Kyle wrote out his message that he hoped his parents would understand. He left it laying upon his desk and walked back towards the light switch. Once he turned the lights back off, the room was dark again apart from the moonlight. Kyle went to his bed and carefully laid down upon it, getting into a comfortable position. Due to his upper arms, he had to lay them flat across his chest. Closing his eyes, Kyle rather quickly fell asleep, dreaming of all the great things to come.

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Epilogue:

The effects upon Kyle's body turned out to be permanent. When his parent's found him the next morning, they were of course surprised. However, when they read the note he made, they immediately understood. They're still somewhat weirded out by the fact that their son is a Pokémon, but they're all making the best of it.

After Kyle got the whole dilemma worked out with his parents, he went to the gym to enter the competition. At first, the staff that ran it wouldn't let him in due to the fact that he was a Pokémon and that the competition was for humans only. But, he had his parents with him and they showed him the note. Without any questions asked, they let the Machamp join the tournament.

While waiting for his turn, Kyle made nice with the other competitors. He was very happy that he had earned their respect and gratitude. Even though he couldn't directly communicate with them, they knew what he was trying to say thanks to hand gestures. Kyle even made a few good friends at the tournament. Those friends would stick with him for many years to come.

When it was Kyle's time to fight, he cleaned house. His new Pokémon abilities assisted him greatly; knocking every single opponent out that even dared challenged him. In the final round, he had to face against a man who was nearly as strong as he was. But, even he couldn't match against Kyle's macho strength. Kyle went on to win the tournament, taking home the golden karate belt and five thousand dollars. He kept the belt and gave the money to the local charity.

Once he won the tournament, Kyle went on to being one of the most popular figures in the entire region. He didn't let the fame go to his head either, for he was very humble about it. Kyle assisted Koi at running the gym and eventually went onto running it once Koi passed away.

And finally, you're probably wondering what Kyle did to the bullies that picked on him. Well, it's safe to say that they certainly won't be messing with him anymore. Kyle showed them a lesson, and now, they respect him. Simple as that.