Sword and Shield
is a Pokémon fanfic written by Kayasuri-n starring Mewtwo and an original human character. Brenda Johnson, a homicide detective for the Viridian City PD, crosses paths with Mewtwo during an investigation. He ends up joining the force under the human disguise "Vahan Smith". The two work together to solve several disturbing cases, and one humorous but irritating one.
Not to be confused with the official games of the same title for Nintendo Switch.
Tropes present in this work include:
- Badass Normal: Brenda. She kills three of the rogue experiment Pokemon's bodies with her gun and a sword.
- Crazy-Prepared: Giovanni. For one thing, the swords on display in his living room are not display-only pieces but real, battle-ready swords.
- Chekhov's Gun: Brenda ends up wielding one of the aforementioned swords during the final confrontation of the fic.
- The City Narrows: Where Mewtwo's apartment is. Brenda even refers to it as "The Shades", to Mewtwo's annoyance.
- Dirty Cop: A good chunk of the Viridian police force is on Giovanni's take
- Interspecies Romance: Not yet, but the Ship Tease between Brenda and Mewtwo heavily leans towards this result.
- Killed Off for Real: Mewtwo kills Giovanni at the end of Sword and Shield.
- Late-Arrival Spoiler: Giovanni dies, Mewtwo stays on the force.
- Secret-Keeper: Brenda's foster sister Allison, their mother, and the nurse who tended to Brenda after her injuries in Sword and Shield all know "Officer Smith" is really Mewtwo.
- She Is Not My Girlfriend: Two-way version between Mewtwo and Brenda, who have been growing closer and closer over the series but refuse to acknowledge it.
- Skewed Priorities: In the most recent story, a gamer calls in to report murder because his ex-girlfriend killed his MMORPG character. Mewtwo and Brenda are NOT pleased.
- Villain with Good Publicity: Giovanni Rocketto, who is in no way connected with Team Rocket, it's just an unfortunate name coincidence.
