DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN POKEMON

"You know, I thought that Brendan was the champion once. It was either him or May, I don't know. But I'm glad I know them now. They've helped me get a lot stronger ever since I caught my Ralts." Wally said.

"Did you evolve it into Gallade or Gardevoir?"

"Gallade, actually! Plus I can mega evolve it!"

"Cool! I'm working on the Pokedex right now!"

"Me too! Why don't we see who's farther along in their Pokedex!"

Ash took out his Pokedex and Wally did the same. Wally frowned.

"Looks like I lost. Wait! Are those legendaries?! You actually caught those?"

"Yeah! I found out that legendaries are in those rings that appear!"

"Interesting!"

"I know!"

"Well, Wally and I were just about to see a battle between Cynthia and Steven," May said, "Wanna join us?"

Ash smiled.

"No thanks. I'm trying to complete the Pokedex. After that, I'm going for Steven."

"You're going to challenge Steven?! Well good luck! Brendan almost beat Steven; he lost to his Mega Metagross."

"Well, enjoy the battle! Tell me about it later."

"Will do!"

May and Wally rushed out and Ash ran in the Pokemon Center to talk to Clemont this time.

"Ash! How's the Hoenn Pokedex coming?"

"Great! I already caught some legendary Pokemon and thirty Hoenn Pokemon."

"You're already hard at work! Well, over here, I'm doing good. I've been winning and losing gym battles. Bonnie is actually out with a boy her age. Dad was so excited when she introduced him."

"That boy is probably Max."

"How did you know?"

"I'm friends with his sister!"

"That explains a lot."

"Anyway, I just wanted to see how things were going. I'll see you soon."

"Bye!"

Ash then ran out again and started his Pokemon hunt. He caught another Ralts and evolved that and his first Ralts into a Gardevoir and Gallade. Along the way, he caught Slakoth, Vigoroth, and Slaking. Afterwards, he spent an hour trying to catch an Abra who kept running from him, and evolved it into Kadabra and Alakazam, thus adding them to his Pokedex. He befriended a Nincada, Ninjask, and Shedinja and added them to the Pokedex. Next, he ran into a lady named Zinnia who told him where to find a Whismur; he caught one and in the same area, he found a Loudred and Exploud. After getting goggles and exploring Granite Cave, he caught a Makuhita who refused to be caught unless Ash beat him in a battle, and evolved it into Hariyama. He took a break from walking by fishing in a nearby lake. He caught a Goldeen, Seaking, Magikarp, Azurill, Marill, and Azumarill there. Finally, he went into an alternate entrance of Granite Cave, and caught a Geodude and Graveler. Like the Makuhita, a Golem refused to be caught unless defeated in battle. By that time, it was 1:00. Ash wiped some sweat off his brow and released Gyarados to fly him to another legendary area. He landed and stretched.

"Ok, Gyarados. Apparently this place is called the Nameless Cavern. Let's see who we can find here."

Ash returned Gyarados and, along with his Pikachu, ran into the cave. A ring awaited him, and he instinctively took out a Pokemon. It was his Exploud. He reached into the ring and three Pokemon appeared again.

"Oh...my head. Wait, how did we get in this cave?"

"I don't know. But I know that this isn't where we belong. What do you think?"

"..."

"WAKE UP!"

"Huh? What? Oh. Wait, where are we?"

"That's what we're trying to figure out? Hey! Who's that boy with the Exploud?"

"My name's Ash. Who are you guys?"

"I'm Mesprit, these are Uxie and Azelf."

"So where do you come from?"

"I could've sworn we were from Sinnoh, not here..."

"We were minding our own business when one of these rings showed up," Azelf explained, "We were intrigued so we went through, but when we realized there was no way back, it was too late to escape."

"..."

"Why is Uxie sleeping?"

"We don't know if he is or isn't sleeping sometimes. He just keeps his eyes closed because whoever looks in his eyes gets their mind erased."

"Oh. Well, I'm in Hoenn to complete the Hoenn section of the Pokedex, but if you guys are from Sinnoh, I guess I can add you to the Sinnoh section without going to Sinnoh itself..."

"Does that mean you're going to try to catch us?"

"Yeah!"

"But what if we don't want to be caught?"

"You could run..."

Then, Mesprit's eyes got wide.

"How about this? We'll play a game of hide and seek across Hoenn. If you find any of us, you can battle us and try to catch us."

"That sounds fair!"

"Well, we're the best at hide and seek!"

"I'm ready when you are, then."

"Cool! Uxie, Mesprit, spread out!"

The three Pokemon then disappeared to three random locations in Hoenn. Ash sighed and returned Exploud. He walked outside the cave and found another red light in a place called the Trackless Forest. He flew there with Gyarados and checked the time. It was 4 o'clock. He was planning on heading back to the Pokemon center at 6. He walked in front of the ring and put his hand in. Three more Pokemon came out of the ring. They were ready to battle.

"Didn't I fight you in Sinnoh? But you three are from Johto!"

The Pokemon didn't say anything.

"Either way, it looks like we're having a triple battle."

He sent out Exploud, Gardevoir, and Hariyama.

The three Pokemon charged.

"Exploud, use Thunder Fang on Suicune! Hariyama, use Brine on Entei! Gardevoir, use Hypnosis on Raikou!"

Exploud and Hariyama both landed the attacks and Gardevoir got Raikou to fall asleep. Enraged, Entei and Suicune used Hydro Pump and Fire Blast on Exploud and Hariyama, who both instinctively dodged.

"Gardevoir, get all of them to fall asleep!"

Gardevoir then used her speed to land Hypnosis on the remaining legendaries.

"Exploud, Thunder Fang! Hariyama, Brine!"

The attacks landed, but the Pokemon stayed asleep. Ash threw three Ultra Balls at once. Entei was caught, but Suicune and Raikou broke out. Raikou woke up and noticed Entei was missing and his Suicune was asleep. Raikou used Thunder, but Hariyama was able to take it without fainting.

"Great, Hariyama! Use Earthquake! Exploud, jump!"

Exploud jumped and Hariyama used Earthquake. It caused tremendous damage to Raikou, and woke up Suicune.

"Gardevoir, put Suicune back to sleep!"

Gardevoir put Suicune to sleep again with Hypnosis while Ash threw an Ultra Ball at Raikou. One...two...three! Raikou was caught.

"Two down, one left."

Suicune was still fast asleep. Exploud landed.

"Exploud, Solar Beam!"

Exploud prepared a Solar Beam while Suicune was sleeping. Suicune then woke up. It used Hydro Pump immediately on Gardevoir. He then noticed Exploud charging Solar Beam.

"Now, Exploud!"

Suicune was about to use Hydro Pump, but got hit by Solar Beam first. It struggled to get up. Ash threw one more Ultra Ball. One...two...three! Suicune was caught.

"Great job everyone! Now, return!"

At the Pokemon Center...

"So you caught the legendary trio of Johto? Cool!"

"Yeah, but the legendary trio of Sinnoh went into hiding!"

"So? At least they didn't flee to another region."

"True. Well, I'm about to give them dinner. I'll see you soon, Serena."

"Bye, Ash!"

Ash hung up, grabbed the PokeFood and walked out of the Pokemon Center to the battlefield. Pikachu started eating as soon as his PokeFood was poured. Exploud, Gardevoir, and Hariyama ate quickly and returned to their Pokeballs. Pikachu followed by returning to Ash's room. Finally, Ash poured the food for the legendary dogs. He released them.

"I could have sworn that you were from Johto. How did you get here?"

They simply glared at him. Raikou, however, had an expression portraying neither joy nor hate.

"Oh, I forgot to heal you up!"

Ash took out his Max Potions and went to heal Entei first. Entei growled.

"Easy. I'm not going to hurt you."

Ash sprayed the wounds on Entei and did the same on Suicune and Raikou. The three then ate their food.

"I really hope we can be friends."

Raikou finished and nuzzled Ash in affection. Suicune and Entei were not so eager.

"I understand if you two have a hard time trusting me. I won't force you to."

He returned the legendary dogs to their PokeBalls and went to sleep.

The next day...

Ash ran out of the Pokemon Center and someone different was waiting for him.

"Hey, Ash!"

"Hi, Steven!"

"Nice to see you remembered!"

TO BE CONTINUED...