Pokémon Go! World
Chapter 3: Encounter! Arrival of the Red Orb, Blue Orb and Green Orb
Narration: Hoenn, considered the tropical wonderland of the Pokémon World. In the past ravaged by territorial conflicts brought about through the feud between Team Magma and Team Aqua in a battle of supremacy of the land and sea, the clash between the endless drought and eternal sunlight ensued that brought the entirety of the Hoenn region to the brink of destruction. Guided by the guardian of the sky along with the strong willed trainers who took charge and challenged the monstrous legends that ruled over weather, the economical terrorists and destructive battles that broke out, the heroes took on these conflicts head on with endless courage. The conflicts of those battles have long since influenced the further growth of Hoenn and all of its trainers.
In a route filled with luscious greenery, droplets of waters dripped down from the leaves of a tree and fell into a nearby pond. Two bird-like dragon Pokémon gracefully soared through the air above the area before rapidly flying throughout the region. They had aerodynamic bodies, the lower half of the first Pokémon's body was blue with jet-plane wings and fin-like feet. It had a red triangular marking on its chest. It had white and blue arms that could be tucked into its body. The upper-half of its body was white, it had triangular ears and a blue face with a white oval in the middle. The second also possessed an aerodynamic body and it also had glass-like down feathers. The lower half of its body was red with jet-plane wings and fin-like feet. It had a blue triangular marking on its chest. It had white and red arms that could be tucked into its body. The upper-half of its body was white, it had triangular ears and a red face with a white pentagon in the middle.
They raced through the sky with vigor while tucking their arms into their bodies, seemingly racing with one another as they separated and flew in opposite directions.
A boy with light brown hair stood in front of a forest on a relatively straightforward route. He had zaffre colored eyes and wore a white headband with a zaffre and sapphire colored symbol. He wore a zaffre and ruby colored long sleeved jacket with trimmings and white marks around the abdomen. He also wore form fitting black pants with white trimmings and emerald colored cuffs, ruby, white, black and emerald colored strap shoes and finally he sported ruby, white and black colored gloves. The young boy also wore an emerald colored rucksack with yellow and red trimmings.
"What was that in the sky just now?" he wondered after seeing a vaguely bird-like silhouette prior.
"Oh well, let's get this started! Take the stage, Grovyle, Marshtomp!" he exclaimed while calling out a Grovyle alongside an amphibious bipedal Pokémon. Its body was primarily light-blue with a lighter shade of blue for its underside and an orange belly. Its head had an angular black fin, orange eyes, and orange gills on the ends of both cheeks. It had long arms with three-fingered hands, its feet had three small toes, and it had two black fins for tails. This Pokémon had a thin, sticky film enveloping its body that enabled it to live on land.
"Ah, so your Mudkip from before has evolved into a Marshtomp in the time since we've last met?" a man eagerly inquired while holding a microphone and standing alongside his colleague, who held a video camera. He had combed brown hair and dark brown eyes and wore a grayish blue dress shirt under his gray vest along with that he sported white slacks along with a light green tie. He also wore grayish blue loafers and had a black belt. His colleague possessed onyx colored hair with light brown eyes and she wore a red sleeveless shirt with a Tynamo symbol and gray trimmings. She also wore onyx colored jeans and possessed white boots with dark gray colored bottoms along with a silver bracelet.
"It kinda looked better as a Mudkip." the woman noted. "If it was a Swampert it'd at least have a lot more of a cool factor to it as well." the man added along.
"What the heck are you guys talking about? It's not the looks that count it's the skills!" the boy retorted. "Not the looks, it's the skills? What a good line, did you get that?" the man inquired as his coworker nodded in response. "Can we pick up the pace a little? I don't really have time for your antics today." the boy announced. "Uh, sure? But if we win than we'll be getting that interview!" the man announced. "You say that every time, but you two always lose." the boy smiled.
"Let's give our all today, Sai!" the woman declared while setting down the camera. "Yeah, I was thinking the same thing Mai!" Sai replied while the two held out their Pokéballs and called out their respective Pokémon.
Sai called out a small, round Pokémon with a mainly bluish white body shaped like an fūrin wind chime. It had beady, yellow eyes and three stubby limbs, its body had a horizontal amaranth-colored pattern. Underneath its body extended a long, tag-like tail that had amaranth patterning at the bottom. A yellow, globular growth was connected to the top of its body. Mai called out a Spinda, with the red spots that were around different parts of its body being located around its wrists and ribs with an oval like marking around its neck.
"You got new members, huh." the boy muttered while pulling out a ruby colored Pokédex that strongly resembled a gaming console. It had emerald and sapphire colored buttons and in all was noticeably sleeker and more 'modern' than the older Hoenn Pokédex models. "I can't waste time on Pokédex entries, I really do have to go!" the boy thought to himself while putting his Pokédex away. "Marshtomp, start this off with Muddy Water!" he commanded. The Mud Fish Pokémon pressed its hands against the ground and from in front of it emerged a wave of light brown energy, which then crashed down on the opposing two Pokémon.
"Wow, what power!" Mai exclaimed. "He really does mean business today, incredible! Maybe we'll be the headlines if we beat a trainer this strong!?" Sai wondered in excitement. "*cough* That's right, Chimecho use Hyper Voice!" he commanded, while trying to keep himself composed, as the Chime Bell Pokémon released multiple transparent rings from its mouth at the two Pokémon, who readied themselves for the incoming attack.
Elsewhere a young girl with black hair and garnet colored eyes stood in an exercise gym-like battlefield with weights and exercising machines decorating the outskirts of the battlefield. She wore a black bow with garnet colored stripes and ruby colored tips along with a garnet colored high collared jacket vest with black trimmings and an emerald colored collar. Under the jacket she wore a sapphire colored long sleeved shirt and she also sported white shorts with black leggings. The young girl also possessed garnet, sapphire, black and emerald colored sneakers and she wore sapphire, black and white colored gloves. Finally she sported a single strapped yellow colored rucksack with emerald and blue colored trimmings and was commanding a Combusken.
Her opponent was a well-built young woman, she had long sky blue hair, which was tied with an orange ribbon before spiking out at the tips, and red eyes. She wore a slate gray and red-orange colored collared shirt, underneath it she wore a form fitting red swimming shirt. She also wore slightly baggy black sweatpants and red-orange shoe wraps, she had red-orange and slate gray gloves as well. She possessed a large, bulky Pokémon. It had narrow eyes and rounded ears. On its head was a short, triangular crest. Dark blue hair grew across the tops of its eyes, around the head crest, and extended down its back to form a long ponytail. The upper half of its body was cream-colored, while the lower half was dark blue. Yellow extensions encircled its waist, resembling a skirt in the process. There was a small, orange half-circle marking in the center of its torso just above the skirt. It had large hands with three fingers and small, two-toed feet, both its hands and feet were orange.
"Combusken use Sky Uppercut!" the girl commanded. The Young Fowl Pokémon's claw glowed light blue as it rushed towards its opponent.
"That won't take us down! Hariyama use Bulk Up!" the woman commanded. The Arm Thrust Pokémon became surrounded in a crimson aura and flexed, its muscles thickening in the process as it was struck by the attack and forced back a bit, but failing to lose its balance. "This will be troublesome if I don't finish things quickly. I'll already be late at this rate as it is." the black-haired girl thought to herself. "As I'm sure that you're already aware, Bulk Up raises both my Pokémon's offensive and defensive capabilities. But I won't be content with just this, Rock Tomb!" the woman commanded.
Hariyama fiercely clapped its hands together in front of it. It slightly opened up its hands as silver sparkles formed in between them. The sparkles then expanded, forming into a silver orb of energy, while the Arm Thrust Pokémon lifted its arms and the orb of energy up into the sky. The orb then grew larger until it was much bigger than Hariyama's body. Finally, the glow faded out the orb, forming into a large gray boulder with a transparent silver glow. The orb rested in Hariyama's arms, and it threw the boulder at the young lass' Combusken.
"Dodge it, Combusken!" she exclaimed as the Fire/Fighting-type successfully avoided the technique. The boulder then split into multiple smaller boulders that were littered around the battlefield.
"Boosting up her own Pokémon's strength while trying to lower my Pokémon's speed to make up for Hariyama's subpar speed, she's good. As expected of a Gym Leader." she internally declared to herself.
"Ms. Abby, I have to hand it to you, you're incredible. Coming here, I expected nothing more than a battle of brute strength considering that that this is a Fighting-type Gym but you've already made it abundantly clear that a lot more thought will need to be put into this battle instead of hoping to just power through everything." the young girl smiled. "I don't blame you for that assumption of yours. But remember this, strength is meaningless without the skill or ability to make proper use of it." Abby announced. "My mom's a Pokémon researcher, after all the lessons she gave me when I was younger she'd kill me if I went ahead and made such a rookie mistake this far into my journey!" the girl responded. "A researcher, huh? Aside from being a teacher, my mother is also a Gym Leader, so it appears that we'll be pitting our respective teachings from our mothers up against one another." Abby proclaimed.
"Bring it on, Combusken use Aerial Ace!" the young girl commanded as her Combusken was encased in a clear aura and rushed towards its opponent with a high burst of speed.
"Grovyle use Energy Ball!" the boy commanded.
The Wood Gecko Pokémon put its hands together. It then formed a green ball of energy between them, which was then surrounded by light green sparks. "Spinda intercept that with Psybeam!" Mai commanded as the Spot Panda Pokémon fired a magenta beam of energy with multicolored particles inside from its palms while Grovyle shot out its Energy Ball. The two attacks briefly clashed as the Energy Ball quickly overwhelmed the Psybeam and went towards Spinda, who narrowly managed to avoid the technique.
"Chimecho, we've gotta get that interview, I mean that win, Shadow Ball!" Sai ordered while Chimecho formed a black and purple orb of energy with black sparks and shot it at its opponents.
"Knock it back with ThunderPunch!" the boy exclaimed in response as Grovyle slammed its two fists together. Yellow sparks of electricity cackled and both of its hands were covered in yellow orbs of electricity. The Wood Gecko Pokémon then struck the incoming Shadow Ball right back at Sai's Chimecho, who narrowly avoided the technique. "Sai, let's use our tag team combo!" Mai called out to her colleague, who nodded in response. "Calm Mind!" the duo exclaimed in union as both of their Pokémon mentally depicted a single droplet of water falling inside a dark void as they were both then surrounded by red rings of energy that melded into their body, which then caused them to momentarily glow read in the process indicating that their Special Attack and Special Defense was increased.
"A dual Calm Mind? That doesn't bode well for us in a prolonged battle. We're in a rush so I guess we'll be a bit bold with this next one, Marshtomp charge at them with Brick Break!" the light brown-haired trainer commanded as the Mud Fish Pokémon's hands glowed white while it rushed towards its opponent. "Now, Hyper Voice!" the duo of reporters ordered as both of their Pokémon launched out a powered up synchronized technique.
Back at the Dewford Gym, Combusken and Hariyama exchanged repeated blows. The Young Fowl Pokémon possessed the speed advantage and repeatedly struck at its opponent with precise and well-coordinated Sky Uppercuts. In spite of that Hariyama seemed to not take as much damage from their repeated clashes due to its own use of Bulk Up. The two Fighting-types separated from one another as the Arm Thrust Pokémon glowed blue after utilizing its prior technique. "Hariyama already has the physical advantage from being a naturally bulky Pokémon, along with being fully evolved, you are aware of that, correct?" Abby inquired to the young girl.
"You keep throwing it in my face with all of those clashes so of course. A combination of Bulk Up and Close Combat is especially difficult as well, besides that my Combusken's Fire-type attacks probably won't do very much against that Thick Fat ability of yours either." the girl called out. "How did you deduce my Hariyama's ability?" the Gym Leader wondered. "Hariyama have two abilities, Thick Fat or Guts. If you had Guts than you would have given your Hariyama a held item to activate its ability and you would have been more careful against Combusken's attacks as well since you wouldn't have been able to reduce the damage you'd have taken from Fire attacks like you would have with Thick Fat." the girl declared to the amazement of the Dewford Gym Leader.
"Have you ever considered the possibility of your assumption being inaccurate?" Abby inquired. "If it was then you wouldn't have reacted like that before." the girl smiled in response.
"Impressive, not many people your age would have such deductive skills. There isn't much point in prolonging this any further then, Cross Chop!" Abby commanded. Hariyama crossed its arms to make an 'X' shape as they glowed white, it then rushed towards Combusken. "We learned this move specifically for this battle with you, Low Kick!" the girl declared. Combusken ducked right when Hariyama approached it and swiped its legs, causing the Arm Thrust Pokémon to trip and fall over, noticeably leaving an 'X' shaped mark in the part of the ground that it fell on. "Settle this with Heat Wave!" she exclaimed as the Young Fowl Pokémon jumped in the air and opened its mouth and created a ball of yellow orange fire in its mouth. It then released a wind of flames down on its opponent, barraging it with powerful flames.
"Even with Thick Fat, the aftereffects of Close Combat won't be able to reduce the damage enough." Abby thought to herself while looking on as Hariyama lost consciousness.
"Time for the climax, Grass Pledge and Water Pledge!" the boy exclaimed.
Grovyle began to glow light green as it waited for Marshtomp, who glowed light blue. The Mud Fish Pokémon then jumped into the air as water appeared around it and it slammed its hands into the ground while Grovyle puts its hand into the ground at the same time. As a result a pillars of swirling leaves rushed towards their opponents. While they approached Spinda and Chimecho, light blue energy surrounded the pillars of leaves as they were enveloped in swirling water. The combination attack then struck the two Pokémon as an explosion occurred, a mist then ensured while a swamp was created due to the aftereffects of the combined techniques.
"We lost!?" Sai exclaimed in dismay. "So easily?" Mai added along in disappointment as their Pokémon were revealed to have been knocked out.
"With that Zaffre's Entertainment Show comes to an end." Zaffre grinned while making a camera gesture and observing his Pokémon. "Dang it, we'll get you next time!" Sai called out in annoyance as Zaffre recalled his Pokémon. "You guys always say that too." Zaffre noted while dashing away.
"Since you defeated me it's only fitting that you get the Knuckle Badge as a reward." Abby smiled while handing the black-haired girl a blue and orange badge shaped like a boxing glove.
"It's fine, I don't need it. I'm actually not aiming for the Hoenn League." the girl declared to Abby's bewilderment. "You see, my grandpa is the Petalburg Gym Leader. I want to inherit the gym from him but he's really stubborn about passing it down so I decided to embark on a quest to defeat the eight strongest active Gym Leaders in the Hoenn region to prove myself as a worthy successor. I'm not really interested in challenging the Hoenn League itself so that's why I don't want to accept any badges." the girl announced. "If I recall correctly Petalburg's Gym Leader is Mr. Norman. I see, that explains a lot if you're his granddaughter. Well even if you won't accept the badge, I hope that you succeed in your quest. A rematch between Gym Leaders sounds amusing." Abby smiled.
"Thank you, but I'll need your signature here. Grandpa won't believe it unless I get official signatures from you all after I defeat you." the girl announced while handing the light blue-haired woman a folder, much to her exasperation. "At this moment we'll be preparing to showcase the appeal performance of this final competitor!" an announcer declared in a dimly lit but heavily decorated stage with various glowing lights and a roaring audience as a tea green-haired girl let out a smile. "I lost more time than I expected battling those guys, darn it!" Zaffre cursed while running before looking ahead to notice a young boy. He had aqua green hair and turquoise colored eyes. The young boy wore a white cardigan with aqua green colored trimmings, with a purple dress shirt and cloud colored pants. He possessed turquoise and white colored shoes with a purple satchel.
"Walter, what's up?" Zaffre inquired to the exhausted young boy, who trudged ahead. "That man is strange, so strange, too strange. His levels of bewildering strangeness should not be humanly possible." Walter wearily mumbled. "I told you that you shouldn't have gone to that Trick House." Zaffre smiled in amusement. "How could anyone possess such a perplexing mindset?" the aqua green-haired boy wondered to himself.
"*sigh* He's scarred. Hey Walter, come on! We have to meet up with your cousin, eh I mean first cousin, once removed!" Zaffre declared while grabbing the young boy by his wrist and quickly taking off, dragging him along with him.
"I'm going to be late!" the black-haired girl impatiently exclaimed.
"Calm down, my Flying-types will get us there in a flash!" a dark lavender-haired woman with light turquoise colored eyes declared. She had a white aviator helmet with a honey colored strip and turquoise colored goggles that had lavender lenses. She had a high collared sky blue jumpsuit with white and lavender colored trimmings. Along with that she possessed white gloves with a honey colored stripe along with mercury's wings ornaments attached to the wrist. She wore a turquoise and purple colored belt with a silver wing-shaped buckle along with white boots with lavender colored trimmings with mercury's wings ornaments attached to the ankle. She rode on a Pelipper while the black-haired girl rode on an alternately colored Swellow with a green and light orange color scheme. "S-sure." the girl hesitantly mumbled. "Ms. Aella, I never knew that you had a Shiny Swellow." the girl uttered in awe.
"Not very many trainers can say they have a shiny so I understand your amazement." Aella proudly smiled.
"I actually have a Shiny Pokémon." the girl smiled. "Eh? Seriously, which one? You wanna trade!?" Aella overzealously inquired while her Pelipper flew close towards Swellow. "N-not really." the girl nervously chuckled.
"*pant* We're late. *pant*" Walter muttered in exhaustion as the duo arrived at the Contest Hall arena. "Yeah, but they still don't seem to have decided on a winner just yet." Zaffre noted while looking around at the dimly lit room. A tea green-haired girl with dark brown eyes stood on the stage. She had a cobalt and cream colored dress with long water sleeves. She had on orange and white colored belt along with cream colored boots. She wore black leggings and had a cobalt colored ribbon with a cream colored scarf as well.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" the girl called out, she stood next to a Mudkip, a purple, bipedal Pokémon with a square build. It had a large mouth with yellow lips and peg-like teeth in each corner. When its mouth is open, its large tongue and throat were visible. Above its prominent mouth was a stubby nose. On top of its head were two short stalks that supported its circular ears. The inside of its ears had alternating black and purple rings, but there was only a single black ring on the back. There were yellow stripes on its back in a pattern that resembles sound waves, it had arms with three fingers and short legs with two peg-like toes and on the sole of each foot was a yellow circle. Along with that she also had a Pokémon that appeared to be stylized personification of the Grim Reaper. Its body was a black robe with two bones on its back. It had a mask that resembled a skull and has single eye that floated between the eye sockets.
"Lay witness to my Miraculous Entertainment Show!" she announced as the crowd cheered.
"My pretty heroine, Lil' Mudkip start the final act with Surf!" the Coordinator commanded. The Mud Fish Pokémon glowed blue and raised its head up into the sky, creating a wave of water that approached the group. "Look out!" "She's in trouble!" the crowd murmured in concern. "Now the strongman will take the stage. Loudred, Hammer Arm!" she winked while snapping her fingers. The Big Voice Pokémon's forearms glowed white as it struck the wave, causing it to split in half. "Now my little star, Duskull use Psychic!" she then commanded. The Requiem Pokémon's eyes glowed blue while its body was outlined in blue and it sent out a small blue ball of energy at the water. The entirety of the two waves were then encased in a light blue energy as Duskull levitated the water up into the sky above them.
"Incredible, she manipulated the water to take the shape of a Pokéball!" an announcer declared while the judges and audience looked on in awe.
"Blizzard." she smiled as she danced while the water flowed around in the background. Mudkip opened its mouth and the inside of it started to glow light blue. It then released a powerful blizzard from its mouth at Pokéball-shaped ring of water, freezing it in the process. "Shadow Ball!" the Coordinator commanded as Duskull fired various orbs of black and purple energy with light purple sparks that swung around right below the ring of ice. "Now, it's my turn! My dear spectators, let's settle this with grace!" the Coordinator exclaimed while jumping onto her Loudred's arms, before being thrown up into the air by her Pokémon.
"Loudred, Hyper Voice!" the air borne trainer announced while removing her clothes.
"Ah!" Walter screamed while covering his eyes as Zaffre eagerly smiled while looking on. The Big Voice Pokémon then screamed and released multiple transparent rings from its mouth up into the frozen Pokéball symbol and Shadow Balls. The Hyper Voice forced the Shadow Balls to collide into the Pokéball as a bright light then shined. Various sparkling lights gently snowed down on the battlefield as the Coordinator stood together with her Pokémon as she now sported a white dress with light blue trimmings along with light blue gloves, which was worn under her other outfit.
"The glittering lights are the only fitting visuals for the climax of this show, the end." she announced while bowing to the crowd, who vigorously cheered.
"Good job, Walda!" Zaffre called out while cheering for the young girl alongside Walter.
Sometime had passed as Zaffre, Walter and Walda all sat down together as Walda now sported a white collared shirt with pink buttons and a baby blue bolero jacket that possessed cream colored trimmings. She also wore a light gray skirt with a pink belt along with white flats that had gray bottoms. "Zaffre, Walter, it's been a while." Walda gleefully expressed to the duo. "Yeah, I'm glad to see that you're doing well, cousin." Walter responded to his older cousin.
"That was a Mixed Contest, right?" Zaffre inquired. "Yep, it's been tough but so far I think that I've come along pretty well with my Contests." the tea green-haired lass responded.
"Have you beaten the Master Class for any of the six categories yet?" Walter asked.
"Nope, I was saving the Master Rank contests for after I won ribbons for contests of the Normal, Super and Hyper ranks." Walda answered. "Though I didn't expect you to come today, Walter. How have you two come along?" she then asked. "I've been practicing with my father but since he's facing one of the Elite Four today Zaffre offered to watch over me for the day." Walter answered. "Practicing with the Hoenn League Champion himself before even starting your journey is pretty much a guaranteed slot into the top tier of the Pokémon world." Walda giggled. "I'm not training to the point where I learn everything he required to succeed, I just want to know enough to firmly take my first steps into the world of Pokémon." Walter retorted.
"Oh I see, how about you Zaffre?" Walda asked.
"There are still a few months until the Hoenn Circuit so I've been training and preparing myself until then. There are a limited amount of requirements to enter the Circuit in the first place so I'm not really doing much else aside from what I've already been doing from the start. You know competing in a few contests and having unofficial battles with Gym Leaders, stuff like that." Zaffre responded. "Oh alright, so where's Garnet?" Walda then asked.
"She was off battling the Dewford Gym Leader, I told her she should have saved it for tomorrow but there's no reasoning with that sister of mine." Zaffre sighed.
"To be a Gym Leader wouldn't she have to take the exam first and directly challenge Mr. Norman?" Walter wondered. "She said something about beating seven of the strongest Gym Leaders in Hoenn before challenging and defeating Grandpa himself to prove herself as a viable successor. If she could beat eight Gym Leaders like that than the Hoenn League would have been a good goal to go after but I can understand why she chose not to challenge it." the light brown-haired boy calmly answered.
"If I recall correctly your parents conquered the Hoenn League back when they were around our age, right?" Walda then asked.
"Yeah, that's right. Along with that they went ahead and challenged the Battle Frontier, which was the first of its kind back in the day." Zaffre announced while recalling seven silhouettes towering over two trainers.
"While their overall strength varies, all Frontier Brain possess skill that at least rivals that of some of the strongest trainers in the Hoenn region. To this day the only trainers from that first group still active as Frontier Brains now are the Salon Maiden Anabel, Pyramid King Brandon and Pike Queen Lucy. In fact one of the new recruits who joined in the last few years, a man from Sinnoh called Riley, is challenging Anabel for her spot as the Leader of the Battle Frontier. The battle is set to take place tomorrow morning." he added along. "You sure know a lot about them for someone who isn't challenging the Frontier." Walda noted. "I'm keeping my options open, winning the Hoenn Circuit would naturally open up the gateway to the Nationals but I might want to travel around Hoenn a bit more before then and even venture into other fields. I might help out at the orphanage as well." Zaffre responded.
"That's so cool! I don't really think I'll try to challenge something like the Battle Frontier or the Hoenn League myself. Whether I win or lose, I just want to make people happy and bring smiles to everyone who watches Pokémon Contests." Walda announced in response. "Personally I would not feel satisfied with defeat." Walter muttered. "That's exactly why I want to give it my all to make everyone happy! If you fight hard enough what does it matter if you win or not!?" Walda boldly announced. "It would be a bit patronizing to the people who lose though." Walter responded. "Smiles!" Walda nonsensically retorted. "T-that doesn't make any sense." Walter mumbled. "The same can be said about being so concerned over wins and losses." Walda declared.
"I guess, but smiles don't solve anything. If it was as easy as smiling than…" "I never said it would be easy!" Walda stated while rebuking and interrupting the aqua green-haired boy's statement.
"They'll be at this for a while." Zaffre sighed before letting out a smile.
"We finally made it!" Garnet exclaimed while stretching as she and Aella landed on a beach. "I told you, when it comes to the sky and the sea no one is a better judge of things than me." Aella proudly declared. "Ah, that's right. Do you think I'll be able to battle you anytime soon? I only need to defeat two more Gym Leaders before I challenge Grandpa so it'd be great if you were one of my last opponents." Garnet inquired to the dark lavender-haired woman. "Sure, I don't see why not but honestly you shouldn't be so carefree about your challenge against the Gym Leaders. Some of them might hold a grudge against you if you become one yourself by using them as scapegoats for your own needs." Aella noted. "Come on, no one is that petty." Garnet laughed in response. "Besides what I'm doing isn't all that different from what the trainers who challenge Gyms do." she added along.
"…You do remember that you have to take a Gym Leader's Exam to become one, right?" Aella wondered.
"Until then, bye Ms. Aella!" Garnet called out while saying goodbye to the Gym Leader, having inadvertently ignored her question.
"Sure is a shame that the beach is so empty, but it is winter so not much can help it. But looks like I lucked out, the S.S Tidal still hasn't gotten here!" the black-haired girl pondered on while looking around at the barren beach before looking up ahead to Slateport City. "It's been a while since I saw Zaffre, Walda and Walter, I wonder if they've been doing well?" Garnet wondered while continuing on her way.
Elsewhere a large ferry sailed across the seas as a man wearing an olive green flat cap with strange brown-hair, along with that he was shown to be sporting a black and green suit, sat down and looked out a window. "The S.S Tidal will be arriving soon, are you ready?" the individual inquired while talking into a communicator. "Of course, the preparations are set. This is the penultimate stage in our operation, failure isn't an option." the voice declared.
"I understand, brother." the man announced. "Until then, D." the voice announced as the disguised Dogma commander let out a smile.
"Truthfully regardless of whether you partake in Gym Battles, Contests, the Battle Frontier or the Regional Circuits, I think that the vigor and powerful bonds between Pokémon and trainers is what truly decides whether you succeed or not. The knowledge to anticipate and properly react to obstacles, the strength to fight on and the courage to overcome the limitations of victory and defeat. Putting it simply, those are the three necessities to become a great trainer." a man smiled. He had dark brown, on the verge of seeming to be black, hair with reddish brown eyes that possessed a ruby tint. He wore a white knit cap with an orange headband that possessed a white Pokéball-like symbol, which mostly obscured his hair besides the nape and sideburns. Along with that he wore a form fitting ruby and black shirt, over his shirt he wore an orange and black jacket with emerald green trimmings and cuffs. The man wore slightly baggy dark gray pants, with green trimmings. Finally he sported blood orange, emerald green and black colored shoes.
"Coming from a National's Superstar like you that means everything in the world!" an interviewer exclaimed. "Please, go on." Brendan brashly smirked.
"Mr. Brendan, I must ask. People around the region vigorously debate on this subject, so we've all just got to know. Please tell me, is that your hair or is it just a hat?" the interviewer inquired while pointing at the knit cap. "Oh, well it's a hat." Brendan responded while nonchalantly lifting up the headband to show his dark hair. "I knew it!" That's a lie!" "He just dyed it!" "His hair is white!" "It was always a hat!" the crowd in the Pokémon Center murmured in the background.
"Man, people really get worked up about little things." Zaffre muttered while looking on. "See, I told you it was a hat." Walter declared. "That can't be, he must have cut his hair, dyed it and then gotten a hat that looks like his actual hair to fool people!" Walda ridiculously claimed. "It's a hat, where else do you think my hair color came from?" Garnet inquired while meeting up with the trio. "…You didn't just dye it?" Walda asked to Garnet's annoyance.
"Took you long enough to show up." Zaffre complained. "I'm here aren't I? The S.S Tidal isn't even here yet." Garnet retorted.
"Don't you understand? If we don't make it there quickly than we'll miss out the arrival of the Colored orbs." Zaffre announced. "Colored orbs? I thought that those orbs were kept in the Rustboro Museum." Walter stated. "A while back the orbs were transferred over to Unova for exhibitions over in the Corterra and Nacrene Cities. It's been a few months since then but they've finally returned or I guess I should say that they will." Walda informed her cousin. "Those three orbs are connected to the legendary Weather trio, Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza. They are easily one of the most treasured collection of orbs in the world, their arrival would naturally be a big thing." Zaffre stated.
"A lot of people have tried to steal those orbs in the past so there'll probably be a lot of security." Garnet added along. "Indeed, well since we're all here, I guess we've still got about fifteen minutes to kill until we could head out." Zaffre noted while pulling out a sleeker and somewhat simpler looking Pokénav.
"Fifteen minutes? I thought you said we were late." Walter noted. "Late for being early." Zaffre responded with brimming passion as the others glared at him in annoyance.
"Hey…So what Pokémon have you guys caught since last time?" Walda inquired while changing the subject. "Why tell you when I can show you!" Garnet declared while grabbing the tea green-haired lass by the wrist and dragging her to the backyard.
"I can't miss up this chance to show off, come on Walter!" Zaffre called out. "I'll pass." the young boy muttered while being forcefully dragged along. "Behold, my all-star cast!" Zaffre declared while throwing out various Pokéballs, some with distinct designs from the standard model.
Alongside Grovyle and Marshtomp, he called out a bipedal humanoid Pokémon that appeared to be wearing a tutu. Most of its body was white, and there were three ruffles on each hip. Beneath the ruffles, it had skinny green legs with pointed feet. Its arms were also thin with two digits each, it had green hair that covered most of its face and reached its shoulders on either side, resembling two ponytails. Large, red eyes were visible on either side of the hair that covered its face. On each side of its head was a flat, red horn that resembled a hairpin. He also called out a Camerupt with noticeably small volcano humps, a cream-colored bipedal Pokémon with blue markings that had a dot-like nose, and a cream-colored minus sign in the middle of its circular blue cheeks. It had long, flat ears that were mostly blue. Its limbs were stubby and digitless, and it had blue front paws. Its short tail was tipped with a blue minus sign. Finally he also brought out a Donphan to conclude his showcase.
Garnet brought out her Combusken, along with a Lairon, an alternately colored magenta and light pink Sharpedo, a cream-colored bipedal Pokémon with red marking that had a dot-like nose, and a cream-colored plus sign in the middle of its circular red cheeks. It had long, flat ears that were mostly red. Its limbs were stubby and digitless, and it had red front paws. Its short tail was tipped with a red plus sign. She also called out a Tropius and a Skitty.
Walda brought out her Mudkip, Loudred and Duskull along with a tortoise-like, quadruped Pokémon that had a large black rock-like shell with holes that glowed with a red warmth. Its skin was reddish brown with gray-black bands on its legs and neck. It had a long neck and its eyes seemed permanently closed. Finally she brought out a bipedal, reptilian Pokémon that was usually green. On either sides of its head were yellow frills, which were connected by lines to its yellow lips and rings around its eyes. There were small ridges on its shoulders and a red zigzag stripe around its midsection. The hands and feet had three short digits each, and it had yellow soles. It also had a long skinny tail that was usually curled tightly in a spiral.
"I guess I'll show my partners too!" Walter reluctantly announced while throwing out four different Pokéballs.
From them emerged a humanoid Pokémon with a white body that had thin arms and legs that widen toward the feet. There was a wispy extension trailing off the back of its feet, creating the overall impression of a nightgown or oversized dress. Most of its face was covered by green hair that resembled a bowl cut. There were two flat, red horns on top of its head: a large one toward the front and a smaller one at the back. Along with a bipedal, rosebud-like Pokémon. Its face was yellow with small, slit-like eyes. It appeared to be wearing a green bib, and had triangular, stubby yellow feet. When open, the inside of its vines had a blue spot, while the other had a red spot. Another Pokémon resembled a plain, gray cloud with a single wisp extending from the top of its head. It had a large, spherical head and a lighter colored mask-like marking over its eyes. Finally he called out a bipedal Pokémon with a bulky build. Most of its body was yellow, but it had a black marking on its chest that extended around its neck. Its round hands resembled black boxing gloves, but its feet were yellow with two visible toes. On its cheeks were red, ring-shaped markings, and it had slit-like eyes. On top of its head was a knot, which caused it to resemble a punching bag.
"Everyone's looking great. A pink Sharpedo, how lovely." Walda noted while petting the Brutal Pokémon. "I've got an alternate colored Pokémon of my own, so it's not that impressive." Zaffre dully noted. "It's alright, not all of us can get lucky." Garnet cheekily smiled to her twin brother's annoyance.
"Oh yeah, Walter. Did you catch those Pokémon yourself?" the black-haired girl asked.
"This Ralts was hatched from an egg given to me by my father while the others were caught under his supervision." Walter answered.
"You've almost got a full team, you'll be eligible to start as a trainer soon so the kind of jump start you'll be getting over other rookies is going to be ridiculously large." Walda stated in amusement. "He looks like the type of guy, that the moment we got careless…" "He'd surpass us before we even noticed, right?" the twins contemptuously mumbled.
"Hey Walda, you've had that Mudkip for a while. You think you'll be evolving it any time soon?" Zaffre inquired to the young girl as his Marshtomp greeted her Mudkip. "Hmm, not yet. There's still more things that it can do as a Mudkip so I'll save it's evolution for another time." Walda responded. "What about you guys and your Pokémon?" the tea green-haired girl inquired in response. "I plan on using the six I have on me now for the Hoenn Circuit so I think I'll evolve them around that time so that rival competitors don't end up seeing too much of them in their final stages. Along with that any data they might have gotten on me would be made useless." Zaffre responded. "Combusken's got the edge against Grandpa's Normal-types but it all depends on whether we feel strong enough how we are at the time that we come close to challenging him or not." Garnet added along.
"Ah man, we gotta go!" Zaffre urgently exclaimed while looking at his Pokénav and recalling his team. Sometime had eventually passed as the group had arrived at the Slateport Harbor, which was predictably crowded with a plethora of people.
"Darn it, good going guys. We're late!" Zaffre complained. "You're the one who went along with everything from before." Garnet retorted while they tried moving forward. "I knew those orbs were important but I never would have figured people would be so excited for them just coming back to Hoenn." Walda muttered.
"It's only natural." a man declared to the young girl, while overhearing her bewildered statement. He wore a blue and white suit, with dark shades.
He also had strange purple hair and slight stubble, he was also carrying a briefcase. "Most of the world's attention has been on the Grand Prix taking place in Unova but that doesn't detract from the importance of such treasures returning to their homeland." he stated. "A few months back, there was also an attempted robbery of the Corterra Museum when the orbs were still there. At the time the presence of the orbs there was concealed from the rest of the Unova region but fortunately the gangsters were dealt with by a few trainers, presumably around your age. Thanks to their efforts a crisis was evaded." the man declared while the group speechlessly looked on.
"Um, how do you know that, Mister?" Garnet wondered.
"The Unova region is my place of origin, the artifacts of legend and stories of the legends have always intrigued me." he declared. "Forgive me for distracting you." the man announced while allowing the group to advance past him. "Uh, t-thank you." Zaffre muttered in bewilderment as the group advanced forward while the man looked on at them.
A loud noise that presumably came from a fog horn rung across the air as the crowd began to cheer. "Ah, it's here, it's here!" Walda exclaimed in glee. From the distance a large ferry road through tumultuous waves with relative ease as the crowd cheered. "I've never seen the Colored orbs in person before, I can't wait to see them!" Garnet muttered to herself. "To think the same orbs that the trainers from decades ago fought Team Magma and Aqua for are there on that ship." Zaffre uttered to himself in awe while the strange man backed away further and further from the crowd.
"Now." he mumbled.
Suddenly a powerful beam of light blue energy struck the S.S Tidal from the side, causing a large block of ice to form, to the astonishment of the others. "W-what!?" "What is that!?" the crowd murmured in bewilderment from what had just occurred. Before they could even collect their thoughts, a massive boulder was lifted into the air and crashed into the part of the sea right in front of the ferry.
"I-I can't believe it, what is going on?" a woman wondered as Sai and Mai made it to the scene. "The S.S Tidal is under attack, but by who or what?" Walter wondered. "There aren't any signs of trainers around but that was definitely an attack from a Pokémon." Garnet thought to herself as the crowd began to panic.
"Everyone, please stay calm! Things will be alright!" an old man stated. He wore a teal turtleneck and a white jacket with black pants and dark gray colored boots. "As the Captain of this ship I promise you all that I will stop this!" he declared.
"Please, Captain Stern. A man of your caliber should not be pushing himself so much at your age!" D exclaimed while trying to calm the man down. "This ship is the culmination of the efforts of so many of my friends, I won't allow it to be destroyed!" Captain Stern exclaimed in response. "Don't worry, leave it to the trainers. We will all entrust our lives in assuring the safety of the passengers and the shipment!" the disguised Dogma Commander announced.
From the water emerged various Water-type Pokémon, among them being Tentacruel, Wingull, Pelipper and spherical whale Pokémon with no tails. It had a dark blue topside and a tan underbelly with grooves. It had two fins that had finger-like appendages, baleen plates that resembled teeth, and a blowhole on the top of its head. Along with that a group of small, round, blue fish-like Pokémon with a pair of tiny white fins and two small blue feet. Its eyes had unique pupils that were shaped like plus signs. It had two antennae that were positioned on its rear like two tails. There was a yellow teardrop-shaped orb at the end of each antenna. A few aquatic Pokémon with a bivalve shell that was dark blue with a silver rim along the inner edges. Inside of the shell was a fragile, light blue body composed of six spherical extensions with a pink, pearl-like head in the center. There was a circular white patch on each cheek.
Finally along with the others appeared a Pokémon that seemed similar to a coelacanth. It was covered with hard, brown scales that were similar to craggy rocks, the composition of its scales allowed it to withstand the intense pressure of the ocean depths. Its tan head had protruding cheekbones. A triangular spike protruded from the back of its head, while tan patches covered its body and there was a red spot located on both sides. It possessed two pairs of pectoral fins. Additionally, it had dorsal and pelvic fins near its tail, with its tail fin having a wavy outline.
"What is with those Pokémon?" Walda wondered. "Are they the ones behind the attack?" Walter added along. "Or are they just being disturbed by the actual criminals?" Garnet mumbled as Zaffre looked on.
The various Water-type Pokémon unleashed attacks on the civilians near the Slateport Harbor, who panicked as a result. "Some of the Pokémon that appeared are from the depths of the sea. Without question something must have greatly disturbed them if they appeared now." the strange man muttered. "Keep on your assault, this will draw their attention away. D, keep up your part in this." the disguised A internally announced as a red jewel core that seemed to float around on its own glowed in the sea.
"The shipment of the Colored orbs is being disrupted by an attack from stray Pokémon, just what in the world could they be thinking?" Sai wondered while speaking towards the camera as Mai filmed him.
"Walda, Walter, protect the citizens." Garnet suddenly announced to the confusion of the cousins while walking towards the Pokémon.
"Everyone, come on out!" Zaffre shouted while calling out all of his Pokémon. "Grovyle, knock some of those Pokémon away with ThunderPunch!" the light brown-haired trainer commanded as the Wood Gecko Pokémon struck two Tentacruel and sent them flying back into the water with the super effective technique. "Marshtomp, Brick Break! Kirlia use Thunderbolt and Minun use Volt Switch!" he commanded as Marshtomp struck Relicanth while Kirlia released a blast of yellow electricity and Minun fired a light blue ball of electricity with bluish white sparks in union together. Their joint Electric attack managed to repel a few of the livid Water-types, albeit with mild success due to some of the Pokémon's use of Protect along with a few of the Chinchou absorbing the electricity from their techniques with what was certainly one of their possible abilities, Volt Absorb.
"Darn it." Zaffre cursed while Garnet called out her entire roster as well.
"Don't think you're the only one who can help, Combusken use Sky Uppercut to knock away some of those Chinchou!" the black-haired girl commanded as the Young Fowl Pokémon struck the Angler Pokémon. "Lairon use Roar! Tropius, Leaf Tornado!" Garnet ordered as the Iron Armor Pokémon's body became outlined in red energy and it howled loudly, releasing invisible circles from its mouth that expanded outward and sent various Pokémon flying while the Fruit Pokémon held its head upward and a large light green, green and dark green tornado with glowing light green leaves inside it appeared around its neck as it swung its neck in the direction of some of the Pokémon, ensnaring them in the tornado before throwing them back into the water.
"Everyone, come on out!" Walda exclaimed while calling out all of her Pokémon. "Everyone, please listen to me. We have to evacuate, there's no guarantee that the Pokémon are the ones who are attacking the ship but we shouldn't stick around here and risk upsetting them any further. Just leave quelling their anger to those two for now!" the teal green-haired girl announced. "Zaffre!?" Mai exclaimed in astonishment while filming what was transpiring.
"Minun use Helping Hand!" Zaffre commanded. The Cheering Pokémon created a ball of light blue sparks on its hands and it danced and cheered for Garnet's Plusle. When the balls of electricity touched the Cheering Pokémon, it glowed white then multicolored. "Thanks a lot, Thunder!" Garnet commanded. Plusle's whole body became surrounded by yellow electricity and it fired a blast of it from its body, which was outlined by the multicolored aura from the Helping Hand and struck a large amount of Water-types.
In union various Water-types began to glow blue as they generated a massive wave of water that towered over the Slateport Harbor.
"Y-you're kidding!?" Sai exclaimed in disbelief. "If that hits than it'll submerge the entirety of Slateport and capsize the ferry!" Walter uttered in fear.
"Let's do this, Garnet!" "Yeah!" the twins called out to each other. "Grovyle, Energy Ball. Kirlia, Thunderbolt. Minun use Volt Switch and Donphan you use Stone Edge!" "Sharpedo, Dark Pulse! Plusle, Thunder, Tropius, Leaf Tornado and Skitty use Shadow Ball!" they exclaimed as their Pokémon prepared their respective attacks to counteract the joint Surf. A powerful large gust of winds suddenly emerged and clashed with the tidal wave. Both dispersed as the winds fiercely blew throughout the area and the water from the Surf began to rain down on the area.
"W-what was that?" Zaffre wondered in confusion at the sudden attack. "None of my Pokémon know any moves like that and Ms. Aella already left quite some time ago." Garnet muttered to herself while everyone looked on in bewilderment as a bright sunshine then broke out as the residue of the Surf had dispersed.
"Fierce winds, raging tides and intense sunlight, if they didn't know any better than this could easily be perceived as the work of the legendary Weather trio at play." A thought to himself while watching from afar. "The attacks stopped after a while, why is that?" Stern wondered. "The trainers from the outside must have fended off the wild Pokémon that were attacking the ship." one of the passengers noted while D silently looked on.
"Those Pokémon don't let up." Garnet muttered in annoyance as the various Water-types continued onward. "Is it possible that the attempted theft of the orbs themselves have disturbed the ecosystem?" Zaffre wondered.
"Don't be ridiculous, when something like that happened before it was because of the Legendary Pokémon themselves being disturbed. Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza would need a lot more than just those orbs to start causing trouble." Garnet declared.
"We're currently at the scene at what could potentially become a major crisis as two young trainers give it their all to fight off a group of Pokémon while the S.S Tidal is in trouble." Sai announced while talking to the camera as what was occurring was transpiring live throughout the Hoenn region. "Zaffre, Garnet?" Brendan uttered in astonishment while he began to run. "Eh, where are you going?" a man asked. "They're going to need help!" he exclaimed in response. "Are Mr. Steven or any of the Gym Leaders anywhere near Slateport?" the cap wearing man wondered while frantically running out of the building before receiving a call. "Eh? It's you!" he uttered in astonishment.
"Grovyle use Energy Ball and Marshtomp use Muddy Water!" "Combusken use Heat Wave!" the twins commanded as their Pokémon launched out their attacks in union and wiped out the remainder of the livid Water-types. "They did it!" Walter exclaimed in awe. "Thank goodness." Walda sighed in relief while A looked on. "Is everyone safe? It looks like we won't have to worry about any of those Pokémon anymore." Walda stated to the crowd of people. While that occurred various angry Pokémon approached the S.S Tidal from out in the sea. Though their rage was abundantly clear they did not appear to be aiming at the ferry itself and rather were heading towards a red light.
"Did they notice it?" A wondered to himself while looking on. "Don't take any chances and go!" the persian blue-haired man declared. Suddenly a light blue light shined and the entirety of the sea as far as the eye can see was frozen over. "W-what!?" Mai exclaimed in awe at the astonishing sight.
"H-how did that happen? I didn't even see any sort of hint of an attack being used." Walter muttered in disbelief. "I'm not sure how but the sea itself was frozen solid." D stated to Captain Stern as the passengers looked outside. "Hey look, Garnet!" Zaffre called out to his twin sister while pointing outward into the water route. "Huh? Those Pokémon were frozen over. From their poses they looked like they were about to attack something but the ferry and citizens aren't even in the direction that they were going to unleash their attacks." Garnet noted.
"Yeah, so it looks like the actual culprit was a Pokémon distinct from the ones that we were facing before." Zaffre responded. "But that means that it's still out there!" Garnet realized.
"Walda, stay on guard! There was a Pokémon attacking the ship before that's still out there! It might attack from any direction!" Zaffre called out to the tea green-haired girl. "The culprit was a Pokémon, but what Pokémon was it?" Sai wondered. "Garnet, here." Zaffre called out while handing the girl a disk. "What is this?" Garnet wondered. "It's a tutorial video, it'll teach your Combusken how to use Fire Pledge." the boy answered. "So it's a TM?" she asked. "No, it's just a tutorial recorded by Mama!" Zaffre retorted.
"There's no specific effect for a triple Pledge move combination but the kind of raw power we'd bring out would be enough to blow all that ice away and save the S.S Tidal." he added along.
"We'll try and melt some of the ice while you learn the move, Eruption!" the young boy commanded as Camerupt unleashed a geyser of fire, lava and smoked, that spewed from both of the volcanoes on its back at the ice, successfully melting a sizable portion but not enough to create a sailable path for the S.S Tidal. In the background Garnet opened up a laptop and inserted the disk.
"H-hello, Professor May here. Um or should I say Professor May Junior, no wait I mean...Birch, uh, or…" a light brown-haired woman with blue eyes nervously stumbled. She wore a form fitting ruby and white colored shirt with black trimmings and an emerald green collar. She also wore dark gray shorts, an orange fanny pack with black and emerald green accents and sported light orange, emerald green and white shoes with black socks. Over her shirt she wore a white lab coat that had green cuffs with an orange bandana hanging out from one of her pockets. "...Anyways, don't worry. I pledge to you that you will all become masters of these moves by following these instructions." May lamely announced.
"Oh mom." Garnet sighed in embarrassment.
"Alright, Eruption once…" before Zaffre could finish his command a stream of blue water came flying out of nowhere and struck the Eruption Pokémon. "Camerupt!" the young trainer exclaimed in astonishment.
"Tch, Marshtomp use Brick Break!" he then exclaimed as a giant ridge of ice emerged from out of nowhere. Chunks of the ice then broke off the ridge and started to fall towards the citizens.
"Loudred, Hyper Voice! Duskull, Shadow Ball! Torkoal, Flamethrower and Kecleon, Shadow Claw!" Walda commanded as her Pokémon fended off the chunks of ice. "If only I could help but my Pokémon don't have the raw power to be of any use." Walter thought to himself in discontent. "Garnet, are you ready?" Zaffre called out. "Yeah, what a relief that mom and dad have all of Sceptile, Blaziken and Swampert between them. It's not perfected since I rushed it but it should be enough!" she announced while hurrying.
"Let's settle this, Grass Pledge and Water Pledge!" "Fire Pledge!" the duo commanded.
Grovyle, Combusken and Marshtomp all glowed as they placed their fists onto the surface of the ice. Pillars of swirling leaves, flames and water emerged as they began to circle around one another. Eventually a massive tornado of leaves, flames and water circled around the area as the ice beneath it began to melt, eventually an explosion occurred as smoke enveloped the area while everyone looked on. As the smoke cleared the S.S Tidal was revealed to be unscathed as the ice had successfully melted albeit with chunks of ice still floating in the water along with burnt leaves.
"They did it!" Walda gleefully declared as the crowd cheered while Zaffre and Garnet high fived each other in joy at their success.
Eventually some time had passed as the quartet sat around in the Pokémon Center and watched the news. "After a slight scare, the Colored orbs have successfully managed to return to the Oceanic Museum. Thankfully after the crisis was averted, Gym Leader Evan Stone appeared to assist in the cleanup duties." Sai commentated as a light steel blue-haired boy was shown cleaning up the damage while wearing an apron that obscured most of his outfit. "You could see the disappointment in Evan's face when the action was over, at least he helped with cleanup." Zaffre noted.
"Yeah, we pulled through somehow. I'd like to put all this behind me." Garnet sighed in exhaustion. "Oh, Uncle Wally's match is starting up." Walda noted while changing the channel.
An advertisement with a woman with shoulder length lilac hair and eyes was shown. She wore a white dress shirt with golden yellow trimmings along with a lilac colored jacket from what could be seen. Along with that a man with a dark blue fedora was also shown, he wore a dark blue suit with cream colored trimmings. "Man that battle between Anabel and Riley sure will be something." Zaffre noted as the advertisement ended.
"Gardevoir and Gallade, appear!" a man with chartreuse green hair and icy blue eyes declared. He wore a light blue dress shirt with white buttons along with a gray waistcoat, dark green pants and white shoes with light blue trimmings. He called out a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon whose body resembled a flowing gown. Most of its body was white, but its hair, arms, and the underside of its gown were green. Its hair curled over its face and down the sides of its head. Behind its red eyes were short spikes, resembling a masquerade mask. It had long arms with three fingers on each hand and slender white legs. A red, fin-like horn extended from its chest, and a shorter, more rounded horn extended from the back. A band of green on its chest extended to the center of the front horn and connected to its sleeve-like arms. Along with a white, bipedal Pokémon. Its lower body consisted of rounded hips with strong legs. It had a thin green torso with sharp, red horns sticking out of its chest and back. Its arms were shaped like tonfas with extendable blades in its elbows. Its head resembled a gladiator's helmet with a white face and a teal head crest, it has spikes on the sides of its face.
His opponent was a tall muscular man with peacock colored hair and eyes with a scar on the left side of his face. He was muscular and wore a jacket navy blue military jacket with black and green trimmings. He also sported dark blue pants with dark green boots. "Sorry, Mr. Wally. I'll be taking that championship." Draken confidently declared. "If I was so easy to topple than I wouldn't be worthy of the title of Champion in the first place." Wally smiled as Brendan and May were respectively shown watching on television, while Brendan watched with a gray haired man with black eyes.
He wore a dark red jacket with black trimmings along with navy blue pants and sandals. "The kids of the newer generations seem to be getting bolder." he noted. "Are they? They still have a ways to go if you ask me." Brendan noted. "If you really think that than you should have taken over the gym like I asked." Norman retorted in annoyance. "Hmm, maybe I should make more tutorial videos." May proudly wondered to herself briefly.
In the outskirts of Slateport City, Evan was shown to be sweeping up some rubble, his attire consisted of a dark blue dress shirt with slate gray pants and a slate gray jacket with white trimmings. "To be reduced to clean up duty even after I told Mr. Brendan that I'd handle things. How shameful!" Evan exclaimed in annoyance.
"Give it your all, father!" Walter exclaimed while he and Walda cheered on the Hoenn League Champion.
"Hey, Zaffre. After this battle, let's have a full battle." Garnet suggested. "Why so suddenly? Are you still mad that I beat you to get Mudkip?" Zaffre wondered. "No, it's not that! I just heard that Kyoya was competing in the Grand Prix with his own team. If he's giving it his all in a competition like that than it fires me up to get stronger faster too!" she responded.
"Kyoya, huh? That brings me back. Fine, I accept!" Zaffre laughed.
Narration: Even the adversity of a hazardous crisis is not enough to quell the passionate flames of the trainers of the Hoenn region. The adventures of the trainers from the generations of the past and present continue.
"Well done, D." A declared. "You had the real Colored orbs in the first place, brother. I only kept everyone on the ferry calm and distracted them from potentially learning of the counterfeit orbs that they were actually delivering." D responded. "I suppose, we should give our thanks to those individuals from Team Anima for their assistance." A noted while holding three alternately colored orbs. "It's been a while since I was in Hoenn, not since I caught that Pokémon. So I'd like to travel back to those desert ruins before heading back to Unova." D declared. "…I see, well understood. You'll be heading out before me when the time comes, these orbs will be going to that individual." A declared while three intimidating silhouettes were shown in the reflection of the orbs.
"Operation: PWorld-0KJHS is almost complete." he thought to himself.
Major Events (1/15/14): Various trainers, Gym Leaders and Frontier Brains from the Hoenn region are introduced.
Contests are revealed to have added a Mixed category along with the prior five.
Garnet defeats Abby to gain another victory in her crusade to prove herself as worthy to inherit the Petalburg Gym from her grandfather, Norman.
Zaffre references a certain orphanage.
The Colored orbs are revealed to have been in the Corterra Museum during the incident from months back.
A and D sabotage the delivery of the Colored orbs and are revealed to have replaced them with fakes prior to their being shipped out and are shown to possess the genuine ones.
Wally battles against one of the new Hoenn Elite Four, Draken.
Brendan is revealed to have become a Professional who conquered the National's Circuit, Wally is revealed to have become the Hoenn League Champion and Riley is revealed to have become one of the Frontier Brains in the Hoenn Battle Frontier.
Zaffre and Garnet are revealed to know Kyoya.
Characters:
Zaffre (debut)
Garnet (debut)
Walda (debut)
Walter (debut)
A
D
Abby (debut)
Aella (debut)
Evan (debut)
Sai (debut)
Mai (debut)
Draken (debut)
Brendan (debut)
May (debut)
Wally (debut)
Norman (debut)
Anabel (debut, television)
Riley (debut, television)
Captain Stern (debut)
Frontier Brains from the original Battle Frontier (silhouettes, fantasy, debut)
Citizens
Audience
Trainers
Pokémon:
Grovyle (Zaffre's)
Marshtomp (Zaffre's, debut)
Kirlia (Zaffre's, debut)
Camerupt (Zaffre's)
Minun (Zaffre's, debut)
Donphan (Zaffre's)
Combusken (Garnet's)
Lairon (Garnet's)
Sharpedo (Garnet's, shiny)
Plusle (Garnet's, debut)
Tropius (Garnet's)
Skitty (Garnet's)
Mudkip (Walda's)
Loudred (Walda's, debut)
Duskull (Walda's, debut)
Torkoal (Walda's, debut)
Kecleon (Walda's, debut)
Ralts (Walter's, debut)
Budew (Walter's, debut)
Castform (Walter's, debut)
Makuhita (Walter's, debut)
A's unknown Pokémon
Hariyama (Abby's, debut)
Pelipper (Aella's)
Swellow (Aella's, shiny)
Chimecho (Sai's, debut)
Spinda (Mai's)
Gardevoir (Wally's, debut)
Gallade (Wally's, debut)
Latios (wild, debut)
Latias (wild, debut)
Kyogre (silhouette, debut)
Groudon (silhouette, debut)
Rayquaza (silhouette, debut)
Tentacruel (wild, multiple)
Wingull (wild, multiple)
Pelipper (wild, multiple)
Wailmer (wild, multiple, debut)
Chinchou (wild, multiple, debut)
Clamperl (wild, multiple, debut)
Relicanth (wild, debut)