Chapter 4

After the gruelling match with Lt. Surge for the Thunder badge, I decided to train I pokemon for the upcoming tournament on St. Anne which was going to dock in Vermillion city in about a week. Hedwig is my first pokemon and by far the strongest, I decided to teach her two strong fairy type moves, Fairy Wind and Moonblast. These attacks are some of the most powerful fairy type attacks and it would be beneficial against any dragon pokemon I fight against.

Charmeleon was nearly equal in strength with Hedwig, I decided to work on his Inferno and Focus Punch, Inferno. Inferno would be another powerful fire type move in Charmeleon attack list, Focus Punch is a very strong fighting type attack and I knew that Charmeleon did have the strength to use this attack effectively.

I wasn't sure about what eeveelution my Eevee wanted to be, so I started showing her all of the known evolved form of Eevee to her in my Pokedex. Eevee wasn't interested in Joltreon, Flareon or Vaporeon, she rejected those the moment she saw it. Ironically, she found Sylveon a bit too girly and Leafeon too cute, she decided against becoming Espeon. So, at last she had to choose between Glaceon and Umbreon, and after much staring on photos of Glaceon and Umbreon she decided to evolve into Umbreon. After her decision I started training her in night as I could feel that her time to evolve was close.

Golduck was one of my versatile pokemon. He has a split personality, sometime he will play prank on me or his teammates but other time he will became serious and meditate silently and alone to work on his psychic power. Golduck was trying to work on her psychic moves on her own so I started focusing on her speed and attacks of different types. He was strong enough to learn some powerful fighting type moves like Brick Break, Cross Chop and Focus Blast, he already had a good range of water and ice type attacks.

Nidorino was growing rapidly, his Water Pulse was one surprising attack and he also learned Rain Dance from Squirtle. So, I decided to work on teaching him Thunderbolt and Thunder in electric type and Ice Beam and Blizzard in ice type. At the rate Nidorino was going, I felt that he would be ready to evolve around my time I get my sixth badge.

Squirtle was the youngest pokemon in my team but he was the most hyperactive pokemon in my team, he loved eating a lot but he also gave his all while training. He learnt many water and ice type attacks from Golduck, surprisingly he also learnt Aura Sphere from Hedwig. I mostly worked on Squirtle's defence, I want to make him my defence specialist with some serious attack power as he evolves.

Porygon was a mystery to me, he usually browses through my pokedex when I am not using my pokedex and learn attacks on his own in its own pace. But he always communicated through my pokedex when he needed something and right now he wanted to evolve to Porygon2. Porygon needed an Up-Grade to evolve but Up-Grade wasn't something that was available in Pokemart, so I called Bill and prof Oak to help me in finding an Up-Grade for Porygon.

I fought many trainers in Vermillion city but none gave me the challenge that I faced while battling with Lt. Surge for the Thunder Badge, one trainer used a newly caught Corsola against me in battle.

"Hey, your pokemon are strong man." The boy said, "but I just wanted to test my Corsola I recently caught in a pokemon battle, so thanks for the battle."

"No problem, by the way where did you caught your Corsola?" I asked.

"There is a small ship that daily goes to the ocean for the trainers that want to do some fishing, there is a chance that you will get a rare pokemon. I got corsola from there." He replied.

I nodded, "Hmm, I think I will go fishing tomorrow, thanks for the information."

"No problem."

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The next day I reached the Vermillion city dock and found the ship which was scheduled to head in to the ocean with trainers, the entry fees was 500 poke credits. Thankfully today there were very few trainers on the ship, I wasn't sure what I wanted to catch as I already had two strong water type pokemon but I decided to treat this fishing trip as a vacation.

The day went by but I didn't find anything that I would have liked to catch, I caught a few Corsola, Horsea and Magikarps but I wasn't interested in them. I saw many other trainers catching Seel, Horsea and even some Corsola, one trainer got lucky and caught a Lanturn.

Just before the ship was getting ready return back my luck shined, the pokemon that caught my fishing rod was a Dratini. I didn't waste any time and released Hedwig to fight the Dratini.

Dratini sped towards Hedwig with Aqua Jet, in reply Hedwig rushed towards the Dratini with Extreme Speed. The two pokemon collided but Hedwig was stronger as a result Dratini was thrown back, Dratini steadied herself and used Dragon Rush. Hedwig let the Dragon Rush hit her and it didn't hurt her at all as it was a dragon type move and she was a part fairy type.

Dratini saw that her Dragon Rush didn't affect Hedwig at all and she knew she was fighting a losing battle, Hedwig used Dazzling gleam followed up by Aura Sphere to knock out the Dratini. I quickly used an empty pokeball to catch Dratini, "Finally, I have a dragon type."

After returning to the pokemon centre I immediately called prof Oak.

"Hello Harry, I was actually waiting for your call. From where did you caught a Dratini?" prof asked.

I grinned, "I heard about a ship that takes trainer to the ocean and I decided to go on it, just as we were about to return I got lucky."

Prof Oak nodded, "Yes, you are indeed lucky. Dratini are very rare, there are some sightings of it in the Safari zone lake but they are extremely hard to catch after all they are pseudo legendry pokemon."

"I know professor, that's why I fought Dratini with Hedwig."

Prof Oak smiled, "Ah, good choice. Togekiss is fairy type and ideal to fight Dratini, your Dratini is quite mature too and I think she will be evolving into a Dragonair soon."

Now, that was good news, "Thanks for the information professor, can you please send me Dratini, I will be transferring Squirtle to you."

Prof Oak nodded, "Sure."

After exchanging Squirtle for Dratini I released the dragon pokemon from her ball, "Hey Dratini, I am Harry. I want to be the very best pokemon trainer in the world and from now on I will be your trainer." Dratini stared at me. "You are weak against fairy type, aren't you?" Dratini reluctantly nodded, "No need to worry, we will work on your weakness and I am sure you will have no problem in beating any Fairy or Ice type pokemon, this I promise to you."

Dratini smiled happily at me, "Well then welcome to my family." I took out my pokedex and scanned Dratini.

"Dratini, the Dragon Pokémon. Dratini sheds its skin as it grows, often doing so while hidden behind large powerful waterfalls. Dratini continually melts and sloughs off its old skin. It does so because the life energy within its body steadily builds to reach uncontrollable levels. This Dratini is a female.

Abilities- Shed Skin, Marvel Scale (Hidden Ability)

Known moves- Thunder Wave, Twister, Dragon Rage, Agility, Dragon Tail, Aqua Tail, Dragon Dance, Outrage, Ice Beam, Aqua Jet, Dragon Pulse, Dragon Rush, Extreme Speed, Water Pulse, Brutal Swing."

"Hmm, prof Oak was right, you are very much mature and you have got some powerful moves." Dratini smiled smugly, "What you need is a bit of variety, I think I will start by teaching you Thunderbolt and Flamethrower. What do you say?" Dratini nodded happily.

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Dratini like Eevee was a quick learner, she quickly mastered Thunderbolt and Thunder, Charmeleon helped her in learning Flamethrower and Fire Blast, Hedwig and Golduck helped her in resisting fairy and Ice type attacks which were her main weakness. Charmeleon learnt Dragon Dance, Dragon Pulse and Outrage from Dratini.

The day St. Anne was scheduled to dock in Vermillion city, there was a massive crowd waiting to see the luxury ship. I collected my pokemons from Nurse Joy after their check up and was about to head out to board the ship when I saw two familiar persons arguing, Red and Blue were busy in a heated battle of words so

I decided to interrupt them, "Hello Red, Blue, it's good to see you guys again."

Red replied happily, "Oh, hello Harry. Are you going on St. Anne too?"

I nodded, "Yes, I will be competing in the St. Anne tournament. What about you two?"

"I got the last ticket from Lt. Surge." Red replied cheerfully.

Blue huffed, "What's the big deal? I was the first to beat him and get the ticket."

"Well, we travel on foot and you are traveling in your car, that's why you came first." Red shouted in reply.

Blue ignored him and turned towards me, "You got lucky the first time we battled, face me now and I will show you who's better."

"Don't worry if you are good enough we will face each other in the St. Anne Tournament." Blue huffed and left us. "Let's go Red, I don't want to miss the ship."

Red nodded, "Definitely not."

The St. Anne was an impressive ship, I have travelled in many luxury ships in my world and I can definitely say St Anne was one of the best luxury ships but not the best. I clearly remember a luxury ship that was created by the combined effort of Japan and USA based on the lost city of Atlantis, it was a massive ship which contained about 30 thousand luxurious room, it was a truly a work of an art and the best luxury ship on my list.

A tall, clean shaven sailor was guarding the entrance to the ship, "Your tickets, please." Me and Red handed over our ticket to the sailor, he scanned our tickets and replied, "Harry Potter, you will be staying in Room no. 420 that's on the fourth floor. Redrick Ketchum your room no. is 435, on fourth floor. Directions can be found in most part of the ship or you can ask any of our staff, if you require any kind of assistance you can call any of our assistance. Have a safe and pleasant journey."

I looked at the map of the ship, or rooms were almost at the very top of the ship, just a stairway away from the deck. The entire ship reeked of wealth and elegance, it was the pinnacle of luxury, Red looked at me, "I am going to enjoy my time here, I'll see you later Harry." With that he was gone.

I decided to stroll around the ship, most of the people I found were wealthy people who bought the ticket to board the ship. I didn't find many trainers in the ship. Soft, rich carpet made up the floors of the ship, there were many beautiful paintings spread over the walls, the ship was decorated with many glass sculptures of pokemons.

After roaming on the halls of the ship I finally reached my room, the room was very big and it gave a good view of the ocean, I decided to take some rest in the king size soft and comfortable bed before the ship starts it voyage.

The tournament was scheduled to start in the evening, I spent the rest of the day browsing through all the shops and facilities provided in the ship. I finally settled near a swimming pool, Red chose that moment to join me.

"So, Harry what other pokemon have you caught?" He asked.

"Well my Charmander and Psyduck evolved into Charmeleon and Golduck, I also caught a Nidorino and Squirtle on my way to Vermillion city and recently I caught a Dratini while fishing in the ocean." I replied.

Red made a perfect imitation of Magikarp at the mention of Dratini, "Wow, they are super rare. I am hoping to find one in Safari zone but there hasn't been any recent spotting of Dratini in Safari zone lake."

I laughed, "Yeah, I got lucky. What about you?"

"Well my Charmander is now a Charmeleon and my Pikachu doesn't want to evolve. I also caught a Pidgeotto, Growlithe, Onix, Diglett, Krabby and a Bulbasaur." Red answered.

I spent the rest of the day talking with Red, after having my lunch and feeding my pokemon I headed toward the battle stadium for the tournament. There were only 20 trainers taking part in the tournament, most of them looked like kid of rich people who bought tickets to part in the tournament instead of defeating Surge.

A well looking man climbed up the podium, "Good evening everyone, I Dante will be your host and the announcer for the upcoming pokemon battle tournament. First of all, I would like to welcome Mr Ralph, owner of Silph co." An old but wealthy looking man waved his hands from his seat while everyone clapped. "Mr Ralph coordinated with the Pokemon League to make this tournament possible, I would also like to welcome one and all boarding the prestigious St. Anne."

As the clapping's slowed down the announcer continued, "We have 20 talented trainers competing in this tournament, the tournament winner will get 50,000 poke credits, set of all evolution stone and mainly a mystery pokemon egg." Now that was quite a prize, "I am not sure that egg will hatch into which wonderful pokemon but I am told that it isn't native to Kanto, isn't that exciting?"

"All of the 20 trainers will be randomly divided into 4 group of 5 trainers each, you will have to compete with the other 4 trainers in your group, the one with the most number of wins will advance to the semi-finals. Now pay close attention to the screen to know your groups." I was placed in group 3, Red was in first group and Blue was in fourth group. "Each trainer will be having their group battles today and tomorrow we will have our semi-final and final, for today's all the battle will be one on one pokemon battle so chose your pokemon wisely."

"So, without waiting any further let the tournament begins." Dante shouted as the audience cheered.

As I watched the battles I found out that I was right, most trainers were inexperienced and looked like they were battling for the first time. In my first battle I was against a girl name Jace and her Oddish, I faced her with Hedwig. It was a very easy battle, Jace ordered Oddish to use Razor Leaf and I countered with Aura Sphere. The attack was very weak, Hedwig's Aura Sphere easily overpowered the Razor Leaf and hit Oddish knocking it out.

My next battle was with a boy named Dave, I decide to use Nidorino against Dave's Vulpix. Dave commanded Vulpix to continuously use Ember till it het Nidorino. Vulpix was very young and his Ember was weak and slow, Nidorino didn't have any problem in dodging all the Ember attacks. Once the Vulpix was tired, Nidorino ended the battle with a Poison Jab.

My third battle was against another boy, Damian. Damian used his Charmander against my Eevee, Charmander tried his best but Eevee was better battler. This battle was longer than my previous two battles but in the end Eevee came on top, fixing my position in the semi-finale.

My last battle was against a girl named Jessica and her Paras, Charmeleon didn't face any problem in defeating her. Similarly, from the other three group the winners were Red, Blue and another girl, Daisy.

The next day I decided to take a break from training and let my pokemon rest before the battle, in the evening Dante welcomed everyone again. "Welcome back everyone for the Semi-finals and finals of the pokemon tournament, we have our four semi-finalist who won in their respective groups. Three of our semi-finalist are from the same place, Pallet Town and our last semi-finalist is from Lavender town. The semi-finals will be a two on two battle and finally the finals will be three on three pokemon battles, the battlers will be matched randomly, let's see who faces whom."

The first semi-final match was between Blue and Daisy and next was my battle with Red. Blue used his Fearow and Rhydon against Daisy's Beedrill and Elekid, Daisy was much better than other trainers in the tournament but Blue didn't have any difficulty in defeating her.

I took my place in the battlefield against Red, "Give it your best Red."

Red grinned, "You too Harry."

"This semi-final battle between Red and Harry will be two on two pokemon battle, trainer start the battle." Referee started the battle.

"Pikachu, I choose you." Pikachu jumped from Red's shoulder to the battlefield.

I nodded and released my first pokemon, "Eevee you are on."

Pikachu started with Quick Attack, Eevee replied with her own Quick Attack, both pokemon were equal in speed and strength.

"Pikachu Dig." Red shouted.

"Keep your eyes sharp Eevee, he can come from anywhere." I instructed.

Pikachu got the upper hand and came out behind Eevee and hit her with an Iron Tail, Eevee cried out in pain but got up ready to fight again. Pikachu used Thunder but Eevee dodged with agility and hit Pikachu back with Iron Tail.

Both Pikachu and Eevee stared at each other, "Pikachu Electro ball, let's go."

My eyes widened, "Eevee Double Team quick, and then Shadow Ball."

Eevee dodged the Electro Ball by making copies of herself and hit Pikachu with multiple Shadow Ball. I thought that Pikachu was done for but somehow, he still got up.

Suddenly Eevee was covered in white light and evolved into an Umbreon, I grinned, "Good work girl. Let's finish this Umbreon, use Giga Impact."

"Pikachu, give it all you got Volt Tackle." Red shouted.

The two pokemon collided in high speed with their respective attack creating an explosion, as the dust cleared both pokemons were lying on the ground. After some moments Umbreon got up, Pikachu also tried to stand but fell down unconscious.

"Pikachu is unable to battle." Referee announced.

"That is one strong and determined Pikachu you got their Red." I commented.

Red nodded as he picked up Pikachu from the battlefield, "I know. Charmander, I choose you."

I returned Umbreon, "You have done your part girl, come out Hedwig."

Charmeleon didn't waste any time in firing a hot torrent of fire at Hedwig, but Hedwig dodged the Flamethrower by flying up in the air.

"Hedwig use Steel Wing." I shouted.

"Charmeleon, use Metal Claw" Red countered.

Hedwig and Charmeleon tried to overpowered each other with their respective attack, neither giving other an inch. As both pokemon broke up Hedwig used Future Sight but Charmeleon used that moment to hit her with Iron Tail.

Hedwig retaliated with a combination of Steel Wing and Aerial Ace, but Charmeleon quickly got up.

"Charmeleon Inferno."

"Hedwig use Moonblast."

The two powerful fire and fairy type attack met creating an explosion, just at that moment Future Sight found it's mark. Charmeleon was hurt but he stood up again.

"Don't give up Charmeleon, Fire Blast go." Red cheered.

"I think it's time to finish this battle Hedwig, dodge the Fire Blast and use Sky Attack with Steel Wing." I commanded.

Hedwig flied up dodging the Fire Blast and then descended with shining Steel Wings and hit Charmeleon, Charmeleon didn't get up this time.

"Charmeleon is unable to battle and the winner is Harry Potter. Referee announced me as victor.

Red came over, "That was a good battle Harry, good luck for the finals."

"Thanks Red." I replied.

After a break of half hour I was ready to battle Blue in the finals. "At last we have our two pokemon, Blue Oak and Harry Potter. Let's see who win this final and earn the mystery pokemon egg."

Blue glared at me, "You are not going to win this time."

I smiled, "We will see Blue, we will see."

"Trainers this battle will be a three on three pokemon battle, start the battle." Referee started the battle.

Blue started with Primeape and I started with Golduck. Primeape tried to hit Golduck with a Cross Chop but Golduck stopped him with Psychic and then hit Primeape with Zen Headbutt. The two psychic type attacks hurt Primeape a lot and it retaliated with a surprising Outrage, the Outrage found it's mark and Golduck cried out in pain.

"Golduck be strong, you can do it." I tried to encourage him.

Golduck steadied himself and used Ice Beam on my command, the Ice Beam hit its mark and I thought that Primeape was done for but Blue had another card up his sleeve.

"Primeape use Final Gambit." Blue said.

Final Gambit is a move similar to Explosion as it knocks out the user but also does heavy damage on its opponent, Primeape fell down unconscious taking Golduck down with him.

"Both pokemons are unable to battle, trainers choose your next pokemon." Referee announced.

Blue released his Growlithe as I released Dratini. "What? How did you get a Dratini?" Blue shouted but I decided to ignore him and focus on the battle.

Blue gritted his teeth, "No matter, I will beat you today. Growlithe Flame Wheel go."

Growlithe charged forward in a shape of burning wheel but Dratini countered it with Aqua Tail, Growlithe was thrown back. Growlithe used Flame Burst but Dratini countered it with Ice Beam, the Ice Beam overpowered Flame Burst and hit Growlithe.

Blue quickly recalled Growlithe and released Wartortle, I grinned because that was exactly what I wanted.

"Wartortle use Skull Bash." Blue commanded.

I replied, "Blue let me show you the versatility of a dragon pokemon, Dratini Thunder."

Wartortle didn't get any chance to dodge and the powerful Thunder hit him head on, Wartortle cried out in pain and agony.

"Let's finish it Dratini, use Dragon Rush." Dratini didn't gave Wartortle any time to recover and used Dragon Rush on him knocking it out.

"Wartortle is unable to battle." Referee announced.

Blue Recalled Wartortle and released Growlithe back. I recalled Dratini, "you did your part girl, Charmeleon go."

Growlithe used Flame Burst but Charmeleon countered it with Flamethrower, Growlithe was feeling the effect of his battle with Dratini, but then Blue took out a Fire Stone from his bag and threw it at Growlithe, "It's time for you to evolve Growlithe."

Growlithe caught the Fire Stone and was enveloped in white light, he got bigger and finally evolved into an Arcanine.

I stared at Blue, "For real, you are evolving it in the middle of battle."

Blue scoffed, "It doesn't matter, there is no rule against it." I shrugged.

Charmeleon stared at the recently evolved Arcanine and growled in challenge, both pokemon used Flamethrower at the same time and the result was an explosion. Arcanine used the smog to his advantage and hit Charmeleon with Extreme Speed, Charmeleon retaliated with Thunder Punch.

Arcanine used Fire Blast on Charmeleon but Charmeleon countered it with Inferno, the attacks collided and again created smog. This time I took advantage of the smog, Charmeleon hit Arcanine with a combination of Aerial Ace and Dragon Tail knocking it out.

Dante shouted, "We have a winner at last, Harry Potter from Pallet town."

In the midst of clapping and cheering, Mr Ralph who was the owner of Silph co. handed me and Blue both a box full of all type of evolution stones, and finally I got the main prize, the mysterious pokemon egg. 50,000 poke credits were transferred into my account but I was mostly focused on the blue coloured egg. I didn't saw Blue afterwards but Red congratulated me on my win, all in all it was a successful trip on the luxurious St. Anne.

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AN: - Team Rocket is just a new criminal organization so they won't be playing much part in Kanto region except maybe in the Mewtwo creation arc.

Harry won't meet Jessie, James and Meowth like Ash did in anime because those three were always after Pikachu, that's why the rocket trio will be Red's headache.